When I Returned, a High School Romantic Comedy Began - Chapter 46



46. Midterm exam (9)

“…”

who are you?

I heard that there was no one at home except my mother and Nayeon.

From the second floor, a woman who appeared to be about her age came down the stairs.

‘No, of course I know it’s the person I just saw, but his real face is so different.’

I didn’t notice when she covered her face with heavy makeup, but when I saw her bare face, I could immediately recognize her because she looked a lot like my mother.

‘How can something change so drastically just by taking off a single make-up?’

I thought that no matter how much makeup I put on, my basic face would still remain.

But looking at her face now, I realized that I had been looking down on makeup all along.

‘Why is she wearing makeup?’

Nayeon’s skin is quite clean and her face doesn’t look that ugly.

Rather than covering up my face with heavy makeup, I looked several times better just walking around with a bare face.

Jaune never imagined that a person’s face could change so drastically.

As he continued to look at Nayeon’s face, he covered his face with his other hand and said,

“Well, it’s a bit embarrassing to look at you like that…”

“Oh, I’m sorry.”

It was so amazing that I stopped without realizing it.

Since I was embarrassed because I thought I was being rude, she asked me carefully.

“Well, the number…”

“Ah yes.”

He took the red apple phone he had picked up earlier, dialed my phone number, and then immediately pressed the call button.

Jaune asked, handing her his phone.

“But why is the number…”

“Oh that.”

When I asked her why she was asking for my number, she paused for a moment.

I spoke to him, stuttering as if I had a momentary breakdown.

“Well, if nothing else, you helped me today… so.”

Nayeon couldn’t make eye contact and looked here and there.

The way he trailed off without confidence was completely different from the way he got angry when he first met Jaune.

“I want to buy something to eat…”

“There’s no need for that.”

Is there any need to show off by just passing by and helping someone once?

‘If it were a time when I didn’t have money, I might have asked to buy some meat.’

Since I was living without anything I was lacking anyway, I didn’t really need to receive anything from her.

When Joo-woon coolly declines, Na-yeon hesitates a little.

At that time, his mother, who was watching from the side, spoke to Jaune.

“Still, I’m so grateful, so why don’t we all go eat Byeokje Galbi together later?”

“No, it’s really good… okay?”

Jaune’s mind went blank for a moment at the business name his mother said.

‘Rice, Byeokje Galbi?’

A place where you get 100,000 won for one serving of raw ribs and only give a small portion of the meat?

Before returning, I always only watched it on YouTube.

That place where you kept wondering whether to go or not even after winning the lottery?

Nayeon’s mother noticed Jaune’s pupils trembling greatly and immediately started pushing.

“Yeah, last time we all went together, it was pretty good~ Nayeon was okay too, right?”

“… Yes, it was pretty delicious.”

I tried to control my facial expressions as I watched the two of them talking about how they went to such an expensive restaurant and it was pretty good, but I couldn’t help but make awkward expressions.

‘It looked like that from the beginning, but he must be very rich.’

Jaune’s heart kept wavering at the name Byeokje Galbi.

However, it took me a bit to accept it right away.

I already said it was okay, but I’m too snobbish to change my mind right away just because of one expensive restaurant.

Above all, it felt a little burdensome to eat with a girl who seemed to be close to Changmin.

After Jaune made his decision, he spoke to his mother with a serious face.

“I’m going.”

How the f*ck can you put up with Byeokje Galbi?

‘I’ll go and if it’s okay, I’ll do it with my mom later and I’ll take my sister too.’

It was an inconvenience and a burden, and Joo-un reluctantly accepted, thinking that he could just eat the meat and be done with it.

Jaune nodded and his mother smiled brightly.

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“Okay, I’ll discuss the schedule with Nayeon later, and since it’s late today, I’ll just drop you off.”

The mother said that and opened the front door.

I followed her and put on my shoes, and said hello to Nayeon before going outside.

“See you at school tomorrow.”

“… yes.”

Nayeon comes to meet me and answers shyly, still unable to make proper face-to-face contact.

After saying hello, I was about to open the door and leave.

“excuse me!”

She gathered her courage and called out loudly to me and grabbed my arm.

When Jaune grabbed her arm and turned around, she saw herself there in her pitch black eyes, which he had not seen before.

She said, letting out her emotions with aegyo-sal that was stained red because of the soju.

“Today… I was really thankful.”

Her expression, barely able to hold on to her shyness, evoked a feeling more subtle than one of pride.

*

“Hey, what happened to you?”

Lunch hour.

While I was studying in the classroom waiting for the next class, Yuma came up to me and asked.

“why.”

“Why? You haven’t said anything to Park Chae-rin for three days already.”

Third day.

On the first day, I just thought that the two of us had a little fight, but I thought things would get better tomorrow.

The next day, I was a little worried that we might have had a big fight this time.

As the class didn’t say anything until the third day, my curiosity eventually exploded.

Jaune’s expression hardened slightly at the question Yuma asked.

“It just happened a little bit.”

“A little bit…”

Seeing Jaune’s expression change right away, I didn’t think it was something that happened a little bit.

‘I must have done something stupid again.’

When I think back on what I have seen so far, I can only come to that conclusion.

Occasionally, Joo-woon glances at Chae-rin.

After a few seconds, he turned his head and Chaerin naturally looked at him from the corner of her eye.

‘It’s a very raw show.’

For three days, I watched it with another friend and wondered what the hell was going on.

‘It’s not that the child is clueless…’

When Yuma was always watching from the side.

He definitely knew that some girls were interested in him.

The problem is a very small doubt.

‘Why is this guy who is so tall and has such a handsome face so worried?’

Even if the body is not as good as his, the muscles are trained through hard work.

His personality… may be a bit negative, but if you look at his treatment of girls, he is sometimes very attentive to detail.

It wouldn’t be surprising if he became popular enough.

‘Maybe it’s because he’s a mother-in-law, but he’s strangely lacking in confidence.’

In fact, Jaune was not a person without confidence.

A person who had no qualifications and was always running around with a smile on his face at school has now escaped poverty.

I couldn’t help but lose confidence.

The real problem is.

‘Ha… what should I do?’

It was a lack of experience.

If you live as a mother for 25 years, your sense of the opposite s*x becomes weak.

What kind of behavioral principles do women follow?

What is the implied meaning of what you said to yourself?

There is no way to know at all.

It’s a situation I’ve seen several times on the internet.

It was a story that was constantly talked about in the media, but in reality, people’s perspectives narrow when the same thing happens to them.

Jaune sighed and spoke to Yuma.

“We should talk about it after the midterm exams.”

“… Yes, I’m sure you can take care of it.”

After finishing the conversation, the back door opens.

They say that even tigers will come if you tell them, so Chae-rin came into class with her friends.

“So… uh.”

“…”

After confirming that Jaune is there, the atmosphere becomes tense for a moment.

Jaune did not force his eyes at her and tried to continue the conversation naturally.

Chae-rin glanced at Joo-woon, who was trying hard to ignore her, and sat down with a distraught expression.

‘I feel like I’m suffocating…’

Not only Yuma, but also Jimin, who was with Chae-rin, held on as long as he could, swallowing the stuffy air that felt like he was suffocating.

Yuma was staring sadly at the window in the hallway and contemplating whether to run out immediately.

“…”

An unfamiliar face appeared beyond the window.

‘Who are you looking for?’

She looked around for a moment, stopped in her direction, glared for a moment, then opened the front door and came in.

She slowly walks to where Yuma and Jaune are.

The corners of the eyes have an innocent style with the ends falling down, showing off a languid charm.

‘I think I’ve seen this somewhere…’

A familiar face.

But it definitely didn’t come to mind.

As she was rolling her head intently at the face she was seeing for the first time, she slowly approached Jaune.

Jaune naturally greeted her.

“Oh, you changed your makeup?”

“… yes.”

I was a little embarrassed, so I couldn’t make proper face-to-face contact with him.

Yuma was shocked to see that, but for now, he quietly watched the two.

“Isn’t the change natural and much better?”

“Is that so?”

Yuma couldn’t help but be shocked when he saw that scene.

‘Who else has this bastard possessed?’

As Yuma was looking at him in such confusion, he felt a huge gaze coming from somewhere.

“…”

Instead of turning his head, he just rolled his eyes slightly and was watching closely in the direction Chaerin picked it up.

‘Jaune… I’m scared…’

The two are having a happy conversation, completely oblivious to the pressure they feel.

She asked Jaune one last time.

“Would it be okay if we decided to eat together last week when exams are over next week?”

“…”

Everyone in the class rolled their eyes again and glanced at Chae-rin as she spoke.

Of course, I thought there would be a fierce look on his face that would immediately pour out double insults.

“ah.”

What Chae-rin showed was an expression of despair that I had never seen before.