Don't You Need an Omega Lucky Charm - Chapter 12.1
Cha Jeongwon did not answer. He simply thought that the junior in front of him was stringing together useless excuses.
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Cha Jeongwon’s face hardened stiffly.
‘If it turns out that you are the one coming to find me instead of me…, you will take back your words that I am bothering you, right?’
It was something he could just ignore, but it kept swirling around in his mind. Ha-on’s eyes filled with conviction grated on Cha Jeongwon’s nerves.
Coming to find the place where he was every single time, only to pretend otherwise, was insidious beyond measure.
[Road Construction Ahead]
It was already the third time he ran into a construction site fence.
“Are you kidding me?”
Cha Jeongwon spat out with emotion unwittingly.
In the end, he turned around and came out onto the main road. He intended to take another route. He crossed the crosswalk and turned the corner.
And then he ran into Yoon Ha-on.
Meeting him again, Yoon Ha-on was standing there holding two paper cups.
“Would you like some mixed coffee?”
Saying so, he blew on the paper cup with a phew phew, as hot steam rose from it. Cha Jeongwon found even that sight irritating.
Cha Jeongwon passed by him with dry eyes.
However, far from being discouraged, Ha-on spoke with easygoing nonchalance.
“Then I will drink this one too.”
After taking a sip, Ha-on shrugged his shoulders.
Standing on the main avenue, Cha Jeongwon hailed a taxi and got in. He was in no mood to walk any further.
“Seoyeon University, please.”
The taxi moved. As even quiet classical music flowed out, his chest felt like it was calming down a little.
At that moment, Cha Jeongwon’s cell phone rang.
Staring at the name displayed on the screen for a moment, Cha Jeongwon put the cell phone to his ear.
“What.”
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- Can you talk for a moment?
Cha Jeongwon narrowed his eyes. And just as he was about to hang up, the person on the other end spoke first.
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- You are coming to the welcome party today, right?
It was his younger cousin. He almost regretted answering the phone for nothing.
“No.”
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- Don’t be like that, can’t you come out? Since I entered university, I thought we would meet often, but we haven’t. We haven’t been able to see each other even once. So…
Due to Cha Seojun’s response, as if he saw right through Cha Jeongwon’s personality, the call dragged on.
“Hang up.”
Unilaterally hanging up the call, Cha Jeongwon put his cell phone into his pocket. Seeing a short vibration ring, it seemed he had sent a message. Intending to ignore even that and look out the window, the driver spoke up to him.
“Customer, I am very sorry.”
He touched the rearview mirror with an embarrassed expression.
“I urgently need to use the bathroom right now, so would it be alright if I drop you off here? I will not accept the fee. I am really sorry.”
When the car stopped, Cha Jeongwon swallowed a sigh and got out. Still, as much as the taxi had traveled, he surely would not run into Yoon Ha-on…
“I knew I would see you again after all.”
Cha Jeongwon froze before he could even close the car door.
Standing right before his eyes was the person he thought he would have the least reason to meet at this moment.
Conversely, Ha-on acted as if he had expected this. A somewhat mischievous smile suited his youthful face well.
‘Meeting a Senior at school was not a coincidence.’
Ha-on’s mind was quite complicated as well. After confirming it, he felt somewhat relieved yet heavy-hearted.
The accident on those stairs was definitely the culprit. The culprit in the original story that enticed him, who was a nobody, to Cha Jeongwon and left him stuck with nowhere to go!
Although he laughed it off as something that had already happened, did he think his own heart was fine? Even now, he was forcing a smile with effort.
Cha Jeongwon closed the door and approached Ha-on.
Nesting the completely emptied paper cups together, Ha-on spoke to him.
“It is true that I was not the one who came looking for you, right?”
“I did not ask.”
“In addition, I was also going to say that I do not particularly find you bothersome, Senior.”
At Ha-on’s nerve in acting like he was broad-minded, Cha Jeongwon belatedly looked at him with an inquiring gaze.
“Why are you outside without going inside the school?”
Only now did he realize. Why was he constantly staying in the vicinity instead of going to school?
“The professor canceled the meeting due to personal reasons, so I had time left over. Now I have to go attend afternoon class. What about you, Senior?”
His assigned professor was different from Cha Jeongwon’s. So Cha Jeongwon was truly the one who should be at school right now.
“I would like to ask that as well.”
Suppressing the words he desperately wanted to say, Ha-on nodded his head.
Did you go in circles just to meet me? Saying something like that felt like it would only ruin the mood.
