Don't You Need an Omega Lucky Charm - Chapter 22.2
It felt like the air, which had been frozen and awkward until now, thawed just a tiny bit. While it wasn’t a glaringly noticeable change, hope was visible nonetheless.
“You know we’re in the same year, right?”
“Are you laying the groundwork because you want to drop honorifics?”
“To return a question with a question… I won’t drop honorifics. What if we just get along well? We’re going to meet often in the future anyway.”
Cha Jeongwon moved his paused chopsticks.
“I don’t think you’d welcome me like that, though.”
What does he mean?
“Aren’t you on guard against me? You said your grades came out well.”
“Aha.”
He understood what it meant. However, Ha-on shook his head.
“If we become a team, it’d be totally the strongest, wouldn’t it? Besides, it’s not like there’s only one or two studio classes, so we might even end up in the same team.”
It wasn’t that he was praying to be in the same team as Cha Jeongwon, but he was merely mentioning that at least such a possibility existed.
“Right now, we can come eat tteokbokki like this on the weekend, but soon we’ll have to live at school. Then we’re bound to see each other’s faces all the time…”
“Got it.”
Cha Jeongwon set down his chopsticks with a clatter.
“I got it, so stop talking.”
Did I talk for too long?
***
It was right when he was about to pay for the tteokbokki.
Since Cha Jeongwon walked out first, Ha-on uttered “Uh, uh?” and followed after him.
Including almost leaving his card behind halfway through and hurriedly turning back to grab it, it was a fairly frantic gesture.
“Why are you going out first?”
At Ha-on’s minor rebuke mixed with resentment, Cha Jeongwon looked at him.
“If you wanted both you and me to stand in the narrow entrance…”
“It’s not that, I thought you were leaving first without me.”
He explained that where they stood wasn’t what was important, but Cha Jeongwon still seemed not to understand.
Since he finished eating, does he mean he has no further business?
“It seems you didn’t even have the intention to think I’d wait outside.”
“Ah… Really? You were really going to wait for me?”
To the point where he didn’t know where his past self, the one who used to avoid Cha Jeongwon had gone, he ended up showing a pleased reaction.
When eating tteokbokki. that is, while conversing with Cha Jeongwon, it was nice because he could forget the contents of the phone call with his mother.
Perhaps because of that, he didn’t dislike Cha Jeongwon.
At least for now, he wanted to be together with him.
“Come to think of it, our way home is the same, isn’t it?”
No matter how they went, the destination would be identical.
“Since you aren’t a person who would meekly wait for me, even this is something to be deeply grateful for.”
At Ha-on’s continuously rambling words, Cha Jeongwon let out a subtle throat rumble. Perhaps because he gave him the hotel voucher, Yoon Ha-on’s attitude was gentle and sweet, yet at a certain point, he would draw a line. Was what Cha Seojun said correct?
“Let’s go.”
As Ha-on moved first, Cha Jeongwon followed him as well. It was a peaceful temporary alliance forged over instant tteokbokki.
Right then, Ha-on stopped his steps as if he had discovered something.
“Event in progress?”
There was an event booth decorated with flashy balloons. In front of the table, a sign the size of a palm was set up.
[Balloon Dart Event]
Approaching the side where people were gathered, a container stuck with lollipops was visible. On the board behind it, a bunch of fist-sized balloons were attached. Their colors were all different, so looking from afar, they just looked like decorations, but looking up close, each balloon contained a neatly folded slip of paper inside.
“What is this for?”
When Ha-on, who was just watching from the side, asked, the event staff immediately added an explanation.
“You can pay money and throw darts. It’s ten thousand won for five shots. If a balloon pops, you can check the slip of paper inside, and it will be written what prize you won.”
The staff lightly raised the dart in his hand.
“First place is a 5-star hotel premium spa day pass and a 2-person dinner voucher that can be enjoyed right here.”
“Huh? This hotel…”
It was the same hotel as the suite room voucher held precious inside his pocket. Perhaps because of that, a feeling of familiarity arose.
“That’s not all. There are also beverage coupons and dessert exchange vouchers. Of course, there are duds too. If a dud comes out, we give you one lollipop.”
The container stuck with lollipops shook slightly in time with those words. The colorful wrappers caught their eyes.
The balloons gently swayed as they rode the wind. Every time someone threw a dart, a swish sound rang out. After that…
Pop! A balloon popped.
