Don't You Need an Omega Lucky Charm - Chapter 7.2
“You scared me popping up out of nowhere.”
“Really? I guess you close your eyes when you get scared.”
Kim Hyeongyu smirked slyly as if he had seen the whole thing. Haon glared at him.
“It’s because he thrust his face right in front of me mercilessly. Why do that without a word…”
“Maybe he wanted to take a close look at your face. Or did you think he was going to kiss you or something?”
“Be quiet. I’m leaving first.”
Teased by Kim Hyeongyu, Haon snatched the coffee roughly from him and left the cafe. Whether it was because of other people’s gazes, he didn’t want to stay in the cafe any longer.
“Huh? Hey! Where are you going? He hasn’t even arrived yet!”
Kim Hyeongyu’s voice calling from behind was buried in the chatter of other people in the cafe and went unheard.
Walking toward the school, Haon cooled down his simmering insides with the cold iced Americano.
He stayed on high alert, paranoid that Cha Jeongwon might pop out from somewhere again.
‘I don’t see him… Then again, did I expect to meet him at the cafe earlier?’
He fiddled with the back of his head that had bumped into the table earlier.
“I must not run into him. I’ve already experienced it once.”
These were words of determination directed at himself.
“Even if I know what kind of fate that person has, it’s not like I can change anything for him.”
He didn’t know why Cha Jeongwon’s wallet was there, but finding it was enough. Honestly, his own situation wasn’t good enough for him to be worrying about Cha Jeongwon.
“I need to spend the remaining semesters well and get a job.”
Graduation project, graduation, employment.
To pass the three remaining gates ahead, he had even quit all his part-time jobs. Thanks to that, he had to stretch his savings frugally to cover living expenses, so his situation was quite desperate.
He couldn’t afford even a single slip-up here.
On the very first day of the semester, if things like going to the emergency room were to happen repeatedly, Haon’s plans would hit a snag.
Of course, it wasn’t like that man wanted to roll down the stairs on purpose either, but what’s wrong is wrong.
To calm his pounding heart, Haon gulped down his Americano, but… it didn’t calm down in the slightest.
Meanwhile, Kim Hyeongyu, who remained at the cafe, scratched his hair with a troubled face.
“He shouldn’t have just left like this…”
Just then, a young man who entered the cafe looked around, spotted Kim Hyeongyu, and waved his hand. Kim Hyeongyu also spotted him and called him over with an awkward voice.
“Over here, Seojun.”
“Oh, hyung. Where is Haon hyung?”
At Cha Seojun’s question, Kim Hyeongyu turned his shoulders toward the outside of the cafe.
“Something urgent came up, so he left first.”
“Suddenly? You said he was free today.”
“Uh-huh, he was free, but a sudden matter came up.”
At Kim Hyeongyu’s half-hearted excuse, Cha Seojun’s eyes narrowed. Because that face reminded him of someone, Kim Hyeongyu immediately shut his mouth.
Cha Seojun, Cha Jeongwon.
With an uncommon surname, a handsome face, and even crazy physical proportions like Cha Jeongwon, Cha Seojun was no stranger to Cha Jeongwon.
He couldn’t tell Cha Seojun that Haon had left with a bright red face after meeting Cha Jeongwon.
“Haon hyung still likes playing tag, I see.”
Unaware of Hyeongyu’s inner thoughts, Cha Seojun recalled Yoon Haon with a face mixed with regret and anticipation.
***
Stepping into the classroom, Haon looked for an empty seat and froze at a familiar back.
It was Cha Jeongwon. He could recognize him at a glance, as if someone had put a name tag on the back of his head. Haon silently headed toward the back seat.
“Hey, why over there…”
He grabbed the arm of Kim Hyeongyu, who followed him in, and sat him down next to him.
“They don’t do anything on the first day anyway. Just sit.”
Since all classes usually proceeded with orientation in the first week, this class was expected to be the same.
As Haon rapidly piled up excuses, he suddenly lowered his voice the moment Cha Jeongwon turned around.
“Let’s just stay here and leave.”
“Well, for me… that works.”
It was a relief that Kim Hyeongyu was simple-minded.
Afterward, while the professor came in and talked about the course, all of Haon’s focus remained on Cha Jeongwon.
Cha Jeongwon was in his 4th year, 1st semester, and he was also in his 4th year, 1st semester.
Most of the classes Haon took overlapped. On top of that, considering the graduation exhibition?
He would probably see him as often as Kim Hyeongyu.
‘This really isn’t something I can just gloss over, is it?’
Without effort, it was obvious they would bump into each other often. The look in Haon’s eyes changed.
‘Let’s avoid him with complete determination.’
He thought everything would be fine if he just set his mind to it like that.
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