That Face Is the Problem - Chapter 51.1
It was therefore inevitable that the two of them would run into each other again at the Team 1 quarters on the seventh floor of the Suryun Guild building, only five minutes apart. In the midst of that awkward shock, it was also inevitable that they would look at each other and come to the same realization, that the other had run away to avoid them.
“I see… you washed up….”
Jae-gyeong spoke calmly to Da-sol, who looked like he had bolted out without even drying his hair. Da-sol also replied in an even voice as he glanced over Jae-gyeong.
“Hunter Jeong Jae-gyeong, you abandoned your home and fled.”
“….”
“….”
If any of their other teammates had been present, they would have said they could not breathe just looking at them and walked right back out. The silence between the two was more embarrassing and distant than ever.
In the end, it was Da-sol who raised the white flag first.
“Haah… let’s talk.”
Da-sol and Jae-gyeong sat across from each other at the dining table in the quarters. They had also sat across from each other at Jae-gyeong’s table earlier to eat, so this was a conversation they could have had then. They were only having it now in a different place.
“First, I am sorry for suddenly losing my temper.”
Da-sol apologized first. Jae-gyeong kept his lips pressed together, then asked with slightly watery eyes.
“May I ask… why were you upset…?”
“…It is just….”
Da-sol seemed to freeze for a moment, at a loss for words, then awkwardly offered an explanation.
“I could have handled it myself, but when you said you would take care of it instead, it made me feel bad. It felt like… um, you were looking down on me…?”
It was a flimsy excuse he made up on the spot. However, Jae-gyeong’s eyes lit up as if he finally understood, and as if he actually liked that excuse. Jae-gyeong had been sulking to himself, thinking, I must have made him angry by overstepping as a man, so that excuse felt much better in comparison.
Da-sol, unaware of Jae-gyeong’s inner thoughts, felt sorry and guilty toward him. He also felt a bit resentful toward Jae-gyeong for making him feel this way over a guy he was not even that close to. At the same time, he was annoyed with himself too.
Anyway, with complicated and subtle emotions, the two of them temporarily smoothed over the conflict that had happened earlier at Jae-gyeong’s house.
“I absolutely did not say that because I underestimated your strength, Da-sol…. It is just that if you want to get revenge on someone unpleasant, you have to see them one more time…. And that makes you feel bad again…. I said I could help so you would not have to go through that, but if that was overstepping, I am sorry….”
“Do not apologize. That is not something you need to apologize for. I was the one being narrow-minded.”
At least that part was sincere. When Da-sol admitted it coolly, Jae-gyeong’s expression brightened a little. Da-sol also felt just that much more at ease. So he decided to try making Jae-gyeong’s expression brighten even more.
“Since it turned out like this, let’s sleep here tonight and go to Hunter Jeong Jae-gyeong’s place early tomorrow morning. I also need to talk to the repair company when they come.”
“Yes….”
“And what you mentioned before we ate. The heal priority. Should we decide on the sign for that now too? All at once.”
“Ah… shall we…?”
Da-sol realized that the more he talked, the brighter Jae-gyeong’s face became. He must be the type who has trouble starting conversations, so it is easier when someone else leads. That was what Da-sol thought.
“What was Hunter Jeong Jae-gyeong’s sign in the Mirror Dungeon again?”
At the question, Jae-gyeong suddenly parted his lips slightly and placed the tip of his tongue behind his upper teeth. His bright red tongue flickered into view between his plump lips, and his white teeth glimmered faintly like pearls beneath them.
“….”
Da-sol stared at Jae-gyeong’s mouth and said nothing for five whole seconds. Five seconds is longer than one might think. Jae-gyeong kept his tongue against the back of his upper teeth for those five seconds, then timidly asked while watching Da-sol’s reaction.
“Why…? Is it really bad…?”
“Yes.”
Da-sol answered immediately. He suddenly twisted his neck side to side, frowned, and scratched the back of his head in irritation.
“Let’s not do that one.”
“Ah, okay….”
“The sign I used is easy, but I think it would be hard to recognize right away outside.”
Da-sol changed the subject. Jae-gyeong quickly nodded.
“Yours was brushing your hair back, right, Da-sol…. That does seem like it would be hard to notice….”
In a dungeon, the tanker stands at the very front and the healer at the very back. That alone creates a huge distance, and there is even the possibility that they could be completely separated one by one, like in the Mirror Dungeon.
“How about something like this…? Something you can see well from far away.”
Jae-gyeong raised both arms high and made a circle. Da-sol’s face crumpled.
“Did you just make a heart?”
“No, no, no? A circle… a round shape….”
Jae-gyeong looked even more horrified and tried to make his arms as round as possible. Da-sol let out a short laugh. I was joking, and he hates it that much.
“Are you trying to get our position exposed to the monsters? What if you get spotted first doing such a big sign and end up getting hunted instead?”
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