That Face Is the Problem - Chapter 63.2
“‘It’s all over now… He even told me about his painful past, and yet I once again… No, this is a physiological phenomenon so it couldn’t be helped, but… it’s still true that I’m the one who did wrong…’”
The moment Jae-gyeong was about to sniffle again, his phone vibrated. He jumped up and picked up the phone. It was because he suspected that Da-sol might have sent him a barrage of curse words.
However, the caller was not Da-sol but Lee Hyeon. Jae-gyeong swallowed his tears and lowered his voice as much as possible.
“Yes, this is Jeong Jae-gyeong…”
-Hyung, did you happen to talk about me to Da-sol-hyung?
Lee Hyeon’s voice sounded like a displeased and grumpy child. At the name ‘Da-sol’, Jae-gyeong’s heart dropped, but he asked as calmly as possible.
“What do you mean by that…?”
-I explicitly asked you, didn’t I? I said I want to work on teamwork a lot with Da-sol-hyung. And asked if you didn’t need to do mock training together anymore. You said you felt that way too.
“I did… I only went today because I inevitably ran into Mr. Da-sol…”
‘I probably won’t even be able to face him tomorrow. Because I got an erection again because of Mr. Da-sol, and Mr. Da-sol got completely pissed off…’ Since he could not bring himself to say this, Jae-gyeong cleared his throat and continued speaking.
“I’m planning not to go out tomorrow… The two of you can do it, or you can do it together with Hunter Jeong Jeong-eon… it will probably end up that way…”
-For real, right? I can really trust you this time, right hyung?
“Yes…”
-Haa… But I called Da-sol-hyung earlier and told him let’s go to training tomorrow, and he said he didn’t want to.
He had already talked on the phone with Da-sol too. But to think he said he didn’t want to. Jae-gyeong’s heart pounded wildly, feeling as if it were his fault. While he was silently trembling, Lee Hyeon began to chatter away in a voice that was much more sociable than at first.
-He hung up abruptly before I could even finish my words. Da-sol-hyung is truly too much. But I think that’s also his charm. Somehow, even if he has no manners like that, you feel like it’s somewhat acceptable once you see his face? Strangely, I don’t even get very angry. And…
Even after that, Lee Hyeon rattled on excitedly about Da-sol for over twenty minutes before hanging up, saying, “The call was fun, hyung~” Honestly, Jae-gyeong could not even remember what Lee Hyeon had said.
However, there was one thing he realized. Lee Hyeon had come to like Da-sol too.
A person who has had many unrequited loves is quick-witted. Because an unrequited love itself is something that cannot be done without reading the other person’s cues, it was bound to naturally improve. On top of that, Jae-gyeong, who was timid and introverted by nature, had been the type to walk on eggshells and read people’s reactions a lot since childhood.
Lee Hyeon hadn’t particularly said words like ‘I like Da-sol’ or made direct statements of jealousy or wariness, but Jae-gyeong could tell just by listening to Lee Hyeon’s voice, which gradually became filled with laughter as he talked about Da-sol for over 20 minutes.
And Jae-gyeong instinctively felt that Lee Hyeon knew his feelings as well.
In the end, talking about his younger siblings had merely been an excuse (though it might not be a complete lie), and the day before yesterday, Lee Hyeon had done the underlying groundwork to create a point of contact with Da-sol and block Jae-gyeong out. Jae-gyeong found out about it two days later.
Suddenly, he remembered the time he received Da-in’s wedding invitation. If Da-in and Jae-gyeong had been on the same team back then and had been a bit closer in distance, Jae-gyeong would have been able to notice much faster. Even the fact that Da-in liked someone else and was preparing for marriage with that person.
‘It’s rather a relief…’
Because they were on the same team this time and he was close to them, he was able to find out faster than before. The fact that there was absolutely no chance for Jae-gyeong.
At the same time, another thing became more certain…
‘I’m really, really doomed… I’m fucked…’
It was that Jae-gyeong could no longer deny his feelings for Da-sol. In a situation where even Lee Hyeon had noticed and was engaging in underlying operations for the sake of keeping him at bay, saying ‘No, it’s not allowed, it’ll be fine at this level’ was of no use.
Jae-gyeong slumped back onto the bed. He buried his face in the pillow.
As an expert in unrequited love, he knew all too well what the real problem was. The point where an unrequited love gets fucked is from the moment one goes beyond perceiving it and actually admits it. From then on, feelings were bound to grow like a snowball rolling uncontrollably. There was no such thing as a control device, and the brakes became broken.
That was why in his past unrequited love, what Jae-gyeong chose was flight and avoidance. What on earth should he choose this time? Should he really change jobs again? Did he have to go to a completely different city altogether?
However, having met this kind of conclusion once again at the end of flight and avoidance, what would be the meaning of making the exact same choice?
Jae-gyeong thought that his body felt like it was sinking deep beneath the bed. A massive depression began to weigh heavily on him.
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