A Lovely Meal — Chapter 20

HAA...

SO MUCH FOR LETTING GO...

WHAT CHANGDEOK HYUNG SAID BASICALLY MEANS...

...THAT HE'S NOT PUSHING ME AWAY BECAUSE HE DOESN'T LIKE ME.

HE'S DOING IT BECAUSE HE THINKS I'M TOO YOUNG AND TOO GOOD A PERSON, SO I'D BE WASTED ON HIM.

BUT HE'S SO PRECIOUS TO ME...AND I THINK HE'S A GOOD PERSON...

HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO CONVINCE HIM?

money<- solvable age difference<-

I CAN FIGURE OUT THE MONEY ISSUE...

BUT MY AGE...

HMM...

IF ONLY...

I HAD BEEN BORN EARLIER THAN HIM.

SEE YOU TOMORROW.

OH, RIGHT.

HOLD UP, JONGJONG.

AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO MOVE OUT OF THAT GUY'S PLACE SOON?

UH... YEAH.

I WAS THINKING OF APPLYING FOR DORMS AS SOON AS I GET INTO COLLEGE...

I FIGURED AS MUCH.

BUT I HAVE A DIFFERENT IDEA...

HIGH SCHOOL

HMM...

ALRIGHT.

I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.

I'M HOME!

HYUNG, YOU'RE HOME EARLY-

WHAT'S...THAT?

OH, THIS?

TAE-GEUM HYUNG WAS CLEANING UP HIS PLACE...

...AND SAID HE HAD EXTRA BEDDING HE DOESN'T USE.

STARTING TONIGHT, WE CAN SLEEP SEPARATELY.

BUT...

WE'VE BEEN FINE SHARING A BLANKET UNTIL NOW. SO WHY...?

I MEAN...

IT WAS FREE. WHY WOULD I SAY NO?

IT'S NICE TO HAVE A SPARE.

I CAN JUST SLEEP ON THE FLOOR.

YOU TAKE THE MAT.

YOU'RE THE ONE STUDYING FOR EXAMS, AFTER ALL.

I CAN'T SLEEP...

IT FEELS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY...

WE WERE TOSSING AND TURNING BECAUSE IT WAS AWKWARD SHARING A BED...

NOW I CAN'T SLEEP BECAUSE WE'RE APART.

EVEN IN THIS TINY ONE-ROOM APARTMENT...

AS I'M LYING RIGHT NEXT TO HIM...

...HE FEELS SO FAR AWAY...

MY FEELINGS FOR HIM JUST KEEP GROWING.

BUT THE MOMENT THEY SHOW EVEN A LITTLE BIT...

...HE PULLS AWAY...

...LIKE HE'S DODGING A WAVE ABOUT TO CRASH.

WHAT DO I HAVE TO DO...

IF I WANT TO STAY WITH HIM?

WHEN I KEPT MY FEELINGS HIDDEN...

...HE WAS SO RELAXED AROUND ME...

THE MORE DISTANCE HE PUTS BETWEEN US...

...THE CLOSER I WANT TO BE...

DID YOU PACK YOUR LUNCH?

YES!

November

YOU DIDN'T FORGET ANYTHING?

WHAT'S UP?

NOTHING... IT'S JUST...

YOU SEEM...

...MORE NERVOUS THAN ME.

AREN'T YOU TAKING THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM TODAY?

WHY DO YOU SEEM SO CHILL?

I'M FEELING BETTER THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD.

MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE YOU'RE DOING ALL THE WORRYING FOR ME.

UH, YOUR SOCKS DON'T MATCH.

ACK!

HAHAHAHA!

ANYWAY...

I'M GLAD TO SEE YOU'RE IN GOOD SHAPE.

DON'T OVERDO IT.

PUT ALL THAT STUDYING TO GOOD USE.

I KNOW HOW HARD YOU'VE BEEN WORKING.

IT'S ONLY A FEW HOURS. YOU'VE GOT THIS.

...OKAY.

I WILL.

WHAT? DID YOU FORGET SOMETHING?

N-NO... IT'S JUST... UM...

IF IT'S OKAY WITH YOU...

...COULD WE SHAKE HANDS FOR GOOD LUCK?

UH, SERIOUSLY...? "GOOD LUCK?"

HAPPY NOW?

FOR THE RECORD, I'M NOT EXACTLY A LUCKY PERSON.

BESIDES, WHY DO YOU NEED LUCK? ARE YOU PLANNING ON GUESSING YOUR ANSWERS?

abibas -

NOT FEELING TOO CONFIDENT, HUH?

NO...

I'M CONFIDENT.

I'LL STAY CALM AND DO MY BEST.

GOOD.

SEE YOU LATER.

abibas