Hate Girl — Chapter 22

WHATEVER HAPPENS, I HAVE TO SOMEHOW GET RID OF THAT SLY FOX HANGING AROUND DAHAE.

BUT I'M AT A LOSS FOR HOW TO EXPLAIN IT.

IF DAHAE FINDS OUT, I HAVE NO IDEA WHETHER SHE'LL BE FURIOUS,

OR IF SHE'LL LOOK GENUINELY HURT.

I COULDN'T SLEEP A WINK.

IF SHE REALLY...

IF SHE HAS EVEN A ONE-PERCENT SPOT IN HER HEART FOR THAT BASTARD, WHAT HAPPENS THEN?

IF BY SOME CHANCE THAT IS THE TRUTH,

I'LL DEFINITELY END UP BEING MISERY NUMBER ONE, RUINING THE FIRST LOVE OF MY MOST PRECIOUS PERSON.

...I'M NEVER DRINKING AGAIN.

I ALWAYS BLACK OUT WHENEVER I DRINK.

HUH?

DO YOU HAVE TIME TODAY? LET'S TALK FOR A BIT.

I WANTED TO DISTANCE MYSELF FROM YOU, BUT I GUESS THAT WAS A RIDICULOUS THOUGHT.

UWAAH.

BECAUSE A SINGLE MESSAGE LIKE THIS IS ENOUGH TO MAKE MY CHEST ACHE.

HI, DAHAE~

HI.

LOOKS LIKE YOU'RE IN A GOOD MOOD TODAY.

I DO?

YOU'RE USUALLY SULKING WHILE STARING AT YOUR PHONE EVERY DAY.

I AM?

SO WHAT'S UP WITH YOU TODAY?

OH, IT'S NOTHING.

WHAT IS IT~? TELL ME. A FLING? A BOYFRIEND?

NO, IT'S NOTHING LIKE THAT...

I THINK IT IS! WHO IS HE, DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE?

I..

I'LL TELL YOU LATER.

DON'T TELL ME IT'S AN UNREQUITED LOVE?

UGH,

WOW, EVEN A GIRL LIKE YOU HAS AN UNREQUITED LOVE?

JUST HOW AMAZING IS THIS GUY?

HE'S HANDSOME. CUTE, AND... A CRYBABY.

AND HIS ONLY FRIEND IS... ME.

LUCKY BASTARD.

LET ME KNOW IF THINGS DON'T WORK OUT.

THERE'S A SENIOR WHO ASKED ME TO SET HIM UP WITH YOU.

HE'S IN THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT, COMES FROM A RICH FAMILY, AND IS INSANELY HANDSOME.

NO, I'M FINE.

MY SCORCHED AND CHAOTIC HEART TRANSFORMED INTO SOMETHING SOFT LIKE FLUFFY CLOUDS.

WHAT IS HE TRYING TO SAY?

LEE BEOMSEOK IS A SUPERHUMAN TO ME.

HE PLAYS WITH MY HEART MORE THAN A DOZEN TIMES A DAY.

DAHAE!

JINSU!

DID YOU GET HOME SAFELY YESTERDAY?

AH! YES, THANKS TO YOU.

I WAS A BIT SAD THAT YOU TWO SUDDENLY DISAPPEARED YESTERDAY.

SERIOUSLY, WHAT'S GOING ON? ARE YOU TWO SOMETHING SPECIAL?

HUH? NO,

IT'S ABSOLUTELY NOT LIKE THAT...! NEVER!

I GUESS I GOT DRUNK A BIT TOO FAST SINCE I DON'T KNOW MY ALCOHOL TOLERANCE YET.

COCKTAILS ARE REALLY DANGEROUS.

THEY SURE ARE.

YEHUI AND I AREN'T EVEN SURE HOW WE GOT HOME YESTERDAY.

I'M NEVER DRINKING TOO MUCH AGAIN...

...AH.

I GOT MY HOPES UP AGAIN JUST FROM A SINGLE MESSAGE ASKING TO MEET UP.

LIKE AN ABSOLUTE IDIOT.

HE WAS ALWAYS KIND TO EVERYONE, AND HE DIRECTED THAT SAME CARE AND KINDNESS RIGHT AT ME.

AND HERE I AM, LIKE A FISH DESPERATELY SWALLOWING IT WHOLE JUST TO SURVIVE.

EARNESTLY,

I TIE A WEIGHT AROUND MYSELF AND QUIETLY SINK BACK INTO THE DEEP SEA.

HEY.

SORRY, BUT I DON'T LIKE THINGS LIKE THIS.

OH, REALLY? SORRY.

I HAVE A HABIT OF LINKING ARMS.

WHAT THE...

YOU'RE PLAYING SO HARD TO GET? WHAT A JERK.

DO YOU HAVE TIME TODAY? FOR A BIT.

OKAY.

I DON'T THINK I CAN SEE YOU TODAY. I FORGOT I HAD PRIOR PLANS...

DOES DAHAE THINK SO TOO?

I DON'T THINK SHE DOES.

NO,

WHATEVER YOUR SCHEDULE IS, I NEED TO SEE THIS TO THE END TODAY.