Hate Girl — Chapter 23

LOOKS LIKE SENIOR YUNHYEOK WENT THROUGH THE WRINGER.

HE'S GOT A MASSIVE BLACK EYE.

SENIOR YUNHYEOK DOES?

DID YOU BEAT HIM UP, DAHAE?

EXCUSE ME???

I MEAN, I DID BLACK OUT AGAIN YESTERDAY...

SO I CAN'T SAY THERE'S ZERO CHANCE OF THAT...

NAH, NO WAY. IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE GOT HIT BY A WOMAN.

WHAT DO I DO...

HIS WHOLE BODY LOOKED BANGED UP, TOO.

HE DITCHED SCHOOL TODAY BECAUSE HE WAS TOO EMBARRASSED OF HIS FACE.

WANNA GO SEE? HE SHOULD BE AT HOME.

YEHUI IS COMING OVER TO OUR PLACE TO DO ASSIGNMENTS ANYWAY.

YEAH, I'LL GO.

DOWN FOR CHICKEN AND BEER?

SOUNDS GOOD.

I WAS ABOUT TO BE DEPRESSED ALONE AT HOME, SO THIS IS GREAT.

DAHAE, YOU LIVE AROUND HERE TOO, RIGHT?

YES. OH, SENIOR, YOU CAN DROP THE FORMALITIES.

SH-SHOULD I, THEN?

YOU HAVE NO IDEA HOW GLAD I AM TO HAVE YOU SENIORS AROUND.

I'M A TOTAL OUTCAST IN THE DEPARTMENT...

OH MY...

IT MUST BE BECAUSE OF KANG YUNHYEOK.

IT'S OKAY. YOU CAN JUST HANG OUT WITH US.

IF YOU'RE EVER HAVING A HARD TIME, TELL ME ANYTIME!

OKAY.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

...IS SOMETHING WRONG?

HER ENERGY'S BEEN PRETTY LOW FOR A WHILE.

HUH, WHAT THE...?

EXCUSE ME~

HIS SLIPPERS ARE GONE.

DID HE GO OUT TO BUY CIGARETTES?

WHOA... THE HOUSE IS SO PRETTY. IT'S AWESOME.

AH, IT'S MY OLDER SISTER'S PLACE, BUT IT'S EMPTY RIGHT NOW BECAUSE SHE'S ON A BUSINESS TRIP OVERSEAS, SO I'M USING IT.

I'M GETTING KICKED OUT NEXT YEAR. HAHA.

OH NO.

WANNA LOOK AROUND THE ROOMS AND TAKE A SEAT? LET'S HAVE SOME RAMEN FOR AN APPETIZER.

I'D LOVE THAT.

THANK YOU.

SHE SMILES WHEN WE TALK ABOUT FOOD. HOW CUTE.

WOW... WHOSE DRAWING IS THIS?

ART STUDENTS REALLY ARE ON ANOTHER LEVEL. THIS IS INSANE.

COME TO THINK OF IT, DIDN'T THEY SAY SENIOR YUNHYEOK WAS IN THE PRODUCTION DEPARTMENT?

A GENIUS WHO ENROLLED EARLY AT NINETEEN.

EVEN TAKING OUT HIS TIME IN THE MILITARY, WHAT HAS HE BEEN DOING FOR 7 YEARS TO NOT GRADUATE YET?

YOU JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND THE MINDS OF GENIUSES.

IT'S AMAZING. FASCINATING.

IT HAS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT VIBE FROM MY SISTER'S DRAWINGS.

HM?

WHY ARE YOU SO NICE TO ME?

BECAUSE YOU'RE CUTE.

...DON'T MAKE ME LAUGH.

DEEP DOWN, I HAD HOPED THAT THE SENIOR'S GOODWILL WAS MEANT SOLELY FOR ME.

I DIDN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT HE SAW IN ME,

BUT HE SAID IT WAS FUN BEING WITH ME.

YOU ONLY FOUND ME INTERESTING BECAUSE I'M HER LITTLE SISTER.

A RUSH OF EMBARRASSMENT AND EMPTINESS WASHED OVER ME ALL AT ONCE.

RIGHT. I'M NOT AN INTERESTING PERSON. I SHOULDN'T HAVE LET GO OF MY DOUBTS JUST BECAUSE OF A FLEETING MOMENT OF SWEETNESS.

DAHAE!!! I'M HERE. LET'S EAT THE RAMEN RIGHT NOW. THE SMELL IS KILLER.

A WILD BOAR HAS APPEARED.

BRING IT TO MY MOUTH RIGHT THIS SECOND.

OH, HEY. WHEN DID YOU GET HERE?

JUST NOW! WHAT WERE YOU LOOKING AT?

OH, NOTHING. THE DRAWINGS WERE JUST SO COOL, I WAS LOOKING AT THEM.

AH~ SENIOR YUNHYEOK DRAWS REALLY WELL. HE GETS CALLED A GENIUS A LOT.

THOUGH HE ENDED UP LIKE THAT BECAUSE EVERYONE AROUND HIM KEPT CODDLING HIM AND CALLING HIM A GENIUS,

...I SEE.

MY SISTER ONCE SAID SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHILE SPILLING HER COFFEE.

THAT THERE WAS A GENIUS IN HER DEPARTMENT, AND AS AN ORDINARY PERSON, SHE HAD TO WORK SEVERAL TIMES HARDER THAN HIM JUST TO BEAT HIM.

I THINK THAT PERSON MIGHT HAVE BEEN KANG YUNHYEOK.

I HATED IT.

THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I'VE FELT THIS KIND OF EMOTION.

THE MEMORIES OF THAT DAY KEEP TEARING THROUGH MY MIND.

DAHAE.

DAHAE?

DAHAE, WHAT'S WRONG?

HURRY UP AND COME EAT.

DID SOMETHING HAPPEN?

...AH, UM.

I'M SORRY, BUT SOMETHING URGENT CAME UP AND I THINK I NEED TO HEAD HOME.

DAHAE, ARE YOU OKAY?

I'M SORRY. PLEASE INVITE ME AGAIN NEXT TIME.

EHHH???

WHY IS SHE SUDDENLY ACTING LIKE THAT?

JUST LET HER BE.

SHE MUST HAVE HER REASONS~

HEY,

DID YOU PULL ANOTHER ALL-NIGHTER AT THE OFFICE?

UH, YEAH... WHAT TIME IS IT?

I WAS SORTING OUT SOME INVENTORY YESTERDAY.

A FEW DESIGNER PORTFOLIO EMAILS ARRIVED, SO I SORTED THROUGH THEM,

JUST CHECK THESE AND GO BACK TO SLEEP. SHOULD I GET YOU A BLANKET?

NO, I SHOULD GET UP.

HOW MANY APPLICANTS DID WE GET?

QUITE A FEW MORE THAN EXPECTED.

THE PAY IS HIGH, SO THEY CAME FLOCKING IN LIKE A PACK OF DOGS.

OH, THIS PERSON IS GOOD.

IT FITS OUR NEXT NEW ARRIVAL CONCEPT, TOO.

WHAT A SURPRISE. FOR YOU TO ACTUALLY SAY SOMEONE IS GOOD.

DID YOU GET THIS PERSON'S CONTACT INFO?

YES, SHOULD I SET UP A MEETING?

NO, I'LL CONTACT THEM MYSELF. THE DESIGNS ARE REALLY GOOD.

AH, I'M FULLY AWAKE NOW. I'M SO HAPPY.

PHEW, YOU'RE IMPOSSIBLE. YOU'RE A TOTAL WORK- AHOLIC.

HELLO, THIS IS JEONG DAJEONG, CEO OF ENDLESS 26. I HAVE THOROUGHLY REVIEWED THE PORTFOLIO YOU SENT. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST A MEETING REGARDING THE PRODUCTION OF OUR MAIN ITEM FOR THIS SEASON. WOULD YOU BE AVAILABLE THIS FRIDAY AROUND 4:00 PM?