Trapped Together — Chapter 27

YOU'RE AWAKE.

AH.

I'M HERE AS A GUARDIAN FOR THE TWO OF YOU.

SEON-YUL SEEMED EXHAUSTED AND NEEDED SOMEONE TO LOOK AFTER HER, SO...

I'M SORRY IF I CAUGHT YOU OFF GUARD.

I KNOW WE BARELY KNOW EACH OTHER, BUT I TOOK THE LIBERTY OF STEPPING IN...

NO, NOT AT ALL.

ACTUALLY, I'M GRATEFUL YOU DID.

I'M SORRY FOR TROUBLING YOU, PROFESSOR.

BECAUSE OF THE MEDICATION YOU WERE GIVEN, ROWOON,

THEY SAID YOU NEED TO BE ACCOMPANIED HOME BY A GUARDIAN.

REST A BIT LONGER, AND ONCE SEON-YUL WAKES UP, WE CAN HEAD OUT TOGETHER.

I'LL GIVE YOU BOTH A RIDE.

AH...

OKAY.

THANK YOU, PROFESSOR.

Sorry for the trouble...

PROFESSOR...

HUH...

...ARE YOU STILL HURTING ANYWHERE?

H-HUH?!

N-NO!! W-WHY DO YOU ASK?!!

YOU'VE JUST BEEN SITTING THERE STIFF AS A BOARD.

M-MAYBE IT'S BECAUSE I'M IN SU NOAH'S CAR? HAHA...

THESE KIDS ARE CUTE.

SO INNOCENT.

STILL...

...WHY IS HE LOOKING SO DOWN IN THE DUMPS?

IS THIS THE RIGHT PLACE? FOR THE YOUNG LADY.

Y-YES! THIS IS IT!

Thank you!

ALRIGHT, NOW TO THE YOUNG MAN'S PLACE...

NO, THAT'S ALRIGHT.

I’LL GET OFF HERE AS WELL.

HUH?

ARE YOU SURE YOU’LL BE OKAY?

YES, IT’S VERY CLOSE FROM HERE.

MY PLACE IS RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER, TOO.

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE RIDE.

DRIVE SAFE.

WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU?

You seem really down

I DON'T KNOW.

EVEN I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH ME.

...THAT BOY FROM EARLIER,

HE KEPT POLITELY CALLING ME "PROFESSOR."

AS IF THERE'S AN INSURMOUNTABLE WALL BETWEEN US.

I THOUGHT I WAS MUCH CLOSER WITH THE GIRL, THOUGH...

DO YOU THINK SHE SEES ME THE SAME WAY HE DOES?

SHE PROBABLY DOES, RIGHT?

SINCE THE TWO OF THEM LOOK WAY CLOSER TO EACH OTHER THAN SHE IS TO ME.

I THINK

YOU'RE

JEALOUS OF HIM.

JEALOUS...?

YOU SHOULDN'T SAY THINGS LIKE THAT.

I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE FRUSTRATED,

BUT NOT EVERYONE CAN PLAY THE PIANO LIKE YOU.

IF YOU KEEP...

SAYING THINGS SO BLUNTLY,

EVERYONE WILL ONLY GET MORE JEALOUS OF YOU.

JEALOUS?

WHAT'S THAT?

I SEE.

SO THIS...

IS WHAT JEALOUSY FEELS LIKE.

OH SEON-YUL.

ARE YOU SURE YOU'RE OKAY?

!

Y-YEAH! WHY DO YOU KEEP ASKING?

A-AM I ACTING WEIRD OR SOME- THING?

NO, IT'S NOT THAT,

IT'S JUST...

YOU'VE BEEN TENSE THIS WHOLE TIME.

OF COURSE I AM!

BECAUSE...

EARLIER...

...?

IT WAS WAY TOO VIVID...

I HAD A DREAM LIKE THAT!

HAAH...

I WAS ONLY GIVING HIM MOUTH-TO-MOUTH BECAUSE IT WAS AN EMERGENCY,

SO DOESN'T THAT MEAN MY SUBCON- SCIOUS WAS HAVING THOUGHTS LIKE THAT WITHOUT ME EVEN REALIZING?

How Shameless...

OR MAYBE,

DO I REALLY...

HAVE FEELINGS FOR ROWOON...

LOOKS LIKE THIS IS YOUR PLACE.

GUESS WE'RE HERE.

YOU MUST BE EXHAUSTED, SO HEAD INSIDE AND GET PLENTY OF REST.

THANKS FOR TODAY.

AND SORRY YOU HAD TO SEE ME LIKE THAT.

NO! DON'T EVEN THINK LIKE THAT!

IF ANYTHING, THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THE CONCERT WITH ME TODAY.

I had so much fun!

WE SHOULD...!

LET'S GO TO ANOTHER CONCERT TOGETHER SOMETIME!

...SURE.

ANYTIME.

BY THE WAY, ARE YOU OKAY WALKING HOME BY YOURSELF?

What about the side effects from the medicine..

WITH ATROPINE, YOU ONLY NEED TO BE CAREFUL WITH THINGS THAT REQUIRE QUICK REFLEXES, LIKE DRIVING.

A SHORT WALK AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD IS FINE.

YOU HAVE CLASS TOMORROW, SO HEAD IN AND GET TO SLEEP EARLY.

I'LL TEXT YOU LATER.

OKAY!

GET HOME SAFE, TOO...!

...OH,

AND...

IF YOU EVER RUN INTO SOMEONE ELSE HAVING A PANIC ATTACK,

DON’T GIVE THEM MOUTH-TO-MOUTH.

MOUTH-TO-MOUTH

DOESN’T DO ANYTHING FOR SHORTNESS OF BREATH CAUSED BY HYPERVENTILATION.

I FIGURED I SHOULD LET HER KNOW.

BECAUSE I’D HATE THE THOUGHT OF HER DOING THAT SOME- WHERE ELSE...

JUST SOMEONE WHO GAVE HIM A PECK

WHAAAAAT?!!!

JUST AS WE COULD NEVER GET CLOSER, AS IF TRAPPED IN A LOCKED ROOM,

WE COULD NEVER DRIFT APART EITHER, AS IF TRAPPED IN THAT VERY SAME ROOM—

OUR RELATIONSHIP IS SUCH A STRANGE, PECULIAR THING.

AND SO,

JUST WHEN WE GREW THE CLOSEST—

HEY, MY MIDTERM PRACTICAL EXAM GRADES ARE PRETTY GOOD, AREN'T THEY?

ACCURATE SENSE OF TEMPO, STABILITY

PITCH & TEMPO

TONE

PERFORMANCE SKILL, ARPEGGIO, RHYTHMIC LEAPS, DYNAMICS

I JUST NEED TO STAY FOCUSED AND DO WELL ON THE FINAL PRACTICAL EXAM.

THE CONCERT GOT PRETTY GOOD REVIEWS, TOO.

AT THIS RATE, I SHOULD EASILY BE ABLE TO GET THE SCHOLARSHIP.

TONE BALANCE

TECHNIQUE & COMPLETENESS

POINTS

EVALUATION CATEGORY

DETAILED EVALUATION

SCORE

DETAILED SCORE BY CATEGORY (OUT OF 100 POINTS)

2026 ACADEMIC YEAR, 2ND SEMESTER MAJOR PRACTICAL | MIDTERM EV STUDENT ID / NAME: 202612345 / OH SEON-YUL MAJOR: CLASSICAL MUSIC (PIANO) YEAR: 1ST YEAR

GOOD JOB,

OH SEON-YUL!

AND WHEN WE

DRIFTED THE FURTHEST APART.

(PRE-MEDICINE MIDTERM GRADE REPORT) STUDENT ID: 202654321 DEPARTMENT: PRE-MEDICINE SEMESTER: 2ND SEMESTER NAME: LEE HYEON-WOO YEAR: 1ST YEAR DATE OF BIRTH: 2007.01.12 NO. COURSE TYPE COURSE TYPE CREDITS MIDTERM SCORE CLASS AVERAGE HIGHEST SCORE CLASS RANK MAJOR 3 88.5 76.2 98.0 8 / MAJOR 2 92.0 81.0 MAJOR 2 45 / 50 MAJOR 3

OVERALL YEAR RANK 10 / 76

I THINK I'M FINALLY STARTING TO UNDERSTAND A LITTLE

ABOUT HOW THIS JINX WORKS.