Will We Stay Friends Forever? — Chapter 19

I'LL COME NEXT TIME...!

HEY, WAIT!

SINCE I KNOW HER, I'LL JUST GO AND GREET HER. I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.

WHAT?

HOW DO YOU EVEN KNOW LEE JUYEONG?

I DON'T KNOW HER ALL THAT WELL, BUT

THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S GOING TO BE FUN.

I'M HEADING OUT, SEE YOU NEXT TIME.

Where Did Everybody Go?

THAT PERSON WHO JUST WALKED IN IS LEE DOYEONG'S JUNIOR.

WHAT'S UP WİTH HİM?

YOU MUST KNOW SOMETHING, RIGHT?

Hey, You Guys Are The Only Ones In On The Fun? Spit It Out...

Haah... Muyeong, Pour Me A Strong One...

HUH? YOU KNOW LEE DOYEONG?

HE'S... OUR ASSISTANT MANAGER...

SO THE PERSON YOU SAID YOU LIKED

WAS LEE DOYEONG?!

...YEAH.

WHOA...

IT REALLY IS A SMALL WORLD.

WOW... THIS IS WILD.

SO EVERYTHING YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT BACK THEN WAS ABOUT LEE DOYEONG?

WHAT DID YOU SAY AGAIN? GENTLE AND DEPENDABLE... SOME KIND OF TRUE ADULT...?

HAHAHA, THAT IS DEFINITELY NOT IT.

I FEEL BAD FOR YOU THOUGH.

UH...

ARE YOU REALLY NOT BOTHERED BY THIS?

HUH...? BY WHAT...?

AH... YOU MEAN BECAUSE OF THAT "PARTNER" THING?

PLEASE DON'T SPREAD RUMORS ABOUT THIS AT WORK.

THEY CARE A LOT ABOUT THAT KIND OF STUFF.

NO...

NO, THAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT...

THERE'S NO WAY I WOULD DO THAT...!

WE'RE NOT ACTUALLY DATING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

AND WE DON'T PLAN TO IN THE FUTURE EITHER.

EVEN IF WE WERE,

IT'S UP TO LEE DOYEONG TO DECIDE, NOT FOR US TO MEDDLE WITH.

AND HE ISN'T AS FLAWLESS AS AS YOU THINK,

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE SO INTIMIDATED.

I THOUGHT SHE WAS AN UNUSUAL PERSON, BUT...

OH RIGHT! DID YOU SAY CASUAL HOOKUPS AREN'T REALLY YOUR THING?

ARE YOU DISAPPOINTED IN LEE DOYEONG?

WELL, THAT'S A RELIEF THEN.

YOU FIGURED OUT HIS TRUE NATURE BEFORE CONFESSING.

...HEY!

I CAN'T KEEP UP WITH A SINGLE THING YOU'RE SAYING!

THE ASSISTANT MANAGER...

HAS BEEN SIGHING A LOT MORE LATELY.

HE'S TAKING ON WAY TOO MUCH WORK TOO...

YOU MIGHT THINK YOU'VE DRAWN A NEAT, HARD LINE,

BUT I DON'T THINK YOUR BODY AND HEART CAN JUST BE SEPARATED LIKE THAT.

ESPECIALLY NOT THE ASSISTANT MANAGER I KNOW.

THE ASSISTANT MANAGER IS PITIFUL.

IF YOU REALLY DON’T CARE THAT MUCH,

WON’T YOU PLEASE JUST LET HIM GO?

STOP BOTHERING LEE DOYEONG.

IF YOU HAVE ANY TACT AT ALL, GO FIND YOURSELF A NORMAL GUY.

IT’S NOT RIGHT TO KEEP TAKING ADVANTAGE OF

HOW KIND DOYEONG IS AND HOW HARD IT IS FOR THEM TO SAY NO.

SINCE JUYEONG CAN’T HANDLE THINGS PROPERLY, I KEEP WORRYING AND STRESSING OVER IT.

SO I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU WOULD KEEP YOUR DISTANCE.

WHY IS EVERYONE ACTING LIKE LEE DOYEONG'S SPOKESPERSON?

JUST SAY STRAIGHT OUT THAT YOU HATE THE SIGHT OF ME.

OR WHAT, DO YOU WANT TO TURN ME INTO AN IDIOT WHO CAN'T EVEN VOICE THEIR OWN OPINION?

I'M SICK OF THIS...

THEN GO STRAIGHT TO HIM AND SAY IT.

IF IT BREAKS YOUR HEART TO SEE THEM LOOKING SO PATHETIC, TELL THEM TO COME TO ME.

CAN’T SAY IT?

YOU CAN’T EVEN SAY A SINGLE WORD TO HIM,

BUT I LOOK LIKE AN EASY TARGET?

AH...

S-SORRY...!

LEE DOYEONG?

Ah.

I FINALLY FOUND YOU, LEE JUYEONG.

WHY...

WHERE'S AHYOUNG?

AH...

MY HEAD HURTS...

What?!

YOU'VE BEEN TRYING TO HOOK DOYEONG AND JUYEONG UP FOREVER.

I WAS RIGHT THERE BESIDE YOU,

AND THERE'S NO WAY THINGS WOULD WORK OUT WITH YOU AND LEE JUYEONG.

AND...

HA... WHATEVER...

...IT'S NOT THAT I WANT TO HOOK THEM UP

BECAUSE I HOPE DOYEONG WILL TAKE CARE OF JUYEONG.

THEN WHAT IS IT?

I'm Not Telling You...

So Mean... Tell Me...

LEE JUYEONG, WE'RE FINALLY AT YOUR HOUSE.

WAIT HERE, I'LL GO GET YOU SOME WATER...

WHY AM I GETTING SO ANGRY?

LEE JUYEONG...?

THERE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN PLENTY OF WOMEN AROUND LEE DOYEONG.

SO WHY ON EARTH AM I SUDDENLY GETTING THIS MAD?

DO IT WITH ME.

I WANT TO.