Midterms had just ended. I had no classes on Fridays, so Thursday was the last day of my midterms. It was also the class I happened to share with Su Ye-Eun.

I vaguely thought she’d hit me up to go eat fries again. Ever since I started having classes with Su Ye-Eun, I began avoiding food that contained potatoes.

Su Ye-Eun shouted happily, “Let’s celebrate the end of midterms with beer and fries!”

“I expected nothing less,” I grumbled.

“Let’s go, Shin!”

“How did the test go?”

“Kyaaaak!”

Su Ye-Eun answered my question with a scream. How did this girl get into college?

Something always happens when I eat fries with this girl…

Last time I was with her, the communication channel had opened and I was almost scared out of my wits. It was almost like it happened because I went to eat fries with her. In a displeased tone, I asked Su Ye-Eun.

“Don’t you have any friends other than me? Anyone you have classes with?”

She stuttered, “N-No one talks to me.”

I snapped, “Then stop always wearing your hoodie.”

Whenever she covered herself with the hoodie, her presence disappeared completely from people’s senses. I almost thought it was some passive skill. I was pretty sure with her looks that people would be all over her if she just dressed up a little…

“I hate getting attention,” Su Ye-Eun complained.

I sighed. “You really have a tiresome personality.”

She shrugged. “It’s fine, I have you.”

“…”

For a moment, I thought I saw tentacles with suction cups stretching out from her body and wrapping around me. Was I caught in a trap? By a potato witch with zero social skills, zero presence, and monsterphobia?

“Come on, let’s go!”

“Yeah, yeah, I’m coming.”

There was a saying: words sowed seeds. I previously didn’t believe in it, but I decided to believe it from today. When I was taking a breather after ordering a beer and fries, the TV on the wall was showing a strange place.

It was suspicious. I began to hate this shop.

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