Seeing Suyeon smiling, Okseon calmed down her expression. She felt displeased since she saw the true face of the person who was once her idol, but she wasn’t going to do something pathetic like expressing her displeasure

“Unni, you’re too nice, taking care of others and not just me. That’s why we like you a lot.”

“Nah. I don’t like kids that much. Have you ever seen me go out of my way to talk to them? Probably not.”

“Th-that’s true.”

She was about to finish up the conversation with some formalities, but she got an absurd reply. Wouldn’t people normally reply with a smile here? Okseon made a vague smile. She wanted to finish this conversation smoothly, but it seemed that wasn’t going to happen.

“You don’t seem to be close to the others, huh?”

“Me?”

“Yeah. I see you by yourself all the time during breaks.”

“I guess it does look like that. I’m not good with words, so I’m still quite awkward with them. But it’s fine since they’re all good people.”

“That’s strange. Yeseul seems to hate you though.”

“R-really?”

She didn’t think that Suyeon would bring up such a sensitive topic so openly. Just then, she met eyes with Yeseul, who was walking towards the school gates. Yeseul smiled brightly and waved at her as though to tell her to come quickly. She probably acted like that because Suyeon was nearby.

“No way. We aren’t that close, but we aren’t on bad terms. Yeseul is looking after me a lot now too.”

“Really? That’s strange. I think...