“Um, am I really allowed to join you two?”

“What are you even saying at this point? Come on in.”

Joohyun handed her car keys to the valet parking agent and entered the restaurant first. Hamin watched as the rear lights of the car disappeared into the left side of the building. She ended up following all the way here, but she thought that perhaps just going inside like this was really being shameless.

“What are you doing? Not going in?”

Maru stopped just as he was about to go in.

“I somehow came all the way here, but I feel that this isn’t an occasion I should join. Also, I only called out to you because I had something to hear from you, not interrupt you two like this.”

Joohyun, who had left first saying that she had a prior engagement, actually turned out to be waiting for Maru. They didn’t look like they had an intimate relationship, but it was clear that they were close enough to meet up in private. It would be uncomfortable if an uninvited guest suddenly joined them when they met up to eat after a long time. If she was to return, she had to do it now. If she followed the two of them inside and ended up making the atmosphere awkward, her best day would turn into the worst.

“There’s nothing...