‘Did she eat something bad?’

I couldn’t help but think that way because I had never imagined Jo Hye-Jin taking the initiative. I could feel that she had been kind of proactive lately, and it was actually noticeable because she had always been passive when it came to something like this.

Of course, it wasn’t like I couldn’t understand her at all. She often acted like a tomboy, but she was still a woman. I knew that it had to have been hard for her to take the initiative.

Anyway, she liked Kim Hyun-Sung, and she had been recently going on dates with him.

Honestly, I didn’t really consider their excursions as dates, but I was sure that it was like a dream come true for her, so I understood why she wanted to take a step forward. I was certain that she was finding it increasingly difficult to hide her feelings, and at this point, it had most likely become a struggle.

It wasn’t really strange because that usually happened whenever one had a crush on someone. Of course, people who weren’t picky about their dates and people who were popular enough to have many dating partners wouldn’t understand Jo Hye-Jin.

Jo Hye-Jin had to be feeling frustrated. I was sure that she could see Kim Hyun-Sung’s face everywhere, even as she lay in bed and was about to sleep. I reckoned that she would think of Hyun-Sung even during mealtimes as well.

She wanted to express...