Chapter 12: Extra has a one-on-one conversation with the leader.

“It’s delicious.”

“It’s good, right? I ate one yesterday at the dormitory and it was delicious, so I brought it.”

The cookie I won in rock-paper-scissors was more delicious than I thought.

‘I wonder if they can bake cookies like this in the cooking club too?’

They had an oven, so it seemed possible if they had the ingredients.

The problem was that I didn’t know how to make it.

‘I can ask Jia.’

Jia often made cookies on Valentine’s Day or White Day, so she’ll know.

I’ll ask her later.

“So Hayeon, you’re living with your sister?”

After that, we shared cookies and talked about anything.

Yoon Sejeong mainly led the conversation.

Baek Ahra and I just listened and occasionally chimed in.

It’s a phenomenon that occurs while following Yoon Sejeong’s conversation because I don’t talk much, and Baek Ahra doesn’t talk much either.

“We’re living together for now.”

“It must be hard. You have to do all the house cleaning by yourselves.”

“If we divide the work, it’s not that hard.”

At first, I was at a loss as to what to do, but aren’t people adaptive animals?

I got used to it in less than a month.

It was also because my sister took good care of me.

“I heard that Ahra’s house has a cleaning lady.”

“Really?”

I think Baek Ahra’s family lives in a hanok.

I remember the scene where Yoon Sejeong slept over in the comic.

“…Usually, two resident aunts do it, but sometimes when we do a big cleaning, my mother and I also help. Now that I’m in the dormitory, I don’t know what it will be like.”

‘As expected of a rich family.’

Our house is also a two-story country house, so I can say that I live in a fairly good place compared to ordinary people, but I didn’t live as well as Baek Ahra.

“Our house is small, so we don’t need a helper, but it would be nice to have someone to help.”

“I know, right.”

They cook for you, and they clean for you.

Do they even do laundry?

“Well. If I think about a stranger being in the house, there are a lot of things to worry about.”

However, she seemed to be worried about having a helper in the house.

I understood that position.

After all, one of the reasons she came to the dormitory was to get away from home.

“Really? Well, I don’t like anyone coming into my room either.”

Whirr…

After that, when the conversation was ripe, a vibration sound was heard from somewhere.

It was Yoon Sejeong’s cell phone.

“…Ah, sorry. The teacher asked me to come to the staff room for transfer-related matters.”

“Really? Then let’s disband.”

“It’s a moving class next time, so don’t be late.”

“Okay.”

Yoon Sejeong took her bag and left the bench first.

What remained was Baek Ahra and me, with an empty space between us.

“…….”

An awkward atmosphere flowed between us.

It was better when Yoon Sejeong was there, but when we were silent like this, it was hard for me to say anything.

Should I just get up?

“…Wait a minute.”

When I was about to get up quietly, Baek Ahra spoke to me first.

“Don’t you have something to say?”

I thought her expression softened a little while talking, but when Yoon Sejeong left, she changed to a glaring expression again.

I don’t know if it’s right to say let’s talk while making that kind of expression, but since she said so, I have to respond.

I also had something to say.

“Ugh.”

I put my temporarily removed butt back on the bench and took a more comfortable posture than before.

When Yoon Sejeong was next to me, I had to control myself not to get too close, so I had a stiff posture, but it was comfortable to sit like this with my arms on the bench.

I also crossed my legs comfortably.

It was a posture I would never take if I were wearing a skirt, but I was invincible wearing pants.

I wondered why I hadn’t thought of wearing pants before.

If you ignore a little fashion, such a comfortable daily life comes.

“Kim Hayeon, sit up straight. Everyone is looking.”

“Huh?”

When I looked around at Baek Ahra’s words, I could definitely feel the gazes looking at me little by little.

Did I sit too comfortably?

“It’s okay because I’m wearing pants now.”

“Still, as a student of Aria Academy, you have to sit up straight. Even elementary school kids come and go.”

“It’s okay~. People who will look will look, and people who won’t, won’t.”

‘She’s too concerned about posture.’

Such Baek Ahra was sitting upright in a model posture.

Her back was also straight, so it certainly looked like she could nag about posture.

I can never sit like that.

“Didn’t you say you had something to say? Let’s do that first.”

“…Sigh. It’s just a waste of my breath to talk.”

“Did you know now?”

When I teased her a little, Baek Ahra’s foot kicked my foot.

It didn’t hurt, but it was an action that clearly showed that I was annoyed.

I don’t know if a disciplinary committee president should be like this.

“So, are you going to keep pretending to meet for the first time?”

The word that came out was the expected topic.

Whether or not to say that I and Baek Ahra had a connection since middle school.

It was easy to tell the truth.

It’s just, then I have to tell you all the way to the reason why I first met Baek Ahra…

I didn’t want to say that.

It’s not a very good story to hear, and it’s a story related to other people.

“That’s right, right? You didn’t say it with that thought, did you?”

“That, that’s true, but… she won’t be unaware forever. If she hears rumors.”

“It’s okay. Anyway, there aren’t many people who know properly, and most people are just scared when they see my face.”

“…Then that’s good.”

Baek Ahra’s answer seemed to have no energy somewhere.

Perhaps, is she blaming herself for lying to her childhood friend?

“Well, if you really don’t like lying, wouldn’t it be okay if we pretended to fight?”

“…What?”

“Then Sejeong will notice and meet separately, and you won’t have to lie anymore. Wouldn’t it be better to end it with one time than to keep lying?”

Then at least this awkward meeting will disappear.

I thought it was a good suggestion for me and for Baek Ahra.

It was a little sorry for Yoon Sejeong, but I thought it was okay if I treated her well.

“…….”

I thought so, but there was no answer from Baek Ahra.

She closed her mouth tightly and gave me a more intense glare than before.

Thump.

“…What.”

I was waiting for an answer, but what came back was Baek Ahra’s foot.

Thump, thump.

“Why are you hitting me?”

It hurt more than when she hit me the first time.

“…I don’t need it.”

Baek Ahra, who was diligently hitting my shin, suddenly said that.

What does she not need?

“Even if you say it like that, you’ll just repeat other lies… In that case, it’s right to go in a direction that won’t make Sejeong gloomy. Yes.”

It seemed like a long story, but in summary, it was short.

“So, you’re saying you’ll go as it is?”

To maintain it as it is now.

When I said that, Baek Ahra’s face turned red.

“…It’s not like, I’m covering for you because I like you, Kim Hayeon.”

“Yes, yes. I’m sure you are.”

It was unexpected, and at the same time, I felt it was a word like Baek Ahra.

She prioritizes Yoon Sejeong rather than being uncomfortable.

Seeing her giving me consideration that I don’t need, Baek Ahra, who I saw in the comic, and Baek Ahra, who I see now, were both kind.

“Th, then, I’ll get up first! Tell Sejeong later that I enjoyed the cookie.”

“Ah, wait a minute.”

I stopped Baek Ahra, who was about to get up in a hurry, and took out the last remaining cookie from the cookie box that Sejeong left behind.

“Open your mouth.”

“Mouth?”

“Here.”

When she was confused, I put the cookie in Baek Ahra’s vaguely open mouth.

It was a cookie I won by winning rock-paper-scissors, but I was a little worried that I ate it alone.

“Mmph…”

“I ate the heart, so you eat the diamond.”

Perhaps the cookie was delicious, Baek Ahra covered her mouth with her hand and quickly moved away from me.

She doesn’t have to run like that, I won’t take it.

After confirming that Baek Ahra had disappeared far away, I also got up from my seat.

“…Phew, ha…”

Perhaps it was because I ran while eating a cookie, my breath became rough.

I came to the bathroom to catch my breath for a moment, but there was no sign of calming down.

‘Damn dream…’

It ended up being realized.

When Kim Hayeon fed me a cookie, what kind of face was I making?

‘It’s bad because she says things like that…’

If Kim Hayeon said that, Sejeong might be a little disappointed, but I didn’t have to do a ridiculous farce with Kim Hayeon.

Clearly, in theory, it was a proposal that should have been readily accepted.

But…

For some reason, that word made me feel bad.

I didn’t know why.

Did I feel like I was being ignored?

Did I hate that girl who said that when I was cooperating so much?

If not…

My hand inadvertently went to my head.

It’s the back hair that is tightly tied.

Without needing to touch it, it was tied neatly enough to go all day.

However, if you look closely, the hair was a little messed up.

It was the aftermath of running fast just now.

‘She stroked it gently…’

The movement of her stroking my hair inadvertently stopped.

‘…What am I thinking.’

I have to stop.

I have to stop, I thought so.

However, her eyes chased after the next target, and went to her lips where Kim Hayeon’s finger lightly touched.

Lips with only lip balm.

She was a girl who thought that her face was just an element that looked neat, but today, even those neat lips didn’t please her.

‘No…’

It wasn’t just the lips.

The eyes, which were focused only on the lips, soon showed her the whole face reflected in the washbasin mirror.

‘I, this…’

Were lips red?

Already, her white face had long been eroded by the red spreading from her lips.

‘That kind of…’

She in the mirror was making an expression like a girl who fell in love with someone.