Chapter 20: The extras think the leader is sloppy.

‘She turned red.’

After reading the text message, Baek Ahra’s face turned red like a radish.

There were even a few tears in her eyes, as if she was quite embarrassed and angry that I caught her.

Originally, I wouldn’t have acknowledged Baek Ahra because I knew she would show that face.

However, I sent that text message because Baek Ahra suddenly showed signs of going back.

There was no other reason.

I thought it would be better for the future relationship if she followed us all day today and confirmed that the four of us, including Yoon Sejeong, were getting along well, rather than her going back to the dormitory now.

The reason why such a bothersome thing is happening now is fundamentally because Baek Ahra lacks trust in us and has not seen up close whether her childhood friend is doing well.

If so, I just have to show her with her own two eyes.

There’s a saying that seeing is believing.

If she hadn’t followed Yoon Sejeong, if it hadn’t caught my eye, it wouldn’t have mattered, but since she already followed, she should at least confirm that much and go.

Baek Ahra had nothing to be upset about.

I was also insulted with irrelevant words.

‘Idiot, pervert, shameless…….’

It was the first time I saw someone use those words in a row, and not a single one was correct.

I’m not an idiot, I’m not a pervert, and I’m not shameless.

Rather, I hope she realizes that she is an idiot and a pervert for following Yoon Sejeong.

She used to be a bit calmer and more composed in middle school, how did she become like this?

No, honestly, she still felt like that, but she was still different from the Baek Ahra I knew in middle school.

And, she was a little different from the ‘Baek Ahra’ that appeared in the comic.

The ‘Baek Ahra’ that appeared in the comic had a calm feeling of taking care of the shortcomings of the protagonist, but she rarely showed such a broken appearance.

She showed that little appearance in the process of getting involved with Yoon Sejeong, but she was not a person who broke down like that from the usual.

How did such a child become like this?

“……We have to turn right here.”

“Huh? Ah, we have to go this way.”

While thinking about that, I lead Yoon Sejeong, who was about to go the other way, back to the right path.

If she doesn’t know the way, she should ask, what is she doing trying to go to a strange place alone?

‘She’s really bad with directions.’

I thought that holding hands was a bit too much, but now I really think it was a good thing to hold hands.

I never thought I would see someone in person who doesn’t look at a map and goes wherever their feet take them.

‘Baek Ahra is…….’

She was faithfully following the path we had taken.

That’s a relief.

Baek Ahra will probably follow us well even if I leave her alone like that.

……Ah, she looked at me so our eyes met.

Vibrate.

[Don’t look this way.]

[You’ll get caught.]

I looked at my cell phone because of the vibration, and she sent this message.

Her fingers are fast.

She doesn’t want to be caught either.

I send a reply to that message right away.

One hand is now held by Yoon Sejeong, so I typed on the keyboard with the remaining one hand.

It’s harder than I thought.

[Look at yourself. Do you think I wouldn’t look?]

[…….]

Perhaps I hit the nail on the head, only the indication that she was typing appeared, and no further message came.

“Hayeon, who are you messaging?”

I was waiting for a reply for a while, but in the meantime, Yoon Sejeong looked at me.

‘Was I looking at my cell phone for too long?’

Matching Yoon Sejeong, who was getting closer to the screen, I naturally lowered my cell phone at an angle that was not visible.

“Sohee was pestering me about where we were, so I told her we met and were on our way.”

And, I sold out my friend.

Sorry, Sohee.

But, I can’t honestly tell her that I’m messaging her childhood friend who is stalking over there.

Later, when I buy her a hamburger, I’ll buy her some onion rings.

“……Really? Then we should hurry.”

‘Phew.’

It seems that Yoon Sejeong believed me without suspicion.

It’s very troublesome if Yoon Sejeong finds out that Baek Ahra followed her.

It’s unpleasant to know that someone followed her, but how annoying would it be to think that it was her childhood friend?

Yoon Sejeong is kind, but when such a person gets sulky, it takes a considerable amount of time to soothe them.

I didn’t care if Baek Ahra had a hard time, but if it was discovered that I messaged her, I would be caught up in it too.

Even if it’s discovered later, only Baek Ahra should be discovered.

Therefore, I put my cell phone in my pocket for now.

“Hehe~.”

When I looked to the side, Yoon Sejeong seemed to be in a very good mood.

Her face was more lively than when I saw her at the academy.

In a way, it’s natural.

No matter how wide and good the facilities of Aria Academy are, in the end, it was just a limited learning facility.

Anyone would be excited to go out like this.

I was the same.

It was clearly the road I had walked many times, the blue sky I saw every day, but for some reason, I felt more excited than usual.

I didn’t know if it was because it was the first outing after finding my memories, or if it was because Yoon Sejeong was next to me, but one thing was certain.

Just walking with her, I was happy now.

When I entered the cafe, the two of them had already emptied one drink.

Seeing the color blooming on their faces when they saw us, it seemed that waiting was quite boring.

“I’m sorry! I got lost…….”

“It’s okay, it’s only about 20 minutes anyway…….”

“We set the time considering that someone might be a little late, so don’t worry about it.”

Even so, the two of them dismissed Yoon Sejeong’s apology as if it was nothing.

Seeing that attitude, Yoon Sejeong let out a small sigh of relief that the two of them couldn’t hear.

‘She seems relieved.’

Then, it’s time to move to the targeted place.

“Right? Then let’s go see the store we talked about before first.”

“You mean that place? Okay.”

“It’s on the 8th floor, so it’s quick if we take the elevator. You have to follow us well so you don’t get lost again. Got it, transfer student?”

“U, uh.”

Today’s plan was as follows.

First, look at the aprons before eating lunch.

For the stores, I plan to focus on the stores that Sohee told me about.

She told me about three stores, so I don’t think I’ll go to other stores besides those.

‘……We won’t go, right?’

I heard that all women shop for a long time, but even in my current life, I was the type to buy only what I needed quickly and leave.

So I rarely shopped alone for a long time, and most of the time, the time was long only when I visited the shopping mall with the kids.

Since the kids were only these two, it was okay to change it to shopping with these two takes a long time.

Still, this time, I was relieved that there wasn’t much time to shop for a long time until dinner because there was time to watch a movie after lunch.

If I hadn’t included the movie, I would have been dragged around shopping for 5 or 6 hours.

……Wait a minute.

Movie?

‘I have to tell Baek Ahra too.’

I looked for a moment to see where she was, and she was peeking at us from the back seat.

I could find her right away because I was tall and Baek Ahra was in a position where she was immediately in my line of sight, but the other three probably couldn’t see Baek Ahra.

If she had the ability to take a seat like that, she wouldn’t have been caught by me if she had dressed up a little less obviously.

No, even if she didn’t wear a wig, I would have caught her.

She was pressing down her hat now that I was aware of it, but in the park, I could see her silver hair well.

‘What, did she order a drink too?’

She also had a vibration bell in her hand, I don’t know when she ordered it.

I don’t know if it’s okay to do that since we’re about to leave now.

“Then let’s go.”

When I got up from my seat first, the other kids also got up from their seats.

Then, Baek Ahra noticeably flinched and hid her body under the table.

I don’t know if I can say this, but it was clumsy.

[We’re going to the elevator. And, we’re going to watch a movie later, so reply whether you’ll follow or not.]

I sent it to Baek Ahra, who was like that, but honestly, seeing that appearance, it seemed like a miracle that she wouldn’t be caught today.

What can I do?

She has to deal with it herself.

“……So, why did you get on the same elevator?”

“It can’t be helped! I have to take the same elevator to monitor what you guys might do in the elevator…….”

“……So you threw away the drink you bought and got on a crowded elevator?”

“That’s…….”

She mumbles and lowers her head as if she has nothing to say.

Then, I felt Baek Ahra’s breath on my chest.

It was ticklish and made me feel something strange.

Originally, I would have been attached to my party, but this time, there were too many people getting off and on this elevator, so we were separated for a while.

I was able to stick to the wall, so I thought I could go comfortably, but what I didn’t expect was that Baek Ahra stuck to me.

The posture was almost as if we were hugging each other, and Baek Ahra’s temperature was felt as it was.

It was a little cold, but definitely warm temperature.

Being attached like this, I could also feel Baek Ahra’s pulse.

“A, anyway, don’t stick too close…….I can feel you breathing on top of my head…….”

It seems that Baek Ahra was very embarrassed about this situation.

“I’m not sticking. I’m sticking to the wall behind me as much as possible, aren’t you the one sticking?”

“That can’t be true. I’m also forced to because of the people behind me…….”

Clunk!

“Kya!”

[It’s the 2nd floor.]

Perhaps because there were many people, I felt a strong recoil when I stopped on the 2nd floor.

Baek Ahra was surprised by the recoil and grabbed my shoulder.

So the appearance became more strange.

It felt like Baek Ahra pushed me against the wall and attacked me.

She herself was closing her eyes tightly as if she had been attacked.

‘……Hmm.’

If, I hug Baek Ahra here, would I be the shameless person Baek Ahra said?

I didn’t mean to, but that word suddenly came to mind.

‘There’s some room left.’

Thanks to the people getting off, there was enough space to breathe.

Now I had to fall apart so as not to arouse suspicion.

Therefore, I whispered softly to Baek Ahra.

“Shameless Disciplinary Committee President, would you please step away now?”

“……Huh?”

At first, Baek Ahra had a face that seemed to not know what was going on, but soon she realized the situation, her face turned red, and she fell away from me.

As expected, Baek Ahra now was clumsy.