Childhood Friend of the Youngest Daughter of a Conglomerate Family

31 – I like you

I became a sophomore in high school.

I yelled out loud if I could meet other girls, but I never dated a girl.

I received quite a few confessions… I didn’t think of it because someone was already in my heart.

In the end, Arawa made a superficial reconciliation that didn’t even look like reconciliation. However, our relationship has changed a bit.

The conversation between the two has decreased a lot, and the occasional outing together on the weekend has disappeared.

Is it because of that? Ara busily moved her body as if whipping herself even more.

At home, the lights in my room never went out before I went to sleep, and on weekends, I did volunteer work, and recently I modeled for advertisements for Daehan Group products.

People praise how there are so many perfect people, but… From the side, it seems that he is clearly overworking his body.

Yoo Jae-joon is also away from home often, so it would be my responsibility to stop such an overwork, but in the midst of the awkwardness, I can’t speak easily.

Since childhood, no matter what conflicts the two of us have, I have reached out my hand first, thinking that it is because I am an adult.

But after realizing my feelings for Ara, that didn’t work.

This is ironic. Realizing that she is a more precious being, the regret for that person deepens.

“… Or my mind has grown younger to match my younger body.”

“What is getting younger? Sol has grown so big.”

Minah smiled and said that.

Since she confessed to me that it wasn’t a confession, Minah came to see me more often than before.

“No, I was just talking nonsense. But Park Min-ah, can you, a trainee, meet a guy at a cafe like this? You have to be careful in advance.”

“What should I do about what you want to see then?”

“No, hey, is it like that all of a sudden… “

Park Min-ah, since that day, he has become very unstoppable.

Or is Mina’s effort to lighten the burden on me in her own way when she speaks casually like that?

Thinking so makes her feel even more sorry for this child. That’s because there’s nothing I can do for her.

Because actions that make you have false expectations, actions that make you misunderstand are nothing more than torture of hope.

Minah smiled bitterly as if that thought was evident on my face.

“Why are you looking at me like that… I like just looking at your face.”

“It makes me more concerned when you say that… “

“Don’t even say that. Do you know how sad it is to be a burden to someone you like?”

“… I didn’t even say it was a burden.”

It’s a burden. These words somehow stung my heart.

Maybe I am too. Am I a burden to Ara?

“Besides, I am also enjoying this situation in my own way, right? Sometimes, when I sing with these emotions in it, I get praised for having a strong appeal.”

“Should I say that it is fortunate out of real misfortune… But Mina, when you debut, don’t ask her to meet you in a place like this. Even though you were a trainee, you were already famous.”

“Me? Ah… Because of the video posted on Ararang Stargram? Since Ara is famous, I’m a bit hot too.”

“That’s right. Looking at the comments, how did you know? I don’t know if someone will take a picture of me while I’m here.”

“So, before you debut and become more famous, you should watch it more often! Or do you hate seeing me often?”

“Of course I don’t hate it.”

“I am fine, and you are fine too. So that’s it, right?”

Minah smiled and sipped the watermelon juice in front of her.

He’s gotten really strong.

She used to be Mina who was the most crying and cowardly of the three of us, but now she has no hesitation in revealing her feelings and she is confident.

… Rather, she is with me, but she seems to have become a coward.

It’s scary to show your feelings to each other and you can’t even open your heart.

“I wish I was as strong as you… “

“… Why? Things aren’t going well with Ara these days?”

“No, that… “

“It’s okay. You can’t look at me. Because I knew it from the first time I saw you. That you can’t intervene. That there is no place for me.”

“…… “

Minah is saying it casually, but it’s such a sad thing. What kind of mind was this child during that time?

… Also I can’t The story of the person I like in front of the person who likes me.

So I stopped pretending.

“What are you talking about? It’s just that I haven’t studied these days. Ara, there is no problem with him either.”

“Yeah~? But Ara hasn’t had any energy lately either?”

“Ara, he is very busy these days. It must be because I am tired.”

“… I mean. If Ara is overdoing it, then Sol should have prevented you from doing that. Why not?”

“That… “

I was speechless.

Minah spoke softly as she held my hand as I couldn’t answer.

“Sol, I’m really fine. You were my friends before you became my favorite. It’s more important to me that you guys are happy.”

“… Then what should I do?”

“You said you wanted to be strong like me? You are honestly telling Ara what is in your heart. Just like I am doing to you.”

“Minah, can you do that?”

“Remember what I said earlier?”

… I don’t want to be a burden.

Following Minah’s grinning smile, I also forced the corners of her mouth up.

He probably has a very pitiful face.

“Even if it goes well with you, do you still have to meet me when I call? That’s my virtue too.”

“But in that case, it would be the wind to meet just the two of us.”

“That’s not my business, is it?”

“Anyway… Are you joking or serious?”

… I never thought the day would come when I would live and receive advice from Mina Park.

Minah held out her hand to me who was laughing wildly.

“Instead, play with me all day today. Can you sort that out?”

“Yes, as much as you like.”

After that, I played with Mina to the fullest.

Karaoke room, arcade room, and places where couples would go, as if touring.

When she was about to part ways as the night was over, she said that Minah would never be there again, that she would be her last, and she asked for one favor.

“Hug me just once.”

I didn’t refuse.

Her When I put her in her arms, a butterfly sat on her cheek for a while and then flew away.

———-

When I went home, Yoo Ji-tae had returned to his hometown after a long absence.

Yoo Ji-tae, who graduated early with excellent grades at an American university, is working at the head office of the Daegu Group because he needs work experience before entering an MBA at an American university.

She has now moved out of her parents’ house and lives alone.

It is also Yoo Jae-jun’s policy that once he becomes an adult, he should learn to live alone, and Yoo Ji-tae himself also wanted that.

I also went to Yoo Ji-tae’s room to play, but it was really a small studio that was incomparable to the original house.

It is said that Yoo Jae-joon did not provide any economic help to Yoo Ji-tae’s independence.

Yoo Ji-tae Yoo Ji-tae is living purely on his own salary. For the first time there, I ate Jajangmyeon at an ordinary local Chinese restaurant with him.

I walked up to him, sipping wine alone in the living room, and greeted him.

“Brother why are you here? No word of coming… The boss isn’t even here today?”

“That’s why I came. Wouldn’t I drink this if my father wasn’t around?”

The wine bottle Yoo Ji-tae is holding and shaking is the top of the expensive liquor collection that Yoo Jae-jun has accumulated in his cupboard.

It’s not Yoo Ah-hyun, Yoo Ji-tae stole that and drank it… Do people’s personalities change as they grow up?

When I was young, I was a tough boy who resembled Yoo Jae-joon, but now I’ve gotten a lot better.

Is it the influence of her mother, Han Seung-ah? Or did Yoo Jae-joon feel this way when he was in his 20s?

“Would you like a drink too? Have you ever had a drink?”

“Yes… No, no. At least in this lifetime… “

“Huh? What are you talking about?”

“No, that wine. Because the boss often said it. When Ara gets married, it’s the daughter’s wine. Would you be upset if you found out it was gone?”

It’s a lie. Jaejoon Yoo had never explained to me about that liquor collection.

I just wanted to see Yoo Ji-tae’s flustered appearance, but he gave an unexpected answer.

“Really? Then you can let me.”

“Yes? What do I mean by allowing that?”

“Ara’s marriage partner, isn’t Hansol you anyway? If the son-in-law is okay, the father won’t say anything.”

“… Yes?”

Seeing that I was flustered, Yoo Ji-tae tilted his head instead.

He asked me in disbelief.

“… Are you guys still dating?”

“No, still? Did you think we were dating?”

“Isn’t that obvious? I didn’t tell my family, but I thought you guys were like that a long time ago. Did Yoo Hyun think so too?”

“… Are my brother and sister okay with me?”

“hahahaha, in the first place, what else do we have to do? It’s okay if you two like it, or only if you don’t.”

Yoo Ji-tae continued to speak after drinking the wine he poured into the glass.

His face turned red, and he looked a little drunk.

“You are originally our family. The guy who used to be my younger brother is becoming my brother-in-law. Is that a big deal Honestly, if you guys get married, I don’t know if we’ll even need a wedding.”

“I am an orphan.”

“… What’s wrong with that? So, did it matter that my parents got married?”

“Even the president will hate it.”

“What do you think? You may be a little angry, but is it really that important?”

“I… “

“Does Hansol like you, Ara?”

“… I like you.”

“Then you can go and talk. If you were born as a man, you should know how to build first.”

“Brother… “

I was pushed on my back twice today.

It was also two approvals at the same time as being pushed on the back.

Sometimes I feel like I’ve been given permission by the people I had a crush on.

With a grin, Yoo Ji-tae said one last thing he couldn’t believe.

“Isn’t my girlfriend also collapsed by such relentless attacks?”

“… Do you have a girlfriend?”

“… Why do you open your eyes like that?”

“I thought you wouldn’t be able to have a girlfriend until you were 30… evil!”

“You don’t look down on people just because you have a good face.”

The two of them emptied two bottles of wine at Yoo Ji-tae’s order to drink together, saying that that day was cheeky.

A few days later, Yoo Jae-joon came back and the two of them were scolded side by side.

I recommended Ara to go out with me on the weekend.