Harmonious Love

The Harmony of Yin and Yang Is Not as It Seems PART1(23)

The person who had been babbling nonsense about white porcelain paper had disappeared somewhere, as if they had never existed in the first place. It was completely different now.

Tae Young-won’s lips kept moving, saying something. Although the content wasn’t audible, judging by Na-eun’s reaction, Mo Yeon could bet his newly organized major subject notes from last night’s study session that it was undoubtedly some detestable act.

At first, Mo Yeon found it somewhat intriguing that Tae Young-won seemed inconsistent, as if he had discovered a side of him that others didn’t know. He even felt a bit triumphant, at least until he was caught red-handed. It had been quite satisfying to think that he alone knew Tae Young-won’s true self. Little did he know what he would endure afterward…

“…It’s admirable, truly admirable.”

The more Mo Yeon watched, the more he was filled with amazement.

In Mo Yeon’s view now, there was only the perfect senior that everyone admired. If Tae Young-won was always in this state, Mo Yeon felt he could treat him favorably without any suspicion, just like the girls who kept laughing in front of him now.

“!”

At that moment, as if sensing something, Tae Young-won’s gaze fell on Mo Yeon. Simultaneously, Mo Yeon was startled without realizing it.

The first reason was that Tae Young-won’s eyes sparkled slightly, sending chills down his spine, and the second reason was the smile that followed.

Tae Young-won smiled as brightly as the sunlight that warmly illuminated his face.

“Honey!”

He even waved his hand while calling out with such a strange term.

Why is he acting like this…?

In contrast to this dazzling scene, Mo Yeon’s complexion turned pale.

All eyes, including those of the school magazine reporters and passing students, suddenly turned to Mo Yeon. The expressions of those who had identified Tae Young-won’s “honey” among the students walking on campus were quite peculiar.

Mo Yeon unconsciously took a step back.

Of, of course, they’ll know it’s a joke.

Right…?

But Tae Young-won hadn’t closed his mouth yet.

“We were supposed to meet yesterday, why didn’t you answer my call? Don’t you know I’m not immune to such treatment?”

“…He’s crazy.”

Mo Yeon’s face turned even paler. At the same time, he hurriedly searched for and pulled out the phone he had put in his pocket.

And only then did Mo Yeon confirm the missed call from yesterday. It was a blunder.

…Is he angry?

Ironically, looking at Tae Young-won’s face full of a warm smile, Mo Yeon unconsciously swallowed hard.

By the way, is he insane? Even if others don’t suspect anything…!

Mo Yeon already found it difficult to maintain his composure every time Tae Young-won addressed him in front of so many people.

Mo Yeon strode forward, hoping to at least reduce the volume of his voice, if not stop him from speaking. However, Tae Young-won was currently being filmed. As Mo Yeon hesitated, Tae Young-won spoke to him loudly with a beaming smile.

“It should be over in about 5 minutes, want to wait a bit?”

“…Pardon?”

Mo Yeon still had some time left since he had left early due to his glasses. Thinking he might as well have something to say, Mo Yeon stood next to Kim Na-eun and awkwardly waited for Tae Young-won’s filming to end. He felt curious gazes on him but tried to keep his focus on Tae Young-won.

It feels like I’m always getting caught up with this senior…

A moment ago, his heart nearly dropped thinking Tae Young-won might really be angry, but looking at him now, it seemed like he was just joking around.

“We were supposed to meet yesterday, why didn’t you answer my call? Don’t you know I’m not immune to such treatment?”

Mo Yeon had considered calling him back late last night. It seemed he hadn’t heard the ringtone at all as it was during his part-time job. In fact, he didn’t pay much attention to his phone, and he thought Tae Young-won wouldn’t have waited for him anyway.

‘…He’s really not angry, right?’

Even when looking again with suspicion, Tae Young-won’s face didn’t seem angry at all. Just now, he had even told Mo Yeon to wait with a smile.

Come to think of it, why would Tae Young-won get angry at him over something like that? Even though he said those words, it didn’t seem like he had waited much.

Honestly, that kind of behavior is too much like a couple.

Even without knowing anything about dating, it was clear that their relationship was different from a typical romantic one. First of all, there was Tae Young-won’s attitude about taking responsibility, and it definitely wasn’t a normal relationship where they liked each other and were dating.

It was just that Tae Young-won had felt sexual interest in him, a man, for the first time, and so Mo Yeon had to ‘take responsibility’ for him.

The moment that interest faded, their relationship would end.

‘Surely there must be other ways to get yang energy besides just from him.’

Mo Yeon was planning to find other methods to obtain yang energy before that day came, without relying on Tae Young-won.

Meanwhile, Tae Young-won’s gaze turned to Mo Yeon occasionally. But his expression was completely unreadable.

Awkwardly mixed in there, Mo Yeon learned that even though there was already a camera, they were taking separate photos with phones for posting on SNS accounts, and that the post with the most likes on Korea University’s promotional account last year was a photo of Tae Young-won.

Kim Na-eun had explained all this without even being asked. Somehow, Mo Yeon found himself continuously conversing with Kim Na-eun.

“By the way, you know me, right? We’re in the same year.”

“Yeah, I know.”

Mo Yeon nodded. Kim Na-eun was one of the classmates whose face he remembered because she had made an impressively good presentation for a major assignment in the second semester of their first year.

“You know, there was a rumor that you and Young-won oppa had a fight. Was that all just a false rumor?”

She seemed to have something she was curious about, and sure enough, she asked quietly.

She must have been really curious to approach him, someone she had never spoken to before.

When Tae Young-won had called out “Honey!” to him earlier, Kim Na-eun was one of the people who had looked at him with surprised eyes. Of course, no one thought that Tae Young-won and he were actually dating.

They just found it unexpected that two people who had seemed to get along well had grown apart, thinking “Well, that’s how it is,” and then were shocked again to see them getting along well once more. In other words, the fact that they were getting along in the first place was shocking, so they couldn’t even suspect that they might be dating.

“It wasn’t a false rumor.”

“Really? So you had a fight and made up?”

“Yeah.”

“Wow, I see. I don’t know what happened, but I’m glad it worked out well.”

Mo Yeon quietly nodded. Strictly speaking, they had briefly spent time together and then ended up spending time together again, so to others, it would look like they had fought and made up.

To be honest, Mo Yeon had even forgotten that there had been rumors circulating in the department about him and Tae Young-won fighting.

‘What do you mean, fighting with Tae Young-won.’

The very idea of ‘fighting’ was impossible from the start. It was surprising that such a rumor had even circulated.

After all, all he remembered was being humiliated twice as much every time he tried to outsmart Tae Young-won. Somehow, the more he got involved with Tae Young-won, the more everything seemed to backfire on him.

“I bet it would be really scary if someone like Young-won sunbae got angry.”

“Yeah, it was really scary.”

“You know how it’s really scary when a good person gets angry only at you? When a person with a bad personality gets angry, you honestly just think, ‘Oh, they’re throwing a fit again,’ but if Young-won sunbae gets angry… Wow, I feel like I would think everything was my fault.”

“That’s not really…”

“Huh? What did you say?”

Mo Yeon shook his head, saying it was nothing.

“I think he would get angry quietly, which makes it even scarier…”

The words that followed from Kim Na-eun were something Mo Yeon couldn’t relate to at all. Tae Young-won might not get fiery angry, but he wasn’t quiet either. Rather, he was the type of person who could torment others in a very persistent and vicious way, capable of paying back double.

Though the form was different, it was true that Tae Young-won was someone you’d be in big trouble with if you underestimated him in any way. Mo Yeon was currently in a very precarious situation, facing the prospect of having to continue dating Tae Young-won and potentially being impaled by a stick as punishment for the crime of turning him gay…

Kim Na-eun’s words naturally came to an end when Mo Yeon didn’t respond.

However, Kim Na-eun’s reaction was a bit strange even after the conversation ended. She kept staring intently at Mo Yeon’s face even after her curiosity had been satisfied. It was a look he had seen before, from Han Chae-yeon.

“Hey, are you interested too?”

“…Huh?”

When Mo Yeon looked at her quizzically, Kim Na-eun gestured with her chin towards the filming location.

When he unconsciously turned his head, he saw dazzling yang energy under the sunlight. Even after looking around for a moment to understand what she meant, all Mo Yeon could see was the human yang energy putting on all sorts of airs in the distance.

‘She’s asking if I’m interested?’

He was extremely interested in yang energy, but there was no way Kim Na-eun was asking about that. Feeling perplexed, Mo Yeon responded with confusion.

“…I’m not interested in Tae Young-won sunbae though?”

“Huh?”