Bamboo Forest Manager

96 – 96. Pc Room

Seoyerin, who still didn’t realize that she had said something she shouldn’t have, smiled and greeted me.

“Woojin, you’re delicious!”

It was okay that she said something strange like I was delicious.

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“Oh? Arin!”

“I called you, why didn’t you answer? You’re so mean.”

It wasn’t a big problem that Seoyerin and Yuarin’s two high school friends came back after going to the bathroom together.

“Yes.”

But it was a big problem that Seoyerin was sticking out her tongue as if she was waiting for me to touch her.

I wanted to tell her that I didn’t know why she was acting like that, but to be honest, my conscience was a little pricked, so it was hard to say.

Yuarin slowly removed her hand from Seoyerin’s eyes. When her vision finally cleared, Seoyerin smiled brightly at me once.

“Ah.”

She smiled awkwardly when she saw Yuarin and her other friends.

“Hello, thank you for coming today.”

Seoyerin greeted me as if a rich man had invited me to his mansion. The only good thing was that Seoyerin’s friends, who came late, didn’t hear her nonsense just now.

Pretending not to see Yuarin’s gaze, I quietly stepped back.

It seemed that Seoyerin had called all of her friends, and I felt like I was in the wrong place.

“I thought you wouldn’t come because Yuarin didn’t reply.”

“Sweet Arin came without hesitation.”

No wonder they weren’t friends with Seoyerin and Yuarin. They immediately started chattering among themselves.

“Who is this?”

“Surely, Arin, you have a boyfriend?”

Of course.

The two of them wondered as they looked at me standing awkwardly between Seoyerin and Yuarin.

They started to link me and Yuarin together.

“He’s not my boyfriend!”

Out of the blue, Seoyerin answered.

“……Why are you answering that?”

“Just because.”

Seoyerin smiled awkwardly at the two friends’ pouring gaze and gestured for me to sit next to her.

“U, Woojin. He’s a friend from our department. I think he came here with Arin.”

“Hello, my name is Kim Woojin.”

When I bowed my head and greeted them, the two of them smiled and greeted me politely.

Somehow, I ended up sitting next to Seoyerin, and Yuarin sat right next to me.

It was a strange situation with Seoyerin on the right and Yuarin on the left.

I thought the two friends would sit next to Yuarin, but they sat right behind us so that they could see what we were doing by just turning their chairs.

“Why are you here?”

Ignoring Yuarin, who kept glaring at me, I asked Seoyerin, who scratched the back of her head and smiled awkwardly.

“We, well, I ran away because I got scolded.”

“……”

“I got scolded by my mom because I stayed out late yesterday. I told her that I’m a college student and I’ll do whatever I want, and then I ran away.”

Is this true?

I asked if she would get into more trouble when she went home again, and the answer came from the friends behind.

“That’s why we came. Her parents know where she is now.”

“We’ve known her mother since high school, so we came to play with her.”

Aha.

So, Miss Seoyerin was enjoying a break from her parents’ control.

I wondered what that was all about, but it seemed like a pretty big break for Seoyerin.

“I, I…… I dreamed of staying up all night at a PC room.”

“That’s a simple dream.”

I clicked my tongue and installed the editing program on the PC room to start working on my assignment again.

The two of them didn’t touch the computer and just turned their chairs to grill Seoyerin.

“But where did you really sleep yesterday?”

“So, does Seoyerin have a place to stay?””Oh, you slept at a friend’s house? From the same department.”

I felt sorry for Seoyerin as I watched her make excuses and try to explain herself.

I had decided to pretend I didn’t know anything, but before I knew it, Yuarin was sitting right next to me.

She gently placed her hand on my thigh and then pinched me hard.

“Ouch!”

Before I knew it, I was sitting up straight and glaring at Yuarin, but she just stared back at me defiantly.

“What’s wrong?”

When I asked her quietly so that the two people behind us wouldn’t hear, Yuarin asked me with a look of disbelief.

“Do you taste good?”

“….”

“Do you taste like orange? Strawberry? Something like that?”

“How would I know?”

“Then how does Yerim know?”

Because I tasted it…

No, not tasted, more like licked…

“You know what Yerim and I did. Why are you asking me all these questions?”

Because of the video that someone secretly took last time, Yuarin and Choi Yi-seo already know that I slept with Seoyerin.

It’s something that’s naturally fading into history, so why do I have to bring it up again and remind them?

“What I’m asking is, how do you remember the taste?”

She kept squeezing my hand as if she was holding a hostage, so I sighed and blurted out.

“Ugh, it’s nothing. It’s just… Seoyerin’s parents were on the first floor, so I had to keep my voice down… No, why am I explaining this?”

“Ugh.”

Yuarin gritted her teeth as if she had guessed what I was going to say. I crossed my arms because it made me feel uncomfortable to see her staring at my fingers.

“You put that thick thing in Yerim’s mouth and swirled it around?”

“You’re crazy. Stop it.”

“Did I say something wrong?”

She was right, but…

If I kept going, I might get hit.

I felt uncomfortable with her staring at my fingers, so I pretended to poke her in the eye. Yuarin gasped and covered her mouth with both hands.

“I’m not going to take it.”

“No, I poked your eye… Ugh, never mind. Let’s not talk about it.”

I decided to just edit the video and ignored Yuarin, focusing on the screen again.

Yuarin opened her mouth next to me and pretended to put her finger in it, but I just pretended not to see.

“No, isn’t Yerim acting weird these days?”

“Yeah, I’ve noticed it too. She seems a little more mature? Are you seeing a guy? Right?”

“No, I’m not! I’m not seeing anyone!”

“You’re not seeing anyone? Then what is it?”

“I’m not dating anyone… but there is a guy I like, I guess?”

“….”

“Look at that! She’s closing her mouth!”

“Arin! Does she have a guy she’s close to? You’re in the same department!”

“Be quiet in the PC room, you guys.”

Yuarin said that, but she quietly joined the conversation between the three of us. It’s not like this is a cafe, and the four of us are huddled together talking.

If it weren’t for the fact that we were in a corner, we would have been a major nuisance to people passing by.

“Yerim is maturing too.”

“Maturing? Seoyerin? No way!”

“No way, you’re finally open for business? Congratulations!”

“Pfft!”

I couldn’t help but laugh at the blunt and explicit language. I tried to pretend I didn’t hear it, but I couldn’t ignore it when they kept talking.

“Oh, I’m sorry. We’re just playing around.”

“Ahem… Excuse me, are you… Yerim’s first man?”

“No, I’m not.”

As I said that, Seoyerin’s eyes lit up and she glared at me, but I quickly put on my headset.

“Arin, you’re lucky to have Chanwoo.”

“That’s right. If I were you, I would have gone crazy over Chanwoo…!”Finally, I return to editing, ending the conversation about Chan-woo.

I was able to make considerable progress as I suddenly began to focus on editing.

“Ugh!”

About two hours had passed.

I had been so focused that I didn’t realize it was almost 1 AM.

‘I should get an energy drink.’

I was about to get up, thinking I would receive great praise from Joo-hee sunbae when I sent her the file tomorrow, but my chair wouldn’t budge.

I looked back to see four people clinging to my chair, staring at me.

Seo Ye-rin and Yoo Ah-rin were leaning on the armrests, while the other two were looking at me from the back of the chair.

“What the…”

I took off my headset and asked what was going on, and one of my friends pointed to Ahn Hyun-ho on the screen with her finger and said,

“Isn’t he handsome?”

“….”

“What? Why aren’t the guys in our department like that?”

“Ahn Hyun-ho is that handsome?”

Yoo Ah-rin responded flatly with her chin raised, and my friend exclaimed,

“Hey! You only think that because you only look at Chan-woo. He’s like someone who eats steak and complains that pork belly isn’t good.”

Ahn Hyun-ho suddenly became pork belly.

Thinking back, I had ignored Choi Yi-seo when she texted me earlier.

“No, I know he’s good-looking. I know he’s generally considered handsome… but to be honest, I don’t think he’s that handsome.”

“I agree with Ah-rin. He’s not that great in person.”

Seo Ye-rin, who was on the other side, nodded in agreement.

“Why are you suddenly talking about looks?”

I told them I wasn’t talking about them, but they retorted.

“Anyway, Hyun-ho’s friends talk about us like that.”

“I was on the bus the other day and I heard them ranking the girls in our department.”

Ahn Hyun-ho, you suck.

You don’t deserve to contact Yi-seo.

“You actors all have amazing faces.”

The girl with the innocent style, who had been keeping her mouth shut, finally said something.

“Oh, are you from the Theater and Film Department?”

Oh, so she was from the Theater and Film Department.

She was indeed quite beautiful when I heard it like that. A model student beauty, if I had to be specific?

“Did you learn editing separately?”

“I taught myself. For this assignment.”

“Wow, you’re really good at editing for someone who taught themselves in a short amount of time.”

“Thank you.”

My lips curled up at the compliment. It felt especially good to be complimented on my editing skills, which I had practiced hard.

“Look at Kim Woo-jin smiling.”

“Ugh, I get so depressed when he’s happy.”

“Why are there only guys like this in our department?”

Thanks to Seo Ye-rin and Yoo Ah-rin, my good mood was gone.

However, Yeon-young and her friend continued to ask questions.

“Would you be able to meet me separately later?”

“Yes?”

I turned my head slightly while sitting in my chair and asked, and she said with a smile,

“I’ll buy you a drink. There are a lot of actors in our department, but not many who can edit.”

Oh, that’s what she meant.

I wondered what it was for a moment.

“It sounds difficult.”

“….”

“I’m sorry, but I don’t know what you’re offering, and I don’t want to do anything that’s not for my assignment.”

The atmosphere became slightly awkward as I coldly drew the line. But I really didn’t want to do it.

“I’m, I’m sorry. It was too sudden of me.”

“Let’s go to the bathroom. I’ll beat this girl up in the bathroom.”

“I’m sorry.”Yeon-young, who was dragged to the restroom while apologizing repeatedly. While trying to order an energy drink, I looked away and looked at the order screen.

Glances poured in from both sides.

“Why. Because you’re her friend?”

When I asked her in annoyance, Yu-arin suddenly got up and stroked my head.

“Kid, I like it when you’re like this.”

Yu-arin smiled broadly and went to the restroom with me. I looked at her blankly, wondering what was going on.

This time, Seo Ye-rin, who was on the other side, grabbed my hand that was holding the mouse.

Snap.

Then, she suddenly kissed the back of my hand.

“……?!”

My hand was startled and clenched.

She licked the tip or nibbled it slightly as if she was trying to loosen my stiff hand.

For a moment, I felt like a cat was playing with my hand.

“It’s mine.”

She whispered with her lips on my hand and then got up and went to the restroom.

I blankly watched Seo Ye-rin’s back and got up from my seat, thinking I should wash my wet hand.

“Ah.”

There’s a mark.