Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense

139 – Is this the first time you’ve seen a foreshadowing like this?

The atmosphere of the college classroom was different from that of high school, right from the entrance.

I can’t really put it into words, but if I had to say, it felt like a free feeling. It might have been because everyone in the classroom was wearing casual clothes instead of school uniforms.

“Long time no see, everyone!”

“Hey, is this your first time since OT? It’s really nice to meet you.”

“We met briefly at the entrance ceremony, right? There were some kids who didn’t come though.”

I sat down in a suitable place and observed the people coming in one by one.

As expected, since everyone had participated in the OT, they were already familiar with each other and were greeting each other politely. I was literally like a duck egg in the Nakdong River.

“Soyoung, are you here? You’re a little late?”

“Yeah, I had a bit of trouble finding the building. Luckily, someone guided me…”

Yoo So-young, who came to the classroom with me, is also talking to some people over there.

Then, he blatantly glanced in this direction, and his behavior seemed unnatural to anyone who saw it, so the other female colleague next to him tilted her head.

“What’s wrong? Is someone looking for you?”

“Oh, no… Actually, the person who guided me was a classmate. But since he said he couldn’t attend the OT, I thought it would be okay if we all announced our names together.”

“Really? Then I’ll bring Taehyung too, so let’s go say hello together. If I couldn’t attend the OT, I’d be bored alone.”

I don’t know if it’s because the voice is quiet or because the distance is quite far, but I can’t hear the conversation properly. I think he’s looking this way though.

At that moment, I unconsciously glanced at him, wondering if he was gossiping.

Step, step.

Suddenly, a man with a strong build joined in, and a total of three people began to approach us.

Since the classroom door was right behind me, I thought he was trying to leave, but he turned around and started walking toward me so blatantly that I was a bit embarrassed. Why did he come to me?

“hello.”

“high.”

“Oh, yes… Hello.”

And then there was a woman who greeted me politely out of the blue, and a man who, even though we were classmates, greeted me with a cheerful smile and said ‘Hi.’ from the moment we first met.

I was a bit taken aback by the sudden greeting, but I quickly came to my senses and greeted him back.

“Siyoon, these are my friends from high school… I brought them here because I thought we could just say hello.”

“It’s Jeong Mi-ju.”

“I’m Kim Taehyung, please take good care of me. I heard from Soyoung that you’re the same age as us?”

Oh, I told you that I couldn’t attend the OT, so you brought me here on purpose to introduce me. I’m grateful for that.

By the way, I feel like Kim Taehyung is quite the popular kid. Even if you knew that he was the same age, it wouldn’t be easy to speak informally to him when you first meet him after you’re in college as an adult.

Even the fact that it feels friendly rather than rude is strange. Kim Soo-bin was also a popular kid, but I couldn’t even hand out my business card in front of him.

“I’m Park Si-yoon. I don’t have anything to introduce, but please take care of me.”

The man was using informal language, so I thought it would be better if I used informal language too, but since it was our first meeting, I thought it would be better to use formal language, so I finished my self-introduction while being as polite as possible.

Then, Kim Taehyung looks at me with a look of disgust and clicks his tongue.

“Why are you being formal with someone your age? Speak comfortably, speak comfortably.”

“You idiot, you must be rude.”

I was scolded by the girl next to me named Jeong Mi-ju, but it didn’t seem to have any effect. Strangely, it seemed like the duo of Kim Soo-bin and Choi Min-seong overlapped.

“By the way, as a fellow man, I feel a little embarrassed to say this… You’re so damn handsome. Do you do modeling or something?”

“What about modeling? How can you model with that face?”

I waved my hand awkwardly, because I never dreamed that I would hear a compliment on my face at our first meeting, and that too from a man.

Of course, being a model isn’t a job that can be done with just looks, but it’s true that you need to have some level of visuals. That means it’s not a job for someone like me.

“Wow, you’re being deceived. Do you have a conscience?”

“You said Siyoon, right? Have you ever looked in a mirror in your life?”

“uh?”

I shrugged my shoulders and laughed, thinking that it was just empty talk, but an unexpected follow-up came. Not only Kim Tae-hyung, but even Jung Mi-joo looked at me as if they were wondering what kind of nonsense I was talking about.

Did I say something weird?

Tiring.

As I stood there with my eyes wide open, a message arrived on my phone.

After a brief moment of understanding, I checked the message, and there was a message from Yuna. To be exact, a gift was included.

【Girlfriend★ – (‘Han Yu-na’ gave me a gift card)】

【Girlfriend★ – If you make a friend, buy her coffee with this and become close to her.】

【Girlfriend★ – If you buy a girl something, she’ll die!】

The gift was none other than a mobile gift certificate that could be used at a famous franchise cafe. To be honest, I wasn’t particularly impressed by it, but the warning message underneath it was really cute.

“Oh, who are you? Your girlfriend?”

“How did you know?”

As I was about to reply and place my phone face down on the table, Kim Taehyung asked with a sinister expression. I’m sure you didn’t see the contents of the message, so how did you know?

“Hey, who doesn’t know that your mouth is right up to your ear? And you’re even wearing a couple ring on your hand.”

“ah….”

It was only then that I realized that I had been giggling and felt a little embarrassed.

Well, the ring looks a bit too feminine for a man to wear for decoration. Of course, since it is a couple ring, it has a design that a man can wear without much trouble, but the decoration engraved in the middle is not something that men generally prefer.

“Hey, Siyoon. Did you have a girlfriend?”

“Oh, right. We’ve been dating for about a year now, right?”

“… … !”

When Yoo So-young asked with an expression of disbelief, he nodded, but then took a step back, reacting as if he was shocked by something. Jeong Mi-ju silently patted Yoo So-young on the shoulder.

Why are they like that again?

“You started dating in your third year of high school, so it hasn’t even been a year. Wow, that must have been tough.”

“Well, that wasn’t the case. It was actually better because we had something to rely on.”

“That’s true. I’ve been dating this guy for four years now, but I remember our third year the most.”

Kim Tae-hyung nods his head as if he strongly sympathizes and points to Jeong Mi-ju next to him.

I had my suspicions, but this one turned out to be a couple. I had expected it because they gave off a strange vibe, except for when they were bickering at first. Couples know how to recognize each other, you know?

While I was having a brief, insignificant conversation with Kim Tae-hyung, Jeong Mi-ju, who had gone somewhere with Yoo So-young, returned late.

“By the way, I’ve heard your name before, and it’s the same as our Yuna’s boyfriend’s name?”

“… … !?”

“Who is Yuna?”

And then out of nowhere, he dropped a nuclear bomb. Meanwhile, Kim Tae-hyung just showed a puzzled reaction, as if he didn’t know much about girl groups.

“Hey, don’t you know Yuna from Armo? I told you that she’s my favorite!”

“What can I do if I’m not interested in idols? I might not know.”

Kim Taehyung draws the line, saying that he has heard the song but does not know the members well. Jung Mijoo glares at him with a look of discontent before turning her head towards me.

“Siyoon, do you know? Yuna from Armo.”

“Uh, uh… I know, I know. It’s so famous.”

I couldn’t bring myself to say that I was his boyfriend, so I gave him a vague affirmation. Jeong Mi-ju’s face brightened up.

“Right!? See, there’s no way a boy wouldn’t know that!”

“Yes, I don’t know. Thank you.”

What the heck is going on here?

Among the college classmates I became close with by chance, the female one is a huge fan of Yuna, while the male one is completely indifferent. It’s a sight that makes me feel a great sense of dissonance.

“Anyway, our Yuna declared her relationship publicly during a press conference. Her boyfriend’s name was Park Si Yoon.”

“Oh, really? What a coincidence.”

Even though it was revealed at the press conference, I didn’t know that there would be someone who would memorize the name of their idol boyfriend, who is just an ordinary person.

The cold sweat running down my back gave me goosebumps.

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I guess I have to be careful not to leak any information about Yuna during my college days. It’s just dizzying from the first day, with such a dangerous person nearby.

***

As expected for the first day, there were no lectures, and most classes ended with just self-introductions and a brief orientation.

I was thinking about buying coffee for the kids I became close with through the gift certificate Yuna sent me earlier, but since she asked me to contact her first, I decided to call her first.

– hello?

“Oh, Yuna. The lecture is over now.”

– It’s already over? It’s going so fast.

Perhaps because she was thinking of it as a reference point for class times in high school, Yuna seemed surprised by the phone call that came quite early.

– Was the class fun?

“There wasn’t really any class. It was the first day, so we just did an orientation and listened to the professors’ speeches.”

– Who are the people you became close with?

“Three people for now?”

There were quite a few people I had met since then, but the only people I could say I became close with were the three I met first thing in the morning. So when I answered while thinking of those three, the voice on the other end became cold and hushed.

– … How many of them are women?

“Two, there are two, but one of them is a couple.”

– So the remaining one is solo?

“… I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to.”

When he insisted his innocence, saying that it was never because of any ulterior motive, there was a moment of silence on the other side.

And then soon,

– Okay, that’s fine. It won’t matter anymore from today anyway.

“It doesn’t matter… What?”

– It’s nothing. Do you have time this evening?

I asked her what she meant by that meaningful remark, but Yuna blatantly changed the subject and tried to check my schedule.

Since it’s evening, I don’t really have anything to do. Since I have nothing to do, I thought I’d go home and run the vacuum cleaner that I didn’t get to run yesterday.

“It’s raining?”

– Really? Then come to the restaurant I told you about in the evening.

“What restaurant?”

– It’s a French restaurant that the boss told me about. I heard it’s really delicious.

No, I wasn’t asking what kind of place it was.

What I meant was, why are you suddenly calling me to a restaurant? Are you thinking of treating me to a meal to celebrate the start of the semester? I would be happy if you just bought me some pork belly.

“Oh my, you’re the one who suggested going to all those places.”

Besides, Yuna doesn’t really like fancy restaurants with such formality.

But then, I wondered if there was another reason for choosing a French restaurant as the meeting place. That was the moment when such a question arose.

– Well, I’m going to propose.

“……what?”

I was momentarily dumbfounded by the hydrogen bomb-like remark contrasting with the indifferent voice I heard from the other side.

What are you doing? Did I hear wrong? I think you just said you were proposing… .

– I’m going to propose to you, so see you then.

“What!? Hey, hey, wait a minute…! It’s Yuna! Han Yuna!”

Stop.

Without even thinking about my surroundings, I desperately called Yuna’s name, and the call ended in vain. I just stared at the blackened screen of my phone and blinked.

This is the first time I’ve seen someone announce a proposal in their lifetime. It’s really like Han Yu-na.