Eighteen’s Bed Novel Completed - Chapter 83

I was about to retort but suddenly forgot what to say. I could have said, ‘What nonsense,’ but listening to it, it actually made logical sense.

“…It makes sense.”

It was always a strange way of speaking. Go Yohan lightly closed one eye and made a mischievous face, looking at me who hadn’t refuted him. He seemed satisfied with my reaction.

“So, actually, I thought about it, and our fight seemed like a waste of time.”

“Waste of time?”

“See, there’s no tomorrow. So you have to think carefully about everything today.”

“…”

“I wasn’t very careful. I admit it.”

Go Yohan spoke cunningly. Was what he just said truly Go Yohan’s thought? Or was it a lie? Or was he perhaps indirectly talking about reconciliation or apology? Or maybe it was just nonsense? No, it was definitely nonsense. Like always. Nonsense he spouted with a head full of strange schemes.

“…”

My gaze suddenly went to the ice cream. There was definitely nothing there before, but now, Go Yohan’s ice cream was truly swarming with gnats. The sight of black fruit flies clinging to the half-melted ice cream was utterly disgusting.

“Go wipe your hands.”

“Hands?”

Go Yohan flipped his palm over and looked at it. And then the ice cream he was holding plummeted to the floor. He didn’t seem to care much. Go Yohan clenched and unclenched his hand, touching the sticky liquid on it. And then he subtly glanced at me and said this:

“…Want to go together?”

“Where… no way.”

“The restroom.”

“Are you crazy? Go by yourself if you’re going.”

“What, is it crazy to go to the restroom together?”

Go Yohan acted as if nothing had happened. I was keenly feeling it too. The fact that he was a bastard who had screamed and dragged me down just a few weeks ago was slowly being intentionally erased. Could this be Go Yohan’s true intention? Is he trying to make what he did to me disappear, just like that? For his own convenience?

As I just stared, Go Yohan, this time too, twitched one eyebrow and got up from his seat.

“Then I have to wait here quietly until I come back?”

“…Okay, just go wash up, please.”

“Okay.”

And Go Yohan cunningly made an ‘okay’ sign with his fingers, which were covered in ice cream.

“You have to stay right there.”

“I said okay.”

“If you leave me, I’ll really hate you.”

“…I said okay.”

“Then I’ll be back.”

Go Yohan rolled his tongue in his mouth, making a clear sound. Was it a serious condition if even this kind of joke couldn’t be taken as a joke anymore?

Watching his retreating back, I slightly covered my throbbing head. Facing Go Yohan made me feel like all my energy was being dumped into a trash can. I was more exhausted than during the physical fitness test when I ran laps around the track. Because of that, I involuntarily leaned against the flimsy plastic chair and let out a long sigh. It was tiring. I was tired of going to such lengths. It was around that time that the thought suddenly occurred to me.

My eyes met Shin Jaehyun, who was sitting across from me.

When had he been there? I hadn’t noticed at all. In the blink of an eye, Shin Jaehyun waved his hand. He seemed to be saying something with his mouth, so I frowned and focused. It seemed to be something like this:

‘Can I perhaps come get the key from you now?’

Ah, I hadn’t returned the key to Shin Jaehyun. My face involuntarily scrunched up in realization. Is the key in my pocket? I carelessly put my hand into my pocket.