69.
After I woke up late around noon, I took a shower, ate breakfast and lunch, and turned on the computer.
When I returned home after meeting Chae Yoo-jeong yesterday, I placed the bottle of fruit juice I had bought in advance on my desk. When I turned on Zenoris, something popped out straight from the chat.
[Guild] Drink some water: I’m sleepy
[Guild] Drink some water: What are you doing in December???
[Guild] Harn: Sleepy-nim hi
[Guild] Bright Clouds: Hi hi
[Guild] Yoo Chae: Hyung 〉_〈
[Guild] I’m sleepy: hiyo
[Guild] I’m sleepy: December?
[Guild] I’m sleepy: I think I’ll be busy with a lot of exams and assignments before the end of the semester.
[Guild] I’m sleepy: Why?
[Guild] Drink some water: We’re setting a date for our reunion ㅋㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Drink some water: At the end of the year,
[Guild] Drink some water: I’m thinking about Saturday, the 3rd week of December.
[Guild] Drink some water: Won’t the semester be over by then?
[Guild] I’m sleepy: The semester ends before then ㅋㅋ
[Guild] TheHunter: Oh then it’s good
[Guild] TheHunter: Sleepy, I love you too
[Guild] Mocha Bread: If you come, we will take good care of you^.^b
[Guild] Let’s do this: It will be an offline game meeting
[Guild] Let’s do this: it’s all about eating meatㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Harn: yeah
[Guild] Harn: There were some minors, so there was no alcohol in the first round
[Guild] Harn: Drinking from the 2nd round
[Guild] This is Dorahee: Who are the minors?
[Guild] Crazy hunting friend: here ㅋㅋㅋ
[Guild] Crazy hunting friend: But after 2 months, I’ll be an adult ㅋ
[Guild] This is Dorahee: Oh, I’m 19 years old haha
[Guild] Crazy hunting friend: Yes
[Guild] Manaolingnam: High school seniors don’t study and play games? ㅋ
[Guild] Crazy hunting friend: I sacrifice my life to the game
[Guild] Harn: The game probably doesn’t want to take over your lifeㅠㅠ
[Guild] Crazy Hunting Friend: _?
While I was wondering what kind of information I should get from Yoo Chae today, I touched my mouth at Water’s words.
Game meetings. Now that I think about it, in RPG-type games like this, they do things like Game meetings. I forgot.
The date itself wasn’t bad. It was right after the end of the semester, so I had some free time. It wasn’t a burden since I wasn’t just playing the game for a few days.
‘What should I do?’
Since various things had happened while playing Zenoris, the guild members did not feel awkward or unfamiliar.
It’s been quite a while since I’ve had an offline game meeting, but it seems like a good idea to participate. Just when my shaky heart was slowly leaning towards the positive side, I received a personal message from Yoo Chae.
[Yoo Chae: Hyung hyung]
[Yoo Chae: I want to decorate;;]
[I’m sleepy: okay]
[I’m sleepy: Let’s go]
The time of chatting and using discord with Yoo Chae has increased significantly in recent days.
In the past, even when we all had voice calls together, he didn’t use the microphone and was reluctant to open his mouth, so he freely suggested that he first check with me to see if it would be okay for the two of us to talk together.
I sent the answer to guild chat while wearing the headset.
[Guild] I’m sleepy: I can go once that date is confirmed.
[Guild] I’m sleepy: The location is Seoul, right?
[Guild] Drink some water: ok ok
[Guild] Drink some water: of course Seoul
[Guild] Drink some water: Kids coming from the countryside will figure out their own rooms, right?
[Guild] Seasoned crab soup: I am... a countryside person
[Guild] Seasoned crab soup: Planning to get a motelㅠ
[Guild] Harn: Still, there are no countryside players among minors.
[Guild] Harn: well that’s a relief
[Guild] Drink some water: yeah
[Guild] I’m sleepy: When the date is confirmed later
[Guild] I’m sleepy: Please give me one more notice.
[Guild] Drink some water: ok
“Hyung, are you going to the game meeting?”
Yoo Chae, who had been patiently waiting until the conversation between me and Water ended, quietly asked me a question.
“It’s worth going if the time is right. You......”
Oops. I was about to ask without thinking, but quickly shut my mouth.
There’s no way a guy who doesn’t even give out his cell phone number will easily come. No, if Yoo Chae were Chae Yoo-jeong in the first place, he wouldn’t be able to come.
If there was even a rumor that Yoo Chae, a regular player of Zenoris, was a professional gamer, it would cause a huge uproar.
“I don’t want to go.”
Yoo Chae continued before I could speak and answered.
“I don’t really like meeting people I met online in real life.”
“Really?”
Am I mistaken in that it somehow sounds like he’s making excuses?
I was staring crookedly at the screen with my chin resting and spoke in a bitter voice as if I had been intentionally hurt.
“Then you don’t want to meet me either?”
“What?”
“You said you don’t like seeing people you met online?”
“Ah……”
“But I thought I was pretty close to you, so I thought we could meet at least once. I have people that I met online and became close to in real life.”
When he let out a sigh so weakly that it was barely audible, Yoo Chae hurriedly opened his mouth, looking very embarrassed.
“Oh, no. Hyung, I... I’m ugly. So that’s it.”
“Didn’t you say you were pretty last time?”
“That’s a joke. In fact, I’m really ugly and fat and stay at home every day... I’m so shy that it’s no fun when you meet me in real life…...”
“Are you hiding your face?”
“Yes. I’m not kidding.”
I thought of Chae Yoo-jeong, who hugged my waist at the cafe yesterday.
I don’t know anything else, but if Yoo Chae and Chae Yoo-jeong are really the same person, I am sure that he’s a really great idiot.
“Hyung, I’m not saying that I won’t meet you because I don’t like you.”
“Okay, I was just kidding. How can you meet someone who barely gives you his cell phone number? I don’t even wish for it.”
“...I just feel bad about it. Can’t I ask for something?”
“What are you asking me to do?”
“I don’t know.”
“Let’s stop talking nonsense and just play the game. Where are you?”
“The raid ended right before I came in, so I’m still in front of the dungeon. Is there something you want to do? Shall we go catch a dragon?”
Since we had completed all the collection quests, there wasn’t much content for the two of us to do together.
The event ended a while ago, so all I can do right now is hunt... Should I at least catch a dragon like Yoo Chae said?
Dragons are all good, but when you actually catch them, they’re not that fun. Would it be better to enter a raid dungeon with guild members? As I was thinking with my arms crossed, my cell phone, which I had roughly thrown on the edge of the desk, started shaking.
“I’m sorry, but I’m going to answer the phone for a moment.”
“Yes.”
The person on the phone was Eun Hae-seong. I lowered the headset to one side and held my phone between his ear and shoulder. Since there was only Yoo Chae in the voice room anyway, I didn’t bother turning off the microphone.
“hello.”
-Yuji, what are you doing?
“Game.”
Eun Hae-seong was disgusted by my harsh response.
-Aren’t you tired of playing games in the corner of your room on the weekends?
“Oh, I don’t get tired of it. It’s so much fun.”
-come out! Let’s light up Sunday with me.
“Go away. I’m gonna hang up.”
When I tried to coldly dismiss the call and hang up, Eun Hae-seong shouted in horror.
-crazy. Why do you go without listening to everything people say?
“Say it.”
-Do you remember what I told you about before the semester started?
“About girls?”
“Cough!”
As I followed Eunhae-seong’s words without much thought, I heard Yoo Chae coughing through my headset.
“I don’t remember. Did you say they were three years older?”
-that’s right.
The photo Eun Hae-seong showed me vaguely came to mind. I think it was just my taste.
-That Noona said she was coming now too. Let’s take this opportunity to come and see each other’s faces.
“It’s so sudden.”
-of course. Because it was an appointment made suddenly.
“I don’t like meeting like this.”
Since I got his number and never contacted her, I would have been labeled as having absolutely no manners. There was no need to meet her in this condition. Above all, I had no intention of dating right now.
My mind is already a mess with the issue of Yoo Chae and Chae Yoo-jeong, so what can I do about dating in this situation? Dating can happen at any time, so it was right to settle the matter between Yoo Chae and Chae Yoo-jeong first.
-Wait, do you really hate it? I would love it if you came.
“How can I come? I can’t go out because I have a prior commitment. See you later.”
-Oh, that’s a shame. Be sure to come next time. got it?
Eun Hae-seong, who knows well that I rarely change my answer once I say no, did not press me any further and backed out cleanly.
As soon as I finished the call and put my headset back on properly, Yoo Chae suddenly started talking to me.
“Hyung, are you being introduced to someone? A female?”
“I received her number last time, but I was busy so I couldn’t contact her.”
“I-I see...”
The guy’s voice shook randomly. Why is this happening again?
“Hyung, if you marry me and then have an affair like this… I was a little surprised.”
“I was surprised too. Would you describe this as an affair?”
“Of course it’s an affair! You were just trying to find a woman and leave me behind!”
Yoo Chae’s voice, shouting that it was too much, was full of regret. I’m so shocked that I was almost about to die.
“I could barely access Zenoris on Sunday…”
“It’s because of school and assignments.”
Of course, I was even busier because I was meeting Chae Yoo-jeong.
‘Wait a minute, if Yoo Chae and Chae-jeong well are not the same person...’
Am I meeting Chae Yu-jeong on Saturday and playing games with Yoo Chae on Sunday? Two people with similar personalities?
“......”
When I realized that, the word ‘affair’ suddenly started to bother me.
“Hyung, hyung, you can’t meet women. Okay?”
“Uuh………….”
“How can you meet a girl when you don’t have enough time to play games?”
“True.......”
I thought quietly as I answered soullessly to Yoo Chae, who repeatedly emphasized that I should not date women, like it was a serious matter.
I’m sorry, Kim Yoo-chae, if I’m going to follow your logic, I’m technically already having an affair...……..
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Translator: Hoshi Miya
Editor: Meimei
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HM: Me asking myself when Yoo Chae is gonna reveal/unravel everything when he’s caught again. lolwwwwww
MM: No, seriously, what is YC doing?? Being truthful is easier if you wanted a long time relationship T^T
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