The Viral Photo on Everytime

Without fail, I rubbed my eyes in the morning that always came and got up from the heavy body. Still, if I could just endure this until Thursday somehow, that would be fine.

In this world, I had made my schedule so that I could finish all my classes by Thursday, making Friday a free day. As a university student, making one day off during the week is essential.

How am I supposed to go to school all week?

Instead, that means I have more time at school on the other days, but that's an unavoidable thing.

I got up from the bed, finished preparing to go to school, and left the house.

At the same time, the door to room 302 next door opened, and a person came out from inside. Since this world became gender-reversed, this ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠was the first time I saw the person in the next room.

She had black hair tied in a round bun and pulled back, and from her outfit, she seemed to be wearing office wear, so she was probably someone who commutes to work.

However, because her body was small, she gave off the impression that someone might mistake her for my little sister if they saw her from the side. Her face also looked cute with less fat loss, making her look younger.

As I came out of the door, my gaze met the neighbor woman's, and I felt awkward standing there. I slightly lowered my head and greeted her first.

"Hello..."

"Uh, hello..."

After exchanging awkward greetings, there was silence for about a second, and the neighbor woman checked the time ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠on her phone and was startled.

"Ah! I'm going to be late for work. I'll go now!"

"Ah, yes. Take care."

The neighbor woman, not knowing if I answered, ran down the stairs at high speed. Since I wasn't as pressed for time as the neighbor woman, I watched her running slowly, and saw her getting into the car parked near the building.

Unlike me, who was still a student, she was an adult. It was a domestic car, but having her own car seemed a bit cool.

By the way, I didn't know that a woman lived in the next room. I didn't know if the wall of the building was well soundproofed, or if the neighbor woman left late and immediately collapsed, so no sound was heard.

Honestly, I thought no one lived in the next room...

From now on, I should be careful not to cause any trouble. Making my face turn red while living in the same building is not something I want.

I took the subway just like on Monday and headed to school.

Tuesday was the day when all major classes were crammed, with a total of 3 major subjects. So, I had to do 1st period to 6th period.

I knew it was an unavoidable choice to make Friday a free day, but the biggest disadvantage of this schedule might be when all three major exams overlap on one day?

Taking three major exams in one day for a cram is almost impossible. Maybe my head would burst? Even if I stayed up all night studying, it wouldn't be possible.

So, the saying that I have to study normally... but this is something that should be said. Even if I gathered all the university students in the country to review normally and study, would only 5% of them be able to do it?

Of course, I am not included in that group.

I have to look at it a little at a time, whatever.

When I arrived at school, I went to find the building where I had to take classes today. It was the same Engineering Building where I took electronic engineering lectures yesterday, and most of the major subjects I took were inside this building.

Since the department itself is inside this building, it was natural.

I entered the Engineering Building and was looking for the lecture room for the 1st period general mechanics lecture.

But what the hell?

After entering the Engineering Building, the gazes around me felt strange. Several people passing by kept staring at me intently?

Even when I took electronic engineering yesterday, all the women in the lecture room were staring at me. What the hell?

If I hadn't done anything strange, the only reason would be this.

Before I came to this gender-reversed world, the other me who owned this body was studying at school and doing something weird, spreading rumors, right?

There was no other reason for people to stare at me. Was it not that I got into trouble at school in my first year and ran away to the army like a fugitive?

While I was wondering what to do with these incomprehensible gazes, I felt someone lightly poke my shoulder with a finger from behind.

I turned around, and there was Hyeji, who had her head lowered.

"Ah, hello... Minho-senpai..."

"Uh, hello Hyeji."

Actually, her voice was very small, and with her head lowered, her face wasn't visible, but I immediately realized that the person who poked me was Hyeji.

She was appealing with her body that she was Hyeji without showing her face. Among the people I've seen wandering outside so far, Hyeji was probably the tallest.

How could I not recognize her.

When I called her by name, Hyeji smiled happily and raised her head, but whether she was still embarrassed or not, her face had turned bright red.

Minho and Hyeji have most major classes the same, so we would be together all day today. Hyeji might not know, but I wondered if I should ask why everyone seemed to be staring at me.

"Hyeji, there's something I want to ask. Like yesterday, I feel like other people are staring at me strangely. Do you know why they're looking at me?"

"Uh, yes? That's..."

This reaction sounds like she knows something.

Hyeji sent me a panicked look, as if she didn't expect me to ask this. If she didn't know, she would have said she didn't know, but the way she trailed off suggested she knew the reason for people's reactions.

"If you know, can you tell me? I'm wondering if I did something wrong. No matter what, being the center of people's attention is burdensome."

"That's... I don't know the details either. Yesterday, in the senior chat room, there was talk about Minho-senpai."

"My story?"

If Hyeji was a peer, she wouldn't ‍‍‌‌⁠​​⁠‌​​‍​​‍​‌​⁠‍‌‍⁠⁠‌⁠‌‍‌‍‌‌‌‍⁠​‌​‌​‌‍‌‌‌⁠‍​​‌‍⁠‌‌⁠⁠have any connection to the me who lived in this world. That peer would have been in 1st year when this body was in the army.

But if they were talking about me... did they hear something from the seniors?

"Did you hear my story from my peer or the senior above?"

"Yes, that's right!"

Hyeji's eyes widened as if to ask how she knew, and she looked at me. She seemed like a cute person surprised by something insignificant.

Her body was far from cute, though.

By the way, what did the me in this world do in my first year that made people interested in me?

"If you know up to what you know, can you tell me a little?"

"You were in the army before your first year, right? But at that time, senpai... didn't get along with anyone. Not just women, but men either."

Hmm... I expected that I had the same university freshman life as the me who didn't contact anyone after returning from a 2-year hiatus, and it was correct.

"So?"

"And you didn't contact anyone about returning... I think everyone thinks it's strange because you're talking to me like this now!"

Ah, I roughly understood.

If I were to analogize to the world I lived in, it would be that the girl who didn't get along with anyone, male or female, during her first year of school, took a 2-year hiatus and returned, and suddenly started hanging out with one junior, and that junior happened to be a chubby pig-like man?

Seeing her talking comfortably with a pig-like man she had no intention of getting close to, it seemed that the image they saw in the first year was so different that they were staring strangely.

Perhaps they were staring at me thinking I was crazy.

"If that's the reason... I thought I had made a mistake."

If they were staring for that reason, I didn't need to worry. After all, the interest in me would gradually disappear over time.

"Um... and there's one more thing..."

"What is that?"

"Look at this."

Hyeji handed her phone to me. I wondered what it was that she wanted me to see, so I looked at Hyeji's phone, and there was a photo of Minho and Hyeji walking together while talking happily.

There is a large university community app called Everytime on the internet, and our photo was uploaded there.

In the photo, the two of us didn't seem to notice that we were being photographed, so it was probably someone secretly taking a photo and uploading it to our school Everytime with a caption.

When I read the comments that were all mocking us, I felt even more disgusted. Who took the photo and who was mocking... really...

Hyeji, who showed me this, was also sorry and couldn't look me in the eye.

"Senpai, I'm sorry... I got this photo taken because of me..."

Her apologetic look even though it wasn't her fault made me feel even more sorry.

I don't know who took the photo, but... I will definitely catch them.