The Wavelength of Confession
For a moment I extinguished the urgent fire that was the guy sticking to Sia.
But… extinguishing that one urgent fire wasn’t enough… the fire had already spread to the other side.
Moreover, it might even be in a place far more dangerous than that guy.
I slowly turned my gaze to Sia.
I was worried that maybe she was feeling uncomfortable.
Fortunately, there was no sign that she was uncomfortable.
At least the worst situation hadn’t occurred yet… but the problem was.
～빠안～
Sia was staring straight into my eyes.
And it was an incredibly intense stare.
Looking at that gaze… I think she was probably wondering about the words I had blurted out just moments ago.
I took a deep breath in my heart and started squeezing every single brain cell in my head to come up with a plan.
To do that, I recalled the words I had said just now.
‘How did you know? We’re getting married, you know.’
I hadn’t even started with the premise that we were getting married from the beginning.
‘I like Sia so much, so I can’t let that bastard get anything from her, and I’m going to keep her by my side for the rest of my life, so don’t be rude and get lost.’
Later I almost made it sound like a confession.
Wrong.
It was completely off-base now.
The way out of here was… only one.
“Siyoo… you… maybe….”
“Whoa! Have you seen these bastards! Sia! If something like this happens again, tell me! I’ll chase them away like today!”
There was no other way than to act brazenly.
Spilled water can’t be scooped up again, so.
I poured something else on top to cover it up.
I thought this would naturally solve the problem….
“Hmm… I see….”
It seemed like it was already too late to make excuses.
Well… no matter what, I had said those words right in front of the person involved, so explaining would be hard.
So the action I needed to take was to shrink my heart as much as possible so Sia wouldn’t feel burdened.
Not as romantic feelings for Sia, but as the heart of a precious friend.
“Then, of course. Since you’re a precious friend, of course I should.”
“Precious… friend…?”
“Yeah, a precious friend. We’re childhood friends, right? So if you need help, just tell me.”
“…….”
“And right now we’re fake boyfriend and girlfriend, so this is natural.”
“Yeah… it was a fake boyfriend and girlfriend.”
“Yeah, so….”
“By the way.”
“Hm…?”
Suddenly Sia started speaking with a serious atmosphere.
“Is it really because I’m a precious friend and fake boyfriend and girlfriend?”
“What?”
“The thing you saved… if we had fought just now, what were you going to do?”
“…….”
“Even so, I’ll save you.”
Because she was talking seriously, I was worried about what was coming out, but it was fortunate that she said something obvious.
“Of course I’ll save you.”
Though it wasn’t a lie, I was definitely in love with Sia.
So I wasn’t going to let another guy lay a finger on her.
Perhaps because my feelings were conveyed, Sia’s expression softened and she smiled faintly.
“Huhu, thank you, Siyoo.”
“…It’s nothing…”
That was how Sia and I headed to the trash dump together to throw away the trash.
I had refused repeatedly, but Sia snatched my trash bag, so there was no choice.
After we threw away the trash, we walked out of the dump.
Sia’s face didn’t look particularly happy.
“Why? Was that guy worrying you that much?”
“Hmm, it’s not like that….”
“Really? Then it’s good.”
“Yeah… that… no….”
“What’s wrong with you?”
“Hmm, it’s nothing! Let’s go home quickly!”
“…? Okay, I get it….”
Sia seemed to be about to ask me something, but I didn’t pay much attention.
After we finished cleaning, Sia and I headed home together.
At home, we showered, ate, and studied.
It was time to sleep, so I turned off the lights, covered myself with the blanket, and lay down.
‘I like Sia so much, so I can’t let that bastard get anything from her, and I’m going to keep her by my side for the rest of my life, so don’t be rude and get lost.’
‘Of course I’ll save you.’
The words I had said to Sia earlier came to mind one after another.
～퍽! ㅍ! ㅍ! ㅍ! ㅍ!～
“Aaaah!! You damn bastard! Why did you do that?!”
I kicked the blanket a few times.
After that ruckus, I tried to close my eyes again to sleep.
But because of today’s events replaying in my mind, it was very hard to fall asleep.
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Sia was startled by the sudden appearance of Park Siwoo between her and Lee Yonghwan.
At that moment, she was wondering what to do.
Suddenly the two of them started fighting.
Yonghwan had been trying to intimidate him, but it had no effect, and they were exchanging shouts.
In the end, Park Siwoo dropped a bomb of a statement.
‘I like Sia so much, so I can’t let that bastard get anything from her, and I’m going to keep her by my side for the rest of my life, so don’t be rude and get lost.’
Sia kept recalling the words Park Siwoo had said.
That statement was quite different from the image she had of Park Siwoo who had been drawing a line for her, so it opened up possibilities for her.
After that, they continued talking, but for Sia, only Park Siwoo’s words were echoing.
Even after Yonghwan ran away, Sia couldn’t get out of the afterglow and wanted to confirm again, so she was about to ask Siwoo if what he had said was true.
“Whoa! Have you seen these bastards! Sia! If something like this happens again, tell me! I’ll chase them away like today!”
Park Siwoo shouted.
Hearing those words, Sia momentarily thought they were her misunderstanding, but.
When she saw Siwoo’s heart rate rising strangely, Sia was certain.
Siwoo wasn’t in love yet, but he had feelings for her to some extent.
She had asked several times to figure out Siwoo’s heart, but the more she asked, the more she believed there was a chance her feelings would be realized.
Sia had been imagining such happy scenarios, but.
Suddenly her secret came to mind.
If Park Siwoo were to fear or despise her appearance, what should she do? A fear began to rise.
She tried to open her mouth to ask Park Siwoo, but closed it again while saying it was nothing.
Because if she felt rejection from her, she probably wouldn’t be able to hold on.
Moreover, there was one more thing worrying her now.
That Lee Yonghwan from the third year was sharpening a knife against Siwoo.
Even on the way home, Sia’s worries were not few, but Siwoo wasn’t concerned at all.
Sia felt concerned about such a Siwoo and made a decision.
She would resolve this matter with her own hands.
So Sia contacted her acquaintances for a moment and entered a certain store in the city.
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A party room in the city.
As expected for a place that charged a high fee, the interior was very glamorous.
Inside that party room, quite a few people had gathered—Lee Yonghwan’s group of delinquents.
Although it was illegal to buy alcohol at their age, regardless of where they had bought it, empty liquor bottles were rolling around inside the room.
And in the center, Lee Yonghwan opened his mouth.
“That bastard is going to die properly!”
“Oh? Finally you’re going to kill someone?”
“Finally you’re putting a red line on your own life!”
“Whatever, anyway, if you submit a repentance letter and pay the settlement money, that’s it.”
“Hahaha! That’s right! As expected, Yonghwan.”
Lee Yonghwan had been relying on his parents’ backing and was acting up.
So Lee Yonghwan started plotting with his gang.
To take Sia away from Siwoo.
After they had been plotting for a while, Lee Yonghwan said.
“Whoa! We should put in the order for tomorrow’s job right now.”
He was about to order someone to stomp on Siwoo.
～끼이익～
Suddenly the door of the room opened.
And there was a person standing in front of it.
Though her entire body from head to toe was thoroughly covered in black.
“Sia? It’s Sia!”
The creepy part was that Sia’s face was completely covered, but Yonghwan somehow knew, and he had recognized Sia’s covered appearance.
When Yonghwan said it was Sia, the gaze of all the men around them poured onto Sia.
Then, a burly man stood up from his seat and.
“Hey, are you Sia? I heard you’re really pretty, so let me see your face.”
He tried to grab Sia.
But Sia immediately grabbed the arm that was about to grab her and twisted it in the opposite direction.
“Aaaah!”
In pain from the arm being twisted in that spot, he sat down, and Sia overpowered him on the spot.
Sia looked at the bulky man rolling on the floor and said.
“Don’t try to touch me casually. It’s gross.”
“…!”
“Everyone, jump in together!”
The several people who thought they were confident in fighting jumped at Sia.
～whick! ㅍ!～
“Ah!”
～퍽! ㅍ!～
“Cough!”
～뿌드득!～
“Kuaaah!”
Sia fought lightly like a butterfly, deflecting attacks, and when she saw a gap in the opponent, she shot like a whip.
Because of that, one by one they fell from Sia’s attacks, but in truth Sia didn’t land any hits at all.
On Sia’s appearance.
“…Wh-what…! Who the hell are you!”
Lee Yonghwan felt something was wrong and wanted to run away, but.
～뚜둑!～
“Craaaah! It, it hurts!”
Sia didn’t let him go.
First she broke his fingers and threw him to the floor.
She grabbed the hair of the powerless Yonghwan who had fallen to the floor and lifted him up, then warned.
“I said if I see you again I’ll kill you… but you saw? What should I do?”
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