Chapter 369: I’m just... going to head to the kitchen
Seo-Jun stayed silent after hearing my response.
It filled him with relief, and it wasn’t a surprise that I would hate him from the start given my reactions back then. He just didn’t know why and wasn’t simply buying the excuse of recalling the man who almost raped me in the past having the same vibe as him.
But he didn’t want to ask and bring up a bad memory. He didn’t want to make a big deal out of it either.
The important thing was that I no longer hate him.
"Then, do you like me?" He asked but I feigned ignorance.
This wasn’t him simply asking if I liked my masters, he was asking on a personal note.
’I like you a lot, do you like me too?’ It felt like this kind of situation and I couldn’t give him an answer. I didn’t want to tell him no, since I apparently liked him, and I didn’t want to tell him yes to feed his ego and make him feel special among my masters.
So, I acted like he hadn’t said anything at all.
"Oh my, look at the time," I said. "We should hurry up and get some sleep so we can hit the gym early tomorrow." I dropped down on the bed, pushing the quilt up to my neck and pretending to already fall asleep.
Seo-Jun watched me. And though he didn’t get an answer to his question, he felt this was enough. Sometimes, silence was better than a rejection.
"Alright, we should probably sleep." He said and I opened my eyes to peek at him.
Good thing he was probing about it.
I’m just going to close my eyes and... I quickly noticed the bowl on the table and pulled down the quilt.
"Ah, right. I need to take out the half-eaten porridge," I said but Seo-Jun intervened,
"I’ll get it." He got up from the bed, took the tray, and headed for the door.
I watched him as he did this out of consideration and a bunch of other things. My heart felt so good about this that I didn’t know how to describe it.
’Just look at him, he doesn’t even seem sick anymore.’ I thought.
So, all this was indeed an act. Phew, he was just too much.
After handing the tray over to the maids outside, he closed the door.
But then, I started feeling hungry.
I should probably say something before my stomach does.
I started sitting up when Seo-Jun noticed and asked,
"Why are you getting up, Jo-Pil?" I shook my head.
"It’s nothing serious. I’m just... Going to head to the kitchen."
He looked at me for a while, puzzled, and then snapped his fingers.
"Ah, you’re hungry," he said and I nodded.
"Yes, I’ll go get some cup ramen."
It looked like Seo-Jun wanted to stop me, because he didn’t want to be alone again but then he changed his mind.
He didn’t want to limit my movements for his own selfish interest so he said,
"I’ll come with you."
Though I didn’t expect him to actually want to come with me. It would be better if he just stayed in bed. He was recovering at an incredible rate since he finally accepted the treatment but the fact was, he was still a patient.
Still... With that look in his eyes, I doubt he would happily stay still if I asked him to.
Letting out a soft breath, I nodded.
"Yeah, you can come along."
We headed down the stairs and towards the kitchen.
I expected a few maids to be there on standby so I wouldn’t be surprised if I met something there.
But... What I didn’t expect was that other than the maids, there was someone there.
"Little Min?" I called and he flinched in shock, turning his head towards us.
He looked frantic, with noodles in his mouth and his face flushing red.
Ah, he was caught red-handed.
He probably didn’t think he would get caught eating my cup noodles.
"H-hyung," he called with his full mouth and processed to swallow with a large and loud gulp. "This isn’t what it looks like."
No, I’m pretty sure it’s exactly what it looks like.
"Did you also come down for a midnight snack?" I asked and he looked away in shame.
"Yes, Hyung."
I laughed.
"Then why are you hiding? It’s nothing to be ashamed about. I also came down cause I got hungry." I said to him and went to take two cups from the fridge. "And then I noticed the empty ones next to Min-Cheol. It looked like he had eaten quite a lot. "Well, do you want to keep me company?"
"I would love to, but..." he trailed his eyes towards Seo-Jun, who was leaning by the door frame, and then back at him. "...it looks like you already have company."
"Well, the more the merrier," I said and his eyes lit up in appreciation.
He probably found it boring to eat alone and since Seo-Jun was there... He just didn’t want to get worked up when it was already so late.
And I was taking care of Seo-Jun as well, so I probably wouldn’t give him much attention... Is what he thought.
We went to the dinner table with Min-Cheol carrying his half-eaten cup, along with a new one.
"Little Min, it looks like you were very hungry," I said and he paused. "Did you not eat a lot during dinner?"
I’m usually the one who has so much for late-night snacks even after eating dinner, but I don’t think I’ve ever eaten so much for a late-night snack.
"To be honest, Hyung," he placed down his chopsticks. "The last time I ate was yesterday." He said and since it was past midnight, I thought he meant dinner.
"Were you so busy that you didn’t eat for a whole day?" Seo-Jun suddenly asked and I looked at him.
He was staring at Min-Cheol with a serious gaze. Hm, how should I put it? It looked like he was angry. And not that jealousy type of anger that made it seem Min-Cheol was the reason I wouldn’t give him my full attention...
"What full day? Isn’t yesterday yesterday?" I asked but Seo-Jun shook his head.
"He probably didn’t check the time." He said. "What he meant by yesterday should be the day I took you to the office."
My eyes immediately widened.
"What?!"
I turned to Min-Cheol.
"Is that true?"