Fluttering Feelings Ch. 23

Fluttering Feelings Ch.23

Hee-jin: No-rae's never talked like that about someone before.
Hee-jin: Too much sympathy can also mean completely ignoring someone.
Hee-jin: It's easy to approach her since she has no outer wall, but
Hee-jin: It's hard to get any further than that. More so than breaking the outer wall.
No-rae: But you do look a little tir-
(?): Ah, the sight of Baek Seol-a just pisses me off!
No-rae/Seol-a: .......
Girl: Anyway, the way she acts all friendly with Ji-hwan sunbae really rubs me the wrong way.
Girl: It's like she thinks the spot next to him is reserved for her.
Girl: Why the hell do they have to know each other. Pisses me off...
Girl: It's probably a habit of hers to just seduce every guy she sees. Even the guys in our class become helpless once they see Baek Seol-a.
Girl: She's just fooling around with guys. She's already a third year, and look at how she doesn't have any female friends.
Girl: But lately hasn't she been hanging out with No-rae sunbae a lot?
Girl: Pfft "sunbae"...These days, a middle schooler would look more like a "sunbae" than Kim No-rae.
Girl: lolol
No-rae: Why...
Seol-a (small text): Shh
Girl: But Kim-No-rae is nice. Like when Young-jae spilled juice all over her. If that were me, I wouldn't have let it go.
Girl: Nah, it's not that she's nice, she's just weak. But really, why does Young-jae have to act like that every time he gets drunk..
Girl: Did you see Baek Seol-a getting all friendly with the professor?
Girl: Frickin' daebak. I told you there was a reason why she got good grades. (t/n:daebak = amazement or awe, used sort of sarcastcially/negatively in this situation)
Girl: Tell me about it. What's she doing with someone her dad's age...
Girl: During 1st and 2nd year, Baek Seol-a dated every guy in our department.
Girl: That's totally a mental disease.
No-rae: They're really crossing the line. But we can't just walk out of here right now...
Girl: It's not like she's lusting after the guys either...
Girl: All the new guys are always like "Baek Seol-a this, Baek Seol-a that", and I can't forgive them for turning into her slaves.
No-rae: Why do those cheeky girls have to say stuff like that...
Girl: Leave them alone. Do you think they're acting that way because they actually like her? They're just trying to hit it with her once.
Girl: Listen to what you're saying, you bitch~
Girl: What, it's true~
No-rae: I can't leave those little-!!
Seol-a: You can't.
No-rae: Let
No-rae: go
Seol-a: Please...
Seol-a: Please..
Girl: Omo. Did I hear something just now?
Girl: Oh no. Someone must have been inside..
Seol-a: .......
Box: The forehead on my shoulder was hot,
Box: And it felt like she was forcing herself to hold back her tears.
Text: Her trembling naturally spread to me.
Text: ....To the point where I wanted to cry too.
No-rae: Just..think of it like stepping on shit. Even world leaders gossip when they're alone. Don't take anything you heard to heart.
Seol-a: I'm fine...
Seol-a: It's not like this is the first time. It's happened multiple times.
No-rae: ......
Seol-a: Don't look at me like that.
Seol-a: I'm fine...really. I'm used to it.
Seol-a: Ever since I was young, it couldn't be helped...I've heard worse things in person. So that's nothing.
No-rae: That's not true.
No-rae: You don't need to get used to it. Even if you did, that doesn't mean you won't get hurt.
No-rae: You don't have to pretend you're fine. To me...At least in front of me...you don't need to do that.
Seol-a: .....
Seol-a: Who do you think you are? Why do I have to tell you whether I'm fine or not? There's really nothing wrong with me.
Seol-a: You don't have to care. It's not like those girls were completely wrong. It's true that I've met a lot of guys.
Seol-a: I didn't turn away anyone who seemed decent, and I didn't chase after those who left me. Is that so wrong?
Seol-a: Can those cowards only insult me for their self-satisfaction? They only do that because they can't do what I can, no matter what.
No-rae: ....
Seol-a: Why? Am I wrong? Are you tired of me after hearing me talk like this?
Box: ..There's nothing to miss.
Box: I was young back then, and it showed through my actions.
Box: Since when did I become so desperate for friends...
Box: To make friends like that...It's not even funny.
Box: Now there's nothing wrong. You're nothing to me. Nothing...
Text: Too much sympathy can also mean completely ignoring someone.
Text: That kid has a good heart.
Tetx: She's kind to everyone, regardless of who you are.
Seol-a: Ah..
Seol-a: I told you to stop looking at me like that!
No-rae: ..What do you mean you're fine when you're like this. Is this being "fine"?
Seol-a: ....
No-rae: Seol-a, I...
No-rae: I...only see the you that's in front of me.
No-rae: And I trust my instincts about you. I won't be swayed by gossip like that.
No-rae: I'd never get disappointed in you because of what someone else says.
No-rae: That will never happen. So...I'd like it if you trusted me on that.
No-rae: ...I would never leave you alone. (t/n: literally, "I would never throw you away by yourself")
Text: Do I look pitiful?
No-rae: This is hard..
No-rae: Let's go back.
Text: ...Are you doing this because you pity me?
No-rae: I think it'd be best to go home right now.
Seol-a: You're not disappointed in me, right...?
No-rae: ....
Seol-a: Right...?
No-rae: ...No. I'm not. (t/n: literally, "...I don't. Do that kind of thing.")
Seol-a: Then promise me.
No-rae: ...What?
Seol-a: What you said before. That you would never leave me alone. Promise me.
No-rae: ......
Seol-a: It's a promise, then. Don't pretend like you forgot later on.
Seol-a: I'm tired...I want to stay like this a little longer...
No-rae: ....Okay.
No-rae: Okay...
Text: It's easy to approach her since she has no outer wall, but
Text: It's hard to get any further than that.
Seol-a: ....So what. What am I supposed to do about that.
Text: It doesn't matter.