Fluttering Feelings Ch. 25

Fluttering Feelings Ch.25

Ji-hwan: I asked if she wanted to try dating me.
Box: 3 hours earlier
Box: Self-serve coffee
No-rae: Instant coffee is the best after a meal!
Ji-hwan: No-rae.
No-rae: Yes?
Ji-hwan: Want to go out with me?
Ji-hwan: Oh? Are you alright? Did it get in your windpipe?
No-rae: Y-you're joking right?
Ji-hwan: I'm not.
No-rae: ........
Ji-hwan: Shall we go for a walk?
No-rae: ....

Ji-hwa: It's not very cold, considering it's November.
No-rae: You're right...
Ji-hwan: That wasn't something I said on a whim.
No-rae: ....
Ji-hwan: I've been thinking about it since a long time ago.
No-rae: ....
No-rae: Sunbae...do you like me?
Ji-hwan: ...Does it not seem like I like you?
Ji-hwan: I'm not the cheap kind of guy who would ask you out if I didn't like you.
No-rae/Ji-hwan: .......
No-rae: Then....do you love me? (t/n: difference between 좋아 and 사랑 is similar to "suki" vs "aishiteru" in Japanese)
No-rae: I like sunbae a lot, too.
No-rae: But...I don't love you.
Ji-hwan: ......
Ji-hwan: Is love necessary to just date someone? These days it's more common to meet and slowly get to know someone if they leave a good impression.
Ji-hwan: And that will eventually turn into love.
No-rae: But those kinds of things...aren't any fun.
No-rae: I'm not into relationships that don't have any meaning behind them. (t/n: literally, relationships for the sake of having relationships)
Ji-hwan: That sounds like something a few angry singles would say.
No-rae: Haha...let's just say it's a case-by-case basis.
Ji-hwan: ...Are you waiting for love at first sight?
No-rae: Rather than that...
No-rae: .....
No-rae: I don't know..To be honest, even I don't know what I want exactly.
No-rae: It's just..I don't think a dimwitted girl like myself is suitable for sunbae.
Ji-hwan: Then who do you think would be suitable for me?
No-rae: That's...
Ji-hwan: Do you mean
Ji-hwan: Someone like Baek Seol-a?
Ji-hwan: I know best who's suitable for me.
No-rae: .......
Ji-hwan: So No-rae...you're much more of a romanticist than I thought. (small text): Your hand is cold..
No-rae: ....(small text): Romanticist...
Ji-hwan: I can love you.
Ji-hwan: And I'm confident I can make you love me too.
No-rae: ...Really?
No-rae: Can you really do that?
Ji-hwan: ....
No-rae: Promises shouldn't be taken lightly. No matter how small it is, there's no promise that I don't take seriously. Because you can never predict human nature.
No-rae: A feeling that you're going to fall in love...I once believed in those feelings too.
No-rae: I had an exceptionally strong feeling.
No-rae: But...it all ridiculously crumbled in one moment. My feelings, my trust.
Ji-hwan: ....
No-rae: I like sunbae. Thank you.
No-rae: But that's not enough for me to start a special relationship with sunbae.
No-rae: Because that would be too disrespectful to you.

No-rae: Oh gosh.. (small text): What the hell was I saying...T T

Author's note: Cringey stuff...(overload)