Chapter 159
Seo Jihyuk picked up a chocolate bar. After carefully examining its expiration date and packaging condition, he unwrapped it and took a bite. His jaw moved diligently, and then he let out a contented sigh.
Me and Tumanako awkwardly opened our chocolate bars. I didn’t particularly like the strong sweetness typical of foreign snacks, and Tumanako seemed to have no appetite. However, Tumanako vigorously tore open the chocolate bar wrapper and started chewing so intensely that I worried about the state of her teeth. It didn’t seem like she was eating because she was hungry, but because she had to eat.
I broke off about 1/3 of the chocolate bar, still in its wrapper. Then I forced myself to chew just the small piece in my mouth. As the sweetness that made my tongue ache entered my stomach, I felt nauseous. When I tasted the artificial, sticky chocolate flavor, dizziness washed over me like a tidal wave. I couldn’t long more for hot coffee to wash out my mouth.
Seo Jihyuk finished his chocolate bar in just two bites. Baek Ae-young was slowly chewing her chocolate bar while stretching one leg out. And Shin Haeryang was sitting against the wall, motionless. He looked like a seated statue sprouting from the floor, but he too moved only his jaw and hands, demolishing the chocolate bar in three bites.
I handed the remaining 2/3 of my chocolate bar to the person next to me who didn’t have one.
“My mouth touched it. Please eat it.”
Seo Jihyuk, who was licking the wrapper to eat the melted chocolate, looked at me and said,
“Eat your own share.”
“My stomach doesn’t feel good, so I can’t eat it.”