Chapter 193 : Confession Plan
Chapter 193: Confession Plan
Once the travel schedule was set, everything moved at lightning speed.
A few days later, after the others were discharged from the hospital, they immediately booked plane tickets, and we gathered in front of Gimpo Airport.
There were seven people going on the trip in total.
The five of us, including me and Park Siwoo’s group, plus Yoo Yi-seo and Seo Da-hee.
“Isn’t this basically just a Student Council Executives bonding trip?”
“Then you shouldn’t be here. You were expelled, remember?”
“It’s not like I got expelled because I wanted to!”
Yoo Yi-seo calmed down the excited group and took the lead.
“First, let’s go get our boarding passes.”
“President, we still have some time before boarding, though?”
“No. We need to get our boarding passes now so we can complete the entire schedule without wasting time.”
As she said that, Yoo Yi-seo was holding a small notebook.
I sneakily glanced at it and saw a densely packed schedule written inside.
Don’t tell me that was our itinerary?
I had heard that Yoo Yi-seo had planned everything, but—
weren’t we supposed to be going on a two-day, one-night trip?
Sure, every trip needed at least one person who planned things carefully, but…….
Yoo Yi-seo led us like a mother bird guiding a row of ducklings.
“Make sure you follow me properly. It’ll be troublesome if any of you get lost.”
“Come on, it’s not like we’re little kids.”
“Hey, hey. Grab Eunha. Her eyes are wandering.”
For Eunha, who had never been outside the Academy before, everything was new.
Maybe that was why.
The moment we stopped paying attention to her, she would disappear somewhere.
Was this trip really going to be okay?
Seo Da-hee approached me.
“Everyone must’ve really been looking forward to this trip.”
“Seems like that applies to you too, Senior Da-hee.”
“Does it?”
I looked Seo Da-hee over once.
She was holding a huge suitcase.
“Senior, this is definitely a two-day, one-night trip, right?”
“Right? Why?”
I wanted to ask what the hell she had packed in that suitcase, but it felt rude, so I stopped myself.
“But Seongwoo, how long are you going to keep calling me Senior?”
At the somewhat abrupt question, I tilted my head.
“Think about it. You speak casually to Lia, but you always use polite speech with me. And you don’t even attend the Academy anymore, yet you still call me Senior and call Yi-seo President.”
“Hmm…….”
I hadn’t really been conscious of it, but now that she mentioned it, she was right.
Calling her Senior was one thing, but maybe continuing to call Yoo Yi-seo President was a little strange too.
“Then what should I call you?”
“Think carefully. Isn’t there a good word for it?”
“A good word……?”
Her eyes curved mischievously.
“Try calling me ‘big sis~.’”
“…….”
“Come on, say it.”
I didn’t really care about calling her that, but there was something impure about the look in her eyes.
Then, not far away, a voice of salvation rang out.
“You two! Don’t fall too far behind!”
It was Yoo Yi-seo, urging us to catch up after we had drifted a little away from the group.
“Yes, big sis.”
“……?”
For a moment, silence fell over the group.
Everyone’s eyes focused on me.
Yoo Yi-seo’s face twisted terribly.
I could feel the contempt in her gaze.
Jeez…….
Did she really have to hate it that much?
I had only said it half as a joke, but if she rejected it that strongly, it still hurt.
“Shut up and follow me.”
“……Yes.”
I heard Seo Da-hee giggling beside me.
“Happy now?”
“It wasn’t what I expected, but I think this is good too.”
After that, we received our boarding passes and even checked in our luggage.
I wondered whether we really needed to check baggage for a domestic trip, but there was someone with a suspiciously large amount of luggage.
After grabbing a quick bite at a nearby bakery, we browsed the duty-free shops before boarding the plane.
Park Siwoo and the others looked around with fascination.
Of course, I did too.
I had ridden trains and high-speed rail a few times, but I had never been on an airplane before.
Not in my previous life or this one.
Travel had always been a luxury for me.
“But Helena and Dan Chun-woo, you two are kind of surprising. Is this your first time on a plane too?”
Park Siwoo asked.
Me and Eunha were understandable, but Helena and Dan Chun-woo were also looking around like they found the airplane fascinating.
“What kind of ridiculous question is that? How do you think I came to Korea? Did you think I flew here myself?”
“Then why are you looking around the plane like that?”
“It’s my first time in economy class. Actually, this is my first time riding a plane operated by an airline.”
“Then how did you come to Korea?”
“How else? I came on a private jet.”
Park Siwoo and I stared blankly at her attitude, as though she couldn’t understand why he would ask something so obvious.
Come to think of it, these guys were children of prestigious Hero families.
We were always messing around and saying stupid things together, so I forgot sometimes, but even when these guys were receiving treatment, they had been cared for in a VIP ward.
“What’s with those expressions?”
“It just feels a little unfamiliar.”
“Are you finally starting to understand what kind of people we are? You should’ve treated us better normally.”
“But then couldn’t we have just used one of your private jets for this trip?”
At Park Siwoo’s question, Helena nodded.
“Actually, Father told me to take the private jet.”
“My grandfather said the same.”
“Then why the hell are we sitting in economy class?”
“Because when else would we ever get to try economy class?”
Was this some kind of commoner experience?
At this point, these guys were starting to scare me.
After chatting like that for a while, the plane gradually began to rise.
“Oh…… We’re taking off. We’re really taking off.”
“Wow.”
Eunha pressed herself against the window and watched the plane ascend.
The ground grew farther and farther away, and everything began to look tiny.
I stared at the sight as though entranced.
Because of the change in air pressure, my ears grew muffled and the sounds around me became quiet.
So the world we lived in was this small.
It felt as though something that had been blocking my mind suddenly opened up.
“Hehe, fascinating, right?”
“Yeah.”
I spent a long time staring out the window.
Seo Da-hee looked at Yoo Seongwoo.
Lia’s voice soon rang inside her mind.
‘Stop staring. Honey’s about to drip from your eyes.’
‘But he’s cute.’
The sight of him staring blankly out the window with his mouth slightly open like a little kid was certainly rare.
‘And when else would I ever get to stare at Seongwoo’s face this openly?’
Yoo Seongwoo’s Aura Sense was extremely sharp, so if she openly stared at his face like this under normal circumstances, he would probably think she was strange.
‘You know that sounded really perverted, right?’
Lia scolded her, but Seo Da-hee pretended not to hear.
Lia sighed inwardly at the sight.
‘What am I supposed to do with her?’
Lia herself had chosen Yoo Seongwoo as her partner and adored him, but Seo Da-hee’s rose-colored glasses were on an entirely different level.
Seo Da-hee had become even worse after Yoo Seongwoo’s death and revival.
His death had played a large part in making her realize her own feelings.
‘So are you really going to do it?’
‘We already planned everything! Don’t tell me you’re thinking of backing out now?’
‘It’s not that…….’
Seo Da-hee intended to confess her feelings to Yoo Seongwoo during this trip.
The same was true for Lia.
The two women sharing one body liked the same man.
Whether one man could date two women was a slightly different issue, but they had already reached an agreement on that matter too.
If Yoo Seongwoo accepted their feelings, the two of them had agreed to share(?) him equally.
Because their souls were connected and they shared all memories and emotions, each knew exactly how the other felt.
Neither could imagine only one of them being chosen.
‘Why are you so nervous?’
Seo Da-hee asked after noticing Lia’s unease.
‘If we start dating Seongwoo, won’t things become awkward with the others?’
Lia was worried that if she and Yoo Seongwoo became involved, her relationships with the other friends might change.
After all, Helena and Yoo Yi-seo were among the first friends Lia had made aside from Seo Da-hee and Yoo Seongwoo.
Of course, it was a little early to worry about that when Yoo Seongwoo hadn’t even received their confession yet.
But things would be different if the others also liked Yoo Seongwoo.
After all, they weren’t the only ones who had formed deep relationships with him.
Her gaze turned toward Helena.
In a way, Helena could be considered the person closest to him among everyone here.
She normally didn’t even try very hard to join other people’s conversations, but whenever she was with Yoo Seongwoo, she became unusually talkative and lively.
Not to mention, when she had learned that he was the Devil Knight in the past, hadn’t she been so shocked that she stopped eating and drinking entirely?
If Helena truly liked Yoo Seongwoo, then confessing to him without saying anything to her might be rude.
‘Then should we just ask her?’
Come to think of it, the girls had never once talked about this kind of thing together.
Yoo Yi-seo was always busy with Student Council work, and Seo Da-hee herself had been the same.
Seo Da-hee got up from her seat and switched places with Park Siwoo, who had been sitting beside Helena.
Helena was listening to music through the AVOD attached to the back of the seat.
When she noticed Seo Da-hee sitting beside her, Helena tilted her head.
They weren’t on bad terms, but Seo Da-hee rarely approached her first.
“Senior? What brings you here? Ah, is it because of Lia?”
“No. This time, I wanted to get closer to you, Helena. It’s been quite a while since we joined the Student Council, but I don’t think we’ve ever really had a proper conversation.”
“Ah…….”
Helena nodded at those words, but her attitude still made it clear that she wasn’t entirely comfortable.
Seo Da-hee could tell Helena found her approach burdensome.
It wasn’t that Helena disliked Seo Da-hee.
She was simply bad at dealing with people.
To ease the atmosphere, Seo Da-hee started by talking about Yoo Seongwoo and the others.
Seo Da-hee naturally enjoyed socializing and had a knack for putting people at ease, so even Helena, who struggled with relationships, gradually relaxed around her.
Before long, Helena was chatting excitedly.
“That’s why I really like that line from The Prince.”
“I see.”
While marveling at Helena’s unusual tastes, Seo Da-hee secretly released Mana and began forming a veil around them.
Helena noticed and tilted her head.
“Senior? Why are you suddenly putting up a Mana Veil?”
“This kind of conversation is nice too, but I wanted to talk about something just between girls.”
“Just between girls?”
Helena tilted her head, not understanding what she meant.
“Helena, is there anyone you like?”
“Excuse me?”
“I’m asking whether you like Seongwoo or any of the others.”
At those words, Helena’s gaze turned toward the men.
Yoo Seongwoo, Park Siwoo, and Dan Chun-woo.
Objectively speaking, every one of them was overflowing with appeal as a man.
Their atmospheres and styles differed, but all three were handsome, and their abilities went without saying.
On top of that, their personalities weren’t bad either.
After thinking seriously about it for a while, Helena’s expression worsened.
To Helena, those three were only friends.
Seeing them as men was difficult.
Because as far as she was concerned, they were simply her friends.
In the first place, the men themselves didn’t treat Helena like a woman.
Dan Chun-woo and Yoo Seongwoo went without saying.
Park Siwoo at least treated Helena as a woman, but calling that a sign of romantic interest would be a stretch.
Honestly, romance itself was something vague and distant to Helena.
“I don’t think I’m interested in dating yet.”
Seeing Helena’s thoroughly unimpressed expression, Seo Da-hee realized she was being sincere.