Calibrating the NTR Drift in the Light Novel - MTL

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Lunch that day.

Lee Yu-ri had lunch at a restaurant with Gong Young-bae.

Gong Young-bae kept opening and closing her mouth, but she hesitated, and Yu-ri Lee, who noticed it, spoke to her first.

"Youngbae, why are you doing this? Things have been strange since morning. What's going on?"

"Oh, that's… "

Gong Young-bae finally decided to speak out and spoke out the words she had kept inside her all morning.

"Yuri, what happened with Han Seong-jin yesterday?"

Flinch!

Yu-ri Lee stopped moving for a moment, but then she pretended nothing was wrong and answered while eating.

"Uh, uh… "There was a little bit, right?"

"What happened?! What's going on?"

"It's all in the past. It's just that I got some help from him."

"What's the matter? "Why is such a bastard helping you?"

"It's just something to talk about. "It's all passed anyway, and we won't have anything more to do with it in the future, so let's stop talking about it, okay?"

"What's going on? Are you hiding something from me? Have you discovered any weaknesses? "Is that kid threatening me?"

Lee Yu-ri, who didn't want to talk about the fact that she almost got bullied by street gangsters on her way home yesterday because it wasn't a very good memory, felt annoyed at the moment when Gong Young-bae kept asking her questions.

"It's not like that, it's really just a personal matter. And it's all over, and it doesn't matter anymore?"

"Then why did you have that lunch box earlier…" "

"Oh, that? Yesterday I was… "I did this as an apology because I accidentally made him unable to eat the convenience store lunch box that Han Seong-jin bought."

"Then you could just give me money."

'Whoa… '

I wasn't there at the time, and since I went home from school, I haven't received a single text message asking if I arrived safely. Now, I have so many questions.

Yuri Yu-ri quietly took a deep breath, suppressing the irritation rising inside her.

"I made a mistake and made other people unable to eat, so how can you just throw money at them without being polite? "I also have to apologize."

"Why do you have to do that?"

"Huh?"

"That bastard, Han Seong-jin, is a bastard and a thug who has no answer at all. "Why would you apologize or anything like that to a bastard like that?"

"…"

"Yuri, I know you're kind… Even though you weren't threatened, don't be nice to trash like that and don't get involved. If someone sees you, you might look like a cheap person just like that guy-"

Ppajik

Bang!

Lee Yu-ri, who became feverish after listening to Gong Young-bae's words, placed her spoon down hard enough to make a sound on the empty plate.

And she glared at Gong Yeong-bae with a huff.

"What? What do I look like? Cheap? "Are you looking at me like that?"

"No, that's not what I'm saying-"

"Ah, no matter who you get help from, if the person who helped you treats you like an idiot, I guess there's no need to be thankful.

Or do you think that all kids like me who show gratitude for getting help from a guy like that seem pathetic?"

Gong Young-bae also did not give up and raised his voice with a stubborn expression.

"Why are you angry? If you think about it, isn't the problem getting help from a guy like that in the first place? What were you doing to get help from a gangster like Han Seong-jin? "Who gets involved with a guy like that other than someone of the same type as him?"

"Okay? I'm sorry about that. She doesn't behave well, so she's not good enough to receive help from Han Seong-jin! I hope you're successful, so you don't need anyone's help!

Have you said everything you wanted to say? "I don't want to be in the same place as a cheap bitch, but I'll get up first."

Lee Yu-ri glared at Gong Yeong-bae with a murderous look on her face, then jumped up from her seat and left the restaurant, stamping her feet nervously.

Gong Young-bae, left alone, ate the rest of her meal while receiving stares from other students.

"He didn't say anything that I didn't mean, but he doesn't even think about what he did wrong and just gets angry."

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After eating lunch alone, I washed the lunch box that Lee Yu-ri gave me and brought it to class.

As if I were Moses performing a miracle, I separated the students who were ignoring my presence and sneaking to the side. As I reached the class, I witnessed a strange scene.

According to the description in the original work, while taking a break after lunch, Lee Yu-ri usually chatted with her friends, went on a date with Gong Young-bae, or at least studied at her seat.

But this…

'Seaweed?!'

Of course, the only person who would be lying face down on Yuri Lee's desk, with her long black hair hanging down, would of course be Yuri Lee.

Even though her long, shiny and lovely hair hung down the desk like seaweed, Yuri Lee just lay still.

I said as I quietly placed the lunch box down on the head of her desk.

"What are you doing?"

"Go away… "

Yuri Lee answered weakly without even raising her head.

'I wonder what's going on. Did you fight with Gong Yeong-bae? That's the only reason why he's so weak right now… '

There is virtually no other possibility than a fight with Gong Young-bae.

I spoke with a victorious smile on my mind.

"Is something bad going on? "It's not a person, it's a corpse."

"Go…" "

"Here's the lunch box. "I took hand sanitizer and lathered it up, but if it doesn't feel right, go home and wash it again with a sponge."

"…"

"And thank you. "Your lunch box tastes much better than the school lunch."

"It's not like that, so you just keep saying things out loud."

Yuri Lee was still face down and turned her head to reveal a blank expression.

"Looking at your expression, you're completely out of your wits, huh? What's going on?"

"… Hey, if I talk to you like this, do you think I'm a cheap girl?"

I cursed inside.

Gong Young-bae, what on earth are you talking about?

I calmly thought about what to say and comforted Yuri.

"What kind of cheap woman makes lunch boxes for others to eat?"

"Not like that. "If I were to have a normal conversation with you like this, would I be treated as the same type as you?"

"You're the type of person I am, so there's something to be said for that. Why, someone says you're the same bitch as me just because you talked to me?"

"I didn't say that, but… "

"Hey, Yuri. Let me ask you just one question. Do you enjoy hanging out with me or talking to me?"

"No."

Immediate answer.

I sat down on the desk in front of her and faced her while she was laughing.

"I was hoping you would say yes, even if it was just a lie."

"I told you. "I hate idiots like you the most."

"Okay, I got it, I got it. Then you don't want to be involved with me, nor do you enjoy being involved with me. Then you can't be in the same category as me in the first place, so why do you care about such idiotic words?"

"…"

"Rather, I don't know who the bastard who said that is, but I know that he views you as a complete asshole."

"What does that mean?"

Only then did Yuri raise her head from her desk and sit down.

I was thinking she was just a hypocrite, but seeing this reaction, I was 100% sure it was Gong Young-bae.

"Yu-ri Lee, the student council president and an honor student who is good at studying, is worth having as a friend. Are you saying that Lee Yu-ri, who talks like this with people like me, is cheap? Then, that bastard only sees the side of 'student council president, an honor student who is good at studying' and not Lee Yu-ri.

"Aren't you a bastard who is not interested in the person you are and is more interested in 'the amazing me who hangs out with that kind of Lee Yu-ri' using your image?"

"…"

"If it were me, I would have stuck my fist in the top of that bastard who said that."

"Phew."

Yuri Lee chuckled lightly.

And he looked straight at me with a slightly more relaxed expression than before.

"You're surprisingly good at speaking, aren't you? I thought the only things on my mind were alcohol, cigarettes, and women."

"Hey, I told you this yesterday too, but if you don't be careful about what you say, you could get scolded really hard."

"Thank you anyway. I feel much better. Ah,~ Now that my stress is gone, I suddenly feel very sleepy. "I'll close my eyes for a moment, so can you go away?"

"You just said what you had to say, then took what you needed from me and then told me to go away? That's really shameless."

"But I hate people like you. "It's disgusting, so I'd like you to go to your seat."

"Ha, I really can't hit this thing. Okay, I'm going."

She still said that she hated me very much, but I couldn't quite feel the same sincerity in Yu-ri's voice and expression as before.

That's why I allowed her to be alone for a while without bothering her anymore.

After lunch, Yuri returned to her usual level of energy and continued to attend her classes just fine.

However, unlike yesterday, she did not exchange a single word with Gong Young-bae during the break and did not even look at Gong Young-bae.

And around 4 PM, when all classes are over, and I have to carry out after-school disciplinary action.

"Ugh, I don't want to do this already. "I can't believe I have to do this 8 more times."

I stretched and got up to clean up after the classroom.

At that time, the back door of the classroom opened and a female student with long black hair stepped inside.

"Is there much to do? "Looking at the cleaning situation yesterday, I can't leave everything to you, so I'll help you."

"Okay, thank you, student council president."

Lee Yu-ri, who avoids my gaze, has never looked so cute.