Chapter 0: The Time I Turned Out To Be That Bastard

༺ The Time I Turned Out To Be That Bastard ༻[Do you want to be handsome, or do you want to be ugly?]

I thought this question had an obvious answer.

While it was true that there were more advantages to being attractive, that wouldn’t always necessarily bring absolute happiness.

“Oh… Sorry.”

Having learned through experience that the worst thing to do in this situation was to give her a sliver of hope to hang into, I looked down at Doah with an indifferent expression.

“I… I mean it…! Oppa, I really want to get to know you…”

Her shaky voice was filled with nervousness.

“…Sorry, I’m not interested.”

“By any chance… do you have a girlfriend already…? I didn’t know you had one, so…”

“That’s not it…”

I didn’t have to go out of my way to explain why I didn’t need a girlfriend to Doah.

“Then… Can you at least tell me why you turned me down?”

I sighed deeply when I saw tears begin to form in her eyes.

Turning down another person’s confession felt tiring.

It was a meaningless drivel, an exhausting emotional labor with nothing given in return.

Why should I care so much about someone I wasn’t even in a relationship with?

“It’s just, you aren’t my type.”

“Oh…”

A shadow began to cast over her hurt expression.

Don’t make that face.

Besides, I knew the reason why she liked me was because of my appearance.

It made way too little sense for her to be making the face of a heroine in the last scene of a pure love manhwa.

“Sorry. I’ll go first.”

I stood up from the bench, took out my phone, and left Doah behind with her head down.

[19:20]

There were still 40 minutes before Luka’s stream started.

If I went home, took a shower, and enjoyed a cup of ramen while watching her stream…

Surely it would pull me out of these emotions weighing down on me today.

Ding Dong

[Stream Cancellation Notice.]

As I was choosing a cup of ramen and triangle kimbap at the convenience store, my eyes were in disbelief at the notification ringing from my phone.

‘No way… There’s no stream today…?’

‘How can this be…?’

‘It has only been two days since the last stream was canceled.’

‘You promised you’d stream regularly again when you came back, Luka!’

As my blood was beginning to boil, I tapped on the notification and scrolled down in case she was hit by an accident.

[Hello everyone, it’s Luka.]

[I can’t stream today because of personal difficulties.]

[I will return as soon as possible.]

[I’m sorry.]

⤷[Come back Luka-tan ㅠ﹏ㅠ Which bastard did this to you ㅠ﹏ㅠ]

Of all days for Luka to cancel her stream.

Talk about bad luck.

At least, that was what I thought at the time.

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