Even If It’s Not Love

>I’ll rest after doing this.”

After Yoo-hwa quickly moved her hand and packed the last parcel, she lifted the paper cup she had placed on a box in the back.
The coffee that was poured during the last break time had cooled down.

“Hm, coffee should be drunk when it’s warm.
Or completely cold.
Are you going to drink it or not?”

Yi-seul sipped on her coffee and murmured in a low voice.
If she wanted a hot cup of coffee, she had to go to the break room in the office upstairs, and she had to pass by the staff.

They didn’t like part-time workers coming up twice a day for coffee.
Proof of that was that they would sigh, or ask questions like, ‘Aren’t you working?’.
Yi-seul panted, saying that they were dirty and cheap and that she wouldn’t go up there twice.

“They let us rest for 10 minutes every two hours.
Even a meal is 5,000 won for eating like a cow… Plus, there’s a surveillance camera.
Should I quit because they’re dirty and cheap?”

Yi-seul, who was angry about something, complained about the unreasonability in the parcel packing part-time job.
However, Yoo-hwa did not think she could quit.
She had already heard that since the first day she started working at this place.
According to what the worker that quit two days ago said, it had already been a year since she had been saying that.

Yoo-hwa turned her gaze downwards because she couldn’t find anything proper to answer.

“Yoo-hwa, are you always this quiet?”

Yi-seul’s anger splashed onto the stern Yoo-hwa.
It seemed that she was frustrated that she didn’t say a word despite being in the same position as her.

Knock, knock.

The slightly sharp atmosphere subsided at the knock on the door.
As Yi-seul answered it, the door of the office opened suddenly.

“I…”

It was a male employee working in the office upstairs.
With an ordinary impression, he came in with a large box, saying that he had brought something that had been returned.
Putting the box on the place where returns were handled, he, who was hesitant unlike usual, had a conversation with Yi-seul, whom he was acquainted with, while coming and going.

At the same time, his gaze occasionally went over Yi-seul’s shoulder and reached Yoo-hwa.
The moment the man’s head tilted, Yoo-hwa turned her head.
When their eyes met, the man looked awkward.
Even from a distance, she noticed the tip of his ears getting red.

“Then, I’ll get going.”

The man hurriedly turned around and ran away quickly.

“Just what I was thinking.
Dong-min, seems like you’re interested in Yoo-hwa.”

Yi-seul sat on top of the desk where Yoo-hwa was sitting and gave an ambiguous smile.
She had an expression like something fun had happened in the small room they were confined in and did only packing.

“He only looked at me.”

“Didn’t you see his face turn red? He doesn’t do that to me.
Don’t you think so?”

“… It’s time to start working.”

“Don’t change the topic.
Anyway, break time really passes in an instant.”

Yi-seul sat in her seat while grumbling and started packing.
Unlike her grumbling tone, her skillful movements after working for a long time were fast and neat.