For Your Failed Unrequited Love

seless, so she hurriedly put the meat back in her mouth.

* * *

At the end of the meal, the sky was tinged with a mysterious light.
Looking at the spectacular view of the sunset mixed with blue, purple and pink, Lucy secretly swept her stomach down.
She couldn’t walk properly no matter how much I called him.

“Thank you, Noel.
It was a delicious meal.”

After leaving the restaurant, Lucy looked back at Noel and said,

“Oh, Felix paid for it here too.”

“What? Again?”

“Well, I guess he wants to look good on you.”

He whispered quietly.

Lucy looked back at Felix coming out of the restaurant and tried to approach him, but Noel caught him quickly.

“No, no, no.”

He grabbed Lucy by the shoulder, turned her around, and made her walk towards the square.
In the meantime, he whispered so quietly that Felix could not hear.

“You’re going to say thank you again, right?”

“……I should say thank you because I’m thankful.”

“Aigoo”

Noel spoke as if he was rebuking his younger sibling.

“Sunbae, it’s not time yet.”

“Time for what?”

“You can’t accept a human being who doesn’t have any sense yet.
So, keep pretending you’re not interested.”

Lucy sighed softly and pushed Noel away.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.
You kept teasing Felix sunbae-nim today.”

“I’m not teasing him; this is all about helping you.”

Noel put his arm around Lucy’s shoulder again and pulled him closer.

“Just trust me.
This is probably the most effective way!”

Soon there was a small scuffle between Noel, who was trying to walk close to Lucy, and Lucy, who shook him off.
However, Noel repeatedly followed his own will and gave suspicious help.

“Why don’t you let go?”

Felix’s voice, like an arrow, flew through the back of his head and pierced him.
Noel looked at Lucy and said triumphantly

“Did you see that? The response came right away.”

Then he looked back at Felix and replied with a wistful face.

“What?”

“Why are you so clingy to people? She doesn’t seem to like it.”

“Who says she doesn’t like it? I’m having a very important conversation with Lucy.
Mind your own business.”

As soon as Noel’s words were finished, Felix stopped in his seat.
Then she stared at Noel and Lucy with a more shocked look than ever.

“Who… me?”

Then Noel shrugged and hit back.

“If it’s not you, then who?”

Felix’s eyebrows wiggled.
Lucy hurried away from Noel and looked at Felix with anxious eyes.
This is because she felt that his patience had reached its limit.

“…How are you going to handle the aftermath?”

Felix spoke low as if he were holding back his emotions.
His voice was calm, but it felt more tense.

In response, Noel took a step back with his body shaking.
He spoke slightly to Lucy, covering his mouth.

“I think that’s enough.
If I touch you more here, it’ll backfire.”

Then he smiled and replied to Felix.

“I’ve already thought about how to handle the consequences.”

He suddenly waved across the street.
There stood a fine carriage.
The man waiting in the horse seat saw Noel and rose from his seat and politely bent down.
Noel nodded to him and turned again and said,

“I’m sorry, but I have to go now.
My father sent me a carriage.”

“Huh? You’re going home? Not in the academy?”

Noel nodded at Lucy’s absurd voice.

“Tomorrow is also a holiday.
I’ll go home and relax.”

He looked at Felix with an expression of “is it ok now?”.
Felix folded his arm and responded with an expression of “If you’re going.
Hurry up and go”.

Noel rolled his eyes disapprovingly and greeted Lucy without time to catch him.

“Yeah, I’m going to get out of here.
See you at the Academy, Lucy sunbae!”

Before Felix snatched the back of his head, Noel quickly ran towards the carriage.
When his shrewd footsteps disappeared across the street, Lucy was left alone with Felix.
Nervous, she posed stiffly.

Felix also scratched his forehead awkwardly, looking as if he didn’t know how to act when he was suddenly alone with Lucy.

Lucy, who was in a suffocating situation, is desperate for Noel’s presence again.
She wanted Noel to come back and talk again, even if it was useless and meaningless.

As she stood with her back facing Felix, he broke the silence and opened his mouth first.

“Shall we go back now?”

Lucy barely nodded like a wooden doll squeaking and began to walk after him.

Arriving in a row of several carriages, the two rented a small private carriage to return to the Academy.

The distance from Bethel to Xenomium was certainly a few dozen minutes’ drive by carriage.
It wasn’t that awkward when the three of them came in the morning, but it’s different now.

When she thought about sitting alone with Felix in this small space, Lucy’s heart pounded with tension.