Chapter 157

Chapter 157

She had a very beautiful smile . Judging by what Maru called her earlier, her name was probably Miso . The woman walked over to them as she looked around the room . Her eyes fell on the teddy bear and she smiled .

"So Soojin's been here?"

"Yes, I feel like a little girl," Maru responded as he tapped at the teddy bear's head .

Miso's eyes turned to look at Suyeon, who was still sitting on the bed .

"Eh? Ms . Suyeon?"

"Long time no see, Ms . Miso . "

"It hasn't been that long . I heard your voice through the phone several times already . "

"But it's been six years in reality, hasn't it?"

"That's right . How odd . People in this industry tend to meet often too . "

"It really is odd . We haven't even tried to avoid each other either . "

"Would you like to go for a drink, since it's been so long?"

"No, I have work . "

"Ah, I see . How about you leave, then?"

"No thank you . Plus, investing time into Maru doesn't feel so bad . "

Suyeon smiled at Maru after finishing her sentence, she wasn't a fan of Suyeon's movements for some reason . Miso wasn’t particularly friendly towards this woman either .

“You must know Maru,” Miso asked Suyeon as she handed over a juicebox .

She received the juice box awkwardly as Miso finally turned to greet her .

“Hello . ”

“Ah, hello . ”

“Mind if I sit there?”

Miso was pointing at the chair next to her . She nodded . Miso took her seat and crossed her legs . She kept glancing at Miso from the side, the woman had really thin legs .

“I don’t know him that well, honestly . Hopefully it doesn’t stay that way, though,” Suyeon finally responded .

“I heard it’s pretty rude to visit strangers in hospitals . ”

“Really? I disagree . ”

They went straight back to arguing again . What was up with all of these visitors? None of them were normal so far .

“Big sis . ”

Bada was pulling at her clothes, the girl seemed to want to go outside for a moment . She slid out of her seat and got a little further away . Even now, Miso and Suyeon were still bickering with each other . Maru watched them for a little while before getting back to reading his book . Maru was flipping through his pages with a yawn . The two women continued arguing with each other, completely disregarding him . Just what was happening?

“These two don’t like each other, do they?” Bada whispered .

It really wouldn’t have mattered if the girl raised her voice though . The two women were talking so intensely that they didn’t look like they could hear anything .

“I think so . ”

“What the heck does my brother do outside? Why are there so many adults visiting him?”

“I’m wondering the same thing . ”

Bada looked at the bed with a confused expression, She turned to look as well . Maru let out a sigh as he closed the book in his hands . Its hardcovers closed with a snap, the two women finally closed their mouths .

“Thank you for coming . But any more of this and I’m really going to get a headache . If you two have something to talk about, I recommend the cafe next to the hospital . Also, instructor . ”

“Yeah?”

“Did we pass?”

“Ah, right . That’s what I wanted to talk about . ”

Miso made a ‘v’ with her hands .

“Passed with flying colors . The nationals are next week . We’re representing the Gyeonggi province with Myunghwa High . ”

“I expected as much . You told the kids to not text me about this, didn’t you?”

“Of course . Such good news shouldn’t be delivered by text . ”

“No wonder no one responded . ”

Maru turned to look at Suyeon this time .

“Thank you for coming . But I am a little bit disturbed by your presence, if I’m being honest . We’re practically strangers, Ms . Suyeon . ”

“Call me big sist . . . ”

“We can think about honorifics later down the line . But if you have nothing special to say, I’d appreciate it if you could leave . Things would probably get loud again if the two of you stay here and it’s not like I can kick out my own instructor . ”

“You’re surprisingly cold, seeing how you just draw a line . ”

Suyeon leaned forward to Maru . Looking at that, she frowned from across the room . The woman was clearly taunting Maru . She retracted her previous thoughts about the woman, this Suyeon has bad news written all over .

“I won’t be able to see you off . My leg’s a little bit damaged, as you can see . ”

Maru spoke as he scratched his eyebrows . Suyeon pouted, seemingly having expected a different answer . She ended up shrugging in defeat .

“Please be a little bit more friendly if you can next time . I want to be on good terms with you if possible . ”

“Of course, if I get the chance . ”

“If you don’t?”

“Well, life will go on regardless . Can you please leave now?”

Suyeon’s eyes widened . Maru’s voice was calm and relaxed, but he had strength behind his words . The woman’s lips straightened, and her eyes were frigid for the briefest moment . A smile returned pretty much immediately, but she definitely caught it . This was a scary person, she just knew it .

“You’re too much . I even took out time on my schedule to come to visit you . ”

As Suyeon raised her hand to towards Maru’s face, he grabbed her wrist firmly from the air .

“ . . . That’s cute . ”

“There’s no way such a big dude like me would be cute . ”

“You seemed like such a quiet kid the last time I saw you . Who would’ve thought you’d be so feisty? So that Maru I saw on stage wasn’t anything exaggerated after all . ”

Suyeon retracted her hand with a slight pout, she buttoned up her jacket and picked up her bag .

“I’ll see you next time, Maru . ”

“Please take care, Ms . Kim Suyeon . ”

“Wow, cold until the very end . ”

Suyeon got up as she flipped her hair back . She watched the woman step out of the room, catching a glimpse of the woman’s face before her figure disa