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From the day I went on a date with Seo-ah, for some reason, awkwardness arose between us again.

Also, I can feel Seo-ah's gaze blatantly scanning my body.

"We can't go this far together today."

"Huh… ? Why… ?"

When I said that to Seo-ah two blocks from the subway station, she asked back with a look of confusion.

"I decided to work part-time starting today."

"…"

She frowned and pursed her lips, knowing indirectly that I was an orphan without parents and had nothing.

Her shaking eyes were clearly showing on her face that she was feeling extreme regret at the thought that we might not be able to go home together like we had been doing all along.

Do you really want to go home with me? Although I was happy, I also expressed disappointment at the fact that I couldn't go with them for a while.

"Is it urgent… ?"

"What?"

"Money…"

She carefully asks if money is urgent.

"It's not urgent. Still, I'll try to save a little while I can. You don't know what will happen in the future."

Since I have money earned, it is not a big problem even if I can go comfortably until the first semester and save up little by little from the second semester.

However, even though I had no family and my school days were full of misfortune, I still seemed to have a good head and studied well.

So, it means that there is no need to pour everything into studying right now.

In my opinion, doing a part-time job in my spare time to fill my bank account even a little was the best investment in my opinion.

"…"

Although she sympathized with my position a hundred times, she still looked at me with a disapproving expression on her face.

Those gazes slowly moved down to my chest, stomach, and groin.

Seo-ah's gaze was fixed on his groin and showed no sign of letting go.

Again.

One day, she suddenly became interested in my crotch, and since we started dating, she has been openly looking down at me as if she doesn't care if she gets caught.

Normally, Seo-ah's strange behavior might have raised constant questions.

But when I think about the relationship between me and Seo-ah in the apocalypse.

I thought that if Apocalypse Seo-ah and reality Seo-ah were clearly synchronized, it would not be a strange reaction at all.

"Where do you work… ?"

Does he even know that he is looking at it too clearly?

She belatedly raised her head in surprise.

Then, when she returned to the main topic of asking where she worked, I shrugged her shoulders and nodded at her.

"Here's a cafe."

We're standing in front of a cafe right now, and I'm thinking of getting a part-time job right here.

No, the interview was already over, and they told me to go to work starting today, so I had to work right away.

"So, go first. You can go alone, right?"

Seo-ah has been living well alone without me.

Nevertheless, I was worried about whether I would be able to get home alone.

"When does it end?"

"10 o'clock."

As the cafe closes, my day's work also comes to an end.

After hearing my answer, Seo-ah looked at the watch on her wrist.

She then tilted her head and then opened her mouth.

"Okay… I'll go alone today. Let's go together next time."

"Uh… Okay. Go in carefully."

Seo-ah waved her hand and took her steps.

Anyway, today is this. Let's go together next time. Something was strange about what he said.

Thinking that I had simply misunderstood, I ignored it and walked inside the cafe.

When I opened the door, I heard a tinkling bell.

Although there were empty seats here and there in the cafe, there were many more seats for her customers.

Even though it is not yet a hot spot, I am amazed at its popularity.

At this rate, how much do you earn per month? Thanks to this popularity, curiosity arose about how much money the owner, who continues the business, has.

It's probably more than I imagine.

Otherwise, in an area that boasts the most expensive land prices in Korea, he owned such a spacious two-story cafe and had as many as five part-time workers, so there was no way he didn't have money.

"Ah. Are you here?"

As I went inside, the boss I had seen the last time I came to interview for a part-time job welcomed me.

"Change your clothes right away. It's cabinet number 4."

He motioned for me to change in the locker room next to him.

"Yes."

I went straight into the dressing room.

There were several cabinets in the narrow dressing room, and since I had already mentioned cabinet number 4, I opened the door to cabinet number 4.

Inside, there was a brown hat and apron neatly folded, which is probably what you're supposed to wear.

I took off my thin coat and put it in the cabinet, then took out my apron and hat and put them on my body.

"I guess I can just wear it like this, right?"

I don't know.

Is it okay to just wear it like this, or do I have to wear something else or take off more clothes?

But it doesn't really matter since the clothes inside the apron are hard to see.

I patted the folded apron with my hands, pinned it, then went outside and headed towards the boss.

"You said this was your first time working at a cafe, right?"

As soon as I got there, they asked me about my experience working at the cafe.

"Yes."

The only part-time jobs I had in high school were manual labor or working at a restaurant that said it would pay a lot but ended up getting kicked out.

"Then you don't know how to make coffee?"

"That's right."

"Okay, okay. Just wait a little bit. Victory will come soon, so learn from her step by step."

"Yes?"

I was momentarily dumbfounded by the name Seung and asked back.

"Tell the person who will work with you to learn."

The president got up and left as if to stop asking any more questions.

"Win… La…"

Could this be referring to Park Seung-i, the new girl who appeared in Apocalypse?

No way. It was clear that only the names would be similar.

I thought that reality is not like something out of a drama or movie, and there is no way such a coincidence could happen.

But that coincidence actually existed.

In fact, there was a saying that reality is more spectacular than movies or dramas, and that wasn't just an empty statement.

"Hello~!"

When a high school student entered the cafe with everyone's eyes on him, I burst into laughter as if I was dumbfounded.

Park Seung-yi, wearing the exact same school uniform seen in Apocalypse and boasting even more beautiful looks than when seen on the screen, came inside.

"Are you a little late today?"

She responded with a smile without any sign of displeasure to the words of her guest who spoke to her calmly.

Now that I think about it, I realized too late that the main customers of this cafe were women, but strangely enough, the main customers of this cafe were men.

So, this means that Seung is a part-time worker who is responsible for the main income of this cafe.

"Uh… I'm seeing you for the first time… "

As Seung came inside the counter, he tilted his head when he saw me.

"Oh, hello. My name is Jaewon Han and I'm new to your job."

I know her, but she doesn't know me.

Therefore, even though we were the same age, we introduced ourselves as if it were our first time meeting.

Seungi, who treated everyone kindly, looked at my face blankly without saying anything even when I was introduced.

Soon, her once pure white face she began to turn red little by little.

"An, hello. Ha, haha. Well, take care of yourself!"

She then entered the dressing room as if running away.

Bang!!

As the locker room door slammed shut, her part-timer who was working with her and the male customers who had come alone at this time looked puzzled.

It's because of her strange behavior that I've never seen before.

"Is Seungi too… ?"

Of course, I thought that only Seo-ah would assimilate with her other self in the apocalypse, but that wasn't the case.

Seeing how she reacted to me when she saw me for the first time today, it was clear that she was assimilating just like Seo-ah and I.

Should we call it the swing bridge effect?

At first, she approached her for some purpose, but when she was on the verge of being killed by zombies, she came out brilliantly and saved me from Apocalypse, and Seung-i was no longer a fake, but truly fell in love with her .

At the same time, the benefits have fallen to me in real life, but I'm not sure whether I should like this or not.

I'm currently in a delicate relationship with Seo-ah, and Seung-i is involved in the meantime.

Does this mean that Seo-ah can be accepted without any reason after deep consideration, like in the world of the apocalypse?

I shook my head at her, saying that would never happen.

"My head hurts… "

This was my first time being liked by not one, but two people at the same time, so I couldn't even guess what to do.

"No… But we met for the first time today."

I decided not to worry about that now.

To be honest, no matter how motivated I was when we met today and I had nothing to offer, it was clear that it would be very difficult for Seung to fall in love with me right away.

Even though there was already a precedent for Seo Ara, she tried to ignore reality and decided to focus on work until things became clear.

Therefore, as the boss said, I went into the locker room and waited endlessly for Seungi to come out so I could learn her job.