Ji Kang-hyun. The boy I went to the same middle and high school with, but never once managed to talk to.

My crush. A bad boy.

I was just a plain, ordinary student. But he was always at the top of the food chain in every group. To put it simply, he was the 'king' of the school.

Kids from other schools, kids in the neighborhood, even older seniors—everyone knew Ji Kang-hyun. Most people tried to suck up to him to get on his good side, and his name was always brought up whenever fights broke out. He had that much influence during our school days, and to the teachers, he was a total headache—a troublemaker through and through.

And I've had a crush on him... from the second year of middle school to the third year of high school, no...

All the way until now, at age 23.

But Kang-hyun doesn't even follow me back on Instagram, and I don't even know if he remembers I exist. Even when we were in the same class, he was someone I could barely even approach, let alone talk to...

Now that we aren't at the same school, it's hard to even see his face. Since becoming an adult, all I can do is lurk on his Instagram. Just like back in school, there was zero overlap between his life and mine.

'He probably doesn't even know I exist...' I would just stare at his handsome profile picture on Instagram until I fell asleep, drunk.

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"Fuck. Holy fuck. Shit, seriously. Oh, fuck...!!"

. . .

[ I like you. ]

Why on earth did I send such a ridiculous DM confession to a guy who's probably forgotten I ever existed...?!!!

Ah, the memories of yesterday are coming back clear as day. The events of last night are flashing before my eyes like a panorama—...

I ended up sending it while I was drunk. To Ji Kang-hyun... To the Ji Kang-hyun who is still difficult and scary even as an adult, but whom I still like...

..It's been a day, so if he hasn't replied yet, he probably hasn't read it—

Ding!

[ ? Who is this ]

...Oh, what do I do. Fuck.

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