Chapter 21. Special Yug-Mi (2)

JunKoo and I started seeing each other less, and it felt like no other friendship mattered to me except his because I always felt sad around other people, but when the mornings came, and I saw him at school, I felt like everything changed because there he was, smiling with excitement as he told me how he almost messed up the measurements of flour or sugar in the recipe or how his dad had made a cake and sold it quickly. It was amazing.

It turned out that was the only time we could be together. School. JunKoo sat next to me in class and also during breaks. Then he would walk the same way as me, but it always ended there, and it became rare to have our play afternoons on the sidewalk or do the things we used to do.

"He became increasingly interested in Mr. Lee's recipes, and I was happy for him, but I missed him terribly. I missed him so much that I started looking for the same feeling in other people because I couldn't bear the weight and sadness that consumed me when I l