I can’t help but wonder if Woohui really said “love” and not just “like”. Either way, she’s incredibly straightforward for confessing like that, especially after everything that happened in Busan.
Honestly I’m most curious about how Woohui will handle this rejection. What happened between them clearly meant a lot to her as she treats intimacy seriously. This seems like her first real love and different from what she had with her ex-boyfriend in earlier chapters. Jiho dismissing their first time as "a mistake" basically contradicts everything Woohui believes about relationships, so I don’t think she can or will just act like nothing happened.
I hope the author doesn’t make Woohui look desperate, clingy or pitiful. I’d rather see her protect her dignity and maybe create some distance, even if she’s hurting.
As for Jiho, I don’t fully believe she meant what she said. Her expressions looked strained, like she was forcing herself to act like it meant nothing. Maybe Woohui running away and skipping class made her think things between them would change (for the worse) or that she might lose Woohui, so she’s trying to preserve their relationship by denying her feelings. Another possibility is that Jiho has a lot of trauma from that past incident with that girl she was friends with and had feelings for. Maybe she's scared of something similiar happening with Woohui so she is trying to avoid her feelings altogether.
Either way, we’ll see if Jiho's “friends forever” really works, or if it's a mistake she will regret making.
Hey peeps! So the author has released chapter 42 today which is great news and is confirmation that the manga hasn't been dropped. Its super important to mention that at this present moment this manga is Not going to return to its regular scheduled releases as the author has not finished recovering as yet and therefore cannot commit to regular releases. Despite not completely being okay the author chose to release this and return as they seemed to care about the length of time us readers have been waiting and didn't want to disappoint us is my opinion of what the author was trying to say. Below I have posted the exact Google translation of the writer's post.
English translation:
Episode 42 will be uploaded at 10 o'clock. in a little while. Due to personal reasons, it is difficult to do regular serialization, but many people have been waiting, so we will proceed with irregular serialization for the time being. As there are people who are watching, we will do our best to recover and return to regular serialization as quickly as possible. I ask for your understanding and always appreciate it.
Korean:
잠시 후 10시에 42화 업로드될 예정입니다. 개인적인 사정으로 정기연재가 어렵지만 기다리시는 분들이 많아 당분간 비정기연재로 진행하게 되었습니다. 지켜봐주시는 분들이 계시는 만큼 최대한 빠르게 정기연재로 돌아갈 수 있도록 회복에 힘쓰도록 하겠습니다. 양해 부탁드리며 항상 감사드립니다.






Finally balance has been restored to the universe.
Jiho was really pending that slap chapters ago. I lowkey hope Pinkie partly chose to slap Jiho on Woohui's behalf, even if only a little.
I'm pretty sure this is most of the part