Su-ae was typing on her phone on an anonymous website.
"Guess what, people...
Did you know that love is something that is destined at birth?
I mean, can you believe that?"
She posted it, then she stared at her phone, and a notification popped up.
"What do you mean?"
Another notification popped up.
"It's decided by fate."
Another notification.
"The comment above is nonsense. It just depends on how hard you try. My friend became popular after she got a double eyelid surgery."
Another notification.
"Well...looks aren't everything. Your personality matters too, you know? You need to be charming."
Su-ae closed her eyes while holding her phone in her hand, saying nothing.
Su-ae turned her head to the side and typed on the page, saying, "post uploader here. No, trying is useless. No matter how hard you try, nothing changes. Just live with the looks you're born with." She then put her phone away.
[The world is supposed to be an unfair place.]
Su-ae took out a hot pink flip phone.
[But how can the gap be so glaring... and blunt as this?]
Su-ae snapped the phone open.
[No amount of hard work can change....]
[These numbers.]
Su-ae was staring at the hot pink flip phone screen.
998/1332
~pop~
365/2791
~pop ~
787/5432
2045/3864
8939/95789
1004/258007
[These number in the screen...]
[...Signify the amount of love each person will receive in their lifetime.]
[Oh, and this...]
[...is something only I can see.]
The girlfriend held her boyfriend and asked him while he was on his phone, "Wanna go see a movie? Tickets are on me."
Su-ae scanned her and saw that she only had '32/728.'
[In reality, the love you give doesn't balance out...]
"Sorry, I have cram school..." the boyfriend replied, taking back his arm, leaving his girlfriend behind without even glancing at her.
The girlfriend stood there in silence.
[...With the love you receive.]
]Just like there are people born into money... there are people destined to receive love.]
[Popularity is not determined by... looks... body type... or even personality.]
[Popularity is...]
Su-ae scanned and noticed the significant difference between the girl's love scale and the boy's love scale.
The girl love scale is '32/728.'
The boy love scale is '10.3k/38.7k.'
[...something you're born with.]
[In a world where everyone loves... or is loved... where being loved is a skill and asset you're born with...]
Su-ae took a picture of herself to see how much love she'd receive.
[...I am basically...]
[...at the bottom of the ladder.]
Su-ae got 0 notifications.
[So says the Jellypop* phone]
*An old retro flip phone that was popular a few years ago*
Su-ae laughed to herself,"Hahaha..."
[And that's how much love I'll receive in my whole entire life.]
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Operation: True Love
RomanceIt's hard dating someone who won't give you the time of day. Su-ae Shim knows that better than anyone, having dated her indifferently boyfriend, Minu Kang, for years. She sometimes wishes she could be more like her charismatic stepsister, Ra-im, who...
