Ch 71 FULL TRANSLATION

BJ Alex Ch 71 translation:

--narration--
"dialogue"
'thoughts'
*scene/emotion description*










*panel of text convo between DG and Jaejin*
DG: in text "Jaejin, are you free tomorrow night? Are you up for having a beer with me?"
"It's on me"
Jaejin: "OH! Seriously?! Awesome!"
DG: "Jiwon Sunbae will also come to eat, is that okay with you?"
Jaejin: "haha yeah of course!"
DG: "Great. Okay so we'll see you at the bar 'MG beer' by the university"
*end of text convo*

*panel of MG beer store sign*

*panel of Jiwon's bennyyyy (T/N:looks like a mercedes benz lol) parked outside*

*panel of DG and Jiwon both in the car, Jiwon beginning to open the door prepared to leave*

*panel of DG looking pale*
DG: "Sunbae..." "Maybe going out to eat with jaejin today isn't the best day for me to say..."

*panel of Jiwon with DG flinching in the corner lol*
Jiwon: "No, you have been struggling for several days about this."
"Today you'll tell him"

*panel of DG's face in complete terror cartoon style*

*panel of DG hunching over in the car seat towards jiwon*
DG: "I can't do it...Don't you think it's a waste of time to tell him?"
"I can't help but imagein the worst when it comes to how Jaejin will react."

*panel of Jiwon's hands grabbing on and holding on to DG's face*
Jiwon: "Nam Donggyun!"

*zoomed out panel showing both of their faces facing face to face (T/N: lmao i know. that sentence full of face XD)*
Jiwon: "You said that you wanted to tell him. Even if you feel uncomfortable, just tell him calmly"
*panel of Jiwon's face*
Jiwon: "And whatever his reaction may be, we will accept it."
*panel of DG's face still being held by jiwon. Him blushing in awe of jiwon. Nodding yes*
"Jiwon: "Understand?" (T/N: more like an "okay?" feel)
DG: *nodded yes* "....."

*panel of Jiwon bringing him in for a kiss*
Jiwon: "okay good." *kisses DG*
DG: "Mmph..."

*panel of the sky and some buildings*
Jiwon: "okay then, let's go"
DG: "Yeah..."

*******BJ ALEX LOGO*******
CH 71

*panel of restaurant noise*

*panel of Jaejin standing up and waving the others over to the booth*
Jaejin: "Donggyun hyung! Sunbae-nim!" "Over here!"

*panel of DG and Jiwon sitting down on the other side of the booth*
DG: "You got here fast. Sorry for being late"
Jaejin: "Nah don't worry about it. I also just got here"

*panel of them all seated, side view*
Jaejin: "Ah! I also wanted to thank sunbae-nim for your help. The project you helped us out with got good results. Seriously, thank you so much"

Jiwon: "It's no big deal."

*panel of them in slight chibi form DG looking dazed lol*
Jaejin: "Truth is, I now want to become closer to you sunbae-nim"
"Can I call you Jiwon sunbae?"

Jiwon: *uncomfortable smile* "Okay. You can call me that."

*panel of jaejin*
Jaejin: "Well, this is also unusual."
"Donggyun hyung never has invited me out to eat before"

*panel of DG half blush and nervous*
DG: "I-it's only because I wanted to eat the chicken they served here...!"
"and also because recently we haven't hung out much!"

*zoomed out panel of Jaejin's face and DG and Jiwon's backs perspective*
Jaejin: "That's true! Hyung, we haven't hung out and had fun lately, you're always leaving first!"
"Hyung who are you hanging out with! I'm so jealous!"
*DG surprised in the corner lol*

*panel of DG adverting his eyes towards Jiwon and jiwon looking over to DG*
DG: "No..what?.." "Ah..." "....."

*panel of DG and Jaejin. Dg sweating and nervous.*
DG: "Jaejin! Lately have you played ROR? There's a new patch out! (T/N: Ragnorok online. reminds me of maplestory + D&D combined. yeah. lol. Very popular in korea)
Jaejin: "Oh yeah? I should try it out today."

*panel of chicken on table being brought over*
Waiter: "Here's the chicken you ordered."

Errbody i guess: "Thank you~"

*panel of Jiwon and DG whispering to themselves with blurred out jaejin in the background talking to the waiter probably asking for something else*
Jiwon: *whisper* "Nam Donggyun, when are you going to tell him?"
DG: *nervous/panicky* *whisper* "Sunbae I can't do it!"

*panel of Jaejin turning back around and the other two startled*
Jaejin: "Eh? What are you guys talking about?"
Both DG and Jiwon: *startled faces* "No! nothing!!"

*Panel of DG looking down thinking and nervous*
DG thinking: 'What do I do...?"
'I went over this and practiced this so many times because I feared that I couldn't say it'
*panel of DG's hand gripping itself in nervousness on the seat*
'and now i'm afraid of being ridiculed and ignored like before'

*zoomed out panel of DG looking somber in the corner and Jiwon noticing while jaejin is in lala land blissfully unaware*
DG: "....."
Jiwon: "!"

*panel of Jiwon's eyes looking over to DG*

*panel of DG's eyes looking surprised*

*panel of Jiwon's hand placed over DG's hand comforting DG. (T/N: obviously this is below the table and not noticiable to anyone but them XD)*

*panel of DG looking at Jiwon facing jaejin in convo just going about regularly as to not be noticed. So calm*

Jaejin: *outside panel* "oh our project got an A. awwww snaaaapp" (T/N: lol okay he didn't say awwww snaaapp but let's just believe he did. lololol)

*panel of Jiwon turning over to DG and smiling* (T/N: tbh cute panel of him)

*panel of DG blushing in awe and comforted*
DG: "....."

*panel of back view of DG and Jiwon in their own world. Glowing and fluff*
DG thinking: 'It's alright. Unlike those times'
'Now I'm with sunbae'

*panel of Jaejin with chicken. about to eat it*
DG: *off-panel* "jaejin"
Jaejin: "?"

*panel of DG in view with backside of Jaejin perspective*
DG: "So, I need to tell you something..." "Can you hear me out?"

*panel of Jaejin just cheery and blissfully unaware as always. or is he? ;) #spoiler lmao*
Jaejin: "Yeah, what's it about?" ?

*panel of DG looking like he's mentally prepping and Jiwon looking over to him*

*panel of restaurant ceiling*
DG: "You know that...I don't have many friends."
"I mean..I almost have no one I'm close with..."

*panel of Jaejin looking slightly dumbfounded in a good way*
"You're one of the few people I'm close with."

*side view of DG and Jaejin*
DG: "Even though we've only known each other for a short time, for me you're already like a dear brother to me. A great friend."

*panel of DG's face looking down. final prep*
DG: "That's why I don't want to hide this from you any longer."

*panel of Jaejin confused*
Jaejin: "What? Hide?" "What is it that you couldn't tell me hyung?"

*panel of DG's neck to nose. Gulp*

DG: "I do not like women"
*panel of Dg's mouth. sweatdrop. Mom's spaghetti*

*panel of DG making the confession*
DG: "I'm gay."

*panel of Jaejin surprised*

*zoomed out panel. arial view of table*
DG: "I hid it because i was scared of startling you a lot. Also I met a good person, so I wanted to let you know."
"I'm sorry I lied to you all this time. You always were trying to introduce me to a girl and I never said anything."

*panel of DG with head held high yet nervous sweatdrop*
DG: "will you continue meeting with me even if you now know that I'm gay?"

*panel of Jaejin with sweatdrop. black and red signature doom background*
Jaejin: "Ah..." "Hyung...So..."

*panel of DG's eyes in fear. Shaking*
DG: "!"

*panel of Jaejin. Light background. Him just trying to process the info. hand on fingers on head*
Jaejin: "This is surprising...haha..."

*panel of DG looking down and sweating*
DG: "S-sorry. Why did I ask something so pointless...?"

Jaejin: *off-panel* "Why are you saying sorry?! Stop asking for forgiveness all the time!" *speech bubble got a sweatdrop*

*panel of Jaejin chugging his beer*

*side by side panels. first panel of jaejin going "aaaahh" sound after finishing a refreshing sip. 2nd panel of DG looking over to jiwon and jiwon glancing over to DG both in suspense and wondering*

*panel of Jaejin looking down and reflective*
Jaejin: "I see...I didn't know and I still behaved rudely to you."
"Please forgive me for everything hyung."

*panel of DG's eyes widening*
"Donggyun hyung,"
"Be the person you are, whatever your tastes, for me it's fine."

*panel of Jaejin smiling half blush*
Jaejin: "Hyung, you're a person very important to me as well."

*panel of DG's eye widened*
DG: ".....!"

*panel of DG smiling yet tears pouring out. White cloud fluffy background*
DG: "...Thank you."

*panel of the three in chibi form. Jaejin and Jiwon both shocked*
Jaejin: "Hyung! Don't cry!"
Jiwon: "Nam donggyun don't cry!"

*panel of Jiwon and DG. DG rubbing his tears off and jiwon handing him a tissue and sighing a sigh of relief for DG.*
Jiwon: *subtext* "Ah jeez..." (T/N: in a cute way. jiwon is smiling*)

*panel of Jaejin's eyes. observing*

*zoomed out panel of Jaejin and DG and Jiwon in complete shock*
Jaejin: "Ah, are you two going out?"

*panel of Jiwon and DG both embarrassed and adamantly denying it in embarrassment*
Jiwon: "WHAT?! NO!"
DG: "AH NO it's not like that!"
*Dg flailing his hands about. Both in shock*

*panel of Jaejin recalling them working on the project*
Jaejin: "I mean"
"I sort of sensed it the day we were working on the project"
*panel of jiwon looking over to DG as DG was working on his laptop*
"There was a moment that I thought when Jiwon Hyung looking at Donggyun, that his eyes became different"
*panel of Jiwon slightly smiliing as he looks at DG. like he's in love lol*

*panel of Jaejin scratching his head and sweatdrop slight chibi form. slightly nervous*
Jaejin: "Also, just a few moments before you got here I went for a smoke in the parking lot..."

*side by side panels. 1st panel of Jaejin from right before they entered the store standing outside smoking and noticing something. 2nd panel of Jiwon and DG kissing in the car*

*panel of Jaejin super surprised and dumbfounded to the point his cigarette fell out of his mouth.*

*panel of Jaejin rubbing his neck and Jiwon and DG (DG holding onto Jiwon's shoulder) looking completely stunned. slightly embarrassed for them mostly. lolol*
Jaejin: "So I saw...you guys...in the car..."
Jiwon and DG: "....."

*Panel of Jiwon sitting up abruptly. DG startled as he sits up*
Jiwon: *Half blush. sweatdrop* "Aigoo, okay then. That's how it is. Nam Donggyun is going out with me!" (T/N: lol a little turf conflict. Except Jiwon the only one fighting for the turf XD)
DG: "Sunbae!"

*aerial panel of them three. Jiwon pointing at Jaejin. Vein popping. DG just onlooker lol*
Jiwon: "So then you...! Stop having fun with him! Nam Donggyun will now have fun/hangout with me!"

Jaejin: *surprised* "What?! No, Jiwon hyung...Suddenly he got angry" (T/N: he's technically talking to the two of them. this is a normal conversation between people. hence the 3rd person. beginning to jiwon and ending to DG)

*panel of speech bubbles with chibi form of them indicated who's bubble is who's*
Jaejin: "I-I will also play/hangout with donggyun hyung! I'm now very lonely now that my girlfriend is busy.
Jiwon: *surprised* "You have a girlfriend?!"
Jaejin: "Yeah!"

*panel of Jaejin smiling and half blush. looking geniuenly happy for them both. fluff white cloud background*
Jaejin: "Ah, haha, Congratulations Hyungs."

*panel of DG and Jiwon looking at Jaejin*
Jaejin: *off-panel* "Seriously, I support you guys."

*panel of DG looking at Jaejin smilling and half blush while Jiwon's looking at DG smiling for him*

*panel of DG full blush and smiling. Color cloud fluff background. Shining, bright, glowing etc*
DG: "Thank you!"

*panel of skyline of district with glowing lights*.

-------TBC-------
wonder if we'll see that guy from DG's high school (i already forgot that douche's name lol) again. also want to see how the trio's relationship pans out in school.