episode_0024

Yuri Lee and I were punished for cleaning up after school for two weeks.

Even if Lee Yu-ri is first in the school, does a good job as the student council president, and is well-liked by the faculty, leaving school early without permission is not something that is easy to ignore.

Instead, perhaps thanks to Lee Yu-ri’s behavior and reputation that she has built up over the years, if she is properly punished for two weeks, the academy will cover her unauthorized early departure and will not include it in her birth certificate.

It seemed that if Lee Yu-ri went to a prestigious university, the academy would have something to show off.

“Oh my gosh~ I’m sad, I’m sad. Would you be so sad to see such blatant discrimination at an academy~”

Of course, I was shallow.

After everyone in the class had gone home and the two of us were left cleaning up the empty classroom, I shouted that, and Yuri Lee looked half pathetic and half sorry.

“No, it would be enough if you behaved well on a regular basis.”

“heng. Even if I lived like I do now, if I had left school early, it would have been the same anyway. Because they are as old as you, they get special treatment from teachers.”

“Um, well… sorry.”

“Why are you apologizing?”

“No, but I think you might be a little angry because they discriminate so openly…”

“Okay, I was just kidding. If I had cared about such things, I wouldn’t have lived like that in the first or second year.”

I opened the window and shook out the blackboard eraser.

It was the first time Yuri Lee had been officially punished, but she had already been helping me clean up after school under the pretext of watching me, so we divided up the work quite naturally.

“Ah, but can the work be finished within 30 minutes? I work part-time starting at 4 o’clock so I can’t be late.”

“Okay. All you have to do is do it as quickly as possible. But what kind of part-time job is this? Now that I think about it, I didn’t hear that.”

“Hmm? Didn’t I tell you? Just a part-time job at a convenience store on weekdays. Except Friday.”

“Convenience store? Then, can I go take a look after it’s over?”

“No!”

I immediately cut off Yuri’s question.

The convenience store where I work was located in an underdeveloped area that had not been redeveloped and was like a slum infested with gangsters.

This is a place where if the sun goes down and a woman, especially a woman with the looks of Lee Yu-ri, walks alone, there is a very high probability that something terrible will happen to her.

It wasn’t that far from Yu-ri Lee’s house, but she’d probably never set foot in a place like this before, and there wasn’t anything good about coming.

When I shouted, Yu-ri Lee was startled and opened her eyes.

“Surprise. Why are you yelling? Is there any reason why I shouldn’t go?”

” I’ve only been working for a short time, so if I bring someone I already know, they’ll show me their feelings. And the place where I work is a bit… okay.”

“That’s a bit like that? Is this a black company by any chance? Did you not write a contract or something?”

“No, I don’t mean that… It’s better not to know, so don’t be too curious. Anyway, you can’t come to where I work.”

“……?”

……

……

Cleaning up was completed in 30 minutes, and Han Seong-jin packed his bag as soon as it was finished.

“Phew, it won’t be too late. Then Yuri! I’m going first because of my part-time job!”

“Ah, yes. I have to stay because of student council work.”

“Too bad. You would have wanted to go home with me, at least.”

“Who, who?!”

“I don’t have any part-time work on Friday, so let’s hold hands and get along well together then!”

“What are you saying, go away quickly!”

Although there was nothing in her hand, Yu-ri Lee made a gesture to throw it as if she had something, and Seong-jin Han laughed when he saw that and disappeared as if running away.

Lee Yu-ri, who was left alone in the classroom to pack her bag to go to the student council room, kept hearing Han Seong-jin’s words ringing in her head.

-I don’t have any part-time work on Friday, so let’s hold hands and get along together then!

– Because I like you.

Han Seong-jin’s surprise confession that I heard on Saturday.

Those words never left Lee Yu-ri’s mind for even a moment.

‘No way, no way… but are you serious…?’

Han Seong-jin, who consistently expresses affection for him.

A confession he made when he thought he was drunk and couldn’t hear it.

Yu-ri Lee’s heart started pounding every time she thought of his face, and without realizing it, she blushed as she imagined returning home with Han Seong-jin on Friday.

‘Oh, no. That can’t be possible. Yeah, you’re probably just playing a prank on me.’

Until now, he was trying hard to deny his feelings.

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As I was about to leave the school gate, I heard someone calling me from behind.

“Huh? Senior Seongjin!”

When I turned around, a very pretty girl with dyed blonde hair tied in a side ponytail saw me and waved.

She is wearing earrings, bracelets, hairpins, and all kinds of accessories, and has a busty body that doesn’t look out of place compared to Lee Yu-ri.

The skirt was so short that it seemed like her underwear could be seen when she walked, and her skin was slightly tanned, giving it a faint brown color.

“Suyeon, why are you here now? He always arrived before me.”

“Why is that senior leaving now?”

“I got disciplined for skipping school and cleaning up after school, so let’s go now.”

“Do you remember who you played that tinkling with?”

“Ah.”

Suyeon Choi was punished for cleaning up after school just like me.

However, even though Choi Soo-yeon received such punishment, the smile still did not leave her face.

“Hehehe. Winning love is always hard work! However, such disciplinary action from the academy cannot stop my supreme and pure love!”

“… Isn’t that too much of an overstatement based on just one chat?”

“Obarano! The beginning of great love always starts with these small first steps!”

Choi Soo-yeon, who jumped up and dismissed my claim, suddenly looked at me, smiled, and leaned her head on my shoulder.

“But senior~ I feel so bad. What should I do?”

“Are you sad? I? Why?”

“You teased me so hard on Friday that, to be honest, I almost let you go? But it ended up like this. Honestly, I think I’m better than Yuri-senpai at that level. Hehehe.”

“What? Are you better than Yuri? Look at your confidence?”

“Huh? Are you belittling me now? Hehe, but it didn’t work out. Even if I wanted to prove it to Seongjin, I can’t do it anymore.”

“Hmm, what you say makes sense. Well, anyway, congratulations on this, and I also receive some congratulations. Let’s do our best together.”

Suyeon Choi nodded vigorously with excitement, and for some reason, when I saw that expression, I thought she looked like a squirrel.

But congratulating someone on the outside means congratulating them, and you should know what you need to know.

“So, you guys have decided to date for sure?”

“Yes? We’re not there yet… It’s just a matter of time!”

“What, you were talking about love before we even went on a date yet? There’s still a long way to go.”

“What?!”

” This senior had a date with Yuri all day on Saturday. DDR, coin karaoke, escape room cafe, DVD room -”

“D, DVD room?! No, then you already did it?!”

Choi Soo-yeon is scared, putting her hands to her mouth.

I corrected the misleading statement.

“It’s not what you think, I really just watched the movie. Anyway, after dinner and drinks, we are already at the end of the line. Would you say that there is a difference like heaven and earth between you and Gong Young-bae, who have never been on a date?”

“Profit… Ooh, we’re going on a date too!”

“Really? When?”

“Probably this weekend…?”

“Is it still uncertain? Okay, try your best~”

Suyeon Choi started poking my side while sticking out her lips.

“What is it now? It won’t work anyway, but give it a try~ Does it sound like this?”

“Did it sound like that? This is why these quick-witted guys…”

“Senior!!”

Soo-yeon Choi screamed, put her mouth out, and while walking to the convenience store, she held her cell phone and tapped hard on the screen.

From the looks of it, he was texting with Gong Yeong-bae, so there was a high probability that he was planning a date.

Choi Su-yeon’s text messages continued periodically even after we started working, and whenever she had some free time, she was always on her phone.

And about an hour before I got off work.

“Senior! Check this out!”

Sooyeon Choi smiled brightly and held out her cell phone to me.

What appears on the cell phone screen is Choi Soo-yeon’s message asking her to go on a date this Saturday, and Gong Young-bae accepting the request.

My eyes lit up when I saw that.

‘come!’

I asked, trying to remain calm on the surface and as discreetly as possible.

“Is it because you were trying to get a date because you were glued to your phone all the time instead of working?”

“Oh my? I was working hard? Because I am a capable woman who manages work and love, love and work at the same time.”

“Well, I got my promise. Congratulations. But have you decided where to go?”

“Hmm, if you go to the date course in Seoul from the beginning, you will think that Youngbae is such a burdensome woman, right?”

“Anyway?”

“How did you say you dated senior Yuri?”

At those words, I smiled happily and told her the date course that Yuri and I went on.

I deliberately told Choi Su-yeon’s thoughts in one direction by even mentioning the name of the company we visited.

Su-yeon Choi, who heard about the date course for Lee Yu-ri and I, nodded repeatedly and started taking notes.

And after my part-time job ended that day.

After breaking up with Soo-yeon Choi, I sent a text message to Yu-ri Lee.

[Me]: Hey, are you free this Saturday? No, in time. Let’s have a date