episode_0072

“Jeff. Eat this too.”

“Ugh… .”

A closer distance than before.

Strangely enough, or at least to the point where anyone could tell, Shine was sticking to me more often.

Physically and mentally.

I took the snack offered to me and ate it.

Shine, who feeds me sweets to the point of being burdensome.

Rain, who didn’t even glance at me, as if she didn’t find her appearance strange, was munching on the snack in front of her.

The sight of her gulping down a large mug of milk in one go was somehow annoying.

“Eat more Jeff.”

The candy presented before my eyes once again.

Although my mouth was already full of candy, I swallowed the contents while munching on the sparkling Shine’s gaze.

“Are you thirsty? Should I get you some milk?”

As I was eating the snacks one by one, and was hesitating, Shine pushed me her milk.

The mug full of milk slosh around.

“Thank you… .”

Thanks to the constant intake of snacks, all the moisture in my mouth disappeared.

Unable to bear the taste of the coarse cookie crumbs on my tongue, I drank all the milk Shine handed me.

“Jeff. It’s on your lips.”

As I put down the mug, Shine immediately reached out.

The tissue in her hand gently wipes my lips.

Isn’t that what Amy usually does?

I was so confused that I ended up turning my head away.

“Aren’t you going to eat any more?”

“Ugh… I’m full.”

It wasn’t a lie, it was actually quite dirty.

It seems like he’s having trouble digesting the completely different atmosphere than usual.

I jumped down from the chair and headed towards where Baek-shi was sitting.

“Jeff, you should brush your teeth after you finish eating.”

Amy’s voice is heard from behind.

As I walked towards Baek-shi, I flinched and hid behind Baek-shi’s large back.

“Jeff~”

A large white shirt would be able to hide my body perfectly.

With that thought in mind, he curls up tightly and puts Baek-shi in front of him.

This cleaning thing is so annoying.

Wouldn’t it be okay to just do it once before going to bed?

With that thought in mind, I moved my tongue and swept it all over my mouth.

A strong scent of milk and cookies lingered in the air.

By munching on the toothpaste, you can create a situation where brushing is not necessary as much as possible.

“Jeff.”

While he was munching on food, Shine suddenly approached him and put his hand behind Baekshi’s back.

The arm held in her hand.

Even the body that is dragged away so easily.

Shine didn’t seem to have any intention of hiding me.

“I don’t want to brush my teeth… .”

“If you don’t brush your teeth, you’ll get cavities.”

I pressed my body as close to the floor as possible.

Arms and legs spread wide.

My plump belly from eating sweets is pressed against the floor.

“Come here.”

But Shine didn’t leave me alone like that.

She completely ignored my resistance to going to the bathroom, grabbed my ankle and dragged me along.

Ji-i-ik- Ji-i-ik-.

I slide across the floor and move away from Baekshi.

The large teddy bear, Baekshi, watched me walk away, annoyed, and did not make any move.

dump-

Baek-shi, who was standing awkwardly, eventually fell backwards.

I was dragged to the bathroom and, following Shine’s lead, headed towards the sink.

Shine, standing on a small step, holding my toothbrush in her hand.

After a moment of confusion, she put a generous amount of toothpaste on the toothbrush and held it out toward my mouth.

“Oh, okay.”

“Ah… .”

I opened my mouth as she told me without even knowing what was going on.

Immediately after that, a toothbrush goes into the mouth.

Countless bristles began to gently sweep between my gums and teeth.

The refreshing scent of toothpaste.

The sweet strawberry taste that lingers at the end makes your tongue twitch.

“Shine… ?”

I didn’t know that he would even brush my teeth for me, so I pulled away right away.

As I bit my body slightly, the toothbrush that had been in my mouth fell out.

A long, sticky line extends from the mouth.

“Why?”

She didn’t seem to find the situation itself strange.

Am I weird?

“That… I can do it.”

I spoke with my mouth agape.

Shine, who heard what I said, furrowed her eyebrows and nodded as if she had realized something.

“That’s right, Jeff. You can do it on your own now, right?”

“Yeah. I can do it by myself.”

Now.

Shine’s words caught my attention, but I didn’t think much of it.

As I reached out my hand towards her, Shine placed a toothbrush in my hand.

“You have to clean every nook and cranny.”

Shine, who says the same thing as Amy.

I nodded.

While standing next to Shine and brushing her teeth, Rain, who had eaten all the snacks, was caught by Amy and brought into the bathroom.

“Rain. You should brush it too.”

“I hate it!”

Beep beep.

The yellow chick waved its arms.

“I can’t come out until I wipe it.”

But Amy ignored Lane’s resistance and pushed her into the bathroom.

Lane staggers forward.

She looked back urgently, but the small iron bar installed at the entrance to the bathroom was too high for her to climb over.

“No!”

Amy laughed, leaning against the iron bars.

“Wipe it off quickly.”

“Eh… Amy wipes too!”

“I didn’t eat the snack.”

After hearing Amy’s answer, Lane trembled in anger.

I spit out the foam that had filled my mouth and handed the toothbrush to Lane.

It was a special toothbrush for Rain, with a yellow chick on the end.

“Yes.”

Rain, who had been shaking, took the toothbrush I had handed him and let out a small sigh.

“I wasn’t tempted.”

I nodded to her words.

The cookies Amy prepared were quite delicious.

That was the problem.

Even though I knew I had to brush my teeth, the delicious snack right in front of me was too tempting to resist.

Amy, who was watching us like that, burst into laughter.

“You know you have to go to training after cleaning all this, right?”

I was rinsing my mouth with a glass of water in my hand. I tilted my head at Amy’s next words.

Training?

It was now well past lunchtime.

The situation is very different from the time I usually go to see Victor.

And I already met Victor in the morning… .

Huh?

Did you meet Victor this morning?

With such doubts in my mind, I spat out the water that was in my mouth.

“Baehee… .”

My mouth felt refreshed, as if it had been cleaned cleanly.

When I looked at my teeth in the mirror, my white teeth sparkled.

I smiled at that state.

A little girl’s bright smile.

A healthy smile clears the mind.

“I cleaned it all up!”

I rinsed the toothbrush I was holding and ran to Amy.

“Are you sure you cleaned it all?”

“Yes!”

Amy, who was waiting at the entrance, smiled at me and held out her hand.

I threw my arms out to her.

Amy’s hand entering between her armpits.

She lifted my body gently and lowered me beyond the bars.

“Jeff is number one.”

“I’m number one!”

Amy secretly handed me a small piece of candy without telling Shine and Rain inside.

I held the candy in my hand and looked around.

Luckily, no one seemed to notice the candy I received.

I put the candy in my pocket with hasty movements.

“Amy. Training means going to see Victor, right?”

I, who had hidden the candy, asked Amy a question about the question that had been on my mind since earlier.

She tilted her head to my question and then answered.

“Do you want to meet Victor? Your training with Victor ended a week ago.”

“Huh?”

I searched my memory at Amy’s words.

A vague afterimage passing by.

Victor’s appearance inside it.

But no matter how much I thought about it, I couldn’t remember the content.

As I was groaning and trying to recall my memories, Shine, who had finished brushing her teeth, came running into the entrance.

“Amy! Get me out!”

Shine, standing in front of the iron bars like me, with both arms wide open.

It jumped up with its small feet as if to tell me to get it out quickly.

Amy picked Shine up in a flash and placed her down next to me.

“Jeff.”

“Huh… ?”

“Let’s go change clothes.”

Without giving me a chance to answer, Shine grabbed my arm and dragged me along.

I was dragged towards her like this.

Shine took off the dinosaur pajamas she was wearing and changed into black tracksuit.

I, too, changed into the same tracksuit as her.

“You’re going to train…?”

“Yeah.”

I blankly looked in the direction where Amy was.

Lane, who finished brushing her teeth like us, leaves the bathroom in Amy’s arms.

“Where to…?”

“Training ground.”

A training ground.

Where could that be?

It didn’t seem to be the gym where Victor and his abilities were trained.

Amy, who had finished preparing, put aside such doubts for a moment.

I, Shine, and Rain led them out of the room.

The once quiet hallway was now filled with people.

It seemed like the holiday season was over.

“Looks like the vacation is over.”

“Right? They all came back last week.”

I kept my mouth shut at Amy’s words.

If they all came back last week, that means people were already walking around the hallways before then.

But, but.

The last hallway I remember was a very quiet space with no people.

There is a gap in memory.

What have I been doing all this time?

I shifted my gaze and looked at Shine’s face as she walked beside me.

Her face looks so happy.

The faint smile on her face showed no signs of disappearing.

I pulled up my power with my hands hidden behind my back.

A strange sensation on the tips of your fingers, as if a small static electricity were being generated.

You must not use your abilities in front of Shine.

A small voice that comes to mind.

As if following that voice, I dispersed the power that had been gathering at the tips of my fingers.

I slowed down my walking pace little by little.

Now that there is a difference in the distance between me and Shine, who used to walk side by side.

I have once again raised my level of power.

Dismissal-

A small light floating at the tip of your finger.

I clenched my fist with strength in my hand.

The light hanging on the tip of the finger is sucked into the fist and disappears.

There was no problem using the ability now.

“Jeff.”

“Yeah.”

“Come here.”

Is it because I, who was walking side by side, fell behind?

Shine looked back and held out her hand.

A small hand extended to me.

She waved her arms as if to tell me to hurry and take her hand.

I reached out and took her hand.

Their small hands interlocked to create a warm sensation.

A slight pulling sensation.

I walked over to her as if I was being dragged, stood next to her, and started walking together.

She didn’t let go of my hand.

Until we reached that place called the training ground.