episode_0008

“Water in the vase?”

“I gave it to you first.”

“Did you wash the window?”

“You saw me wiping.”

“I will clean the blackboard eraser and chalk box, so get ready to mop the floor.”

“Ha… it’s bothering. How can we do this 8 more times?”

“So, who said they started fighting on the first day of semester and forgot their lunch box in the morning?”

Yuri Lee erased the blackboard and scolded me.

Just yesterday, could I have imagined that Yuri Lee would talk to me so freely?

I opened the window and spoke from behind Yuri, who was using a blackboard eraser.

“But is it okay for the student council president to stay here and help out with cleaning up after the bad guy instead of doing student council work?”

“My words. Still, since we set the rough agenda yesterday, we can now hold the meeting slowly one by one. If you’re really worried, why don’t you finish cleaning quickly while you have time to talk nonsense?”

We cleaned the classroom, bickering occasionally.

To be precise, Yuri Lee was complaining one-sidedly.

It might be hard to imagine with such a rugged appearance, but I was quite skilled at simple household chores like cleaning.

Yuri Lee occasionally gave me a strange look as she watched me quickly clean up the classroom with my skillful hands, but eventually she couldn’t control her curiosity and spoke to me.

“You… Are you better at this than I thought?”

“Why did you think I couldn’t do it?”

“That’s right, no matter who sees it?”

“You should try living alone too. If you don’t want to die buried in a pile of trash, it will increase on its own.”

“Ah, I see. Living alone… Huh?”

Yu-ri Lee nodded as if she understood what I said, then noticed something strange and raised her head again.

“What does that mean? Do you live alone?”

“uh.”

“What about your parents?”

“None. I live alone.”

“My parents… You’re not there?”

Yu-ri Lee’s face became pale as she thought that she was asking things she shouldn’t have been asking.

“To be precise, there is. But I didn’t know where my mom was and I cut off ties with my dad.”

The unknown background of Iljin Han Seong-jin.

When she was young, her mother had an affair and left home, and her father became an alcoholic due to the shock and was abusive around the house, frequently cursing and hitting Han Seong-jin.

There was no way Han Seong-jin, who had grown up without much affection from his parents and had seen such filthy behavior, could become a decent person.

From a young age, he was completely crooked and solved all problems with violence, and by the time he entered Jinsu Higher Education Academy, he had already become a king of fists, recognized even in the surrounding area.

He started drinking and smoking when he was a minor, and he rode motorcycles and played biker games with other gang members just like him.

He broke off ties with his father long ago, found an old, shabby studio apartment, and lived alone. He had his gang’s henchmen steal money to pay the monthly rent.

In order to fill his empty heart, he randomly touched any woman he liked, and even had extremely promiscuous relationships with female students from Jinsu-gyo and Iljin from other academies.

For Han Seong-jin, devouring and corrupting all the heroines in the original work was just an everyday action with nothing special about it.

… Of course, that was Han Seong-jin’s life before, and as long as I am Han Seong-jin, I will no longer live such a trash life.

There was no benefit in telling her in detail what happened behind the scenes, so I didn’t tell Yu-ri Lee the details and only told her a bit about it.

But perhaps it was a mistake, Yuri Lee opened her eyes even wider and came towards me and started asking me various things.

“Tell me in detail. Is there a problem with tuition or something? This is something you need to know as the student council president.

A student with such circumstances may submit an agenda item for discussion regarding tuition at a faculty meeting. Is life difficult for you? It’s not like that, right?”

“Hey, just like the reason why you were down today, this is just my personal matter. Don’t ask too much. Because there is no problem with my life.”

“No, but… ”

“Cleaning complete! You said you weren’t busy today, right? Then let’s go home together.”

“Ha? Why am I with you… Huh? Hey!”

I grabbed Yuri Yuri, forcefully lifted her bag from her seat, and took her out of the classroom.

Yu-ri Lee was taken aback and was dragged out by my hand, just making noises.

It wasn’t until we reached the school gate that Yuri shook my hand away.

“A little… Let go! I haven’t even gone to the student council room yet-”

“He said he wasn’t busy today. Do I really have to go back to the student council room again?”

“Of course you should! Without me, the student council would be-”

“Don’t you know that your work efficiency decreases if you work when you’re in a bad mood?”

“… Huh?”

“You are talking about you. Gong Youngbae and that bastard didn’t make eye contact all day, but you guys fought, right? What do you do in that state? Just go home early today and rest.”

“No, why do you decide that?!”

“If you don’t force it out, you seem like the type of person who pretends nothing’s wrong and gets sick inside. Am I surprisingly accurate in seeing people?”

Of course, I don’t really have a great eye for people, but I made my judgment based on the information I gained about Lee Yu-ri’s personality through the original work.

Lee Yu-ri tried to resist, but perhaps because what I said was not wrong, she soon gave up and obediently put the bag on her back.

“Ha… I don’t know why I have to be so influenced by you. And why are you so needlessly quick-witted? ”

“I took a picture, but am I really right?”

“!!!”

“Now, then, to freshen up your mood, would you like to go home with me in a friendly manner, student council president?”

“What does it mean to get along well?”

Even though she said that, Yuri eventually started walking with me.

Less than three minutes after we started walking together, we passed a convenience store in front of the school, and I stopped walking for a moment.

“Oh, wait, let’s stop by the convenience store over there.”

“What should I buy?”

“Lunchbox.”

I went into the convenience store with Lee Yu-ri and picked up two decent-looking lunch boxes and a can of Cola.

They were the same items I bought yesterday.

After paying the bill, I came out and put my lunch and cola in a bag, and Lee Yu-ri, who was watching quietly, asked.

“Now that I think about it, I think you said yesterday that the convenience store lunch box was for dinner and breakfast… Do you eat like this every day?”

“uh.”

“It’s not good for your health!”

“I am okay because I was born with a strong body.”

“What kind of nonsense is that? ”

Yu-ri Lee was about to nag something, but she shook her head and stopped.

Instead, he brought up another topic in a calmer voice.

“Your image is very different from what I heard.”

“For example?”

“He is grumpy, always sleeps during class, has no interest in anything other than hanging out with the same gang, doesn’t know how to do anything other than drinking and smoking and hanging out with women, so I thought he was just a rude bully.◦# ◦

“Do you have poison on your tongue?”

“I’m saying I was wrong.”

Yuri Lee started twisting the side of her hair with her fingers, probably because she was embarrassed.

“Really? Then, would you like to hear what my image is like now?”

“I’m grumpy and always sleep during class.”

“It’s the same.”

“But surprisingly, he was considerate, paid attention to details, and listened to others’ stories well. You have a more human side than I thought… The most unexpected thing was that you were really good at things like cleaning.”

“You’re in love with me.”

“Oh, no?! I just said what I felt!”

I laughed and joked, and Yuri jumped up with a bright red face.

Then, when she saw the convenience store bag in my hand again, she cleared her throat, cleared her voice, and continued speaking.

“I didn’t even know you had such personal circumstances. If you need help with tuition, please let me know. As I said before, since I am the student council president, I can at least suggest agenda items to the teachers for discussion during faculty and staff meetings.”

“ done. When you’re 20, it’s time to take care of yourself.”

“… Isn’t it still a bit early?”

“And right now, we are graduating next year, so what is the point of surviving with your help this year? I can get through this year on my own. Don’t look at me too much.”

“Hey, I was worried, so why did you say that-”

Instead of “.”

I looked at Yuri Lee and made another suggestion.

To further narrow the distance between me and Yuri and make her my woman.

“I would really appreciate it if you could at least eat together for lunch. How about it?”

“What, what? You want me to have lunch with you?”

“Yeah, I don’t like it?”

“Of course-”

Lee Yu-ri, who was about to answer, was unable to finish speaking and remained silent with her mouth open.

Lee Yu-ri usually had lunch with Gong Young-bae.

It’s not that he doesn’t have same-sex friends, but if you look at the description in the original work, he was always with Gong Young-bae during lunch time.

But you and Gong Young-bae had a fight, and it doesn’t look like they’ve made up, so it’s going to be hard to eat together like usual at lunch tomorrow.

I decided to take advantage of that gap and keep Yuri by my side.

And Yuri Lee’s answer was…

“I hate it, but.”

Yuri’s face turned bright red again and she turned her head to the side to avoid my gaze.

“If it’s only for a few days… Okay.”