episode_0009

Since that day, Lee Yu-ri has not had lunch with Gong Young-bae.

The person who took the seat across from Lee Yu-ri instead of Gong Young-bae in the student cafeteria was me, Han Seong-jin.

Sometimes during lunch, I could feel Gong Young-bae’s gaze on me, but what he was doing was none of my business.

So who wants to play with other people’s hearts and act like trash?

It’s been a week since Yuri Lee started having lunch with me.

“Hey, Seongjin Han. By the way, surprisingly, I haven’t seen you smoking?”

“Cigarettes? I hung up.”

“Hmm… No matter how I look at it, it’s strange… There were all kinds of rumors going around like that until last year, so why does it suddenly seem so normal this year?

There’s no way it was all just rumors, and there’s no way he’d come to his senses just because he was in his third year.”

“Why can’t that be? So then, do I have to live like an idiot for the rest of my life? Just think of it as suddenly coming to your senses.”

“Aren’t you falling asleep too often during class even though you’re sober?”

“That is force majeure. It can be said to be the same as water flowing from top to bottom.”

“Not at all. You’re just lazy.”

At first, Lee Yuri reluctantly went along with my insistence and was more like ‘eating’ lunch with me, but now we have gotten to the point where we have this kind of everyday conversation.

That’s because I know most of the things about Yuri Lee, like her personality, what she likes, how she acts, etc.

Knowing information about the other person means that it is easier to win their heart.

In this respect, it was an unreasonable fight that was different from the starting point compared to Gong Young-bae…

Well, if you think about it, Gong Young-bae is Lee Yu-ri’s childhood friend and they have known each other for over 10 years, so it would be advantageous for Ji to be more advantageous, but there is no disadvantage, right?

“Did you see the strange lawyer Young Wooyoung yesterday?”

“I saw it. But in the middle, when I saw the lady using raw tea, I got so annoyed that I wanted to hit her.”

“Oh, right! I was so annoyed while watching that lady!”

Because I knew Yu-ri Lee’s personality well, it was very easy for me to form a ‘common sense’ with her, and naturally we were talking so often that it was incomparable to the first time.

……

Meanwhile, Lee Yu-ri, who did not know such circumstances, felt embarrassed that the conversation with Han Seong-jin continued so naturally.

‘No… why do we communicate so well? Does he watch dramas too? It seems like I won’t see anything like that at all…?’

When I was with Gong Young-bae, the conversation was usually one-way.

He talks, Gong Young-bae listens.

He shared very few interests with Gong Young-bae, but he got along very well with Han Seong-jin, the type of gangster he hated so much, to a strange extent.

Han Seong-jin also watched most of the TV programs that Lee Yu-ri watched, and Han Seong-jin was also familiar with the webtoons and comics he watched.

As it was the first time in a while that she had met someone she could communicate well with, there were many times when Lee Yu-ri had a conversation forgetting for a moment that Han Seong-jin was a bully.

So much so that I can’t even think about conversations with Gong Young-bae.

The same hostility as at first could no longer be found in Yu-ri Lee.

……

Lee Yu-ri’s change in attitude was also clearly visible when I was disciplined for cleaning up after school.

“Did you water the vase?”

“Not yet.”

“You always gave it to me first? Then, I’ll give you the water for you, so you can erase the blackboard.”

“Why? You’re just watching over me, you don’t need to help me do anything. No matter what, I’m still getting punished.”

“That…if I just leave it to you, you might say that I won’t trust you or that I won’t trust you at all…”

“I have been able to clean by myself without any problems so far, but now? Tell me honestly, aren’t you just making excuses because you want to be with me?

It seems like my cleaning supervision is a higher priority than student council work, huh? The punishment ends today, so what should I do because it’s a shame that I can’t be with you anymore?”

“Oh, no?! I have a really strange misunderstanding! I’ll get some water, so hurry up and clean up!”

Yuri Lee jumped up with a red face, grabbed a cup of water, and hurried out of the classroom.

Unlike last week, when she was very business-like and just watched from afar with an obviously uneasy expression on her face, Yuri Lee was now helping me clean up after myself even though it wasn’t her job.

Their facial expressions have relaxed a lot, and to someone who doesn’t know them, they look like just a normal male and female friend who get along well.

Does Lee Yu-ri realize that her attitude has already changed a lot?

After I finished cleaning up, I stretched out and packed my bag.

“Oh my gosh~ This damn punishment for cleaning up after yourself is over. But when I’m done, who will do this next?”

“Children with poor class attitude or poor performance on written exams. For your information, because of your bad attitude in class, there is a high probability that you will do this again soon?”

“What? no! Doing this for a week is so frustrating, but you want to make me do this again for another reason?”

“Then don’t fall asleep during class and listen carefully to class. There will be a paper test next week, but I think you failed.”

What Yuri Lee said was not wrong.

As a reborn Han Seong-jin, I was diligently going to the academy, but there was one thing I couldn’t do: study.

His grades weren’t that great to begin with, and he forgot more than 90% of what he learned in school. Even when he looked at the textbook, the content itself didn’t stick in his head, probably because this guy, Han Seong-jin, had a low intelligence.

Would you say it feels like there is fog or a filter in your head?

For that reason, I still couldn’t be said to be completely sane in terms of my duties as a ‘student’, but who am I?

Han Seong-jin is a person who turns a crisis into an opportunity!

I decided to use this lack of study ability to further narrow my relationship with Yu-ri Lee.

“Then you can teach me how to study.”

“… Huh?”

“That’s right, you’ve been top of the school for two years now. Even if a nerd like me had to study alone for 100 days, it wouldn’t be as good as getting intense tutoring from a genius like you, but it’s easy for you to understand the confusion by teaching others as you do. Aren’t we good for each other?”

“My, why am I studying for you… and you said you would study? Wow, that’s the worst lie I’ve ever heard in my life.”

“What, you’re not going to teach me? I think it would have been great if you could teach me.”

I secretly got lucky like that.

I wish you could teach me.

Depending on what you hear, choose words that openly express your liking.

However, after going to school with Yu-ri Lee for the past week, eating lunch together every day, and talking about various topics, I decided that this would work.

“…… Do you really want me to teach you how to study?”

“Uh.”

“If I teach you, will you study hard?”

“I’ll try my best. You must have studied in your life.”

“That’s something to be proud of… hmm, hmm. Well, there’s nothing I can do about it. Honestly, even if you studied alone, you would probably be at the bottom of your class anyway. And I assure you! I’m not asking you to please me, but I’m doing this to make sure I understand correctly, okay?”

“Then, of course you know.”

Mr. “, something is annoying me… So what will you do for me if I help you study?”

Lee Yu-ri pouted her mouth and then came out demanding compensation.

This is almost like a puppy waiting for a prize.

I asked back while laughing.

“What do you want me to do?”

“Even if I ask that now, I don’t really need to… I need to think about it slowly. I’ll tell you when I remember, so don’t forget, okay?”

“Okay, okay, would you like me to notarize something?”

“What I’m saying is… I’m going to finish up my student council work, so you can go home now. Thank you for your hard work cleaning up.”

“Okay, thank you. Good job on your student council too.”

“Yes, goodbye.”

So we left the classroom and headed in opposite directions.

But I didn’t go home.

As usual, after buying a lunch box and cola at the convenience store, I sat on a bench near the academy and spent some time looking at my cell phone.

Since the wait wouldn’t be long anyway, the boredom was bearable.

And after some time had passed, a female student walked out from inside the academy gate.

A female student with long black hair, a very pretty face, and very large breasts.

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After finishing the student council meeting and leaving the academy, Lee Yu-ri found a male student sitting on the bench over there and lightly waving his hand.

Hair that was dyed blond in a bad way, a body so large that you could tell he was very tall even when sitting on a bench, strong muscular arms, and a face that was rough but quite manly and handsome in its own way.

Just a week ago, when I saw that face, I would automatically get a bug-bitten expression, but now I was glad to see that grim and rough look.

I feel sad when I finish my student council work and that grumpy guy isn’t near the school gate.

Gong Young-bae has never waited for him like that before, so why does that gangster wait for him like this every day?

Yuri Lee didn’t like that.

“Did you wait again? No one asked me to wait.”

“I was bored going home alone, so I did what I wanted and just waited. If you don’t like it, just go.”

“… I’ve been waiting for so long, but now it’s going to be unfair if I go alone. I can’t do it, I’ll go with you.”

Lee Yu-ri smiled and approached Han Seong-jin without realizing it, and soon the two walked home together.

“Did you buy a lunch box and cola again?”

“I’m a human too, so I have to eat to survive.”

“Are you saying it’s really bad for your health? How can someone survive by eating only convenience store lunch boxes? Do you eat anything other than lunch?”

“Of course I’ll eat something else. On the weekends, I eat ramen and tuna.”

“It’s worse!”

“Then what should I do? Delivery food is expensive, and I don’t even know how to cook.”

Lee Yu-ri, who was walking next to Han Seong-jin, closed her eyes tightly and answered with her face turning bright red.

“…… That… meal… weekend…”

“Hmm?”

“Week, on the weekend…! I’ll make you some food!!”

As Lee Yu-ri said that, without realizing it, she was so close to Han Seong-jin that their shoulders were almost touching.