episode_0013

It was mid-April when I returned from my school trip.

That means it is now a testing period.

In my case, I didn’t have to attach much importance to studying, but I had to go to high school at least, so I studied.

‘I should have studied in my past life.’

I don’t know anything else, but I don’t remember math.

Whether in my previous life or this life, math still wasn’t for me. Should I say it was my natural subject?

Anyway, perhaps because our school is an autonomous school, the application rate was not very high. I went to middle school to begin with.

There were almost no students who grew up in middle school.

The only people who do it at this age are those who have truly decided to study.

Still, many people continued to say that the school’s learning facilities themselves were not that bad.

In my case, I had no choice but to study because it was clear that I would not study outside of these times.

I’ll probably spend all my free time just doing kendo and not studying.

Honestly, even now, if it weren’t for Yaja, I would have gone to the kendo gym and swung my sword.

And the palm tree was the same today as well.

As soon as school ended, Riya and I had a quick meal and then went straight to the palm room to study.

We arrived quite early, so we haven’t even started sleeping yet.

We were able to talk a little bit.

“Sihyeon. How are you studying?”

“As always, okay? …but math is still hard.”

“Here.”

Riya, who was sitting next to me, handed me a notebook with the word ‘organization book’ written on it.

When I opened it, I saw that it was an organized notebook that had everything about math, a subject I was bad at. It was organized very neatly and there was no inconvenience.

‘You’re good at studying as expected.’

Riya studied well. Although her major was art, she was quite good at studying.

Right now, I’m doing it moderately because I’m working on art at the same time, but if I concentrate, I could aim for top grades.

It seemed like he had no intention of studying.

From the time I was young until now, I have never once talked about letting go of art.

“Don’t sleep this time.”

“I’m not sleeping because I’m not very tired today.”

“I said that last time too.”

“…I really won’t sleep today.”

Even though I say I study, I tend to sleep quite a bit during night time.

Maybe it’s because I’ve been practicing kendo a little harder recently. My body seemed a little tired these days.

Of course, I don’t feel it in everyday life, but I definitely feel sleepy when times like this come.

Maybe it was because I slept there so many times that my body had developed a habit, but it wasn’t easy to get over sleep.

‘It’s a little scary today too.’

I was already feeling a little drowsy. But I can’t sleep forever.

Let’s not sleep in today, seriously.

‘Let’s start with math.’

Okay, let’s do the math first. Because I heard it was a little difficult this time.

With that promise, I lifted up the pen.

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slept.

I fell asleep.

It was so deep that I lost my memory.

‘Since when?’

When I came to my senses, my eyes were very tired, and after a little accident, I woke up and realized the situation.

Looking at the cell phone next to me, I saw that about half of the time had passed.

I fell asleep.

That too for quite a long time.

At some point, the starting point was quite easy to recognize.

’10 questions?’

Because I was only able to solve 10 math problems in the textbook below.

I think I got sleepy from here on because I got all the last three questions wrong with ridiculous answers.

I fell asleep about 20 minutes after it started.

Where did my promise not to sleep go?

While thinking that, I looked at the seat next to me, but I couldn’t see Riya, who was supposed to be there.

‘Did he go out?’

Riya rarely went out during bedtime. She sat and studied most of the time.

It was also said that I lost concentration. Her concentration was remarkable.

My concentration was so high that I could just study for about three to four hours straight.

But it was strange that there was no such thing.

‘I should go out first.’

I’m still feeling sleepy, so I think I need to drink some water to be able to concentrate again.

I left the palm room carefully so as not to disturb the surrounding area as much as possible.

Perhaps because it was middle school, the teacher didn’t really catch the students.

As long as you don’t make a fuss and don’t disturb the people around you, they won’t bother you, so it was okay to leave midway.

“It’s cool.”

As I came out of the stuffy palm room, I felt an unknown sense of liberation.

Perhaps because it was a palm room where I couldn’t speak or make any noise, I felt liberated even where I was.

‘Let’s go to the bathroom first.’

The moment I was about to head to the bathroom to wash my face, the cell phone in my pocket vibrated.

When I took it out, I saw several messages from Riya.

[Riya: Sihyeon, if you wake up, come to the nearby convenience store]

Are you at a convenience store? It was quite unexpected.

[Me: I’m awake, I’m going now.]

[Liya: I’ll wait]

In any case, it was something that could not be delayed as long as Riya was waiting.

After heading to the bathroom, I headed straight to the convenience store near the school.

When I was going down from the second floor, where the palm room was, to the first floor.

“Senior?”

“…Haryeong?”

I was able to find Jin Ha-ryeong, who was also trying to come up here.

Jin Ha-ryeong is holding both hands full of coffee. Even if I were to guess, there were more than five.

“Senior, do you sleep?”

“It just so happened. What about you?”

“I’m going to sleep too. I decided to do it with senior Hoyeon.”

“Hoyeon?”

Kim Ho-yeon. I rarely saw him studying.

Because he was born to love playing and hated studying.

It’s just that I maintain reasonable grades because I’m naturally smart.

A kid like that is doing palm tree training, which is the pinnacle of self-study?

For a moment I had doubts, but those doubts were quickly answered.

‘The answer is right in front of my eyes.’

I think he probably applied for Yaja to study with Haryeong.

Yeah, otherwise there’s absolutely no reason for him to do it.

“Where are you going, senior?”

“Riya called me to go to the convenience store for a while.”

“Riya senior?”

Haryeong thought about my words for a moment and then gave me two of the coffees he had in his arms.

Canned coffees are not that small.

Ha-ryeong looked at her as if wondering what it was about me who received it.

“Please eat with Riya. It’s two plus one, so I bought a bit more.”

“Ah… thank you.”

Although I was a little taken aback by the sudden gift of coffee, I said hello to her and headed back to the convenience store.

The closest convenience store was CS 26, 5 minutes away from the school.

“Sihyeon, here.”

“Aren’t you cold?”

“Not really.”

Riya was sitting at a table outside the convenience store, waiting for me.

Even though the weather was warm, it was spring so it was a little cold when the sun went down, but she didn’t seem to be particularly cold.

‘I don’t get cold very well.’

Even if you are of mixed race, does that mean you are Russian?

She has never been prone to cold.

I’m a little cold.

Still, it wasn’t to the point where I couldn’t bear it. I sat across from her and only then did I notice the things on the table.

One cookie.

And an energy drink at my seat.

It was also one of the most toxic things a student could buy.

“Wake up, don’t sleep. He said he wasn’t sleeping”

Did you come out and call me on purpose because I was sleeping?

Although I was grateful for her consideration, I was worried that I was wasting her time.

“Didn’t I just steal your time?”

“It’s okay. I almost finished today’s lesson in class.”

Is it also Riya? Studying was thorough.

Admiring her actions, I took out one of the two cans of coffee I had and gave it to her.

“This?”

“Haryeong gave it to me. On the way, we met in the middle.”

“…A subordinate?”

Riya, who was quietly turning the coffee can around after receiving it, soon asked me with a somewhat serious expression.

“Did you two meet?”

“Yes.”

“…Really?”

Riya’s expression becomes a little grim at my answer.

Even that was beautiful, but I realized that she had misunderstood and immediately added.

Last time, I didn’t give a proper answer and he got upset for quite a long time, so it’s better to quickly clear up any misunderstandings in things like this.

“We met by chance. Hoyeon was going to give me this coffee too, but I gave it to him when he said I had you.”

“Ah…”

Riya stayed quiet for a moment at my words, then smiled slightly, grabbed the can of coffee, and opened it.

It looked quite pleasant.

“Let’s eat and then go in.”

“I even ate snacks.”

“Yes.”

After a short conversation, we quietly ate canned coffee and the snacks in front of us.

The taste of the snack is chocolate. It was a sweet taste that Riya liked.

‘I don’t really like it though.’

Perhaps choosing the chocolate flavor was Riya’s own punishment.

After eating all the chocolate and canned coffee and throwing away the trash, we headed straight to school.

“Don’t sleep, Sihyeon.”

“I won’t sleep. For real this time.”

“It’s true.”

As if it were a promise, Riya held out her thin white little finger to me.

I hooked my little finger to her little finger as well.

Riya smiled as if she was satisfied when she saw that, and soon we arrived at the palm room.

And surprisingly, I didn’t ‘sleep’ until the end of the night. As for the cock.

‘A little John at the end… I’m sure you’ll understand.’

I resisted.

That’s force majeure.

With that in mind, I left the palm room.