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Eunbong Industrial Higher Education Academy.

This academy, called Eunbong Gonggyo for short, was notorious as a den of gangsters known throughout the country.

The students were completely outside the control of their teachers, establishing their own order, and were already receiving solid training as prospective gangsters from a young age.

It is not an academy, but closer to a training center for prospective gangsters.

Among the students, none of them had flashy tattoos, it was quicker to find non-smokers, and even for first- and second-year minors, drinking, smoking, riding motorcycles, and fighting with gangs were basics, and it was a gathering of life-saving people where it was natural for men to be bitches and for women to sell their bodies.

The six first-year students at Eunbong High School, their faces covered in bruises, were groaning on the sidewalk block in the backyard of the academy, just like yesterday, with their hands folded behind their backs and their heads pressed against the ground.

They were first-year students at Eunbong High School who suffered a huge blow the day before when they went to a convenience store to smoke a cigarette.

“So.”

A man who spat while shaking a cigarette on the floor set the mood with his harsh voice.

With his hair pulled back in an all-back style, his forearms bulging with muscles, and a dragon tattoo extending from both wrists to his shoulders, he looks more like a gangster than a student.

It was Kang Baek-san, a third-year student and the leader of Eunbong Academy, also known as Eunbongtong.

“Are you saying that you got beaten up outside under the name of Eunbong Gonggyo?”

“Sorry, sorry!”

“Batta.”

Immediately, one of his close associates handed him an iron pipe he didn’t know where he got it from, and Kang Baek-san took it, rolled up his sleeves to reveal a larger dragon tattoo, and approached the six first-year students.

“First, let’s get the punishment for tarnishing the name of Eunbong School and then listen to the story. The bastard who makes noise will get his head blown off.”

“……!!!”

Wow! Wow! puck!

Immediately, Kang Baek-san’s merciless beating was directed at the buttocks of the six guys, and when the beating was over, four of the six guys could not stand the pain and fell sideways and fainted.

“Weather. And who are you guys?”

“It’s me, brother.”

The raven-haired man, whose front teeth had been knocked out by Han Seong-jin’s fist the day before, answered tremblingly.

A little blood was already seeping from the buttocks of his school uniform pants.

“I got beaten up by some bastard.”

“Well, I don’t know who it is, but it was to a convenience store part-timer…”

“Huh, part-time job at a convenience store? Since when did our Eunbong become such a dick that he gets beaten up by a bastard?”

“, no shame!”

“Where is that convenience store?”

“The location is Eleven Seven in the back alley of xx-dong… tongue, bro! But it seemed like the part-timer knew who my brother was! After hearing my brother’s name, he told me to tell him this…”

“You want me to tell you? Ha, I’ve been living this for a long time, so I hear all kinds of ridiculous things like this. Yeah, whatever that bastard says?”

“Ugh… Don’t even think about coming to the convenience store where he works… to smoke cigarettes…”

When Kang Baek-san came up to her with bloodshot eyes and grabbed her by the collar, the raven-haired man was so scared that he shed tears, but continued talking.

That’s because the fear that was imprinted yesterday was also enormous.

“Ha, ha, if I come to Eunbong one more time to smoke a cigarette, Jin… my friend who goes to Jinsugyo will come visit… That’s right.”

“What?!”

At that moment, Kang Baek-san let go of his hand holding the raven-haired man’s collar.

Kang Baek-san’s aides also understood the meaning of those words and only exchanged glances with their leader with shocked expressions.

“A friend who goes to Jinsugyo…? Did that bastard really say that with his own mouth?”

“Yes, yes…”

“What does that bastard look like.”

The raven-haired man explained the convenience store part-timer’s impressions, and Kang Baek-san’s face turned red and he threw the iron pipe on the floor and cursed harshly.

“You fucking dog!!!!!”

There was no doubt.

Seongjin Han.

The one who inflicted defeat for the first time on Eunbongtong and the person who had completely conquered the entire area.

Just thinking about the humiliation of that time made me jump out of my sleep.

But… I didn’t feel like I could fight again and win.

“Hey, you guys. Everyone turn off until the count of three.”

“ㄴ, yes!”

The first graders hurriedly ran away, dragging the four who had fainted two by two, and Kang Baek-san sat down in the backyard flower bed, trembling with anger.

“Captain, what should I do? I guess that part-time worker is like Han Seong-jin.”

“How about you grab me and kill me?”

“If you guys go, will you win?”

No one responded to Kang Baek-san’s words.

Kang Baek-san suppressed his rising anger and gave orders with his voice trembling.

“First of all, go to that convenience store and tell everyone not to provoke that bastard unnecessarily. If you’re going to smoke, go somewhere else.”

“Captain, that doesn’t mean you can just leave that bastard alone-”

“Who left it there? I’ll soak that bastard no matter what happens.”

“How about asking your brothers for support?”

“If we send an SOS to our older brothers during these fucking kids fighting, how much of an asshole will they view us as? I’m just watching trends from afar. Just wait until I find a way.”

#####

When I first said to Yu-ri Lee, ‘It would be nice if we could have lunch together,’ she reluctantly said that she would eat together.

That was already more than a week ago.

If I had hung out with a guy I didn’t like, Lee Yu-ri would first have said, ‘If only I had done this much, right? It’s almost like saying, ‘I won’t eat with you anymore.’

“… What are you looking at?”

Today, Friday, almost two weeks later, Yuri Lee was still eating across from me.

Yu-ri Lee, feeling me looking at her, stopped eating.

“No, I’m just curious. At this point, I thought you wouldn’t come near me because you didn’t want to look at me, but surprisingly, you still have lunch with me.”

“Ugh…! I’m… watching! If I leave you alone, you never know where you might end up during lunch time!”

“Oh, that’s right.”

I leisurely laughed and ate with Yu-ri Lee.

Lee Yu-ri, who was glaring at me as if she didn’t like my leisure, changed the subject.

“Hey, I don’t have any student council work today.”

“Really? Congratulations.”

“No, that’s not it…”

“Hmm? What? If you have something to say, say it.”

I knew what Yu-ri Lee wanted to say, but I deliberately laughed and made fun of her.

Because I still needed to tame her a little more.

“Today, at home… The lady is annoying! Why do I have to say sorry to you?”

Yuri Lee lost her temper out of embarrassment and began to complain.

I smiled when I saw Yu-ri Lee like that.

“I understand how our cute student council president wants to go home with me on good terms, but that won’t happen today.”

“What about getting along well… Well, but they said we can’t do it today…?”

Yu-ri Lee’s expression began to noticeably become glum.

I want to show this look to Gong Young-bae.

“Uh. I have an appointment.”

“Oh, really…? Hmm! Well, that’s great! Since it was in the same direction as my house, I was worried that we would go home together every time and there would be some strange misunderstanding from the kids!”

“Okay, that’s really good. Oh, by the way, I have one more good thing for you. Shall I tell you?”

I said that while texting on my cell phone, and Yuri Lee, who didn’t understand the English language, tilted her head.

“Good for me…?”

“Uh. Hey, Gong Youngbae!”

After finishing the text message, I called Gong Young-bae, and Gong Young-bae, who was eating at the table next to me, turned his head in surprise.

“Me…?”

“Then who else is Gong Young-bae here besides you? Come see me for work.”

“Hey, Han Seongjin! Why is Youngbae suddenly calling me?!”

Yu-ri Lee was startled by my sudden behavior and tried to stop me, but it was already too late.

Gong Young-bae looked as if he had no intention of resisting what I said, and approached me holding an empty plate.

“Sit next to me.”

I said, pointing to the seat next to Yuri.

Lee Yu-ri was glaring at me with burning eyes.

it’s crazy?! What are you doing when you know that I fought with Youngbae?!

… he was saying with his eyes.

Of course, I didn’t call this guy because I really wanted Yu-ri Lee and Gong Young-bae to reconcile and go back to a relationship that was more than good friends but less than lovers.

When I think about the absurd things Gong Young-bae said to me and the attitude he showed towards Yu-ri Lee, even though I couldn’t see it with my own eyes…

“I was wondering if it would be a good idea for the two to reconcile now.”

I said that while covering my mouth with my hands clasped together in front of me like a solemn professor.

“… Reconciliation?”

“Dude, I heard everything from our student council president. I heard you guys fought?”

‘… ‘our’ student council president?’

Gong Young-bae’s eyes twitched for a moment.

“I don’t know why we fought, but we said we’ve known each other for over 10 years and we haven’t spoken for 2 weeks. What are you guys doing? Thanks to that, while our chairman was lonely, someone like me came by and we ate together and went home together. How annoying you must be right now.”

‘… Because of loneliness? You said you were with me all the way home…?’

“It’s a bit unexpected, but I can’t just disturb our student council president forever, and don’t you two need some time to talk, huh? I’ll leave out the distracters, so we can talk leisurely and make up. I’m going because I have someone to meet briefly.”

……

And soon, Han Seong-jin got up with his cell phone and really left the place.

There was an awkward silence between Lee Yu-ri and Gong Young-bae because they didn’t say a word or go to school together for two weeks.

‘No, why is Han Seong-jin suddenly acting like this? It’s so awkward I’m dying…’

Gong Yeong-bae and I always talked about various things and often studied together, but perhaps because we had cut off conversation for the past two weeks, the atmosphere was quite strange.

However, Lee Yu-ri decided to put aside the fight with pride after it had come to this.

‘Yes, when I think about it, Youngbae did say some unnecessary things back then, but from Youngbae’s point of view, I may have been a bit sensitive. I don’t know why, but Han Seong-jin created this situation… Let’s reconcile.’

Lee Yu-ri took a deep breath and turned her head to Gong Young-bae.

“Youngbae, do you have anything to say to me? I have it.”

“Ah, yes. I have it too.”

“Yes, I see. If we talk first, it might be awkward for both of us… How about we talk together on the count of three?”

“Okay.”

“Then I will count. Three, two, one…”

After counting the numbers, Yu-ri Lee opened her mouth at the same time as Gong Yeong-bae.

“I’m sorry for being so angry last time.”

“Yuri, aren’t you really embarrassed?”

And an eerie silence that could not be compared to before hovered between the two.

“…… What?”

#####

Sooyeon Choi received a message from Seongjin Han during lunch break.

[Senior Seongjin]: Since we are going on a date course field trip today, would you please come to the third-year cafeteria for a moment? It’s the 5th floor.

[me : yes? What are you doing?

[Senior Seongjin]: You have to decide in advance where to go and set the time, right? It would take a long time to do it via text message, so let’s just say it in person.

[Me]: It’s a bit awkward for me to go to the 3rd grade cafeteria…

[Senior Seongjin]: Wouldn’t it be better than me going down to the second-year cafeteria and showing my face? If they see me, the 2nd grade kids will eat well.

“Now that I think about it, I guess so.”

When Han Seong-jin, who was not known to anyone in Jinsoo School, came down to the second-year cafeteria, many students could feel sick from eating.

Persuaded by Han Seong-jin’s perfect logic, Choi Soo-yeon went up to the third-year student cafeteria and encountered Han Seong-jin near the cafeteria entrance while receiving countless stares from third-year students.

“Senior, I’m here.”

“Uh. Since we can’t take up precious lunch time for a long time, shall we start by deciding where to go? I don’t know much about the places you mentioned. Where is the best atmosphere in early spring like this?”

“It’s not the cherry blossom season yet, so there aren’t many places that are visually good, but if you like an antique atmosphere, Seochon Village would be good, and if you’re more of a glass guy, the art museum or COEX library would be good too. And…”

Suyeon Choi called out some good places she knew, and Seongjin Han diligently wrote them down on his cell phone.

After a few minutes, Han Seong-jin gave a thumbs up and grinned.

“As expected, you are our elite part-time junior. Thank you. This helped me a lot… a lot…”

Then, as if he saw something, he suddenly turned his head inside the restaurant and blurted out his words.

Choi Su-yeon, who wanted to know something and looked at the direction where Han Seong-jin’s gaze was directed, had the same reaction.

There, her favorite senior, Gong Young-bae, and student council president Lee Yu-ri were having a very passionate conversation.