episode_0019

“Woo… .”

It was a time when Sarah couldn’t continue speaking due to sudden palpitations.

Jinwoo spoke to Sarah with a puzzled expression.

“Your face is red. Do you have a fever?”

There was heat on Sarah’s face. However, Sarah couldn’t bear to speak to Jinwoo because of why her face was so red. He didn’t know if Jinwoo would look at him with strange eyes if he stayed still and didn’t say anything. Sarah barely opened her mouth and came up with a plausible excuse.

“Uh, I slept with the window open last night. But the weather got so cold that I think I caught a cold overnight.”

“You should have closed the window.”

Suddenly, Jinwoo reached out to Sarah. Jin-Woo’s hand suddenly approached her face, and Sarah was startled and took a step back.

“Well, what are you trying to do?”

“Take your temperature by putting your hand on your forehead. Come closer.”

“No need. Do I look like someone who will get sick from colds and such? You don’t have to measure your fever.”

“Are you fighting a cold now? Are you stupid?”

“You don’t have to measure your fever!”

In fact, the reason my fever rose was not because I had a cold, but because I was feeling something for the first time in my life. Sarah wasn’t particularly sick, so she was really fine. However, because something had already been covered, Sarah had no choice but to keep making excuses.

“It’s really nothing. Let’s go inside and watch a movie.”

“I guess so. Let’s just rest at home today.”

Sarah took Jinwoo and went into the house. Even as I was entering, I was very concerned about Jinwoo following me from behind and pretending to be popular. I was very anxious that my childhood friend might notice the emotions welling up in my heart. I had no idea that my childhood friend, with whom I had been an easy-going friend for seven years, would suddenly start looking like a man.

It was when I arrived at the living room.

Jinwoo, who was behind him, spoke to Sarah.

“You look a little strange today. You seem quite nervous, unlike usual. You walk half a beat faster too. Do you have anything hidden?”

“… … !”

When Sera looked back, Jinwoo was looking at her with sharp eyes. When I made eye contact with Jinwoo, I instantly felt my heart sink. Jinwoo seemed to have noticed that Sarah was hiding something.

‘Is he also the son of a detective?’

There were times when Jinwoo showed surprisingly keen intuition. Unlike Shingi, it was an intuition based solely on reasoning ability. Did you say that your late father was a detective? He was truly the son of a detective to notice that he was walking half a beat faster.

“You mean you hid it?”

“Just by looking at it, it looks like there’s something hidden?”

Sarah thought for a moment. I couldn’t honestly say that you suddenly looked like a man because I was embarrassed. However, a boy named Jinwoo had a habit of never letting go once he caught something suspicious.

I couldn’t help it.

I have no choice but to demonstrate my acting skills.

“Hu.”

Sarah turned her head for a moment and took a deep breath so that Jinwoo could not be seen. When I took a deep breath and exhaled, I was able to calm my pounding emotions to some extent. Since ancient times, I have been good at handling my own emotions. When she turned her head towards Jinwoo again, Sarah’s face had returned to its usual calm expression.

“I got caught.”

“What? Was there really something you were hiding?”

“Yes.”

Sarah naturally opened her mouth.

“Actually, there are donuts in the refrigerator at my house. Originally, I was going to eat it alone, but I got caught so I had no choice. Let’s eat together.”

“Ah… ! Were they hiding the donuts?”

“That’s right. These are your favorite donuts.”

It wasn’t a complete lie. There was a box of donuts in the refrigerator at Sarah’s house right now. Originally, I was going to share it with Jinwoo, but it turned out well. Jin-Woo’s curiosity was clearly satisfied because he didn’t make up something that didn’t exist.

“Now.”

Sarah went to the refrigerator and took out donuts. He put a donut in Jinwoo’s mouth and Sarah herself took a donut as well. To change the topic, Sarah quickly turned on the TV.

“Would you like to see a movie?”

“Let’s watch American dramas instead of movies today. It would be perfect to just run all day long.”

“Mead is okay too.”

Jinwoo and Sarah sat on the sofa in the living room and watched a drama. A house with no one except two people. The curtains were drawn so the atmosphere in the living room was a bit dark. It always felt cozy like this when we watched TV together, but for some reason Sarah felt different than usual. Unlike yesterday, everything felt new.

‘If you think about it, you’ve had a good time with a boy at home for seven years.’

Because of Sarah’s natural spirit, she has always suppressed her emotions. This was because interacting with others should be avoided whenever possible. Therefore, he had a habit of suppressing his emotions to some extent when dealing with Jinwoo.

‘It’s a bit embarrassing.’

However, after I felt my heart pounding, the emotions in my heart rose to the surface.

It felt out of control, but surprisingly it wasn’t that bad.

“How long will you stay at my house today?”

“I’ll be home for lunch.”

“I’m bored, so I’ll stay at my house until evening. I’ll prepare dinner for you.”

“What do you have at home?”

“Cheese pork cutlet.”

“Oh.”

The day I saw my childhood friend as a man.

Sarah skillfully spent time with Jinwoo without his hidden feelings being discovered.

From that day on, Jinwoo continued to visit Sarah’s house.

“Eat and go.”

Sarah’s cooking skills improved during winter vacation.

*

Winter ended and spring came.

March of the following year.

Jinwoo and Sarah went to high school. The schools they attended were surprisingly the same.

Seungcheon High School.

It has long been known as a prestigious high school in Seoul.

On the first day of high school, Jinwoo and Sarah ran into the same class. Because they were both assigned to the same class. It was surprising that childhood friends ended up in the same class, but Jinwoo and Sarah were not surprised at all.

“Are we in the same class again? Does it make sense that we’ve been in the same class since elementary school?”

Starting from the first time they met in the third grade of elementary school, Jinwoo and Sarah have always been in the same class. Even when I was in middle school, the classes were never separated. Against miraculous odds, we ended up in the same class eight times.

“Is this some kind of probability manipulation?”

“Jinwoo, is there any probability manipulation in class assignment?”

In the past, I thought it was a mystery, but now I think it’s true for both of us and accept it. It was even more surprising when the classes split up as the grades went up.

“Oh! Jinwoo, it’s Sarah. I’m in the same class as you guys.”

At that time, a girl in the same class spoke to the two.

Someone told me it was someone I knew.

“Ayeong!”

“It’s you.”

It was Ayoung. Ayoung, now a high school student, spoke to Jinwoo and Sarah. The class had been separated since the third grade of elementary school, but met again this time. This was more surprising.

“How have you both been? I missed seeing your faces at school.”

“We always get along well. Is anything going on at your house? Also, you didn’t bring any strange jars into the house, right?”

“No problem! My parents are also healthy now.”

Ayoung’s family, who were haunted by the severed head ghost, are now fine. Ayoung’s parents, who had been in a car accident, also seemed to have recovered completely. At that time, Ayoung’s parents gave a fairly large stipend to Jinwoo and Sarah, who were elementary school students. Approximately 5 million won.

━━Drurling

After some time, a teacher came into the classroom where the students were gathered.

It was a young female teacher dressed in a casual suit.

“Hello everyone?”

“Hello.”

The female teacher wrote her name on the blackboard and talked to the students.

“The teacher’s name is Jin Yu-ra. I’m your homeroom teacher. Looking at our class, there are a lot of unique kids. There’s a girl in the back there who looks pure white.”

A girl who looks pure white.

It was obvious that it was referring to Sarah. At one word from the teacher, the students’ attention focused on Sarah.

“Are you a model that appears in some magazine?”

“No, sir.”

Sarah, now a high school student, has become more mature than before. Even when I was in elementary school, I was no joke, but now that I’m 17, I look like someone who could be mistaken for a magazine model. There was still a youthful look on his face, but even that caught people’s attention. The students in the same class were looking at Sarah as if they were fascinated.

“Wow… Why is there a Western girl in my class?”

“She looks like a mixed race foreigner, not a Western girl.”

Whispering voices were heard from all over. Teacher Yura had various conversations with the students, starting with talking to Sarah. Then, at some point, I brought up something important to the students.

“Now, let’s decide your seats.”

“A… ! Seat? Can’t you just sit like this?”

“I randomly assign seats on the first day. We have prepared a lottery box, so everyone come out and draw in turn.”

Teacher Yura placed a box on the table.

Inside the box was a piece of paper with the number of seats written on it.

“The first person to be chosen is… Jinwoo Kim!”

“Yes.”

Jinwoo was the first to pull out the paper.

Jinwoo went forward and pulled out a piece of paper with a number written on it.

“I’m number 30.”

“Then it’s the back seat by the window. After the lottery is over, go sit down.”

Jinwoo’s seat was in the back.

When Sarah realized that, her head instantly spun.

‘Then I can pick number 29.’

Sarah thought to herself. There was a window nearby, so there was only one seat next to Jinwoo. I could have sat in the front, but that would have made it uncomfortable to have a conversation. I had to pick number 29.

“Next! Be strong!”

Right next, Sarah’s name was called. Of course, it was the second time. I hoped the other kids would pull out the paper first. But even if you pick it a second time, the odds won’t change.

There are a total of thirty students in the class.

They said that in order to sit next to Jinwoo, you had to beat the odds of 1/29. It was a very low probability, but Sarah calmly walked forward.

“I’ll pick you.”

Sarah put her hand into the box and stirred the inside without hesitation.

As I closed my eyes and concentrated, there was a piece of paper in my hand.

‘found.’

I got a feeling. People with a sense of spirit naturally tend to have good instincts. Even in situations where the field of view was not visible, people were able to detect the object they were looking for with a high probability.

Sarah pulled out the paper in her hand like a fisherman who caught a big catch.

━━Poof!

“How many times?”

“I’ll see.”

Sarah unfolded the paper in her hand.

To my surprise, I saw the desired number in her eyes.

“It’s number 29, sir.”

“I’m sitting next to Jinwoo. You can also sit down after the lottery.”

Sarah ended up picking number 29.

In some ways, it was a natural victory.

After some time, the lottery was over. Students changed their seats according to the numbers written on the paper. For the time being, I would be taking classes in this seating arrangement. Unlike the students who were discouraged because they had to sit in a seat they didn’t want, Sarah was satisfied.

“Oh, are you sitting next to me?”

“That’s it.”

“You won’t be bored during class.”

Jinwoo spoke to Sarah. Sarah, who was sitting next to him, could not make eye contact with Jinwoo.

Sarah deliberately lay down on the desk so as not to show her face to Jinwoo.

“Are you sleepy? Why are you lying down in the morning?”

“I slept late last night.”

“Okay, sleep.”

Actually, I wasn’t sleepy.

Sarah’s face, lying face down on the desk, was slightly red.

My face flushed with joy at the fact that I was sitting next to my childhood friend.

I tried to remain calm until the end, but there were times when my emotions showed like this.

You can’t let your childhood friend see your shameful face.

“… … Please take care of me in the future as well.”