episode_0029

Although quite a bit of time has passed since she first fell in love, Sarah has never honestly revealed her feelings to Jinwoo. This was because he was very worried that if he confessed, he would be rejected.

‘If you confess and get rejected, it’s all over.’

What if my confession is rejected?

How should I see Jinwoo’s face from the next day?

Maybe things would become awkward between him and Jin-Woo, breaking up their close friendship. Sarah couldn’t bear the sadness if she lost not only love but also friendship.

━It can’t be real without you

However, after hearing those words from Jinwoo, Sarah’s emotions began to stir little by little. Jinwoo said it was natural for Sarah to be by his side. If you go a little further, or even a little further, it could be interpreted as saying that you can’t live without your childhood friend.

Right now, Jinwoo was fast asleep next to Sarah.

Sarah thought as she stared at Jinwoo’s face.

‘What on earth is he thinking?’

Sera wanted to know Jinwoo’s heart.

But asking him directly about his feelings was the wrong thing to do.

If I asked and was told no, it would be a dark story for the rest of my life.

━Do you like me?

━No.

You might end up wearing a blanket every night. Sarah felt quite embarrassed just thinking about receiving a negative answer. To avoid negative consequences, it would have been better to ask in a more secretive and roundabout way.

‘good. It might be okay to just think about it a little bit.’

Sarah decided. Until now, I had been hiding my emotions and living as if nothing had happened, but from now on, I decided to start a search war.

What Sarah was seeking was a certain victory.

[This station is Seoul Station.]

As time passed, the train carrying Jinwoo and Sarah arrived at Seoul Station.

Sarah woke Jinwoo up from his sleep.

“Jinwoo, wake up.”

“Ugh.”

“I have to go home.”

Jinwoo and Sarah took a taxi and arrived at Hyehwadang.

After that, Jinwoo returned to his house, and Sarah went into Hyehwadang. Even though we couldn’t be together tonight, Sarah didn’t feel sorry. I’ll see you at school the next day anyway.

*

Monday morning dawned.

Sarah arrived at school early in the morning.

grade 1 class 1.

This was the high school classroom where Sarah was assigned.

It’s only been a week since the semester started, so I’m not yet familiar with the classroom scene.

Because it was so early, Sarah was the only one who came to class. It was a familiar thing. Because Sarah tended to go to school earlier than others. However, even if I went to school early, I was not always alone.

━━Drurling

After a while, Jinwoo came into the classroom.

“Hello, Sarah.”

“Good morning.”

Sarah waved her hand at Jinwoo. Should we say that our habits are similar? Jinwoo also went to school early. It was their daily routine to talk in an empty classroom in the morning. It seemed like that daily routine would continue even during the three years I attended high school.

Daily life as usual.

But for Sarah, it felt a little different. Now was the time to open Jinwoo’s mind. On the way to school, a good idea occurred to me.

‘Couple compatibility app’

It was literally an app that looked at the compatibility of men and women. I read a review that said that if you write down the names of a man and a woman, it will clearly show you how compatible they are with a score. Sarah planned to use the app she had installed on her phone to ask Jinwoo to do something. The plan was perfect.

━Jinwoo, our compatibility score is XX.

━It’s so high!

━Aren’t we a suitable pair? What do you think?

It was roughly like this.

Sera gestured to Jinwoo.

“Jinwoo, come quickly. I installed something fun on my phone.”

“What is it? Is it a psychic app?”

“It’s more fun than a psychic app.”

Jinwoo, who was curious, approached Sarah.

Sarah turned on her phone and showed Jinwoo the app.

Jinwoo looked at the name of the app and looked puzzled.

“Couple compatibility app… ? What is this?”

“It’s literally an app that checks the compatibility of men and women. If you enter the names of a man and a woman, a score will show how compatible they are.”

Sarah added as if nothing had happened.

“Aren’t you curious? If you look at the fortune telling, it says that you are my noble person. It is said that heaven will help you. Of course, if you score it using the app, it won’t come out high, right?”

“Oh… I’m curious.”

“Let’s do it right away.”

Jin-Woo asked the rice cake.

Sarah smiled and opened the app. The app screen came up and there were two blank spaces to write your name.

“I’ll write it down.”

“How many points will we get?”

Sera entered Jinwoo Kim and Sera Kang in the blank spaces. After that, I leisurely pressed the button and a number indicating compatibility appeared on the app screen. Anyway, all I had to do was get a decent score. As soon as the score was announced, Sarah tried to say the comment she had planned.

“As expected, our compatibility is recognized by heaven… .”

“… Wow.”

But something was wrong.

Jinwoo was looking at the app with a surprised expression.

Sarah was equally surprised when she checked the app score.

It was 0 points.

A surprising score was obtained.

It was the first score I saw in my life. Neither of us had ever gotten a score like this when we took a test at school. Jinwoo opened his mouth with a laugh.

“Hey, we’re a bakery?”

“… … Bread shop.”

“Is this a fortune approved by heaven?”

“That can’t be… .”

Thanks to this, all the comments I had planned were blown away.

Sarah opened her mouth with a cold expression.

“… That can’t be possible.”

A chill came out of Sarah’s voice.

Jinwoo, who was laughing, was embarrassed.

“Se, is it Sarah?”

“It was a crappy app that wasn’t worth installing. Does it make sense that our compatibility is 0? Who on earth created this trash app? I can’t wait to see your face.”

“Wow… .”

Sarah immediately deleted the app from her phone. Her sharp voice made Jinwoo break into a cold sweat. The atmosphere was ruined in an instant. The atmosphere was something very important to the girl.

“Hu.”

I couldn’t help it.

Sarah postponed the opportunity to lure her childhood friend until another time.

*

This was after deleting the app.

Jinwoo and Sarah spent time sitting in the back of the classroom. Soon enough, the time for the two to talk quietly came to an end. Slowly, other students began to appear in the classroom.

“Jinwoo, Sera. Hello.”

“Hello.”

“You guys come to school early? They both arrived first last week, and they did the same today.”

“Because I’m bored at home.”

The students who entered the classroom saw Jinwoo and Sarah and said hello. Students continued to enter the classroom one by one, but at some point, students stopped entering the classroom. There were still many empty seats.

The hallway was noisy.

Jinwoo raised his head and looked into the hallway through the window. Students were gathered in the hallway talking loudly about what had happened.

“Sera, do you see something happening outside?”

“Let’s go too.”

Jinwoo and Sarah got up from their seats and went out into the hallway.

The number of students gathered in the hallway was much larger than what I saw through the window. Students who were going to school gathered in groups in the hallway instead of entering the classroom. There were so many students that it was difficult to see what was happening.

There were quite a few students from Class 1 in the hallway.

Jinwoo grabbed a male student from his class and asked him a question.

“Kyubin. What’s going on? Why are they all in the hallway?”

It was a male student wearing glasses.

Kyubin answered Jinwoo’s question.

“No wonder everyone is gathered together! Today is the day the gold medalist goes to school.”

“Gold medalist?”

“I guess you don’t know much? There is actually a great judo player in the same grade as us. He is a player who has swept all national competitions since elementary school. When I was in middle school, I was a monster who won a gold medal at a youth world championship.”

“… A monster?”

“Can’t you see it over there? Just looking at it looks scary. Today is his first day at school.”

Kyubin pointed among the students with his finger.

There was a boy standing there all over. Because he wore a school uniform, he could at least be said to be a boy. If you were to look at him from the outside, his physique was so big that you wouldn’t be surprised to think he was an adult.

“Wow… !”

“You’re a judo genius! I’ve seen it on TV!”

“Give me an autograph!”

The students around him surrounded the big boy and started talking to him.

That boy was a judo player.

A boy who sweeps gold medals in competitions every year.

Truly a divinity in the Korean sports world.

Since a hot topic person came to school, it was inevitable that there would be an uproar.

Kyubin looked at Sarah and me and laughed.

“You were surprised, right? We are going to the same school as the hope of the Korean judo world. He might win a gold medal in the Olympics later. If you want to get an autograph, you’d better get it now.”

“I see.”

However, Jinwoo and Sarah remained calm even after hearing the story.

In fact, Jinwoo and Sarah already knew who that boy was. It was not just someone I knew, but someone I knew very well. There was less reaction from the two people than expected, so Kyubin made a puzzled expression.

“Are you a kid who appears well on TV?”

“I know. It wasn’t that surprising.”

“What?”

“Because I know her.”

Jinwoo and Sarah called the big boy’s name.

“Joohyuk!”

“Hey, candy thief!”

At that very moment, the large boy turned his head towards Jinwoo and Sarah.

The boy looked at Jinwoo surrounded by students and waved his hand happily.

“Woman!”

The big boy’s name is Lee Joo-hyuk.

In elementary school, Joo-hyuk was possessed by a girl and almost died.

As time passed, Joo-hyuk, who became a high school student, somehow became a great judo player.

“Brother!”

Joo-hyuk’s voice rang loudly in the hallway.

Kyubin, who had always been proud, was very embarrassed.

“ji, did you really know each other? With Lee Joo-hyuk?”

“Because we’re friends.”

“Huh… .”

Sarah added a word.

“For your information, that’s not my friend. If you want an autograph, ask Jinwoo, not me.”

Joo Hyuk walked majestically from afar.

It was Joo-hyuk’s secret that he was possessed by a ghost and looked for his mother.

After that incident, Joo-hyuk learned judo and trained his body, and somehow ended up becoming a famous athlete.

I learned Judo to ward off ghosts, but it wasn’t particularly useful for exorcism.