episode_0044

Spring, which started early, ended as quickly as it came.

The pink flower petals that always filled the outside of the window fell onto the asphalt, and green leaves took their place. The leaves shining with dew under the strong sunlight have a different flavor from spring.

The season goes by quickly, summer.

About four months have passed since Yuna came to this house.

Some minor events were taking place.

“…Win?”

“Yes!”

Hayoon waved the thin paper in her hand with a happy face.

A smile that couldn’t be hidden was on Hayun’s lips as she returned home a little while ago after enduring the hot summer weather.

“Hotel accommodation voucher. That too for 3 days and 2 nights.”

Han Chae-yeon, who returned from an outing with her twins, revealed the identity of the paper.

“I chose it!”

“Sister, you’re amazing.”

Hayun shouted as if she were showing off, holding the paper high as if to show off.

Younha had an expression on her face that said she admired Hayun.

“Oh. Isn’t that kind of amazing?”

When I asked Han Chae-yeon about the situation, she said that the supermarket she used to go to was holding a small lottery event for regular customers.

They give out lottery tickets to people who purchase items worth tens of thousands of won or more, and use them to draw a lottery, with the first prize being a refrigerator worth 2 million won.

For reference, the resort hotel accommodation voucher chosen by Hayoon was 3rd place.

After hearing that story, I understood why Hayun was so happy.

Hayun’s constitution brings good luck to those around her even if she just stays still.

The lottery ticket she draws always wins, and if she plays rock, paper, scissors, she always wins.

But like Younha’s misfortune, Hayun’s luck also has some rules.

That is, luck always produces only the best results.

This means that you can win the first place lottery ticket with your eyes closed, but it is impossible to win third place by deliberately mixing the wrong numbers.

So, for Hayun, the third-place hotel accommodation voucher she is currently holding is a very happy item.

Because I was chosen purely based on my luck, not my natural constitution.

If I had won the first place refrigerator, I probably wouldn’t have been so excited as I am now.

In the first place, all the lucky things that happened to Hayun when Younha was together were natural.

“Hotel?”

At that time, Sujin, who had been lying limp on the sofa like a dead person, looked up from the strong sunlight pouring in through the window.

As if to prove the temperature had risen significantly recently, Sujin’s clothes, which were already thin, had become even tighter.

Sujin, wearing a baggy tank top and black dolphin pants, as if wearing short sleeves had become a hassle, was thoroughly enjoying her life as an outcast, having not even stepped outside since the summer vacation began and only being active at home.

“Vacation!”

Sujin suddenly shouted after seeing the accommodation voucher.

Ah, this is going to be annoying again.

The moment I saw those sparkling eyes, I felt it right away.

“…What is a vacation?”

Hayoon tilted her head as if it was her first time hearing the word.

“What is a vacation? Please lend me your ears for a moment.”

“Hmm… hmm? really? Oh…”

“Then. There’s no way you can just swim and have fun in the ocean, right? How about Hayoon, do you want to go too?”

“…What are you two talking about?”

“What is it? I was explaining about the vacation.”

When I asked the question to the two people who were openly whispering right in front of me, Sujin answered in a calm tone.

I can assure you. The vacation that Sujin told Hayun was not normal at all.

Otherwise, there’s no way you could make such an admiring face.

“Younha, can you lend me your ears for a moment?”

“…Huh?”

And the distorted content was immediately passed down to Younha.

Pong!

“Huh? really? Do you even do things like that?”

After hearing Hayun’s story, Yunha’s face instantly turned red.

Don’t sneak a glance in my direction. Because I’m anxious for no reason.

“Vacation!”

“Vacation!”

“…Vacation!”

Sujin & The twins started having a tantrum.

“…What’s going on again?”

“…Vacation?”

Yuna and Jinah heard the commotion in the room and came out to the living room.

“Let’s go to the sea, sister!”

“Huh?”

Sujin found Yuna and hugged her tightly.

Yuna, who must have been studying in her room just a moment ago and was wearing black flame-rimmed glasses, looked at me with puzzled eyes.

In the midterm exam held in April, Yuna’s score was only in the lower to middle range.

As for me, I thought I did a pretty good job even without the basic base, but I think Yuna was quite upset by that.

Unlike Sujin, who was in full swing during summer vacation, she set a study schedule and was steadily working on her studies.

I felt sorry for her struggling alone, so I thought about helping her like last time, but for some reason, Yuna, who was very embarrassed, refused, so I couldn’t do that.

Even though I told her that she didn’t have to think of it as a nuisance, she remained firm, so I had no choice but to let her do whatever she wanted for now.

“Hayun said she won a hotel stay voucher this time. Since it is a hotel that also doubles as a resort, there was talk about going to the beach.”

I just thought this was a good opportunity.

Sometimes, as the children say, it’s important to take a breather.

“…Should I go too?”

“It hasn’t been decided yet, but if I go, I plan on going with everyone here. No matter what, I can’t just pick on one person.”

Unlike the trio who were still chanting about vacation, Jina and Yuna had slightly more subtle expressions.

“You have to wear a swimsuit when you go to the sea…”

“Uh, if you want to go into the sea, you have to do that, right? Can’t you swim?”

“No, that’s not it.”

Jina looked at Chaeyeon, Yuna, and Sujin one by one with an uncomfortable look on their faces.

Afterwards, I sighed deeply and looked down at myself.

ah-ha, I see.

Of course, Jina is also a woman.

There is bound to be aversion to recklessly exposing one’s body in public.

It’s completely understandable.

You might not know this from openly open people like Han Chae-yeon or Su-jin, but the average person is reluctant to expose their bare skin to others.

I also don’t feel like it when I think about walking around with my upper body uncovered.

“One-piece swimsuits are popular these days. There is no need to insist on wearing a revealing bikini…”

“…What are you talking about?”

Jina made a face like she really didn’t know what was going on.

This time, I felt puzzled by Jin-ah’s appearance like that.

“Didn’t you hate being exposed?”

“…I don’t really care about that. Everyone else wears it anyway.”

Jina, who spoke so bluntly, immediately kept her mouth shut.

Judging by his appearance, it seemed that he had no intention of speaking honestly.

As expected, it was too sensitive a topic for me, a man, to ask about.

I reprimanded myself a little for making a judgment based on guesswork.

“Over there…”

At that time, Yuna, who was carefully examining the hotel accommodation voucher, made a perplexed face.

Yuna hesitated, kissing her lips a few times, but then spoke in a clear voice as if she had made up her mind.

“This. It says it can only accommodate up to 2 people.”

“I know.”

“…Yes?”

“Because I knew it a long time ago. It doesn’t have to be that difficult.”

Who would have thought that a group of 8 people could go on a trip with just a lodging coupon obtained through a supermarket lottery?

Even if you simply spend 300,000 won per person, it is more expensive than the best refrigerator.

There was no way that third place was worth more than first place, so this was already expected.

“Should I borrow a car first?”

“That’s right. The car I have now is too narrow to accommodate all 8 people.”

Han Chae-yeon must have known that fact, and with a calm expression on her face, she started making plans for the future.

“Are you really going?”

“Then. Hayun gave me this after a long time, so I can’t help but use it.”

“Wow! It’s a vacation!”

“…It’s a vacation!”

Hayun raises her hands and shouts for national independence, and Younha clumsily imitates her older sister.

The sight of the two cute twins automatically brought a happy smile to my face.

I didn’t even consider the option of not going in the first place.

In a way, this was also for Hayoon’s benefit.

For Hayun, luck was no different from misfortune.

Because of her unwanted constitution, her family broke up, and her younger brother must have had a hard time being left alone for a long time.

Because of this, Hayun had a strange aversion to luck.

I hated people who depended on luck, and I hated achieving things through luck.

This is never a good thing in the long run.

It might be okay now that Younha is there. Someday in the future, when I stand alone, I might reject even the luck that came to me by chance.

So before that, I wanted to let you know that sometimes luck can be a small happiness.

Well, he’s so purely happy, but I’m also half thinking that he might get upset if I don’t take him.

“Then, if we’re going out to play, should we invite Chanwoo too?”

“Chanwoo?”

“This is the name of a part-timer who works at our cafe.”

As I looked at the familiar yet unfamiliar name with a puzzled expression, Yuna was next to me and gave me supplementary explanation.

I vaguely remember hearing those words.

It was the name of a simple-looking man with sports hair who Yuna met when she first went to work at a cafe.

“The more porters there are, the better, right? He might be disappointed if he finds out later that someone went out to play without him.”

“It doesn’t matter to me, is it okay?”

“Yes. If it’s him, we’ve talked to him a few times while working. I think it will be okay.”

Yuna nodded slightly in response to my worried question.

Her slightly shaking eyes told me that she was trying to act calm, but I pretended not to notice.

If Yuna tried to overcome it in her own way, I planned to silently support her from behind.

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Afterwards, a group trip was decided with Ran, who was the last to come out of the room, with her cute smile.