episode_0046

hello.

Jaehoon’s girlfriend is Han Sae-ah.

Not yet, though.

I sometimes think about the day I first saw Jaehoon.

The first time I saw Jaehoon was in kindergarten when he was seven years old.

After eating, I went out to the playground and sat down, and a boy from kindergarten came out and I saw him for the first time.

That was Jaehoon.

At first, I thought it was just a new kid I had seen. As soon as he came out, he looked around.

At that time, he was a small and cute boy. Who is he looking for? Should I help him? I was worried. But then Jaehoon suddenly hit me in the back of the head.

A kid who often started fights at kindergarten hit Jaehoon on the back of his head while he was still.

I’m going to cry. The kid who hit me is going to get in trouble again.

What the heck, there’s this thing where you kick the stomach of someone who looks much bigger than you.

The kid who got hit in the stomach got angry and hit Jaehoon in the face with his fist.

It happened before I could stop it, and Jaehoon fell down with a bang.

I’m really going to cry now. I’m going to go tell the teacher.

The kid who hit her must have been worried that he would get in trouble, so he quickly left the place with the girl next to him.

And I was worried about Jaehoon who was lying alone, so I approached him.

But then he suddenly got up and started running in the direction the person who hit him disappeared in.

Surely he wouldn’t pick another fight. I was curious, so I followed Jaehoon.

Jaehoon, who checked the class where the kid who hit him went, asked something to a girl who came out of the class.

And then I asked the girl who followed in Jaehoon’s footsteps after he disappeared.

That was also my first meeting with Minji, who was in a different class.

I asked Minji if she could tell me what Jaehoon said. But huh. She asked who the guy who just came in was.

I thought I would naturally tell the teacher. It’s natural to call out someone who hits you for no reason.

As expected, some time passed and Jaehoon entered the room where the teachers were.

I was curious to know what he was saying, so I went up to the door and eavesdropped.

But wedding rings? I’m not talking about that. I’m talking about wedding rings.

That was the first time I saw Jaehoon that day, and from then on, I started to become curious about Jaehoon.

Since that day, I’ve developed a hobby of secretly peeking at Jaehoon’s class after eating.

He wasn’t interested in anyone, he didn’t talk to anyone first, and he was always alone whenever I saw him.

Jaehoon, who always goes to a corner after eating and lies down comfortably to sleep.

As expected, he didn’t have any friends, didn’t hang out with anyone, and just slept all day.

Sometimes, I would hear the girls talking next to Jaehoon while he was sleeping, so I would sneak into the classroom and eavesdrop on them out of curiosity about what they were talking about.

Waking up a sleeping child with a kiss? Heh. That’s definitely something five-year-olds would say.

That kind of thing happened frequently, and Jaehoon ran away every time.

I thought it would be over if I just got a kiss, but now that I think about it, I’m really glad I did.

One day, while I was running away, I heard myself talking to myself.

Should I tear up all the Snow White books? I didn’t know that at the time.

Why are you tearing up perfectly good books? Isn’t Snow White fun?

I wanted to know more about Jaehoon. I didn’t have the courage to approach Jaehoon directly, so I went to Minji.

I said hello and asked.

Minji, who is known for her loose lips, told me everything she knew about Jaehoon.

The boy next door, my brother’s friend, a smart kid who is good at Korean and math, listens to his mother very well, and takes good care of his two-year-younger brother.

It was Jaehoon that I heard from Minji.

I felt at that time that Minji was a really good kid.

How can you only say compliments without saying a single bad thing?

From that day on, I stopped spying on Jaehoon and became closer to Minji.

Our talkative Minji told us a lot about Jaehoon.

The more I learned, the more curious I became.

My curiosity was not satisfied.

One time, I wanted to muster up the courage to go and say hello in person, but the Jaehoon I saw seemed like something I shouldn’t approach.

After eating, he always sleeps alone in a corner, and instead of the laughing and crying expressions of other children, he always has the same colorless expression.

It was funny to see Jaehoon’s embarrassed expression sometimes, but I wanted to see more diverse expressions on his face.

So I asked Minji. Jaehoon always has the same expression, but does he sometimes make different expressions?

They say it’s different when you’re with your family.

The moment I heard that, I really wanted to see that expression. But then, how do I see it? I don’t even know who Jaehoon’s family is?

So I asked if his parents would come pick him up, and they said that sometimes Jaehoon’s mother would come pick him up with his younger sibling?

From that day on, I always ran out after kindergarten to see Jaehoon’s different expressions. I waited for Jaehoon with my mom who came to pick me up.

Naturally, the mother asked, “Who on earth is that kid?”

So, I said that because he is a child I watch every day these days.

He’s a child whose eyes are strangely drawn to me and I’m curious.

I answered that I was curious about what to do and what kind of expression I would make.

When my mother heard that, she was initially embarrassed and surprised, but then she said that younger people are better than older people.

So after kindergarten ended and I waited with my mom for several days, I finally got to see Jaehoon’s family.

Jaehoon smiles brightly and approaches his mother and younger sibling as soon as he sees them.

You can make that kind of expression too.

The first time I saw Jaehoon’s bright smile, it was really pretty.

I think it was probably from that time.

It was the day I first realized that simple curiosity had turned into a feeling of love.

From that day on, every day went by the same routine.

I followed Jaehoon to kindergarten, who always came at the same time.

During lunch time, Jaehoon was sleeping, so I sat down nearby and watched him sleep.

After kindergarten, I ran to my mom who was waiting. I waited to see Jaehoon’s bright smile just once.

Although I didn’t see Jaehoon often because his mother didn’t come often, the bright smile I would see when she came was really pretty.

Time passed like that, day by day, and a year passed.

Did you graduate from kindergarten?

Then I won’t be able to see Jaehoon anymore, right?

I cried all day that day.

My dad asked what was going on, and my mom, who knew why, said that if that was the case, I should go and say hello.

I know. Jaehoon is the kind of kid who runs away if you approach him and say hello.

I’ve been watching for a year, so there’s no way I wouldn’t know.

Eventually, I entered elementary school and became closer with Minji.

He was the only friend who could tell me about Jaehoon. Of course, that wasn’t the only reason, but it was definitely the biggest one.

But Minji didn’t know much about Jaehoon either, so she didn’t hear any more news.

My mom saw me depressed and made a suggestion to me.

The first day of every month.

It’s a day I got permission from my mom.

It was a day when I was allowed to be late to school and could follow Jaehoon to kindergarten.

Once a month, I followed Jaehoon to kindergarten.

Another year passed like that, and I became a second grader, and from then on, the first day of every month became more meaningful.

Jaehoon holding his younger brother’s hand and going to kindergarten.

Whenever I talked to my younger sibling, I could always see that bright smiling expression that I rarely saw before.

As I waited for the beginning of each month, another year passed.

Jaehoon was admitted to the school I go to.

I didn’t feel good about being in the same class as the kid who hit Jaehoon on the back of the head.

I was so much happier that I could go to school with Jaehoon again.

From that day on, I started going to school with Jaehoon.

One month passed, then two months, then four months, and in July, the opportunity finally came.

While you were eating, Minji came running and asked you to introduce her to Jaehoon?

Obviously, the introduction is not meant to be an introduction to the opposite sex.

But Jaehoon called, so this was an opportunity.

I quickly cleaned up my plate and followed Minji out of the classroom.

I was finally saying hello to Jaehoon when a boy I don’t like appeared behind Jaehoon.

A boy who flirts with girls and uses violence against other kids whenever he gets the chance.

I also asked her out several times and it was so annoying.

And most of all, the kid who hit Jaehoon on the back of the head.

I feel like you’re trying to interrupt my first meeting with Jaehoon.

He appears behind Jaehoon and ends up hitting the back of Jaehoon’s head again.

huh??

In the blink of an eye.

Jaehoon turned around and punched the kid in the face?

He even kicked the thigh of a child who was lying on the ground holding his nose.

Jaehoon probably isn’t that violent of a kid. But even seeing him for the first time like this is cool.

The teacher showed up and took the kid that Jaehoon had hit, and that’s how my first greeting with Jaehoon ended in 10 seconds.

It was a great opportunity to become close friends with Jaehoon.

I couldn’t let this opportunity, which would likely be my first and last, go to waste.

After school that day, I ran home and started a strategy meeting with my mom.

My mom didn’t want to tell me at first, but I eventually learned a lot after persuading her.

Now Jaehoon will never be able to run away from me.

I never intended to miss this opportunity.