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“Three pieces of pork and two tuna rice balls!”

Choi Yi-seo gives orders to the kitchen. With those words, I immediately take out the marinated meat and pour it into the frying pan.

The frying pan, which was already hot, began to quickly cook the meat, and the female student assisting next to me began diligently cutting the tofu.

As word got out that our bar was a restaurant specializing in pork, stir-fried pork was selling like hot cakes.

So, senior Joohee assisted me in what I originally did alone. I was originally a tuna rice ball guy, but I was brought here because I thought there wasn’t a need for a lot of people there.

Of course, at first, he pouted his lips and didn’t want to talk to me.

As I just busily worked and calmly gave instructions, it seemed like his discomfort towards me had subsided a bit.

“You’re writing well now.”

“right?”

At first, he couldn’t sweep the tofu evenly, so I taught him some tricks and now he’s getting better at it.

When I complimented her, the girl smiled and proudly placed the tofu next to the meat.

Three plates came out in no time.

I hand it to the servers who came to receive the food.

One Seo Ye-rin.

One Han Kang senior.

Choi Yi-seo, one.

After I leave, I quickly check the time while stretching. It’s already 7pm.

I heard that the guest singer’s stage will start at 8 o’clock and continue until 11 o’clock.

“Do you know who the guest singer was today?”

When I asked the question while preparing the next stir-fry, the girl answered without hesitation.

“You’re welcome today.”

high?

I frowned, wondering what the name was, but he asked back with surprised eyes.

“Hai don’t you know? “He’s a famous rapper.”

“Is the rapper’s name Haiya? “Then what about Bai?”

“no fun.”

“Hmm, prepare some tofu.”

When I spoke shyly, the girl let out a faint smile as if she thought something was funny, and immediately started tearing open a large piece of tofu.

at that time.

“Hyunya! “Where did you put the can opener earlier?”

The girls who were hard at work making tuna rice balls came towards us.

More than that, the name of the girl next to me was Hyuna.

Until just now, Hyuna was upset because she thought she had been left out of the tuna rice ball team, but now she quickly reveals that she has been let go again.

“uh? “She said she borrowed it from another department, so she took it from there?”

“Really?! “I need that to open a can!”

“Didn’t you pick them all up earlier?!”

The kids don’t know what to do, holding a large 1.8kg can of tuna. The disaster occurred because commercial tuna cans, unlike commercial ones, did not have openers.

I tried poking it with chopsticks or a knife, but it looks like a hole was made, but I couldn’t get through it.

“Bring it.”

As no orders for pork were coming in, I immediately stretched out my hand, and the kids made strange expressions but hesitantly handed me a can of tuna.

“Give me the knife.”

After receiving the knife I used to cut tofu, I place the tip of the knife on the edge of the circle and then hit the top with my palm.

cook!

A knife that pierced the can lid.

A scene reminiscent of a hammer hitting a nail.

Pull out the knife again, place it right next to you, and repeat.

When it was about halfway open, I bent the lid with a knife and it naturally opened halfway.

“ruler. “You’re cleaning your knives.”

When I handed each person a can of tuna and a knife, they all took it in bewilderment. There was no special word of thanks.

It seemed like he had something to say, but… … .

“Your order has arrived! What are you doing with tuna rice balls? “You were pushed!”

The kid holding the tuna can quickly ran away after being sharply criticized by senior Joohee, who was in charge of the egg rolls.

“Where did you learn that?”

“Hey, Carl! “Put down the knife and talk!”

“ah… … sorry.”

Hyuna slowly approached.

She asked while holding a knife, so she responded by pointing her chin at him and telling him to put it down.

“When I first started living alone, I thought it would be nice to have a lot of cans of Spam and tuna, so I bought a few of those.”

“… … “Did you eat that alone?”

“With my girlfriend.”

“ah.”

Hyuna’s expression trembled slightly as if she knew Oh Yun-ji, who was in the same class but took a leave of absence.

She seems to think that if she touches something, she touches something that isn’t right for her.

“Well, anyway, since I didn’t have an opener at the time, I looked for something on YouTube or something and watched it to learn.”

“I see.”

Hyuna nods her head as if she understands. At that time, she felt a weight behind her knees and her body stumbled backwards without her knowing.

“Ugh!”

In an instant, she let out an ugly scream and managed to straighten her posture. Seo Ye-rin, who was behind her, came up to her side and smiled the same as usual. She said,

“Jeyuk two.”

“… … “What did you just do?”

“huh? what?”

Are you pretending not to know this?

She made a dumbfounded expression, but Seo Ye-rin walked away in a hurry, and with a sigh, she was about to take out the meat she had prepared.

She had the eyes of everyone in the kitchen focused on me. I think it was because of the scream I made earlier.

“Ah, Seo Ye-rin.”

She begins to stir-fry stir-fried pork, forcing herself to hide her embarrassment and her slightly red face from the heat of the frying pan.

Then, Hyuna, who was watching blankly from the side, asked me with an expression that said she saw something interesting.

“What just happened? “Yerin is so funny.”

“Is this funny? “I’m embarrassed.”

“You were close with Yerin. “I thought there would be some awkwardness between the two of us because of all these rumors being spread.”

“Well, rumors are just rumors.”

There were quite a few rumors going around with Seo Ye-rin. In the end, it turned out that it was all a rumor.

“Cut the tofu. “Leave right away.”

Hyuna cuts the tofu and puts it on the next plate. I place the meat next to it and place it on the table next to the hall.

If you leave it like this, it will take care of itself.

I thought it was time to take a short break again, but then I heard singing coming from the stage outside.

I heard that some students participate to sing, but I think that’s probably it.

I heard that some people go out to promote department or club booths.

“We have someone going out too.”

As if she knew that I was focusing on the sound of the song flowing in, Hyuna quietly said something.

“Eh? okay? who?”

“Lee Seo, Yerin, Hyunho, and Han Kang sunbae.”

“… … “What kind of combination is that?”

The four of us are going on stage?

“Originally, only Hyunho and Han Kang signed up to go out, but they decided to go out together to promote the bar.”

“Are the kids good at singing?”

“Iseo is pretty good. Well, anyway, I’m not going out because I’m good at singing, I’m just going out for promotional purposes, so it’s not really that important. And again.”

Ssuk suk.

She grins, waving her hands in front of her face.

“The four of us make a lot of faces.”

“That’s right.”

Thanks to Seo Ye-rin and Han Kang going out and promoting it earlier, there were so many people coming.

Also, the hunting was so severe that Choi Yi-seo left a large sign in front of her booth saying that you should not ask employees for their numbers.

“Hey, over there.”

At that time, she came to me with tuna rice balls from the tuna rice ball team on a disposable plate.

“Ah, thank you earlier.”

“Try to eat some of this.”

Can I just eat this?

She glanced at senior Joohee, and the senior she was working with looked at me, but she smiled and pretended not to see me.

‘As expected, Captain Zhou.’

Being flexible has become very cool. If that person were a man, I would have asked him to enlist with me.

‘Shall we try?’

If you do that, you’ll get slapped.

“The seats are full right now, so I can only order drinks rather than menu orders. “Let’s eat quickly now.”

Kids making a fuss and talking about eating tuna rice balls. I looked at it blankly and immediately started frying stir-fried pork.

“Let’s eat it together.”

Finally, the finished pork and tuna rice balls.

They seem to be eating in groups of twos and threes in the kitchen, so they head out of the tent.

The stage can be seen far away, accompanied by a cold wind. It was vague, but not bad to see.

For some reason, since I was the one holding the plate, people naturally gathered around me and started playing with chopsticks.

If you think about the reactions I had when I first started running a bar, I guess their evaluation of me has changed a little.

The other kids came out and gathered nearby, as if it had become a little more relaxed inside.

“I made this. “It just melts in your mouth, right?”

“Yuck?! “It looks like it’s burnt?”

“Is it okay for us to eat like this?”

“What do you think? Are you here to work part-time? “I came to enjoy the festival.”

They are gathered together one by one and talking, and I am caught in the middle.

Although I wasn’t talking to anyone else, I surprisingly didn’t feel bad just watching the men and women laughing and chatting nearby.

A night of celebration.

It can be said that it is a bonding time that can be felt among the bar kitchen members.

“Try some of this.”

At that time, senior Joohee came next to me. There was an egg roll with cheese on the plate, and it looked like he had made it himself.

“Mmm! Cheese and eggs combined in one place… … !”

“Stop talking nonsense and just eat.”

Senior Joohee blocked me from talking too loudly. Still, seeing him smile as he spoke, it seems he wasn’t in a bad mood.

The four people who are the faces of our bar hurried to the stage as if they had been called by the host just in time.

It was Seo Ye-rin, Choi Yi-seo, Ahn Hyun-ho, and Han Kang, who were going to sing the song that Hyuna told me about earlier.

“Ah, kids, here we go!”

“Go for it!”

“English department, eat everything!”

“Learn, learn! “It’s so pretty and cool!”

The English students cheered at the top of their voices, and the four people left, waving their hands in support.

surely.

I felt feelings of belonging that I had never felt before rise up.

Strangely, my emotions are heightened and I feel like we are together.

I know that once the festival is over, we will both return to normal.

so that.

‘Because it’s a festival.’

It wasn’t that bad, and I was just enjoying this time that I would never come back again.