episode_0025

“There are no cherry blossoms here. I wanted to see the cherry blossoms.”

“…….”

“Ji-woon, didn’t you mean to walk to look at the flowers? If you’re the only one looking at me like that, I don’t think there’s any need to walk.”

Hong Seol’s voice, which smiled seductively, was weaker than usual. Even the laughter seemed forced. Of course, it was a very subtle difference, but it was an uncomfortable truth that I learned because I kept watching Hong Seol.

“I will ask you the last question. It really hurts somewhere, right?”

“Does it look like that? I guess I’ll have to go to bed early tonight. It seems like my junior is too worried about me.”

“It looks like he’s fine, seeing as he’s playing around. I made a misunderstanding. Next time, instead of falling down so awkwardly, try falling down completely. Take a break from school for a few months.”

“How could I do that? I knew you would cause some kind of accident.”

I was annoyed that he looked like he was hiding something, so I offered him a compliment, and as expected, Hong Seol responded with a compliment. Looking at Bonsae talking, he seemed to be in a good state of mind, so I was able to relax for a while. I, too, never want to see someone fall down in front of my eyes ever again.

“By the way, you wore school uniform on Saturday, but you didn’t wear it today? I thought seniors always wear school uniforms 24/7, 365 days a year. I wear gym clothes as pajamas, and summer clothes when I go to the convenience store in front of my house.”

“Puuu, the other things are wrong, but wearing gym clothes at home is true.”

“Wow, I absolutely hate this senior. There are so many comfortable clothes in the world, why should I wear them?”

“Why? Aren’t school gym clothes comfortable? I think it’s better than most pajamas.”

“I’ll take care of that. But anyway, isn’t it a bit weird to wear what you used to wear when playing sports when you sleep? Even if you wash it, there will still be a slight smell of sweat.”

“I don’t smell like sweat. Would you like to try it?”

At the same time, she was quietly lowering the top hem of the blouse she was wearing. Of course, before doing that, I had to block it first with my knife-like reaction speed. It was a lightning-fast speed that surprised even Hongseol, who could not avoid being polite.

“Wow, I’m surprised.. you’re really fast…”

“You’re doing this to me to frame me again. It’s a harsh world where even the police can’t conduct entrapment investigations.”

“There was no particular intention. I felt sorry for doubting you yesterday, so I tried to give you at least a small reward.”

“How can smelling your sweat be a reward, you crazy senior?”

“I heard boys whisper like that when they pass by me? They say that once you smell Hongseol’s sweat, you will never have a wish.”

What kind of idiot are you? If you actually run into one on the street, be prepared to get hit with 3,500 honey chestnuts. If they’re going to talk among themselves, they should do so quietly, but since they talk so loudly that even Hongseol’s ears can hear, the child has learned strange things.

“Well, there’s something else too. Want to see armpits, or go even further…”

“Stop. I no longer want to know the abyss of Laongo.”

Crazy high school. It prided itself on being a prestigious institution, but it turned out to be a gathering place for sexually abnormal people. At this point, I was almost curious about what would be included in Laon High School’s placement test.

Anyway, although he said it half jokingly, Hong Seol also seemed to be having a lot of trouble. Natural good looks must be a tremendous talent, but it also comes with pain.

The gloomy gazes that reach you even as you just walk. Even though you don’t want that attention, it will always follow you like a shadow, so wouldn’t that in itself be enough of a hardship?

Suddenly, I felt sorry for Hong Seol. Park Ha-eun and Lee Ye-ji are outstanding in appearance, but they are still not as famous in school as Hong Seol. Since the level of interest itself was different, wouldn’t it be difficult to even compare in this type of problem?

“Time is up. Shall we go quickly?”

For some reason, it seemed like there was a dark shadow beneath her brilliant eyes.

* * *

“Uh, um… welcome… no, nice to meet you… no no, haa…”

Yes, yes, I completely understand your feelings. I’m not going to run away, so I hope you take your time and take deep breaths to calm your mind.

From the moment I entered the public health center and took the basic steps for the smoking cessation program, the staff there began to look at me with many different perspectives. Some people are on guard, some people are afraid, and some people are anxious that they might get into an accident.

It was the same for the smoking cessation program instructor in front of me right now. The instructor, who looked at my face and the desk she was sitting at several times, was struggling to move her mouth as if she was babbling.

Seeing her trying so hard, my heart also began to move. As someone who once worked, didn’t I always feel a sense of camaraderie with salaried workers?

A meager salary. Various utility bills and credit card installments are paid off as soon as they are received. Isn’t this… no, it can be seen as an essential route that must be taken if you live in King Korea? It would be impossible to put Geumtaeyang Lee Ji-woon on that burden.

“My name is Lee Ji-woon and I attend Laon High School.”

“Ah.. Laongoyo! This is my first time seeing Laon High School students while working here. I never thought that a child who smokes would be accepted at that prestigious high school. I really didn’t… No, I made a mistake. Could you please…forget this?”

“Do you think that will happen if you tell me to spit it out and forget about it?”

“Huh profit…!!”

I had no desire to put a burden on the back of a salaried worker, but this was a bit unbearable. Fortunately, since Hong Seol was next to me, the conversation became very smooth. Wouldn’t this be a level of self-defense?

Of course, our weak instructor didn’t seem to think so, so he rolled the wheels of his portable chair and quickly walked away from me. This great distance could be called the distance between that woman and my heart.

Of course, you can receive education even if you are far from each other, so I had no intention of becoming friends with someone who spoke without thinking. And as if those thoughts were evident on his face, the instructor trembled even more in fear and began to spin the wheel of his chair furiously, moving further away.

Just as I was thinking that I was going to go around the world like this, it was none other than Hongseol, who was sitting next to me, who intervened.

“My junior is quitting smoking, so he seems a bit sensitive. Even though it looks like this, it doesn’t bite, so you don’t have to stay that far away.”

“What kind of dog am I? And those talking dogs are the best at biting.”

“That, that, that, that’s right too!!”

He was an instructor who I strongly sympathized with from afar. Hongseol must have judged that education would continue to run in parallel like this, and like a teacher, Hongseol gathered the two of us together and began to discipline us instead of admonishing us.

The funny thing was that the persuasion (discipline) worked better than expected, and the distance between the instructor and me was slowly narrowing. It was hard to know who was the adult and who was the student. In this worldview, it seems that it is more common to encounter people like Mr. Choi Da-in who are not worthy of their age than you might think.

“Even though the child looks a bit rough, if you look at it, there are a lot of cute aspects to it. He was also handsome.”

“Seeing it again… I can quite relate to the story…”

“Right? It’s so gentle that you can even stroke your cheek like this. You should never judge anything based solely on first impressions, instructor.”

“Senior, don’t cross the line and take your hand off my cheek right away. And you also judged me based on first impressions. Will you bite me?”

The image of Hongseol casting Naeronambul without even putting saliva on his mouth. As I gritted my teeth and prepared to drink, the distance between me and the instructor, which had been narrowed, seemed to return to its original position.

Seeing that, Hongseol let out a light sigh and brought her lips to my ear. The faint, romantic scent of perfume was a bonus.

“I’m sorry, but please be patient. I’m doing this because I feel like there will be no end if I keep going like this.”

“Why don’t we just change the instructor?”

“Do you think there are other instructors who go to work on Sunday mornings?”

“At least I think we have learned that instructors coming to work on Sunday mornings are abnormal.”

“I’ll change you to a different instructor next time, so just be patient, Ji-woon. I’ll buy food after it’s over.”

“Put. Even if a student buys it for me, I have no expectations…”

“Beef.”

“Please pat my cheek quickly, senior. Chin and hair are also possible.”

You should have said that a long time ago, Hongseol Hongseol. When he showed an active attitude as if he had been waiting, Hongseol also smiled and nodded. In my eyes now, she was an angel. She was a goddess at the same time, and she was also Mary. How beautifully she was reflected.

Of course, I had no choice but to pretend not to notice the very subtle contempt growing on her face.

* * *

“It’s best to quit all at once, but if you don’t have enough patience, it’s a good idea to continue smoking and gradually increase the quit period in between. First, we’ll put a patch on you, so aim for tomorrow to quit smoking…”

As soon as the blood began to flow, the instructor started the quick mouse engine as if it had a motor. If you were going to speak so well, why were you so rude at first? Was Lee Ji-woon’s face that bad? The more I looked at it, the more I got used to it.

Of course, if a Geumtaeyang like Lee Ji-woon took a bribe, he could immediately donate the card and bank account. I’m glad I don’t have a girlfriend. No matter how much Lee Ji-woon does, he can’t take away something that doesn’t exist.

“Senior, are you sleeping?”

Perhaps it was time to finish, but the instructor had left the room, leaving behind the questionnaire. Hongseol, who had been stroking my cheek and hair to calm the instructor, was at first reading a book, but was now dozing off with her head down.

I wanted to capture on camera the head of the world leader, who looked perfect everywhere, dozing off, but if I did that, I didn’t know what crime I would be caught in and ended up in a juvenile detention center. In this worldview, juvenile detention is too easy. I don’t know if the producer had any grudge against the Chobeop Boys, but there was no such system.

So, barely suppressing the desire in my heart to take out my smartphone, I raised my voice to wake Hongseol. Even though I was quitting smoking, my nerves were quite sharp, but I quickly became frustrated because I showed no signs of waking up even if I called once or twice.

“It’s time to go home, I’m done, senior. I need to buy you some beef. Isn’t this on purpose because you don’t want to buy beef?”

Even though he jokingly joked like that, Hongseol still remained silent. I was looking forward to seeing the clumsy side of a cool, pretty girl who just woke up from a nap, but I couldn’t help but feel sad that the world only brought me disappointment.

In the meantime, the survey was over, and there was no reason to sit anymore, so I slowly approached Hongseol. Senpai, the beautiful girl who still has her head down. I didn’t want to touch my body because I didn’t want to find anything wrong with it, but if I couldn’t wake up like this, I’m sure this guy would approve.

“I told you to wake up. Are you going to live here?”

“…….”

“If it doesn’t happen, do you just throw it away? Can I just throw it away?”

Hong Seol doesn’t budge even when I tap him on the shoulder. For a moment, I thought it was a joke. I don’t know why, but it was because she often told me playful jokes.

Therefore, I used my fingers a little more force and pushed her shoulder. If you are pretending to sleep, you will have no choice but to instinctively raise your body to avoid falling.

Tuk-

“….Huh?”

However, Hong Seol falls down helplessly towards the chair next to him. When the black hair that was hanging like a curtain was pushed to the side, what was seen was Hong Seol, who was breathing heavily and frowning as if she was suffering.

When I looked closely, I saw cold sweat running down my forehead, and the sweat spread down my back, making my white blouse wet. Anyone can tell what state this girl’s body is in.

“Oh, really! They said it doesn’t hurt!!”

I instinctively picked up Hongseol and started running out of the room.