episode_0085

“So… while playing Jenga, I had to make physical contact, and it lasted for a while, so I think my body smelled?”

“Yes.”

“But the place where we played the game was at home… and even in Yeji’s room.”

“Yes.”

“But you’re saying we’re not dating, we’re just best friends?”

“Yes.”

I briefly explained what happened with Yeji Lee. Of course, the words that Geumtaeyang tried to take out my johnson or that he was hugging me as if he was drunk while groping my body around were all converted into other expressions.

The reason why censorship had to be carried out was, of course, in Choi Da-in’s eyes. In Lubco’s world view, if you were older than the student, it was one of two things. Supporting actors and extras who just pass by, or strong people who have survived for a long time in this harsh world.

In Choi Da-in’s case, it was clearly closer to the latter. I had no idea why a topic that didn’t even have a heroine route in the original had such massive energy, but I couldn’t pick up what happened anyway. Even the original work had already changed due to my possession, so something might have gone wrong.

“Are you telling me to believe that now? Does Ji-woon think the teacher is an idiot?”

“If you are a teacher, you must trust your students.”

“I trust Jiwoon. But Yeji… No, no, that girl is a bit hard to trust, isn’t it? I was alone at home with such a pretty girl and even had physical contact with her, but if I said nothing happened… who would believe me, Ji-woon?”

Choi Da-in was muttering quietly with a dark face, as if he had been emotionally shocked. The expression looks like the face of a fan who heard the news of the love affair of the idol he was envious of. I felt like my true feelings were becoming more evident due to the alcohol.

“You can’t date while you’re a student! When you’re a student, you study! Dating is something you do when you go to college!!”

“Most special. I couldn’t date in school and I couldn’t date even after going to college.”

“Jo, be quiet, Hanmin!! Embarrassed in front of Jiwoon…”

“Most special. I became a mother at the age of twenty-five. After wearing glasses and studying for ten years, I have never been able to hold a man’s hand.”

“Profit.. I told you to be quiet!! And you can do that right now!”

As the revelations that I didn’t want to know continued, Choi Da-in was still drunk and grabbed my hand with a hot hand. Yes, I confidently showed it to Han Min-ah, but I must say that I feel pitiful.

“Did you see it!? Have you ever held a man’s hand? And with our Jiwoon!”

“…Okay, if you’re satisfied, that’s it.”

“Why are you looking at such a pitiful person?! Don’t look at me like that! Jiwoon, don’t look at me like that!!”

She chased us away by violently waving her arms, and even that felt very sad, perhaps because she had heard something quite unexpected.

But he looks like a mother-in-law. Even though it’s a worldview, isn’t it too unrealistic? Of course, I know that it is useless to bring up reality in a place that is not reality, but it was still a bit of a wake-up call.

“He said he wanted to be a teacher and didn’t even look at men. Because she studied all the time and wore high-precision glasses every day, men probably didn’t even know she was pretty?”

“Amman Still, does that make sense, teacher?”

“I don’t believe you even if I tell you. Oh, by the way, I have photos of Da-jae from college on my phone. I’ll show you those.”

“Hey, wait a minute!! That’s absolutely not possible!!!”

Choi Da-in suddenly pushed his body as if it were some kind of evil force, but he was quickly subdued by me. I can’t stand behind-the-scenes stories like this. A true gamer is obsessed with secret challenges and behind-the-scenes stories.

“…..Wow.”

“Do you understand?”

“You’re a completely different person.”

“Huuull of me for me… ”

During college, Da-in Choi and Da-in Choi, the teacher, were just different people. There was a difference between decorating and not decorating, but today I learned for the first time that a single pair of glasses can really completely change a person’s face.

Is this what it means to be Himsumjjin? When I looked at Choi Da-in in the photo and the current Choi Da-in in disbelief, she immediately hid her face as if she were embarrassed.

“You’re disappointed in me, Jiuna… Teacher, I’ll go home already… I’m done now…”

“Why are you doing this, teacher? Needless to say, you’re pretty now, and you were really cute even in college.”

“It’s a lie… Jiwoon is so nice that he’s lying to me…”

“Oh, that’s a lie. Men don’t have eyes to see. If I had gone to the same college, would I have immediately asked my teacher for his number?”

“……..”

It was Choi Da-in who raised his head at my words and stared at me. Could it be that I made a mistake? I was sorry to see him so downcast, so I tried to offer words of comfort, but it was a remark that could cause some people to reject him depending on how he heard it.

“Oh, of course, what can I say… if you’re feeling bad…”

“You mean I could have dated Jiwoon if he were the same age as me?”

“Yes? Well… that’s how it goes. Anyway, because you were cute.”

In the photo, Choi Da-in’s appearance was not decorated, but she was a woman with a unique cuteness that came from her natural appearance. Rather than saying that men ignored her because of her looks, it seemed more likely that they didn’t get involved at all because she only studied and lived like an asshole.

“Hihihi… Jiwoon would have dated me if we were the same age, right??”

“That’s true, but… can you please stop shouting so loudly?”

“If Jiwoon were the same age, he would have dated me, Min-ya!!”

“No, just calm down…”

For some reason, Choi Da-in was so excited that he started running wild. It was bound to take more time than expected to calm her down and hand her over to Minah Han.

* * *

“Stir.. Um.. ”

“……..”

“Well, you know, erase it… What happened yesterday… Umm… Hmm…”

And the next day. As expected, Choi Da-in requested a meeting with me in the morning, and I accepted the teacher’s request for a meeting with the student, and the two of us had a private conversation during lunch.

Since this unusual situation was born solely through Choi Da-in’s fault, I was humbly waiting for the words to come out of her mouth.

“…I’m really sorry… Even though I know you’re weak in alcohol… I guess I ran off especially fast yesterday…”

“You seemed to be in a really good mood.”

“I’m sorry… Ugh… I have nothing to say other than I’m really sorry…”

She was so overcome with all kinds of shame that she couldn’t raise her head. I wouldn’t have known if the film had stopped altogether, but I didn’t drink that much and I seemed to remember everything from the previous day. He grabbed the student he was teaching, hugged him when he was bored, and shouted at him that he would have dated her if we were the same age. What a shame it was.

“I’m not qualified to be a teacher… Maybe I should look for another way…”

“It’s okay, teacher. As people live, they may make mistakes. So don’t say things like that.”

“The homeroom teacher is incorrigible… He’s reckless and always makes mistakes… He doesn’t have any friends other than Han Min-ah… And at this age, he’s a parent… He’s probably the worst teacher…”

Choi Da-in seemed to have accumulated a lot of things in himself, giving off a gloomy aura and letting it all out. In fact, was everything he had been acting like up to now just a temporary measure to hide his true self? When I thought about it that way, I felt sorry for Choi Da-in.

“You may be a bit clumsy, but you are so warm towards kids. And when it comes to friendship, as long as there are people you can trust and rely on, numbers are not that important, and Mosol… Fighting.”

“Wait a minute. That last sentence is a bit strange, Ji-woon?”

It seemed like he was teasing me, but it seemed to calm Choi Da-in’s mind. Of course, playing around is best when you’re sad. Of course, this is assuming that you follow the lines well.

In this worldview, if I couldn’t keep the line well… I had no choice but to leave the rest to my imagination.

“…But Ji-woon.”

“Please tell me.”

“You know what you said yesterday… Is that really true?”

“…What did you say yesterday?”

Aren’t there just one or two things I said yesterday? As I was staring at him as if I was wondering how he could understand if I said that, Da-in Choi blushed slightly and started wiggling his fingers.

“So, he… If he had gone to the same college as me, he would have seduced me…”

“Ah, that.”

To be honest, I was saying this out of comfort, but that doesn’t mean I didn’t find Choi Da-in attractive at all during my college days. I’m not sure if he was flirting or not, but I guess he still looked at me with some interest. Of course, there are things you have to be in that situation to know, so you can’t be sure.

However, if this T-style statement were to be recited as is, Choi Da-in would probably not be able to get out of the swamp of self-reproach. Because I was the super sweet and diverse PC Geum Taeyang, a man who knew how to say some kind words to change the mood of my homeroom teacher.

“That’s true. But why is that?”

“…hehe. No, no… hehehe….”

As I watched Choi Da-in wandering around without knowing why, my heart began to relax at the same time. She is a very kind and nice person, but she is somewhat clumsy. Choi Da-in was in exactly that position, so even though he was older, he was also someone I wanted to protect.

Of course, in reality, we were the same age, but let’s just move on. Because I, too, would rather be at least one year younger.

KakaoTalk-

“Huh?”

A Kakao Talk sound echoing from somewhere. It wasn’t my phone, so of course the source of the sound was Choeda’s.

“Ji-woon. Teacher, can I look at your phone for a moment?”

“Permission There is nothing for you to do. Please feel free to watch.”

“Sorry… I’ll just check.”

Just like that, Choi Da-in took out her phone, and soon her complexion began to darken along with a deep sigh. As I stared at her, wondering what was going on, she quickly hid her paleness and immediately greeted me with a bright face.

“Well, I guess it was just spam! These days, things like this come through KakaoTalk too…”

“Is something wrong?”

“No no! That’s not it… Phew… Ah, this isn’t a sigh, I guess I just wanted to breathe… Anyway! Nothing’s wrong, Ji-woon! Thank you for your concern!!”

It was Choi Da-in who said nothing was wrong but made it clear that something was wrong. Of course, I didn’t know, but it was a situation that everyone except me knew.

That’s the end of the interview. The meeting that began yesterday to resolve misunderstandings ended up giving rise to yet another suspicion. What exactly happened that made him look so pensive?

Of course, it wasn’t something I had to solve, and it may have been something I shouldn’t have gotten involved in. Since it could have been a matter of intruding on Choi Da-in’s family life just to satisfy my simple curiosity, it was right to take a back seat here.

Homeroom teacher and student. Because it was just the right place for me and Choi Da-in.

KakaoTalk-

‘It’s me this time.’

Since there was no one around, this contact was naturally mine. I had set it to silent mode for all the people who might have contacted me, but when I heard the sound, it seemed like it was a message from someone else.

Is there anyone other than those four pretty girls who could contact me separately? Out of curiosity, I took out my smartphone and started reading the sent message.

“….um.”

Of course, the person who contacted me was not ‘them’. A person you know well, but who is too far away to be considered close. However, the message itself contained a phrase that really piqued my interest.

[Han Min-ah: If you have time, can you stop by the health room? I have something to talk about.]

It was the beginning of a story not seen in the original.