In two days
The kid came back to the rooftop.
I was there first,
When he opened the door
I was taking out my lunch box.
The kid looked at me for a moment
He sat across from me without saying a word.
I didn't say anything.
I felt like I had to do that for no reason.
"Sorry about that."
He spoke quietly.
Without even making eye contact.
Just watching the wind.
"I just wanted to avoid it for a bit."
"me?"
“…That’s not it.”
The child breathed slowly.
“I have to be okay here too.”
That's what I mean
It sounded strangely.
I put down the chopsticks I was holding in my hand for no reason.
He pushed an egg.
“Still, you get your share of the lunch box.”
The kid doesn't even smile
I picked it up and ate it.
"you,
“I talked a lot with Lee Sang-hoon.”
"…what?"
“A kid in the same class.
“The kid who was sitting next to you that day.”
That kid mentioning people's names like that
It was the first time.
“Oh, just. I was just talking about homework.”
"just?"
“…Maybe now—”
“No, I was just curious.”
At the end of those words,
The child stopped using his chopsticks.
“Why did you ask when you knew it wasn’t true?”
He spoke as if he was talking to himself.
I almost laughed
I didn't laugh.
Something,
When I laugh, that kid
I think it will get quieter.
That day,
Even after we finished eating our lunch boxes
It didn't happen right away.
Until the sun is overhead
I was sitting in the shade.
“You too sometimes
Do you know how to read my face?”
I said.
"huh."
The kid said.
“Then why do you keep doing that?”
"I don't know.
“I just wanted to see your reaction.”
I don't know what that means,
After hearing it
My heart beat a little more quietly.
Something,
I am Lee Han
I think I started liking it a little more.