I got carried into the house on oppa’s back.
“Mmm... I’m tired.”
“Oh dear.. are you tired..? Looks like you had fun..ㅎ.
“Ah... Doa..!”
“Mmm.. what..?”
“Um... this letter came for you..”
“Who?”
“...Mom.”
“Ha... throw it away.”
“Still, at least read it once...”
“I said throw it away? What’s the point now...”
“Ha.. oppa doesn’t really know either..
Since you both are here, at least read it.”
“Ha.. alright. Go in and sleep quickly.
You have to leave early again tomorrow.”
“Got it... you should hurry and sleep too. It’s late.”
“Uh...”
After going into the room
“Ha...”
I stared blankly at the letter.
I went as far as the trash can opening,
but I was curious what it said, so I sat at the desk and read it.
“Doa.. hi? It’s Mom.
The thing is, our daughter
is about to enter high school soon,
so I was wondering ifwe should live together..”
There was a lot more written after that, but
I crumpled the letter, thenthrew it into the trash can.
I hated how they were acting nice now, after all this time,
and maybe there was a line at the end saying happy birthday, but
their suddenly telling me to live with them irritated me.
Come to think of it... do they even know my birthday..?
But for a moment, I hesitated.
I want oppa to be happy.
Once I enter high school,
there’ll be so much to take care of, college entrance exams and everything,
and I wondered whether oppa could handle all that.
“Ha... so annoying.”
My parents who abandoned me..
No, because of those people
I hated and was so annoyed by the stress they caused me.
I just stared at the trash can
and thought about what those people were doing to live like this now.
Well.. they probably left me and are living happily.
I’m happy too.
Because they’re not here.
At least, that’s happier than living
while listening to fighting all the time and
nonsense nagging that doesn’t even sound like words.
I fell asleep still annoyed like that.
The next day came, and
the day after that, and the day after that too,
I wrapped up vacation with
day after day that were just so-so.
The first day of school arrived,
I packed my things the same as always and
went outside.While walking along the road,
“Hey!! Han Doa!!”
“Huh..!! What?! You didn’t go to basketball club practice today...??”
“Yeah..ㅎ!”
“What..!!! You can’t skip it...!!”
“Since it’s the first day of school, I’m not going for a week starting todayㅋ.”
“What..!! You startled me...“
”ㅎ...you’re cute.!!
Let’s go!!”“Hey.. but our 100th day is coming up soon..?”
“I know... about 6 days..? left..!”
“What..!! You keep track of dates..??”
“Uh... since I started dating you, I’ve been counting ever since..!”
“Wow... I actually keep track of it too..!!”
“You don’t have to..ㅎ.
I’m the one keeping track, so what’s the point..ㅎ”
“If you’re keeping track, then I should too..!!“
”Ugh..!! Fine then?..ㅎ”
“Heheh... then what should we do on our 100th day?”
“I know... but that day’s a weekday, not even Friday, so
going somewhere seems kind of difficult...”
“Yeah... let’s just go to my place after school and hang out!”
“Okay~!!”
“You don’t have basketball club practice then..?”
“Nope!!...ㅎ“
”You’re not lying, are you..?“
”ㅋㅋㅋFor real!
But why are you suddenly so concerned about my basketball club..ㅎ“
”There’s sports day coming up soon..!! Didn’t you know..?“
”Ah..!! Right... that’s true.“
“Aren’t basketball club guys basically automatically entered?”
“Yeah... ugh~ I don’t want to go..!!”
“Why... you like playing basketball..!!”
“Yeah... but
if I play in a match, I can’t be with you...ㅜ“
”ㅋㅋㅋYou startled me... you scared me for no reason..!!
I’ll cheer from the bench..!!“
“Mm..!!”
In an instant, 6 days passed and the 100th day dawned.
When I opened my eyes, there was a message from Myeong Jaehyun.
“Hey, Han Doa! There’s a broadcasting club meeting after school today!”
‘...?? All of a sudden..!!’
”All of a sudden? Why?“
”I don’t really know either...
The principal said there’s an urgent meeting...
Come to the broadcasting room after school.”
“Mm.”
‘Damn... u..!!! I should tell Sanghyeok later.‘
After getting ready and going outside,
“Hey..!! Lee Sanghyeok!!”
“Oh~!! Here!!”
“Did you sleep well?”
“I slept well...ㅎ. Ah..!! Hey, Sanghyeok..!”
“Y-yeah..! What?”
“I’ve got an urgent broadcasting club meeting today, so
could you go to my place first...?”
Today oppa’s coming home late, so it’s fine.”
“Yeah..!! Sure, then.”
“Sorry..ㅜ.”
“It’s okay..ㅎ It’s fine!”
“Thanks for understanding..!!“
“Don’t mention it..ㅎ“
After that, when school ended, I headed to the broadcasting room.
“...Oh..!! Han Doa!! Hurry up and come here!!”
“Oh..!! Are you all here..?“
”Not yet, a few peo..“
“Sorry I’m late..!!”
“Hey..!! First-year!! Come in quickly..!”
“Yes..!! Sorry...”
“N-nothing to be sorry for,
let’s just finish the meeting quickly..!!
You all have schedules after this, right? Now.. let’s hurry!!”
“Yes!!”
After the meeting ended,
“Now.. then we’ll finally do it like this..!!
You all worked so hard.!! See you next time!!“
“Yes!!”
“Hey... good job..!”
“You too...”
“Be careful on your way home..!”
“Mm.”
“Ugh~ I’m dead tired..!! I should hurry and go..”
“Um, senior..!!“
“Huh...!! What?”
“I... I have something to say..!”
“Um... is it urgent..?“
”Yes... pretty urgent..“
“Oh...!! What is it..?”
“That... it’s not really something I can say here..! Over there..”
“It’s okay..!! No one’s looking anyway, say it here!”
“I... I..ㄱ..
I like you, senior...”
