* Please note that this article is a fabrication based on a creative work. *
*Please note that there is profanity.*
Yesterday, I had such a blast playing with my brother and the kids that I fell asleep as soon as I got home, completely ruining my plans for studying. When morning came and I was getting ready for school, the alarm went off.
Seung-kwan.
- I'm going to school with the kids today, so be careful.
- Yeah, I understand!
He said he wasn't going with me today, and I was puzzled, but I figured I'd ask him at school. When I left the room with my bag on my back, my brother was waiting for me, twirling the car keys in his fingers.
"Let's go! I'll take you there."
"Huh? No, it's okay. I'm busy, so why bother?"
"The kids said they can't go with me today and asked me to take them. I'm so worried that I should take care of everything myself."
I burst out laughing at my brother's antics and followed him into the car.
I said goodbye to my brother who had dropped me off and headed to my classroom. I scratched my head, looking at the kids who had said they'd be going first but hadn't arrived yet. I tried calling Seungkwan, but he didn't answer, and neither did the others. Finally, I left a message, took my stuff out of my bag, and put on my earphones.
A long time passed, but the kids didn't show up. The bell rang, but they were nowhere to be seen. After the assembly, I followed the teacher and asked about their whereabouts.
"Uh... I don't know either, teacher. I was going to ask you anyway, but you don't know either?"
"Yes.. They told me they would go first.. "
"Don't worry, I'll contact my parents first."
" thank you. "
I sighed and returned to my class, worried about what was going on. I hadn't even read the message I'd sent earlier, and even when class started, I couldn't concentrate.
"Hey, aren't they coming today?"
"Huh...? Oh, I don't know either.. heh."
" Really? Got it~."
Even though it was lunchtime, they hadn't arrived. Hoping they might arrive soon, I waited without eating. Seeing me like this, the girls in my class asked me about their whereabouts. When I denied it, they said they understood and turned away, but I heard them say something as they turned away.
"You tried to seduce them like that and then ended up abandoning them again? Hahaha."
"I knew he'd turn out like that lol."
I sighed and was reading a question I hadn't even noticed. Then the back door opened noisily, and I met their eyes as they came in, chattering away.
" no Shit, "
" that youngI really am,"
" ...Hey, heroine..?"
"Yeoju..?"
" ... ... "
They came in, swearing, but stopped talking when they saw me, and something even stranger entered my eyes.
"Didn't you go out to eat?"
"What's wrong with your face? Did you fight?"
"Oh, no! That bump, that's it."
"All five?"
They walked toward me, and upon closer inspection, I saw the wounds in even greater detail, and my brow furrowed involuntarily. Their expressions, clearly bewildered, made me feel bewildered.
" ... ... "
"Just sit down and talk."
First, I sat them down and carefully examined the wound on Seungkwan's lip, who was sitting next to me. It looked like a wound from a beating, so I raised my head and met his eyes, asking.
"I'm hurt because I'm right, right?"
" ... big, that,"
"Why is your face so swollen again?"
Seung-kwan, who couldn't even meet my eyes, spoke, and I felt puzzled. I took out some medicine from my bag. I'd always carried it around in case of emergency, so I thought it was fortunate. I squeezed some onto my finger and applied it to the wounds on the children's faces.
"So, you're not going to tell me?"
"It's... just..."
"Okay, I get it.. So you can't hang out after work today? You promised yesterday."
" sorry... "
To be honest, I thought it would be difficult to play today in this condition, so I said okay and was organizing my medicine.
After school, things got a little awkward between us, and they awkwardly said goodbye and left the classroom. Seeing them like that, I burst out laughing, packed my bag, and headed to the study room.
It was almost 10 o'clock, and I was packing my bags when my brother called to ask when I'd be home. I told him it was dark and that he'd come pick me up, but I stopped by a convenience store to buy some triangle kimbap to satisfy my hunger.
" crazy young. "
As I was walking down an alleyway, eating triangle kimbap, the sounds of fighting and swearing made me turn my head. It was dark, so I couldn't see clearly, but a familiar voice caught my attention.
"Apologize now."
"You don't like it? Why should I?"
" Shit really, "
"Hey, listen..?"
As expected, they were fighting with kids they didn't know, and their eyes met with the kids who were grabbing them by the collars.
"What are you guys doing now..?"
" ... Lady!"
"Wow!"
As I was slowly approaching them, I suddenly turned my head at Wonwoo's words telling me to avoid him, and in front of me was a man wearing a different school uniform.