I'm in a total mental breakdown right now because of what happened yesterday. My teacher doesn't even remember eating chicken yesterday, and he's asking if I just cleaned up and left, and he's offering to buy it for me today. I keep telling him I did, but he insists I didn't, and he keeps singing in front of me.
"Ugh...I'm going crazy..."
"What, unrequited love again?"
"No?"
"Then what? You don't like me anymore?"
"Shut up... That's not the issue right now."
Kwon Soon-young is picking a fight with me again. He's the one who first found out I liked Teacher Kook. Even without saying who it was, this guy's mouth is already open. I should've shut him up a long time ago. His first and last greetings are all "Good job~". What are you good at? If you rush in like that, you'll get beaten up.
"Why are you swearing, Seokmin..."
"Can you stop talking about that?"
"Huh? Why is your face red? You're so ripe."
"No, don't joke around."
"I'm not kidding, it's really red. It's so bright red...it looks like salted pollack roe."
Why are you blushing, Lee Seok-min? I can feel my face heating up. You kissed the world's most prickly yet most affectionate teacher? I mean, I wish I was a high school sophomore like him. Then we could date right then and there!
***
"Ah...I'm going crazy...ugh..."
Knock knock,
"..Where does it hurt?"
"Ah...it's not that it hurts,"
Teacher Ji-Hoon, who was working next to me, asked. He just stuck his head out and said with a look of annoyance and exhaustion on his face.
"My head hurts a little."
"Then it really hurts."
"yes?"
"You said it didn't hurt."
"Ah...just a slight headache. I don't even remember drinking, but it feels like I have a headache because I haven't gotten over my hangover..?"
"ah,..."
"I guess you just don't remember. Go ahead and do your work. I think the kids are busy with their music performance evaluation today."
Teacher Ji-hoon is that famous fairy teacher. Apparently, he's secretly quite popular. The girls go wild during music class, wondering what's good, and when it comes to evaluations, they shyly sing in ant-like voices. What can you do? He's ten years older than you.
Fairy? She's a bit more prickly than I thought, with her strong personalities and difficult to deal with, so I'd be tempted to call her a fairy. But she's definitely cute at 164cm. Even...shorter than me. Even though I've only been working here for about three years, it wasn't hard to ask her about her height. On my first day, she stopped me, told me her height, and then left. She was really cool. She told me to stop teasing her, and...
***
"Eu ...
"I saw it really well, so answer me. What do you think?"
"Yeah, Seokmin is so kind that I think all the girls would fall for him. He's handsome and resembles a horse, yeah."
"But why doesn't the teacher get addicted?"
"That's because you're a student and I'm a teacher?"
"What does it matter, may I ask?"
"Are you telling me to get fired from this school? Don't you know I have a lot of pride? If I have to leave, I'm determined to do it on my own."
"Then go out with me!"
"Don't bring up things like that unless you're going to pay the electricity bill and living expenses."
"It was really bad."
"No, it's not like it's a drama or anything.."
"Teacher! Let's go together!"
"what?"
"What is it? I waited until you were finished."
"Why are you waiting for me?"
"I told you, I'm serious. From beginning to end."
Even if you say that, I still don't like you, do I? It's Lee Seok-min, speaking with such seriousness and a serious expression. When you look at me like that, it's quite burdensome. An 18-year-old dating a 26-year-old? It's a bit... no, it's too dramatic. This is just a story that comes out of a romance novel. I hope you haven't dragged me into a novel for no reason.
Because I feel like things will really get better like this.
"Teacher,"
"uh?"
Lee Seok-min's brown hair, illuminated by the streetlight, looked beautiful. It was the first time I'd seen anyone look so good in brown.
"Is the love between a teacher and a student a drama?"
"Um...uh. Isn't that like a melodrama or a novel?"
"Really? Then let's write a novel."
"what?"
I turned my head, unable to understand. At that moment, Lee Seok-min covered my lips with his. I was so flustered that I didn't know what to do, and Lee Seok-min covered my face with his hand. I thought, "This can't go on like this," so I pushed Lee Seok-min's shoulder. But it wouldn't budge. Did this kid work so hard in PE to end up like this? I started to feel a little out of breath, so I slapped Lee Seok-min's shoulder three times. Only then did Lee Seok-min open his mouth.
"Paaa...ha...are you crazy?!"
"I'm really serious."
"What are you doing, now...!"
"I told you, teacher, let's write a novel."
"what..?"
"Let's just go dramatic."