Ep_0.7
When I returned to my classroom after the paper was cut off, class was already starting. The teacher looked at the attendance sheet and asked where I'd been the previous class, so I lied and said I'd been lying in the infirmary. The teacher told me to bring my infirmary card, so I went to the desk and handed it over. I knew this would happen. I'd also gone to the infirmary to get Kim Taehyung's card.
After coming down from the rooftop, he quickly put it in my hand and ran over to me, telling me to take it before returning to the class. It wasn't for nothing that I felt proud. I just thought he was so amazing.
Garang sat down, opened his textbook, and began reading paragraph by paragraph. The subject was mathematics. There were formulas. Garang rubbed his eyes as he looked at the similar terms, then lay down and tried to sleep. He realized mathematics wasn't for him.
For some reason, I felt relieved.
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Before I knew it, it was last period break. Seonhee, sitting in the front row, suddenly turned around, glanced at the other kids, and whispered to them.
“What happened to Kim Taehyung…?”
"why?"
“The kids told me it was a hit… And you suddenly ran out in a hurry, and the kids said you blocked Kim Taehyung… I was worried…”
“Ah… I’m okay! Look, my face is fine, and my arms and legs are fine…!”
“Thank goodness, I knew what Kim Taehyung did to you.”
“Uh… Kim Taehyung to me…? Why…?”
“There are rumors, but… Kim Min-hyuk said that Kim Tae-hyung raised his fist as if he was going to kill him, and he went around saying that he only got hit a little and it hurt a lot because it was just a bruise… You were worried that it might have been dangerous, right…”
What the hell is this? Of course I stared at him as if I was going to kill him, but Kim Min-hyuk never got hit. A quick glance at his face and body showed no signs of pain. I ran into him on my way to class earlier, and he was running around and playing with the kids... He was even smiling, seemingly excited.
Garang clenched his fists tightly. How could he lie so shamelessly? He truly deserved a ton of abuse. Garang glared and spoke.
“Seonhee, that’s a lie. Kim Taehyung was hit harder by Kim Minhyuk.”
"uh…?"
“Kim Min-hyuk hit Kim Tae-hyung more. I treated his wounds too.”
“Did you treat the wound…?”
“Oh, Kim Taehyung, he was alone in the infirmary, so I treated him.”
I absolutely couldn't bring up the fact that I'd been to the rooftop. That would have revealed I was somewhere else.
Seonhee looked at me with cloudy eyes and spoke again.
"Garang, you're truly amazing. I don't think I could even come forward..."
“Oh, no, what’s so great about that… I think I should talk to Kim Taehyung first and ask him to help me.”
“Ah… Then, can I help you too…?”
“Oh my, Seonhee, can you help me…?”
"huh!"
“Wow, thank you so much. I won’t forget this favor!”
As the story came to a close, the paper began to ring.
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In front of Class 3, Grade 3, Seonhee and Garang stood side by side, guarding the front of the classroom. Taehyung had mentioned that he would separate his trash once a week after school, so they looked up the date and discovered that today was that day. Recycling Day. So, they stood guard in front of the classroom, waiting for Kim Taehyung.
Garang, who was standing next to me, was checking her phone. She went into Daejeon and checked the content that had been uploaded that day. The content was all the same.
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[Anonymous. Who are the seniors who fought on the third floor today?]
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Han Yun-cheol
[I'm a veteran. Was the person wearing the hat today the rumored Kim Taehyung? I saw him today and he looked like X-bapㅋㅋㅋ Please tell him to go to class 8, year 3 and fightㅋㅋㅋ]
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[I'm curious. Is it true that senior Kim Taehyung unilaterally beat senior Kim Minhyuk? I'm asking because senior Kim Minhyuk doesn't appear to have any external injuries.]
My brow furrowed involuntarily. That's not true, but everyone seems to be completely convinced by the misinformation.
Garang's head started to hurt, so he turned off his phone and put it in his pocket. Honestly, he didn't need any help, but since we'd met twice... he could understand why I'd give him this much help... that's why.
At that moment, I saw Inyoung walking from afar, carrying a trash can. There were no children in the hallway, so I could see Inyoung better. That person was Kim Taehyung.
Garang hesitated whether to call or not, then raised his hand and greeted her.
“Oh, Kim Tae-h…”
But who could have guessed this would happen? Seonhee, who was standing next to him, quickly ran to Taehyung, picked up a trash can, and walked alongside him, exchanging greetings. Oh, what is this?
The hand that had been held still hovered in the air and then came down.
The once quiet hallway was filled with voices again.