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After that kid left
That night the fireflies were unusually bright
I'm bothered by the sound of crickets chirping
I couldn't sleep.
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I think it was like adding insult to injury.
Some people say they sleep better when it rains.
I was the complete opposite.
Rain started to fall lightly outside the window
How fierce was that sound
It sounds like someone is screaming.
Even if you cover your ears with a pillow
Even if I turn the blanket over and cover myself
That fierce tinnitus won't stop.
It was then. Dismissal, with a sound.
"Oh my, what is going on.."
The sound of the fan turning stopped.
My grandmother came out of the room
He lit the candle.
"Grandma..! Is there a power outage at our house?"
Grandma nodded
"Yeah.. I think so..
This happens sometimes... The toad house must have been around for a while.
I think there's a screw missing.."
My grandmother suddenly put a few thousand won in my hand.
He told me to buy a screwdriver at the supermarket in front of here.
He practically kicked me out of the house.
I already hate rainy days
And then there's the errand, one of the iron cores is gone
I barely managed to use my umbrella and headed to the supermarket.
White sneakers are splashed with dirt and rain water.
It got dirty quickly, and a little rain water got into my socks.
The feeling of walking together was uncomfortable.
I wonder if it's broken down over time, but I see it here and there on the way.
The streetlight kept flickering.
-Dismissal
The lights on the back brightly illuminated the road with sound.
Between the border of light and darkness
Wearing a stretchy nasi t-shirt with baggy blue pants
Like an abandoned puppy
I was shivering without an umbrella.
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"What are you doing?.."
Raise your voice
I hurriedly tilted the umbrella towards him.
My back is getting wet little by little
I was more concerned about the kid whose eyes were now wet.
The child was just cowering without saying a word
My body was shaking and my lips were trembling slightly
It was red all over, as if it had been chewed several times.
Like someone who fell into a dark pit
Because he seemed to need urgent and desperate help.
"Do you want to go to my house first?"
The kid who showed me the board earlier this afternoon
It's quite different, but is it really the same person?
He nodded faintly, his head lowered
He held my hand that was extended without a word
He stood up, but his gaze was still fixed on the floor.
I passed a road full of puddles.
We were walking very close together with one umbrella.
Droplets of water falling from her hair
It wet my shoulder.
Standing this close, the height difference became more apparent.
I was thinking to myself, "It's big."
I walked with difficulty, holding the umbrella up high.
A little later, without saying a word, the child said that he
I held the umbrella handle and the sound of rain was between us.
All I could hear was the sound of footsteps on the muddy road.
Even while walking in silence, for some reason
The boy's hand was tightly holding onto the hem of my clothes.
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How long did it take?
The familiar front door welcomed me and I was about to enter.
I just remembered that I forgot to run an errand for my grandmother.
I thought to myself, "Oh, I'm screwed."
I'm so mad because of that kid that I'm buying a driver
I regretted forgetting myself.
And I didn't think about it when I brought it
A stranger at a late hour
It was natural that I would get scolded since I brought it home.
But I can't just leave a soaking wet baby there.
If you look at the grandmother, you will see that there are towels and warm water.
I thought you would take care of it and send it back.
I took a deep breath and went inside the house.
"I'm back!"
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