Turn off the alarm ringing loudly
slowly groped around the bedside
On the way home yesterday maybe because I’d thought too much
I dreamed of Hwang Hyunjin, who I wasn’t even that close to
It felt strange
I can’t remember the dream, but
all that was left was a strangely unpleasant feeling
As expected, Hwang Hyunjin was late
Only after morning homeroom ended did Hwang Hyunjin come in
without even pretending to have rushed over he casually stepped into the classroom
“You’re late again today.”
“Mornings are a bit hard to get up for.”
He gave a light nod and took out his textbook
For some reason, Hwang Hyunjin’s attitude was quite different from usual
Starting conversations first, or taking care of me over small things
Since Hwang Hyunjin had kept such a cold, taciturn attitude at first
I thought he might be a rather cool-headed person
But the way he’d been treating me lately
was completely opposite to the image Hwang Hyunjin had at the start of the semester
If my hands looked especially dry, he’d hand me hand cream
and if I nodded off in class with my head bobbing
he’d gently place a candy in my hand for freshening my breath
was he doing this because he was grateful for having shut them down hard
or was he really trying to use me only for himself
I couldn’t hide my confusion
If he was doing this because he was thankful I dealt with the rumors
and was showing me these little kindnesses
then honestly, it wasn’t necessary
Of course, the fact that a chaebol’s son
was being kind to me
was something I was truly grateful for
but the reason I had sided with Hwang Hyunjin back then
was nothing more and nothing less than sympathy
So even from Hwang Hyunjin’s side, doing all this kindness would be confusing in its own way
If he’d shown me that much goodwill, but the only face he got in return was
one covered all over with bewilderment
even I would have had no choice but to find it strange
But even after seeing my expression like that
Hwang Hyunjin kept steadily showing me kindness for no reason
Far from stopping his kindness
he treated me even more carefully
At first he was fully on guard
and held tightly onto his closed heartbut as time passed and I got used to this kindness
I slowly started to open my heart a little
Today, too, I set out on the way to school as usual
Faint music drifted through my earphones
By the time I reached the entrance to the alley
a long shadow could be seen far away
The more I stepped forward, the closer that shadow came
The pitch-black shadow gradually took on color
and seeing him slowly come toward me
he seemed to have recognized me“Good morning”
