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"If I go in, it'll break really bad, right..?"Sunyoung
"I can't help it. I stayed out for three days in a row."
“Wouldn’t it be less of a hassle if I buy some tteokbokki?”Jeonghan
“Kwon Soon-young, stop fidgeting and come in.”Ji-hoon
"Open the door, hurry."Min-gyu
***
I heard the door open. Wanting to quickly confirm if it was the people I thought it was, I got up from the sofa and ran toward the front door.
" ... "
"Kwon Soon-young,..."
As expected, the people I thought were right.
My eyes met with Kwon Soon-young's, who had entered first. Familiar faces appeared behind her. Kwon Soon-young, who had met my eyes, threw down the black bag she was holding, put on her shoes, and came inside, hugging me.
"Hey, aren't you going to take off your shoes?"Ji-hoon
"Seol-ah,..?"Jeonghan
" what? " Ji-hoon
" senior,? " Min-gyu
"What, you all know each other?"
"More than that. Kwon Soon-young, take off your shoes? And who wants to come in now? You'll get scolded for staying out for three days."Seungcheol
***
After things had calmed down a bit, we sat in a circle on the living room floor.
"Were you in the same school?"
"Ha,... Kim Min-gyu."Ji-hoon
"I told you I didn't go to school..."
"Seol-ah, I missed you so much, oppa..."Jeonghan
"Ah, haha,..."
"Seol-ah, do you know each other?"Seokmin
"Can you say that?"
"Hey,... you didn't want to see us?"Soonyoung
"Ah, get away, Kwon Soon-young."
"Soonyoung hyung is one year older than you..?"Seokmin
"Oh, I see. Now you should call me oppa, Seol-ah."
"Now we're the same age."
***
After that, the four of them got a total scolding from Seungcheol. At that time, Seokmin and I took refuge in his room. I sat on the bed. Seokmin glanced at me, wondering if there was something he was curious about. So I told him to ask.
"How close were you? Were you very close?"
"Yeah. We were very close and they were precious people to me."
***
" good morning!! "
" Min-gyu too."
"Are you close with Seokmin?? "
"We're close, but... speaking informally is very natural?"
"We're the same age, but you call me older sister, senior. Isn't it weird, Seol-ah?"
"Oh, I find this even weirder.."
***
"Are you doing well at school?"
"Yeah. But you're 20? I can't believe it."
"Shouldn't I be calling you 'oppa' now?"
"I won't call you that even if I die."
***
"Seol-ah!"
"Yes, brother."
"Nothing has changed?"
"Really?? No, but haven't I become more mature?!!"
"Something has changed."
"You've become cuter."
***
"How have you been for the past year?"
"It's always the same. No. Thanks to Lee Seok-min, my life has been a little different from a year ago."
"How has it changed since a year ago?"
"It was really hard a year ago, but after Seokmin Lee transferred to our school, life... became fun."
"It's going to be more fun now that I'm here, right?"
" huh... "
"It's so nice to see you again."