Short story collection [multi-angle]
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理鼈
2020.02.04Views 54
Byul woke up with sleepy eyes and went to the bathroom. She always woke up at 7:30. I'm probably the only one with such a perfect daily routine. After washing her face, Byul hurried to school. I'm always the one late among the student leaders. I'm always called hurried, but it felt like hurried wasn't hurried at all. Byul ate a chestnut and came to her senses. It's fortunate that so many school uniforms have pants these days. It's so hard to give demerits, but this crazy girl who's always the same, always wearing different outfits, seems to be worthy of demerits. From head to toe, it seemed to scream "I'm a delinquent." Seriously, I look like I have innocent looks, don't you think?
“You know you got a penalty today, right?”
“Isn’t it hard for you, senior?”
“Huh? What-..”
Where did this informal speech come from, all of a sudden, this blue-haired Doraemon-like thing... Even though we've never spoken before, look at him talking to me like an older sister, he's so rude.
“Sister, you know. While I’m getting my demerit points, do you want to feed the other kids?”
I looked away, wondering what kind of nonsense this was. There were dozens of people who could easily have gotten a penalty even if they weren't like Doraemon.
"And, you're a leader, so why did you dye your hair? Your words and actions don't match-"
“Oh, anyway- write down your name.”
“Why are you like that.. I’ll go, unnie-.”
“Hey, hey-!”
Byeol coughed, looking embarrassed. Next to him, all he saw were his friends giggling at him. Byeol went into his classroom. Lately, I haven't been sleeping well, and I'm reminded of that blue-haired Doraemon from earlier. He's not even in his uniform, and what the heck, he thinks he's an adult. I cursed him in my heart, but I knew it was useless. My grades were dropping, and this life was a total failure. Byeol had been lying down as soon as the bell rang for recess, turning into a corpse. It was Doraemon who reincarnated me from that corpse. Byeol was so startled by the sight of Doraemon in his own face that he almost fell over.
“Oh shit, who the hell are you, why do you keep showing up-?”
“The swearing is too much-.”
“This kid-..”
“Are you eating alone today?”
“What? What are you going to do with that-,”
“Ask me out on a date and have dinner with me.”
“What kind of date is this?”
"no?"
"I don't know,"
“Huh, it’s a bit of a bummer.”
“What,”
“Sister, see you later!”
The blue-haired boy waved and left the classroom. Come to think of it, I don't even know his name. I have the illusion that Doraemon is his real name. Before I knew it, it was lunchtime. They're serving delicious food today, but what's with that skinny Doraemon? Byul sighed and went down to the cafeteria. Doraemon walked over to me, smiling brightly. Doraemon suddenly hugged me tightly. What am I doing? The whole school is staring at me... Byul was flustered and couldn't do anything.
“Sister, did you miss me?”
“What are you doing now-!”
“Why, eat quickly-.”
The stars are being led by the blue-haired man's hand. How absurd. How absurd.
“You know, do you have a lover?”
“Ah-..”
“Do you know my name?”
“I don’t know..”
“Why are you so handsome-?”
“Hey, let’s talk.”
“Oh, I’m sorry.. I have a lot of questions..”
“Ha-.. I don’t have a lover, and I don’t even know your name. There are many things I’m curious about, little one.”
"thank god-."
“What are you doing to a senior you’re meeting for the first time?”
“Me, what?”
“Why are you talking nonsense and revealing personal information?”
“It’s me, so I’ll shave-.”
Star felt like she was growing old with this child. Blue-haired Doraemon fed Star food and wiped dirt from her mouth, making their relationship even more romantic. This puppy-like creature, despite his appearance, seemed quite playful.
“Sister, come play with me after school.”
“I’m busy.”
“Why are you busy? Come play with me.”
“I’m graduating next year, you idiot.”
“But what is that..”
“If you want to play with me, don’t shorten your skirt.”
“It’s not that I shortened it-.”
“And, I won’t say anything about dyeing your hair, so just come wearing the uniform, top and bottom.”
“Ugh.”
“What the hell are you idiot?”
“It’s not that the skirt was shortened, it’s just short.”
“What, you’re short too..”
“You idiot, you idiot-..”
“Tell me your name.”
“Will you remember?”
“I don’t know, tell me.”
“Jung Hwi-in-.”
“What, you’re the-.”
“What about me?”
“You were the famous Jeong Hwi-in at school?”
“You didn’t know? Hey, Unnie.”
"ah.."
Byul must have lived without even realizing she was a fool. Wheein cupped Byul's cheeks and gave her a short, deep kiss. Byul was so dumbfounded that she didn't even protest. "What am I doing?" she thought. "And so, from today on, I became a foolish star."