Unrequited love

1.

There are friends who have been together for a long time and it feels like a given.

To be honest, he's a friend who can sometimes be a nuisance to be around.

Why?

This guy is totally a child.

Elementary school, junior high school, high school.

On the contrary, they were friends who were with me until kindergarten.

Lee Ji-hoon.

Well, we've been friends for over 10 years, so I admit it's relaxed.

I'm a very neat person, so I appreciate relationships where I can relax.

But isn't this guy aging backwards?

Those days were pure and simple.

"Ah!"

When I was playing with building blocks in kindergarten,
The wooden blocks I had piled up collapsed and hit me on the top of my foot.

It was a pain so strong that it brought tears to my eyes.

After staring at his blue legs for a few seconds,
Finally, the tears fell to the ground.

"Ugh... it hurts... ouch..."

Quietly in the corner, she looked at her feet and shed tears.

Without even raising my voice and crying.


He just stared at the blue top of his foot.

Even if tears block my vision,
Even if your nose is running,
I don't have time to worry about that,

All I could think about was the tingling pain in my leg.

"yes."

At that moment, a child handed me a handkerchief.

As I continued to cry without receiving it,
He sat next to me and wiped away my tears with a handkerchief.

and,

"Hmph!"

The child blew my nose and said this, just like an adult.

That was you, Lee Ji-hoon.

Do you remember?

…I guess I'm the only one who remembers our first meeting.

Well, I was still young then.

Even though it hurts, I can't say anything,
How pathetic I must have felt, crying alone,
You, the same age as me, must have wiped away my tears.

Come to think of it, you helped me out when we were eating.

I was not good at using chopsticks,
You, who gave me a bite of tamagoyaki,
What an amazing person he seemed...

"Cough!"

"Yes, water."

Even if the omelet gets stuck in your throat,
Seeing me panicking,
He was a really smart kid who calmly offered me water.

Then we were always together.

Walking together,

Let's stack blocks together,

and--

We went to elementary school together.

Our entrance ceremony.

We were sitting next to each other in a crowded auditorium.

Strangely enough, you and I were always in the same class,
I had never left.

My mother said that she wanted you to be by her side when she was prone to falling.
He was very happy.

Do you have good motor skills?
Every time I was about to fall,
You held me up tight with one arm.

The response was also very fast.



And the first, second and third graders,

When I was in the fourth grade.

After all, we were in the same class.

My mother said, "That's great!"
"Please take good care of my clumsy daughter," he said.
He gave Jihoon some sweets.

Then you saw me pouting,

I took out the snacks I had,
He popped it in my mouth