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01. If you are a Korean student

Crunch crunch.

 

Only the sound of pencil lead could be heard inside the school classroom. Yeonjun looked around.

 

They were all studying, holding mechanical pencils and burying their heads in workbooks.

 

Yeonjun, who thought high school would be just like middle school, was flustered by the unexpected sight and just fiddled with an innocent ballpoint pen.

 

 

 

Then, perhaps having nothing left to do, he just lay face down.

 

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High school student. They said it is a stage you go through before going to college. My parents and teachers said that all day long.

 

Got it? This is what decides your university. You have to do well. You're not going to retake the exam, are you?

 

Ah, come on. I'm the one taking both the CSAT and the mock exams. Why are you expecting so much?

 

Third place in the whole school? My mom nagged me relentlessly, asking how I could be third, not even second.

 

And while doing so, he always pushed me into a study cafe.

 

I didn't dislike studying either.

 

But, it wasn't good either. It was just, just so-so.

 

Because it has to be done. I have been doing it this way all along.

 

If you say you won't do it, I tell you that this is all for your future, that all the money Mom earns goes towards your tuition, and that you have to do it.

 

He used to say that.

 

So since then, I haven't said anything about studying.

 

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Heeyu took a new workbook out of her bag and started moving her mechanical pencil. Heeyu's friend, Yewon, approached Heeyu's desk.

 

"Seriously, it's not like I'm a senior in high school yet, but why is it such a fuss already?"

 

Still, as if he knew he had to be quiet, he spoke softly.

 

Heeyu also stopped Sharp and spoke.

 

Well, I have to do what needs to be done.

 

"Tch. You're ranked 3rd in the whole school."

 

Is that so?

 

Heeyu got up and headed to the back of the classroom. Then, suddenly, he thought he saw something.

 

The Fed.

 

 

I don't know his name or his face, but I just... saw him.

 

 

Who is that guy lying there?

 

However, thinking it was none of her business, Heeyu opened the classroom door and left.