A chestnut that rolled in
1. A rolled-in chestnut
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My name is Kim Yeo-ju
Second year of high school.
When I was very young, my family was on the verge of bankruptcy due to my father's business failure.
In the end, my father ran away, not ran away, but ran away abroad, leaving my mother and me, who was less than 100 days old.
And now
Even though I'm 18, there's still no news about my father.
Before the word "dad" even left my mouth, my father's face no longer existed in my memory.
Maybe that was a good thing.
I was raised so familiarly by my mother and grandmother that I didn't feel the void left by my father.
perhaps
I may have been a little more obtuse than my peers about whether or not I had a father.
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It was winter, right after I graduated from middle school.
My mother passed away.
My mother, who ran a snack bar in front of the school, was involved in a traffic accident on her way home from work at night.
It was such a sudden breakup that I just resented it for a while.
Because the world is so cruel to me.
And now I live alone with my grandmother.
Although he struggles with financial difficulties, he works part-time here and there to fill the hole in his life.
Well, something like this...
Even the introduction is so depressing
Except for her unfortunate family history, she is an ordinary high school girl.
The only difference between me and my peers is that dreams and the future are luxuries for me, who barely makes ends meet.
If you take that out, you're living a pretty tough life.
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But one day
In my sky, where I have even forgotten what color the clouds were
Why is there a single rolling chestnut?
It fell on me.
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There is a flower bed under the back wall of the school.
At our school, each grade has a class that takes turns watering the flower beds every week.
I had to take time out of my lunch break to give it water.
and
This week it was my turn.
Dribble dribble...-
김여주
...under-
김여주
The school planted the flower beds, so why are the students responsible for maintaining them?
I sighed deeply as I watched the water dripping down onto the flower bed.
I didn't like having to spend my lunch hour just watering the flowers.
Not only was I not interested in flowers in the first place,
I couldn't understand why I was wasting so much time here.
Choak-
김여주
Drink it all-
김여주
Drink it all-
I drained the remaining water from the watering can and poured it into the flower bed.
The moment I saw the water soaking into the soil and thought, this is enough
Boom.-
Something fell onto the flower bed.
김여주
...?
김여주
...sneakers?
What fell into the flower bed was a pair of white sneakers.
Clank.-
"iced coffee..!! "
An urgent voice was heard over the wall in front of the flower bed.
최범규
Ah, my shoes;;
The man coming down the fence, holding onto the iron bars, shouted at the fallen shoe.
김여주
...?
The attire is a summer uniform with a blue name tag.
Anyone could tell that he was a boy from our school.
최범규
...Ah, there..!
김여주
?
I made eye contact with the boy.
최범규
Can you pick up my shoes?
김여주
...?
최범규
There, it fell!!
The boy asked me again, pointing to the sneakers that had fallen in the flower bed, as if I hadn't heard.
김여주
...
I stared at a sneaker that had fallen into the flower bed.
Perhaps due to the impact from above, the surrounding flower branches are crushed by the sneakers and are a mess.
김여주
...
김여주
...under,
I gave it all the water, but the flowers became fertilizer for the soil.
최범규
Hey!! Can't you hear me!?
The boy shouted loudly, frustrated with my lack of response.
김여주
...(snap)
Whoosh.-
I picked up a sneaker that had fallen under the flower bed and threw it into the trash can behind the school building.
최범규
!?
최범규
Hey..!? Are you crazy!?
Clank.-
Crazy..!!
The boy was startled and fell down the wall.
최범규
Ah, shit..really..;;;
He grimaced and rubbed his lower back, wondering if he had landed on his butt as he fell.
최범규
What are you!?
최범규
Someone asked me to pick it up, but I threw it away..!?
The boy looked up at the female protagonist, his voice blaring.
김여주
Yeah, why did you throw your sneakers in the flower bed?
최범규
No.. I didn't throw it away, I dropped it;;
최범규
You didn't hear it, did you? You did it on purpose, right?!
김여주
The security guard will be separating the trash soon. Can I skip going?
최범규
...Oh, shit..
Suddenly.-
The boy shook off the dirt, got up, and ran to the garbage dump.
Shouting loudly
최범규
You!!! Just try to get caught later!!!!
최범규
At that time, I couldn't stay still..!
Ouch.-
Perhaps because he had fallen over the fence earlier, the boy twisted his ankle while running.
최범규
..Mr. Ha;
He regains his balance and runs like a newborn calf, without any sense of direction.
김여주
...
김여주
...What time is it?
I looked at his back with pity and shook my head from side to side.
Was it a good thing to climb over the school fence?
My flower bed was completely ruined because of that punk who climbed over the fence.
Who are you asking this to?
under...
Me too
If you're unlucky...
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I thought today would be an unlucky day
최범규
Hey, psycho
김여주
?
최범규
You know me, right?
김여주
...
This is going to be a really unlucky day.
최범규
^^
I looked up from my desk and saw the guy in the sneakers from before looking down at me with his arms crossed.
Did you come looking for me on purpose?
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Isn't this really crazy?
최범규
hey.
최범규
I almost lost my shoes because of you?
김여주
Glad I found it
최범규
...Oh, okay
최범규
Oh, no..!!
최범규
No apology!?
김여주
what
최범규
I almost couldn't find my shoes because of you.
김여주
It's okay since I found it
최범규
her!?
최범규
That's what I'm saying now...;;
김여주
All I did was take the sneakers that were thrown away in the flower bed and put them in the trash can.
최범규
...
최범규
...are you really a psychopath?
최범규
I was clearly asking him to pick it up, but he just ignored me..!!
최범규
Do you know how much those sneakers cost!?
최범규
The craftsmanship of French artisans, meticulously crafted one by one...
김여주
Yeah, I'm glad I found it.
최범규
...under?
김여주
Now that you're done, go.
김여주
Or would you like to ask for the price of the flower bed?
최범규
...what?
김여주
The flower bed was ruined by the one sneaker you dropped.
김여주
The teacher said that the flowers were imported directly by the principal, so they were very expensive.
최범규
...is this because of that flower?
김여주
Yeah, I got in trouble because of that flower.
김여주
I didn't mess it up, you know.
김여주
Oh, should I tell the teacher now?
최범규
...what?
김여주
You fell over the wall and into the flower bed, ruining all the flowers.
김여주
But why did you jump over the wall?
김여주
Did you skip school without permission?
최범규
..uh..no, that's..
김여주
Well, anyway, that's none of my business.
김여주
I think I'll go and tell Danim honestly now
최범규
..Okay, wait a minute..
The boy had an embarrassed look on his face.
김여주
Oh, do you want to come with me?
김여주
After all, you're the one who ruined the flower bed^^
I asked with a smile.
최범규
...Yeah..no, that..
김여주
...why?
김여주
Are you scared?
최범규
...
The boy chewed his lips hesitantly, as if something was bothering him.
최범규
...
최범규
...no
최범규
The day I get in the principal's ear... I'm finished...
김여주
..oh
김여주
It's a pity...
김여주
But what should I do?
김여주
I'm not in a good position to ask the school for the price of flowers...
김여주
Just be honest with your homeroom teacher...
최범규
...Oh, no!!
The boy grabbed my hand tightly.
최범규
really..
최범규
Just don't say that...
김여주
why?
최범규
...
최범규
...If I climb over the fence and go home, I'll die.
최범규
I'm sure I'll get kicked out of the house because my hair is shaved.
김여주
..how come,,
최범규
They say that a man's head is his life.
최범규
I can't go back to being a night owl again..
최범규
What...how did you grow that hair...
김여주
...
Looks like he's been through quite a bit of trouble too.
If your head is shaved and you get kicked out,
It wouldn't have been a regular gold piece;
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But, what
Are you my dad?
김여주
But the flower bed was already ruined... What should I do...~
김여주
I can't help it either..~ㅠ
최범규
...
최범규
...I'll take care of it
최범규
Yeah? So don't tell the school...
김여주
...um,
김여주
I'll think about it^^
최범규
Yeah..
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Me too...
Should I have just said I knew then?
Something like a rolled-in chestnut
like this..
I didn't even know it was coming.
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Continued in the next episode>>>>