Anyway, I'm not the one who went
I bought it to eat, but it's a bit much. You eat it.
A few days ago, word spread around school that Yeoju had collapsed and been rushed to the hospital. (On the day Yeoju began hyperventilating, Han Dong-min called 911 first, rushed over, and ended up being taken to the hospital by ambulance.)
The problem is that it changed from a health issue to "I cried and collapsed because of my ex-boyfriend."
And that rumor reached the ears of Jaehyun Myeong, a third-year high school student.
명재현
(Blocking the female protagonist in front of the main gate) "Female protagonist, wait a minute."
최여주
(Surprised expression) "… Jaehyun oppa?…..Why are you here?"
명재현
"I came here because I heard a rumor. I heard you collapsed that day. That it was because of me…"
최여주
"No, that's all—"
한동민
(Interrupting from the side) "Rumors are the favorite genre of people with big mouths. They're not even true."
명재현
(Looking up at Dongmin) "It's you again?"
최여주
(Small) "Stop it... please. Don't mix words between you two."
(Dongmin pauses for a moment and sighs after seeing the female lead tremble.)
한동민
“…Okay. Let’s go in.”
(But while the female protagonist hesitates, Jaehyun takes the lead, saying, “I’ll take you there.” Dongmin goes inside the school gate first without saying a word.)
명재현
“Aren’t you having a hard time these days?”
최여주
“…No, it’s okay.”
명재현
(Bitter smile) "I didn't come because you looked okay. Rumor has it that you collapsed because of me."
최여주
"That's not true. I just... feel unwell for a moment."
명재현
"My lady. Do you think I don't know how hard it is for you? Back then, we…"
최여주
(bowing her head) "Can we stop talking about that? It's already over."
명재현
(Pause) "I'm still sorry. I should have done better that day…"
최여주
(Forced smile) "Saying sorry won't change anything. Just... Study, oppa. You're preparing for the college entrance exam this year."
(A bell rings in the distance, and students pass through the school gate in groups of three or five and head toward the playground.)
명재현
"Still, if you're having a hard time, call me. I... still haven't deleted your number."
최여주
“……..I’ll go.”
(An awkward atmosphere flows between the two. The female protagonist bows her head slightly and enters the school gate. Jaehyun stands there for a while, staring at the back of the female protagonist before turning around.)
오후 1:00
Library. (Midterm exam D-3)
Yeoju couldn't even eat lunch properly and just kept studying.
Dongmin, who saw that, went to the store and bought a lot of food for Yeoju and came back.
I couldn't bring myself to say, "I bought it for you."
한동민
(Putting a bag of chocolates on the female protagonist's desk) "I bought it to eat myself, but there's a lot. You eat it."
최여주
(Snickering) "Lies. You don't eat sweets very well."
Han Dong-min is caught right away.
한동민
"You just bought it to eat? Then don't eat it."
최여주
“No, no, thank you so much.. (forgetting one) It’s delicious.”
(Dongmin pretends to read a book without answering, but a very small smile spreads across his lips.)
최여주
“Then, as a thank you… should I teach you some lessons?”
한동민
"It's okay. I'm not good at studying."
최여주
“You said you got an average of 30 points in all subjects… It’s not that it’s wrong, it’s that you didn’t do it.”
한동민
"Where did you hear that? No, it's not true."
최여주
"My homeroom teacher showed us the entire class's report cards. I can't hide it~"
한동민
“…Then just do science. I don’t need anything else.”
The day the exam ended.
(The female protagonist runs towards Dongmin holding his report card.)
최여주
"Hey, how did you get on your science test?"
한동민
(Thrown out) "78."
최여주
(eyes wide) "What?! That kid who used to get an average of 30 points?!"
한동민
"Why, don't you believe it?"
최여주
(Playfully) "Your score went up this much? Thanks for not studying for me all this time."
한동민
(Frowning) "What? Are you kidding me?"
최여주
(Laughing) "No, really. I was surprised that you listened better than I thought."
한동민
(snickers slightly) "You're just good at talking."
The female protagonist tilted her head slightly.
A sharp and cold impression, and words that are always thrown out with a careless tone.
But once you explain something, you listen to the end, and once you learn something, you have the concentration to never make a mistake.
‘…He looks so cute… but he really listens well, doesn’t he?’ The female protagonist muttered to herself.
최여주
"Then, since you're done with your exams, let's hang out. I'll buy you lunch."
I held back the words “Really?” from coming out.
한동민
“Or so…”
It's good, but it's said carelessly.
After the homeroom teacher's closing ceremony
유민지
"Hey, do you want to go to the PC room together today?"
최여주
"I have an appointment with Han Dong-min~"
유민지
(Playfully) "Hey, are you two dating?"
한동민
(Carrying a school bag) "You're talking nonsense."
최여주
"That's right. That's nonsense." (Laughs)
In front of the school.
Kids wearing casual clothes over their school uniforms, kids eating cup ramen at a convenience store, each enjoying a sense of liberation.
최여주
"Where do you want to go? Bowling? Karaoke? Or just a food tour?"
한동민
“I… rice first.”
최여주
"As expected, food is the number one priority."
한동민
"I keep remembering you said you'd buy me lunch, so there's no such thing as n-bread?"
최여주
“Oh, I know. Don’t worry.”
Snack bar.
A table full of tteokbokki, sundae, and kimbap. Two ice cream bars are also set up next to the table.
최여주
(Eating tteokbokki) "I feel like I'm going to die now that the exam is over."
한동민
"Your nagging was harder than the test itself."
최여주
"But it worked."
한동민
(Nodding) "I agree."
최여주
"Hey, you look happy today though. Is it because of your grades?"
한동민
"Well, maybe it's because I don't have to listen to your nagging."
최여주
“Wow… I really can’t say no to words.”
한동민
(Picks up the kimbap and pushes it towards Yeoju) "Eat a lot, you know. Today."
최여주
“Oh~ good Dongmin~”
Pretend not to hear.
최여주
(Picking up a piece of sundae with chopsticks) "I'll eat this."
한동민
"I was originally going to give it to you?"
최여주
(Pauses for a moment) “…Did you know?”
한동민
“Then would you have pushed it onto your plate for no reason?”
최여주
"Oh~ You're quick-witted?"
한동민
"You are so clueless."
최여주
(While eating kimbap) "Oh, I really failed the Korean language test today. Junhee keeps sighing next to me, so I can't concentrate anymore."
한동민
"He's so annoying when he even breathes."
최여주
"Hey, don't say that to a cute kid."
한동민
"If you say you're cute, everyone else will think you're cute."
최여주
"That's why you're cute."
한동민
(Stops eating sundae) “…What did you say….”
최여주
"Oh, but after school today, the kids in your class are going to the PC room. Aren't you going?"
한동민
"Me? I'm not going. I promised to come here with you."
최여주
"Oh~ It's priority number 1?"
한동민
“No, that’s not it… I just don’t want to go to noisy places.”
최여주
(Laughing) "Oh my, he's really a tsundere."
한동민
“What..what are you saying..?! You keep saying weird things.”
한동민
“If you keep saying weird things, I won’t eat with you..?”
최여주
“Eat me..? Eat me…?”
최여주
“Do you think I have no friends to eat with other than you?”
최여주
“Even though I’m like this, I still have a lot of friends..?”
Dongmin and Yeoju bicker again today...
최여주
(Picking up tteokbokki) "Hey, but when did we first become friends?"
한동민
(Stop eating sundae) "Middle school 1st semester. If I remember correctly, it was the day you wrote 'How to study well: Be born again' in my notebook."
최여주
"Oh, that lol do you still remember it?"
한동민
"I can't help but remember. That was the first time I saw you, and you left without even saying hello, writing something like that in my notebook."
It was around the middle of the first semester of middle school…
May, when the late summer breeze blew in through the classroom windows.
Even though it was exam period, there was an unsolved problem book on Han Dong-min's desk, and he was almost always lying face down.
한동민
(coldly, rolling a pen) "What, why are you sitting next to me?"
최여주
"I'm sitting here because there's no other seat. By the way, I won't be disturbing you."
한동민
(Without even raising his head) "Still, it's polite to ask the owner if you can sit down."
최여주
(Glancing around) “…Then I ask. Can I sit down?”
(When I was in the first year of middle school, there were odd numbers in the class, so Han Dong-min volunteered to sit alone. So the seat next to me also belonged to Han Dong-min.)
한동민
"no."
최여주
"Wow, it's cold~"
The next day, and the day after that, Choi Yeo-ju sat next to Han Dong-min.
Now, Han Dong-min and her are used to each other and they can even joke around lightly.
(In fact, the female protagonist kept talking to Dong-min because she was worried about him being alone.)
One day
The heroine glanced through his workbook, then picked up a pen and wrote in large letters on a page of his notebook.
How to Study Well: Being Reborn
한동민
(Frowning) “What are you doing?”
최여주
(Playfully) "That's a realistic solution. You don't seem to have an answer right now."
한동민
(Closing the notebook) "It's ridiculous to hear that from someone I don't know."
최여주
"Hey, I'm just kidding. Do you really not know how to laugh? And it's not like we don't know each other, right? We've become pretty close, haven't we?!"
한동민
"I don't make useless jokes like you."
At that time, I really thought the conversation would end there.
But from that day on, Choi Yeo-ju strangely came near Dong-min's desk during every break.
At first I was just teasing, but later I got really curious.
And before long, a joke like the nickname ‘Reborn’ remained between the two.
today.
최여주
"I still remember your expression that day. The look in your eyes that said, 'What is this bitch?'"
한동민
"That's right. That was exactly what I was thinking."
최여주
“Digile?”
최여주
"But you've been talking to me ever since."
한동민
"Because you came and talked to me every day. If I didn't, I'd be noisy."
최여주
"Oh, so that's why I've been eating like this until now."
한동민
(Picking up the sundae and placing it on Yeoju's plate) "That might be true."
The female protagonist doesn't notice the food that Han Dong-min puts on her plate while talking and just naturally eats it.
+) Han Dong-min gradually shed his cold image while hanging out with Yeo-ju.
Still, no one was able to approach him because of the coldness that was evident in his sharp face.
Kim Dong-hyun became Han Dong-min's first same-sex friend.
Then, gradually, many friends of the opposite sex as well as the same sex began to appear around Dongmin.
작가
When Han Dong-min was fighting with Myung Jae-hyun (see episode 1), he unconsciously revealed his feelings, but I think the female lead did this as a friend to take her side. (I'm writing this because I'm worried that you might not understand Han Dong-min's sudden tantrum haha)
작가
Han Dong-min, who noticed that, briefly changed from being a sweetheart to speaking to his usual friend-like tone.
작가
Han Dong-min is very affectionate when comforting Yeo-ju, but other than that, he shows tsundere Han Tae-san moments.
작가
And the story of how Han Dong-min and Choi Yeo-ju became close in middle school is based on something that happened to me during my middle and high school days (it's about my first love in my third year of middle school haha). I was so impressed by how much his grades improved that I decided to write about it. 😋
작가
That doesn't mean I was a bad kid who thought, "If you want to study well, you have to be born again!"
작가
In the next episode, the female protagonist was a bright and playful child who approached the cold Dongmin.
작가
I will write about what happened to the female protagonist from the end of her first year of middle school to the first year of high school, and why she became so timid (refer to previous episodes)..!
작가
Almost everything that happened to Yeoju will be based on my own true story..! Enjoy!🔥