Campus Couple

#30

Seungcheol took me home almost every day.

And a month later,

I'm different from other kids

I got into the top class at the academy with high grades.

The half-time schedule has changed

I can't go with Seungcheol anymore

Since all contact with Seungcheol has disappeared

When I was thinking that I should really give up now

최승철

hey

Seungcheol spoke to me

김여주

Huh? Why are you here?

최승철

Pick you up

김여주

huh?

최승철

They said it was the top class

최승철

Why does that class end so late?

김여주

If you start late...

김여주

When you guys finish your class

최승철

I thought it was taking forever

김여주

Have you been waiting for me?

최승철

huh

김여주

why..?

최승철

Because there's no one behind me all the time

최승철

It's a little awkward

최승철

Don't get me wrong

최승철

I don't like you

It didn't matter if Seungcheol didn't like me.

Seungcheol's actions like this

Because it became the reason why I couldn't give up on you

That's why I like you

I thought nothing mattered

김여주

But what's with the band on your face?

최승철

Oh, this?

Seungcheol touched the bandage on his face.

김여주

huh

최승철

Who keeps picking on me on the street?

김여주

So you hit him?

최승철

Yeah, but what is that?

김여주

…it's nothing

After seeing that Seungcheol was right

Oh, of course it might not have been right

Still, my heart ached when I saw the scars on his face.

But I couldn't say anything

The words "don't fight again"

How much was right?

I couldn't do any more

Because I am nothing to Seungcheol

Yeah, I wasn't a friend or anything.

Just the emptiness of the back of a motorcycle

I was just one of the people who filled it in.

최승철

What are you thinking?

최승철

Aren't you going?

김여주

Huh..? Huh.. yeah..

And that day

I went home and thought about it

I won't ride on the back of Seungcheol's motorcycle anymore.

I'm going to erase Seungcheol from my life

So from the next day onwards, not the back door

I started going only through the main gate

As a result, we gradually became distant

Later, we became close enough that we didn't even say hello when we ran into each other at school.

Seungcheol quit the academy shortly after that.

And I started to forget Seungcheol

I was having a busy day.

But on the day of the high school entrance ceremony,

I met Seungcheol again in the same class.

And Seungcheol, whom I saw in class

Still living like a gangster

김여주

uh…?

최승철

Oh, what is it?

최승철

Is this the school?

김여주

Yeah, is this our class?

최승철

huh

최승철

It's nice to see you again

김여주

Yeah, that's right

최승철

Why didn't you come out of school?

김여주

Ah... at that time...

김여주

Because they said they would make up for it at the academy

최승철

Oh really?

I knew what the heroine was saying was a lie.

Because I saw the female protagonist go through the main gate instead of the back gate

I knew you were deliberately avoiding me,

So I didn't pretend to know any more.

And then I looked at the empty back of the motorcycle

I found out that I liked Kim Yeo-ju.

But the female protagonist I already met in class

There was a different atmosphere than before.

But I like it better now than when I was in middle school.

Because it was more natural

김여주

Are you still riding a motorcycle?

최승철

huh

김여주

Ah... I see...

Since I haven't seen Kim Yeo-ju

I never forgot Kim Yeo-ju for a single moment.

It was my first love

김여주

Where is your seat?

최승철

I'm at the back of the window

김여주

All my friends go to different schools than me

김여주

I don't have any friends at this school yet.

김여주

Can I sit with you?

최승철

Or so -

Actually, there was a friend who was going to sit next to me

I winked at that friend

He was indirectly telling me to get out of my seat.

The female protagonist put down her bag and left the class.

I thought this was the moment, so I followed the female lead out into the hallway.

최승철

Kim Yeo-ju

김여주

huh?

최승철

Can you teach me how to study?

김여주

huh?

최승철

I don't have to go to college either.

최승철

I don't even know what academy means

최승철

Just study with me

김여주

Well... okay...

김여주

Then there is a condition

최승철

What is it?

김여주

Don't ride a motorcycle

김여주

Don't smoke

김여주

Don't drink alcohol

김여주

Finally, don't go around fighting

김여주

Additionally, wear your school uniform properly

김여주

How about it? Can you promise?

최승철

Yeah, of course

김여주

okay -

And I spent almost the whole day

I only followed Kim Yeo-ju

After a month, I had some basic knowledge.

최승철

Studying isn't that big of a deal

김여주

I'm still solving the easy ones lol

최승철

But isn't it true that your grades aren't going up?

김여주

It won't go up, of course -

김여주

You're doing something for the 3rd year of middle school right now.

최승철

Oh, right..

김여주

Still, you learned almost three years of middle school curriculum in just one month.

김여주

It's so fast

While listening to the female protagonist's praise

I studied while sleeping 3 hours every day

I have a dream of joining a large IT company.

최승철

Which college do you want to go to?

김여주

I've dreamed of becoming a high school math teacher since I was in the first year of middle school.

김여주

I want to go to the Department of Mathematics Education at Sebong University.

최승철

Oh really..?

김여주

you?

최승철

me too..!

Well, since we are in the same science department

I didn't think it really mattered

And above all, with the female protagonist

Because I really wanted to go to college

As promised to the female protagonist a month ago

I even sold my motorcycle

I bought a workbook and a study guide with the money I earned.

And quit smoking and drinking

We didn't even fight

And while wearing the school uniform neatly

I kept my promise to the heroine thoroughly.

Yet, he kept his feelings for Yeoju completely hidden.

As you grow your mind

I was content to just watch the heroine from the side.

Time passes quickly again

Before we knew it, we were high school seniors preparing for the college entrance exam.

Studying together every day

I took the CSAT and waited for the results.

Then, Yeoju received confirmation of admission.

I was sure I would pass when I received the first reserve.

With payment of tuition on the final registration date

Registered at the same time

Then, instead of studying every day,

The two of us skip school and go out to play

I also slept for the first time in high school.

I graduated with a happy time

We both hold our diplomas in one hand

Holding a bouquet of flowers in one hand

We stood side by side and took a picture smiling.

김여주

Congratulations on your graduation -

최승철

Congratulations on your graduation too

최승철

and..

김여주

huh?

최승철

I've been in the same class with you for 3 years

최승철

While studying and going to and from school together

최승철

I was the happiest person in my life

김여주

What the heck, it's so creepy lol

최승철

I'm serious -

김여주

Then what...

김여주

It must have been hard to keep up with my progress.

김여주

Thank you for following along with me and not giving up until the end.

최승철

What, you're more annoying

김여주

That's why...

January 2024,

That's how we graduated from Sebong High School.

최승철

I graduated today too

최승철

Want to go for a drink?

김여주

Of course~

최승철

It's 11 o'clock now,

최승철

Come out by 12 o'clock -

김여주

Are you drinking during the day?

최승철

Yeah, we had a graduation ceremony -

김여주

Yeah lol

김여주

If you're late, you die

최승철

Don't be late either

김여주

I'm not late

최승철

What are you talking about, you're always late?

김여주

You came out early -

최승철

That's not it, that's why lol

I will always be by Yeoju's side

I thought you would like Yeoju

And if you pass the teacher certification exam

I promised to confess