For the things you long for

Episode 5

생활부장 쌤

Is anyone there?

민 설하

Wow.. isn't that the manager??

추 원호

This is fucked up... I'd be a winner if I just got 5 more penalty points.

윤 보미

Hey hey hurry up and pack

청 월

Oh dear... what a pity...

윤 보미

Is it a big deal to be so stingy now? If we get caught, we'll die!

We quickly packed up the pizza, threw it in the corner, and hid in the storage room behind the rooftop.

추 원호

Hey hey be quiet

민 설하

I think I hear footsteps...

생활부장 쌤

Is anyone there?

The manager's voice grew closer as if he had opened the rooftop door and come in.

청 월

Etch!

윤 보미

hey..!

생활부장 쌤

Who's there!! Isn't he coming out of the warehouse?!

When it seemed like he would be caught by the head teacher, Wonho pushed Cheong Wol away.

추 원호

You got caught because of me, so you take responsibility.

청 월

Eww-!

Wol-i was pushed from behind by Won-ho and came face to face with the head teacher.

청 월

Haha.. Teacher..?

생활부장 쌤

Cheong Wol! What are you doing here?!

청 월

B..want to get some fresh air..? Haha..

생활부장 쌤

Don't you know that the rooftop is off-limits to students?

청 월

Hey.. I'm sorry, teacher~ Please just look at it once~ I didn't know

Outside the warehouse, Wol-i's sly voice could be heard.

The head teacher rebuked Wol-i in a soft voice at her clever persuasion.

생활부장 쌤

You thought you'd just let it slide this time, go clean the hallway to the teachers' office and be done with it

청 월

thank you-!

I hear the head teacher's footsteps going down again.

Only then can we let out the breath we had been holding and leave the warehouse.

청 월

Are you guys really selling me out?!

추 원호

You should take responsibility since I almost got caught because of you.

민 설하

I'm glad I didn't get in trouble too much.. haha

윤 보미

Haha, who told you to sneeze there?

청 월

Tch.. How can I be the only one cleaning!

추 원호

here.

We are afraid of getting caught again, so we finish cleaning up the roof and come down.

민 설하

We'll go first, Wol-ah

윤 보미

Clean up well~

추 원호

lol

Wol-i watched us exit the school gate with a sad expression on her face.

I chuckled as I recalled the incident on the rooftop.

As I recalled happy memories, I started to hate going home even more.

A familiar musty smell in the alley I had to pass through on my way home

Even though it's still autumn, the cold air penetrates my body.

The alley was cool all year round.

When my thoughts started to flow one after another and I started to have a lot of random thoughts, I arrived at the stairs leading up to my house.

민 설하

ah..

I wonder if that person is there or not.

He was very rarely at home.

Because every day, I'm out at the bar, staying up all night at the casino, or screaming at the racetrack.

Sometimes when I come home

He came home smelling of alcohol, cigarettes, and sweat, and he took the emergency fund and support card from home.

I'd rather go out than stay home and have it bother me.

Are you afraid of dying even though you live a life that is more trash than death?

In winter, I stayed home and slept all day.

It's a good thing I can wear long sleeves in the winter.

As I stopped my thoughts and went up to the house, the unpleasant stench of that person wafted into my mind.

아버지

What were you doing? Come crawl in now.

민 설하

..I had a school club. That's why I was a little late.

아버지

Where did you hide your welfare card?

민 설하

I didn't hide it.

The man's face distorted into a hideous grimace, and a green bottle of soju next to him flew out.

Kwajik-!

아버지

Where did you hide it!!

민 설하

I didn't hide it! You took it last time!

아버지

Is this talking back?!!

The man got up and came towards me.

The man's hand grabbed my hair and pushed me against the wall.

He threw me down as if he was venting his anger, kicked me a few times, and then stopped, probably because he was out of breath.

Fortunately, the man was so drunk that he didn't have much strength left, so his ribs didn't break.

I clutched my chest, barely able to catch my breath.

아버지

That bitch with bad luck, she's useless.

The man spat on the floor, found the emergency fund he had hidden in a drawer, and left.

민 설하

Ugh...ah...

I barely manage to get up and quickly open the drawer.

민 설하

Are you taking it all again, you bastard?

For dinner, I have no choice but to eat bread that has been left in the fridge and orange juice that has passed its expiration date.

민 설하

Ah.. I should have bought some pizza

I remembered the leftover food I had eaten on the rooftop.

After roughly filling my stomach, I covered myself with a piece of cloth that could hardly be called a blanket.

Perhaps because that person had come and gone, his dirty smell filled the room and subtly irritated my nerves.

I buried my face deeper into the cloth to block out the smell.