How to love your blue

#03. Reason for liking

“Is this really summer vacation?”

한동민

It's vacation

김동현

What are high school seniors doing during supplementary classes?

김여주

If your grades are below the required level, you will need to take supplementary classes.

김여주

Is that why?

한동민

Don't you know that you're a kid who takes extra classes?

김여주

I applied and got in

한동민

…what?

김동현

Wow, is there anyone who signed up for summer vacation supplementary classes and is coming in?

김여주

why..?

한동민

I usually don't want to do it;;

한동민

Who wants to go to school during the holidays?

김여주

… Is that so?

김여주

I heard Han Dong-min is doing it

김여주

I applied

한동민

…?

김동현

… it’s true, genuine love.

김동현

Han Dong-min, you can't miss him.

한동민

…what are you saying (screaming)

한동민

Who is following the supplementary lessons..;;

김여주

me

김동현

That guy

한동민

…

Are you really an idiot?

김동현

Hey kids

김동현

Let's just cut it in the middle

김여주

?

한동민

suddenly?

김동현

It's vacation time, so rather than just us wasting our time here,

김동현

It's better to enjoy the last summer of your third year of high school

한동민

So where

김동현

Well, when it comes to summer,

김동현

ocean?

김여주

ocean??

“We’re really here”

김동현

What's up

김동현

It's Friday and there's no extra class tomorrow~

한동민

What is execution power?

김여주

Wow, it's the sea!!!

As soon as Yeoju saw the sea, she ran out.

A fish in water is someone who jumps into the waves without hesitation like a child.

한동민

… I love it so much

김동현

I'm going too.

Kim Dong-hyun also threw himself into the waves that followed Yeo-ju.

한동민

…

한동민

… one more fish in water

김동현

Hey, wanna bet?

한동민

?

김동현

Go take a picture of the rock over there first

김동현

If you are a real person, you are a fraud

한동민

Ah haha

한동민

ok

김여주

! But I can't swim

한동민

Then you pickle

김여주

Pickled radish?

김동현

Wow, it's been so long since I've had kimchi lol

한동민

Kim Yeo-ju

한동민

You start preparing

김여주

huh!

김여주

then..

김여주

preparation..

김여주

Ready.. Start!!

It's damp..-

김여주

I didn't even bring a change of clothes...

한동민

But did you jump into the sea?

김여주

You jumped in too -3-

한동민

Don't write...

김동현

Kids, it's okay

김동현

I know an aunt who lives nearby.

김동현

I think you can change your clothes there

김여주

really!?

한동민

What's up with connections..

김동현

lol

“Aunt~”

이모

Oh my, who is this?

김동현

Aunt, how have you been?

이모

Isn't it Donghyun?

이모

When did you grow so big?

김동현

lol

김여주

hello!!

한동민

Hello..(awkwardly)

이모

Are Donghyun's friends?

김여주

yes

김여주

My name is Kim Yeo-ju

한동민

This is Han Dong-min

이모

Both of them are pretty and handsome~

김동현

Aunt, what about me?

이모

Oh my, no matter how much I talk about Donghyun, my mouth hurts~

김동현

lol

이모

Are the three of you here to play?

김동현

yes

김동현

But I had no place to stay, so I came to my aunt's house.

김동현

It's been a long time since I've seen you, aunt~

이모

You speak so beautifully, lol

이모

Yeah, go play~

이모

I'll give you a change of clothes.

김동현

Yay

한동민

thank you

김여주

thank you!!

이모

There are two empty rooms, so a man and a woman can share them.

이모

Are you planning to leave in a few days?

김동현

One...two days?

이모

Yeah~

이모

Have fun~

이모

If you need, call your aunt~

김동현

yes~

한동민

Is it okay to stay out like this?

김동현

If I tell my parents that I'm at my aunt's house, they'll probably say okay.

한동민

He's not worried though...

김여주

?

김여주

I'm okay too!!

김여주

I contacted you earlier

한동민

Oh, then what

김동현

anyway,

김동현

Han Dong-min, you buy some ramen

한동민

…under

김동현

Jin said he would buy ramen~^^

김여주

Shall we go together?

한동민

..Okay, I'll go alone

김동현

Have a nice trip~~

한동민

…

Seriously, should I just buy some spicy chicken?

After Han Dong-min went to buy ramen

There are only Kim Yeo-ju and Kim Dong-hyun.

김동현

however

Kim Dong-hyun spoke first.

김여주

?

김동현

Are you really dating Han Dong-min?

I looked at Kim Yeo-ju with a curious face.

김여주

We're not dating

김여주

I like Dongmin

김동현

Oh oh..

김동현

Are you active?

김여주

There's nothing to hide-

김동현

Really~?

Dong-Hyeon twitched the corners of his mouth as if he had taken the bait.

김동현

Since when?

김여주

… umm

김여주

It's been quite a while?

김동현

?

김동현

Isn't this the first time you've met two people since you entered your third year of high school?

김여주

… Well, one side is like that

김여주

I knew it before

김동현

???

A year ago, winter

간호사

Lady?

간호사

Where did he go again..

김여주

Haha.. haa..

My home is a ward.

From birth until now

Life inside the hospital was longer than the world outside the hospital.

incurable disease,

A weak human being who cannot survive without drugs

It was me.

All I can do in this boring ward is

Just eat, sleep, and take a walk

One of my little deviations was sneaking out of the ward.

It was my specialty.

That day too, I sneaked out of the ward and walked along the hospital trail.

It was a night when rain poured down heavily.

There is always something moving around, crouching down on the road I pass by.

김여주

?

I went closer to check

It was a man crouching on a bench on the promenade in the middle of the night.

김여주

…?

This man is seen shrugging his shoulders irregularly.

It seemed like it was going well.

That too without a sound

Sadly

김여주

… Hey, are you okay?

I approached the man.

한동민

… (pause)

The man's shoulders stopped shaking at the sound of people.

김여주

… It's raining too

김여주

What's going on?

한동민

…

한동민

… No, it's okay

한동민

Go your way

As he spoke, the man turned his head to the opposite side where the female protagonist was standing.

김여주

…

For some reason, Yeoju was curious about his side profile.

What's the story?

Could it be that I was sitting here alone on this rainy night, holding my breath and wiping away tears?

I approached him again with compassion.

김여주

Can I sit here?

한동민

…

He remained silent.

Nevertheless, the heroine quietly sat down next to him.

김여주

Aren't you cold?

한동민

…

김여주

It's going to rain and be cold

한동민

…

김여주

But isn't it strange that it rains in winter?

김여주

It usually snows

한동민

…

김여주

But I like winter rain

김여주

When it rains in the summer, it's humid and stuffy

김여주

Doesn't the rain that falls in winter somehow feel refreshing?

한동민

…

김여주

So I sneaked out without telling the nurse lol

김여주

Maybe a night walk? LOL

한동민

…

김여주

What brings you here?

한동민

…

He still has the momentum to not open his mouth until the very end.

김여주

…

김여주

…?

Upon closer inspection, I discovered a cast on his right leg.

김여주

Oh, you're admitted here.

김여주

Then you and I are comrades at the hospital~

한동민

…

한동민

… How long are you going to keep talking?

Finally he opened his mouth.

한동민

I want to be alone, but it bothers me

김여주

…ah

김여주

sorry

김여주

It's nice to see a patient I haven't seen in a long time...

한동민

…?

김여주

I've been here for a while now..~

김여주

I've been weak since I was born, so I spend most of my time in the hospital.

김여주

So I don't have any friends my age around me... and it's quite boring.

한동민

…

한동민

… How old are you?

김여주

I'm going to be 19 next year~

한동민

…ah

김여주

What about you?

한동민

Me too

김여주

Oh, really??

한동민

…yes

김여주

Then, shall we talk comfortably??

김여주

We're friends!!

한동민

… Well, that’s true

김여주

lol

한동민

… do whatever you want

김여주

But how did you get your leg hurt?

한동민

..while playing soccer

김여주

Soccer? You play soccer too??

한동민

..because of the players' preparation

김여주

!?

김여주

Are you a soccer player!? Wow, awesome!

한동민

…

한동민

… I can't do it anymore.

김여주

?

한동민

I can't play soccer anymore

김여주

ah..

한동민

I've never thought about anything other than soccer.

한동민

…fuck (mumble)

김여주

…

김여주

Ah, you can't run?

한동민

…huh

His face grew darker and darker.

Like someone who lost everything in an instant

Of course

In an instant, the dreams of a young youth were completely ripped away.

Is there anyone who is sane?

김여주

Rehabilitation is not possible?

한동민

I'll try, but I think my career as a player is over.

김여주

…I see

한동민

…

한동민

… Okay, that's okay now

한동민

I'm sick of things like soccer now.

widely.-

Dongmin jumped up from his seat.

한동민

You go in now.

한동민

It's going to keep raining tonight.

한동민

It's going to get colder

김여주

Oh, yeah

한동민

Okay, I'm going.

And so Dongmin disappeared.

김여주

…

For some reason, I couldn't just pass by his disappearing back, so I kept looking at it.

Let me ask you your name

But he had already disappeared into the rain.

김여주

… I should go in now too

Just as I was about to get up and turn around

Something brushed against my fingertips.

김여주

?

I grabbed it in my hand.

Looking closely, what is that T-shirt?

It looked like a sports uniform.

The number 8 on the back

The name Han Dong-min is engraved on it

It was clear that this belonged to that child earlier.

His soccer uniform was crumpled and damp to the touch.

I don't know if it was because it got wet from the rain or what it was like that.

There's still some warmth left in that uniform.

Was I holding you in my arms just now?

From that day on, I was ordered to stay home.

Because I was out in the rain for so long, I ended up catching a cold.

김여주

What else can you do at the hospital?

김여주

They won't even let me go for that short walk...~

I drew the curtains inside the hospital room.

Since the room had a direct view of the walking trail, it wasn't bad for people watching.

I was staring blankly at the walking path

My gaze followed someone who looked familiar.

That kid was Han Dong-min.

김여주

What are you doing over there?

I opened my eyes wide and looked at him.

He was wearing a hospital gown and had a cast on his right foot, and he was kicking a soccer ball with the cast on his foot.

김여주

What are you doing that's so dangerous...

I saw him hitting the ball with his cast-on leg.

김여주

Are you one of those people who says soccer is boring now?

While thinking that, I thought that it must be his own foolishness.

however,

That guy rolls a ball on the trail every single day without fail.

With that cast on my leg.

At first, I looked at him through the window with a face like, “Why is he like that? Is it okay for him to be like that?”

But his will is strong.

He hit the ball a few times with his casted leg, and one day he was even rolling the ball.

I watched him like that in the hospital room for a long time.

The day he got his cast off, he hit the ball more skillfully than the first time, even with a slightly stiff leg.

김여주

There they go again

I looked at him in wonder.

What on earth could have made that kid move?

I was captivated by that strong will.

Have I ever been so deeply immersed in something and given it my all?

When I see you kicking the ball even in such hardships,

It made my heart beat again.

But soon, he was no longer visible.

The nurse said that the child had already been discharged.

Since that day

Looking out the window wasn't very enjoyable.

I guess it's because he wasn't there.

It was my only heaven in this boring ward life.

In the meantime, my sky became shadowed.

Han Dong-min

I guess I won't be able to see that child anymore.

…

..

.

“So when did the two of you meet again??“

김여주

My health has gotten better this year, so I can go to school.

김여주

I went to school for the first time in my third year of high school.

김여주

On the day I transferred, Han Dong-min said he was in the same class as me?

김동현

What the heck, it's like a drama...

김여주

lol

김여주

But, I don't think Han Dong-min remembers

김여주

That's when I was me

김동현

…omg

김여주

Well, I'm fine

김여주

Aren't hospital gowns a bit much for a first impression of your first love?

김동현

It seems like there's something between the two

김동현

This really isn't fate, it can't happen

김여주

lol

김동현

No, that's not it

김여주

huh?

김동현

Why do you like Han Dong-min?

…