I Want to See the Sea
Operation Name: Octopus Stew
08:01 PM
이석민
"You'll join too... Oh, I hung up."
Seokmin, who had been talking to himself for a while, finally checks the phone call that Mingyu had hung up. Feeling awkward, he looks around and finds Chan running hard on the playground, so he calls out to him.
이석민
"Chan-ah, come quickly."
At Seokmin's call, Chan stopped running, caught his breath, and slowly walked toward Seokmin. Chan asked Seokmin what was happening. He smiled wickedly and said,
이석민
“Operation name: Octopus Stew. Would you like to participate?”
이찬
“He’s doing this to harass the female protagonist again.”
Seokmin was a little flustered when Chan guessed right away and started to look around. Chan was annoyed, but he said he understood and climbed up the tree to sit next to Seokmin.
이석민
"If Bae Yeo-ju is late every day, she'll climb over the wall here. Then we'll make some noise and have the leader catch her."
이찬
"Ha... Don't you think about dying for the female protagonist?"
Even though Chan sighed and told him the undeniable truth, Seokmin smiled brightly and said:
이석민
"Before that, Bae Yeo-ju will die first at the hands of the leader!"
Chan knew that Yeo-ju had never been caught by the leader and disciplined, but he didn't know that and decided to pretend to quietly participate in the operation because he found Seok-min's teasing of Yeo-ju amusing.
Chan sighs as he watches Seokmin run wildly. He can't stand this kind of thing, and his older sister is scolding him. Chan wonders who's more pitiful: his brother, who's so simple-minded and foolish, or his older sister, who's being taken advantage of by that fool.
08:40 AM
For some reason, Chan-i seemed to hear the female protagonist's lone scream from there. He felt even more sorry for the female protagonist who was suffering because of this guy. To think that this guy was a fair play expert is a huge misconception.
In fact, among the sports articles that were reported several times, there were many articles about Seok-min impressing people with his fair play and enjoying a good game regardless of the win or loss.
But Chan wanted to let them know that he was just a high school boy who ruthlessly bullied a high school girl. Doesn't everyone realize that his everyday life is vastly different from his athletic performance?
이찬
“Hyung, you’re really trash. Seungcheol hyung said that you shouldn’t do that to a woman.”
이석민
"She's not a girl. So it's okay."
Chan was dumbfounded by Seokmin's confident justification of his actions. "Wow, you do realize that today, of all days, all the seniors on duty at the leadership team are from the track and field team, right? You definitely couldn't have done it knowingly. That would be the worst."
Seokmin avoided answering, his expression half-asleep. Then Chan said, "Okay, I get it." "Hyung, you're a piece of trash."
이찬
“But the female protagonist’s nickname is ‘Little Mermaid’. That’s too much.”
이석민
"What the heck is the Little Mermaid? She looks like a boiled octopus. She's even mashed up."
Chan, who was at a loss for words at Seokmin's absurd remark, sighed and came down from the tree. "Hyung, you're late, so don't take it easy."
When Chan says something, Seokmin runs into school with Chan, as if he is happy about it.
배여주
"Please, just let me have a look. You all know I've been swimming since morning, right?"
전원우
"Lady, let's stop talking nonsense. I can't let you see me today."
배여주
"Hey, Wonwoo oppa, you're really unmerciful."
The female protagonist, who was cornered in a corner of the pool, slowly tried to appease the approaching leaders as if she were imitating a scene from a movie. However, she seemed to already know that it would not work, so she took a step back and waited for an opening.
After a vague silence, the signal was given, and as the leaders all rushed towards Yeoju, Yeoju strengthened her resolve and jumped into the pool.
The water in the pool overflowed. The leaders who had been watching Yeoju instead of following her in stuck out their tongues.
Wonwoo looked at the female lead and muttered “She’s crazy” several times.
The female protagonist was running wildly around the pool, waving her arms wildly, but no one could touch her, so they all agreed to quietly retreat.
Wonwoo, dumbfounded, ran his hand through his hair before quietly disappearing with them. Yeoju personally greeted them, reveling in an unbelievable sense of victory and freedom.
But soon, the female protagonist starts cursing at Seok-min due to the feeling of discomfort and injustice that comes over her.
배여주
“Lee Seok-min, you’re lost. Oh, you just threw away useless clothes.”
As she was dragging her body out of the water, covered in wet clothes, and lying on the floor, someone came up to her and gently touched her shoulder.
The heroine, perhaps thinking the leader had returned, quickly crawled into the pool without even listening to anyone. The sight was as if a cockroach was crawling.
배주현
"Oh my, you're being so noisy since morning. You're being so noisy."
배여주
"Oh dear, I thought you were the leader. Oh, you're so annoying..."
So who would be late on a day like today? Joo-hyun scolded Yeo-ju. Then, he pulled Yeo-ju out of the pool, who was speechless, and went into the locker room with her.
As Yeo-ju roughly took off her gym uniform, Joo-hyun covered her face with her palm and acted coy.
배주현
"Gyaaaa-"
As Yeo-ju finished changing her clothes, asking if she wasn't tired of it, Joo-hyun waved her hand and said yes. Then Joo-hyun added a word.
배주현
"Do you know what it's like to live with a mermaid?"
배여주
"I know all too well how ugly fish faces are, seeing them every day."
When the female protagonist shames her without hesitation, Joo-hyun laughs and drops the clothes he was holding. When he drops the clothes, Joo-hyun remembers and hands the swimsuit he was holding to the female protagonist.
You want me to change into this and walk around all day? When Yeo-ju glared at Joo-hyun, Joo-hyun waved his hand. That's not it. Today's class is only physical education.
Yeoju, understanding the meaning, stopped complaining and changed her clothes. When Joohyun handed her the last pair of flippers, Yeoju accepted them and, with a brighter expression than ever, neatly placed them on her feet.
배여주
“Kids, Mom is here.”
"As expected, you're being so noisy in the morning," Joo-hyun complained, looking at Yeo-ju, who hadn't even finished changing out of her swimsuit yet.
But now, as if she doesn't care about anything, she jumps into the pool and the water quickly embraces her.
Ding dong-.
As the bell signaling the start of class rang throughout the school, the children in Yeoju's class began to gather at the pool one by one.
The children's reaction to seeing the heroine swimming like a mermaid was always one of surprise. The gym teacher, who followed, also exclaimed in admiration.
체육쌤
"Hey, as expected, the female lead came first and is practicing."
이석민
"...So now he's... huh."
Seok-min, who was turning around as if telling the children a heroic tale, turns around after hearing the PE teacher's words and freezes when he sees Yeo-ju.
The female protagonist was swimming wildly in the pool to show Seok-min, then came towards him like a shark and grabbed both of his legs.
이석민
"Ugh...! Sa, save me..."
배여주
"Come on."
Aaaah! The heroine grabbed Seokmin's leg and dragged him into the pool, then disappeared beneath the surface. Everyone was so amused by the sight that they were busy laughing instead of helping.
Even the gym teacher was on Yeoju's side, so Seokmin was brutally dragged away by her. Every time the water splashed, Seokmin's screams echoed throughout the school.
Chan, who was watching it with the others, muttered.
이찬
"I knew it."
After some time had passed, Seokmin's sagging body was floating in the middle of the pool. Yeoju shook her hand away and spoke to the gym teacher.
배여주
"Let's practice first aid while we're at it. I'll skip it."
배주현
"Please exclude me too."
Operation Name: Octopus Stew
This time, the operation was a complete failure.