mister
He likes to tease others.
He shouldn't have given that little bit of hope.
No matter how precious it was, I shouldn't have given myself room to think like that.
Even when the boy kicked him out, the child stared straight at him with eyes filled with rapture, as if they held the world within them. Even with a bad cold, a fever, and a stuffy nose, the child had been insisting on staying with him.
So you end up spitting those words out -.
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이 연
"..? What's that, sir! The drink from that vending machine is mine!!!"
Yes, the kid is a 20-year-old college student, a naive young adult who's just become an adult. While getting a drink from the vending machine, he was so happy to see his old best friend that he forgot to take his drink.
최승철
"...If that's the case, why are you doing something else instead of just taking it as soon as you pick it?"
최승철
"-And do I look like an old man?"
The not-so-friendly man was frowning, his voice hoarse and low, his voice cracking. "Do I look that old?"
이 연
"No, that's not important. Are you going to give me a drink or not?"
최승철
".."
최승철
"I was going to give it to you... but shouldn't I have?"
이 연
"Sir, that was all I had~!!!!"
최승철
"That's not my concern, ma'am-."
The bastard smiled as if mocking the child and calmly walked away. The child, left alone, must have been dumbfounded.
이 연
"Wow...Wow, really, what is that man?"
이 연
"If you don't call him 'uncle', then what do you call him?"
이 연
"What are you going to do with my 2,000 won, mister~!!!! You're so damn handsome!!!"
이 연
"Sigh...what are you doing alone.."
The child must have grumbled for a while, saying, "What kind of people are there?"
I couldn't even imagine that he would be my senior in the same department.
The professor, as always, assigned group projects today. He had a feeling the groups would be formed without a hitch this time, and the kid who had a good feeling about it would soon be completely blown away.
이 연
"I don't think there will be any weird people today. I have a really good feeling."
이 연
"uh"
이 연
"....No, no... Why is that unlucky old man in our group..?"
최승철
"Oh, what? He was your junior, ma'am."
He was the kind of guy who would glance at her, chuckle, and call her "auntie" every time. Why was the child in the same group as that guy? Why was he in the same group as her? He thought he felt good, but now he was going to be miserable.
이 연
"Are you going to keep calling me 'auntie' while you're doing your homework?"
이 연
"I think I can hit that handsome face as many times as I want."
최승철
"Then don't call me 'uncle' either. Even if I'm actually older, I don't look older than you."
이 연
"Ah... you're really good at making people angry."
최승철
"It's my hobby. Making fun of others."
이 연
"I'm good at that too. Teasing others. Good. Let's see how far we can go."
이 연
"mister-"
It was a child who looked straight at the guy and spoke as if he would not give up.