One kiss costs ten thousand won
8. Yeoju Past
Middle school days
A kid who is honest, plays well, and studies well
That was the image I was called at school.
나연
"Hey, how was the karaoke today?"
김여주
"Oh, it's been a while since I've shown off my singing skills."
배주현
"Are you a stray dog again?"
솔라
"My eardrums are going to be destroyed today lol"
김여주
"Wow! Let me show you this girl's singing skills!"
김여주
"Let's go to the karaoke room right now!"
솔라
"Okay, let's go!"
배주현
"..."
나연
"Joohyun, we should go too"
배주현
"Okay, I should go.."
Joohyun never missed out on being first in the entire school.
Thanks to that, I was always second in the whole school.
I don't hate Joohyun
I didn't even hate it.
Because we've been best friends for 10 years
When I was in middle school, friends were the most important thing...
배주현
"Hey lady"
김여주
"why?"
배주현
"Don't you want to try to be number one?"
김여주
"You don't have to do it, you're more important."
배주현
"..."
배주현
"...I'm transferring schools next week...a little far away."
김여주
"What?... Why didn't you say anything?"
배주현
"I was worried you'd worry..."
김여주
"Why are you going?"
배주현
"It's just... hard..."
김여주
".."
김여주
"I have to call... I check the texts once a day..."
배주현
"I might not be able to do it.."
김여주
"You must do it"
배주현
"...okay"
Joohyun transferred schools next week
The story I heard the day after I transferred schools was
Joohyun's...
It was news of suicide.
김여주
"Ah... no... no"
김여주
"No!... You called me yesterday... and we even texted..."
김여주
"No...sigh...no way...sigh..."
I couldn't leave the house for a while.
The news of Joohyun's suicide was a huge shock.
Because I thought that if I had just paid a little more attention, Joohyun might have been alive...
김태형
"I have to go to school"
김여주
"...okay.."
김태형
"Don't skip school, Daddy's worried."
김태형
"I'm going first"
김여주
"..."
...
솔라
"Hey, I heard about Joohyun."
김여주
"...okay"
나연
"You... why did you do that?"
김여주
"What are you talking about?"
나연
"You said... Joohyun bullied you... Why did you do that?"
솔라
"Joohyun was a good kid..."
반애들
"Did he really kill her?" / "She's always second best. She might have killed him because of her inferiority complex."
배주현
[I was worried you might be worried...]
no way...
배주현
[I just... find it hard..]
김여주
"No?... You guys..."
나연
"I should have stopped the bullying that was going on..."
Seriously...you guys...
나연
"Joohyun.."
솔라
"I bet Joohyun went to a good place too..."
How did you guys...
반애들
"How could you do that?.. your friend.."
반애들
"therefore"
반애들
"He was there last time too..."
no...
No...
김여주
"Woof!"
My stomach is churning
You must have been in more pain than this...
김여주
"Ugh!... Ugh.."
How did you feel...
I wish you would know...
I hope you wanted me to help you...
If only I weren't so retarded...
I would have helped you...
I'm sorry... Joohyun
김여주
"Haa... Hehe... Heuheu..."
김여주
"Joohyun... uh... sorry... uh... sorry... haa.."
If only I could see you again right now...
If I could see you just once...
You were a good friend
I didn't do anything wrong...
I know you've had a hard time...
In the meantime...
I'm sorry I didn't know until now...
I want to tell you that you can rest easy...
김여주
"...for all this time...huh...thank you...huh.."