OPPORTUNITY: Opportunity
#05
엄마
Jungkook... what's wrong with you, huh?
엄마
If you do this, Mom will really have a hard time...
전정국
...I know you won't believe it, I still can't believe it either.
전정국
But I want my family to be happy.
전정국
So I'm doing my best.
아빠
......
아빠
Crazy kid.
Whoosh-
전정국
......
전정국
...Mom, you trust me, right?
엄마
......Jungkook.
전정국
You can stop it right now.
전정국
Just make sure Dad doesn't drink.
전정국
Then Mom and Dad won't have to get divorced...!
엄마
Jungkook!
엄마
Please... what are you talking about...
엄마
Jungkook. Right now... Mom is having a really hard time.
엄마
You may not know because you are young,
엄마
Mom, Dad, this isn't the time to be messing around with Jungkook...
전정국
I'm not kidding. I even predicted a soccer game.
전정국
Kwak Yu-tae also ran away with the money...
엄마
stop.
엄마
stop.
엄마
Mom is more afraid now that what you said is true.
엄마
Jungkook, even if everything you're saying right now is true-
엄마
stop.
엄마
Or else, Mom, it's too hard.
I could tell by looking at my mother's eyes, which were brimming with tears.
Ah, what we need now is not what will happen in the future, but reality.
Mom is doing this because she can't handle this on her own and she's not in a position to listen to me.
It was a look in my mother's eyes that I wouldn't have understood at the age of nine, but I could understand at the age of twenty-seven.
The best I can do for my mother right now is not to predict the future,
It was only comforting.
김태형
Huh? It's Jeong Jeong-guk!
김태형
Hey! Jeong Jeong-guk!
전정국
......
전정국
You still can't pronounce it, you're only in the third grade.
The hot and difficult summer passed quickly.
My mother worked day and night, and my father also worked as a day laborer at a construction site.
From that day on, I never spoke about my existence again.
If we continue talking, I feel like Mom won't be able to stand it anymore.
김태형
Even a third grader might not be able to pronounce it!
김태형
Are you good at everything?
전정국
Yeah, I'm good at everything.
전정국
I even passed the civil service exam, but...
김태형
Civil servant? That's my dad!
전정국
I see. That's amazing.
김태형
Cheet...
김태형
Always acting like an older brother!
김태형
You're a third grader and you're still acting like an older brother!
전정국
Oh, you're still a kid.
김태형
......
김태형
Ui-ssi...
김태형
Why did you transfer schools?
김태형
Suddenly, without even saying goodbye...
전정국
But I told you in advance that I was transferring schools.
김태형
But still! What if he leaves so suddenly?
전정국
It's my heart. The little one has many questions.
김태형
Tsk... what is that ramen you have in your hand?
전정국
It's my dinner.
김태형
Huh? Do you know how to cook ramen?
전정국
Uh. I'm different from you in that I'm good at everything.
김태형
Wow... My mom won't let me use fire...
김태형
Only the older brother can use it!
김태형
My little brother is in 6th grade now, don't let him use it!
전정국
......
전정국
I've felt this since last time,
김태형
huh?
전정국
You're really into TMI.
전정국
I didn't ask.
김태형
????? What is TMI?
전정국
Yes, a new word that came out after more than 10 years.
"Taehyung! Let's go home. Come here~"
김태형
Hey, my mom is calling!
김태형
I'll go! See you later! Bye!
전정국
......
That was the last time Kim Taehyung and I met.
Because my parents divorced when I was twelve, and I never saw them again until I graduated from elementary school when I was thirteen.
'1-5'
전정국
I was in class 5 back then too.
전정국
So far, the past hasn't changed.
Drumroll-
김태형
......
전정국
......?
김태형
jungkook jeon....?
no.
I thought it would be our last meeting.