Private tutoring
14: Tutoring the cheapskates
배진영
"Oh, I'm done. My report card came out."
옹성우
"Jinyoung, you didn't study anyway."
배진영
"I got an 87 in chemistry. Treat me like I'm your older brother."
박우진
"I got a 43 in physics again. Did you attend class?"
배진영
"Who studies physics these days? It's so old-fashioned."
박지훈
"Oh shit!!!!!!!!"
옹성우
"Oh, that's surprising! What's wrong with him?"
박우진
"Leave him alone. He's a second-grade Korean speaker, so he's been acting like that since a while ago."
배진영
"Isn't this kid ranked 7th in math in the whole school this time? He's so unlucky."
박지훈
"No, I really got 100 points, but I missed the marking. Damn it. I made a mistake I didn't make even in middle school 1st grade...sigh."
옹성우
"Oh, that must be really sad. So let's have a drinking party for Jihoon today."
박지훈
"진짜 하고싶었던 말은 그거지? 개새끼야."
옹성우
"Hey, what's wrong, Jihoon? Just wash away your test stress with some soju."
배진영
"The kids from the next school are coming too. I'll kill any kid who skips today."
박지훈
"I don't feel it."
배진영
"Oh, why??!"
박지훈
"You have to study. Do you want to repeat the exam?"
옹성우
"Is this kid crazy? When you were in the second year of high school, you were the kid who drank and went to English academy."
박우진
"Have you guys already forgotten? Park Ji-hoon is currently training to be liked by his Korean tutor."
배진영
"Crazy... If it was something like that, you should have told me sooner."
옹성우
"Sorry, I'll let you go."
박지훈
"No, you idiots, it's not like that, how many times did I have to say...Okay, just go."
배진영
"Yes, Park Ji-hoon will attend."
박우진
"Jihoon, you're going to eat a lot today. Be prepared."
옹성우
"If Jihoon teases me, I'll run really fast again~"
박지훈
"Oh, I'm really tired already."
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One glass, two glasses, three glasses... I don't know how many glasses I've had already.
김여주
"Ah... I guess it's because I haven't had a drink in a long time, but the world is spinning haha"
The problem was that I kept thinking about Kim Min-soo, so I drank soju, even though I couldn't drink it, to forget everything. On days like this, I should have been drinking with someone who could control me, like Joo-hyun.
I wasn't usually one to enjoy alcohol, but I had a habit of drinking so much that once I started drinking, I couldn't stop drinking, and my drinking capacity had already been exceeded for a long time.
김여주
"Auntie, here's another bottle."
"Student, are you okay? You seem drunk already..."
김여주
"I'm fine until I get sick. Oh, my head hurts."
Doesn't drinking usually lead to a full-blown, rambling affair? By the time I'd finished my third bottle, I was practically in a trance, facing the concerned gaze of a middle-aged woman, wondering if I'd cause trouble.
김여주
"Ma'am, I'm tutoring Park Ji-hoon. He really speaks informally to teachers and is rude. But can I not swear at him? He's a good kid after all."
Why did I think of Ji-hoon at this particular moment? Ignoring the woman, who looked as if she hadn't even asked, I searched for the forbidden number with my unmoving fingers.
Park Ji-hoon