Private tutoring
16: Tutoring the cheapskates
How long has it been since I felt this fucked up from the morning?
김여주
"Joohyun, why am I at your house?"
배주현
“Can’t you tell just by looking? It’s because I drank yesterday.”
When I looked in the mirror, I saw a miserable sight. I was already miserable, but with my makeup smudged, it was truly unbearable. Anyway, I couldn't remember a single thing about yesterday.
김여주
"I really don't remember anything, so how did I get here?"
배주현
"Some handsome guy carried you on his back. You really don't remember a thing, do you?"
김여주
"What handsome guy? Is there anyone handsome near me..?"
Then, someone flashed by like lightning. Please, it can't be him. It can't be him. I practically begged, turning on my phone's call log, but the result was the same.
Park Ji-hoon
김여주
"Oh, I'm screwed."
배주현
"why?"
김여주
"He's the kid I tutor."
배주현
"Wow, I'm jealous."
Joohyun, that's not the problem right now. To sum it up, I called Park Jihoon yesterday after drinking for some reason, and after that, he carried me to Joohyun's house. The real problem is that I can't remember a single thing about that process. Not a single thing!
김여주
"I'm screwed... Now I'm cut off from tutoring, I'm cut off from school... My life is cut off..."
배주현
"It's definitely a dark chapter in my life."
KakaoTalk
박지훈
_"Are you sober? I almost killed you yesterday."
김여주
"It's come! Joohyun, what do we do now?!!"
배주현
"Oh, you got a KakaoTalk message? Check it out quickly!"
박지훈
_"If you're having a hard time, don't drink and do something else. If you keep pouring alcohol like that, you'll end up killing a lot of people."
배주현
"...Nothing special?"
김여주
"I survived.."
Fortunately or unfortunately, I thought they'd say, "You're fired from today!" but the response was surprisingly lukewarm. I'll have to think about how I'll face Park Ji-hoon in the future, but in any case, I've overcome a major crisis.
배주현
"Okay, so"
김여주
"huh..?"
배주현
"What's so hard about being so drunk that you're going to pass out? Why didn't you even tell me? Do you really want to fight?"
I got caught. I really don't understand why there are only so many people around me who are oblivious. Anyway, I couldn't hide this any longer, so I told Joohyun about Kim Min-soo's texts.
배주현
"What? That crazy bastard texted me again? What's with that face??"
김여주
"Well... I don't know either, I have mixed feelings."
'Ti-ring'
여우연
_"Long time no see, Yeoju. It's a coincidence haha. It's not anything else, but this time we're having a reunion for the 57th graduating class of Seyeon High School, and we're not ordinary people. That's why I'm sending you this text message directly."
여우연
_"Oh, right, Minsu said he's coming too, so keep that in mind. I'll send you the date and time, so if you can come, please~ I want to see your face."
김여주
"Joohyun, are we having a class reunion?"
배주현
"Oh, you got a text too. But I'm not going. First of all, I hate the fact that it's from Yeo Yeon."
Oh, that's right, Joo-hyun hated Yeo-yeon. Yeo-yeon was a girl who was in the same class as Joo-hyun and me in high school, but she was a braggart, so she was the polar opposite of Joo-hyun, who had a very easygoing personality.
Anyway, I'm not the type to go to reunions like Joohyun, so normally I would've just let it slide. But then I heard Kim Min-soo was coming. Honestly, I was shaken.
배주현
"Yeoju, if you're thinking of going to the reunion, I hope you don't. Yeo Yeon-ah must have organized the gathering just to brag about herself."
김여주
"Huh? I know... Joohyun, I have to get up. I've been at your house too long."
배주현
"Going already? If you're here, you should go get over your hangover."
김여주
"No, it's too much trouble. I'll just go."
배주현
"Oh.. really? Goodbye, heroine."
* * *
My heart was heavy. Should I go to this reunion? There was clearly no benefit to going. It was obvious it would be uncomfortable.
김여주
"Kim Min-soo is here..."
But I was curious about how Kim Min-soo lived. I longed to see his face again, but I also hoped he was having a truly difficult life. My heart felt heavy.