Strange and beautiful _ ♧

Episode 2: Strange and Beautiful _ ♧

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Welcome - .

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Have you made a reservation?

"No, I don't have a reservation."

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Ah, please wait a moment,

Beep beep - ,

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"Are there any 4-person seats available now?"

"No, we're all full right now so there's no room left..."

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"Hasn't anyone finished eating?"

"Yeah, I think I'll have to wait at least 30 minutes for a seat to become available."

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"Okay"

After exchanging a few words with the restaurant staff over the communicator, he spoke to the customer again.

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I'm sorry, but all the seats are full right now. You may have to wait for more than 30 minutes.

"Ah... then there's nothing I can do."

These are customers who leave again because they are tired of waiting.

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Ouch... my legs hurt

Because of my job, I have to stand for long periods of time and keep moving around the restaurant.

In the end, he waits for the customer while massaging his legs.

"Mr. Winter!! Clear the table here!!"

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Yes, I'm going now!!

Winter, when you wake up with difficulty and run out again.

This is a very busy routine for a typical part-time worker.

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Oh my, why is there so much spilled on the table here...

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It's a mess...

A few hours passed like that -

"Ah.... Today was hard because there were so many customers."

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So... I have to massage my legs when I get home.

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'Actually, I don't have time to massage my legs...'

"Okay, then, since business hours are over today, I'm going home."

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Yes, thank you for your hard work - !!

As I came outside, the sunset was setting.

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Wow, today was so tough...

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I need to hurry up and get to my next part-time job... ugh

Winter, who was walking hard with heavy steps, stopped at the crosswalk.

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.... Ah, my legs hurt

Look around you. Students wearing school uniforms and laughing with their friends as they pass by, cars honking as they rush to get off work.

Besides that, I slowly watch many people walking by.

Among them, students wearing school uniforms and laughing together with their friends and a few couples stand out.

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Those couples... they look like college students...

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I'm jealous... You're going to college and even doing CC...

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Some people can't go to college because they don't have enough money to pay tuition, so they work part-time or run around like crazy.

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.... I already miss that school uniform. When I wore it, it was so uncomfortable that I wanted to take it off.

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When I was going to school, I didn't worry about money and just went..

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When you can laugh like that, laugh a lot...

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Don't work part-time all your life because of tuition like me.

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Oh, the traffic light is on.

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Wow, the weather has really gotten colder.

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I want to go to work and stay inside the building...

Ddang- ,

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Hello, this is GS24 -

A winter where just hearing the doorbell ring makes you talk.

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Hey, what's wrong with you?

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What the heck, I came here after finishing work early for the first time in a while

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So is college life fun?

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What's good about college life?

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But you don't have to work like this like me - ,

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So when are you going to quit these part-time jobs?

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What's the point of quitting? I have to work hard until I pay my tuition.

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Do you want to be like that as a college student?

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Yeah, I became a college student, met all my friends, and just lived like that.

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Yeah, I want to go clubbing with my friends too.

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... Hey, when you go to the club, eat some pub food right away

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Why am I, what's wrong with me?

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Hey, do you have money to buy club clothes?

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You can never go.

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Ha, you just have to earn money and you can go to a club just by dressing nicely, right?

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Don't worry about it, Seo Do-woon

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You don't know what a deviation is yet, you've never been to a club and you've hardly ever had a drink.

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Hey, is it possible to make a living by working hard at a part-time job?

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That's what rich people do, my friend.

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Why do you want to go to the club so much?

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If you pay, can I go with you?

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.... Oh my, you are also a slave to capitalism.

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Originally, the country called the Republic of Korea was founded on capitalism.

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Hey, what is capitalism based on?

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You don't know what you're talking about, hey, think about it.

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To go to college, you need tuition, and to make a living, you need food and other fees.

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And on top of that, it's the rich kids who are the ones who are abusing their power.

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People move around to different jobs to earn more money, and prostitution and things like that happen too.

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If this isn't a fallen capitalist country, then what is?

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.... yeah, i lost

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So you want to buy me clothes~~?

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.... Yeah, it's all because you haven't seen the outside world yet.

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I have to buy clothes and go to many places, but I can't help it since I've been working part-time since high school.

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Haha... is that so?

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I'll buy you clothes and food. Do you want to go now or tomorrow?

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Hmm.... of course today!!

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I knew it, hurry up and throw away your uniform vest and come out.

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Oh yeah, I guess it's good to have rich friends around you, right?

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Come out loud and fast, you idiot

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