The reason I stay by your side
That transfer student I've only heard about!


When I opened my eyes, I felt the morning sunlight shining through the window and the gap between the curtains.

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Ugh...

I was clearly sleeping at my desk

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I think my mom moved it for me.

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under...

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I don't want to go to school...

As I came out to the living room, I saw my mom getting ready to go out.

์ด๋จธ๋
When I saw Yoon Yeo-ju yesterday, she was sleeping at her desk.

์ด๋จธ๋
Your posture is bad. From now on, if you feel sleepy, stop studying and go to bed.

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I almost broke my arms and legs moving you, kid.

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haha...

์ด๋จธ๋
Hurry up and eat breakfast and go to school~

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Oh yeah..

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I'll be back..!

I roughly prepared myself and as soon as I left the house, reality hit me.

Ah, another new day.

์ค์ฌ์ฃผ
Hmm...

I hope nothing happens today.....

As soon as I entered the classroom, I could feel the class atmosphere.

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What the... (mumbles)

The children who were noisy yesterday despite it being the first day of school are sitting at their desks as quietly as mice today.

I looked around the classroom and thought about what was going on for two seconds, and then I realized something had happened!

The teacher banged on the desk with a ruler at the podium.

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Hey, you hurry up and sit down!!!

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!!!!!!!

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Yeah...

The teacher looked at me and suddenly yelled at me.

I wasn't even late...ใ ใ

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Those bastards...

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I'm already in my second year of high school...

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School started yesterday..! Huh? You're having a fight???!!!

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According to Kim Taehyung, a kid in our class started the fight first...

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' taehyoung kim..??! '

๊น์ฒ ์
No, teacher, but didn't he steal it from my cigarette pocket first?

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What? Cigarettes??

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Are you proud of smoking? You skipped class too... Follow me, you brat!

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Yes!! No, it was 7th period yesterday and I went to the PC room and on the way back with my friends, a bunch of boys from high school blocked the road so I told them to get out of the way but those hot guys started to piss me off first so I held it in and that bastard Kim Taek put his hand in my pocket and took out a cigarette!!! (I'm so desperate and upset)

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Ah teacher~~!~!~!

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And all the kids involved in yesterday's work, come out!!!

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What the f*ck!!!!!

bang!

Kim Cheol-su slammed open the back door and went out, apparently angry.

After a while, I overheard two girls sitting in front of me whispering to each other.

The content was like this.

Yesterday, the boys in our class were coming out of the PC room and walking down the alley when some boys from the other high school blocked their way.

He said that he asked them to move out of the way, but instead of moving out of the way, they laughed and made a fuss.

The boys in our class tried hard to hold back, but Kim Tae-hyung nonchalantly took a cigarette from Kim Cheol-su's pocket, causing Kim Cheol-su to explode.

Anyway, I just got in trouble for fighting with some childish and scary kids.

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...

I stared blankly at the back door.

Namgo...

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Yesterday... (mumble)


๋ฐ์ง๋ฏผ
'More than that, my friend,


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Do you have 500 won?'

Yesterday, those kids were also boys...

Then maybe??

Is this something that happened after I passed?


So, that means Kim Taehyung was there...

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ha...

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If I had been just a little bit late, it could have been a disaster... (mumbles)

Tiroliroriโ<Break time bell>

A few minutes later, the bell rang to signal break time.

A group of foxes approached me.

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Hey. Yoon Yeo-ju

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...

์ค์ฌ์ฐ
I didn't eat breakfast

์ค์ฌ์ฐ
Go to the store and buy some bread

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Sigh...

okay

I'm more scared of these guys and I hate them.

On the way back to class after buying bread at the store

As I turned the corner, I suddenly stopped in front of someone's chest.

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..!!!

???
Oh, are you okay?

Who is it... he asked and raised his head.

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!!!!!๐


The child's face looking down at me was so handsome that I stopped in surprise.

???
Sorry...


???
I didn't know you were coming out

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Uh... yes...

???
...I'm Kim Seok-jin, a third-year student.

???
You're in second grade, right? Go back to class quickly. I'll ring the bell.

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yes...


๊น์์ง
Come in. Sorry~

Seokjin, my senior, tapped my shoulder and went up the stairs.

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and...

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He's handsome... (mumbles)

I stared blankly until my senior's back disappeared.

The teacher asked me what I was doing here

After roughly brushing it off as nothing, I quickly went into the classroom.

์ค์ฌ์ฃผ
Choco Sora Bread...here

์ค์ฌ์ฐ
Thanks~

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
Yaya Yoon Yeo-ju

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
Don't you know Kim Taehyung?

์ค์ฌ์ฃผ
..uh?

๋ฐ์ผํ
Does he understand?!!!

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
Ah... I... don't... know...?

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
Anyway, he's transferring

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
Be careful not to get caught

์ค์ฌ์ฃผ
Uh.. thanks for letting me know

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
What are you talking about; I was just saying it?!!!

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Oh yeah.....

The bell rang and the teacher came in.

The teacher, with a dark expression on his face, sighed and said.

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Oh... Seriously

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Hey guys, please don't think about it.

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Teacher, my head hurts so much I'm going to die.

๋ฐ์ ๋ค
yes~

The teacher scratched his head for a moment, then opened his book and began the lesson.

After all the boring morning classes are over

I didn't wait and waited

Lunchtime has arrived.

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Hey, Yoon Yeo-ju

์ค์ฌ์ฐ
Let's get our meals

์ค์ฌ์ฃผ
Ah... yeah

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
We're going to the store~^^

๋ฐ์ผํ
Yoon Yeo-ju: I don't eat... I have a bad stomach.

I stood in line to go to the cafeteria.

Shiva, that's why I'm here

'Kuhehehehehehehehehe'

'Your personality seems to be bad...'

While I waited, I kept my mouth shut and listened to the other children's stories that were coming from close by.

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...

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'I think a second grader got into a fight with another kid today.'

After waiting for a while, someone behind me got angry and hit me on the back.

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...!

I looked back in surprise

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'He's...'

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What the heck!!!

Kim Cheol-su, who caused a ruckus in the morning

There were several men standing there, some of whom were friends of the boy.

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...

The kids standing around me all froze and stared blankly at me.

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Hey... I apologize. Cheolsu...

๊น์ฒ ์
Why me



๊น์ํ
Yaaaa... You hit the wrong one

Kim Cheol-su's friends urged him to apologize because they didn't know him, but Kim Cheol-su never apologized.

And yet he took me for a ride.

Then I heard another thing

๊น์ฒ ์
He's the loner in our class

๊น์ฒ ์
I'm embarrassed so I won't apologize

Then, my friends looked back and forth between me and Kim Cheol-su and apologized on my behalf.



๊น์ํ
Hey, sorry, he's a little sensitive right now.

์ ๋ค
that's right...

์ ๋ค
He's originally like that... but he's not like that

์ ๋ค
Uh um... I'm sorry..!

After I apologized and the kids asked for my understanding,

I went into the cafeteria.

I also went into the cafeteria after seeing the backs of those kids?

The cafeteria was bustling with the third-year seniors and second-year students who were already eating.

I received my meal, holding a plate in each hand.

I was looking around to see if there was any space left, with my arms shaking as I held it in both hands.



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...

My eyes met with senior Kim Seok-jin, who was eating.


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..!

Senior Seokjin looked at the plates in my hands, put down his chopsticks, and stood up.

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..?!!

I had no idea, but as expected, my senior took the two plates I was holding and asked me where I wanted to sit.

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Uh...you don't have to do that...


๊น์์ง
It's heavy.



๊น์์ง
Where will you sit?

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Uh, I...

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hey..!

I quickly found an empty space at least four spaces wide and pointed to it with my finger.

The senior nodded and went to his seat.

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...

I followed behind my senior.

The senior who placed the plate on the table asked.



๊น์์ง
Are you eating all of this?

I was taken aback by the sudden question, so I waved my hand and said no.

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Ah..no!


๊น์์ง
Then why did you get two plates?

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Um... that's...

While I was racking my brain on what to say

Yun Yeo-woo and Kim Oh-reun-pal came to me.

๊น์ค๋ฅธํ
Hey Yoon Yeo-ju!!!

์ค์ฌ์ฐ
Miss, why did you come to this corner today?

์ค์ฌ์ฐ
omg....



๊น์์ง
.......?

The two looked surprised when they saw Seokjin.

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...bon appetit

I was so uncomfortable with this situation that I said hello first and passed by three people.

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ah

์ค์ฌ์ฃผ
Thank you for your help, senior....


๊น์์ง
...


๊น์์ง
โ โ #โโ ^โง/โ#

I couldn't hear it clearly because of the noisy cafeteria.

I could tell by looking at the shape of my senior's mouth.



๊น์์ง
You worked hard too

As I climbed up to the rooftop, now that I'm up there

I left the crowded cafeteria and went up to the rooftop.

My heart ached as I kept thinking of Seokjin-senpai.

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... so handsome

Yoon Yeo-ju, are you starting to like senior Seok-jin..?

You asked me, but I don't know exactly either.

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...I don't know, I don't know

I sat down, leaned against the railing, and closed my eyes.

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Phew...

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Aren't you just drinking kimchi stew with the help of a senior?

I raised my head and rested my chin on the second railing.

And then I looked at the students passing by below.

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...!


I saw senior Seokjin passing by.

I quickly stood up and grabbed the top railing.

I leaned over slightly and looked at my senior.

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Wow...

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He's really handsome... (mumbles)

While I was looking at my senior with such a blank expression

Someone pulled my hair.

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Aaaah ...

I was startled by the scream that came out without me knowing.

Seokjin-seonbae and the seniors passing by below looked up almost simultaneously as if they heard a scream.

I was so surprised that I fell backwards, pushing hard against the railing I was holding onto in case my senior saw me.

Crazy!!!

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ha...

At that time, I was thinking that it was fortunate that my appearance was not discovered.

I heard someone crying out in pain near my ear.

I was so shocked by the sound that I turned to ice.

???
hey...

???
Why don't you just get up?

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...

I woke up with a start.

I sat up straight, my pupils dilated with fear, wondering what to do.

???
Ahh...

???
hey

???
Look at me

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...!

I turned around slowly.

In my slowly rotating vision

Blood stains on the sleeves of the school uniform, the left hand, and various parts of the uniform, and

A name tag with his name on it was visible.

'taehyoung kim'

I looked at the man's face in surprise.


...

It's Kim Taehyung.

It's really Kim Taehyung

์ค์ฌ์ฃผ
...

Kim Taehyung, the transfer student I've only heard about...

It was the first time in almost 4 years that I saw Kim Taehyung properly.