We met again
02. Accepting change is difficult (1)
Yeah... If it's the marine biology club room... Dong-Hyeon will definitely be there.
I entered the marine biology club room.
???
....
???
Here, entry is prohibited to non-club members.
As expected, Dong-Hyeon was here.
You still like fish!
명재현
Is this a Corydoras?
김동현
Yes, it is one of the tropical fish representing the Amazon River and South America. It belongs to the Callichthys family of the Catfish order, and is widely distributed in the Amazon and La Plata water systems of South America.
김동현
I was watching the Corydoras.
What the... why is it so hard?
김동현
Senior Jaehyun...?
김동현
You're Jaehyun, right?
명재현
That's right!! You remember me!
김동현
It's been exactly 4 years and 3 months.
김동현
I got into veterinary school. What about my senior?
명재현
Ah, I'm a pharmacy student! A second-year pharmacy student!
김동현
If it's pharmacy... can you cure side effects?
명재현
Side effects? You remember! What I heard from Unhak...
김동현
Is Unhak also this school?
김동현
Anyway, I don't feel anything right now.
김동현
So, I thought that if I saw a fish, my feelings of liking would return, but I still don't feel anything.
김동현
Do I look like a robot?
명재현
Huh..? Oh no!!
김동현
I can see you're lying...
명재현
...
김동현
It's okay. I think so too.
명재현
I'm still a sophomore, so I think it'll be hard to find a cure...
명재현
And... it's better to look for a psychology department than a pharmacy department...
김동현
No, not psychology.
명재현
Huh? Why?
김동현
...
명재현
Do you want to go with me?
Dong-Hyeon and I headed to the psychology lab.
There was still no change in Dong-Hyeon's expression.
김동현
...
명재현
Hey there!!
명재현
Isn't that Seongho?! Who are those kids next to him?
김동현
Senior, just go back...
명재현
Seongho!!
박성호
...
명재현
Seongho...hey...?
Why are you looking at me with such cold eyes?
박성호
Why are you suddenly acting friendly now, Myung Jae-hyun?
명재현
huh..?
박성호
You used me as bait back then.
명재현
What are you talking about! Back then you...
홍지호
Don't worry about it, Seongho, he's just kidding.
노현준
If it weren't for us, you would have been another fool taken advantage of by him.
명재현
These guys...!! You're the ones lying!!!
At that moment, Seongho grabbed me by the collar.
박성호
Don't even think about touching my friends, you traitor.
명재현
...!
Tears welled up in my eyes. How could Sungho, the kind and caring man who always took care of me, end up with such kids?
김동현
...Senior, let's go.
명재현
...
I followed Dong-Hyeon.
As Seongho disappeared from sight, the tears I had been holding back poured out.
명재현
Why on earth....
김동현
...I don't know how to react in this situation.
김동현
I'm sorry I can't comfort you, senior.
명재현
How... Seongho, who was my closest friend...
...
Now I'm scared to meet each and every one of them.
Should I give up on becoming friends again?
김운학
Hyung Jaehyun!! Are you crying?!