56 – It’s my place now
After Hansol left, Ara, who was left in the room alone with her grandfather, only then raised her head.
King Yucheol clicked his tongue as if he felt pitiful at his granddaughter, who was glaring at him with resentful eyes.
“What are those eyes? Is there any problem?”
“Did you have to do this? You refused to talk about your engagement. Even though… “There’s no need to intentionally invite Sol and talk about this.”
In fact, deep in her heart, Ara had some expectations for King Yucheol and this old man who was about to die.
Seeing that he was the only relative among his family members who visited him on a regular basis, I wondered if there had been any change in his feelings.
I wondered if the reason I invited Hansol with me today was to release the unreasonable restraints I had in the past.
But the old man was cruel to the end.
What on earth did he expect from this cool-headed person?
I shouldn’t have brought Hansol today.
“So, aren’t you asking what’s wrong with that? What’s wrong with talking about your engagement in front of him? “Tell me.”
“That’s… “
“That’s… what? Didn’t you say it in the first place? That guy is no match for you. “That’s why he didn’t catch the guy who was leaving just now.”
How dare you say something like that! Who is this all because of?
The fact that he worked hard to act perfect and the reason he deliberately pushed Hansol away was all because of King Yucheol’s stubbornness.
It was because he tested himself and Hansol because he could not admit his sense of inferiority and defeat towards his son.
Ara was indignant. He was indignant, but he couldn’t even express it.
King Yucheol, who saw her unable to say the words even though she had her mouth, shook her hand.
“Just go out and look…. “Your fiancé has work to do and can’t come.”
King Yucheol said that without even checking his own cell phone.
There was no such thing as a fiancé from the beginning.
Ara realized that this old man was just playing a game.
“… Take care of yourself. “I think it will be difficult to see you often from now on.”
That was all the protest she could make.
King Yucheol, watching his granddaughter trudge away, sighed and closed her eyes.
“I am so weak. In the end, you couldn’t become like me, and you couldn’t become like your father. “Because it’s so half-baked, you can only make yourself suffer.”
In the end, the old man’s wish did not come true.
———-
His biological father was something he never saw, and his biological mother was abusive.
They were truly trash parents, but the one thing Hansol was thankful for was that they passed on a good body to him.
… No, when I thought about it again, I thought it wasn’t so much that I was grateful, but that they at least gave me this.
Anyway, the strong body they gave me had one good performance.
Unlike my previous life, I ate and slept well during my growing years, so I developed a large physique unique to foreigners. Following my father, who was an athlete, I developed reflexes, flexibility, and outstanding athletic ability.
That’s all, this body didn’t break down easily.
Even though I went through such rough times, I never caught that common cold in my previous life.
Although he was sick from being hungry or being beaten, his body never succumbed to any virus.
To be honest, my intelligence was a little, if not a lot, lower, so I had a hard time getting into college, but one thing was certain about my physical performance.
But the reason why I put the word ‘in my past life’ in front of it is… Because this life was a little different.
“… “Is Sol okay yet?”
“Uh… I do not know… “
When he was in the lower grades of elementary school, Hansol of this life once lay down due to body pain.
Ara was next to Hansol, who had missed school because his fever rose to 39 degrees.
Han Seung-ah advised Ara to go to school because she would be by her side, but…
“What if Sol dies without me by his side?”
It was almost like she was crying, so I couldn’t stop her.
Since Han Seung-ah did most of the nursing work, Ara wasn’t very helpful other than talking to Hansol about various things… The sincerity alone was admirable.
“Yoo Ara… I’m fine, so just leave. I can’t even play with you, so it’s boring if you stay by my side like that… “
“I’m not bored at all. “It’s fun for me just to look at Sol’s face.”
“What is that…?” My face is funny… ?”
Hansol was beside herself with a cold that she had never experienced in her previous life.
Her whole body was feverish and her head was dizzy, and she felt like she was floating on a cloud near the sun.
Ara quickly denied Hansol’s question about whether my face was funny.
“Not funny at all! “I just smile when I see Sol’s face.”
“… Okay? Then I guess I’ll have to keep showing it… Yuara, make me smile always.”
“Yes! “I want to see you forever!”
The face that responded energetically was so cute that he wanted to pet her, but Hansol didn’t have the strength to lift her arms.
Was it instead? Rather, Ara tried to stroke his head.
Hansol was worried about his sweaty hair and face, so he moved his head around to avoid her touch.
“Don’t…” I was sweating. “Ara, your hands are dirty.”
“Not a single brush is dirty.”
“Can you catch a cold? Do you want to get sick too?”
“Then, if I get sick, Sol can stay by my side.”
“… “Yoo-ra doesn’t say a single word.”
In the end, Hansol, who declared her surrender, gave Ara her face.
Ara carefully brushed the cheek that was emitting hot heat.
Hansol really liked the feeling of something relatively cool touching his face.
“Sol, if you get sick, I will definitely be by your side. Now, Mom makes Sol porridge and gives him medicine, but… “When I grow up, I will do everything for you.”
“But I won’t get sick in the future, right? “I’m usually the type of person who doesn’t get colds like this.”
“It hurts now! Sol could get sick again! Go for it!”
“… Do you just want to take care of me? “Do you want me to get sick?”
Hansol was so dumbfounded that he laughed.
I like it when he smiles, and Ara laughed along with him.
That night, Ara sneaked into Hansol’s bed without her mother knowing and fell asleep next to him.
Even though his body was hot and difficult to sleep, and even though his sweaty body was damp, it was a happy memory for Ara.
———-
“Oppa, I heard Lee Hansol isn’t coming to school today? “Where does it hurt?”
“Uh… I don’t know either? “Lee Hansol isn’t even reading Gantalk or answering the phone right now.”
“It’s strange… He has never been late, let alone missed school… “
When the lecture ended, a female classmate asked Park Dong-myeong, but he also shook his head.
Class 23 During the liberal arts lecture that all of her classmates were taking together, Hansol did not enter the classroom until the lecture was over.
Usually, when someone is absent without notice, it’s because he drank too much the night before, overslept, or both, but Hansol wasn’t the type of person to do that.
“…… “
Similarly, although I don’t know the reason for truancy, at least there was someone who knew the reason for not being able to contact me.
It was Ara.
The day before, Hansol, who had been invited by King Yucheol, left his cell phone there.
Ara, who brought it with her, was planning to return the cell phone to Hansol and explain the previous day, but he did not come.
There was no need to tell that story to her classmates, so Ara kept quiet about it.
The classmates, who were speculating among themselves as to why Hansol did not come, began to move to the next classroom one by one, thinking that he might miss at least a day.
Choi Nara, who was sitting next to Ara, also sent one of her messages to Hansol and stood up. At the same time, a vibration rang inside Ara’s bag next to her, but she did not notice.
Choi Nara got up with all her luggage, but Ara, who was supposed to go to the same lecture as her, did not get up.
“Nara, I’m sorry, but something urgent has come up. Do you want to go to today’s lecture alone?”
“Huh? Suddenly?”
“Yes, because of housework. “I will tell the professor separately later, so don’t bother telling me.”
“Uh, okay… See you later then?”
She suddenly lost her partner who would sit next to her, but Choi Nara left without asking any further questions.
Even if we were to hang out together, I thought there must be some kind of family situation since we haven’t seen each other for even a semester since college and she is the daughter of a chaebol family.
Ara left the classroom and headed outside the school toward the north gate.
‘… ‘It’s not in the store.’
First, Ara went to the Soi snack bar where Hansol worked and looked inside the store through her window, but Hansol was nowhere to be seen.
In the first place, according to Hansol’s timetable, there was a lecture time, so the probability of him being at the store was low. She came to see just in case, but as expected, she wasn’t there.
Perhaps because it was the busiest time, only Soi and another female part-time worker, Lim Dami, were seen inside the store.
Ara quickly left before Soi noticed her looking inside.
‘Then, is he still at home? And if you didn’t come to school… ‘
I had a bad feeling. It bothered me that it rained the day before.
Ara went to a nearby porridge shop, packed up her own beef and vegetable porridge, and headed to Hansol’s house.
Since it was Hansol’s house that she had been to once before, Ara arrived at the entrance of his studio apartment without wandering around and rang her call bell first.
Because something like that happened yesterday, I was afraid of how Hansol would react when he saw me, but I had a justification because I had his cell phone with me.
……
She rang the call bell twice, but there was no response.
After hesitating for a moment, Ara dialed the front door password that Hansol had given her.
She gently knocked on the door of room 203, where Hansol lived, but there was no response from her, so she even pressed the door lock password.
“Sol… ?”
Carefully opening the door and entering Hansol’s house, the inside was slightly warmer than the outside.
Ara opened the opaque sliding door between the kitchen and the bedroom of her detached studio apartment and entered, confirming that her bad premonition was correct.
I saw Hansol in bed, covered up to his toes with a blanket, with only his head sticking out. He was sweating profusely and the heat could be felt from afar.
It was Ara who saw Hansol this sick. She met him and she only met him once.
“Sol… Sorry… “
It’s because of myself. I thought that I had hurt him yesterday and that was why Hansol was hurting.
Ara pulled the chair in front of his desk and sat down next to the head of his bed.
Carefully, without making a sound, she bent down and caressed his face like she did when she was a child.
I was very cautious in case he woke up. She stroked his lovely face.
The intense heat spread through her fingertips. His suffering was conveyed.
Ara’s heart ached as if it were burning from the heat.
“I’m sorry Sol… I’m sorry… “
I wasn’t just apologizing for making him feel sick right now.
That was everything so far. I felt sorry for everything that had tormented Hansol’s heart.
I felt sorry for not being able to throw everything away and catch him yesterday.
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The tears that were welling up out of guilt stopped when I heard a sudden mechanical sound.
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Someone came into this house!
Someone who knows the password to Hansol’s house. Ara adjusted her posture as if to block Hansol, who was sleeping nervously.
The sound of light footsteps was heard, and the sliding door opened.
“Uh… ?”
The person who came in was Soi.
The two women looked at each other and made bewildered faces.
How is this girl here?
She was at a loss for words, but it was Soi who came to her senses first.
She asked with all her calmness.
“… “Why did you come here?”
“… “I’m going to nurse Sol.”
Ara did not give up and answered quickly.
Ha, nursing?
Soyi, who laughed out loud at her astonishment, walked up to her and looked down at her and said.
“Really? Well done. Then just come out. Because now I will be there.”
It’s my place now.