Episode 35. Sports day (3)
As soon as I went to school, the class president delivered the news.
The committee replied that I am not currently a member of the school sports team, so I can participate.
“Actually, the other classes did not participate in clubs implicitly, but they said they included quite a few athletes.”
“Really?”
“Yes, there is no problem, so let’s prepare hard.”
It is said that it is wrong to leave school early for the time being.
Regardless of my skills, teamwork is important in relay races, so even if I do well alone, I should help others practice.
“Good.”
“I don’t know if it went well.”
“Why? Didn’t you really want to do it?”
“It’s just a pity that I couldn’t go home early.”
Because the time to practice with white noona is reduced.
“But can you prepare for the athletic meet while also being a manager?”
“I told you. It’s the last memory of middle school, so I want to fall for a while.”
“Can I?”
“Now I have to give up my position to a junior manager.”
“Didn’t you say you were newly recruited after the midterm exam?”
“Yes. Since I took over most of the work, he should do it alone.”
Lee Yoo-young said that she suddenly remembered her.
“Ah, I thought of you because I was working on the soccer team, but rumors about you already spread about Taeyang.”
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If it’s a rumor, it’s probably referring to the fact that I was on the athletics team, maybe before I transferred to the soccer team.
It is said that the story came out for a while in the soccer club.
I didn’t think it was a big deal and glanced at Lee Yoo-young.
“Well, it’s just like that. Everyone didn’t seem interested.”
“Really?”
Lee Yoo-young seemed to have no intention of inviting her to join her at all.
Since Pulip Middle School and Pulkkot High School are connected to each other, it is easy to get a place in the high school sports team if you join even late in middle school.
In fact, most of the athletic team members at Pulkkot High School were from middle school athletic clubs. I also reflect the records from when I was in middle school.
Since Lee Yoo-young also gave up, I don’t think she will be bothered by the sports club’s invitation even after she goes to high school.
Yes, she never doubted that.
Even before the break in the second period.
“Hey… “
I was lying down a little tired, when someone knocked on the desk.
I woke up and looked up.
“What?… Huh?”
I still couldn’t help but tilt my head when I checked who was the kid who woke me up.
Standing there was a very glamorous-looking cat-like girl with wavy bobbed red hair, sparkling red eyes, and a bright expression that gave off a halo around her.
“Are you the sun?”
“… Who are you?”
I didn’t know my face, and judging from the fact that they asked my name, it was clear that they weren’t in my class. Looking at the color of the name tag, it seems that we are in the same grade.
The girl still reached out to me with a cheerful and charming voice.
“Looking at the business card, you are right! Nice to meet you, my name is Ha Eun-joo in class 3.”
First of all, I glanced around to grasp the situation. People around me were watching this with interest.
I can hear whispering here and there. Yu-Young Lee, who was chatting with other girls from afar, was also paying attention to this.
“Um… It’s not nice to get attention.”
“hahahaha, that’s fun!”
What is that contrived line?
Ha Eun-joo didn’t accept the outstretched hand, so she naturally brushed the side of her hair with that hand.
“Anyway, I’m the sun, what’s going on?”
“Oh, would it be okay for a little while?”
Eunju’s voice is light and lively, and her voice is so clear that even the kids around us can hear what we’re talking about.
Eun-joo doesn’t seem to have any intention of whispering.
“Is this an important story?”
“Yeah, you said you don’t want to talk while staring at other kids?”
Somehow, it seemed like they were getting caught up in the pace, but they got up and went out together.
Before leaving, Lee Yu-young’s eyes met for a moment. He looks full of doubts, but if he asks me later, I’ll have to tell him.
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I came out into a hallway with few people.
The break time wasn’t that long, so I had to finish it quickly if I wanted to talk.
“Were you embarrassed to come to us so suddenly?”
“Well, that’s right.”
“I was thinking of going right after morning training, but I was so nervous. It took more than two hours. What? Even if you’re like me, it’s hard to talk to strangers. But again, people around me didn’t believe me.”
“Really?”
You’re a talkative kid.
First of all, since time is running out, I’ll ask the main topic first.
“I was wondering if it would be inconvenient to visit again. Thank you for coming out like this though!”
“So why did you call me?”
“Oh, did I mention I trained in the morning?”
“Yes. I just did.”
“Well, actually, I am the manager of the baseball team!”
Now that I’m done with my personal introduction, I hope you’ll soon tell me why you called.
The more time you procrastinate, the more misunderstood the kids in the classroom… No, it’s fine because they don’t really care.
Ha Eun-joo is a girl who radiates the energy of a high-spirited insider so much that it is difficult to talk for a long time.
“This is another worthwhile job! If I get good results while managing the players, I feel proud of myself, and when I find myself around me, I feel rewarded by helping them again, and when I play games, I feel the youth of the hot summer together.”
“Wait a minute!”
“Uh, why?”
Eun-ju tilted her head as if asking what was wrong.
“Because we don’t have much time over there?”
“Ah!!”
Did you notice now?
Eun-joo closed her mouth and widened her eyes.
“Oops, sorry. It’s been a long time. Oh, it’s hard to fix it even though I always hear from my friends.”
One thing is certain.
Let’s never talk to him again.
“I have work too, so can you get to the point quickly?”
“Ah, that’s what I mean. The sun You recently transferred and you were a member of the sports team before that?”
“Yes, it was the soccer team.”
“I see. Soccer is good too Running through a wide grassy field…”
“Details!”
“Ah, hahahaha! Sorry sorry.”
As soon as I raised my voice, Eun-joo smiled shyly and got to the point.
“If you don’t want to join the soccer team again… Would you like to join the baseball team?”
Was the whole story a build-up for this one?
Or maybe it was just dirty talking.
Anyway, my answer is fixed.
“I will refuse.”
“As expected!… What is it?”
Eun-ju tried to nod as if it were natural, but she was surprised as if she had heard something unexpected.
“I say no. Then I’ll go in first.”
Tired of the longer story, Eun-joo followed them as they returned to 20,000.
“Wait! Could you please reconsider?”
“On second thought, talking about you took up all my thinking time.”
The class bell rang just in time.
Inevitably, Eun-joo went back to her class.
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Of course, this is not the worldview of .
I don’t know why everyone here is so persistent.
“Drink this and study.”
Then break time.
While solving a math problem, I felt cold on my cheeks.
When I flinched and raised her head, Eun-joo smiled and put her can of coffee on my desk.
Ignore it.
“So did you think about it again?”
“I will refuse.”
“Hmm… “
What is it?
Eun-joo didn’t ask why.
However, I asked the boy in the front seat for permission, took the chair, and sat opposite to face me.
The classmate who gave me the seat looked very satisfied even though the seat was taken away.
‘Ha Eun-joo sat on my chair!’…
It was only then that I realized why the eyes of the people around us were focused on us from earlier.
To be precise, ‘Ha Eun-joo’, not me, was getting attention from everyone. She’s a popular school idol.
“Hey, I have absolutely no intention of joining a club, so could you please leave?”
The priority is to quickly get rid of tiring tasks.
“Um… If you hear my suggestion, you will change your mind.”
“Aren’t you going to take any suggestions?”
Ha Eun-ju seemed to have a corner to believe in.
Well, did you catch my weakness?
“If you suddenly ask me to join the baseball team when I am in my third year of middle school, I will only think it strange.”
Ha Eun-joo nodded and said.
“Do you know that it is a fruit?”
Fruit High School is a private school that comes just a few subway stops away.
“Why are you there?”
“They say they will focus on nurturing the baseball team next year. Aim for a strong team. That’s why we are selecting people in connection with nearby middle schools.”
Is this a familiar repertoire?
“Once you put your name on the baseball team, you can properly play there. I’m also thinking of joining the school’s baseball team, so I’m suggesting it to you.”
“I will refuse.”
“Oh, don’t do that~”
The men around me stare at me at the sound of acting cute.
Would you go to that school because I’m crazy?
If you want to interfere with the relationship between White noona and Seonwoo, of course you have to go to Grass Flower High School.
What about baseball? My sister, who became a yandere two years later, looks like she’s in full swing on my stomach.
I was about to get annoyed at Eun-joo’s persistent request when I heard a voice next to me.
“You say you don’t like Taeyang. Stop.”
“Huh?”
Eun-joo turned her head and met Yoo-yeong’s eyes in the seat next to her.
“Taeyang has no plans to play sports.”
“Um… “
Eun-joo scanned Lee Yoo-young once, and she grinned.
“Okay, I interrupted!”
Eun-joo nodded her head and she stood up neatly.
Why do you listen to Lee Yu-young when you don’t listen to me?
“Feel free to tell me if you change your mind.”
And after she said hello she went off to her class.
“Thank you, Yooyoung.”
“No. I was actually a bit noisy.”
Perhaps she felt sorry for bothering me with the soccer club invitation, and Lee Yoo-young avoided her gaze as she scratched her cheek.
“Just ignore it, girl like that.”
She left her words briefly and said that reason-young also had to do.
Whoa~ Okay, let’s just ignore it.
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Lunch time.
It was the time when Lee Yoo-young and her friends went to have lunch together, and I also went to eat with the children around her.
“Taeyang~”
But the kids I was eating with looked at me with stinging eyes.
Maybe it’s because of that voice that sounds so sick of you today.
The school idol paid for it again.
“Let’s have lunch together~”
“I’m not going to the baseball team.”
“I know.”
“What?”
Eun-joo said while flicking her fingers alternately as if she was sorting out her own head.
In her own words, that must be part of her cuteness appeal.
“Taeyang has absolutely no intention of playing baseball. Right?”
“I understood it well.”
“I just want to get close to Taeyang. Hee hee!”
They say you can’t spit on a smiling face, but you can refuse.
“I have kids who eat separately.”
“Huh? Where?”
“Over there.”
Where she pointed her finger, there was only emptiness.
“No? What is it, are you eating alone?”
“This isn’t it… “
These guys, are you throwing me away in jealousy just because I’m having a conversation with an idol you admire?
Children without loyalty!
“I can’t because the tears cover my eyes. Sun, let’s eat together!”
Eun-joo dragged my arm as it was.
“Haa~ Instead, don’t talk about the baseball team.”
“Yes!”
You’re bothering me, so why are you eating with me?
I don’t like eating alone either.
More than anything, I couldn’t help it because I thought I’d hear bad things if I rejected it now.
But, well, I’m not a yandere.
Since I’m not a yandere heroine and dangerous things don’t happen, I had a strong feeling that it didn’t matter.
While they were having lunch together, she overheard the boy chattering away, though she soon regretted it.
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Lunch time.
“Young-ah, what’s wrong?”
Lee Yu-young, who was staring blankly at the door of her classroom and the two disappearing people, came to her senses at her friend’s words.
“Oh, no, nothing.”
“Are you worried about Taeyang?”
“What? Oh no, not at all. I’m just wondering if he’s being too annoying.”
“Well, it’s worth being wary of when a pretty girl called a school idol hangs out with some guy.”
“Nu!… Who is the sseomnam! I wasn’t particularly vigilant!”
Lee Yoo-young shouted, blushing in embarrassment.
The kids who noticed around me were excited.
Love rice cakes among peers are always welcome.
“Really? You don’t care at all?”
“I don’t write… “
“Hmm… Aren’t you really a nice guy?”
“No……… Not yet.”
“Huh? Hey! He just said ‘not yet’!”
“How nice!! Kyaaa!!”
“Poem, noisy~! What if someone hears it!!”
Lee Yu-young, who blushed as much as the kids were teasing her, put her rice into her mouth, trying hard to pretend nothing was wrong.
But she couldn’t taste it at all.