33 – Do you believe me?
I came back after returning to another class for physical education.
Meanwhile, my 2nd year and 1st class friends have already finished returning to school and headed to the auditorium first, and Chaewon and I are the only ones leaving late.
We pass through an empty hallway holding GoPros side by side.
“I don’t think we were like that in middle school?”
“Which one?”
“Just overall. “I guess a lot of time has really passed.”
Rather than being conscious of the camera in my hand, it was a conversation that came naturally. The only difference is that this time, I spoke first, not you.
I glanced at you from the corner of my eye, and when you felt my gaze, you smiled and tapped my shoulder.
“What? “Doesn’t that comment seem very old-fashioned?”
“… “You think I’m like an old guy?”
“Special for old people. “I feel dumbfounded when I hear old people talking.”
“Hey old man.”
“It’s laughable. “Do you think I’m an idiot who gets punished for provoking me right away?”
“I guess there won’t be any damage. “Because you’re an old man to begin with.”
“… Hey. “What is that?”
Oops, Chaewon covers her mouth and stares slantingly into my eyes.
The point is the embarrassed smile, as if it was ridiculous that he got caught in a trap in less than 3 seconds even when he thought about it.
“What do you think about the old man?”
“Isn’t this tongue unusual?? “What, is it a snake?”
“I’m a snake zodiac sign.”
“A big problem has occurred. “I always use this scene.”
You shrug your shoulders and admit your mistake.
I secretly look at you as you keep smiling and lamenting, and then I look straight ahead.
“Are you sick?”
Indifferently. He said as if it was no problem.
Please feel free to ask questions.
“I didn’t say anything all day. “We quietly folded our arms.”
“Isn’t it because it was math and English?”
“Answer me honestly before I touch your forehead. “Are you dizzy now?”
“If you touch me, I am actually better… ….”
“Look. “You’re hot.”
Cheeks and forehead.
I stopped in my seat and carefully placed the back of my hand one after another, and I felt a heat sensation that was much higher than my body temperature.
“Why don’t you tell me you’re sick?”
You can’t be crumpled unless your expression is crumpled.
“Minah, Chaewon is having a fever.”
“Since when has it been like this?”
“… I don’t know. “Is it really from math class?”
When Chaewon did not accept the joke, she smiled awkwardly and scratched her head for no reason.
It would be foolish to talk more about this to a sick child, so first ask about the symptoms to understand the situation.
“Is it a cold?”
“I’ve been busy with meetings day and night recently. Costumes, makeup, set list, stage composition, anyway, I had to coordinate opinions with people at home and abroad…….”
“So you have a cold? To the point where you’re so feverish?”
“… Not only did I not say anything during math class, but if I lie down here, it would be completely unprofessional.”
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“Hey, is that the problem now?”
She takes out her cell phone from her pants pocket and opens the phone book.
After finding the producer’s phone number, I immediately pressed the button, and soon the producer answered the phone with a few ringtones.
-Mr. Yumin?
“I’m sorry PD, but Chaewon is now———.”
“I’m really sorry, but can you get me some fever-reducing painkillers? “He should be in the health room.”
Chaewon took my phone and continued speaking in a soft voice.
“Hey, you———!”
“I have a slight fever. Yes. So I thought it would be a good idea to take medicine first.”
Shh, you smile and say it’s okay.
I know that nothing good will come from scolding a sick child or yelling at the producer who is listening on the phone considering the atmosphere of the scene, so I take a deep breath and close my mouth.
“Yes. It doesn’t hurt too much, so don’t worry too much. Yes. See you in the auditorium then.”
“… Why are you doing this? “You’re in a lot of pain.”
“I have to film. “It’s work.”
When I saw you handing me the cell phone, I frowned.
“He didn’t show it once.”
“But you understand. “A friend is a friend?”
“… “If I didn’t know, would you have kept trying to hide it?”
“You must have taken medicine. Still, filming would have continued.”
“… ….”
“They’re babies. “Today will be a precious memory for the kids who are competing fiercely for just one college, so why not show off my pain?”
So, voila.
“Are you also acting well until the end? “After eating, we’ll talk a little in the afternoon and that’s it.”
You push my shoulder with your fist and smile brightly.
It makes it seem like I am the only one who is confused. I hated that smile that made me look like someone who only worried about me and was always worried about me.
But even after seeing that smile, all I could do was bite my lower lip and accept it.
What you say is the truth, and I know very well that no matter what I say, you won’t listen.
If this is a bet, what good is it?
“I promise. “I’ll film the next time I go to the practice room after this.”
“Because of my condition.”
“Han Chae-won.”
“Trust me just once.”
“———.”
“Give me one more chance, Min-ah.”
You come to me with a shallow smile on your face.
Raise your head and look at my face……
“If you get paid, you say you’re a professional. “I’m in my 6th year on this floor?”
He stretches out his hand and adjusts his clothes neatly.
“Anyway, isn’t it so sweet of you to worry about me? “Is this a confession?”
“…… Han Chae-won, now is the time to say things like that———.”
“I will definitely be on your side this time. “I trust you.”
“———.”
“You didn’t forget, right? “How to confess.”
You take a step back and turn the GoPro on again.
“Forever, how are you my friend? “This is my first time seeing a black gi. Doesn’t it look great on me?”
Seeing that bright smile as if telling me not to worry, there was once again nothing I could do.
“… “You look good on it too, Chaewon.”
It’s just that I don’t hate that smile. Do your best to act as expected.
I just accept what you gave me.
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I wore a Taekwondo uniform, and Chaewon wore a training uniform.
What this means is that we will teach Taekwondo and dance to the children during this physical education class.
Honestly, I had some expectations when the production team told me to bring a uniform, but I wondered who would refuse lessons from a top girl group.
Now that I found out about Chaewon’s physical condition, I became even more worried.
“… “Is that a lot?”
Not only most of the male students, but also some female students who I thought would never come came to me.
I am glad that Chaewon has fewer people to worry about, but she is 29 out of 40.
It was a pointless worry.
“I didn’t know there was this much interest in Taekwondo?”
She’s been teasing me since our math class, and this time, I thought it might be an extension of that, so she asked me a question.
“I want to relieve stress by kicking.”
“Dancing is difficult….”
“How do I show my real creaking in front of the camera…” ..”
“A golden opportunity to deal with your enemies.”
“The uniform suits you well~.”
“Humanity’s heritage must be recovered.”
Don’t turn me into Lupine, my friend.
I had to laugh at the reason why it was getting more and more boring, but good things are good things.
“Then let’s start with a light warm-up.”
After lining up and completing the warm-up exercise, I showed my friends some kicking movements that they might find interesting.
Then, pick up the mitt and proceed with the same curriculum as in an actual Taekwondo gym.
Because my friends were so immersed in their studies, they felt awkward about kicking themselves at first……
The more we sweat, step, and kick the mitts, the more we see our friends becoming engrossed.
As Chaewon said, the kids were kids.
“I’m going to try to destroy them in earnest, but is there anyone who doesn’t want to?”
When the production team brought in a bunch of pine boards prepared in advance for breaking, the confident friends raised their hands in unison, saying they wanted to try it quickly.
As an instructor, I can’t help but feel better when I see people participating more actively than before.
Smiling brightly, he approaches the group and hands out pine boards.
“We’ll each take two, and we’ll split into groups of two.”
“Master. “Then they’re not a good match?”
A male student friend suddenly calls me an instructor without even asking him to.
For your information, that friend’s name is Hyunwoo.
If you ask me why I know it, I was so impressed by what my friend said about my enemy that I unintentionally memorized it.
“Don’t worry, one of you will be with me. Oh, maybe you don’t want to do it with me———.”
“Well, I want to do it…” !!”
As soon as she finished speaking, a female student closed her eyes tightly and raised her hand.
Okay, thank you for your sacrifice.
Not wanting to miss the opportunity, I hurriedly called my friend and tried to form a team of two.
“Hoho, what are you talking about? Here, I, the class leader, work with Yumin oppa…….”
“Yumin oppa, I want to learn the kicking again, can you do it with me…?” ?”
A solo that suddenly gives me a good mood.
I looked around her and felt a moment of jealousy at the sight of the female students showing off that they wanted to be with me….
“… “Are you my brother again?”
“From now on, Yu Min withdraws all support for his brother. Huh. “I withdraw.”
“You have to take it all like that…” Did you feel relieved———?!”
“A golden opportunity to deal with your enemies.”
The male students, who had been obediently saying “Teacher, Teacher,” A little while ago, are ignited with enthusiasm and are glaring at me fiercely.
It was my fault for not teaching you the mindset of a Taekwondo practitioner before teaching you kicks.
But that’s still true, Hyunwoo. How can a person change like that… ?
“Do you have a friend whose attendance number is 7?”
“Me.”
“Can you team up with me?”
“… Yes. “If you really want to interact with the enemy.”
Tsk tsk. Friend number 7 doesn’t lie and adjusts his glasses while making a ‘tsk tsk’ sound.
I immediately realized that this friend was forming a strong sense of self after going through a strong storm……
What can I do? If you were in high school and watched this video, the Black Flame Dragon inside you would go crazy, but wouldn’t this also be a memory?
Hand everyone’s attention by handing a pine board to friend number 7.
“For breaking, you will do whatever kick you want from the kicks you learned today. If I teach you the posture, you can hold the pine board in that posture and break.”
He shows the posture of holding the pine board with each kick and has his friend number 7 break it.
The friends’ eyes widened as they saw the pine board breaking cleanly while making a cheerful sound, and they quickly took up their positions as soon as the explanation was over, wondering if they wanted to try it quickly.
The breaking was carried out in accordance with the command, and the sound of the pine boards breaking simultaneously echoed throughout the auditorium.
Chaewon’s friends, who were dancing in the mirror, looked at us with curious eyes……
“Is it cool?”
Chaewon makes eye contact with me and smiles, giving her thumbs up.
Perhaps because he was sweating, he looked worse than before, but he smiled without showing it as promised.
But even this must have made you feel my worry, and you smiled even brighter.
I lead my friends and come this way.
“Okay. I feel it. “If Senior Yumin shows you a cool breaking fight today, I’ll buy you a hamburger for lunch.”
“Wow!!!”
The auditorium was filled with cheers at Chaewon’s sudden story about hamburgers.
Everyone’s eyes turned to me, and soon my classmates from class 1 cheered and chanted my name.
No matter what, the middle school student laughed at the thought of being a middle school student and grabbed two pine boards……
“I want to catch it!”
Before I knew it, you ran towards me and took the pine board that was in your hand.
“Do you want to do that?”
Maintain eye contact and nod with a shallow smile.
“How can I catch it?”
“It’s not difficult. “Just hold it like this.”
Stretch your arms out to about head height.
Everyone looked at me with puzzled eyes as I was in a stance that could easily be defeated by someone with good flexibility……
“Do you believe me?”
My eyes were focused solely on one person.
“Wow. What does it mean?”
“Are you sure you won’t flinch even if your foot comes in front of you?”
“Oh, that’s natural. Still, to answer your question…….”
Of course———. You said that and smiled brightly.
“… “I guess I should repay your trust.”
I also show a shallow smile and hold up a pine board to increase the distance between me and Chaewon.
Stop at the position you had in mind, close your eyes for a moment and train the image in your head.
“This is the first time since I participated in the demonstration team in high school….”
1 Second. 2 Seconds. 3 Seconds.
I open my eyes and look at my surroundings at the timing I decided in my mind.
My friends from class 1 were standing in a line watching me, and the production crew was filming the scene with a camera with excited expressions.
Even Chaewon, who believes in me and waits for me, stretching out her arms.
With all of that in mind, I took off the shoes I was wearing, exhaled, and walked slowly.
I twirled and threw the pine board into the sky at the number of steps, position, and timing that I had decided in my mind.
Tadat-, Pahak———!!!
Turn your body backwards in the air, break the pine board and land.
Even before the pine board, which is split exactly in half, touches the ground, he runs towards Chaewon without hesitation.
Three, two, one.
Do the landing exactly at the intended point.
This time, I quickly rotated my body sideways.
Three and a half laps. 1,260 Degrees.
Pagak———!!!
Defeat it cleanly with a back kick and take a heel posture after landing.
“… “I’ll skip the yelling, shall we?”
I tilted my head in embarrassment and relaxed my posture.
“Wow!!!!”
“Kang Yu-min! Kang Yu-min!”
Cheers erupted.
“Hamburger! Hamburger!”
“I will eat well. Chaewon noona!!!”
“Pretty Sister Who Buys Me Food wasn’t a drama… !!”
Oh, was it that way?