25 – Freshmen
“Yoo Seon-ah! Ride quickly!”
As I waited at the door of the dormitory, the white Bentley slid to a halt.
Since we are minors who cannot legally drive, the bodyguard, whom we have seen often from before, drove the car for us.
Jinah Lee sat in her back seat and she was smiling round and round, she looked pretty good. In fact, ever since she came to this school, Lee Jin-ah’s expression was always smiling.
Anyway, this ‘Future High School’ seems to be very liked by Lee Jin-ah.
Actually, well… First of all, her grandfather is the president of this school, so she can wield unbridled power.
“It’s actually my first time going outside..! It must be fun..! Right..?!”
“Yes..”
I thought, of course, that Lee Jin-ah has a lot of money, so she goes out and eats a lot of delicious food, but no. Surprisingly, she seems to have used the campus cafeteria a lot.
I mean the school cafeteria, but the hotel chefs cook, so the menu is so fancy that it’s hard to call it school lunch.
She is the way she can choose what she wants to eat, just like ordering food in a real restaurant.
There was no set diet. So even though a lot of money went out for one meal.
The kids here aren’t poor enough to worry about money.
“…I always only ate sandwiches. Today, I’m going to eat something delicious with Yoo Seon, so it feels good hehehe-“
I thought she would eat a lot of good things, but she is more frugal than I thought.
“……”
“Yoo Seon-ah. But why didn’t you wear the clothes I bought you..?”
“Oh no, that’s why… That’s…!”
I could feel Lee Jin-ah’s gaze passing over me from head to toe.
The delivery boxes that were just in front of my door. I should have talked to Jinah Lee about the matter. How should I talk so that Lee Jin-ah doesn’t feel bad?
Without a chance to think about it, Lee Jin-ah brought up her story first, and I was very embarrassed.
“No, that’s why. You’re not going to get mad at that..?”
“? .., Yoo Seon-ah. Why am I angry at Yoo Seon-i?”
Lee Jin-ah’s brown eyes were looking at her half-open body. A look that doesn’t understand what I’m talking about.
His eyelashes are long, his skin is fair, and his features are dense. I can’t believe it to be honest.
I don’t think I can catch a single fly. How can a girl like this, whose height is only up to my chest, make other people half-deep.
I can’t wear a present because it’s burdensome. There were a lot of things I wanted to say, but before I said that, I felt the need to address this issue first.
“I have a question for you”
“What do you want to ask?”
Lee Jin-ah, who was leaning on her back, corrects her posture and sits down.
As her half-open pupils open wide, they shine.
“Have you… Ever harassed or hit someone else…?”
It’s too difficult to say the words one by one.
Just by asking this question, my nerves are focused on each and every one of Lee Jin-ah’s actions.
The brown eyes that had been shining became blurred.
“Why are you asking that?”
I don’t do that! I was expecting such an answer in my heart, but her eyes went dark.
“I’ve heard all the rumors. There’s a rumor that you called out the person you just cursed at and harassed me to beat and harass.”
“So what does that mean?”
“That won’t work…”
Not that it isn’t. Right. I have to cut and speak, but my voice crawls a lot. I am too cautious to bring up such a story.
“Why…Why did you do that…?”
“You guys started first. I didn’t do anything wrong. Originally, that’s what everyone does. Instead of laying grass in school, I entered school with poor grades.
It’s possible to get kids with bad manners enrolled by stabbing the foundation with some money, but other people do the same. At least one person who is close to the chairman can be plugged in, right?
Yoo Seon-ah! You’re saying this because of the guy who talked to you at the entrance ceremony the other day. For me, Yoo Seon-i was called a strange nickname by the other kids and was teased. I can’t wait to see it
So…”
“That doesn’t mean that violence can be justified…”
“Yoo Seon did that too”
“Huh..?”
“Yoo Seon did the same. But why can’t I?”
“Hey, when will I…”
That again- what do you mean?
“The kids in the men’s bathroom said strange things to me in the past. Yu Seon beat them all. Yoo Seon can do that. Why can’t I do that?”
…I remembered something that happened a long time ago when I was in middle school.
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Yes. Obviously something like that happened. There was a time when I scolded Jin-ah Lee’s children who secretly harassed Jin-ah Lee in the bathroom with words that were embarrassing to say.
Aside from that, I also cursed at the same time. And they only got it by arguing first. I didn’t know things would turn out this way.
“…I understand. You can’t do that in the future.”
“No”
“Uh…?”
“I’m going to live my life doing exactly what I want to do. I’m tired of living being swayed here and there by other people.”
-Hey!
Jinah Lee, with her arms crossed, turns her head to look at her window. …I feel bad.
“I won’t talk to Yoo Seon until we go to the restaurant!”
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It takes about 15 to 20 minutes by car. We were able to reach a restaurant halfway up the mountain.
Feels like a medieval building. When you open the door and go inside, it was the kind of restaurant where French or English aristocrats would be present.
“I’ll be waiting”
“Yes- I’ll come back after a delicious meal! Thank you for driving me! Let’s go, Yoo Seon-ah!”
When Lee Jin-ah arrived at the restaurant, she seemed to be in a good mood.
She was a little uneasy.
Perhaps I will be assaulted by suspicious men on my way back to the dormitory? Because I was seriously worried.
That thing. Yelled at me Or why aren’t you being so friendly? It felt like he was going to hit me for such a ridiculous reason.
This is really nonsense. If Lee Jin-ah thinks about what she’s done up to now, she’s not doing anything nonsense.
No way. Hopefully not. Still… Maybe me too?
With that in mind, I couldn’t even see what the outside view was like. She’s not hungry, and her head is full of all sorts of disturbing thoughts.
-hehehe
Looking at Jinah Lee’s smiling face. It seemed that all his anger toward me had been released.
You smile like that, you say you’re happy like that. Would you give me an order to hit me?
I’m glad.
Lee Jin-ah grabbed my wrist, and she started to enter the ornate building.
Orange lights, chandeliers that decorate the ceiling like stars in the night sky, and fancy furniture. Silver tableware.
As soon as you enter the entrance, all the employees stand on both sides and bow 90 degrees. There really is a place like this in Korea.
“Yoo Seon-ah, follow me. I have a reserved seat..!”
Jina Lee grabs my wrist and puts her foot inside the restaurant. She seems to have been here a few times. With her familiar steps, she moves around the inside of the restaurant.
Then she took a seat reserved for her. Next to the table was a large glass, and beyond the glass was a large waterfall.
No matter how you look at it, the place is too grandiose for two high school students to settle for a meal. Can I eat at a place like this?
Actually, I don’t think I’ll pass over whatever I eat.
What should I eat here? It feels like a lump of lead has landed in the middle of my chest with a thump.
Eating ramen at a store would be more comfortable, happy and delicious.
“I want to eat this and eat this! What is Yuseon going to eat?”
But that kind of future is not allowed to me.
The menu is in English..? French…?
I could see the scribbled letters scrawled randomly in cursive.
The white one is the background, the black one is the text. I can’t figure out what he means at all, so I choose any one that catches my eye among them.
“…Ah! That’s something to drink! Whoa… I’m thirsty!”
The brown eyes staring at me.
A place you’ll never come to in your life, and a woman who gives orders to make a bowl of jelly as easily as eating a cake.
I feel like I’m going to cry at the thought of having to eat something I don’t know what it is.
I don’t know about that.
Never- I’ve never been to a place like this, so I don’t know what’s what. I roughly picked something. Because I didn’t know it was a drink.
Just talking with Lee Jin-ah here is killing my pride. Once again, I found out what level the gap between Lee Jin-ah and I was.
A realm that can never be reached. We don’t get along like water and oil.
“Then, I’ll choose. I hope Yoo Seon picks out his favorite food here soon.”
….I thought I would never come here again in the future, but seeing as he said it, I think I will come often.
I could feel that all the customers, starting with the employees, were staring at me.
I feel out of breath.
I think I’m losing my mind.
I always feel that, but it’s too much pressure to get people’s attention.
“I didn’t expect to meet you like this here.. Nice to meet you, Jina.”
Someone comes up to our table and talks to us.
A familiar face.
I was the student body president.
But it was a little different from the last time I saw it.
Surely, the glasses the student council president was wearing. It’s different from what I used to write.
Well, everyone here has a lot of money except for me.
I wear these glasses on Monday, and I wear those glasses on Tuesday. …I wonder if there are people who live like that..?
It was a little nice.
The other day we met and talked. He said he likes Jinah Lee..?
When I said that I would help her connect with Lee Jin-ah, she burst into laughter like a child.
My first impression wasn’t great. The more I looked, the more he was a good person.
“What are you doing here?”
The student president’s hand was on Lee Jin-ah’s shoulder.