Semantic Error 01
Semantic Error 01
Author│Jeosu-ri
Published │ Beyond
Submission email│[email protected]
ⓒ Jeosuri, 2018
<0>
In a seminar room at a university, more than half of the students were asleep. It was
impossible even for a professor to keep everyone focused in a large lecture with more
than 100 students. Moreover, the presenter who appeared on the podium did not have
any eye-catching features in his appearance.
The presenter was wearing a wide-brimmed checked southern shirt, dark jeans that
never went out of fashion, and was wearing a black ball cap, so his face was hard to
see. However, when he pressed the laser pointer to play the presentation material, the
eyes of bored onlookers were colored with astonishment.
The font size, which seemed to be written in 93 points, was also a pressure, but the
most surprising thing was that the font was a gullim type. No, is it the most serious
problem with the blurred background bo x bono? Or is the problem with the sincerity
of each title letter being painted in rainbow colors?
“In this presentation, I tried to find out how effectively Honest, Creative, and
Passionate, the talents pursued by Korea University, are being effectively produced
through the reputation of famous graduates of Hankuk University known to society,
while redefining the desirable personality and Looking for what kind of responsibilities
and roles the current students should play in the future… .”
After seeing the shocking PPT screen enlarged by the beam projector, the students
quickly began to fall asleep again. The presenter's voice was dry and low-
pitched. Besides, no matter how long I waited, the first sentence did not finish.
The presenter investigated in detail whether the talent training listed on the website
of Hankuk University was actually working and concluded that it was not. The
graduates he cites as examples include politicians who were disqualified from
parliament for fraud, professors who falsified thesis, and businessmen who received a
job offer for money.
The content was unusually deep and the presentation was logical. It was rare for a
student to work so diligently on the group assignments of a class of only two
credits. Unfortunately, by the end of the presentation, there seemed to be fewer than
ten people listening, including the professor. The presenter emphasized honesty and
equity and ended the presentation, which lasted a little over 10 minutes, but the
applause was small.
"That is all."
But the moment he opened the last page, the small audience exploded with
astonishment. Even the students who fell asleep without interest in the presentation
paid attention to the presentation screen.
The professor raised his glasses with a bewildered look, and the students
murmured. Looking at the noisy lecture hall, the presenter and Cho Sang-woo thought
that the popular character in the background drew a good response.
return 0;
A student wearing a full-on hat entered the professor's lab. The professor asked him
to sit down with a puzzled expression.
The professor lifted the attendance sheet with a puzzled face. Student Choe Sang-
woo presented surprisingly in-depth content, but this was a joint project to the
last. There were three more in his group.
"Yes."
“Please be specific.”
“Originally, I was only supposed to research the first part and produce presentation
materials. However, the person who was supposed to do the second part research
didn't keep the promise to send the data by 6 o'clock yesterday, so I did it instead. The
presenter said that it was difficult to attend class because of the grief of the death of
his aunt and grandmother. So I did it too.”
The professor nodded and checked the attendance sheet three times. Then he looked
closely at the attendance sheet to see if he had found something.
“There are prospective graduates in that group. As I was overseas to participate in the
contest award ceremony, I asked for understanding by e-mail that I could not attend
this week inevitably.”
“Why?”
“If I had contributed and missed class today, I would take it into account, but he has
never attended a class meeting and has not done anything to help with the
assignment.”
“Look here. Except for the last time and this time, it is said that everyone attended... .”
"Yes."
The student bowed his head and left the lab with the same grim face he had come in.
<1>
The first semester of the 3rd year has ended. The most difficult thing for Sang-woo,
who had a tight semester with 23 credits, was the two-credit liberal arts class, not the
notoriously difficult major. The 'Korean University Student Personality Education', an
essential liberal arts lecture that cannot be graduated without taking it, consisted of a
simple lecture and a simple joint presentation task.
At first, I thought it was funny because the presentation topic was so easy. Even
though he knew that one of the team members didn't come to class using the contest
as an excuse, he didn't take it seriously. But some won awards and some went diving
the day before the announcement. It was a task that would have been completed in
one day if I had done it alone from the beginning, but I wasted time and nerves as I
was contacting and sending data to the team members.
Sang-woo was annoyed, but after the presentation, he forgot the bad
memories. However, when the grades came out, a minor problem arose.
Free Ride 1: Did you leave out my name?? How could you do that because your grandmother passed away and you coul
10:04
Free Ride 3: Thanks to you, you look like you couldn't graduate. Look at me, junior.
20:23
On the day the score was posted, messages flooded Sang-woo. The two of them sent
messages one by one, but one kept insisting that we meet and talk, and even called
and blocked the number.
And it was vacation. Sang-woo planned to reduce classes and make a mobile game
the next semester. For him, he taught himself programming language during the week
and worked part-time in a PC room on the weekends. Daily life went smoothly, but
there was one thing that bothered me.
It was a Saturday, when I was working in a PC room as usual, and two college
students came in and played games all day. Sang-woo listened to their conversation in
front of the cashier.
'I think the professor said that he couldn't look after him even if he looked at the
braided face.'
'Is the machine a computer engineer? They ask for the address and they will kill you if
you find them, but nobody says they know. What the fuck.'
'Wow, you braided that. You look like a bastard who can live without the law.'
Apparently, Sang-woo was caught up in a very bad person. There were often conflicts
while attending university, but so far we have been able to resolve them
amicably. When I was a freshman, I almost went to a fist fight with a senior who forced
me to drink bomb liquor, and while insisting that I would not pay the student
membership fee, I even went to a newspaper to cover it. There were times when I
bumped into a passerby on the road and it escalated into a fight, and there were cases
where I went to the police station because of a fight with a cut-off person, but it was a
trivial matter compared to not being able to graduate.
Sang-woo seriously thought about changing his cell phone number, but he didn't do
anything because he didn't do anything wrong. However, since that day, he has
developed a habit of getting nervous whenever a notification pops up on his cell
phone.
Visual Design Dept. Han Soo-young Senior: Developer Junior ^^! I'm sorry I won't be able to project because I got a ch
12:31
The message that arrived after a long time contained hopeless content. Han Soo-
young was too busy, so the progress was slow, but the drawings were excellent. Sang-
woo had already designed the game to fit her style, so changing the designer was bad
news.
There were too many irresponsible people at school. Fortunately, this person is lucky
to have a successor in place. Even then, there was no guarantee that he would be a
competent student.
Visual Design Dept. Han Soo-young: That friend is better than me~ No worries!
12:34
Visual Design Dept. Han Soo-young: The phone book flew off some time ago, so there is no contact information; Whe
name is Jaeyoung Jang!^^
12:40
all right.
Sang-woo finished the conversation with her and headed to school. The meeting was
at four o'clock, but I arrived three hours early to organize drafts and sketches of the
characters. Senior Visual Design Department Jaeyoung Jang. Whether it was a man or a
woman, what kind of style it was, I couldn't tell anything other than vague information
that I was talented just by looking at the message. I was skeptical that I would be busy
because I was in high school, or that I would disappear in the middle of getting a job
like Han Soo-young, but I thought I should meet him first.
Sang-woo cleared his seat at 15:55 and went up the stairs. I arrived at the small
meeting room on the 3rd floor of the library, booked online in advance, one minute
before the scheduled time, and took out my notes and writing instruments.
If it had been any other promise, I would have left without looking back, but it was a
project I couldn't do alone, so a designer was absolutely necessary. Sang-woo took out
his cell phone and played a game for 10 minutes.
Maybe I misunderstood the time, maybe Han Soo-young gave the wrong time and
place for the appointment, or did I change my mind, or was something busy? Another
ten minutes passed as I thought of a question I had no way of knowing the answer to.
There's no such thing as a decent person for a person who doesn't keep time. It's
impossible to do a project with someone like that. Another 10 minutes passed while it
was boiling inside.
Sang-woo waited another 10 minutes to see the talented and kind Han Su-young. He
endured like a doin, but the designer never showed up.
He clenched his teeth and stood up violently. Sang-woo was reluctant to waste all
kinds of things, but he hated wasting time the most. But just as he was about to grab
the handle, the door swung away.
Sang-woo looked at his opponent with an angry expression. A man wearing a loose
black beanie hat walked in with a brazen expression and sat across from Sang-woo. He
had large eyeglasses on the tip of his nose and three metal piercings in one ear. When I
came to the meeting, I was empty-handed. He pulled his hand out of his pocket,
rubbed it against each other, and lifted his head.
"uh!"
The moment their eyes met, he pointed to Sang-woo with his finger.
"why?"
"Yes."
"Roughly?"
But the man didn't seem to listen to Sang-woo. He leaned on a chair and sat with his
legs trembling, and without permission, he took Sang-woo's notebook and flipped it
over. “You worked hard.” While adding chumsae like that.
Sang-woo took the notebook again, opened a blank page and placed it on the
desk. He took a file out of his bag and handed it to the man a draft from a former
designer. The game title, overall concept, and character design were detailed on the
paper. The man rolled his eyes and looked at the document silently.
After muttering to himself inaudible, he opened his eyes from the paper on which the
draft 'Vegetable Man' had been carefully arranged.
“I was a good friend in the first place, but I did it roughly. I didn’t put any effort into
making the concept, and the sketches were dry and dry.”
As the man pushed the document forward, the paper lifted in the wind, and the edge
was stamped on Sang-woo's nose. Sang-woo put the paper down on the notebook
with a firm expression. When I laid it out, I tried to explain everything, even if it was
unpacked, but my patience was low. Sang-woo thought that it would be better to
organize the seats without wasting energy on useless things.
“I don’t think you like me. I will look for another designer.”
As I was about to put my notes and documents in my bag, the man suddenly asked.
“Are you that good at coding? If I ask you to implement something, how far can you
go?”
“As long as the design is good, anything is possible. Almost anything you need in a
2D action game can be implemented.”
Those words sounded like they were ignoring Sang-woo. Are you saying that you are
a student, or do you come after realizing that you have just returned to school after
being discharged from the military? Sang-woo felt a little queasy, so he answered with
strength.
When I answered calmly, I felt embarrassed. As the boss and employer, there was no
reason to crouch like a subcontractor. Sang-woo sat upright with his back straight and
folded his arms.
“By the way, senior, do you have any experience in making mobile games?”
It was the right counterattack at the right time. If it was fluttering without skill, I was
thinking of leaving the conference room without looking back.
"no."
"Good-bye."
Sang-woo, who was about to get up, paused for a moment. If you are good at web UI
design, it is difficult to develop an app. Because the object size is smaller and we need
to care about optimization, but they are essentially the same. Besides, the senior who
introduced me to this Nalari said that he was a very talented person.
The man laughed and pulled out a tablet PC from his coat pocket. After a few
touches, he handed the device to Sang-woo.
Sang-woo looked at the side-scrolling portfolio page with his works displayed on a
white background. I clicked the thumbnails to zoom in one by one, and checked the
work carefully. Web, posters, logos, and illustrations, there are many things men can
do. In addition, each of them seemed to have a high level of completion, not like a
student's work.
“Wherever I go, I don’t hear anyone saying that I’m not good at it.”
The man laughed at Sang-woo's reasonable question, picked up a pen and started
sketching in his notebook. He drew a carrot in 20 seconds in a completely different
style than his predecessor. A more rebellious and decadent carrot than before, but very
stylish. Sang-woo convinced Sang-woo that he deserved to make a loud noise.
'It's amazing.'
My heart was pounding. He deliberately put the brakes on before the anticipation ran
out of control. There was nothing to be concerned about.
“Are you able to invest your time all through the next semester?”
A person who had been late for 40 minutes and thought he would not believe it at all
had the effect of suddenly appearing hotter. Sang-woo was willing to tolerate any
degree of insincerity if he had that level of skill. Above all else, it was a great decision
for him, who valued sincerity.
“Is it possible?”
“Look, here.”
The man's voice was very sharp. Sang-woo took the device back from his hand
without knowing English.
Sang-woo and the man were looking at the written letters at the same time. And
soon his cell phone rang. With a cold expression on his face, the man pulled out his
phone from the pocket of his coat and grinned. Sang-woo looked at what he had
stored on his phone.
Sang-woo was so bewildered that he ran out of the conference room without even
taking his notes and writing instruments. I didn't even know if the man was calling me,
chasing me, or staying still as I ran away without looking back.
"Nonsense."
Sang-woo was silent for a while, then he had the courage to take out his
phone. There was no contact. With trembling hands, when I unblocked 'Free Rider 3', a
message and a few missed calls appeared. In 'Free Ride 3', Jang Jae-young sent a long
message asking Sang-woo to meet him five days ago, asking for his understanding. It
was his fault for not contacting the captain directly, but he explained the situation to
another member. There were also a few threatening messages.
After reading the message, Sang-woo became calm again. A person who thought he
was a talented designer found out that he was just a scum of indifference, disrespect,
and personality. I'm glad I found out before the project even started. After seeing his
illustrations, the expectations were high, so the disappointment was strong, but I had
no choice but to give up cleanly. Sang-woo had no intention of collaborating with
Yang-achi, and it was clear that he also did not want to work with Sang-woo.
An unexpected conflict occurred, but it was all his fault, and Sang-woo was
proud. Still, the uncomfortable feeling did not go away. Sang-woo had no reason to do
so, but he fell asleep late in the morning while checking his cell phone sideways.
Free Ride 3: Cho Sang-woo / 25 years old / 3rd year of computer science / Return to school in September after military l
09:02
Free Ride 3: I'm going to drop out or I'll see you when it's a good thing
09:02
Free Ride 3: Come out through the main gate of the school by 6 o'clock today
09:05
“It’s funny.”
Sang-woo smiled coldly and grabbed the phone tightly. I didn't do anything wrong,
and why did I have to listen to him?
'What would you do if you did a background check on me? Do you want me to
report it to the police?'
Sang-woo was the one who actively used public power. He knew exactly what to call
the police under what circumstances.
I picked up my phone and read the message again, step by step. I didn't know what
we were going to do, but it was a clear threat. But he wasn't afraid because there was
no way he could harm him. Sang-woo was a sincere student who only listened to
classes and did not participate in any other school activities. No one at school could
hurt him except the professor.
return 0;
And three days passed. Sang-woo thought that the dirty dispute was over, but he
was foolishly mistaken. To be honest, it was natural. How long could I have been
working in a PC room near my school and avoiding students from the same school?
When a group of gangs opened the door and rushed in, Sang-woo was filling the
shelf with sweets. Among them, the tallest man saw Sang-woo and his steps slowed
down.
If their eyes hadn't met in such an intense way, they might not have recognized
him. They looked at each other as if time had stopped. Beyond the large spectacles, the
emotionless eyes widened and then narrowed. As if the background had disappeared,
only the young boy was visible. In an instant, several thoughts, such as 'I'm broken', 'I'm
annoyed', and 'I want to run away', ran through my head. Even though there was no
reason for that, Sang-woo was a little nervous and dropped the cookie.
He was preparing for a fight in his heart, but Jang Jae-young did not pretend to know
Sang-woo and took the card. After the group of five disappeared into the smoking
room, Sang-woo sat down at the counter again. I turned to my major books and
notebooks, but I couldn't concentrate well.
When he lifted his head, he could see Jaeyoung's head protruding from the
monitor. Sang-woo's eyes turned to the screen that tells him what game he is playing
and what site he is accessing. Jaeyoung had a game information site up and was
accessing an online RPG game. Sang-woo read the book while he played two FPS
games and moved on to MMORPG after going through the hunting course a few times,
but the pages hardly turned.
'Well then.'
Sang-woo sighed and got up and made ramen. Measure 450ml of water according to
the recipe and boil it in a pot for longer than usual. While the noodles were cut in half,
put in a pot, and sprinkled with soup, Sang-woo recalled how he had resolved conflicts
in the past. His opponents spit out swearing in anger, and some even swung their
fists. Sang-woo logically refuted their loopholes without being emotionally aroused,
and instead of reacting to violence with violence, he took a step back and called the
police. This time I thought so.
The smoking room was filled with cigarette smoke. Sang-woo stood in front of seat
32 holding a tray with a ramen bowl on it. The man with his back on the chair was
smoking a cigarette. Putting down the tray, he turned his chair and looked up at Sang-
woo. Today, he was wearing a bright red sweatshirt with a pattern on his chest that
made him feel mentally ill just looking at it. It really looked like a lamb.
Sang-woo didn't know how to respond. He was confident that he would stand up to
anyone, no matter how terrifyingly intimidating and violent, but he had never faced a
fight in such a quiet manner.
Jaeyoung's voice was too soft for an argument. Sang-woo decided to lower himself
until he reveals his true nature.
"Please speak."
It wasn't a difficult request. Sang-woo raised his head to meet his gaze, but this time
he averted his eyes. He took out another cigarette, lit it, and let out smoke without
speaking for a while. Then, looking into Sang-woo's eyes again, he suddenly held out
his right hand.
“How do you reconcile when you have never had a fight? And I don’t work with you.”
“I don’t know.”
“I lack imagination.”
“It’s not like your grades change just because you meet me. At least you will have an
IQ enough to enter a university, so your seniors know that.”
Sang-woo thought that the skill of maintaining a quiet tone while swearing was
strange. He was fiddling with his cell phone to report any signs of violence, but this was
too weak. He didn't know how to react.
“It’s hard to believe that I was just trying to tell a real story. You think that you
couldn’t graduate because of me, and you’re holding on to resentment.”
I felt that if I apologized here, I might be able to move on, but Sang-woo acted
according to the manual. He had already entered the 'hostile' command.
When I was in middle school, I was slapped in the face by my teacher after saying
something like this. After receiving countless advices about how to get better in social
life later, I was living my life with restraint, but a sharp tone came out of my mouth. But
Jae-young replied as if it was no big deal.
“If you hadn’t said useless things to the professor, would you have graduated? It was
decided to study abroad, but it looks like it was canceled because of you. Because of
two credits, not a dick.”
“Sangwoo.”
“Don’t pretend to be friendly. If I could graduate by attending on my behalf, all the
students in the class would be fools. Do you look like a cunt who will put the name of a
bastard doing nothing and earning grades on an assignment, me?”
"all right. From now on, buy like garbage and don’t just contact me.”
Jae-young put out a cigarette in the ashtray with a cold expression and met Sang-
woo's eyes.
“Should I get down on my knees and apologize? Did you go to the professor and ask
for a credit instead? If I asked you to move on, you don't have to pretend you're
embarrassed. I was doing this to get you arrested, now.”
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, so if you want something, ask it straight
away.”
It wasn't my intention to do that, but Jaeyoung looked like he was being attacked. He
repeatedly opened and closed his mouth a few times as if in absurdity, then folded his
arms and leaned back against his back. And spit it out with a disgruntled face.
"Tell me, 'I'm sorry I missed out on a good study abroad job because of me.'"
It wasn't a difficult task. Sang-woo opened his mouth confidently, but no words came
out. It was because there were parts that were not true in the sentence.
“Please correct two errors. It's not because of me that I couldn't graduate, it's
because I didn't have enough days in attendance and grades for assignments. And I
have no regrets.”
If you apply the feedback, it becomes 'You missed a good study abroad spot'. I
thought it was okay to say that it was actually a skill, but I heard a sarcastic sound.
Sang-woo wasn't hit at all because he had heard it a lot. Jaeyoung turned the chair
back toward the monitor and raised his chopsticks to stir the bowl.
"take it."
Sang-woo took the tray without saying a word. Then, as he was about to leave, Jae-
young called him.
"Hey."
"why?"
“Crazy bastard.”
return 0;
After resolving the filthy dispute, daily life continued in the same way. Even though it
was a vacation, he continued to study at the school library every day. There was one
serious problem: the designer position for the 'Vegetable Man' project became vacant
again. I re-posted on the school intranet that I was looking for a graphic designer for
an action game, but no one contacted me. The timetable was deliberately laid out with
the intention of producing a game for the next semester, so if a designer is not found,
time will run out.
Other than that there were no problems. On that day, Sang-woo studied as much as
possible and was on his way to the restaurant. As he was walking without thinking, he
saw a box walking in front of me.
A student placed a small box on top of a large box and was struggling to transport it,
but it seemed that she could not see because of her vision. Considering her stride, it
was predictable that her foot would soon hit her chin. Not long after, a shout was
heard.
"no!"
The girl reached out and ran, but the box she had placed on fell to the ground,
littering the road with debris. Reading tables, candy boxes, and tapes rolled up and
down the ramp. It was a pity that the student was taken care of, but Sang-woo was on
his way to the restaurant, so he was just passing by.
"excuse me!"
“I’m really sorry, can you help me? It's so hard I think I'm going to die... . If you help
me, I will buy you food.”
If it's a library, it's a 7-minute walk, and tuition is 3,000 won a meal. It was a
transaction that far exceeded the minimum wage without even having to calculate
it. After Sang-woo said yes, he picked up the items that had fallen with her and put
them in the box. When he lifted the large box with both hands, the student looked
surprised and was at a loss for what to do.
“Are you very heavy? I'll take the little one."
The box was really heavy. Sang-woo took a break twice in the middle and took off his
padding because he was sweating. The 7-minute distance increased to 15 minutes, and
when I moved to the 3rd floor, I lost all my strength. It was too much of a stamina to
eat a single meal of rice. Sang-woo was regretting his foolish decision.
During those 15 minutes, the opponent, Ryu Ji-hye, derived a common name from
Sang-woo and digged up basic information such as his student number and
department. Suddenly, the title was changed from 'here' to 'oppa'. As she came out of
the library, she asked.
Sang-woo has a dark impression, so people did not talk to him easily. However,
unlike the other juniors, Jihyo was not afraid.
“I am so grateful that I have to buy you something really delicious. Just follow me.”
"I see."
"okay."
they started walking. Wisdom said it only took 10 minutes to walk, but as a result, it
took longer than that. Sang-woo didn't like the fact that he had to travel a short
distance just to eat, but he followed her without saying a word because he had already
handed over the menu choices to Ji-hye.
“It's a pasta house, and it's really delicious. All the pasta is delicious and the pizza is
very thin, so it goes in very well. Last time I ate pene, I almost ate the whole plate... . In
addition, there is a 10% student discount. All of the part-timer older sisters and older
brothers were all so pretty and good-looking… .”
As I climbed the stairs and opened the large door, I heard a rattling bell. The spacious
store was dimly lit and decorated in a warm atmosphere. After questions and answers
such as whether they made a reservation or how many people were there, they were
guided to an empty seat.
Wisdom looked around and made useless noises. As soon as Sang-woo sat down, he
scanned the menu and analyzed the items. The lowest price for a single item is 14,000
won, the highest price is 23,500 won, and the average price is 17,400 won. Considering
that the main menu is boiled flour noodles, the price was incomprehensiblely high. It
wasn't worth the price I paid for carrying the burden once.
“Sometimes it makes me feel good, huh? You can starve at the end of the month.”
It wasn't a convincing answer, but I didn't have to worry about other people's
pockets. Sang-woo looked at the unfamiliar foods again while praising Wisdom for her
hard work. Fresca Citrus Salad, Katchuco Rosso, Fritti Italiani… .
As I was sticking my nose in the menu, I heard a warm voice nearby. Wisdom opened
her mouth first.
"I… .”
The moment he looked up to order the most expensive pasta on the menu, Sang-
woo made eye contact with the store employee. Wisdom's words were true. Even in the
eyes of Sang-woo, who usually doesn't care about other people's looks, the employee
was a rare handsome man.
A slender face was smiling slightly under her neat hair. The eyes without double
eyelids were big and cool, and the nose was straight and the tip of the nose was
straight. He was a straight man, with a white shirt and a black apron wrapped around
his waist.
There was a familiar corner on the man's face. He wrinkled one corner of his mouth
and smiled as he thought that maybe he had seen it on a clothing billboard or
something.
The employee marked something on the bill with a smile on his face. Jihye took out
her student ID from her wallet and started to flutter with excitement.
"I know. I met Oppa a few times while passing in front of the art college. I also
watched a salesman play last year. Ugh, I remember the hardships getting tickets.”
The staff received Jihyo's student ID, looked closely, and returned it.
Strangely, he looked straight at Sang-woo and said. His gaze was not very favorable.
"haha! I am the only French literature major, and this oppa is not. Sangwoo oppa,
what was it?”
Sang-woo didn't want to tell anyone he didn't know. Also, I thought it was quite
unfair for a man to shoot himself in the first place.
“Aren’t you working? Once you have placed your order, please stop.”
The moment I uttered those words, silence came. Jihye looked like someone
watching a horror movie, but the staff's twisted smile grew even deeper without
knowing why.
He mumbled inaudible, then put the bill and pen together. Then he said that it would
take about 20 minutes for the food to come out. As he left, Ji-hye looked at Sang-woo
and asked.
"no."
Sang-woo answered the truth, but Ji-hye didn't seem to believe it.
“I didn't really mean to offend you. I'm sorry if I offended you. I sometimes make
mistakes.”
"I'm sorry!"
Jihyo bowed her head and rubbed her hands like flies.
"Yes… .”
“Stop it.”
Sang-woo turned his head in annoyance and met the male employee who took their
order. It wasn't intended. Because I just looked into the void. Instead of avoiding his
eyes, the man wiped the wine glass with a cloth and looked at Sang-woo even
more. Sang-woo had a snowball fight with him for a while before turning his head
away.
“That person keeps staring at me.”
“Ah, maybe.”
They spent 20 minutes talking nonsense. For example, Ji-hye asked Sang-woo very
small if he thought he could win a fight with that employee. Sang-woo said that he
does not like violence and that if a fight breaks out, it is best to give him a shot and
report it to the police.
Food came out while we waited silently. The employee who came with two bowls in
one arm had a strange expression on his face. He put the plate down in front of Ji-hye
and dared to turn around and came to Sang-woo's side and put the other one
down. Then he whispered at a low and audible level.
"what?"
Sang-woo looked up at the man in surprise. His cold eyes were full of hostility. It was
hard to understand why he was so upset over a single word. Sang-woo concluded that
he had mistaken a person.
The man's mouth opened at Sang-woo's answer. He looked puzzled for a while, then
burst into a sharp smile. Then he looked at Sang-woo and took out his glasses from his
apron and put them on. Their eyes met through the large eggs, and realization flashed
through Sang-woo's brain.
The grumpy bastard I met in the library conference room was also wearing similar
glasses. After that, I think I was tall. The clothes were so different, there were no
earrings, and the atmosphere was all different, but they seemed to be the same person.
"Oh… . Youngjae Kim.”
Sang-woo said, “Senior.” He added, but the man seemed already pissed off. He bent
over and whispered in Sang-woo's ear.
“Sangwoo.”
Even though the answer was short, the voice came out with a crack.
“Senior.”
Sang-woo answered honestly, but the other person did not blink an eye.
“It’s red.”
The color of the error, red. Sang-woo was generally sympathetic to all colors, but he
never liked red.
“Pasta.”
Sang-woo did not choose food, but for this moment, he hated everything that had to
do with men.
After the dry question and answer, the man let out a stiff laugh and whispered lowly.
“I thought you weren’t normal, so I was just going to move on, but I changed my
mind. Look forward to next semester.”
“I lack imagination.”
When Sang-woo thought of what to say, his back was already gone.
Sang-woo pushed the fork into the plate, but he had no appetite.
“You’re a famous theater member, aren’t you? A friend of mine watched her
performance and attended design and design classes, so I know a little bit. When I was
20 years old, I followed him to JS Entertainment to become an actor... .”
"stop."
"Yes?"
Ji-hye, who had been speaking steadfastly in any situation, was speechless this time
with a gloomy expression on her face. Sang-woo relieved his anxiety by putting pasta
in his mouth, which felt worse than a 3,000 won study.
What does it mean to change your mind? I couldn't help but care. He never wanted
to associate with that bastard again.
return 0;
While studying during the week and working part-time on the weekend, the new
semester is fast approaching. In his spare time, Sang-woo prepared for the next
semester's class and read the book in advance. Except for the two liberal arts courses
that engineering students must take under the guise of knowing the humanities, all
major courses seemed easy.
I have been taking more than 20 credits every semester so far, but this semester I
have empty time to make games. After trouble with a designer, the plan went awry
because the right person could not be found. However, the course registration period
had long since ended and I did not want to change the perfect timetable. Sang-woo's
timetable was perfectly balanced on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, and
Fridays, and was designed so that he could eat lunch immediately after class.
Sang-woo got up at 8:30 as usual, did a quick workout, showered, and ate cereal with
milk. The next order was brushing and blessing. Clothes were hung on the top of the
hanger in the order in which the tops were washed and the bottoms were washed in
the order they were washed. Today it was my turn to wear a black T-shirt and black
cotton pants.
A belt was tied around her waist, her hair was combed with her fingers, and a black
ball cap was pressed on. He wore black padding and tied a scarf around his neck. I got
out of my room with my backpack on my shoulder and got on my bike, and as usual,
9:16 was stamped on the electronic watch.
Passing through the main gate, as always, was 9:24. It was a pleasant start. I would be
offended if I was even a minute or two late because of traffic, but that rarely happened.
I left my bike in the storage room and headed for the liberal arts college. As we
entered the building, the stairs spread out. It takes 0.9 seconds to climb one stair. There
were a total of 64 tiers, and at the end of each of the sixteen there was a short
corridor. It took 61 seconds to get to the fourth floor, where the Chinese classroom is
located.
30 minutes before class started, I opened the door to room 403 and entered. There
was one student in the classroom who arrived early and took the front seat. Sang-woo
headed to the fourth row as if it was natural.
“… what?"
But today, the bag was on the far right desk. Sang-woo only blinked when he saw the
unbelievable sight. He has not had a history of being displaced in six semesters. It was
difficult to even assume that I always sat in the same seat and took a class while sitting
in a different place.
Fourth row rightmost. There was no need to look up at the podium by bending the
head, and at the place where you could meet the professor's eyes at eye level, even
though you could see the visual materials or the writings at a glance, there was no case
where you couldn't see the letters. The wind from the heater and air conditioner did
not hit the skin directly, and there was no window, so the thermal conductivity was
low. In addition, as one side is a wall, it gives an overwhelming psychological stability
compared to the other seats surrounded by other students on all sides.
Sang-woo was a little annoyed, but there is no system for reserving seats in the
classroom like a library, so anyone can freely choose a seat. Although he was forced to
sit on the left side, Sang-woo continued to worry about the seat next to him. I opened
the Chinese textbook, but I couldn't concentrate at all.
As class time approached, the students came in one by one and sat down.
“Ah, hello.”
This time, a female student said hello, but Sang-woo didn't know who she was.
Students continued to enter the classroom, but the owner of the bag still did not
appear. A leather bag with long straps that can be worn sideways. Sang-woo felt like he
wanted to gently put it away and move to the other side, but he struggled with
it. Because the act of placing a bag in a specific place was an implicit rule formed in the
sense of taking a seat.
Three minutes before ten o'clock, the professor came in and handed out
handouts. After a few words of welcome, she found a student.
It was great enthusiasm to hear that there was a student who preempted teaching
assistantships in liberal arts subjects. Volunteering as a teaching assistant gives you an
opportunity to get to know the professor and usually gets extra points, but many
students were reluctant to do chores. As the students looked around with curious eyes,
the student who had just entered through the back door raised their hand.
“Here, Professor!”
“I have grades left. A language will rust if you don’t practice it.”
"right. That's a really good attitude. Everyone, I am a student Jaeyoung who will help
us throughout the semester. Everyone from Hong Kong, I'm a senior, so if there's
something you don't know, ask a lot. In the future, you can give the homework to that
student.”
Sang-woo, who looked through the handout, was startled, but thought it was the
same person. It's such a common name.
At that moment, a leather crossbody bag lying on the desk on the right was lifted
and someone slumped into his seat. Even if I didn't want to see it, my head turned
automatically.
The red padding on the red fur hat stood out even if it stood out. When I took off the
padding, a red jersey came out. He was holding a red cola can in his hand. I'm glad I
didn't wear red pants. Sang-woo opened his mouth, but it was so ridiculous that
nothing came out.
Sang-woo couldn't keep his mouth shut even when class started.
Red
The first time I saw Torei was at the welcome party for freshmen in the first semester
of the third year.
Because the MT location was jointly held, the CD and computer departments and the
freshmen sat in the same restaurant with a few tables between them. Even though they
are the same age, they feel different. Unlike the design and dining table, where
everyone tries to look unique, the table is achromatic, so there seems to be a rule to
catch it if it bounces. Comparing only the number of dyed hairs of children, it can be
said that it shows just how different the viewpoints on expressing individuality are.
(1)
While the freshmen were drinking and getting drunk, Jaeyoung saw him.
Jae-young had good eyesight, but it was impossible to remember in detail the
appearance of the person he had seen four years ago. Besides, he wasn't particularly
conspicuous. All that was left so far was the impression that he was moderately
ordinary and had a rather charismatic appearance. If there was one peculiar thing, his
eyes stayed on because his neck was exceptionally thin.
The college and freshman were facing each other over bombshell wine rolled up in a
bowl of makgeolli. At that time, there was no fuss in the design department that Toray
appeared in the next department. The representatives stopped what they were doing
and watched the fire on the table next to them.
'It's not because it's a drink that senior gave me, but because I don't want to drink it
at this point.'
Jae-young remembers that he clicked his tongue for making a sound that wouldn't
even eat a seed. The computer science department, where 90% of the students were
male, permeated the culture of peeling noodles. People who say they don't drink
alcohol are most likely religious people or people with allergies, but for no reason, the
computer science department was so irritating. Then, wishing it was over, things got
bigger as the drunken magnate yelled at him to bring it back. Ordinary children would
have succumbed back then, but Torai picked up the phone.
Jae-young, who was disrespecting the neighborhood next door, intervened as the
situation got worse. It was Jaeyoung who took the cell phone through a hand-to-hand
battle, threw away the battery, and installed a frying pan to prevent the computer from
being overcharged and to escape the tortilla. In the meantime, did you get bruises on
your cheeks from being beaten? I couldn't remember exactly.
MT became a hoax, but college students drank and played on the mess. It was said
that the torai, which became a fresh side dish, was rolled up to a powder and chewed
like a squid. The computer science department finally declared that they were going to
kill that fucking bastard... .
It didn't seem like it was as easy as it sounds, seeing Torai still holding his head up. In
fact, it must have been difficult to bully him because he did not participate in clubs, did
not participate in student council activities, and only listened to classes. The computer
science department seemed to have tried all the evil deeds that a sophomore in college
could think of, but I heard that Toray was not harmed at all. I eat alone as if it's natural,
I ignore it even if I get insulted, and sometimes when bullying is excessive (like showing
signs of violence or blocking the road so I can't go to class), I dial 112 on my phone.
What was even more surprising was that Torai was a very sincere and even
outstanding student. There was a lot of talk between the computer and the kids that he
was a machine, so he spoke a programming language as if it were his native
language. The incident in which he took over the tower in spite of all the disturbances
would have been left as a black history of the Comgong Department.
Up until this point, Torai was nothing but a distant gossip to Jaeyoung.
(2)
He was sitting in the liberal arts class he took the next semester.
At that time, Jaeyoung was mostly drinking late, so it was impossible to get up in the
morning. I was always late and had no choice but to sit in the back seat, but my
brother-in-law was always sitting in the same seat in front of him. Despite his hazy
mind, the impression that his neckline was strangely beautiful and his skin white for a
man remained vivid. In a class that he would not have been able to concentrate on
anyway, Jaeyoung couldn't concentrate because he was looking at his neck.
(3)
One day, Jae-young ran into Torai in front of the canteen. At the same time, he
looked up at Jaeyoung with eyes that gave off an atmosphere of indifference to world
affairs.
'Senior, please return the 850 won you borrowed 3 days ago.'
He said so at first. Perhaps because he was the owner of the nape of the neck, who
was always spying, Jae-young was taken aback and took out a 1,000-won bill. Torai
took the money and lowered his eyes to verify that it was a counterfeit bill. The
eyelashes were dense. Because of the brim of the hat, he couldn't see well, so Jaeyoung
felt he wanted to take off the ball cap that seemed stuffed on his head.
'I was mistaken for someone else. Please give me 150 won again.'
Feeling like a fool, Jaeyoung took the bill and returned the coin. Torai handed the
coin to the boy and suddenly disappeared. Jaeyoung stood there for a while before he
understood the situation. The tall boy didn't have any corners that looked like
Jaeyoung, but he had one thing in common. He had bleached his hair brightly.
After graduating from the second semester of the third year and enlisting in the
army, the absurd incident lingered in my memory for a long time. Jae-young, who
returned to school after being discharged from the military, was very busy with classes,
outsourced work, and sports, as well as activities in the theater club. So there was
absolutely nothing to think about.
In the second semester of the 4th year, the last semester of the never-ending busy
schedule, Jae-young could not refuse the earnest request of her junior to be the MC at
the school festival. He hosted several events and used the interlude to walk around
campus with a broadcast camera on campus, poking microphones at students and
interviewing them.
(4)
A black ball cap that was pressed tight, a checkered shirt on a dark green
background, dark straight jeans, and old sneakers. It was less white and soft compared
to when I was a freshman (it looked like I was in the military when I saw the burnt skin),
but only the indifferent eyes were the same. Jaeyoung rushed forward impulsively.
He was happy to meet another man he had not seen in a long time, and he
mistakenly thought that he would recognize him as well. But Torai answered without
even looking at Jaeyoung's face.
'The camera is taking pictures, classmate. How are you enjoying the festival?'
'This culture must disappear. Don't force me to enjoy the festival because I'm not
interested in it and I don't enjoy it at all.'
But he was winning and running to the extent that such a trivial incident could not
spoil his mood. Jaeyoung, who is about to graduate, won the grand prize in an
international branding competition and went to an awards ceremony in Singapore.
Based on several awards and a large portfolio, she passed the master's program at a
prestigious design school in the United States. In the second half of the semester, using
the status of a prospective graduate, he hardly attended classes and prepared for a
graduation play and went out to play. It was a day with no regrets. Until we get results
like the blue sky.
I really didn't know that a two-credit liberal arts lecture would hold me back. A
worthless course in which more than 100 students are put into a classroom, listened to,
or taught a moral lecture, and then wasted time with a presentation at the
end. Everyone had to take it, but as long as you attend, you are guaranteed a pass, so it
was a garbage subject that no one cared about.
Jaeyoung never showed up. Due to his personality, he disliked such subjects, and he
could not afford to pay attention to such subjects due to competitions and theater club
activities. Above all, he believed in the promise that a junior he knew would take
responsibility for attending as a proxy and taking responsibility for group
assignments. However, I later found out that the junior was in a similar situation.
'Brother, I'm really sorry. I have nothing to tell you... . Actually, I'm broke too. Even
though I was all in attendance, I got 0 points for the assignment and got an F. A young
captain without blood or tears... . I'm going to die sad because my aunt and
grandmother passed away, but really... .'
Jae-young hurriedly bought a Jeju green tea set, went to the professor, repented of
his mistakes, and preached how he was going to get into a great graduate school and
how to show the status of Korea University and Korea to the world, but failed to correct
his grades. The professor replied with a tone of tiredness.
'It's unfortunate, but it's difficult. Still, the head of the administrative department of
the College of Arts came and went with it, but I can't help it. If you can't attend class
because you're due to graduate, didn't you tell me first? These days, the issue of proxy
attendance is also published in newspapers, so it is difficult to ignore it. If no one
knows... . The student was stubborn.'
In other words, it sounded like only the captain had to persuade him. Jae-young got
angry and contacted his junior by getting the manager's phone number, but the sleazy
bastard chewed on the message and didn't answer the phone. It seemed that
Jaeyoung's number was blocked.
It was a vacation, so I had to visit it myself, but it was not easy to find the address. He
said that he did not know the address at the computer office because he was a
returning student and had no extracurricular activities. There was no name of Cho
Sang-woo in the list of clubs, whether in the movie watching club, a cappella club, or
judo club. As things went awry, the grade correction period came to an end.
Jaeyoung was desperate, but the reason for not graduating was basically his own
laziness, so after a few days, he was able to laugh. The situation was so funny, I got
used to it being teased at a drinking party, and after chewing on the leader with my
friends, I was able to shake it off.
That's how much Jae-young had to spare. Although graduation was delayed, it wasn't
too late among the male students who served in the military. In addition, the portfolio
was so strong that I was confident that I could do it, whether it was a job or study
abroad, even if I played for half a year.
'Hey, nice to meet you. Rumors spread that you won't be able to graduate? Why
don't you play a mobile game project like that?'
'What game? Is this a student project?'
'… that's right.'
Han Su-young was the same age as Jae-young, but she took a long leave of absence
and was graduating this year. She was going to go to graduate school at Hankuk
University, but she was in a hurry to organize herself because she was hired by a large
foreign company.
'Look at me. There's nothing to worry about until there. It's because the developer is
a sensitive kid. If not, go to the meeting instead and explain why I can't do it. Huh?'
'Bare?'
'I'll buy you a drink when it's all over next month.'
It was Jaeyoung who was playing games in the club room because there was nothing
else to do. He accepted Sooyoung's request, pretending not to win.
(5)
Unsurprisingly, there was a Torai sitting in the conference room. A freshman who
spoke to a senior without blinking an eye, a male student with a white nape, and an
idiot who could not recognize his face no matter how many times he met were in front
of him. As you can see, he didn't recognize Jaeyoung again this time.
The meeting, which I did not expect at all, went quite interesting. At first, Torai looked
at Jaeyoung with suspicious eyes, but when he looked at his portfolio, his reaction
changed. Jaeyoung had heard rumors about his coding skills at the level of a ghost
story, so the anticipation grew. I was just annoyed because I couldn't graduate, but
something interesting happened.
When Jae-young was confronted with the fact that 'Torai = Jo (Chu Sang-woo)', the
cub disappeared from the conference room, leaving a note. My heart swelled as I heard
the sadness that had subsided deep in my heart that I couldn't graduate because of
only 2 credits. I tried to relieve the stress by summoning him and admonishing him, but
Torai chewed the message again.
Jaeyoung was very, very, very angry. However, the sexual correction period was long
over anyway. It wasn't that he could graduate because he was a jerk, nor did he know
his home address. I had no choice but to move on as if nothing had happened.
(6)
On a leisurely weekend, Jae-young went to play with friends and saw Torai.
A PC room part-time job that doesn't suit you. A few ways to harass him instantly
came to his mind, but Toray was not someone he could harass in the usual way
anyway. Jaeyoung decided to be cautious because he knew the precedents that others
had failed.
However, when I played the game in front of him, my stomach turned and I couldn't
concentrate at all. Jaeyoung impulsively ordered ramen. It wasn't meant to be a rant
and urge him to boil it again several times. I just wanted to see the expression of sorry
for being aware of it, and the expression of annoyance even if it wasn't.
But Torai acted shamelessly. Jae-young sympathized with the feelings of others who
were trying to harass him, and in the end, he cursed and became angry.
'From now on, buy like garbage and don't just contact me.'
I've never seen such a poorly socialized pup. Jae-young wanted to grab him and beat
him up like a chimney, but when he hit him, it was obvious that he would dial 112 on
his cell phone without showing any sign of pain. Jaeyoung endured this day as well.
He had been observing Torai for several years, and he had a vague affinity for him no
matter what others said. Originally, Jaeyoung was attracted to the heretic type, who did
not belong to the normal category. However, it had to be some degree of madness,
but when it was related to him, rather than being interesting, he got fed up and wanted
to stop seeing that bastard.
(7)
Then, one day, Torai, whom he had asked not to see again, suddenly appeared at the
store where Jaeyoung worked with a pretty girl. Since Jae-young has been working
since the opening of the store she runs at the request of her close sister, the fact that
he works here was quite famous in the neighborhood.
Jaeyoung's blood pressure rose from the moment Torai entered. Even my heart was
pounding when I approached myself to receive the fight that I had walked without fear.
However, Torai only ordered pasta and did not recognize Jaeyoung. It wasn't
smoke. Even when their eyes met, they looked at each other as if they were seeing each
other for the first time. A feeling that was twice as intense as all the anger he had ever
felt against him was welling up in his chest.
Why?
As the food came out, I pondered why it was so tight, and there was only one answer
- extreme indifference.
The freshman reception, the 850 won incident, and the interview have been around
for a long time, so even if I forgot they are still there. However, in a situation in which
one's actions were the trigger and someone failed to graduate, if it was a human child,
wouldn't he have to pretend that he was embarrassed by thinking about the other
person's feelings? Especially if the opponent showed a favorable gesture first. It
seemed that this guy's head was only filled with thoughts that he had nothing to do
with it and that he had to turn it off as soon as possible.
What's more, they didn't recognize Jae-young as a person and thought that
something was barking loudly. So, if the clothes and accessories change a little, you
can't recognize them at all. Jaeyoung had never seen an opponent who made him feel
so neglected.
Jae-young's anger went to a slightly strange place. If Gong and Gwadae, who had
been yelling at him to bring him a pata, wanted to trample on his tortilla, Jaeyoung
wanted to make him take care of him. Just as much as you care. Jae-young hoped that
the indifferent eye color of Torai would be crushed by intense emotions, whether it was
disgust or whatever, and that the name Jang Jae-young would be engraved on his
head, which would be neatly arranged like a machine.
'Senior.'
Then it was so easy. As soon as the day was over, I started planning. In the notebook
that Toray had left behind in the conference room, the subjects to be taken for the next
semester were organized. Jae-young reworked the timetable by referring to the
chart. After that, I sold my feet.
'Do you know a student named Chu Sang-woo? He's a boy who always wears black
clothes and a black hat.'
Security guards at the front and back doors, catering meals, nutritionists, shop
owners, part-time administrative workers, librarians, futsal field construction workers,
and the students who had taken such classes last semester and asked questions. Then
came the funny results.
'You know that student, because he rides his bike to school at the same time every
day.' (security)
'I always buy the same coffee and drink it at the same time. He didn't even say
anything else.' (Store owner)
'That boy, last semester, he came in at 4:02 every day without missing a day. I didn't
need a separate watch.' (Library Librarian)
'You mean the guy who goes alone every day? I'm sure it'll pass here in exactly 41
minutes. And make sure to drop the coffee can in the second trash bin around the
corner. I guess you don't like other trash cans.' (Construction Worker)
'He sat in the same seat every day. Probably the whole semester.' (student)
The day before the start of the class, he was looking forward to the day he would go
to school more than anyone.
<10>
Sang-woo couldn't concentrate on the Chinese class at all. The blocker sitting next to
him constantly swung his pen with his fingers, trembled his legs nonstop, and, if I had
to forget, slapped him with his elbow once in a while. Because of that, a 50-minute
class felt like five hours.
The moment the class was over, I felt happy. Sang-woo got up without looking at
Jae-young, who was preoccupied with painting the edge of the desk with a pen. I
headed to the next class faster than anyone else.
'I thought you weren't normal, so I tried to move on, but I changed my mind. Look
forward to next semester.'
Could it be that he has changed his mind and that he intends to interrupt him by
attending the same class? An ominous feeling bloomed in my heart, but I struggled to
deny it. It won't be. The subjects must have overlapped by chance.
After rushing out, there was another bag in the classroom where Sang-woo always
sat. This time it was a navy blue backpack. It was unfortunate that there was someone
in this class who knew the perfection of that place.
Sang-woo calmed his mind with a deep breath and sat next to him and opened a
book, but he was so angry that he couldn't see the letters. The page where his fist lay
was wet with sweat. To see the devil every Monday morning, and that's why I can't
focus on class!
Class started soon. While calling for attendance, the professor put on his glasses at
Jaeyoung's turn.
“Student Jaeyoung Jang, this is the Department of Visual Design. Is this class okay?”
The professor was intrigued, but Sang-woo was upset. He tied his hair and despaired,
and missed four minutes of class. After that, it was difficult to concentrate. It was not
always where I was sitting, so the angle the professor looked at was different, and it
seemed that his voice could not be heard well because of his mood. The atmosphere
was also untidy than usual, which was the worst.
When class was over, Sang-woo ran out of the classroom like a bullet. I have never
felt such intense anger. He maintains his composure in most situations, but it feels like
he has been stabbed in his Achilles tendon.
Sang-woo almost ran and stood in line in front of the restaurant. I put my hand on
my knee and was holding my breath, but the end of the red padding I didn't want to
see caught on the end of my view. Jang Jae-young was talking to the students in the
back as if he didn't care about Sang-woo, but Sang-woo was afraid of him. It was
fortunate that he didn't talk to me, but the fact that he was there now made me feel
like I was getting hives.
The time it took for the line to fall seemed longer as the day went on. When we sat
down at the Korean food corner, it was two minutes earlier than usual. Still, Sang-woo
was trembling with anxiety.
'end?'
The dirty feeling didn't go away. Jae-young, who was standing around with a plate,
passed through the many empty tables and sat down next to Sang-woo, who dared to
eat in the corner.
i) Go to another seat: he follows and the same thing happens. waste time
“I told my professor that I didn’t graduate after having a double bath, is that true?”
And I saw an amazing sight. A phenomenon in which tables fill up one by one just
because Jaeyoung is sitting next to him even though he has deliberately chosen a quiet
spot. Sang-woo ate without knowing whether food was going into his mouth or his
nose because of the people around him and the excessive noise.
When I checked the time after eating, it was 12:22, six minutes earlier than
usual. Sang-woo got up quickly with an empty plate, quickly disposed of the leftovers,
and drank five glasses of water from the sink. The only thing that didn't feel right was
that I ate the rice in a hurry.
Sang-woo came out the back door and stopped by the kiosk. He drank canned coffee
from the 'Black Holic' brand after every meal. The reason I preferred this product was
that it was the cheapest and the quantity was just right.
After passing the sweets section, the ramen section, and the ice cream section, three
beverage refrigerators appeared. Sang-woo stood in front of the third refrigerator and
looked at the fifth shelf.
“Ah, student! that… .”
Sang-woo felt the sky collapse. There was no need to ask which student did
that. Since the cause was clearly known, the important thing was to deal with it
afterwards.
Has there ever been a day in his life that he was so messed up? Was there ever a day
when things didn't go as planned? In other words, there was not a single day.
Sang-woo walked with a dazed feeling. There was a promenade where he ate and
drank coffee. An 11-minute walk through the trail in the mountain behind the school
always energized my daily life.
Sang-woo walked slowly and remembered the unpleasant things that happened
today. There were only a couple of things that were strange. How did Jang Jae-young
know Sang-woo's timetable, where he was sitting, and what kind of coffee he was
drinking? like a stalker.
"why?"
Sang-woo had no choice but to walk the other way. He took a sip of the coffee he
was holding in his hand, but it was so sweet that his face frowned. After passing the
futsal field, a worker who was resting in front of the construction site spoke to Sang-
woo.
What the hell are you talking about in the beginning? It was a day where a lot of
strange things happened. Sang-woo poured canned coffee into the sewer and walked
to the front of the natural university.
“…….”
It's no coincidence that the second recycle bin you use all the time is full. Sang-woo
has only thrown cans in the trash can until now, because there is no fear of it being
full. Throwing a can into the third trash didn't feel right. Also, the can hit the entrance
and fell, so I had to pick it up and throw it away again. Sang-woo trembled and headed
to the library.
When I saw the bag lying next to me, my heart sank for a moment, but fortunately it
was a white eco-bag, not the backpack or leather cross-body bag I saw today.
Sang-woo opened his major book and started studying. I went to the bathroom once
in the middle. When I got back to my seat, there was a can of coffee on the desk.
i) Did I buy it? N
ii) Can you see the owner looking for the item? N
He went through a three-step algorithm to reach the can. Just as I was about to take
the lid off the lid and drink, I saw a post-it attached to the coffee. It was a bizarre
handwriting to the extent that it was a waste to say that it was a development
sabbatical.
“…….”
Jaeyoung hung the backpack he was carrying, the leather crossbody bag, and the
white eco-bag on the desk on the chair. The report was hard to believe. Here was a
bastard carrying three bags, purely for the sake of pranking others. He took off his red
fur hat, put it on the desk, and went away.
Sang-woo broke the sharp core twice because he applied too much force to his
hand. Cockroaches are more concerned when they are invisible than when they are in
front of them. Jang Jae-young did just that to Sang-woo. Even if he wasn't sitting right
next to him, he couldn't study because he was worried about what he was doing with
that creepy red beanie on his desk.
I tried hard not to look at it, but I kept hearing the sound of the book
turning. Besides, he kept hitting his leg and the desk shook. If there had been at least
one other student, they would have worked together to notice, but Sang-woo was the
only one at the desk. It was an 8-seater desk, but it was too obvious to sit close to him
and shake the desk.
ignore = win
Sang-woo had a fight with an interested seed in high school, so he knew how to
respond. No matter how great a reason may be attached to it, it is just a psychology
similar to that of a barbarian man who takes off his pants in hopes that the other
person will be surprised. Jang Jae-young wants Sang-woo to lose his composure and
collapse, to be angry and cursing.
But despite knowing it with his head, his patience kept showing the bottom. Sang-
woo tried to put up with it, but the moment the desk shook and the sharp core broke,
his legs moved spontaneously and he got up. After organizing the writing instruments,
covering the book and roughing it into the backpack, Jaeyoung stretched out and
stood up. He followed behind him as if it was natural. Now it wasn't surprising.
Sang-woo decided to ignore him. However, while going down the stairs, his anger
accumulated, and after he almost bumped into him in front of the building, he couldn't
stand it, so he faced Jae-Young Jang.
It was like a battle scene in the wilderness. Just by looking at his facial expressions,
Sang-woo with a contorted face would look like a villain and Jae-young with a lot of
leisure time would look like a hero, but the situation was the other way around. When
Sang-woo faced the villain who was tormenting him, a gust of wind blew past them,
just like in a game play. Sang-woo wanted to take out a weapon and stab him like the
main character in an RPG game.
Jaeyoung covered his mouth and yawned and put his hand in his pocket.
“Everyone knew that we were doing the same thing at the same time and in the same
place every day. Did you think you wouldn't be able to see it if you wore black
clothes? You're a lot bigger than you think."
He took a familiar notebook from one of the three bags and threw it at Sang-woo. It
was a notebook left in the meeting room, and Sang-woo's timetable was drawn in it. As
Jaeyoung took a few steps closer, the height difference that wasn't noticeable from afar
became clear. Sang-woo opened his eyes not to lose and looked up at him.
“It’s not like you can graduate. Why are you wasting your time?”
Jang Jae-young, who was smiling, looked like a villain. Sang-woo felt goosebumps on
his arm. Was the premise that he was a human with minimal rationality wrong? Jae-
young was only saying things that he couldn't understand. Don't you usually harm
others for your desired goals? What if you're a sadist who just takes pleasure in
bullying?
"well. I haven't thought of that yet. Be obedient even now. It's like you're regretting
your military service in the past."
“I think you see me as a very hogu cub, but you have made a big mistake. I'm not
afraid of anything, and in my life, I've gotten rid of all the scumbags, garbage, and
interested seeds. Seniors like this are nothing to me.”
Sang-woo turned his back roughly and approached the bicycle that was hung in front
of the library. Jaeyoung went to cover it with his back so that he could not peek,
unlocked the lock and hurriedly got on the bike.
If you touch the bike, you have an excuse to report him to the police right away. But
contrary to what I thought, the bike ran just fine. Sang-woo just returned home earlier
than usual.
I put my bicycle on the front of the studio and went up to the 4th floor. When I
returned to the room after unlocking the door lock, my mind and body calmed
down. Sang-woo lay on the bed without changing clothes and rested for a while.
suffered all day. I couldn't concentrate in class, my lunchtime meal was on top, my
walks were ruined, and I couldn't study in the library. Contrary to what he said to Jae-
young, Sang-woo was not confident. He was different from the villains who had passed
him before, this Jang Jae-young. Cunning, delicate, and frail, he committed illegal acts
and was unlikely to give him a chance to counterattack.
'There is only one solution.'
The only way is to persevere so that he wears out the weeds and falls off. No matter
how young Jang Jae-young is, he will not be able to digest like 'Engineering and
Mathematics 2', and even if he takes a course, he will not take a course that will not
help. It will be at most two weeks anyway. You can freely cancel the course you have
taken for two weeks, but it is impossible after that.
2 weeks. It's painful, but it's not a very long period of a semester. If you close your
eyes and endure, good days will come.
Sang-woo felt anger fill up in his heart. It was a hardship I couldn't tell anyone. I
didn't have many friends, but I wouldn't be able to empathize if I had to say that I was
stressed because I just lost a seat and someone was sitting next to me. That day, Sang-
woo had a bad sleep.
return 0;
The next day, and the long-awaited second day of the new semester.
Sang-woo came out an hour earlier than usual and got on the bike without
strength. Normally, I always slept eight hours a night, but today I woke up once in the
middle due to a nightmare, and I only slept for four hours, so my physical condition
was not good. Red padding appeared in my dream, but when I unzipped the zipper,
sharp teeth appeared and tried to bite Sang-woo. It felt funny when I woke up, but in
the dream I was terrified and ran away.
Sang-woo clenched his teeth and recited a magic spell. The unfounded anxiety that
my stable life was about to crumble continued to spring up and I had to calm myself
down often. There was no alternative. However, I can't change the subjects I need to
take (Jang Jae-young will come after me anyway), and I can't just take a leave of
absence due to such an unfortunate event.
When I passed the main gate, the time of 8:24 was stamped on the electronic
clock. Unlike the day before, I went to school early to secure a seat. It was early so there
were few students on campus. Sang-woo left his bicycle in front of the library and
headed to the Engineering Building where there was a class.
As soon as I opened the classroom door, I despaired. It was because there was a
leather bag on the rightmost desk in the fourth row. When did you come and take a
seat? A month later, he ran to the bag and inspected it closely, but could not find out
the truth.
Anyway, today was a loss. Sang-woo had no choice but to sit in the farthest place
from the seat. The classroom, which had not yet turned on the heater, was as cold as it
was outside. As I sat without taking off my padding and scarf, drowsiness came. I didn't
get enough sleep, so that was enough. I opened the book to study, but the letters kept
appearing blurry.
'If you fall asleep in class like this, it's a big deal.'
Rather, it would be better to get some sleep before class starts. He closed the book
and wrote as a pillow for the first time. As soon as I put my cheek to the book and
closed my eyes, my consciousness became blurred.
“… 30 points are made up of assignments and the remaining 20 points are made up
of final assessments. Is my office and e-mail address listed on the syllabus? The student
to be interviewed can go to the teaching assistant or send an e-mail directly to
me. Now, let’s see what the problem is.”
When Sang-woo opened his eyes again, he heard a monotonous voice. And red filled
my vision. Obviously, I was sitting a long way away from the seat he was assigned to,
and Jang Jae-young was right next to me, with a smile full of laughter.
Sang-woo got up quickly and checked his watch. It had been 14 minutes since class
started.
I looked around and saw that each student was looking at a problem sheet they had
printed, but there was nothing on my desk. flutter. Next to him, Jaeyoung held an A4
sheet of paper between his fingers and waved it.
'That bastard... .'
Sang-woo hurriedly looked at the other students, but no one had extra
handouts. However, when I stopped talking to the professor and asked for a new
question paper, I was embarrassed because I had stayed still until now. Sang-woo
clenched his teeth and extended his hand to Jae-young. said lowering his voice.
Jaejoong's eyes narrowed. A thin piece of paper fluttered from his fingertips. Sang-
woo reached out and tried to pick it up, but Jae-young pulled the print back and pulled
it out, so he couldn't.
Jae-young, who was wearing red clothes and whispering lowly with a gritty attitude,
looked like a devil. Sang-woo's essential handout was now in the shape of an airplane,
sandwiched between his index and middle fingers.
"give."
“More earnestly.”
"leaving out."
The moment the professor turned his back to the students while writing, the paper
plane drew a soft parabola and escaped through the slightly opened back door.
Sang-woo got up from his seat, suppressing the rising anger. It was also a foolish
idea to try to get something from Jang Jae-young. He squirmed between the densely
laid desks and stepped forward, picking up a sheet of printed matter piled up in the
church. At that moment, the professor turned around and put on a cold expression.
"sorry. I didn’t receive the material, but I couldn’t tell you because it might interfere
with the lecture.”
“It’s not like I’ve been sleeping since the first hour.”
“I go to the bathroom.”
"Yes?"
"restroom."
Sang-woo went out the front door without knowing English. Although he was not a
student loved by professors for his actions such as raising his hand and making
presentations or visiting a separate laboratory, he gained the professors' trust by the
end of the semester due to his high level of task completion and test scores. This was
the first time I had been photographed by a professor from the first day. In addition,
Professor Choi was an important professor who mainly lectured 4th grade subjects.
Sang-woo rubbed the soap on the palm of his hand, lathering it, and rubbing the
pharynx quickly. The black graffiti was erased little by little, but it was very slow. Sang-
woo couldn't believe that he was wasting his lecture time on such useless things.
Sang-woo spit out the worst curse imaginable. An error was also an error. If it is
caused by a typo or format error, it can be easily corrected, but logical errors tend to
appear even if you think you have perfectly coded, and they are not easily caught even
if you search the entire code. Jang Jae-young, who suddenly appeared and destroyed
Sang-woo's daily life, was nothing but a semantic error.
After class was over, the students rushed out. Sang-woo walked against them to his
seat and grabbed his backpack. I saw a red padding at the end of my field of vision, but
I ignored it and left the classroom. Jang Jae-young's goal is to piss off Sang-woo. I
didn't want to make him triumphant by showing his expression.
Once the face was lost, it crumbled as if a piece of Jenga had been removed by
mistake. Sang-woo sat blankly throughout the 'algorithm' class, obscured by a pillar in
the leftmost seat in the second row, unable to see the professor's face. I thought it
would be better not to attend class than to sit in such a place, but I had no choice but
to stay away from Jae-young, who took the best place in the computer science major.
After that, it flowed just like the day before. Sang-woo was served Korean food and
took a seat in the most remote part of the restaurant, while Jae-young and Jae-young
left a lot of seats and sat next to him and ate without a word.
I felt like I was going to be on top of it, so I removed the plate and went to the store,
but of course there was no coffee that Sang-woo wanted. The walk was canceled
because of the theater club guys.
When I sat down at the reserved seat in the library, I was exhausted. It was only two
days after the bullying started. So, how did you survive that psycho attack for two
weeks?
Jang Jae-young appeared with a borrowed book. Today was a fantasy novel. He sat in
a bad posture and quietly opened a book, but Sang-woo rolled his eyes. Just looking at
his face now filled with anger.
Charge:
- …….
The more he pointed out his faults, the more humble he seemed to be. The weak-
minded villain did not utter reproachful abusive language, nor did he use violence. As if
it went into and out of Sang-woo's head, it didn't seem like a big deal to others, but he
did only the things he didn't like and gave him pain.
Sang-woo stared at Jae-young, who was giggling while looking at the book. He was
fully reclining in the chair, with one leg on the opposite knee and squeaking
loudly. Sang-woo felt a strong desire to hit the back of the head covered with a red hat.
I didn't do anything to take care of Jang Jae-young for a while, but things got better
after a while. It was because his enemy, who was reading the book, yawned and began
to sleep on his stomach. Fortunately, he slept peacefully without snoring, grinding his
teeth, or drooling.
After he fell asleep, his supposed friends giggled and took pictures, and a few female
students were walking around and whispering, but it wasn't too much of a
disturbance. Thanks to this, Sang-woo was able to partially fulfill the purpose of
coming to the library.
Two hours later, Sang-woo put the book and pencil case in the bag, being careful not
to wake Jae-young. But as soon as the chair was removed, he jumped up. A drink and a
few individually wrapped sweets from strangers fell to the floor when struck with an
elbow.
Sang-woo pretended not to know him and came out of the library. I went down as
fast as I could, but quickly caught up. Then it became like a competition, and they went
down the stairs to the first floor frantically fast.
Sang-woo strode out of the building and walked towards the place where the bicycle
was tied.
“I did nothing wrong. Your seniors are forcing you to do things that even elementary
school students wouldn't do, I... .”
“You didn’t do anything wrong, are you blaming me alone? Are you talking about it
again?”
“What is my fault? If you're talking about omitting the name in the PPT... .”
“Pick it up.”
Jaeyoung cut off his words. I turned around and he was standing a lot closer than I
thought. I expected it to be clumsy, but unexpectedly, it was a serious face. Against the
dark sky, Sang-woo made eye contact with Jae-young, who was wearing a red beanie
hat.
“It may be hard to believe, but I wanted to get along with you.”
Sangwoo shut his mouth. It wasn't the first time I'd seen Jaeyoung's face so close. But
I never looked closely. I didn't know and didn't care until then that the eyes behind the
glasses were slightly drooping, that his nose was straight, whether he was dressed
neatly or dressed like a man, and that neither his eyes nor his hair were completely
black.
“Man is an emotional animal. If you hadn't been ignoring me like that, I would have
laughed at things like PPT."
“Aren't you stupid? You are a coding genius. Oh, you're a machine, so don't you
know the human psychology?"
“If it were such a simple matter, you would have come all the way here, huh?”
His cryptic words seemed more daunting than any problem he had ever solved. It
was like looking down at the endless darkness. To Sang-woo, it was only the sound of
catching floating clouds.
'You bastard.'
Sang-woo muttered to himself and unlocked the bike. He got on the bike and ran
without looking back.
return 0;
Sang-woo closed his eyes tightly as he entered the classroom 19 minutes before class
started. Of course he was there, but he didn't want to see that ugly crossbody bag. But
when I opened my eyes, my vision was clear. The most perfect seat in the classroom
was as clean as no one had ever sat.
'What is this?'
My heart was pounding at how startled I was. Sang-woo approached him burly and
sat down on a chair that did not envy the throne. At first, a feeling of satisfaction came
over me, but again, I couldn't predict what Jae-young Jang would do, so the anxiety
was just as great.
Sang-woo opened the textbook and prepared for what he was going to learn today. I
was sitting in the right seat and there was no red next to me, so I felt like I was studying
for a long time. While I was reading a book, a white eco-bag came up next to
me. Sangwoo let out a big sigh.
Then he turned his head to a voice he had never expected. It wasn't Jaeyoung. For
once, Sang-woo was happy with that fact alone. However, the girl in the dark green
jumper looked familiar.
“It is wisdom, wisdom. The one who helped move the box last time. We ate together,
didn't we?"
She spoke cheerfully as if she had read Sang-woo's expression and sat down. It was
then that Sang-woo remembered wisdom. Last time, I didn't recognize her because she
wasn't braiding her hair like it is now. Ji-hye turned to Sang-woo and spoke to her.
"Oh really? By the way, I need to take a computer science class too. that is great. I'll
ask him later what's the easiest. From what I hear, the biggest difference between the
theory of information processing and the introduction to computer science... .”
Fortunately, class started at the right time and cut her off.
A professor who was not late, everything prepared, and a perfect seat. Although
there was a person next to him who would be chattering all day if left alone, Sang-woo
evaluated that this was good enough.
Suddenly, I thought that I had never seen Jang Jae-young today. Obviously he hadn't
given up yet, and there must have been something going on, but anyway, he felt a little
out of breath.
return 0;
“… So you see the world divided into the elite elite and the powerless general
public. It’s the view that elites lead society.”
“That is true. If that is the case, then what is the meaning of the objection that
glorifies the public?”
“You said it wasn’t a matter of truth or lies. What should we do from that attitude of
approaching the sociological theory as right and wrong?”
Sang-woo was walking down the hall of the liberal arts college while discussing the
content of today's class with Ji-hye. Unsurprisingly, Wisdom was more intelligent than it
looked, and Sang-woo was encouraged by the fact that he did not see a reddish color.
'This is normal.'
After two days of suffering, he was overjoyed by the brief experience of normalcy. For
two lessons, Wisdom sat beside her, but unlike anyone else, she was not disturbed at
all. In addition, after class, Sang-woo explained the parts that he did not understand
properly, which was a bonus.
Ji-hye said that it was natural for them to have lunch together, since they had taken
the class next to them. Sang-woo had doubts about the consistency of the premise, but
he did not dare to dispute her words as he was on his way to the restaurant.
Sang-woo felt anxious as he walked through the campus, not knowing where his
enemies might come from. As he continued to look around, Wisdom asked why. As he
was about to answer, Sang-woo saw a group of people pouring out of the liberal arts
college. The only advantage of the red padding is that it stands out from a distance.
"why?"
"hurry."
Sang-woo rushed to the restaurant and quickly lined up at the Korean food
corner. The fact that Jang Jae-young came out among so many people means that he
had just listened to a large lecture. Come to think of it, he is in a situation where he has
to retake the 'Korean University Character Education'. It was clear that my classes
overlapped, so I couldn't annoy Sang-woo in the cultural theory class.
Sang-woo was satisfied and picked up the plate. After serving, I had to decide where
to sit, but I had a good idea. He headed to an area full of people as usual. I looked
around the restaurant and saw that there were only two empty tables. Sang-woo sat
down at an empty seat with Ji-hye, respectively, filling the table with all seats, blocking
Jae-young from interfering.
"uh."
And Sang-woo started eating without a word. As he ate, his gaze wandered over the
people serving them. The red padding was lining up to receive the pork cutlet. He also
looked around his head as hard as Sangwoo.
Soon Jae-young was pushed into the crowd and entered the restaurant. His gaze,
which had been looking everywhere, came to Sang-woo. Sang-woo gave a triumphant
expression and Jae-young went to another area with a strange face mixed with
ridicule. It wasn't a big deal, but Sang-woo felt a strong sense of joy.
"no."
"why?"
Sang-woo paused the chopsticks he had been working hard on for a while. It was
such a complicated story. How can you explain in a nutshell why you can't drink
anything at the kiosk?
“It sounds strange, but I am being bullied.”
"Yes?"
“I don’t know who the hell is doing that, but there are counseling centers, police
stations, and there are a lot of people in the world who can help.”
Sang-woo got even more confused and went back to Ji-hye's first question.
“He bought all the coffee I drink. So there are no drinks left in the kiosk that you can
buy.”
"Yes? kiosk? Before life?”
Jihyo made a bewildered expression on her face and burst into laughter.
“What, I order a box online. It was delivered in one day, so what’s the problem?”
“…….”
I felt like I had been hit in the head. The stores selling 'Black Holic' are not just school
canteens, they are trapped in the frame of space. Sang-woo wasn't bad, but once an
accident got stuck in the mold, he couldn't get out of it easily.
In the past, when the school's intelligence test showed very low scores, the teacher
explained that Sang-woo was a genius in terms of his logical and computational
intelligence, but his applied reasoning intelligence and human-friendly intelligence
were below the average. Sang-woo looked at Wisdom with a different perspective.
"Oh! I saw someone like that on the show. It's a word of caution, isn't
it? compulsion… .”
“The doctor is not disabled. Anyway, that person keeps taking the seat first, so I can't
sit down. The further away from there, the harder it is to concentrate, but when I try to
sit nearby, the color... No, I hate people so much that I don’t know what to do with
them.”
"Well… . Then just sit next to me and use the screen. It’s something I used when I was
in elementary school.”
Allow a close physical distance, but block your view. This solution also sounded
good. Sang-woo gradually came to trust in Wisdom's flexible way of thinking.
“And in the library, I keep shaking my legs and reading books too loudly. The sound
of turning pages is annoying... .”
Instead of going to the library that day, Sang-woo decided to shop extensively at the
Wonwon Shop. When I woke up after eating, I saw Jang Jae-young eating in another
area surrounded by friends.
Sang-woo walked with excitement. He quickly removed the plate from the pit and
drank water. I walked out of the restaurant feeling hopeful.
"let's go together!"
A voice of wisdom was heard from behind. Running with her ponytails fluttering and
her face blushing, she looked like a green monster because of the clothes she was
wearing.
"why?"
"Yes?"
“No, just… . It's the way to go anyway, but it's good to go together. And if you eat
alone, you're sold out.”
Sangwoo had doubts. He always ate alone, but never thought of it that way.
“Then don’t go to the store. I have a class at the liberal arts college, so please take
me on the way.”
“… why?"
Sang-woo felt uncomfortable because Ji-hye sounded like a child being abducted for
her age.
“It is good for your health to take a walk after eating. You have to do that to avoid
getting sick.”
'That's right.'
Sang-woo got a companion on a walk for the first time. Originally, I was going to go
to the Cheonwon Shop right away, but it didn't sound bad to go for a walk, as Jihyo
said. Although I did a little bit of barefoot exercise in the morning, I needed to walk
during my daily life to stay healthy.
"no."
After all, Sang-woo has been called that all his life. It's been a long time since I gave
up because it was useless to tell people not to do anything. In addition, there was an
irrational corner of Ji-hye, who insisted on the title of 'brother' even though she was
not a real younger brother. People misuse their titles arbitrarily, and they get tired of
paying attention to each and every one of them. Far from being friendly, there are
people who call him 'Sangwoo-ya' as if they were family.
Coincidentally, as soon as I remembered him, the red padding himself appeared from
behind the building. Jang Jae-young was walking with two male students. In that brief
moment, the two met their eyes. Sang-woo immediately turned around.
“… brother?"
"Yes! goodbye!"
Sang-woo quickly walked past Ji-hye, who nodded with her waist folded in half. I
listened to class, ate well, and although I didn't drink coffee, I was even going for a
walk, and as soon as I saw the red color, I was hooked. Sang-woo really hates red now.
After walking for a while, I glanced back. Jae-young, who had suddenly fallen from
the group, came up to ten steps behind Sang-woo. My legs moved before my brain
gave the command.
It was an instinctive run. An error that crept into a world that had been firmly
established by whoever threatened or wielded violence, a legitimate system that had
been maintained by using the authority of a teacher in middle and high school and
public authority after becoming an adult. An error that occurs suddenly and causes the
program to become inoperable without knowing the cause.
After being discharged, there was nothing to run, but Sang-woo was running with all
his might because he didn't want to see Jang Jae-young. Natural colleges, academic
institutions, and canteens passed by in a blurry way. I passed countless students who
did not know their faces. Sang-woo, who had already reached the front door, turned
around thinking that this would have been enough.
“Hey, let’s catch a breath. I am now… Do you think you can run at this age? . It's not
even a sports day, the fuck really... .”
Sang-woo wanted to leave Jae-young, who was squatting and gasping, but he also
ran too far at full speed and was out of breath. Sang-woo sat on the sidewalk block
with enough distance from Jae-young. He took a water bottle out of his bag and shook
his head.
They were gasping for breath and had a really strange conversation. And the
conversation stopped for a while.
Sang-woo got up and walked after taking a moderate rest. I had to go to the library
to pick up my bike. Jaeyoung got up with an annoyed expression on her face and
followed her. The faster you walk, the faster you walk, and the slower you walk, the
slower you walk. Then Sang-woo ignored him and maintained his normal speed
because he thought he would be sprinting again.
Sang-woo, who was answering like a machine, was concentrating on walking and
stopped. He turned his head to look at Jaeyoung.
“Did you even investigate him? He’s a good kid who has absolutely nothing to do
with me!”
“You say you’re smart, can’t you memorize even three letters of a person’s name?”
Jae-young grabbed Sang-woo's shoulder and stopped him. His face frowned as soon
as his hand touched his body.
Besides, Jae-young made a strange sound. Sang-woo once slapped his hand off his
shoulder.
"question. If you just build it, do you count it as a success? What is the category of
harassment?”
"answer. A minimum level of artistry is required to be considered a success. The
categories of bullying are based on your criteria.”
Sang-woo thought deeply about it, but the word “artistic” was too vague. However, I
liked the clue that I could choose a category of bullying, so I decided to give it a try.
“Good luck.”
Sang-woo thought that it was common for listeners to bring good luck when
announcing a three-way poem. Looking at Jaeyoung's reaction, it seemed that wasn't
the case. He opened his mouth.
As I said whatever came to mind, I saw Jaeyoung with her arms crossed and an
arrogant expression on her face. Looking at that face, the next verse was decided
naturally.
“No luck.”
Jaeyoung's expression was difficult to read. He frowned slightly, and his lips smiled
slightly. Sang-woo thought he had written the poem well if he stopped, but it was
difficult to understand what Jae-young was thinking. It was also a judge, and the time
he kept his mouth shut was quite tense.
"evaluation."
"Five… .”
“… Yes?"
“…….”
“0 points.”
'Well then.'
Sang-woo overtook Jang Jae-young and strode forward. It's going to be like this in
the end, I just wasted my time listening to his nonsense like an idiot. Jae-young didn't
follow, but I could hear him talking from behind.
“Am I an appliance?”
It wasn't worthy of an answer at all. From the moment he ate, Sang-woo had only the
thought of the Wonwon Shop. He unlocked the bike, climbed on top, and ran past
Jaeyoung.
Green
Jang Jae-young bullied Cho Sang-woo for two days. By mobilizing juniors, he always
took a seat in advance, and he made a lot of noise every class and followed closely,
watching Sang-woo trembling.
Two days of achievements.
First, Jaeyoung earned six titles: (1) Stalker (2) Garbage (3) Psycho (4) Human
Endgame (5) Sadist (6) Yangachi. In other words, it means that he firmly imprinted
himself on Cho Sang-woo. The label that Sang-woo gave was not pretty, but it is better
to have the original name than to not have it. Jaeyoung, a visual designer, knew the
importance of branding better than anyone.
Putting aside the verse saying that she became a flower when she called her name, it
is not for nothing that handsome rich men in sane comics go looking for women who
splashed water on their faces. Because negative impressions are stronger than positive
impressions, noise marketing is popular. Moreover, it may be an honor to be called six
different ways by a torai who does not give names to anyone like Sang-woo.
Third, Choo Choo had fun making fun of him. It came as a pleasure rather than a pity
to see his sullen face squashed. It was fun enough to endure the pain of having to wake
up every morning. Sadist, I've never thought of it that way, but maybe I have that side
of myself.
Jae-young planned to follow Sang-woo for up to two weeks, which is the length of
the withdrawal period, but he was slowly reconsidering the timing of quitting. Because
Sang-woo suffered a lot more than expected. To the extent that I thought that if I did
more, I would take a leave of absence. Jae-young wanted to tease Sang-woo a little,
but had no intention of ruining his daily life.
Besides, he naturally lost interest in anything and was annoyed. It wasn't easy for
juniors to manage the bags. What about the agony of having to sit in a class that you
can't understand? In a quiet and still place like a library, even for a minute, my body
ached. Besides, it was really hard to eat rice without taste in a crowded restaurant. It
couldn't last two weeks. All in all, it was just a matter of running out of time. Because
Jaeyoung really didn't have anything to do these days.
After retaking the 'Korean University Student Character Education' class, Jae-young
resented Cho Sang-woo in 3 minutes. There were too many students in the classroom,
so it was not managed, and the children who attended by proxy were in trouble. How
many of them will have their graduation canceled? If Sang-woo was an ordinary guy
who could easily get over injustice, Jae-young would be taking a class from a world-
renowned designer in the United States by now. Hear this, but not a single moral
lecture.
It was, after all, a meaningless assumption. You should lament that you are in the
same group as the secret word. Last semester, a bad thing happened to the professor,
so there was no way out this semester. Jaeyoung sat in the back seat and was suffering,
borrowing paper from the person next to him and scribbling.
When we got out of the building, the weather was great. Spring, the season of love,
was slowly approaching. It's been half a year since I broke up with my last girlfriend,
and it's been a long time since I've dated. With that thought in mind, as I was walking
among the other students, I saw Sang-woo in the distance. It wasn't even a
conspicuous outfit, but it was only strange that he caught my eye. Sang-woo was
walking fast towards the dining room with the girl in green.
Come to think of it, when I came to the restaurant, I was with a female student. It
would be difficult to be popular with women because of his personality. I couldn't
imagine Sang-woo's love affair at all.
The student cafeteria, which was drawn in by curiosity, was full of people. Sang-woo
was cunningly eating at a full table with an empty table.
I laughed when I saw him sneak into an empty seat to avoid himself. He also had a
cute side. A girl in green was sitting next to her. When I looked closely, it was a girl
named Ryu Ji-hye who was with me at the restaurant.
Jaeyoung came out after eating a dirty, tasteless meal, thinking that he should quit
now. I couldn't stand eating one more meal of this. I bought 16 cans of coffee that I
saw for the first time at the kiosk, but after I bought one, I couldn't drink it, so I threw it
away and had 15 cans left. I put it in the club room, but none of my juniors drank so it
was there.
While walking to the smoking area with the kids, I ran into Ji-hye and Sang-woo
walking from the other side.
'He has a good height difference and is very young. I like the picture, huh?'
Sang-woo immediately turned around and walked, but Jae-young caught up with
him, half-running in the hope of sticking with him. With about ten steps left, Sang-woo
looked back with an anxious expression and his eyes widened. I know you're surprised,
but running around was an unexpected reaction. It was an agile move, as if Jae-young
was a serial killer. Jae-young followed him.
How do other kids look? Jaeyoung couldn't understand himself, but his feet moved
on their own. Sangwoo was very fast. He must have thought arbitrarily that he would
be ruthless because of the impression that he was a study bug. Even if Jae-young ran at
full speed, he could not catch up with Sang-woo, who was carrying a backpack.
When I woke up, I was in front of the front door. It was the first time since I was
discharged that I had run with all my might to such a long distance. As he squatted on
the ground to catch his breath, Jaeyoung realized.
When I saw the back face of running away, I wondered why. It was all in vain to say
that he had imprinted himself on Sang-woo. Although noise marketing was successful,
Jaeyoung was just a defective product to Choe Sang-woo. Sang-woo's expression
distorted as soon as he saw him was a temporary pleasure, but it could not be filled
with satisfaction. Jae-young felt the desire to be a cool, capable, and fun senior for
Sang-woo just like other children.
'Did you even investigate him? He's a good kid who has absolutely nothing to do
with me!'
In that sense, it was very unfamiliar to see Sang-woo beating someone else. Cho
Sang-woo's notarized reputation as a good child was like a fruit hanging out of reach
of Jae-young, who had already created conflicts with him.
When I was looking for clues to harass Sang-woo if it was Ryu Ji-hye, I found and
investigated SNS. There was nothing difficult about the name, department, and student
number. When I roughly scanned the post, it seemed like a sincere style, although not
as extreme as Sang-woo. On the date that Sang-woo and I came to the restaurant, he
wrote this.
Ryu Ji-hye is a fairy in green clothes, and Jang Jae-young is a red devil who wiggles
his tongue in the fire pits of hell. Jaeyoung did not like this good and evil composition.
Seeing that he didn't know his saint and his department, Sang-woo didn't seem
interested in Ji-hye yet. Yes, boys with such naive corners are bound to pass if they do
a good job. If left as it is, Jaeyoung could have hung a luxury watch from her maternal
grandfather as a graduation gift to say that they would be dating within three months.
He felt a sense of crisis. About 8 years later, on the day that Cho Sang-woo and Ryu
Ji-hye got married, at a time when there was someone doing something like Kim
Young-jae and bullying him in an obscene way for not graduating, he remembered that
Ji-hye was by his side and he was able to overcome it. I don't know, but I think Cho
Sang-woo who held the bride's hand would recall that he wore red padding all the
time.
'I can't see that.'
What are the conditions for a good senior? At least now it was clear that there was
no hope. At present, the only thing worth presenting is existence. By the way, it is
encouraging that Choe Sang-woo knows my name exactly, and it seemed that he only
knew how to deal with him, but first, Jae-young felt that he had to do something from
the equation 'Jang Jae-young = Red = Villain = Yangachi = Garbage'.
'I don't know why you're so tired... . Because I have a lot of time anyway.'
<11>
Sang-woo waited for Jang Jae-young with three bullets loaded. I never thought the
day would come when I would miss him. Now Sang-woo wanted to see Jae-young
Jang's bewildered expression quickly. I sat in the fourth row, second from the right, and
waited. The book was open, but it was a habitual device, meaning nothing these days.
Jae-young was a teaching assistant and did not arrive even after the professor came
in. Sang-woo turned to look at the back door, but there was no red padding among
the students who rushed in.
Sangwoo hardened. The man with his hands in his pockets said in Jaeyoung's
voice. What surprised me was that he was wearing a dark green coat. Besides, he wasn't
even wearing glasses.
Sang-woo felt serious confusion when he took the most perfect seat in the
classroom, which the man had reserved beforehand. Just the fact that he wasn't
wearing red padding felt like a broken information system. Anyway, it was clear that he
was Jang Jae-young no matter what he was wearing, so Sang-woo took out the first
bullet he had prepared, the blanking board, and put it on his right chin. A screech was
heard over the yellow cardboard.
“You know we start skiing next Thursday. I want you to start preparing from this
time.”
Sang-woo looked through the list and found his name. The problem was the name
next to it.
“…….”
Out of more than 30 students, he was paired with him, and the earliest
announcement date was the following Thursday. Sang-woo raised his hand and the
professor looked at him.
“If we can’t work together because we don’t like our team members, can we change
them, Professor?”
"It's not possible. There are some students who are better and others who are
not. Overcoming that is teamwork. In case such a story would come out, I asked my
teaching assistant to select it at random, so I don't have to worry about the issue of
equity. Do you have any other questions besides group change or date change?”
After waiting a while, the print was delivered. Sang-woo held the paper before Jae-
young took it and wrote his student number and name in the upper left corner.
“In the materials that are out now, there are expressions I learned in the 'Beginner
Chinese' class and others that are more advanced. By referring to these 100 sentences,
you can make a skit. Now, meet your partner and discuss.”
Sang-woo read the handout diligently. About 30% of the sentences were memorized
before, so I could understand the meaning.
He didn't even take a few classes, so he had plenty of time to practice, but he was a
partner who would do anything to get him by the ankle if there was a
problem. However, Sang-woo was not worried because he was planning to present the
play in two roles in the worst case. It was stated in the syllabus that scores were
assigned individually anyway.
I opened my notebook and wrote down my ideas. He was going to do it alone, but
Jae-young dared to drag the side by side desks and sat back and forth with Sang-woo's
desk. Sang-woo said without looking at him.
“There are a lot of expressions that ask and answer questions about the place, so let’s
go with a setting that gives directions to Chinese exchange students who came to
Hankuk University. I’m going to be Korean, so your senior should be Chinese.”
He didn't ask for a response, but Jaeyoung mumbled as if he was waiting.
“It’s so cool. If I had made a game with you, it would have been really bad.”
“…….”
Come to think of it, he always criticized Sang-woo's creativity. He said that 'Vegetable
Man' was not interesting, he said he lacked imagination twice, and gave 0 points to the
novelty item in the evaluation of three lines.
Sang-woo tossed Sharp at the notebook and arrogantly leaned his back on the chair,
as Jae-young always does. Then when I crossed my arms, it felt like something had
happened. Jaeyoung looked at the paper on which the Chinese sentences were written
and said.
“At first, we sell things in the market. how much? It's 100,000 won for two grapes. Too
expensive. Stop it. Violence is illegal. Please go out that door. I write a lot of buying and
selling expressions... .”
Sang-woo, who was preparing to snort, gradually fell into the story.
Sang-woo started to organize the plot in his notebook, checking the sentences he
mentioned in the print.
“You’re making a call with your cell phone, darling. way? I am with your son. give me
ten billion He can go home. Then the person receiving the call will say: I am single. You
are a scammer.”
“That professor is a fan of Qing Dynasty history. If you show up in Qing dynasty
clothes and a pigtail, you will probably get a perfect score.”
Still, I wondered why this item was included. In addition, considering that
'tone/pronunciation/fluency' is 50% and 'difficulty/adequacy of dialogue/grammar' is
30%, the score was extremely high. When Sang-woo made a face that he did not
understand, Jae-young said.
“Theatre.”
Sang-woo's sharp core broke with a cracking sound. It wasn't intentional, but as it
splashed on Jaeyoung's face, he frowned and rubbed his cheek with his hand. The fact
that the trail was inevitably blocked due to the theater club schedule, even that was a
manipulation.
Sang-woo turned his gaze away from Jae-young and began to write lines pretending
that he was not in front of him. I wrote down only the Korean meaning of what I didn't
know and transcribed the sentences I knew or listed. Jaeyoung was quiet for some
reason.
“…….”
"that's interesting."
He said that and looked at me again. Sang-woo immediately lowered his head and
teased Sharp.
And Sang-woo was shocked in a different way. I never thought I was good at writing,
but I didn't think it was that bad.
“Sangwoo.”
He called his name in a low, friendly voice. He tortured me like crazy for two days,
and now it's just funny to pretend to be nice.
ignore.
ignore.
“Sangwoo.”
ignore.
ignore.
“Doesn’t that also have to have some emotion? To you, I'm like a fly and you just
want it to go away. Is not it?"
ignore.
It was a bit of an absurd proposition. Sang-woo raised his eyes and saw Jae-young
still resting his chin on the back of his hand. I looked at it to see if it was a new kind of
ridicule, but the face was just shameless. Sang-woo decided to ignore him.
As soon as he wrote the last line, Jaeyoung took the notebook. With a playful
attitude, he says, “Okay,” or “That’s good.” While saying things like that, I reviewed the
lines. Then I wrote something down with Sangwoo's sharpener.
There was no blank space in the note that Jaeyoung handed over again. Where Sang-
woo left blank because he did not know, he filled in the lines with simplified Chinese
characters.
"what?"
“They chased after them to the end of the world and had the momentum to torment
them, and it seems that the sediment was released within two days.”
It was like this and that, it was a sloppy bastard, it was a neat restaurant part-time
job, I got angry while swearing, then I laughed, I chased after him like I was about to kill
him, then suddenly ordered me to do three verses, followed and harassed me and
helped with team assignments. Jang Jae-young was the strangest person Sang-woo
had ever seen in his life.
Then I heard the voice of the professor walking around the classroom and looking
after the students. She came over and glanced at them.
Sang-woo felt embarrassed by the reaction he had not expected at all. The professor
looked at Sang-woo with a young gaze of Ho.
Normally, I would have answered truthfully, 'No, Jaeyoung-senpai made the whole
frame and I just transcribed it', but no words of praise for him came out of my
mouth. Sang-woo politely held out his notebook to the professor. And after a while she
burst into laughter.
Then her expression, which had only been bright, gradually darkened.
“It’s so embarrassing. Where the hell did you learn this cursing? Jaeyoung! did you
write it?”
The professor looked at Jae-young and saw that he was empty-handed. It was
Sangwoo holding the sharpener. The professor's contemptuous gaze shifted from Jae-
young to Sang-woo.
“Correct the dialogue. If you present it like this, you get 0 points. all right?"
“… Yes."
The professor had his eyes widened, so Sang-woo had no choice but to answer. After
the professor handed the notebook to Sang-woo and left, Jae-young chuckled. Sang-
woo clenched his teeth and erased his handwriting with an eraser.
Sang-woo meticulously erased the writing, fearing that his traces would remain even
faintly.
return 0;
Sang-woo, who was careless and was injured by Jae-young Jang, after class was over,
he went to the College of Engineering, cheering. In the classroom, there was a class
until just before, and Sang-woo obviously arrived before Jae-young, but his bag
(second navy blue backpack for seating) was always on the right side of the fourth row.
Sang-woo sat on the left side and played the screen. In Chinese class, we had to
prepare skits, so we had no choice but to meet face to face, but in 'Engineering and
Mathematics 2', he believed that wisdom's advice would be useful because he only had
to listen to lectures and solve problems by himself. But I didn't think it would be that
easy. Because Jang Jae-young was nothing but an evil devil.
In the end, out of curiosity, I had to gently lower the screen. And Sang-woo put his
head on the desk and looked at Jae-young, who gently closed his eyes. I faced the
essence of the sense of incongruity I felt all day. It wasn't just that he wasn't wearing
red padding or glasses. Jang Jae-young looked like a completely different person. Like
a part-timer at an Italian restaurant who couldn't even tell if Sang-woo was the same
person.
The three pierced earrings he wore were nowhere to be found. He didn't know where
his hair had changed, but he looked a lot neater than usual. Besides, because his eyes
were closed, the gentleman seemed not to have done bad things to Sang-woo.
However, Sang-woo knew that his personality was rotten, unlike the appearance that
Jae-young would look out for. The proof was that he, who majored in design, was
taking engineering math classes. He was here to disrupt Sang-woo's class and ruin his
studies, and he was accomplishing his purpose even with his eyes closed.
Sang-woo grabbed the sharpener and concentrated on the class again. Jin-do had
already reached the next chapter while he was looking at Jae-young's
intentions. During the two 'Engineering Mathematics 2' classes, Sang-woo learned
terribly little. Except for 'Pop Culture and Cultural Theory', which I take on Wednesday,
it was the same for all other subjects. After two weeks and Jaeyoung disappears, you
will have to study separately by referring to books and online lectures to catch
up. there would be no damage.
'Now, even if you stand still, you are disturbing me. It's a great ability.'
Sang-woo tried his best not to look at him, but the bloody battle between reason
and impulse ended in one minute and he shook his head.
Come to think of it, in the old code of law there is a saying, 'An eye for an eye, a
tooth for a tooth'. no back end? Jang Jae-young seemed to be misunderstanding
something. If all conditions were met, Sang-woo was able to get revenge. It's just that
I'm not at that level, so I just don't feel the value of tormenting others by spending a
lot of energy.
Sang-woo pulled out a pen for the computer from his pencil case. The act of opening
the lid felt like pulling a knife out of its sheath. He carefully grabbed the pen and sat a
little closer to Jaeyoung.
The moist pen tip reached Jaeyoung's forehead and stopped in mid-air. Sang-woo
realized that it had been too long since he had painted. There is no need to draw well
like a painter, but the inferiority of not having talent in art was blocking the bold
touch. When I was in the second grade of elementary school, I remembered being
scolded by the teacher for not drawing anything on paper, and the words “2nd place in
the entire school” that were taken because of an art performance evaluation in the
third grade of middle school flashed in front of my eyes.
After hesitating for a while, Sang-woo decided to take a dot, but it was not easy to
choose a suitable part. His gaze scanned Jaeyoung's face in every corner. Dark brown
hair was scattered on the flat forehead. The dark eyebrows drew a natural curve, and
the long eyelashes below them created a shadow. The slope of the straight nose
started from the concave forehead. The lower lip was slightly open.
Sang-woo whipped himself and held the pen more firmly. I had never done anything
like this in my life, and my hands were trembling as I was sacrificing class time. He
tightened his fingers and pushed forward boldly. Hesitating a little, the tip of the pen
touched Jaeyoung's forehead. The pair of eyes that suddenly appeared at that moment
made him unintentionally draw the pen down.
It seems like someone who's ever done something like this is doing it. It's nothing
compared to Jaeyoung's graffiti, but since I've never fed anyone else in my life, my
heart sank like a child caught in bad things.
Jaehyung just had his eyes wide open. Sang-woo put a felt-tip pen in the pencil case
and forcibly looked at the book. My hair went white and my heart was pounding.
I don't know how time passed after that. Sang-woo stood still, as hard as a stone, and
when he came to his senses, the class was over and the students were leaving the
classroom.
“Sangwoo.”
It was creepy. If Jae-young was angry, Sang-woo had something to say, but he was
dissatisfied with the fact that he had scribbled on people's faces with a pen.
“… Yes."
Sang-woo's head turned. Jaeyoung was smiling with a black line on his nose.
Instead of getting angry, Jaeyoung was having fun and stroking the top of the ball
cap. Sang-woo was so absurd that he did not even want to criticize him for touching
his body without permission.
Sangwoo barely answered. When Jaeyoung got up and grabbed his wrist, he was so
distracted that he was dragged away.
While graduating from engineering school, Jaeyoung kept secret from too many
people. Not a single one of Jae-young's acquaintances laughed and mentioned Sang-
woo's work.
Whenever that happens, Jae-young is not shy, but rather points her finger at Sang-
woo as if to indicate the source of the thesis and informs everyone of his
craftsmanship. He was a really weird person. Sang-woo learned the meaning of the
word 'indigo' that day.
Sang-woo was in a tattered state when he came out to the lobby after feeling beaten
whenever he was introduced to Jae-young's acquaintances. After being dragged
around, I came to my senses and found myself standing in front of the school's pizza
place.
"no."
Jaeyoung smiled and looked at the menu. He ordered a pizza and two bowls of
risotto without asking Sang-woo's opinion.
"that's interesting. On the subject of not being able to memorize three letters of a
person’s name.”
“It’s more interesting to have a senior who attends the subjects you need to attend
and sleeps in useless classes.”
After eating enough, he got up without saying a word. The fact that I ate at a place
other than where I usually dine was uncomfortable, so I wanted to leave. Maybe it was
because there was a less-than-professional guy in front of me who was smiling even
with something on his nose.
“Sangwoo.”
Before leaving the restaurant for a while, Jaeyoung took out a can of coffee from a
leather bag. The black background, the familiar logo, and the large text 'Black Holic'
attracted Sang-woo's attention. It was clear that he was trying to make fun of him with
a sip.
Of course, Sang-woo, who knew that Jae-young would make fun of him by taking a
can and pouring it in his mouth, stopped without realizing it. He inadvertently took the
can.
When I put it close to my eyes to see if it was sealed, Jaeyoung said, “You bastard… .”
he murmured. Sang-woo looked closely and shook it, but the can was clean and not a
drop of coffee leaked.
“Are you poisoned? I bought 16 of them, but I can't taste them, so I throw them in
your mouth."
Sang-woo felt puzzled. There was a lot of action that could only be questioned. As a
sequence, 2, 4, 6, 8… It's like going consistently and then suddenly √55 popped out.
“I’ll give you all that’s left, so take off your hat.”
What kind of hat is it from before? Sang-woo picked up a can of coffee, and the
refreshing sound he heard in a while made him feel better. He gently brought the
mouth to his lips and tilted the can, allowing the lukewarm beverage to flow into his
mouth.
“Do you like that?”
Like the taste, Sangwoo did not know well. Only the comfortable feeling he used to
feel every day made him fall into a sentimental mood. Sang-woo ignored Jae-young
and walked towards the liberal arts college. With the hope that maybe I can get my lost
routine back.
There was still a sign on the promenade where he used to go, 'In the process of
filming the theater club'. I was deceived for three days by a fake sign, but now I know
the truth. Sang-woo kicked the sign and threw it in the trash.
As I walked along the trail that had been taken away, peace came to me even though
Jaeyoung was beside me. Sang-woo walked along the road, sipping a can of coffee and
closing his eyes.
“It doesn’t matter if you’re not a thug. I was just asking if you were a thug. Are you
stabbed?”
“It will take some time for your favorite 112 to be dispatched. Be careful.”
Sang-woo has been learning Taekwondo for a long time, but studying has become a
priority since high school. These days, I haven't done any exercise other than doing
push-ups at home or riding my bike to and from school.
“I did some in the past. I rarely do these days.”
“Next time, let’s play basketball with hyung. I won't let you touch the ball."
"I do not like it. And don’t keep increasing other people’s family members.”
At the end of the trail, there was a futsal field that was in the final stages of
construction. Sang-woo naturally walked to the front of the natural university, aimed
and threw the can from where he always stood. The can went into the second of the
three bins neatly in a parabolic pattern. I was heartbroken. It felt like someone was
rebuilding a tower of cards that had been blown up one by one.
Next was the library. Sang-woo sat down at the seat he had reserved in advance, and
Jae-young sat next to him. This time, without borrowing any books, he took out his pen
and turned it around. While Sang-woo took out his major book and notebook and
hung the backpack back on the chair, Jae-young took the notebook.
Jaeyoung rolled his eyes as if annoyed, then flipped the notebook over and looked
behind him. After checking the price tag, he took out a leather wallet from his pocket
and placed two 1,000 won bills on Sang-woo's desk. Sangwoo had nothing to say. If it's
an important note, I'll report it, but it was only for practice. Rather than wasting time
going up and down with Jaeyoung, he took out a new notebook with the same design
from his bag.
I felt stuffy when I put in earplugs, but the advantage was much greater as the noise
was effectively blocked. I had a feeling that I would be able to concentrate on studying
after a long time. But before he could even read a paragraph, he felt the gaze on his
cheek.
When I looked to the right, Jae-young had turned to that side and was drawing
something in her notebook. He sat down with a pretty professional posture and
expression, playing with the pen, alternately looking at Sang-woo's face and notes.
'It's varied.'
Sang-woo took out the blanking board, put it to the right, and turned his head back
to the book. A minute later, I looked to the side with concern, and the screen was
lowered without a sound. I couldn't hear it because of my earplugs. When the screen
was put back up, Jaeyoung came down again. After repeating this three times, Sang-
woo became angry. I thought I would be able to study today, but I guess I failed again.
After setting up the screen, I held the book with my right hand so that I would not fall
at all this time. It was okay at first, but after a while I felt the glare again. This time Jae-
young stood up and looked down at Sang-woo with an oblique angle while drawing.
It was better than the red padding, but the green coat was just as annoying. Sang-
woo decided to move his study place to his home. My desk at home wasn't as spacious
as a library, and the lighting was dim, but I'd rather study at home than do nothing like
this.
I took my earplugs off and was about to pack my bag when I heard a sound of drums
tearing apart from me. When I put my major book in my bag and turned around again,
I saw the paper Jae-young held out in front of me.
“It’s a gift.”
Ignoring Jaeyoung's muttering, he put a piece of paper in his palm without missing a
single piece of paper. And on the way out, I threw it in the trash.
“Do you know how much I get paid for illustrations for magazines?”
“What does that have to do with me?”
“It wasn’t because I couldn’t draw it, but because my senior drew it and tore it.”
It was 13:32 when I left the library. It's just a huge waste of time. As Sang-woo got on
the bike, Jae-young shouted from afar.
“Sangwoo!”
"why?"
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The next day things got better. Since there were only major lectures on Friday,
Jaeyoung slept on his stomach throughout the first and second periods. Sang-woo
picked up a pen for no reason the day before and concentrated hard on the class,
reflecting on what he regretted. He was running in good condition even with Jaeyoung
by his side.
i) accept
If you accept it, there is a 100% chance that you will have to eat with him, so it is
stressful. It had no choice but to gamble because the structure changed depending on
the reaction of the opponent.
"Yes."
“You were a scholarly fanatic. I should give you a prize at the restaurant.”
Luckily, the third case won. After Jae-young had gone somewhere, Sang-woo entered
the restaurant alone. As always, he was educated and ate peacefully in the corner of a
sparsely populated restaurant. After I finished eating, I was only one minute later than
usual, and it was good so far. But Jaeyoung was waiting at the restaurant exit.
"ruler."
A 'black holic'. Sang-woo received the can just like the day before, observed the
exterior, shook it, and confirmed that there was no problem. As I was taking my first
sip, Jaeyoung asked something strange.
“Do you want to be good at Chinese skiing?”
"of course."
It was a strange spell to say that you have to go to a specific place to be good at
skiing.
“Where?”
"why?"
“I’m a Qing dynasty merchant, so are you going to wear a T-shirt with English on it?”
Jae-young got annoyed and finally grabbed Sang-woo's wrist and started dragging
him.
Sang-woo held the phone in the other hand and shouted. However, Jaeyoung
frowned and took the phone and put it in his pocket. He was stronger than he looked.
“You naughty bastard. Why are you doing this to someone who wants to help you? If
you think it was an assault after it's all over, report it. Don’t dry it.”
Are you really trying to help? Sang-woo had doubts, but decided to believe his
words. When I answered yes, Jaeyoung let go of his wrist.
"Yes."
Of course. Because that role has a lot more dialogue, so there is a high chance of
getting a good score.
“Then I can be a voice phishing person with a customer.”
Jae-young went into the student center, but did not tell where he was going. I
climbed the stairs and in front of the door where Jae-young stopped, there was a sign
saying ‘Theater Club’.
Opening the door reveals a messy room with props, masks and costumes. On top of
the small refrigerator, 'blackholic' cans of coffee that Jaeyoung should have stockpiled
were piled up, and outdated play posters were stuck on the wall. On the sofa, two boys
were playing soccer on a console game machine.
Jaeyoung put the mannequin aside without giving them a glance and opened the
door behind him. Sang-woo entered where he was beckoning.
The room, with two-tiered hangers on three sides of the wall, was terribly narrow, but
it had a lot of clothes hanging on it. Jaeyoung grabbed a stick and ran through his
clothes. Sang-woo followed him in search of clothes that a Qing dynasty would have
worn at the bottom, but it was not easy.
Jaeyoung found one such thing among dozens of clothes. It was a blue dress from
the neck to the ankles, with a belt at the waist and sleeves, and a complex gold pattern
on the chest. He pulled out a purple skirt of a similar design and held it to my body.
“I do anything. It’s strange that you care so much about the Chinese Skirt outfit.”
Jaeyoung seemed to like the yellow clothes with a similar design (in fact, they all
looked the same to Sangwoo).
“Find a pigtail.”
As he said, Sang-woo squatted and looked through the wig in the box, but there was
no result. As he reached out to find another box, Jae-young suddenly squatted down
like Sang-woo. So, a face suddenly appeared in the field of view where his shin was
originally.
“Uh, okay.”
Jaeyoung just spoke, but didn't move at all. Sang-woo felt uncomfortable and looked
through the box. After a while, I felt like my head was empty. When I looked up,
Jaeyoung was holding Sangwoo's ballcap. I looked at him still, like a still image, but
somehow there was no answer. Sang-woo guessed that if you saw hats and hats since
yesterday, it looks like you want them.
“It’s an old one I’ve been using since high school. Just buy one.”
“If you don’t come to me in the future, I’ll buy you the same thing.”
Jae-young had a strange reaction. It wasn't sneering, making other jokes, wearing a
hat, or anything that Sang-woo expected. A hand without a hat approached Sang-
woo's eyes.
The long fingers approached very slowly. There was plenty of time to escape, but
Sang-woo just stiffened in a strange tension.
Then, Jae-young's index and middle fingers reached out very slowly and touched
Sang-woo's bangs. The moment his fingertips touched his forehead, static electricity
went out.
Sang-woo crumpled the box and stepped back. Instinctively repulsed by the
unpleasant stimulus, he slapped his hand.
“Give it to me.”
“It’s much better not to wear a hat. Why are you hiding like that?”
“It’s my heart.”
He reached out his hand, but Jae-young did not return the hat. Sangwoo has a fever.
It was the first time in my life to write half-talk to a senior. Sang-woo almost threw
himself forward and took the hat from Jae-young's hand. Their hearts touched for a
moment, and Jae-young fell backwards, but Sang-woo immediately stood up and ran
out of the dressing room.
After slamming the door, the boys who were playing the game raised their heads in
amazement. Sang-woo could feel his heart pounding and heat rushing to his face.
'Why do you always take other people's things and make a fuss?'
He came out of the theater room with a groan. He said he was capricious with his
own mouth, and he was right. He was such an unpredictable cub like the fickle weather.
Sang-woo, who was in a hurry, slowly slowed down. As time went on, he grew
shy. No matter how much Jae-Young Jang took the hat and refused to give it to him,
the sudden shouting reaction was overbearing. Sang-woo isn't the type of person to
get angry because he's angry, but someone approached him and touched his face, so
he was surprised and couldn't make a rational decision.
'If you think about it, it's not even the opposite sex.'
When you tackle in football, you get much closer than this. What about wrestling or
wrestling, and no one looks at you strangely even if your body is in full contact. In the
military, it's okay if you take a shower while you are naked and close to each
other. Because it's men.
Sang-woo concluded that he had acted irrationally. So when Jaeyoung followed, I
couldn't see his eyes. Jae-young handed Sang-woo a blue theatrical costume, a pigtail
wig, and a cell phone.
“I took off my hat to put on a pigtail, and then I was playing around. I didn't know
you'd be mad."
It was a lie. Sang-woo's heart was still beating with anger. Jaeyoung was just trying to
get some supplies, but it became clear that he had misunderstood in a strange way. He
seemed to be able to stress Sang-woo in a number of ways, intentionally or
unintentionally.
“You have to practice and get good at skiing. Have a good day, Sangwoo.”
Sang-woo ignored his words and left the building with his clothes and wig in his
backpack. I heard Jaeyoung following me from behind. Sang-woo turned around and
said.
“You seem to have changed your strategy, but that doesn’t work, so don’t pretend to
be close.”
“And don't follow me from here. Now, because of my seniors, I don’t even go to the
library and study at home.”
“…….”
Sang-woo quickly walked to the library and got on the bike as usual. I thought that if
I passed Jaeyoung on purpose and went down the downhill in a hurry, my stomach
would be relieved. But Jae-young was following the downhill road.
“What are you doing?”
“Follow me.”
I shook my head and tried to focus on riding the bike, but my eyes kept on him. Jang
Jae-young was very good at skateboarding. And I thought it would attract people's
attention. Not only Sang-woo, but the people he met in the alley looked at him with
curious eyes and admired him. Jaeyoung showed the skill of jumping in the air while
riding a board in a crowded place, as if enjoying such interest. He smiled at people like
a celebrity and gave the children high-fives while running.
From one to ten they were the opposite. Unlike Sang-woo, who only had to do what
he had to do, Jae-young seemed to do anything he wanted to do. Unlike Sang-woo,
who doesn't have any friends, Jae-young was a star at a school where people knew him
everywhere. Unlike Sang-woo, who wears only black clothes, it was clear that Jae-
young's wardrobe was rainbow-colored. Unlike Sang-woo, who was always
expressionless, Jae-young was always smiling like a prankster. Unlike Sang-woo, who
was obsessed with the same routine, Jae-young was like a homeless wanderer. They
were living in a different world. If it hadn't been for an unfortunate incident, they would
never have gotten to know each other.
As they turned around the sidewalk and entered the alley, the two ran side by
side. Jae-young jumped up even though there was no one around and landed after half
a turn. It was as if a skateboard was attached to his feet.
There must be many better places to ride, but I didn't understand how to do that in a
bumpy alley. Jaeyoung replied that there was nothing to be done lightly. It wasn't the
right answer to the question. But there was no need to understand him
anyway. Because this is already half over.
“We have a week left.”
"what?"
They soon came to the front of Sang-woo's one-room building. It was a four-story
building with mold on the plaster walls. Sang-woo tied the bicycle to a bicycle rack with
an awning, where it was written 'No. 402'. Meanwhile, Jaeyoung lightly pushed the
skateboard back and forth with his feet and looked up at the building.
“If you pick up a bike and take it with you, we report it immediately. The same goes
for saddles and other parts.”
“… Yes."
I had no choice but to answer innocently. Sang-woo took his eyes off him and
entered the building. As I was climbing the stairs, I thought about why it was so
awkward, but I think this was the first time we had broken up normally without
accusing each other.
I was worried inside that he might be chasing me, but there was no sound from
behind. Sang-woo went up to the 4th floor, entered the number on the door lock, and
entered the house.
I sighed for no apparent reason. I put my backpack in front of the door, took off my
hat and coat, and hung it on a hanger. I took off my jeans, changed into my workout
clothes, and washed my hands with soap in the bathroom. In the mirror was an
ordinary boy with his bangs pressed down.
Sang-woo took the book to study from the bookshelf and put it on the desk. I
removed the pencil case and notebook from my backpack and placed them next to
them. But before I sat down on the chair, my feet moved towards the window.
I lifted the curtains slightly and looked down the window. Jaeyoung was still playing
with the cat, leaving the board behind in the same spot. The black cat was lying on the
floor with her stomach turned over, and Jaeyoung was squatting and scratching her
fingers here and there. Sang-woo also met the cat a few times, but he only saw the cat
crying violently or running away quickly. While watching Jaeyoung take out his cell
phone and take a picture of a cat, Sangwoo closes the curtain.
Two days in hardcore inferno mode, one rest day, two days a bit annoying. Like his
personality, which is difficult to define in a word, Jang Jae-young's behavior was like an
irregular sequence. Sang-woo hated the lack of patterns. It was unpredictable.
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Saturday's part-time job went by slowly. There were less people than usual, so there
was less work, but I couldn't use my spare time effectively because I glanced at the
door. It was a good defensive posture to deal with when an enemy suddenly appeared,
but the situation itself seemed to be waiting for Jae-young, so Sang-woo thought it
was funny.
However, Jaeyoung did not appear until ten o'clock at night. Sang-woo felt puzzled
and a little uncomfortable, thinking that he might be waiting in front of the
house. Since I've been on a skateboard once, it's unlikely that I'll come back again due
to her tenacious personality.
Sang-woo walked to the front of the house and saw a black figure in front of the
building.
But when I got closer, it was just a large garbage bag. In the end, Sang-woo never
saw Jae-young that day. Had I known that this was going to happen, I would have
spent my time working part-time more efficiently. It felt like a waste of time that I
couldn't do anything because I glanced at the door. Sang-woo ended the day by
entering the house feeling a little gloomy.
with daughter.
However, Jang Jae-young broke Sang-woo's 'faith' and appeared at 19:33. One of his
duties was to make eye contact with customers when the bell on the door rang. Sang-
woo's home, betting that he won't come, was torn in half.
Jae-young picked up a card and passed the counter, and Sang-woo felt anxious
because he didn't know what he was going to do. The good news is that there's a
camera on the ceiling so if he cheats, he can tell the boss and he'll never come
again. The boss was a good person. In the past, when there was a fight between Sang-
woo and a man asking for trauma, he sided with Sang-woo.
Sang-woo stared at the notification. It was only a minute before Jaeyoung passed the
counter. As soon as I turned on the computer, it was clear that I had ordered it.
Sang-woo got up, measured the water, boiled it, and cooked the ramen according to
the recipe. I put the ramen bowl on a tray and headed to the smoking room. Jaeyoung
was leaning back on the chair and watching the webtoon with her legs
trembling. Sang-woo placed the tray on the table and immediately turned around. A
loud sigh was heard from behind.
If so, it would be the most bearable case ever. Anyway, Jae-young's seat wasn't too
far from the counter, and Sang-woo had no complaints about what he was doing for
money.
Fill 80% of the glass with purified water and loosen the powder with a
teaspoon. After dropping four ice cubes, the water came up to the end of the
glass. Sang-woo placed the cup on the same tray and went to Jae-young. He was
watching a video of people graffiti on the wall with sprayers. The ramen bowl was half
empty.
“Whew… .”
A heavy sigh that seemed to go out of the ground flowed from between his
lips. Sang-woo put his drink next to the ramen bowl and left the smoking room.
Five minutes later, the alarm rang again.
Sang-woo took the sweets from the shelf and headed to the smoking room. This
time Jaeyoung was watching a video of basketball abroad.
"ha… .”
Somehow, the sound of sighing seemed to grow louder. Sang-woo left the smoking
room with the cookies next to the lemonade and ramen bowls.
Sang-woo knew it wouldn't end here. He sat at the counter and looked at the screen
with his arms crossed. After waiting for some time, the notification sounded.
As if waiting, Sang-woo grabbed the jelly and headed to the smoking room.
“Ahhh… .”
Jaeyoung let out a sigh as soon as the door opened. Sang-woo threw the jelly on
Jae-young's lap.
“Haaaah… .”
Sang-woo muttered like that and turned his back on Jae-young. As I grabbed the
doorknob of the smoking room, I heard a voice behind me.
“I’m going to keep you until you ask me why I’m sighing.”
Sangwoo chuckled. If you have something to say, just do it, why waste money and
time by choosing such a detour?
“The memory card is probably missing from the slot or there is a problem with the
motherboard. If the RAM is missing, you can open it and insert it, but if the chipset has
trouble, you have to leave it to AS. Listen and judge how many times it beeps.”
“How am I supposed to do this? Should I get a Dell like hardware store? It will cost
you 500,000 won, right?”
Sang-woo turned around and folded his arms. Jang Jae-young was buried in a chair,
staring at Sang-woo. He began to mumble as if to himself.
“I brought it, but it’s not something I can fix by touching it. I'll try to find an AS center
after playing some games. I'm afraid there's something open at this hour, I'm really
worried."
“Give it to me.”
Sangwoo said abruptly. It wasn't that he was just trying to help. It was just a desire to
solve problems if they were in front of them. Jaeyoung clapped his hands and widened
his eyes.
“Okay, were you in computer science? Since it’s the same computer, can you treat it?”
Jaeyoung did not hesitate and held out a green laptop bag. Sang-woo took the
laptop and returned to the counter. Opening the bag reveals a 14-inch white laptop. It
was a foreign product that was released two years ago, and it was a brand I knew well
because I had used it before.
When I turned on the power, as Jae-young said, it did not boot and there were two
beeps. If it happened twice instead of four, it was a sign of a memory problem. Sang-
woo forcibly shuts down the laptop, took out a Phillips screwdriver from the drawer
and started disassembling it.
When I opened it, the RAM card wasn't even slightly missing from the slot. Sang-woo
requested a conversation with customer number 22 through the PC room system.
Messages
Admin : Senior, I don't have any RAM. 20:16
Guest22 : What is that? ㅠㅠ Look for it in your bag 20:16
Sang-woo frowned at the nonsensical sound, but looked through the pockets of the
green bag because he had to go down. Oddly enough, there was a memory card in it.
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Admin : It's in the bag. Why did you remove the ram? 20:18
Guest22 : I must have fallen for it while walking around ㅠㅠ 20:19
'Computer parts came out automatically and you opened the case and came out?'
It was the most absurd thing Jaeyoung had ever said. Anyway, I put the memory card
back in and turned on the computer and it booted up. However, it seemed that the
problem with this laptop wasn't just the hardware. Boot time was unusually long.
Sang-woo was at a loss for words when he saw the wallpaper that appeared 5
minutes later. Design software icons popped up, and there were folders of images,
videos, documents, and all kinds of bird names. Because of that, I couldn't even see the
female celebrity's face set on the background screen.
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Admin : Booting is too slow. Organize desktop icons and delete unused programs. 20:27
Guest22 : Is it broken ? ㅠㅠ 20:27
Admin : It's not a malfunction. I will install an optimization program. If possible, buy an SSD and go with it. 20:27
But it wasn't going to be a program. It takes about a minute to open a web browser,
so it's worth knowing how you've been using a computer that isn't that old.
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Admin : I think it would be better to format it. 20:32
Guest22 : Do it ㅠㅠ 20:32
Admin : There is no OS. 20:32
Guest22 : Come to think of it, there was a CD in the bag 20:32
Messages
Admin : Do you usually carry the OS with you? 20:34
Guest22 : I don't know ㅠㅠ It's like a gift 20:34
Admin : Okay. You need to back up your data. 20:35
Guest22 : How long is the backup? ㅠㅠ 20:35
Admin : Get a large-capacity USB or external hard drive. If not, do it on your web hard drive. 20:35
Guest22 : Look in your bag 20:35
Surprisingly, there was a 1 terabyte external hard drive in the inside pocket. At this
point, it should be said that it is a bag with nothing missing. It's surprising that
someone who doesn't even know what backup is has an extra-capacity external hard
drive.
Messages
Admin : I'll format it. Do you know how to partition? 20:37
Guest22 : Divide C and D drives in half, and Windows is on D at 20:38
Guest22 : I don't even know one thing ㅠㅠ I picked up that it was good ㅠㅠ 20:38
Admin : Yes. 20:39
Sang-woo backed up the slow laptop data to an external hard drive and formatted
it. After that, I optimized my laptop and installed some basic software. As I put the
cover on, I felt proud. When I did something productive, my time passed and I felt
better.
Jaeyoung leaned his arms and chin on the counter and looked down at
Sangwoo. Since when have you been there Sangwoo didn't notice at all.
Sang-woo realized later. I've wasted two hours fixing and formatting his laptop. No
one told me to do it, but I did it myself. Even if he doesn't act as vicious as the first
time, this annoying scum of personality, Yangachi's laptop. Sang-woo put the device in
the bag with an annoyed expression and handed it to Jae-young.
"Here you go. Please do not install the graphic tool because it is not a specification to
run.”
Just then, the night part-timer arrived and exchanged seats with Sang-woo. While
Sang-woo was tidying up and putting on his coat, Jae-young was standing in front of
the door with a laptop bag on his shoulder.
Sang-woo walked without thinking for a while. Then, when the endorphins that were
circulating in my body from touching the computer subsided, I was faced with a
situation where I was walking side by side with Jae-young. Jae-young was walking next
to Sang-woo with his hands in his pockets and humming a strange song. No attempt
has yet been made to trespass, humiliate, or harass.
"Huh?"
Jae-young made an expression that it was the first time he had discovered Sang-woo
was there.
"me? uh… . At home?"
Then it was explained why he was walking beside him. He wasn't following me, he
was just on his way home.
It's also a case study, and I didn't know what to do, and I didn't expect anything like
that, but Sang-woo said firmly.
"it's okay."
Sang-woo was not interested in movies, but he knew that the equation 'movie
theater = dating course' is a generally accepted view in society.
"Huh? I didn't mean to see you together. You said you were going to show it to
yourself.”
“…….”
I don't know why this strange misunderstanding has been happening so often since a
few days ago. Sang-woo felt his breathing become heavy.
“… Senior too.”
Sang-woo said that whether Jae-young heard it or not, and ran up the stairs two at a
time.
<100>
The intensity of the bullying, which once drove Sang-woo to extreme stress,
decreased sharply, but now finally converges to zero. Of course, this is a story when the
basic stress of having to sit together in class and other stresses caused by being around
him are not taken into account.
On Monday of the 2nd week, Jaeyoung went beyond not bothering Sangwoo and
started to help. It was a Chinese class, a time to practice the conversation expressions I
learned with the person next to me. Sang-woo tried to do it with the girl on the left
instead of Jae-young, but she turned down the offer, saying she was friends with
another girl. While wasting time like that, both the front and back students started
practicing, so Sang-woo had no choice but to do it with Jae-young, who had a sarcastic
attitude on his face and a smirk on his face.
“Cong-Zeol-Tao-Seoul-Jan-Tuo-Jang-Tsu-Chien?”
Sang-woo first asked in Chinese how long it would take to get to Seoul Station. Jae-
young, who was listening, said something.
“Woman-Ming Tien-Yi-Chi-Chikan-Tienying-Ba?”
“Okay, you’re asking what kind of movie you want to watch. I do it right.”
“After all, reading, writing, and listening are good styles. But what you say is serious
for an intermediate level.”
Sang-woo first felt antipathy, but recalled the bitter memories of 'beginner Chinese'
grades, which were A0 alone among A+ in the first semester of the first year. The
deduction factor was pronunciation, as Jaeyoung said.
“Read this.”
As Sang-woo did his best to recite the sentence pointed to by his long finger, Jae-
young's eyes almost closed and his pupils disappeared. He covered his mouth with his
fist and laughed, then stopped when he saw Sang-woo's expression.
"great. 2 stars feel like going up diagonally from bottom to top. Look, like an airplane
taking off.”
Jaeyoung raised his arms at an angle and slowly raised them upwards like an
airplane. Again, Jaeyoung spoke first and Sangwoo followed.
Without warning, Jae-young's hand touched the back of Sang-woo's head. I rubbed
back and forth a couple of times and left a strange feeling in the place where it
disappeared. Sang-woo was embarrassed because he forgot how to breathe for a
moment. We have learned that the human body has evolved to be prepared for the
many attacks of nature. His body instinctively regarded Jaeyoung's hand as a hostile
threat and seemed to strain his body.
Jae-young wasn't looking at Sang-woo. He moved his hand with a serious expression,
as if he was absorbed in my lecture.
“Look at the three stars. It feels like going down, taking a spoonful, and then going
up again. try."
“… Earls.”
"uh? I'm back again for the first time. Then try 2 stars again.”
“Ni-i.”
“Why are you doing this all of a sudden? It's broken, what is it? If you can't overcome
this, you'll never get a perfect score."
Sang-woo took out the blanking board, which had turned into a fan, and put it on his
face. Jaeyoung was turning his back to take something out of his bag. When he came
back, he handed a piece of paper to Sang-woo.
Simplified Chinese characters were printed on paper. As I read the contents, it was an
ambassador for a Qing dynasty merchant, shop customer, and voice phishing
partner. Sangwoo's eyes widened. The second thing that was neatly organized was all
the Roman phonetic symbols. Upon reading it carefully, unlike the previous
handwritten script, which only provided example sentences, the sentences were
trimmed to fit the context and there were no blanks. It was a task that would have
required me to spend a long time on the Internet if I wanted to do it alone, and even if
I did my best, there would still be areas where it was lacking.
Jae-young replied that he had deleted it, but Sang-woo could not believe his
words. So I called a professor who was passing by and asked me to check the script
because I had fixed it. The professor took the script with a questionable expression and
read it down with his eyes. The corners of her lips rose a little, then burst into
laughter. Jaeyoung asked her, turning the pen between her fingers.
“Last time it was full of obscene lines, but it was fixed. Anyway, I have a feeling that a
masterpiece will come out. Should I bring a camcorder?”
“He said that last time, Sangwoo did it all. How does he know such vulgar
swearing? Even if you don’t know.”
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After the second period, Jaeyoung got up like a knife and handled yawning and
stretching at the same time. Then he spread throughout the 'Algorithm' class, doing his
own thing, as if he had done something great.
“I need to eat.”
Now I'm used to walking down the engineering college hallways with him. Going
down the stairs at the same speed. And walking to a restaurant together, sitting side by
side and eating together. But today, Jae-young stopped Sang-woo in front of the
College of Engineering.
“Wow… .”
clap clap clap. They clap their hands five times and only get rid of them. Jae-young
took out a can of coffee from the bag and held it in Sang-woo's hand, giving him a
pathetic expression like a grandmother looking at her grandson.
“Eat well, don’t pretend, drink water, and don’t follow people you don’t know. got it?"
Jaeyoung smiled. His hand reached the top of his head and fell without a moment of
escaping backwards.
“…….”
When Sang-woo decided to say something, his back figure had already disappeared.
Sang-woo recalled what Jae-young had said in the first class. Those words were far
more concerned with the Chinese pronunciation of Fujida's accusation than the
prophecy that it would not be possible to get a perfect score in this way. At some
point, Jae-young became closer to Sang-woo than necessary. And Sang-woo, who is
not accustomed to that kind of thing, suddenly stopped accidents. Literally, it's like it's
broken.
Jae-young, who had gone far, stopped in front of the bench. There was one male
student and one female student. When Jaeyoung said something, the girl laughed and
slapped him on the back. Even if it was a great joke, the male student sat down and
laughed. Jaeyoung wrapped his arms around his neck and tormented him, and he
spread out on the floor and laughed even louder.
Sang-woo took his eyes off them and muttered to himself. I couldn't help but feel
good. I thought we were going to eat together, but Jang Jae-young took care of
it. Because I was able to eat on time without having to worry about pretending or
being interrupted. It really was.
After a long time, I came out of the restaurant at the normal time and opened the
can of coffee that Jaeyoung gave me. Familiar time, familiar taste and familiar air. A
walk while sipping coffee was pleasant. After one round of the promenade, it was
12:41. Sang-woo threw the coffee can into the second trash can in front of the College
of Natural Sciences and headed to the library.
The library was sparsely populated that day, so there was no hindrance to study. After
completing the book application and scanning of new books, Sang-woo borrowed a
new programming book and sat down.
Recently, for some strange reason, I was skeptical because it was too much to study
in the department, but he put a thick book in his backpack and pulled out the major
book he was going to study this time. There was no student at the table he sat
at. Sang-woo looked at the empty seat and turned his gaze to the book.
Capacitors, capacitors, inductors, DC and AC… . His gaze shifted over the
letters. Obviously, I was deciphering the symbols, but no matter how many times I read
them, I couldn't get the meaning.
Sang-woo complained to himself and was terribly surprised by himself. I've never had
such an unclean mind while studying anything. However, no matter how reverent he
approached, the text did not open the door to Sang-woo. No matter how many times
he read it, he couldn't understand the concept, only licking the outside. It was clear that
he had not been able to attend class properly and fell behind.
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Time passed regardless of the poor condition. The day turned into night, and then
into day again.
The next day started the same day, but not everything was the same. There was only
a leather cross-body bag lying next to Sang-woo, and it was empty until 20 minutes
had passed since the class started. Since there is no owner, you can just put it away and
sit down, but Sang-woo felt strangely uncomfortable at the fact that there was no
disturber beside him.
Jang Jae-young staggered through the back door as soon as Sang-woo's electronic
clock changed to 22 minutes. The laser beam seemed to come out of the eyes of
Professor Choi, the 'embedded system' who was late and looked at him as he fell on
the desk. Jaeyoung smelled like alcohol. Sang-woo wondered if he had gone out to
drink with the people he was with in front of the bench the day before.
But the whispers that came out of their mouths contained other questions. Besides, it
was meaningless because it was a question that I already knew the answer to. Jae-
young, who was lying down, turned his head slightly and looked up at Sang-woo.
“I know.”
“With whom?”
“I’m curious about who the less distant people who drink with seniors are.”
“If you want to drink with me, say you want to drink.”
Sang-woo wanted to blame Jae-young for not being able to concentrate in class
when he came, but in fact, he hadn't listened to anything since then.
These days, Sang-woo often feels unfamiliar emotions. At the same time, I felt a
sense of loss of familiar sensations. In the meantime, the dark brown back of the head
kept pulling Sang-woo's attention from the book. I couldn't do it today, I had a
foreboding.
Even after class was over, Jaeyoung did not get up and was lying on the desk.
"Elder."
I could have abandoned him and went to the next class, but Sang-woo called him.
“… Elder."
Jaeyoung did not raise his face, only his left hand reached out and grabbed
Sangwoo's arm. That action made Sang-woo very uncomfortable.
A backpack was always placed where Sang-woo preferred. Sang-woo hung the bag
on the chair and sat down. It was unjust to clear someone's place, but he knew that
Jae-young wouldn't show up.
It's been a while since I sat in my favorite seat, but strangely, it didn't feel
good. Although the content of the 'algorithm' class that day was not difficult, Sang-
woo could not concentrate well.
It was Jaeyoung's fault that she drank too much even though she had class the next
day. Still, it was a little pitiful to see him in pain. Sang-woo suddenly realized that he
had made a different judgment in the previous case with a similar logical structure.
Sang-woo fell into confusion. The unfamiliar feeling that there was a crack in
coherence did not go away until the end of class or until I ate alone in the cafeteria.
Sangwoo had no idea. I just sat down because there was a seat and there was a
spoon so I ate the soup. Then I woke up because the table was empty. The body
mechanically disposes of the leftovers and places the empty plates on the conveyor
belt. I put my spoon and chopsticks in separate containers and drank a glass of water
from the sink.
Since there were no variables, the time was of course 12:28. Sang-woo walked
according to a routine like a car on which an automatic driving command was
entered. Before long, he entered the kiosk, but there was no drink to buy. I realized that
in front of the refrigerator. The store owner, who was sitting at the checkout counter,
approached Sang-woo and touched his shoulder, showing an apologetic look.
“Student, it’s been a while. Don't worry, I told you to bring coffee on Monday!"
"all right."
Sang-woo's eyes turned to the refrigerator. It wasn't the empty fifth row, it was the
top row.
He reached out his hand involuntarily, then clenched his fist and brought it back to
his body. But the hand went out again. So I put it back on my body. His hand violated
the brain's command as if it were an independent organism.
After several conflicts, Sang-woo's right hand won the battle with the brain and
opened the refrigerator. The store owner, who was watching 'Dawn 777' by Sang-woo,
said:
“Did you drink yesterday? Feels good, just take it. I was worried about the entire
student expression report last time.”
Sang-woo got a free hangover-relieving drink in the blink of an eye. But where is this
written? When Sang-woo was about to ask for money, the store owner had returned to
the counter.
Sang-woo came out of the store and drank the canned coffee Jae-young gave him in
the morning and walked along the promenade. I threw the can into the second trash
can in front of the College of Natural Sciences and headed to the library. After applying
for new books and scanning, I sat down.
When I opened the bag, I saw a can of drink among the books on my major. Sang-
woo placed the necessary books straight on the desk, took out 'Dawn 777' and looked
at it.
'Responsible for the next day of drunkards!'
As soon as I saw the word drunkard, I was reminded of Jaeyoung, who couldn't
control her body properly. I tried to think of other drunkards, but none came to
mind. So, I imagined a bottle of wine or a whale, but the image that once stuck in my
head was too powerful.
Sang-woo, who had been sitting still for a while without doing anything, abruptly got
up and grabbed a drink. Then, with quick steps, he descended the stairs and crossed
the lobby.
Actually, it was a bit of a bad idea. Because Jaeyoung may have already had a
drink. Drinks may not work as well as advertised. Because Jaeyoung may have already
gone home. While holding his tail to the tail and holding on to the continuing doubts,
Sang-woo walked steadfastly. I didn't know where Jaeyoung was, so I thought I'd leave
him in the theater room. If that's the case, you've done your best. Sang-woo had no
obligation to do any more.
On the way to the school building, Sang-woo stopped. Someone caught his attention
from afar. Even though he couldn't see his face properly, he could tell he was smiling
with a crumpled face. The gesture of the hand moving in the air had been seen many
times. The angle of the bent leg was not the same as the others. His green coat was
lying on the ground.
Jae-young sat on one of the benches. And a woman with short yellow hair stood in
front of it with her arms crossed. His complexion was not good, but he looked much
better than what he had seen in class. When he touched his stomach while acting a
distressed expression, the woman groaned. When I said something, the woman struck
her arm with her fist. Laugh, laugh, laugh. A lot of smiles bloomed on the faces of the
men and women.
Sang-woo turned around and walked in the opposite direction. I just played with my
feet without thinking. When I woke up, I found myself in front of the futsal court under
construction. The worker who said strange things to him the other day is now
working. Sang-woo strode towards him. A man wearing a hard hat looked surprised.
“Eat this.”
“Anyway, eat.”
Sang-woo returned to the library a month later. Lately I've been wasting my time all
the time, but I've never wasted so badly. My heart was pounding at the guilt I felt for
wasting my time inefficiently.
Sang-woo was looking for a pencil case and rummaging through his bag when he
saw that the phone's screen was flashing. Rarely, there was a message.
Sang-woo stared at the screen. After reading the short text several times, I touched
the reply box and hesitated for a while.
'happy.'
It was clear that Jang Jae-young was seriously mistaken. Or, as always, joking. I'm
sorry, what reason do you have for yourself? It's nice to see the person who bothered
you disappear.
return 0;
Jihyo sat down next to him and said. It was 15 minutes before the cultural theory
class started. Sang-woo shook his head. His gaze turned to the thick humanities book
again.
“You still have a long way to go for the exam, but you are studying hard.”
Ji-hye continued to talk to her side, but even so, it didn't interfere as much as half of
the sleeping Jang Jae-young. Because these days, he disturbed Sang-woo even when
he was not present.
Jihyo's hand holding the cell phone came into view. Sang-woo looked at several
photos of a white, small dog from various angles, expressionless.
The next picture was an orange cat. Sang-woo was waiting for her to put the device
away. Then, among the flickering pictures, I saw a strange thing.
“Wait, what was that?”
"Yes? Ah, I captured it while shopping online, but I put it in the wrong folder.”
As Jihyo flicked the screen with her finger, a picture of the keyboard appeared. Sang-
woo enlarged the small photo and looked closely. Tenkeyless on a ninja with a
keyboard under it. LEDs were also embedded in each keyboard in a special black and
yellow color.
"Yes?"
“It’s a bit pricey, but using Veri’s switches, it’s durable, the keys feel good,
simultaneous input is possible, and it’s good in many ways. It will probably last a long
time. Think about LEDs. I thought it was crazy Which switch?”
“Then it’s better to use a non-clicking enemy that doesn’t make a sound. If you want
to feel the taste of typing in a quiet way, brown pork is fine. Blue is usually preferred by
gamers.”
“The regular price of this is 198,000 won, is it okay? It's a classic since it was released,
so there are a lot of used ones. A well-maintained one can be bought for around
100,000 won.”
Sang-woo squandered the rest of his time explaining second-hand trading tips. Ji-
hye nodded her head, listened intently, and even took notes, so it was difficult to stop.
"It's not."
Lettuce oppa^-^ Thank you for teaching me good information!!! If there's something
you don't know, please ask me. I want to help *_*
Sang-woo wrote 'Yes' at the end of the note and returned it to Ji-hye. But a question
arose in my mind. What can you ask Wisdom? When Sang-woo had questions, he
mostly looked up books or solved it on the Internet. As a humanities student, Ryu Ji-
hye understands cultural theory much better than Sang-woo. It was unlikely that I
could give more information than the collective intelligence of the Internet world or
specialized books. Sang-woo thought deeply, and thought of an area that Ji-hye knew
much better than himself.
Sang-woo wrote a memo in his head and concentrated on the class again.
return 0;
When it was time to take a break, Sang-woo was lucky. Wisdom changed her posture
and listened seriously.
"that… . page… Jae-young senior.”
“Oh, yes.”
“It must have been a while since I broke up with the person I dated last year. Now
she's my older sister from law school... . She's really pretty, she has a good family, she's
a genius.
And information that was not asked came one after another.
“I’ve been on social media, and I hear rumors from time to time.”
“What rumors?”
Wisdom's mouth moved again. Whether Jaeyoung was 20 when she was 20 years old
when she received an offer from an agency to act as an actress, that she worked as a
model for a while, or that her mate as a freshman became a famous singer now,
information that she did not need to know at all. When Sang-woo made a sad
expression on his face, Ji-hye stopped talking.
“It’s not that I’m interested, but my friend likes Jaeyoung oppa, so I keep telling him.”
“You’re handsome.”
These days, he's gotten a lot nicer, a human horseman, a sadist. Only extreme words
floated in my head to tell Ji-hye, who didn't even know Jae-young.
return 0;
After class, it was time to eat. While Sang-woo was organizing his books and pencil
case, Ji-hye suddenly asked.
The screen was turned into a fan, the seven cans of coffee were at home, and the
earplugs were worn once and never touched.
"I'm sorry."
Sang-woo got up from his seat carrying his backpack, and Ji-hye put the meal ticket
back into Sang-woo's pocket.
“It’s not like this, brother. Please buy it the next time you like it.”
Sang-woo recalled the memory of getting pasta for 23,500 won from her. Apparently,
the price of the school was too cheap, so he didn't want to go to the castle.
They came out of the building. As I was walking towards the restaurant, someone
called Sang-woo from behind.
“Sangwoo.”
There was only one person who could call him that. Sang-woo looked around
quickly. He was breathing as if the man he expected had run in the expected coat.
"why?"
“Am I?”
It was a golden door. It was clear that Jang Jae-young had mistaken Sang-woo for
someone else or misunderstood something. Sang-woo turned around again and
walked towards the restaurant, but this time, Ji-hye, who was next to him, was stranded.
“I’m Jihye Ryu. Hehe. And actually, I know your brother's name, you're so famous... .”
Sang-woo tried to widen the distance, but they quickly followed and the conversation
could be heard.
“Ji Hye-nim gets along well with Sang-woo. We were together when we came to the
store back then.”
“Actually, it was the first time we met that day. Sangwoo oppa was so kind to carry
my luggage... . I didn't mean to, but I put too many books in the box. Why do you have
to spread out the heavy things when packing? I was greedy to finish it all in one room
without studying... .”
Week after week. The words of wisdom are not over. And Jae-young, Ji-hye, Jae-
young, Ji-hye, Jae-young, and conversation went back and forth like a ping-pong
ball. The line at the restaurant shrunk very slowly.
"Ha ha ha ha ha! bro you are really fun Oh right. My friend wants to get my brother's
autograph, can you please?”
Suddenly, Jae-young was talking to Ji-hye. If someone you don't know sees it, they'll
think they've known each other for a long time. It was hard to hear the two of them
babbling like sparrows, but as we waited, the line gradually decreased. They each
entered the restaurant with their plates. Jae-young stood in line at another place to
receive the special dish, feast noodles, and later joined. Sang-woo diligently searched
for a table that had only one empty seat, but couldn't find one, so the three of them
had no choice but to sit together.
Jae-young asked Ji-hye a strange question without even touching the feast
noodles. Jihyo replied with a bright smile.
“No, no!”
Sang-woo's gaze turned to Jae-young's face. His eyes staring at wisdom were not
unusual.
Jaeyoung smiled, folded his arms and pulled up the chair a little and sat down.
“Do you really want to introduce me to my friend Kim? Two or three good guys come
to mind. What style do you like?”
He pulled out his cell phone and began to scan the phone book. Jihyo smiled and
waved her hand.
“Aww, no. This semester, I just want to study. Thank you for your words.”
"Oh… . Yes?"
Jaeyoung looked over her face and put the phone back into his pocket. After a
moment of silence, he said.
“By the way, how about Sang-woo? I think it will suit you well.”
Sang-woo spit out the seaweed soup he had in his mouth. Everyone looked
surprised, but Sang-woo himself was the most surprised. Jihyo pulled out a few wipes
from her bag and held it out.
“Then it wouldn’t feel good to be in a relationship with someone while you’re still.”
Sang-woo stole ingredients and broth with one wet tissue and wiped the table with
one. What is this situation? Sang-woo couldn't understand it at all, but somehow it was
certain that it was uncomfortable. I wanted to get out of this place quickly. Jaeyoung
smiled and looked at Sangwoo.
"award… weight?"
“Sangwoo oppa said his nickname when he was young was Sangchu. It's so cute, isn't
it?"
"Yes? You seem to be very close with our Sangwoo, and they call us by nicknames.”
'Our boss?'
Even my mother had never heard of it. Sang-woo felt the rice he ate on top
immediately. For a while no one spoke. However, before the quiet atmosphere was
over, Jaeyoung broke the silence.
"Yes?"
"Oh… . There was a situation that day... . I woke up so late that I was almost late.”
"like that. I also paid special attention today, and I thought I was going to meet
someone important.”
On the way out of the meal, Jihyo asked a strange thing in front of the restaurant.
“How did you become friends? You have a very different style, but it’s amazing.”
Then Jaeyoung put his arm around Sangwoo's shoulder. Sang-woo's body stiffened
again at that insignificant act, and even after he swallowed his breath, he forgot the
timing to exhale. Jaeyoung’s arm resting on his shoulder felt as heavy as a piece of iron.
“We had very bad feelings for each other, but now it’s all over. Is not it?"
“No.”
Sang-woo pushed his shoulder with his palm. Jang Jae-young touched other people's
bodies without hesitation. originally such a person. A person who shrugs, calls out
names, touches faces, jokes, or hits anyone (even people they're not familiar with at all).
“Don’t get me wrong. 'Cause nothing's been solved and it's still the worst. What do
you think will change if you pretend to be nice? I still feel bad and I have no intention
of solving it.”
"Nope."
“I’m sorry, Wisdom. I'll take some Sangwoo. I have a very important announcement
tomorrow.”
"Oh… . Yes!"
And suddenly, he grabbed Sang-woo's wrist. Sang-woo shakes his hand, but this time
Jae-young hits his back. While Sang-woo was shocked as it was the first time in his life
that such a thing had happened, he took the backpack from his shoulder. Then it
jumped out.
"excuse me? Elder!"
I called him out loud, but he didn't stop.
Even though Sang-woo thought it was ridiculous, he had no choice but to run after
him. Because he had no idea what he was going to do with his backpack. If it was Jang
Jae-young, it wouldn't be strange to throw everything in it into the sewer.
At first, Jae-young, who was running limp, increased his speed when he was in
danger of being overtaken by Sang-woo.
“Stand there!”
Jae-young was running at full speed with the backpack in front of her. One time,
Sang-woo's fingertips touched Jae-young's shoulder, but Jae-young laughed at him
and ran away. I remember running with all my might exactly a week ago, and
something similar to that time was repeating itself.
"Oh… . Hard."
Jaeyoung went around the College of Engineering, passed the futsal court, the
canteen, and the school building, and stopped until he arrived at the wide lawn in front
of the main gate. Sang-woo took a deep breath and took a deep breath.
He reached out his hand helplessly, but Jae-young didn't hear it, so he opened Sang-
woo's backpack as if it was his own, pulled out a water bottle, and shook his head.
“I see.”
Sang-woo took the water bottle he threw and drank water. My heart was pounding
because I was beating out of nowhere. The surroundings were unfamiliar. A lawn where
students rest like laundry here and there. Sang-woo had never set foot here in six
semesters.
Jaeyoung sat down and patted the seat next to him with his palm. Then he laid down
on Sang-woo's backpack. Lie on your back with your legs spread apart, your hands
interlaced and support the back of your head. Both eyes were closed, and the mouth
drew an arc as if it were pleasant. The sun shone brightly on his hair.
“I am writing.”
Sang-woo squatted and pulled the backpack abruptly, but Jae-young had his arms
crossed, so he couldn't take it away.
“I did it here.”
“You must have memorized all the scripts. What can't you do?"
Jaeyoung closed his eyes, so he couldn't see him, but Sang-woo nodded. If it was a
script, I already knew it. I felt strange when I sat with my buttocks on the grass. Sang-
woo smelled the grass and wondered what he was doing sitting in a place like this.
“Waste of time… .”
Jaeyoung took out a can of coffee from my bag and held it out. I checked my watch
and it was time for a walk around campus. Sang-woo answered yes and took a can of
coffee. Jaeyoung stayed quiet for a while, as if asleep, and then called his name when
the can was half empty.
“Sangwoo.”
"why."
“How is your ideal type?”
Sang-woo looked at Jae-young with a frown on his face, but he was still calm and
closed his eyes.
“In the beginning, between 'not close friends', you waste time by asking such useless
things.”
“It is.”
Sang-woo ignored those words and drank coffee without a word. Then, a second
later, a second question flew in.
“The concept is ambiguous. I will answer you if you clearly define it.”
Jaeyoung frowned and opened his eyes. Her eyes were full of sunlight, and her eyes
were brown. As he looked me in the eye, Sang-woo was ambiguous.
“Whether it’s the first time we started dating or the first time we had sex, we need to
spell it out correctly.”
Jaeyoung rolled his eyes with a look that he still didn't understand.
Sang-woo checked his watch and adjusted his posture to sit down.
“Pyeni-Pyenni-Thai-Pyenni… .”
It's cheap, it's cheap, the fruit is cheap. Buy one bundle. As he spoke his first line,
Jaeyoung burst out laughing. The cheekbones were raised, and the neat teeth were
exposed between the lips.
"me too."
“…….”
Sang-woo sneeze because his nose was itchy. Some flies were flying around. No, is it
a butterfly?
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At the end of March, the weather, which had been fine for a while, became chilly due
to the spring cold. The padding kept my body warm, but as I rode the bike, the wind
blew against my face. Sang-woo arrived at the liberal arts college with his cheeks red. I
put my backpack in the classroom and checked whether I had memorized all the scripts
for 3 roles (there was no guarantee that Jang Jae-young would attend). After
confirming that his memories were intact, he took out his clothes and wig and headed
to the bathroom. The right column is always marked with a fault, so it went into the left
column.
By the time I changed my clothes, 4 minutes had passed. Finally, I had enough time
to practice. In the classroom with the back door open, Jae-young was sitting hunched
over in a yellow, shiny cloth, looking at her phone. My hair was sticking out under the
rubber because I wasn't wearing the wig properly.
Jaeyoung raised his head and burst into laughter. While I was doing the same thing, I
smiled broadly, pointing my finger at Sang-woo as if I had seen the funniest scene in
the world.
“I am a class assistant.”
“Oh, yes.”
I've never seen him serve as an assistant, and he was talking nonsense. Sang-woo
kicked his legs out and sat down next to Jae-young. He placed his hand on his temple
and checked the lines when Jaeyoung grabbed his cell phone and took a picture of his
face. Sang-woo covered his face with an annoyed expression.
Jaeyoung sighed as he checked the few photos he had just taken. Then I turned the
camera back on.
“Sangwoo.”
"Yes."
"no."
Jae-young reluctantly pulled out a chair and sat down next to Sang-woo. The screen
of his phone showed the two of them in silly bald wigs. Sang-woo stayed still,
wondering if it would be okay to give it to him once.
“Smile, man.”
It wasn't fun either, but I didn't feel like forced to smile. Jaeyoung took three pictures
in a row, and each time his expression changed. The first time I laughed, the second
time I stick out my tongue, and the third time I don't know what to do, but it shriveled
my facial muscles and made them ugly.
Jaeyoung shrugged and showed the picture. When Sang-woo saw it, it was all the
same. And it was all weird.
In their spare time, they tried to guess the script. Jae-young listened carefully to
Sang-woo's pronunciation, and if there was something he missed (almost all of it), he
repeated practice.
And the students came in. People I didn't know pointed at Sang-woo and Jae-young,
and then they started talking. The Chinese professor, who arrived a little early, laughed
out loud when he saw them. Even during class, his lips twitched when his gaze turned
towards him.
After the 40-minute class, the three teams took turns presenting a play for the last 10
minutes. The first team played a Chinese couple traveling to Paris. Conversations such
as 'What is that?' and 'It's the Eiffel Tower' were the mainstream plays. The second team
consisted of a Korean University student introducing the campus to a Chinese
friend. (Probably overheard Sang-woo's idea.) And it was their turn.
Jaeyoung got up, stretched, looked down at Sangwoo and smiled. The confident
expression on his face looked like someone going on a picnic. Jae-young went out with
grapes, a phone, and a club from her bag, while Sang-woo followed him empty-
handed. The students clapped their hands as they stood in front of them. There were
also children taking pictures with cameras. The problem wasn't the kids, the professor
was holding the camcorder.
After everything was ready, Sang-woo uttered the first line. It was a promotional
ambassador that the fruit was cheap. Then Jae-young, who was hiding behind the
pillar, arrogantly walked over with a fan, fiddling with the grapes on the desk and
asking for the price.
Sang-woo made eye contact with him. It's going to be all right, his eyes said they're
doing a really fun job. It was just an unfamiliar feeling of excitement as if everything
was going to work out very well.
Jae-young has been preparing much harder than Sang-woo thought. The props are
also props, but in the scene of making a phone call, I prepared a ringing sound and an
end sound and played it on my cell phone. When the roles were changed, Sang-woo
changed clothes and came out from behind the church for a brief monologue. He
showed acting skills like a theater club member, and although the lines were slightly
different from the script, the meaning did not change much. Even though the ad-lib
asking Sang-woo if he was a robot in the middle was inappropriate, he did so well that
people looked different except for that.
The reaction was explosive. A camcorder and five phone cameras recorded the play
and a memorable click went off. The professor laughed and dropped the grading
pen. Sang-woo received applause and cheers even though he only recounted the lines
he had memorized. I had no choice but to admit. This ski was 'carried' as Jang Jae-
young once promised.
After the play, Sang-woo gave a high-five to Jae-young's outstretched hand. For that
moment alone, I completely forgot the negative feelings I had for him before and felt a
sense of friendship.
The professor, who had finished class early, approached them with two thumbs
up. She said looking at Sangwoo.
“Sangwoo student… . It takes a lot of practice for pronunciation, but it's amazing to
memorize so many lines accurately.”
"thank you."
"Yes?"
“I don’t usually do anything, but only on the days I ask you to come early before class
and make a copy of the handout. It's about managing the test papers during the
midterm and final exams, and collecting homework later. At the end of the semester, I
will go to the Gasan branch and buy you a meal.”
Only then did Sang-woo understand what she was talking about. His gaze turned to
Jaeyoung. Jae-young looked at the professor with a blank expression on his face.
You can withdraw from the course without any damage for only 2 weeks. Sang-woo
knew that Jae-young would withdraw all subjects before the third week, and he waited
for that day. Week 2 is now only two days away.
“… Yes. I will.”
When Sang-woo nodded, the professor said hello to him and turned to Jae-young.
“You worked hard, Jaeyoung. Thank you for taking responsibility for helping my
juniors.”
“No, Professor. It’s so embarrassing that I even said I’d become a teaching assistant
and then dropped it halfway through.”
“I put in the application again, but there is no guarantee that it will happen again.”
Sang-woo did not go out even after packing all of his bags, and was silently listening
to their conversation. When the professor asked what he was going to do next,
Jaeyoung replied that he was planning to take a break while preparing to study
abroad. And they talked for a while about the location of the graduate school where
Jae-young will go to.
“Come play.”
The atmosphere was very good, but Sang-woo did not smile. An unexplained
resentment bloomed in my heart.
“Shall we go?”
Only when Jae-young, who was talking with the professor, suddenly asked, did Sang-
woo come to his senses. They greeted the professor and left the classroom. Sang-woo
quickly changed clothes in the bathroom and handed the clothes and wig to Jae-
young.
- Yes, sir!
“Hey bastard, are you kidding me? You only ask me to do it for two weeks, so why
not do it?”
- It wasn't in the locker or in the practical room, so I thought I could stop again.
Jaeyoung remained silent for a while and then covered his eyes with his palm as if he
remembered something.
"right… . I couldn't get it because I was drunk the day before yesterday. Ai, I think
someone took it.”
- Can't we just stop? This may seem like a no-brainer to you, but it's really
annoying. What kind of position does Gulgo hyung take, while not attending class.
- Whoa, whoa, are you mad? Oh, come back later for lunch. Choi Ji wants to see
hyung. Let's eat together... .
The sound of laughter mixed with words continued until Jaeyoung hung up the
phone. He was referred to as the older brother wherever he went. So, at the end of
every word, Sang-woo thought, ‘Hyung, hyung’. A smirk hung around Jaeyoung's lips
as he puts the phone back into his pocket.
“Sangwoo.”
“I couldn’t even hear this because it seemed like a real alien language. And it's not
the first time the professor almost laughed because he looked like Pororo. Now you
can go to class comfortably on your own.”
He quietly backed away and explained the reason in detail. Sangwoo nodded his
head without saying a word.
He nodded again.
nodded again.
"Yes. Bon Appetit."
Jaeyoung said so and put the can of coffee on Sangwoo's desk. While Sang-woo was
vigilant, he touched the back of his head. The light touch faded away quickly, so it took
me a while to realize. When he opened his mouth to get angry, Jaeyoung had walked
to the back door. Sang-woo always got a little angry at me when I only hit the back
drum. Next time I will tell you for sure. Please don't touch it because it's very
unpleasant.
The class started as I was grunting with no one to be angry with. That day, the
professor looked like a penguin.
I thought I would be able to concentrate better by regaining my seat, but the same
symptoms occurred during the last 'algorithm' time. 'Engineering Mathematics 2' was a
subject that Sang-woo studied separately and followed well, but his head was empty
and nothing was entered. When I woke up, class was over.
A thumb hesitated above the reply box. Sang-woo had nothing to write, so he put
the device in his bag. I went around the campus twice because of my distractions.
When I got to the library, nothing changed. The roaring and stuffy feeling gradually
piled up and turned into anger, but there was nothing that could be done. There
seemed to be a fire inside. However, since I had never done anything like this, I did not
know who the target was, why, and how to solve it.
Jae-young took out a notebook that was forcibly purchased from Sang-woo and
casually opened Sang-woo's pencil case and took a ballpoint pen. Then he leaned back
on a chair, crossed his legs, opened a notebook on one knee, and began to scribble.
Meanwhile, a strange change happened to Sang-woo. My heart that was not sure
what to do with the heat disappeared, and my emotions became stable. On the page
where nothing could be read, the letters began to appear again. Sang-woo started
studying again and felt embarrassed.
It seems that Jae-young Jang is now the default. It was evident that the mind had
been so deeply engrossed in error that it confuses the normal state. People assume
that the area around Chernobyl, where the nuclear accident occurred in 1986, is the
land of death, but in fact, bean sprouts with abnormally high antioxidant levels are
growing wild. Just as animals have adapted to radiation, Sang-woo has adapted to the
disaster of Jang Jae-young.
Jaehyung was quiet. There was an occasional scraping noise between the paper and
the pen, but it wasn't as annoying as it used to be. Sang-woo felt pleasure after a long
time by self-studying the parts he missed in class. It was the first time since Jang Jae-
young intervened in Sang-woo's daily life that he concentrated on his studies.
how much time has passed Sang-woo felt proud and released the sharpener for a
while. It was then that I felt a gaze on the face next to me. Jae-young was also drawing
with Sang-woo as a model. When their eyes met, Jaeyoung smiled and whispered.
He fixed the hat by pressing on Sang-woo's crown. This time, there was no reason to
be angry because it was an act that was foretold. Sang-woo sat quietly, pretending
nothing happened. The problem was that his palms didn't leave the crown. Instead of
leaving, he was pressing his head with an ever-increasing weight.
The library was so quiet that the voices were particularly loud. The weight pressing on
his head felt much heavier than the real thing. I had to tell him to let go, but my mouth
didn't come off. Time seemed to have stopped. The air is heavy and the senses are
sharp. Sang-woo's gaze scanned Jae-young's face in every corner. I thought I could see
even the pores if I set my mind.
Artificial light was scattered on the surface of the pupil, which was close to brown. If
there was depth in his eyes, how far would it go? Although Sang-woo knew exactly the
structure of the eyeball, he thought of a foolish question. As Jaeyoung's eyes blinked
slowly, the shadow cast by his eyelashes shortened and then lengthened again. The
bangs had leaves of grass that had been buried in the lawn.
Sang-woo reached out and removed the blade of grass without ever having the
thought of doing that. Then Jaejoong flinched. His mouth opened slightly, and a bright
red tongue came out and took his gaze. His tongue licked his upper lip slowly, starting
at the corner of his right mouth and moving to the left. That strangely sensual moment
felt so long. Sang-woo was experiencing the special theory of relativity first-hand.
Jae-young approached Sang-woo, pressing his head tightly. The lips that Sang-woo
had been staring at tenaciously expanded rapidly. Jaeyoung's lips got closer and closer
and disappeared from view. And his pierced ears and his slightly splayed back hair
brushed past. The smell of cigarettes stimulated the sense of smell.
Sang-woo got up from his seat and ran towards the door. The chair seemed to have
fallen, but I wasn't sure.
I sprinted through the men's bathroom door and took a deep breath in front of the
mirror. His face would be as red as a marathon man. He bent over and poured cold
water on his cheek. I washed my face several times to get rid of the heat.
'You're crazy.'
Sang-woo was well aware of when and for what purpose a man's penis stiffens. I
don't remember being sexually stimulated, but my lower abdomen became stiff and
the genitals became heavy. It was a disgraceful malfunction.
When Sang-woo washed his face and raised his head, the bathroom door opened. He
made eye contact with Jae-young through the mirror, dripping water from his chin.
Sang-woo shook his body a little. Jaeyoung, who looked at him with a little frown on
his face, felt more menacing than ever. He came one step closer. Sang-woo stretched
out his palm to cut off his contact and opened his mouth.
"what?"
The words came in the most straightforward way. You're not of the opposite sex, so
why did you ask me to go see a movie together? Jae-young's suggestion knocked
down a subtle domino that had been recently built up in one shot. Because of that, the
camp of the heart that Sang-woo had built up inside was devastated.
“Both.”
“It’s a reward for fixing the computer. Are you going to run away by knocking down a
chair?”
It was a sharp tone I had never heard of recently. Sang-woo's mouth opened on its
own, letting out a rebuttal.
“You don’t have anything in your head? How hard it is to be together, how is that a
case?”
Jaehyung's posture became more and more twisted. The tension of the day I first met
him floated in the air. At that time, Sang-woo was not afraid even if Jae-young cursed
and acted like a bastard. But now, Sang-woo felt terrified of him talking in a tangled
manner. But it wasn't a common fear.
'Don't come near me. don't even touch it Stop destroying my daily life.'
“Then I’ll pay you for the repair cost. How much can I give you?”
“This kid is here again. You have a habit of coming out of your mouth even when you
say nice things.”
Jaeyoung shed a smile that was much closer to hostility than favor. It was the
moment when Sang-woo's fears turned into repulsion.
“You said you don’t need a case. I'd rather bully you like the first day, don't do weird
tricks."
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A red beep sounded in my head. A sign that something is seriously wrong with your
body. The symptoms were so severe that I had to rush to the hospital.
hand - tremor
Penis - … fuck
What happened 20 minutes ago was arguably the most shocking event of his
life. Something similar to this happened only once more when I was in middle school.
At that time, Sang-woo smelled a good smell on the way to school and started to
imagine what was inside the white short-sleeved blouse of a passing woman. Then, as I
remembered a picture of a female model's swimsuit at the bus stop, my heart fluttered
and my bottom became hard.
Sang-woo knew exactly what had happened scientifically in his body, but he didn't
know that it would happen to him as well. With a sense of humiliation as if he had
become an animal, he turned his feet and returned home. I told my mother after work
in the evening, and fortunately, it was natural.
'Yes. It is a structure that normally stores only stock and releases it through the penis
when sexually stimulated. Since you are still a young student, you are not in a position
to have sexual intercourse, so until you have a legal partner who mutually agrees with
you, you can induce ejaculation through similar intercourse by pressing your penis with
your hands. There is a perception that it is unclean in society, so don't do it in public
and only do it when you're alone. Be careful not to splash anything on the floor and
wash your hands before you start and after you finish.'
'… What unscientific talk is that? Don't worry, it's a lifelong phenomenon that appears
at the age of 11 in healthy men.'
After that, even if something similar happened, Sang-woo did not panic. Fortunately,
his body is well under the control of reason, and in most cases it can be prevented, and
sometimes it can be put to sleep when it is out of control. Never in my life have I been
so inappropriate.
Sang-woo understood that an erection aimed at a specific person reveals the male's
desire to make the other two years old by impregnating it. To react to a man without a
uterus was completely out of place for the purpose of the institution. The error that
sparingly ruined Sang-woo's two weeks seemed to have penetrated into his body.
Sang-woo spent the day dazed in bed without eating or drinking. I was so shocked
that I couldn't control my body and seriously considered taking a leave of
absence. Studying is important, but if I let this happen again in the future, it would
cause a much more serious problem than delaying my graduation by one semester.
The next day, I couldn't afford to go to class. Jang Jae-young will also naturally rub
his shoulders, pat his head, or whisper in his ear without hesitation, and Sang-woo's
body, engulfed in error, may malfunction again like today. Sang-woo turned off the
alarm and fell asleep very late that day.
return 0;
The next day, even if the alarm didn't go off, Sang-woo woke up at the same
time. The fact that I couldn't attend was painful, but I made a decision to prevent
further pain. He was still in bed when it was time to get up. It was class time while lying
idly and playing phone games, but Sang-woo did not move even a single step from the
bed.
10:00
What would the professor of 'Embedded Systems' think? You will remember him as a
student who slept on his stomach from the first day and drew a beard under his nose,
but if he is absent, he will think it is pathetic.
10:10
I searched for a way to take a leave of absence. The procedure was simpler than I
thought, so I decided to do it during the day. The explanation page did not show how
the full scholarship will be handled in the case of a leave of absence, so I thought I
would have to inquire at the school.
10:20
I picked out a plan to change due to the vacation. After graduating in the first half of
his 26th year, he planned to work for a foreign game company in the second half of the
year. Even if the leave of absence was delayed by half a year, the damage was not so
great.
The bigger problem is that I couldn't make games this semester. The game to be
made and released this time was going to be a core portfolio for entering a game
company. But it's not too late. As long as you find a designer, you can make games
even after taking a leave of absence.
10:30
Sang-woo went to the school intranet and read the designer recruitment notice that
he had put up again. There were several comments on posts that were now pushed
back 30 pages and no one was reading.
comment
rless's comment: If you are a student who would like to apply for this project, please contact me first, not the stude
└ Peking Duck's comment: Senior Jang Jae-young! I have contacted you ^^
└ Choi Sujin's comment: I've contacted you, senior^0^
└ mingee03's comment: Oh, it's too late.. I still texted you.
└ Scap-jjangS's comment: Is it closed?
└ Yoo Hyun-jung's comment: Is Jang Jae-young also participating??? I texted
Sang-woo did not receive a single message, but there were more than ten comments
saying that he contacted him. Sang-woo suppressed his frustration and copied the post
and uploaded it again. The previous post that Jaeyoung ruined was deleted. I was
thinking of looking for a professional freelancer if he doesn't get saved because he's
already had bad news with CDG.
10:36
thump thump.
Someone knocked on the door. There is no place for the delivery to come, what's the
matter? Sangwoo got out of bed.
The robber punching the door grew stronger. I don't know who it was, but it was
clear that he was a quick-tempered and rude person. As I approached the door to look
outside through the round glass, I heard a loud shout.
“Hey, Sang-woo!”
Sang-woo stopped in a sullen posture with only one foot on the porch.
“…….”
Sang-woo moved, but he opened his eyes wide in fear of making a small noise, and
he remained frozen.
He didn't go to class. Jang Jae-young has followed him all the way to the front of the
house, so he knows the address. Since the bike is tied to the locker, it can be assumed
that Sang-woo is at home. The bicycle owner's lake is marked on the storage rack.
Sang-woo shouted with his eyes wide open with hostility towards the opponent
beyond the door.
bang!
The sound was so loud that I was worried that the door might have been crushed.
"open it."
"open it!"
“You said you didn’t like it. Why don’t you open someone else’s door!”
There was silence for a while. The opponent who had left the door was quiet for a
moment. Sang-woo stared at the door.
“Hey you bastard. Are you so terrified that I asked you to go see a movie and you
took a class?”
He heard the sound of his breathing. Sang-woo's heart went up and down at the
same time.
“Are you skipping class? Are you a fucking bastard trying to get a seat five minutes
before the earth is destroyed?”
thud.
This time it was weak. Sang-woo could see that Jae-young was leaning on the door.
“I told you to watch a movie, but it turns into nuclear waste. Then, are you going to
take a leave of absence?”
“Where do you do it? How do you write the reason like this? Fuck it, a senior with a
big cock asked me to watch a movie, so I took a leave of absence from school.”
“Shut up!”
“Who kidnapped you, imprisoned you and tortured you? Are you taking medicine
and taking out organs?”
“What kind of ancient Joseon mentality is that? I only go to the movies with the
boys. I saw you yesterday.”
“I am not. I only look at people of the opposite sex with whom I want to date on the
premise of marriage. So, don't shout in front of other people's houses and get out!"
A swear medley was heard through the door. Then there was a sigh.
"I have a time and effort on you, and I see what this chews see people."
“Two days, two days. And you ranted for the rest of the week. Damn it, this is the first
time I've been shoveling like this since I was discharged. Thank you so much for giving
me the opportunity to shovel.”
“Are you a personality disorder? What the hell are you mad at me for?”
The poison was gone from his voice, perhaps because he was sassy enough. After a
brief lull, a thin piece of paper slid into the gap between the door and the floor. It was
an advance ticket for a movie with a film on it.
“Eat this and leave. I will not lie down on your side.”
“If you’re talking like that, get out of here right now.”
Where are you going to tell someone who is already at home? It was like a candle
telling the wind to put it out. Soon there was the sound of footsteps like a storm. The
rough and regular sound of footsteps was getting farther and farther away, but at
some point I could not hear it.
'Good.'
Sang-woo was so excited at that moment that the thought of taking a leave of
absence disappeared. He didn't even wash his clothes so he wouldn't be late for the
next class. Everything I had been thinking about before Jang Jae-young came to see
me. Because he left the whole thing upside down, Sang-woo had a bad intention to
finish this semester like a scoundrel.
It was the second time I heard it. At that time and now, I felt dirty and it was a
welcome sound. Sang-woo got dressed and packed his backpack and left the house 7
minutes after hearing that. I pedaled to break my leg and headed to school. When we
arrived, it was time for the first period to end. Sang-woo snorted and headed to the
engineering college.
Jang Jae-young declared that he was going to leave his life, so his worries were
gone. Now the only thing left to do is to restore the place where the typhoon swept
away. Sang-woo stood in front of lecture room 303, waited for someone to leave, and
sat down in his clean seat. I opened my major book and read the letters with a fierce
momentum than ever before. The sympathetic nervous system pumped out adrenaline.
Anger towards Jang Jae-young became a good driving force. Sang-woo made eye
contact with the professor with scorching eyes and took notes with pen pressure
enough to tear the paper. I memorized everything I heard. If you just stare at the
problem, the solution unfolds in your mind. In terms of games, it felt like receiving a
fever buff. My heart was beating thumping.
It was unbearable for someone like Jang Jae-young to ruin their daily life. Sang-woo
lived a more violent life than usual on Fridays and weekends with the determination
not to become a victim. I sat at my desk and studied for several hours without getting
up, and in the spare time of my part-time job, I solved the problems that came up as
homework. I opened my eyes, looked at the letters, and delved into even the smallest
question without falling over.
The fever buff that lasted for three days was the last. Sang-woo felt a little depressed
and very tired. I tried not to think about anything, but as I lay down and stared at the
ceiling, miscellaneous thoughts filled my head. A hand that appeared out of nowhere,
abusive language spewing out evil, a friendly name, a tongue licking your lips slowly, all
had to do with one person. A virus called Jang Jae-young seemed to multiply
exponentially in the brain.
Even after the light was turned off, the phenomenon continued. It was a bad night.
return 0;
9:16 go to school
12:45 Moving to the library, checking new books, borrowing books, solving
assignments
7:00 game
9:00 Study game trends, identify community trends
12:30 go to bed
Sang-woo went to school at the same time, sat in the same seat, and took classes in
the same posture. The 'Embedded System' class was as new as it was the first time I
heard it. It was like Sang-woo's first class because he was not able to concentrate at all
due to frequent interruptions during that time. After the hectic class to check the parts
to study separately, the professor called Sang-woo.
"Yes."
You will be disciplined separately by the professor. In the past, it would have felt like
the sky was falling, but Sang-woo's expression as he puts the book in his backpack was
dull. A lot of strange things happened, so this kind of stress felt like nothing.
Sang-woo got up from his seat and headed to the church. The professor was clearing
the microphone.
'My senior with chili pepper whispered to me to watch a movie, and I got an erection,
so I didn't attend class with the intention of taking a leave of absence.'
"sorry."
“Where is the student next to you who sleeps every day?”
“Maybe he withdrew.”
The professor arranged the microphone, handed it over to the assistant, and stared at
Sang-woo. His eyes were fierce and sharp, but Sangwoo didn't feel anything.
“Where is the professor in our department that Sangwoo student does not know?”
The professor laughed lightly. It was so faint that it didn't even look like a smile.
“It was disappointing in the beginning, but it’s not too late. From now on, let’s make
up our minds.”
"Yes."
Sang-woo nodded and headed to the restaurant. It has become a habit to eat with a
squinting eye in case someone is sitting next to you. But no matter how much he
looked around the restaurant, no one seemed to want to sit next to him. Sang-woo
finished his meal at the same time as usual and went out to the exit.
"student! Coffee is here!”
"Oh… . Yes."
Even without Sang-woo's control, his feet automatically moved towards the third
refrigerator. His hand opened the door and pulled out a can of coffee from the fifth
tier.
I left the canteen and grabbed a can of coffee. It was a ready-made product, so it was
sure to taste the same as before. But strangely, as I felt that it was tasteless, Sang-woo
realized it. Not everything returned to normal.
return 0;
The week went by as usual. Everything was in place and everything was fine. The only
thing that changed was Sangwoo himself.
Sang-woo was in the first depression he experienced, but he worked harder and
studied harder. But life was creaking everywhere. My concentration was reduced and I
had to think for a long time to figure out what it meant even if I listened to it. The
game wasn't fun and everything became annoying. There were times when I was
brushing my teeth, reading a book, or walking down the street and suddenly stopped
as if I had a lag. At that time, I had to turn my attention back to what I was working
on. It was very annoying.
In front of the classroom, in front of the stairs of the College of Engineering and
Humanities, in front of the restaurant, and in the library. At first, I thought it was
because of my habit of avoiding him that my steps slowed down in the places where
Jang Jae-young appeared. However, even knowing that he did not appear with a 100%
chance, it was not fixed.
And there was a minor problem. These were terrible symptoms such as bringing only
three chopsticks while trying to eat at a restaurant, wearing clothes backwards, wearing
pairs of socks, and sitting for 10 minutes without doing anything.
It was until Tuesday. Until I saw Jae-young Jang in front of the front door.
He was not wearing red padding or a green coat. With his glasses on again, Sang-
woo was standing in a baseball jacket he had never seen before, smoking a cigarette. In
front of Jaeyoung, two male students were playing happily on the skateboard.
Sang-woo wondered how he had found Jae-yeong among the people at such a
distance. Maybe it’s because of his unique, tangled posture, maybe it’s because he’s
tall, maybe it’s because he has a slim body, or because he has a pretty smile.
Sang-woo was unfamiliar with himself thinking like that. He passed Jaeyoung quickly,
but just the fact that he saw him brought back a boring and slow day. A short fever
mode with adrenaline rush has arrived. It didn't last long, but Sang-woo felt for a
moment that he had returned to normal.
Abstract Woo - Breakdown.
Once again, that fact dug into Sang-woo's thought circuit. He walked in, crouching
like a scumbag in the rain, washed his hands, and sat down at his desk. I looked at my
phone and saw a message. Sang-woo felt his heart pounding, but when he opened it, it
was not what he expected.
Unsaved: Hello~ I've contacted you after seeing the announcement ^^ I'm a 3rd year student with Dezan. How can I tell
16:52
I've been waiting for so long, so why isn't it motivated? Maybe it's because I found
seven misspellings. Sang-woo wrote his e-mail address in the reply box and asked to
send his portfolio. Then it was his turn to lock the screen, but his fingers were opening
a message from someone else.
When I touched the thumbnail, the picture filled the screen. Next to Sang-woo, who
was stiff, Jae-young was smiling and sticking out his tongue. The fluorescent light was
reflected on the rubber wig they wore on their foreheads. Zoom in, zoom in, zoom
in. Jaeyoung's face filled the phone screen. I didn't like it because the picture quality
was so bad.
A few years ago, a few of my middle and high school friends wrote down a few
personal messages. Sang-woo searched for Jang Jae-young in the name window. There
were a lot of people with the same name, but the version he was looking for was at the
top because it had many followers.
The introductory text was short, and the portfolio page was linked below. 22 posts,
not many. The most recent post was a picture of me and Sang-woo on Chinese Skit
Day.
Looking at the upload time, it was before the relationship broke up at the library. The
number of 'likes' that Sangwoo had never seen before exceeded hundreds.
When he came to his senses, Sang-woo had already maximized the picture and
captured and saved it so that Jae-young's comment was visible. He entered the world
of Jang Jae-young in earnest.
The first post was a selfie I posted early last year. Under the short post saying please
take good care of me, there were a bunch of comments with hearts and teardrop
icons. Pointed piercings appeared protruding. His bleached hair was brittle and pale
orange. There was no expression on his face.
'It's really bad. It's like flying.'
Sang-woo put his head down as if being sucked into the monitor and then saved the
picture.
The second was a post that tagged the store they worked for. Jae-young knew the
president of 'Olive Tree' well, so he seemed to help with the job. There was a picture of
him standing with the president in front of the cafe and the day and time of the week
he worked part-time.
Saved.
The next post was also a promotional post, and then a personal photo came out
again. This time, he was sitting in front of the computer wearing a black beanie hat and
glasses. His hair was still bright. It looked like he was doing homework all night looking
out the window.
'What's wrong with a person who stays up all night? Bonamana directing photos.'
Saved.
Next, next, next. The mouse moved frantically. In the photo wearing a suit, Jae-young
is posing with her friends.
'I'm interested.'
Saved.
In a short video of him falling while practicing his skateboarding skills while wearing a
helmet and protective gear, he was smiling while sitting on the floor.
'… Silly.'
Saved.
In the next photo, Jaeyoung is holding a spray in front of a large wall with bizarre
fluorescent letters and black tongues.
In another photo, she was wearing heavy theatrical make-up and her eyes closed in
front of a black background.
‘…….’
Saved.
A captivating smile, sparkling eyes that seem to be interesting, lips wriggling with
playfulness, a sarcastic laugh, and a villainous laugh. It was unreasonable to try to
define him in one word. Sang-woo suddenly remembered when he was six years old
when he first saw a model of a fork crane. After asking every day to buy it for 15 days,
my father secretly bought it for my mother. Even then, I felt this way. Even now, in his
mid-twenties, Sang-woo's heart beats when he sees a fork crane.
Sang-woo saw and saved all of the short play videos, play promotional materials,
skateboard videos, and graffiti videos uploaded to YouTube, searched Jae-young's ID
on Google to find his interests, and even found his YouTube playlist made up of
electronic music.
No, I can't even use the cap and it keeps spraying because I press the wrong button. Don't buy it.
Sang-woo found and read all of the few comments he left on the Internet community
and even shopping mall product reviews. I went to the portfolio page to see all of his
graduation works and contest winners, his outsourced website, indie singer concert
posters and banners, magazine illustrations, and graffiti and illustration as a hobby. I
searched the previous post on the school intranet and read all the articles about the
drama club recruitment, the play promotion, and the exhibition promotion article.
(5 minutes away) Men's room, come alone
It was a dark morning, and Sang-woo came to his senses while reading a post from 6
years ago.
In the 'Jang Jae-young' folder created on his desktop, thirty-six photos and nine
videos were sorted by date. Sang-woo opened them one by one and found himself
appreciating them in more detail. I had only memories of fighting or grunting with Jae-
young, but as I was doing this, I got the illusion that I was getting closer to him. I want
to call him differently.
When Jae-young, whom he first met by chance in a PC room, cursed in front of the
ramen in front of him and asked not to see him again, it was just a small format
error. However, even after catching the error, the program does not work normally. Like
seven cans of coffee in the refrigerator, small flaws that slipped into Sang-woo's heart
did not disappear.
'It seems that there was useful code in the deleted source.'
It has been 12 days since I fought Jang Jae-young. The coffee has lost its flavor, the
games have become uninteresting, and I have a feeling of depression. Sang-woo was
far from the original image of a human being swayed by emotions. But how much
emotion was consumed for more than three weeks.
He examined the cause of the problem, the interest relationship between him and
Jae-young, and the circumstances in detail. The more complex the problem, the simpler
the solution. We removed the irrational elements (weird mood, the body not wanting
to be controlled by the head, etc.) and only analyzed the situation. The reason Sang-
woo is dissatisfied is that Jang Jae-young has disappeared from his daily life. Then you
have to bring him back to life.
Several options were combined to arrive at an optimal solution. There was only one
conclusion, and there was no other way. Sang-woo always preferred the shortest
distance. I had no intention of leaving the shortcut and going back.
return 0;
"there."
While eating after the cultural theory class, Sang-woo called for wisdom. As she ate
the soup, she raised her head.
"Yes Yes."
A smile spread across the expressionless face. Sang-woo thought that she was in
need these days.
"Oh! It's the first place we ate together, oppa. Remember? But it's very expensive... .”
Ji-hye looked very happy to be able to eat expensive rice. Sang-woo asked for her
cell phone number in front of the restaurant, as they might cross each other. Wisdom
called the number and stuttered.
“I’m Ryu.”
I saved it as 'French and French Literature and Jihye Ryu,' and put my phone back in
my bag.
“It’s wisdom.”
It was a little past six o'clock in the afternoon, and Sang-woo and Ji-hye were
standing in line in front of the restaurant. Sang-woo had never in his life wasted time
waiting for nothing to eat, but he thought he could bear it for this day.
When the store clerk opened the large door on the second floor, a rattling bell
sounded. As soon as I entered the spacious store, my eyes turned all over the
place. Every table was filled with customers, and three staff members walked around
wearing black aprons.
Jang Jae-young was taking orders at a table far away from Sang-woo. The scribbled
writing on the memo paper in his hand must be a mess to the point of being
unrecognizable otherwise. After writing down all the letters, Jae-young put the note in
the pocket of his apron. When he turned to Sang-woo, Sang-woo thought that their
eyes met. But it seemed to be an illusion. Jaeyoung quickly walked into the kitchen.
“…….”
He must have been too naive to think that he would come to take orders like last
time. An unknown man came up to the table and asked what he was going to order. Ji-
hye ordered vongole pasta, and Sang-woo ordered the top menu.
"what?"
“Are you making me flirt… . Hey, isn't that something only people who know a little
eat eat? I saw you again.”
Sang-woo was busy looking to see where Jae-young was. At the same time, it was
impossible to answer every word of wisdom. Then I saw Jae-young getting out of the
kitchen and heading for the exit. Going out with an apron on is a story about looking at
work for a while. Do you have any urgent business? Have you ever seen yourself and
avoided it?
Food came out while wasting time with questions that could not be answered after
thinking about it. The wisdom one was plain spaghetti, but the Sangwoo one was some
red mussel soup. Sang-woo didn't have any food to cover, but he didn't like having to
peel it because it was annoying. Reluctantly, he grabbed a spoon and fork, picked out
the mussel flesh and began to eat it.
"it's delicious?"
"no."
"I'm sorry."
Even while he was eating, his eyes kept moving towards the door. Even when Sang-
woo took half of the many mussels and put them in his mouth, Jae-young did not
come back. Sang-woo was so nervous that he couldn't stand it. When he woke up,
Jihyo gave a surprised expression.
Wisdom was a good but suspicious child. Sang-woo gave his wallet as a hostage and
stood up. As I walked out the door, my steps got faster and faster. He ran down the
stairs like he was running. And as soon as I left the building, I stopped.
After staring at him for so long, the shadows fell and his dark eyes looked at Sang-
woo. Jaeyoung frowned in a scene like a frame in a noir genre game.
For a moment, Sang-woo thought that he might hang up and talk to him. His eyes
were like that.
However, Jae-young took his eyes off Sang-woo and put the cigarette between his
fingers in his mouth. He put the phone between his ear and shoulder and looked at his
watch.
“Senior Jae-young.”
Sangwoo exhaled abruptly. Jaeyoung's gaze, who had been staring at the wall, slowly
returned to him. Sang-woo met Jae-young's eyes and said.
“Tell me you’re busy and hang up. I’m going to tell you something important.”
Blue
As a matter of fact, Jae-young believed through several cases that he could earn
loyalty if he treats his juniors moderately and buys him rice. There was only one junior
that didn't get it so far. As he ate with a look that made him doubt that the pizza was
made of clay, he was like a machine responsible for destroying food and sending it
down. The risotto didn't taste bad either, but it was a face that had not been
seasoned. It's not like I'm a picky eater when I see them eating in the student cafeteria
every day without complaint.
Jaeyoung, who is in her fifth year of college, was very good at recruiting juniors. Boys
and girls have different ways of winning likes. Boys usually become loyal dogs if they
show them how to ride a skateboard after lining their stomachs with food
delivered. The female students are equally bloated, but with more care. Talking often
and smiling can give the impression of being friendly. In that sense, Choo Choo wanted
to be a third adult.
It was surprising that none of them worked. Jaeyoung wanted to press the backspace
because he thought it was someone else's, but because of his embrace, he got a sore
throat and pushed harder.
On Sunday, when he was more angry with the webtoon on his slow laptop, Jae-
young had a good idea. His obsession with tearing down his laptop to get the
attention of his juniors was also unusual. Jaeyoung was the type of person who was
engrossed once he got into it. If you ask me to format it, I'm sure it will be cut off, so I
decorated the bait and prepared all the necessary equipment and went to the PC room.
Sang-woo acted without any error with Jae-young's expectations. He always had a
sad expression on his face when dealing with people, but his black eyes twinkled when
he touched the machine.
It's difficult to explain why. Because he doesn't have a dog-like style, a cat-like style,
or a rabbit-like style. To put it bluntly, although it is difficult to find a resemblance
among common mammals, he certainly had a cute side.
A cub waiting for the signal to change even in front of a pedestrian crossing in an
empty city. A guy who never deviates even a single step from his plans. From one to
ten, he was different from Jaeyoung, who is proud of his improvised and free-spirited
personality. However, his qualities, which he would have ignored in the past, started to
be regarded as a charm after a process that felt funny.
It seemed more and more cute that he was blunt and always answered a question
when asked, that he worked hard when he gave him a homework assignment, and that
his pronunciation was messed up without making a small mistake in spelling or
grammar in Chinese class. Besides, his appearance always stimulated Jae-young's
curiosity. The white skin covered in the black clothes, and the rule-obsessive
personality in it. If a Disney deer that evolved with the dark attribute was typing on a
typewriter, would it feel like that?
'Cyberpunk background, it's like a dark herbivore that doesn't feel anything strange
while surviving alone on a planet destroyed by nuclear war.'
In a way, it was natural for Jae-young, who is sensitive to vision, to be drawn to things
that were hidden, reversed, and different on the outside and inside.
I wish I had been there. Jae-young began to feel a sense of crisis. It is desirable for
seniors to love juniors, but to what extent is it acceptable? For example, there was no
problem with the fact that Sang-woo scribbled on my nose was cute and made me
laugh. But what if you feel the urge to bite Heo Yeon by the nape of the neck?
I've been thinking for a long time that I want to take off a hat that looks like it's
stuffed on the top of my head, but when I saw her bare face, I was more than satisfied
with my curiosity. I wish I had taken that jacket off. I wish I had taken that t-shirt off. I
wish I had taken those shoes and socks off. How dry are your shoulders, what shape
your toes are, how much hair is there, and what color are your nipples?
In the morning drama, my sister-in-law spit out lines that could have been written
with a vicious expression, and I wanted to feel sorry for her. At the same time, I was
thinking - so why are you pretending to be close to him, unlucky. It was a good thing
for a six-year-old kid. Jaeyoung was a bearded high school student when Ryu Ji-hye
was drooling her nose. What had been done on a light occasion was starting to go
crazy.
It was around that time that I thought maybe it was a romantic feeling. Cho Sang-
woo was a really strange guy, but Jae-young had a habit of being attracted to things
that stimulated curiosity. But the idea was too much of a problem. First of all, Jaeyoung
didn't have much time left. I applied again to graduate school. It had already been
applied once, and looking at the nuances of the email from the person in charge, I
thought I would pass if nothing happened.
A more serious problem was that Sang-woo was a male student. Jaeyoung had once
been swept away by the atmosphere while traveling to Europe a few years ago and
slept with a small and cute-looking gay man, but he never wanted to date or date a
man. There's nothing I can't do, but I couldn't imagine at all that my opponent was
abstract-woo. Isn't he the kind of guy who thinks that the world will perish when men
watch movies together?
Whether he thought this way or that way, the conclusion was that it was impossible
with him. Jaeyoung was able to act more arbitrarily because of that. Using the
confidence that I would never cross the 'line' as a shield, using the image of a good-
natured senior as a mask, even though it was obvious that Sang-woo hated me, he
stabbed me and hit me.
Time passed quickly. Contrary to what I thought after a few days, two weeks were
filled with various joys. Although it wasn't as much as I wanted to, I got to know
Sangwoo a lot. As the long-awaited course correction period ended, Jae-young
became more and more frustrated.
So, it seems that he prepared his Chinese skit very recklessly. I've never worked so
hard on a liberal arts assignment before. He did everything from script, costume and
prop preparation to translation, document work, and pronunciation advice. In case I
couldn't wake up, I set ten alarms, packed a bunch of props, and headed to school. And
the moment I saw the back of Sang-woo going to change clothes, I realized that I was
ruined.
Jae-young was thrilled to see him walking in an upright posture when no one was
looking in the hallway. An old-fashioned navy blue shirt with a collar, black straight
trousers with pleats at the ankles, and a black ballcap that deserves to be burned. There
is nothing to be excited about just by looking at the description, but it really
was. Jaeyoung was embarrassed by the feeling of being the protagonist of a romance
movie about a pigtail wig or something.
Things happened when I thought I had finished skiing successfully and thought
Sang-woo had opened up a little bit. They insisted on going to see a movie, but they
were bluntly rejected. As Sang-woo had guessed, Jae-young had no intention of
tormenting or hurting him, just wanted to see the side face staring blankly at the
screen in the dark. To be honest, I asked confidently knowing that I would allow that
much. How much have you invested?
Why do men watch movies together, being with you is hard work. It was a word that
made sense. There were many times that Sang-woo wanted to beat him by saying
something he didn't mean, but I've never seen him say anything wrong. Jaeyoung
laughed at being rejected over and over, but it didn't work out that time. I tried so
hard, but I thought the seeds didn't work, so the lid opened.
Jaeyoung fought on the spot and destroyed the tower he had built so far. He
possesses acting skills that can make you believe that the person you are accustomed
to is an angel, but it was not easy to even tremble in front of Cho Sang-woo.
When I got home, I thought about it. The thought of 'Fuck, I hate it so much, I have
to turn it off' and the greed of 'I still want to end the relationship in a moderately good
way' clashed. After the battle between the angel and the devil, the devil won.
A demon who hides his dark desire to see Cho Sang-woo's face one more time.
The next day, before the 'Embedded System' lecture began, Jae-young called Sang-
woo and gave him a movie ticket, pretending nothing was wrong, and imagined myself
leaving the room coolly. Even if it was full of deceit and scratches, it seemed that a
picture like that could build up self-esteem. However, no matter how much he waited,
Sang-woo did not appear.
Cho Sang-woo is probably the most obsessed with attendance checks at Hankuk
University. The sense of betrayal I felt when he didn't show up after class started was
beyond my imagination. Can you hate it that much? I didn't ask you to hold hands, I
just asked you to see a movie? Jae-young, whose self-esteem was crushed as much as
it was crushed, ran to Sang-woo's house and cursed, behaving badly.
In the end, Jae-young could not be a good senior to Cho Sang-woo. It was the only
way to hide the regret and messed up self-esteem by insisting that we never see each
other again, like the day we first met. A good senior, Nabal, and giving up cleanly.
After that, Jae-young didn't even go to school except on Wednesday, when there was
a 'Korean University Character Education' class that he didn't want to talk about. Even
on the days of class, I avoided the routes that Sang-woo went.
Twice Wednesday passed between drinking nights and days, playing billiards,
bowling, going to the club, playing games, and going to the movies with quirky
girlfriends. I tried to open the selfies that the two took together 15 times, but it seemed
that the uncomfortable feelings associated with him could be blown away like this. If it
hadn't been for Sang-woo to appear again at the store where Jae-young works.
'That bastard!'
He clearly warned me not to see him again, but it was clearly ignored. At first, Jae-
young's anger and irritation caused him to go dizzy, but after standing with his back
against the kitchen wall for about five minutes, he calmed down. When I thought about
it soberly, there was a high possibility that Choo Choo had no thoughts at all. He's a
person who deletes unnecessary data, so he didn't seem to remember the fact that Jae-
young worked in a store.
Sang-woo and Ji-hye looked like fresh students who came on a date. Maybe next
time you come, I'll hold your hand. The next time you come, you'll have to set the
ship. After that, a wedding invitation must have come out, and then to the full
term. Don't watch the video.
Jaeyoung didn't do anything useless and left. I told the manager that I was going to
take a break and smoked under the building. I just got a call from a friend, but I
couldn't hear what he was saying, so I gave a rough answer. Cigarettes were consumed
that day.
It was then that I found Sang-woo who was following me. He had a wretched face,
and overall he was like a general who was about to enter a duel.
“Senior Jae-young.”
Have you ever been called that by Cho Sang-woo? Jae-young's head turned slowly
that day.
“Tell me you’re busy and hang up. I’m going to tell you something important.”
'Yep! It was so powerful that I had to say, 'I understand!' Jae-young, who was
overwhelmed by the momentum, said that he would call again later and ended the
call. I couldn't even understand what Choo Sang-woo was trying to say. You're trying to
rip off alimony for compensation for psychological damage. If so, it seemed like it
might be.
"why?"
“… what?"
he said quietly. When he said that, Jaeyoung rolled up his sleeves and said, 'Yeah,
that's great! As if to answer, 'Let's run with great strength!' Looking into his eyes, he
was even more amazed because he didn't seem to expect even an eyebrow that he
would be rejected. Choo Choo doesn't seem to understand what happens when two
people fight. He seemed to have no idea how difficult it was to fill the emotional gap
once it was broken.
“I will make it well and earn money to study abroad. It is also an opportunity to
create a good portfolio. We will support all the concepts you want to try, the designs
you want to try, so just leave it to us. I am sure I will do well.”
What kind of electric blanket salesman is this again? The absurdity only grew.
Jae-young raised his hand to stop Sang-woo from running away. There was
something to point out. He didn't know why he was doing this, but he clenched his fists
and looked at Sang-woo, who stood as resolutely as a boy cartoon character.
"Elder?"
Sangwoo shut his mouth. As he bowed his head, his face was covered with a black
visor.
Sang-woo raised his head again, and his eyes rose with rebellion. Jaeyoung
pretended nothing was wrong and threw the cigarette on the ground and rubbed it off
with his feet, but his palms were sweating and his heart was pounding.
"no. You don’t.”
"I see."
And there was an awkward silence between them. The corners of his lips twitched as
he stared at the wall. Even in this situation, if he feels cute, it's not really
normal. Jaeyoung fixed his gaze on the floor and looked again at why Sangwoo had
come to him.
If you are talking about Mr. Choo Sang-woo, who has an extremely efficient thought
circuit, if you need to collaborate with someone, you can easily ignore the fact that he
fought a big fight. In that sense, I would say there is no end. But Jae-young, who is too
human, was not confident enough to make a game with Sang-woo.
His self-esteem had plummeted and his sarcasm had been bruised, and he was
infested with maggots. No matter how much Sang-woo washed his mouth and
disregarded Jae-young for a while, pretending that it had nothing to do with him, Jae-
young had already suffered a fatal blow.
In addition, it was two weeks of suppressing the emotions that crossed the line and
the dirty desires that Chimi occasionally had. Jae-young didn't want to prolong
that. That's why I had to refuse... .
It was the first time Cho Sang-woo asked for anything. Only for that reason, Jae-
young could not refuse with a single blow. Have you forgotten the memories of being
insulted every time? It's pathetic that I can't even write a page just because he
approached me first. Jae-young didn't understand himself.
But on the other hand, it is very moving to see a robot that can only slap on the
cheek one day and talk to him. Jaeyoung came to think that he deserved to be
nominated for the next Nobel Peace Prize.
“I know you are going to study abroad. Please give me 4 months until vacation. No
matter what, I will finish it.”
“The development period is too short. You have to study at the same time.”
“I will reduce hard coding and actively use game engines. I don’t take a few classes
anyway.”
Where does the driving force for going straight like that, shamelessness, and will
come from? Sangwoo didn't seem to have any problems at all. It was not easy even if I
tried to criticize it because it looked like they were trying to do something
unreasonable. It seemed that Jaeyoung had already fallen for that pointless proposal.
A sense of duty as a senior, guilt, portfolio greed, and expectations of working with
talented developers. I don't need it all, and I think it's an excuse to keep seeing Cho
Sang-woo again.
"that… they say. Okay."
Sang-woo nodded as if he had been waiting for that word. I couldn't see it properly,
but it seemed like he was smiling a little.
The confident expression and the tone of the dialogue made him look like the main
character of the movie. Jae-young just stared at the back, as stiff as a
frostbite. Goosebumps were sprouting from my arms. It was kind of hard to believe. It
was dark, so I was just afraid of how Sang-woo would have reacted if it had been bright
daylight. The black apron must have bulged out, so even the AI would know what that
meant.
It felt like a blue screen popped up while I was designing on a sluggish computer.