In the morning, while rubbing my sleepy eyes and brushing my teeth, the doorbell rang through the bathroom door.
He’s the one who’ll come here early in the morning.
I walked to the front door with squeaky footsteps and opened the door.
“Why are you here?”
He asked me to meet him at the station because it was annoying.
But the man at the door wasn’t the cockroach-like ferocious kid I expected.
“Huh, hey?”
A thin voice tickles my ears. Confused by that pitiful yet cute melody, I lowered my head and looked carefully at the face of the person in front of me.
The silver threads dangling under the tightly pressed black hat and the blue eyes fluttering between them.
There is only one person I know who has a face like this.
Yu Ga-ryun, the sassy little brother who is currently shaking my heart here and there was looking at me with his fingers wiggled.
As soon as I saw her face, I straightened my trembling body as I cooled my cheeks that started burning as if I had waited.
“Sorry, I’m sorry. I will go.”
“no! I thought it was someone else.”
Having said that, Yu Ga-ryun sighed, sweeping her chest. I continued talking while looking at her like that.
“What happened in the morning, all of a sudden.”
Upon hearing my words, Yu Ga-ryun pursed her lips and bowed her head.
“… … Would you like to come in?”
“Well, is that okay?”
Instead of answering, I nodded and followed Yu Ga-ryun as she carefully stepped into the living room.
“Be at ease.”
Ga-ryun Yu, who had been looking around like a baby sparrow, soon sat down on the sofa in front of the TV. I did a good job cleaning yesterday, won’t it smell?
I opened the cupboard and took out a cup, putting aside the clutter in my head.
“What would you like to drink? coffee? green tea? There is also wheat flour.”
“Ah, rust, no, coffee. I’ll have coffee.”
Ga-ryun Yu, who was handed the coffee from me, blew a gust of wind with her small lips, and slowly brought her lips together.
“What do you think? Is that edible? Isn’t it spicy?”
It’s bland, it’s not like ramen. Desperate for my vocabulary, I pricked up my ears and focused on Yu Ga-ryun’s reaction.
“Yes, Neet. it’s delicious. It’s very tasty. It makes me want to drink all day.”
“Yeah, that’s right. I’m glad.”
In the midst of the awkward silence, only the squeaking sound resounded. I made up my mind again and opened my mouth.
“By the way, it’s been a long time. Almost a week?”
Yu Ga-ryun nodded her head without saying a word.
“I miss you.”
“Wow.”
As soon as he finished speaking, black water came out of Yu Ga-ryun’s mouth while drinking coffee.
Yu Ga-ryun, who had been coughing for a while, straightened her posture and ruffled her hair. The peeking ears were reminded of red.
“But when I try to talk, they run away and get ignored… … . I thought they had just reconciled, but I knew they were being hated again—”
“no!”
When I was startled by the sudden roar and blinked my eyes, Yu Ga-ryun continued to speak while waving her hand as if in embarrassment.
“Oh, I’m sorry. Well, it’s not that I hate you or that I’m ignoring communication.”
Yu Ga-ryun, who had licked her lips for a moment, turned her head and opened her mouth while looking sideways.
“I just don’t know what to do… … .”
Looking at that face somehow made me feel ashamed, so I kept my mouth shut even though I thought I should say something.
“… … Are you too selfish?”
“yes?”
Yu Ga-ryun looked up at me with hesitating eyes and said.
“I hate it as I want it, I like it on my own terms, then run away on my own terms, and come to me on a subject like that… … . don’t you like it? such a person.”
“no.”
I picked up a tissue and opened my mouth, wiping the coffee drops that were about to run down Yu Ga-ryeon’s chin.
“But I don’t want you to run away.”
Yu Ga-ryun pulled her face back as if startled by the sudden touch. I hated her like that, so I grabbed her nose with my index finger and pulled it lightly.
“If you say something that upsets people, take some responsibility.”
“Sorry, I’m sorry… … .”
“It’s okay to know.”
Yu Ga-ryun was crying while holding her nose. I found it very cute, so I stopped laughing.
I sat down next to Yu Ga-ryun and turned on the TV. The glance of her gleaming over her cheek was soft yet tickling.
“But can I stay like this? Aren’t you supposed to go to work soon?”
“Ah, it’s okay to write an annual leave. The remaining things are resolved by outsourcers.”
“As you live, the day will come when you use your annual leave.”
After hearing my words, Yu Ga-ryun answered in a low voice.
“… … Is it nonsense?”
It’s a start again. Even it felt cute, so I thought for a while on how to play this time, but I was able to come to my senses only after hearing the alarm sound from my smartphone.
“It’s not a nuisance, but I have a prior appointment today.”
“ah… … .”
A shadow fell on Yu Ga-ryun’s face. As she fiddled with the hem of her clothes with such a gloomy expression, she immediately opened her mouth with a forced smile.
“Then there is nothing you can do. I will come again next time.”
“What’s next? You are going too.”
“yes?”
* * *
“… … What are you going to do?”
Midsummer’s eyes at Yu Ga-ryun and I are dyed with irritation. The guy’s hair fluttering in the wind from the vent looked like a living creature.
“what?”
“Why is that woman here?”
Midsummer looked at Yu Ga-ryun with sharp eyes and said. Yu Ga-ryun’s expression looking at such a guy was also rotten.
“… … That promise was made with this girl.”
I entered between the two of them with a subtle air current and parted my lips.
“I know we don’t get along.”
Midsummer kicked the ground with his foot as if someone he knew was like that.
“However, Ga-ryun is a strict social worker with a working life. What am I… … . I’m an incumbent incumbent who went to the company but never did a proper job.”
At those words, Midsummer’s feet, which had been pounding on the ground nervously as if dancing tap dance, stopped. Meanwhile, Yu Ga-ryun pulled on the brim of the hat she was wearing.
“Based on that experience, I can give you more realistic advice. Even if it’s not, I don’t think there’s anything wrong with increasing perspectives.”
Midsummer still frowned as if he was dissatisfied, but that was all, and he didn’t say anything against it.
Ga-ryun Yu, who was watching the scene closely, stabbed me in the back. Soon she stood up and opened her mouth to my ear.
“why?”
“What the hell are you going to do? … Is a girl so obedient to accept it?”
Embarrassed by the strange warm feeling in my ears, I reflexively pulled my face back.
“Oh my, didn’t I tell you?”
I opened my mouth while trying to ignore the questionable gazes of the two people who pricked my cheeks.
“Jobtopia. I want to give him some work experience.”
National Vocational Experience Center, Jobtopia. It is a public facility established to help young people who are growing up in their career exploration and career development.
The reason I came here today, needless to say, is for midsummer.
What he needs now is not to create dreams, but to know how many different dreams exist in this world.
In that respect, this place where you can experience various jobs firsthand would be the best place for him.
“It’s a lot bigger than I thought.”
Upon entering the entrance, Ga-ryun Yu opened her eyes wide as if she was surprised and looked at the facility. After a while, Midsummer, who was looking around with a slightly nervous expression, opened his mouth.
“Look over there.”
Where midsummer pointed, students in school uniforms lined up.
“How old are you?”
Although it was decorated in its own way, judging from the face that still has a young T-shirt and the unsteady height, it would be like a 3rd grader in middle school if you play well.
I scratched my head as if I didn’t know and opened my mouth.
“Well, shall I ask you?”
“No thanks.”
Midsummer tried to push my shoulder with my body while saying that, but the attempt was unsuccessful, thanks to the fact that I pulled back.
“oh.”
“Ah, sorry. Are there any injuries?”
… … I thought it was, but it wasn’t. I collided with a middle-aged woman standing behind me while trying to escape midsummer, and I bowed my head as I apology.
Fortunately, the light bump didn’t lead to serious injuries, and the middle-aged woman left the place after saying it was okay.
“It looks good.”
Midsummer laughed at me like that, but couldn’t take my eyes off the middle-aged woman who was getting farther away and the child holding her hand tightly.
“It’s good, it’s because of you.”
I gave him a light grab on the top of his head and moved on.
“Let’s go in slowly.”
