As we got closer to the entrance, the crowd in uniforms gradually increased in number, and now they occupied half of the hall.
Midsummer, who had been squinting at the students who had lined up behind the door according to the teacher’s instructions, suddenly turned around.
“… … Shall we go.”
I grabbed Midsummer’s shoulder as he was about to get out of the line. Then he looked up at me with an anxious expression as if he wanted to see him just once.
“I can’t, where are you going to leave me here?”
“But among the people here.”
I am the only high school student. Midsummer answered with a crawling voice.
“What does that matter? As it is written here, there is no age limit for entry.”
“I mean, it’s true, it’s actually only a place for kids.”
When I asked a question while holding the pamphlet, Midsummer was sweating profusely and averted his gaze.
It’s not that I don’t know the feeling, but the real shame isn’t about falling behind, it’s about running away from what you’re supposed to do. It was the moment when I had organized my thoughts and opened my mouth.
“No one will know anyway.”
it was yugyeom Yawning as if bored, she plucked her nails and continued talking while looking at the midsummer.
“No one knows. Do you know if you are a high school student, or if you are an unemployed 20-year-old, rolling around in the corner of the room and then coming to take a job after being pushed by your parents? The subject of a stocky stature.”
Yu Ga-ryun looked at me and smiled.
“Is that right?”
“Then, I’ll be busy with my own work, so where will I have time to take care of others?”
I nodded and added.
“Especially, there is no time to worry about such a stocky little boy.”
“Right. It’s nice if you don’t get annoyed about what elementary school students are doing at the Youth Experience Center.”
Upon hearing my words, Yu Ga-ryun smiled and ruffled her hair.
Midsummer, who stared blankly at him, raised his eyes like royal bells and clenched his fists trembling as if he had regained his consciousness.
“b*tch, am I average? Can’t you see I’m a lot bigger than the guy over there?”
That’s right. Even though her face still has a little bit of young tea left, she looked much more mature than the other students around her.
But what matters now is not the truth. Ignoring Midsummer’s words, I looked at Yu Ga-ryun and opened my mouth.
“It’s average, that’s it.”
“I’m talking about the average elementary school student.”
“no. Even if Yu-Jin is like that, how big are you in there—”
As Han Yeo-reum was about to say something as she stretched out her finger toward Yu Ga-ryun, a chirping voice came from the front.
“People from the back will enter.”
“Oppa, stop worrying about a little boy like that and go in.”
“OK.”
We walked forward, leaving the midsummer pouring out words like rapid-fire from behind. The laughter that came out of his mouth grew louder and louder.
“We’ll help you get in.”
“Ah yes. Two adults and a student—”
“These are real in pairs… … !”
Midsummer, who came in between me and Ga-ryun Yu, raised our voices while pulling our forearms.
As I was arguing for a while, a soft laughter came from the front.
“Oh, it’s nice to have a good relationship with the family.”
The elderly woman who received the ticket I gave her looked at midsummer with happy eyes and spoke to me.
“I’m envious because it looks like there’s a lot of aegyo to run to and hold Dad and Mom’s hands when they say they’ve fallen a little bit. My daughter-in-law was like that in the past, but these days she doesn’t do it anymore.”
Family, daughter, dad, mom. Familiar yet unfamiliar words come into my ears and stick to my ears.
In an instant, a blurry image started playing in front of my eyes.
In a church with a quiet atmosphere, where pure white light shone obliquely, I was waiting for someone while wearing a suit and fiddling with my tie.
Soon there was the sound of the door opening and people cheering.
A pure white dress swaying softly, and silver hair that tickles the eyes with a light that is as beautiful as that.
Yu Ga-ryun, who will be with me for the rest of my life from now on, was approaching me with a bright smile.
And the moment I was about to carefully grab that slender hand, the video changed along with the blackout.
On a gloomy night with the yellow light of street lamps streaming down the dark sky, exhausted from hard work, I staggered toward my home.
As soon as I got out of the elevator and opened the door helplessly, I felt a soft, cotton candy-like feel to my chest.
“Honey, you did a great job today.”
Yu Ga-ryun, wearing a blue apron, buried her face in my arms with those words and groaned for a long time.
cute, quirky, lovely
The intense emotion that springs from the depths of my heart that cannot be described in the words of this world and radiates throughout my body, I hugged Yu Ga-ryeon in my arms. It was a hug.
“Stop it, let’s eat.”
Ga-ryun Yu, who watched me wiggle her fingers in regret, continued to speak with her arms crossed as if she were begging for patience with this now.
“Our princess has been crying and screaming because she wants to see her father, and there is no riot. If you solve it first, I’ll do it again later… … . You know?”
I snorted and nodded my head. Come with anything, I’ll take care of everything. It was the moment when I made up my mind and clenched my fists and walked to the table.
“Dad!”
A cockroach wearing a black wig crawled out with a strange scream and attacked me.
“no.”
“Isn’t it?”
The voices of me and the cockroach united and resounded throughout the hall. I felt like I was going to vomit at any moment, as if I had had a nightmare.
“Yes? No, what… … .”
“Children and elders are also Cha-am! again it is When you see a young man, he makes you a father. There’s no way a kid can be that big at that age, right?”
A shrill voice rang out toward the bewildered elderly woman. The elderly woman opened her mouth with an awkward smile, as if she had just noticed.
“Oh, sorry. At this age, why do young people all look the same?”
“No, well, you can. Yes, um, haha… … .”
Rather than being misunderstood as a family, it was unbearably shameful that he reacted to an incident that could have been lightly laughed at.
Damn, I used to imagine with a single word because I was afraid it was not a single mother who had never dated a woman before. If I even hold my hand, I’m going to go get my own stamp on the marriage certificate.
“… … Let’s go in.”
Amidst the silence, I strode forward, hiding my burning face. It’s all because of that cockroach. If you didn’t insist on saying that it’s too late, you just came in quickly.
I turned my head to look at the midsummer that was following me.
But, instead of apologizing, that brazen little guy is staring at me with a wrinkled brow.
“Look at that dazzling eye. what did he do well Is not it?”
I looked to the side and spoke. It was the intention to cover up the embarrassing incident that happened earlier by making a public enemy.
“Yes, well, yes, yes, yes, what… … .”
The expression on Yu Ga-ryun’s reply was hard to see because the hat was completely lowered, but it was clear that the hand holding the brim was trembling slightly.
Maybe you saw the expression on my face when I was delusional? Don’t you think it’s creepy?
I glared at midsummer once again in the anger that slowly rose while I grabbed my head at the possibility that shouldn’t be there.
* * *
After lunch, Dasom returned to the office, got coffee in a mug and headed to the window.
When you swallow coffee, you feel a bitter taste as if you were waiting. Dasom put the glass down and exhaled a puffy, hot breath and looked out the window.
The cool blue sky and fluffy clouds that tickle the eyes sporadically floating between them. Needless to say, it was a perfect day.
Suddenly, a man’s face appeared in her mind. A face that looks like it will collapse at any moment if you touch it by mistake.
What is the child doing now? If the weather is this nice, it would be great to go out for a walk instead of staying at home. No, but what if there is an accident? Are you eating better than that? There was also a little bit of instant food mixed in the garbage bag I put out yesterday. Maybe I had a stomachache after eating the delivery food I ordered yesterday.
Dasom, who had been thinking for a while, suddenly raised her hands up and began to slap her on the cheek.
She was thinking of the one day when a man slashed his hand with a cold glance.
They’re not family, they’re dolls. The man’s words spew out foam like waves. The many atrocities she has committed so far are reflected through the bubbles that bloom.
I interfered in the child’s life because he was worried. He tried to lock the child in his arms, giving vague reasons to protect him.
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Upset. I feel bad enough to throw up at any moment. But the worst thing is that she has not given up on her regrets even now.
But it can’t be helped.
I want that child to be happy. No, I want to do that. it should be like that As much as you have been unhappy because of me so far, you have to be happier than that. For that, I… … .
The rattle grew louder and louder and now resounded throughout the office. It was the vibrating sound of the cell phone that came out of Dasom’s pocket that cut off the dry sound.
Dasom grabbed the phone with her red hot palms.
“Yeah, Mom. It’s me. Yes… … . Why daddy?”
Dasom’s face, who was responding with a bright voice to the voice flowing through the receiver, suddenly turned blue.
“yes… … ?”
Her lips were trembling softly as she sat down.
