chapter 2
2 – Elementary School Students
“Okay, then what shall we play?”
“Huh?”
She was good until she grabbed Jin-ah, who was about to go home, and seduced her to play with her, but then it was a problem.
Still, there’s no way you can take a girl and play hellish centrifuge games or crazy jungle gym jumps the way you play with the hyungs.
No, what. To be honest, I’d love to do that – but if you ask me to do it, I’m sure I’ll say no.
But I don’t think I have anything to play with you. It’s not too late even now, so let’s just go home by ourselves. It’s a bit strange to say.
Are there any sharp opinions?
But I didn’t have a good idea, so I was digging the sand floor with the toe of my shoe, and a few rocks came out.
“Air! Let’s air..!”
“What is air..?”
Blinking her brown eyes a few times, Jina asked like that, so she had nothing to say.
You don’t know the air? Yeah, well, first of all, I learned by looking over my shoulder at what the hyungs are doing, so I think I might not have known if I hadn’t had that opportunity.
How do I explain this? It’s a little complicated in my head, but I thought it was faster to show it with my body than to explain it in words.
“Come here- So. There are 5 stones like this- I’ll show you a demonstration from the 1st level!”
Jina was squatting next to me and watching the small stones rise and fall again.
Twinkle twinkle- He seems to be happy when he sees his big eyes shining. Glad you can have fun with this.
I’m not that good at air either, so I’m only up to 3rd level, let alone advanced techniques like arirang chigi, forsythia, and bungee jumping.
Is it because Jina is doing this for the first time..
“It’s difficult..”
She couldn’t even get the first dan right. Still, seeing her shut her mouth and swipe-swipe and throw air balls, she seemed to be having fun.
Usually, the hyungs didn’t play with me, so I played with air alone, but honestly, it was fun at that time too.
So right now, even with friends who aren’t even 1st level, it’s only natural that it’s more fun to do things together.
If Jina failed while playing air without thinking, I threw the air stone again- and if I failed again, Jina threw the air stone and played.
Since squatting in the corner of the playground to breathe air – Does it feel like time flies by?
-Corre
I’m hungry too. Come to think of it, since class ended at 12 o’clock, she had to eat something.
“Do you want something to eat?”
“…I have no money today”
“It’s okay, I brought it”
She got some pocket money from the director, and she intends to use it. The director said if you get a chance to eat something, share it with a friend.
No, actually, I had the intention of buying it for Jina even if I didn’t hear that from the director. She’s a bit like that when she eats something delicious alone!
“Follow me..!”
I saw it on my way to school, but there was a snack bar near here! She took Jin-ah and went to the snack bar in front of the front door.
Looking at the menu board hanging on the wall, I looked for something I could eat with the money I had…
“Two pica pork cutlets please..!”
“Yes, I understand~”
The lady who gave me the pica pork cutlet. She can’t eat tteokbokki because it’s too spicy, sundae is too expensive, and fish cake is too hot.
So she bought a pork cutlet, but Jin-ah made an expression that she didn’t know what it was like.
I already sprinkled ketchup on it and was enjoying it- Jina looked at the pork cutlet with her brown eyes blinking, and carefully bit her ear.
Then his brown eyes opened wide, and he ate deliciously – Jin-ah must have liked it too.
“- It’s delicious…!”
“Yes, I’m glad”
After eating pork cutlet on the spot, I looked at the clock hanging in the store and it was already 3:00.
“…I think I should go now!”
“Where are you going…?”
“I have to go home”
“…Ah, I see… Then… See you tomorrow..!”
When I said I was going home, Jin-a looked a bit sad, but she couldn’t help it even though she looked at me like that.
The director nags me if I come in too late.
2)
Before I went to school, it was the same every day, but now that I’m in school, I learn something new every day and it feels like time flies by..!
I looked at the calendar hanging on the wall without thinking – it’s already been two weeks since the new semester started.
Can I adapt well here since the new semester starts? Can I make new friends? I heard you’re worried…
“-Seonah Yoo..! Let’s play hide and seek today..!”
“Hey, we’re supposed to play soccer together after school!”
I am happy that I have more friends to play with. This is more fun than playing with the hyungs at the facility..! When I play with my hyungs, they won’t let me play football or anything like that…
There are kids who want to play soccer together here, and since I’m not one-sided, it’s nice to be able to play a fair game..!
Hurry up, after the ceremony, I’ll have a soccer game with the kids.
The teacher didn’t even come, but my heart was already in the bean field, so my butt lifted itself up and down.
“…Hey… Yoo Seon-ah…”
“Huh..?”
… I was so excited at the thought of having fun, but when Jina spoke to her next to her, she felt good and calmed down.
It’s not that she’s in a bad mood or anything like that… Jin-ah usually can’t talk. The other girls are just- I don’t know what fun they’re talking about playing house among themselves.
She just giggles and plays with each other, but Jin-a is always absent from the group.
2 Weeks. Yeah, should I say that when I see Jin-ah from time to time after about 2 weeks, I always feel like I’m out of the crowd? That kind of thing seems a bit pitiful, so we play together sometimes…
Still, I can’t play for hours like the first day of school.
Because if you play around with a girl like that, other kids will make fun of you for saying you’re dating! So I don’t do anything like air
Five minutes of a funny story you heard from kids? It only lasted for about 6 minutes, and I was hanging out with my new friends.
“…When are you going to teach me the next level of air..? Here… I brought an air egg…”
Jin-ah takes out a colorful and pretty air egg from her pocket and shows it to you.
“I can do 3rd dan now… So, I want you to tell me the next step soon. So… Play with me…”
… I didn’t understand what Jina was saying. So please teach me the next step after level 3, you mean…?
You can ask the girls in the back of the classroom to teach you..? Why are you asking me to teach you that?
“There are other kids besides me. I have to go play soccer with them today.”
“…I can’t do that..! I hate it..!”
“If you don’t like it, don’t do it!”
Did I say something offensive?
Suddenly, I shouted that I didn’t like Jin-ah, so I shouted too. When she grabbed my arm, I was so surprised that I shook off Jin-ah’s arm.
All the eyes of the classmates were on me as the air ball I was holding in my hand fell to the floor.
And in Jina’s big eyes… Tears welled up little by little…
“…Huh…Hueeng…”
Aren’t you shedding a lot of tears…? It’s the first time I’ve ever made a girl cry, she doesn’t know what to do… I just panicked…
“Teacher! Yu Seon bullied Jin Ah!”
I had to write a self-reflection after class and couldn’t even play soccer because someone told me about it.
It’s a bit embarrassing, but I cried while writing the letter of reflection.
I didn’t do anything wrong- I just said no because I didn’t like it. Is that something wrong enough to write a letter of reflection?
In the first place! If you don’t know how to do air! You can ask the other kids..! What did you do without making a single friend for two weeks!
Really, all I do is sit at my desk during break time. Why..! Why! All in all, ask me! Really unlucky!
3)
I was going to school the next day, and I felt very depressed.
It’s because I was scolded by the teacher yesterday. But no matter how much I think about it, I don’t think I’ve done anything wrong.
I just hate it! Was what I said so wrong..? I couldn’t understand why I was wrong.
When Jin-ah comes, we should talk. Why, did she cry ..? I just have to ask.
That day, Jina didn’t go to school.
Even though the teacher started class, the seat next to me was empty, so I watched from afar as the teacher said something while holding a cell phone during break time.
“… Guys, today Jina is not feeling well, so she can’t go to school”
I was terrified. Are you sick of her body? Suddenly, Jin-ah, why is her body sore?
Could it be that she is sick because I bullied her yesterday because I didn’t want to teach her about the air?
They say that when she goes through something sad or painful, her heart is also hurt-Isn’t Jina also hurt?
Those thoughts made it seem like I couldn’t sleep all night.
… No, she didn’t know it was such a big mistake not to teach her air. What if Jina doesn’t come out tomorrow?!
I felt such a worry- but the next day, fortunately, Jin-a attended school.
“Hello, Jina”
First of all, I think Jina took a break from school because of me. She said goodbye with an apologetic heart.
Today’s Jin-ah behaved like a sick chicken …. After I greeted her, she seemed to feel a little better.
“…Good morning Yoo Seon-ah…”
– Then yawned loudly, then fell on her desk and began to doze off.
Even if I touched him from the side, he wouldn’t wake up.
She said her teacher told her not to sleep on her desk. Still, since she was still before the teacher came, she thought it would be okay to let Jin-ah do what she wanted.
What the hell did she do at night, where did she sleep and where did she sleep..?
Having that thought, I looked at Jin-ah for a while. That day, Jin-ah was wearing a skirt, and I noticed that her calves were just blue.
Just like a barcode attached to something. Blue bruise stems. I knew how to do that.