LIGHTNOVELSTORY chapter 24
24 – Mom…
“… Yooara, are you still far away?”
“Wait… It’s my first time, so I’m not saying I’m not good at it. This… Why don’t you go in like this… ? This, this… All right, all right!”
“Ah… ! For a moment… You are too tight.”
“Huh? That, yes… ? Then take it away for a while and do it again?”
“No, wait. If you do it like this… Whoops!”
“So, are you okay? Tighten less now?”
“Yeah, I feel more comfortable now.”
We managed to work together.
Of course I’m talking about tying a tie.
I’ve tried to tie a tie a few times in my previous life, so if I had done it alone from the start, I would have put it on right away… Ara said that on the first day of school, she wanted to tie herself up.
Ara smiled proudly and slapped both of my shoulders.
“Hey~ I don’t know whose family he is, but he’s really handsome~? … By the way, Sol, why doesn’t your school use automatic ties?”
“Sure. The name of the school was brutal, and the uniform is a little different.”
“… Why did you go to such a school? Little… Rumors are bad, but there.”
“… Just. I’m just going there because Gu Min-seop said he was going there. I only have one friend, that guy. Except for you and Park Min-ah.”
From today, I will attend middle school. Blackbeard Boys’ Middle School.
I was a bit uneasy because the name of the school had an ominous word like black water in it… Sure enough, it is said to be a top-notch school known in the region.
When I said I would choose this school, the homeroom teacher stopped me without even approving it for three days.
How did I get in touch with Yoo Jae-joon?
Maybe Yoo Jae-joon had a guy who went to such a school in his family.
But what can I do? It’s the one closest to Arane’s school.
Ara put on a doubtful face whether she knew my feelings or not.
“… Is that really why you chose that school?”
“Then there must be another reason?”
“… No. Sol has to leave now. You will be late.”
“Oh, I have to go. Didn’t the middle school girl say that the school bus was coming? I envy you.”
“If you’re jealous, Sol shouldn’t have chosen a school like that for you too.”
“All right. I also have a bus that goes all the way to school. I’ll go now.”
Leaving behind Ara waving her hand, I left the house.
When I arrived at the bus stop about 5 minutes away from my house, I saw a notice saying that the bus going directly to the school would arrive in 8 minutes.
Come to think of it, this is my first time riding a bus in my life.
In my previous life, people often frowned when I said I only rode the bus.
No one would sit next to me when I sat in the double seat.
After the seats on the bus were filled, he reluctantly sat down next to me and pulled as far as he could on the other side, afraid he might even touch me.
“Isn’t he handsome?”
“By the way, it’s a black male school uniform? Aren’t there a lot of dark-skinned men who are a bit scary?”
“I don’t know… Hey, I guess I like bad boys giggling.”
Looking at me from the side, I hear the voices of the women talking among themselves.
Do you really think you can’t hear it or are you telling me to listen…
It sounds like a compliment, but I didn’t feel very good about it.
On the contrary, I felt bitter about being treated so differently from me in my previous life.
Soyi was the only one who approached me with the looks of my previous life.
‘Kim Soi… How are you doing now?’
Since I am the same age, Soi must have gone to middle school today.
I want to see something. Kim So-yi wearing a middle school uniform.
Perhaps the current Soi is also very pretty.
For me, even the parents who used to abuse and beat me out of the blue, they cared about my daughter.
Today’s Soyi must be a bright and warm girl who grew up receiving a lot of love from her parents.
I closed her eyes and imagined her 14 year old.
“Ha… What am I doing now?”
A smile came out naturally.
I must have liked Kim So-yi quite a bit.
She’s the only person who loved me in my previous life, so maybe that’s right.
I don’t know where she is or what she is doing, but she wants Soyi to be happy.
Because I still love you.
‘Love, love. What is love… ‘
It’s been 8 years since she returned to the past, but she still loves Soi.
As a single woman.
Then what about Ara?
Of the people by my side right now, it is true that Ara is the most precious person.
Apart from my promise to Han Seung-ah, he is the most important child to me.
So, is my heart for Ara love? Is it the same as her feelings for Soyi?
… Probably not a little bit different.
I feel that my body is getting younger these days and my level of consciousness is getting closer to that of my peers, but… I have never felt Ara as a woman.
Not yet…
Duck-
The bus has arrived. Let’s stop useless thoughts and go to school.
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After getting off the bus and walking another 3 minutes, I arrived at my alma mater.
Heuksu boys middle school.
Befitting a very notorious school, it’s a mess from the outside.
Graffiti painted with all sorts of dirty words on the school walls, and cigarette butts stepped on every time I walked… What is this? Did you draw a woman’s body?
No matter how hard it is, there is no way that such obscene graffiti will be left unattended at school, so it must have been painted yesterday and today.
It is very spectacle.
As I approached the school gate, Gu Min-seop, who was hanging around nearby, approached me.
“Hey! Why so late Because of you, Hansol Lee, even I will be late.”
“Wow, what is Goo Min-seop’s loyalty? Why did you wait?”
“Do you know who waited because your pup was pretty? … It’s because I’m afraid to go into this school alone without you.”
“Ah, really?”
“What is it? Where else in the world is the loyalty of following a friend to a school like this… So, let’s hurry up! There is a teacher who looks like a wrestler standing at the school gate holding something like an iron pipe. If you’re late, you might end up dying.”
“Yes, yes.”
Well, this guy is right.
I came to this school because I insisted on not wanting to go even if Minseob Goo died.
I am a loyal man who will never return to the world.
But what can I do? Actually, I’m also scared of middle school students from bad schools.
Let’s get through it while relying on each other as just two friends.
“Hey, look over there.”
“What is it? He said he had no time.”
“They are. These are the children who are being supported. Wow~ Look at their eyes looking at us. I’m a little upset. We also went to dandeumcho until a while ago.”
“Looking at you like a bug… “
Because they are located within 3 minutes of each other, they run into each other on the way to school.
The faces of the girls who look at us are filled with disgust.
Because it’s a school that girls attend, the ideology of the chosen people is a bit stuck, or it’s because black male middle school is the worst.
… No. Probably both.
Gu Min-seop rolled his eyes at me and grumbled.
“Who is it that treats me like this, and what is this… ?”
“… I am always sorry and thankful.”
Gu Min-seop is also a son of an elite family whose father is a chief prosecutor, so it must be unfair to be treated like this.
Anyway, just attending this school is treated like that… The future of school life is visible.
After carefully passing by the Terminator-like teacher and going to the front of the school building, there was a piece of paper attached to it like a poster.
There, the class assignments of first-year students were written.
“Wow! I’m in the same class as Hansol Lee!!”
“Until you scream like that… Am I that good?”
“What the hell are you talking about? If there’s someone who wants to bully me, it’s because you have to cut it. Please take good care of us, Hansol, who is good at fighting.”
“You take care of yourself. Why are you doing this to me while learning boxing with Chief Lee?”
“… Look at that and say something like that, huh?”
I followed Min-seop Gu’s gaze as he timidly muttered, and there was a heavy head.
Amidst this crowd, a single head sticks out…
That means they are one head taller than their peers.
That friend with a sunken face was big and he could see a bit of something like a tattoo under his loose school uniform.
We muttered blankly.
“… Didn’t you kneel for 10 years? Where in the world is one of those guys?”
“f*ck… Even if I die, I don’t want to be in the same class.”
However, behind us who entered the 1st grade 2nd class first, a friend from the middle school came along.
Gu Min-seop, who was sitting next to me, hiccupped.
His self-introduction was impressive.
“Nice to meet you. Heo Tae-gwang is called I promise you all will be safe for the next three years if you all stay calm under me.”
Heo Tae-gwang declared that with a bright eye.
It’s scary. It’s scary.
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After the entrance ceremony, textbooks were distributed, and today’s school schedule ended with a short greeting from the homeroom teacher.
The current time is only 10:30.
I heard that Arane’s school has normal classes today, but it’s already time for us to go home.
The entrance ceremony was also held informally through the TV screen in the classroom, rather than gathering in the auditorium like other schools.
I heard the kids sitting next to me talking, but when they gather in the auditorium, they say it’s because they can’t control it and often get into fights.
The fact that there are no classes on the first day is probably because they are trying to get us out of this school as quickly as possible…
What kind of school is this?
“Hey, does it end very quickly? There is only one thing I like about this school. Let’s go, Hansol Lee.”
“Eh.”
Well, it’s good that it ends early.
We packed our bags and stood up excitedly.
“Hey, those two!”
“… We?”
“So, where are you going? What did you hear what I said earlier?”
“… What did you say earlier?”
It was Heo Tae-gwang who stopped us.
In front of him, the classmates stood in a line.
Looking at the guy in the front, he was writing something on a piece of paper in front of Heo Tae-gwang.
“You guys stand in this line too. Please sign this paper before going home.”
“… What signature?”
“This is it.”
On the paper he held up, there was an absurd phrase written on it that said, ‘I, OOO, as a member of the Heoltaegwang faction, swear to be loyal to the leader.’
… Is this bastard insane? What is a thug?
No, I didn’t even print this… Did you make half the number of people on this paper with your own handwriting on the day before school?
“Hey Minseob. Reminds me of the old days, right? Do you think he intends to go even further than you and create an organization?”
“… Don’t reveal other people’s dark history? But what are you going to do? Are you going to sign it?”
“Am I crazy? I don’t know if it’s just a bow, but how can you do that to such a cheesy text?”
“What are these bastards talking about! Am I funny!?”
Heo Tae-gwang reached out his hand toward me.
He had thick forearms, but he was so slow that he was clearly visible.
I swung my hand faster than he did, knocked it lightly, and slit his shin.
“Evil!! This, this bastard… “
“Hey Min-seop Gu, let’s jump out.”
“What? What about tomorrow… I don’t know, mistress!”
“Hey you bastards! Don’t stand right now! I know you’ll be stunned if I see you tomorrow!!”
Ignoring the sounds coming from behind, we quickly went out of the school gate.
After running for a while, he came out to the city and gasped for breath.
“Ha ha ha… hey… What about tomorrow… That middle head must be waiting for tomorrow.”
“What will happen? And from a quick glance, he doesn’t seem to be very strong.”
“… Oh no luck This bastard lives on a very good taste. Ah~ I won’t be able to go to class alone tomorrow either… Text me what time will you be at school tomorrow? If you let me enter the classroom alone, is it really breaking off? Do you think I’m going crazy? … Hey! What are you doing? Can’t you hear me?”
“…… “
Gu Min-seop’s words did not reach my ears.
My mind was sold to the woman in front of me in the middle of the street.
“Ha, Hansol… “
“Mom… “
It was Lee Yoon-ah.
I ran into her after her 8 years.