Chapter 152 – Gong Yeong-Bae’s End
It’s mid-September and the heat hasn’t completely subsided yet.
Shortly after the start of the second semester, after taking the mock exam in early September, the attention of all Jinsugyo members was focused on the launch ceremony to be held in mid-October.
Whether it’s the kids who failed the September mock exam or the kids who did well, the joy or pain passes quickly and all that’s left is discussion about what each person will do at the Jinsoo Festival, the Jinsu Bridge festival.
Usually, in times like this, the homeroom teacher says, ‘It’s only the beginning of the semester, but aren’t these kids excited and studying?’ She would have tackled him, but I don’t know about other classes, but at least our class didn’t do that.
That’s right…
“Teacher, my mouth is going to burst.”
“They always told us to get good grades, and we did really well, but what’s wrong?”
“Hey, that’s how I feel! Today, instead of your class, I’ll discuss what you’re going to do to prepare for the main event! Just don’t make so much noise that the hallway can hear!”
“Waaaaa!!”
“I told you not to make too much noise!”
This was because the 1st and 2nd places in the September mock exam were both from our class.
Yuri, 1st place in the whole school, Suyeon, 2nd place in the whole school.
They were both in first grade this year, but Suyeon lost a little more marks in math, so she came in second place by a narrow margin.
And the teacher who promoted us to the position of homeroom teacher for the class that produced the first and second-best students in the entire school was in a very good mood and allowed us some kind of free time.
Thanks to this, while the teacher moved to a corner and looked at his laptop, our class was able to freely talk about preparations for the launch event.
Since the president of our class was someone other than Yuri, she stood in front of her desk and started scribbling things with chalk on her blackboard.
“We have to decide what events to prepare as a class and what to do with talent shows.”
“Does the entire class have to do the talent show?”
The guys who were uncomfortable with the group talent show asked questions, and the teacher who was using a laptop answered them.
“The principal told us to prepare a talent show that the whole class can do together, rather than a festival where you just watch who does what and who does what.”
“Ah~”
Sighs erupted from some of the kids, but since the teacher couldn’t stop them, there was nothing they could do.
The class president gave examples from other classes and guided the direction of our class’ talent show.
“When I heard about classes 1, 4, 6, and 7, it seems like they are all preparing for a group dance talent show. I think the same goes for all other classes, so I think it would be better for us to have a group dance talent show for now. What do you think? ?”
“Dance?! I’m really out of shape, so I can’t!”
Yuri jumped at those words.
It’s not that she’s not, but even though she’s my girlfriend, Yuri isn’t good at anything other than studying… At least she’s pretty good at homemade cooking?
Still, she had a beautiful voice and a good high note, so her singing skills were pretty good, but when you look at the rest, you feel lucky that Yuri is good at studying.
As she said, she was in terrible shape, so she was only good at DDR but not very good at it.
If she danced during her class’s group talent show, it was obvious that everyone watching would be embarrassed.
And as if Yuri wasn’t the only one who had such concerns, quite a few kids who weren’t confident in dancing also cried out.
The class leader quickly calmed down the angry kids.
“Now, wait a minute! I’m not good at dancing either! It’s not like some difficult idol dance, I’m just going to do it with as little movement as possible!”
“Is there such a dance?”
“You haven’t even decided what to do?”
“Is there a list of candidates?”
“We need to discuss that now-“
“Can the teacher help me?”
When we couldn’t decide which song to sing for our group dance talent show, our homeroom teacher intervened.
The kids looked at her teacher with some suspicion.
“Teacher?”
“Look at your face? You don’t trust me, teacher?”
“It’s not that problem… But what song is it?”
“You know Wild Eyes? It’s a song sung by Hwa-shin, and when I was a teacher, this was always a song that was included in dance talent shows.”
“Incarnate?”
“Isn’t this the group we used to do in our mom’s days…?”
“Teacher…”
“Who are these guys who just said that song? It’s because you don’t know anything! That’s a great song to imitate and a good song for a talent show!”
The teacher got angry at her and turned around to show her the video.
There were various videos of people performing the dance as a talent show at other academies or university clubs.
“If you sit on a chair like this and say ‘Bap! Bap!’, Don’t you guys know how cool it is?”
I found out later that my homeroom teacher was a huge fan of that group when she was young.
Of course, none of us knew that at the time, so we started giving in to the teacher’s trick.
“But it looks better than I thought, right? The movements aren’t that big, and it doesn’t seem difficult since I’m sitting on a chair and dancing.”
“What are you going to do? Are you going to do this?”
“But isn’t it such an old song? It’s a bit…”
“The dance to the latest song is too difficult. I can’t do that.”
“I’d rather do this than be embarrassed…”
After many people’s opinions, we eventually decided to use the song recommended by our teacher for our class’ talent show.
It was the result of reflecting the active voices of people who were not confident in dancing, including Yuri.
Next, it was time to discuss the theme that our class would carry out during the festival.
“How about a café? Let’s set up capsule coffee machines and take orders and sell things like fruit drinks and iced tea!”
“Aren’t cafés too common?”
“Then what about the haunted house?”
“There’s not enough space. How can we make a haunted house in just one classroom like this?”
“What is the concept of a theater showing movies? While selling popcorn!”
“Do you think there will be a lot of kids sitting and watching movies for 1–2 hours on a festival day?”
“Would you like to fry chicken with an air fryer?”
It wasn’t easy to decide what to do as everyone expressed different opinions and various rebuttals came out each time.
At that time, I quietly added a word.
“… Maid café.”
“Huh?”
“A maid café. It’s like a regular café, but with girls in maid uniforms serving you. Just order at a reasonable price. If you want to order ‘maid cafe-like’, you have to pay extra. There are a lot of girls in my class with pretty faces, so it’s very popular. It’ll be a lot, and since you’ll only get extra money from those who want it, there won’t be any complaints, and I think you’ll be able to make a lot of money with the extra money. What do you think?
If you’re going to cater to the girls’ tastes, pick a few guys to look like butlers and have them stand together.”
Everyone was silent for a moment at my logical words.
The teacher looked at me with a pitiful expression for a moment, but did not express any particular opinion.
The boys quickly began exchanging glances with each other.
As I said, the girls in my class had a very high average appearance.
Not to mention Yuri, Eunji, and Suyeon. Besides those three, there were a few other girls who looked pretty good.
The boys… Well, they didn’t have the same looks as the three girls, but due to the nature of the boys, there was a chance that close friends from other classes would come and order for them just to see them screw their friends.
Above all, you can see and hear Yuri, Eunji, and Suyeon’s maid uniforms and comments like ‘Welcome, master’.
The boys caught that thought and raised their hands very quickly.
“I agree!!!”
“I also agree with Han Seong-jin’s opinion!!!”
“It’s a maid café! That’s the answer!”
“Aaaaah! The boys must have really gone crazy!”
“I can see everything inside you! You have a different purpose!”
“Ah? I didn’t ask you to do it.”
Some girls protested, and the boys also started to fight against each other.
Just because we’ve already started fighting over it, our class’s interests have become fixed on the maid café.
If this happens, there will be no room for other ideas.
But…
“No!!!”
Among the boys, the only one who spoke out against it was Gong Young-bae.
“If you’re asking girls to wear maid uniforms, you’re not even listening to the opinions of those involved, right?”
The boys’ harsh gazes fell on Gong Young-bae, but he seemed stubborn.
Baby, it’s sweet, it’s sweet.
“I never said I’d only ask the girls to do it, right? I just said I’d invite the boys as well if necessary. And I haven’t even decided who will do it yet.”
“But I said that because I’m sure there was a candidate in mind.”
“That’s right.”
“… Who is it?”
Everyone’s eyes, including Gong Young-bae’s, were focused on my mouth.
I answered immediately without even thinking for a second.
“I’m not sure about the men’s side yet, but the women’s sides are Yu-ri Lee, Eun-ji Jeong, and Su-yeon Choi.”
“!!!”
“Me, me…?”
Jeong Eun-ji pointed to herself with an absurd expression.
Suyeon smiled very weakly, as if she was secretly expecting it.
“Jeong Eun-ji is close to the kids there because she’s in the sports team, and Choi Soo-yeon especially came from the second year, so she will know a lot of kids in the second year, so the influx effect will be good. Yuri, doesn’t she know everything without saying anything? All three are very popular.”
“Wait a minute, the parties involved are-”
“I think it’ll be fun, Senpai?”
Su-yeon answered Gong Young-bae with a fake smile.
Even though they were now in the same grade, she still referred to other kids as seniors.
“I need to think a little more…”
Jeong Eun-ji avoided answering immediately, and Yuri…
“I… I don’t mind if I do…”
Although her face was red, she accepted.
When two of the three people who would be most popular accepted and one withheld the answer, public opinion about forming a maid café quickly gained momentum, and we talked about the direction of preparing for the Jinsoo Festival throughout the class with our homeroom teacher.
And lunchtime.
“Han Seong-jin.”
“Oh, why did you come here to start a fight again?”
“… You’re doing this on purpose.”
“What?”
“You deliberately singled out just three people – Yuri, Eunji, and Suyeon! You wanted to give me a hard time! Furthermore, you gave in 100 times and said yes to Yuri, but why are you making your own decisions about Eunji and Suyeon?”
“But it’s not up to you to decide, right? I just made a suggestion, and it’s up to them to make the decision.”
“Why did you create such an atmosphere-“
“Are they kids who don’t want to do something, but can’t respond because they are concerned about the atmosphere?”
“Tsk…”
“Why, Jeong Eun-ji and Choi Soo-yeon are your girls, but do you think I’m acting like a fool?”
Gong Young-bae flinched at my words, but then answered with a determined expression.
“To be honest… That’s right. Even though you and Suyeon were on good terms before, we broke up now anyway. Suyeon says things are going well with me. The same goes for Eunji. So, you keep meddling strangely-“
“Really?”
When I answered with a subtle smile, Gong Young-bae looked like he had no idea.
“Okay, then try to persuade me well. Don’t do that. Try your best to persuade me, by all means. Okay?”
“…?”
