Chapter 5 – #02_Classmate, Choi Na-Ye
One.
“Really?”
“Yeah, it was because we met in person and resolved it well. Now I won’t have to worry about anything.”
“How could he…”
“You lied about having a famous lawyer among your relatives. I made sure to delete the video properly, and I told him well, so I won’t be contacted. You said you were your new boyfriend when you were talking, but are you okay?”
I called Choi Na-ye, who was doing morning self-study at the academy with a body that was sluggish from fatigue, to the counseling room.
I think I’m going to have to take a nap in my bed for lunch today.
It’s not too much to stay up all night for a day, but it seems that fatigue has accumulated since I slept less than 4 hours a day because I recently drove to Paju.
“Ah…”
You can see the turquoise-colored salmon that had been sinking turbidly struggling.
As if mixing a new color with watercolor paint, it began to change to a bright blue light.
Blue usually signifies happiness and relief.
It also means trust and protection.
Deeper saturation also means deep melancholy, but that probably isn’t the case now.
Perhaps because she had been through a lot of heartache recently, Naye shrugged her shoulders, lowered her head and began to shed tears.
When I calmed down with a pat on the shoulder, tears poured out as if the water had burst.
“Thank you… Really… If it wasn’t for you…”
It was a little embarrassing because it was hanging on my shoulder as I let out old emotions.
I don’t know if it’s a situation where the two of us are alone, but there’s someone who comes into the academy’s counseling room out of nowhere.
Naye, who had wet the sleeves of her shirt with tears for a while, raised her head and expressed her deep gratitude.
The sleek naked body I saw in the video yesterday overlaps and unwholesome thoughts pierce my heart.
After that, Naye, who had been shedding tears of relief for a long time, suddenly met her gaze.
“Teacher, if you checked the video, did you see… That… ?”
“Mom…”
He shed his tail vaguely.
Saying that I confirmed that the video was being erased overlaps with the meaning that I saw it.
Realizing this, Naye gets confused with her ears flushed red.
It was one of Yuchan’s favorite expressions.
Half of the reason I hesitated to say that I checked it was because I wanted to see a face like this.
Reassuring her is the other half.
This moment when humiliation and shame pierce through human representation.
It’s such a pitiful look that I want to keep it as a picture.
The purity is low now, but one day it will shine beautifully like a cut diamond.
“Sorry, I didn’t mean to say anything. I couldn’t help it.”
“No, no. If it wasn’t for the teacher…”
When I half bowed my head to apologize, Naye hurriedly dissuaded me.
It would have been shared with a large number of unspecified men anyway…
Naye, who shuddered as if she were just imagining it, took a few deep breaths before returning to a calmer tone.
“Even if I reported it to the police, they wouldn’t have seen it. Thank you very much. I will definitely repay you.”
“Don’t worry, I didn’t go into detail. I just did it because I had to make sure I didn’t do anything stupid and delete the video. I made them delete the cloud and backup folders as well.”
“Yes, I know. Forget what I said. I’m sorry. Thank you.”
After politely apologizing once again, Naye wiped away her tears with the tissue she handed over.
Naye, who had been sitting silently sniffing at her, asked cautiously.
“Do you have time tomorrow evening, sir? I want to treat you to a meal.”
“No, of course I did what I had to do. How can I get food from a student?”
On weekdays, the academy has to be in by 8:00, but on weekends, it is delayed to 9:00 to allow students to rest.
And at 7:00 after dinner time, only students who wish can go home.
Among them, Choi Na-ye is a diligent student who stays until 10 o’clock on weekends to study.
First of all, I thought of the teacher’s face and bounced once.
After all, she has a deep appreciation for Yu-chan, and she will recommend him at least three times.
“Jeong, if you want to, I will live at a restaurant you know.”
“Yes? No. You helped me, but I have to buy it.”
“That was what I was supposed to do as an adult. I’ll buy you one meal in the sense of forgetting everything and working hard, so don’t be burdened. Instead, it’s a secret from the other kids? My wallet is gone.”
Fluttering her purse in her mischievous gesture, Naye smiled for the first time in the room.
Bowing her head at her 90 degrees, she carefully closed her door and went back to study.
2.
It was the long awaited Saturday evening.
It was a day without anything happening to the point where I wondered if I could be so relaxed alone in the academy where everyone lives hard.
There were no students asking for counseling, and no one would burst into the counseling room because Lee Yu-jin was truant.
The only uninvited guest is Do Min-jung, the Korean language teacher.
As if he was busy today, he was being bombarded with questions without a chance to see his face.
She put her bookmark between the books she was reading and made her place.
There is nothing to organize.
To the extent that I put the books I read during my free time on the bookshelf at my desk.
When I left the hallway, Naye Choi was standing in front of the elevator.
As soon as she sees Yoo-chan, her expression widens as she wanders around.
However, as promised, they did not show any sign of being together, and Naye went down from the first floor to the first basement floor where the car was parked.
She started the car and waited in front of the door when she came down the stairs to the parking lot and looked around.
“It’s like an espionage movie. Should I go this far?”
“Are the items ready?”
When she joked in a low voice, Naye gave a small chuckle.
Her overall body movements and voice are always cautious and polite.
It seems that it has been fairly stable since yesterday, and the turquoise black box has completely found its color.
Naye, who approached with a light smile, quickly sat in the passenger seat.
“I’m sure other kids will envy you when they see you. It hurts when people talk about favoritism.”
“I guess so.”
She nodded and nodded, giving Naye a glance at her side face.
It doesn’t look like she’s been aware of her plans from now on.
I don’t know if it’s CCTV, but it’s a method I took because I didn’t want to leave room for doubt to the students and teachers at the academy.
But she ignorantly fastened her seat belt with a flirtatious look.
The cheeks, slightly pressed under the glasses, are white and soft, as if the breast meat hasn’t fallen out.
The hairstyle, which was tied in two strands and lowered to the chest, gave off a very calm image.
Although it is covered by the prejudice that it is an intelligent image, it has a very cute face.
It is a student well worth collecting.
The place she took her to was an upscale Korean restaurant on the outskirts of Ilsan.
It wasn’t just for her that she was spending her slightly exorbitant budget.
The academy where Yu-chan works has students from all over the country, not to mention Ilsan, so it needs an old-fashioned place in the form of a room to avoid being noticed by others.
“Take care of yourself today. Because the teacher lives.”
Even the moment she passed through the hanok-style gate and crossed the garden decorated with stone lanterns and pine trees over the stone path, Choi Na-ye’s mouth was open and did not know how to close.
It may be rare for a student to come to such a luxurious restaurant.
Unless you’re a gold spoon to the extent of Lee Yu-jin.
“Can you push yourself like this? There was even a pond outside…”
Muttering in a blank voice something that doesn’t respond back and forth, perhaps because of the overlap of worry and surprise.
The equation may have been established in her mind: a Korean restaurant with a pond and a garden = a very expensive restaurant.
Isn’t that the case in most places like movies and dramas?
“You don’t have to worry. The teacher is worried that a diligent student like Naye suffered from such a disgraceful incident, so she is doing it. She’s done well, so I’m going to cover everything with her good memories. You said you liked Korean food the other day?”
“I was just talking about sundubu stew or soybean paste stew.”
Naye blurted out her words as if embarrassed.
“I don’t feel so burdened because it’s something I know. Listen comfortably.”
“Thank you very much. Take care of your work like this and until dinner…”
“I am very happy that I have never been so helpful to anyone. I guess everyone is a teacher for this taste.”
As she put on a pretentious smile, Naye’s moved expression brought her to tears.
She was going to be well compensated for this, so she’s unlikely to have to thank me so much in advance.
Since she made a reservation, the basic setting is over.
As soon as she wiped her hands with her wet towel, sliced and grilled jujube chips came out as an appetizer.
I was eating it thinking it was a taste that the students would not like, but Naye tasted it once and it turned into a bright color and ate it one by one.
Afterwards, a feast of wonderful foods such as abalone porridge with Korean beef and cold sea bream was served.
As each dish was served, Naye whimpered and took pictures until a satisfactory shot came out.
“Eat quickly, it will cool down.”
“I have to film this!”
Even with her serious sense of mission, I was so absorbed in taking pictures of her that I ate at her own pace until she lifted a spoon.
At first, she was me who acted politely in her own way, but she waited for the next menu with bright eyes as if her friend-like attitude had completely relieved her vigilance.
“This dish is grilled Korean beef sirloin.”
She ordered a drink from the part-time server.
As befits a Korean restaurant that costs about 300,000 won for two people, the alcohol was traditional soju distilled after aging cheongju, not regular soju.
Soju in a transparent bottle was 40 degrees, so a ceramic glass and ice were served.
“Will you have a drink? The bottle is absolutely beautiful. Can I have a drink too?”
“Originally, as a teacher, I should say no, but I’ll look into it today. Tomorrow is also the weekend, so you can sleep in, right?”
“Hehe, I have to skip swimming tomorrow.”
“It is an expensive drink. Do you want to eat now or when?”
Perhaps in any other restaurant she would never have touched her drink.
Maybe I’ll get drunk and make a small mistake.
However, Naye was very excited as she was enjoying a meal she had never had before in a new place.
It’s the same reason that when she travels abroad, she gets in the mood and does things she wouldn’t normally do.
This is one of the other reasons why I called Naye to such a high-end restaurant.
“Naye’s college entrance exam jackpot… “
“For!”
Naye, who politely received the drink with both hands, toasted her, and then poured out the strong drink at once.
The subtle fruity scent from the endless sophisticated taste and aroma eliminates boredom.
“Um~ It’s so much cleaner than just soju… It’s bitter as well.”
However, Naye’s face, which she shot in one breath, made her face frown as if she had eaten something she couldn’t eat.
She shook her head while making a strange sound like Hvee, and her Naye’s face was already flushed with drunkenness.
That much for just one cup.
It seems that the price of alcohol will go out less than expected.
“Achacha, but what are your parents not saying?”
“Oh, I live in an officetel apart from my parents. Even if you say it’s an officetel, it’s a two-room room.”
“Phew, I was cold for a moment. If your parents say something about the student drinking, the director will scold you.”
It was a fact she already knew.
She once saw a statement in her special notes that she was living near an academy.
Before she enrolls in the academy, she has a brief interview and writes down her address and phone number. She secretly copies a few pieces of her personal information that interest her and keeps them in her counseling office.
Otherwise, she wouldn’t have taken such a hasty approach.
“Then, are you going to drink a binge today?”
“Yes! As long as there is no problem tomorrow.”
It seemed that she was too tired to eat, so she called the waiter and made a cocktail with some of her plum juice and sparkling water.
It was good that the plum extract took away the bitter taste, which was the only downside to her, but it felt like a drink, so she ate one cup and started drinking straight again.
On the other hand, Naye seemed to really like the sweet Korean cocktail.
Naye, who was frantically emptying her glass and indulging in the new course, quickly became confused.
She has just become an adult, so she doesn’t know how much to drink, which is a characteristic of young people who have just turned 20.
Leaning against her side of the wall, she left her soundly asleep, went into her bathroom, and drank the cocaine she had prepared in case of emergency rolled up in bills.
She said she would call her a designated driver, but she couldn’t.
A woman who looks young to anyone who is drunk and a man who is old enough will never look good.
The less suspicious glances possible, the better.
Although it is an awkward posture of squatting in front of the toilet, there is nothing better than this to stay sane after drinking.
In addition, even when drinking alcohol and having sex, it makes the senses of the lower body dulled by alcohol sensitive.
With her more cheerful mood, I could feel her consciousness rising distinctly through the waves of alcohol.
After paying the bill, I went to pick up Naye.
“Sir… Sir… Nim… I’m not drunk yet… “
Unable to move her body her, her limp body her helped her into her car.
Now is the time to have some fun.
