Chapter 289 – Chapter 289
Three months have already passed quickly since I worked as a public service worker at the welfare center.
During that time, considering that there were as many as twenty-one people in the welfare center, at least one person had to come in under me, but strangely enough, I was living the youngest life without any news.
Compared to when I was on active duty, it was just the last maknae that came in, nothing more or less, it was a comfortable day to day that I couldn’t fit into the level of an active person, but taking care of various chores gradually became more and more annoying as time went on.
Somehow I came to the army not once, but twice, but in terms of mental age, I was constantly being treated on time by kids with a difference in age by twice as much, so the limit gradually came to me.
Gradually, I wondered why I was here, why I had to do this, all the laughter flowed out at the irrational reality, and I just waited and endured for the time to pass quickly.
Then the seniors say.
Originally, there is a cycle in which public interests usually come, but I heard a shocking story that I came at the end of the cycle and there would be no one below for a while.
So at the end of 3 months, accepting the reality that I have to be the youngest and the youngest for the time being.
“It’s finally today.”
The teacher in charge of public service told me about a new public interest coming under me a week ago, and finally today was the day when a new public interest would come under me.
I felt funny that I was only happy about this, but I couldn’t help but feel good.
I couldn’t stop smiling at the fact that I was finally free from chores and my body would feel at least a little more comfortable.
However, after a while, the man who was brought to the public service office by teacher Miye, who was in charge of public service, had a shocking appearance that did not look like my age at all.
“He says his name is Han Dong-hun and he’s two years older than Ji-hoon, right?”
“Yes that’s right.”
Chamjji, who was called Donghun Han, was nodding his head positively at Miye teacher’s question.
You are two years older than me.
Originally, this is normal.
In general, it is said that public workers receive a physical examination at the age of 20 and are assigned a place of work only two years later.
That’s why most of the people who will be entering this time have no choice but to be two years older than me.
No, I couldn’t understand how she was only two years older with that face before.
“Jihun-ah. Congratulations. A person has finally entered under you.”
“Ah yes…”
Teacher Miye just said congratulations and left the public service office patting me on the shoulder.
Well… Although the age difference of two years felt a little big, it didn’t matter much in the army.
The one who came first was my older brother, and the senior was the military. But is it okay to say that the public interest is also the military?
Anyway, like I did, I let him play for a day without telling him anything on the first day, and then the next day, since I was the right senior, I took Dong-Hoon Han, who had just joined this time, and started teaching me the things I usually do.
But Donghun Han.
“Huh.”
“Okay.”
“Huh.”
Etc. While showing that he does not want to do it blatantly, the answer is very insincere.
I don’t know if it’s just talking, but I’m wearing AirPods in my ears, and my eyes are on the smartphone screen, scratching my temper.
Because of this, I want to get angry because my mood for teaching has rapidly deteriorated.
Could it be that it’s because of the fact that I’m two years younger than him? If that’s true, I’m speechless.
As if it was just a public interest, I thought it must be a person with a mental problem and passed it over.
When I was serving in the military before returning to active duty, there were sometimes people like Han Dong-hoon who couldn’t adapt to military life.
No, it’s probably because they were just angry that they were forcibly taken, but when others see them, they’re in the same situation as them, but they thought they were the only ones, and they frowned at their irresponsible behavior.
Like this, there were countless people in the military who did not understand why such a child could come to active service.
It’s a public interest, no matter who sees it, and the exemption is clear, but how did you get here? There were quite a few people who came in with reasonable doubts about whether they wanted to come to active duty and whether they were using a group, but is public interest really public interest?
There were only normal people among more than 20 people in the welfare center, including me, so I thought it was a normal place. The sickness also existed here.
Is this the law of conservation of mass?
Still, it seems that there are still more sick people in active service.
It was because there were a lot of people out there who immediately thought to themselves that they weren’t supposed to be here.
“I understood?”
“Yes. I understand.”
As soon as I realized that I was young, my face muscles twitched a little at his straight-talking answer, but I held it in.
I like it or hate it, but anyway, it’s a person who will spend more than a year with me.
I just shook my head trying to say that I might be in a particularly bad mood today.
“Yes. Then you can clean here. I have my own area, so I have to go there. If you have any questions, please talk to me.”
“Huh.”
Still, the answer was insincere, and the eyes were on the smartphone screen.
“Whoa…”
Maybe that’s why I’m mzing. I let out a deep sigh and turned around.
“Why are you sighing?”
He talked to me with a disapproving face to see if I could hear my voice well even with the AirPods in his ears.
“No. No.”
The words “Fuck me because of you” Reached the top of my throat, but even if I couldn’t do it, I hypnotized myself that we had been seeing each other for over a year and shook my hand.
Although he had a questionable face, he turned his eyes to the smartphone screen as if it was a waste of time to pay attention to me.
Should I clean it up or do it properly?
Ah. I don’t know.
As if it didn’t matter to me, I just hurried on and went to do my own thing.
After completing all the tasks that he had been told to do, he went to a secluded place and called Nayoung.
Before I could hear her connecting tone in my ears, she answered her phone right away.
I deliberately called during break time, but I never dreamed that I would receive it this quickly.
Even if I couldn’t do it, I thought I would hear two or three connection tones.
[Huh! Jihoon!]
A clear voice came through the receiver.
“Are you on the phone?”
[Huh! Of course you can! All you can do! Lol.]
I felt as if I would get rid of the lecture I was listening to if I could just talk on the phone.
“Are you listening to the lecture?”
[Huh. I don’t think there’s anything I don’t understand. But it’s still not fun because Jihoon isn’t there.]
Even when I was by her side, she really enjoyed listening to the professor’s lectures, but expressed regret that the lectures she enjoyed so much became boring just because I was not by her side.
“Still, listen carefully. So when I go back to school, Nayoung will tell you?”
[Hi-Hi. Right? I’ll teach you everything!]
She didn’t really need to be taught by Nayoung, but when she said this, Nayoung seemed to have a little bit of her motivation to hit her bottom.
Due to the nature of the public interest, which is really absent when she is not working, I was meaninglessly wasting her precious time talking to her during her boring time.
Then, when she suddenly remembered Han Dong-hoon’s actions from just before, she immediately frowned and said to Na-yeong.
[Really…?]
After hearing my story, Nayoung asked back as if she could not believe that such a person really existed.
“Yeah. Really. I’m also dumbfounded, and I can’t believe it. Does it make sense that he’s older than me, puts AirPods in his ears, and doesn’t even look at me while he’s teaching me what to do?”
I was originally that kind of person, so even if it was someone else and not me, the reaction could have been the same.
[Jihun. Jihoon, you are patient. What can I do Even if I get angry, only Ji-hoon feels bad and gets angry.]
“Right. It is.”
It was good for me to be treated as someone who doesn’t have a person like that if I don’t have any thoughts about it.
I had the power to turn normal people into criminals and bury them alive or get rid of them without rumors, but I didn’t want to do anything like that.
But.
[Still, don’t be patient if you want to cross the line too much.]
Like Nayoung said, if I wanted to cross the line properly, then I wouldn’t hold back and I didn’t know what I was going to do.
“That’s right. If you want to cross the line, then really…”
While talking in sympathy with Nayoung’s words, I felt strange that the screen of my smartphone constantly flashing when I held it to my ear and looked at the screen.
Then, even while I was on the phone with Nayoung, messages were constantly posted in the public service group chat room, and they were still posted in an ongoing form.
However, at first glance, something was unusual.
[Han Dong-hoon] Is the fucking maknae easy?
“What…?”
Looking at the message sent by Han Dong-hoon, whom I had been cursing until just now, I nodded in wonder.
I couldn’t even guess why or how I was able to send a message that suddenly asked if the youngest was easy.
