Chapter 50 – #4-1. Aris, Han Aris (12)
An unexpectedly short vacation has begun. According to the homeroom teacher, a first-year student who had traveled to the Middle East was identified as a suspected infectious disease patient, and the school quickly issued an order to close the school. While students were anxious, they also liked the short vacation that came suddenly, but when they learned that school closure and business closure were different, and that the vacation was reduced by the number of days off this time, their expressions turned dark. Since the incubation period of the disease is up to two weeks, the school has set the period of closure to 15 days. It is said that if a positive test comes out and another suspected patient is found at the school, the shutdown may be longer.
However, the health teacher said there is nothing to worry about. The disease itself is a much weaker disease compared to the disease that made the country buzz in the past, and there is only a possibility of being dangerous to the elderly or those who are weakened by illness, but most of them get sick a little like a cold and get better quickly. In addition, disinfection was conducted regularly at school and hand sanitizer was distributed to students, so there is not much concern about contagion. Besides, I’ve been through it a few years ago, so the vaccine is well stocked.
There was almost no confusion, probably because an outside expert came and reassured them through the school broadcast. Rather, there were more children who were confused as to whether they should be happy with the sudden short vacation or sad because the winter vacation was shortened.
As it turned out later, the suspected patient tested negative, and the series of disturbances fortunately ended with a small incident called the fall vacation of the 15th.
…
Seong-min visited a female student in the unexpected situation of being closed. She was asked by Ari’s sister to get some sleeping pills, and she happened to know that one of her children was living on sleeping pills because of her insomnia. All in all, the problem was that she was Seong-min’s ex-girlfriend… Fortunately for her, the breakup was due to her woman’s fault, so she didn’t have much difficulty talking to her first.
“Now, here…”
What she handed over were the three doses of her sleeping pills she had been taking. 7 out of 10 were empty. Sungmin accepted it without any reaction. Now that some time has passed and she has a much bigger interest in Ari noona, she is relatively calm, but the bitch she did when we were dating wasn’t so easily forgiven.
“Sungmin-ah, that…”
“Thank you.”
Seongmin thanked her politely and turned around. Her girl, who seemed somewhat lingering, grabbed Seong-min’s arm in her urgency, but flinched at the cold-hearted action of jerking away without looking back at her. He just needed medicine, he didn’t forgive her.
“Stop, Seongmin!”
“…Why.”
Seongmin asked, exhaling her breath with a look of annoyance at her. She seemed to be telling me to stay away from her and not cling to her.
“Well, why do you need sleeping pills?”
“Why do you need sleeping pills?”
At the obvious question, she didn’t want to mix words anymore. The girl was unable to speak, as she feared that if she held on to her any longer, she would hear harsh swear words. However, she still lingered and shouted at Seong-min’s back, who was getting further and further away.
“Me! I’m always waiting for you!”
It was like a Japanese romance comic. Seongmin is a jerk, an asshole. He went on his way, ignoring it. He wasn’t even impressed, he just couldn’t believe that the bitch and the goddess in the house were of the same race and gender.
…
“Ah, Seongmin. Relax your expression.”
“I heard you’re living with this bastard’s girlfriend. 100 percent for real. So don’t let me come home.”
Seongmin was irritated, but he pretended to be as calm as possible and instead got angry.
“You scumbags, you bastards made a mess, drank so much alcohol, vomited everything on the floor, and said the damn thing! Do you not have a conscience, you bastards? Honestly, if you had tolerated this much, wouldn’t you have tolerated it a lot? Huh?”
The place where Seongmin is now is at a friend’s house. There were a lot of empty houses, probably because vacation started on a weekday morning at an unexpected time, and I went to one of those empty houses and was drinking before I even had lunch. Seong-min had secretly been the head of a group of friends, but he had been unintentionally treated as a landlord until now.
Seong-min’s father didn’t pay much attention to his children, but he sent his money well, perhaps because he succeeded in a small business. It was too much money for a single student to spend, and Seongmin had no choice but to spend a lot because he was receiving a portion from his older sister who had left the house and hadn’t contacted her. In addition to that, he always let me use a spacious two-story detached house, so his position naturally rose. Since he is at an age where friends flock to him even if he only carries a soccer ball, Seong-min, who has a good personality, good looks, and likes to play, in addition to his ability as a water owner unlike his peers, naturally became the leader.
For that reason, Seong-min couldn’t miss the gathering of friends right after the sudden fall break ceremony. ‘Today is a bit…’ Seongmin, who refuses while doing so, grabs both arms and sits on the motorcycle, leaving as it is.
Still, I wonder if my friends have a conscience, so far, I haven’t asked for anything from Seongmin, who has taken care of me. The space was also decided after consulting with his friends, and he did not open his hands to Seong-min for things that cost money, such as alcohol and snacks. In response to the consideration of the friends who told them to just come because they would treat them for today, Seongmin could not say anything more and sat down quietly.
His honest intention was to remain calm because he would be suspicious if he behaved strangely. In this atmosphere, if he shows that he wants to go home, he may be suspicious that he really has a woman living with him.
‘Don’t drink or something.’
Seongmin, who has a subtly excellent mind control ability, decided to take care of the little happiness he can get now instead of being impatient.
“Braided!”
More than ten glasses collided with each other.
…
The atmosphere was strangely different from usual. Normally, everyone would have been half-drunk since they had run all the way, but now they felt serious. She did not gather for alcohol, but since she gathered, it seemed to accompany the drink. She was too busy thinking about other things, but when she thought about it well, there were no girls who liked drinking parties that she always included a few. All of the kids now were included in Seongmin’s group.
“We should get to the point soon.”
As if answering Seongmin’s thoughts, one guy brought up a topic.
“What about Junshik?”
Seongmin, who was thinking of a topic for conversation that the kids would get together and bring up seriously, asked. It was the correct answer.
“Yeah. We’re not the kind of people who run around tough kids for no reason, but we can’t stay still when we’re friends.”
Jun-sik.
Seongmin furrowed his eyebrows as he remembered the troublesome guy over there. Actually, she wasn’t the kind of guy I really liked. Ho-ga-ho-wi (狐假虎威), a four-character idiom that I accidentally heard during Korean language class when I didn’t sleep for some reason, would be the most appropriate word to describe him. Actually, he’s not good at fighting, and he’s not even a good guy.
On that subject, she was also a guy who knew her position really well. Seong-min and Min-seong don’t like Jun-shik because he bullies bullies or picks a fight with a tough kid, but his friends thought a little differently. I don’t intend to do anything outright, but I think that Seongmin and Minsung are too gentlemanly and become poisonous. Even in school, as often as they do things that violate school rules, they have to be moderately scared so that other kids don’t do useless things.
For example, when someone smokes in the bathroom, they openly frown and run up to the teacher and stab him if they dare. That was a really annoying problem. Jun-shik, who properly scratched such an itch, was, so to speak, a necessary evil. The hierarchy is really clear, the weaker kids never give in to circumstances, and the higher ones are kind and good. So, my friends secretly liked Jun-shik, and everyone did so, so Seong-min and Min-seong were forced to include Jun-shik.
Then the guy had an accident. He went all the way to the next school and took a beating, but he was beaten so badly that he even had a cast on his arm. At first, he pretended to have been injured while playing soccer in order not to make things unnecessarily big, but he could not let go. How can I stay still when my friend is beaten? Besides, according to Jun-shik, he wasn’t beaten by the kid who was trying to rip off the money, but he was stepped on by several other guys he called.
Seongmin’s group was ambiguous and strange. If you compare it to an animal, it is a bat, and if you compare it to a proverb, if you put it on your ear, it’s an earring, and if you put it on your nose, it’s a nose ring. Although they say that they are not Iljin, they are also Iljin. Most of the actions he did were deviant driving on a motorcycle or smoking and drinking. However, he knows how to use violence appropriately, just as he abets Jun-shik’s bullshit. So, it’s not that my friend was beaten in a one-on-one fight, and since he was lynched by several people, he had to give it back.
“Then what about Friday?”
“Weekends are a bit different, but weekdays are better.”
“It’s good to have time because only our school is closed.”
…
Guys who like to drink and smoke like that had a serious conversation after a long time. The target is the guy Jun-shik initially aimed for, who, according to Jun-shik, looks like an easy-going keut. After all, it’s about extorting money, so I’m going to go after an easy-going guy. But it turned out that such an easy-going guy was a bit of a playboy.
Seong-min, who had nothing to say, fell into other thoughts while watching his friends conspire on their own. Because it felt like things had left her hands, her consciousness drifted into personal concerns.
‘Sister Ari.’
Even though the alcohol went into her stomach, her mind clears up when she thinks of Ari. Now I’m really confused. Whether she is a sun-like goddess or a tempting demon. No matter how you think about it, sleeping pills have crossed the line. Showing her underwear or bare skin, coming close to her body, or applying lotion on her back can be considered flirting that a pretty girl can do by yielding a hundred times, but…
‘No, am I weird?’
Maybe she’s really tired. Lack of sleep makes people sensitive or tired. Thanks to his ex-girlfriend who suffered from chronic insomnia, Seongmin knew very well how important a good night’s sleep is to a person. He’s not a bad kid by nature, but when I think of all the shit and bitches he did whenever he was tired…
‘Driving me crazy.’
There was not a single clue to be sure. What am I to my sister? They provide a place to stay and provide food, so is the service at an appropriate level? Or am I just having fun while exchanging appropriate sexual tension with a lively boy?
In the first place, he did not know a woman named Ari. She was so pretty, but I had never heard of it, and all she did was roll around in other people’s corners, but I didn’t think that that was all she was.
Sometimes you feel like everything is a dream. When she went home, feeling restless with a sudden feeling of uneasiness that rose up to her chin, she was doing well, calmly as if asking what was going on.
She took her into her house, and swore to herself. She said she would never be greedy. Safe even if you go. Lest she blow everything up in a hurry.
However…
Haven’t you been patient enough at this point?
“Okay.”
The time has come. Now I have to check They’ll give you sleeping pills, but if things go badly… I’m really sorry, but I might do ‘bad things’.
Does your sister decide whether I will be an angel or a devil?
Seongmin’s eyes, darkly stained with pure evil stemming from desire, glittered.
“Okay.”
“Huh?”
Suddenly, he came to his senses and realized that all eyes were focused on him. I read the atmosphere because I wanted something, and everything was decided.
“Look. Seongmin is also a friend, but he doesn’t stay still. You bastard, do you doubt your friend?”
“No, that’s not what I meant. Anyway, Seongmin, we’ll take care of it. Since it’s my friend’s business, I’ll have to do it myself. It’ll hurt Gao if everyone rushes in.”
“That’s right. Let’s go just enough to even step on those bastards. Would five be enough?”
“Junshik can’t use his arms, so let’s bring another one.”
Aha.
In short, the guys got the consent of Seong-min, who played the role of leader, while roughly wrapping up the conspiracy. Seong-min thought of himself as just a water owner, but originally, the water owner had a strong voice. What he was thinking about popped out of his mouth, but it was strangely hit with adari.
‘Well, I’ll take care of it.’
Seongmin wasn’t bad at fighting, but he was the type to stay away from violence.
…
In the not-too-distant future, he will very bitterly regret this nonchalant thought he had now. ‘I regretted vomiting blood.’ Enough to fit the phrase.
