Chapter 58 – Episode 58. Queen of Memories
I was a little taken aback at the sight of her coming a little closer to me, but when I took a closer look at her, I knew her face.
‘Uh… Senior Na Hyo-jin?’
Compared to the past, the makeup was a bit lighter and time had passed, so her face changed a bit over time, like everyone else, but she was still beautiful.
When she was in college, she asked ‘Who is the prettiest in the department?’ Speaking of that, all the countless men said Na Hyo-jin senior.
She was clear
Looking at the clear kind, should I say that the atmosphere is a bit clear?
First of all, it’s not that tall, but it’s slightly taller than normal.
It seems to be between 165 and 167.
And perhaps because of her clear impression, when I saw her, I felt as if the beauty that never looked plain even in her slightly plain clothes hovered around her body.
In fact, her personality can be said to be a bit on the easy-going side.
However, since her appearance is so innocent, I felt that even her slightly straight personality seemed feminine.
It was impressive that her straight hair was quite long.
His hair was long, almost down to his waist.
I’m wearing a ponytail now, and I’m still growing my hair, but it’s been cut quite a bit more than before, so it’s long enough to come down to my chest.
When I was in college, I never had a special relationship with senior Hyojin.
Still, despite having seen them once at a drinking party with seniors, we communicated well and were close.
The reason I couldn’t connect with senior Hyojin was simple.
It was because there were so many men who were secretly thinking of Hyojin-senpai that almost all of the departments were covered in other departments.
Since I can meet countless women of more beautiful looks than Hyo-jin, there was no reason to go through the waiting list to meet Hyo-jin, who was in the same department and thus risky.
In my memory, senior Hyojin had a crush on me.
And so did I.
But each of us had too many men and too many women, so you can see that it didn’t connect during college.
I never thought that I would meet Hyojin-senpai again like this in her goshichon.
Indeed, it is not easy to get a job in these days, so there are a lot of people preparing for civil servants.
I turned her head slightly to the right, blew out the smoke from her cigarette, and looked at Hyojin noona and smiled.
“Yes, long time no see, sister.”
When I recognized her, she smiled and seemed to show her delight in me on her face.
“That’s Jinhyeok~! See you from here?”
Almost all the girls I meet after a long time usually react this way to me.
Once they come up to me, something wants to stop and talk for a long time.
There were many cases where we moved to different places and wanted to talk more.
Maybe it’s because he wants to monopolize me even for a short time.
Normally she would just give a quick hello to someone she didn’t want to run into, but that’s different for me.
I smiled and replied to senior Hyojin, who expressed her happiness.
“Yes, sister. Were you preparing for the exam here?”
“Uh. You seem to have become cooler while I haven’t seen you?”
In fact, it may be.
When a man is 20 or 21 years old, he feels a bit young for some reason.
Although the noonas love it, it might be a style that works better when you’re a little older than back then.
I decided to respond to compliments with compliments.
“What am I~, I’ve become a disabled person. I think my older sister has become prettier. Should I say that her impression has softened a bit?”
“Really? Is it because of the light makeup?”
Back then and now, senior Na Hyo-jin was not the type to put on heavy makeup.
Well, even when I was in college, I wasn’t at the age to put on make-up so hard, and there’s no reason to put on make-up so hard when I’m in a high school like now.
I deliberately got the same compliments from her as she did to me, but I also actually thought that Hyojin sunbaenim’s natural face, which didn’t need much makeup, was beautiful.
And Hyojin sunbaenim saw me holding an e-cigarette and said.
“Spread, spread, it’s okay. I haven’t seen you smoke for a day or two.”
“I almost smoked it, sister.”
“Yes. Slowly and quickly.”
Haha! Yes.”
Hyojin sunbaenim waited for me until I finished smoking.
When she looked elsewhere for a while and saw her standing on the street a short distance from me, she suddenly remembered the past.
For some reason, it was the same feeling as when I was back in college.
When I listen to a song I listened to a lot in a certain era, I think of that era for a while.
Seeing senior Hyojin like this, I felt the same way.
I smoked a little faster than usual, threw the butts in the trash can in front of the store, and then slowly walked back toward senior Hyojin.
Then Hyojin sunbaenim started talking to me.
“Jinhyuk, how are you?”
I answered with a shrug.
“Haha, as you can see. It’s not easy.”
“Ah~, how did we meet like this? Didn’t we meet after 4-5 years?”
“Yes, time really flies.”
As I said that, I shrank slightly.
It was a bit cold.
When I just came out of the academy, I was in a state of fever right after studying, but since I spent a certain amount of time outside with Yun-kyung, my body temperature seemed to drop as I stayed outside for a while.
I came dressed warmly in my own way, but compared to early November, these days, it suddenly seemed a bit colder recently, so I thought I should wear a little warmer to go outside for a long time.
Hyojin sunbaenim spoke to my actions like that.
“Huh? Jinhyeok. Are you cold?”
“About it.”
“Is that so? Um~, Jinhyeok. Is there any time right now?”
“Yes.”
“Then, shall we simply eat a plate of makchang?”
Even in the cold, beauty is welcome.
It’s my original mindset, but as a recent me who is immersed in studying, I may have to prioritize learning and put meeting women behind.
However, I was in a slightly different state than usual.
Before meeting Na Hyo-jin, I came out of the academy with Yun-gyeong.
Then, at a timing I hadn’t thought of, Yun-gyeong kissed me.
After that, I kissed Yoon-kyung even more strongly, and naturally, my desire has risen quite a bit.
In the midst of all this, when Na Hyo-jin asked if he wanted to spend some time with me, I couldn’t refuse.
“Um… Now?”
“No?”
“No, it’s fine.”
“Shall we go?”
Senior Hyojin tried to take her step.
I walked in the direction she was going to go, then raised her hand and pointed her finger in the direction of a house I knew around here, telling her her words.
“You mean over there? There are two Makchang restaurants.”
“Uh~, that’s right. You live around here, too, don’t you?”
It’s been a long time since we met, but it was natural.
Even if we haven’t seen each other in a long time, it’s probably because we didn’t go anywhere when we sat together once when we were told to drink for a long time in the past.
“What about your sister? How long have you been? I’ve been here quite a while.
Senior Hyojin answered my question while walking with me.
“I go back and forth, at home. When I have about 3 to 6 months left for the exam, I go up to the goshichon and study. Until then, I just do it at home. Now I live in the goshichon.”
Come and go… It’s hard to see that the way I prefer it that much.
If you pass the test once, there is no problem.
This is because moving from home to goshichon only once is enough.
However, if you do not pass the exam on the first try, you have to move from home to gosichon, from goshichon to home, and from home to gosichon again.
That doesn’t seem too cumbersome.
It seems like a burden.
After living for a while, I don’t know what it is, but it increases more and more fucking.
So moving can become more and more cumbersome in proportion to the length of time you live.
When I thought of that, I suddenly wondered about the room where Na Hyo-jin is currently living.
Considering that she moves relatively often, wouldn’t she have a lot of luggage?
Since he is a year older than me, this will not be his first civil service exam.
I was curious about Hyojin sunbaenim’s room, but I talked about the period first.
“Ah. You seem to be the type to focus on a specific period of time?”
“Huh.”
“Then, do you listen to problem solving?”
“Academy lecture?”
“Yes.”
Senior Hyojin looked in front of her, shook her head slightly as she walked, and spoke to me.
“No~, I listened enough to the lectures, and these days I study at a cafe.”
Hyojin sunbaenim seems to have studied a little as long as he is studying on his own at a cafe after taking off lectures.
Usually, even if you try to study on your own at first, you are a little confused about how to hold the strands, so you listen to the lecture, and when you become an appropriate expert, you can do self-study.
Of course, there are also people who just study on their own or get a feel for it while listening to lectures.
Go to a course that is comfortable for you.
I asked senior Hyojin.
“I see, how’s it going at the cafe?”
“Yeah. I said I liked the cafe better than the reading room?”
“That’s right, well, wherever you do it, it’s good to do it where it works.”
I think the quantity and quality of study is important, but not so much the location.
I talked to Hyojin sunbaenim a bit more.
“Nuna, but we were close, but we never contacted each other, so I thought you were busy getting married and marrying your soul.”
When I said that, Hyojin sunbaenim smiled.
Haha, Jinhyeok, are you still having fun? Did you put your soul into marriage?”
Senior Hyojin smiled and then said her words.
“Whoa~, I’ve even thought about getting married.”
“Really? When?”
“It’s been a while.”
While we were talking, Hyojin and I arrived at her makchang house.
The Makchang restaurant was not too far from the building where I met Hyojin sunbaenim while smoking.
It’s not too far away, it’s only half a block away.
Coincidentally, it is not that there was a Makchang restaurant nearby, but there is nothing that is not in the food alley of Gosichon in the first place.
The makchang restaurant is located a little to the left from the place where I met Hyojin sunbaenim, and then to the right at the intersection.
Near the Makchang house, there are raw fish restaurants and beer houses with relatively low prices, targeting high school students in high school. Hyojin and I already had a destination in mind, so she came right there.
I arrived at her store and opened the door to senior Hyojin and said,
“I’ll take you inside.”
Haha! I’m kidding~, ugh~, it’s cold. Come in quickly~”
I entered after Hyojin sunbaenim.
After entering, we were seated.
I wanted to get a window seat, but unfortunately, there were no empty seats at the Makchang restaurant, which was more popular than I thought.
So I got one of the available seats, slightly to the left of the center.
“Sister, do you want to go over there?”
“Is that so?”
Quite a lot of people.
As expected, I often feel here, and the bars at night are a little different from the gosichon I usually know.
Hyojin and I chose the menu together.
Then, senior Hyojin raised her hand and ordered.
“Here!”
A part-time job came, and senior Hyojin placed the order.
“Two servings of makchang and one radish noodle, please!”
“Yes~!”
I set the spoon and chopsticks and poured the water while Hyojin sunbaenim placed her order.
And I took a sip of water first.
It was cool.
Listening to the chatter of people, I feel a bit liberated as if I came to a different world for a while after studying hard today.
Amidst the noise of the people around me, I raised my voice a little and spoke to Hyojin.
“You still like yeolmu noodles? Do you still order them?”
“Do you remember that?”
“Yes. I ate with my sister once, at the pub next to the school.”
Hyojin sunbaenim liked yeolmu noodles more than plain noodles.
I remember somehow.
Hyojin noona said with a smile.
“Wow~, you have a good memory. I haven’t seen you often.”
I opened a wet tissue and handed it to Hyojin noona and said.
“It was because my sister was so popular, because she almost had to go on standby and come back to have a drinking party with her.”
“Hohoho! It’s not like that~. It was because classmates ate together often.”
That’s right too.
Not only senior Hyojin, but all of her classmates were close.
I also drank a lot with my classmates.
Of course, in my case, I went to a lot of clubs at that time, met a lot of kids from other departments and club girls, and drank a lot with all the girls.
At that time, even the cost of alcohol and motels was enough to build a building… Not until now, but I played a lot.
Senior Hyojin said as if meeting me was still strange.
“Wow~, to really meet like this. When we were in school, we weren’t really meant to be.”
“It was all because my sister was so popular.”
“I’m talking to others~. Jinhyeok, is there ever a time when you don’t have a girlfriend?”
I don’t think I had one when I didn’t have a girlfriend in college.
I was originally
Even if he just lived a normal life like everyone else, he never stopped seeing women.
It would have been the same for Hyojin sunbaenim.
Even if I just lived a normal life like everyone else, men never stopped.
When I went to eat with her older brothers, she was with Hyojin, and she even asked me to call her if there was a time to eat.
When I was thinking about that, Hyojin sunbaenim asked me.
“And why, if we were to meet then, we could have met.”
“When?”
“When my boyfriend went to the army.”
Ah. That’s right.
There were times when it was.
