Chapter 232 – Vacation Trip (4)
The party set up a table outside on the beach for dinner. In order to grill the barbecue, the men carried relatively heavy items, and the women moved miscellaneous items back and forth several times.
“Wow, was there a log here before?”
“I put it in to play while watching the sea. Isn’t it nice to sit down?”
“Hey. Also Lee Seok-chan. I took care of myself.”
“Is not it? If you light a bonfire and play, it will be over.”
As I said, the emotional atmosphere was very good. The scenery of the beach where the sunset is starting to set and the night breeze blowing gently make my heart excited. The end of the day couldn’t have been better than this.
“Brother Kangho, I will cook the meat for you.”
“No, man. Sit down My brother will bake it.”
“Kangho hyung! Just let Jjuhwan bake him! He cooks better than his older brother his!”
“Okay? Shall I leave it to you then?”
“Just trust me.”
Seo Joo-hwan took over the tongs and scissors and brushed the party with an arrogant face.
“Hey guys, do you believe me?”
Being arrogant is a facial expression that clearly reveals his lack of luck. However, instead of scolding him, the party responded greatly. Isn’t the only assistant referee allowed to be a meat griller?
“Hwan oppa is the best!”
Han Soo-ah didn’t know anything about it, but she just cheered that it was good.
“Brother is cool! Bake it deliciously!”
The raccoon, knowing the taste of Seo Ju-hwan’s meat, swallowed and cried out.
“Ha, just for today, they call me oppa. Give me the meat quickly, brother.”
Even Jung Ha-yeon called him oppa with a calm expression.
“Jjuhwan Oh Bread! Bake it quickly!”
Lee Seok-chan’s tender voice broke the colic.
“Shut up the rotten bastard!”
“Puhahahaha!”
Seo Joo-hee tilts her head in the midst of laughter.
“Is my brother that good at grilling meat?”
“You know when you eat it. Even if you open a meat restaurant, my brother will do well.”
Deokhun Jang nodded his head and replied. Seo Ju-hwan’s skill at grilling meat, which has improved day by day, has become almost an expert. Thanks to that, when there was a need to grill meat, the party started looking for Seo Joo-hwan.
Chi profit.
Seo Ju-hwan grilled various meats and barbecues in a happy mood. He put sesame oil and garlic in the tinfoil he had brought beforehand. He has enough vegetables, so if you wrap it in lettuce and sesame leaves, it will be perfect.
“Yes. It’s triggered again.”
Today, ‘Lucky Hand’, a special ability of dexterity, has been activated frequently. The first effect, grade correction, and the second effect, luck, make the food more delicious. The taste of meat increased in the realm of superpowers, not seasoning.
“I should classify them separately.”
He classified meat into three types.
Normal grilled meat, graded meat, or lucky grilled meat with a very low chance.
After putting it evenly on the plates of the party, we started eating.
“Big. There must have been a reason for entrusting the meat to Joo-hwan.”
“I know. You cook better than my husband?”
“Honey….”
“Ho Ho. What if it’s true?”
“Kuhm.”
Baek Kang-ho eagerly ate the meat while clearing his throat.
“Hey. It tastes like this I believed in you, Jjuhuani oppa!”
Lee Seok-chan ate the most delicious lucky meat and made a fuss.
Of course, Seo Ju-hwan’s impression was crumpled.
“Oh! You don’t bake!”
“Ah. Why grin!”
“You want to fight?!”
Haha!”
A time of laughter and chatter ensued.
Seo Joo-hwan sat down for a while and talked with his party her, but then went back and grilled the meat. While doing so, the party came and put meat and wraps in their mouths.
“Oh, it’s spicy. Lee Seok-chan, you bastard, eat something that doesn’t taste good.”
He grumbled and placed ordinary meat on Lee Seok-chan’s plate. It was because Lee Seok-chan had just fed him a wrap filled with peppers and garlic.
“Hwan-i brother! I’ve packed the wraps!”
This time, it was Han Soo-ah’s turn. She held out her hand-made wraps.
“Isn’t it strange again?”
“Oh no! I put only really good things in it!”
“It’s a joke. I believe in Sua.”
“Hehe. Come on, ah!”
She opened her mouth and took the wrapper and ate it. Fortunately, the meat and garlic were properly included, so it was a delicious wrap.
“Jjuhwan! Stop grilling and come sit down too!”
“OK. There is still meat left over.”
After eating for a while, the speed of eating meat decreased.
Seo Joo-hwan sat down on a log chair with leftover meat and sausage.
“Hey, I thought they were joking earlier.”
“So. Who would believe that you would almost drown in a place less than 1.7m deep?”
“Ughhh, little kids.”
The party shared a drink and teased Yoo Ji-gyeong and Han Soo-ah. The two peanuts pouted their lips while protesting with unfair faces.
“Chi. Is it small because I want to be small?”
“Right. We also want to grow up like Hayeon! Bad sister!”
“You deceiver!”
“Nana? Suddenly to me?”
The chicks frowned when they saw Jeong Ha-yeon. She was taken aback, then let out her foot laugh. It was because I could feel the height difference between the two of them.
Meanwhile, Lee Seok-chan came with a guitar standing on one side and said, crossing his legs.
“This is a camp song, these. Open your ears and listen.”
The sound of a guitar flows through the campfire that has just begun to burn.
Ding, Dri-ring, T-ring~♬
Surprisingly good performance. A familiar melody spread quietly, bringing a smile to your lips.
Eventually, when the medley of several songs was finished, the group clapped. Lee Seok-chan smiled at him and showed off her arrogance of her.
“Can you just listen?”
“Oh, I saw Seok-chan oppa again.”
“Seokchan hyung-nim is also secretly almighty.”
Yoo Ji-kyung rarely praised Lee Seok-chan, and Jang Deok-hoon gave her a thumbs up.
On the other hand, Jeong Ha-yeon smiled and asked.
“Did you learn to flirt with women too?”
“You know, why do you ask?Haha.”
“Ugh. Still, the atmosphere is good because I play guitar.”
I lit a bonfire on the beach and even played the guitar, creating a camping atmosphere. The gentle sea breeze blows through the ends of your hair, leaving behind a faint scent of salt.
‘Good night.’
Seo Joo-hwan enjoyed the atmosphere with a calm smile.
There was a time when I felt like this once.
Comfort, pleasure. This cozy atmosphere with good people.
These moments were what he meant to live again. It was also the reason he went back to school, even though he didn’t have to go to college. Even though this place was not a campus, he would not have met him if he had not returned to school.
‘I’m also grateful to Joo-hee and Su-a.’
When he was exhausted from misfortune and was having a hard time, these are his family who stayed by his side his even though he avoided it first. It was a pleasure to spend time together again with the two people who were once distant.
Seo Joo-hwan excitedly called Lee Seok-chan.
“Seokchan, can you play that song?”
“What song? A few things I don’t know.”
“You know what cold winter is? It’s pretty famous.”
“Oh, you know that. It’s my favorite song. But isn’t that a bit much now?”
Cold Winter is an acoustic guitar song that feels calm yet innocuous. The basic sense of rhythm is also quite good, so it was once a fairly famous song.
However, as Lee Seok-chan said, the song did not suit the current mood. This is because the lyrics are quite depressing and pessimistic.
Seo Joo-hwan knew about it, but he asked to play. Lee Seok-chan nodded his head with a curious expression.
“Because the rhythm is good. I’ll try it.”
“Thank you.”
Lee Seok-chan played the guitar a few times, recalling the chord, then nodded as if he understood. Soon, he noticed Seo Joo-hwan to start.
“Ah.”
After clearing his throat, Seo Joo-hwan tapped the ground with his feet and remembered the beat. Cold Winter was a song where the voice entered one beat before the guitar.
‘Sing feeling.’
A special ability that allows you to put the emotions you want into a song. Depending on the level of singing talent and the clarity of the image, the concentration of emotions contained varies.
Seo Joo-hwan recalled his old days before his return.
Soon, he starts reciting the lyrics.
Because the winter wind is so cold
When it snows, my hands get cold.
Depression in the feeling of being left alone.
It slowly permeated my heart.
The background of the song is a winter where spring does not come. The snow falling white adorns the sky. Those eyes are never romantic or cozy. The heart of a loner with no one around becomes cold like snow.
To the chilly air that swirls around the room.
In the empty breath that seeped into my heart.
Even if you try hard to raise the corner of your mouth.
It was twisted hard.
The narrator of the lyrics is alone both outside and after returning home. The cool air in the room enters the lungs. I try to cheer myself up with a smile, but the corners of my mouth that have risen are just stiff.
Because the image inside me is too similar to winter.
The cold wind permeated
The cold wind hurts too much to handle alone.
Only the stagnant breath scattered for a long time—.
The empty heart of the narrator resembles winter. That’s why it must have permeated more coldly. Even if you take a long deep breath, your heart doesn’t warm up, and only your breath leaks out for a long time and scatters.
‘Hwani’s brother…….’
Han Soo-ah looked at Seo Ju-hwan with a face that looked like she was about to cry. It was because the lyrics seemed to be talking about him. Having watched him from the sidelines, she was well aware of how difficult Seo Joo-hwan was going through.
How lonely I was how much it hurt
He always lived in winter. He was overcome with loneliness and spent time alone. He always smiled, but the inside of that smile must have been hard.
That was when a single drop of tear fell.
“Ah-.”
The mood of the song has changed.
Long continuous humming instead of lyrics. The melody is still the same, but the emotions contained in it are clearly opposite.
“——!”
Winter is over, spring is coming.
The cold, windy season that seemed like it would never end has passed. Instead, a warm spring breeze blows and sprouts buds.
“Aaaaa— ….”
Seo Joo-hwan, not the narrator of the song, speaks.
I am grateful to be alive again.
Emotions are loaded into humming without lyrics.
She said she was very happy this time with her friends.
Thank you for being my friend.
‘I can’t bear to say it because I’m embarrassed.’
I hope it was delivered as a song.
Sing feeling.
A distinct image revolved around him.
The warmth of a blazing bonfire seemed to spread thickly.
*
The party moved to clean up after eating and drinking.
With all 9 people on the move, I was able to finish cleaning up quickly.
“Mr. Sua.”
Jang Deok-hun called Han Soo-ah on the way back to the lodging. The group ahead of them climbs the stairs. There were only two left on the beach.
“Yes. Deokhun, why…?”
Han Soo-ah looked back at him with her anxious eyes.
Jang Deok-hun looked at her eyes without saying a word and smiled bitterly. No matter how dull he was, he couldn’t help but know that Han Soo-ah was feeling burdened. Seo Joo-hee was right. She knew what she liked.
‘Seok-chan hyung. I think I now understand what my older brother said.’
Lee Seok-chan said at a drinking party before the trip. Confession is not a one-sided way of conveying love, but a process of confirming each other’s feelings.
Deokhun Jang realized that. If you convey your heart now, you will only be satisfied with yourself. So he grinned.
“Please take good care of me in the future, Sua.”
“Yes?”
Han Soo-ah opens her eyes wide as if surprised.
Deokhoon Jang brushed off his timidity and held out his hand with a cheerful smile.
“You said you would come to our university. Then we’ll continue to be friends, but I’m going to talk comfortably now. Is that okay?”
Did you understand the meaning contained in it?
Han Soo-ah’s expression became complicated.
Embarrassment, sorry, gratitude, joy.
She then held her hand with a bright smile on her face.
“Yes! Let’s be friends!”
Is it to keep him from being embarrassed? She took her hand her and shook it hard.
“Go in, Sua. I’ll drop some of this in the storage room.”
“I will help you!”
“Nope. I’ll do it alone. Go in first.”
“Ah, yes.”
Han Soo-ah finally nodded her head at the euphemistic refusal. She knew that it would be worse if she was next to her now.
Jang Deok-hoon looked at her back as she entered the dorm and moved the goods to the warehouse.
“Awesome!”
That’s when she locked the warehouse door and came out.
“Brother Deokhoon.”
“Ah, Joo-hee.”
It was Seo Joo-hee. She came closer and looked into Jang Deok-hoon’s face and asked.
“Did you confess?”
“… No.”
“When? Can I help you?”
At those words, Deokhun Jang shook his head with a smile on his face.
“Done. I won’t confess.”
“Uh? Really? Why?”
“Just. I guess it’s because I’m already relieved somehow. I don’t want to embarrass Sua for nothing.”
“Ugh… Do they say?”
Seo Ju-hee tilted her head. However, she patted Jang Deok-hun on the back as if it went well. I’m glad he ended unscathed.
“Great job! Come on, let’s go and drink! Noona will be your drinking partner!”
“Sister? Foot. You are underage Have a drink or something.”
“It’s forbidden to live, but it’s okay to drink?!”
“Okay. Since I am an adult, I will be your guardian.”
“What did you say! Funny!”
Jang Deok-hun burst into laughter. My heart, which had been heavy throughout the trip, felt a little lighter now.
*
The party made a lot of noise and then went back to their assigned rooms.
Lee Seok-chan giggled at Jang Deok-hun lying on the bed next to him.
“Congratulations on your first love failure, man.”
“… Can I curse?”
“Dude, don’t be disappointed. Originally, first love doesn’t come true.”
“Can I hit you?”
Lee Seok-chan burst into laughter at the quick reaction and rolled the bed. Then, he smiles slowly and asks Deokhun Jang.
“Would you like me to introduce you to a woman?”
“It’s done.”
“Oh come. Well, I guess I don’t need to introduce myself.”
“Yes. I’m just digging 2D as I normally do.”
“…….”
Lee Seok-chan laughed.
He’s like a dull bearded guy.
He smiled and closed his eyes without saying a single word.
“Okay, look for it. The original relationship was close.”
“?”
Deokhun Jang blinked his eyes and shook his head.
‘What do you mean?’
I’m going to sleep after watching Anina.
