Chapter 62 – Episode 62 New Member of the Volleyball Club, Baek Ye-Ji (3)
The next day, Yeji stood in front of the Yeomgwang Special School gymnasium and sighed repeatedly, unable to bear to enter.
“Whoa…”
After yesterday’s ending like that, when I faced her again, I couldn’t muster the courage to open the door. Just then, I heard a familiar voice from behind.
“Hey, what are you doing?”
Yeji turned her head to see whose voice she was from she. Heo Se-eun was the captain of the volleyball team at Yeomgwang Special School.
“Did you come here to make trouble again?”
“No, that’s not it…”
Recently, instead of showing confidence, Yeji only looked intimidated and had low self-esteem. The strange thing is that, perhaps because she has become somewhat accustomed to this feeling, she recognizes it naturally.
“Get out of the way.”
Se-eun pushed Ye-ji away and entered the gym. Yeji followed her in without saying a word, but she had nothing else to do so she just stood hesitantly next to Se-eun as she changed her clothes.
At this point, she could have said anything, but Se-eun treated her Ye-ji like she was invisible and focused only on her own work. She had no choice but to tell Ye-ji and Se-eun first.
“I’m sorry. Was I harsh yesterday? “I came here to apologize.”
She apologized in a way that did not make Se-eun feel bad as much as possible and preserved her self-esteem as much as possible. Yeji thought so. But she was not to Se-eun.
Even though she heard Yeji’s apology right next to her, Sae-eun did not respond and did not stop her warm-up exercises. Seeing that, Yeji bit her lower lip and bent her waist 90 degrees to apologize for her humiliation.
“I’m sorry for being so outspoken yesterday. Please accept my apology and agree to tell me about her experience.”
Swoosh-
She heard Se-eun stop what she was doing and look at her. Did the hard work of throwing away her pride and bowing down pay off? However, the answer she heard next from Se-eun was unexpected from Ye-ji.
“Are you kidding me?”
“Huh?”
Raising her head, she looked at Se-eun. Her cold eyes were definitely not those of someone who was friendly or accepting an apology.
“You call this an apology? And what about yesterday? Ha, really, I am. Are you saying this on purpose to make me feel bad?”
“What is that… !”
If it wasn’t enough, it wasn’t enough, Sae-eun continued, looking at Ye-ji who was greatly embarrassed by Se-eun’s distorted words of her.
“Do you really want to apologize? Then…”
Se-eun whispered into Ye-ji’s ear her her her her. As Se-eun continued speaking, Ye-ji’s face became more and more distorted.
“That much…”
“If you don’t like it, don’t do it.”
If I fail again today, I don’t know what will happen to Eunseo. The situation where I had no choice but to listen to Eun-seo led to a situation where I had no choice but to listen to Se-eun.
“…I will do it.”
As if she knew this would happen, Se-eun looked at Ye-ji with a mocking expression as she lowered her head and declared surrender.
“Okay. Now, everyone gather together!!”
Se-eun gathered all his members her and began to deliver his announcement her her her.
“My friend here really wants to join our department for a trial run, right? I guess I need to sort things out before that, right? I guess he wants to apologize first for saying he was going to use his fists. Now, Yeji?”
When his name was called, Yeji’s hand clenched into a fist trembled. About a dozen students were watching the disassembly, but to them, Yeji’s appearance was more worth seeing.
Whisk
As Se-eun ordered, Ye-ji knelt in front of Se-eun.
“I apologize for showing off just because I’m good at fighting without even knowing the topic. Please forgive me…”
With her humiliating apology her her her, Yeji hit her head on the floor with a thud and remained still for a long time. The students who saw that immediately turned the gym into a sea of laughter.
“What is that, it’s so fucking ugly.”
“He said he was fighting? He said It was just a bluff, right? Why are you calling me out like that?”
“If I look at it again yesterday, where did the year go? Hehe.”
“It’s pathetic, it’s pathetic. I shouldn’t live like that.”
All of her ridicule and contempt were heard by Lin Ye-ji, who lowered her head. In the meantime, her laughter continued.
“Hehe, being a good person, I have to accept it. “I have no choice.”
As soon as Se-eun finished speaking, Ye-ji raised her head.
“Like I said earlier, you know that you have to personally apologize to each person and receive forgiveness, right? Then I will forgive you for what happened.”
“…”
Yeji nodded her head wordlessly, moved to her knees and walked to the nearest student, then apologized the same way she did to Se-eun.
“Oh my. Aren’t I the kid you hit back then? Are you stupid? Phew.”
Yeji did not react much to the sound of her threatening him. She just wanted to apologize one by one and put an end to this situation.
Kill your pride and apologize as you are told. She won’t have any trouble if she just kills her pride. But contrary to her thoughts, the process of making her apology was not smooth.
One student even apologized several times, saying he didn’t like it. He couldn’t repeat the apology in the same words. He had to think and rephrase his apology every time. Since you can move on to the next person not only by apologizing but also by receiving forgiveness, you had to somehow adapt to their tastes.
There were also some students who picked on Yeji’s every word and started a fight.
“I apologize for showing off just because I’m good at fighting without even knowing the topic. Please forgive me…”
“Are you that good at fighting? Ask me again. When you left yesterday, you said we’d wait and see?”
“Oh… No, actually, she’s a sloppy bitch who can’t even fight.”
“Oh, really? I can’t even fight, so why are you calling me out? I was even more of an asshole?”
“Yes. I misunderstood you as an idiot and came forward. I’m sorry…”
Unlike when I repeatedly apologized with the same message, I kept thinking about why I was wrong and what I did wrong, and I felt like I had truly committed a crime. Later, his facial expressions and actions showed desperation, as if he had made a real mistake and was asking for forgiveness.
“Okay, from now on, don’t show off and go at your level?”
In front of the last remaining person, I apologized by hitting my forehead on the floor several times before receiving my final forgiveness. After the apology was over, it seemed like only anger would remain, but there were so many people and they were so distracted that there was no time to feel resentful. I was just relieved that it was over.
I wanted to take a moment to catch my breath, but I had no choice but to focus on Se-eun’s words.
“Well, we’re all kind, so we accepted Yeji’s apology for her atrocity. But Yeji keeps asking me to join the trial. What should I do?”
Although that was something that could be approved by the captain’s authority, he deliberately asked the members’ thoughts. There was no special intention. If there was no specific intention, you could just move on to the next step.
“Captain, let me ask you why you want to come in?”
A request from a student at that time. In fact, no one knew the reason except the captain, Se-eun. Although the situation was explained to the members in advance, the ‘reason’ was not actually told. At that request, Se-eun smiled mischievously and looked at Ye-ji. As expected, Yeji’s face was filled with embarrassment.
‘There can’t be a reason.’
Yeji cried inside, wondering what she would reply. She rolled her head as best as she could.
‘Should she tell the truth that she came to carry out Eunseo’s orders?’
She ends up showing off her own weaknesses, but it is a school she has no connection to anyway. Moreover, I had already given up my face a long time ago.
‘No. Then what if they reject me as having nothing to do with the volleyball club?’
Se-eun spoke as if warning to Ye-ji, who was hesitant and unable to speak.
“Seeing as they can’t speak, I guess they have sinister intentions… ? Then I can’t accept it even more. They’re already a rival team, so they could be spies trying to find out about our training or weaknesses.”
“No!”
Yeji shouted urgently, barely remembering what Se-eun had said the day before, and started making up words on the spot.
“We lost the game to you. We couldn’t figure out what the problem was between us, so we came here to learn what was lacking from a good team.”
“Oh, so.”
After listening to Yeji’s words, Se-eun took a pause and then continued.
“Are you saying you acknowledge poor skills and bend over them?”
Even though the words seemed to be directly dismissive, Yeji nodded her head loudly, pleased with the thought that her persuasion was working.
“That’s right!”
“Then ask for it formally. Don’t try to ignore it. Because admitting your shortcomings is also a great thing.”
Anyway, as long as there is something the other person wants, all you have to do is listen to it.
“As you all know, we are very poor and sloppy. I thought we would not be able to win no matter what we did, so I came to learn from a team that is good… We won’t be able to keep up even if we learn anyway, so can you please accept us ?”
Once again, the gym was filled with sneers and loud laughter. I couldn’t help but look so servile and pitiful seeing her putting her team down so much. In fact, if the two schools had similar strengths or had teamwork, Mirae Special School had a slight advantage. It was very exciting for Yeomgwang Special School to see her bow out of such a team with a declaration of humiliating defeat.
“Good. Since you’re so motivated at a trash school, why not give me a little help?”
It seemed like she suddenly sold out the school, but Yeji felt more happy than miserable that she had gotten permission.
“Really?! Thank you, thank you!”
Yeji’s sincerely happy appearance was enough to make the members of the Yeomgwang volleyball club laugh. They had already heard about her visit her from Yeji and her her her her future her treatment her her her, but at first they were worried about her. Yeji, who had beaten them so horribly a few months ago, was imprinted as a fearsome being.
However, through the process of seeking forgiveness, Yeji was no longer a violent and fearful being to them. She was just one miserable woman who somehow wanted to come under them.
“Well, then, since Yeji is a member of the experience club… You must treat everyone here as your senior with respect. We will teach you about training and life in our own style, so if you want to challenge us, tell us now.”
At Se-eun’s words, Ye-ji looked at Se-eun with a mixture of doubt and confusion on her face.
“Of course, right? I don’t know what position you had there, but here you are just like a newbie.”
“Ugh…”
Se-eun’s words meant that Ye-ji’s humiliating treatment did not end with today’s apology. Yeji realized that while she was here, she would be treated lower than everyone on the Yeomgwang volleyball team, even lower than the first graders.
