When I Returned, a High School Romantic Comedy Began

30. How to get rid of bugs (1)

“I guess I can survive now.”

Monday after having my cast removed over the weekend.

It was the most refreshing start to a week that was always depressing.

‘Now I can eat with my right hand.’

The past month of doing everything with my left hand was endlessly painful.

Chae-rin persistently aims for my spoon.

Hayan pretends to stop him, but secretly looks at him with a desire.

Even my friends watched it as if it was fun.

‘It’s finally over.’

Today, with the cast removed, there will be no more problems to disturb me.

The peace of mind that came from it was more important than the fact that my right hand was free.

The moment we arrived at the school’s main gate and were about to enter the building.

At that moment, I ran into Chaerin who was coming down the stairs.

“Hey, Lee Joo-woon.”

“What, why are you here instead of going to class?”

Class will start in a little while.

Recently, she had been coming to class early, so I was surprised to see her out at this hour, so I asked her, and she frowned and said,

“Don’t go to class now.”

“… suddenly?”

Chae-rin, who has been making noises like an idiot since morning.

When I looked confused, she took my hand and led me outside.

“Hey, you have to tell me why you’re doing that.”

“I’ll go somewhere out of sight and tell you.”

“under…”

The place where she recklessly took my hand and led me to an alley facing the mountain behind the building.

It was dark and damp with almost no sunlight as it was located between the building and the mountain.

Chae-rin, like this place, was just sighing with a bad expression on her face.

I told a little joke to lighten the mood.

“It’s a bit weird to get a confession here.”

“I’m not in the mood for jokes right now.”

The atmosphere is not relaxed at all despite the playful tone of voice.

I was curious about how serious it was to create such a solemn atmosphere, so I asked carefully.

“What the hell is going on?”

“… Kim Chang-min came to class.”

“Kim Changmin?”

Who is that?

She brings up a name she has never heard before in her life.

Chae-rin continued, looking at me with a confused expression, just like when I first saw her.

“There’s a grumpy second-grade pig who’s been following me around since middle school.”

“I see.”

That’s probably true for him.

She has a pretty face, good proportions, and personality… she’s a bit out of character, but that’s because if she looks outstanding, she just becomes a haughty girl.

“But what does that have to do with dragging me in?”

So why did you stop me from even entering the class?

‘I came to see you, but if you don’t like it, you can just run away, why me?’

When I looked at her with an incomprehensible expression, she spoke to me with a slightly annoyed expression.

“We’re all over the school now.”

“yes?”

“Is that why he suddenly came to me in the morning and asked me if I was dating you?”

“…No way.”

No?

An ominous feeling hit me in the back of my head, and I narrowed my eyes and looked at her, but I immediately denied it.

“… I said no, so don’t look at me like that.”

“I’m glad.”

I feel like I’m dying trying to explain things to my friends already.

If she exploded here alone, there is no way to fix it.

I asked her with a sigh of relief.

“If you said that, wouldn’t it be a good thing?”

If I told him I wasn’t dating anyway, he would just nod and leave.

“That’s how it should be…”

When I asked again what the problem was, Chaerin’s expression became even more sour.

“Even after that, that kid keeps begging the class to meet you.”

“…”

In short, a pretty annoying bastard has stuck with me.

‘I thought that having a pretty face would lead to an easy life, but that’s not true.’

Just like the brighter the light, the more attracted the insects.

It seemed like things kept getting mixed up around her.

“Then will you stay here?”

“I will leave when class starts, so just ring the bell and wait for about 5 minutes before going in… Just be patient until then.”

Chae-rin’s face continued to darken, perhaps because she felt that she had harmed me as well.

‘There’s no need for him to feel sorry.’

If you’ve done something wrong, you’re the type of person who will stick to it even if you show that you don’t like it.

Is there any need to feel sorry for running away with him?

Jaune asked her.

“Anyway, if I hurt you now, won’t it still come back later?”

“… I guess so.”

Even if you avoid it now, the boomerang will return someday.

Yes, no matter where you go in the world, nothing is solved by avoiding it.

Jaune put the bag he had slightly put down on his shoulder again.

“Then let’s just get it over with quickly.”

“…Didn’t you hear me?”

“I heard that well.”

Roughly speaking, this means that one soup pig is causing trouble in the class.

‘What’s wrong with those kids over there?’

It’s right to just go and finish it first and make sure they don’t come back again.

“That pig is twice as big as you, so what are you going to do?”

“Peaceful conversation.”

If he’s a brat, he’s a brat. What can he do in class?

‘The kid is really scared.’

If I just went and said I was calling the teacher, everyone would act strong and jump out.

Our school was not a blind school that would ignore such issues.

There was no need to be afraid of Iljin, who came all the way to our class.

‘Ha-hayan may have already called the teacher in the first place.’

Jaune entered the first-year building, ignoring Chaerin who was chatting behind him.

“Please don’t go!”

“no.”

A nagging feeling that continues every time I go up a floor.

As I walked with the stinging voice in my ear and the arm holding my back, I arrived at class before I knew it.

‘Let’s see who’s face it is.’

What kind of guy is this that makes Park Chae-rin rip him off like this?

Instead, I got curious and opened the door.

“What, there’s no one there?”

“… uh?”

When I entered the class and looked around, the scene was the same as usual.

There was no pig like Iljin she had mentioned.

‘I didn’t even ring the bell, did you already go?’

I looked around for a moment and saw that Yuma was waiting for me, so he got up from his chair and came over to me.

“Hey, did a second grader just come looking for you?”

“Where did it go now?”

“I heard the librarian was dragging me to the second grade building.”

Iljin seems to have been caught by the teacher before the bell rang and had to go back to class first.

Yuma said as he looked at Park Chae-rin who looked relieved next to me.

“Well… take care of yourself.”

“okay.”

Yuma chicly said nothing but returned to his seat.

*

An incident that ended dully.

Jaune went back to his seat, feeling fortunate that he didn’t cause too much trouble to the other kids, and before he knew it, Hayan came up next to him.

“Hello, Jaune~ Did you take off your cast?”

“Okay, now you don’t have to secretly take chopsticks.”

“… I don’t know what you’re talking about~”

The two chatted as if nothing had happened.

Chae-rin watched the scene from behind and her mind was spinning.

‘Why on earth is everyone okay?’

That’s right, just now, a really cool kid came into the class and was yelling at us for almost 30 minutes.

It was very strange that the kid who always made a fuss about anything related to Lee Joo-un didn’t really care.

‘Now that I think about it, the other kids…’

If you think about it, that’s not the end.

Chaerin recalled her friend’s reaction when the pig came to visit.

[Chaerin-chan, how long are you going to be a pig…?]

[…until Lee Joo-un comes.]

[okay?]

After that, my friend didn’t pay much attention and was busy doing his own thing.

He seemed so calm that he even made casual remarks about going to the grocery store.

‘It’s not something that can be easily overlooked…’

Kim Chang-min was also a famous asshole.

Ever since he was in elementary school, he was a crazy guy who smoked cigarettes and beat up both the weak and the strong, and after entering middle school, he went around beating up women whenever he could.

Such guy came in half and was playing a game, but he didn’t pay attention to it, so he seemed stupid to be stressed by the baby.

‘Ha… I don’t know.’

Joo-un leaves Chae-rin and chats with Yuma.

I felt frustrated if I looked at her face any longer, so I returned to my seat alone, and my friend who was sitting in front of me abandoned me and turned around with banana milk in his mouth, as if he had gone to the snack bar.

“Chaerin-chan, why are you so sore this morning?”

“Doesn’t it look like you’re going to make a mess?”

As if being chased since middle school wasn’t enough, people around him were also threatened.

Moreover, the person being threatened always walks around without thinking, so I can’t help but worry.

As Chaerin showed worry on her face, her friend, who was leisurely drinking banana milk, said,

“Is it because of Lee Joo-un?”

“Then is there anything else besides that?”

My friend carefully asks if I didn’t know something obvious.

As Park Chae-rin made a bewildered expression, her friend looked at her strangely for a moment, then realized something and said.

“I’m worried about her… That’s right, you were in a different middle school than us.”

“What is that?”

“Um… it’s a little hard to say it with my own mouth.”

“Do you really want to search?”

After making people curious as much as she could, she suddenly pulled away and looked at Lee Joo-un, slightly worried.

He hesitated, which was not typical of a child who usually flutters his mouth casually.

I just vaguely moved on without giving a clear answer.

“Anyway, it’s not worth worrying about him.”

“…”

After giving an answer that only left questions, my friend turned his head again at the sound of the bell.

‘What is he saying now?’

Chaerin, who had no way of knowing the true meaning, greeted the morning with a frustrated heart.