The Best of Tomorrow [ 내일의 으뜸]

Chapter 18

"Oh, my gosh, really Mr. ??"

The hood attached to the coat kept coming down and covering his head. He tried to pull the hood back again, but gave up because it was difficult to keep his balance. Out of nowhere, he fell face down and was stretched out next to the school gate with his palms and toes on the floor. The teacher was going to take a walk around the school, so she had to stay like this until then, and he would show up unexpectedly, so she was told not to mess up her posture.

It's so hard to save Ryu Seon-jae.

It felt like a stone was hitting my palm on the asphalt floor. My arms are shaking. It was difficult to support the weight of the body using both arms as pillars. My butt kept going down. I thought that from now on I would have to write letters disguised as fan letters and send them to work or go beyond the school walls.

"Ah, ah. When will you come?"

As I frowned and groaned out of exertion, four feet came closer. One pair of white sneakers, one pair of yellow sneakers.

"Isn't this the bag?"

"I think that's right."

"I think she was wearing this mustard-colored coat too."

"I know."

What. She raised her face to the commotion ahead. The hood swung down and covered her eyes. I couldn't see anything so I blinked, but I heard the sound of someone squatting on their knees. When I lowered my eyes, I saw bent knees and yellow sneakers. The boy sitting in front of her took the hat off her head and pulled it down behind her.

"Is that right?"

I made eye contact with a boy with light brown hair.

"... ... Uh, Baek In-hyuk?"

I raised my eyes and saw the owner of the white sneakers standing behind Baek In-hyuk. Seonjae, with his hands in his black padded pockets and his hat pulled up, was looking down at me.

"Kim Chun-baek."

Seonjae said and his eyes were round, probably because he was so embarrassed. My arms trembled like the pillars of a bridge that was about to collapse.

"What are you doing at someone else's school?"

"Uh, huh?"

"Why are you lying face down at someone else's school?"

"I, that's because I don't have a travel permit... ... ."

"Permission to go out? Our school outing pass?"

"... ... huh."

Baek In-hyuk's lips twitched as he quietly listened to the conversation between Seon-jae and me. He seemed to be holding back laughter, but he couldn't hold out for long, covering his mouth with both hands and saying, "Pfft." and made the sound of a balloon popping. She narrowed her eyes and glanced at Baek In-hyuk.

"Did you get caught coming in through the school gate?"

Baek In-hyuk asked with a smile. He gently placed his knees on the floor and nodded.

"Who caught it?"

"It's a male teacher. Carrying a danso... ... ."

"Hakju?"

"Well... ... ."

Seonjae, who was looking at me with an expressionless expression, came towards me and grabbed the hat attached to his tteokbokki coat.

"uh? Uh, wait."

I let go of my hand on the floor and stood up due to the force of pulling on my hat. The marks of small stones embedded in the palm of my hand were clearly visible. I dusted my palms and rubbed them on my coat.