The Best of Tomorrow [ 내일의 으뜸]

Chapter 25

In fact, I have never received a gift other than birthdays and Christmas. I haven't received any Christmas presents since graduating from elementary school. There was no one to give. If you receive a gift other than birthdays or Christmas, it is the type of gift you go to receive after winning an event. It is a gift of a compensation item due to a game error.

- Get it from me, where do you get it from?

"... ... to you?"

- I don't like receiving it unilaterally. From now on, if you give, I will also give. So you do it yourself.

"Hey, that's... ... No, I... ... ."

You are not my fan. I am your fan And this is not that kind of gift. It all has a purpose. Unable to say such a thing to Seonjae, he pursed his lips and sighed.

- What, are you sighing now?

"uh? Oh no... ... But everything I give you is not that expensive. You don't have to feel burdened... ... ."

-Who said anything? I will also buy you something like hangover soup from my house.

I burst out laughing without realizing it. Then I thought I shouldn't smile, so I adjusted my expression even though no one was watching.

I fidgeted with the hand holding the phone. I was excited for some reason because it felt unrealistic at this moment when Seonjae's voice was coming out of the receiver and we were having a normal conversation. He didn't know what to say, so he bit his chapped lip. Silence continued, as if Seonjae had finished what he wanted to say. While I was thinking about how to end the awkward phone call, Seonjae's voice came over me.

― Chunbaek.

"uh?"

- thank you. I will use what I gave you today well.

My heart was pounding and pounding, pounding and pounding, as if I were a Janggu of the Samulnori club. It felt like someone was hitting my chest with a clothespin, using it as a washboard. I felt like I was getting goosebumps for no reason, so I rubbed my arms. Seon-jae always had a disgruntled look on his face, disapproving of the letters I secretly put in the drawer and my appearance, but I couldn't believe it when the words of gratitude came out of Seon-jae's mouth.

- Hang up.

"uh? uh. hi."

The call has ended. Holding her phone in her hand, she stared blankly at the wall. Seonjae's voice of gratitude continued to ring like tinnitus. oh my god. He picked up the pocket watch on the desk and kissed it. I felt the cold energy of the metal with my lips. He resisted the urge to bite and suck. He placed his pocket watch on the floor, took a step back, and bowed.

"Great Pocket Watch, everything you said is correct and I am wrong. You must have called me here with your own will."

He said with his forehead on the floor. Suddenly, the door opened. Putting her palms on the floor, she turned her head and looked behind her. My mother, who had brought tangerines in her basket, opened the door and faced me, crumpling her face and saying, "You bitch." she shouted.

"Uh, Mom."

My mother's foot crossed the threshold and hit my butt.

"I thought you were studying, but you're sleeping in a strange way."

I got up from the floor and ran out into the living room, avoiding my mother's feet kicking my butt. Her mother pounded her chest with her fist and said, "That, that's why I don't know if I can actually go to college." "She lamented. She went to college, but if things continue like this, I really don't know, she thought, tearing up.