The Best of Tomorrow [ 내일의 으뜸]

Chapter 41

"the youngest."

"Yes," before I could answer, a tape was placed on the desk.

"Go to the general broadcasting room."

I picked up the tape and said "yes," but the person who gave it to me was already walking away. What did mom say at a time like this? She was a three-year-old, did she say. Her anger levels rose every time she drove, recalling her mom rolling down her window and yelling at her to escape her company.

On my way out after delivering the tape to the general broadcasting room, I realized that I hadn't had a sip of water since lunch, so I headed to the vending machine at the end of the hallway. The change I had earned while running errands jingled in my pocket. I put a coin into the coin slot. The coin inserted into the slot fell into the coin returner.

what.

I took the coin out of the return machine and put it back into the slot. It fell into the return phase again. I got confused so I took out the coin and put it back in. As expected, the vending machine did not eat the coins but vomited them out.

"What, why are you like this?"

I hit the vending machine with my palm a couple of times until it made a clicking sound. I am thirsty. Take money and serve drinks. I was crouching down on my knees to pick up the coins that the vending machine had thrown out and place them in my palm, but the surroundings became dark as if someone was standing behind me. Instead of picking up the coins, I raised my head. When the person standing behind placed the card on the terminal attached to the vending machine, the beverage selection button lit up.

... ... Uh, you.

Seonjae and I made eye contact. I looked down and wondered if the broadcasting station was such a large place, how could something like this be possible? I slowly moved to the side and stood up. As he turned around with a frown on his face, holding the coin in his hand, Seonjae's voice stopped him.

"hey."

Are you calling me? I glanced behind me. Seonjae was looking at me.

"yes?"

Seonjae pointed to the coin return machine.

"I didn't bring any change."

"Oh, that... ... It's not my money... ... ."

After saying that, I was about to turn around, but so many coins were jingling in my pocket, showing off their presence. It's like, that thing over there is our friend! Our comrades! As if shouting.

"I think that's right."

I lowered my head and walked to the vending machine and took the remaining coins from the machine. Seonjae, who had been standing quietly next to me and watching me, took a step closer. Then he crossed his arms, leaned his shoulder against the vending machine, and looked openly down at me. It's as if the owner is trying to catch the main culprit who steals two or three drinks from a place where each person is allowed one drink.

As he took the last coin out of the return machine, Seonjae's mouth opened.

"What were you trying to drink?"

"yes?"

"You didn't pick anything."

Seonjae looked down at my hand, which was only holding a coin. He straightened his knees and stood up. After looking at Seonjae's cold face, he lowered his head and pointed at his Sikhye. Even as he held out his finger, I felt despairing and thought, "I don't know what this is."

Seon-jae put his card into the vending machine, pressed the sikhye button, took out a can of beverage, and handed it to him. After looking at the hand, he carefully reached out and took the can. But even though I grabbed the can, Seonjae didn't put it down. I didn't pull it out with my own money, so I couldn't pull it, and I couldn't let it go again. I looked up and saw Seonjae. Baek In-hyuk said that Seon-jae wouldn't remember me.