When I Returned, a High School Romantic Comedy Began

14. Why are you holding a spoon?

“Go in carefully, and if you feel unwell after entering the house, call me… okay?”

“…”

Discharged after a week.

Even though my arm was still in a cast, the mere fact that I was out of the stuffy hospital room gave me a tremendous sense of liberation.

‘I was wondering if I could last a week.’

When Park Chae-rin first said she would stay until she was discharged, she expected it would be over in a day or two.

However, it seems that her persistence was not as light as he thought.

Even now, after being discharged from the hospital, seeing her with a face full of worry makes my mouth hurt even if I have to say it.

Joo-woon’s mother, who knew all about this, smiled warmly as she looked at Chae-rin.

‘The kid is really kind.’

When I first saw him, I was prejudiced because he looked like a child having fun, but after seeing him sincerely taking care of my son from the time he was hospitalized until the time he was discharged, those feelings disappeared.

“If you have trouble eating because of your arm, please call me.”

“That’s a bit…”

Although there were some parts where the worry was a bit excessive, it was understandable since we knew Chae-rin’s family situation.

On the contrary, it seemed amazing that he felt responsible and worried because Jaune got hurt because of him.

She watched them happily from a few steps behind and said to her son when she saw a taxi stop in front of the hospital.

“Son, the taxi is here!”

“Ah Okay. “Go in.”

“Go in carefully.”

After a brief greeting, the two got into a taxi.

“son. “Do you like it that much?”

“huh?”

“When I chat with Chaerin, the smile on my face never disappears~”

Could it be that he couldn’t erase the small smile on his face as he spoke, pretending to be bothered by words?

When I saw my son’s mouth keep turning up, I wanted to tease him a little.

“It’s not really like that…”

When I saw her turn her head and try to deny it, as if she was embarrassed, I couldn’t help but see a smile on my mother’s lips.

While watching him with a happy heart, his mother lowered her voice and spoke seriously.

“No matter how much you like the girl, don’t do such reckless things next time.”

“…”

“If you disappear too, Mom will really…”

The mother’s words were slightly slurred as she spoke, perhaps because she was overcome with emotion.

I’m glad that by some miracle, only my bones were broken.

He almost caused an indelible wound to his mother, who sent away his father early and raised him alone with poor legs.

‘There is no such thing as unfilial piety.’

Jaune said, gently holding his mother’s hand.

“Sorry. “I’ll be careful from now on.”

“…Okay, that’s enough.”

I arrived home feeling the warmth of our rough hands clasped in awkward silence in the taxi.

‘at las…’

This moment has arrived.

The reason why I couldn’t keep smiling until now.

His mother thought it was because of Park Chae-rin, but she was wrong.

Jaune entered the room, calming his pounding heart as best as he could.

“Juun, when you come in, you have to wash your hands first!”

“wait for a sec!”

After a little hesitation in the room, Jaune came out to the living room holding something in his hand.

His face was flushed and he was more excited than usual.

I was breathing heavily, wondering why I was so nervous.

When the mother saw her son’s condition, she approached him with a worried look, wondering if there were any aftereffects.

“W-what’s going on? “Are you suddenly in pain?”

“mom…”

Jaune calls out to him, comes closer, and hugs him.

Since she was so embarrassed that she couldn’t say anything, he spoke softly.

“Let’s move.”

*

“Ah, the world is so f*cking beautiful.”

Two weeks have passed since the accident.

Explaining the lottery to my mom wasn’t that difficult.

My friend’s older brother bought it for me as a joke, so I drew it in a straight line and it won.

It was a really flimsy excuse, but since there was no other explanation, my mom accepted it right away.

“This is the first time I feel good about going to school.”

The move took place quickly.

The more money you have, the easier it is to find a house.

Since there were only two people living there anyway, we chose a house with an appropriate size and bought a neat, newly built villa not too far from the school.

Unlike before, where I always slept with a blanket spread out on the ground, I got a soft bed and had a comfortable sleep.

Unlike the semi-basement, which was so humid that mold kept growing, the warm sunlight on the second floor was very refreshing.

‘Now I have to quit my part-time job and just have fun.’

So far, I haven’t been able to play after school or on weekends.

The next two or three years are really crazy.

[Now that my son has money, he should focus on his studies and go to college.]

Have to play…

[I have to go to college and get a decent job in order to live comfortably in the future.]

“…”

When I remembered what my mother said with a smile in her eyes, I couldn’t help but feel uneasy.

“I really don’t want to study…”

Now, there is no longer any reason other than making money.

‘I just want to live while paying rent.’

Of course, I knew that if I said that to my mother, she would get angry, so I didn’t bother to say it out loud.

[Mom will look for academies in the future… okay?]

“under…”

The refreshing feeling of having a good night’s sleep in your new home is starting to wear off.

‘I have to take another class after school?’

I’m already so tired from just being tied up at school from sunrise to sunset, but I’m going to go study extra after that…

Just listening to it makes my vision dizzy and my hands and feet shaking.

‘Luckily, since I haven’t been able to play for a while, I didn’t say I would take an academy right away…’

Still, I felt uncomfortable thinking that I would go there sometime in the future.

I arrived at class with such anxiety and opened the door, and everyone looked at me.

“hey! Are you okay?!”

“huh? “No, well… are you okay?”

The friends’ eyes widen as if they had just met a dead person.

‘If you’re that worried, at least come visit the hospital.’

Still, I expected at least one person to come, but I was a little disappointed that no one came.

At that time, Yuma came up to me and said.

“It was so dangerous that I couldn’t even visit the hospital…”

“… huh?”

What is that…

I didn’t understand what was going on so I just looked at him without answering and Yuma continued.

“You said it was so dangerous that you couldn’t even come visit the hospital because you got hit by a truck.”

“…”

It’s true that I got hit by a truck, but it’s so dangerous that I can’t even come visit the hospital?

‘Was I that dangerous?’

If it had been that dangerous to begin with, there was no way he would have left school two weeks after the accident.

My friends didn’t even have time to think about that and just looked at me with concern as I came to school with my right arm in a cast.

As we were talking about various things while receiving a lot of attention, Park Chae-rin came up next to us.

“I’m here? “I was worried because you came late.”

This is my first time seeing her face since the day I was discharged from the hospital.

There were still some dark circles left, but they seemed to have improved somewhat.

I said, looking back and forth between the watch and her.

“What, why did you come so early?”

She usually arrived just before class started, let alone the morning assembly time. When I looked at her strangely for arriving early for some reason, she responded angrily.

“I just want to go early from now on.”

“Uh… Is that so?”

Well, there are days when you want to do that, right?

After a brief conversation, thinking it wouldn’t be a big deal.

She left to go to the snack bar with her friend.

At the same time, the friends who had been watching Park Chae-rin’s conversation from behind with bated breath spoke out.

“Hey… I heard you were trying to save Park Chae-rin when you got hit by a truck.”

“What, did you know everything?”

Anyway, this town is very narrow.

‘Well, it’s strange if someone gets hit by a truck and the rumor doesn’t spread.’

Since the place where it was originally hit was right in front of the school, it is highly likely that a student from the same school who was passing by saw it.

I nodded my head in agreement and my friends all gave thumbs up and exclamations.

“Hey… you got hit by a truck to save the girl you like…”

“Do I have to do that much to get a girlfriend?”

“If that happens, do you think I’ll fall for you before dating?”

Are you the bastards who were worried about me just now?

Friends who almost give me pure admiration rather than making fun of them.

So I felt even worse.

“f*ck you for saying you don’t like it.”

She’s a little… no, actually, she’s very pretty, but I feel a bit of repulsion because there was a time when it was public interest to get involved with a high school student like that.

‘But now that I’m back in high school and my family’s circumstances are more relaxed, I want to try dating…’

After thinking for a moment about the dilemma that never stopped, my friends responded as if they were sick of it.

“… Yes, if you are, then so be it.”

As I sat down and chatted with my friends for the first time in a while, Hayan came by.

“Jaune, are you okay?”

She said with a worried expression and looked at my cast.

I immediately smiled and answered her.

“hahahaha, I’m fine. The cast will be removed in two weeks.”

“I see… I was so surprised to hear that there was an accident all of a sudden…”

Hayan, who comforts the hearts of men who are hurt by men with a heart as kind as her angelic face.

When he expressed his concern in a soft voice, my heart seemed to melt.

“Are you going to the library for lunch?”

“Yes, I can’t play soccer anyway because I’m injured.”

“Okay, then later… wait a minute?”

She, who liked me when she heard that I was going to the library, suddenly looked at my cast and took out a vodka marker from her pocket.

Hayan smiled with satisfaction after writing ‘Get well soon!’ cutely on the cast in neat, flawless writing.

“hehehe… If you do this, you’ll heal faster!”

“…”

Is this really the high school student I knew?

I can’t believe that such an innocent child remained in a place where I thought childhood innocence had long since disappeared.

As I looked at his dazzling smile, I found myself smiling at my father.

The school bell rang not long after she scribbled with a marker.

As soon as the teacher came in, she also returned to her seat with a sad smile on her face.

*

“Oh, I’ll search.”

After two weeks, classes were so difficult.

Still, it’s lunch time now.

Hoping to fill my hungry stomach, I gathered up with a friend I always ate with and entered the cafeteria with excitement.

“What’s for lunch today?”

“Osam bulgogi and seaweed soup.”

“Wow, I really searched.”

After receiving the menu that made my mouth water just thinking about it, I sat down at the empty seat and Yuma looked at my arm and said.

“Hey, aren’t you uncomfortable?”

“Ah… it’s a little uncomfortable, but my left hand is fine.”

Because I ate well at home without much trouble.

When I was in the hospital, it was much more inconvenient to have someone feed me.

‘But I’m glad no one was there at that time. If they followed me all the way here…’

Just thinking about it makes me dizzy.

Even before I came to school, I wondered if she was feeding me at school, but fortunately she didn’t follow me to the cafeteria.

“Sit next to me?”

“…”

f*ck.

For some reason, Chaerin sits right next to me in this spacious cafeteria.

“Hello~”

“Uh, hi…”

Her friends also gave me a small greeting and sat nearby.

‘Yes, there are kids next to me, so are they going to want to feed me?’

Thinking that there was no way she would do such an embarrassing thing, I put aside my anxious premonition and picked up the spoon.

And the uneasy premonition that was left on the other side.

“Why are you holding a spoon?”

It hit my frontal lobe like a boomerang.