연민의 굴레: Translations, 21-30
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sohanChapter 21: Strife (4) Die Bad
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=58526&no=21&weekday=mon
*sfx: glass falling*
*sfx: crack*
*sfx: roll*
Seung-eun: ...
*sfx: dead silent*
Su-mi: You... you crazy bitch!!
Are you really insane? What are you doing!!
You forget to take your meds?! Want me to call the cops on you? Huh?
*sfx: big steps*
*sfx: grab*
Su-mi: Huh?!
Student A: ...!! Shouldn't we stop her?
Students: Hey, what's going on?
Student B: Hey! Come over here!
Su-mi: Hey! Let! Go...! *cough*
*sfx: kick*
What will it take for you to stop treating me like I'm crazy?
You
and you
and you
and you!!
Even when it was hard
when it was infuriating
when it hurt
when it was lonely
I still
Face reality already!
I've never run away
I was always trying...!
Student A: She's not playing around. Listen to her screaming.
Shouldn't we call the teacher? It's like she's really crazy.
What did you do to make her suddenly snap?
I don't know.
Afterwards, I totally became Chae Seung-eun's target.
She didn't care where or when...
*text: bodyslam*
To the extent that I would try to avoid her
What the hell.
Su-mi: I can't stand it!!
I can't do anything thanks to Chae Seung-eun
*sfx: slam punch punch punch*
Now she's automatically attacking me if our eyes happen to meet?!
What did I do wrong?!
Student A: (Plenty.)
You went too far this time.
Su-mi: Me?! How?
Student A: I don't know, but you did.
Su-mi: What?!
Student A: Did you want to see her crawling in fear or something?
You didn't think she'd get this mad, did you?
Su-mi: But I really didn't do anything!
(I actually said I'd leave her alone??)
Student A: You can't really know unless you're her.
Su-mi: Still- How can someone suddenly change like that? And why just me?
Student A: I guess she hates you the most.
Su-mi: What am I supposed to do? Go back to beating her up?
Student A: I'm telling you this now, but don't try to get me and the other girls involved.
Su-mi: You!! Why are you acting like this is some stranger's problem? You think you're not responsible?!
Student A: Hmph.
Just apologize. Though I don't think she'd accept.
Su-mi: Are you crazy? Not even if I die!!
Student A: Then die.
*sfx: shudder*
Bitch...
Homeroom Teacher: I just got off the phone with your mom, Su-mi.
Su-mi: ?
Homeroom Teacher: You should have said so earlier.
Don't forget to study hard and stay health even when you're there.
Su-mi: Huh??
Homeroom Teacher: Oh? Didn't you hear about it from your mother?
Su-mi: (Shit!)
(Why here, of all places?)
(This is my homeroom teacher. Homeroom teacher!
Homeroom Teacher: Strange.
Su-mi: (Even if you're abnormal, you can't be this stupid, right?)
(And that's really serious. If you used that... I'd really die!!)
(Oh God, please! Give Chae Seung-eun some self-control!!)
(Oh God pl...)
-lease!!
*sfx: crunch*
(Oh, shit!)
Homeroom Teacher: What's going on with you two?!?!
What kind of dangerous game are you playing?
Su-mi: I was acting in self-defense. She was about to attack...! You saw it, too.
Homeroom Teacher: Seung-eun, it's not that you acted without provocation, right?
Even if there weren't some reason, that kind of behavior is unacceptable. You're a smart kid. If you have something to say, say it out loud.
If you keep silent like that, nothing will get solved.
*text: The face of someone who's barely controlling the urge to lash out.*
Su-mi: (I don't know what this means, but...)
(Even I know at least one thing.)
(I made her like this.)
I can't breathe.
A feeling that got loose is climbing out of my body like a tornado.
Now
there's
no way
to stop it.
Can't stop it.
Can't stop it.
Can't stop it.
Can't...
Su-mi: What?!
Su-mi's Mom: Like I've been saying, we're moving because your Dad got transferred.
Su-mi: What's that got to do with me?
Su-mi's Mom: What do you mean?! We're going with him!!
Su-mi: What?!?!
Su-mi's Mom: Stop fooling around and start packing!
Su-mi: What?!?!?!
(Immigrating?)
So
That... was how it ended.
*sign: Congratulations Graudates*
: We're really sorry about before.
We were friends with Su-mi, so we didn't stop her. I'm really sorry.
When we meet again, I hope we can say hi with a smile. That's okay, right?
Hui-wan: They're totally shameless to the end.
Seung-eun: ...
Hui-wan: Didn't you want to get mad at them?
Seung-eun: I'm not doing that anymore... Go home.
Why are you even here, you're not graduating.
Hui-wan: I came to congratulate you. Which high school are you going to?
Seung-eun: Who knows. One that people from this school don't attend. Even if I have to move...
Hui-wan: Oh- Running away?
Seung-eun: A fresh start.
...
Geez...
Even when I think about it, it's really... absurd...
*text: a fresh start...*
Hui-wan: (The wound's as big as the feelings were deep.)
(Will she be able to escape it?)
Hui-wan: I'll have to follow you to high school next year~
Seung-eun: ...I might just kill you. I'm not your plaything.
Hui-wan: Of course not!
Are you still miffed about that girlfriend thing? It's all over-
Seung-eun: Shut up. And you!
Stop acting familiar with me, you miserable pipsqueak!!
(I won't go back.)
I crushed my feelings underfoot and shoved them into the garbage.
My adolescence died like that.
Now...forever.
+ When Seung-eun is telling Hui-wan off at the end of this chapter, she's referring to how he's been using banmal (familiar/informal speech) with her instead of the formal jondaetmal that he should have been using (as he is a year younger).
+ Chapter title 'Die Bad': A reference to the 2000 film of the same name directed by 류승완 (Jukgeona hokeun napbeugeona / 沒好死), I think. See: www.imdb.com/title/tt0267622/
Chapter 22: An Idiot
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Student A: friend of mind went to the same middle school as Kim Do-hui.
Apparently her nickname was 'Razorblade.'
Student B: Geez.
Student A: She's supposedly changed, but she used to start fights at the drop of a hat.
It's such a surprise seeing Cha Ryeon hanging out with Kim Do-hui.
Don't they seem real close? Weird.
Min: (Ryeon...)
(When did you make a friend like that?)
Do-hui: Hey! Don't act like you know me outside of club!
Ryeon: I'm the one who should be saying that!
Aren't you even embarrassed?
Do-hui: It's my money, so why would I?
Ryeon: You don't haggle at the school store!!
Because of you, me and everyone behind me didn't get to buy aything!
Do-hui: They didn't seem to mind.
Ryeon: Because they were scared of you!!
Do-hui: I didn't get to buy anything either, thanks to you!
Ryeon: Didn't you see the clerk about to cry? Were you going to make them cry?
Do-hui: Weak.
Ryeon: How can you say such a thing?!
Teacher: You there!! Be quiet!!
Do-hui and Ryeon: Ack!
Teacher: Girls shouldn't be going around shouting!
Ryeon: (Ugh. My first-year homeroom teacher.)
Teacher: We're a co-ed school, so you have to pay attention to appearances. You shouldn't be so loud.
Do-hui and Ryeon: ...
Teacher: Cha-Ryeon, it looks like you're still
Complaining about school... there are a lot of kids like you.
Ryeon: (Here we go again.)
Teacher: But where do you think that'll get you?
Doesn't An Min make you think of anything?
It wouldn't do for you to interfere with his studies.
If you're not in a position to help others, you need to make sure you don't bother the people around you.
Ryeon: (Did you fight with your husband again?)
Teacher: Be proud of the fact that you're friends with a model student like Min.
Ryeon: (Caught him cheating on you?)
Teachers: Relationships are important.
Even if you're not interested in studying,
*sfx: sideways glance*
be careful who you make friends with!
Don't yell on school grounds.
Do-hui: What a waste of time.
Huh? What's up with you?
Ryeon: Nothing.
Do-hui: Upset 'cause she told you to study? *snicker*
Ryeon: (What a ditz.)
I hope you get divorced!
Ha-ri: How's your club?
You're growing a garden like the Horticulture Club?
Ryeon: Yeah, we are...
But I don't know how stuff works yet, so I'm just watching from the sidelines...
Ha-ri: I thought you weren't interested in clubs and things like that. You seem like you're having fun though.
Ryeon: Oh, no, no! I had to join... It's not fun.
Ha-ri: My family's raising tomatoes, too.
Ryeon: Oh? At home? How?
Ha-ri: We built a little garden on the roof. We've also got eggplants and cucumbers.
Ryeon: Awesome!
Ha-ri: I don't like it because it attracts bugs, but my mom really likes this kind of stuff.
Ryeon: I didn't even know you could grow things at home.
Ha-ri: I only know because of my mom.
Ryeon: My mom's lazy...
*sfx: clean-via-stomach*
Ha-ri: My mom's too impulsive, that's the thing.
You know how they say talking to plants helps them grow? My mom does that, but it always looks like she's talking to herself.
Ryeon: haha
...Yeah, I've heard that, too.
Ha-ri: I guess it works.
Ryeon: That's pretty cool.
...
What kind of talking, you think?
Ha-ri: Huh?
*sfx: tap*
*sfx: tup*
*sfx: screak*
Ryeon: Hey, Min...
Min: I don't have Student Council today. Wait up for me.
Ryeon: Um, I can't. I have somewhere to be.
Min: Like what?
Ryeon: Hey man, I'm busy too, you know...?
Anyway, I gotta go! Later.
*sfx: whoosh*
Min: H-hey, Cha Ryeon! You're leaving?!
Ryeon: Bohemian...
(This is so embarrassing...)
(What the heck am I doing? People will think I'm nuts.)
(Maybe I should try being nice?)
(Being nice...)
To think of it, I haven't any anything nice to you yet.
(When I was complaining before, it was because of those guys.)
*label: Cha Ryeon's Bohemian*
Sorry I haven't been taking care of you.
It'd be nice if talking turns out to be helpful. I haven't done anything for you yet...
Anyway I hope you'll stay healthy from now o-
*sfx: Haha!*
(Bohemian just laughed at me!! ...which is not possible?!)
Who... who's there?
*sfx: CRASH*
Ryeon: Ahh!
There's someone in the club room!
At this hour?
(Wasn't the door locked?)
Is it Han-na? La-la? Do-hui? Song-lee? Mi-na?
But if it were them, they would have come out and said hi...?
H-Han-na, is that you?
Voice: m... meow
Ryeon: (That's so fake!!!)
(It might be a thief, so... I'll go and see...)
*sfx: creak*
(Wait... did they see? Did they hear me talking to Bohemian?! Crap. What if it's someone I know? They'll think I'm an idiot. I shouldn't have come here...)
Bucket: ...
Ryeon: (There's an incredible idiot here!!)
Bucket: Ah- How do you do...
Ryeon: Oh, uh, how do you do...
*sfx: bow*
...W-Wait a sec!
Chapter 23: The Informant
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*music: my soul~*
Underclassman A: La-la, you told us to put our phones on silent...
*text: what's up with that*
Underclassman A and B: (Oh yeah, break time!)
*music: what I know*
La-la: Oh, sorry. Forgot.
I'm going to make a call. I checked your corrections, so start re-doing them.
*music: parting is sorrow...*
*text: if you slack off I'll kill you*
Underclassman A and B: Aw! We want to take a break!!
*sfx: click*
La-la: Hello?
The Other End: Hah!
heh heh heh... hahahaha...
heheheh he- *cough* heh heh
La-la: ...If you have nothing to say, I'm hanging up.
The Other End: Sorry, sorry! Don't hang up.
La-la: What's up? Weren't you meeting with that guy?
The Other End: Yeah, not yet though.
La-la: What? Is he late?
The Other End: No, no, but I can't go see him right now.
La-la: ?
The Other End: Because... *cracking up*
Ch...a...attention...haha...cha-
La-la: Huh? Attention? What tension?
The Other End: No, not attention, Cha Ryeon!
La-la: Cha Ryeon? What about her?
Translation Note: In the original, the speaker says "Cha...charyeot..." (차렷 charyeot: stand at attention), which La-la mis-hears as charyeot (as in 차리다: to prepare something). For the English, I just went for some approximate sounds.
The Other End: They got here before me
Oh, my battery's ou-
*sfx: click*
La-la: Huh? ...Hello?
Underclassman A: Ah! You're back early.
Underclassman B: I wasn't gonna, but she made me!
*label: pen-stacking competition to see who buys dinner*
La-la: (It's always like this.)
*sfx: squeeeze*
Underclassman B: wagh
Underclassman A: W-we're sorry...
Bucket: hahaha
I didn't mean to scare you. haha
I'm sorry. But I'm not a suspicious person.
*sfx: stagger*
*text: I think the door was this way*
Ryeon: Stop!! You think you can get away? Thief!! And that's a wall.
Who are you? A burglar? A perv?
What are you doing here?
Looks like you're a student at our school.
Bucket: *sfx: feel* *text: oh, it is a wall*
Ryeon: Aha, I get it. You couldn't contain your curiosity so you decided to check us out.
But now you're in for it! This is a pit of villany where delinquents gather to foment their evil plans! The girls here (minus me and Mi-na) are all devils!
*sfx: bring it*
Bucket: Calm down. I'm not a thief or a burglar or a pervert.
Ryeon: Liar! If you've got nothing to hide, why are you wearing a mop bucket?
Bucket: I'm the Mop Bucket Fairy.
Ryeon: ?!
Bucket: Who blesses all the mops in this world...
Ah!
This was a mop bucket!!!! *sfx: collapse*
Ryeon: Nice try!
Bucket: It's you're fault for suddenly barging in!
Ryeon: You're the one who put that on your head... you look like an idiot.
*text: I'm sorry, Bohemian...*
Bucket: You were apologizing to a plant!!!
Ryeon: Ahh! Ahh! You saw it?!?!
*text: pitiful*
Bucket: *text: rotten smells*
Ryeon: *text: let's just call it a day*
Bucket: ... Don't worry. If you pretend you didn't see me, I'll keep your secret, Cha Ryeon.
Ryeon: You're not weaseling out of... huh?
Eh? How do you know my name...?
Bucket: Well... I didn't expect I'd run into to you today, but I know all about you.
Cha Ryeon, 2nd year, class 7, number 29. Poor grades. Best friend: An Min. You joined the Mystery Club with An Mi-na at the beginning of the term.
Ryeon: Wow. I see now... I get it.
Stalker! You're a stalker. Am I popular, after all?
*sfx: heartbeats*
Bucket: ...You're wrong. Sadly.
I investigated you because the president asked me to. Sorry I did that behind your back, but I'm like the club's information gatherer...
Ryeon: ...?? I'm not sure I understand what you're saying, but president... club... it sounds like... it sounds like you're a member of the Mystery Club.
Bucket: Bingo!
Ryeon: For real?!?!
...
You mean you and I are in the same club?
Bucket: Looks like it.
Ryeon: Aren't there any normal people in this club?
*text: you scared me...*
How many people are there?
Bucket: Well.
There are members on the formal roster, and there are people like me, who aren't on the roster but are members anyway.
Even if you wanted to know more about me, you wouldn't find anything.
Ryeon: (This is getting scarier by the second.)
Wait. That's even weirder. Then why are you hiding your face?
Oh. Are you self-conscious about your looks...? Sorry.
Bucket: Nothing like that, don't apologize.
I'm not hiding from just you. Only the president and the vice president of the club know who I am. It's so that I can gather information more effectively.
Ryeon: ...What kind of weird set-up is that.
Bucket: (And it'd be awkward if I got found out...)
Ryeon: Then Mr. Mop, what is it that you do, exactly?
Bucket: Gathering information, of cour- wait... hold on a sec!
Mr. Mop? A little rude, don't you think?
Do you think I'm wearing this on purpose?
Ryeon: *text: you're being so ridiculous*
You said you were the Mop Bucket Fairy just a second ago!
Bucket: Then you should call me the Mop Bucket Fairy!
Ryeon: That's creepy. And it's too long.
Bucket: How about just Fairy, then?
Ryeon: How are you a fairy of any kind?
*sfx: petty arguing*
Ah. Wait... I've heard this before...
Cha Ryeon,
Ryeon: Somewhere...
Why aren't you in a club?
Eh? How did you know?
Han-na: Because we have an informant on our side.
Ryeon: Aha! I remember! So you're the one who told Han-na about me in the first place?!
Bucket: You just figured that out?
But even if you got mad at me, that wouldn't change anything.
Ryeon: Ugh... you're right that it wouldn't make a difference... It still makes me angry...
Bucket: ...
You didn't join this club because you wanted to.
Ryeon: That's obvious.
I got roped in by you guys. I guess you had a hand in that, too, Mr. Mop Bucket.
Bucket: Then you're still not happy here?
Ryeon: I don't have a choice about being here! Sorry to say this, but why would I like it?
Bucket: Hm... If that's the case...
You probably want to quit the club, then?
Ryeon: !
Bucket: As you know, this club is a pretty free place. Even though you might have joined because you had to, no one's going to stop you if you want to quit.
Since we've run into each other, I want to know for sure.
Are you going to stay?
Or leave?
Ryeon: (Ah)
Well... of course I'll-
(That's right, I was going to)
I'm going to quit.
I was planning to from the beginning... it might be hard right now because of Mi-na, but I will, as soon as I get the chance.
(I almost forgot...)
Bucket: I see. I understand.
I came here because I was meeting with someone. And unexpectedly ran into you... Even if you quit, I hope you'll keep this a secret.
Then, if you don't have any more business here, please leave.
Ryeon: You've got a scratch on your right arm!
Bucket: ... Is this from when I fell? I guess I didn't think I'd see someone talking to a plant.
Don't you think that's a bit... embarrassing? Talking to a plant... Eh? Cha Ryeon?
*sfx: CRASH*
Bucket: !!!!!
Ryeon: Ha! I was on my way out anyway!!
*sfx: running*
Bucket: ...!
*text: song lyrics
my hometown is a place
where flowers grow
flowers...that flower
flowers...
I can see a river along with the flowers*
*sfx: slam*
Bucket: ...! ......!!
*sfx: roll*
Ugh... what... what's up with that girl?
Han-na: That's because you suddenly put her in a corner.
*sfx: appear*
That's a bad habit. Don't tease people for no reason.
Hui-wan [plainatively]: I just wanted to get her to leave and stop wasting my time. And it's not like I said anything wrong.
Come on in already.
+ Just to note, Mop Bucket Fairy/Mr. Mop/Mr. Mop Bucket/Hui-wan in this chapter (and in general) speaks politely and uses formal speech to older students (even though the actual content of his speech might not necessarily be at all polite).
Chapter 24: Whatever Anyone Says
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Hui-wan: How long were you listening in on us?
You were watching when Cha Ryeon was here, right?
Han-na: Hoi! *sfx: slap*
Hui-wan: !!
Han-na: What's "Cha Ryeon"? It's "Cha Ryeon sunbae." Ryeon's not your friend.
I wouldn't have dreamed that Cha Ryeon would be here, either.
Hui-wan: ...
Han-na: What a surprise. She likes our club to that extent.
*text: after saying she didn't like it*
Hui-wan: She just came to talk to the plant.
Han-na: Thanks to her I learned something fun. Like about the Mop Bucket Fairy. Like about the Mop Bucket Fairy. Mop Bucket Fairy. *sfx: snicker*
Hui-wan: Cut that out!!
*text: you*
Han-na: You didn't need to go that far. You could have just asked her to keep your encounter a secret.
Hui-wan: What? Didn't you say that Cha Ryeon...sunbae is good friends with An Min from Student Council?
Han-na: Ryeon isn't the type to tell.
Hui-wan: Why do you trust her?
Han-na: I just know.
Hui-wan: ... And this is really about the bet between you and me. Are you going to flake out on it later?
Han-na: Well, I don't have any plans to, but if you wanted to, I don't mind that either~
Hui-wan: (B-boil ointment...?)
Han-na: Then let's cut to the chase. Chae Seung-eun, you said? The second year investigating us.
*sfx: bus horn*
*sfx: screech*
*sfx: engine coughing*
*sfx: vroom*
*sfx: whoosh*
Min and Seon-jae: ...
Seon-jae: Was that two?
Min: Three.
Seon-jae: You were stood up.
Min: ...
Seon-jae: Waiting for somebody?
Min: No.
Seon-jae: Then why do you keep looking at the school gates?
Min: That's just a coincidence.
Seon-jae: If you're not waiting for a bus, scram.
Min: You scram. What are you doing here?
Seon-jae: I got stood up.
...
*sfx: tears pouring down*
*sfx: startled*
Seon-jae: Class let out early today... there's no Student Council meeting, no clean-up duty...
So I wanted us to walk home together but,
she just left...
Min: *text: who?*
Seon-jae: It's a nice day where class let out early and there's no Student Council meeting and we don't have clean-up duty, but I have to go home by myself after looking at An Min's face.
For some reason... I can't bring myself to move.
Min: (This is so pathetic...)
Seon-jae: Leaving me behind... that meanie!
Min: I'm sure there was a reason.
Seon-jae: Why are you hanging around?
Min: Me?
Actually, I...
Ryeon: Min!
Min: Huh?
Ryeon: Why are you still here? Didn't you go home?
Min: Oh... uh, the b- bus-
Ryeon: Bus?
Min: The bus didn't come, so...
Ryeon: You were waiting for the bus?
Min: Yeah...
Ryeon: Oh, what's this? Were you waiting for me?
*text: aw our cute widdle Min*
My goodness- you couldn't find your way home by yourself?
Min: What are you doing! It's not like that!
Geez.
Eh?
*sfx: a sound like knuckles cracking*
Seon-jae: *text: are you rubbing it in my face?*
Ryeon: *text: is this guy constipated?*
Min: ...This is Cha Ryeon, my friend from class.
*text: why are you looking at me like that*
Ryeon: ?
Min: He's one of our upperclassmen in the Student Council.
Ryeon: Oh!
If he's a third year, the president? Vice president?
Min: President.
Ryeon: Cool!
Seon-jae: *text: bus, come on*
Ryeon: Mr. President... Can't you get rid of the English exams...?
*text: they're too hard*
Seon-jae: Ack!
...If you break up with An Min, I'll think about it.
Min: We're not going out!
Seon-jae: ...If you promise you won't go out until after graduation.
Min: What would be the point? It's not like you can get rid of them.
Ryeon: Aw...
Min: Study harder!
Anyway... what were you up to?
Ryeon: ...
...Nothing much.
Han-na: Sugar-free strawberries and cream flavor.
Hui-wan: Are those all snacks?
Han-na: Uh-huh.
The kids like them.
Hui-wan: (What are you doing, charity?)
Han-na: You're one of our members, too, so feel free to help yourself.
Hui-wan: Hmph.
You're strangely kind. It's not like you're Santa Claus... you'll probably end of regretting it later?
What if Seung-eun brings the teachers down on the Mystery Club?
Han-na: Hm... don't you think we could talk our way out?
So is this Seung-eun worried that we'll hurt people? Like she was in middle school.
Hui-wan: Just from my impressions, I don't think she's the kind of person that cares about others to that extent.
It could simply be 'settling old scores.'
The Mystery Club might remind her of a past she wants to get away from, like déjà vu. So she can't leave it alone.
Han-na: Sounds complicated.
Hui-wan: This is why I don't care for people who are honest about their feelings... if you don't like something, why not just avoid it instead of going after it?
Han-na: ...In any case, she's just observing us for now. If we don't give her any openings, we should be fine.
Hui-wan: Won't that be hard? This club has a lot of issues.
I heard this wasn't even an official club at first. Why go looking for trouble?
Han-na: We're an official club now, so that's why she can't just do whatever.
Hui-wan: You're a third year. Shouldn't you start packing things up soon?
*sfx: shut*
Han-na: I've just met some interesting kids.
It's fine if I have some fun for a while longer.
Chapter 25:
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Do-hun [fidgeting]: So... Mi-na. Um...
If it's okay, do you want to go... catch a movie with me... this weekend?
Mi-na: No.
Do-hun [sweating]: Ahahaha I, I see... I'm so dumb! I didn't know you didn't like movies or I wouldn't have mentioned it.
That's it, right? It's not because I'm the one asking you but because you don't like movies, right? M-Mi-na, you don't actually don't...
Mi-na: I don't like you!
*text: Dear everyone, it's not going to happen. You're thinking, everyone around me is getting a girlfriend so it'll happen to me someday, too, aren't you? Don't worry. You don't need one. It won't happen. You were looking forward to Valentine's Day, weren't you? Did you get anything? You didn't, did you. Were you looking forward to White Day, too? How was it?! You didn't need to look forward to it, right? You're not getting a girlfriend. Look in the mirror. You think, well, I'm not so bad looking. Stop thinking that. It's still not happening. She's looking at me with eyes full of love, you're thinking, right? You're wrong. Stop fooling yourself. You're not getting a girlfriend. You're thinking once you're in college you'll get a girlfriend, but it's not going to happen. You think you'll still get married, at least. But it's not going to happen. Even if you think it's going to happen, it's not happening*
[Note: I chose to use 'girlfriend' for the English, but the original uses 애인 (aein), which is a non gender-specific term that means something like 'significant other.' I also took some liberties in filling in the gaps in lower half of the text (basically extrapolating).
Do-hun: Can it be! You already have s-s-someone you like...?! Someone cooler than me who gets your endorphins pumping?
Mi-na: ...
*sfx: stare*
Ryeon: Hah? W-why are you looking at me like that?
Do-hui: Ahahaha! Ohh, it's like that!
Do-hun: Damn it...! Cha Ryeon...!!
*text: I won't forgive you*
*sfx: burning up*
Ryeon: Why are you looking at me like that...? What did I do?
Do-hun: I won't accept it! I'm so much more manlier and hotter than Cha Ryeon!!
I'll prove it right here right now! Look, Mi-na!!
Mi-na: Ew! Ew! Ew ew ew!
Do-hun [coughing up blood]: Just you wait, Cha Ryeon!
*text: you gangsters! and you call yourselves women*
I'll definitely rescue Mi-na from your pit of villainy!
Ryeon: Shut up! Don't show your face here again, you perv.
Mi-na: ? ??
Mi-na: He must have gotten angry because I said I didn't like him.
Ryeon: I don't think he's angry... Don't worry about him.
Mi-na: Ah- But I was really surprised. Asking me to the movies all of a sudden... I don't even know his name.
Ryeon: Haha. Must be nice being so popular
*text: You don't know his name...?
Ryeon and Do-hui: (That poor guy.)
Mi-na: Are you saying I should go out with him, then?
Ryeon: How am I saying that?
And it's too early for you to have a boyfriend!
*text: I'll won't allow it.
You can't trust men. The TV says so.*
Mi-na: ...
Do-hui: (That's what's called overprotectiveness.)
Mi-na: Oh! It's Song-lee.
Ryeon: Are you even listening to me?
*sfx: wind blowing*
*off-screen*
Mi-na: What are you up to?
Song-lee: Communicating...
Mi-na: Communicating? With who?
*
Do-hui: Those two get along surprisingly well.
Ryeon: (Now that I think of it, I've been hanging out with Do-hui lately.)
Do-hui: Heh. It's good to see club members getting along.
Ryeon: (...Club members?) ...
Do-hui: *text: who wants to go to the store*
Mi-na: *text: me*
Song-lee: *text: me*
Do-hui: *text: it's on me except for baby chicken*
Ryeon: (Does she know the informant's identity?)
Eh?
(W-why am I thinking this?)
(Am I worrying?)
No! I'm not worrying! I've already forgotten about it!
Do-hui: Huh? What?
Neighbor: Hi Cha Ryeon, you're back?
Ryeon: Oh, hello.
Mom. Mom!
Ryeon's Mom [snoring]: Huh?
Ryeon: I could've sworn you looked exactly like this when I left this morning. Did you eat anything?
Are you going to keep sleeping? You have to eat dinner.
Ryeon's Mom: Mm... I'm sleeping two nights' worth of sleep at once... I'll pass on dinner...
Ryeon: At least clean up a little. It's hard finding things in a mess.
Ryeon's Mom: I'm so happy you're in my life, Ryeon... thank you.
Ryeon: Mom, you're so annoying!!
*sfx: slide*
Ryeon: (I ended up cleaning things up by myself.)
They just got some side dishes, so Min's family should be okay for dinner, right?
Then should I pass on dinner today, too?
Haa... it's nice.
*sfx: sneeze*
Teacher: You look just like... a baby chick with a fever?
Ryeon: Sorry?
Min: ...Are you okay? You don't look good.
Ryeon: *sfx: blank*
Huh? When did I get to school? Dream?
Min: Huh?
*sfx: drip*
Ryeon: My nose is bleeding!
Min: It's running.
I think she's got a cold. (I bet she slept with the window open again.)
*text: she blanks out when she's running a fever*
Teacher: She's burning up.
Ryeon: Your hand's so cold...
Teacher: We're reviewing for the test, so ask your classmates for notes... Do you think you can find the nurse on your own?
Ryeon: Yes ma'am! You can trust me with it.
*text: hahaha* *what are you even saying?*
Teacher: All right, let's get back to class.
Min: (Will she be all right?)
*sfx: step*
Ryeon: Ugh, it's cold.
(It's so quiet.)
(But... where was the nurse's office again?)
(1st floor? 2nd? Which floor am I on?)
(Was it in the other direction?)
*sfx: step*
*sfx: crash*
*sfx: twist*
My legs...
I'm going to fall...
*sfx: grab*
Han-na: Oh, it's you, Cha Ryeon.
*text: you surprised me*
Class is still in session, so what are you doing out?
Ditching class?
(I wonder if I'm still dreaming.)
Chapter 26: The Dream
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*nurse's office*
*coughing*
Nurse: You managed to catch a cold even in this weather...
Ryeon: *cough*
Excuse me... is it okay if I take this mask off? It's hard to breathe.
Nurse: Sorry. You can easily spread cold germs to others in an enclosed space.
Ryeon: But
(The only other person here...)
*sfx: glance*
...
Nurse: By the way, by "others," I mean me.
Ryeon: I thought you were the nurse...
Nurse: I'm the nurse, but I don't want to get sick.
...How's the book?
I read it when I was in school.
I didn't understand it at all back then. It's probably not that interesting.
Han-na: It's okay. Things I don't understand are interesting on their own.
Nurse: You're an interesting person...
Then rest up before you go back to class. You, you'd better sign out and go home.
Ryeon: Ugh.
...
But you're fine.
Han-na: I'm skipping class.
Ryeon: I almost didn't recognize you... *cough*
You seem really different than before...
Han-na: But this is how I always am.
Ryeon: Always? Really?
Han-na: Uh-huh.
Ryeon: Um, then... what about at the club...?
Han-na: That's me, too.
Ryeon: But... something's really... different...
Han-na: You have a high fever, so you're confusing things. It's the cold.
Ryeon: Oh...
(Is that why...?)
: Cha Ryeon!
Cha Ryeon. Over here.
Ryeon: Who...?
Mop Fairy: Huh? You've forgotten me already?
*text: that's disappointing*
Ryeon: You're... the Mop Fairy!
What are you doing here...?!
Mop Fairy: I came from far away to see if you wanted to catch a movie. How about this weekend?
Ryeon: What? Why would I watch a movie with you?
Mop Fairy: Aw, come on~
You like me, don't you? You've been thinking about me!
Ryeon: Idiot. I don't like you! even though I was thinking about you.
Mop Fairy: But I like you.
*sfx: grab*
Ah! I said it! Let's just go out!
*sfx: wings fluttering*
Ryeon: What in the...
Mi-na: Stop!!!!
Boyfriend?!?! I won't allow it!!
You can't trust men! Doesn't TV say so?
Ryeon: M-Mi-na, even you...?
Mop Fairy: What?! Cha Ryeon, who is this? What's your relationship to her?!
Mi-na: I'm Ryeon's Guardian Angel! Do you think I'll let you have her?! Ryeon is registered with me!!
Mop Fairy: Guardian Angel? You call yourself an angel? Your wings are not an angel's! You fraud! If she's registered with you, I'll change it!
Mi-na: You fool! I'll never sign her over!
Ryeon: Are you guys like fighting over land?
Mi-na: I won't sell Ryeon!
Mop Fairy: Sell Ryeon to me! The one she likes is me!
Ryeon: Stop!
Mi-na: No, it's me!!!!
Mop Fairy: Fine, if that's how it is, let's ask Ryeon herself!
Mi-na: That's fine with me!!
Mop Fairy and Mi-na: Give us an answer!!!!
Who do you like?!
Ryeon: Who... do I... like?
...Like...?
Mi-na: Ryeon... it's not true, is it? You at least have someone in mind, right?
Ryeon: !!
Mop Fairy: Hm... I can't say I'm surprised. Cha Ryeon's life is a wasteland, after all.
Ryeon: ?!!
O-of course!! I do have someone I like!!
Mi-na: I knew it.
Mop Fairy: So? Who is it?
*caption: suddenly on the same side*
Ryeon: The person... I like...!
...
...
...
*sfx: flash*
*sfx: sparkle*
Ryeon: !! Ah...! That's it! I like Bohemian!
*sfx: kick kick*
Mi-na: *text: that's a person?*
Mop Fairy: *text: you mean we're not even on the same level as a weed?*
Ryeon : *sfx: whimper* (D-don't hit me...)
Min: What are you doing... to her face...?
Han-na: Darn. I was so close.
Can I finish?
*text: the cat whiskers*
Min: No! Who are you?
Han-na: *text: too bad*
Oh, she's awake.
Ryeon: ... *text: it was a dream...*
Ryeon: I can wait by myself...
Break's going to be over. You can go back.
*text: what am I, a little kid?*
Min: After my Dad gets here.
Ryeon: *sfx: sniff* He's probably busy... Sorry you had to call him to pick me up.
Min: They've got part-timers, so it's okay.
When you get home, don't do anything. And sleep with the window closed!
Ryeon: Yes sir.
Min: ...
Ryeon: What?
Min: *sfx: lick*
Ryeon: ?!?!?!?!?!?!??!?!
W-w-w-w-w-w-what are you doing?! Using spit..?! Get away!
Min: Hold still. It has to come off. My Dad will definitely laugh.
*text: mirror*
*sfx: shriek*
Ryeon: Yang! Han! Na! You!!!! I thought you seemed too nice...!! *coughing fit*
Min: So you do know each other.
Ryeon: (What a strange person.)
Han-na: *text: take care of yourself~*
Ryeon: Ugh... *cough*... Weird...
(Who is she, really?)
Min: Oh, he's here!
*sfx: honk*
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I recovered from the cold right away.
Seon-jae: Hi, Cha... Cha... Cha...
*text: um*
Charter!
Ryeon: It's Cha Ryeon.
Aren't you hot? Going around like that.
Seon-jae: You mean this? It's nice. Nice and toasty.
Ryeon: ??
Seon-jae: Heheheheh. I'm a lucky guy.
Ryeon: ??
*text: just a second ago he looked like a pervert*
...Weirdo.
...?
Do-hui: Eh? I definitely put the fan in here!
La-la: I Yeon-jun borrow it.
Do-hui: What? Why?!
La-la: They said they'll use it just until the air conditioner in the reading room is fixed.
Do-hui: Ugh!!
Ryeon: (Do I have a temperature again? I'm seeing things)
I missed one day because of a cold, and scarves are back in style...
But it's summer so how
(Am I behind the times?)
*sfx: plop*
Han-na: How's your cold?
Ryeon: You scared me...
What's this?
Han-na: A present.
La-la [sighing]: A completely awkward present.
Do-hui: Well, it's refreshing, in some sense.
Song-lee: It's not bad.
Mi-na: I'll definitely wear this in the winter.
Ryeon: Did you make this?
Han-na: Yup!
Ryeon: I thought you couldn't knit.
Han-na: I thought so, too, but it's not that hard.
Ryeon: (This is really well done...)
Maybe you're really talented at this?
La-la: She's actually good at a lot of things. If she tries, she's always above average.
Han-na: Not really.
And she did look different
(Maybe her talent's surprising people?)
La-la: Apparently you have gloves and hats and even sweaters finished at home? Too much.
Han-na: I got sick of it after a while. I think I'll quit knitting.
La-la: You're bored already?
Ryeon: (Even if you're really good at something, it's still possible to get bored.)
Is school fun for you?
Nope.
She reminds me of Min.
Ryeon: Oh. Then it's not that scarves are fashionable right now?
La-la: We're the only idiots going around like this in this heat.
*Student Council Room*
Hui-wan: Ah... haa... it's hot...
Min: Yeah... seriously...
Seon-jae: It's rather... toasty.
Min and Hui-wan: ...
Hui-wan: Toasty?! So you are toasty? Then get rid of that scarf! We're already dying here and you're...!
Min: I think he's having a tough time, too.
Seon-jae: Shut up.
Who says I don't like being toasty? I like being toasty. Toasty is nice. Toasty is very nice. I like toasty. Toasty...
Hui-wan: If you're having to resort to self-hypnotization, just take if off.
Min: Seon-jae, let's turn on the air conditioner or a fan or something.
Hui-wan: It's too hot! This sucks.
Seon-jae: We don't have an air conditioner... but there's a fan.
Someone, however, will need to clean a year's worth of dust off it first.
Min: *text: cleaning...*
Hui-wan: *text: in this weather*
*text: let's just be hot...*
*sfx: toasty*
*text: 3 lazy people*
*sfx: running steps*
*sfx: slam*
Su-yeol: Im Seon-jae!!!!
You!! Clear your stuff out of the cabinet right now!!
Seon-jae: Cabinet?
Su-yeol: Do you know just how shocked I was? One or two I can understand, but this!
Seon-jae: What? I don't understand what you're saying.
Su-yeol: Don't try to deny it! Who else would do this?
This is like spitting in the face of the school!!
*sfx: *
Look! At! This!
Hui-wan: Wow~
Min: Why is there a bookcase full of comics books in the Student Council Room...?
Seon-jae: Someone was being serious.
And they're almost all old comic books.
Su-yeol: What...? It really wasn't you?
Seon-jae: Do I seem that unscrupulous to you?
Su-yeol: Then, ... ...
Min: It's not me!
Hui-wan: So you basically don't have any faith in us.
There's one more suspect. The criminal is...
Seung-eun: Yes... they're mine.
Is there something wrong?
Su-yeol: It's wrong! It's wrong down to the bone!
First, here! This is the cabinet for the Student Council. Don't fill it up with your personal belongings!
Seung-eun: I used it because it was empty... then I'll move them to the cabinet in the next room.
Su-yeol: That doesn't solve the basic problem?!
Above all, don't bring comic books into the Student Council room!! What if someone else found them?
Seon-jae: Su-yeol, you're going to burst a vessel. *sfx: snicker*
Su-yeol: Take them all home!!
Seung-eun: But... there's a reason I can't...
Su-yeol: What reason?
Seung-eun: ...
Because my family... makes fun of me for reading comic books...
Su-yeol: (So what!!!!)
Hui-wan: *holding back laughter*
Min: That's why you moved them all here...?
Seon-jae: She's stubborn about weird things.
Su-yeol: Stop looking from the sidelines and say something! This is a public nuisance!
Seon-jae: Let it go~ It's actually nice. We can read them whenever we get bored.
Su-yeol: No way!
*sfx: yelling*
Min: (She looks so calm now...)
(But once she gets mad, she changes into that...)
(I guess girls can be pretty scary...)
Hui-wan: Min is staring at Seung-eun~
Min: Huh?
*sfx: slam*
Seon-jae: An Min, you cad!
Seung-eun: ...
Su-yeol: So the comic book topic is finished, just like that?
Seon-jae: I'm going to tell Charter... I mean, Cha Ryeon that you're looking at other girls!
Min: *text: Why are you bringing her up all of a sudden?*
Do whatever you want.
Hui-wan and Seung-eun: (Cha Ryeon...)
Cha Ryeon didn't immediately leave a deep impression on other people.
Seon-jae: Actually, when I first met Seung-eun, I used to steal a glance at her, too. You're so different when you're tearing things up.
*text: baldly putting it out there*
Su-yeol: W-what?! How does Min know about that? Seung-eun, did you... again?!
Seung-eun: It... it was nothing.
Hui-wan: She kicked his shins and stomped on his feet. It was nothing.
Su-yeol: *feeling faint*
Min: ...
Seon-jae: Oh yeah, did you apologize to Min?
Seung-eun: Huh?
Seon-jae: It was just the consequences of our actions for us, but Min didn't have anything to do with it.
Hui-wan: That's true.
Seung-eun: Actually... I don't really remember what happened.
Seon-jae: That's no excuse~
Can you imagine how shocked Min must have been? You can't just let it slide.
Seung-eun: ...
Min: It's fine! Why are you bringing it up?
Seon-jae: Shut up! This sort of thing needs a resolution!!
Hui-wan: That's right! Things are just about to get interesting!
Okay, let's apologize!
Seon-jae: Yeah! You're not a person if you don't apologize!
Together: Apo-lo-gize! Apo-lo-gize! Apo-lo-gize!
Seung-eun: *text: this sort of thing again...*
Min: (I think)
Seung-eun: S-Sorry.
Min: (I understand)
No, me too.. sorry I stared at you
(why she was so upset.)
*sfx: clap clap clap*
What a touching finale.
Chapter 28: Those Three People's
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After we moved, Mi-na cried every day.
*sfx: cicadas*
I really hate summer
because its hot and sticky and noisy and unbearable.
Ryeon: ...
Min: ...
What are you looking at?
(That tomboy from next door.)
Ryeon: I think... your sister is crying.
Min: It's none of your business. Go back to wherever it is you're going.
Ryeon: Why aren't you going inside?
What are you doing sitting in front of your house?
Min: We'll go in when our Dad gets here.
Ryeon: Did you lose your key?
Min: ...If you don't get out of here, I'm going to hit you!
Ryeon: If a boy hits a girl, his weener will fall off!
Min: Weene...!! What are you talking about?!
Ryeon: It's true. My mom said so.
Min: It wouldn't fall off that easily! You believe that? Stupid!!
Ryeon: Then hit me and find out.
Min: You're a pervert, aren't you!
Ryeon: My mom would never lie! So!
...Well. Only sometimes...
Mi-na [sobbing]: Mo...mmy... Mommy... wahhhhhh!!
Ryeon: Ah...
*text: was that my fault*
Min: That's why I told you to go away.
*sfx/text: drop*
*sfx/text: pour*
*sfx/text: spin*
*sfx: machine whine*
*sfx: ding*
*sfx: steam*
Ryeon: It's hot, so be careful.
*sfx: slurp*
You want one, too?
Min: Water for me, thanks.
...Are you by yourself?
Ryeon: No.
My mom's here but she's sleeping. She's usually passed out during the day.
*sfx: growl*
*sfx: growl*
Want something to eat?
Min: ...Sorry.
Ryeon: Since you came over, let's get something good. I have lots of flyers.
You're Mi-na, right? What do you want to eat? Pizza? Chicken? Pick whatever you want.
Mi-na: *sfx: grossed out*
Min: Don't be rude!!!!
Mi-na: Uwek!
Ryeon: Oh...! It's okay.
Min: Sorry. She didn't mean it. It's just we're tired of fast food. We've been ordering out every day since we moved here.
Ryeon: Ordering out every day? Why?
Min: My dad's no good at housework... me too... we try, but it never turns out right.
Mi-na: Dad's rice is always black. Charcoal flavor.
Ryeon: (Charcoal flavor...?!)
Oh... In that case, let's not order out.
Do you like curry?
Min: The 3-minute stuff? Not really.
Ryeon: No, no. The one that I made!
Min: (I haven't eaten it, so how would I know...)
Ryeon: Actually I didn't make it by myself.. My grandma came yesterday and we made it together. She said curry tastes best the day after you make it. So it should be good.
Min: *text: even if you explain, I don't get it*
(She looks like she's having fun.)
The curry was really delicious.
Min: Our dad's here, so we're going. Thanks for the meal.
Ryeon: Sure.
See you again, Mi-na.
*sfx: nod*
These three becoming friends is a story for a later time.
*sfx: cicadas*
Ryeon: ...
Mi-na: What are you doing?
Ryeon: I'm... looking back on my life.
Mi-na: Hm... Have you decided on lunch yet?
Ryeon: Hmph!
You were so cute when you were little... you'd follow me around everywhere... you'd cry if I told you not to.
*text: but now you think of me as a food-making machine*
Mi-na: What? What's that mean?! You mean I'm not cute anymore?
Ryeon: ...I don't know!!
For that reason, today's lunch is fast food.
Mi-na: What do you mean, for that reason?
Min: Just say you don't want to cook.
Around that time...
: Kids, let's eat!
Yeong-wan, where's your brother?
Yeong-wan: *text: man, I'm hungry*
I don't know.
: ...Aren't you hungry? Lunch is ready. Since it's the weekend, why don't we eat at least one meal together...
Your dad's coming home in the evening, so... Are you listening? Hui-wan.
*text: burger queen*
: Welcome~!!
You must really like hamburgers! You're here every week.
Hui-wan: This place is always pretty quiet.
*text: you remember me...*
Server: We're far from the shopping district, so we're actually empty on the weekends.
Don't eat fast food!
Hui-wan: Whoa... you'd get in trouble if your manager heard that.
Server: Young people are the nation's future, you know.
And home cooking tastes so much better.
Hui-wan: Really?
I think it tastes like crap.
Chapter 29: Somewhere
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Server: Here's your bulgogi cheese whopper and your chicken burger. Both are to go, right?
Hui-wan: Yes.
That day, I was planning on buying some burgers, stopping by the bookstore, then heading home to loaf around for the rest of the weekend as usual.
Server: Thank you, come again!
*sfx: slide* [automatic door]
Server: Welcome!
On no account did I think it would turn out to be such a ridiculous day...
Hui-wan: Ah!
Ah... ah... ah~ABCDEFG
HIJKLMNOP
Practice practice, ah, ah
Ryeon: ?
Hui-wan: Holy crap...
*sfx: rapid*
Min: Kim Hui-wan?
Hui-wan: Ah! An Min?
Min: Did you come here for lunch?
Hui-wan: What a coincidence.
Min: Yeah. Do you live around here?
Hui-wan: Yes. Well. Not really, but...
Min to Ryeon: He's a first year from the Student Council.
Ryeon. ...Hi.
Hui-wan: Oh, hello.
Min: Whoa, look! They've started selling shave ice! Let's get it, get it!
*text: summer is all about the shave ice!*
Ryeon: First, calm down.
Hui-wan: Okay, nice seeing you.
Min: Do you want to eat with us? Shave ice.
Hui-wan: No, that's fine. I don't really like shave ice.
[at the bookstore]
*sign: novels*
Hui-wan: (Oh, man...)
(Of all places... Cha Ryeon doesn't know who I am, so I don't need to worry, but...)
(She brings up some unpleasant memories...)
*text: the smell of mops...*
Clerk: That's 7,500 won [about 7 USD]. Do you need a bag?
Hui-wan: That's okay.
Geez! Why did I freak out? Man!
Next time I see you, I'll fool you real good!
*sfx: machine whirling* (?)
Hui-wan: ...We meet again.
Ryeon: You buy your burgers and drinks separately, too.
Good deal. haha
Hui-wan: ...
Ryeon: Let's go.
Min: Okay.
Hey! You!
Hui-wan: I... just ran into Ryeon by chance.
I'm getting flustered because I keep running into them unexpectedly.
(Let's lose them ASAP.)
Min: We're going in the same direction, looks like.
*sfx: step step*
Hui-wan: Looks like.
(I'm tired...)
Min: Naengmyeon [cold noodles] for dinner would be nice, since it's hot.
But since we're eating burgers for lunch, that would mean we wouldn't be eating a meal with rice.
What should we eat? Noodles? Rice? Noodles? Rice? Bulgogi? Donkkasu? Noodles?
Ryeon: Stop!! Stop it! We haven't even eaten lunch yet, do you have to talk about dinner?
We bought a ton of hamburgers! If we eat this all, we won't have room for dinner.
Min: Hamburgers just don't fill me up...
Ryeon: I think you're sort of a pig.
Hui-wan: (Min has a big appetite, I see...)
Ryeon: !
Oh, that old lady...
Min: Hm?
Ryeon: Over by the bridge. [pedestrian bridge]
Ryeon and Min: Rock, paper, scissors!
Old Lady: Thank you so much. You're a very handsome lad. Where do you live?
Min: ...
Ryeon: Winners slack off~ haha
Hui-wan: You and Min seem like good friends.
Ryeon: ...
Hui-wan: What?
Ryeon: Oh, nothing... do you like hamburgers?
Hui-wan: Yes...
Ryeon: Me too.
Hui-wan: ?
*sfx: wind*
Ryeon: Hey... have we met before?
Hui-wan: Uh, no? We just met. Today.
Ryeon: Really...?
Hui-wan: Are you... mixing me up with someone else?
Ryeon: Or Min mentioned me to you.
Hui-wan: No, he hasn't.
Ryeon: Not at all?
Hui-wan: Not at all.
Ryeon: (Weird...)
Hui-wan: (Crap...)
Ryeon: (When we met at the burger place, Min didn't say anything about me, so)
Hui-wan: (Is it because of my voice? She shouldn't be able to figure it out just from my face...)
Ryeon: (So how does he know my name?!)
Hui-wan: (Does she suspect I'm the informant?!)
We, we might have met.
Ryeon: Huh?
Hui-wan: Since we're at the same school.
Maybe we sat next to each other in the cafeteria, or stood in line together at the store, or walked to school at the same time, so we might have run into each other somewhere.
Ryeon: I...I guess...
Hui-wan: Right?
Ryeon: (And?)
(Ha...)
...!..!! ... ... ?!
Hui-wan: (I have to change the topic...)
Ryeon: Your arm!!
Hui-wan: Huh?
Ryeon: That scratch on your arm, how did you get it?
Hui-wan: This... at school...
I got it falling down in the club room thanks to this ridiculous girl, and it hasn't gone away yet...
*text: a ridiculous girl*
*text: kaleidoscope*
Min: I escaped!!
*sfx: jump*
The old lady gave us some plums.
Ryeon: Oh- it's good, it's good.
Min: Yeah.
*sfx: chewing*
*sfx: step*
Hui-wan: ...
What the.. she hasn't noticed? Was I overthinking things after all?
Ryeon: *text: good job*
Hui-wan:
Works for me, but it's somehow irritating.
(Well... she probably doesn't remember...)
*text: she doesn't look that smart, either*
Um, I'm going this way.
I have to cross the street.
Min: We're going that way.
Hui-wan: See you at school tomorrow.
Min: Okay, see you.
Hui-wan: See you later, Cha Ryeon.
Ryeon: Yeah, see you.
*text: Later.*
I got found out
after all.
Chapter 30: You and I Are In the Same Boat
http://comic.naver.com/webtoon/detail.nhn?titleId=58526&no=30&weekday=mon
That day, I was planning on buying some burgers, stopping by the bookstore, then heading home to loaf around for the rest of the weekend as usual.
Min: Why are you giggling?
Ryeon: I learned something interesting.
Wanna hear?
*sfx: wind*
Automated Crosswalk: The light is red. Please wait for the signal.
*sfx: beeeeep*
Hui-wan: (Ah... crap...)
(This sucks...)
Mi-na: So where were you hanging out?
Ryeon: We didn't hang out. We bought the burgers and came right back.
Mi-na: Then, who is that?
Ryeon: An underclassman Min knows.
Min: Why would an underclassman that Min knows be at our house?
Ryeon: I don't know either!
Mi-na: You went somewhere without me, didn't you!
Min: *text: Wanna watch TV?
Hui-wan: *text: Sure*
Ten Minutes Ago
Min: What, you're gonna pretend you didn't say anything after getting me all curious?
*text: then you shouldn't have said anything in the first place*
Ryeon: I told you it's, it's nothing...
Min: ...Hey. Do you have something you have to do around here?
Hui-wan: No.
Min: Why are you following us? You're not going home?
Hui-wan: I was...
Then I thought, what is Min going to eat for dinner? Naengmyeon? Rice?
I just had to know.
So...
I vote for naengmyeon!
Min: What?
Ryeon: ...
Min: Where's Mi-na?
Ryeon: She says she'll eat with your dad.
Here~'s a cup!!
Hui-wan: Ack.
Aw, you should be more careful~ I almost got hurt~
*sfx: smirk*
*sfx: bell*
Min: *text: I have a message*
Ryeon and Hui-wan: ...
*sfx: shove*
*sfx: gulp*
*sfx: squeeze*
Hui-wan: ?!?!?!
*text: ketchup burger*
Min: Whoa, Kim Hui-wan, were you really hungry?
Hui-wan: M-my drink went down the wrong way...
Ryeon: Aw~ You should have been more careful~
Ryeon had a lot of beef.
*text: get lost*
Hui-wan was discovering that he had a lot of beef.
*text: that was my favorite...*
Min: ...?
Do you want to stay for dinner?
Ryeon: Hey!
Hui-wan: Wow, thanks!
That night
*today's diary: 2 pages insulting Hui-wan*
they had kimchee stew for dinner.
Ha-ri: Ryeon!
Ryeon: What's up, Ha-ri?
Ha-ri: Um... um...
Um, some guy wanted to secretly see you...
Ryeon: Secretly?! What is that guy up to? Calling me out.
*sfx: mutter*
Is he making fun of me? Calling me out. Ptooey!tooey!tooey!
Where are you hiding?!
Hui-wan: Here...!
Over here~
Ryeon: That's pretty secret.
*text: lion, fish, ladder, mushroom, fairy*
Ryeon: ...
I have to go to a club meeting soon.
Hui-wan: Do you think that's important right now?
Ryeon: Yes. I have to water Bohemian and do some weeding.
Hui-man: Unbelievable! You've totally adjusted to club life already. Are you that easygoing?
Ryeon: ...You've got some nerve!
You helped make me like this!!
You're in Student Council but you hang out with delinquents...! What's wrong with you?!
Hui-wan: K-keep it down!!
You haven't... told anyone, have you?
I totally should have slept over at Min's house!!!!
*text: it's all over*
Ryeon: ... I didn't tell him.
If I tell Min about you, then it'll complicates things for me, too.
Even if you hadn't talked to me about it, I can't say anything to him, anyway...
Hui-wan: ...
Please keep it a secret from Han-na, too.
Ryeon: Doesn't she already know who you are..?
Hui-wan: I mean, don't let her know you know who I am.
Ryeon: Why not?
Hui-wan: I have my reasons...
And... she would totally make fun of me.
Han [snickering]: So why were you wearing a mop bucket?
Ryeon: ...I don't really feel like it.
Hui-wan: !
Ryeon: There's no reason for me to care about what happens to you.
Hui-wan: But... I'm asking you to!
Ryeon: But~ Who knows if I won't accidentally blurt out something?
Oops, the informant in a first year. Oops, the informant is in Student Council. Oops, the informant is a pipsqueak.
Hui-wan: ...You've decided to spill the beans, is that it?!
You said you were going to quit the club, anyway!
You want us to go down together?!
Then I'm gonna tell Min! Cha Ryeon and I are members of the same club of delinquents!!!
Ryeon: What!! Just you try, shortie!!
Hui-wan: I...I know you d...don't like m...me... but... if we do this... then... it'll suck for both...of us...
Ryeon: W...what...do...I...care...?
Why should help some guy who's been a thorn in my side?!
Hui-wan: What are you talking about?
Are you talking about when we met in the club room? That's...
Ryeon: I didn't say anything wrong!! I know!! Who says I'm wrong?! I'm not!
Hui-wan: (...I can't tell whether's she's simple or complicated...)
Have you been bent out of shape over what I said all this time?
Ryeon: B-bent of out shape...?! I'm just good at remembering useless stuff...
Hui-wan:
Hm...
Ryeon: ...Stop looking at me.
Hui-wan: If you keep my secret, I can tell you more about the Mystery Club.
Ryeon: Oh~ I don't really care? I'm over it.
Haven't you got anything better?
How about letting me hit you ten times?
Hui-wan: ...No.
Did you know that Han-na is actually a model student?
Ryeon: Mo-model student...?
*text: Even if you cut into your mealtimes to study day and night and muck up your digestive system working on exam questions and splort out streams of blood from your nose and do everything humanly possible to test into SU, it's still not happening.*
Why does that remind me of this?
[Note: SU: Seoul National University, the most highly regarded university in South Korea. It's like saying 'Harvard University', or maybe even more aptly, 'École Polytechnique' (in the sense that the institution taps into/creates a very elite network and that many graduates go into influential positions, etc., not necessarily in that these schools have similar curriculums or teaching styles).]
Hui-wan: And even within our school...
Ryeon: um
Hui-wan: And there are other things you don't know...
Ryeon: Wait!
Is selling people out your way of avoiding awkward situations?
Hui-wan: Well then you don't need to repeat it.
Ryeon: You're the lowest of the low!
Hui-wan: Who do you think I'm doing this for?!
Ryeon: ...Fine. ...All right. I lose.
Hui-wan: You mean... you'll keep the secret?
Ryeon: Yeah.
Hui-wan: No conditions?
Ryeon: No conditions.
What good would it be to spread it around... You know?
I was just jerking you around 'cause I was pissed off.
*text: so stop annoying me*
Hui-wan: Can I really believe you?
Ryeon: Yes?
Hui-wan: Really?
Ryeon: Really.
Hui-wan: Then... I'll believe you.
Ryeon: Okay.
Hui-wan: But you're gonna betray me, right?
Ryeon: !!You little punk!!
Hui-wan: You're so cool. I've changed my mind.
Ryeon: I'm not cool.
I ran out of steam
Hui-wan: If you have a question about the club, you can still ask me.
Ryeon: No thank you.
Hui-wan: You have to get something out of it, too, that's how you avoid getting double-crossed.
Don't forget. We're on the same boat~
Survive together~
Drown together~
Ryeon: Ugh. Stop that...
Hui-wan: Row the boat together to a brand new shore~
Ryeon: Stop singing!
I can't believe I was worrying over this kid...
Hui-wan: Ah, Cha Ryeon-
Ryeon: What now?!
Hui-wan: Delicious kimchee stew yesterday.
Ryeon:
Hui-wan: Really.
Ryeon: Yeah right.
Life is meaningless.
