Chapter 7
7. Cleaning (2)
1.
I have confidence in cleaning, and I think I’m pretty good at it.
At least it will be better than Min Ah-rin, who is sweeping the broom inefficiently over there.
I’ve been cleaning classrooms for 14 years in both my past and present lives, and I’ve probably cleaned the house for about 20 years.
Especially, I carefully predict that the house I personally managed would belong to the cleanest axis among semi-basements.
No.
Anyway, it means that cleaning like that seems frustrating to me as a career worker.
I work hard to clean the world, but it’s basically inefficient, so it’s taking a long time.
Wasting time isn’t a problem, but…….
It’s drying up little by little with the mop I’m holding right now.
“Give me the broom. You do the mop.”
“Huh?!”
“What do you want to be surprised about?”
“Ah… A rag…, Nothing…”
What is it?
Anyway. Holding a broom, I started walking around the first division, the last remaining cleaning area.
Min Ah-rin worked hard with a broom, but there are many areas that are lacking here and there.
Three broom sweeps were enough for one desk.
It takes a little more effort to clean properly, but right now it’s important to finish cleaning before the teacher comes.
“Oh.”
As I quickly clean up, exclamations are heard from behind.
“If you’re going to admire it, admire it while mopping.”
“Oh.”
Then, this time, he was actually exclaiming while pushing the floor with a mop.
Looking at him, he’s a pretty funny person.
By the way.
Why are you working so hard on mopping again?
“Do not mop and follow along. You can’t scrub a spot more than three times.”
“Huh? Then wouldn’t it be clean?”
“There is no difference at all. It’s fine if you don’t get scolded.”
“……!”
Min Ah-rin opens her mouth as if in shock without any answer.
I ignored her and started brushing her broom again.
I’m already going to have to deal with about three desks.
Min Ah-rin, who muttered behind me that I was contemplative, quickly started wiping as I said.
It took less than a minute to complete the cleaning.
Perhaps the floors aren’t that clean, but as long as they look good, that’s enough.
“Now call the teacher as soon as possible.”
“Oh, huh?”
“You have to bring it before the floor dries. When the floor dries, it’s a bit dirty.”
“Uh…, Uh…!”
She answered with a slightly silly expression, and in an instant, the teacher called for an examination. I took my textbook and waited on the stairs near the classroom.
And after waiting for a while, Minah Lin came to me with her belongings.
Somewhere with a mad face.
“The teacher said that cleaning in 1 minute was very neat!”
“Yes? That’s good.”
Mina Lin didn’t understand what she meant when she said she had a strange misunderstanding or that she looked at me and said she also had an idea of you, but she probably didn’t matter too much.
2.
The direction of Min Ah-rin’s house overlapped a lot with the direction I had to go, and we walked down the street talking naturally.
The subject matter of the conversation was not small.
Even though we became close to some extent, we still didn’t know each other.
When I think about it, it seems quite strange that I became acquainted with Min Ah-rin.
I still feel a sense of difference when I see women in the reverse world.
That also applies to the other girls in my class.
… ….
Chun Se-joon has a similar feeling, but his behavior is quite masculine.
I mean ‘male’ by the old world standards.
Anyway. There are probably several reasons for her acquaintance with her.
When I say something, he responds with a funny reaction, so it’s a lot of fun when we’re together.
Because I brainwashed myself into saying that I was talking to a man, so I felt a little less repulsive.
After hearing her reason for my return to her classroom, Min Ah-rin, who was shaking her head, suddenly stopped walking.
If you follow her eyes, you will see a small stall selling tteokbokki.
“Do you have time?”
“Why? You want to eat that?”
“Uh. Snacks to eat after cleaning? Ah… I can’t stand it at all.”
Tteokbokki costs 2,500 won per serving.
If you buy two snacks, you can eat them for over a month, and you can buy soju or cigarettes with a little more money.
“I have time, but no money.”
“Ah. Of course I shoot.”
“It’s burdensome to get it.”
It was like that in the previous world too.
I think it may just be a problem with my personality, but I have hardly any memory of receiving anything from others.
I feel like I’m in debt, but I didn’t have the ability to pay it back.
“Then let’s say it’s the cleaning fee. If it wasn’t for you, I’d still be holding the mop.”
“Um…”
“And how about something like this among friends?”
“……Well, then. If something like this happens again later, I’ll help you.”
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I don’t have an academy, and I don’t have any appointments with friends, so I have plenty of time.
Of course I study during that time, but I have time to help with the cleaning.
3.
… ….
I said it while thinking about one serving of tteokbokki.
I wonder if I picked the wrong opponent.
“Isn’t this delicious? Yeoptteok is also delicious, but this is the root.”
“Um…”
“Uh… do you prefer yeoptteok? Boys really like it….”
“I don’t know what yeoptteok is.”
“Huh?”
Such subtle names are not my concern.
The important thing now is…… These are the menus that Min Ah-rin ordered.
‘Two servings of tteokbokki, sir. Kim Mal-i is a service? Hey… Then I’ll have to make some more fries. Ohh… , fish cake. Seunggi Han Do you like oden? I’ll take two oden! Pikachu pork cutlet? Wasn’t this originally there? And… It’s a dog memory, really. Please give me two!’
You crazy bourgeois bastard.
Does it make sense to pour over 10,000 won for a snack?
“I bet you’ve been there with the kids at least once? You really don’t know?”
“Uh… But isn’t this too much?”
“Wow… Uh, huh? This? Not so much?”
“No… That’s it.”
“If you have any leftovers, just pack them up. You don’t have to worry.”
I wasn’t worried about that.
To erase this mental debt, helping with cleaning once or twice will not be enough.
She gave up halfway and reached for a wooden skewer.
Those that look delicious look delicious.
4.
No. What the hell
I, the bier of this era itself, have heard of Yeoptteok’s reputation.
But I can’t believe that a man, especially a high school boy, doesn’t know the name.
I bit off Pikachu Tonkatsu’s ear, but I couldn’t taste anything.
Even though this is the stall that I think is the most delicious in the area, I couldn’t enjoy the food leisurely.
Now Han Seung-gi is eating tteokbokki with a happy expression.
It’s not a very different expression from usual, but there’s something called an aura that you can feel.
It is clear that you are enjoying these foods.
By the way.
If you don’t even know about the existence of yeoptteok, and you see that you’re so happy with a food stall on the street, it must mean that you’ve never experienced anything like this.
The fact that he has a delicate body is proof that he has never touched such fattening food.
The fact that you are feeding junk food to a man who has always studied diligently, lived a docile and kind life, and ate only healthy food at home…….
Should I say that I feel like I’m doing something big wrong?
The triangle of conscience inside me is running amok.
“This is so delicious.”
“Pikachu pork cutlet?”
“Yes.”
That’s made from ground chicken.
If I had to say another ingredient, it would be flour.
This time, I poured oden soup into a paper cup with the ladle from the oden container and drank it.
This. I think I’m teaching you to fly.
It feels like giving a good friend a cigarette.
Time passed so quickly and we walked out of the stall.
A meal that fills you with guilt rather than pleasure.
Looking around, you can see Han Seung-gi standing with a pretty happy expression.
… ….
Yes what.
It’s already happened anyway, so maybe I should have enjoyed it.
Now I’ve decided to stop thinking about it.
Nothing happened to us today.
Anyway, my house is not far from the food stall.
Probably 5 minutes away.
As expected, it didn’t take long to walk to our apartment complex, and I told Han Seung-gi that I had to go now.
“Uh… do you live around here?”
“This is our jar.”
“Oh. That’s a nice place to live.”
There must be many better places, but it is overrated.
“You? How much further do you have to go?”
“Me? It’ll be a 35 minute walk?”
“Huh?”
At first I thought I heard it wrong.
Still, it’s not that it doesn’t make any sense.
I thought I was going to and from school on foot, but it seems like I’m riding my parents’ car or using public transportation.
“My house is a little far away.”
“Ah. Do you know where the bus stop is? Can I help you?”
“Huh? No? I’m thinking of walking?”
“Eh.”
Eh.
“Why are you walking down that street? Didn’t you take the bus in the morning?”
“I met you while walking this morning.”
“No, my God.”
No, my God.
While I was still in shock, Han Seung-gi looked at me and smiled.
Looking at it again, it looked really gentle.
“Are you walking for exercise?”
“Well, that’s how it is.”
“That’s not true.”
“Think whatever you want.”
But it’s true that he talks like a snarl again.
She reads a lot of books and seems to have excellent language skills.
I decided not to ask more.
The fact that the person himself turns around means he doesn’t want to talk about it.
I have that level of notice.
“See you tomorrow. I ate well today.”
“Draw. Thank you for cleaning me too.”
“What a great thing.”
“That’s what I want to say.”
We laughed lightly and exchanged a brief goodbye.
Just as I was about to turn around and go home.
“Min Ah-rin. Focus on the closing ceremony from now on. Don’t be scolded and discouraged again.”
To think that the guy I met yesterday would nag me like that.
Most people can’t talk to me about being scared even if they stay together for a week.
“What makes you feel down?”
“You seem to be shedding a little bit of tears?”
“Hey…!”
Han Seung-gi turns around without hearing my last cry.
No, I didn’t know it would be so obvious.
He’s a caring guy, just like he really is.
I looked at Han Seung-gi’s back for a moment.
He walked forward at a fairly fast pace and briefly rummaged through the inside pocket of his school uniform jacket as if checking something… ….
I dropped something.
White…… Note?
What kind of cigarette pack does the notebook look like?
There are parts of design these days that I can’t understand.
Anyway.
I think I made a good friend.