When I Returned, a High School Romantic Comedy Began - Chapter 38



38. Midterm exam (1)

“Oh, who the f*ck didn’t flush the water!”

The disciplinary action given by the school was not as severe as expected.

Two weeks of cleaning the bathroom.

Considering that the punishment was to make his face bleed and twist one of his arms to be hospitalized, it was a very light measure.

‘Still, I can’t help this sh*t.’

I don’t know what kind of retard they are, but it’s such a hardship because there are babies who keep splashing without flushing the water several times a day.

Still, I don’t regret anything I did before.

‘A guy with his pants wet won’t come back again…’

Those who have touched him so far will not bother to touch him even after hearing about this incident.

It took about two weeks for me to be able to clean the bathroom with a smile.

“Ha… It’s going to be hard.”

After finishing the cleaning today, which had many twists and turns.

As I packed my bag and locked the door to go home, I felt a hand grabbing my shoulder from behind.

“Jaune!”

A white voice like an oriole ringing softly in my ear.

I immediately turned my head without thinking and felt a pricking sensation on my cheek.

“hehehe, I got caught.”

Hayan smiles brightly after gently poking my cheek with her index finger on the hand on her shoulder.

I didn’t know how to respond to a prank that only elementary school students would make, so I roughly took out my keys and told her.

“I guess you finished early today?”

“Yes, there was no one to return it and there were no books to organize, so I just finished cleaning.”

“okay?”

The first day I had to clean the bathroom.

After finishing everything, I was about to go home when I suddenly stopped by the teacher’s office. On the way down the stairs, I saw the library lighted up and decided to go home and see Hayan’s face since I had nothing to do anyway.

Coincidentally, the time the library closed and the time she finished cleaning the bathroom were around the same time.

Somehow, it became my last routine at school to naturally go to her after cleaning every day and take her home from school together.

I said to Hayan as I put the keys in my pocket.

“I have to go to the teacher’s office to get my keys. Do you want to go first?”

“No, it won’t take long, so let’s go together.”

I wondered if something was wrong, but Hayan immediately said it was okay and walked next to me.

‘… I’m really going crazy.’

These days, even though I keep trying to pretend not to notice, my mind is confused by the feeling of distance that keeps getting closer.

In fact, it wasn’t just a recent problem.

From the moment I first came to our house, I noticed something strange.

I must say that after that, her behavior somehow became friendlier.

No, there was something deeper than the word friendliness.

‘Even if Chae-rin is like that, why Ha-won?’

There’s never really been a time when it saved my life.

There was no special incident.

For what reason does it look like this?

I also think that there were a few smaller incidents that could have built up goodwill if brought up.

‘Unless something is certain, I don’t know.’

I haven’t even been in a relationship.

I was so confused because I had never had a romantic relationship with anyone before.

‘At this point, I wonder if I’m mistaken…’

As Jaune was silently trying to organize his messed up mind, Hayan spoke next to him.

“Jaune, have you studied?”

“Why are you studying all of a sudden?”

“There are midterm exams next week.”

“…”

ah.

I forgot.

I’ve been living so hectic these days that I haven’t been able to think about it.

‘It’s already midterms next week.’

Before returning, I didn’t have time to study for midterms or anything else because of my part-time job, so I didn’t even pay attention and just took pictures as instructed by the gods of heaven and earth.

But now I don’t have a part-time job.

The reason why I couldn’t study has disappeared.

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

“ah.”

If you take the test with your head now, it’s obvious that your mom will see your score and send you to an academy right away.

‘God please…’

I have to devote all my golden after-school time to academies.

Just imagining it is hell.

‘Now that things are like this, should I bribe the teacher with money?’

Joo-un is blankly imagining absurd things.

Hayan looked at him and said.

“Have you not studied?”

“It’s not like we haven’t done anything before.”

I gave up studying altogether after my second year of middle school.

If your score is not in single digits, you are lucky.

My throat is already tightening as I imagine the terrible future.

Jaune spoke to Hayan in a very depressed voice.

“White, I won’t be able to go to the library after school from now on.”

“uh?”

Hearing an unexpected sound, a look of bewilderment appeared on Hayan’s face.

As I told her everything about my situation until I left school, Hayan nodded and said with a serious expression.

“Well, it’s been a bit serious since middle school…”

“…”

It’s even sadder to hear it from someone else.

Even if you are sad, the knowledge you have already let go of since middle school will not come back.

‘I should just go, what should I do…’

As I was walking without saying anything with a gloomy face, Hayan said.

“Then do you want to study together after school?”

“huh?”

I looked at him with a puzzled face at the sudden suggestion, and she continued.

“It may be difficult to drastically raise your score, but wouldn’t your mother take it into consideration if you raise your score higher than before?”

Those were persuasive words.

I wasn’t a kid who did poorly, and I got close to 20 points on average.

If I study alone and get 50 points, wouldn’t my determination be recognized?

‘Honestly, I think they’ll send you to the academy more if you show your will.’

However, if your score is significantly different from before, your mother may be concerned if you tell her that you will not go to an academy and will try it on your own.

As I was pondering for a moment, Hayan pushed me firmly.

“If it’s been a while since you studied, you won’t know what to do, so let me help you!”

“I would be grateful if you did that, but I don’t think it would interfere with your studies for no reason.”

I heard that once you enter high school, the classes become more difficult and it becomes difficult to keep up.

In the meantime, if she has a bump, wouldn’t her normally good grades decline?

‘Then I feel so sorry.’

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Hayan answered sharply, as if he didn’t care about that at all.

“It’s okay, we can do it together as a review.”

“…”

Yes, they say they will help, but I should just accept it.

There should be no problem speaking with such a confident face.

‘Because I usually tell the kids about their problems in class.’

If you’re like me and don’t go to a private academy to study, you’ll have a lot of time as you maintain top rankings.

I eventually accepted Hayan’s offer.

“Okay, since you said that, I can’t help but ask for help.”

“Yeah, well thought out!”

While walking down the street, Hayan stopped for a moment and spoke to me.

“Then shall we go in right away starting today?”

“From today?”

I was taken aback by how quickly it started, so she said it as if it was obvious.

“I already have an exam next week, so I need to start as soon as possible.”

Test next Tuesday.

Today is Tuesday and there is only one week left.

Clearly, there was too little time even if we started right away.

“That’s right… then should we go to a cafe?”

Looking at the kids around me, I often go to a cafe to study.

Since I couldn’t go to a cafe properly because I didn’t have money, I wanted to take this opportunity to stop by at least once.

“okay! “There’s a cafe I often go to. Let’s go there.”

With those words, Hayan takes his steps towards home.

For some reason, as I was going to study, my smile was more lively than before.

*

“Chaerin-chan…”

“I want to go home too, so stop whining.”

Evening time.

Chaerin ate with her friend and stopped by a nearby cafe as she had some time left before her academy class started.

‘Ha… Should I really just go home?’

Normally I would have eaten dinner at home, but the midterms are next week.

Since there was only a week left until the exam, I had to take supplementary classes at the academy.

‘What should Lee Joo-un do by now…’

She turned on her phone and went back and forth through the chat window containing the messages she had shared with Jaune.

Jimin quietly watched as Chae-rin continued to hesitate.

‘I wonder what kind of affair a girl who barely had contact with men would have.’

I thought you would be my single friend for the rest of your life.

Even though she was sad, it was kind of cute to see Chae-rin keep fidgeting.

‘Now that I think about it, there are a lot of couples today.’

Leaving Chaerin alone, I looked around and saw several couples attending the same academy.

Most of the faces are familiar since they are all from the same high school.

Plus, even though it’s not our academy, there’s a couple in the same class…

“Are you Lee Joo-un?”

“what?”

I saw Lee Joo-woon sitting by the window with the class president.

At those words, Chae-rin turns her gaze toward where Jimin is looking.

The scene of them solving a workbook unfolded before her eyes, sitting so close that anyone would immediately think they were a couple.

“… I’ll be back for a bit.”

Chaerin gets up from her chair.

“Chaerin-chan? “We have to go to class now.”

“You don’t have to go.”

Jimin was momentarily speechless at Taengdaeng’s overly confident declaration.

However, it was a welcome news because he didn’t want to go back to the academy at the moment.

‘Besides, you can’t miss a sight like this.’

A situation that just looks like it would be fun.

“Chaerin-chan, let’s go together~”

You can study later, but your intuition about political drama will not come back.

Jimin walked along while silently apologizing to Jaune, who was talking without knowing what was happening right in front of him.