When I Returned, a High School Romantic Comedy Began - Chapter 40



40. Midterm exam (3)

“Oh, Chaerin was here too?”

Hayan speaks on behalf of Jaune, who has kept his mouth shut.

Unlike me, she smiled brightly and greeted Chae-rin.

‘It’s going to be crazy again.’

Hayan and I are now at a cafe.

If Chae-rin, who was anxious because she couldn’t stick to me all the time, saw it, it was obvious what kind of catastrophe it would lead to.

“… What are you two doing here?”

However, contrary to my expectations, Chaerin answered Hayan calmly.

‘Originally, I should just stare at you like I did just now, right?’

For some reason, as soon as she saw Hayan, Chaerin’s eyes became a little gentler.

Hayan smiled brightly and answered her question.

“Jaune came with me to help me study.”

“study? “Someone who I normally don’t even notice suddenly?”

Chaerin looked at me with a slightly surprised face, as if she didn’t know that the word ‘study’ was related to me.

He looked at the notebook on the desk in front of me and quickly nodded.

“You’re really studying.”

“Why are you so surprised when you hear that a student is studying?”

“They say that the guy who always sleeps in school starts studying all of a sudden.”

“…”

I don’t have anything to say because I think it’s true.

Still, Jaune was relieved to feel like he was out of danger.

‘Now that I think about it, the two of you haven’t had a bad relationship these days, have you?’

The kids who weren’t even close to each other fought from the first time they met, so I felt like they were growling every time they met.

Lately, for some reason, whenever we meet, we talk easily and don’t clash much.

‘Did something happen without my knowledge?’

I don’t know what it was, but our relationship got better, so I was fortunate to be caught in the middle.

Chaerin took a quick look at the notebook I had written in, then put it down again and said to me.

“If you had told me, I would have helped you.”

“I didn’t really think about it, but I ended up doing it… Besides, you’re busy going to academy.”

I feel sorry for holding on to the ankles of a child who goes to school.

Above all, I did it because Hayan suggested it first, otherwise I wouldn’t have even looked at the textbook with the intention of having fun before being taken to the academy.

Before we knew it, Chaerin and Jimin had brought drinks from their seats and sat down next to us.

We were planning to take a short break anyway.

When asked about the reason why Chaerin studied, she told the same story as she had told Hayanyi.

“Then where do you go to the academy?”

“I don’t know. Mom said she would look into it, so she will look for it and send it to me.”

Even though he is hospitalized, he has a cell phone, so wouldn’t it be better to send him to an academy near the school with good reviews?

After hearing what I said, Chaerin thought for a moment and then quietly asked me.

“Then how about coming to our academy?”

“Your academy?”

“Okay, if you’re going to come anyway, it’s better to go somewhere where you know people.”

“… I don’t know.”

The academy Chaerin goes to is famous for being tough.

If I go there, wouldn’t I really have no free time at all?

‘Go to an academy where you can solve a problem book in one day?’

When I remembered Yuma going to the academy while swearing, I didn’t really feel like it.

Jaune said to Chaerin with a sad look on his face.

“It’s a bit… too tight there.”

“I haven’t done it until now, so now I have to work harder.”

It was such a valid statement.

Yes, I quit it when I was in my second year of middle school, so I have to work hard from now on to catch up.

Then you can go to a good university, join a good company and make money.

‘But I don’t need to do that.’

I put my money in electronic money anyway, so now I just have to think about what to do when I grow up.

There is no need to go to work and earn a living.

There is only one reason why I am studying now.

To not go to academy.

‘But I can’t say this to them.’

I don’t study because I put my money in electronic money.

If you say something like this, it’s obvious that you’ll look at me like an idiot.

If you didn’t know the future, you would see it that way.

Jaune was inwardly lamenting the reality of not being able to talk about anything, and just answered the question.

“Ha… I don’t know, but I don’t want to go to Avalon.”

“… It’s not that hard.”

Chae-rin shows a sullen face as she continues to show her rejection.

“How nice it is to go to the academy together after school.”

“… I know what you’ll do at the academy.”

I couldn’t even imagine what would happen if she, who kept giving me a sense of distance and misunderstanding even at school, went to the academy with me.

‘It’s enough for our school to be known.’

Chaerin swirled the coffee little by little with a straw and spoke carefully.

“What was your average score?”

“me? “Average around 20 points?”

“what?”

Chae-rin is surprised by the unexpected score.

The rest of the people were in the same middle school, so they weren’t too surprised to learn that he had given up on studying early, but they couldn’t hide their surprised faces because they were amazed to hear it with their own ears.

“hahahaha… Jaune didn’t do much.”

“It’s not like you haven’t done much, right? “How are you going to go to college?”

Everyone starts to get really worried when they see me.

Even if you get an average of 20 points, it would be difficult to get that right.

Hayan also just smiled shyly at the situation being more serious than expected.

“… I can’t do that. You’ll see me after tomorrow.”

“uh?”

“Don’t pretend not to hear something when you heard it correctly.”

I wasn’t pretending not to hear.

‘I was just so surprised by the sudden acceleration.’

As I stood still in bewilderment, she looked at me and said.

“I’m embarrassed to go with someone with an average score of 20.”

“Yes, I would be grateful if you did.”

“Would you like to search?”

Chae-rin shows no signs of backing down at all.

Still, her offer was difficult to accept.

‘What can a kid who goes to academy help me with?’

Last time I asked Yuma, he said it starts 30 minutes after school ends.

‘How much do you spend studying during that time?’

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Jaune quickly responded to stop her from burning.

“It’s okay because Hayan decided to help anyway.”

“I study better, and we can all do it together.”

“What about the academy?”

“If you don’t go, you can.”

“…”

I’m really dizzy.

I felt like I was going out of my mind at Chae-rin’s confident declaration of war.

‘Maybe this guy is good.’

If you look at it coming out like this, it was definitely not empty words.

Of course, I felt grateful that they were thinking of me, but it also came with a sense of burden.

‘It got worse after the little pig.’

When I first saved her.

Since I almost got hit by a truck, it was natural that my liking for the other person increased.

Wouldn’t everyone react that way if someone saved them from almost dying?

But the problem was that I was a huge fan of Kim Chang-min.

Starting in the morning, I started sending out contacts frequently, which I rarely did before.

They are completely oblivious to the presence of people around them and try to stick around.

‘You really don’t have to do that.’

It’s okay if you don’t like me.

It’s okay if you don’t keep paying attention.

I felt uncomfortable because she seemed to be more obsessed with me because I saved her.

It was still the same now.

“… No, it’s really okay.”

I felt burdened by her insisting on skipping the academy to come visit me.

Honestly, who wouldn’t like a pretty girl like that hitting on me like that?

Even though I kept giving in to temptation and being pampered by Chaerin…

‘Not anymore.’

If you take more than this, there may really be no turning back.

Jaune spoke to her with a serious face.

“What will your mother think of me if you help me without going to the academy?”

“…”

Chae-rin is unable to continue speaking due to her serious tone.

Jimin was fidgeting, looking at me and her alternately, as if he knew something had become strange in the atmosphere.

“Why do you care about my mom?”

“Why do I care? I have no choice but to care when he visits my mom’s hospital room every day.”

While I also go to my mother’s hospital room once a week, her mother visits her 3 to 4 days a week.

At first, I thought the two had developed a bit of a friendship, but now, they are almost like best friends.

In the meantime, if they hear that Chae-rin is skipping school because of me, won’t my mother lose the dignity of seeing Chae-rin’s mother?

‘They say I study well even if I don’t go… but I can’t help but worry.’

Chaerin’s face becomes increasingly crumpled upon hearing the firm answer.

Maybe the act of rejection was so unpleasant that he asked me slowly, without even getting angry.

“Can I become White but not me?”

“Yes, it’s not okay to skip school to help.”

“Guys, why is the mood so serious…”

Jimin smiled awkwardly in the suffocating space, trying to lighten the mood somehow, but he had no intention of stopping there.

When the topic came up now, I had to say it clearly.

Jaune spoke to her the words he had been holding back carefully until now.

“If you’re doing this because you feel sorry for me, then stop.”

“what?”

A difficult thing to say to someone who shows good intentions.

But it was something I had to say at some point.

“There’s no need to keep feeling guilty just because I helped a little.”

“…”

Of course, I thought she would be offended if she heard it, so I said the words I had kept hidden.

Sure enough, Chae-rin spoke, letting out the swear words she had been suppressing until now.

“Who the f*ck do you think I’m doing this because I feel sorry for?”

Chae-rin repeated what I said again, as if she had never expected to hear something like this.

“Is going out with you every day and contacting me from the morning just an act of guilt?”

“…”

okay.

It seemed like everyone was acting out of feeling sorry for me.

He’s not that handsome and he doesn’t have a very nice personality.

This is what I always thought when I saw you coming so close to me that I felt uncomfortable.

But it seems she didn’t think so.

“Ha… f*ck you bastard.”

Rather, he couldn’t hold back his anger at the thought that his sincerity had been insulted, so he got up from his seat.

“Goes.”

Chaerin suddenly took her bag from where it was and walked towards the stairs, then looked at me and said.

“Don’t contact me unless you want to apologize.”

With those words, Chaerin disappeared from the cafe.

Jimin followed her and disappeared from the cafe.

I quietly drank my coffee without even watching her disappear.