Chapter 116

Chapter 116

Snow was pouring down and the road turned frighteningly white .

“Trash is falling . ”

He walked away from the muddy snow and ended up in front of the school . The snow was falling so heavily that nobody was standing at the gate .

“Do you want to build a snowman during lunchtime?”

“Are you a kid?”

A smile blossomed on the faces of the children who were walking to school . It was understandable because they were at an age where snow was still welcoming to them . He shook off the dirt that was on his sneakers and changed to indoor slippers . After shaking his umbrella to get rid of the snow, he entered the hallway . He arrived at his class, together with classmates that were talking with him . Dojin was sitting in front of the back door . For some reason he arrived early .

“You’re here? It’s snowing a lot right?”

He made a refreshing yawn as he asked .

“You’re here early . ”

“There needs to be days like this too . Here’s a morning candy . ”

He caught the candy that was thrown and popped it in his mouth . The candies became a habit unknowingly . If Dojin didn’t give him a candy in the morning, he might even be sad .

Maru hung his backpack and looked at the last seat of the first row . Dowook was bent over, sleeping . Maru gestured at Dojin, who was saying something next to him, and walked towards Dowook .

Dowook opened his eyes as Maru touched him .

“What?”

“Relax your face . You’ll regret it after aging . ”

“… . Why did you wake me?”

“Let’s talk for a bit . There’s still some time left until homeroom . ”

He brought Dowook to the convenience store . The kids who skipped breakfast were gathered at a corner, eating bread .

“Do you want coffee?”

Dowook nodded without saying anything . Maru picked out two canned coffees from the vending machine and handed one to Dowook .

“What did you want to talk about?”

“It’s related to sister Soojin . ”

Chik, the conversation stopped with the sound of the can opening . Dowook looked down at his canned coffee without speaking . The conversations of the people next to them were flowing over . Something about it being tedious eating bread for breakfast .

“What about her?”

Dowook who had been staying quiet spoke up while drinking his coffee . It could be seen at a glance that he was trying to act composed . His eyes weren’t sharp like they usually were .

“I didn’t tell you before, but I’m familiar with your sister . ”

“You?”

“Yeah . ”

“How?”

“It’s a bit too long to explain . I don’t think you need to know either . In short, we just go volunteering together . ”

Maybe Dowook understood, because he didn’t complain .

“I met her yesterday and we talked for a bit . ”

“What talk?”

“About you and your sister, and this is what your sister wants to tell you . ”

Maru handed over Soojin’s letter, the letter that was writen with tears .

“… . . It’s like this again . If she has something to say, tell her to say it herself . ”

Dowook returned the letter, Maru shook his head and refused to take it .

“She wrote it with difficulty because it was hard to convey her feelings by talking . I don’t think it would hurt to give it a read at least once . ”

Dowook’s hands stiffened at his words .

“How about you listen for once . It’s said that conversations start by listening . ”

The wound that’s festered for 10 years . If everything’s brought up at once, their feelings will just burn hotter . This was what Moonjoong had been worried about as he told them to first try writing a letter . I wonder how effective it’ll be . Maru gave Dowook’s shoulders a pat as he walked past him .

“You gave him the letter?”

-Yes . I don’t know if he read it or threw it away, but I gave it to him .

“It must have been hard, good work . It’s fortunate that her little brother has a good friend . ”

Moonjoong gave his thanks for telling him and hung up the call . How nice would it be if the kind lady could use this opportunity to let go of some of her burdens? If that happens, then he could entrust the children with her without being worried .

“This child, it looks like you’re hungry . ”

Dalgu came up to his feet and rolled over to expose his stomach . Moonjoong poured some food in a concave bowl . Maybe it was because it was winter, but Dalgu had gained some weight .

Dalgu started to munch on the food while wagging his tail . Moonjoong looked at Dalgu for a while before turning his head towards the dining table . There was a phone call .

“Hello . ”

-Ah, Teacher .

“Is it Junmin?”

-Yes .

“What is it at this time?”

-The thing that you spoke to me about previously . About wanting to have someone be recommended to you to grow as a student .

“I remember . ”

-I sent you an email after narrowing the list to a few people between middle and high school . I attached a picture as well as how I felt about them next to it . I would appreciate it if you could help grow three, no, four people .

“I’m just going to listen to the kids talk to kill some time . One person is enough . ”

-You’re too much . Please give me some face, and consider two people .

“If there’s a kid that I like . Ah, was it amateur class? I need to give that place a visit too . ”

-Weren’t you planning on coming during a performance?

“That’s what I was planning, but I think I’ll have to see the preparation process to understand their personalities . ”

-Then please come on either Monday, Wednesday, Friday,