Knowing Brother-Chapter 59

As memories of my past, such as playing pranks and crying when ⊛ Nоvеlιght ⊛ (Read the full story) I was very young, came to mind one by one, I felt a sense of self-deprecation. He had no such conscience, and he was ticklish with such a friend!

I was embarrassed, wondering what on earth I was thinking about this guy who was like family to me. Since Won Dae-young knew his own messy past and himself very well, his rejection was even stronger. The unconsciousness that had been censoring his emotions for a long time became as hard as a tombstone and tormented Won Dae-young. The ethical standards that only applied to Choi Seol-woo popped out.

“Won Dae-young, if you do this again, you really should be isolated from society. You beast of a man who only thinks about sexual desire.”

He slapped his cheeks alternately and rubbed his face. I was afraid to put Choi Seol-woo in that realm even for a moment.

— Even if I don’t want to be friends with you, we’ve already become best friends because our noses are pierced, so don’t say such ticklish things again.

Everything became more certain with Choi Seol-woo’s answer. Choi Seol-woo was as ‘gap’ as anyone could leave Won Dae-young at any time.

Now Won Dae-young’s desires had sunk into a realm where they could never be awakened again. Deep down in the subconscious where they would never surface again unless someone broke them open and retrieved them. They were tightly sealed and buried.

Then, the prank of covering Choi Seol-woo’s mouth from behind while he was lying down to sleep was nothing.

“Check your breathing.”

“Oh no! You crazy kid.”

“You’re rebelling for no reason. If you were going to sleep in the same room, you should have expected this level of progress. It’s not over yet, come here.”

“Fuck, seriously... This is something that Hyung-il and his kids should see. All those kids who look up to you!”

Now, all Won Dae-young had to do was run forward. To achieve good records, become the best in Asia, and succeed. To become someone no one could surpass and earn a lot of money. You need power and authority to protect the people you care about in your realm.

An extreme perfectionist who considers Choi Seol-woo a sanctuary that must not be touched, and a sore finger that is often touched... That sexual desire that was weakened could not be love to Won Dae-young.

That is why Choi Seol-woo was not love to him. Because he was in a place that transcended what the world calls love.

That is why they were not love.

Even back then, when all the words we shared, except for the word “I love you,” the fights, and even the hurtful words were all love... freewebnσvel.cѳm

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The next day was a shortened class that ended with only morning club activities. Choi Seol-woo put on her fluffy, dry school uniform.

While Won Dae-young went to throw away the piled up moving trash, Choi Seol-woo searched through the plastic bags of clothes he had collected to put in the used clothing collection box.

Listening to the sound of footsteps outside the front door, she took out the uniform from among the clothes being thrown away. It was a domestic game uniform with “Hyungil High School” written on it. She said it was too small to wear.

A sleeveless top in red and black, and a short bottom made of elastic material.

Choi Seol-woo rolled it up as thin as possible and put it in his backpack. It was the biggest theft and perversion of his life. But now was the only chance. To make a perfect alibi, he took the plastic down and threw it in the used clothes collection box instead. Won Dae-young patted Seol-woo’s head without any suspicion.

He got on the school bus safely without being caught stealing. All he wanted to do was go home and put the uniform in the drawer. Won Dae-young looked at his bag and asked, “What?”

“Did you lose the whistle? Can you give me a new one?”

Since he started dating Ha Young-seo, he felt like Choi Seol-woo wasn’t the one carrying his stuff around, so he put it on his desk, but he didn’t think he needed to receive it again, so he answered.

“That’s okay. These days, the debt collectors don’t come and there’s nothing to use it for.”

Won Dae-young ended up smiling. We entered the school playground together and dispersed to our respective special activity classrooms in front of the cloud bridge. We went into the essay club classroom, greeted each other, and started our first club activity.

I was lost in thought while solving the practice problems that my seniors had given me. It was because the excitement I experienced during the truth game yesterday still lingered.

‘Should I confess while paying the lawyer’s fee later? I’m your only family. It must mean that you’re that special... You might not know your feelings. If I explain it step by step and confess... ... Will everything be a mess? Will you get mad and tell me not to talk like that? Will you tell me not to contact that gay bastard? Then I guess I’ll have to live at Hyungil High School without a supporter.’

It was the day after the final exams, so I couldn’t concentrate. I just scribbled random thoughts.

‘Confessing is crazy after all... Choi Seol-woo, think logically. Won’t your feelings cool down once you get into college? That bastard will have another girlfriend soon. There’s no need to be greedy and ruin our relationship now.’

After the shortened class, the club seniors asked her to go for lunch. However, Choi Seol-woo had somewhere else to go. She apologized and declined, then got on the bus to Mrs. Choi’s snack shop.

From now on, Choi Seol-woo would commit a scam that would get caught by Mrs. Choi the next day.

After racking her brain to come up with an excuse to make 2 million won, she came up with the idea of ​​selling used computers. Since she was a minor, she couldn’t get a loan, so there was no other way. The only way was to sell her new laptop to a used computer shop to make money. She planned to work part-time during summer vacation, skip school for three or four months, or if that didn’t work out, when she became a college student, so she would pay it back, so please forgive her.

She went to the snack shop and pestered Mrs. Choi in every way she could. She cleaned the grease in the kitchen, washed the dishes that had piled up, and used everything she could: nagging, irritating, coquetry, and acting pitiful.

“I really need a laptop. I don’t have a computer at home, so I have to go to the PC room every day to do my homework and borrow Daeyoung’s laptop. I’ll pay it back with my scholarship. I’ll work part-time distributing flyers during vacation to pay it back. Please. Please, okay?”

“Well, I told you to wait three months, I don’t have any money!”

“No, I know you’ll waste money like crazy with your personality. I’ll tighten my belt if I pay it off in installments. I’m selling it on a 12-month interest-free installment plan.”

Mrs. Choi couldn’t resist the words that she needed it for her studies, so she was dragged to the agency. After paying off the 1.59 million won laptop in installments, she looked at her watch and saw that it was 3 o’clock.

She made plans to meet Hayoungseo at the lawyer’s office at 5 o’clock. Since she was pressed for time, she quickly headed to the bus stop.

She called out, “Mom,” and kissed Mrs. Choi on the cheek before running away without looking back. It felt like thorns were growing all over her body because she had never done this before, even when she was little. Oh my! I heard a scream of surprise, but I couldn’t turn around because I was embarrassed.

In fact, I felt sorry dozens of times more than embarrassed. The person who deceived me felt even worse.

I’m sorry, Mrs. Choi. I didn’t mean to use it for something bad. I’ll definitely do it even if I have to give up my school and vacation.

In the middle of summer, when the cicadas were chirping, the strong, scorching sun poured down on the asphalt. Choi Seol-woo ran with a backpack on his back and a laptop box in one hand. His school uniform quickly became soaked with sweat.

Even though he was running in the sweltering heat with his luggage, he didn’t feel uncomfortable.

Even though he was running with a heavy laptop box, he didn’t feel annoyed at all. The midsummer sunlight sparkled on the hoods of each passing car. Even though the strong light stimulus filled his eyes, he didn’t become sensitive and his breathing, which rose to the tip of his chin, didn’t feel difficult.

The seasonal air entered his nose and sweat dripped down his fluttering hair. When he was running on the track, kicking the ground, Won Dae-young must have felt this way too... .

Won Dae-young sent him a message asking him to report his status. When he said there was no problem, he asked where he was, so he lied and said he was going to look at a laptop. Then Choi Seol-woo entered a used computer store that he had searched for in advance.

“I called you earlier. You said you would buy it for 1.47 million won, right? In cash.”

The young manager handed Choi Seol-woo, whose face was red, cold water. After cooling off with a cup of water and leaving the store, Choi Seol-woo was holding a paper bag containing 1.47 million won. It was the money he had just gotten by deceiving Mrs. Choi.

Choi Seol-woo added 500,000 won that she had personally saved into it. It was emergency money she had been saving up in her personal bank account since middle school.

She put the paper bag containing the total 1.97 million won in her bag and walked forward. She got on the bus and took a deep breath under the air conditioner. Even now, when I was anxious and fearful of malfunctions, it was amazing that I didn’t feel irritated at all.

Soon, Choi Seol-woo got off the bus and started running again. Running past the large trees on the street and the ivy on the wall, she took a deep breath of the humid summer air.

Choi Seol-woo would remember today’s jumping for the rest of her life. Today, running in the summer shade in the middle of the downtown area of ​​Samseong-dong, lined with buildings...

“Haa, haa....”

She ran until her throat was parched and arrived at 5:10. She went inside the extremely tall building and got on the elevator, feeling embarrassed at how sweaty she looked. She pressed the 9th floor button, quickly straightened her hair, and cooled off.

The moment it became quiet, she felt her cell phone vibrating in her backpack. She didn’t notice because she had put it inside in case she dropped it while running, but she had five calls from Ha Yeong-seo.

Choi Seol-woo stood right in front of the door and made the call.

- Hello? Seol-woo, where are you!

“Oh, I couldn’t pick you up because I was running late...”

Won Dae-young’s mother was standing in front of the slowly opened elevator door. Seol-woo stopped talking and stood still.

“......?”

The woman who took out a pack of cigarettes also looked at Seol-woo with a face full of questions.

When her breath caught in her throat due to the unexpected encounter, the office door opened. Ha Young-seo ran out with a troubled expression and explained the whole story to Won Dae-young’s mother first.

After explaining that she had come to ask something, Choi Seol-woo belatedly bowed his head to her.

“Hello.”

“What did Seol-woo want to ask you?”

She didn’t respond to Seol-woo’s greeting and only asked Ha Young-seo a question. It felt like she was ignoring her, but she tried to shake off the negative thoughts, thinking that it was probably a victim mentality. Ha Young-seo seemed to have already become acquainted with Won Dae-young’s mother.

“I need to hear that now, haha. Let’s talk about our story and then go in!”

After Won Dae-young’s mother took the elevator down to the smoking room, Ha Young-seo sweated profusely and stamped her feet.

“Hey, why didn’t you answer the phone! Ha... I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. I didn’t mean to do this either. My dad even contacted Dae-young’s mother and made plans to meet with her.

I got here and found out! I called you a little while ago because I heard about it, but you didn’t pick up...! I asked you to keep it a secret, but what should I do? Dae-young’s family came to prepare for the defense together, and my brother is inside... Dae-young is coming too... ” Ha-young apologized repeatedly and felt sorry. Choi Seol-woo was also confused by the unexpected situation. Since he ran into his mother, Won Dae-young found out that he had decided to meet Ha-young here.