Chapter 90
90 fury
The eleventh ghost story -
A friend no one remembers (3)
This is a story about very small things, but things that I think can never be mistaken..
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Jinhee and her older sister moved to a villa near Sillim Station with their father after their parents divorced..
It was a story about his partner at the elementary school he transferred to, who had been especially kind to him from the first day..
Jinhee's partner, who did not mind Jinhee's somewhat indifferent and outspoken personality, always kindly did her homework with her, prepared supplies for her, and spoke kindly to her..
“I even remember the name. It was Kim Eun-jung..”
“···It's a common name.”
However, contrary to his friendly appearance, for some reason, his classmates seemed to be secretly avoiding his partner, Eun-jeong..
About a month after I transferred to school,
True to her unique personality of being as outspoken as a wild horse, Jinhee quickly became friends with the students at the back of her class even though she had transferred to another school, and before she knew it, skipping class and hanging out with her friends became her daily routine..
“When you were young, people called you Seven Princesses and called them around. There were some boys, but I was quickly recognized as a key member..”
Nowadays, the nickname princess is considered childish, but when I think back to my elementary school days, the feeling of being a princess was quite common among girls..
And most of the girls who were given the title of princess were those who were in top positions in high school..
“However, if you are an elementary school student, you only have 4 periods, so you will have a lot of free time, so why bother skipping school?……
“I don't know. I guess I just wanted to do that at the time..”
The homeroom teacher was also a blunt old man, so he wasn't particularly interested in the students..
He said that since he was in the same class as other children who were neglected due to bad family situations like him, it was a perfect fit for them to group up and do random things..
Jinhee said that during recess, it was her daily routine to see delinquent boys climbing over the wall and sitting together at a nearby stationery store to play games, and seeing the counselor wandering the streets looking for children who did not come into class even though class time was in full swing..
“Our homeroom teacher didn't really care, and the school counselor usually went looking for us because she was busy with class. Later on, the owner of the stationery shop took it upon himself to call the school when he saw us..”
“There, I was caught stealing things like ballpoint pens and mechanical pencils.……
Anyway, I get into fights with other elementary school kids a lot..
It is said that he grew up fighting a lot with middle school bullies who looked down on elementary school students wandering the streets..
Even though she went to school as she pleased, her partner, Kim Eun-jeong, always took care of the time for the next class whenever she happened to be sitting properly in class..
“They worried about where I was hurt again, and when I was caught by the teacher in the middle of class, the textbook for that class was always laid out and waiting for me..”
“There's something heartbreaking……
Suna is concentrating on the story with a slightly moved expression..
In fact, at the time, I thought he was a bit of an annoying child who was a bit mean and talked to me unnecessarily, but Jinhee also said that he thought well of his partner..
Then one day, after school, a group of princesses came to Jinhee's place..
While discussing where and what to do today, we made plans to go to the newly opened Olive Young..
He said that his partner Eun-jeong, who was sitting at the time, seemed bored, so he reluctantly took her with her..
“I must have been so fucking scared... You're an ordinary good guy mixed in with a group of people.……
“Be quiet. I wasn't a good girl, listen..”
Jinhee clears her throat and starts talking in earnest..
“We were snooping around places like cosmetics stores, and we met some friends we knew, so we went to the park together and started growing up.
“Jinhee, look at this!”
“Wow, fuck.”
Jinhee accepted the four-leaf clover her partner gave her with a smile..
“how did you find it.”
Her partner, Kim Eun-jeong, just smiles brightly instead of answering..
If she just keeps her mouth shut, she would have a slim and pretty face, but she always laughs and laughs like that to the point where her nasolabial folds appear like an idiot..
‘He may be lacking, but he's the kind type.' Jinhee searched the grass, thinking that just because we played together once didn't mean we were too friendly..
“Hey, there's a lizard here.!”
Soon other boys are calling out to them from the grass in the distance..
“ really?”
Jinhee puts the four-leaf clover in her pocket and stands up..
And then he grabs the hand of his hesitant partner Eun-jeong and quickly runs to the group..
“Wow, it really exists. I thought it wouldn't be there because it's a city.”
Since playing in the downtown area requires money, Jinhee's friends, even though they are children from Seoul, would go out and run around like kids from the countryside..
And since 70% of the land in Korea is made up of mountains,.
Even in Seoul, if you look closely at every nook and cranny, you will find that there are more grassy areas than you might think where children can play in the dirt..
“Give it to me. Let's touch it.”
“ruler.”
A few mischievous boys grabbed the struggling lizard's body and held it out to Jinhee, who admired it..
Jinhee naturally grabs it with a grin..
“Do you want to touch it too??”
Next, I held it out to my partner and she looked at me with eyes full of curiosity..
When I look at you with my mouth open, I feel like I'm missing something..
“Come on, touch it..”
“Wow.”
When Jinhee relentlessly pushes at him, Eunjeong is unable to resist and picks up the tail and transfers it to her palm while laughing..
“hey! With the body, not the tail-”
“oh!”
The lizard quickly cuts off its tail and runs away before Jinhee can finish her urgent shout..
The remaining tail flutters across Eun-jeong's palm, with blood dripping from the cut end..
“Should have caught the body, it ran away..”
“wow.”
Eun-jeong stares blankly as she dances to her heart's content on her fern-like hands..
“You missed it, idiot.!”
One of the boys in the group grumbles, but Eun-jeong's curious eyes are fixed on the tail fluttering in the palm of her hand..
“Isn’t it gross??”
“huh ”
.
She responds as if fascinated by Jinhee's question..
“Stop staring and let's go. I'll miss it.”
Following the boys, who have already turned their attention to other pranks, Jinhee grabs her partner's hand and hurries away..
The next morning, school.
It was only at 9 o'clock, when the morning ordinance was over, that Jinhee entered the deserted main gate..
For some reason, her mate was waiting for her on the pillar next to the entrance..
“Jinhee!”
“why are you here.”
My partner still approaches me smiling like an idiot to the point where my nasolabial folds form..
“ You know,!”
Eun-jeong opens her hand and offers something..
There, the tail of the lizard I saw yesterday was dried and tangled..
“There's nothing more like this?”
“Where can I get it??”
From that day on, Jinhee's partner Eunjeong started to join the group on her own, even though she didn't even ask him to go..
Jinhee's insensitive friends who joined in without paying much attention..
At first, he didn't say anything when he followed me, but as he started making more and more strange demands, he eventually became irritated..
“I'm not going to catch a lizard today?”
“uh. I'm going to go see the tint..”
“I'm not going to catch a lizard today?”
“I'm going to play with my middle school friends..”
“today……
“I'm going to go to their house and binge-watch the music room. don't come.”
“Hey, your partner is following you again.” That day, as usual, we put aside the bell rites and were just about to leave the playground as soon as class ended..
When I turned around at my friend's gesture, I saw her partner, Eunjeong, running from afar..
“Jinhee Lee, it's like that because you treat me friendly..”
“shut up.”
Soon Eunjeong took a deep breath and opened her mouth to ask..
“today……
“I'm going to go to karaoke.”
In the end, Eun-jeong was unable to join in and stayed quietly in the corner of the karaoke bar..
It is said that at this point, the crowd began to feel uncomfortable about Jinhee's partner..
“today……
“Hey, fuck.”
The next day, one of the foul-tempered girls in the group ended up getting very irritated and swearing at Eun-jeong who chased her..
“If you're not going to hang out, get out. Don't come and ruin the mood..”
“So when are you going to go??”
“I'm not going. We don't play like that anymore.”
“…Then, do you want to go pet the rabbit? The kennel door is open today!”
Eun-jeong brightly makes a suggestion to the scared princesses who seem to have no idea..
“I'm not going.”
“then……
“Hey, you idiot.”
Eventually, the girl's boyfriend approached her, glaring threateningly..
“Are you not good enough? I'm not playing with you, so get out of here. I thought we became friends after playing with each other a few times.-”
“Stop, that's enough. hey. Come with me just for today.”
In the end, Jinhee stepped forward to mediate the situation, and instead of hanging out with the group for just one day, she and Eunjeong went to catch a lizard together..
“I'll play with you just for today, so don't pester me any more..”
“huh!”
The two soon arrived at a nearby vacant lot covered in grass..
Then, the friend named Eunjeong started crawling around on all fours like crazy, looking for the lizard..
“Hey, be careful……
“Heh, heh.”
Soon, Eun-jeong came with something in her hand and showed it to Jin-hee..
The place is filled with more than 10 lizards' tails, each writhing while cut off..
“Jinhee, look at this!”
Yuu ”
It is said that Jinhee ended up violently shaking off her partner's arm after seeing them jumping up and down, spraying a few drops of blood from their hands..
“Fuck you, crazy! Why are you obsessed with such strange things??”
“uh……
Lizard's tails falling on the floor.
“If you're going to do this, don't follow me to play.!”
“You can't do weird things like this. okay?”
“···why?”
Her partner, Kim Eun-jeong, asks with a devastated face as she looks at the tails that have fallen to the ground..
“Why shouldn't I do it??”
““You feel bad!” If it were now, I would have hit him or told him it was bad, but back then, I was in the 4th grade of elementary school..
Jinhee also said that she didn't know how to do anything other than scream like that and turn around..
The day after I left Eunjeong behind,.
It is said that Jinhee, who slept until lunch and went to school to eat lunch, was taken to the counseling room by an urgent call from the counselor..
I thought she was going to scold her for skipping class again, but surprisingly, the counselor, an elegant young woman, held her hand seriously and started talking about her partner, Eun-jeong..
“Jinhee: Before you transferred to the school and sat there, there were many children who avoided Eunjeong, so she sat alone all the time. Eunjeong is a bit… The kid is very sick. You know how it is?”
“·♦·A little bit.”
“Today, when you were away, Eunjeong opened her bag to go to class in the morning, and dozens of lizards suddenly jumped out of it, turning the classroom into a mess. They said they caught it while walking around with you yesterday, is that correct??”
“He just followed along on his own..”
“ stone’ ”
m- -
The friendly counselor sighs and holds Jinhee’s hand tightly..
“I understand. But if Eun-jeong comes along to play with us again, can you stop her? Eunjeong's schedule is to always come to the counseling room after finishing work..”
“yes, i understand.”
Perhaps the teacher knew about Eun-jeong's eccentricities and had often met with her..
“And if you see him harassing an animal again... Can you tell me first? I'm begging you.”
“yes.”
Fortunately or unfortunately, Jinhee never reported Eunjeong's antics to the teacher..
A few days after Jinhee's group started not allowing Eunjeong to go out to play, all the rabbits raised at school were killed..
“There is a school raising rabbits these days too.‘?”
“The government set up a program in schools to help elementary school students interact with animals. It all died overnight. At that time, the school turned upside down and the police came and searched the kennel..”
While Jinhee is talking, she starts coughing because her throat is dry..
“That's because I smoke.”
“Noisy.”
Soon Deokhoon went to the refrigerator and took out a bottle of water..
“thank you.”
Jinhee quickly empties a 500ml bottle of water and wipes her mouth..
“But what really surprised me was that the next day, a kitchen knife covered in blood appeared on my desk..”
“know. Eunjeong must have put it on your desk..”
A kitchen knife probably used to kill rabbits, to be exact, a long sashimi knife..
The young counselor holds Jinhee's hand and sighs one after another..
“No one will suspect you. Of course, the kids think Eunjeong would have done it..”
“thank god.”
The teacher immediately touches his forehead and shakes his head..
He looks tired because there are a lot of troublemakers at school..
“I think a more experienced teacher should have taken this position... This is what happened in the end.”
“sorry. For going out all day and only worrying about me.”
Then, the counselor said he was laughing even while touching his forehead..
“Jinhee is all grown up. I know how to say things like that to the teacher..”
Jinhee was smiling, but the teacher soon slapped the hand she was holding..
“I know it's just words, you guy. I do well in school.”
“yes.”
“Eunjeong……
He sighs again and finishes talking about what he couldn't say..
“Eunjeong will be transferring to an alternative school next week. Eunjeong’s parents also agreed..”
“Officials from the Office of Education will come as early as Monday and ask you, your partner, various things about Eun-jeong, so don’t be too surprised..”
“I'm not surprised by that..”
Then the counselor smiled again and slapped Jinhee’s hand..
“I have to be a little surprised to do well in school..”
“Fuhot.”
“it's okay. Come in.”
“yes.”
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Interpretation: humanity
ghost story club
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