Chapter 125 – Episode 125 Beginning of Second Year Lectures. And the First MT.

Episode 125 The second year lecture begins. And the first MT.

Finally, Lee Min-woo’s first lecture of sophomore year began. It was a bit awkward for Minwoo because it was his first time attending a lecture in a year. However, there was something else that made Minwoo really awkward. They were the same people attending lectures. In the first year, I took lectures with most of my classmates, but now it was completely different.

Of course, Minwoo had little motive. Male classmates enlisted in the army around the same time as Minwoo or a year later. Therefore, he could not meet Min-woo, who was discharged after a year. And even though he didn’t go to the military, he takes a 3rd grade lecture. Of course, the same goes for female classmates.

As a result, most of the people who attended the lecture with Minwoo were female students who were one year younger or male students who were one year senior. In other words, unlike Minwoo, who was in the 10th class, most of them were in the 09th or 11th class.

All of Minwoo’s female juniors went through the first year and went straight to the second year, and they all became close, and the male seniors had a hiatus from the military, but they were close to each other because they had lived together in college for a year before that.

Minwoo felt like an outsider by himself. However, humans are highly adaptable animals. Minwoo was also quite awkward at first, but he got used to it.

Rather than hanging out with a group of female juniors who were completely close, Minwoo hung out with a group of male seniors who were still less socially adjusted and awkward. In fact, male seniors didn’t even have a group. So I was able to fit in more naturally.

And the opportunity to build a better friendship came right away. It was the MT that I did on the weekend of the 2nd week. The place was the Neulpureum Pension, which I had been to during my freshman year.

Minwoo only found out about this now, but this Neulpureum Pension is said to be run by a senior from the Department of Korean Language and Literature. So, it is said that it is an unwritten rule to do MT in the course here. It seemed like they were offering a half-price discount on the usage fee to juniors and seniors. It is said that the reason why sophomore MT is held in the second week is because there is MT in the first week.

Minwoo arrived at the entrance of Everpureum Pension. She’s only been there for two years, but little has changed. He felt the fresh air and the energy of nature, which he could not have imagined being in the city.

When Min-woo entered the pension, he saw second-year students he knew who were taking classes together. Minwoo approached Kang Shinil, who was busy moving. Shin-il was a senior in the class of 09, one of the top students of Min-woo, who was assigned to be the sophomore department representative.

“Minwoo. You came quickly.”

“Yes. Senior Shinil. Can I help?”

“Then could you move the box to your room?”

“Yes.”

Minwoo helped Shin-il and moved busily for a while. In the meantime, the sophomores began to arrive at the pension one by one. Let’s all work together, the luggage was quickly finished, and everyone moved to their rooms to rest.

The number of sophomores was 50, a little less than the first year. The proportion of women was still high, with 16 male students and 34 female students. The MT attendance rate was about half of the female students compared to the male students who participated almost entirely. Therefore, the sex ratio of MT participants was almost the same.

After a break, a foot volleyball competition was held in the foot volleyball field installed in the front yard. There was a small objection mixed with resentment from the female students, but somehow I managed to do it.

The team was composed of 2 men and 2 women. Most of the men had no experience in jok volleyball, although all the men had some level of jok volleyball skills, probably because they had served in the military. Therefore, the key was not how well the four of us could work together, but how efficiently we could keep the ball from going to the two women.

Minwoo’s team consisted of 24-year-old Im Hak-joo, a senior from the class of 2009, 21-year-old Nam Gyu-ri, a junior from the class of 11, and Kim Bo-mi of the same age. Hak-joo was one year older than his other peers because he was a second-year student.

“Minwoo. Are you lucky to be in the same group as Gyuri?”

Hakju approached Minwoo and whispered softly. Gyuri was the most beautiful girl among the current sophomores. That’s why the head of the school was happy.

However, since there are many beauties around Min-woo, not only Yuna Kim, Si-yeon Choi and Chae-yeon Min, but also Jessica Bell, an American with blonde hair, she is not very sympathetic to her. And one more thing that was not very important to Minwoo, but she had a reason not to be happy. That..

“Is that so? Hakju senior? Gyuri has a boyfriend of hers, right?”

“You went to the army. It’s like the absence of a goalkeeper.”

“I thought you were going to wait forever?”

“It’s only been a few months now, so I can say that. Waiting for two years is easier said than done.”

Min-woo agreed with Hak-joo to a certain extent, but it was a story that had nothing to do with him anyway. And I’m sorry, but it was a story that had nothing to do with Hak-joo, who didn’t get much attention due to his ordinary face.

Soon, Gyuri and Bomi approached and the four of them made a strategy. In fact, there was no strategy whatsoever. Minwoo and Bomi took charge of the front, and Hakju and Gyuri took charge of the back, and decided to solve the ball in the male line as much as possible.

“Senior Minwoo. I’ve never done it before, so I’m a little nervous.”

“Are you okay. Bomia. When the ball comes to you, dodge it. I’ll take care of it somehow.”

“Yes. I will only trust Minwoo sunbaenim.”

Soon the game started. As the situation of Minwoo’s team was like this, so was the opposing team. It was a really low level game. Still, in the meantime, the same team and even the spectators laughed and chatted, and everyone felt that the distance had narrowed a little.

Anyway, since the purpose of MT is to get to know each other and get to know each other better, it could be said that it was successful in that sense.

Minwoo did not have much experience in jokgu, but he has been doing taekwondo for a long time. He was also a Jewish man with considerable skills. He also had experience playing soccer, so he gradually got acquainted with foot volleyball.

“Bomi. Damage.”

“Yes!”

When the ball hit by Hak-joo flew toward Bomi, Min-woo immediately signaled to Bomi. Then, going into the spot Bomi had avoided, he slammed the ball down with a low-intensity kick using a roundabout kick. The ball hit by Minwoo’s foot crossed the net and hit the floor hard. And it led to scoring.

“And! Senior Minwoo. Cool.”

“Minwoo is quite right.”

“Senior Minwoo. Great.”

Praise poured in from within the team. Minwoo wasn’t in a bad mood either. So the first match was won somewhat easily. A total of 6 teams participated in the match, and the next match was a bye, so Minwoo’s team went straight to the finals.

And in the final, Minwoo’s team lost unfortunately, although they played a close match. Compared to Minwoo’s team, which was full of holes, the opposing team’s female students knew how to kick the ball to some extent, so it was difficult to win in the first place. Minwoo’s team received a 10,000 won cultural gift certificate each as the runner-up was injured.

“Let’s go see a movie together with this sometime. How is everyone?”

Hakju immediately made the offer as if he could not miss this opportunity. Then Bomi took one look at Minwoo and she said yes.

“I like it too. I do.”

“..Yes. Is it so.”

Seeing Bomi like that, Gyuri also agreed. Bomi and Gyuri are close friends who go together like best friends, so when Bomi agreed, it was hard for Gyuri to fall in too. Min-woo also threw a vote for yes because it was impossible for 3 people to vote in favor at once, and all four members agreed.

“It looks like we’re gathering in the room now, so we’ll decide on a date to watch the movie later and move on.”

At Gyu-ri’s suggestion, the four of them moved to a room. Hak-joo hesitated for a while, perhaps because he was dissatisfied with the fact that he hadn’t decided on an appointment right away, but when Gyu-ri started moving, he followed him countless times.

I went to my room and played some games that could be played indoors. And when it was time to get hungry, we all cooked together and had dinner, followed by a simple drinking party. I didn’t have a lot of alcohol prepared, and I wasn’t a freshman who was new to alcohol, so no one was very drunk.

Possibly due to the fact that they were formed as a jokgu team, Minwoo and Hakju, and Gyuri and Bomi sat nearby and had a conversation. Hak-joo secretly asked questions and brought out a lot of stories about the two, so Min-woo also learned a bit about Gyu-ri and Bomi.

Gyu-ri met her classmate when she came to college, and her boyfriend who finished her freshman year is enlisting in the army, so she decided to wait. Bomi said she hadn’t had a boyfriend yet and she hadn’t. So, before Gyu-ri’s boyfriend went to the army, the three of them often hung out together, she said.

When Minwoo saw Bomi, she thought that she might be a bit careless. Gyu-ri would have allowed Bomi to interrupt her time with her boyfriend, but it is normal for her to leave on her own.

It’s something I’ve come to know through conversations even now, but it seems that Bomi relies on Gyu-ri a lot. So Gyuri would have no choice but to take care of her mother.

The sun went down and darkness fell. The location was the same, so the schedule was similar. Right away, Minwoo took a courage test that was not at all like a courage test that he had taken even as a freshman.

The formation of a group of two was determined by drawing a number ticket completely randomly. The same group as Minwoo was Han Yoo-ra, a student in the 11th grade.

Minwoo hadn’t had many conversations with Yura yet, but there was something that bothered him for some reason. Known to him, he seemed to have met sometime, but he couldn’t remember.

They started off one by one, and when it was Minwu and Yuri’s turn, they started walking side by side along the promenade on top of the hill. Minwoo was frustrated with his memories that he couldn’t recall, so he decided to ask him directly.

“Yura. Haven’t we met somewhere?”

“Also. I remember Minwoo sunbaenim.”

“Right? He said he had a strange face. Where did you meet?”

“To be honest, it’s a little to say that we met, but I also graduated from the same Garam High School as Minwoo. Same grade as that.”

“Okay?”

“Yes. I had never been in the same class as senior Minwoo in high school, and I had never talked to him, but I also remember seeing him a few times while passing by.”

“Then?”

“Yes. That’s right. Because of that bad luck, I’m one class below.”

Minwoo was embarrassed for a moment. He still calls him senior and uses honorific terms, but in fact, Yoo-ra was 22 years old, the same age as Min-woo.

“Then make it easy.”

“Actually, I’ve been hiding my luck as much as possible. It’s the same with coming here and letting go of words.”

“Yeah.. Then should we talk even when we’re alone?”

“..Can I?”

“That is comfortable for me too. It’s kind of embarrassing to think of being treated with respect by a classmate from the same high school..”

“Okay. I will do that, Minwoo.”

After Minwoo went to college, he had never met anyone from the same high school other than Yuna. So he was happy As he talked about his high school days, he arrived near the goal before he knew it.

“It’s comfortable to talk openly after a long time. Minwoo, until I met you, I was nervous every time trying to hide my luck.”

“Do you really need to hide it? And it wouldn’t have been easy to hide.”

“I just wanted to be open with my peers. If you say you’re one year older, don’t you feel a sense of distance?”

“Is it?”

Min-woo didn’t have that kind of experience, so he didn’t have much sympathy, but he thought that he could. In the military, even among people of the same age, senior and junior are divided. No, age had nothing to do with it. But even though it was natural, it wasn’t easy to accept.

It is most comfortable to have the same age among peers. Just like how Min-woo got along most comfortably with his classmate, Oh Kyung-soo, who was the same age as him..

When Minwoo and Yura arrived at the goal, they heard the same story as when they were freshmen from a senior on standby. Both the left and right sides lead to pensions, but there is a time difference.

Minwoo, of course, tried to go down the close right side, but he was led by Yura and ended up going down the left side. Minwoo suddenly remembered Choi Siyeon from his freshman year. Could it be that Yura wouldn’t do the same thing as Siyeon?

“Yeonsu and Dohwan went down in the group in front of us, right? Probably went this way Let’s follow it once.”

Ha Yeon-soo and Kim Do-wan, Yura said, were in the same class of 11 and were a couple. Listening to Yura’s confident tone, it seemed that something was up. Minwu waited for Yura’s next words for a while.

“They were a bit famous among their classmates for not paying attention to others. Even when we were doing MT together, we did it secretly in the room with a blanket over us. I pretended not to know, but everyone must have known?”

Minwoo thought of the two of them. It was unbelievably naive that both of them acted like that.

Do-wan was an introvert who couldn’t talk to other female classmates except Yeon-soo and hesitated even in front of seniors.

In particular, I couldn’t believe Yeonsu’s innocent image, which men would not know at all, and the image that stimulated the desire for protection because there were many loopholes somewhere.