Honestly speaking, I’m not really that close to Haton.
It’s only natural.
We haven’t known each other for long, and we only happened to et because Harin made the teams.
‘I do speak informally to him though.’
Since Haton is a foreigner, it was unrealistic to expect him to use formal speech.
I thought about this and opened my mouth.
“Oh, I haven’t ntioned it, but I go to school.”
I told him, since he might not know.
[Haton: Ah] [Haton: I didn’t know] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Wait, you go to university?] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Why do so many people not know?] [강후민입니다: Isn’t that common knowledge?] [So which university do you go to? You should’ve told us.] [I’d be worried you’d co find and do sothing weird if I told you which university.] [환희: It’s surprising how many people don’t know.]
It was surprising to that so many people didn’t know I was going to university.
I thought about it and asked, “Haton, do you not go to university?”
Usually, foreigners in Korea attend universities.
I asked, and—
[Haton: I go to Seoyeon University.] [Haton: Through the foreigner admission process.] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Ah, damn.] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: The foreigner admission process? That’s a bit much…] [I’m not even a student of Seoyeon, this is a bit awkward…] [The foreigner admission process is really ssed up.] [강후민입니다: Why are you going to such a good university?]
Haton gave an unexpected answer.
I was taken aback.
I attend Seoyeon University, but Haton does as well.
“…Really?”
Could it be that we’ve crossed paths before?
I thought about it and said, “I also go to Seoyeon University.”
Since I’m going back to school soon, it’d be nice if we knew each other. So I asked—
Ding—!
At the sa ti as I heard soone join the Discord, soone spoke up.
-Do you really go to Seoyeon University? I’ve never seen you before.
“That’s what I was about to say.”
I searched for how Haton looked last ti, and at least while I was attending school, I hadn’t seen him.
This ant that Haton might be lying.
I thought about it and asked in the Discord chat.
[: It’s the main campus, right?]
I asked just in case it wasn’t the main campus.
[Haton: Yes.] [Haton: We must have just missed each other.]
I thought this assumption seed the most realistic.
If our majors were completely different, we might not have t. After all, the school is huge.
Thinking this, I spoke up again.
“If that’s the case, I’m going back to school next year. If you’re free, we should et up for a al.”
I wasn’t inviting Haton just because I had no one to eat with at school. Really.
-That sounds good. Let’s et next ti.
Haton said this and imdiately left the Discord.
I was surprised.
“Wait, he’s leaving this quickly?”
I thought he ca into Discord to ask sothing, but he just asked about the university and left.
‘What was that about?’
[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: He was just curious] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Wondering if you go to university lol] [But seriously, is it Seoyeon? Sounds like a lie.] [강후민입니다: He’s been showing off Seoyeon a lot, though lol] [강후민입니다: He often posts pics from a bakery near there.] [Seoyeon’s bakery is pretty good…]
The topic had turned to the university, so I decided to ask sothing I had been wondering about.
“By the way, is it weird if an older brother and younger sister go to the sa university?”
It was sothing to think about seriously.
Even if we didn’t care, others might find it strange.
[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: It’s common for siblings to go to the sa school.] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: Doesn’t seem that weird.] [As long as you’re not together all day, it should be fine.] [Doesn’t seem odd to .] [Even if you’re not biological siblings, it’s still okay.]
Well, it would be up to Lee Yeram to decide.
If we ended up going to the sa school, that would be great, but if not, that’s fine.
Thinking this, I played a few more solo rank gas.
Ding—!
The door opened, and Lee Yeram lay down on the blanket on the floor.
“Hmm…”
Seeing her like that made feel a certain way.
Even though she’s an adult, it made feel bad that she didn’t have a proper house.
I’ve been saving money for a long ti to move to a nice place, but seeing Lee Yeram like this made more determined.
‘How much do I have left in my balance?’
[Balance: 98,291,019 KRW]
“Sigh.”
My balance was in an awkward state.
I wasn’t planning to buy a house anyway.
I was thinking of getting a deposit for a rental house.
I thought about this and searched online for housing.
But—
“...Why is it so expensive?”
The housing prices in Seoul were absurdly high.
I clearly rember that the deposits used to be cheaper.
[🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: It’s Seoul, not sowhere else.] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: It can’t be helped lol] [But seriously, it is really expensive.] [Is this even real?] [How do you even find a place?] [But why are you suddenly looking for a house?] [강후민입니다: You’ve been talking about moving for a while.] [강후민입니다: But now you’re actually looking lol]
At this point, I felt like I should give up on getting a rental house.
The prices were way different from what I expected, so I couldn’t help it.
‘Guess I’ll have to look after the stream ends.’
With that thought, I started to wrap up the broadcast.
“Well, I’ve stread for a long ti today... I’ll be ending the broadcast soon.”
Although I expected the viewers to complain, I was exhausted today, so I thought it was best to end the stream.
[Don’t end the stream! Don’t end it!] [Didn’t you say you were streaming for a long ti today? Did I hear that wrong?] [You said you were going to stream for a long ti!] [강후민입니다: Isn’t it the usual thing?] [강후민입니다: Just let it go.] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: I keep getting whispers from these people.] [🗡️전지좆능한크툴루: I can’t do anything, damn it.]
I said that and a mont later—
[The broadcast has ended!]
I ended the stream.
“Ugh... I’m so tired.”
The stream was over, and Lee Yeram had co ho.
I felt like it’d be nice to do sothing fun, but I was thinking about that when—
Ding—!
[Sin Ye-hwa: The café renovations will be done in two days.] [Sin Ye-hwa: Will you co to work?]
I received a text I never expected.
It was sothing I had forgotten about, since it had been a while.
‘The café part-ti job…’
What should I do?
Honestly, considering my current situation, it might be better to quit the café job and focus on streaming.
Streaming brings in more money.
But—
‘I should stick it out for a year.’
It was right to stick it out for a year.
I had made an agreent with the café owner.
Thinking this, I sent a ssage back.
[: I’ll go.] [: It’s been a while since I’ve seen you, so it’ll be nice.]
“Honestly, it’s weird that I’m going, though...”
I couldn’t act selfishly because of my conscience.
With that thought, I flipped my phone over and closed my eyes for a mont.
I needed to rest.
Ti passed, and before I knew it, it was the day I had to go to work.
Of course, I hadn’t been doing nothing in the anti.
I had gone around watching the streams of my team mbers, giving them basic tips on how to play.
I’d expanded my champion pool a little.
But right now, that wasn’t the important thing.
“I haven’t seen them in so long…”
What mattered was that I hadn’t seen Sin Ye-hwa and the café owner in a long ti.
I’m good with people online, but when it cos to face-to-face etings, I’m pretty shy.
‘But since we know each other, it shouldn’t be that awkward.’
Thinking this, I quickly got dressed and headed to the café.
It’s been a while since I took this route, so I thought it was kind of strange.
I walked for so ti.
“Ah.”
I saw the newly renovated café.
When the flooding happened, I really wondered if this was even the sa store.
It looked really clean now.
Thinking this, I opened the door to the café—
“Jihu, you’re here.”
The café owner was sitting, waiting.
Sin Ye-hwa was also sitting, taking a sip of coffee.
‘Am I late, or are they just early?’
I thought about it, nodded my head in greeting, and sat next to them.
Then, the café owner carefully spoke.
“We’ve spent quite a bit on the renovations, so I’ll need your help for a while.”
…Looks like it’s going to be tough for a while.
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