54 – will cherish (3)

Sunday, the end of the week.

The silence I haven’t felt in a really long time.

After comfortably writing in my journal without anyone interfering, I turned my eyes to the clock on the desk.

Pm 20:20

After 40 minutes, it was curfew at the dorm.

I quietly got up from my seat and pulled the bedroom door that was slightly open.

“Ugh~”

“… … .”

A bed large enough for four adults to lie comfortably.

On top of that, Hana Baek and Claire are sleeping peacefully.

To be precise, it was Baekhana, who has a bad sleeping habit, hugging Claire one-sidedly.

‘The little one… .’

The invisible guy in the basket.

Instead, the upper pocket of the bag was protruding.

With less than a few years of time left to split up again, he clung to Baek Ha-na from late night until this morning. The guy who was tenaciously attached to Baek Ha-na returned to the bedroom only after drinking a bowl of milk with honey for breakfast.

Afterwards, Hana Baek started the task with a tired face and finished the task only in the late afternoon.

After drinking a light sandwich and a cup of coffee, he dragged Claire into my bedroom instead of his own. He needed something to cuddle with, but he must have chosen Claire as a stand-in because he was sure that I would refuse.

I was convinced once again by looking at the 100 bulging upper pockets.

‘When I was young, it seems like I just like being on someone else’s stomach.’

Even if it’s not me, it seems like it’s just one of the desires that children have.

“One hundred and one.”

“Ugh~”

Judging by how he dug deeper into Claire’s embrace, he was just as big as expected, but he was still the same as he was when he was young.

“One hundred. Wake up.”

“Ugh, yes… ?”

As I sat down on the bed and brushed my hair a few times, the eyelids of the deep sleeper slowly floated up. When I touched it a little more there, I blinked my eyes a few times with blank eyes.

“It’s time to go back to the dorm.”

“Write… … ?”

It’s not really saliva, but I pretend to wipe my saliva.

It was one of those habits that I developed from childhood.

“what time is it… ?”

“8:22.”

“… … .”

When he hears the time, he crumples his beautiful forehead, then slowly raises himself, letting go of Claire, who was hugging him. Then, naturally, he turned around and stretched out his arm toward me.

“Turn it off~!!”

Like a cat washing his face, he hugged me and rubbed my face here and there on his back. I untied the guy’s hand wrapped around my stomach and got up from the bed.

“I put the assignment in my bag, so don’t forget to take it with you.”

“Yes… … aaa~”

The guy who followed me down from the bed with a long yawn passed me, opened the door and left.

“If you are tired, it is okay to continue resting.”

“… no.”

Claire, who had been lying dead, rose silently. As she got out of bed, she asked me cautiously.

“By the way, in Ms. Hana’s pocket… .”

“Know.”

In order to see off Baek Ha-na, he moved and continued talking.

“I don’t think you need to take care of my bad sleeping habits.”

“That, um… … .”

Even now, even if there is something I want to say, the point of looking at me excessively is the same. Of course, in this case, no matter what she said, I wouldn’t change my choice.

“Hmm~ Jeop, I should go to sleep as soon as I go.”

“Brush your teeth and go to sleep.”

“… Didn’t you?”

“I didn’t.”

“lol.”

Baek Ha-na, wearing plain clothes, said as she changed her shoes.

“Ah, I put the one I got from that cute kid in my drawer, isn’t it okay? I think I just left it like that, or I shouldn’t… .”

“Nothing like that, so go quickly.”

“Woojin, do you want me to go quickly?”

“… Twenty minutes left.”

When I evaded an answer, he tilted his head and gave me a smirk. The look was quite nasty.

“See you on Tuesday.”

He waved at me one last time with a nasty smile and walked out the front door. Click. As I turned around with the sound of the door closing, Claire, who was standing quietly behind me, opened her mouth.

“Really, is it okay… … .”

“Claire.”

“Yes. professor.”

I gave her more affection than I thought and told her who was worried about the little rascal.

“Where do you think that good-natured fellow got his food all this time?”

“… that’s.”

“Also, even among the graduates, there must be people who have a relationship with him, but even the smallest rumors about him do not spread.”

One of the easiest illusions humans make is the idea that what they see with their own eyes will be seen by other humans as well. Well, if what comes into sight is normal, it will of course be visible to other humans, and that’s common sense.

If so, can it be said that a small palm-sized girl flying around moving her sparkling wings is normal? In the first place, the existence of a fairy itself is a species far from ordinary.

Moreover, even more so in the case of that guy who maintains his existence even now that Oberon has been destroyed.

“So no need to worry. The kind of things you think won’t happen to you.”

“Yes… .”

Contrary to the answer, a slight shadow was cast over Claire’s face. Just like Baek Ha-na’s expression a little while ago, her expression now makes me feel a little uncomfortable.

“… … ?”

I grabbed Claire’s hand and walked to the study.

“I will be back by this time tomorrow at the latest. No matter where you go, there will be no quieter and warmer place than here.”

“That’s right. Yes.”

“So you should rest until tomorrow too.”

I left her in the bedroom and went out to the study and sat down on a chair.

‘Worrying itself is a luxury.’

The strong will of Oberon, the parent of all fairies, stands by that little bad boy. Those whose souls have been dyed even a little bit black cannot even recognize the existence of that little guy.

‘Parents’ feelings for a child who will be left alone… is it.’

I imagined the future a little more.

Baek Ha-na took off her more youthful tee than now.

To be honest, I didn’t have a good idea.

But one thing is for sure, his surroundings will still be crowded. There will be a room for the three of us to hang out together, and Claire will be by her side. And I must have grown a little…

“professor.”

The bedroom door opened and Claire quietly poked her head out.

“Is it okay if I sit next to you?”

I nodded my head as I saw the red color rising little by little from the bottom of my neck. Then, she also doesn’t answer and quietly comes out to the study and drags the chair Baek Ha-na was using and sits next to me.

I thought while receiving Claire’s slightly burdensome gaze.

‘I guess I didn’t sleep today either.’

**

“Confirmation is complete.”

“thank you.”

Baek Ha-na, who arrived at the dormitory in time, packed her belongings returned from the supervisor and headed to her room.

Beep-

With a short mechanical sound, Hana Baek pulled the doorknob and opened the door. Unlike the bright hallway, inside the dark room. And a small breathing sound.

Baek Hana quietly closed the door and walked inside.

‘The kids took care of the food… .’

Maria did not forget yesterday and today, took Lee Na-young to lunch and dinner, and posted the picture in the group chat room as an attachment.

Baek Ha-na opened Lee Na-young’s bag next to the bed. The sweet smell I smelled on Friday wafted up.

‘1, 7, 13… It’s the same.’

I’m glad my friend didn’t take the pills as promised. Thinking that she could sleep comfortably now, Hana Baek slipped the glass bottle she had in her hand into her bag and crawled into her bed.

‘Smells good… .’

Baek Ha-na fell asleep as if passing out, smelling the sweet smell that flowed from Lee Na-young’s slightly open bag.

**

Beep-

Lee Na-young woke up to the sound of a machine she had heard somewhere. Even after taking a break from research for two days, I lay in bed and slept, but my body was still as heavy as a lead ball.

-Oh, none of them are still sleeping.

-It’s been a while since I met the professor and we talked all night.

I heard the voices of my friends, which could be said to be everything in a human relationship so narrow that it could be counted with a finger.

Whoa-!!

“Aww!!”

“Are you undead? Seeing the sunlight makes me suffer.”

-It’s one~ Aren’t you nice? You have to get up now so you can have breakfast!

“Go to bed, wake up too.”

Lee Na-young was almost forcibly dragged out of bed by Idni’s hand.

“… what are you doing?”

Idney, who woke Lee Na-young, went to the bathroom and frowned at Baek Ha-na’s bed. There, in Baek Ha-na’s arms, were Maria and Nam Seo-hee.

“Mm~ nice smell.”

“It’s kind of hard to get away from.”

“… Stop whining and wake up. Because I am hungry.”

After a little fuss, the five were able to safely settle their breakfast. Maria, who was drinking a cup of coffee for dessert, stood up.

“We will go first.”

“Ah~ Today is also practice. I hate it.”

Maria and Idni left first, followed by Nam Seo-hee.

“It is one. It’s time for us to go too.”

“yes. See you later.”

“Uh, yes. See you later.”

Lee Na-yeong waved her hand at the two leaving with a cup of coffee, and stood up only after drinking the remaining coffee. Unlike his friends who are busy in the morning, his first lecture started at 10 o’clock, so he still had time to spare.

‘The first lecture is the potion to strengthen self-reliance, and in the afternoon, I develop my own recipe… .’

Lee Na-young walked slowly, organizing the things to be done in today’s lecture in her head. If I run fast, I feel sick or my stomach hurts.

Beep-

Lee Na-young, who entered the room, stroked her swollen stomach and took out a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator. It was to take the medicine that I hadn’t taken over the weekend due to a promise with Hana Baek.

‘Actually, I don’t eat on the weekends… .’

I didn’t know about one because it wasn’t there last weekend, and the purpose of the pill wasn’t a stimulant either. It was a sedative that would stabilize his mind and his ugly constitution, which would lead to breathing difficulties if he was placed in a space where strangers gathered for a little while because he was so shy. To put it a little easier, it is a pill that enhances the efficacy of Woohwangcheongsimhwan.

At the beginning of the semester, I couldn’t take the class without taking the medicine, so it was a medicine I had to take with me. For that reason, Lee Na-young sat down on the bed with her bag lying under the bed.

‘Have you touched one?’

I opened my eyes wide open at the spout of the unlocked bag.

“yes?”

Lee Na-young tilted her head at the sense of incongruity she felt as soon as she opened the bag. It does not give off a sweet smell that makes the nose dizzy. However, the size of the pouch in which the moonroot was placed was strangely more swollen.

In an unknown situation, Lee Na-young opened the mouth of the bag containing the moonroot.

-Beep, beep… .

“… … ?”

Lee Na-young took off her glasses for a moment and rubbed her eyes. Then, after adjusting the glasses again, he checked the inside of his pocket.

-Beep~

In the place where the moonroot should be, a cute child a little bigger than my palm was sleeping curled up.

Disappeared materials and sudden appearance of a child.

“Ugh, ugh.”

Lee Na-young headed to the bathroom to relieve her aching stomach.