You're Fiction
The Paltry People (END)
Paltry People [Useful People]
‘Not If You Want to Be Happy?’
In my school, almost all of them were from the elite, they used private drivers to shuttle, different food in the cafeteria, and expensive tutoring after school. Compared to them, I was a nobody, only one of the students got a scholarship, and it was only 1 year, for next year, for the next year, I have to get 1st first in class to stay in this school. That's why every day I struggle to learn, memorize and learn everything, hoping that no one can take my place.
But, right now, I feel very hard. The girl used her power to become champion 1, and could it be, my scholarship would stop?
~izone.chufiction~
“Crazy, her father made a donation as much as .. [censors] for school and medical expenses in Africa, she even took pictures with the children there. You know the more his father's position goes up, I'll make sure he'll be more arrogant.” The gossip chat was done secretly, but Chaewon could still hear it. Sighing repeatedly when he knew about it, it was appropriate that Kim Sihyun was annoying yesterday.
“That she came,” one of the four girls nudged her friend's arm to stop talking, and the four of them simultaneously gave a sweet, friendly smile, which was clearly fake. While Sihyun accompanied by Wang Yiren, the most beautiful girl in the school smiled back. Chaewon was sick of seeing it, it felt like Sihyun and Yiren were the queen of the school.
“You why?” jo Yuri asked, glancing at Chaewon's pale face. Then turn your eyes to the object that is being noticed by his colleague. “They again? I think you misunderstood me, as far as I know they're good. Remember when I was helped ..”
Chaewon gave a resentful look, telling Yuri to stop reminding. And making sure if it was just a mere mask, Sihyun had to be nice to everyone because his father was a congressman, who might soon be running for vice president.
Not knowing what to do, Yuri felt that whatever was discussed and the info heard about Sihyun felt bad for Chaewon. This friend closed his eyes.
~izone.chufiction~
Half-slammed the door, Chaewon said.
“I'm already big, no need to be ushered in again!” his face hardened with restraint, he was very, very unhappy if his grandfather had already shown his attention excessively. Since Chaewon didn't come home two days to study, now Grandpa wants to take him to school. Chaewon refused strongly.
“I go,” in a hurry Chaewon immediately set off, grandfather followed, and with a single move, Chaewon turned around, glaring dislike. “Don't dare follow me!” he said, then half ran out of the housing.
~izone.chufiction~
Glancing with envy and annoyance, Chaewon noticed Sihyun and Yiren who were being mobbed by several men, just for the sake of saying and giving birthday gifts. I swear, for whatever reason, Chaewon feels more beautiful, he can also be cute at the same time, only, only one that he does not have, wealth.
“Your grade is down, rather than continue to feel rivaled by it, better focus on learning!” like an alarm, a reminder sign from Yuri's mouth sounded ugly. For no reason, Chaewon began to get irritable.
Standing leaving the park bench with books strewn about as Yuri wanted to study sociology, Chaewon wordlessly walked away, Yuri was just about to call, but was oblivious to the idea of being ignored. Before long, Chaewon walked through the crowd, and unfortunately, Sihyun called, approached Chaewon, with his smile, which Chaewon believed to be a lie, on his face.
“Chaewon-ah, how, do you want to tutor at my place?” the offer again, almost Chaewon will curse, but if you do not remember where and who saw it, Chaewon chose to be patient.
“I still haven't decided it,” Chaewon's smile as naturally as possible.
“Honey, when there are 1 empty seat, if the cost is about let me talk to my father.”
This was what Chaewon disliked, as if his pride was being trampled on, and his status was being underestimated. Can't Sihyun offer sincerely? Saying it in front of many people, Chaewon knew, Sihyun just wanted to humiliate him.
As Chaewon grew, Sihyun looked glum, Yiren approached while shaking his head, pitying Sihyun.
“Looks like he's mad at you,” said Yiren, recalling Chaewon's remarks before leaving, saying he didn't ask for money for his pride. “Dia, may misunderstand.”
“When I really ...” was silent for a moment, Sihyun cursed his stupidity, he knew the location of his mistake, “Should I apologize?” in response Yiren looked at him for sure.
~izone.chufiction~
Sticking up to hear the apology did not make Chaewon melt, he had already stamped a bad figure Sihyun. Pretending to forgive and wanting to get away from the two, yes even though Yiren gave them time by keeping his distance, standing somewhere else.
Feeling that the matter was over, Sihyun, reached out to invite Chaewon to shake hands. Reluctant in his heart Chaewon replied,
“But, are you really not going to tutoring? I heard your grades went down, aah, I didn't mean to offend you. My father cares a lot about education, it's a pity that you have to lose your scholarship, and I don't think the school will change its system.” bargain Sihyun carefully.
“No need, after all I have to do a lot of things at home.”
“I heard you lived with your father and grandfather, must have been very heavy.”
Chaewon's facial sharpening, “Where do you know that?” he only admitted to living with his father. Could it be that Sihyun was pecking at it, and .. “What you've been stalking me all this time!” Chaewon spoke in a slightly high tone, Sihyun was obviously shocked, “I don't know why you did it, but stop. You think I'd be fooled by your innocent face, your kindness?” carried away with emotion, Chaewon sighed in annoyance.
“Not so, I've seen you ..”
“Yakk, Kim Sihyun's. Is your life boring to the point of interfering in my business, I'm tutoring what you care about, and my grades are down isn't that good for you. You've always been second.” Yiren watched, as if something was wrong, let alone Chaewon's voice sounding loud.
“Chaewon-ah, I really have no intention of taking your position. I'm satisfied with ..”
“Chaewon-ah, please don't be like this!” Sihyun was about to give chase, but Yiren got in the way, standing in front of him.
“I think he's one of the people who hates you. I don't know, if those bad rumors affect all the students, we just stop. Don't interfere in anyone's affairs anymore, they just think of it as an image.” Yiren said in a disappointed and tired expression. As Sihyun's best friend, Yiren felt unbearable if he saw it as evil.
“Then what if the scholarship is revoked?”
“That's the risk, the life and the choice. He's a smart student, he's been studying on his own, so trust him. If you are worried about becoming champion 1, reduce your learning.” ended with a smile, Yiren embraces Sihyun's hand.
Meanwhile, Yuri listened. Take it, Sihyun and Yiren are not bad people, they once helped him from his mother's debt, by finding a part-time job. Then how do you make Chaewon not misunderstand again.
On the other hand, Yuri felt sorry for Chaewon. Actually, his attitude is a form of self-defense, to protect his future and self-esteem, as well as an expression of disappointment in his difficult life. Chaewon is also a good friend.
~izone.chufiction~
The usual morning, looks bright but windy. As the students set off with excited faces, Chaewon looked lethargic, he had repeatedly told his grandfather to leave and keep his distance from him, but the grandfather insisted on seeing him enter the school gate. Feeling worried because Chaewon spent all night in the room to study, even skipping dinner.
With a frail path and hand-tipped plastic stock, grandfather caught up with Chaewon's rapid pace.
Turning around and moving quickly towards grandfather remembering that soon he would enter a street area full of students, Chaewon spoke stifled and slowly, but full of emphasis.
“Actually what do you want grandpa? Want me to be laughed at by friends, especially with a slum appearance?” Chaewon glanced at his grandfather who was wearing only a dull t-shirt, long-standing sandals and a slightly bent body. “This is my business, want to learn, want to eat, want to go home or not! Dad never even banned me.” Grandpa is feeling sad, Chaewon's father wants him to look after his daughter while working out of town.
“At least, bring this you haven't eaten.” proffered the plastic does not make Chaewon full, he circulates the view looking for something, then take the plastic and even throw it in the trash.
“You want me to eat this junk food.”
As if there was no more guilt, Chaewon turned his back on Grandpa. Soon Yuri's voice called out to him. They walk together, of course with Yuri who starts to share interesting stories.
Meanwhile, grandfather approached the trash can, and took the black plastic earlier. Yuri glanced back, watching the grandfather. Chaewon has gone too far, he thought.
~izone.chufiction~
In the end, the kind talk that Yuri had hoped for instead splashed out Chaewon's emotions, and now they ended up in a fight. Chaewon felt that Yuri had no right to comment on her attitude, while Yuri felt that Chaewon had changed. This is because the emphasis of learning and its value is down, so he vented it on everyone including grandfather.
Feeling her privacy touched, Chaewon doesn't like reality if Yuri finds out she has a grandfather. To him, the grandfather was too old and troublesome, even the words finally made Yuri angry, Chaewon said his grandfather was a useless person so there was no need to listen to him. All he has to do is study and get a scholarship, organize his life for the better, no need to wait for his father's salary once a month is small, no need to wait, or waiting for his father to come home with more money than his work, traveling from town to town, just as an errand boy.
The next day, not going home and spending time in the public library, Chaewon decided to go out for a while to prop up his stomach that felt painful to eat. Upon arrival at a nearby store, Chaewon immediately bought a kimbap, ate it quickly to save time, and soon returned to study, soon there will be a monthly evaluation.
On the way back to the library, Chaewon saw a familiar figure walking in an uncertain direction. Embarrassed, Chaewon immediately turned his face and covered him with strands of hair, then when they passed, Chaewon breathed a sigh of relief, but a small collision around him occurred. Chaewon turned inquisitively, a cyclist accidentally grazed the now-sitting grandfather down. Chaewon was about to approach, but his legs stopped immediately.
“Let it go, I have to learn,” he thought, surely grandfather will talk a lot and follow him. Why not just go home!
Just looking at it, grandfather was now swept by the cyclist earlier, faced with Chaewon who was shocked because his grandfather's calf was injured, his loose and ugly pants were clearly torn, displaying asphalt friction. Their eyes met once, as grandfather passed by Chaewon who had no time to hide.
1 second, 2 to 4 seconds passed, Chaewon was dumbstruck by himself. Grandfather did not stop, and just passed by. Suddenly upset, did grandfather pretend not to know him? Even so, unknowingly, Chaewon's heart felt pain. Pain in his heart, either because he saw the injured grandfather, or his grandfather who left as if he ignored him.
~izone.chufiction~
Mr. Kim's face looked disheveled, coming out of the house wiping his face repeatedly, unaware that Chaewon had just come and noticed. It was only after he calmed down that Mr. Kim stared intently at his daughter.
“Where have you been all this time? Appa told you to take care of your grandfather!”
“I have to learn,”
“And not go home for 3 days?”
“Grandfather only troubles me.”
“Close your mouth!” Chaewon flinched, his meek father was now in a great rage. “Do you know that,” hesitates at first, Mr. Kim's dilemma, “He has Alzheimer's, it's been a year, and tries hard to keep remembering, therefore, because of that, he always did the same thing so as not to forget. He did it for the sake of remembering you.” I don't know, the moment Chaewon felt was, his pride fell, and it felt unimportant, because in fact Chaewon felt sad. He just wants to move on to his future.
Being at the last place he talked to grandfather, Chaewon managed to find him who was scavenging for trash cans as if looking for something.
“Grandfather, what are you doing?”
“My grandson hasn't eaten yet, I brought him some food, but he didn't like it and threw it here. I have to look for him so he can eat.” said grandfather continues to search, Chaewon feels guilty, after realizing it, these regrets are increasingly piled up. “But, the food must have been dirty, I had to buy him another food.” confused, grandfather reached into his pocket to walk determine the direction.
“Let me buy a cake, we buy good food.” Chaewon's picking up grandpa, heading home. From this moment on, he thought he was the useless one, for wasting someone sincerely loving him. And learn to be a better person, not just learn the lessons that are tested. Chaewon should be wiser to see the good side of others.
~TAMAT~