Chapter 208

‘Doesn’t look like it leaks.’Maru checked the container behind the school from the inside. It rained quite a bit last night, a sign of the coming spring. Normally he would’ve enjoyed the rain with no worries, but the container demanded his attention. There were many wooden props inside, even a bit of humidity inside the container could easily make them rot. Out of worry, Maru arrived early at school to check.“Eh? Senior! Hello!”He heard a loud voice from behind him in the middle of his analysis, behind him was Bangjoo. “You were worried too?”“Yes. How is it? Is it leaking?”“Nope, it’s all good. The waterproof paint is doing its job very well, we just need a fan inside to lower the humidity.”The container didn’t come with its own fan, so they needed to check it on a regular basis, they’d have to keep airing it out whenever it rains. Mm, a schedule may be necessary.“You’re surprisingly detailed, by the way.”Bangjoo at first glance looked very disorganized, the type that would meet every problem with pure energy. But Bangjoo managed to catch onto a problem that even Daemyung didn’t notice.“I started paying attention to stuff like this once I started living alone. Stuff like if I left the boiler on, if I turned off the gas, and such. I thought about this as it rained yesterday.”Bangjoo smiled.Living by yourself well, instead of just ordering food every day was a lot more difficult than one might expect.“You said you started living by yourself this year?”“Nope, the first year of middle school, to be exact. Grandma’s health started deteriorating around then, so my parents moved down to Jeju with her then. I lived with my sister around that time, but… she practically lived at work.”“Amazing. So you’ve lived alone for four years. Can you cook?”“Of course. I wanted to show off my skills when I invited all of you last time. I’m very sad I couldn’t.”Bangjoo really was something else. He was as polite as he could ever be, but he never ground himself down. He was very confident anywhere, he could make people like him just with his gaze. If that personality of his could shine on stage, the stage would be his.“Your sister must trust you a lot if she lets you live by yourself at this age. I’d have been worried sick if I were her.”“...W-who knows. My sister is a complete mystery, so I have no idea what she thinks of me.”Come to think of it, Bangjoo always became awkward whenever he talked about his sister. He always got quiet whenever her name got mentioned on the table. “Do you have a bad relationship with her? Ah, if it’s personal, you don’t have to talk about it.”“That’s not the case. No, we do fight a lot, but she never gets me mad. It’s more like I can’t, she’s very weird. Our parents gave up on her as well. She’s just… well, she’s incredible.”“I don’t get it, but alright.”“She just can’t be compared to normal people. She’s a monster.”Bangjoo frowned like he just bit on a bitter persimmon. It piqued Maru’s curiosity. Just what did she do?“Eh? You were here.”Daemyung arrived just before class started, as expected of the boy.“No problems?”“Nope, we’ll just have to regularly check on it.”“Phew, thank goodness. I was worried since last night. Morning, Bangjoo.”“Good morning, senior!”Bangjoo shouted as loudly as ever.