Chapter 134

* * *It seemed that Maru wasn’t the only one who decided he needed practice last night, he realized such when he noticed the dark circles hanging around Dojin’s eyes. “Didn’t get any sleep?”“Not like I could get any.”Dojin raised his worn out script with a grin.“Morning… yawn.”Daemyung stepped into the class next with his eyes half-closed.“When the hell did you sleep?”“...Like four?”“How did you wake up?”“Alarm clocks, man. I feel like I’m gonna collapse.”Daemyung put his bag on his desk with wobbly legs. The trio looked at each other before grinning.“What was our first class today?”“Math.”“So if we sleep, we’re dead.”“Just tape your eyes open, dude.”Maru gave the two of them a piece of gum. He always carried some in his pocket, which was a habit he picked up after spending many night shifts driving a bus. “Work hard until lunch.”“I’m gonna sleep till first class first.”“Me too.”Maru flopped down onto his desk along with his friends. This situation reminded him of a friend he had back in school that always slept through classes. He couldn’t remember the boy’s name or face, but he did remember that the boy showed up to their high school reunion in a Benz. Everyone wondered at the time how the boy managed to get so successful despite sleeping so much, but Maru felt like he knew why this was the case now.‘What you see isn’t everything, huh.’Maru closed his eyes.