Chapter 201

* * *Aram, who was riding her bike with a yawn, suddenly came to a stop to take out her MP3 player. It had a radio function, so she dialed into her favorite station and checked the time. 8:16am. Sixteen minutes since the show started.“Ugh, I’m late.”She put the earphones in and started listening. - Alright, and now we’re back with our usual affair. We got a lot of messages to work through, so let’s just take a look at a few.

<This was a radio show hosted by her favorite actress, so Aram always listened to every episode. She sent out a lot of messages as well, although none of her messages got chosen so far. Aram quickly sent a message through her phone as she stood.

- I’m an office worker working in Seoul. The street’s so clogged on my way to work. Ugh, going to work is a great pain. But having a job in itself is something to be happy about. At least, compared to the unemployed. Ah, that cynical response. Aram lived for this stuff, she loved how direct this actress was. There were several people online who criticised the actress for being rather rude, but Aram thought that was what made her so charming. - I’m a student. I have to study earlier in the morning because of math. That’s why I’m at school an hour before everyone else. Ugh. Math. Why do we even learn it? If you don’t like it, you should just give up on it. But if you don’t have the courage to? Then just study. If you don’t see a way to start earning money for yourself right now, then you should just shut it and study. Life isn’t nearly as easy as you might think it is.“Ugh, so cool...”Aram got ready to hear the next message as she pedaled on.- This is from a student as well. You know this isn’t a very good show for students, right? Well, whatever. I’m going to school on a bike right now. I listen to your show every day. Love you, sis! Is what it says. Hm, I’d have preferred to get a message like this from a boy, but oh well. I’m happy that a nice junior in life respects me so much though, so I’ll be giving this listener a gift. I’ll be calling you a little later, miss, so get ready for a call!Aram shouted in excitement while biking. This was the first time she was chosen! A gift as well, on top of that? Today was going to be a great day. Right then, she saw a familiar girl in the distance walk with tired puffs.“Eh? Isn’t that Jiyoon?”Aram turned towards the girl immediately, she noticed Bangjoo was next to Jiyoon as well.“What are you two doing?”“Hah… Hah… Aram...”Jiyoon was sweating bullets and Bangjoo was looking at the girl with troubled eyes. “Leave… Go… You’ll be late...”The poor girl looked pitiful. Aram looked at her phone, 8:23am. If she pedalled like hell, they could just barely make it in time.“Get on!”“Eh?”“Get on.”She tapped the back of her bike with her hand. Jiyoon shook her head with a pale face, she knew the girl would refuse.“You’ll get hit by that wild dog if you’re late though.”She called the disciplinary teacher that because of how persistent the man was. She was originally going to call the man a rabid dog, but changed her mind after being told that was a bit too rude from a friend. “I-I can’t.”“Trust me.”“I’d r-rather be late.”“Hey!”Aram gave Bangjoo a glance, hoping that the boy would catch on and put the girl on the bike. But the boy just stood there blinking his eyes. Ugh, he just didn’t have any sense, did he? “Just get on!”Only then did Jiyoon get on with a scared face, Aram immediately started pedalling when she felt the girl’s arms around her hips.“You just run!”It’d be fine if Bangjoo gets punished for being late, but Jiyoon would probably collapse if she got punished. Aram pedalled wildly while thinking that. Right then, she felt something pass right next to her. It was Bangjoo. the boy clearly wasn’t lying about wanting to be a martial arts actor.“I’m not gonna lose.”She started feeling competitive. This was something she couldn’t lose at. Even in Judo, she’d lose sleep every time she lost. She always had to get payback if she wanted to sleep well. She could hear Jiyoon scream right behind her, but she couldn’t stop here. Not until she caught up to Bangjoo!

* * *Dowook, who was pedalling slowly all this time, sped up right when he saw a boy and a bike zoomed past him. He was never one to stand a bike passing him. “Aram!”He realized that the girl that was screaming on the bike was a club member, Dowook didn’t care. He sped up looking at the one who was pedaling the bike. She was good, but couldn’t speed up much with that extra luggage. Dowook caught up with ease and passed right by. Right then, he heard someone shout right behind him.“Jiyoon! You better hold on tight!”

* * *Maru had to wipe his eyes for a second before taking a look again. What in the world did he just see? He could see Dowook pedaling ferociously, right behind him was Bangjoo running with a grin, and behind that was Aram biking with a massive frown. Poor Jiyoon was pale as a ghost on the back of Aram’s bike. The four of them charged right into school in that order. At the same time, he heard someone roar at them in anger. “Which bastard decided to charge in with a bike! And you! I told you not to run when you come to school!”It was the disciplinary teacher, Maru had to organize his thoughts for a bit before walking towards the gate himself. He could see the four students all lined up kneeling in front of a bike. Maru’s eyes met with theirs as he passed by, he grinned at them before promptly ignoring them. He could hear them call out, “hey” and “senior” right as he walked by, but he knew they weren’t talking to him. Of course they weren’t, Maru changed his shoes as he thought about how difficult practice was going to be from now on.