Chapter 9.2

Chapter 9 Part 2

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“Daughter.”

I took off my earphones and raised my head to the voice of my mother calling me from in front of the door.

“You don’t say about quitting school these days?”

“Uh… well, yes.”

“Are you bored a lot because you don’t have Hyun-joo? That’s why you’re going to school?”

It was unfamiliar to me seeing my mother asking affectionately.

She sometimes comes to her room with side dishes, hits me back, and swears at the broken beer cans.

“No, it’s fun these days.”

While answering with no expression, I showed her my teeth and smiled.

Mom, who burst into laughter at my smile, said, “Thank God. Good night.”

“Yes, you too.”

Mother turned off the light in my room, closed the door and went out. Suddenly I fell into darkness. Although she was my mother in the past, strangely enough, it wasn’t a sad conversation, but I became emotional. She was my mother 6 years ago, so she was still young. The tip of my nose was tingling and I frowned. It was not the time to cry.

I pulled the blanket up to my neck and looked at the list of songs. There were songs that were popular at that time and all of my favorite singers’ albums.

I listened to Lee Mun-se’s album so much that I was sick and tired of it. I played Lee Mun-se’s third album. I listened to the song while looking blankly at the black ceiling.

After Hyun-joo transferred to another school, I cried a lot while listening to this song. I suddenly remembered myself crying before I came on a time trip.

What if Seon-jae couldn’t reach the age of 24 even though I came back in the past. My eyes turned red when I thought about it.

I sighed and took a step again.