96 A Day in Winter (1/2)

It was midway through winter break, and Gun had started his winter break classes at school which he had signed up for earlier in October.

The first day of his classes coincided with Hyuk's doctor's appointment. Since that was the case, the trio decided to leave the house together. Yeo Ri had decided to accompany Hyuk since she didn't want to be home alone.

Gun separated from them at the bus stop, while Hyuk and Yeo Ri headed to the hospital together on his bike.

There were significantly less people who applied for the winter break classes as compared to the summer break classes. Out of the original thirty people in his class, only about seven people decided to apply for the classes, which included him, Choi Da Na, Noh Ha Jun, and several other academic overachievers.

Gun had wanted to drop the classes due to his current circumstances, but he couldn't. He was going to become a third-year student next year and he needed to start preparing for the college examinations as soon as possible. Even Yeo Ri persuaded him to go to the classes, since they didn't know when else he would have the time to study. Besides, the classes were free for him since he was a full-scholarship student.

The classes were five hours long; three subjects for 90 minutes each and a short break in between.

During the first break, Noh Ha Jun and Choi Da Na approached him.

”Hey, Gun, are you free this weekend?” Ha Jun asked.

Gun raised his head to look at them. ”Why?”

”We're throwing a birthday party for the both of us,” Ha Jun explained. Then, Da Na quickly added, ”Mine and Ha Jun's birthdays are only a few days apart, and we used to celebrate them together. This year, we decided to uphold the tradition again.”

”I see,” Gun nodded. This was the first time he was invited to a friend's birthday party. ”I can't promise anything, but we'll see,” he replied, neither accepting nor refusing the invitation.

”Great! We'll see you there,” Ha Jun grinned, taking it as if Gun had already agreed to come. ”I'll text you the address later. It's fine if you don't bring gifts,” he added half-jokingly. To be honest, even if he didn't get anything from Gun, as long as the other boy came to the party, that was good enough.

”You have to come, okay? Promise!” Da Na says. Inwardly, she was complaining about how difficult it was to see Gun outside of school. The only reason she even applied for the winter break classes was for the sake of seeing Gun. But luckily, her birthday was coming up and Ha Jun had proposed the genius idea of reviving their old joint-birthdays celebration.

Gun looked to be deep in thought. Before the two left his side, he immediately called out to them. ”Wait. Can I bring someone else with me?”

Ha Jun barely contained his excitement, hastily replying, ”Of course! The more the merrier.”