Chapter 385 (2/2)
“Where have you been?”
On their way home, Daemyung asked in a quiet voice after smiling at Bangjoo, who was overly cheerful again.
“I met up with some friends.”
“Friends?”
“Yeah. Rather than that, the owner seems to have taken a liking to you. That was the first time I saw him give out free food.”
“R-really?”
“He looks a little tough but he’s not a scary person.”
“That’s true.”
They got on the bus to Suwon. Bangjoo, who sat down, fell asleep immediately as though he was tired. He was snoring as he leaned on the window, and the noise was a little loud.
“Looks like the lessons are hard,” Daemyung spoke worriedly.
“It’s because he’s hyperactive. He doesn’t take a break.”
“Well, I guess Bangjoo does have really good reflexes and is in good shape. He did Judo, right?”
“Yeah. Perhaps thanks to that, he’s really quick to learn. The instructor praises him a lot as well.”
“I wish I had a body like him as well,” Daemyung said as he looked down at his stomach.
“Hey, grab my hand.”
Maru turned around and reached out with his right hand. Daemyung was confused but grabbed his hand anyway. The hand was rather thick, but it wasn’t just flesh. Perhaps it was because his body was rather round, but he really had a big build. He just looked weak because of his personality. If he could make a scary expression, the bully in class would probably be him.
“Try pulling, with all your power.”
“With all my power?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m not that strong.”
“Try anyway.”
Daemyung nodded faintly before pulling Maru’s hand. Maru abruptly opened his eyes and did his best not to get pulled, but his body was too easily pulled by Daemyung.
“Hey.”
“Yeah?”
Maru hit Daemyung’s neck with a knifehand strike. Daemyung, who had a clueless smile, coughed slightly and looked at him with confusion.
“Ah for god’s sake.”
“What?”
“You have such a body and yet….”
Why did you get bullied? - Maru almost uttered those words out loud. This guy probably never thought that he could hit others. He probably developed a mindset that he should avoid everything like a herbivore and just follow the flow if he was caught. The world was too harsh for people like him.
“Next Monday at 11. Do you have plans?”
“N-no.”
“Then meet me at 11.”
“Why?”
“I’ll introduce you to someone good.”
“Someone good? Who?”
“Someone like that,” he spoke as he put on a thick smile.
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“Please take care of him.”
“Alright.”
He saw Daemyung make a dazed expression through the gaps of the door. Hearing the sandbag popping sounds, Maru waved at him. He received text messages from Daemyung, but he didn’t read them. Instead, he just texted back ‘good luck’.
After dropping Daemyung off at a boxing gym, Maru immediately headed to Seoul. He had Miso’s lesson today. He got off at Gangnam station and walked to Film Academy. When he opened the door to the fourth lecture room, he saw Sungjae doing some warmups.
“I’m here.”
He greeted him before doing some warmups next to him. He could only follow Miso’s training if he warmed up properly. Just as he was stretching his waist on the ground, the door opened once again. Gyunglim entered, wearing skin-tight jeans.
“Aah, it starts once again.”
“Don’t complain and get stretching already. The instructor will probably get started as soon as she comes.”
Gyunglim headed to the bathroom with a crying face. When she returned, she was wearing baggy training clothes.
“Good day!”
Gwangseok had arrived as well. Although he started off with a cheerful greeting, he looked like he chewed on something bitter the moment he started doing some stretches. On Mondays, there was a physical training session, though, it was still called ‘acting lessons’. On Tuesdays and Wednesdays, the lessons were only two hours long, but on Mondays, the lessons were 3 hours long. The extra hour was for physical training.
“Good morning.”
Miso entered with a cup of coffee in one hand.
“Wow, looks like you’re all energetic, doing exercise. Then let’s kick it up a notch today, shall we?”
Maru heard someone say ‘demon’ from the side, and he deeply sympathized.