Chapter 121 (1/2)

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What Yoon Jung In said was not a joke. Class 1-5, 6, and 7, those who already knew that our break time began earlier, were literally walking on all fours. Some kid was deeply asleep while burying his head on the couch. Another boy was in his dreamland with his head shoved under the sink.

Class 1-1 and 1-8, those located at both ends of the hallway, got updated at the slowest, so it wasn’t that long since Class 1-1 started drinking. Rolling his eyeballs, Eun Jiho sipped his drink alone.

He didn’t turn on the light in the first place to prevent them from the instructors unexpectedly surprising the room by any chance. The only light turned on inside was a faint orange lamp. The bright moonlight pouring through the terrace stained the drowsy faces pale glow.

Eun Jiho took out his phone and checked the time. It was 11:20 at night and there were only seven survivors among the eleven members gathered in the room.

When the drinking party started, Woo Jooin spoke with a grin on his lips.

‘There’s a small room and here is the living room.’

‘Uh-huh,’

‘Later when you wake up and find out yourself inside the small room, think of it as, ‘Oh, I was a dead body last night.’

After his words, kids burst into laughter wondering the ones sleeping in the small room tonight. And in less than an hour, four of them were thrown into the small room.

Thinking about these in mind, Eun Jiho then heard a thudding sound on the wall. Those who thought, at first, that it might be the instructor knocking the door turned their heads out of tension; however, they soon fetched a sigh of relief.

“Hey, maybe someone next door is sleep talking seriously. Go get him tied up with a blanket,” someone said.

“Bahaha, so funny. Let me go take a look.”

A boy replied then stood up. The rest of the boys looked at each other for a second. The person who got the most attention was no other than Kwon Eun Hyung.

He always looked neat and behaved well; besides, he mediated between fights, so other boys were mindful of the possibility of him coming out against students drinking alcohol. Kwon Eun Hyung, however, didn’t say anything at the black plastic bag full of drinks but asked with a smile to take a few bottles out to enjoy.

As if he felt the attention, Kwon Eun Hyung lifted his eyes to glance around. A boy moved his butt back out of surprise. It made Kwon Eun Hyung burst out laughing.

“Why?”

“I mean, honestly, your usual image is… I thought you wouldn’t let us drink.”

“Why? What’s my usual image?”

“Like a mother?” Woo Jooin who listened to their talk replied from the side.

“Come on, dude.”

With that said, Kwon Eun Hyung gently pushed Woo Jooin’s forehead. Woo Jooin chuckled then sat up straight.

Kwon Eun Hyung continued, “Hmm, I just saw… tomorrow’s breakfast menu on the cafeteria wall…”

“What?”

Those who didn’t focus on the conversation turned their heads toward him to listen. Kwon Eun Hyung turned his mouth up slightly to resemble a hint of a smile.

“… and there was bean sprout soup, the best hangover cure.”

“That’s all?” Someone else asked. Kwon Eun Hyung responded casually with a shrug.

“What else do we need?”

A moment of silence prevailed in the small space. Soon after, two boys jumped into Kwon Eun Hyung abruptly then tried to hug his shoulders. Being startled, Kwon Eun Hyung took a defensive posture at first but soon released the tension in his arms as he read no malice in their tipsy faces. As a result, he and the two boys fell back together with a thump.

Woo Jooin, across them, burst into laughter.

“Dude, are you drunk?” Eun Jiho asked.

“I don’t know. What do you think?”

Woo Jooin replied while rubbing his cheeks. Eun Jiho observed his face for a second. He soon shook his head to say no and sat straight.