“is everything clear?” the teacher asks before ending the last class of the day.
i couldn’t wait any further more for this boring class ends. mathematic… how can i love it when it’ll asks me a lot of questions and to solve their own problems? plus, mathematic’s problems are all the exact same thing! numbers and digits all over a white paper, the incomplete and confusing instructions would just use all my braincells. this fucking subject should just buy its own calculator and solve its problems themselves.
the entire class nods sleepily. we’re all are already damn bored with how the 47 years old teacher teaches his students. with the lame and boring skills and techniques of teaching, who will understand and at least feel excited to learn this subject even though it’s the most hated subject among all subjects, right?
after getting the response by his beloved students, the teacher moves to his desk on his right, cleaning the dusts on his desk and started arranging his books and references he used while teaching. the man moves very slow, which makes people a bit annoyed. just comparing him to our gardener who is a 67 years old woman, she’s at least faster and more energetic. but, not gonna lie, this math teacher is a lot kinder than school’s gardeners.
“thank you, class. we’ll meet again next month after the school’s holiday ends, okay?” the teacher says.
silence. only nods the teacher receives. what’s worst, it’s not even all of us nod or giving an answer to his questions which make us about to laugh beacuse he always asks us the same questions and sentences everyday. the only thing that's different is his teaching content. and this reminds me of that meme, ‘same shit, different day’. doesn’t it radiate the same vibe?
the teacher smiles sweetly and steps out from our class. his footsteps slowly fade from our hearings and just like that, the last bell rings. my body reflex to it by quickly pack up my stationaries and books scattered all over my small desk and put it inside my soft pink coloured backpack. i zip it quickly yet carefully to make sure it won't get damaged. i immediately carry my backpack on my shoulder and run as fast as i could across the corridors, heading to a washroom nearby.
as i reached the washroom, i quickly grabs my gym outfit out from my bag and put it on after taking off my school uniform. did a natural makeup, i walk out from the washroom and jog to my locker to grab my skateboard i bought last month with my only bestfriend. we've been skateboarding for months now and after his lessons, i finally mastered it. not to mention, youtube videos also help me a lot in improving.
we promised to play together at a recreation park nearby our neighbourhood. we're actually neighbours so we've noticed each other in public places quite often, to be honest. but sadly, he's not in the same school as mine. his studying in a public school while i'm studying in a private school. don't ask me why, it's my parents who make me study there, even though i don't want to.
arrived at the recreation park, i sat down on a bench under a shade tree, taking sips of iced americano i bought just now. i place my backpack next to me while the skateboard under my foot. the weather today is very bright but the sky's slowly turning orange. he's always like this. he warned me to not get here late but turns out he's the late one.
i grab my phone from my bag and texts him.
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in frustration, i put my phone in my bag again. letting out a heavy sigh, i take another sip of my drink. honestly, i hate late people. the one who always waste my time and always make me wait. but for my bestie, it's fine. but, of course you need to know your limit to make me wait for hours just waiting for your fucking arrival.
after like 10 minutes, the bestfriend i mentioned arrived.
finally.
"chaeyoungie!" he shouts my name as he waves at me with a grin on his beautiful face. he runs as fast as he could towards me, knowing that he already made me wait long.
"jiminie!" i also run to his direction and end up in each others' embrace. i hug him tight, as if i didn't meet him yesterday.
park jimin, my bestfriend. he's the only bestest friend that i've made ever since i moved here, in busan. i was from seoul. but then, my parents decided to move here, out of nowhere. yes, i do acknowledge the fact that i've been suffering while living in the city of korea but it was just so... out of the blue. i thought my parents didn't realize how i always get bullied by my classmates but i guess they did.
in busan, i made a lot of friends, actually. it was a lot, i even made a list of them. the list could surprisingly fill the whole A5 notebook with 80 pages. i was actually surprised to know people here is very nice and friendly, to be compared with those in seoul. i mean, not all of them are not nice and harsh, but people i met are kinda rude. so... yeah.
"y'know that you're late, right?" i ask him as i lift my face up, looking at him. well, it's his mistake to grow taller. the first time i met him, he was just 168 CM. but now... 173 CM. well, boys went through puberty too, though.
"of course. you're not mad, aren't ya?" he questions me while patting my head lightly.
urgh... he always treats me like this when he knows i'm gonna scolds him for being late. how should i raise my voice at him when he literally treating me this nice? well, even though i know he just wants to prevent me snapping over him, i kinda like it though.
"hm.. quit with that acting," i release the hug. "you keep treating me like this when you know i'm gonna be mad, right?" i ask him while grabbing for my backpack and the skateboard.
he laughs sweetly. "so you know already?"
"i'm not dumb as you are, jimin."
"okay, then." he replies, walking closer to me.
we walk a bit to reach the track where we usually skateboarding. not that far, just around 500M. i place my grey skateboard on the ground and getting prepared to skate. putting my backpack on the side, i tie my shoelace as tight as possible to make sure it won't loose while skating. i once ignored my untied shoelace and because of that, the skateboard i was skating on lost balance and the impact, i fell. it wasn't hurt that much, but obviously i was embarrased because there were people watching. i swear after that incident, i never let my shoelace being untied.
jimin was finished preparing himself, so he waits patiently for me, as he scrolls on his phone. i smiled. don't know why, just happy to be here, at this recreation park with him.
"okay, chaengie. are you ready?" the mochi boy asks.
i give him a nod, responding to his question. we high five and started skating on the skateboard.
