Color Rush English Translate

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When I open my eyes, there’s still some unknown brightness around, so I close them again.

“Choi Yeon Woo.”

When my name is called, I open my eyes. There’s someone standing with their back against the window. The moment I see his face, the white glow of the curtain becomes stronger. The fluff of the pillow my head is on causes some irritation to brush next to my eyes. The kid who called my name is wearing the school uniform that caused that strong reaction in the school restaurant earlier, so I close my eyes again. Not only my eyes, my head hurts too. Inside my eyes it feels as if something is rustling, and my head feels as if it’s full of water.

“Teacher, is this colore moving?” (colóre: coloring in Italian).

I hear the voice that called my name earlier. I can’t even open my eyes slowly. My eyes are less dry, but my head still hurts as if a water balloon is bursting inside.

“I’m not sure, since It’s also my first time seeing it in reality.”

I hear the hoarse voice of an adult man. What I know about what you asked about colore moving is… when a mono and a probe meet and the color recognition happens, the pupils dilatate momentarily and the muscles around the eyes tense. It’s called ‘colore moving’ because the eyes move as if they’re coloring the world, but it’s actually a kind of convulsion that occurs because the brain recognizes color and gives feedback to the cone cells.

It’s terrible.

I don’t want to meet something like a probe. I don’t want to become a slave to a probe, more importantly, I don’t want to be afraid of needing color.

Moreover, if my head hurts like this and I can’t even open my eyes since they’re blinded every time I do because of color, I don’t need it. It’s nothing but a hindrance.

“Min Jae said it’s colore moving and not a seizure.”

“That kid knows how to see many things that can’t be seen. I have to go out for a bit because of the textbook, so you stay and look after him.”

“Yes.”

After that conversation between the two, I can hear the sound of the door opening and I here’s only one person pretending to be popular* left. *literal translation, I’m not quite sure of what he means by this. Maybe that he was waiting for Yeon Woo’s attention…

“Choi Yeon Woo, I’m wearing my mask. You can open your eyes.”

It’s implicit this is probably Go Yoo Han. At the restaurant too, the moment Go Yoo Han took his mask out, my world turned upside down. I slowly open my eyes, and the glow from the things that gradually come into my vision hurt. I close my eyes again and bury my head in the pillow.

“Should I get you a medicine for head pain?”

“Mm.”

After I answer, I can hear the sound of the opening and closing of a drawer, and of the water purifier pouring water. After he does all that, he puts something on the desk with a knock.

“You have to take the medicine. Get up.”

“It hurts if I open my eyes.”

“Because you can see colors now, right?”

It’d be nice if this is not about seeing colors. If my head just hurts to the extreme for no reason. And also my eyes.

“I’ll cover you. You have to take the medicine.”

He covers me with something that can cover my whole head. Then he holds my shoulder and pulls me up to sitting with my eyes still closed. I sit on the bed and when I feel a towel next to my head, I open my eyes. I can only see a white towel and my school uniform pants. The pants still emit rustling light, but the intensity is low and bearable. The long-sleeved white shirt is brighter than the white I usually see, but since I know white, I’m not scared.