Childhood Friend Who Sees the Future Utters Nonsense

62 – The Man’s Stage

The lighting that softly illuminated the stage becomes a little brighter.

The person who came up above was an event MC with an unknown name and a rather chubby physique. As is the case with people who make a living in this profession, they begin their self-introduction in a lively voice.

– Hello, Seonil High School students! My name is Seong Dae-yeop and I am in charge of hosting the stage for this festival. Please take care of me!

“Waaa!”

I don’t even know the person’s name, but it’s always important to create a good atmosphere at events like this. The lively voice bursts out with a passionate response, and a smile is engraved on the MC’s lips.

“Ugh, I’m nervous. Why am I number 1?”

“Don’t be nervous, you’ll do well.”

Meanwhile, behind the stage, people participating in the talent show continued to complain and cries came from all over. One female junior wearing a second-year name tag was practically shaking her feet.

In contrast, Yuna Han, who was staring at the stage with calm eyes, did not feel much trembling.

She is, after all, an idol trainee, and she has gotten sick of dancing and singing in front of people, so she has no reason to be nervous on stage like this.

Shocked.

“…… !?”

“Huh?”

Unknowingly, due to her curiosity, I stretched out her hand to Hanyu Na’s shoulder, but I was rather surprised by the boy’s actions as he hurriedly turned her body around while her shoulders were shaking greatly.

When Hanyu faced my shaking pupils, it was only then that she realized. It’s not that he wasn’t nervous, he was just ‘pretending’ that he wasn’t nervous.

“That’s surprising. I didn’t know you’d be nervous about something like performing at a school festival.”

“What, is there a problem!? What should I do when I’m shaking… !”

“No, it’s not a problem, but it’s a bit surprising.”

She shrugged her shoulders towards me, who was scolding me in a loud voice.

Well, since you are a human being, you can naturally feel nervous. I just thought it was a feeling that was far from the Han Yuna I thought of. Because she’s the type of person who can do anything she does well.

– Now, the talent show stage, which can be said to be the flower of the Seonil High School festival! We will bring the first runner on stage! Please give us a big round of applause!

“Jihye, fighting!”

“Yes, I’ll go and come back!”

Next to me, a second-year junior who was the first batsman went up to the stage after the introduction, and I tried to take a step to prepare for the next step.

Then, suddenly, Han Yuna, who was still lifting her heels in tension and repeatedly putting them down, caught her eye.

Meanwhile, I found it funny that the way he was glaring at me made me laugh because I knew in my head that I had to go soon, but I felt anxious about the fact that I would soon have no one to lean on, so I was unconsciously following him with my eyes.

“Han Yuna.”

“Why, why… ! “Just go faster, you idiot.”

When she called out to him in a whisper, she gave a blunt answer, ignoring any concerns that she might be drowned out by the sound of the stage.

I looked at her Hanyu me for a moment, then walked to her side without her saying a word and took something out of her pocket with a rustling sound. It was none other than a bag of chocolate that I had picked up at the booth earlier.

“Eat this and watch what I do. “Originally, I tried to eat when I was nervous, but they make special concessions.”

“… ….”

Han Yuna, who was looking at the bag of chocolates she received from me, carefully lifted her head. He looked like he had a lot to say, but I pressed his head a little roughly and tried not to make eye contact.

“When you come down, you’ll be watching the stage with the kids as your Shinshindang unit, so don’t worry, okay?”

“Yes….”

It’s finally become a little more mellow. This is not some kind of wild cat taming.

He stroked Han Yuna’s head as if he was so impressed, and then walked up to the stairs installed behind her stage. Before we knew it, the first stage had come to an end, and the second-year junior was being interviewed by the host.

“Bah, Park Si-yoon!”

“Hmm?”

Yuna Han’s brown eyes, illuminated by a softly shining light, reach me.

The guy who called me in a voice that felt like urgency rolled his eyes back and forth, as if he was looking for something to say, and then put one word into her mouth.

“I’m looking forward to it!”

Now that I think about it, Yuna Han said that. Just before preparing for the company’s quarterly trainee stage, the words ‘Do your best’ from her colleagues or acquaintances felt the most weighty in the world.

Perhaps that encouragement was a thoughtful comment that came out unconsciously because I didn’t want to make him feel the same burden as me, stemming from that psychology.

“Yes, I’m looking forward to it too.”

There, I put on my most confident expression, put my thumb up, and climbed the stairs.

I felt like the guitar case on my back had become a little lighter.

– Now, the next student I will introduce is going to show you his guitar playing and singing! Please welcome 3rd year student Park Si-yoon’s ‘Sleepless Night’ with a big round of applause!

“Waaa!”

After my introduction, I left the dark backstage behind and headed to the center of the stage.

“Wow…. He’s handsome….”

“Isn’t that the senior who appeared on the news last time?”

“I think that’s right?”

Then, muttering voices came from everywhere. Although it was hard to hear because it was drowned out by the accompanying applause.

I sat down on the chair provided in advance, pulled out the guitar microphone placed in front of me, and placed it in an appropriate position.

I thought about the song I would sing, and decided to choose a song that was a sensation when it came out around this time last year.

I don’t think it would be bad for the original singer to sing while playing the guitar himself, and the fact that it’s not a song that requires great technique also played a part. Above all, the response will be good if you sing a song that the audience knows well.

Ding. Diding.

As the guitar melody that serves as the prelude resonates quietly, the noisy audience suddenly falls silent.

As I started singing, I inadvertently glanced at the right side of the stage, that is, the place where Han Yuna was waiting. The guy is looking at me from the same position as before and smiling.

“You come to visit me tonight again.”

The moment I said the first word, I thought it wasn’t that bad. When I was practicing, my voice was quiet and I was doomed from the start, but I didn’t have that feeling at all.

This song is basically calm. The lyrics are also nothing special.

It’s just a song written by a man while he was drawing a picture of a person who keeps appearing in his dreams. In the finale, the story is that the person not only appears in dreams, but even when he is in front of you, you keep following him with your eyes, and even if you don’t see him for a moment, you miss him.

While practicing this song, I thought that the content of this song was very similar to my story.

I wasn’t like that in the past either. There was a time when I thought of a person as if they were just there in front of me and not there if I wasn’t there. I remember it was probably like that until about the first year of middle school.

But at some point, I remembered what he said right before I fell asleep, and it was quite late when I realized that he was following her every move with his eyes.

I think the expression ‘flowers on a cliff’ would be a bit inappropriate. To be precise, the other person has suddenly become someone I shouldn’t try to grab.

From that moment on, I have been living with my eyes averted.

A childhood friend who has been with you for 19 years can help you with this much. This level of distance is okay. I kept repeating this to myself and tried my best not to see him as a woman. It is often called self-brainwashing.

But the human mind is not that easy.

The longer we spent together, the more days we spent together, the more stories we shared with each other, the more I realized that it was pointless.

Of course, I know that I shouldn’t convey these feelings right now.

That guy still has a long way to go, and it would be ugly for her to try to ruin that path with wrong feelings, even though she can’t bless him as her friend.

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So, it may be a bit cheesy, but I wanted to go up on this stage and convey my feelings at least once without him knowing. She knew that it was something unbecoming of a man and a fearless act, but still, she wanted to pursue her own greed.

She said, “I’m in love…” .”

She lowered her head with a bitter smile as she spoke the last verse of the song that was reaching its climax.

When the pick that was moving between the guitar strings stopped and the melody stopped, applause and loud cheers erupted from everywhere.

“aaah!”

At that, I awkwardly scratched my cheek and bowed towards the audience. Judging by the positive response, it seems like it wasn’t a very bad performance.

When I put away my guitar and got up, the MC who was off to the side of the stage approached me. The round, bear-like impression looks very warm.

– Everyone, please give an extra round of applause to third-year student Park Si-yoon, who finished the performance with flying colors! Wow, handsome!

“hahahaha…. Thank you.”

I couldn’t tell if this was lip service or not, so I smiled and expressed my gratitude without realizing it, but as soon as I could, a loud voice came from somewhere in the audience.

“You’re handsome!”

That’s definitely Kim Soobin, the voice is perfect. Did they plan to put people on stage and make them do shameful killings?

“Hwii!”

“Senior, you’re handsome!”

“It’s cool!”

Perhaps that was the starting point, and what followed was an enthusiastic response from all over the place. Not only the third graders, but even her juniors came out and cheered, which made her face even hotter.

Thank you, my junior, for just telling me I’m handsome. If you see me in passing, ask me to buy you a drink.

– Hey, by the way, student Park Si-yoon! If you have a handsome face, sing well, and play the guitar well, what do people like us make a living from? Isn’t that right, folks!? The world is so unfair!

“He studies well too!”

In response to the host’s complaint, which I don’t know if was sincere or not, a shout that was presumed to be Choi Min-seong’s voice was heard.

What a bully bastard you are. Even though his grades have never been lower than mine, he keeps saying things like that. Are you a deceiver?

– No, you’re even good at studying!? So of course she has a girlfriend too? What woman wouldn’t like a man so perfect?

Meanwhile, He stabs me where it really hurts. The moment I was single to me = the same word as the life I lived.

“No, unfortunately I don’t have a girlfriend.”

– Oh, there was one?

“There just isn’t any.”

– Ah….

Sighs flow from everyone, including the MC, at my resolute denial.

Don’t pretend to sympathize, you scum. I know almost everyone is smiling right now.

“Senior! “Please be my boyfriend!”

– Oh! A courageous junior just started flirting. What do you think? How about using this opportunity to make a pretty girlfriend?

I don’t know if it’s a joke or real, but it’s surprising. Is this so-called MZ-style flirting?

As if I had caught one of the cases, I glanced at the MC who was looking at me with a sinister expression and tried to smile bitterly.

Perhaps he was offering a word of consolation as a courtesy to a poor senior who had been single for 19 years. I’m really grateful, but….

“Actually, there is someone I like.”

Anyone is good, so rather than wanting to make a girlfriend, I’m continuing my single life to wait for someone I like, so it’s unfortunate, but I guess I’ll have to decline that offer.

– Who do you like? Oh, are you a student at this school?

“Well, okay.”

– Oh my, it’s too salty! You can tell me a little more!

“Wooooo!”

It wasn’t a very pleasant sight to see a bear-like man showing such cuteness, but it was quite funny, so I smiled without realizing it.

In the meantime, there was a lot of booing. I heard that people in our country like to hear other people’s love stories. They should be good at protecting their romantic relationships.

“I just sang the song today with the thought that ‘I’m probably listening to it somewhere.’ “If I were to be in love with someone, wouldn’t they listen to this song and recognize me?”

– Wow, that was fateful! This guy is a romanticist, very much!

Patting me on the back, the MC began to finish the story as if he was about to move on to the next step.

– I hope you can connect with the friend you care about, student Park Si-yoon. Thank you for showing us a great performance today.

“Yes, thank you.”

After saying hello, I came down from the stage via the right stairs instead of the left stairs I used to come up.

When Kim Soo-bin and Choi Min-seong arrived at their assigned positions, two pairs of sinister eyes turned to me. I turned my head and pretended not to notice the expression on his face that said, ‘Of course, that’s right.’

Wow, I feel a bit embarrassed after actually committing it.