Snow and Ice || 태국

Pounded with excitement

"Boss, it's a two cents red packet. Can you not sound so proud of it?"

"Isn't two cents money as well? You're not grateful at all."

"Boss." Eunwoo's voice suddenly became a little mysterious.

"Mm? What?"

"If you're willing to give me three pairs of limited edition sneakers, I'll tell you a shockingly huge secret!"

"Sure, bring Bagua Lotus Grand Writing Brush here. I'll draw it for you. What brand do you want? Adidas or Nike?"

"..."

The third was Jungkook.

"Hey, Ice Dog, Happy New Year! Have you seen the red packet that I've sent you?"

"Mm." Jungkook was laughing.

From his laughter, Taehyung visualized an image in his mind. In it, Jungkook's lashes were lowered as he laughed lightly, looking gentle, intoxicating, and delicious. Taehyung's face immediately reddened. He asked him, "What are you doing?"

"Lazing about at home. Visiting relatives tomorrow. You?"

"I'm at my grandparents' house. Waiting to collect money later, hehe."

Jungkook laughed again. Even though they were only chatting about mundane things as plain as water, neither of them felt bored.

After hanging up his call with Jungkook, Taehyung flipped through his missed call list again. The rest were from people like Yukhei and Jaehyun. He did not feel like speaking to them and returned messages filled with sincere New Year's wishes instead.

——

On the fourth day of the New Year, Taehyung went to visit Teacher Lee who had recently given birth.

As it was the New Year, numerous people had family activities while some of them did not even live in Lake City. Therefore, the number of students who went to visit Teacher Lee was only slightly more than ten.

Teacher Lee used to be a slender beauty. Now, she was plumper around like a blown balloon. However, she was smiling a lot more and quite spirited after giving birth. Teacher Lee wanted to ask her students to stay for lunch but she was still amid postpartum confinement and it was inconvenient for her. As everyone did not want to trouble Teacher Lee, they planned to have lunch outside instead.

Before bidding farewell to Teacher Lee, everyone took a group photo with her and the baby.

After they left, they discussed where to have lunch. Roseanne was one of those who came down today and Taehyung did not hide their hostility toward each other. He saw Roseanne interacting closely with the other classmates and did not want to participate in their conversation. He waved his hand and said, "I still have something going on at home. You guys go ahead."

"Don't." Roseanne tugged on his arm, making it seem like the two of them were close. "We're all scattered over the country after going to university. It's rare for us to gather so let's have this meal together?"

"My uncle is coming to my house today and his red packet is always over a thousand won. How about you compensate me for it?"

Roseanne released her silently.

Since Taehyung was not eating, Eunwoo felt that he would be a traitor if he stayed. Thus, he followed Taehyung and left.

On the way back, Taehyung saw Roseanne updated her Moments with the photo that they took at Teacher Lee's place earlier. Roseanne photoshopped everyone to look better except for Taehyung. Taehyung felt that Roseanne might have done the opposite and photoshopped him to look uglier.