Give Me the Study Guides, Sunbae! v1c12

The three bickered with each other but couldn’t hide the smiles on their faces at having gotten high scores. Especially Jang Juwon and Shin Jisu, despite having submitted blank papers once. All of this was thanks to Baek Iseon.

“Hey, but…… look at the 1st place nickname. It’s so lame.”

Shin Jisu whispered in a small voice and giggled. The 1st place nickname was ‘Genius.’ Genius, 88 points. 1st place.

“88 points…… That’s crazy. Really is a genius……”

Choi Yeonho muttered. Considering that right below 2nd place had 71 points and 3rd place Jang Juwon had 68 points, Genius’s score was indeed outstanding. Moreover, considering that the average Applied Fluid Mechanics quiz score barely exceeded 30, it meant his problem-solving ability was tremendous.

“Um……”

Just then, someone carefully tapped Jang Juwon’s shoulder. When Jang Juwon turned his head to look back, a familiar black baseball cap came into view. At the same time, Shin Jisu, who spotted him, frowned sharply and glared at the man.

“Oh…… Sunbae?”

“Ah, hi, Juwon-ah.”

Same class, huh. Jang Juwon thought. So it was natural that he knew his name.

“Yes, hello.”

“I…… got 1st place. Haha, ha……”

“Ah…… Congratulations.”

The man said with a shy smile. That this man before his eyes was ‘Genius.’ Jang Juwon was quite surprised. It was surprising that he got 88 points, but it was even more surprising that he used such a conspicuous nickname. ‘Genius’ seemed far from the man’s impression. Seeing him wear a black cap like this, he seemed like the type who really hated standing out.

Just then, some rowdy classmates that Shin Jisu hated approached them. Among them was one classmate who had confessed to Shin Jisu, got rejected, and then acted like a complete asshole.

“Ah, fuck. Is today a gathering of idiots or what?”

Shin Jisu muttered. Choi Yeonho grabbed her arm tightly just in case. As they got closer and closer, Genius’s expression began to turn deathly pale.

“Youngjae hyung, you got 1st place? Congratulations.”

The tallest man among them sarcastically put his hand on Genius’s, no, Youngjae’s shoulder. He looked up at the man with a completely stiff face.

“Uh…… thanks, Donghyuk-ah……”

“Can we ask a favor for the next quiz too? You know we can’t do anything without our sunbae, right?”

“Uh……”

“Put in some effort for us. Don’t be petty and take 88 points alone just because you’re a sunbae. Got it?”

“Ah, okay……”

They stood there for a moment giggling among themselves, then glanced at Youngjae once each before leaving.

“What the hell, those bastards! They’re openly saying they’ll cheat?”

An outraged Shin Jisu stamped her feet.

“Hey, hold it in.”

Choi Yeonho grabbed her shoulder.

“Hold in what? I’ll go tell the TA right now……!”

“N-no!”

Suddenly Youngjae shouted loudly.

“Sorry…… Please don’t say anything. If we get caught, I’ll get an F too……”

“……Ugh, fuck.”

Shin Jisu kicked the ground as if frustrated and cursed, but seemed to have given up on going to the TA. Youngjae was right. Professor Gwak, who was inflexible unlike the course name, would obviously hold Youngjae responsible for cheating too and give him an F. And even to Shin Jisu’s thinking, 88 points was too precious to waste.

“Um…… well…… Thanks, guys.”

“It’s fine.”

“Sunbae……”

“So, about that, nothing else but…… um, I…… if you want to study together, let me know…… If there’s anything you don’t know, I’ll teach you……”

“Yes. Thank you, sunbae.”

Jang Juwon answered that way, but he intended to refuse Youngjae’s kindness. Normally he would have eagerly accepted and sucked everything out of Youngjae, but now he had a more reliable sunbae, namely Baek Iseon. Choi Yeonho and Shin Jisu all thought the same. But Youngjae didn’t know what they were thinking, so he seemed to think they would naturally gladly accept his proposal.

“So, um…… your contact info……”

Youngjae suddenly held out his phone to Jang Juwon.

“Me…… me?”

“Yeah. Or……”

Youngjae raised his head to look at Choi Yeonho and Shin Jisu. Then when he made eye contact with Shin Jisu, he hastily lowered his eyes again.

“I’ll give it…… to you.”

Jang Juwon was a bit flustered. But if he embarrassed him by rejecting his hand here and now, he felt like he’d become the world’s biggest trash. Jang Juwon took the phone and entered his number.

“I’m…… Youngjae, Hyun Youngjae. You don’t know my name, right?”

“No. I’ll save it, Youngjae sunbae.”

“Yeah. Then I’ll be going, Juwon-ah.”

“Yes, see you.”

As soon as Hyun Youngjae left the lecture hall, Shin Jisu sarcastically remarked as if she’d been waiting.

“Jang Juwon, what a pointless thing to do.”

“Then what was I supposed to do? How could I refuse that?”

“Even I think…… it would have been trash to refuse……”

Choi Yeonho chimed in from the side.

“Unless you’re a psychopath like you, normal people all think this way.”

“What……!”

“Now, now, calm down. Let’s go eat, food.”

Choi Yeonho pulled the two apart. The two who were about to confirm their friendship right then and there stopped at the word food. They were about to leave the lecture hall together when Jang Juwon suddenly hesitated.

“Ah.”

“What now, Jang Juwon?”

“I…… today, um, I don’t think I can eat lunch together.”

“Oh my! Really? You should have said so earlier.”

Choi Yeonho and Shin Jisu smiled brightly and started pushing Jang Juwon’s back. They were clearly the two who had been inwardly disappointed when he said he’d eat lunch separately, but as soon as he mentioned Baek Iseon, they changed their attitude like this. At their transparent behavior, Jang Juwon couldn’t help but laugh in disbelief.

“Our Juwon, fighting!”

“Get the Machine Element Design too~”

Choi Yeonho and Shin Jisu saw Jang Juwon off, waving their hands vigorously.

* * *

The student cafeteria during lunch hour was very, very crowded. Because it was tasteless and he hated that there were so many people, Jang Juwon usually didn’t use the student cafeteria during lunch hour. But today, for some reason, Baek Iseon had called him to this place. After always feeding him sweet, spicy, and salty carbohydrates.

“What’s the occasion today? Eating cafeteria food and all.”

“Why? Did you want to go somewhere with a nice atmosphere with me? Then you should say so.”

“Ugh…… I should just stop talking.”

“I’ll definitely take you next time.”

“I don’t need it.”

“You actually want to go with me. Right?”

“No.”

“Haa. If only I could believe what you say.”

“Huh? What do you mean by that?”

“Even in bed, you always say no and tell me to stop, but every time you’re crying because you feel so good……”

“Uwaaaaah!”

When Jang Juwon turned bright red and frantically shrieked, Baek Iseon laughed as if amused. When would he ever get used to this? His reaction was always like being teased for the first time, so there was no chance to get tired of teasing him. Jang Juwon angrily rambled on about something, but to Baek Iseon’s ears it was all nothing but cute whining.

“……So, are you listening, sunbae?”

“Yeah, yeah. I’m listening.”

“I, um…… I’m saying thank you.”

“……”

Baek Iseon’s eyes, which had been smiling leisurely, widened in surprise. Jang Juwon was bashfully expressing his thanks with his face slightly flushed in a different way than before.

“Listen when someone’s talking to you.”

“I never expected to hear a thank you.”

Baek Iseon was genuinely a little surprised. Although Jang Juwon was saying thank you to him, there was one thing Jang Juwon didn’t know.

That was that Baek Iseon was not the kind of person who showed favors to others. His actions that Jang Juwon had taken as favors were all thoroughly calculated decisions based on profit and loss.

When they happened to meet again at the Department MT, he’d just been thinking of coaxing him with words and fucking him a few more times. That was because he had a cute face rarely seen around these parts, and felt quite good to hold.

A few facts he learned when he asked his juniors about him to coax him were a big help. That his name was Jang Juwon, that he followed his sunbaes quite well in his first year and was diligent in his school life. However, in his second year his personality suddenly became sensitive, his grades plummeted, and he even received academic probation.

If Jang Juwon had good relationships with his sunbaes, or had a kind personality, or had high grades, Baek Iseon would never have handed over his reports or study guides to him.

Kids with good sunbae-hoobae relationships were tiring because they chattered about this and that. Kids with kind personalities had the risk of spreading the study guides he handed over to various people. Kids with high grades might surpass his own grades.

So Jang Juwon, who fit all these conditions, was a very suitable target for Baek Iseon to manipulate. If he acted as if showing moderate favor and catered to him, it wouldn’t be long before everyone would like him. So he did that to Jang Juwon too, and sure enough, he obediently let himself be held.