Park Yu-Min made an awkward face while staring at Kang Jin-Ho, before lowering his head in shame. “I... Uhm... Actually...”

Kang Jin-Ho frowned a little. He wasn't sure if this boy was bowing his head out of guilt or habit. But one thing was for sure: Kang Jin-Ho was not amused by Park Yu-Min behaving like this. The reason didn't matter.

“You walk home?” Kang Jin-Ho asked.

“Yeah...” Park Yu-Min replied falteringly.

“And where is your home?”

"My home? Well, uh, it's..." Park Yu-Min faltered again for some reason, then pointed somewhere – at the peak of a hill in the distance. "Over there."

"It's located up there?"

“Yeah.”

Kang Jin-Ho narrowed his eyes and took a look at the spot Park Yu-Min was pointing at. The hill was so steep that people with perfectly functioning legs would've found it torturous to climb up. However, he could barely make out a silhouette of a building at the pointed spot, though. Park Yu-Min with a bum leg was actually commuting from such a place every day?

Kang Jin-Ho cocked an eyebrow. “Are you being honest?”

“Yeah. Why would I... No, it's nothing.” Park Yu-Min quickly changed “Why would I lie to you?” to something else after remembering what he had done. His guilty conscience prevented him from saying that.

“That's pretty high,” Kang Jin-Ho muttered.

“Yeah, a bit...”

Kang Jin-Ho wordlessly studied Park Yu-Min's leg before turning his bicycle around. “Get on.”

“Ung?”

Kang Jin-Ho pointed...