Going to work and going to school. The one thing that doesn’t change about life is how bothersome both of these things are.

“So hot,” Maru noted to himself.

There wasn’t any wind today, but the air felt hot enough to melt the tires already.

‘You are working way too hard,’ Maru thought, looking up at the sun.

Maru pedalled harder, cursing the August sun as much as he could. Suddenly, he had to squeeze the brakes when he saw something on the road, a roadbike.

After waiting for a few more seconds, he saw Dowook step out of a nearby shop with a drink.

“It’s hot.”

“......”

Dowook stared at Maru for a few seconds before stepping back into the shop. After a few seconds, he stepped back out with two drinks. Maru caught the flying can with his hand.

“Yeah, it’s hot,” Dowook responded, and started walking his bike.

Maru caught up to him with a grin.

“Thanks for the drink.”

“You weren’t looking at me asking me to buy it?”

“Oh, you buy people things when they look at you? Learn something new every day. I’ll be staring at you a lot buddy.”

“...Idiot.”

Unlike in the past, Dowook wasn’t sizing Maru up and down in an annoying manner. Maru was actually a pretty big fan of Dowook. At their age, it wasn’t uncommon for students like them to try to step into delinquency...