It's only been a few days since I entered the training center.

I still haven't properly gotten used to how a day flows here. I have to move at set times as soon as I open my eyes, and the time for eating, resting, and even sleeping is all predetermined.

But strangely, one thing became familiar very quickly.

The fact that Instructor Yoon Hayeon always has something to say whenever she sees me.

At first, I just thought I was unlucky.

On a day when my physical training record was a bit poor, I thought it was just a joke when she looked at me, laughed, and teased me for being a weakling.

But that wasn't the end of it.

A word when we pass each other, a word when our eyes meet during training.

She even comes over to talk to me for no reason when I'm just standing still doing nothing.

I don't know what on earth I did so wrong.

No, actually, I do know.

She must find my reactions entertaining. She laughs when I'm flustered and laughs even more when I feel wronged.

Even so, I can't openly get angry. She's the instructor, and I'm the trainee.

In the end, I was standing on one side of the playground today, on guard for what she might say next.

And then, I heard a familiar voice from afar.

"Hey."

I had a feeling, and I was right.

Instructor Yoon Hayeon was looking this way.

I swallowed a small sigh inwardly.

...Please, just for today, can't you just pass me by?