Grand Slam

Sweet.

“Here we are! ”

A little while later, marble came out to meet the exhausted parents.

“Welcome! Have you eaten? Now that you have water, wash up. ”

My parents sued me.

Perhaps it is because the change in marble cannot adapt over time.

“Yes, it is.”

A relatively fast adjusting mother replied loudly, then suddenly approached and hugged the rock and kissed the ball.

“Ugh…! ”

I heard the sound of quartz.

My mother...

“This is my pleasure! ”

He smiled maliciously.

* * *

“Let's count 'em. They washed' em. ”

The stone afflicted by his mother who kissed him again with a crooked tone pushed him away, writhing. Knowing the mental age of marble and ignoring it lightly (?) and enjoyed the pleasure of being a parent, but I had to say something.

“I need to talk to my parents about something today. ”

“Tsk.”

He stood neatly with his parents in the living room and opened his mouth.

“I want to be a professional. ”

“Tennis?? Didn't you say you already lost the Olympics? ”

My mother rarely cleans and observes the eyes of quartz.

When the atmosphere became serious like those who handle the law, marble felt suppressed without even knowing it. But I had to get over it.

“Of course, the first place in the world was always mine. But it was halfway there. ”

My mother disagrees with the self-aggrandizing words of marble.

“Half? No. From any point of view, any field is best. No one's disparaging it because it's the other half. ”

“I always felt sorry for myself, even though everyone admitted it. I lived a life unsatisfied. Now that we have another chance, I want to challenge you. ”

“ ……. ”

His parents were silent for a while because of the speech of the rock.

And she opened her mouth.

“Yes, I hear you, boulder. So what do you want us to do, what do you want us to do? ”

The quartz takes a quick look at the words and takes a hard breath.

“I need your full support until I reach 18. ”

“That's what most parents do. ”

At that point, the quartz stopped.

From now on, what you will say is full of conditions that ordinary parents will never be able to do.

“… First! ”

“ ……. ”

“In fact, it's very difficult for my country to become a worldwide professional because of its intangible environment. ”

“We know that. So?”

My father cut off his horse.

Since they were almost top athletes in amateurs, I thought my parents might know.

“First of all, English is urgent. You don't need grammar or reading, you don't need a teacher to help you with practical conversations. ”

“You mean the English language you need as a player? ”

“Yes, I prefer foreigners, if possible. There is a way to study in the Philippines, but I am getting younger……. ”

“And?”

“I will not do second-hand. ”

“What?"

My parents' eyes flicker.

“I want to pass it all with a black notice. It's a waste of time. You can still go to college now. I want to spend that time entirely training myself. ”

“Well, that's not going to work. ”

I thought the story would be sober, but like Mo, my father strongly opposed it.

My mother also looked at me with wonder.

“Yes, let's go back to the story. You didn't believe me when I said you were 30, did you? ”

I was slightly surprised by the calm but not warm speech of my father.

“Yes.”

“I still can't believe it, but let's start with the premise that you were thirty. It may sound dry, but parents invest in their children's future. The investment includes not only money, but also our lives. Against us, you want to make an investment. ”

“Honey... ”

My mother tried to stop the story by holding my father's arm. However, my father looked straight at the marble, not caring.

“Now, what are you going to do with us that we need to invest in? ”

“I... have to persuade him. ”

“With what?”

“ ……. ”

The quartz is speechless.

My father sentenced me to see such a marble.

“If you say something absurd and make a strange request, we have no choice but to listen. I'm a parent. I have abilities. But!”

My father reached out to the table and took a glass of water and drank a cup of water.

“Your life, if it's a big investment in our lives, you and we need visible results. Performance you can trust and invest in. If you were a national champion, and you had a second Olympic championship, you would know what I mean. ”

“… Yes. I know.”

“Let's put this on hold. I think I need some time to clear my head. ”

Mother opened her eyes to marble while meditating.

After raising his head, he bowed to his parents and went back to his room.

“Honey... ”

When the two of them were left in the living room, Mother held Father's hand tightly.

The trembling hands and tight-eyed eyes are filled with confusion.

“What should I do...? ”

My mother's worries wandered around as if they were representative of my parents' feelings.

* * *

‘What should I do... …. ’

The marble sits in its seat in the classroom, twisting its fan with its left hand and falling into thought.

When I saw the tablets inscribed on the chalkboard, I sighed.

‘Just jogging slowly at this time.... ’

I was running out of time.

“2 × 1 is 2, 2 × 2 is 4……. ”

I was even more annoyed when I saw the children choir like chickens.

‘I have to find a way... …. ’

After class, he went straight to the bookstore.

“Welcome!”

“Yes, hello. ”

When Dong Ma heard the shopkeeper's greeting, Dong Ma roughly replied, and the quartz went straight to the corner.

“Sports, sports... Ah, here it is. ”

After finding a bookshelf full of sports books such as badminton, football, and baseball, he quickly searched the spine of the book and found tennis. And I finally found it. The spine was titled. Next to him was a book called "The Core Technique of Going Senior." There were only two books on tennis in one bookshelf. The quartz was in a hurry to pull out the book... but I couldn't reach it.

“Hey!”

The employee who cared about the little boy rushed to the call of marble.

“What are you looking for? ”

“Hey, can you pull out that and the book next to it? ”

The staff grabbed the book without saying anything and handed it to the stone.

“Thank you."

As soon as he received the book, he examined the cover.

‘Ugh, that sucks. ’

On a white background, only a single foreign player's sub-movement was placed in the center and was the final cover.

‘First of all, this accident.... ’

Quartz picked up the book and asked the staff.

“Where are the magazines? ”

The marble that went to the corner of the magazine under the guidance of the staff scanned for tennis magazines as quickly as possible.

‘Yes.'

I didn't actually see it, and I didn't think it would help, but I wanted to buy it just in case.

“I'll do the math.”

He put up a book and tried to calculate the quartz.

‘Phew... ’

I couldn't find my wallet no matter how much I looked.

Only then did I realize the quartz that was searching the bag urgently.

‘There's no way you have a wallet. ’

I had forgotten that the natural process that I could live with at any time, if necessary, does not apply to the current marble. The marble was all annoyed by this.

The more I felt the employee's gaze on me, the more annoyed I became. At that moment, a voice came to save the marble.

“Oh, isn't that marble? ”

“Young-seok!”

Feldspar turned his head toward his voice and found Jinhee and Jinhee's mother. I looked like I was holding the problem book in my arms.

Jinhee's mother coldly approached the marble in front of the register and said.

“I want you to count this as well. ”

Leaving the bookstore, he bowed his head and thanked me.

“Thank you. I'll return it tomorrow. ”

Jinhee's mother stroked her head and laughed as she showed gratitude without knowing what to do with it.

“No thanks. Yes, stay close to Jinhee from now on. ”

Jinhee glanced at the books in the arms of marble and asked marble.

What is tennis? ”

Young Seok stroked Jinhee's head with a smile.

“Fun. It's a workout.”