Bamboo Forest Manager

Recently, you could easily spot haggard people at the university.

There was no need to ask why they looked like that or for what reason.

It’s because of midterms, of course.

Now that midterms are almost over. Once these midterms end, events like sports festivals or other festivities will pop up again.

But not many people were talking about those.

I guess it’s not time to pop the champagne yet.

- Anonymous368: I’m a sophomore. I started late in the Bamboo Forest and got number 368, but don’t mistake me for a freshman.

↳ Anonymous145: Yeah, you’re a freshman. Just look like a freshman.

↳ Anonymous75: Don’t teach him anything. Just look like he’ll ask for help in the evening.

↳ Anonymous368 (Author): Ha, damn. It’s unfair.

- Anonymous272: Just assume everyone after number 350 is a freshman.

↳ Anonymous351: ? I’m a sophomore. Psychology major.

↳ Anonymous64: Reveal your student number.

- Anonymous407: Idiots, constantly hanging around the bamboo forest and bad mouthing others. That’s why your lives are messed up. Live your real lives. An anonymous community isn’t everything in life.

↳ Anonymous80: Don’t feed the troll.

↳ Anonymous143: That’s feeding too.

• Anonymous11: The Bamboo Forest has become a war zone, damn. How long are you going to fight?

  ↳ Anonymous244: Take down the link to the tip you posted last time.

  ↳ Anonymous117: Honestly, I’m a bit disappointed in you, troublemaker. Helping freshmen is a bit much.

  ↳ Anonymous11 (Author): What the hell, idiots. I was helped too, so I’m just returning the favor.

- Anonymous77: JLY! The Lord loves you! Come to the student lounge now and get exam resources immediately!

↳ Anonymous455: Does it work for any major?

↳ Anonymous431: How does that work?

- Anonymous44: The smiling ghost story in the recording studio spreading in the entertainment world. This story is-

- Anonymous198: There’s a weird rumor about someone pulling down their pants during an exam. Maybe I should try it once.

- Anonymous69: I want to have sex!

↳ Anonymous214: Fake sex poster, welcome.

- Anonymous90: I want to have sex!

↳ Anonymous45: As expected, the real sex poster.

↳ Anonymous129: The way they shout is different.

- Anonymous243: I recently watched a classic masterpiece. Eggarion. It’s no longer a classic masterpiece. It’s just a masterpiece for me.

↳ Anonymous11: Watching anime even during exams.

- Anonymous111: Everyone! Did you know that Popo is returning to university next semester?! I’m already excited to see you all!

↳ Anonymous308: Oh, I can only see you for half a semester ㅠㅠ

↳ Anonymous320: Come quickly! We’re really waiting for you!

↳ Anonymous301: Popo, don’t get sick and stay healthy!

The Bamboo Forest was as it always was.

Now, after the 350s, they started treating everyone as freshmen. The only relief is that frequent users of the Bamboo Forest live as they always have.

“When the exams are over…it’ll quiet down, right?”

I was slightly worried.

Anyway, thanks to the Bamboo Forest community, the overall flow of Gahyeon University can be inferred.

In fact, while walking around the university, I often heard conversations of freshmen complaining about seniors.

No matter what happens, I’m not the type to be deeply engaged in university life.

I don’t have good relationships with seniors and juniors, so I don’t interact much.

There’s no room for me to get involved in such disputes.

That’s what I thought.

“Are you like that too, Senior?!”

The lounge on the first floor of the dormitory.

There, first-year students Kim Cheol-su and Choi Young-hee were fiercely confronting Choi Yiseo.

“These days, there’s a lot of talk about seniors discriminating, you know.”

“Senior Yiseo, I really believed you weren’t like that.”

“Sigh.”

What’s going on.

Choi Yiseo, I’m sure she handles her matters well. But seeing the juniors speaking like that, I personally felt a surge of emotion.

Choi Yiseo has been taking care of them a lot because of that mentor-mentee program or whatever it is.

Because of that and the exams overlapping, she hasn’t been able to hang out with me often lately.

“There’s talk among us that senior Yiseo is helping us just so she can get into the dorm.”

“These days, you don’t even respond to messages. You rarely see us. You’re a mentor. Please take responsibility!”

Choi Yiseo held her forehead.

That was not just listening to the story foolishly, but a preliminary work to stab with a knife called words from those in front of her.

Roughly thinking about which knife to stab with.

‘This will be an interesting spectacle.’

I was watching with my arms crossed, thinking of intervening if necessary.

“…What are you doing?”

Got caught by Choi Yiseo.

“Ahem.”

The woman staring at me with a disdainful look. Kim Cheol-su and Choi Young-hee also glance at me and flinch in surprise.

The rumors related to me are not very good, and there’s even talk that Choi Yiseo and I might be a couple.

No wonder they would be scared.

“What’s going on?”

“Just having a quick chat.”

Then Choi Yiseo crossed her arms and looked at the two people in front.

“Guys, I’m a mentor, not your babysitter changing diapers and feeding you.”

The cold words of Choi Yiseo pierce through the two people precisely.

Even I, listening from the side, feel a shiver run down my spine.

If I had some popcorn, I would have started dancing with my shoulders while eating it.

“I understand if you come running to me to ask about something you don’t know. Sure, that can happen.”

“……”

“But I can’t stand it when you accuse me of discriminating against juniors based on a few words from an anonymous community?”

Hmm, so they use the Bamboo Forest too.

“Guys, think straight. Don’t judge based on what a few people you don’t even know are saying. Judge based on what you’ve seen of me.”

The bold words of Choi Yiseo make the two hesitate.

“Don’t think that the few sentences you see on the internet are the whole world.”

Choi Yiseo places a hand on her chest and asks confidently.

“Was I really someone who discriminated against freshmen, as you saw me? Am I someone who deliberately avoids you?”

“……”

“I told you in advance that it would be hard to reach me during exam periods. I got the past exam papers for your lectures if I could. I even gave you my notes from the lectures I attended.”

“……”

“I also missed messages because I was studying, but I remember getting back to everyone afterward and listening to them, didn’t I?”

Hmm.

“These are just pure trashy bastards.”

As soon as I added a comment, Choi Yiseo sharply glared at me and made a hissing sound.

She must be telling me not to sow discord among the kids.

“Enough, the mentor-mentee program was something the professors wanted. Let’s end it now. Let’s take care of things on our own. Even though it was a short time, I’ve taught you a lot.”

“Se-senior!”

“Senior Yiseo! That’s not what we meant!”

The two realized their mistake and hurriedly tried to hold on to Choi Yiseo, but.

“No.”

Choi Yiseo coldly drew the line.

“I don’t want to help you anymore.”

Clean.

“Do well on the exam, guys. That’s the last advice I can offer you.”

Saying that, Choi Yiseo takes me out of the lounge.

“Ugh, idiots.”

Unable to hold back, I mutter as I’m dragged away by Choi Yiseo, and they flinch, staring only at the floor.

They’re dorm students, so how awkward will it be every time they see me now?

“I told you not to curse.”

Once outside, Choi Yiseo sighs again. Seems like the complicated feelings remain.

“Why don’t you rest a bit in my room.”

At my words, Choi Yiseo looks at me with cautious eyes.

“I need to study.”

“Can’t we just rest for about 30 minutes?”

“Instead, let’s not go with a weird vibe. Got it?”

“I said I got it.”

I’m human too.

Or not?

No, anyway.

I’m human too.

I had no intention of laying a dejected Choi Yiseo down on the bed.

Choi Yiseo, who entered the room, looks around. It seems she feels it’s been a while since she couldn’t visit during the exam period.

“You’re still keeping it clean.”

Choi Yiseo says, sitting on the bed with a smile.

“Of course. You never know when someone might drop by.”

Since friends sometimes visit unexpectedly, I always try to maintain cleanliness.

The atmosphere doesn’t thrive in a dirty place.

“…That’s a really annoying comment. Why did you buy scented candles?”

“Ahem, it’s along the same lines.”

Isn’t atmosphere important?

I’ve never smoked even once, but wouldn’t it be nice to turn those on after turning off the lights later.

I bring over the snacks I bought separately.

When stressed, sweet things are the best.

As I take a position behind Choi Yiseo, who was sitting on the bed, as if giving a back hug, she immediately stood up.

“Hey.”

“No, I’m just hugging you. You seemed stressed.”

“……”

After tapping my thigh lightly, Choi Yiseo hesitated for a moment, then sat down on my lap.

A natural posture of embracing from behind.

I bring the snack I brought to Choi Yiseo’s mouth.

“Relax while eating. You should really rest when you rest.”

“Tsk.”

Choi Yiseo accepts the snack.

Mumbling as she finishes eating the snack, she opens her mouth again, so I give her another one.

As I start feeding her snacks like that, Choi Yiseo, perhaps feeling relieved, begins to pour her honest feelings out.

“It seems like there’s a lot of emotional conflict between seniors and juniors in the Bamboo Forest.”

“Hmm, that’s right.”

“I didn’t know because I’m blocked from the Bamboo Forest. I didn’t realize people were so concerned.”

“It’s not something you need to worry about. Just because others dislike freshmen doesn’t mean we have to dislike them too.”

“…Should I have been more considerate?”

“More than you already are? What more can you do? It’ll only spoil them.”

Choi Yiseo, who was listening to me, chuckled and leaned her back against my chest.

“You’re different today. I’m getting comfort from you.”

“Right. Usually, you’re the one who comforts me.”

As Choi Yiseo leaned in, we naturally ended up close enough for our cheeks to touch.

“Why is what they say in an anonymous community so important? In the end, you have to see the person in front of you.”

“The start was the Theater and Film Department gossip incident, but the Bamboo Forest kind of blew it up.”

“Sigh, do we now have to worry about online communities while living university life?”

I give a wry smile to Choi Yiseo and take my phone out, holding it out in front of us.

We ended up looking at my phone screen together.

I immediately went into Bamboo Forest and wrote a post.

- Administrator: It’s so noisy, I’m shutting the Bamboo Forest down during the exam period.

Then I closed the community itself so no posts could be refreshed.

The top post was similar to last time, with Anonymous90 saying they wanted to have s*x.

Above that, no new posts could appear.

“Huh…?”

A bewildered Choi Yiseo.

She was the only one among the three who didn’t know I was the admin, so of course, she was surprised.

I tossed my phone aside and hugged her tightly.

“You said it was noisy. So I closed it down.”

“Is that really okay? More importantly, you…”

“Yeah, it’s fine.”

It’s definitely fine.

“If anything else bothers you, just tell me. Surprisingly, most things aren’t a big deal to me.”

“…Ha, haha.”

Choi Yiseo gave a hollow laugh and turned her head slightly.

Smooch.

A brief kiss.

After parting our lips gently, we met eyes.

We kissed briefly again.

Without knowing who started it, our lips touched.

After a few gentle kisses.

Just as the mood heated up and I tried to kiss deeper.

“W-wait a minute.”

Choi Yiseo shook her head urgently.

“If you do that, my back will hurt, and I won’t be able to sit.”

“……”

Ignoring Choi Yiseo’s words, I lay her down immediately.

“I can’t study!”

Grabbing both sides to lift her clothes, Choi Yiseo finally shouted urgently.

“After the exam! Let’s do it after the exam!”

“…Really?”

Glancing over, Choi Yiseo nodded with her lips tightly pressed.

“Not all day, but for an hour-”

I started removing her clothes again.

“Ah, okay! As much as you want! I’ll do it as much as you want! I really can’t study if you don’t!”

“You said it. As much as you want. Reserve a day for a ‘sex day’.”

“The name is so corny!”

Anyway.

We agreed to spend the entire day together after the exam.