No Jae-Min Zone

Middle schooler Han Si-U is enjoying a steady relationship with his classmate Park Geon-U until his elementary-aged next-door neighbor No Jae-Min happens to catch the two of them kissing one afternoon. Visibly thrown by what he saw, the younger boy attaches himself to Si-U from that day onward and loudly demands that the older couple call things off. The clingy child who used to trail after his cherished older role-model has been replaced by a furious small antagonist refusing to share, sparking a sustained bicker-driven routine between Si-U, exasperated by the interference, and Jae-Min, gripped by jealous fury at the idea of being displaced. The piece is the tenth story in the Sachungi: Neoreul Saenggakaneun Bom collection.