5.

Yeo-Joo entered her house with unsteady steps, carried her backpack on her left shoulder, walked to the kitchen to get drinking water. The road from the bus stop to his house was indeed quite far, so that it drained the rest of his thirst after almost all day curled up with lessons at school.

"You're home," said Min-Ah when she saw her daughter gulping down a full glass of water in the kitchen.

"Hehm," Yeo-Joo muttered with her mouth still on the rim of the glass.

"How was your first day at school?" Min-Ah asked while sitting on the pantry chair. Enthusiastic to hear his daughter's story at the beginning of school.

"The first day," Yeo-Joo muttered quietly. "Yeah, just like I imagined. Gloomy," he said later.

Min-Ah looked at her daughter confused. "What is wrong? Is there a problem?"