“Oh, uh, of course. You can eat whatever you want.”
Ji Han snatched the can of ion drink that Yu In had picked up, opened it, and handed it back.
“Thanks.” Yu In, pouring the drink through her lips with small, grateful utterances, was observed intently by Ji Han.
“Are you feeling okay?”
Yu In, who had been looking at the vividly clear sky with her blue eyes, nodded her head once.
After that, there was a brief period of silence. Feeling the warm gaze that reached her without any discomfort, Yu In turned her head slightly.
After the unadorned eye contact, Ji Han smiled slightly and gently touched Yu In’s dry cheek with her fingertips.
“Look at how thin you’ve become.”
Yu In shook her head with an annoying twitch in the corners of her eyes. Ji Han’s smile deepened at the childish whining, gradually fading away.
Can I ask the question I’ve been most curious and eager to ask?
Even though there was a worry that Yu In’s painful wound might burst open, an uncontrollable, surging wave of curiosity erupted.
“That person… hasn’t contacted you?”
“…”
“You won’t meet him anymore?”
Please say no. Tell me you won’t meet him. Say you’ll stay by my side, just like before, with Han Jae Hee.
The moment before seeing the number on the thrown dice, the tension felt as if it lasted too long.
“That might be the case.”
The voice, hiding ambiguous meaning, was somewhat dull, but the slender fingers holding the can seemed to be trembling for some reason.
“That’s how it should be.”
It was a self-affirmation repeated as if rearranging scattered pieces.
Listening to that, Ji Han instantly sensed the hidden feelings that Yu In tried not to reveal.
That her feelings toward that person still remain unchanged. That she still stands tall without folding.
Ji Han, conveying understanding to Yu In, nodded calmly.
Nevertheless, regrets are enough with just one. She had thought that waiting for six years should be enough to forget that person, and there was no reason to endure such a trivial thing.
“Yeah. Take your time. You know I’m always here for you, right?”
Upon hearing this, for the first time since they met today, a light smile, like a mountain breeze, appeared in Yu In’s eyes.
“Thank you. For today, and for those words.”
“You’re welcome.”
Regretting the quickly disappearing smile, Ji Han couldn’t take her longing gaze away for a long time.
From the 17-year-old Nam Yu In who charmingly smiled with a slightly red nose in the biting cold, to the 23-year-old Nam Yu In suffering from severe trials.
She had liked her, the only unrequited love, for a very long time. No, she still liked her.
Ji Han pushed up to her chin and decided to convey her overflowing confession through a rough patting of her rounded head.
Hoping that someday she would be able to convey it.
“Hey! Nam Yu In!”
The tranquil time spent watching the gently flowing river, with just the two of them, came to an end with the appearance of Han Jae Hee, shouting as he ran from a distance.
Meeting him always led to a noisy argument, and after teasing Yu In more excessively than usual, Ji Han, who had sent them home, went to the company in the late afternoon.
It was to receive lessons to correct pronunciation and vocalization, accustomed to acting.
“Ji Han, try to make your pronunciation softer. Lower the tone of your voice.”
The acting teacher assigned by the agency was meticulous and taught the lessons well.
Her personality was cool and refreshing, and she was flexible in handling things like schedule adjustments.
After concentrating for an hour on reading the script, they decided to take a short break.
She was about to go out for a cigarette break on the rooftop when the teacher jokingly asked before she left.
“Did you have a good date with your girlfriend today?”
“Huh? Why do you ask all of a sudden?”
“Weren’t you the one who wanted to change the class time today because of a date?”
It was a situation that could be easily misunderstood. Since she suddenly contacted and insisted on changing it.
Awkwardly smiling, Ji Han answered, stroking her eyebrows with her index finger.
“She’s not my girlfriend. But yes, she’s a girl I like.”
“Huh? What? Seriously, unrequited love? You?”
“Yes. I’ll be going to the rooftop.”
The teacher’s desperate voice asking her to stay and listen more, shaking the cigarette pack, was somewhat amusing.
Crunch.
She opened the rooftop door and walked all the way to the carefully decorated garden at the end.
The bench in the corner, at the end of the rooftop, was Ji Han’s favorite spot whenever she took a break.
However, today, my steps hesitated unexpectedly because someone unexpected had come first.
“Don’t you even greet me?”
The person responsible for Yu In’s sadness, Director Do Gi Yeon.
One hand in suit pants, fingers holding a white cigarette, the cold gaze of the man flashed sharply.
“Hello.”
Encountering Director Do Gi Yeon while frequenting this place was a first for Ji Han.
In any case, he was a director from the company I belonged to, so Ji Han greeted him casually as instructed, planning to leave after lighting a cigarette and so on. However, a low voice grabbed her behind as she was about to leave.
“Did you come to smoke? Feel free.”
Standing awkwardly for a moment, Ji Han, feeling it was funny to avoid him, lit the cigarette and took a puff, keeping her distance from Gi Yeon.
Her plan was to smoke quickly and go downstairs.
“Are you doing well in your acting practice? I heard you’re working hard.”
What does “working hard” mean again?
Ji Han, who had been choosing her words carefully to avoid upsetting people with her talent for making people feel bad, responded briefly.
“Yes.”
Ji Han turned her head at the sudden chuckle. Then, she saw a face that grimaced while exhaling ash-colored smoke.
Gi Yeon was always like that. Acting as if it were natural for Yu In to be by her side, even now, without Yu In, he was still calm and leisurely.
In the end, the one who got hurt was only Yu In. This conclusion made Ji Han feel an uncontrollable urge to set fire to this cold man.
“It seems like Director isn’t busy. Please feel free to come up and smoke.”
“Leave my worries aside and work hard, Yoon Ji Han. If you fail the audition, it’s your loss, not the company’s fault, right?”
“…”
Wow. Ji Han’s mouth, which had been holding white smoke, stretched unpleasantly at the sound of a sizzling laughter.
Feeling like she would choke on the scent of the cigarette, she threw away the remaining cigarette, turned around annoyed, and left.
At that moment, Gi Yeon grabbed Ji Han again.
“Yoon Ji Han.”
Suppressing her annoyance as much as possible, Ji Han looked at the man.
Gi Yeon, who had been so imposing just now, came with an endlessly empty small talk now.
Now that she looked, Gi Yeon’s face seemed a bit strange.
Although he already had a fierce impression, his eye sockets were darker, making him look scarier, and his cheekbones were sunken, highlighting the sharp lines of his facial features.
“…How is Yu In?”
The somber tone was as heavy as his emotions.
Staring at Gi Yeon with an annoyed expression, Ji Han deliberately smiled more.
“Well, she’s doing well. What could she not handle? Don’t worry at all, and Director, work hard too.”
“…I see.”
Answering plainly, Gi Yeon hesitated as if he wanted to say a few more words, then told her to go and stood behind Ji Han.
Ji Han, looking at the lonely back of the man who seemed a bit lonely for some reason, glanced at him sideways and left the rooftop.
Male lead is a Love-Obsessed Merman
When he discovers she has gone, he risks everything to pursue her on land, enduring agonizing pain to transform his tail into human legs…
One-line summary: Male lead chases female lead. The male lead’s love is a bit sick, an invincible love brain.
Synopsis
During a voyage at sea, Jiang Yang accidentally captures a merman.
Servant: I heard that mermen are fierce and brutal.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman obediently rubbing her palm like a puppy: “You call this fierce and brutal?”
Servant: I heard that mermen have no human nature.
Jiang Yang looks at the merman with wet puppy eyes, obsessively calling her ‘A Yang’ like a childish infant: “You call this having no human nature?”
With great difficulty, she releases the merman back into the sea and returns to shore.
Who would have thought that in less than half a month, the merman, who should have been freely wandering in the South China Sea, would shed his scales, endure the pain of losing his tail, transform into human legs, and come ashore to find her?
He kneels at her feet, rubbing her palm, with merman tears rolling down: “A Yang, don’t abandon me.”
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