“Do you know how many scenes I need to handle at the shooting site tomorrow?”
“Shooting, you say?”
“Yes. Can you go and act in my place at the shooting site? You can’t feign illness this time. And hospitalization is absolutely out of the question.”
“……”
“Well, judging by today, it seems like your acting skills are improving.”
Su Yeon’s complexion, which had been pale with fear, now turned ashen.

“Should we not do it?”
“Do what?”
“This incense. Should we not light it?”
In Ho teased Su Yeon with a playful smile as he asked her opinion.

Despite knowing that In Ho was baiting her, Su Yeon couldn’t outright tell him not to do it.

This was not a matter to be joked about.

The thought of going to the shooting site in his stead tomorrow made her want to revert back to her original body as soon as possible, if there was a way.

When her thoughts reached this point, her determination solidified.

“No, let’s light it.”
Su Yeon looked at In Ho with a rather serious face.

“Really? Are you sure?”
“Yes. If our bodies were switched because of this, the way to switch them back might also be this incense.”
“You must really hate the idea of going to the shooting site in my place.”
In Ho replied in a teasing tone, while looking around.

In the afternoon, he had looked for a lighter to light the fire… where had he placed it…

“Ah, here it is.”
Finding the lighter on the desk, In Ho grabbed it.

“Should I light it?”
“Yes.”
Though In Ho warned Su Yeon, he was also quite nervous.

Without Su Yeon noticing, In Ho swallowed dryly and lit the incense.

The wick began to burn, emitting a thin smoke.

Soon, a soft glow and sweet scent filled the air.

In Ho gazed intently at the incense as it slowly melted, while Su Yeon, not having the courage to look, tightly closed her eyes.

How much time had passed?

Despite the time passing, nothing seemed to change.

In Ho exhaled a sigh of disappointment and turned halfway around.

Then he noticed Su Yeon, who was still tightly closing her eyes.

Was that all? Perhaps he had been too nervous to notice, but Su Yeon was gripping her arms tightly.

The ridiculousness of it all brought out a laugh.

“In Ho… are you okay?”
Su Yeon asked with a worried voice, maybe she heard him laughing.

In Ho, knowing what she was asking, pretended not to understand.

“What?”
“Did we switch back?”
“Um… no.”
“Ah……”
At the disappointing response, Su Yeon sighed and her eyelids fluttered.

In Ho mumbled while observing Su Yeon.

“Well, at least the incense wasn’t completely useless.”
“What do you mean?”
Su Yeon looked confused.

Holding back his urge to laugh, In Ho showed Su Yeon the arm she was gripping.

“This.”
“Ah, this…!”
Only then did Su Yeon realize that she had been gripping her arm with all her strength and she abruptly lifted her hands into the air.

It was cute, but for some reason, In Ho felt a bit disappointed when Su Yeon’s hands left him.

“Why are you trying so hard to push me away?”
“That’s… because…”
“You can touch more.”
“…Pardon?”
“You can touch more. Even if this body is technically yours. After all, the person inside is me.”
In Ho teased her with a playful grin filled with mischief.

Not that it was completely untrue.

He had enjoyed the brief moments when Su Yeon’s hands touched him.

Even amidst her extreme anxiety, her hands, gripping him tightly as if he were the only one she could lean on, were so pretty and adorable, he wanted to kiss them on each joint.

“If you keep doing that, you’ll spoil me, won’t you?”
“Pardon? What are you…”

“No, nothing. Ah, I’m tired.”
“Tired? Then. Oh! Seo In Ho!”
Muttering to himself, In Ho suddenly sprawled on the bed.

In his hand, he held Su Yeon’s wrist.

Suddenly lying side by side on the bed, Su Yeon looked at In Ho with a slightly perplexed face.

“You were surprised.”
“What’s so surprising? I’ve been telling you all along that the surprising thing is that our bodies keep changing like this.”
“Phew, really. If you’re tired, take a break. I.”
Su Yeon, who was lying side by side, felt a bit embarrassed and raised half of her body.

It was embarrassing, but she had just arrived home.

She had to wash before bed, and if there was no special effect, she had to turn off the candle she had lit.

But before she could fully sit up, her body collapsed back onto the bed.

“Lay down a bit. You’re tired too.”
Suddenly, In Ho, who pulled her arm, turned her body to face Su Yeon.

Just receiving his gaze directly was disconcerting, but even more awkward was the hand that was still being held by him.

In Ho, who was holding Su Yeon’s hand, closed his eyes gently.

“Let go of this. I’m not very tired yet.”
“No. I know. You’re tired.”
“No, I’m not… I’m not very tired…”
“There’s no way. How much you flew and ran today because your body was filming an action scene.”
In Ho, who was murmuring softly, could not easily open his eyes.

Su Yeon moved her body here and there while one of her hands was held by In Ho.

For some reason, her body felt sore all over, just like he said.

“Were you? You must have been very hard…”
Su Yeon, who had relaxed the strength she had given to get up, lay down again facing In Ho.

Just that made her heart race happily.

“Yes. It was a really hard day.”
“…Was it so hard?”
“Yes. But I was able to endure.”
In Ho, who had been closing his eyes tightly, slowly raised his eyelids at that moment and entwined his gaze.

“Because you came in the middle.”
With a wonderful smile full of his lips, he whispered something as sweet as pushing away.

“Thanks for coming.”
“…”
“I know you were nervous about shopping with your mother today, and it must have been hard to meet your motherinlaw and sisterinlaw.”
“…”
“So, let’s rest like this for a while.”
The voice spitting out notsoshort words was utterly calm.

However, Su Yeon’s heart throbbed at his calm words.

She was short of breath and her eyes were getting hot.

A feeling that couldn’t be explained in any words devoured her heart in an instant.

I wonder if you know.

My heart, which had been frozen cold, not only melted by your warm words, but you kept, again, and again, starting to fill my heart…

You probably don’t know. You won’t know.

The man in front of her wouldn’t know at all how her heart was changing, but it was strange.

It didn’t hurt as much as she thought.

Not only was it not painful, it was good no matter what.

At this moment, facing him, she was so happy that her heart was beating happily. So, tonight was too warm and happy.

Su Yeon closed her eyes gently.

Just like he said, this position, and she wanted to rest like this for a while with this heart.

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