“I’ll boldly undress you. Why?”

At that moment, a call from Director Hong came, announcing the start of filming. Taeseok had to move to the filming location with heavy steps.

“I’ll talk about it later.”

“I won’t do it! I won’t talk about this topic anymore!”

Yeoreum said loudly with her back turned.

“Great job!”

“Thank you all for your hard work.”

“Wow. It’s over!”

With Kim Minjun and Lee Seol’s kiss, the final shoot came to an end. Staff and actors, who had been together for several months, exchanged cool and warm greetings with applause. The cheers lingered for a long time.

He thought about how wonderful it would be if he could publicly announce his relationship with Yeoreum on such a meaningful day. He wished he could reveal it to the whole world and yearned for it with a passionate desire.

“She’ll definitely be surprised.”

As if aware of such thoughts, Yeoreum stayed as far away from Taeseok as possible. Anyway, she was not an easy woman to catch.
In the midst of exchanging greetings and busy socializing, a bright light shone from smiling faces.

A beautifully smiling face. Taeseok’s gaze followed Yeoreum.

Even among the staff, evaluations of Yeoreum were changing.

“Writer Choi Yeoreum, I thought you were quiet and spoke few words, but you’re quite the lively chatterbox who laughs a lot.”

Listening to such conversations made her feel proud. She needed to make her smile more. Always happier than yesterday.

Taeseok’s gaze was warm.

More courage than expected was needed for this step. It was a bold move that she could never have done alone. Ludah, who had become quite close in no time, became a great support.

They were returning to being close friends. There was no moderation in reconciliation. The stream opened, and pent-up feelings were swept away in an instant.

Now that it had come to this, it seemed surprisingly easy.

“Hurry up! Yooyoung! It’s the last chance!”

Luda urged her, grabbing her clothes.

“Anyway, Yeoreum unnie is getting along well with Taeseok oppa. Now is the time for you to enter Cheon Jihyeok’s heart! The two of them even kissed thirty minutes ago. It was for filming, though.”

Unlike Luda, who spoke casually, Yeong couldn’t hide her anxiety and stammered. It was definitely not an easy problem, but Luda always spoke as if it were easy.

“I… I can’t do it. I can’t go. How do I say it? Let’s just have a meal together…”

“Ugh. Fool. I’ll take you there.”

A few days ago, the two of them drank together and resolved their backlog of complaints. They shared secret stories essential for getting closer among women. So Luda knew everything about Yeong, Yeoreum, Jihyeok, and Taeseok’s relationships.

From Choi Yeoreum and Seo Taeseok’s meeting to parting, and Cheon Jihyeok’s feelings for Yeoreum, Yeong had talked about everything. She even cried a little from the effects of alcohol. Luda sincerely comforted her.

So this is what it’s like to share sadness with a friend. Since that day, Yeong had been able to see Luda’s sincerity.

“There he is. Cheon Jihyeok. Go and talk to him. If you just come back without saying anything, you’ll be in trouble!”

Luda pushed her, even giving her a scare, and stepped back. The trembling Yeong gathered courage and faced Jihyeok.

“Um, Jihyeok oppa.”

Jihyeok turned around nonchalantly. His eyes were empty. When did it start? The bright and cheerful laughter that he always had seemed to be completely gone.

“Oppa, let’s have a meal together, just the two of us.”

Jihyeok looked at Yeong with a dry expression.

“…A meal?”

“Since we’ve been through a tough time filming together. We’ve played the lead roles together, and this is fate. Also, I told you last time that I’ll treat you to a meal. Don’t you remember?”

It was awkward to speak as if she would force him to eat, like she was tearing off a threat. Yeong was scared because she didn’t know what she was saying.

What am I babbling about?

“I always went around with Yeoreum unnie. I also wanted to have a meal with oppa at least once.”

It shouldn’t bring up Yeoreum unnie’s name here…

She wanted to cry.

Indeed, when Yeoreum’s name was mentioned, Jihyeok’s eyes sought her. Yeoreum was in a place farthest from his gaze, the most difficult place to reach.
As expected, when Yeoreum’s name came up, Jihyeok searched for her with his eyes. Yeoreum was in the farthest place from Jihaeok’s gaze.

Jihyeok smiled sarcastically.

He had known since Yeoreum appeared on the set. Where she was, who she greeted, what clothes she wore, how many times she smiled.

Jihyeok’s eyes relentlessly pursued her. However, Yeoreum never looked in Jihyeok’s direction, not even by mistake.

Such Choi Yeoreum was now getting into Taeseok’s van.

“Yeah. Let’s do that.”

Jihyeok answered casually, taking his gaze away. Yeong’s face brightened for a moment.

“Oh, really? When should we eat?”

“How about next week?”

Jihyeok suggested any date that came to mind.

In Jihyeok’s mind, which had been answering without any emotion, suddenly, a bell rang. A cold gaze passed over his hardened expression.

No.

Jihyeok suddenly changed his attitude and responded actively.

“Instead of that, let’s have a drink. Not food, just drinks. Can you handle alcohol well?”

“No, not really. I can drink a little beer…”

“Okay. Beer is good. Let’s do that.”

In an instant, Yeong, who had made plans for the date and place, returned to Luda with a bewildered expression. Luda, rolling her feet anxiously, was curious.

“We decided to have beer next week.”

“Wow!”

Luda shouted, trying to block Yeong’s mouth. She slapped Yeong’s shoulders excitedly.

“Awesome. We should announce it in the group chat.”

After chatting eagerly, Luda dragged Yeong.

“Where to? Ride in my car. We decided to meet today, right?”

The day to meet the members. Even though they reconciled with Luda, seeing all the members together after a long time made her nervous.

“It’s okay.”

Realizing Yeong’s feelings, Luda said.

“We’re all friends.”

Luda smiled, and Yeong forced a smile, lifting the corners of her mouth.

The two of them headed to the promised place in the same car. After trying it, it wasn’t a big deal.

The filming of the youths that started in late summer and continued until mid-winter had come to an end like this. However, even though filming was over, life continued, and the real stories of the youths who acted out youth were just beginning.