“Don’t say that. Making fun of someone who’s in pain… That’s not nice.”
“Hehe. You’re right. We shouldn’t make it even more painful.”
Tap, tap. His hand, fixing the collar of his clothes, patted Hye Yoon’s back again. In the small darkness created by Ji Ho’s clothes, Hye Yoon’s cheeks turned slightly rosy.
As another 10 minutes passed, the crowd’s chatter began to subside. The staff members were gradually taking their positions, indicating that the shooting would begin soon.
<Scene 17. Daytime. Near an apartment complex shopping area.
Hee Soo. Gazing at the sign that reads 'Kim Hee Jin Piano Academy.'
Hee Soo: (Smiles softly.) My name was originally Hee Jin. But my mom and dad named me Hee Soo. All our cousins have names with numbers in them. So, I guess they wanted to keep it that way.
Jong Soo: (Muttering to himself.) Kim Hee Jin.
Hee Soo: When I first came to the house at the age of 7, I practiced writing my name for a whole week. Kim Hee Soo. Kim Hee Soo. Even my mom and dad practiced calling my name. Hee Soo. Hee Soo. (Her eyes turn red.) All three of them were so excited.
Jong Soo: (Sincerely.) Hee Soo suits you better, Nuna.
Hee Soo: (Smiles.) Yeah, I like Hee Soo too. I'm forever Hee Soo.
The filming was delayed for about 40 minutes, but there were no major difficulties afterward. Even though it pushed the lunch break by an hour, that lunch break was coming up soon after this scene.
"What are you thinking?"
Hye Yoon's focused attention on the script drew An Ji Ho's interest. Even though his lines were not numerous in this scene, he couldn't help but look at it closely.
The distance in An Ji Ho's eyes towards the script was still evident.
"Just… childhood memories."
"Childhood?"
"I rejected my stepfather when he offered to change my surname."
"Ah…"
Hye Yoon's slightly parted lips slowly closed. She observed the distant look in his eyes, which silently settled around his mouth.
"He reached out to me with difficulty… I wonder if he was hurt."
As always, his face, which tried to understand the feelings of someone more important than himself, was engraved in her heart, not just in her eyes.
"Oh, not at all. You must have looked beautiful."
"Huh?"
Ji Ho turned his gaze at the unexpected interpretation. His warm brown eyes were curious.
"Ji Ho, you must really love your dad. It seems you grew up receiving a lot of love from him. Ah, you must have been told you're beautiful…"
"Hehe. That sounds a lot like what the author thinks, doesn't it?"
"Well… Is it not good?"
Hye Yoon tilted her head thoughtfully. The midday sunlight drew a round halo on her glossy hair. The gently swaying bangs in the winter breeze framed her face, underneath which a small question lingered on her sunny expression.
"Of course, you're very beautiful."
His subdued voice seemed to lull even the winter wind. It was then that Hye Yoon smiled with satisfaction, her voice brimming with enthusiasm.
"Well then, let's think the same way as me."
"Sure."
Ji Ho also chuckled softly.
Hye Yoon took a moment to sift through her recent memories. Had there ever been such an unwelcome lunch break like this before?
“Hye Yoon…”
And had she ever seen someone with such a poignant expression while holding a lunchbox? As Min Joo, who had steadfastly cast her gaze out the window all the way to the car, finally opened her mouth. Inside the small car, the curiosity of one woman burned brightly.
Hye Yoon met his intense gaze. Her body involuntarily twitched in the presence of those two eyes, brimming with curiosity and vibrant energy.
“Do you really… have a boyfriend?”
Her concise question was met with a direct gaze that suited it. Hye Yoon, who had applied a slight pressure to her tightly closed lips, cautiously began to speak. She had prepared this answer for a friend she didn’t want to deceive and couldn’t deceive.
“…Min Joo, just for a week.”
“A week?”
“Yeah. I’ll tell you everything next week. I promise for real.”
For a moment, Min Joo’s overwhelming curiosity inside the car began to seep into Hye Yoon’s earnestness. Hye Yoon’s eyes shone brighter as she conveyed these emotions.
“Wow, Jang Hye Yoon, are you a screenwriter now? Did you even release a teaser?”
“Ah, it’s not like that…”
Because it really wasn’t the case, she faced Min Joo clearly this time. She would have an answer to tell Min Joo on Saturday when she confessed to Ji Ho. Whether this relationship was real or not. It still hovered ambiguously somewhere between real and fake.
Min Joo’s curiosity waned briefly as she looked at Hye Yoon’s face, which showed a hint of hesitation. Part of it melted away with the request to wait, and in fact, part of her felt like she already knew.
“Yeah, you’re welcome anytime. But what I’m expecting… it’s right, isn’t it?”
“…….”
“I won’t make you wait for a whole week for no reason. That’s right, isn’t it?”
Min Joo pressed her face against Hye Yoon’s left cheek. She had agreed to wait, but there was still a sense of anticipation.
“…No peeking. Definitely next week.”
“Oh, you’re not budging.”
Hye Yoon chuckled at Min Joo’s transparent nature. Min Joo, who had been stubbornly twisting her mouth and shaking her head, finally laughed and said, “Okay, let’s eat. By the way, I planned to have dinner with my sisters next week. Will you come too?”
“Of course, of course. I’ll bring something really delicious.”
And the conversation naturally flowed into various directions. They listened to each other’s stories while enjoying the food, quickly swallowing bites before continuing their talk. In the uninterrupted conversation, Ji Ho’s name didn’t come up again.
Hye Yoon was thankful for Min Joo’s restraint. She knew how difficult it could be to suppress curiosity, even better than anyone else.
“Don’t worry. I probably won’t ask too many questions.”
“…I doubt that.”
“If it’s just this much, I won’t inquire much. Just a brief confirmation.”
Furthermore, a voice of trustworthiness suddenly came to mind. He had known about it since he easily read my feelings, but he seemed exceptionally adept at understanding people. So, I suddenly felt embarrassed.
I felt like he already knew everything, without the need to wait until Saturday. Ji Ho couldn’t possibly not know.
My sincere words, “I have grown fond of you.”
“Hye Yoon, is the side dish too spicy? Your face suddenly turned red.”
“…Yes.”
Hye Yoon quickly drank the water Min Joo handed her. In the pouring stream of cold water, the red-cheeked child in her heart seemed to be washing her face vigorously. Although her feverish face wouldn’t immediately cool down.
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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