In the end, she couldn’t even count to one in entirety and lifted her lips from his. As she was about to open her eyes, the gap between their lips abruptly widened from 1mm, 1cm, to 10cm.
Shush
A large hand enveloped the back of Hye Yoon’s head. The two faces about 10cm apart, the grip that held her head. Unable to raise her head due to his strength, Hye Yoon opened her eyes wide in shock.
“Ah….”
“….”
Ji Ho was watching her quietly with his eyes open. And then, there was no room to feel any emotion. Because he kept pressing her head down.
The moment her lips were about to touch, Hye Yoon tightly closed her eyes. Of course, Ji Ho had been watching her until then. So, the last thing Hye Yoon saw before she closed her eyes were Ji Ho’s deep eyes.
Their lips easily met again.
“….Amazing.”
“Insane.”
“This is an NG, right?”
“Quiet, everyone.”
It was a scene no one could have imagined. Small murmurs filled every corner of the set. It was undeniable that this scene would naturally be a bloopers (NG), but Min Woo did not call cut. He just silently watched.
‘One, two, three….’
Hye Yoon could do nothing. Amid the touch on her lips and the scent that made her let go of her senses, all she could do was count the numbers she initially vowed. However, even when the selfrepeated ‘three’ came, Ji Ho did not loosen his grip.
It didn’t hurt. A reasonable strength that made it impossible to lift her head. A warmth that felt like strength.
‘Four, five.’
And as the count reached five, Ji Ho loosened his grip. As the warmth that was pressing on her faded, Hye Yoon suddenly came to her senses and lifted her head.
As if he had anticipated her reaction, Ji Ho released the strength only up to the distance where he initially held her head, just there, allowing Hye Yoon to lift her head.
The distance that their noses seemed about to touch but didn’t.
When Hye Yoon, confused by her head that would not move further, opened her eyes again, she could see Ji Ho slowly opening his eyes.
Hye Yoon’s gaze was drawn into his eyes that seemed to be submerged in a deep space. Controlling her heart that felt like it was about to burst, she looked into his eyes, which she had been avoiding all day.
“…About this much.”
“….”
“Even a little shorter is okay.”
It wasn’t just her focusing on Ji Ho’s low voice. With the feeling that even the sound of swallowing saliva would disturb the two, everyone on the set held their breath.
“You have to answer.”
But Ji Ho was only interested in one person.
“….Yes.”
Only after hearing her faint reply did he release all the strength from his hand. And as she slowly lifted her head, Ji Ho also lifted his upper body.
“…Shall we… go again?”
Min Woo didn’t know which of the two he should ask, and he alternated his gaze between them. His once loud voice was gone, overwhelmed by the atmosphere.
“Ah… or Hye Yoon, if it would be better to rest for about 10 minutes….”
“No. Let’s go immediately. Continue as we are.”
Min Woo looked at Hye Yoon, who was catching her breath standing next to the bed, but Ji Ho brushed it off lightly. Then Ji Ho’s hand gently squeezed her thin wrist, as if waking her from her solitary wandering in some universe.
“…Yes. We’ll go right away.”
With her response, the shooting resumed. Hye Yoon didn’t make a single mistake in any of the scenes that followed that day.
“Because it’s hard for everyone when the shooting extends due to bloopers (NG). I feel like it was raining heavily, but I was a bit surprised today.”
Hye Yoon was slowly preparing to leave, and Ji Ho was preparing for the continuing night shoot. From then on, the busiest person was Bong Ki. He was busy cracking down everywhere, worried that strange words might leak out due to Ji Ho’s astonishing impromptu behavior.
“Did something happen between the two of you?”
“No, what are you talking about?”
At Min Woo’s light probe, Bong Ki showed a friendly smile.
“The atmosphere seemed like you had a fight.”
“Ah, a fight? They’re getting along well.”
“Hmm….”
“Director, didn’t that scene turn out well? I thought it was great.”
“Ah, that’s true. It was the best thing we shot today.”
When Min Woo’s doubts were covered with satisfaction by the changed topic, he breathed a small sigh of relief.
‘I wish they had had a big fight. This doesn’t make sense….’
Bong Ki shook his head slightly, his eyes mixed with complex emotions. The only silver lining was that the kiss scene shot afterwards was beautifully captured. Therefore, he was able to dissipate the atmosphere relatively easily.
Even if the process was hellish, the result had depicted heaven.
He had looked over the staff overall before getting in the car, and he was relieved that they didn’t seem too shaken.
Thump
“Ahh…”
Bong Ki, who had briefly climbed into the passenger seat, let out his hidden emotions. His tension seemed to drain away, his head lolling back.
Ji Ho, sitting in the back seat, silently looked out the window. Beyond the window, Hye Yoon and Min Joo were walking home in the distance. His gaze was relentlessly fixed on one person.
She would smile and greet the staff on the way, then walk on. Then she would stop with a grim expression, follow like a puppy when her friend walked ahead, and then run to her friend’s side with a laugh when she heard something pleasant.
It was the usual Hye Yoon that he knew when he was not around. Seeing the vitality she exuded from her entire body, he gave a wry smile. He wondered what on earth he had done to such a girl that day.
For whatever reason, he disliked Hye Yoon avoiding him. Whether it was restraint or whatever, it was simply a man’s instinct.
“…Crazy.”
Ji Ho closed his heavy eyes along with his low muttered words.
“I do know that.”
Worried it would be a pity if there was no reply, Bong Ki immediately agreed.
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My Step-brother Is Obsessed With Me (Female-dominant)
A gentle female protagonist vs pitiful in the early stage, and a sick male protagonist in the later stage
Cheng Songer transmigrated into the body of a vicious cannon fodder female supporting character with the same name as her in a female-dominant novel.
In the original story, the cannon fodder female supporting character was inhumane, committing domestic violence, gambling excessively, being lustful, and even wanting to sell her stepbrother to a brothel for money.
As luck would have it, she just happened to transmigrate at this time.
Seeing Cheng Qingzhi biting his lip, enduring the tears in his eyes, looking pitiful, her heart softened.
She stuffed the money back into the Madam’s hand and reached out to him.
“Brother, come home with me.”
