Except for Ji Ho and some staff who had night shooting left, most were disordered with the last afternoon scene ahead. The excited hearts looking forward to going off work created noise here and there with careless hand movements.
“……Writer.”
“Yes?”
And having seemingly picked up the silence they left behind, only Ji Ho was quietly concentrating on the script as if he was in a world of quietness. After a long time, a low voice called Hye Yoon.
“What was your thought when you wrote this?”
“Why? Is there a strange part?”
The deeply sunken voice felt too serious. Hye Yoon turned her head towards Ji Ho, who was still looking at the script. His unfocused eyes didn’t seem to be reading the letters.
“No, it’s just…… you seem to know… Jong Soo’s feelings very well.”
He stammered, struggling to continue his words.
“Oh, then that’s a relief.”
Hye Yoon responded lightly, thinking there was not a big problem, but in reality, even her heart wasn’t light. There were people who needed to listen not to the words, but to the space between the words, because Ji Ho was one of those people.
“Alright, we’re going into scene 40! Ready, action!”
And it started from then. The beginning of Hye Yoon’s feeling odd. The moment the camera started rolling, even before Ji Ho had spit out his lines.
“……Sister.”
The word ‘sister’, spoken after about 2 seconds of hesitation. That 2second hesitation.
Some 2 seconds could pass in the blink of an eye without much significance, but the 2 seconds before he called Hee Soo right now seemed too prominent. What was it? Why did it feel choked up? Suppressing the waves of inexplicable emotions, Hye Yoon tried hard to focus on the role of Hee Soo.
“……How does it feel to call someone ‘mom’?”
And she thought. A child crying desperately for their mom, their bloodshot eyes. More than that.
“It feels warm. To have someone turn around when you say ‘mom’.”
The silent gaze watching a friend with their mom, that quiet desperation. She felt that the latter would hurt more. Just like right now.
It was really strange. The text wasn’t written with such a sad sentiment, so why did the tip of her nose keep stinging?
“Right? I thought it would be like that. …… I thought I’d never know in my life, but I found out because of you, sister.”
“……”
And that emotion became more vivid when Ji Ho looked at her.
“I thought I could never ask anyone.”
He was clearly smiling when their eyes met, but his eyes were moist. Even though there were no such stage directions. And as she saw him, the surging emotions increasingly swept over her.
“……I’m glad.”
She couldn’t delay any further. It seemed like the last chance. The only moment she could suppress her sadness and smile. So, with difficulty, Hye Yoon opened her mouth and forced a smile.
“Cut! Good! Wow, you two are really great. Ji Ho, we’ll go one more time from a different angle!”
Min Woo let out a satisfactionfilled voice. At the sound of “cut”, Ji Ho looked at Hye Yoon with his usual tender expression, but she was struggling a bit. Every time she took a deep breath, her chest heaved and she felt like she was getting stuck.
Whoo
Then Ji Ho gently propped the back of Hye Yoon’s head with one hand and lightly pressed her hot eye sockets with the other.
“You must be tired today, you’ve worked hard. Go and get some good rest.”
“……Yes.”
In the cool darkness Ji Ho created, his voice that always soothed Hye Yoon could be heard. There were many eyes waiting for the shooting to continue, so after a short while, he removed his hands.
“Ji Ho! We’ll go one more time!”
“Yes.”
Hye Yoon said a light goodbye to Ji Ho and started walking towards the exit of the set. But in the end, she turned back around.
And after sending Min Joo, who was looking at her, off first, she watched Ji Ho continue with the reshoot alone. Because she thought the answer to these feelings, which had yet to dissipate, would be here.
“Ready, action!”
Hye Yoon, standing next to Min Woo, stared at the monitor. It seemed they were capturing Ji Ho alone from the scene a while ago. She focused on his subtle movements, speech, and gaze. From the moment a certain conviction came to her, she started looking at Ji Ho standing outside the monitor.
Though it wasn’t clear from a distance, it was still real.
“Ji Ho’s acting is amazing, isn’t it? Wow, I got goosebumps a little while ago.”
“……”
Hye Yoon couldn’t respond to Min Woo’s words. Because she had realized.
That wasn’t acting. It was real.
‘You’re pretty, but you don’t look like her.’
‘Ah, is the atmosphere a bit different?’
‘Yes. ……Maybe it’s because you have a different father.’
At some point, Ji Ho’s story floated vaguely in her mind. When he had told it, he had been calm as always. Well, he was a person who always carried tranquility with him. She couldn’t even guess what kind of feelings he had to empty to be like that.
“Cut! Good. Wow, I mean it, it’s really good! We’ll move to the next scene!”
Two more shots from different angles continued, and finally, the scene came to an end. At Min Woo’s announcement, the staff prepared for a new shooting and Ji Ho seemed to be preparing for the next scene while looking at the script.
“……Ji Ho.”
“You haven’t left yet?”
Ji Ho looked at Hye Yoon with slightly surprised eyes. Seeing that she hadn’t changed her clothes, it seemed like she had been here all along, not that she had gone out and come back.
“I’m about to leave. But, about us…”
“Yes. Say it.”
It seemed that what she wanted to say wasn’t easy to say. She trailed off. Contrary to that, something like conviction sparkled in her eyes. Ji Ho, with warm eyes, encouraged Hye Yoon’s hesitation.
“I wish we could… get closer.”
“Eh?”
A smile of question raised the corners of his mouth at the unexpected words.
“So, someday… I want to pat your head.”
“Chuckling. All of a sudden?”
“Yes. While saying, ‘Ji Ho, you’ve grown up wonderfully.'”
Hye Yoon never avoided eye contact when conveying her sincerity. The more sincere it was, the more it was an emotion she was embarrassed to show, all the more so. Ji Ho, too, focused on her eyes at this moment.
He must have read something. It didn’t seem like acting.
She doesn’t ask when she’s this curious. As if she would just wait by his side. The desire to possess something is always larger than expected, and grows rapidly.
“……Yes. We have a lot of time.”
Ji Ho tried hard to suppress the outpouring emotions and licked his lips. Then, looking at Hye Yoon who was nodding her head briefly, he mimicked her affirmation.
Amongst the chaotic crowd, only the two of them were smiling.
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