“Really?”

Whenever the woman’s voice shouted ‘really’ every time she spoke, laughter involuntarily burst out of Woojin’s mouth.

“Really.”

“No, Seol Woojin, do you like me?”

“…Interesting.”

Huh? Interesting? Is that good? Unable to grasp the situation, Sooyoung blinked, and Woojin stood up, extending his hand.

“Let’s go.”

Familiarly, Sooyoung tightly held his hand and stood up. The two, holding hands, walked on the yellow-block path.

“Are we really dating?”

“If you want.”

“What… It’s like you’re doing me a favor…”

“Exactly. Are you a loner? You probably wish you had a boyfriend, right? You might have been scared to date the guy you liked before, whether it was a cow van or a horse van. So, I’ll do it for you. But, since I can’t see, we can only date in this park or at home.”

“Is that an excuse?”

Sooyoung scolded.

“I saw on YouTube that visually impaired people go around. With a cane. They go to restaurants with their girlfriends and eat cold noodles.”

“Is his girlfriend visually impaired too?”

“Huh? Really?”

“Yeah. He’s visually impaired.”

Seeing him speak firmly, it seemed like Woojin was aware of that YouTube video.

“I’m disabled, and you’re not, so there’s a lot you’ll have to bear. I can’t drive, can’t travel, can’t even go to a regular movie theater. There’s a high chance I’ll make mistakes even in a cafe. There’s a very high chance I’ll cause trouble wherever I go. Each time that happens, you’ll have to apologize, take care of me, constantly be aware of the people around us. Still, if you’re okay with it, let’s date.”

“Geez, I thought I was confessing and getting excited, but are you threatening me? I’ll break all those prejudices, seriously.”

“What?”

“I said I’d go to the movies with Seol Woojin, go to cafes, travel, everything. Oh right! We’ve already been to a cafe. We went in the evening, remember? This is just my cafe, right? Seol Woojin didn’t cause any trouble then, right? He even helped purify the eyes of the cafe customers. The barista couldn’t take his eyes off Seol Woojin. He was a man, so that’s fine, but if he were a woman, I might have been jealous. Right? No? Is it weirder for a man to see it like that?”

As she spoke, it wasn’t that she intended to threaten him, but rather, she wanted to wake him up to reality a bit. Nevertheless, she showed no signs of being flustered.

Instead of being flustered, she seemed to be igniting a spirit of challenge against herself.

Should I try it her way? Then maybe… I could live a different life? As the old Seol Woojin… No, as a new Seol Woojin…

Woojin dreamt.

The audio book producer, who looked like a penguin, was not only cute in appearance but also extremely strict.
“The pronunciation is all muddled. Even though the person next to me can understand, once it’s recorded and goes through the machine, I can’t understand a thing. Moreover, because the voice is low, it can rumble even more than clattering sounds. Now, let’s focus again, one character at a time, read, park, read, park.”

No, Seol Woojin could understand her well even through the phone, so Sooyoung couldn’t understand why this penguin PD couldn’t. However, since he was the boss, Sooyoung just nodded her head.

Back in the office, Sooyoung was greeted by a cheerful smile from Seol Jihyun, who offered her jasmine tea.

“Did you get scolded a lot today?”

“Well, it seems like I can’t produce the audiobook.”

As Sooyoung spoke gloomily, Jihyun consistently smiled and asked, “Why?”

“The voice is low, the pronunciation is bad…”

She repeated exactly what the penguin PD had said. However, Jihyun comforted her with a relaxed expression.

“All voice actors hear that. Even professionals hear that from PD Im Younghak. Sooyoung is still a beginner, how much more can you improve? But if you endure and do as PD says, you’ll meet amazing audiobooks later.”

Jihyun threw a line that sounded like an advertisement while sitting in front of her with a cup of jasmine tea.

“He said he goes to my cafe with Woojin?”

“Yes. Seol Woojin likes the music there. To my ears, the cafe music is too intense, but…”

“Woojin likes that kind of unique music. In the past, he used to listen to such music while writing, and the protagonists all died tragically.”

“Oh, I see.”

“Still, luckily, he killed the protagonists instead of himself…”

Seeing sadness mixed in Jihyun’s laughter, Sooyoung wanted to ask if he had ever attempted suicide but decided not to. If there were such an incident, it would be a painful memory, so was there a need to deliberately summon it? Anyway, he seemed to be doing well now.

“After a bit of training, let’s produce all three books. No need to rush. Usually, people rush because the recording studio costs a lot, but since we have a recording studio, we can take our time.”

As Jihyun spoke like this, his face looked proud somewhere.

“Woojin said not to do novels…”

“Why?”

“He said I’m terrible at character acting.”

“It’s because it’s your first time. We’ll cast a male voice actor. You can work with him.”