Chapter 132 – Scale (3)

On the way to the site with Hyeon Hayeon on board.

Hyeon Ha-yeon, who was sitting in the passenger seat and playing with her cell phone, quietly spoke.

“… Oppa, we only have one schedule today… ?”

“… Right,”

“It ends extremely early, right?”

“… “Maybe.”

… What is he trying to say?

Hyeon Hayeon gently thrust her cell phone towards me and said.

“… Then, I guess you’ll have time to go here after it’s over?”

Just then, she caught a signal and glanced at Hyeon Hayeon’s cell phone. There was information written on a restaurant near her site, and it seemed like she was selling her favorite type of dessert.

… I was planning to go in early today…

She thought about refusing, remembering her promise to Jiyeon Lee, but she thought it wouldn’t take long, and it would be okay.

“… Okay, then.”

“Uh, really? Are you really going?”

Hyeon Ha-yeon, who asked several times if she didn’t know I was going, smiled and started reciting information about the store.

“The tarts here are very famous, and the strawberry tart and orange tart are very popular…”

As she watched Hyeon Hayeon chattering with anticipation, she felt like her heavy heart was getting a little lighter.

It’s been a long time since it was just the two of us, so I thought they’d beg us to go to a motel, but I was glad to see that they seemed satisfied with the dessert café.

Considering her current situation, she felt like she was going on a date for the first time in a long time, so she thought that might be the case.

She arrived at the scene having a conversation with Hyeon Hayeon.

This time, it was a short interview with only text, not video, and the magazine requested that the interview be as natural as possible, so we prepared it according to that concept.

Perhaps because it is a magazine that has gained a reputation for honest interviews, today’s topic is not singer Hyeon Ha-yeon, but human Hyeon Ha-yeon.

I remember Lee Ji-yeon being interviewed on a similar topic here before, so I was impressed by her.

When we arrived at the floor where the magazine was located, we immediately began preparing for the interview while being guided by the on-site staff.

While the reporter and Hyeon Ha-yeon were being interviewed, I sat slightly away and watched their interview.

I didn’t have any particularly sensitive topics to cut out, so I left it entirely to Hyeon Ha-yeon and sat quietly.

“… What kind of child was Hyeon Ha-yeon when she was young…”

“… I am very timid…”

While I was idly listening to Hyeon Ha-yeon’s story, I heard a story from her childhood.

This is Hyeon Ha-yeon from her childhood…

At that time, an image of an unknown child passed through my mind.

Black hair.

A child who likes dental care and is very affectionate.

I couldn’t understand the English text of the image that suddenly came to mind.

… Who is it?

It was a very pretty-looking child who took after my mother, but I couldn’t tell where I had seen her…

… Huh?

The information that came to mind along with her child’s face made her mind confused.

Daughter? Whose?

No matter how much she racked her brain and searched through her memories, nothing came to mind.

… What the heck.

That time when I was holding my head in confusion and was embarrassed by an unknown phenomenon.

“… Thank you for your hard work!”

Hyeon Ha-yeon’s voice was heard after finishing the interview.

She quickly came to her senses, approached the reporter, and ended her interview by wishing her well.

After a brief chat about how she was loaded, she was waiting for the elevator…

“… Ah, brother! “It’s time for bread to come out soon!”

She smiled a little happily when she saw Hyeon Hayeon, who had memorized it until it was time for the bread to come out, and thanks to that, she was able to erase the thoughts about her child that suddenly came to her mind.

As she left the magazine, she checked the distance to the café that Hyeon Hayeon had mentioned and found that it was a bit far to walk, so she decided to drive.

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“… Hehe…”

When she saw Hyeon Hayeon sitting in the passenger seat, moaning sadly and sipping a drink, she felt a sense of regret.

I never thought I could go because there were so many people…

The café Hyeon Ha-yeon mentioned was much more famous than I thought, and when we arrived, the main menu had already been sold out for a long time, and there were so many people that there was even a wait.

In the end, I bought the few remaining desserts and returned to the car.

“It is delicious… I’m more angry because it’s delicious…”

Hyeon Hayeon was eating a lot of food as if she was trying to save a little, and she was so pitiful that she pushed away what I was eating and said.

“… “Take a bite of this.”

“… Oh, you have to eat too… Ugh…”

When she saw the cream puff that I had put in, she refused, but she put it on her lips and ended up eating it.

“… “It tastes delicious, right?”

Instead of answering, I smiled at her as she nodded.

I sat quietly and looked out the window as I sipped on the drink I ordered.

Although I wasn’t able to sit at a café with a nice view and enjoy dessert, I still parked my car at a place with a nice view.

While I was staring blankly at the cityscape, an image of a child I had forgotten suddenly came to mind.

Even though it was my first time seeing the face, unknown information was in my mind, and when I thought about it carefully, the face didn’t feel unfamiliar to me for some reason.

Could this be the childhood of someone I know?

Black hair is definitely the most common hair color in Korea, but there weren’t as many women around me with black hair as I thought.

Jiyeon Lee was naturally brown from the first time I saw her.

Thanks to this, her teachers sometimes misunderstood whether she dyed her hair, and even after her debut, she wore a wig and never changed her hairstyle.

What about Baek Ga-eun?

She said that since she was born with natural gray hair, there were even rumors that she was sick and that her mother was having an affair.

Then…

I slowly turned my head and looked at the passenger seat.

As she was quietly looking at Hyeon Hayeon, who was sipping her drink, she noticed my gaze and made eye contact with her.

… Would you like me to show you?

After making up her mind, I immediately spoke to her quietly.

“… A photo from your childhood?”

“… Yes.”

In the morning, I used the app that Ji-yeon Lee used as an excuse to ask her if she had any photos from her childhood, and luckily, Ha-yeon Hyeon showed interest.

“Hmm…, Picture…”

There weren’t many people carrying pictures of themselves as a child.

I was one of those few people…

“Oh, there is.”

Hyeon Ha-yeon was of the same category.

“… Uh? Are there any?”

“Yes, how do I do this?”

“… “Can you send it to me via message?”

“Wait a minute…”

After a while, Hyeon Ha-yeon sent me a childhood photo through messenger, and when I quickly opened it, I saw young Hyeon Ha-yeon in the photo smiling brightly and drawing a V.

Her shoulder-length black hair and big eyes.

“… “It’s cute.”

He was such a cute child that you couldn’t help but admire how cute he was.

She smiled shyly as if she was embarrassed by my compliment and asked to see a photo of her when she was younger, and without thinking, I showed her my cell phone.

Me as a child posing awkwardly.

I took this photo when I was in middle school, and it was the first photo Jiyeon Lee took for me, so I kept it well.

… There is no need to bring this up.

Hyeon Hayeon took her cell phone and began to enlarge her photo and look at it in detail.

Hyeon Ha-yeon looked at the screen and at me alternately and spoke quietly.

“As expected, it’s the same now as it was then.”

“… “Is this a compliment?”

“Of course!”

Hyeon Ha-yeon must have found my reaction funny, so she let out a small laugh and handed me the cell phone.

Just as she stretched out her hand to take her phone from her…

The screen turned on with a short notification sound.

[Baek Ga-eun: Photo]

Messenger notifications appear on the lock screen.

… Huh?

Her already outstretched hand naturally grabbed the phone, and once again a message arrived with a short notification.

[Baek Ga-eun: Emoticon]

… Ah.

As soon as she saw the message on the screen, she instinctively tightened her hand and tried to get her phone, but…

“… Baek Ga-eun?”

Hyeon Hayeon held her cell phone tightly and did not hand it over.

1 second.

In exactly one second, three thoughts came to mind and disappeared.

What do we do? Are you trying to explain it? And what if you get caught? … Tell me the truth? No, that’s not it…

I had to make a choice.

“… Is that so?”

In the end, I had no choice but to pretend not to know.

She naturally tried once again to get the phone, but Hyeon Hayeon didn’t seem to have any intention of handing it over.

At the same time, I felt a stinging gaze and turned my gaze to see Hyeon Ha-yeon staring at me with an expressionless face.

… Sigh.

Dry eyes without any emotion.

It felt like those eyes were piercing right into me, and I cringed without even knowing.

“… “Oppa.”

I flinched at Hyeon Ha-hyeon’s dry words and answered cautiously.

“… Ugh, yes.”

Even though I answered her, I started to feel more and more upset at her just staring at me.

… What is it, why, why is it like that?

If I saw any action, I would have made excuses or made excuses for it, but just watching it was driving me crazy.

At that time, a short notification rang on my phone again.

[Baek Ga-eun: Are you busy?

Baek Ga-eun’s message appeared on the screen and came into Hyeon Ha-yeon’s field of vision.

It wasn’t a big problem for the manager and the celebrity in charge to send messages, but they didn’t get along well.

Hyeon Ha-yeon and I are currently dating.

No matter how much it is said to be an affair, if my lover, Hyeon Ha-yeon, asks me to show her the message, of course I have to show it to her and resolve any misunderstandings.

Rather, if it was someone else’s message, I would have shown it first and moved on naturally…

She was Baek Ga-eun, who sent a sexy photo this morning.

She had no idea what photo she had sent until she opened it.

Hyeon Hayeon doesn’t know anything about her relationship with Baek Ga-eun. No, you shouldn’t know.

Cold sweat poured down her confused mind.

Hyeon Hayeon turned her gaze away from me and glanced at her screen, and then she looked at me again and spoke her words.

“… “Oppa.”

I swallowed my saliva without thinking and carefully answered the call.

“… “Are you busy?”

I responded to Hyeon Ha-yeon’s cold words with a slightly trembling voice.

“Well, that’s right…” ?”

… It was ruined.

It looked suspicious to anyone.

I gently avoided Hyeon Ha-yeon’s gaze, which I was encountering, and naturally turned my attention to the cell phone I was holding.

At that time, Hyeon Ha-yeon spoke to me.

“… “Oppa, are you busy now?”

Are you busy now?

Hyeon Hayeon’s neon question contained a lot of meaning.

I swallowed her saliva once again and spoke while making eye contact with Hyeon Hayeon.

“… Yes…, I’m a little busy.”

Hyeon Hayeon, who was looking at me quietly, slowly relaxed her grip on the cell phone and was able to take it with a slightly trembling hand.