Chapter 115 – With Sua After Filming

“Thank you for your effort!”

The 7th day of filming was all over.
Today is the last day of the hellish schedule.
Fortunately, we were able to finish safely without any major problems.

Safely… You’re done, right?
What happened with Sua is embarrassing to even call it trouble.

“Well, all the actors did a good job. Let’s rest and recharge tomorrow, and see you again the day after tomorrow.”
“Yes!”

I filmed everything up to episode 8, the pre-production part.
All that remains is the work of the production team, such as editing and sound.
The performer was on a full day off tomorrow.

That means that I am on vacation and my mother is also on vacation.
Tomorrow I’ll spend the whole day at her house with her mom.
Whoops.

“Sonhu, you haven’t forgotten your promise, have you?”

Actress Shin Ji-hye asked as she raised her arm on my shoulder.

“What promise?”

I don’t forget promises, but I never made a promise.
Actress Shin Ji-hye made a puzzled expression.

“You decided to buy a drink!”
“You didn’t say when you would buy it.”
“You really come out like that, right?”
“I’ll be sure to live later. I have an appointment today.”
“A prior promise? With who?”
“With senior Sua.”

Sua, who was eavesdropping on the story while glancing at her, suddenly brightened.

Actually, I didn’t promise anything, but…
If you glance at me like that, no matter how much I notice it.

Actually, Sua would have wanted to talk to Jihye first.
Tomorrow is my day off, so let’s spend the night together.

So, she only glanced and measured the timing, but Ji-hye noona hit the ball.

The three of us were forming a subtle love triangle as an extension of the drama.
Even if it’s not a real love triangle, it’s a subtle relationship that can’t even be called completely fake.

If I continue to follow Ji-hye noona, Sua-san might cry.

“Sifter. Let’s see.”

After leaving lines like a villain defeated by the main character, Jihye noona left.

“See you the day after tomorrow.”

Sua is older than Jihye noona.
That’s also a great senior with 21 years of experience.
Even Shin Ji-hye couldn’t touch the outside of her acting.

“Mr. Sua. Let’s go together today. I’ll tell my mother and she’ll come, so wait in the car.”
“Yes!”

Ugh
Seeing such a happy face makes me feel guilty.

What on earth does Sua like about a trashy man like this?
They say love is blind, but Sua-ssi, it would be better for her to develop an eye for men.

“Mom. I will go home with Sua today.”
“I heard the story. Have a good time.”

Mom saw me off with a smile.

It seems that my mom is cheering for Sua and me to get along well.
It would be difficult if you were jealous like Sua, but it’s a strange feeling to be supported like this.
My number one priority is always my mother.

I got into Sua’s car with a mixed feeling.

* * *

Whether it’s alcohol or rice, it’s dangerous to eat together outside.
Having judged that, we decided to have a simple drink at Sua’s house.

“Hello.”
“Welcome.”

She stopped at a convenience store to airlift drinks and snacks.

Ms. Sua, would you like to drink the plum wine you drank at the restaurant before?
Would women feel comfortable drinking this?
Then, shall I buy a can of beer?
Thinking about the mistake I made when I was drunk last time, I don’t think I should drink strong alcohol.

I picked plum wine, canned beer, and a few side dishes that can be made in a microwave oven.

“Calculation.”

The convenience store part-timer who was looking at his phone raises his head at my voice.

“Uh? Aren’t you good?”

There was a familiar face there.
Seonha, a senior in high school who worked part-time on the set of a broadcasting station.
He said that he would become my fan No. 1, Kim Seon-ha.

Such a coincidence?
It’s not like I was hiding in anticipation of stopping by this convenience store.

However, Sunha seemed more surprised than me.
It wasn’t even a look of surprise.

“Oh, no.”

Seon-ha, with a very embarrassed expression, put her hat on deeper and lowered her head.
What?

“Goodness, that’s right. I heard you haven’t seen me on the set lately, did you change your part-time job?”
“You said no!”

When I pretended to know him again, Sun-ha got angry.
I am… I became a dumb who ate honey.

“… Sorry. I’ll do the math for you.”

I don’t know why, but she doesn’t seem to want to pretend to know me.
I was counting things in a clerical way.

… Somehow hurt
There is no one watching.

There must be some circumstances, but I can’t ask why because I was blocked at the source like this.
He said he would make a fan club, and he even said he would never change…

“Goodbye.”
“… Thank you.”

Received a blunt greeting, and I said hello without any special.

And I came out to the convenience store door to go back, but for some reason my steps didn’t fall.

What is it
Why am I so uncomfortable?

These days everything goes well with work and relationships.
If it’s a bad thing, do these trivial things feel big?

I have good feelings for Seonha, but it’s not like there’s anything special about it.
It’s not family or anything, and it’s not even related to work.

Fans and celebrities. Moving on, it’s just a comfortable brother and sister relationship.
In the end, it was only between them when they turned around.

But why do I care so much?
Weird.
I felt like I had to force myself to listen.

“Ah.”

I made up my mind and looked around, but there was no line at the checkout.
I think I went into the staff room at the back of the store.

Are you trying to avoid me?

“…”

I was forced to turn around.

“Seonhoo-san, what happened?”
“Yes? No?”

Back in the car and on the way to the apartment.
Sua, who thought it was strange for me to keep my mouth shut while driving, asked.

I was definitely feeling down.
To the extent that I feel strange to myself.

“If something bad happens, drink and brush it off!”
“… Will it?”

Contrary to me who was down, Sua was quite up.
Needless to say why

Under.
To think of another woman while being with someone who likes you so much.
I’m a really bad person too.

It’s not like that with Sunha, but…
No, let’s forget goodness for now.
It’s okay to meet and talk later.

“Uh, that, that, Mr. Seonhu.”
“Yes?”

Sua hesitantly calls me.
Unstable.
What are you so hesitant to say?

“That.”
“Yes.”
“… That last time.”
“That?”
“That… A condom.”
“…”

Ugh
Did you come too

“You can use that today, ah! Of course, if you’re tired, you don’t have to! I’m not saying you have to do it!”

Mr. Sua, who speaks gibberish.
Maybe you don’t even know what you’re talking about.

“Mr. Sua.”

I stopped the car on the chance that I was stuck at a traffic light.
And lean into the passenger seat,
I kissed Sua on the lips.

Kindly, sweetly.
It was a kiss tailored to Sua, a beginner.

“Thu…”

After a short kiss, they fall again.
Sua lowered her head with her face dyed red.

“Thank you, Sua. Good luck tonight.”
“Yes, yes…”

Sua’s voice was so low that it was barely audible.

He reaches out and grabs Sua’s delicate hand.
Hands shaking with tension.
Even Soo-ah’s heartbeat seemed to reach me.

In the end, does Sua end up losing her mind and body to such a bad man? …

At least let’s try to make it a first experience that Sua won’t regret.

* * *

I decided to go home and take a shower and meet again.
It was to wash myself and to give Sua time to wash.
Both of them have been filming outdoors all day today.

It’s okay for me to do without washing because I have a taste of my own, but Sua isn’t like that.
When you do it for the first time, even a small thing bothers you.

After taking a shower, I came to Sua’s house.
Wearing comfortable pajamas, Su-ah didn’t have any of the shrill feeling she had during the day.
I am also grateful for being so comfortable in front of me. It means that you allowed your heart to me.

“Cheers!”

I took out the alcohol and snacks I bought at the convenience store and set the table.
Sua had plum wine, and I had canned beer.
It’s short, but this was enough.
Because today’s main menu is different.

“Sunhoo, thank you for your hard work.”
“Mr. Sua too.”
“And congratulations on passing the audition and debuting.”

Come to think of it, I couldn’t celebrate properly with Sua.
After the audition, I started filming right away.
That day at home with my family… Hmmm.

During the audition, Sua helped me the most.
I was so busy after that that I completely forgot about it.

“Thank you. I would never have been able to do this without Sua’s help.”
“What. It became possible because Mr. Seonhu’s ability is available.”

Did you say that only those who are prepared seize the opportunity?
I may have been ready, but I wasn’t thinking of taking a chance.

“If Sua hadn’t pushed her back then, I would have missed that opportunity.”

I poured a drink into an empty glass and expressed my gratitude once again.
Sua smiled modestly.

“I am rather grateful to Mr. Seonhu. If it wasn’t for Mr. Seonhu, this work would have been ruined like that, and I would have been forgotten as a mediocre actor.”
“Sua is her own ability. So far, it’s just that I haven’t had any luck with the work.”

This time, the human named Joo Jeong-hwan almost ruined it, and Su-ah’s acting scored 120 points out of 100.
It’s not just Sua. Hye-hye, Mom, and me too.
Not only the lead actors, but also the supporting actors’ performances were impeccable.

How will this work be evaluated?
After overcoming the hurdle, my expectations outweighed my worries.

“Mr. Sua. Let’s hit the jackpot this time.”
“Yes!”

Sua and I happily shared a drink.

Eat moderately, drink moderately, and talk moderately.
Basically, Mr. Sua is a good person, and the story about his acting was well communicated.
It was a pleasant drinking party.

Sua suddenly asked.

“Seonhoo, but why are you only pouring half of the alcohol?”
“Are you drinking?”

Come to think of it, Sua’s glass I just poured was only half full.

“Oh, sorry. I didn’t mean to.”
“No, I was just asking. I was curious about what that meant.”
“Oh, it doesn’t mean that much. Just unconsciously… Is it bad to drink too much?”

Sua smiled lightly and started talking.

“My parents were theater actors. Not all cultures are like that, but in my parents’ generation, even if they didn’t have money, they were drinking every day.”

If it’s Sua’s parents, they must be from a fairly old generation.
It may have been more so because there was no place to play at the time.

“My parents first became close at a drinking party like that, but my mom said she fell in love with her dad always pouring only half a glass of alcohol.”
“Yes?”

Do you like that?
I was only pouring half a glass unconsciously, but it was a questionable story.

“Other men try to force them to feed them a lot, but only Dad gave them a little alcohol because he was worried about Mom.”
“Ah.”

Hearing the reason, I felt like I knew a little bit.
But I don’t think that was the main reason.
If you look at Sua, your parents must have been good men and women.
Hmm.
He must have been one of the many things that made him better.

“Mom did. Beware of men who drink too much. And a man who drinks less is a man who really thinks of you.”

That… Go?
Certainly, I thought of Sua, so I gave less.
I hadn’t thought about it that deeply.

“I only understood that when I became an adult. When we have a drinking party for work, every single man tries to get me drunk.”

Not all of them were the ones trying to do something to Sua.
Sua herself might have felt that way.
Especially if you have been told that by your parents since childhood.

“It was like that, but Seonhoo gave me half of it even then.”
“Me?”

When you and your mother first met?
Did I?

“At that time, my mother was also with me…”
“But you didn’t have an impure heart, did you?”
“Yeah. What. Yes.”

At that time, I was not in a position to sleep with an impure heart toward Sua.
Above all, my impure heart was focused on my mother.
I didn’t have an impure heart to write to Sua.

Sua’s presence rather felt like a hindrance…
All I could think was, “If I get too drunk, I won’t be able to take her home.”
As a result, he naturally started pouring himself a little bit of alcohol.
To say that such a thing was accepted as a good image, I really don’t know if it’s a human thing.

“It may have been a natural thing for Seonhoo, but it was the first time for me. I also understood then why my mother had a crush on her father.”
“Miss Sua…”

“And when I woke up the day after I came back drunk, I was like, ‘Ah. I have to catch this man no matter what.’ I thought. Well, I got kicked out in the end.”

Sua smiled and shrugged her shoulders, but she couldn’t hide the loneliness displayed on her face.

Ugh
Who the hell are you?
Caring for Sua like this.
Are you that good?

“Sorry.”
“Why are you sorry, Seonhoo? I should be sorry for causing trouble.”

Mr. Sua, who puts his chin on his chin and spreads a smile, looked very bewitching today.