Chapter 110 (1/2)
Chapter 110: To Find a Path within a Fog (1)
TL: emptycube / ED: Isleidir
While it wasn't the timing I expected, there was nothing I could do about it.
Now that it had come to this, I decided to explain the situation regarding Nam Joyoon.
”A few days ago, when I couldn't go with you for your schedule, I me-”
”Euaah!”
Im Seoyoung suddenly jumped and shouted. Her pale lips opened and closed. She even pointed at him with her trembling hand.
”Tra, tra, tr!”
”Tra?”
”Traitor!”
My brain stopped working. I never thought I would be called that.
”H-how could you do this?! How could you, oppa?!”
”Wait. Calm down. Just what did-”
”H-how can I calm down in a situation like this! Look how you say it so nonchalantly! Oppa, isn't this to-too cruel? And they say there you can't trust anyone in the world! You not even human! d.a.m.n world!”
So what kind of situation was this?
Why was she freaking out so much? Were my words something that could rile up a storm like this?
I was certain that the girls were clearly shocked. Im Seoyoung tightly held both my forearms and shook them while shouting about how I could have done this. If someone saw this, they might think that I sold my country off.
Lee Taehee and LJ didn't look like they were going to stop her either. Instead, they were looking at me with severe expressions as though I had actually betrayed them.
And Lee Songha… Why was she so mortified?
While she didn't freak out like Im Seoyoung, her state was even more serious. Should I say it felt like she might flop on the ground and slam at it at any moment? Or that it looked like she might transform into an evil spirit if I left her alone?
It seemed like she had something she wanted to say to me, yet for some reason, she seemed to be enduring it while crus.h.i.+ng the plastic sports drink bottle in her hand.
I glanced at Lee Songha before asking,
”Why are you all like this? Say it so that I can understand why you're acting like this.”
Im Seoyoung immediately shouted,
”I don't like Son Chaeyoung!”
”… Same, but why are you bringing this up now?”
”Liar! If you don't like her, why are you working with her?!”
”Who is?”
”You!”
”Me?”
I frowned. Im Seoyoung paused. Her large eyes moved chaotically. Behind her, Lee Taehee and LJ had expressions that something was odd.
”Uh, oppa…”
”Hey, stop it, dummy. I don't think he is.”
LJ grabbed the back of Im Seoyoung's neck and dragged her back.
Lee Taehee asked,
”The new actor you're a.s.signed to, it's not Son Chaeyoung?”
”No. Just where did you hear that from?”
”That is….”
Laughing absent-mindedly, Lee Taehee told me the whole story. Hearing it, I was more dumbfounded. I took out my phone and showed them what I saved Son Chaeyoung's number, and this absurd incident came to an end.
”Seoyoung, what did you say to me? What? Traitor? I'm not even human?”
It seemed my gaze felt p.r.i.c.kly as Im Seoyoung flinched as she read my mood.
”Ummm, oppa. My mind went blank, thinking that you were really bewitched by Son Chaeyoung. I really felt like the ground was collapsing. Since I wasn't in my right mind, can't you just act like you didn't hear anything?”
”No way.”
”Euaah, I'm sorry!”
Im Seoyoung dangled from my arm. Still, it seemed the misunderstanding was resolved as her expression as much brighter than before, even if she was stomping her feet. Lee Taehee and LJ relaxed their tense shoulders and watched Im Seoyoung's behavior.
”The person I'm in charge of is Mr. Nam Joyoon. He's an actor I met on an independent film set a few days ago. Since he's not in our company, this is my personal matter.”
When I brought up Nam Joyoon, I observed Lee Songha.
Fortunately, I stopped her from turning into an evil spirit. She was gradually returning to normal, though her expression was still complicated.
Our gazes met. She became surprised. Her eyes shook like earthquakes. Immediately, she lowered her head. No, she was covering her face with both her hands.
”Songha, why are you standing there like that? Was it because you thought it was Son Chaeyoung?”
”N-no. I'm fin- It didn't bother me.”
”No way it didn't, look at your face.”
”Really, it's nothing.”
She pushed me away with her fl.u.s.tered voice.
What kind of reaction was this? If it wasn't because of Son Chaeyoung, then was it because of Nam Joyoon?
Since she was an actress and listened to me, I did expect that she would be more concerned than the other girls when I told her I would be working with another actor. Still, her reaction was just too strange.
Tilting my head, I approached her. I could feel her agitation. Gripping the plastic bottle tightly, she stepped to the side. Then she hid between the new recruit, Lee Kwanwoo, who had been standing ready since a while ago.
”Why are you acting like this? Come over here.”
”I can't. My face is really weird because I'm so uneasy.”
With the large recruit between us, we circled around twice like we were playing 'catch the dragon's tail'.
”Your face isn't weird even if you covered with plastic wrap. So come out.”
”No. I can't have my face like this at a time like this.”
Behind the new recruit's shoulder, Lee Songha mumbled as if she was ruined.
After circling around a third time, I said,
”Just what are you saying? What kind of time is it?”
”There's something like that. It's important to me.”
I tried to understand her, but I couldn't. It was too much for my mental state.
Should I just grab and pull her out? Just as I was thinking this, LJ asked,
”What are you two doing?”
”Ask Songha.”
It seemed that even the other girls found us dumbfounding as their expressions were odd. I let out a sigh and looked at the new recruit. Hiding Lee Songha behind his back, he didn't move and simply blinked.
Seeing him like this was so irritating that I unknowingly clicked my tongue. The new recruit became stiffer.
d.a.m.n it. I was trying to maintain my image since he was my first junior, but it was ruined.
”Kwanwoo, move aside.”
”You can't. Don't move.”
Lee Songha immediately said. The new recruit, who was about to move aside, stopped in place.
”I told you to move aside.”
”Ah, you can't.”
Only Lee Songha's voice escaped behind the new recruit, who didn't know what to do. I had no choice. Just as I was about to pull her out, Lee Songha turned around and fled in the opposite direction. She entered the gym, almost slamming into the door. I, no, everyone including me stared at the swaying gym door.
”Why do you think she's acting like that?”
”You're the Songha expert. How would we know if you don't?”