348 Bet On Coin And Yun Woo 3 (1/2)
Translated by: ShawnSuh
Edited by: SootyOwl
A breeze came along and blew against the peaceful, unsuspecting lake, causing it to waver. Standing in his place, Juho stretched his wrists and ankles.
”What about you? Would you want to go on TV with me?”
”I hate interviews.”
”I'm sure you do.”
”Even if I were to decide to appear on the show, the kind of questions they would ask are obvious,” Coin said with his legs crossed, yawning. Seeing that Coin was responding in the way that he had expected, Juho chuckled quietly.
”All of my friends seem to think I should go,” Juho said, feeling the tension on his inner thighs as he stretched his legs. Seo Kw.a.n.g had called the night before. When Juho had asked about the TV show in pa.s.sing, his bookworm friend had said emphatically, ”BY ALL MEANS! Whatever they end up capturing on that camera will be precious data for the future generation.”
Juho hadn't found that argument all that convincing however. Meanwhile, Coin sneered and said, ”I know my interviews are popular, and I don't need some surveys to prove that.”
”Jenkins was saying that I should go for it too.”
”Don't you ever bring up that name.”
Unlike Juho, who had been staying in Coin's residence, Jenkins had been leaving and coming repeatedly, all without notice. It was similar to when he would visit the young author in his hotel room.
”Though, I'd hate to miss out on a once-in-lifetime opportunity.”
”You mean it would be the perfect opportunity for me to humiliate you?”
”Maybe I should just go for it. What do you think?”
”Why?”
”Everyone around me seems to want me to.”
”Don't be silly now.”
”Well, what about you?”
”...”
What made the decision difficult was the fact that Juho felt ambivalent toward it. Part of him wanted to appear on TV with Coin while another part of him didn't, which meant that he had reason to both decline and accept.
”There shouldn't be anything within the fine print, right?” Juho asked.
”It'd be too easy otherwise, don't you think? If you're not feeling certain, then try to negotiate something with the producer.”
”Are you gonna do it, though?”
”Are you?”
Their conversation wasn't going anywhere. Then, as Juho remained quiet, Coin made a suggestion out of nowhere, ”Maybe we should let coincidence guide us.”
”You mean me?” Juho said, looking up at him. Then, Coin reached into his pocket and took a coin out. At which point, Juho immediately understood what he was going to do.
”That's making the coin do all the work.”
”Call it.”
”Tails.”
After deciding on tails being that they would appear on TV together and heads being that they would decline, Coin nodded, pulled out his hand, and started counting down.
”Three.”
Squatting, Juho looked up at his hand.
”Two.”
Coin placed the coin on top of his thumb. At which point, Juho swallowed nervously, wondering what it would mean if the coin fell and got stuck in a groove somewhere. 'Would it be the direction it was tilting at that point?'
”One.”
As Coin flicked his thumb, the coin shot up into the air, spinning quickly. As the sunlight reflected off of it, Juho covered his eyes. Then, upon hearing a dull sound, Juho moved his hand away from his eyes and saw that Coin was sitting on the ground. The numbers became visible on the coin.
”Tails,” Juho said, locking eyes with Coin.
”d.a.m.n it.”
Just like that, the decision was made between Coin and Yun Woo.
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”The day has finally come!”
”Isn't this their first time appearing on TV together?”
”Man, I remember when Yun Woo first revealed his voice! Coin had called him out of nowhere. My heart skipped a beat back then! Yun Woo was essentially forced to reveal his voice!”
”I still don't get how those two could be friends.”
”I heard a story about the book fair in Germany. They must know each other.”
”I've seen them talking about each other, but never as guests on a TV show, let alone together.”
”Yun Woo's staying at Coin's place as far as I know.”
”This makes me think that Yun Woo has been heavily influenced by English literature. There are times I feel like I'm reading cla.s.sic literature when I'm reading his books.”
”I heard he read a lot of Korean literature too.”
”I think he was just influenced by a lot of different people.”
”I feel like he would have grown up reading Yun s...o...b..ek, Wol Kang or Hyun Do Lim. Maybe he's from a different generation? He's actually close to Yun s...o...b..ek and Hyun Do Lim, isn't it?”
”Yun Woo reminds me of Wol Kang. Granted, Yun Woo is much younger. People used to call Wol Kang a genius back in the day too.”
”Hope this interview goes on air soon! I'm sure there's going to be a translation at some point.”
”Considering how many blogs out there are about Yun Woo, I don't think it'll take long at all.”
”I don't know if I can trust Coin. Hope he doesn't cross the line somehow.”
”I have a feeling that he'll cause some sort of trouble too.”