Chapter 17 (1/2)

Chapter 17 – Is This Canned Food.

Jaegun took the call with a nervous voice.

“h.e.l.lo?”

“Is this Jaegun?”

The voice was familiar in his brain and it created a picture in his mind. He could see the woman with a beautiful smile right in front of him.

“It’s Suhee, Lee Suhee, I’m sorry I called you so unexpectedly. Are you doing well?”

The car engine sound stopped.

Jaegun walked towards the window. Across the street, there was a cloud like white car in front of him. It was a few meters long, but he could tell who the driver was.

“h.e.l.lo? Jaegun?”

“I’m listening. Sorry. I’ve been fine. And you?”

“Yeah. I’m good. Fine.”

After the times that they were apart, it felt like elementary school speaking cla.s.s.

“I asked Jongjin for the number.”

“Yes, I see.”

“I’m sorry I couldn’t come to the meeting with the all the graduates. I hear you’re still writing books. Good work.”

“Nah. It’s just I have nothing else I can do.”

“Are you busy? If you’re not, can I see you for a second?”

Jaegun was about to say yes but Suhee spit out a few more words.

“I’ll be real. I contacted you because of work. I’m in a hurry so I came near your house.”

Jaegun smiled at this.

She didn’t change at all. She was always the straightforward style who didn’t soften words.

“Sorry. Did you feel bad?”

“No. You see the end of the road and the 4th floor on the orange building.”

“4th floor, yes, I see it, are you there.”

“Yes, 2nd floor… wait.”

Jaegun was terrified when he looked at the mirror. Because of the air conditioner, he didn’t have time to clean up.

His hair was spiked like a porcupine and he hadn’t shaved so his beard was growing.

“Suhee, I’m sorry but could you wait in front of my house for 5 minutes. I’ll be there.”

“Take your time.”

Jaegun ran into the bathroom.

As soon as he shaved, he rubbed his hair with his left hand and brushed his teeth with the right. When he was drying himself, it was perfectly 5 minutes.

“You cleaned?”

Suhee smiled at the front of the parking lot.

Jaegun, on the top of the stairs, dusted off his hair.

“You haven’t changed. How many years have it been?”

“I don’t remember. Come in.”

“Thanks.”

Suhee went with Jaegun in to the one room.

Jaegun asked.Suhee who was standing in the middle of the room.

“If it’s hot, should I close the windows and turn on the air conditioner?”

“No, I’m fine. Wow, you raise a cat?”

Suhee found Rika who was under the cat tower and went with a surprised face.

Rika looked at Suhee’s face, closed both her eyes and yawned.

“So cute… what’s her name?”

“Rika.”

Suhee carefully touched Rika’s neck. Rika didn’t reject her and accepted her touch. Still looking at her surroundings, she said.

“I can tell your personality just by looking at your room.”

“Personality?”

“You only need the things you need to live. It’s like looking at your bag during college.”

Suhee matched Jaegun’s glance and laughed. Jaegun also laughed. His heart pounded. The room felt more lively just with Suhee’s presence.

“Yes… what’s the work?”

“Ah, I forgot.”

Suhee moved her hand that was rubbing Rika and took out some papers from her bag.

“This is the game that our company is developing. It’s a racing game with some dating. I need a writer that could write a scenario with these girl characters.”

“Hmmm.”

Jaegun carefully read the papers that Suhee gave him.

Suhee was so nervous that her throat was dry. She was nervous that he would laugh at her like Myunghoon did.

“Ha.”

At a point, Jaegun laughed.

Suhee went pale and asked.

“Why…. laugh?”

“It’s funny.”

“What is ?”

Jaegun, with his eyes on the paper, answered while laughing.

“It is. It’s funny that a girl working at a gas station meets a racer and falls in love. It’s an idea that could easily happen. It’s good because it’s possible. It’s relatable to the public.”

“I see…”

From Suhee came a sigh of relief. Jaegun’s laugh was a positive one.

“This next character Cha Selin is also pretty good. Of course, a girl working at a construction site isn’t likely in real life. But this is a game. If you can just save the details of the construction site, you can be persuasive enough. Hey, this is pretty good. Did you make this?”

Asking that, Jaegun was still looking at the paper.

Suhee fell in deep thought as she looked at Jaegun. There was no difference from the past Jaegun and this Jaegun. The two were overlapping.