Chapter 43 (1/2)
Chapter 43 – With the Night’s Protection
“What are you doing? Sign it quickly.”
Suhee moved her hands up and down and urged him.
Jaegun took the book and got a pen in his name.
On the blank sheet of paper, a signature became engraved. It was the first signature he gave to anyone and didn’t feel like it had confidence.
“It must be his girlfriend. She’s pretty.”
“We should go. Writer, thank you.”
“Yes, yes. Thank you.”
The two girls left the cafe. Looking through his window, the girls were still looking at the picture taken with Jaegun and blabbering happily about it.
“Aww ~ Ha Jaegun ~~ already a favorite writer.”
Suhee said in a joking manner as she sat across from him.
“Don’t you have to wear a hat around now? Is it ok with just a hat? You need a mask too.”
“Don’t tease me. It’s not that much. Those people just recognized me conceptually.”
A laugh came out as he looked at Suhee.
With a beige blouse and a gray scarf on top of it, it fit the color of autumn very well. He almost spits out the words ‘You look pretty’ out of his mouth
“Here.”
“Thank you.
Suhee checked the sign as she got the book.
It was a strange awkward sign. And there was a sentence on the bottom.
-Ha Jaegun’s first sign goes to Lee Suhee
“Haha, that’s cool.”
Her lips, with a red tint, had a small smile.
“I’ll keep it well. I read it too fast. I should have read it slower. I already read the 90s Child as well.”
“Just wait. I’m working on another story.”
“Wait? Really?”
Suhee’s face had surprise now instead of laughter.
It’s only been so long since he won with 90s Child and A Dumb Woman. And now he was making another one. And the fantasy series was still printing.
She wondered how Jaegun’s 24 hours looked like.
“How long is it?”
“It’s about 16,000 words for the draft. There are a lot of errors though.”
“Jaegun, how many hours do you spend on writing?”
“I’m not sure if you ask the hours. I think I spend everything on writing except for the eating and sleeping.”
“You’re amazing… Really.”
Suhee muttered, shaking her head.
She was more than a bit worried. More important that writing is health. If you’re sick, you can’t even write. Jaegun’s’ face looked a lot skinnier than before.
“Ah, sorry. You should drink something. I’ll buy.”
She pulled down Jaegun who was getting up.
“I’m fine. I drink coffee at the office a lot. We need to eat. I’m hungry.”
“Ok, what do you want to eat? I’m good with anything.”
“Anything?”
“Yeah, anything.”
Jaegun answered with some gusto.
If it was king crab, or sus.h.i.+, or steak, he could now buy anything that he couldn’t even think about before.
“Ok, let’s go.”
Suhee stood up and pulled her bag around her shoulder. On her eyes, there was a smile.
“You’re not gonna regret it?”
“Of course. Go ahead.”
Jaegun answered confidently and went out the café with Suhee.
“There’s another store that recently came up near the office. It’s closed.”
“What do they sell?”
“You’ll see when you get there.”
When he got there, it was a store that sold spicy ribs as their main dish. Jaegun’s face got pale even before he went through the door.
‘It’s another spicy meal.’
He didn’t think he was bad at eating spicy stuff. But he wasn’t totally good either.
The chicken that he ate with Dasul before was spicy as well and he almost died eating that.
“Welcome. Two people? Come here.”
The employee said with an energetic voice.
Jaegun and Suhee sat across from each other at a table.
“Give us 2 cheese ribs. Hey, can you drink?”
“I’m fine.”
Jaegun answered immediately.
He didn’t bring his car so it was fine.
And it wasn’t with anyone but Suhee.
He didn’t want to feel awkward by refusing to drink because of writing.
“Give us a bottle of soju as well. Brand Liesel.”
“Yes.”
The food came out quickly
The ribs looked spicy just by looking at it. The cheese was boiling on top of it.
Suhee gave a rib onto Jaegun’s dish.
“Eat it.”
“Thanks.”
Jaegun, with his gloved hand, took a rib and took a bite out of it. It was fine for a second, then in 10 seconds, his face burned hot red.
‘Ahhhhhhhh……!! This isn’t a joke!’
It was double what he ate with Dasul.
His tongue couldn’t stand being in his mouth and was flopping around
“Is it that spicy? Eat the cheese.”
Suhee gave some cheese onto his dish with a spoon.
Jaegun frantically poured cheese into his mouth,
Suhee was smiling as the whole spectacle was fun.
“You can’t eat spicy things like before.”
“This isn’t the spiciest thing?”
“You didn’t eat spicy things since college. Remember you cried when you ate that Tteok-bokki near the school?”
“That place was incredible as well. No, aside from that, you just eat spicy things really well. This is just… you win, you win.”
“Hahaha.”
Suhee pulled the bottle out to Jaegun.
As she poured a drink to Jaegun, he poured a drink to her as well.
“Ahh, this is great. Since it’s hot, it goes in better. I can’t eat this without soju.”
“It’s hot to me too. But when I came here with employees, I got addicted to it.”
“Yeah, even though it’s spicy, it’s amazing.”
The two people talked about small things.
The world, their friends, the college days that they both remembered…
Jaegun and Suhee’s face were busy smiling.
“Here, give us another bottle.”
Jaegun looked at Suhee’s face as he took a 2nd bottle. Her face was a bit red, but it still had the strong and focused gaze.