“You want me to go together with you for the recording?”
“Yes.”
At KangYoon’s return question, Min JinSeo lowered her head in embarrassment. As her face was flushed, she was wrapping her face with her hands.
“Are you too nervous because it’s your first recording?”
“……”
In truth, it was half right and half wrong. It was half excitement, and half nervousness. Although she could go alone, this was her first recording in her life. She wanted to show KangYoon no matter what. Of course, although she knew that KangYoon was very busy, she wanted to be selfish at this moment.
“What scene is it?”
“It’s a hospital scene. Two of them.”
Min JinSeo found the scenes in which she appeared in and showed them to Kangyoon. It was a scene where she was on a ringer’s solution on the hospital bed, receiving the male protagonist’s worry; and another scene where she screamed while running towards her brother after finding that he was getting beaten up by loan sharks because of the debt due to her hospital fees.
After reading the script, KangYoon handed it back to Min JinSeo.
“When did they say they needed you?”
“It’s at night. The hospital where the recording happens said that they could only allow a recording after the hospital finishes all its treatments for the day, so they told me to come at 8 o’clock.”
“8 o’clock, you say… That time will be doable. Okay, let’s go together.”
“Thank you.”
When KangYoon’s permission came, Min JinSeo smiled brightly. It was a beautiful smile that any passersby would look back at her at least once. However, as he had seen such expressions all day, KangYoon wasn’t moved much.
“Let’s depart at 6 tomorrow. We’re rookies so we need to arrive early, greet the staff and hand out drinks.”
“Yes. Sir is different as always. The manager oppas that were allocated to me never said such things.”
Min JinSeo’s eyes were shining. KangYoon didn’t hesitate when doing something. Her eyes looking at KangYoon were like the eyes looking at a venerable teacher.
“They didn’t speak about it, but they should all know about it. The managers will all be in one team with you, JinSeo, so you have to treat them well. Don’t bully them just because you’re well-off, okay?”
“Yes. I understand.”
KangYoon and Min JinSeo’s way home were the same. Thanks to that, the two walked together towards the bus stop together. Passing by the city noises and the bright neon signs, the two arrived at the bus stop.
“I won’t be able to get on the bus easily from now on.”
“That’s true. Will you miss it?”
“Yes. I might long for a full bus, maybe?”
“That’s… not true.”
“Hahaha.”
Min JinSeo kept chatting. Although she didn’t speak a lot normally, currently, she kept expressing her excitement. She seemed to want to share her joy in debuting as she never stopped speaking. The time to prepare for her dreams had ended and now was the time to jump in for real. Now her second life would start. In her expectation, her heart was pounding.
‘Debut, eh? It’s no wonder she’s so excited…’
KangYoon smiled while listening to her words. The 7 years as a manager before he became a planner, and the 10 years of failure of his ‘past life’ had made him watch many debuts of celebrities. This kind of excitement from Min JinSeo was natural to KangYoon and also, he was used to it.
While Min JinSeo kept expressing her excitement, the bus arrived. Min JinSeo got on while expressing her pity.
“Thank you, sir.”
“Be careful on your way home.”
Min JinSeo sat next to the window and waved towards KangYoon. When KangYoon waved, the bus started accelerating. At that moment, Min JinSeo opened the window and shouted towards KangYoon.
“Sir!! I, like #@%$#^@^@%^#^@#%#$”
However, Min JinSeo’s voice was buried under the loud bus engine noises. KangYoon wanted to ask again, but he couldn’t ask as the bus was already far away.
‘Good times.’
In the end, KangYoon just thought that it would be something like ‘cheers!’ and headed to the train station. (T/N: MC, you… baka!)