Chapter 76 : Hehe, I did it!

Hehe, I did it!

The lighting on the set softly settled.

The camera slowly moved, following her expression.

Very carefully, as if capturing each of her emotions.

“Jun… Junseok-ssi.”

Her voice trembled.

The distance was too close.

The gaze was too intense.

He was still looking at her.

Even though he had lost his memory,

It was as if he still loved her.

That gaze was so intense.

She swallowed her breath.

Her heart was racing too fast.

Like a beat she couldn’t control.

“Wait a moment.”

Her lips trembled slightly.

She had to speak.

But her mouth wouldn’t cooperate.

What should she do?

How could she hide this feeling now?

“Just… just wait a little longer.”

She left those words behind,

And ran without looking back.

The camera captured the trembling tips of her fingers.

The hem of her skirt, tightly gripped.

The hurriedly turned shoulder.

And her unsteady steps.

She disappeared as if running away.

But the camera didn’t stop.

Because it couldn’t miss the moment of realizing love.

The office.

One step, two steps.

Leaning against a chair, she exhaled roughly.

Her fingertips were cold.

But her face was hot.

“Hahhh…”

She lifted her hand and covered her face.

Her heart was strangely pounding.

The camera captured her reddened ear.

The lighting gently illuminated her, following her wavering gaze.

She bit her lip.

She couldn’t say anything.

She was fine until just a moment ago.

But the moment he came close, the moment their eyes met,

Why was it so hard to breathe?

Slowly, her fingertips touched her lips.

Until just now, she could hide her trembling.

Why?

Why is she feeling this way now?

The camera followed her trembling eyelids.

Her eyelashes were fluttering slightly.

She tried to inhale, but it didn’t settle easily.

‘Is this love?’

Her gaze wandered vacantly through the air.

Unknowingly, her fingertips touched her chest.

‘Is this pounding, love?’

The camera slowly focused on her lips.

Her lips seemed to hold an emotion, wanting to speak but unable to.

Quiet breath.

Quiet tremor.

She closed her eyes.

And the camera captured that moment.

The face of a woman realizing love for the first time.

“Cut.”

Yoon Byeolha’s voice echoed through the set.

But no one moved.

Normally, when the “cut” sound was heard, the lighting would be adjusted, the camera crew would move, and the staff would prepare for the next scene.

But now—

No one could speak.

The performance was so overwhelming that they couldn’t even breathe.

The atmosphere on set changed.

The lighting still illuminated Kang Suhyun.

She was still leaning against the wall.

But it wasn’t because the scene had ended—

It was because she, too, couldn’t let go of the emotions from just now.

The staff was silent for a moment.

As if they had witnessed the moment when a real woman first realized love.

The first to realize it was the camera director.

He carefully lowered the monitor he was holding.

On the screen from the recent shot, Song Yeonwoo.

She was holding her face with both hands.

Breathing heavily, trying to cool her hot face.

But what caught their attention even more was—

Her gaze.

That gaze was clearly the look of someone realizing love.

“Does this make sense?”

The camera director whispered absentmindedly.

The lighting crew, the sound crew, none of them could say a word.

They were watching too.

Whether on screen,

Or right in front of them,

Her acting,

Was clearly not just acting.

It was perfect.

Without a single shake, it perfectly captured ‘a woman realizing love.’

“It’s crazy…”

The lighting director muttered quietly while looking at the illuminated monitor.

Beside him, the sound crew staff, also took off their headphones and spoke.

“What… what was that just now?”

Someone asked.

There was no answer.

Everyone was staring blankly at the monitor.

What was on the screen was a woman’s transformation.

A quiet, overwhelming moment when a human realizes love.

And, the monstrous actress who perfectly recreated it—Kang Suhyun.

“Just now…

That was…”

The costume staff spoke up.

· She really looked like someone in love.

No one disagreed.

The expression on her face in the monitor

Was truly filled with ‘love.’

However,

Only one person,

Yoon Byeolha, silently rested his fingertips on his chin.

He stared at the monitor for a while without saying anything.

Then, suddenly, he let out a small laugh.

And quietly whispered, so no one could hear.

“…There’s no other monster like this.”

What he was seeing now was not just an actor, but the performance itself.

Not a human named ‘Kang Suhyun’…

But the art of ‘acting’ itself.

No one could call this scene just ‘acting.’

It was that perfect of a scene.

That perfect of an emotion.

At that moment,

One of the assistant directors cautiously asked Yoon Byeolha.

“…Director. I…!”

“Yes?”

“Could it be that Kang Suhyun has really fallen in love?”

At that moment, upon hearing those words,

Yoon Byeolha hesitated for just a brief moment, really just a brief moment, as if contemplating.

Then, slowly turning his gaze, he looked at Kang Suhyun, who still couldn’t let go of her emotions.

Leaning against the wall, still trying to steady her breathing.

Fingertips covering her face, reddened ears, and slightly trembling shoulders.

That appearance—no matter how you looked at it, was that of someone truly in love.

However, Yoon Byeol-ha, slowly smiled.

“No.”

He said firmly.

“That’s impossible.”

The assistant director blinked.

“But just now, that emotion was…”

“That’s right.”

Yoon Byeol-ha slowly stood up.

“Anyone would say she looked like a woman in love.”

And as he looked at the monitor once more, he slowly spoke.

“But Kang Suhyun… hasn’t fallen in love.”

“Just—”

He smirked.

“She just acted it out perfectly.”

For a moment, the staff was at a loss for words.

“……”

If this was really just acting, then just how far could human emotions be expressed?

No one, no one could predict just how far Kang Suhyun could go.

There was only one thing they could be sure of.

From now on, this filming set would completely become Kang Suhyun’s stage.

All the actors, would inevitably be overwhelmed by her.

And then, when the filming ended, Kang Suhyun…was more deeply captivated by herself than anyone else.

“Heh heh. So this is what acting in love feels like…”

Suhyun had left the set and was sitting by the window of a nearby café.

A wooden table bathed in warm light, the scent of coffee tickling her nose, and… her expression.

Resting her arms on the table, clasping her hands together, supporting her chin.

The corners of her lips lifted on their own.

“Heh heh…”

No matter how hard she tried to keep her mouth shut, she couldn’t help but let out a satisfied chuckle.

“This is…

… love acting, huh.”

Lightly biting her straw, she nodded as if she had realized something profound.

The scene from earlier still lingered in her mind.

At that moment, she had completely become ‘Song Yeon-woo.’

A character who had lost her memories, but suddenly found herself overwhelmed by the feeling of ‘love.’

And while acting out that emotion, she felt as if she had actually fallen in love.

“Ah, no matter how I think about it, it was too perfect…!!”

She clenched her fists slightly, then relaxed them.

Completely intoxicated by her own acting, she was in an incredibly good mood.

‘Everyone was holding their breath, watching my performance……!’

‘They were so immersed, they couldn’t take their eyes off me!’

Thinking about it made that feeling of satisfaction rush in again.

“Heh heh… Am I a genius?”

For some reason, she bit her straw again, lost in self-admiration.

Holding the cup in her small hands, she took a pouty sip—

“……Ugh. They put in too little syrup.”

For a brief moment, her face scrunched up.

A small failure from the adorable acting prodigy.

But soon, she returned to her pleased expression.

Remembering the scene from earlier, even the unpleasant coffee taste didn’t bother her.

“J-Junseok, wait a moment. Just give me a little time…”

Yeon-woo ran away, panting.

Then, stopping at the end of the hallway—

“Haaa…!”

She covered her face with both hands.

And, through the gaps of her fingers, her flushed face peeked out.

‘I feel… strange right now…’

Curling up tightly, she clutched her racing heart.

Her small fingertips trembled.

Her eyes widened, her lips slightly parted, expressing that emotion with her whole body.

“Cut!”

Silence.

The sound of someone swallowing was heard from behind the camera.

“Is she really a rookie actress?”

“No, just now she was acting all cute, but…”

“She really looked like she had fallen in love.”

The staff murmured among themselves.

The camera director unconsciously replayed the footage.

And Yoon Byeol-ha quietly smiled.

As if he had expected this outcome.

‘Kang Suhyun, you really…’

‘You truly act with all your heart.’

Suhyun tapped the table with her fingers and smiled again.

“Everyone was completely drawn in…!”

That thought made her so happy that she wore a satisfied expression all on her own.

Then, poking her cheek lightly with her finger, she murmured.

“Was I always this lovable?”

Recalling the scene she had acted out, she began to admire herself.

“Yeon-woo must have had her face turn red, her hands trembling, her heart pounding… Yes. It was perfect acting!”

Proud of herself, Suhyun tapped her cheeks with both hands.

Then, resting her chin on the table again, she let out a small chuckle.

“Even so… I can’t believe the emotions I created were this perfect.”

It was such a satisfying thought.

She poked her own cheek with a finger and murmured again.

“Heh heh. So this is what acting in love feels like…”

She continued grinning to herself, until suddenly, her expression changed as if she had just remembered something.

“…Ah. But wait, I don’t have time for this, do I?”

Filming wasn’t over yet.

“Oh no, this is bad. I got too caught up in my own acting!!”

Finally snapping back to reality, she hurriedly took another sip of coffee—

“…Ugh. Still tastes awful.”

She frowned as she stood up.

Behind the perfect love scene, a silly and adorable actress remained utterly intoxicated by her own performance.

That sight was, without a doubt, the most entranced an actress had ever been with her own acting.