episode_0068

The unity meeting continued.

As we each enjoyed our time together, dinner time quickly arrived.

“Oh my god… . This is my first time seeing something like this… .”

“Meat, lobster… . Is that a truffle?”

“I thought it would be a waste to just eat meat, so I tried a little harder. I didn’t know what you would like, so I brought a variety of foods, so eat as much as you want.”

The originally planned barbecue was combined with the catering prepared by Lee Hye-ri and turned into a quite extravagant menu.

“Wow… . Sister Narae! Look at this! Seowon and Wine are the same age… !”

“Because Seowon is 20 years old… . Then isn’t it really expensive? ?”

“Uh. Is that so… ?”

We sat together in the spacious yard and raised a toast together.

““Ta-da!””

“I will eat well!”

“Thank you, I will eat well! Leader!”

“What should I eat first… !”

“It all looks so delicious, I don’t know what to eat… .”

“… meat. It’s delicious.”

While everyone was busy trying to fill their hungry stomachs.

“… … .”

I glanced at Hyeri Lee who was sitting next to me.

“Not eating?”

She gave me a charming smile with the world’s most virtuous look, as if she had never done that before.

“… I have to eat it.”

I, who was determined to keep my integrity, decided to put an iron plate on my face and quietly drank my glass.

“Seo, Seowon… ! You should drink slowly… !”

“… Why?”

“I think he’s drunk… .”

The night of the unity meeting is getting more and more ripe.

“We are also producers! I need a drink!”

As if I had gotten drunk before I knew it, Kim Jun-hyung came up to me with a reddish face and offered me a drink.

“Now, quickly. Just hold the glass!”

Since it was a good day, I tried to accept it as obediently as possible… .

“This is vodka.”

He happened to bring vodka that was over 50 percent and started making a fuss.

“Isn’t vodka alcohol?! I don’t like the alcohol that Director Hye-ri Lee personally prepared!? Huh!?”

“Oh my. Is that so?”

Lee Hye-ri adds a playful comment and subtly helps.

At that time, when I narrowed my eyes and glared at her to tell her not to do it, Kim Jun-hyung, who was looking for an opportunity, started pouring vodka into my glass without permission.

“Just have a drink!”

“Hey, wait… . Oh, stop pouring… !”

“Ugh! It’s spilling! Stay still!”

Kim Jun-hyung’s masterpiece was short and intense.

My mouth, which had been lightly preheated with wine, was instantly covered with strong alcohol and became numb.

“Phew… .”

“Kuh… . This is alcohol!”

I took it in moderation and got rid of it all at once with the intention of getting rid of it.

however… .

“Ugh… . It’s not tasty.”

“ character. Should you have a drink with me too?”

“… What?”

Hye-ri Lee, who was watching from the side, naturally participated in the masterpiece.

“Why. Don’t you want to accept what’s mine?”

“Wow, that was really bad, Do Ji-hyuk… ! I’m going to eat everything and wipe my mouth, is this it? Are you still a man?!”

“No, it’s not that I don’t like it. At least something a little lower in alcohol content… .”

“I like whiskey.”

Hye-ri Lee seemed to have paid some attention, pouring 40-proof whiskey into a short shot glass and handing it over.

It would have been better to mix it with ice in a large glass.

“Puha… .”

He emptied his glass at the same time as Hye-ri Lee and was about to drink water to cool his hot mouth.

“Producer! I’ll join too!”

“… Yes?”

As soon as I could put down my glass, Gyu-ri Han, who had been waiting for me, suddenly brought me a bottle of alcohol.

“Ego Ego. Is wine okay?”

“No, first, some water… .”

“here.”

“Ah, thank you… . This is alcohol, you crazy bastard!”

Kim Jun-hyung is giggling while holding a vodka bottle, and Lee Hye-ri is laughing a little.

Meanwhile, Gyu-ri Han pushed a full wine glass towards me.

“Let’s eat this first, right?”

“Me, Gyuri. What kind of wine are you so ignorant about? .”

“Yes? Are you saying I’m ignorant?”

“… Are you drunk?”

“Woooo! Do Ji-hyuk! It was bad!”

“This might be a bit controversial.”

“No… , that’s not it… .”

“Producer! I’m going to drink it too, so drink it up!”

“Yes! You have to drink quickly so it’s your turn!”

Jwagyuri. Junhyung Woo.

Hyeri Lee accompanied the two people and handed them a clinking wine glass with a sly smile.

“You should drink it, right?”

“You… .”

Only then did I notice.

The fact that Han Gyu-ri and Kim Jun-hyung were already in a relationship with Lee Hye-ri.

‘It’s going to come out like this, right?’

If the three of us come together to deal with me, I have a method.

“Yes! Let’s all die today!”

I quickly took the glass and brought the wine to my mouth proudly.

“Phew… . Everyone died today. Bring me a drink!”

The drinking competition began in earnest.

*

That night.

“Ugh… .”

Using the excuse of contacting me, I left the bar and returned to my room, swallowing the powerful hangover reliever from Baekil Pharmaceutical that I had prepared in advance, and threw myself on the bed.

“Crazy people… . It’s all really crazy… .”

Lee Hye-ri, accompanied by Han Gyu-ri and Kim Jun-hyung, attempted to attack me with high-level alcohol by demonstrating the death triangle rotation.

Later, even the members got involved and it was a complete mess.

‘I do not know… .’

I would take care of my teammates as much as possible, but today it was difficult to even control my body.

It was so dangerous that I thought if I drank just a little more, the film would break.

“Ugh… .”

How long had it been since I lay down on that soft bed, blankly waiting for the medicine to take effect?

Suddenly─

Suddenly someone entered the room.

“… Are you sleeping?”

Someone said it was Jin Seowon.

Naturally, I thought she had come to call me out, so I spoke, paying attention to my pronunciation.

“I’m not sleeping yet… . Are you looking for me outside?”

however.

“… Everything went in.”

Jin Seo-won quietly shook his head and announced that the hellish drinking party was finally over.

He slowly began to approach me, as if he had something to say.

“Well, is there something you want to say?”

I slowly got up, whipping my dull body, and looked at her.

She stood near the bed and stared at me without any response.

Sigh─

He came closer, sat down on the edge of the bed, and said something unintelligible.

“… Let me sleep.”

“… Huh?”

Thanks to my dulled senses, I reacted half a beat slower and stared at her blankly for a moment.

Fluttering─

Before I knew it, Jin Seo-won had laid down and started giving me a gentle look as if asking me to go to sleep quickly.

‘What is this?’

I couldn’t really understand her behavior.

I couldn’t tell what his intention was for doing this or whether he was sane in the first place.

“Did you drink a lot?”

Jin Seowon also seemed to be quite drunk.

Her pale face had already turned reddish for a long time, and she didn’t even notice that her lower abdomen was slightly exposed through her rolled up T-shirt.

“… No.”

However, Jin Seo-won has emphasized that he was never drunk and that he was fine.

Usually, drunk people don’t admit that they are drunk.

Considering her usual behavior, it seemed like she was drunk and came to make a fool of herself.

‘I can’t help it… .’

Jin Seo-won almost became humanity’s worst criminal because her close sister died.

He is such a weak child, how much would he have wanted to be foolish all this time?

Taking her condition into consideration, I held on to the blanket I had bundled up. I spread the blanket out and asked her to make her wish come true just for today.

“I’ll let you sleep today, so next time, sleep with your sisters. Got it?”

“… … .”

But Jinseowon did not answer.

Sreuk─

After covering Jin Seo-won with a blanket and lying down again, I turned off the light by using the button installed at the bedside and immediately noticed something a little strange.

A man and a woman lying side by side on a bed.

Producer and member.

Jin Seo-won and me.

‘… ‘Isn’t this being misunderstood?’

I didn’t recognize Jin Seowon because I thought he was a child, but to a third party, it was a very suspicious picture.

‘… ‘I’ll have to go out when I fall asleep.’

Still, I couldn’t come all the way out and get out, so I lay down and, feeling the drunkenness slowly disappearing, I tried to make a subtle comment.

“Seowon. Did you have fun today?”

“… Yes.”

“I’m glad it was fun. If you work hard like you do now, there will probably be many opportunities like today.”

I spoke positive and hopeful words to give her hope.

No matter how many times I was careful about the variable called ‘Cheonma’, it wasn’t enough.

“Things may not always be good, but… . Because my teammates and I are there, you can rely on us at any time.”

“… Yes.”

It may not happen, but I put in various insurance policies to prevent her from becoming pessimistic about life.

‘… What else should I say?’

That was the time when Jin Seowon was completely distracted by such boring words and naturally made him sleepy.

Suddenly, Jin Seo-won turned his head and made eye contact.

“… Over there.”

Brown eyes sparkling quietly in the dusky shadows.

Instead of the usual calm eyes whose true intentions are unknown, the eyes were strangely sharp.

“… Producer, do you like me?”

“… Huh?”

I was a little taken aback by the unexpected question, but soon regained my composure and thought it over.

Do you like it?

Of course it doesn’t mean love… .

It probably means the meaning of Like.

In that sense, I really like it.

Although there are some parts that are a bit disturbing, who on earth would dislike a child who listens well, is cute, and even has outstanding abilities?

“What else did I say… . Of course I like it.”

At this point, I wanted to increase his favorability by adding a little bit of exaggeration to my answer.

“Honestly, I couldn’t have come this far without you. Of course, I would have liked it even if it wasn’t so. How could I hate my team’s ace?”

It was a very appropriate answer that clearly expressed goodwill while subtly drawing a line.

“… … .”

Jin Seo-won, who had been looking at me quietly for a while, turned to face me and carefully asked me in a strangely interesting tone.

“… then. Can I call you oppa?”

“Oppa?”

Jin Seo-won quietly nodded and gave a look of subtle anticipation.

“Hmm… .”

I pretended to measure the answer, trying to gauge how far it would be okay to push the line.

‘Oppa… .’

In fact, it is not a good idea to form personal relationships with the team members you work with.

I am a person who strictly distinguishes between public and private matters, but in the case of other people, there is a high possibility that personal feelings will be mixed.

The worst case scenario is that you end up hurting each other’s feelings for no reason.

but… .

The opponent is Jin Seo-won.

He is a child who lost his entire family and came to Seoul alone with no one to rely on.

Fortunately, he blended in well with the team and didn’t seem particularly lonely, but

Seeing as he goes to great lengths to drink alcohol and even asks to be called ‘oppa’, a type of family member, it seems like he is greedy for a closer relationship.

I don’t know if Kim Narae or I are visiting Korea… .

It would be okay to be a little more lenient towards Jin Seowon.

“Okay, then. Call me oppa.”

“… Really?”

She asks back carefully, as if she can’t believe the permission that was given so readily.

I brushed aside her flowing hair and added one condition with confidence.

“If you want to call me oppa, you can call me oppa. instead… . I only call you oppa when we are alone.”

“… Why?”

“It may sound a little strange, but I am the one who gives orders. So, I’m avoiding getting too close to my teammates.”

“… Then what about me?”

“Only you were given special permission. What I just said is a secret, so I can’t tell anyone else?”

“… Yes.”

“Now, promise.”

“… Promise.”

Jin Seo-won showed a rare satisfactory reaction, as if she was very happy about the secret between the two.

“Shall we sleep now?”

“… huh… . … brother… .”

She showed a rare shy reaction and quickly fell asleep.

Suuu

‘… ‘Did you fall asleep?’

How long did he wait for Jin Seo-won to fall asleep soundly?

Ssss…

I carefully got out of bed and quietly left the room to get some air.

“After… .”

At that time, I was slowly walking around the inside of the hotel, savoring the still cool night air.

Splash─ Splash─

A quiet sound of water splashing could be heard from the pool.

‘Who’s swimming?’

Without thinking much, I walked towards the swimming pool.

Wow ─

I got out of the water and ran into her flipping her hair.

“Are you Hannah?”

“Uh… ! Producer… !”

It was Bang Hanna.