“Ah….”
Gi Siyoung grimaced and jerked his upper body upright. Sure enough, the seam of his inner thigh had split wide open. It seemed the thread had ripped when he rolled.
“One thing after another, seriously.”
“I have a sewing kit.”
Im Seungun rummaged through his bag.
“You’re going to sew it here?”
“Of course? Or are we not sewing it?”
“…….”
“We got rescued, so we’ll meet with reporters down below too. If you get photographed looking this disheveled, won’t that be even more of a problem? Do you want fans to start debating about your underwear color?”
He had a point. Gi Siyoung silently shut his mouth. Because the stylist’s luggage was heavy, they’d divided up the miscellaneous items and put some in the bag, but he didn’t know this would come in handy. Finding the sewing kit, Seungun took out thread and a needle. To thread the needle properly, he moistened the end of the thread with saliva and carefully threaded it with a serious expression. He gathered the long thread, tied a knot, and pulled it taut.
He changed position and settled himself below Gi Siyoung.
“The needle’s going in. Don’t move.”
“But you really know how to sew, right?”
The suit pants were quite tight, so if he moved carelessly, the needle could pierce his flesh. Gi Siyoung asked, addressing the crown of the head that was kneeling between his spread legs, leaning forward and bringing the needle to his inner thigh. Like his extremely tense voice, the taut thigh muscles showed through the gap in the torn pants.
“Don’t worry.”
Seungun gathered the split seam of the pants and pierced the fabric with the needle. His skill was quite good. Once he gained trust in his ability, the tension gradually eased. Gi Siyoung lay flat and watched Seungun’s neat crown as he sewed, asking casually,
“Where did you learn something like this?”
“Everyone learns it in home economics class.”
“Ah….”
“I did well enough that the teacher praised me. It’s almost done.”
He filled the gap with black thread from bottom to top and tied it off firmly. He wound the thread around his finger to break off the end, but the knot wouldn’t break as easily as expected.
After trying a couple of times, Seungun didn’t hesitate and brought his face to the inner thigh to bite off the dangling thread. Gi Siyoung, belatedly realizing what Seungun was doing, jumped in surprise and pushed Seungun’s shoulder. Seungun was pushed back as is.
“What did you just do?”
“I broke off the knot.”
Seungun’s face came up with a black thread hanging from his lips. He spoke nonchalantly with unclear pronunciation while holding the thread in his mouth. Then he tidied up the scattered sewing kit. Gi Siyoung quickly turned his head to the side. His cheeks blazed up as if the campfire were right in front of his face. He’d misunderstood on his own and overreacted.
“Making a person dumbfounded, really….”
Gi Siyoung started speaking then fell silent. Seungun, who had been organizing the sewing kit, looked up. Gi Siyoung was looking behind him with narrowed eyes. Thinking he might have spotted a wild animal, Seungun whipped his head around in shock.
In the pitch-black forest. Instead of the bright yellow eyes of a wild animal, something like will-o’-the-wisps floated in the air and slowly approached this place.
“We found them!”
“Siyoung-ah! Seungun-ah!”
Familiar faces appeared among the rescue team.
“Here you were, my goodness! I was shocked thinking something happened to you two!”
“Hey! Over here, here! Bring the stretcher!”
“Do you know how much we’ve been searching for you?”
The mountain rescue team’s flashlights soon brightly illuminated the surroundings. While they put a splint on Gi Siyoung’s ankle and gave him first aid, Myeongwoo made a fuss.
“What on earth happened! You weren’t at the rest stop, and when I went to where we separated, you’d disappeared.”
“Ah, well….”
“If it weren’t for these people, we wouldn’t have even gotten here!”
“We got lost coming down. The walkie-talkie was dead and my phone had no signal, so I was in a bind too. I’m sorry.”
“Sorry, my foot! I’m just glad you’re safe. Really fortunate. By the way, the director is waiting down below too.”
“Ah, why did Director Kang come all the way here?”
Gi Siyoung covered his eyes with his forearm as if it were a terrible fuss. The rescue team members loaded Gi Siyoung onto the stretcher.
“He came because he was worried when he heard you got left behind.”
“Then we’ll be heading down now.”
The rescue team began carrying Gi Siyoung down. Seungun stood up with Myeongwoo, dusted himself off, and stomped firmly on the campfire with his foot. Only after completely extinguishing it so not even a small ember remained did he follow behind.
**’Tumbling’ Down the Mountain During Drama Filming, the Person Who Dramatically Rescued a Staff Member is Actor Gi Siyoung**
A distress call for actor Gi Siyoung occurred on Mt. Guryeong in Seoheung, Gyeonggi Province. Around 5:15 PM on the 15th, an injury report was received from the team of the currently-in-production drama <Affair>. They thoroughly searched the point where Gi Siyoung was injured and near the rest stop where they had agreed to wait for rescue team members, but the victims were not found.
After the rescue team searched the nearby area again, they discovered Mr. Gi Siyoung and his manager about 20km away from the accident site. At the time, Mr. Gi Siyoung had injuries to his right ankle and forearm, but did not complain of any particular pain.
The accompanying manager also had no symptoms other than dizziness. An official stated, “When we rescued the injured, their body temperature was normal, and after emergency treatment, they were urgently transported to the hospital using mountain stretchers.”
“The public reaction is good?”
“Siyoung acts like he only cares about himself, but then he has moments like this.”
Director Kang smiled with satisfaction. In the large conference room, all the company employees in charge of actor Gi Siyoung had gathered together to watch related articles on the big screen.
“The reaction is even better because that staff member did an interview.”
A publicity team employee pulled up another window on the screen. Rain poured down the glass window behind the rows of seated employees. If they’d forced filming on a day like today and gotten injured, they would have been swallowed by the mountain without fail.
“Of course the reaction to Siyoung’s article can only be good.”
Whenever Gi Siyoung’s name goes up, news comments easily surpass a thousand. The article that just went up had already far exceeded 5,000 comments in less than 30 minutes. Seungun, sitting at the very end, quietly stood up and closed the window. Rainwater that had fallen ferociously pooled slightly on the window frame.
“How’s Siyoung’s condition now?”
“He’s resting at home.”
“Not at the hospital?”
“He says it’s uncomfortable. The doctor also said his body is healthy so he’ll recover quickly. Anyway, Director, I saw with my own two eyes right in front of me Siyoung catching that staff member rolling from above. He was practically a hero, you know?”
“A video just went up on a streaming site. Let’s watch it together.”
“Huh? What video?”
An employee double-clicked the mouse. Soon a video filled the large screen. Seungun sat back down in his seat and focused on the screen with the employees. It was footage from a camera that had been on-site at the time. The situation where everyone was shocked and the scene was paralyzed was vividly replayed.
On the screen, Gi Siyoung caught the staff member. The camera filming them shook as if there was an earthquake, then the video stopped as it toppled to the ground. Even though it was a video that hadn’t been up long, somehow people had found it and the view count was rapidly rising. Every time they refreshed, comments increased.
“Open the comment window.”
“Just a moment.”
*Wow, insane*
*He rushes in without hesitation. Seeing Gi Siyoung in a new light*
*Shouldn’t he get a Good Samaritan award? He saved a citizen’s life*
⤷*Are you joking? What Good Samaritan award*
*I’m the parent of the staff member tumbling in that video. My child almost got seriously hurt but thanks to actor Gi Siyoung, we avoided a major accident. Thank you. Really, thank you. I’ll live my whole life grateful to Mr. Gi Siyoung.*
*This video should be added to the legendary life-saving videos collection*
*So what, if a person is flying at you from the front, you dodge? If he dodged that would also be legendary*
*Sending respectful applause 🙏*
*Honestly, for an actor, their face and body are their livelihood, but what if he’d gotten seriously hurt doing that? It could have been a situation where he became disabled, yet he jumped in without hesitation—that’s amazing. Even as a guy, I think he’s cool.*
*The world is still worth living in. Humanity recharged*
*But still, filming in such a dangerous place;; really;;*
*Goosebumps.. So moving ㅠㅠ*
After the meeting ended, Seungun, who remained in the dark conference room, cleaned up the messy table. He gathered cookie crumbs scattered here and there into his palm. Outside behind him, monsoon rain poured down fiercely. The rain falling as if to sweep everything away could be heard faintly even with the windows closed. Looking outside briefly, the sky was completely covered with dark clouds.
Then a bird flew to the window frame to avoid the fierce rain. The bird with all its feathers soaked cried mournfully as if its home had been swept away. Seungun looked at the cookie crumbs gathered in his palm, then opened the window with a clatter. The bird that had been moving its body intermittently was startled and scuttled sideways.
Pat, pat. He carefully shook the cookie crumbs onto the window frame where the bird sat. When he closed the window again, the bird hopped over as if bouncing through the air and began pecking at the cookie crumbs. He stood silently and watched the scene.
“Seungun-ah!”
Just then, Myeongwoo, who had left earlier, opened the conference room door forcefully while putting on his jacket.
“Yes?”
“I have to go to a meeting right now, okay? But that bastard Gi Siyoung is insisting on going ahead with the schedule he deliberately skipped!”
“What? With that leg?”
“He says he’s all better, but how can I believe that? You go to Siyoung’s house, check his condition, and if he’s okay, take him, and if it seems really bad, tie him down at home. Of all times, it has to rain too. It’s hectic.”
“Yes, I understand.”
Seungun hurriedly left the conference room, leaving the bird behind.
