Ding-dong. Wonyoung, who pressed the doorbell, said.
“Coffee delivery.”
Despite having disappeared for several days, the cafe owner begged Wonyoung to keep working for him. Well, he was a divine part-timer who brought in bulk orders, so it made sense.
It wasn’t just that—Wonyoung thought the cafe owner himself might be a bit abangsu.
Anyway, Wonyoung had come to deliver to some wealthy neighborhood. They managed to find and order from such a small cafe from so far away. The delivery fee was no joke.
Soon the front door opened and a very familiar face appeared.
“Oh……!”
“Hello, Baek Heegang’s friend.”
It was that senior actor of Heegang’s he saw back then. His name was probably…….
“Ji Seongwon-ssi?”
“That’s right.”
The senior actor, Seongwon, smiled ominously.
“I have something to talk about, want to come inside?”
“I can’t…… I have to go to work.”
“I told the cafe owner I’m Ji Seongwon and he said he’s a fan so about 30 minutes is okay? He asked me to get him an autograph instead. I’ll do it later.”
Boss…….
Now on top of abangsu in the game, we even have an abang-boss?
“For now…… I understand.”
Whatever business it was, it could be related to Heegang. Even if he threw me away, I haven’t completely thrown him away yet.
Wonyoung sighed and stepped inside.
“Sit down. One coffee is yours.”
“Thank you for the……”
Wonyoung took a sip of the coffee and grimaced because it was too bitter. Right, this guy ordered 4 shots…….
“Cute.”
“Yes.”
“Brazen too? You look like a puppy but you’re a fox?”
“I’m a person though?”
When he stupidly said that, no warning window appeared. It was a gain.
Seongwon chuckled and asked.
“You don’t like me, do you?”
“What about you, actor-nim?”
“Wow, this one’s something.”
“I’m a person though?”
For a moment Seongwon’s eyebrows slightly twisted. Wonyoung finally felt like his indigestion was going down. He took this opportunity to quickly get to the point. He had no intention of wasting time playing word games with this guy.
“There’s 25 minutes left now, what’s your business?”
“……”
Seongwon, who had been looking at Wonyoung with slightly dissatisfied eyes as if gauging something, straightened his posture as if he’d made a decision.
“Let’s go on a date, shall we?”
“I refuse.”
It was an immediate answer. However, Seongwon ignored Wonyoung’s refusal as if he’d expected it and said.
“Just 5 times. I think that guy’s patience goes that far.”
It was obvious who the ‘that guy’ Seongwon was talking about was. Wonyoung shook his head.
“He won’t care anymore. Not now.”
“Something happened?”
“Yes. Baek Heegang won’t care anymore about who I meet or what I do.”
“I don’t think so. Want to bet?”
Looking at Seongwon laughing playfully, Wonyoung asked.
“What do you want to do? You said you like Heegang.”
“Mm, I like him. Enough to want to destroy him.”
“……”
“I knew right away when I saw him. He and I, we’re the same kind.”
There are many psychopaths in the acting world, Wonyoung realized anew. Well, this man seems closer to a sociopath though. Soon Seongwon said with sparkling eyes.
“I want to see that kid’s crying face.”
Wonyoung’s expression briefly darkened as he recalled Heegang’s words that it was okay to cry. In the end, he had told him it’s better to smile.
“……He doesn’t cry. He’s a very tough kid.”
At Wonyoung’s resentful words, Seongwon chuckled.
“Our puppy has a lot built up inside.”
“I’m a person……”
“I get it.”
Ahem, Seongwon cleared his throat and spoke again.
“Anyway, it’s good if we join hands, right? You and I seem to have the same goal. Don’t you want revenge?”
“……Revenge?”
“You seem hurt. Quite a lot.”
“……”
It was true he was hurt. But if you think about it, he might have hurt the other side more. In the first place, Wonyoung never wanted Heegang to suffer. No matter how hateful and resentful he was.
“I refuse.”
When Wonyoung once again firmly emphasized his opinion, Seongwon’s brow furrowed with displeasure.
“I really hate not getting my way.”
“So what?”
“I’ll do anything to get my way. You know that. If you’re Baek Heegang’s friend.”
“……”
So it comes to this in the end. When Seongwon called him in the first place, it must have been because he had that kind of weapon. Sure enough, Seongwon showed Wonyoung a video on his phone.
“……This is.”
Crash. The video showed Heegang breaking a man’s head with pottery. He was also there next to him.
“……Why, why isn’t anyone coming?”
To Wonyoung in the video asking while trembling, Heegang said.
“There are CCTVs. It’s not a big deal.”
“What?”
“Still, we should go quickly. Our Rae must have lost his appetite.”
At that caring tone, that considerate touch, Wonyoung stared at Heegang in the video as if enchanted. And when the video turned off, Wonyoung also returned to reality.
“I got it with difficulty. The security there is extremely tight.”
“……”
“What will you do? You’re quick-witted, right? I think you understood without me saying more.”
Of course he understood everything. If he doesn’t do as he wants, he’ll spread this to the media or the internet, to the world. There would be chaos. The normal life Heegang worked so hard to build would be ruined.
He had no choice but to follow. From the beginning, it was what he’d had a premonition about.
“……Instead.”
Wonyoung clenched both fists on his knees tightly.
“Instead, only 5 times. Whether Baek Heegang reacts or not by then, after 5 times you end it right away.”
“I promise.”
“Write me a contract.”
At Wonyoung’s bold demand, Seongwon stuck out his tongue.
“Wow, thorough. Does Heegang hoobae know this side of you?”
“……Whether he knows or not.”
Wonyoung answered bluntly and waited for Seongwon who brought paper and wrote a contract. After even stamping their seals on the contract, the two’s contract was established.
“You have time this weekend, right?”
“Part-time job on the weekend…… Never mind. I’ll go. Where are we going?”
“I’ll send you the address later. See you then. It must be 30 minutes now.”
“You have to give me the autograph.”
“Ah, right. As expected, thorough. I can’t let my guard down.”
Seongwon giggled mockingly and gave Wonyoung an autograph.
And that weekend. Wonyoung was at a movie theater downtown.
“Watching a movie where you’re the lead together, how much self-love do you have……”
Wonyoung was grumbling while waiting for Seongwon when a bucket of popcorn was suddenly thrust in front of him.
When he raised his head, Seongwon smiled freshly.
“Hello, puppy.”
“……I’m a person. What’s with the popcorn?”
“Isn’t popcorn for movies? But sorry for suggesting the early morning showing. Otherwise we get caught.”
“Even now everyone’s glancing over.”
“I already got caught and gave tons of autographs before barely escaping. Let’s go in quickly.”
Wonyoung looked down at the popcorn covered in chocolate and followed behind Seongwon. Now that he thought about it, Seongwon’s image was somehow similar to Heegang’s. A caring image, while somehow difficult to approach.
His walls were thinner than Heegang’s, but it seemed there was something among the same type.
Soon after finding their seats and sitting down, Seongwon stretched widely and said.
“Then I’m going to sleep, so wake me up when it’s over.”
“What?”
“I already know the content anyway. Enjoy watching my face.”
Then Seongwon plugged in earphones and closed his eyes. Wonyoung briefly looked around wondering where this man’s promising qualities had gone. They were nowhere.
“Haah……”
Well, it’s not like he expected a proper date anyway.
Wonyoung got into the most comfortable position and closed his eyes.
* * *
And so several days later.
“Hyung!”
After finishing beverage delivery as usual and returning, there was an unexpected customer at the cafe. It was Siyeon.
“What brings you here?”
“I didn’t come on purpose. I just took a quick look while passing by to see if hyung was here, and I got totally caught by the owner!”
“……”
Wonyoung narrowed his eyes, but there was no beating Siyeon’s smile. Yeah, well, what does anything matter now. Ending with Siyeon wouldn’t be bad either. Some chaebol threw me away anyway.
Self-abandoning Wonyoung got some time with Siyeon thanks to the owner’s consideration.
“But hyung, you’ve been strange lately.”
Siyeon, who had been slurping an iced americano, suddenly brought it up.
“What?”
“You’re asking because you don’t know?”
“……”
Wonyoung, feeling guilty, just crunched on cookies while avoiding eye contact. Siyeon poked Wonyoung’s cheek and asked.
“You’re not seeing someone these days, are you?”
“Huh?”
“There are times when you don’t answer even though it should be after work, and my guys said they saw hyung passing by with someone.”
This bastard, he came knowing everything. Just as Wonyoung was about to open his mouth, with a jingling sound the cafe door opened and a man appeared.
“Oh? Taerim-ssi?”
“You were here…… And there’s something useless too.”
“Why is that nouveau riche here?”
Watching the two men shooting glares at each other, Wonyoung roughly pretended to be abangsu and waved both arms.
“Ah, no fighting. Taerim-ssi, please sit down too. Should I make you coffee?”
Then Taerim bent down and examined Wonyoung’s face closely before asking.
“You seem quite bright for someone who got dumped?”
“What? Hyung got dumped?!”
Siyeon slammed the table and stood up. Wonyoung quickly pushed Taerim away and sat Siyeon back down. Then he said to Taerim.
“I’m not bright. I’ll make coffee. Please wait.”
The series of actions was calm to no end, but when Wonyoung turned around and went inside the counter, the nape of his neck was red like an apple. Seeing that, Siyeon made a displeased expression and Taerim made a satisfied expression.
Wondering if these two disobedient beasts were going to fight again, Wonyoung glanced at the table while making coffee, and they seemed to be talking about something, then suddenly both their gazes pinned on him simultaneously.
‘What?’
What’s with those fierce eyes?
‘If they’re going to fight, they should fight with each other……’
When Wonyoung, receiving persistent stares the whole time, put the coffee he made on the table with a grim expression, Taerim suddenly asked.
“Rae-ssi, are you seeing someone?”
“Yes?”
