"...Ha...I'm sorry..."
"Which number is this!! In the same category... ha... really..."
Yein is being scolded by the professor in front of many of her peers and seniors in the middle of the practice room. Yein is exhausted from the repeated criticism and practice, so she bends down to catch her breath. As she listens to her peers and seniors gossiping, she becomes even more exhausted, her shoulders become heavy, and she feels suffocated.
- Today, too, Yein is catching it.......Hey, how can the professor be like that.. It's been 3 years since I came back.... As expected, a great devil is a great devil..
- That's right... But she's my only daughter...
- You're trying to make me like you... so poisonous... so poisonous...
The whispering, the repetitive practice, the expectations and doubts of being a member of an American ballet company, the only daughter of Korea's best dancer, the granddaughter of a string instrument handmade group, the burden of always weighing on her neck... But the thing that was squeezing Jeil Yein... Even now, all she could see was the professor's expression as he folded his arms in front of her and held back his anger.
"Hey...Yein, aren't you going? We...have to clean up...because it's your shift..."
"Huh?? Ah... I'll clean up and go...""Uh... You have to stay and practice again??? Get some rest... Ah... Okay... Don't stay up too late... Keys... I'll leave it next to your bag..."
"Yeah!! Good work!! See you tomorrow~!!"
Since then, Toein's practice has continued without rest.
After a play ended, I was catching my breath and drinking water when I suddenly heard applause behind me, and I turned around...
"Oh my, as expected, the American Ballet is different!! Different!!"
"Ah... Auntie... I was surprised... Please make some noise..."
"Hey!! There are mirrors everywhere, and there's a mirror in front of you too!! Even a mirror that can see everything I'm trying to hear... You don't know how much concentration you have to put in... As expected."
"Hey!! America America stop it... Really!!"
"Okay, Auntie, I'll stop... Yein, you too, stop and go home... Pack your bags... Auntie, I'll take you home..."
"......"
"What are you doing?? Aren't you going to hurry up and get ready?? Jeong Ye-in.."
"..Okay..I'll clean up here, lock the door, and go down."
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"Yein... don't you hate your mom??"
"What are you talking about all of a sudden... I don't hate you... I said I'd go to America... I said I'd continue dancing... Modernity... I only hate one thing..."
"......Yejin..."
"Haam... Auntie, I need to sleep... I think I practiced too much... I'm sorry... Please wake me up when we get home.."
As they neared their house, Yein saw a convenience store and asked her aunt to stop, telling her to go in first, before running into the convenience store. Left alone, the aunt excitedly ran to the convenience store and greeted a woman clearing the terrace outside. Yein stared at her for a long time as she went inside... She made a U-turn and went back the way she came to go home... There was a long silence, as if she was deep in thought, and then, as if she had made a decision, she parked the car in an alley for a moment and made a phone call.
- Hey, Jisoo, why??
"Eunsoo... aren't you... going too far?? Why are you doing this to Yein!!! Are you even a human!!! Even dogs and cats and animals think terribly of their own children..."
-.......So?? This is all Yein..
"So??? Is this for Yein's sake??? Yein is having a hard time because she's lonely!!!! Even though Yein understands you, won't you be hurt by your words?? Today in front of many people, only Yein!!! Yein was the first to understand your part and was the least wrong!!! You only see the mistakes!!!"
-......Are those guys and Yein the same?? They're different!!! They're going down different paths!! There's a fuss about her being accepted as a principal dancer at an American ballet company as a next-generation dancer... She came to Korea on vacation...but even in Korea...
"Stop it... You always say you're for Yein, but in the end, it's all because of you!! You have to live up to your reputation!! Yein isn't your doll or your clone... Yein is elite Yein..."
-....Ha...In the end...what are you trying to say...you....
"Eun-soo, wake up!!! I'm not saying this as Seo Ji-soo, a professor at the same school as you, or as Seo Ji-soo, the dancer who was your rival during your prime... I'm saying this because I'm really worried as your friend... Ye-in resembles you a lot, but... Hyun-soo resembles you a lot too... You regretted Hyun-soo leaving so much..."
- .......
".....I'm scared that the same situation will happen again....I.....Eun-soo...Change your methods a little...Just like you said, everyone is different...Mom is like that too...The way we love, how we express ourselves, how we approach others...It's all different...Mom is a definite statement, but people are different...Modern hearts are all the same...I want my child...my family to be happy...and not have a hard life....Eun-soo...Sigh...Don't be too anxious....What's fame...huh...is it important...Let's live comfortably now...Huh?? Eun-soo...Korea's best dancer?? Forget it now...We're in our mid-to-late 40s now.....I hope that Ye-in and Eun-soo can live normally and happily...Eun-soo...Sob...Jeong Eun-soo...Cry if you want to...Don't live holding it in...."
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"Sister~!!! Park Yeo-ju!!"
"Yein!! You're coming now?? You haven't eaten again!!!"
"Hehehe... That's right, I came to see you, unnie~ Let's go in... It's cold... Give me one so I can have it... How many people ate it??? We ate a lot..."
"Yein, please use pretty words like your face..."
"I have to act like I'm nice, careful, and pretty in front of other people!!! I hate it when they make me act like that even in front of my sister~"
"Hey, who's going to stop you... lol"
"Hmm~ Our Seungwoo oppa♡"
"What the heck? Does he know this side of you?? I think he only knows the kinder, more careful, and prettier side of you???"
"Hehehe... I'm hungry!!! What should I eat~~~"
"Pay for it...or eat it past its expiration date..."
"Sister, buy your little brother some food~ Please!!!"
"Your younger brother is better off...your older sister is a beggar."
After sighing at the heroine's words, I picked out my food and went to the checkout counter.
"Hey...Yein...Why are you buying so much?? Are you really hungry?? 50,000 won for one meal...isn't that right...huh?? You're not going to eat this, are you??"
"You know I hate eating alone... Unnie, pack whatever you want to eat and eat with us over there, and take what's left for yourself... As a thank you for eating with us♡ Then... Yein, um... what do you want to eat... this and this... Unnie, is this good?? Is this good??"
"ㅋㅋㅋYou don't give me much time to be touched.... I like this better..."
They were sitting in a corner of the convenience store eating and chatting while eating, when Yeo-ju suddenly remembered something and told Ye-in.
"Do you remember the club you worked at?"
"Ah!! Yeah, I went to visit you a few times~ What the heck??"
"No, not a few days... There was a day when you came and left in a hurry... There was an attempted sexual assault incident that day... I heard that the youngest member of the group that your person is in saved them... I don't know who the woman was... Thank goodness."
"이런 미친친 개씨※÷{￥&￥&⊙※°€어유그런 새끼는 거기를!!"
"Hey, Yein!!! No... Geundae, really... If you're drunk, you should go home properly!!! He even has a sexual assault record!!! Yein, you've been here a few times so you know... The back room... there... uh... uh... I don't even want to think about it... That's why you put a password there... You have to press the password when you throw away the trash. I get goosebumps when I go there until I quit..."
"Wow!!! I'm swearing!!! That youngest one is so brave... He's a public figure... It must have been hard for him to come forward..."
"Huh?? You don't know who I am???"
"Huh?? Who??? The youngest??? Do I need to know?? As long as our Seungwoo oppa knows, that's enough~!! Ah... I miss our Seungwoo oppa.... Did you know that article came out a while ago saying he was my ideal type again?? It really annoys me!!!! Why are you acting cute to all the girls!!! Do you want to see a picture, unnie?? You're so handsome, oh my!!!! I'm really insecure!!!! Huh? A new crush has appeared!! Oh my, so cute!!! I was in Hongdae todayㅠㅠing... Why wasn't I in Hongdae...."