A familiar rhythm flowed through the hotel front desk.
The female protagonist was checking the reservation list by turning the card key with her fingertips as if it were a habit.
Room 1205 – Choi Min-ho – Check-out: Tomorrow at 11:00 AM
It's always been like that.
Stay for two days, leave, and come back a few weeks later.
As if it were a set pattern.
The heroine took a sip of coffee expressionlessly.
‘Today will just pass by too.’
But that thought didn't last long.
1:47 PM.
The Fed came down from the elevator.
A comfortable mint-colored shirt and black slacks.
Like someone ready to go somewhere,
His face was neat, polite, and a little more ‘distant’ than usual.
He walked quietly to the front.
The heroine reflexively straightened her body.
“What’s wrong?”
“I’m going to check out.”
“…Wasn’t it tomorrow?”
“I have a pressing schedule.”
The heroine couldn't continue speaking and checked the card key.
His fingers were still dry, and the red pen marks on the back of his hand were faint.
“I’ll help you check out.”
Short and refined words. The same sentences I always used.
But today, what came out of my mouth felt strange.
Yeonjun looked at her quietly and then said.
“Are you a little surprised?”
"…yes?"
“I said I was going out tomorrow, but it suddenly became today.”
“No. I respect the customer’s circumstances.”
The Fed gave a short laugh.
That smile, strangely enough, felt unpleasantly affectionate today.
“Well then… see you next time.”
He raised his hand and said.
“I couldn’t buy you coffee this time.”
“…I didn’t say that.”
“But I waited for you.”
The heroine was speechless for a moment.
It felt as if something had been lifted from somewhere in my heart.
The Fed left that comment
He walked out of the lobby, dragging a black carrier.
Even after he disappeared, the heroine couldn't sit down for a long time.
Everything is going as usual,
Strangely, it felt like something was over.
He just checked out today.
Why do I feel so empty?
“Are you crazy…haha”
Muttering softly, the heroine picked up the cup again.
The coffee was already lukewarm.
That night, as Yeoju was leaving work, she automatically picked up her phone.
And finally, I typed his name into the search bar.
[Choi Yeonjun's schedule]
I was really busy.
Filming, interviews, advertising, main job, main job, main job again.
In a schedule that keeps going without a break,
This hotel may have been the only place he could stop for a moment.
And… maybe the heroine was creating that pause.
At that moment, a text message arrived.
[Sender: Unknown number]
"Thank you for helping me check out today.
I was originally going to give you some coffee, but I'm just leaving it behind.
Federal Reserve"
Below that, there was a location sharing floating around.
🗺️ Location: [Convenience store right in front of the hotel]
The female protagonist stared blankly at the text,
The corners of my mouth went up slightly unconsciously.
“I haven’t gone yet…”
Continued in the next episode >>>>