We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 27. First Dinner

The film crew got off on the 3rd floor.

Mr. Kim and I went up to the 15th floor.

 



If even Hoonji had been called,

we’d definitely end up hearing what they were talking about,

and I was bothered by it.

 

 

‘I’ll find out eventually anyway…’

 

   

“Wow… the view here is great.

Where did you come here with some girl?”

 



I teased Mr. Kim.

 

 

“No, I haven’t. This is my first time here too.”

 



We sat down at the window table we’d been shown to.

 

 

After ordering from the menu,

Mr. Kim asked cautiously.

 

 

“If I introduced you as my girlfriend,

would that make you uncomfortable?

People who work in this field would spread the rumor fast…”

 



“But I am your girlfriend, right?”

 



I answered as if it were no big deal on purpose.

 



“I thought you even called Hoonji earlier…

Hoonji will end up hearing what those people are saying,

won’t he be okay?”

 



“Taehyung.

Hoonji will find out eventually anyway.

It might be better if he knows sooner.

Don’t worry about it.”

 


Mr. Kim looked into my eyes as he said it.

 



“Thanks for saying that.”

 



“Taehyung. You’re kind of a scaredy-cat, huh?”

 


I said with a smile.

 


“I actually liked that you introduced me as your girlfriend.

So don’t worry.”

When I was with Hoonji,

 



I had never been introduced to anyone.

Maybe that’s why it

felt even better that he introduced me as his girlfriend.

The dishes we ordered arrived.

 


“Wow~ That looks delicious.

 


Thanks for the meal!! Taehyung is paying, right?”

“Nope? I was planning to get you to treat me.”

 

 

“Really? Then if you call me noona, I’ll pay.”

 

 

“Oh? Then if you call me oppa, I’ll buy!”

 

 

“Oppa! Thanks for the meal.”

 

 

“Right! Kiddo~”

 

 

“What do you mean, kiddo… that’s so cheesy…”

 

 

“Why? Couples have pet names like that, don’t they?”

 

 

“You’re going to call me kiddo?

 



If other people hear that, they’ll think you’re cursing at me.

I’m how many years old, anyway…”

“As long as you call me kiddo, that’s enough.”

 

 

“I can’t call you stuff like that.

 

 

Don’t expect it!”

“You really don’t have much aegyo…”

 

 

“If you want a girlfriend with lots of aegyo, you’ll have to trade me in.

 

 

I’m not that type.”

“Fine. I’ll give up on the aegyo.

 

 

But I’m definitely not trading you in.”

It was our first dinner together as a couple.

 

 

Nothing was different from before, but

he was far more affectionate than before.

‘Was this the kind of relationship I wanted…’

 


That thought suddenly crossed my mind.

 


Eating dinner together at a restaurant,

 


introducing me to an acquaintance we’d run into by chance…

They were ordinary things, but

 

they were things that had never been allowed to me.

Those things felt precious.

 

After finishing our meal,

 



we were drinking coffee.

“You work at the film company, translate, and

 


now you’re even working at the café too. Isn’t that too much?”

“The part-timers at the café handle most of it anyway…

 

 

I’m not planning to do any translating until the film company work is done.”

“You’ve never done adaptation work before. Are you okay?

 

 

Isn’t it hard?”

“It’s unfamiliar, but…

 

 

still, since it’s my first time doing it, it’s fun.

When would I get another chance like this?”

“Our kiddo. You’re really capable, aren’t you?”

 

 

“Ah… don’t call me kiddo.

 

 

I just ate a good meal and now I feel like throwing up.”

“Nope~ I’m going to keep using that as your pet name.”

 

 

“Seriously, what’s wrong with you.”

 

 

After finishing the meal

 

 

we came down to the underground parking lot.

Mr. Kim opened the passenger-side door for me,

 


then suddenly pulled me into a light embrace.

“Jung-ah…”

 


“Yeah?”

 

 

He stroked my hair and said,

 


“This feels too much like a dream right now.”

 


“Why?”

 


“The fact that you’re next to me feels so dreamlike, and

 



I’m so happy….”

“If you’re happy, Taehyung, then I’m happy too…”

 



I wanted to leave his happy feeling

 

 

just as it was for a moment.

That was when it happened.

 



“Yujeong!!!”

 

 

At the sound of someone shouting my name,

 

 

both Mr. Kim and I jumped and pulled apart.

I could see Hoonji coming from the other side.

 

 

He came straight toward me,

then grabbed my arm.

“What are you doing right now?

 



Talk to me for a moment.”

Mr. Kim blocked Hoonji

 



with his arm and shouted,

“What about you? What are you doing right now?”

 



“Sir!

 

 

What does that mean, what I just heard?”

“It means exactly what you heard.

 



Let go of Jung’s arm and talk to me.”

“Sir!”

 

 

I stepped in between the two of them.

 



“Hoonji. Lower your voice.

 



Taehyung. Go on ahead.

I’ll talk to Hoonji.”

Hoonji looked at me and said,

 



“I told you I wanted to start over.

 



You said let’s take three months to think things over.

So what are you doing all of a sudden now?

Are you making a fool of me?”

I looked into Hoonji’s eyes and answered,

 

 

“You’re the one who made a fool of me.”

 


“It was just a one-time mistake.”