We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 72. Se-mo-ne-mo-hae

When I arrived at the café,

the door was already open.




For a moment,

I wondered if I’d forgotten to lock it yesterday,

and stepped inside in a panic.




But Jisung was already there.




"Jisung. What’s up this early?

I thought I’d left the door unlocked yesterday

and got such a fright."





"Uh... yes..."


Jisung hesitated for a moment before speaking.





"I thought I should

see you in advance before the customers come."





"Me? Why?"





Jisung stood there silently

for a while.





"I heard Miguel told the boss everything."






"And?"






"I... do I need to quit?"




I pulled Jisung over and sat him down in a chair.





"Jisung. What are you talking about?

Why would you quit your job?"






"You might feel uncomfortable."






"Not at all.

Why would I be uncomfortable?

Is Jisung uncomfortable

about me dating Hoonji?"





Jisung answered, flustered.





"Huh? No."






"It’s the same thing,

so why would you think I’d be uncomfortable?"





Jisung lowered his head.





"Jisung.

We’re all different people, you know.

Different people live their lives differently, so

don’t get discouraged

or lose confidence over it in the future."





I stood up, then paused for a moment.





"I thought you’d been scouted by another café

and I was shocked!

You know I can’t keep this café running without you,

and yet you scared me like that..."

Jisung lifted his head





and smiled at me.

"By the way, if Miguel goes back to Spain,





what are you going to do?

Long-distance relationships are hard enough already."

"There’s video calls and all, so..."





As I headed into the kitchen,





I said, looking back at Jisung,

"Poor girls who come to our café





just for Jisung’s looks... haha"

"Aw... come on..."






"I’m serious. There were even female customers asking






how old Jisung is."

Jisung scratched his head,





looking shy.

I felt a strange sense of kinship with Jisung.





We were both people who couldn’t easily tell others

who we loved.

In a way, that was a little lonely too.



With that feeling of shared hardship,



I patted Jisung on the shoulder.

The busy lunch rush was winding down.





"Jisung.





Go home a little early today.

The day Miguel goes back to Spain

isn’t far off, right?"

Jisung waved his hands.





"No, it’s fine. I should do my job."





"It’s okay today.





There isn’t any translation work I need done urgently,

and I’ll manage on my own."

Jisung hesitated for a long time




and asked with a guilty look.

"Are you sure that’s okay?"




"Of course.





Have a good time."

After seeing Jisung off,





I called Hoonji.

For once, he answered right away.


"Hoonji.





You didn’t forget today was the day

we were going to the drive-in, did you?

I was going to tell you this morning, but

you had already left before I even woke up."

"Yeah. Of course I didn’t forget!!"






"We have to arrive by 10 at the latest, so





can you make it by 9, accounting for travel time?"

"I can make it by then.






Don’t worry."

"Okay. I’ll be waiting at home."






"See you later."






"Okay. Hoonji!






Let’s go triangle-square!"

"Huh? What does that mean?"






I whispered in a small voice.






"Well...



saying ‘I love you’ would let other people hear,

so I made it up.

It’s like a kind of code."

"Puhaha... got it. Triangle-square!!"






"Bye-om."






By the time it was almost 9,





a message came from Hoonji telling me to come down

to the parking lot.

I took the snack bundle I’d prepared in advance




and went downstairs.

He opened the passenger-side door for me,






then stared at my bag in shock.

"Seriously...





are we going to watch a movie

or film one?

Are we going on an overnight shoot or something?"

"I just prepared a little bit at a time. haha






Let’s get going!!"

After driving for just under an hour,





we finally arrived at the drive-in theater.

"You said you’d seen Assassins,






so I booked Tazza."

"Yeah. Good choice.






But why is it that Jang-a doesn’t...

talk much about the dramas or movies I’m in?"

"Besides me, there are probably only people around you

who just critique everything....





If I talk about it too, wouldn’t you get stressed out?"

"I guess that could be true...

But it’d be nice to have someone






who talks about it more objectively than just praise."

"How could I look at it objectively, haha.

And...





most of the time there’s a female opposite lead,

so I don’t really watch them."

"Really?"

"Even knowing it’s acting, it’s so annoying





I can’t watch.






I’ve turned it off a lot while watching."

"Seriously... even knowing it’s acting?"

"I know!!!






And I still hate it."





"Wow... that’s more serious than me."

"Oh!! It’s starting!!






Tazza, Part 1 is the best...






I’m a woman who graduated from Ewha~"

"Oh~~ you do a pretty good impression!"

Soon the movie started,





and I wanted to tell the next part of the story





so badly my mouth itched.

"Hey... you know.

That friend is going to..."





"What, you know the plot?"

"I’ve seen this.





At the theater with a friend..."





Hoonji stared at me intently.

"Then why did you want to watch this?"




I said with a perfectly calm face.



"Because you haven’t seen it."





"You’re watching it again because of me?"



"It’s fun even the second time.





And it’s even more fun watching it with you."





Hoonji smiled warmly

and brought his hand to my cheek.




I was startled and shouted,

"If you pinch my cheek, I’ll pay you back twice as hard!"





Hoonji burst out laughing at my reaction,


then lightly patted my head.




"Can I spoil a little?"

"Nope."




"Ah... do you have a mask in the car?"





I covered my mouth with my hand and said,





"I need to cover my mouth."





Hoonji looked at me like that,


then mouthed silently,





"Triangle-square"

"So you two had been seeing each other all along?"




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