We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 92. All in for Love

Only after I finished all the toast

Hunji spoke.





"Jung-ah. By any chance, after going to Busan

you didn't come back with some weird resolve, did you?"





"Weird resolve?"





"Like deciding we should break up... .

Something like that."





I stared at Hunji intently.





"Tell me. That's not it, right?

I'll do my best for three months

to get your permission."





He hesitated for a moment, then went on.


 


"I'm not asking you to understand unnie.

Instead, just don't waver.

That's my request."






"Hunji.
 
Even though I only went to Busan and slept there,

I don't know why I'm so tired.

Let's stop talking about us and go to sleep now."





I got up from the chair

and was about to go into the bedroom.

He grabbed my hand.





"You still haven't answered me."





"Yeah... I haven't.

Can you wait just a few days for that answer?"





"Why?"





I gripped tightly the hand that was holding mine.





"Just a few days..."





I took him into the bedroom.

And fell back asleep as if dead.





The next morning.

I hurried to get ready to go out early.




On the way to the café, I stopped by a real estate office.

I asked them to look for someone

who could take over the café as is.





And I called the publisher.


After finishing the work I was currently on,

I said I wouldn't be doing translation work

for a few months for the time being.





When I arrived at the café, I made myself an Americano with an extra shot

and drank a cup before preparing to open.





Then Jiseong came in.





"Boss!! It's only been a week, and I'm about to cry.

You did get plenty of rest, right? You're okay now?"





"Why are you about to cry?

Did something happen?"





"Trying to work alone was insanely lonely. Haha"





"I was wondering what on earth... You startled me.

Jiseong. Want to come over here for a sec and sit down?"






"Yes."






"Jiseong.

This morning, on my way to work, I stopped by the real estate office.

I've put the café up for sale... I'm sorry."






"Huh?"






"Instead, I asked them to find someone

who could take over the café exactly as it is.

With conditions that let you keep working like you do now.

I'm sorry for making such a sudden decision."





The smile disappeared from Jiseong's face.





"Boss...."






"You saw it too, right, Jiseong?

That there were quite a lot of unwanted visitors coming here to see me?

Of course, that's also where I met Woojin,

and above all, meeting you was

such a huge stroke of luck..."





"Then we won't be able to see you anymore, Boss?"





Jiseong asked in a disappointed voice.





"Why wouldn't you?

I'll come work at this café.

As a customer, though."





I stood up and placed my hand gently

on Jiseong's shoulder.





"We'll keep this bond until the day we die!

From now on, as older-sister and younger-brother...
 
Or not? Should I say aunt and nephew?'"





"Oh, come on... What are you talking about?

From now on, I'll treat you with the utmost respect."





"Jiseong. That sense of yours is the best!!"





Maybe because I'd decided to quit,

the sadness and regret

made my time at the café feel even more precious.





After returning from Busan,

a few peaceful days passed.





That night,

I took Hunji, who had come home late after finishing filming,

and headed to our private stargazing spot.





Hunji didn't say a word the whole way.





Even after we got there,

he kept holding my hand tightly and never let go.





"Hunji. Sit here for a moment."





"Why? What are you going to talk about?"





"No... my legs hurt, that's why."





He looked at me with anxious eyes.





"Hurry and sit down. I have something to say too."





"I don't want to hear it..."






"Hunji.

Didn't you promise to listen to me carefully?

I'm telling you to sit down already."





He had no choice but to sit down beside me.





"Hunji.

When I was coming back up from Busan, actually...

as you said, unnie...

the thought of wanting to stay by your side, Hunji,

felt like I was being way too greedy, so

I even thought about wrapping everything up and disappearing."





He shot up before I could even finish speaking.





"I wasn't done talking yet."

 



I tugged his hand and made him sit back down.





"But...

that night, the night I came back up from Busan,

you told me you'd do your best for three months

to get my permission.

After hearing that..."






He couldn't say a word and

was just looking at me with anxious eyes.





"I'm going to try my best for three months too,

for you, Hunji.

I've already put the café up for sale,

and I've decided to take a break from translation work for a few months.

For you, and for my love,

I'm going all in."





Only then did the tension

in Hunji's stiff face slowly ease.





"And if, after we both did our best for three months,

it still doesn't work out... then... we'll,

just break up without any regrets."





"I'm confident.

You don't need to worry about that.

Thank you."





He smiled brightly

and pulled me into an embrace.





"Thank you for changing your mind like that.

I'm really grateful."





I stroked his back and said,





"You're someone worth putting in that much effort for in my life,
 
worth giving my all for and not regretting it.

Hunji..."





"So Jung-ah really changed that much?"