One step to you
Late at night, each other's hearts
After filming the entertainment show, at the broadcasting station parking lot.
The members were getting into their vehicles one by one.
Jeonghan sat quietly in the back seat, looked out the window, and then took out his cell phone.
I picked up my phone and started checking the content that I couldn't see because I was filming.
Ignoring the thousands of messages that had flooded in, I glanced over them one by one and opened the window after seeing a message with the name 'Seoyeon'.
Then
[Lee Seo-yeon]
이서연
[Thank you for coming today. Your costumes were really cool. Fighting!]
Affectionate tone. Jeonghan read the message slowly,
정한
"...thank you."
I simply typed it and sent a reply.
Then he turned off the screen as if pulling it out and placed the phone on his lap.
I let out a long sigh while washing my face with one hand. My thoughts were tangled. Why am I so confused?
정한
"Hey, it's Coups."
에스쿱스(승철)
"huh?"
정한
"You... don't want to date?"
At Jeonghan's words, Seungcheol turned his head and looked at Jeonghan with an expression of 'Huh?'
Jeonghan continues speaking, leaning his head against the back of the chair.
Seungcheol reacted with his eyes wide open.
정한
"Just. Do you have someone in mind? Your taste, I guess... something like that."
에스쿱스(승철)
"Well, not really right now....
에스쿱스(승철)
What's wrong? Who asked you to introduce me to him?"
정한
"no.."
Jeonghan answered briefly, leaned his head back on the chair, and looked out the window.
… It was really difficult. My emotions weren't clear.
Whenever I thought of Seoyeon, my heart ached for no reason.
When she smiled brightly, my eyebrows furrowed for no reason, and when she lowered her head, my heart became heavy without saying a word.
Was this pity or just concern? Jeonghan couldn't answer even to himself.
Meanwhile, inside Seoyeon's car.
Seo-yeon, who was heading home after finishing filming, checked Jeong-han's reply that arrived on her phone.
정한
[thank you.]
It was a short message, but I felt warmth in it.
Seoyeon pressed the heart button on the message. Then she laughed as if talking to herself.
이서연
“Senior, you are truly kind…”
His affectionate eyes, his words, and the moment when he reached out his hand to me kept turning over and over in my mind.
매니저
“Seoyeon-ah, you have a B-Nillaco shoot tomorrow, so take care of your skin and sleep well~”
Seoyeon nodded at the manager's words and entered the house.
Before going to bed, I sent a final message to Jeonghan.
이서연
[Senior, I'll see you at the shoot tomorrow. I'll prepare well. Have a nice day!]
Even when I was hurt by Seungcheol alone, if Jeonghan hadn't comforted me, I would have cried, been sad, and been endlessly depressed.
He was such a wonderful person.
Seo-yan then quietly closed his eyes. His heart suddenly felt hazy.
It's been a long time since I looked forward to tomorrow.
***
Late at night, in the park near Jeonghan's house.
Jeonghan was walking slowly alone in the park with his hat pulled down low.
He walked the streets at night whenever complicated thoughts ran through his head.
Looking up at the sky in a dark alley, then the phone notification sound rang.
Tiring—
A message window popped up as a preview. [Senior, I'll see you tomorrow at the shoot...]
정한
"…ha."
Jeonghan exhaled softly.
'Lee Seo-yeon.'
The name touched my heart again.
정한
“Tomorrow will come, I guess.”
But why, why am I being so cautious?
Jeonghan walked through the night like that. He held onto the emotions he wanted to keep to himself, more carefully than anyone else.