“… Is it because of your mood?”

Yoo Se-ah swept the side of her hair that fell in front of her shoulders and leaned back on the backrest. Well, even if something really happened, how could he know about it when he wasn’t even in awe?

‘… It must have been a bit lacking in sugar.’

Originally, filming is a job that requires a lot more energy than I thought. Aside from acting in front of the camera, waiting endlessly on the set itself is tiring.

That’s why condition management is the basics of an actor.

It’s your turn to shoot your own scene after waiting for a long time, but if the filming is delayed for reasons such as lack of hydration or low sugar, it’s embarrassing and a nuisance to everyone.

“Sea unnie, I brought you something sweet.”

Just in time, Yoo Se-ah’s manager, Kwon So-yoon, brought snacks. Seeing the small tray filled with her favorite things, Seah Yoo smiled.

“what? I didn’t say anything, how did you know and bring it?”

“I met the assistant director on my way back.”

“Aha.”

Yusea nodded at her words. I was just trying to change my mind, but I definitely said that to the assistant director.

“I’m sorry, sister. Have you been away for a while?”

“No, you are having a hard time coming all the way to work abroad. But, where did this come from? I heard you couldn’t bring coffee or snack tea because it was an island.”

“Staff brought a lot of things. And well, wherever I go, I take my sister’s snacks with me.”

“… I see.”

At Kwon So-yoon’s words, Yoo Se-ah thought for a moment.

“… Have I been looking for snacks so often lately?”

“Yes? haha. No, it’s just the basic skills of a manager.”

“right? Whoops. I was stabbed for nothing.”

People who like snacks and people who often eat snacks have different feelings. Especially if you are an actor.

At the manager’s words, Yoo Se-ah smiled in relief… He gently placed the chocolate he had picked up for the fourth time on the tray. Then, naturally, the topic changed.

“How is the atmosphere on the shooting side?”

“What do you think went smoothly? Even so, it seems like there is still a lot left before my sister.”

The next scene in which Yoo Se-ah participates can be done at least in the evening when the sun goes down because the background is at night. The sun is slowly going down, but there is still quite a bit of time left.

“Then, shall we go for a walk?”

“Are you still bothered about the snacks?”

“… No, the beach here is pretty.”

It was a suggestion that he brought up because he had accidentally thought about the calories in chocolate, but Yoo Se-ah naturally refuted it.

I came out with the idea of changing my shoes to sneakers that are easy to move and walking around lightly… … .

“Hey, bring an ice pack for now.”

“Shall I bring a towel?”

“That’s basic, dude!”

Something is disturbing the atmosphere. Staff walking around with embarrassed faces. Judging from the direction of movement, it seems that something happened on the shooting site.

“What’s going on?”

“Ah, Chanhyuk Cho suddenly sat down with his head wrapped around his head during filming… … .”

“A senior?”

Cho Chan-hyeok is a celebrity in the film industry who can be called a spy if you don’t know him, and in this movie, he played the role of a key supporting actor with the second highest proportion after the main characters.

As Yoo Se-ah approached with a worried expression, Cho Chan-hyeok sat down on a plastic chair and pressed his temples with his head bowed.

“Oh, that’s fine. It’s no big deal.”

When the staff brought ice packs and household medicine, Cho Chan-hyeok shook his hand and refused them. It was because I had been through a lot, and I knew that things like that didn’t help.

‘It sounds like you’re having a migraine again… … .’

A sudden onset of pain on one side of the head.

It is not known to the public, but it is a fact that everyone around him or those who have filmed with him know that Cho Chan-hyeok suffers from severe migraines.

Normally, it doesn’t matter, but it seems that when the symptoms appear in a fit, it complains of a severe headache. Some people say that even walking is difficult.

Although Yoo Se-ah has suffered from migraines a few times… A senior who doesn’t usually show a hard look is to the point of stopping filming, so maybe it’s on a different level, I’m just vaguely guessing.

“Chanhyuk, how can you not?”

“I’m sorry, Director. I need to rest for a bit.”

“… Nope. I had a very tight schedule today. Then let’s all take a short break and start filming other scenes first.”

From the first filming to this overseas location, Cho Chan-hyeok had never said anything difficult, so the director couldn’t speak for a long time either. I just put on a sad face.

In the end, the scene that was being filmed was decided to be filmed again later, and Cho Chan-hyeok moved to a shelter with an awning. At first glance, he had a calm expression, but the visibly deteriorated complexion indicated his physical condition.

“Senior, are you okay?”

“who… Oh, it’s Seah.”

Cho Chan-hyeok, who was lying on the cot, turned his head.

“it’s okay. It’s something that happens often. It was like this once when we were filming Infidels together before… Ugh.”

He pretended to be okay, got himself up, then grabbed his head again and lay down on the bed. After making a sound of pain for a while, he quietly closed his eyes, then let out a deep sigh.

“… But when you wake up after a sigh, it disappears.”

As an actor, Cho Chan-hyeok was an actor who had been on the so-called flower road, gaining popularity by winning victories, but at least few people around him were envious of his life.

He was just beginning his rise to stardom when his father’s business collapsed and he sat in debt.

Cho Chan-hyeok took on all of his father’s remaining debts and succeeded in paying them off in just two years. However… At the time, I was suffering from the same migraine as I do now while digesting an excessively unreasonable schedule.

‘Besides, Chanhyuk sunbaenim is an immersive actor… … .’

Originally, acting itself is basically tiring the mind, but there are differences depending on the method.

Among them, so-called method-style acting, which is immersed in the role as much as possible, belongs to the axis with the highest degree of fatigue. It’s to the point that these actors don’t try to play more than one role at a time.

However, even then, I continued to work as an actor, sticking to my own acting method, and I have continued to this day… … . I don’t know, but Seah Yoo thought that this would also be one of the causes of migraines not going away.

“Can you sleep?”

“What can I do? gotta try… … . Because the medicine is useless.”

“A sleeping pill?”

“It works, so I can fall asleep right away, but when I wake up, the headache gets worse, so I can’t do it.”

The bottom line is that there is no other way than to force yourself to sleep. Cho Chan-hyeok closed his eyes and put the eye patch and eye pack brought by the manager on top of it.

“… Does something like massage not work?”

“massage? good. Although the effect is temporary. But why?”

“Yes? No, it just came to my mind.”

To be precise, after being in a daze for a while, I thought of Gangtae, and the massage was a bonus.

“Do you know of any good masseuses?”

“uh… Maybe?”

“maybe?”

If it’s right, it’s right, or it’s not, maybe something. Cho Chan-hyeok asked in a bewildered voice.

“See, it’s often mentioned on Instagram, and… Well. The skill of acupressure was a bit different.”

Come to think of it, I have never received a massage from Taehan. I just received some palm acupressure for a while. Yoo Se-ah suddenly recalled the memory of that time.

‘It was a very strange feeling… … .’

The moment I pressed my palm, I felt a tingling sensation like an electric current flowing into my chest. It was a brief moment, but it was an intense experience that I can still recall vividly.

If you get a massage from Taehan… … .

Thinking that far, Yoo Se-ah twitched her lips and looked up at the awning that had been set above her. Just thinking about it was too strong a stimulus.

* * *

Early Wednesday afternoon.

Kang Ho-yeon left the house with a shy expression and a tilt of his head. Waking up so late and leaving the house felt awkward.

‘I haven’t seen much like this… … .’

When I was young, I came out early from the wind because I was living the youngest life, and after I got older and opened a store, I had to go out early to prepare for business.

Of course, I didn’t see a great honor because of that, but… Still, thanks to Taehan, I was able to go to college without paying a single debt, so I was proud of myself.

“But sales are better these days than when I was working hard… … .”

To be precise, it was after the aftermath of the shoulder disappeared and I started hitting the handball again. One by one, there were passers-by watching the beating being played outside, and at some point, the number of customers started to increase.

These days, we have the luxury of taking one day off a week… Rather, sales are incomparable to those of the past.

Bread.

Just then, a klaxon sounded from across the alley. When I turned my head, someone was waving with his face sticking out the window.

“father!”

It is none other than Kang Ho-yeon’s son, Kang Tae-han.

I got a car from someone I know, and he said he would get it today, so he drove the car all the way here saying let’s go for a drive with it.

“… Did you get that for a bargain?”

Kang Ho-yeon looked at the car for a moment and a look of bewilderment passed over her face. I had heard Taehan Kang’s price before and thought, ‘It will be about a compact car’, but a large Santa Fe suddenly appeared.

“Father, let’s get on.”

“Hey, Taehyung. this… A flooded vehicle or something? Or did you give me more money?”

Used car prices are expensive these days, but unless there is a reason, the price is unacceptable. However, Kang Tae-han only smiled at his father’s words.

“As a token of appreciation, I heard that they cut it a bit… It didn’t seem like a bit. I just want to thank you, well.”

“… You are a good person in many ways.”

“It’s a good relationship.”

Kang Ho-yeon climbed into the passenger seat and fastened his seat belt. Then, after lightly looking around the inside of the car and the instrument panel, he exclaimed. Even the mileage was good.

‘I’ve heard about it, but… … .’

Did you say that your son saved one of Wonho’s brother’s friends from Mt. Gyeryong? This is a story I heard when the two of them were asked how they got to know each other.

Well, if I told you that I bought it from a used car dealer at that price, I would have been worried, but if I said that I had done a good deed and received it in return, it would be somewhat convincing.

“… Because you do good things, good people gather around you, and good things seem to happen.”

“Yes? I couldn’t hear you, Father.”

“not. nothing.”

Kang Tae-han, who had been passing through the alley for a while, asked back, and Kang Ho-yeon, who belatedly felt embarrassed, evaded his words.

“It’s better than that! Oh my gosh. Ride all the cars your son drives.”

“You will ride often from now on.”

“Haha, that’s it. Who doesn’t have a car?”

Kang Ho-yeon turned his head for a moment and watched his son driving.

… When I was young, I couldn’t even be a father because I was busy, but how did I grow up to be such a great person? It was Kang Ho-yeon who made me feel proud just by looking at her and was just as thankful.

“… by the way.”

Has it been that long?

The car entered the highway without knowing it, and was running naturally, adeptly adjusting to the surrounding speed.

“You drive quite well. How long have you been practicing?”

Although it is easier to drive on highways rather than on national highways, there is still a psychological pressure when you are a beginner driver.

But now, in Kang Tae-han’s driving, I didn’t feel any of that uneasiness. It seems that he has driven a few times in Seoul.

However, Kang Tae-han’s answer was different from his father’s expectations.

“Yes? Where do you have time to do that?”

“What? Haven’t you had a closet license for quite some time?”

Kang Ho-yeon’s embarrassed voice. Kang Tae-han nodded with a calm expression.

“Yes, this is my second driving after getting my license.”

“… I see.”

silence for a while.

Kang Ho-yeon looked straight ahead, checked his seat belt one more time, and then checked the position of the passenger seat handle.

“… Would you like to stop for a while at the sleepy shelter in front of me?”

“Are you sleepy? You can sleep if you are sleepy.”

“… not. done.”

I’d rather go on without knowing.

With that thought in mind, Kang Ho-yeon held on to the handle of the passenger seat next to him.