When Your Pain Becomes Mine

***

The next morning, in the Kids Fan office.

"Are we gonna have the meeting with the animation production company today?" While reviewing the schedule, Eunyoung asked Ari.

"Yes, I'm sure that Ojae and Sun met each other by now."

Eunyoung looked up at Ari, giggling. "What's so funny?"

"Huh? Oh, no. It's just that the guy's name and his face match so perfectly." Ari could barely keep herself from smiling.

"You're not supposed to judge people by their name or appearance, you know?" Eunyoung said to Ari in a calm tone of voice.

"Then how do I judge people? Through what basis?"

When Ari asked, Eunyoung looked up. "You have to judge people by their behaviors. You can only see what kind of person he or she is by their behaviors. If you are deceived by the appearance, you're going to be like me."

"Oh my. Don't speak of yourself like that."

"Don't judge people thoughtlessly. He didn't look like he was a bad guy."

"... I won't." Ari replied reluctantly.

"Hey, Sun. Sun!"

Then the door of the office opened, and Ojae jumped into the office.

He looked for Sun hurriedly with his face turned pale.

"Huh? She said she was going straight to the center. I thought you were supposed to go with her?" Ari asked.

"Oh, well... answer the phone for me. I have to go to the bathroom now, I have a stomach problem…." Ojae rushed out of the office without saying anything after.

Ojae looked like he was in a rush to find a bathroom because Ari and Eunyoung saw him running towards the toilet, both hands on his b.u.t.t.

Ari, looking back at him, said, "How am I supposed to judge him with that behavior?"

"... Huh..."

***

"What are you talking about? Are you telling me to go to the meeting instead?"

While driving, Gyeonhui asked on his Bluetooth earphones. He was holding the steering wheel with his hand that was in a plaster-cast.

"I think I've got enteritis."

"Enteritis?"

"I've drunk alcohol so heavily and so often recently. I've already sent a text to Sun, so you need to go as soon as possible."

"Are you crazy? Why would I go there?"

"So what? I can't even take my b.u.t.t off the toilet right now."

"... Send another person."

"There's no one I can send. You said that I'm in charge of Kids Fan, so no one knows about anything but me."

"Oh, what do you want from me!"

"Just go to the meeting! Oh my... Ugh..." As Ojae shouted and flexed his muscles, he m.o.a.n.e.d.

"S, stop...!"

As the unfiltered sound continued to show just how terrible his bowel was doing, Gyeonhui furrowed his brow. Quickly, he pulled his car over and sighed for a long time toward the ceiling. No matter how much he struggled, there was no other way.

After a long struggle, he started to speak slowly.

"... Where is it?"

A short time later, a text with the address of the animation center came to his cell phone.

***

In the center from the entrance, Sun was waiting for Ojae while looking at her reflection in the window.

Smiling satisfactorily, she checked the time with a digital clock hanging on the wall.

"He's late."

The appointment was supposed to start 20 minutes ago.

"I forgot my phone on a very important day…"

It was an important meeting, so it took her more time in the morning to prepare. Since it took her so much more time, she was late and forgot her cell phone. She was in a hurry to come to the meeting, and by the time she almost arrived at the center, she realized that she had no phone.

'I guess I have to go in alone...'

While she was in trouble, a large automatic door opened, and a man of strapping stature came in with the morning sunlight on his back.

Since it was such a different silhouette from Ojae, she gazed beyond him, thinking it wasn't him. However, the man walked toward her with his long legs.

As he approached a few steps, Sun finally saw his face.

The man who was approaching her was Gyeonhui.

With the unexpected encounter, her eyes grew unknowingly.

52. Strange Things

'Hey Gyeonhui, if you continuously avoid my calls, then I'll cancel the contract with you?'

Gyeonhui had seen the texts from Chaekyeong and frowned. He set his phone to a vibration notification because it was bothersome.

"This is crazy. Why are you going nuts too?"

He sighed, frustrated when he almost arrived near the building.

Gyeonhui was forced to come to the center, but he wasn't ready to see her again yet. However, there were no other ways, so he tried to park his car in the parking lot.

"I'm so sorry, Sir."

"What's going on?"

Still irritated, Gyeonhui asked in a slightly annoyed tone.

"Since your car registration numbers end with an odd number, so you can't park here."

"What?"

He quickly looked out of the window and checked the sign. He noticed the policy of the parking lot.

He pulled his car over and wandered around the building, finding a place to park.

"No way, there's not even a paid parking lot?"

He circled twice around the building, but there was no place to park. It was difficult for him to keep turning the steering wheel because of the plaster-cast.

At that time, he noticed a restaurant that had not yet opened. It seemed that they hadn't opened it even when it was already 10 o'clock in the morning, so it was likely that they're closed today.

"Alright. There's no other way."

He parked his car and hurried to the building. He checked the time and realized that he was already 20 minutes late.

"Hmm."

He took his breath and slowly entered the building.

Not far away, he could see her looking out the entrance to wait for Ojae.

"It's Cheon… Sun?"

However, he could not take his eyes off of her since she was so stunning in a formal dress for the meeting.