Big Life

11 - Not alone (4)

'It's just my style to get rid of what I'm doing and be cute like a puppy. You're so young, and your skin is so firm. ’

I got up from my seat with a bad feeling. Since it's the same office, there will be many opportunities in the future.

I called my friend to comfort myself like that.

“Hello, Jeongyeok. How about a drink today? I'll shoot you somewhere nice. Hey, the room you went to? I'm gonna memorize women's faces, motherfucker. It's somewhere else. Uh, yeah. I'm leaving the company, so I'll see you in about 30 minutes. ”

After hanging up the phone, I left the office whistling.

Across the hall and in front of the elevator, several people stood there. I don't see Somi.

‘Did it go down? That was fast.’

I got into the elevator mixed in a basket of mild people.

Shortly after the door closes and his appearance disappears, Somi, who was hiding in the ladies' room, is smiling out.

‘I don't want you to face me. ’

Somi always knew where to park her car. So I deliberately led the reconstructed car to the office and the other parking lot. It's not good for them to see each other again.

Somi took another elevator back around the hallway and went down to the underground parking lot. Reconstruction was waiting in the car listening to music.

“Sorry I'm late. You've waited long, haven't you?”

“It's been less than 15 minutes. Are you done? ”

“Yes, it's completely over. ”

Somi got on the passenger seat with a smile on her face. The car in which the heater was running was very warm and comfortable.

“Now, what do you want to eat? ”

“Mmmm... ”

After a moment of thought, Somi claps her hands and opens her mouth.

“It's cold... How about seafood?" It's a delicious place, not too far from here. You don't have to take Navy photos. ”

“Okay, here we go. ”

Reconstruction gladly accepted, grabbing the handle and stepping on Axel.

Like Somi said, the restaurant was not far away, so it was about five minutes away.

When I came into the restaurant with my tea, my customers were busy, whether it was a famous place for delicious homes.

“Welcome, how many of you? ”

“Two.”

“Come this way. ”

The two of them were guided by the waiter and seated at the table in the corner of the wall. Reconstruction took off his clothes and glanced at the menu plate and told the waiter.

“Seafood versus seafood. ”

“Hah, we can't both eat. ”

Somi immediately withheld, but the reconstruction did not bend.

“I can eat it all. You have to order something big to make it come out well. Right?"

“Hohoho, yes. I'll do my best.”

A pile of different seafood pots were placed on the table.

There were no scallops, octopus, clams, abalone, crab, shrimp, etc. The waiter even trimmed the boiling pot with tongs and scissors so it would be good to eat.

“Try this first, Writer. ”

“Oh, that's good. Chew.”

“Here, I'll cut you some more. Here you go."

Somi worked diligently to remove various seafood from the reconstruction plate. The reconstruction, admired for a while, returned the ladle to Somi.

“Have some too, Somi. I'm the only one eating. ”

“I'll eat it. How about here?"

“It's delicious. I think you'll come here often. Are you a regular?”

Somi grins and looks away.

“It's a very expensive place for the youngest editor to be a regular. I came with my colleagues from the office once. The liver is good, and the seafood is fresh, so it tastes like something you eat in the East Sea. ”

“Yeah, it's really good. Thank you for showing me a good place. ”

“I'm the one who's grateful. Eating expensive and delicious things like this. ”

“Would you like a soju? You can call me Deputy. ”

“You don't have to do that because of me. I don't need a drink. ”

“Then let's go to carbonation instead of soju today. ”

Reconstruction and Somi enjoyed the conversation while eating.

There was no awkwardness without drinking.

I met him for the first time in summer, and it's winter before my eyes. We've been through a lot together.

The two of them were intimate enough that they didn't have to borrow alcohol.

“Mr. Somi, can you show me the paintings? ”

The reconstruction was about to begin to slow down significantly as my stomach was full.

I waited my whole life to ask you to show me the painting, but it was the limit.

“My painting? ”

“You draw really well. Those of you who are painting carry popos. It's a portfolio, because I think there might be a lot of stuff hidden on that tablet that Somi always has. ”

Reconstruction smiles maliciously and points to the tablet PC with its head pointed out from Somi's bag.

Somi immediately accepted the conjecture of reconstruction with a embarrassing expression.

“Ah... I'm so ashamed. And very few paintings are done properly. ”

“I miss you. Just a little bit, okay? Please.”

“Ugh, let me show you a little bit. ”

Somi pulls out the tablet PC and turns it on. Then I swiped my finger through the screen for a moment and handed it over to Reconstruction.

As soon as the reconstruction accepted the Tablet PC, she buries her face into the palms of her hands.

“Wow!"

As soon as I saw the first picture, it was a rebuilding that flowed from elasticity.

I expected it to be cute and feminine, but not at all. From the beginning, the mounted horseman in an armor was filling the screen. The lines of pressure emanate from the cavalry as if they were piercing through the outside of the monitor.

“Excellent! How well do you draw male characters? Wow, she smells so manly, too. What a variation!”

Reconstruction continued to turn the page, amazed.

It wasn't a pure cartoon female character.

It was dominated by rich, brain-dead female characters that male readers liked.

“You don't have the talent to draw this well? Isn't that a little short notice, Mr. Somi? ”

“Don't keep floating. I can't even lift my head right now. ”

It was just then.

A young woman cautiously approached next to the reconstruction looking at the painting and stood casting a shadow.

“Excuse me, sir. ”

“Hmmm… yes? ”

Reconstruction and Somi look up at you at the same time.

A female guest having a meal a little distance away. About three or four of her companions whisper to each other and look at the reconstruction.

“May I help you? ”

“You know, are you a Haejeon writer? ”

“Ah, yes. That's right."

Reconstruction is not a first time, so I answered boldly without embarrassment. The woman covers my mouth with an impressive expression and gestures toward the group.

“Hey, come here. He's right.”

The group comes to the site of the Ur Reconstruction.

They were all women who looked before and after their 30s.

They all sat down next to the reconstruction and began to argue in front of them.

“Oh my God, you really are Haejeon! ”

“You read too well, writer, you stupid woman. because we're a reading group. I don't know how impressive I was reading it. I think all of us here have read it at least three times. ”

“He was much more handsome in real life than the photos of the Navin interview. ”

“What other novel are you writing right now? Is this another stupid girl drama? I like that. ”

Questions were flying around like quickfire, impossible to answer.

But the rebuilding did its best to answer each of their questions calmly.

“Why all of a sudden? Is he a celebrity or something? ”

“I don't know. I know all the crazy broadcasts, but I don't think I've ever seen one. ”

Even the guests around me and the waiters were scrubbing the reconstruction with strange eyes.

If you could hear the conversation, you might know that reconstruction is a writer, but the restaurant was too noisy.

‘You've grown a lot. ’

Opposite the reconstruction, surrounded by readers sweating.

Somi was looking at the reconstruction with a faint smile on her muffled lips.

My eyes broke.

It wasn't the fluorescent lights.

It was the afterglow that flowed from the reconstruction that had grown up in just half a year.

“Sir, if you'll excuse me, could you take a picture with us? ”

A woman looked up at her phone and asked.

Reconstruction takes a good look at Somi's tone and nods.

“Yes, I'm fine. Sure."

“Let me take a picture for you. Give it to me."

Somi picked up the phone from a woman.

The women sat behind and beside each other of the rebuilding and quickly fixed the broken head and the parakeet.

“I'll take it. One, two, three... ”

The flash burst and a picture remained on my phone.

Somi took back her phone and asked as if she were floating.

“By the way...... who's your girlfriend? ”

Somi was asked about the water she drank.

I didn't even have a drink, but she shook her hands with a red face.

“No, no. I'm a publisher editor. ”

“Ah, yes. Oh, yeah, she's so pretty. ”

“Yes, the skin is white. Your hair looks great on you. ”

“But how did you two meet? ”

“Hey, you said you're an editor. Did you forget what you just heard? Now let's get out of the way. You two are eating. ”

At least one of the women drinks less alcohol. She regains her senses and draws out the group. They tighten their heads at the reconstruction several times before returning to their seats.

Thanks to this, the rebuilding also had to stand up and perform the funeral.

“Phew, I'm sorry. Mr. Somi.”

“No, I'm not. I didn't mean to flatter myself. He's an editor with a famous writer. ”

“Don't make fun of me. Oh, you should see the rest of the painting. ”

Reconstruction picked up Somi's tablet PC.

Then I began to continue to admire the fans for a while.

Somi, sitting quietly across the street, was enjoying but at the same time feeling nervous.

‘When this position is over.... ’

When will I see the rebuilding again after we break up today?

That's all Somi thinks about right now.

There was no more business excuses to reconstruct.

It's getting harder and harder for an editor like me to see, isn't it? ’

Reconstruction will pour out good works. Of course, you will climb to higher heights.

This was Somi's clear belief. It couldn't have happened that way.

“Good to see you, Somi. ”

Somi, who was lost in thought, could not even hear herself calling.

As the reconstruction shook his palm in front of his eyes, he regained his focus with his furious mind.

“Yes, sir. Tell me.”

“I saw the painting well. It was really good.”

The rebuilding was done by handing over the Tablet PC to Somi.

“That should be enough for a subcontractor. ”

“Ah, yes. Just a little... ”

“There's no rule that says you can't do it. If you care about the people in your company, you can do it under a different name. ”

“I'm not more confident than that. ”

Glug glug!

The phone of reconstruction shivers and radiates light.

It was a message that flew from Minho.

The reconstruction that confirmed the contents said to Somi with a chuckle.

“You're a writer I know. If you have a cheap and decent illustrator around you, they'd like you to introduce them. I'm preparing a payment plan. ”

“Ah… yes. ”

“Management will take care of it, but I usually don't like it. I think I'd like to take Savvy on as an illustration. Mr. Somi, would you mind sending Pope over? ”

“ ……! ”

Somi opened her eyes wide and swallowed her saliva.

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