“Seonbae, are you leaving?”

“Yeah, sorry about that.”

“Don’t say that. Do your best, seonbae. Treat us to some food if you become big later. You can’t ignore us, okay?”

Gaeul said yes to the juniors of her acting club before changing her shoes. Although club activities finished at 5 on Saturdays, she notified the teachers beforehand that she would be leaving at 2.

She took the bus and then took the train to Seoul. She grabbed the handle with one hand and held up the script that her instructor gave her in the other to read out loud.

“I like you. I don’t care what you think about me. I’m selfish? I still don’t care.”

It was the line of a woman in a movie who desperately pleaded while grabbing the hands of a man who was in a coma. When she first watched that movie, Gaeul understood what it was like to be at a loss for words due to being touched. She sniffled like a fool by herself and replayed that scene over and over again. The title of that movie was ‘Spring Calendar’.

When she went through the lines, the emotions became vivid again, making her nose tinge. It was a really good movie - just as she was thinking that, she met eyes with the woman right in front of her, who seemed to be a college student. Seeing her turn her head away in a fluster, Gaeul felt her face...