Chapter 151

* * *They were on their way back to the restaurant. Dojin turned to look at Iseul next to him. He wanted to say something to her, but nothing came to mind. Soon, the two of them arrived at the restaurant.“I’ll buy you something tasty next time. Seriously, thank you for today. You helped out a lot.”Iseul waved her hand at him. Instead of saying goodbye, he decided to say something else.“I finally found something I want to keep on doing today.”“Mm?”Iseul looked at him curiously. Dojin suppressed the embarrassment inside him and looked straight at her.“I’m going to keep liking you until I graduate.”Iseul burst out into laughter.“Alright, fine. But I’m going to keep making you work at the restaurant until then. I’ll call you out whenever you’re free. Are you okay with that?”“Whenever! I’m always free!”“That doesn’t sound charming at all you know.”She waved her hand one last time with a smile. This time, Dojin waved back.“Bye.”“See you.”Dojin got on the bus, his heart felt like it was about to explode. He found something he wanted to do for the first time. It was kind of stupid and the reason why he wanted to do it was even more stupid. But whatever. As soon as he arrived back home, Dojin turned on the computer. He typed “cook” on the search bar. He knew he was being very hasty right now, but when has Dojin ever not been hasty? Right now, his eyes were shining brighter than anything else.

* * *“Over here.”Maru bowed at Mintae from afar. Mintae flinched a little from the distance before bowing as well. By the looks of it, the man only noticed Daemyung before this. “Bro, this is Maru.”Daemyung acted as the mediator between the two. Maru recalled meeting this man before, though he had to wonder if the man remembered him.“We met before, didn’t we? I’m Yoon Mintae.”The man, who was in his mid-twenties, extended his hand out for a shake. Maru grabbed it firmly.“Please don’t be so polite in front of me. You can treat me as you do Daemyung.”“Well, sure then.”Mintae smiled brightly. “Did you guys eat yet?”“No, not yet.”“Alright. Might as well get something. I haven’t eaten yet either.”Mintae took them to a BBQ place. It was already dinnertime, so the place was crowded.“Daemyung told you why you’re here, right?”“Yes.”They were making an original play completely from scratch, everything from writing the script to the stage tech would be done by them.“We’re not planning on making this a short-term project. The idea is to rent out a theater in Hyehwa station later on to begin our first play.”“What about the script?”“Daemyung decided to give it a go. We’ll have to help him obviously.”The two of them looked at Daemyung, who smiled nervously at them. The boy seemed dead set on entering into the industry as a director.“So just us three, then?”“For now. We’ll need more later though. First off, we need a writer. Someone who can breathe life into the writing. It’s going to be a little difficult for just Daemyung to write it, since we’re all just beginners.”Making a play. It was a tempting offer. It would be a difficult, yet rewarding project.“I can decorate the stage,” Mintae began.“And Maru can take care of the acting,” Daemyung replied.The two of them seemed to have thought of the roles already. “How is it? Want to try it?”