Chapter 40
Chapter 40 – With the Night’s Protection
“What are you writing?”
“Ah, diary . ”
Jongjin didn’t ask more and only yawned .
“Aren’t you tired . Ahhhhhh, where do I sleep?”
“Sleep on the bed . ”
“Then you?”
“I’ll finish writing and get a blanket to sleep on . ”
“I get it . I’ll sleep first . You sleep early too . ”
Jongjin dived into the bed’s blanket and laid down .
And then in one minute, he was sleeping, breathing softly .
‘This guy, he must have been really tired . ’
As he saw Jongjin, he felt the pain of the employees working at companies . He remembered his father who didn’t rest for one day to feed his family .
Jaegun fixed Jongjin’s blanket and went back to his place .
Then his glance went to the diary .
Just then .
‘U, uhhh… . ?’
An idea came to him magically .
Jongjin, who was struggling from work, and the karaoke helper she met earlier was whirling in his brain .
Jaegun’s two hands went to the keyboard .
He didn’t think it was with his will . It was more of an instinct .
His ten fingers started to hit the keyboard very fast .
Tap! Tap!
Tap!
Tap! Tapp!
He couldn’t feel the time
The mechanical keyboard’s sound rang around the small room
Jongjin didn’t wake up at all .
He was sleeping soundly like the keyboard sound was a lullaby .
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“Uhhhh, wat . . Water . ”
Jongjin muttered as he woke up from thirst .
Jaegun passed him a cup of cold water . /
“EHre . ”
Jongjin didn’t even open his eyes and drank it eagerly . He drank it all and looked out the window, sighing .
The world was brighter outside .
“What time is it, right now . ”
“7 . Go clean up . Let’s go eat while we’re leaving . ”
“I don’t want to . I’ll probably throw it up . And I have to get ready . ”
Jongjin lifted himself up .
His head was about to crash . It felt like someone was spinning the room around him
But if he didn’t wake up, he was going to be late for work .
Jaegun said as he sat back down .
“Amazing will . Park Jongjin . Office workers are amazing . ”
“It feel like you’re mocking me . ”
“I’m serious . ”
“And what are you doing . ”
Jongjin was about to go in the bathroom as he caught sight of the monitor . The screen was filled with letters and words .
“Did you write for the entire night?”
“Yeah, I couldn’t sleep . ”
Jongjin opened his mouth, surprised at the indifference he showed .
“Hey, you drank a lot too . Aren’t you tired?”
“I work at home . So I’ll feel less tired than you . ”
“Don’t say random stuff . Don’t I write in the office? Writing is labor . You’re gonna fall down first . ”
“Go and wash up . ”
Jongjin went in the bathroom . Jaegun resumed typing .
It was a synopsis and a plot that he made during the night . His eyes were almost blind but he couldn’t stop until he finished .
“Hey, Ha Jaegun . ”
“AH? What, how, when did you wear all that?”“Can’t you contact Jaeyoung?”
The owner laughed as if it was absurd .
“The two peoole don’t know each other . They came from different offices . ”
“Ah, that’s it?”
That’s why the two girls seemed awkward to each other .
In front of the nodding Jaegun, the owner picked up her phone and called someone .
“Hello? Yeah, this is the Hub . It’s just, yesterday… uh, hey, when did you come yesterday?”
“About just after 8 . ”
Hearing Jaegun’s words, the owner continued her words .
“Jaeyoung came here just after 8 . Yeah, you remember? Do you know the girl who came with her? No, she has a nomination . Hm… . ah yes? Chief Kim? Using the name Dasul? Ok, thanks . ”
As soon as she cut off, she called somewhere else .
“Hello? Yes hello . This is Hub . Do you have a girl called Dasul? Did she come yet? Ah… yes? Ok, can you give her the phone? She has a nomination . ”
The owner glanced over to Jaegun and continued .
“He’s not a weird guy . I can tell by looking . A young guy . Hm yeah, ok . I get it . Thank you . ”
As she hung up, the owner drank a drink of water to cool her burning throat . And then she explained to Jaegun .
“She’s not there yet . She’s about to come to work . I told them to call her here as soon as she comes . Just wait . ”
“Thanks alot . ”
Jaegun sat down on a chair next to the entrance .
The owner gave a beverage to Jaegun from the refrigerator because of the tip she got .
“But what’s your job?”
“I go around the country and sell electric pad . ”
The owner looked annoyed and snorted .
“You’re lying . I can tell you’re a man who has ink on his hands . Well I get it . ”
The owner didn’t ask more and turned around .
Jaegun was admiring her observation skills and shook his head .
After about 30 minutes to an hour, the girl didn’t show up . Jaegun killed time by watching the TV .
‘Maybe she’s not coming . ’
Or she didn’t come to work .
Or like the owner said, she was fearful of meeting a rude person .
If he knew this was going to happen, he would have exchanged more conversation with her and gotten her contact information .
‘I can’t do it with another girl,’
The reason that he was writing this was because of the words that Dasul said . If it wasn’t for those words, he wouldn’t have even thought of this story .
Just to finish the story, he couldn’t give up on the person who he had gotten the feeling from .
It wasn’t a story that was for trivial fun . it needed human feeling . It was a need as a writer .
Just then .
The bell range with a clear ‘Danggg . ’
Jaegun turned around and opened his eyes wide . The girl was coming in . She was the same silhouette as yesterday with the same hotpants .
“Hello, I have a customer?”
“Ah, you came . That person . ”
The girl was surprised when she saw Jaegun .
“Hello . ”
“Yes… . ”
The girl replied awkwardly .
The owner gestured to Jaegun behind her back
“You can go into room 2, same as yesterday . ”
“Ah, yes . I’ll pay first . ”
The girl went in first and Jaegun pulled out his walled .
“2 hours, no, 3 hours please . ”
“You’re going to be there for that long?”
“Yes, how much is it?”
“135 dollars . What about the beer?”
“Give us 2 bottles first . ”
Jaegun paid and went into the room .
The girl sat awkwardly with her hands folded on her lap .
“Were you surprised?”
“A bit…”
The girl’s reply was short .
Jaegun took off his outer garments .
Just then, the owner came in and gave out the beer . Jaegun then opened his mouth .
“Hey . ”