Big Life

Chapter 59

Chapter 59


Chapter 59


“Again, very suspicious . ”


a.s.sistant Lee said as she stood behind .


It was the girl’s restroom at the StarBook’s office .


Somii who was tying her hair carefully shivered slightly .


“You’re tying your hair very carefully? You always tighten it, but what’s with the hair today? I guess you have a person you want to look cute too?”


“N,no . Nothing like that . I just wanted to change it . ”


Somii answered looking at Lee’s glance in the mirror .


Lee smiled and pulled out her hands .


“Here, let me do it . ”


“Ah, thank you . ”


“This is nothing . You’re going to meet a boy you like . ”


“Really…! It’s not like that, a.s.sistant Manager . ”


“Ok, Ok . It’s funny seeing your reactions . ”


Lee laughed as she made Somii’s hair professional . And then she pulled out some makeup from her bag .


“Look here . ”


“N, no . I’m not very good with make up…”


“I’ll just do a bit of it . Look here . ”


Somii looked .


She knew Lee’s fashion sense . And her makeup skills .


“How is it? Look at the mirror . ”


As she looked, a sigh came out .


“Wow, this is really different . There’s no mark or anything thought . ”


“There’s nothing . Go do well . ”


Lee said as she put away her make up .


Somii reddened as she answered back .


“If you say that, it’s weird . ”


“No, I’m saying to go do the contract well?”


“Yes?”


“Hahaha, so simple . ”


Lee tapped her shoulder and went out first .


Somii started to look at the mirror once again . She felt she was prettier than usual .


Her heart started to beat quickly as she thought of the person that she would meet today .


“I’ll be leaving then . ”


Somii greeted the employee as she packed up . The Editor Gyunguk asked as he looked at her .


“What is it Somii?”


“Yes? What is it?”


“It’s only 5, why are you leaving already . ”


“Ah, I said it yesterday . Today is the day with the contract with Writer . I have to go to Comic Kt and finished it . And I’ll leave there . ”


“Hm, did you?”


Gyunguk muttered .


He continued as he leaned back on his chair and folded his legs .


“Don’t use the company card on him, ok?”


“Yes…”


Somii nodded, a bit down .


Lee’s face was wrinkled at that . Her lips were mouthing Cheapo .


“It’s not only to Somii . Listen up . The business now is all about going to writers and buying food and stuff . Give me that result . Are we a food truck? I don’t know how the previous editor did it, but I don’t do that . Get it?”


“…”


“…”


There was no answer .


Gyunguk stood up, a bit furious, and raised his voice .


“Get it?!”


“Yes, yes”


“I get it . ”


A few voices came back .


Gyunguk sighed and sat back down . His face was filled with discomfort .


He looked around for someone to push his anger on and continued looking at Somii


“Come back to the office after you finish . ”


“Yes? Today?”


“Come back and leave after giving me the contract . ”


Lee lifted her head at this .


Even she didn’t know that he would be this mean


“… . Yes . ”


Somii answered gloomily .


Comic KT was in Gangnam . It was about an hour and 30 minutes from there to the office .


Today was the day that she was about to eat dinner with Jaegun…


Did she have to give up that?


“Why’s your face like that? Am I requiring too much? Let’s finish the work today . Not tomorrow . ”


“Ok I will come back then . ”


Somii put her head down and turned around .


Lee hesitated for a second, stood up, and followed Somii


“Are you ok?”


“I’m fine . ”


“Why is he like that . It’s going to be 8 when you come back . What happened to him that he’s being angry at you? He’s making me angry . ”


Somii could only bitterly smile .


She felt glad at Lee’s defense of her .


“Be good, Somii . You look pretty . ”


Lee smiled as she fixed Somii’s hair . The elevator was opening .


Somii got on .


“See you tomorrow, a.s.sistant Manager . ”


“You too . ”


Somii headed quickly to the subway station .


As she got in the station, she luckily got on the subway right away . There weren’t too many people . Somii stood with a glum face .


‘I guess I’ll have to move it . ’


Somii looked at her dim reflection in the window .


She wore her coat for the first time . She didn’t wear jeans and wore a skirt after much thought .


Lee was right .


She did put attention to herself .


But it was fine whatever now . The dinner plan was over anyway .


She arrived at the station as she was blankly staring at the air .


Somii woke up and was surprised .


“I’m sorry . I’m leaving . Sorry . ”


Somii finally pushed away the people and left .


“Phew, I barely got off . ”


As she sighed, she looked at the clock . There were 20 minutes left to her meeting time .


‘When will I get used to subways . ;


As Somii went to the place, she looked up the background at her rural home . It was her Seoul life that she was surrounded by people but was also lonely .


She wanted to see her family and the ocean .


The Comic Kt office wasn’t that far away from the station .


Somii arrived and quickly sat down on a chair on the first floor . She was going to meet Jaegun here .


‘I guess I’ll draw . ”


Somii pulled out a pen and a notebook to draw on .


She thought about what to draw and started to draw the 2 characters of the novel that she was reading, the Breathe . A cute knight and a dragon were quickly coming up on the paper .


‘Ahaha, maybe the dragon is a bit too childishly?’


Somii laughed to herself .


She liked drawing since middle school . She got so into drawing that she didn’t even notice the presence of Jaegun .


“Ah, you draw really well . ”


“Ah, Wr, writer Ha?!”


Somii turned around quickly, very shocked .


Jaegun was slowly looking at her drawings .


“You have talent . How much do you have to draw to draw this well?”


“N, no, i was just scribbling . Writer . ”


Somii reddened and tried to close her book .


But Jaegun grabbed the book first .


“Ah? Isn’t this my novel’s characters?”


“Uhhhh…!”


“Right? It’s the Breast?”


Jaegun smiled and asked .


Somii was so embarra.s.sed that she couldn’t answer . To that, Jaegun asked a favor .


“Give this drawing to me . ”


“Yes? Wh, where are you gonna use it?”


“I’m writing the Breathe, I’ll put it in . ”


“N, noooo… . . It’s terrible . ”


“It’s not . You will, right? Right?


She couldn’t refuse Jaegun’s two eyes .


Then Somii answered reluctantly .


“Then when I finish it…”


“This is great . ”


“This is not great . I’ll finish it . I’ll do it as fast as I can so just wait . ”


Jaegun nodded as he smiled .


It was as if the roles of them changed, she as the writer and he as the editor .


Somii stood up as she put away the notebook and the pen .


“Th, then let’s go?”


“Yes, let’s go . ”


Somii went first .


She walked fast as out of embarra.s.sment .


Jaegun followed her quickly and asked her .


“Did you draw?”


“Ahjhhhh, writer . It’s embarra.s.sing so don’t ask . ”


“What’s embarra.s.sing? You draw really well . ”


Jaegun was truthful . He never learned professionally to draw, but he could see it was good .


He was also a bit roused at learning a talent of Somii .


“Just a … hobby . ”


“I don’t think it’s just a hobby?”


The two people went on the elevator .


She pressed the 8th floor, then turned away from Jaegun and answered


“I glad you compliment me but… I have no skill . I don’t have enough creativity for ill.u.s.trating, I can’t direct mangas either . I gave up during college .


“Hm, I see…”


So that’s why she became an editor . Jaegun thought to not press any further, as it might be a sensitive topic .