Chapter 157 – Chapter 157
Widely. Widely. Widely.
As your fingers move, letters float on the laptop screen.
With a blank face, Eunsam continued typing while looking at the letters that came to mind.
Widely. Widely. Widely.
A sound that lasts for a long time and fills the space.
The sound that caught my ears in the middle of the day had a side that added to concentration by gathering scattered thoughts.
With the help of that sound, Eun-sam’s typing continued.
Paragraphs go over, pages go over, files go over.
That is, around the time when I continued to write for such a long time that certain beats that stuck in my ears and helped me concentrate were no longer recognized.
[The adventure continues.]
A period was placed on top of the screen.
“… Ah.”
An exclamation escaped Eunsam’s mouth.
His hand had stopped at some point.
Eun-sam’s gaze turned to her hand, then back to the screen.
Belated realization.
‘It’s all written.’
There is nothing more to write now.
Therefore.
‘It’s really finished.’
My long, long story has ended here.
*
“I’m home!”
Do-kyun announced with a loud voice that he had returned, and soon began to take off his shoes with a deep sigh.
He thought he was going to die.
Today, as always, I felt like my whole body was draining out of exhaustion as I was trying to clear up what I had done.
‘I have to drink on a day like this.’
Shall we simply drink a can of beer and go to sleep?
With such thoughts in mind, Do-gyun entered the living room, saw Eun-sam sitting in the middle of the sofa staring blankly into the air, and stopped walking.
“I’m gay.”
“… Eunsam?”
“I can’t see it.”
Do-gyun’s eyes began to look suspicious at Eun-sam’s answer.
It was natural. Isn’t Eun-sam’s attitude uncharacteristically unappealing?
The guy who always giggled while rummaging through his smartphone seemed blankly like that, so I thought he was hiding for a moment.
“What are you doing? Why are you so dead?”
“Yes?”
Eun-sam’s head, which was facing the air, turned toward Do-gyun. Do-gyun turned his head and tilted his head at Eun-sam’s more clearly revealed expression.
“What’s wrong with your expression?”
It was almost a face that had lost its soul.
Eun-sam’s Do-gyun’s question is one step too late.
“Ah.”
Then, as if thinking about something, he kept his mouth shut and spoke to Do-gyun.
“I’m gay.”
“Yes?”
“What are you doing tomorrow?”
“What… What do you have to do It’s the weekend.”
“Then why don’t we go out for a drink now?”
Words handed over. Do-gyun nodded his head without thinking for a long time.
“Okay, I was just thinking about getting a drink too.”
“Okay, wait. I will come prepared.”
Eun-sam got up from the sofa and staggered toward the dressing room.
Looking at the back, Do-gyun made a ‘hmm’ sound and raised a small worry in his heart.
‘Is something really going on?’
It didn’t make sense.
*
The bar he arrived with Eun-sam was a place Do-gyun already knew.
Eun-sam’s regular stall that came together when he first met Eun-sam.
I haven’t been there since the first meeting, so it’s been a long time since I’ve been in the middle of a long time.
“Oh, are you here today?”
“That’s right, shouldn’t I say hello at least once?”
“Well, it’s said that it’s a regular place, so I didn’t hear it too much.”
Immediately after, as they entered the food stall while chatting in small numbers, the president with a face slightly more wrinkled than Do-gyun remembered greeted them.
“Oh, Eunsam! Next to… Brother-in-law?”
“Boss, long time no see!”
“Hello.”
“Okay, so I went to a comfortable seat, sat down, and ate snacks?”
“Ah!”
As soon as Do-gyun entered the food stall, he felt that something was definitely going on when he saw Eun-sam acting in a lively tone.
What’s going on?
Continuing his worries about him, Do-gyun sat down and looked at Eun-sam from a nearby seat, thinking about things that could be called her work.
Community. Novel. Car.
The things she doesn’t stop loving.
I was thinking about them all the time.
‘Ah.’
Do-gyun always remembered that the novel she was writing now had the completion of her side story right in front of her nose, and her body trembled.
For a while, Do-gyun, seeing Eun-sam putting her beak into her mouth, realized why she was acting so strange today. .
“… It seems to be over.”
Her novel is over. The shackles that had been binding Eun-sam for almost eight years were finally released.
When Do-gyun spoke in a slightly subdued voice, Eun-sam-eun smiled uncharacteristically and nodded his head.
“Yes. It’s really over now.”
“Then…”
“You know, what are you asking?”
Kick kick. Eunsam’s laughter continued.
“It’s gay. Isn’t it really cool to know how to leave when you clap?”
Saying so, Eun-sam held up the soju that had been served on the table and poured it into a glass so that it made a sound like a ‘gol-gol-gol-gol’.
“Get a drink, win. This is my last cup.”
A glass that is so full that it overflows at the slightest tip. Looking at him, Do-gyun suddenly felt a tight feeling in his stomach.
Eun-sam’s composure, and the way he talked about it as if nothing had happened, made such feelings come to mind.
Do-kyun twitched his fingertips, then reached out and took the glass and drank it at once.
“Ow, bit gay.”
Eunsam’s words. At that, Do-gyun frowned at him with a ‘cheuu’ sound, and then spat out the words.
“… Until the end, that bastard’s community language.”
“It’s not my identity.”
“Swap it, bastard.”
“Ugh, no bad words, Iggy!”
Giggle Eunsam laughed at that, then refilled his glass and continued.
“This is so… I thought I would be in a good mood once I finished it, but why are you so empty?”
Eun-sam raised the cup. Like Do-gyun’s glass, the liquor that had been filled to overflowing at any moment went down Eun-sam’s throat at once.
The sound of ‘Keuu-!’ Then, Eun-sam, who put the glass down, scratched the back of his head with a face smeared with shame somewhere.
“Should I be relieved or should I be sad? I don’t really feel it, and I don’t know.”
“Well, didn’t you finish today? It deserves it.”
“That kind of thing?”
Do-gyun looked at the giggling Eun-sam, confirmed that he was not panicking like Eun-ji and was controlling his emotions, and let out a breath.
If it’s okay because it’s like that… It wasn’t okay at all.
She was a silver ginseng that made people burst into tantrums every time they saw her, but the moment she left this way, perhaps because of her hateful feelings, filled her heart with a bitter feeling.
However, unlike the time of Eun-ji, he had enough time to prepare his mind because he could guess at what time he would break up with Eun-sam.
Why not I couldn’t check it for the last week or so because I was busy with work, but until then, I checked Eun-sam’s novel every day and estimated the remaining days.
… In the end, he made a little painful mistake at the decisive moment, but it was not an unprepared breakup, so Do-gyun had the strength to hold back his rising emotions.
Do-gyun raised his head. His gaze turned to the silver ginseng. Do-gyun said to Eun-sam, who looked at the glass with a somewhat empty expression, he said the words he wanted to say when this moment came someday.
“Congratulations.”
“Eh?”
“Complete. Congratulations.”
At the answer given, Eun-sam’s eyes widened.
Eun-sam, who looked so dazed for a while, burst into laughter with a ‘bread’ and gave the answer to Do-gyun.
“Thank you!”
“And you suffered.”
“Ah! You worked hard!”
Eun-sam nodded his head broadly and accepted Do-gyun’s words.
“It must be the end of a work that spanned a lifetime! I am Go Eun-sam. You are now a first-quality writer!”
Eun-sam said that and raised her glass. Do-kyun bumped his own glass against that glass, and smiled a little.
*
Drunkenness rises Little by little, your face heats up. My stomach tingles, and my eyelids droop for no reason.
I looked at Chae Do-gyun in a confused state.
It seems that there is still a long way to go before getting drunk sitting up straight and eating snacks.
‘Goyan bastard.’
I’m drinking like this, but I’m taking it out. If you’re not drunk enough on a day like this, when do you stop drinking like that to get drunk?
Seeing that good-looking figure for no reason, I narrowed my eyes and asked Chae Do-gyun.
“It’s gay. Aren’t you drinking?”
“How do I get home if I’m also in a state of disrepair?”
“There is no substitute, there is a substitute!”
“It’s okay dude. It’s the last day, so I can’t get drunk and forget today’s work.”
Words handed over. At that, I felt my hand stop and stop.
“… I pretend to be cool.”
“What.”
Chae Do-gyun shrugs. Look at that shameless thing. A smile came out of my mouth for no reason.
The gaze turns to the glass. Another empty cup. She grabbed a bottle of soju to fill it up, but the bottle was also empty.
“Boss! Just give me another bottle of soju!”
“OK! Eunsam is drinking a lot today!”
“Ah! I’m going to the big water this time!”
I got up from my seat, saw the old men filling the stalls, and shouted out loud.
“Hey guys! I, Ko Eun-sam, go to a bigger water this time! Today is the last time here!”
“Yes? Where is Eunsam going?”
“Ah! You’re going to conquer the world! So, today Eun-sam will pay for everything and leave! Don’t worry about the fathers, just ask them to help the boss with his business!”
When I said that, countless applause poured in from all sides.
“Wowaaaaa!!!”
I opened my arms wide to receive compliments from myself, burst out laughing for a while, then sat back down.
“How was it, was it cool?”
“Ugh, yes. Cool. Are you okay?”
“Hehe, this is it. Countless handshake requests! Endless applause! Where else can you find a side dish like this Iggy!”
“Would you mind?”
Chae Do-kyun smiles again. You bastard, because you’re so rude, you hear the sound of rags. I wanted to tsk tsk my tongue, but I think I’ll really get hit, so I’m holding back just this time!
I was very satisfied with my self-control, then opened another bottle of soju and poured it into a glass.
Cubby. A sound that calms the mind whenever you hear it.
Last time, on really difficult days, I always came here and poured soju like this.
A small cup. The sound of soju filling up in it makes me feel at ease, and when I empty the glass to listen to that sound more, I get drunk. I had to drink until I couldn’t tell whether I was pouring alcohol to hear the sound or making noise to drink so that the hard work was finally forgotten.
‘Well…’
His gaze returned to Cha Do-gyun.
‘Are you okay now?’
Thoughts continued.
Looking back, it was always hard to endure without alcohol, but at some point, I stopped looking for alcohol.
All you have to do to find it is to pour it and drink it.
‘… It’s fine.’
Oh, I’m glad it was Chae Do-gyun.
Feeling a smile come to my lips, I emptied my glass and spoke to Chae Do-gyun.
“I’m gay.”
“Yes?”
“Let’s go out and get some fresh air. I have a good night view, but I know a little bit.”
Pour it like this and drink it seems like a good ending, but still, wouldn’t it be nice to have a place with a good atmosphere at the end of the story?
Thinking of that, I laughed at Chae Do-kyun’s small nod.
