Playing on Saturday
The smell of alcohol on my mother’s breath was embarrassing, but it was on par with a lion’s. I’d never smelled it before, but still…
Anyway!
Not easy…
And… really.
No matter how I tried to handle other things.
Whether it was my original parents or Ayoon’s parents.
I still didn’t know how to act around them.
So I ended up opening and closing my mouth like Seo Ayoon.
Umm, ugh.
No mind at all.
A slight wet sound came from Ayoon’s mother’s neck.
“You… don’t you have anything to say to Mom? Just live like this without saying a word? Huh? Don’t I need to explain something?”
Eh… what?
I had no idea what she was talking about.
When in doubt, aegyo is the best.
“That… what do you mean… Mom…”
I mixed in a little aegyo and imitated Ayoon’s tone.
“Huu… why are you like this? Didn’t you cause a big scene yesterday! If you just pretend you don’t remember, it ends there? Is that it?”
But… it seemed like the opposite effect.
No, what the hell did she even say?
Our Ayoon is.
“J.. I’m sorry… I won’t do it again.”
I apologized because I still didn’t understand the reason at all.
The reply that came back was.
“You can’t just not do it because you say you won’t!”
This is it.
The more I thought, the less I understood what was going on…
“Then what should I have done, Mom…”
“Eh.. what to do…”
I tried to figure out what was happening, but suddenly her voice grew thick.
“Mom… I hope our Ayoon is happy… Actually, if Ayoon is happy, Mom is fine with anything? But… no matter how the world changes, being in a same-sex relationship in Korea isn’t easy, right…?”
Eh, ah? Yes?
Shit. What is this?
My ancient instinct from my previous life reflexively shot out and only made the misunderstanding worse.
“No, no? Mom! I like that girl!”
Then Ayoon’s mother acted like the ultimate villainous mother-in-law from a bad drama, clutching her chest, rubbing her face against my chest, and said.
“Right… yeah… sorry. Mom is sorry. I should have accepted it… Since you said you like Gayeon… I wanted to deny it. My daughter can’t be like that. She must have mistaken the intense friendship from childhood for love.”
Ayoon’s mother wiped the tears that spilled from her eyes with my sleeve for a moment, then continued.
“So, uh… I wanted to think that way. Mom is sorry, daughter. If daughter is good and happy, Mom will push you hard. Okay?”
I needed to explain, but…
Was it really necessary?
The expression was too stern, and the alcohol smell made me tense up a bit.
The words were too absurd, deflating my energy.
Meanwhile, I understood.
If it were me, if my son suddenly said he liked his childhood friend as himself… then…
Eh?
“Ayoon. No, no. You said you like Gayeon?”
Ayoon’s mother clutched her chest again.
Feeling a bit like a filial daughter…
“Sigh! My daughter.. why are you like this today. Ayoon! Hwaaa…”
Umm..
Am I too filial?
Honestly, Ayoon’s mother seemed to have more tears and looked more delicate…
Since she cried so passionately, I felt genuinely sorry.
“I’m sorry…”
I didn’t know the exact situation, and the more I tried to speak, the more it seemed to make things worse, so I apologized repeatedly.
Ayoon’s mother did that for a long time, wiping tears with my cat pajamas.
After about ten minutes, she finally stopped.
But even now, no clean way to explain had come to mind.
Well, since Ayoon’s mother wasn’t the type to run around talking.
Roughly explain it. I thought.
Above all, I wanted to die from exhaustion.
I needed to end it quickly…
“Mom.. don’t worry too much. You said you don’t like Gayeon. So I was about to drop it. Because of that, today is too tiring.. Can I sleep a bit?”
I said to Ayoon’s mother, who was still rubbing her face in my chest.
I want to sleep!!!
Mother answered.
“Yeah, yeah. Sleep. Mom is sorry~? Our daughter? But what did our daughter do that you said that? Gayeon is funny too? Mom can ask something?”
“Uwaaaayak!”
Really! Are all moms like this?
Overlapping with my previous mother’s appearance.
I got angry for the first time, feeling like Ayoon’s mother was really my mom.
“Ah, really! Mom! Stop it!! If you ask Gayeon even one word? I’ll bite my tongue!”
It seemed very sincere, and the effect was good.
Ayoon’s mother immediately left the room saying sorry.
So I thought I could sleep well!
But then Ayoon’s father came in…
He got angry saying what if I made Mom cry.
Really half-dead…
In the end, I stayed up all night.
Ah, damn…
2.
“Puh, puhaha! Our mom and dad did that again?”
Again…?
It was a desperate piece of news.
“This kind of thing isn’t just one or two days..?”
“Yeah. It’s about once a month. If you ignore it and sleep, it’s fine.”
Ayoon answered while poking her chin.
My body moved on its own.
“I’m so tired. Really…”
“Relax. It’s okay. But what caused it? Even though it’s frequent, there’s definitely a reason.”
I wanted to tell, but…
It might complicate things if I said, so I kept quiet.
“I don’t know either. Before I possessed, there was something. But somehow it worked out?”
“Hmm.. really? Then that’s good. By the way, didn’t you check the recruitment requirements yesterday?”
“Of course…”
Before parting with Ayoon yesterday, she told me to search more and find something easy to go.
Honestly, even without Ayoon’s parents, I wouldn’t have slept without checking?
It must have been quite tiring.
Of course, secret from Ayoon.
“I had a very… very honest conversation with your parents yesterday? Eh..”
“Puhahang. What is that. Unbelievable. Anyway, check this.”
The smartphone screen Ayoon showed had additional recruitment requirements clearly different from what I remembered.
“What is this?”
“I don’t know the reason, but there was a special screening. You know director Kim Hasol?”
“Of course!”
At least if wanting to be an actor, it’s a name you can’t ignore.
A world-class director in her early 30s.
Ah, no, by now standards, she’s still 26.
In my memory, around the time her graduation film ‘Something’ started gaining public popularity.
Thinking that far, I hurriedly read the detailed requirements.
And several phrases caught my eye.
Special screening judge Kim Hasol.
Special screening may or may not have successful applicants.
If accepted through special screening, you will join the lead or more in director Kim Hasol’s next work.
What is director Kim Hasol’s next work?
A masterpiece that captures both box office and artistic merit.
If I can join there.. I really want to sell my soul.
My mouth watered.
Definitely a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
It was exciting.
I was trembling.
But one question.
“But if it’s like this.. could it cause issues like admission fraud? Controversy..?”
“Absolutely not.”
“Why?”
“First, it’s a private school. More importantly, director Kim Hasol is coming as a special lecturer in the acting department this time.”
Oh, definitely.. If it’s a new position as teacher, no problem?
What does that mean?
Without worry, just prepare diligently and pass, and you’ll really join the lead level in that work.
There are not a few movies I can call my life work in my life, but the movie director Kim Hasol will produce from now on is definitely one of them.
Can I appear in that movie?
Just thinking, my hands and feet were shaking.
And that movie was a mystery thriller.
A movie with two male leads and three female leads.
What did that mean?
“Then we! Together! Could be our first movie? Right!”
Ugh….
I was too excited, so I checked her expression.
Suddenly she hugged me tightly.
“Very confident~? Until yesterday, I was like what.. what.. what excuse did you make.”
“K.. that’s!”
I was about to rebut.
But Ayoon was faster.
“No~! Anyway, I’m confident now! This appearance. Good…. I was going to tell you that.”
Uuu.. a bit awkward…
Something, after hearing that Ayoon before I possessed liked me.. no, Choi Gayeon, when I hear such words, it makes me feel weird.
But I can’t do that.
Even if I was male in previous life…
Even if Ayoon said she had a boyfriend, she can’t like a girl while in a girl’s body.
Impossible?
So the weird feeling is just because Choi Gayeon is too pretty.
A meaningless emotion.
If I was male in previous life, it would be a natural situation where I could feel weird.
So, reassuring myself, I answered casually.
“Thanks? I know too. I’m cool.”
I added a line I wouldn’t normally say, but how to handle the tension!!
This is enough. I should be satisfied.
“Yeah. You’re very cool.. um.. cluck. Right now, just super pretty. Cluck, cruh.”
“What? This bastard. Say I’m cool. My gender identity is still close to male?”
“Oh~ When I went to the army, I went to Thailand with you. Want to go together?”
“Insane girl! Get out..;”
After that, we exchanged meaningless jokes or something.
Without matching any words.
Naturally.
We headed to the PC bang.
3.
“Hororororoop! Keyyang!”
Best.
As always, best to eat.
Unlike other PC bangs, the owner grinds gas himself, it’s really different.
To what extent, maybe they used human flesh seasoning like the old horror trend?
And Ayoon seemed not to think much different.
“Tasty! Really!!”
I answered as if mesmerized.
“So.. super tasty. If we turn this PC bang into a snack shop, business would be better, right?”
This is not just praise, it’s sincere.
Ayoon immediately agreed?
“I think we should change it too.”
She agreed alone, then with a surprised expression, poked me and changed the topic.
“Hey, it shouldn’t change. Idiot! If business gets good, can we come here easily?”
That’s true.
“Still, it’s good if business gets good. Whatever.”
“I’m.. more like this.. is better..”
“Yeah. I like this too.”
“Puh.”
This guy needs to change his laugh sound….
So cute…
We played the games we couldn’t play together for the last few years without restraint.
And being able to enjoy the old games with the same old feelings is really…
Best!
I didn’t notice time passing..?
Crh..
Until 10 PM when forced out, and both of us got scolded by our parents.
Still.. since it’s Saturday, we got less scolding?
Somehow, we safely finished today’s day.
After promising to start serious practice with Ayoon tomorrow.
We fell into deep sleep.