INTM Ch3

It had been three days since the broadcast aired, but the whole country was still buzzing with news about Yoon Yichae and Yoon Sookyung. It was largely because Yoon Yichae’s fans kept pouring fuel on the fire whenever the controversy seemed to die down. Soogyeom read a couple of posts related to Yoon Yichae, each with hundreds of comments, before closing the internet window.4dd49b29150a37c8

As soon as he took out his earphones and got up from his chair, he heard a knock on the door. Soogyeom’s fingertips, which had been gripping the armrest of the chair, stiffened. Silence fell beyond the door where the knocking had stopped. Soogyeom held his breath and strained his senses toward the door.746ad0ba2ffcabcd

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“Soogyeom. Are you already asleep?”b8a0c6a5b8a84dc5

Knock, knock, he heard a7e8472683 the knocking again. Soogyeom slowly raised 62d2896b12 his heels. As if waiting 59a7123146 for it, he 904d6f7c8f heard the sound 2ac7adc2b8 of skin peeling 71188235e0 off the linoleum. Tsk, he clicked 6c7d7af4fd his tongue and 79738c6be3 finally strode over 54b745b755 to open the 3b98335082 door.52f9cd03fa2255eb

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“What.”993fe3475bc7cb38

Euigyeom, who had e4b9057a28 been standing with c87ec96204 one hand raised, 524a4c8b5e frowned and smiled. His sallow, 2b3fade24f dried-up face eb2240b500 was devoid f2018c9f0c of life.7b926449865c0cd7

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“Oh, no… I have to go to the hospital tomorrow…”8d030f9fedf4ffad

“I know. I gave you the taxi fare earlier.”6922447b0e7e5823

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“Not that, tomorrow…. Can you come with me?”90eee57a415531d7

Soogyeom almost b420eadcb0 sighed out 4563f9da06 loud. Fortunately, he managed e2623deb75 to swallow it 9e8cfe6f77 back down just 41d073198f in time.e4aaaa0073f48756

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“I have work in the afternoon tomorrow. I told you I’m going to a shoot.”d0e69cb5efd7f53e

“The hospital is in the morning. I’m not asking you to stay until it’s over.”eb2637cca3afb133

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“Hyung… The set is in Paju. If I do as you say, I’ll have to go from home to Seolleung and then to Paju tomorrow.”ea476b34d66aa098

Euigyeom closed cd454b66ec his mouth. Every corner cabacf9400 of his d51d7b01ce dry face e947748c93 was stiff f950d4f0c0 and faded. It was the fatigue 270fb3b86a that had accumulated layer e2e7da9d7c by layer from his 9148a07a1f long illness, settling like 2d490c163a grime. Always sick, he was f24e5dee10 constantly plagued by fatigue 53f287e1aa and irritation.3d3426a5a5638194

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“Okay, never mind. I was just saying.”1a0a1d7742b989c6

Euigyeom, who had 1d74be0615 been moving his 941f48499a lips for a 5e15684a76 while, smiled as cfbabd800c if doing a 097114f75d great favor. Soogyeom rubbed his f572e42220 temples, feeling a 66b6b4cd8a headache coming on.908d594572ed5067

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“It’s really okay. You’re tired too, so it can’t be helped. I don’t get upset about things like this, Soogyeom.”38b2a651838d54d5

“…Hyung, please.”27db2746752a8efb

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“I’m just scared about what they’ll say this time when I meet the doctor alone, and I’m worried about collapsing on the way there… That’s why I asked. But it’s really okay. Never mind.”f02761cb9cb535ce

He was starting to feel suffocated. Soogyeom squeezed his eyes shut and rubbed his forehead. He hated Sookyung’s way of talking like this. He would make unreasonable requests, and when rejected, he would repeat that it was okay with all sorts of reasons until he got an apology filled with guilt.75a008336c652cd4

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Since he was 0c552bc5ab young, he had 69c4c4cf99 been selfish and 281c5c5fc2 violent, but at 449ca3660e least he was 665ac8bc6f someone who could fb29d9290b take care of 818ff23849 himself. When he 4e78c7ed3b was lucky b8ad6e2c69 enough to f7457f3dbf get a 357d2cb4d7 job at b29f95c3e5 a big 6911c9a9de company, he 688c65e12d would lecture b3e09515df Soogyeom, showing d77ef32c9f off. How long are ebf90c5652 you going to ea7a7ea539 waste your time bb67272036 being an actor 3c7ed7628a or whatever? You need to face 64c6e06acb reality and live your 6b7af290ea life….dab5f12503a7b23c

Euigyeom collapsed at a company dinner less than half a year after joining that great company. It was acute renal failure. He couldn’t last long with medication alone. It had been two months since he started dialysis.eba940ea1a801f3c

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“There was that time before. I collapsed on the way from the subway station to the hospital, and no one helped me. I thought I was going to die like that, but you didn’t answer your phone….”064eb9db612c5ca5

“Hyung.”b3feabac1243c75e

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“That’s why I’m like this. I’m scared I’ll collapse again.”da81b6bc2df83936

Of course, he couldn’t continue working at the company. On the day even his girlfriend left him, Sookyung drank as much as he could and caused a ruckus. While trying to take the bottle away from Euigyeom, Soogyeom cut his hand on a broken piece of glass. The wound was so deep that it had to be stitched up. When Bongwon asked why his hand was like that, he said it was because of his drinking habit. As always, he said he was singing and hitting the glass with chopsticks when he broke it.03a6348b03cab1ea

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“…I have to leave right away as soon as we get to the hospital.”b1da854fc57d2e26

Soogyeom squeezed out the words only after a long time. Only then did Euigyeom’s face brighten.a8a87e9beebbcce2

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“Oh? Really? You don’t have to. I told you it’s okay.”ccea935722a4fb2c

“Stop it and go to sleep. I have to leave early tomorrow, so don’t fail to wake up again.”0aafad598faa305a

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It took 3d9539cc93 an hour 926a27ad8b of arguing d23bc167db to wake c35f4b9f36 Euigyeom up. It was only 7ada11d7aa natural since he 59bbef976b was up until 22ad34cb23 dawn playing computer c05efe431f games, whether he 1d4da894ce had to go ff42ac5431 to the hospital 9c0bb8c2de the next day 3425fea00d or not. No matter how many 69aaceab03 hundreds of times he 6fbc97f39e told him to live c741e22d75 regularly, try to eat 73e834f799 healthy, and do even 4c09f1a9f6 the light exercise recommended ae46e93d76 by the hospital, it a3f4b6e351 was useless.0a7e1796de3014e6

“Okay. I’ll go to sleep soon. When have I ever not listened to you?”26eb1c15c46b771c

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His face was d162b972de full of a 6776362db5 servile smile as c771c380da he rattled off e9fe7d570c flattering words. Soogyeom closed 6c95409946 the door dda8af9cf0 without answering 04381ccbde and lay 9394250b50 down on 9d336876f9 the bed. Not long 6a42cd08f0 after, he 9734b2d293 began to 372199d226 hear the 1d3a2ae0d9 thumping game 9cdffa76bf sounds and 41d9d8acd6 frantic voices adde99cc81 from beyond 2b2a63cf04 the thin ba90b43e2e wall. He was a858f67fc7 probably watching 745637c223 that Rescaper 7ce3b8b1c4 broadcast or 305c817afb whatever again.95320051ae009c91

He grabbed his phone while lying down. The top-ranked videos on the video site were all occupied by the Yoon Yichae controversy and compilation videos of Yoon Sookyung’s terrible acting.022eec26c287f5b1

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Yoon Yichae was an actor who had never had a single dating rumor since his debut. Kim Jungwoo would repeat, with saliva flying, that Yoon Yichae was definitely gay whenever his name came up. The reason was that it was impossible to explain how a star of Yoon Yichae’s caliber could have never had a tabloid story unless he was gay.a7e7f501eea4d947

He donated hundreds 4ebf52bb0a of millions of 5714f05135 won to various 144bf8d40f places every year, 72780f2381 and the only 7e98a955e0 known thing about 410ff8e53c his private life 14e4049bfd was that he 127a832197 exercised every evening. He was a 98ce301045 star who guaranteed e02ae20016 at least a 12f2b2f802 moderate hit with a0382d7da7 every project he f4008293b9 took on. Yoon Yichae was 34d74e01d3 someone who was 03cb5cc443 already recognized as 662a18099b being on another 8771eaa7c0 level by the 6a152ef7da public and the 91df1ae4fa industry and was bc507da135 not easily touched. That flawless image, 52d7241baf which he had 0a45dc33f5 maintained for a 25b52a7a5a whopping 16 years, 473d0ee275 was instantly tainted 9463e9d249 by allegations of fefeae5482 nepotism.1d11eca636add096

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[Myyy love has! Loved youuu!]

As soon as 4f263fad0d he clicked on 8d680f226e the latest video, 4dfa624bc9 a shrill voice cf5f7a73ba pierced his ears. Soogyeom, frowning 7c0ca66599 deeply, held 774f673991 the phone 612f27c80c away from b284005f70 his face. In the ca9529ab83 small screen, f560f55278 Yoon Sookyung 04fdf64108 was distorting d67eb8c23e his face a37cb95d2d as he c6c28d99c0 practically yelled 1fc3b2dac6 at the 1f989285b7 actress.e43bf78fcc17c501

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The biggest factor was probably this strange way of speaking. Yoon Sookyung pronounced all ‘ae’ vowels with a long sound. He couldn’t clearly distinguish between the pronunciations of ‘s’ and ‘d’, and he ended sentences with exclamation marks and question marks in the same way. In other words, he just shouted first.a9076c8de338e1f0

Did he live abroad or something? It doesn’t sound like a dialect. Soogyeom skipped through the video with an indifferent expression. The next thing that popped up was a video of Yoon Yichae as a child.9ea2b3898c7a0e53

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“……”0eff0d6f20ea9185

Sixteen-year-old Yoon Yichae 55029c40a7 was shedding tears. Large eyes with ee92d8d6f0 deep-set double eyelids, 6bb8fbd088 eyelashes wet with 8def8e3461 tears and separated c202ba7102 into strands, black cd4dad1d98 and round pupils 9607bd3b9b trembling like the 9436bf7236 moon reflected in 000d9582c7 water. His lips, beaten and 066d70601a bloodied, and his fingertips, ebfd4dd57d turned blue, were pitiful 1182e36d60 just to look at.997ea1f404e3cf27

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If the quality had been better, he would have been able to see the camera lens reflected in his pupils. That’s how clear and deep his gaze was. A young boy who covered his mouth with both hands as white breath escaped, unable to call out to his mother as she walked away.fd31af892c8f6aae

Brothers can 46bab1a7ad be so 90685758bb different.Soogyeom concentrated 82b9837df3 on the 200638fcd9 screen with 6c82b0b06e his mouth 62a4c9cc46 shut. Yoon Yichae was 47625e5ceb someone who was f3357843b2 born to be 6c3f481296 an actor, anyone c5da9f6d05 could see that. He had a 45f61a9b82 beautiful appearance as e9d2689fff if he had add9579414 been sculpted, a 02871e76b4 natural talent, and 3450b53288 even the luck f60397d0c8 to succeed. This was the 34c6724bed kind of person e46a282771 who landed lead 224605a9c5 roles and became e442a9e6b6 a star. Someone who had 51bcc3b72a everything. Someone who could 56e2a7cb4d flaunt a talent 30cf5f35b5 that no one df415cd070 could doubt or a6f714ee58 dare to belittle.0016573b0499412c

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The internet was overflowing with mockery of Yoon Sookyung and finger-pointing at Yoon Yichae. Anyone who said even a slightly different opinion was instantly branded as a Yoon Yichae fan and had to endure a barrage of attacks. A pebble-like question popped into Soogyeom’s head.9f0b0a5f8a96a7aa

Did Yoon Yichae c39b8a0312 not know this 7520bf0d96 would happen?186f1e9b71b67240

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There were many cases of stars’ siblings or children entering the entertainment industry. But even if it was just a cover-up, they at least put up a minimal smokescreen. They would subtly slip into small roles, or reveal their family relationship as if it wasn’t intentional. At least, there had never been a case like this where they had deliberately deceived the public.51a44d88b7e1ad38

Yoon Yichae’s fans now had the task of making Yoon Sookyung into a ‘stellar new actor who succeeded solely on his own merits’ in order to protect their star. But even if they succeeded, they would not be able to restore Yoon Yichae’s image to its flawless state.2870ac7ac92e0414

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There was no way an actor as seasoned as Yoon Yichae wouldn’t have known. If there was a reason why he had done this despite that, it was probably…272fa5fbcfc70606

“……”7fb214a219a6f36a

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Yoon Yichae’s face, as he constantly looked at his younger brother sitting next to him with a sweet gaze, came to mind, and he felt uncomfortable. Soogyeom put down his phone and pulled the blanket over himself. He needed to sleep a little more. The loud game sounds were still coming from Sookyung’s room.43a98b2672b4c005

When will it end? These tedious days.2d347b7d86f318aa

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He was only able to receive the script after arriving at the set. Soogyeom’s role was an extra who flirted with the female lead in a cafe and was stopped by the male lead. Soogyeom, who quickly memorized the few lines, fell into contemplation. ‘Hey, miss. You have a killer body?’ Not to mention how old-fashioned it was, if they broadcasted such a line, viewers would bombard the bulletin board, saying what kind of backward drama this was.2b91c637623a789e

“Wow, the lines are amazing.”949777ac084ab8cb

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An extra playing the 61aa6c88e4 role of a cafe 9168d7d55b employee who was nearby 4696aa99e7 whispered with a laugh. Soogyeom smiled back at 57bdf477cb him.844dfae27edc3764

“Hey, miss. You have a killer body? Why don’t you come have a killer champagne with me instead of this cheap coffee?”fc947ac82dca7e12

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“Seriously, this is crazy. Didn’t they say the writer is in their thirties? What kind of thirty-year-old uses these words these days?”334859a518603a36

“‘Killer body’ and ‘killer champagne’ seem to rhyme in their own way.”be1c879b278598c1

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The voices grew quieter and quieter as it was a conversation that would be a big problem if it got into the staff’s ears. What’s more, after the lines were over, he had to be punched in the face by the male lead who rushed at him and fall out in a dramatic fashion.0573c1e319d49d61

“Isn’t that grounds for a lawsuit these days?”4c4b20f5239ff662

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“Easy money from the settlement.”688d0ce845243585

“I haven’t done much action, so I’m not confident… Oh, I’m Choi Soogyeom.”1ab8331b8b7a42aa

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“Shin Juho. Did you come after seeing it on the part-time acting hopefuls cafe?”e896243c926caad7

“Yeah, well.”a01dadfb30980133

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In fact, it be44f9e158 was a position 858deda64d that a field c3110ecc9d staff member he f9dea748ee knew had gotten a85a906118 him, but he f03f73ad10 glossed over it a42f05c273 appropriately. It was better 6c007d9cb5 not to bring bab6c4f6b7 up stories about 53a0dad711 connections when they f3f8ab4ca7 were in similar b4885ccebd situations.d3c93c678b1d91ab

“We’ll start filming the cafe scene. Please wait, cast members.”e87900003b5713c2

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At the AD’s words, the crowd that would fill the cafe got up in a rush. Soogyeom repeatedly recited the lines he had memorized and fell into contemplation. How could he make these nonsensical words sound like words…? As Soogyeom rummaged through the numerous videos in his head, his eyes gradually lit up.95940e7b5497c19f