The scene where Yeon Seon-ye and Michiko overcame their conflicts with each other and confirmed their feelings for one another.
Coincidentally, that scene was when Michiko had decided to commit suicide.
And, having confirmed their feelings, the two no longer had anything to hold them back.
"Still, just diving right into a kiss... this girl isn't normal."
This was the only part Lee Ji-yeon grumbled about in her script.
Glancing at Jo Seo-hee, it seemed she was curious about what the other thought.
But in Jo Seo-hee's case.
"Heung, isn't it fine? It's unavoidable for an actor anyway, so it's better to do it with someone familiar."
"Isn't it harder to do it with someone familiar?"
"Don't sound so weak."
Although Jo Seo-hee usually shrank back the most among the trio, she was a true professional when it came to acting.
Perhaps sensing Ji-yeon's burden regarding the kiss scene, she opened her already cheeky eyes even wider and spoke.
"The audience has been watching the movie, waiting to see their relationship develop like this. What happens if personal feelings get in the way and ruin the scene?"
"I'm not saying I can't do it."
Watching their conversation, what must Seo-yeon have been thinking at the time?
'I'm glad I don't have to do it.'
She thought, happily eating her ice cream.
Acting out a one-sided love was a bit difficult, but Yuina was definitely the better choice.
If she had taken the lead role, it wouldn't have been a one-sided love but a proper romance, which would have been difficult in its own way.
'Scenes like that are still too early for me.'
Seo-yeon nodded repeatedly.
Come to think of it, since she had future knowledge, she could keep avoiding them in the future.
With that thought, she had casually played a mobile game without a care in the world.
And now.
"NG!! Let's do it again. Seo-hee, your acting keeps wavering."
"N-no, th-that's..."
The scene where Ji-yeon overwhelms Seo-hee with her acting for the first time.
Seo-yeon should have applauded her best friend's improvement in acting skills, but...
"Didn't you say this was an important scene? Didn't you say the audience was waiting for this?"
"I-I know that!"
"Phew, why are you stuttering so much?"
The completely relaxed Ji-yeon, and Jo Seo-hee, desperately trying to gather her emotions with her face dyed bright red.
Perhaps because she kept making mistakes during the kiss scene just now, she was visibly shaken in many ways.
The staff unexpectedly found it heartwarming to see Jo Seo-hee, who rarely got NGs like Seo-yeon, looking so flustered, but...
"..."
Seo-yeon was just slumped in her chair, watching the scene.
She couldn't do anything.
Having followed Lee Ji-yeon around without any scenes to shoot today, all she could do was watch.
"L-Lee Ji-yeon, tell me. Haven't you already experienced it?"
"Why are you acting like this, like an amateur?"
"B-but!"
With those words, filming started once again.
Perhaps because Jo Seo-hee was so embarrassed, Lee Ji-yeon also seemed to be unnecessarily fired up.
This was probably the part where Lee Ji-yeon was the least tense while filming
"When I washed you for the first time, Miss, this is what I thought."
Yeon Seon-ye pulled on Michiko's collar and gave a subtle smile.
"That something so beautiful existed."
Her hand traced along the collar, brushed past Michiko's shoulder, and fondled her earlobe.
Watching Michiko flinch, Yeon Seon-ye smiled as if finding it amusing.
And.
'L-Lahmiel and Alice...'
Seo-yeon was watching the scene with both hands tightly clamped over her mouth.
She couldn't make a sound.
Even though it was right in front of her, she couldn't approach.
They were clearly Yeon Seon-ye and Michiko.
This time, their acting was so perfectly immersed that they were Yeon Seon-ye and Michiko themselves.
However, to Seo-yeon's eyes, it felt like a Lahmiel and Alice filter kept overlaying it.
'No, I have to turn off the filter.'
If that were so easy, would Seo-yeon be like this?
In Seo-yeon's red eyes, the scene of their lips overlapping came into view.
According to the script, the two were supposed to feel similar.
But in the scene, Yeon Seon-ye was leading the play much more skillfully.
And.
"I think it would be good to include the line you ad-libbed earlier."
"Huh? Ah, weren't you going to scold me for that ad-lib?"
"It hasn't been long since I pointed it out, and doing something like that certainly warrants a scolding... but that line was good."
Director Baek Min was also very fond of Ji-yeon's ad-lib.
Honestly, it's not like actors never arbitrarily add lines like that.
Especially when they immerse themselves in their roles, they sometimes change lines without realizing it.
Because the actor's personal interpretation of the character comes into play.
In that sense, Yeon Seon-ye's line this time was a perfect fit.
"You must have been born for this, Miss... How can you be so good at this?"
Saying that, the sight of Yeon Seon-ye sealing Michiko's lips with her own again was quite cheeky, drawing laughter from those around. How could she spit out a line like that at that moment?
"That kid definitely has a sense for lines, right? It's an ad-lib, but it's no wonder Director Baek Min keeps letting it slide."
"I thought, 'What kind of actor has so many cheap tricks...' but she definitely seems to interpret the character well."
"Right?"
The place where the staff not participating in this shoot gathered.
Since it was a little away from the set, they whispered in small voices.
Honestly, I thought she was a bit ambiguous as the lead, but as we kept filming, she's a charming kid.
The more you look at her, the more she grows on you, giving the feeling that she's an actress who perfectly fits the role of Yeon Seon-ye.
"Does Seo-yeon also think..."
The staff member who was about to ask Seo-yeon, who would be sitting in a nearby chair watching the shoot, flinched.
Seo-yeon's bloodshot red eyes were almost terrifying.
A dry swallow was naturally forced out.
'T-thank goodness it's bright around here.'
If they met those eyes in the dark, they might have wet their pants right then and there.
Her irises were already red, but with the bloodshot, they looked like eyes possessed by a ghost.
'Actor Jo Seo-yeon would do well in a horror movie, wouldn't she?'
Mostly as a ghost.
Her eyes were so red that it looked like she was crying tears of blood.
How terrifying that was.
"S-Seo-yeon, did something happen? Why on earth..."
At the staff's words, Seo-yeon's mouth finally opened.
"The filter... please turn off the filter. My horn is breaking..."
"?"
Lahmiel and Alice, both were Seo-yeon's favorite biases... but this was a different issue from that.
Seo-yeon was a Unicorn fan to the bone, to the point where she even disliked Lahmiel appearing with the 'Magician' who helped her debut.
The type who didn't allow any shipping at all.
That was how Seo-yeon had fainted.
***
"I think it's because Seo-yeon's schedule has been too tough."
"Get plenty of rest for a while."
Because she had filmed in bursts, Seo-yeon was effectively excluded from filming now.
Of course, she would still sneak over to watch on days when Lee Ji-yeon and Jo Seo-hee were filming.
'Still, Lee Ji-yeon... hasn't she been doing something behind my back?'
The problem was that the foundation of Yeon Seon-ye's acting was Lahmiel, which forced the filter to turn on.
For the first time, Seo-yeon resented her talent for feeling others' emotions so finely.
'It was definitely similar to the acting Lahmiel showed on broadcast in my past life.'
It felt somewhat nostalgic.
In her past life, Lahmiel was a corporate slave, and naturally, there were times she did collaborative streams with her SevenLive colleagues.
The acting she showed back then was definitely similar to now.
Anyway, Lahmiel's emotional line like that and the extremely skilled kiss scene.
Seo-yeon became suspicious.
Leaving Lahmiel aside, isn't Lee Ji-yeon out of the ordinary?
She completely overwhelmed Jo Seo-hee.
"I-I wasn't overwhelmed, okay?"
"Huh?"
While she was looking out the window of their accommodation and thinking that, Jo Seo-hee was standing behind her, having returned at some point.
For reference, Seo-yeon and Jo Seo-hee were sharing a room at this hotel.
Lee Ji-yeon was in the same room as Seo-yeon's manager, Park Eun-ha.
"When did you get here?"
"...You collapsed, so I hurried back."
"But why did you come alone? Where's Lee Ji-yeon?"
"She said 'Jo Seo-yeon is always like that' and didn't come, you know? Isn't that too much?"
Jo Seo-hee said that, but her face was still red.
It seemed today's filming was quite strongly stimulating.
Seeing her like that, Seo-yeon felt like she understood a little why Lee Ji-yeon did that.
Normally, Jo Seo-hee was such a haughty lady that she often had a poker face as much as Seo-yeon.
Of course, she seemed to soften relatively in front of Seo-yeon, but that was because Jo Seo-hee didn't have any friends she treated so openly, so she didn't know how to act.
Anyway, with such a Jo Seo-hee jumping around like a frog in this acting scene, how could it not catch the eye?
'Ah, it's because the reactions are so crisp.'
Did she end up acting aggressively without realizing it?
Should I say she ended up overacting?
Lee Ji-yeon brought that out well.
"More importantly, Seo-yeon. Didn't you get any separate contact?"
"Me?"
Contact?
Is there anyone in Japan who would contact her?
She pondered for a moment, but Seo-yeon shook her head.
In the first place, the only person she had recently met was Stella.
'Ah, come to think of it, we didn't even exchange numbers.'
Even after I let her stay at my house.
'Well, it was a bit funny then.'
To be precise, from the moment her parents appeared.
In other words, the day she brought Stella to her house.
That is, the day before leaving for Japan.
When she was asked by Park Eun-ha to let Stella stay for just one day.
"Where did everyone go?"
When Seo-yeon brought Stella home, no one was there.
Perhaps her parents and Soo-yeon had gone out to play together since it was the weekend.
'Why did they leave me out?'
She had that thought, but if she was alone, she could play games without worrying about others.
"Hmm~ Do you like games?"
If only Stella wasn't right next to her.
'Carelessly!'
Seo-yeon, who had habitually turned on the console as soon as she got home, was momentarily flustered.
Anyway, it would be weirder to turn it off here.
"Yes, there's nothing else to do anyway."
"That's true."
Although Seo-yeon was used to reading others' emotions, it wasn't easy with Stella.
The strange sense of kinship was one thing, but she was a mysterious person in many ways.
'Right, it's better to just play games.'
There's no topic to talk about anyway.
With that thought, Seo-yeon decided to just play the game.
If she was going to play, she'd play a Soul-like game where she could show off her skills.
'If I show her how good I am, will she be amazed?'
Seo-yeon was full of motivation.
Originally, she was the type to thrive on big stages.
She could already picture Stella marveling at her incredible skills.
"Is this a game where you just keep dying over and over?"
"..."
Seo-yeon felt annoyed by Stella's chattering next to her.
"Then try doing it yourself."
"Huh? Me? I've never played before."
For someone saying that, Stella took the controller easily.
Did she think she could do better than Seo-yeon, who kept dying?
'Wait a minute.'
Suddenly, Seo-yeon handed the controller to Stella and thought.
Come to think of it, around Seo-yeon, everyone except Park Jung-woo was good at games.
Even if they couldn't at first, they would quickly surpass Seo-yeon.
Why on earth.
With this cosmic physical ability, why couldn't she play games well?
Anyway, because of that, Seo-yeon was wary of Stella too.
Look at that relaxed posture.
She took the controller, and she might fly through the game like Lee Ji-yeon or Jo Seo-hee.
'T-that, I can't allow.'
Feeling that she might inexplicably be good at this and that, Seo-yeon grew nervous.
But fortunately.
"What is this? Why do you play something like this?"
For the first time, an annoyed voice popped out of Stella's mouth.
Even after repeating it several times, Stella couldn't dodge properly.
Perhaps feeling a competitive streak rising, she wasn't even looking at Seo-yeon's side.
'She's worse than me.'
Seo-yeon really liked that part.
Yes, this is how it should normally be.
Isn't it weird for skills to improve so rapidly?
"I'm going to wash up for a bit, keep playing."
"Yeah."
Leaving Stella immersed in the game, Seo-yeon went to wash up for a bit.
Like that, while Seo-yeon had gone to wash up.
"Oh, is my daughter back?"
"Sis, Soo-yeon is here!"
The family, who had gone to the amusement park for the weekend, had returned.
Thanks to Jo Seo-hee allowing them virtually unlimited access to Mirinae Park, Seo-yeon's parents often took Soo-yeon to play at Mirinae Park.
So, it was only natural that Young-bin's steps were light after returning from having a great time riding rides with his daughter.
"What, playing games as soon as you get back? Ah, she couldn't dodge that. My daughter's skills have gotten even worse since I last saw her."
Teasing his daughter as always, Young-bin flopped down on the sofa in front of him, fixing his gaze on the TV in the living room.
The seat next to Seo-yeon, who was playing the game.
Sitting down vigorously, he didn't forget to unnecessarily poke Seo-yeon's side with his elbow.
It was his own way of showing affection.
Originally, it was something Seo-yeon did whenever she was annoyed with Young-bin, but recently, Young-bin did it often too.
Of course, Seo-yeon would just snort as if Young-bin's light attacks didn't even tickle her.
But.
"Kyah!"
A strange scream was heard, and a thump to the side.
"?"
Kyah? My daughter would never let out such a girly scream.
Feeling something was off, when Young-bin turned his gaze to the side, a blonde girl was looking at him, clutching her side.
A truly angelically beautiful girl.
Moreover, a person who looked vaguely familiar.
"Um... who are you?"
Young-bin could only blankly say that.