Chapter 44
Chapter 44 – With the Night’s Protection
“Thank you . Here . ”
The taxi arrived at his house and Jageun and Suhee left the taxi .
Jaegun went first and opened the door for her . Rika, who was sleeping on the floor came up to Jaegun and raised her tail .
“Were you resting well? Today, I came with Suhee . ”
“Rika, hello . Remember me?”
Suhee, who came up behind Jaeugn, greeted her .
Rika had the face that said she didn’t dislike Suhee, but she didn’t like her that well either .
She slowly turned around and went farther into the cat tower .
“She doesn’t like me . ”
“This means she does . She’s really selective so . Come in . ”
“OK . ”
Suhee took off her boots and came in .
Jaegun quickly closed the door and turned on the laptop . He put up the draft on the screen and then he put his shoes back on .
“I’ll go buy some beer and something to eat, so read it while I’m gone . ”
“There’s a store nearby?”
“There’s no convenience store, but there’s a small supermarket . I’ll be back”
“Ok, go ahead . ”
It was Rika and Suhee alone in the house when he left .
Suhee sat down on the chair in front of the laptop and said to Rika .
“Rika must have been bored today . He only knows writing, he doesn’t play with you, right?”
Suhee turned her glance to the laptop .
Jaegun’s story filled the screen . She put down her bag from her shoulder, and started to read from the first paragraph .
“Hm, what’s this? The male main is just like Park Jongjin?”
There was the feeling of being pulled into the book even in the beginning .
Suhee was already deep in the book with just a few pages .
She drank a few bottles, and she was a bit tired because she came in to a warm room, but the story was keeping her entranced throughout it .
“How is it?”
It was about 50 pages, when Jaegun came in with a bag . Suhee answered with a smiling face .
“I read until the part they met and it’s really good . ”
“Really?”
“Ah, yeah, but…”
Suhee hesitated and continued carefully .
“Maybe it’s because I heard you say it, but the female main character really feels a bit weird . There are some parts where I can’t connect to her as a girl . ”
“Ahhhh… . Is it . ”
Jaegun sighed and sat down on the floor .
Suhee, in addition to Professor Han Hesun, was saying the same thing . It was a problem that couldn’t be avoided .
“Try and revise it with a calm mind . You write well . ”
“Thanks, I should but…”
Jaegun sighed heavily like the floor was gonna collapse .
Suhee’s encouragement was nice, but truthfully, it didn’t help much .
‘Look at that, Rika . He brought me in here, but he’s only thinking about writing . Am I right? He only has writing on his mind . ’
Suhee complained in her mind and took a can of beer that Jaegun bought in her hand . She was about to drink one out of politeness and leave .
‘I came for no reason . ’
It felt like Jaegun was only concentrated on writing .
It slowly dawned on her that maybe her existence was making him distracted .
Suhee opened the bottle and turned around to the cat tower . Rika was lying on the tower, with her back to her .
‘Does he have no feelings for me?’
A question with an answer she could not bear to hear, a small drink of beer was going through Suhee’s throat
Just then,
Rika slowly turned her head around .
Rika’s two eyes had Jaegun and Suhee images put together in her two eyes .
The two people’s figures were becoming clearer by the second .
‘Ah? This, this?!’
Jaegun quickly lifted his head . With wide eyes, he was looking at Rika and Suhee .
“Jaegun, what’s wrong? Does your head hurt?”
“W, wait . ”
Jaegun, holding his forehead, slowly walked towards the laptop . His two eyes were glaring at Rika on the cat tower .
‘We’re connected? This is Suhee?’
Rika’s face seemed like it was smiling
Jaegun’s face had a smile on it .
“Suhee, I have favor . ”
“Favor?”
“I thought of a way to write about the female main . Just wait 2 hours, no 1 hour . I’ll quickly finish it and give it to you . ”
“Don’t do that . Just concentrate . I’ll be leaving . ”
“No!”
Jaegun’s voice unknowingly became louder .
He stood up and held her two shoulders and continued .
“You need to be here>”
“I… why?”
“I thought of it by looking at you . I thought of how to write because of you . So just be with me . You’re a great help just by being here . Really . ”
Jaegun’s face looked determined and confident .
Suhee was looking at Jaegun with a entranced look .
“I…”
Suhee breathed .
“I’m a help… . Just by being here?”
“Yes, please help me . ”
Jaegun’s two hands were holding more tightly .
Suhee slowly turned her eyes downward .
As she looked at her foot, she slowly nodded .
“Ok . ”
As she said that, Jaegun smiled widely .
“About 2 hours is fine . ”
“Thank you . Just be comfortable . You can watch the TV and there’s the new laptop over there . Use that for Internet . ”
“I’ll do whatever . Just write . ”
Suhee pushed him towards the laptop .
Jaeugn opened the drawer and pulled out Se Gunwoo’s glasses . And looking at Rika, he cheered himself .
‘It’s only 2 hours! I need to use all my strength! I need to revise every sentence with Suhee here! Let’s start!’
Tap Tap Tap!
Tap Tap Tap Tap!
His ten fingers were danicng on the keybaord .
Suhee’s smooth emotions were all heading towards the female main of the story .
A gray afternoon with rain,
A girl’s eyes moving quickly to look for a person that she wants to see
A moderately touching but sincere feeling felt perfect with the story’s feeling
Jaegun was completely into the word that he had created with Suhee’s help .
‘Rika, this is pretty good?’
Suhee smiled as she sat down .
With a happy feeling, her glance at Jaegun’s back didn’t seem to leave .
***
How much time passed .
‘Hm…?’
Suhee’s two eyes slowly opened .
The light was still bright . Suhee lifted her body up .
‘Look at me . ’
As she looked at her phone, it was over 2 .
The floor was warm, so she must have fell asleep . It was result that the recent hard work at her job contrived as well .
Suhee looked towards Jaegun, worried that she might have shown her messy side .
Jaegun had his head on his two arms, and had no movement like a dead person . He must have fell asleep while writing .
“Jaegun, sleep on the bed . ”
“Hm…”
“Wake up . Go sleep on the bed . Now . ”
Suhee took Jaegun’s arms and lifted him up .
Jaegun slowly stood up, but he wasn’t awake . He moved one or two steps and fell on the bed .
‘He must have been tired . Well he drank . ’
But it wasn’t only because of the drinks that he was tired .
The power with Rika really spent Jaegun’s energy . He didn’t have the energy to drink from Se Gunwoo’s mug and just fell asleep .
‘I should clean up . ’
Suhee lifted up the stocking that fell when she was helping Jaegun and started to clean . Rika was following Suhee with a glance that she liked her now .
‘He must eat ramen in the morning . ’’
Suhee put some rice in the rice cooker as well .
There was no food on the refrigerator so she boiled tuna-kimchi stew, made eggs, and put a wrap on it .
‘Sleep well . This one’s gonna do well . ’
Jaegun didn’t feel Suhee’s hand pulling the blanket on top of him .
Suhee, finished with cleaning, turned off everything except for a small light and left .
***
“The name Ha Jaegun is not a waste . ”
“…Yes?”
Office 403, next to Myunggyung College .
Jaegun, about to drink coffee, was baffled . Han Hesun was smiling widely in front of him .
“This novel is the best that you have ever written . The completion of this novel is high and the entertainment value was good too . This should be good enough for the literary world . ”
“I don’t know what to say . ”
It was very sincere .
He thought he wrote pretty well, but he didn’t think Hesun, who never gave out compliments, would compliment him so much .
“You must have worked hard . You’ve grown so much . I can see you as an adult . I can clearly see your figure growing as a writer . ”
Hesun tapped Jaegun’s shoulder and continued .
Jaegun put his head down and closed his lips .
His nose was tingling .
He could really feel Hesun’s care for her students .
“Look at this . ”
Hesun pulled her phone out .
Checking the screen, Jaegun surprisingly looked at Hesun .
“Professor, this…”
“Go in . ”
Jaegun swallowed .
What she showed was the Modern Teen Literary Contest .
It had a huge history and there was one winner every year .
Many books became bestsellers, and many books became movies and dramas . The prize money was also about 30 thousand dollars so it was a award that had a high standard .
“If you win here, you get a reputation greater than the metropolitan newspaper . I think your work has potential to win . ”
“Professor, I don’t have any want to have a reputation . And as for that, I already have the Digital Literary Contest…”
“You know what our country thinks of the reputation as a writer and you say that?”
“…”
“I’m not saying to be one of the greats of the literary world . I’m saying to get more people to read your works . The people who read your winning work will gladly read your other books -even the people who throw books away if it’s not a literary award winner . ”
“Yes, Professor… I get it . ”
Jaegun nodded her head .
He confirmed his mind with Hesun’s urging .
There really was no reason to think because it didn’t matter if he didn’t win anyway .
“But you have no title . I don’t think I missed it, so did you not choose one?”
Hesun was looking through it and asked . Jaegun answered while walking towards the sink .
“I decided when I was coming here . ”
“Yes? What is it?”
“Storm and Gale . ”
Hesun gazed with strange face .
Jaegun, with his back to the sink, continued with a unconfident voice .
“I made it so that the strong wind is like the karaoke helper… I felt it fit the story’s mood well . Is it weird?”
“Ha…!”
Hesun laughed a little .
The laugh became louder and she doubled over laughing .
“Is it that weird, Professor?”
“No, that’s not it . It fits you . It fits you . It’s fits Ha Jaegun . ”
Hesun waved, when she finally stopped laughing, .
Fixing her glasses, she gave him a thumbs up .
“I like it . Go like the storm and gale . ”
Jaegun’s face had a shiny smile .
With a swelling chest, he bowed to the professor that he admired the most in the world .