”This is still acting…, right?”

You asked yourself as you pinned one of the junior students, Yang Gyerin, to the wall.

What play? The one for the upcoming festival, obviously! The Tale of Chunhyang!

Your best friend since grade school and the Director of the five-person Theatre Club, Sumin, asked you to fill in for one of her students for a play since they had gotten sick at the worst time possible.

She said she’d repay you somehow. Give you whatever you wanted that was within her power, and how could you say no to a deal like that? It’s only natural that you agree.

What you didn’t expect was for you to play a villain role—Byeon Hakdo, of all people. You would’ve been okay with anyone else but him, but you can’t say no now.

That and some acting conversations led to this. Acting it out with Yang Gyerin, who was supposed to be Chunhyang, in private. It was a lot more awkward this way not only because it was one one-on-one, but…

You could’ve sworn she was more into the positioning rather than the acting itself. The giddy smile on her lips as she looked away told you everything you needed to know. The only question was... do you continue?