At that time, Seol Ji Oh abruptly spoke.

[I also can’t sleep well.] “What?”
Perhaps due to the dawn, Seol Ji Oh spoke with a voice slightly softer and sleepier than usual.

[I have insomnia. I was already tossing and turning, but I’m glad Yeo Woon called.] “Ah….”
Yeo Woon, who was somehow trying to hang up the phone, froze for a moment.

He has insomnia?

Yeo Woon thought of Seol Ji Oh from their childhood, who used to sleep so much that he had to be woken up every morning. She wondered how such a sleepyhead developed insomnia.

“Has it been long?”
[Just a bit. About five years?] “Ah…. is it like the tragedy of a top star or something?”
A chuckling sound could be heard from the other side of the phone.

[Let’s just say that. But why can’t you sleep, Yeo Woon?] “Um. Usually, I sleep well. But today, it’s a bit…”
Yeo Woon swallowed her dry saliva. She wondered how to describe this feeling.

“….Because I’m excited.”
[Sorry. My voice is quite fatal at dawn, isn’t it?] “Ah, what the…”
Yeo Woon replied with a grumble, wrinkling her forehead. Then, Seol Ji Oh’s low chuckling could be heard from the other side of the phone.

[Is it not because of me? Then what is it?] “You saw the news, right? The one you sent me.”
[….So you’re staying up this late, not sleeping and getting excited because of that?] “You, Seol Ji Oh, will probably have articles pouring out even if you lift a finger. But for me, it’s been years. Plus, it was the first broadcast of the drama today. I’m just fluttering here and there.”
Yeo Woon leaned her body against the wall and sat down, gazing somewhere at the opposite wall. Seol Ji Oh chuckled at Yeo Woon’s words but remained silent without adding anything else.

The silent dawn.

Only Seol Ji Oh’s breathing could be heard intermittently from the other side of the phone.

Strangely enough, Yeo Woon quite liked this silence. The kind where no one spoke, yet it wasn’t uncomfortable at all.

[Did we… make phone calls like this when we were young?] “We did a lot. You would call me suddenly, and if I didn’t answer, you would come to my house.”
[Me?] Yeo Woon laughed, recalling her memories from when they were young. It was Seol Ji Oh who used to leave more than ten missed calls when Yeo Woon couldn’t answer the phone because she was busy with other things.

The one who used to knock on Yeo Woon’s front door till it would wear out with his unique expressionless face.

[It feels strange talking to Yeo Woon.] “Strange? Why?”
[It’s very unfamiliar. But it’s also very comfortable and nice.] “….”
[Let’s call again next time, properly press the call button without dialing wrong.] “Huh. What. You knew?”
[How could I not? Well, thanks to that, it was fun.] “….Ah really!”
[It’s late. Stop feeling excited and sleep quickly. Don’t you have a shooting tomorrow?] “I do. Seol Ji Oh, you also go to sleep….”
Yeo Woon closed her eyes and hung up the phone. She thought she had received the call rather naturally, but it was a delusion of her own. Yeo Woon felt a bit wronged, as if she was teased by Seol Ji Oh again.

Yeo Woon put the phone next to her, sat blankly for a moment, and blinked her eyes.

She should sleep, but sleep had rather fled far away.

Seol Ji Oh’s low and soft voice was humming in her ears.

The next day, the atmosphere on the set was good, probably because the first broadcast ratings were quite good.

While Yeo Woon was getting her makeup done in the dressing room after changing into her shooting outfit, the assistant director knocked on the door. Wondering if there were any changes in the shooting, she looked up, but the assistant director said something completely unexpected.

“Um, Seol Ji Oh is here.”
“What?!”
The assistant director also seemed a bit surprised, tilting his head as he spoke.

“He said he came to support you, Yeo Woon.”
Yeo Woon doubted her ears. The makeup team inside the dressing room was also taken aback by the unexpected name.

He came to support me? Seol Ji Oh?

Yeo Woon quickly finished her makeup and came outside. And as soon as she did, she spotted Seol Ji Oh, radiating an aura different from anyone else, from afar.

Unconsciously, Yeo Woon stopped in her tracks. That unique atmosphere that made everyone else around become mere background in an instant.

The moment she spotted Seol Ji Oh, Yeo Woon’s heart began to beat wildly, she gasped for breath momentarily.

Why did Seol Ji Oh come here? Really to support me? But why?

Seol Ji Oh, who was talking with Director Choi, soon locked eyes with Yeo Woon. Seol Ji Oh’s lips traced a faint smile for a moment.

Yeo Woon blinked in disbelief at the situation, even as she approached him.

“Seol Ji Oh?”
“Ah, Yeo Woon.”
Yeo Woon?!

Yeo Woon’s eyes widened. What did that familiar address mean?

Seol Ji Oh pulled the corners of his mouth into a smile and pointed somewhere. There was a large coffee car.

Yeo Woon looked at the coffee car with a somewhat flustered expression.

[Supporting Yeo Woon in the drama, Office Trap!]

Yeo Woon’s lips parted as she read the support message.