acting wasn’t originally part of jaehwa’s plan when she first auditioned for legacy. in fact, her entry into the industry happened by chance when she was offered a small role in the first season of cram school. that unexpected opportunity sparked something in her. she found herself enjoying the experience of stepping into someone else’s shoes, even if only temporarily. before she knew it, jaehwa was sharing sets with popular celebrities like iu and yeo jingoo. that same year, she even took home her first acting award.
but despite her growing acting career, jaehwa never forgot her idol duties. she made it a point to connect with her fans whenever she could during promotions, though it never quite felt like enough. she wanted to do more. unfortunately, drama filming was incredibly demanding. between long shooting hours, script readings, photoshoots, and for one family business, intense stunt workshops, juggling both careers felt almost impossible.
during a break in filming, when cherry casually mentioned not liking coffee, jaehwa glanced at the staff member holding out a cup and gave a subtle shrug. but her eyes lit up with surprise when cherry mentioned strawberry milk instead. the sugar content alone made jaehwa raise an eyebrow. “i’ve been doing well,” she replied with a soft smile. “just running on low sleep, that’s all. i’m lucky to have been given the main role, and i owe it all to the director and producer.” when cherry commented further, there was a slight frown on her brows before dismissing it. “i’ve played supporting roles before. my favorite was definitely hotel del luna. not only did i get to act alongside my role model, but i also received an award for that performance.”
cherry could only feel excited about future roles, hoping she would someday manage to land herself a bigger role. cherry was very aware she still wasn’t the greatest actress, so she was satisfied with the role she got, it made sense to give the bigger roles to actors more experienced and talented than cherry. but this was a journey, cherry knew she wouldn’t land big roles the moment she switched to the acting path, she had to work hard as hell, because when she switched to the acting path she had no talent in acting nor did she know what she was doing.
but even with no big roles so far, cherry was still having fun. on the idol trainee path cherry had to drag herself throughout the day, she couldn’t dance, and she never got to learn it, the acting path was much more fun since she was actually interested in acting. cherry was a slow learner though, had always been, so even after a year on the acting path, she still wasn’t that good of an actress. luckily fellow actors who had more talent were willing to help cherry, practice lines together and give cherry some tips. so she figured, if she continued working hard, eventually she’d get that lead role she’s dreamed of.
“ah, it must be hard… you’re handling idol stuff all while you’re doing this, aren’t you?” cherry turns to the other as she takes a sip of her own strawberry milk. “i’d say you deserve the main role, the acting i’ve seen you done is amazing, i can only wish to reach your level some day” the blonde smiles to the other. “ah, you’ve done acting before? makes sense you’re so good then” for a short while cherry had just believed jaehwa had gotten the lead role as her first role. “i don’t have a lot of lines, so there’s not that much for me to remember” might be good, cherry has the memory of a goldfish “but you do… how do you manage to remember all your lines?”.
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