Atispaus - Ep 03. [The One From Far Away]
“Ahn Se-eun, how are you?”
A man with light blue hair and white face, dressed like yesterday, was waving at Se-eun.
Unlike yesterday, he was wearing purple lenses on one side and red lenses on the other.
"Huh! Yesterday that madness... !"
Se-eun closed her mouth tightly at the words that came out without my knowing.
“I'm not crazy, I'm Aso. Are you Ahn Se-eun? Are you Troop?
Regardless of Se-eun's reaction, the light blue haired girl who introduced herself as 'Aso' started asking questions that she couldn't understand again.
“Se-eun is your friend? Her hair color is so pretty, where did you get it?
Yerang, who was applying lip gloss to the side, looked curiously at Aso and secretly took off her apron.
"Where? Aren't you going to make me do it by today's deadline?"
With Ye-rang's suspicious gaze, Se-eun left Aso's question behind and quickly grabbed Ye-rang.
“Oh, I have gastroenteritis. Oh, my stomach hurts so much.”
Yerang, who had been eating pretzels before, suddenly raised a smile and clutched his stomach.
“Hey, with a girl! Yesterday too-"
“Sorry sir, tell me later. But you said someone died here yesterday? Oooh, scary.”
Before Se-eun could finish speaking, Ye-rang traded her flip-flops for high heels.
“Are you leaving me alone in that scary place?”
Se-eun, with a grim expression on her face, muttered, but Ye-rang pretended not to hear and took her bag.
At that time, Aso, who was taking turns looking at Se-eun and Ye-rang, stopped Ye-rang.
"With a girl! Don't you think that if you lied about being sick yesterday and quit your part-time job, you did it twice last week, and if you're like that today, Se-eun Ahn will suffer a lot alone? Don't you know it's time to get busy?"
Aso, who was blocking the front door, shot him, Yerang stopped at the spot with a perplexed expression.
Se-eun was also embarrassed by Aso's sudden action.
"What, why are you talking nonsense?"
Ye-rang, who had spoken with Aso, looked at Se-eun and said:
"Did you tell him all this?"
Ye-rang looked at Se-eun and pursed his lips.
Who has to tell me about this? just look at this I took care of Se-eun because she was kind and looked like other children. Have you ever told the boss that she was going on a date saying she was sick every time?
Ye-rang, who knew that Se-eun was very patient with herself, couldn't say anything.
“First of all, it looks like you have an appointment today, so I'm going first, and tomorrow Yerang, you and Se-eun will do your part.”
"Ah ok. Tomorrow I can do anything. Ahn Se-eun, I'm sorry. Just look at me today. Actually, today is 100 days with my boyfriend."
Yerang, who was embarrassed by Aso's simple tidying up, was confused.
"You say. Why are you all telling lies? Happy hundred days Have a nice date."
When Se-eun smiled, Ye-rang, relieved, left the shop as if she was running away.
Aso frowned at Se-eun, who was looking at Ye-rang's back with a smile.
Se-eun looked into Aso's purple and red eyes and smiled.
It was the same as having to do all the work alone, even Yerangi, but for some reason, Se-eun felt lighter and confused at the same time.
'I'm not crazy, how did you know?'
When Se-eun was about to ask Aso, who was smiling, how she knew of Ye-rang's lies, an announcement sounded on the platform announcing that a train had arrived.
The story was buzzing with people getting off the train right away.
The busiest time of day at the Pretzels store has begun.
Se-eun is taking a deep breath, thinking she's going to sweat on her own, and Aso puts on Ye-rang's apron.
“It's hard to be alone. I will help you."
Aso raised his arms and said.
"Huh? Really? time ok? But have you ever worked part time? Do you know how?"
"Believe me."
Aso whispered quietly into Se-eun's ear, and began to spit a gentle voice down to her bones.
“The most delicious pretzels in the world. I added a lot of almonds in particular. Enjoy your trip."
“Can I bring you? Careful, the coffee is hot.”
“Customers, garbage is not thrown away because of store hygiene. Do you see that garbage can? Please sort your garbage directly from there.”
Despite Se-eun's concerns, Aso treated customers better than Se-eun, who had just completed a month of part-time work, and Yerang, who had been working for three months.
Se-eun didn't look tired today thanks to Aso's smile, even in the midst of hectic work.
Se-eun was able to safely get through the terrifying rush hour when she wanted to throw everything and run away if she was alone with Aso.
After a busy time, Se-eun, who found time to relax, made Aso a latte and said:
“Thanks, Aso. Thanks to you, I got through my busy time well. I'm a little more relaxed now, so it's okay to stop helping me. Today, I will tell the boss that you worked two hours instead of Yerangi. You will likely get it right away. Even my friend Junhui sometimes takes care of him like that. First, write your account number...”
“Alright, I just did it for fun. I wanted to help you.”
Aso, who was drinking chocolate latte coffee, interrupted Se-eun's words.
"Me, why?"
“You can tell what a good kid you are when you hear the music you make.”
"What?"
Se-eun felt as if she had been hit on the head by Aso's sudden words.
“Did you say music now? did you hear me?"
Se-eun, who likes music, has a habit of always thinking of new melodies when focusing on something.
She tries to hum the mood or feeling of that moment to a tune and write it down as if she were writing a journal before going to bed.
Of course, Se-eun was working on melodies a while ago.
It’s Se-eun’s secret habit that neither her grandmother nor her old friend Jun-hoo know about… …
He was talking about Se-eun's habit as if Aso knew.
“You kept humming melodies as you worked. This is the song you made, right?"
"Ah... that one... Did I hum loudly?"
"No, you didn't scream."
Aso replied innocently.
“So how did you... That's right, how did you know that Yerang ran away last week too? Are you a fortune teller or something?”
Feeling like he was possessed by something, Se-eun asked questions without hesitation.
"Oh, sorry. I didn't listen on purpose. I tried not to listen, but Se-eun said you were thinking too loud."
Aso smiled and took a sip of the milk chocolate.
'Did you think big? So can you hear me?'
Se-eun, who was speechless, looked at Aso.
It was hard to believe, but Aso knew that Yerang had missed the deadline twice in the past week, that she was meeting her boyfriend today, and that the store was packed.
"Who are you?"
Aso, who made eye contact with Se-eun, who was still stunned, smiled brightly.
Love, violet flower.
