Cheat day

Walking (1)

June 30.

On Friday morning, everyone gathered at Seoul Station in Baek Seung-yong’s van.

To prepare for any potential accidents, a van was always on standby nearby, and we each attached GoPro cameras to our heads to broadcast on our smartphones.

“Oh. Baek Woo-jin, you look pumped up, huh?”

Cha Ji-chan said to Baek Woo-jin, who was connecting a power bank to his smartphone.

“Shut up. This is such a hassle.”

Baek Woo-jin grumbled as he thoroughly prepared with a raincoat, waterproof backpack, and waterproof shoe covers.

“Are you really not taking that?”

When I turned my head, Choi Mi-kael was offering a walking stick to Jo Ji-seung.

“Why on earth would you bring that?”

“It might be necessary.”

“If you’re giving him a stick, at least give him a decent one.”

“This may not look like much, but it’s actually quite useful.”

“Forget it. It’ll just be extra baggage.”

Choi Mi-kael reluctantly packed the walking stick.

It seemed like that person lived just to tease Jo Ji-seung.

“Let’s get moving.”

As I was checking the sound, Muk-ji asked me to move around a bit.

“How does it sound?”

I asked while shifting my body this way and that, and Muk-ji tilted his head.

“It picks up quite well.”

It seemed that the sound of the raincoat rustling was fairly loud when I moved.

“Anyway, it’s hard to eliminate all the noise because of the rain and the sounds of passing cars. It’s not like we’re doing a talk-heavy broadcast, so we’ll just have to do some editing later.”

“Got it.”

Muk-ji approached and held my hand.

“If it hurts, you must take a break. You have to go to the hospital, too. If it’s really tough, you can always come back.”

I couldn’t leave the office completely empty.

In the two-week schedule, the only points where I would meet with the producers were at one of the stopovers, Mungyeong, and the final destination, Busan.

Since I couldn’t take a break from YouTube for two weeks, Muk-ji would stay back to run the side dish store.

“Don’t worry. I’ve been exercising a lot.”

I could feel Muk-ji’s grip tightening.

His concern was clearly conveyed.

“If I give up, they’ll tease me even more. I can’t stand that.”

“If you were really worried about that, you shouldn’t have said you wanted to go.”

“I’ve already made up my mind. They always call me an idiot, so I want to show them I can do this properly.”

“In my opinion, you are an idiot.”

“…….”

“Do you really have to go?”

Even when I mentioned that I would be with Cha Ji-chan the day before the emergency meeting, and when we had dinner together last night, Muk-ji supported my decision.

Now, just before the departure, he asked about my determination, probably because he wanted to respect my choice but was still worried.

I felt respected and loved.

I squeezed Muk-ji’s hand tightly.

“There are plenty of reasons not to go, but there are also many reasons to go.”

He stared at me intently.