Monochrome Rumor - Chapter 5-2

“Did you have a bad dream?” 

Sanyoo with a worried gaze opened his mouth. 

He wondered what it meant, but he felt that Chan’s fingertips touching his cheeks were wet. 

You’re doing so many things. The wet cheeks were unfamiliar. 

“My eyes hurt.” 

When he said that with a subdued voice, the hand that used to caress his cheek slowly rises and gently wipes the burning eye area. 

He felt good, so he closed his eyes and heard Kang Eui-hyun’s voice like a sigh. While closing the curtain. 

“Hey, it’s a crime to do that with that face.” 

“Hyung, by any chance…. did you think of something?” 

The small voice asked while muttering was cautious.  In an instant, he opened his mouth slowly with his eyes closed in a tense atmosphere. 

“Lee Si-Hyun”

‘Did you have a lover?’

He swallowed the words in a hurry that he almost spat out without thinking. He wasn’t sure if it was really Lee Si-hyun’s memory because of such a dream, and it was a hunch, but even if he had it, He wouldn’t have told the members. Also, it feels too uncomfortable to be a lover. So he swallowed the next word, but Si-hyun realized that it was time to make up a word for the members who looked at his side with a tense faces.

“I don’t even know who Lee Si-hyun is, but he told me to dance.” 

“What?” 

“I don’t remember anything, dancing or singing. I kept pushing myself even though I didn’t know, so I ended up crying.” 

He said those words with a dry face. It sounded like a lie to anyone; but everyone laughed briefly, he buried his face in the pillow with a slightly annoyed face. 

His actions were strangely cute. Chan patted his shoulder silently, and Sanyoo, who squeezed in between, jokingly adhered to Si-hyun’s hair. 

“Oh man, that’s why you cried?” 

Eui-hyun, who giggles and talks as if he was teasing, looked delighted, saying that this has saved him a lifetime of teasing. 

“It’s okay, Hyung. If you dance, you might remember it…. even if that’s not the case, I’ll work hard on your side and teach you.”

“Haa….really?” 

“Really, really hyung, you sang well, you are also good at dancing, so don’t worry!” 

He feels like he’s in the middle of a neighborhood dog or a low-skilled child. 

Unlike Ra-jun, who shakes his hands as soon as he tells them to get rid of them because he’s bothered by the gentle touches, Sanyoo with a bright smile, saying, 

“Huh?” 

When he gave up because he wanted to die rather than suffer and stood up, the manager, who had been in the corner until then, sneakily approached Si-hyun. 

Yesterday’s aftermath still lingered in his face, but Si-hyun couldn’t remember. 

“Si-hyun~ah, I heard its okay for you to leave the hospital now… What do you think? Do you want to rest more?” 

“Oh. I think I’ve rested enough.”

“Uh, Huh? Really? Haha, then I’m glad. …But I….But you know what…” 

He has something more to say, but hesitates. Ha-jin clicked his tongue thinking of the manager’s age that he later learned that he was 28 years old. He was more discouraged by the appearance, so when he saw him closing his mouth, Ha-jin sighed and opened his mouth. 

“Tell me”

“Uh, there was a drama you were supporting this time….You didn’t remember everything right now, and you tried to refuse it……..”

“I did”

“You received all the down payment first…….” 

“SI-HYUN. You didn’t use it all, right? You don’t remember that, do you?” 

Even though he said that, he asked him to remember it. Even though Ha-jin tried hard, it was not within the scope of his memory. When he shook his head, the manager’s face turned blue and seemed to die soon. 

“SI-HYUN, what should I do? The down payment was a little huge because our agency also worked hard to get this role. Fortunately, the scene where you appear is a little behind, so you’re filming the front part first, but you’re still in this state.”  

“I know. If I can’t appear, do I have to pay a down payment and a penalty?”

“A huge amount of money, right?” 

“That’s ….. yes……..” 

“Ha ha.” 

Lee Si-hyun really packed a lot of shit. 

Ha-jin, who made Lee Si-Hyun an idiot in an instant, was troubled for a while, but within a few minutes he sighed. Even if he thought about it, he already knew that there was no way out in this situation. 

“…Do it. I’ll do it…” 

“Huh? Huh? Huh? Really? Really? Will you be okay? “

“Then what should I do? I think it would be pitiful if I became a debtor at this age and was chased away”

“That’s too much…”

“It’s okay, it’s not like my fingers are being cut off.” 

When he was Lee Ha-jin, he remembered his pinky finger that had been cut off and said lightly, but he shook his head with a face as if everyone were talking like that.

“Don’t make a scary joke, hyung… Why are your fingers cut off?” 

When Ra-jun, who became teary eyed, muttered, Si-hyun wrapped up his sincerity like a joke by simply closing his mouth and shrugging his shoulders. 

It was like that. It was an overly peaceful time. Well, it seemed like it was still on the eve of the storm, but in fact, Ha-jin liked these times in the hospital room. 

There was no need to fuss so as not to be forced to die, and he didn’t have to kick away those who were clinging to his feet. Since there was no face of a mother who was whispering like an anglerfish, he thought it might be a paradise in its own way.

Sometimes it’s annoying, but they’re pretty cute, too. It was his first time doing nothing, so he was itching. Since he didn’t have much to pack, he wondered if it would be okay to go to the accommodation right away, and he asked the manager, who was wandering around, the most important thing that had been questionable since earlier. 

“Oh, by the way, what role do I play? That drama…”

As soon as he asked that, the manager’s shoulders, which were busy, quickly hardened. As soon as he looked at his manager who couldn’t look in his direction, Ha-jin frowned because the ominous feeling seemed to be spreading again. 

Ha-jin thought for a while, if it’s a refreshing and cute role, He’ll just try being a debtor. That may be surprisingly quite thrilling and enjoyable. He guesses one by one the roles that can be played with Lee Si-hyun’s face, which makes it even darker. 

“That…..Si-hyun’s role is …….” 

“……………….” 

“It’s a private loan shark.” 

“That, also…”

“Cold and gloomy.”

“………………?”