Maru approached the man waiting on the train platform. As they had only exchanged names through a phone call, this was their first meeting.

“I’m Baek Youngjae.”

“Han Maru. Nice to meet you.”

Maru offered him a canned coffee that he had bought beforehand. Youngjae thanked him and accepted it.

“It’s great that the weather has gotten rather warm.”

“Right.”

They talked over coffee while waiting for the train. They began with introductions. Youngjae said that he was twenty-six and that it had been over four years since he started working as an actor.

“I’ll be twenty-four this year.”

“Really? You do look rather young.”

“That’s the first time I heard that.”

“Just take it for what it is.”

Youngjae smiled gently. He didn’t seem to be the type to want to become close friends on his first encounters as he kept using formal speech.

“How many times have you worked on movies?” Youngjae asked.

“This is my first time. How about you?”

“Well, I think I played a minor character about ten times. But I’m rather looking forward to this one because I have quite a lot of lines. Most of the time, I was usually just background with no lines at all.”

Youngjae twitched his eyes and displayed some facial acting. His expression became rather vicious.

“I’ll wear a suit...