She wasn’t supposed to shake this badly, yet the words on the white script seemed wavy as though they were dancing. This was the first time she experienced such a thing. Yoojin was angry not at the fact that she became nervous but at the fact that she didn’t have full control over herself. She spat out a breath and closed her eyes. Her intraocular pressure rose until a white light flashed in front of her eyes. In that state, she slowly opened her eyes. The words on the script had returned to normal.

“You get nervous unexpectedly easily,” Suyeon, who was next to her, spoke. Yoojin just nodded back.

The director had definitely said that they would do a full run-through without breaks yet she was the one who caused one. A junior like her had messed up the schedule of numerous seniors in the same space as her. Yoojin felt very sorry and embarrassed to the point that she couldn’t look at the seniors around the table in the face.

“Well then, let’s do that again.”

The director, Joonggeun, signalled the resume. Yoojin licked her lips. She resolved that she would not make the same mistake.

“Let’s start where we left off.”

After Joonggeun’s finger click, Yoojin reflexively started speaking. She mechanically uttered the words she had practiced many times...