“They’re all things you know already, so you shouldn’t have to change much. There isn’t that much time left until the performance, so rather than looking for new things, you should do repeated practice so that you can smoothly show what you have already.”

Maru closed the script and had a look at the time. It was 6:48 p.m. Almost time to wrap things up.

“Try the things I told you before one more time once you get home. If you guys have the time, it’s not a bad idea to rehearse just by yourselves.”

“You’re leaving now, seonbae?” Aram asked as she stretched her arms.

“I have an appointment.”

“A date?”

“There you have it.”

“Oh, it’s not.”

“You’re good.”

“It hasn’t been just one or two days. Rather than that, what kind of appointment is it really? A shoot?”

“The first interview of my life.”

“Really?”

Bangjoo and Jiyoon also widened their eyes and approached him. Maru explained to them that he was just the sidekick.

“But still, it’s an interview.”

“She’s right. Congratulations.”

“Congratulations, seonbae-nim!”

He unintentionally got cheered for.

Maru shrugged before standing up.

“Anyway, what are you guys going to do? If you’re going to go home, you might as well leave with me,” Maru asked the...