The franchise café in front of the acting school was filled with people who were studying. The seats by the glass wall were taken by people with laptops, while the tables inside were taken up by study groups. 

“One latte please.”

While he admired the sliced cakes in the display case, the coffee came out. He picked up the paper cup from which he could feel the heat before sitting on one of the sofa seats in the middle. It seemed that this seat was avoided because many people passed by. He took a sip of the hot coffee under the air conditioner. His mouth was warm, and his body was cool. Was there a luxury better than this? He looked at the girl dozing off on the table next to him and thought back to the audition he had just taken. He passed the first round. He didn’t know what the audition was for, but it seemed clear that the woman at the front desk had something to do with it. Was she a person related to the audition? Or was she doing this work because she was asked to by someone? As he was thinking, his phone vibrated. He got a text from an unknown number.

-Please eat lunch and return to the acting school by 2 p.m. The 2nd interview will be held.

Interview - that was a word that smelled like neckties. When he checked the time, he saw that it was 11:40. He lay back against the sofa before drinking his coffee. He had a lot of spare time to the point...