“Then I’ll be leaving now.”

“Watch out on your way home. Respond well if Giwoo ever calls you.”

“I will. Er, senior.”

Joohyun told Hamin, who looked at her after saying goodbye to Maru, that it was okay to call her any time.

“Thank you.”

“You’re welcome. I’ve taken a liking to you. I’ll drop the honorifics with you next time. A sister-like relationship is better than a senior-junior relationship. See you next time.”

Hamin stiffly replied ‘yes’ like a shy teenage girl. The taxi that had been called stopped in front of the restaurant. Joohyun gave her a 50 thousand won bill despite her adamant refusal before sending her home. She was someone who would feel uncomfortable sending a junior of hers off without anything. Hamin opened the window and said that she’d treat her out next time.

“What a good girl. It’s nice to see someone like that.”

“Noonim. You look out for your juniors quite a lot. You even give them taxi fares.”

“Only then does it put me at ease. I became popular suddenly without any period in the dark, so I don’t know what a rookie’s pains are like, but I’ve seen some quite a lot.”

“You’re secretly even bragging, huh?”

“I wonder if you know the hypothesis that all languages in the world came to be in order to brag.”

“I think I might have heard of something...