The Best of Tomorrow [ 내일의 으뜸]

Chapter 40

Program recording was conducted every two weeks on Thursday, and today was the recording day. The recording took place on the set of the broadcasting station where the program was broadcast. I went to work in the morning with an excited face at the fact that I could enter the broadcasting station. I didn't expect to be given something special, but I didn't expect that I would be running coffee errands as soon as I arrived.

"Eight glasses of iced Americano."

I placed my order, stood in front of the condition bar, and waited. Because it was a store inside a broadcasting station, there were faces I had seen on TV. It seemed like this was such a common occurrence here that no one looked as surprised as I did. So, I also managed my facial expressions as best as I could. Pretending not to be surprised, pretending not to be surprised. But the pupils kept turning. Wow, this is amazing, I thought.

I got into the elevator holding two 4-piece suitcases, one in each hand. It was only the second floor, but the stairs were long and circular, so if you look at the number of stairs, it was almost like the third floor. I was holding my suitcase and reaching out with one finger to press the button when someone suddenly entered the elevator.

Seo, Seonjae.

As he was about to open his mouth, he quickly closed it and retreated to a corner. I couldn't even press the button. It looked like there weren't many people on board yet, but Seonjae pressed the close button. The door closed and the voice calling Ryu Seon-jae was cut off. He pushed himself into the corner as much as possible and stared at his poorly tied shoelaces. The elevator went up as Seonjae pressed the floor number.

'It would be better for Seon-jae to pretend not to notice even if he encounters her.'

Baek In-hyuk's words came to mind. I waited anxiously for the elevator to stop quickly and for Seonjae to get off. I looked at his shoelaces and then slowly raised my eyes to look at Seonjae's feet. Seonjae was standing against the wall of the elevator, his feet pointing towards me. I only looked at my feet, but I lowered my eyes because I felt like I was caught looking away. Anyone who sees him would really think that he would take Seonjae's money and throw it away.

The elevator door opened. Holding the suitcase in my hand, I wait for Seon-jae to get off, but Seon-jae doesn't get off. I couldn't even check the floor number. The elevator door closed again. The small space seems to be immersed in silence. She was out of breath, frowning, frowning, and then slowly raised her head. She made eye contact with Seonjae, who had her hands in her pockets. As if he had been looking at me from before.

He quickly lowered his eyes, curled his lips, and asked. With just the two of us in this small space, it feels like my heart is pounding hard. An awkward and uncomfortable silence filled the elevator. As she was fixing her suitcase, Seonjae opened her mouth.

"What floor are you going to?"

My heart sank as I heard a voice suddenly cut through the silence. She hesitated and just rolled her eyes, then slowly raised her eyes. In that short period of time, a hundred thoughts passed through her head. However, all those thoughts turned to nothing as if they were useless the moment I made eye contact with Seonjae. I couldn't think of anything. Seonjae's face looked emotionless as he looked at me.

"I feel like I can't reach."

"ah... ... ."

I walked over and stood in front of the button. As she raises her hand, she carries the carrier along with it. She stretched out her fingers and tried to press the button, but due to the size of the four-piece carrier, no matter how long she stretched her fingers, she could not reach the button.