12th January, 2019

'TELL ME!'

'Oppa, 

you okay?'

'Tell me where

it is! Who made

you work there?'

'Wait, Oppa,

 I'm not following

 you.'

'Shooting in a

place with no 

indoor heater,

are you insane? 

It's super cold 

these days!'

'I have padded

 jacket, Oppa, 

and ear muffs, 

so don't worry.'

'This won't do, 

I'm gonna call 

your manager 

and tell him to 

stop making you

work in places 

like that.'

'Then what 

about you?'

'Oppa, you do

 MV shooting and 

photo-shooting

 in the cold too.'

'Ya, 

that's different!

I'm a guy!'

'What difference

 does it make?'

'You're a girl, 

you're not supposed 

to work in such 

harsh conditions.

I know how tormenting

it can be, that's why

I don't want you 

to go through it.'

'Money don't fall 

from the sky, 

Oppa.'

'I'll give you 

money then.'

'That's not

 the point.'

'My point is, 

Hyeran ah, 

I'm worried 

about you.'

'Just because 

I'm spending most 

of my days practicing

and preparing for 

our concert, doesn't

mean I don't care

about you anymore.

And you, you need

to take care too.'

'I do take care

 of myself, Oppa. 

Do I even look 

cold in the 

picture? No. 

I look happy, 

I look warm, 

why? 

Because I'm doing

 what I like.'

'What do you like, 

Hyeran ah? 

Working in the 

cold is what you like?'

'No, 

but working like

 I would on any

 normal day is.

 You know how

 precious a 'normal' 

day is? 

I never thought 

kimchi would mean

 so much to me,

 until I left Korea

 and studied

 in China.

 That's when 

I realized...

a simple goodnight

 kiss from dad, 

eating the food 

made by my mum, 

being able to speak 

to other people 

comfortably in my 

own language, 

should not be 

taken for granted.'

'I understand.'

'When I'm still

 young, when I'm 

still healthy, when

 I'm still full of energy,

 I want to work more, 

work harder, 

so that when I 

turn 50 and ponder

 upon my life,

 I won't regret

 anything.'

'I'm sure you, 

Oppa, 

understands this 

better than 

anyone else.'

'I do, 

it just hurts me 

to see you going

through what 

I'm going through.'

'It's a price we 

have to pay, 

in order to do

 what I want – 

to perform and act...'

'Just promise 

me to stay warm, 

okay?'

'And the moment 

you feel cold, 

you'll stop.'

'Promise me.'

'Then you promise 

me, Oppa.'

'Promise me, 

you won't dance 

till 4am like what

 you're doing 

now every day.'

'I don't do that 

every day, 

Hyeran ah.'

'No later 

than 2am.'

'Promise.'

'Okay, 

I promise.'

'You have my words.'

'Then I promise

 you too, Oppa.'

'By the way,

Hyeran ah, 

why didn't you

wear it?'

'Wear what?'

'I thought I gave

you a new padded 

jacket, why didn't 

you wear it?'

'I did, 

it's just that,

 I didn't take a 

pic of me wearing

 it...'

'Hmm, 

I should drop 

by and make sure 

you really did wear 

it. Don't tell me you

left it hanging in

your closet, untouched,

keeping it brand new

as it was when I 

gave it to you.'

'Of course not!'

'By the way,

you look beautiful 

princess, the other day.'

'Princess?'

'Ah...that picture.'

'It's your birthday 

month, and I 

should be spending

more time with you...

if only I didn't have 

to prepare for that.'

'Work comes

 first, Oppa.'

'After health, 

of course.'

'If in our drama, 

you were a princess 

and I were the 

general's son...

how'd things end up?'

'The story would 

be completely 

different, 

I presume.'

'How so?'

'Use your imagination.'

'Ya~'

'Got to go.'

'Talk to you later.'

'Night, Oppa.'

'Nighty night.'

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[Note from author: What do you think? Would things have happened differently if Soondeok's a princess and Eun's the general's son? That it was Eun who craves for Soondeok's love and wants to marry her - his first love? Share your thoughts!]