Chapter 188: PAID

The first place where rumors about Veterans spread like wildfire was none other than Narae Arts High School.

Which made sense—after all, the lead actress attended this very school.

Thanks to last year’s festival performance of Shall We Fall Together?, Ha-eun’s name was already well known among the students.

To them, she wasn’t just some celebrity they occasionally saw on TV.

“Hey, Jjudo! Your queen’s movie is out!”

“…She hasn’t been my queen for a while now.”

Even for Joo Do-yoon, who had played Kyle in Shall We Fall Together?, Lee Ha-eun’s presence wasn’t something he could easily ignore.

Her intense performance—something he had witnessed firsthand on stage—was still burned into his memory.

And the biggest beneficiary of Narae Arts High School’s official YouTube channel posting the Shall We Fall Together? stage recording?

Joo Do-yoon himself.

The video had already surpassed ten million views, and it was what led to Do-yoon being cast in You, Me, and Us, a popular sketch comedy YouTube channel.

As for why he was watching Veterans?

It was because the other members of You, Me, and Us had invited him.

Unlike high schooler Do-yoon, the others were university students who had just finished their finals and decided to celebrate by watching Veterans together.

“But wait, Do-yoon’s a senior, right? Is it okay for him to be going out to movies with us?”

“C’mon, he deserves a break for at least one day~.”

“I was asking him, not you.”

“It’s fine. Let’s go watch Veterans.”

Their main excuse was “It’s just a fun way to celebrate the end of finals.”@@novelbin@@

But at the end of the day, You, Me, and Us was a channel that produced scripted content.

So watching a film that was currently dominating the box office was a good way to study and learn.

“Like, the sound design, the directing—stuff like that.”

“Pfft, anyone can say they’re analyzing those things.”

“Hey, let me pretend to sound cool in front of our junior for once!”

“Haha….”

And so, the day passed.

Then, the next day—after watching Veterans—

“Alright, we’re playing soccer. If you want to join, start kicking. If you’d rather chill in the classroom, go ahead.”

“Sir! Class 1 has free period too—can they join?”

“Do whatever you want.”

‘…Wait. Class 1?’

The moment Do-yoon spotted the students from Class 1 approaching the field, he started to sweat.

Whoosh!

BANG.

CRASH!

SPLAT!

Tap, tap, tap!

BOOM!

Tap, tap, tap!

Whoosh!

…Tap, tap! BOOM!

Click.

Click, click.

Yep yep

Are those your parents under the emoji cover?

Caramel popcorn? Nice, nice.

Did you not get nachos? Nachos are top-tier.

Ah, here we go—Nael, the Lee Ha-eun cultist, is at it again lmao

Nael… she’s underage, y’know?

Okay but she was kinda… y’know…

That scene was nothing compared to what came next, though.

Wait—

Is there a nude scene in Veterans?? Asking for a friend.

Tbh, I kinda lost it too.

Lee Ha-eun? Cursing?

I wanna call you dramatic, but… yeah, no. That scene was unreal.

Squelch.

Knock, knock.

Creak.

Smile.

Step.

Shing.