The Guide Is Fixing His Regrets

“Excuse me for a moment. Yes.” Tae-Woo answered the phone. There was a faint voice coming from over the phone. So-Won secretly listened, pretending he didn’t care at all. However, he couldn’t hear the contents well because the cars on their way home kept making noise and passing by nearby.

“…….”

Tae-Woo remained silent throughout the call. He held his ear to his smartphone without saying a word, he quietly dropped the phone, and looked at So-Won. Sowon grasped the situation by putting off his words for a while.”

Is it urgent?”

“…Yes. I’m sorry. It is said that a gate has been opened nearby.”

Tae-Woo apologized. If so, this evening’s appointment was automatically canceled. The excitement subsided in an instant.

“No, it’s not your fault.”

He had not been able to properly relieve his fatigue since he came a few days ago. What should he do? Should heask him to go after getting a guide for a while.

“What about the gate grade?”
So-Won asked as a little bit worried. It was highly likely that the gate was dangerous since they suddenly called Tae-Woo. He wants to follow him near the gate, but So-Won was a little anxious because he was afraid Tae-Woo would leave him alone, saying that it would be dangerous.

“It’s Class D.”

“What?”

But as soon as he heard Tae-Woo’s answer, an absurd voice popped out.

“Grade D?”

He thought something was wrong with his ears.

Only a D-class gate with an S-class Esper? It was such waste of manpower. He can’t believe they asked Tae-Woo, who has been to the gate for a week, to such a low-level dungeon.

So-Won’s face frowned. he couldn’t understand it at all.

“Tae-Woo, give me a second.”

So-Won stretched his arm toward the smartphone in Tae-Woo’s hand. Tae-Woo handed over the item in his hand without asking anything.

So-Won checked the smartphone screen.

The phone was still ringing.

So-Won looked at the screen for a while then cut if off.

“Go, I’m hungry.” So-Won hung up and returned his phone. It was a natural behavior even in his opinion. However, Tae-Woo seemed speechless for a moment as he looked down silently at the screen where the phone was cut off.

So-Won was nervous, pretending not to know what’s wrong.

Well, it was cut off. What if Tae-Woo gets angry??

So-Won’s eyes reflected in the window were trembling aimlessly. No matter how much he thinks about it, he cut it off because he didn’t think this was right, but regret came to him belatedly.

What if it was actually important? What if Tae-Woo gets disciplined for not responding to the call?Even now, So-Won seriously wondered if he should tell him that it was a joke and go to the place where the gate was open. But he didn’t want to cancel his first dinner with Tae-Woo because of the D-class gate.

So-Won insisted for no reason and closed his mouth tightly.”….”

Tae-Woo was staring at the screen for a while then turned his eyes toward So-Won sitting next to him. So-Won quietly looked out of the window as if nothing had happened, but his nervous body and his ears were paying great attention to what he would do.

It was true that So-Won was embarrassed by his sudden action. Taewoo looked down at the blackened screen and agonized.

So far, he have never rejected the association’s request. Given the task, he just carried it out. However, it was a story before meeting So-Won.

The priorities were clear for the current Tae-Woo. The agony was not long.”I see.”

The car pulled out of the association. His pocket vibrated again, but Tae-Woo didn’t answer the phone.

The restaurant So-Won reserved was not far from the association. The road was blocked once or twice because it was rush hour, but after stopping once or twice they are able to reach their destination.

“Tae-Woo wait!”

As soon as he got out of the car, So-Won’s urgent voice called Tae-Woo. Tae-woo was stopped in his seat, took something out of the back seat of the car and looked at So-Won running toward him.

“It may be strange to use it now, but… I thought we should cover up. ”

What So-Won brought was a black scarf and sunglasses. So-Won looked around and showed what he had in his hand. Even with sunglasses, he was feeling sorry for asking him to wear a scarf even though it wasn’t cold yet.

However, the thick veins around his neck was one of Tae-Woo’s characteristics, so people would recognize him if he was not covered.After getting an implicit permission from Tae-Woo, So-Son raised his heels and clumsily wrapped a scarf around Tae-Woo’s neck.

A very suspicious looking person was standing in front of So-Won after he tried wrapping it thinly. It seems strange, so So-Won smiled awkwardly.

A large building built like a modern hanok. As they enter it, the employee waiting at the entrance politely greets you.

“Is it Lee So-Won?”

”Yes.”

”I’ll show you inside.”

The employee remained calm even though he saw how Tae-Woo was dressed. It couldn’t help but be an amazing service spirit. So-Won looked at the reactions of the people they encountered as they passed through the hallway. Seeing that no one was in panic, nobody seemed to recognize that it was Tae-Woo.

They’ll be surprised if they know it’s Tae-Woo, right?

So-Won turned her head toward Tae-Woo with pride, and when he saw how he had made it, he avoided his eyes without realizing it.

“Wait a moment and we’ll get you a meal right away.”

The employee guided So-Won to the room he had reserved and left. When the door closed quietly, So-Won opened his mouth.

“I chose the menu on my own, is it okay?”

“Yes, it’s fine.”

“It’s supposed to be a course meal… I asked them to bring it at once because I thought it would be uncomfortable if people went back and forth.”

That meant that Tae-Woo had to stay like that until the food came out. So-Won looked at Tae-Woo feeling sorry. Taewoo said he didn’t have to worry, but Sowon, who delayed answering for a while, thought it was a relief that there was no mirror here.

“It’s okay here, right? I’ve been here once before, and it’s okay,”

So-Won said while looking around. It is located in the middle of the city center, but it is quiet and quiet. It was also a popular place especially as a dating course for lovers because of the soft music.

It was an indoor room, but the window was wide open toward the garden, so it was not stuffy. The sound of the stream from the window was peaceful.The food came out right away thanks to the request to prepare the dish on time for the reservation.

The plates came up one by one, and by the end of the service. The table was filled with colorful dishes.

He didn’t think hard about it and chose the most expensive menu, but So-Won was surprised by the quantity. It seemed more like he expected. The moment he saw beautifully marbled beef cut into thick squares, his mouth watered.

“Oh, right.”

So-Won, who had been distracted by the food even after the employees left, belatedly noticed Tae-Woo’s condition and got up from his seat. So-Won removed the black scarf around Tae-Woo’s neck and apologized in an apologetic voice.

“I’m sorry. It must have been uncomfortable…”

“That’s all right.”

When he carefully took off his sunglasses, he could see his face. Perhaps because he had his back to the light, the veins around his eyes felt just like severe shading. So-Won wished it would all go away one day. He felt sorry for Tae-Woo, who had to cover his face to walk around outside.

So-Won pretended to be okay and returned to his seat and started eating. It was the first time in years for So-Won to eat out. And its his first meal with Tae-Woo.

It was also cancelled, but it was fortunate that they were able to get here safely. The food was also delicious. It was a taste that reminded him of eight years ago. Not the bad side, of course, but the good side.There was little conversation during the meal.

Tae-woo was not talkative, and so is So-Won. When So-Won sometimes exclaimed, “This is good,”

“Oh, this is good, too,”

Tae-Woo only reacted quietly. Sowon’s chopsticks continued busily, and after a long time, the plate began to reveal its bottom little by little.

Tae-Woo is starting to look a little different. Although his expressionless face sometimes felt scary, So-Won sometimes looked at Tae-Woo and imagined him without the scary veins.So-Won secretly picked up his cell phone. ‘Camera works well, too.’ Tae-woo’s appearance came into the screen.

So-Won once again appreciated Tae-Woo on the screen. The hair that looks like a grinding ink, the eyes that contain deep darkness, the blunt face that looks ascetic, and the eyes that look scary in the dark. But when he looks at him, his eyes soften.Nobody would think he’s an Esper they call a monster.

So-Won focused and pressed the shoot button.

Click.

The quiet atmosphere was broken. In So-Won’s ears, the sound was as loud as the sound of tearing the sky and cutting the ground.It was literally a bolt from the blue.