Blackpepper

He always told me that he dreamed of me at night.

The warmth of our hands under the pool waters during our schooldays

What was that heavy feeling that sunk deep into the pool that night?

A love that was too short to call it first love and the story that redraws that moment piece by piece.

Chief Kim and Assistant manager Choi

At first, Woojin wondered if he had fallen asleep because of his severe fatigue. This situation was so surreal that it seemed like a dream was the only logical explanation. But as if to prove Woojin wrong, Shin Kim opened his mouth slowly.


"Do you often do things people tell you to do without questioning them?"


"Why can't you just say, 'It's not my job. I already have plenty to do.' Why can't you say that?"


"If it's not your responsibility, you should be saying no. Why can't you? I haven't been working long, but I already learned that lesson. Why don't you know that, Assistant Manager?"


Shin Kim seemed very angry. Woojin thought there was no reason for Shin to be angry, yet he couldn't help but feel warm inside. Starting from his feet, Woojin began to feel the heat spreading throughout his body.


Shin continued, "Or could it be that you know all this, yet you just don't do it?"


Chapter 18.