Chapter 54 Commercial

A week later

"Jay, you have a commercial shoot today." Brina comes into Ji Hoon's room without knocking the door, just to see him cuddling with Emmy naked.

"Ooops! Pardon my intrusion! You two take your time!" She shuts the door immediately.

"Ji Hoon! Wake up, wake up! Brina saw everything!" Emmy caresses his face softly.

"Huh? What happened? Just give me 10 more minutes..." Apparently Ji Hoon still hasn't fully awake.

"You gotta wake up babe, you got work to do."

"Hmm...? What work? I don't remember having any schedule today."

"I don't know, Brina came in just now and said you had a commercial shoot later."

"Commercial shoot? What the hell?" Annoyed, Ji Hoon slowly gets himself up from the bed.

"You better go ask her yourself, she must waiting for you outside. Wear your clothes before you go."

...

Outside, Brina is sitting at the couch looking at her phone. Noticing Ji Hoon comes out from the room, she greets him brightly.

"Morning Jay!"

"Hold! Before we go any further, what commercial shoot?"

"It's a soju commercial."

"That's not what I meant! I didn't know I have a commercial shoot today, how did this happen?"

"Oh! Remember I told you I was gonna be your manager starting today? I received a lot offers from different companies. This one offered the most so I accepted it, your partner in the shoot is someone you know very well too."

"Who?"

"Kim Tae Rim-ssi, I heard she accepted this offer because you are the co-star."

"...alcohol and Tae Rim noona, they never work well together, this is worrisome."

"Don't worry, it's not like you are there to drink them, you are there just to shoot a commercial. There might not even be real soju involved the whole shoot."

"You just set a flag right there."

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"Honestly though, why a soju commercial? Why can't it be a high school uniform commercial, or just ramen commercial, something more relaxing."

"Oh Jay, stop complaining, you are just afraid of Tae Rim-ssi aren't you? What did she do to you? Nevermind, we are here. Oh? Isn't that her at the front door?"

"Oh man... got a really bad feeling about this..."

"Ji Hoon ah!" As soon as he gets out of the car, Tae Rim comes up to him.

"Err... hello noona!" Ji Hoon greets her awkwardly.

"Hehe, we get to work with each other again in such a short time, isn't it nice? I was so excited when I heard you are my partner."

"Really? Then let's do a great job together again!"

"You got it!"

"How were you anyway? Any symptoms or uncomfort after that day?"

"I think I'm fine. I went to see a counsellor a few days later and luckily she told me mine was still a minor case."

"That's great then..." Ji Hoon breathes a sigh of relief.

"But she did advise me not to take such role in a drama or movie again, because you never if it might happen again, and next time, you might not be there to save me again..."

"Well, there are still many types of roles you can go for, comedy, action or romantic one, just don't go for tragedy or horror ones."

"You know I was thinking of a better solution, I will only pick a drama or movie that you will also be starring in it, how about that? That way I don't have to worry about anything! Hehe!"

"...don't joke with issue concerning your own well being please, that time was just a lucky occurance, next time I might not be able t-"

"I'm just joking! Gosh, you sounded like my dad! Let's get in, they must be waiting for us now." Tae Rim put a finger on his mouth and pulls him into the studio.

"Oh you two are here! You guys can go change your clothes in the room at the back then we will get straight to work." The cameraman gives them the instructions.

...

Five minutes later

"Here's what we will be doing, you two will act like a couple drinking the soju at a very hot weather. After you drink them, we will start pouring soju rain on both of you, try making it seems as refreshing as possible. Of course, we will be using normal water for this. After that you two will have to record some quotes for the commercial, and that's basically it."

"Sounds easy, let's try to do this one shot, it will be troublesome if we need to change clothes or wait for them to dry everytime we NG."

"Hmm, you go ahead and get ready, I have something to discuss with the staff." Said Tae Rim.

Ji Hoon doesn't pay any mind to it, he walks in front of the camera and seats himself at the table provided by the staff. Seconds later, Tae Rim joins him while bringing two bottles of soju and two empty cups.

"Okay, you guys ready?"

"Yes sir!" x2

"Ready~ action!"

Ji Hoon and Tae Rim start their act immediately. He starts complaining about the bad weather while she pours them a cup of soju, at this point, the both of them need to 'bottom up' the drinks. It should've been no problem for the both of them because it's just normal water, so he pours the drink down his throat without any hesitation.

*pfttttt

He starts coughing hardly.

"What the hell was that?! I thought it was supposed to be normal water?!"

"Sorry, Tae Rim-ssi told us not to say anything, she decided to play a prank on you."

"...noona!"

"Hahahahaha! Are you okay?"

"Do I lo- *coughs do I look like I'm okay?!"

"I'm sorry~ Here, drink this, you will feel better." She passes him another cup.

"Oh hell no! I'm gonna get my own drink myself this time, and I promise I will get you back noona, just you wait!"

"Hahaha! I will be waiting~"

After that, they are able to shoot the first scene successfully, the hard part is the next scene, the 'soju rain' scene.