Ha-ru covered his head with his pillow as he let out a groan. His phone was ringing at the side disturbing him. After his futile attempts to ignore failed he sat on the bed with a huff while clutching onto his pillow. he grabbed the phone without looking at the caller ID and placed the phone on his ear.
"hello..." he mumbled with a sleepy tone is eyes still half closed.
They had gotten home at around three in the morning after helping to clean up the restaurant although he didn't think he helped much with the drinks he had. Plus the drinks he had were starting to take a toll on his head giving him a headache. on top of that, the conversation he had with Joowan had him racking his brain till he fell asleep.
"Ha-ru...." a soft voice said on the other side of the phone nervously. "did I wake you up?" the soft voice softened.
"who is this?" he asked as he felt drowsiness starting to consume his tired eyes.
"oh come on i thought we sorted his out last night."
Ha-ru pulled the phone from his ear and looked at the caller ID. The name Alice was written on the screen. He furrowed his eyebrows slightly as he tried to recall the events from the previous night.
" I will come pick you up in an hour be ready." before he could protest she hung up the phone.
He looked at the phone in a shocked daze as he tried to piece together what happened. He scrolled down his call log and saw the name Alice at around 1 am. He held his head and tried to recall what happened.
He had taken a few drinks when he got the call. He had been so intoxicated he didn't hear what she said.
He slammed his palm on his forehead before falling back on the bed and before he knew it exhaustion took over his while body as he fell back asleep.
******
"Alice?" Mrs Kim stated while rubbing her eyes. She let out a yawn as she dragged her feet towards her room. With all the work she had done the previous night she didn't have the strength to host anyone at nine in the morning.
"make yourself comfortable." She was Mrs Kim's sister-in-law so there wasn't any need for formalities.
Alice looked around the house before placing her bag on one of the chairs. She walked towards the kitchen and poured herself some water.
Just then she heard a door open. She popped her head out of the kitchen and saw Mae-rin struggling with her clothes while trying to hung her sling bag. She looked up and saw Alice standing staring at her with a smile. She rushed towards her and grabbed her cup of water. She chugged all of it into her mouth before rushing towards the door.
"I wish I could stay but I am late for class." she said while trying to wear her shoes.
"it was nice seeing you." before Alice could respond she rushed out of the house and a few second later the car started.
Alice shook her head as she looked down at her watch. It was already nine thirty. She headed towards the hallway and knocked on Ha-rus' door. She let out a sigh when she didn't hear anything from the other side.
She grabbed the door knob an sure enough just as she had suspected he was still asleep.
She held her waist as she stared at the disoriented figure on the bed with a sigh.
His pillows were on the floor and his mouth was open with saliva seeping out. His duvet was half on the bed and half spilling on the floor.
She grabbed the duvet and yanked it from the bed before throwing it on the side, but unfortunately for her it did nothing but make him turn on the bed.
She had dealt with him before. He would hardly budge if she didn't do anything drastic. She left the room and came back with a quarter cup pf water. She poured it on his head forcing him to jump off the bed. He was breathing heavily as he tried wiping the water from his face.
"Mae-rin.....!!!" he was about to curse out but stopped midway when he saw the unfamiliar figure in his room.
"who are you?" he asked as he tried to regain his composure while simultaneously trying to move away from her.
"What do you mean who am I?" she asked looking offended by his question. " We don't have time for this dress up and lets go." she stated getting out of the room.
He watched her walk outside while still in a daze. He pulled his wet clothes and examined them.
"what the heck?" he whispered as he slowly got out of the bed walked out of the room.
It took about thirty minutes for him to get ready with Alice counting every second with her eyes drilling holes on her watch.
"okay I am done."
as soon as he said that she got up from her seat and took her bag. She grabbed his hand and started rushing towards the door before Ha-ru could figure out what was going on.
Within a minute she had him strapped and was pulling out of the driveway.
Ha-ru watched in a state of confusion as they drove down the highway.
"Where are we going?" he finally asked after deliberating for a while.
"to the set." she stated casually as she checked her rear view mirror.
"the set?" Ha-ru asked his tone drifting with every letter. "what set?" he asked while turning to face her.
"its nothing major like we talked yesterday I need you to full in for someone" she stated just then her phone rung.
She glanced at it with a sigh just as the lights turned indicating for her to go.
He kept quiet through out the rest of the car ride not wanting to reveal that he didn't know what exactly she was talking about much less recall their conversation.
They finally stopped outside a place that looked like the Korean palace. He look outside i confusion through the windshield.
he furrowed his eyebrows as he got out of the car and looked around. There were so many people running around some on call , some pulling at racks of clothes some with headpieces shouting through the mouth piece.
a young lady run up to Alice her heaving while holding a folder.
"you made it! the director almost bit my head off." she complained before her eyes landed on Ha-ru. "is this him? he is just as handsome as you said." she walked towards him and pulled at his cheeks as Ha-ru was trying to get away from her but her grip was stronger than he had anticipate.
"Okay lets go before the director curses at my name once again" A lice said breaking up their interaction as she pulled Ha-ru into the palace before leading him to a room with the woman hot on their heels. She pulled her into the room with a man waiting on them while scrolling through his phone.
Immediately Alice walked in he stood up.
Before Ha-ru could protest or ask about any details he was pushed onto the chair an the man started dubbing him with makeup.
He was only able to fully grasp what was going on when he stood in front of the camera along with the camera crew. On the drive there he had thought maybe Alice wanted him to help out on set but much to his horror that wasn't the case.
They were filming a drama.
At that moment he wished the ground would open up and swallow him whole.