Regression Guidelines For the Supporting Character

― Are you seriously insane? You leave home and the first thing you toss out is your conscience? Is that it?

"Why do you sound so hurt?"

― Cut the bullshit, damn it!

"Woof."

I let out a dog bark just to mess with him, and on the other end of the call, I heard something shatter — a loud crash of something being broken.

Slurp. I sipped my coffee calmly and waited. A moment later, Hyun Dowoon spoke again, sounding thoroughly worn out.

― If you're going to be like this, just get to the damn point already...

"Aww, I should be paid first. You know how this works — you always pay a deposit before a request."

― I don’t need that. Just tell me!

So impatient. He’s a good guy — maybe too good. Sometimes I worry he’ll get taken advantage of somewhere.

"I’ll text you. It's not something easy to say out loud."

As I answered, I glanced over at Cha Sahyeon. The kid was still engrossed in her game, but that didn’t mean I could relax.