I’m an Unknown Actress, But Everyone Knows Me - Chapter 88

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Episode 88

Since I couldn’t hear any voices, it seemed like I had indeed arrived first.

“You’re here?”

“Han Yeoreum-!”

“Wow, you scared me.”

As soon as I opened the door, voices echoed through the previously quiet waiting room.

“It was so quiet I thought no one was here.”

“….”

At my words, the two of them fell silent again. It seemed they were still a bit awkward when alone together.

You know how it is, right? It’s fine when everyone’s together having fun, but it gets awkward when it’s just the two of them.

‘Come to think of it, this reminds me of the first day of script reading…’

Back then, I never would have imagined we’d become this close.

I had also arrived much earlier than scheduled, but anyway, both of them secretly have quite an attachment to 〈Pachehi〉.

‘It was exactly six months ago that I was here.’

It feels like so much has happened. And so much has changed too. I sat down on a chair in the waiting room and spoke up.

“This brings back old memories…”

First of all, Ju Junseo, who used to have red hair, had covered it with black. His sharp and delicate features looked a bit more refined now.

Chu Gaeul had cut her hair into a bob. The ends were curled inward fluffily, adding cuteness to her sophisticated face.

Ignoring my words as I nostalgically reminisced about the past, Ju Junseo handed me a drink topped with lots of whipped cream.

“What do you mean ‘old times’? Just drink this.”

I sipped the autumn seasonal Banana Caramel Cream Frappuccino that Ju Junseo handed me while getting lost in old memories.

“I secretly overheard a senior throwing a tantrum here… Back then, the waiting room was right next door…”

Ju Junseo, who was drinking an Americano, started coughing like crazy. His manager sitting nearby opened his mouth and stared at me.

“What did he say again? Something like telling that damn female lead or whatever to get her act together in that scene… His voice projection was pretty good. It sounded like he was speaking right next to us.”

Ju Junseo, who had been coughing, stopped for a moment. His face, which had been red, had turned pale. Chu Gaeul was horrified.

“His personality really sucked…”

“…is what Gaeul said, but she was disciplining people with her eyes the entire shoot… When you talked to me at the wrap party, I was actually terrified thinking I was about to get scolded on the spot. What could I do as someone without an entertainment agency? I would have just gotten accused of being a nepotism hire.”

This time it was Chu Gaeul’s face that turned bright red. As I recounted both of their dark histories, the atmosphere in the waiting room quickly became harmonious.

“I wondered why. When she followed me out, the kid’s expression looked terrible. Who’s calling whom a bad personality?”

“I only did it through atmosphere. I didn’t curse like you did, senior. In conclusion, you were much worse.”

It was different from the quiet waiting room from earlier. Both of them had been diligently taking acting lessons lately, and their voice projection had improved significantly. Their pronunciation was accurate too.

“I only did it behind your back, but you did it right to her face! And in the end, thanks to me, you got more screen time, so isn’t that good?”

“When a kid gets hurt, is it really okay to brush it off with screen time?”

“If we’re talking about screen time, I heard something too. You deliberately came with pink hair because you were greedy for screen time-.”

“No! Why are you bringing that up!”

I savored the taste of the Frappuccino Jun gave me. This new seasonal flavor is delicious.

‘With this, they won’t be awkward even when they meet alone next time.’

The Han Yeoreum fan club can run well even without Han Yeoreum.

Just then, the sound of knocking on the waiting room door was barely audible over the two people’s voices. A staff member holding a camera peeked their face through the door crack.

“…We’re trying to film behind-the-scenes footage, but is something wrong…?”

I smiled and gave an appropriate answer.

“They’re fighting about mint chocolate. Junseo senior is anti-mint-choco and Gaeul is pro-mint-choco.”

“That?”

“Of course. Could you come back in about 5 minutes?”

And 5 minutes later, when the staff member with the camera returned, we appeared in the frame in an appropriately harmonious state.

Both of their acting abilities had improved significantly.

“No, senior. 〈Pachehi〉 was called mint chocolate melon bread, so you should naturally be pro-mint-choco too.”

“…If you put it that way, I can’t really oppose it…”

A scene perfect for the beginning of the behind-the-scenes footage was captured. I looked at the lens pointed toward us and smiled. Now it was really time to say farewell to 〈Pachehi〉.

“Hello! I’m Han Yeoreum, who played Pi Chaewon in 〈The Cherry on Top of the Parfait Belongs to the Heroine〉. Nice to meet you.”

This time the protagonist role went to Chu Gaeul, but I wasn’t disappointed. The performance Chu Gaeul showed during script reading helped me let go of any remaining regrets with bittersweet feelings.

“Who decided I’m the heroine?”

The 〈Pachehi〉 spin-off was a story about the world that Hina inhabited.

Hina realizes that she’s the heroine of a romance comic, but since Hina loved her family, friends, and everything surrounding this world, she didn’t want to leave the comic.

“Hina doesn’t want hardships, adversity, and growth! No wonder. Life was getting tough…”

It was a story about genre-switching by Hina, the heroine who kept having incidents occur despite not wanting them.

Junseo and I appear briefly in the opening and ending scenes. The two characters are now in a relationship where scenes together feel natural.

So they’re not dating, but they’re not just friends either.

“Shouldn’t you be reading this instead of workbooks?”

“I don’t even expect you to call me oppa anymore, so just don’t call me ‘you’…”

Jun, who despite his appearance enjoyed reading romance comics, went to a bookstore with Chaewon to buy workbooks. Chaewon, who was wondering how to tease him again, randomly picked up a romance comic. But the page she opened was strange.

“This, could it be…?”

“Hina?”

Hina was in a different romance comic. Hina was also in the mystery comic next to it. Hina was also in the cooking comic next to that.

“She’s a romance comic heroine!”

And Chu Gaeul continued the dialogue.

“I definitely prefer slice-of-life! Light stories like going to buy pudding are good!”

“…But why are you dragging me along?”

“Among the conditions for slice-of-life, you definitely need someone like you. Someone a bit stupid and foolish who delivers lines weakly! Especially someone who needs to be attached next to a character like me.”

The new male lead of 〈Pachehi〉 had slightly weaker acting skills compared to Chu Gaeul, but I wasn’t worried.

‘Chu Gaeul, who has grown beyond recognition, will fill the gap with the character of Hina.’

Besides, the indifferent male character suits Hina’s character well. It didn’t seem like any major acting flaws would stand out.

The script reading session ended successfully, but today’s 〈Pachehi〉 schedule wasn’t over yet. In fact, the real thing was just beginning.

“Yeoreum, good work. Drink some water.”

“Thank you. I’ll drink it after changing clothes. I need to touch up my lipstick anyway.”

Next came the Blu-ray interview filming time. Coordinator Hwang handed me the school uniform she had prepared in advance.

I changed into Hyeonjae High School’s uniform, which I was wearing after a long time. Ju Junseo and Chu Gaeul were already in their school uniforms too, having changed at some point.

“Hey. Doesn’t this feel weird?”

“I’m a bit sad too, but that doesn’t mean you can occupy the male lead position forever, senior… Even if you’re greedy for screen time.”

“Stop talking about that.”

When I brought up the screen time fight with Chu Gaeul from earlier again, Ju Junseo frowned. Chu Gaeul pushed my back with her small hand.

“Han Yeoreum-. Let’s hurry up and do the Blu-ray interview. They’re definitely going to release a Blu-ray for the spin-off too.”

Well, either way was fine. The three of us filmed the interview for the Blu-ray at JC ENM’s internal studio, which was decorated like Hyeonjae High School’s classroom.

What was fun, what was difficult, each person’s thoughts on their character’s direction, etc. We filmed for quite a long time, but I could have talked even longer.

‘I hope it turned out well.’

With my modest wish, the script reading video was uploaded a few days later. The reaction was, well, naturally.

Intube

@JC ENM 770K subscribers

[The Cherry on Top of the Parfait Belongs to the Heroine! Spin-off Script Reading Behind the Scenes] 04:55]

63K views

-Joo Junseoh with black hair covering his face is insanely hot for real ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ please preserve this forever

︎˪22 *panting* True handsome men should be classic, you know what I’m talking about heh

-Chugaeul’s acting has improved a lot lol The spinoff seems like it’ll be fucking entertaining so I’m excited as hell

– A web drama getting a Blu-ray release ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I guess there’s such a romance drought this year that Pachinko is dominating everything, this is crazy,,ㅜㅜ

People who enjoyed 〈Pacheh〉 quickly joined in, so the initial view count and comments were stable, and news of the 〈Pacheh〉 spinoff spread across communities and SNS.

And what had the most impact was.

Aetami (NotMLMAccount DemX) @AnYtimeMedia

What? What did you say? A Pacheh Blu-ray is coming out?

︎˪Aetami’s at it again, no matter how much you do this it won’t happen… Just let it go now( •́ㅿ•̀ )

︎˪(Article link)

︎˪??Why is this real??? (*ﾟﾛﾟ*)

A web drama with a runtime of just 2 hours captured netizens’ hearts. This is the story of JC ENM’s ‘Parfait on Cherry Belongs to the Heroine’ (:Pacheh).

Unlike existing web dramas, Pacheh attempted its first adventure by focusing on ‘story’ rather than ‘relatability’ and achieved unprecedented success. The Blu-ray release, which could previously only be produced for popular dramas, is a prime example.

On the 17th, Pacheh plans to pursue Director’s Cut DVD and Limited Edition Blu-ray production through crowdfunding.

It was unprecedented news of web drama Blu-ray production. Interest in the crowdfunding poured in like a flood.

* * *

“Finally!”

After refreshing several times, Aetami was finally able to access the crowdfunding site.

▶︎Project heroine

Parfait on Cherry Belongs to the Heroine

Today was finally the day the 〈Pacheh〉 Blu-ray crowdfunding opened.

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