The Haunted Monster Actor - Chapter 53



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Episode 53

Hyunsoo’s eyes lit up when he saw Mari.

To be more precise, it was the ‘musician’ who was looking at Marie and his eyes were shining.

Hyunsoo, who felt the musician’s presence, thought to himself.

‘Does a genius recognize a genius?’

It wasn’t quiet.

He was just quietly admiring Goldmary’s overwhelming performance.

“How did you know?”

“I looked at your eyes. I kept looking at them over and over again.”

Marie first encountered Kim Hyun-soo through a 15-second short video that was floating around the Internet.

In the short interview video, Mari felt something when she met Hyunsoo Kim’s eyes.

It was something unknown, something that was close to my inspiration as a musician.

I wanted to know more about it, so I looked up the dramas he appeared in.

I became a fan.

“sine.”

“… … ?”

“Please sign.”

As Marie lifted the body of the guitar, Hyunsoo signed it with a bewildered look on his face.

“Can I write ‘Ms. Marie’?”

“Yes, Yumari. That’s my real name.”

Anna and Marie in front of me, do people who originally do music tend to have exotic names?

What is clear is that he is the owner of a personality and talent that are as unique as his name.

She was the complete opposite of Hyunsoo, who had an ordinary name.

The members came to their senses after seeing Hyunsoo signing Mari’s guitar and rushed towards him.

For musicians who had just started to become known and were yet to become stars, it felt like seeing celebrities right before my eyes.

Of course, he was actually a celebrity.

“Hey, actor Kim Hyun-soo! I’m a fan!”

“Me too, me too!”

“Huh? Didn’t Hyungjin say he wasn’t really interested in actor Kim Hyunsoo?”

“Will you shut your mouth?”

The energetic band members are all in their 20s.

Hyunsoo, who had carefully signed each and every one of them, then took something out of the front pocket of the guitar case he had placed next to him.

What came out of the pocket was none other than the first draft of the script for ‘Nineties Dive’.

“I’m really sorry, but this is the only paper I have right now.”

“… … ?”

Hyunsoo said, holding out the back of a blank sheet of paper of the first draft of the script.

“Please sign for me too.”

“yes?”

“I became a fan after seeing the performance earlier.”

So, Hyunsoo and Goldmarie became each other’s fans from their first meeting.

* * *

A young actor and an indie musician who are fans of each other.

A drinking party where young people with similar interests gather could not be that noisy.

Even though they were drinking alcohol like water, the members’ energy showed no signs of dropping.

‘Oh, I don’t know.’

Hyunsoo, who rarely drank too much in the past, lifted the seal today.

And I have no regrets about that decision.

Anna hadn’t come yet, so there were only simple snacks on the table, but it tasted sweeter than any alcohol I’d had recently.

This is because the sweet music and songs played by the band members in between drinking sessions were the best snacks.

Hyunsoo’s usual routine was drinking with fellow actors, PDs, and seniors.

It was even more enjoyable because it had been so long since I had been with people with completely different personalities.

When the place became somewhat ripe, they started pouring and drinking like crazy.

Jooheon, who plays rhythm guitar in Gold Marie, asked while looking at the guitar case placed next to Hyunsoo.

“But, brother.”

By the way, the band members’ level of friendliness was so high that each and every member became like brothers to each other.

“huh?”

“I guess you originally did music too, hyung?”

“Ah, so this is… … .”

Soon, Hyunsoo told the story of how he came to this underground live club in Hongdae with his guitar.

All the band members were delighted after hearing Hyunsoo’s story.

“Huh? You’re filming a band drama?”

“Wow, why are you telling me about such a great event now, bro?”

“We haven’t filmed yet, we’re just preparing for the audition… … .”

Before Hyun-soo could finish speaking, Go-geon stepped forward.

“Our Hyunsoo hyung will definitely be the main character, so everyone, watch the show live! Got it?”

Hyungjin, who had become Hyunsu’s number one fan(?) as a musician, responded to Gogun’s curious shout.

“Of course, who else would play the main character if not our Hyunsoo hyung!”

The band members’ faces became more lively than before.

As members of a non-mainstream indie rock band, we were more than happy to have a drama related to them.

It was then that Jooheon opened his mouth with an expression of anticipation.

“Then… … you probably have a lot to ask us?”

“huh?”

“Why, I’ve heard that when actors study their characters, they often go on interviews like writers do, right?”

Hyunsoo smiled and nodded at Jooheon’s question.

“Of course, actors also do character analysis. Observation is the basics, and as I said, active actors sometimes do interviews or even experiences themselves.”

“Then what about you, brother?”

“Me? I… … .”

I have a dream.

In dreams, we experience the life and death of the dead firsthand.

“If I had to say, should I say that it is the one that experiences it?”

Of course, in this case of ‘Musician’, the content of the dream was extremely limited, so it was a little different.

Jooheon, who heard Hyunsoo’s story, continued speaking with a slightly excited expression on his face.

“Well, then, do you have any questions for us? I’ve always wanted to try something like this!”

“Me too, me too!”

“This is killing me. I feel like I’ve become a real professional musician, being interviewed by an actor!”

Hyunsoo continued speaking with a dumbfounded expression at the members’ excitement.

“Aren’t you guys still real pros?”

“No, I’ll just do it as an amateur, so please ask me anything, bro.”

“Well, it’s not that difficult to ask… … .”

Hyunsoo was momentarily lost in thought at Jooheon’s earnest suggestion.

“Can I really ask? It might be a little uncomfortable depending on how you take it.”

The outer and inner aspects of the character being taught.

It is a job that looks into the surroundings and the abyss.

It is a work of pulling up the ‘something’ found within it and expressing it directly with the body.

So the question Hyunsoo asked them might have been a bit mischievous.

“It’s okay, but it might be more rude if we meet later.”

“Haha, that’s right, that’s right.”

Indeed, as befitting free-spirited musicians, they paid no heed to Hyun-soo’s warning(?).

“Then let me ask you one thing.”

Hyunsoo’s eyes changed.

The actor’s characteristically hungry eyes, which explore the character’s and humanity’s abyss, are turned towards ‘Yumari’.

Hyunsoo, who exchanged glances with Yumari for a moment, asked the band ‘Goldmari’.

“if…….”

“… … ?”

“If Yumari is no longer in this world, can Goldmari still exist on stage?”

The small room was instantly enveloped in silence.

* * *

“Huh? Why is the atmosphere like this?”

Anna, who had finished cleaning up at the club and entered the mini room, tilted her head as she felt the gloomy atmosphere inside.

Just a moment ago, there was clearly a loud chatter, but now everyone has a serious look on their face and is deep in thought.

“I brought you some side dishes! Don’t you want some? Here, Mari’s favorite seafood tteokbokki.”

“Anna, I’m dead now.”

“Huh? What are you talking about? Our Marie, you still say weird things?”

“It’s not me who’s weird, it’s Hyunsoo oppa.”

“… … ?”

Gogun jumped up from his seat and received the side dish from Anna.

“Haha, everyone is so busy with their spiritual exploration of art these days.”

“It’s not art, it’s just alcohol. Drinking alcohol without any food won’t change no matter how famous you become.”

Jooheon, who had come to his senses first(?), answered Anna, who was sticking her tongue out.

“Anna, we drank all night long with dasida as an appetizer! Even without that little appetizer… … Even without it… … .”

Jooheon, who was continuing his speech, turns his gaze towards Mari.

“I can’t live without it… … .”

“after.”

“under.”

“Whew, that’s right. Without Marie, there’s no Gold Marie.”

“Hyungjin hyung is right. Hyungjin hyung is not necessary, but if Mari is not there… … .”

“I told you to shut up.”

The members all had a hard time finding answers to Hyunsoo’s questions.

Hyunsoo smiled inwardly as he looked at the sight.

You can tell how much the members care for each other just by looking at their facial expressions.

“I’m sorry, I asked a pointless question.”

“… … I didn’t know you would come in so quickly.”

“No, what the hell is it? I want to know something too!”

Anna said that and placed the appetizing seafood tteokbokki on the table that was littered with empty bottles.

Kebabs and sekoshi sashimi were served as sides.

It would have been a difficult combination to understand in normal times, but strangely enough, I thought it was a suitable menu choice for today’s occasion.

Joanna opened her mouth to lighten the mood.

“Okay, that’s it. Let’s start round 2.”

The side dishes that Anna personally brought in from a nearby restaurant were enough to bring the members’ dazed eyes back to their senses.

So, the second match that Joanna participated in was even more chaotic than the first.

To exaggerate a little, it was an even crazier scene than the Gold Marie performance I had seen earlier.

Despite the considerable age difference, Anna got along with everyone as if she were one of the members of Gold Marie.

“The kids? I raised them all. They were little kids who came to me out of the blue, wanting to go on stage, but when did they grow up so much…?”

“Well, if it weren’t for Anna, Goldmary might never have been born.”

“So now I have to repay your debt. How long do I have to keep buying you side dishes?”

“Because the settlement hasn’t come out yet… … .”

Anna and the band members continued their conversation, reminiscing about past memories, while Hyunsoo slipped away with a faint smile and shared a drink with Gogun.

Actually, there was no need to ask the question.

Just listening to their natural conversation was helpful enough for ‘Actor Kim Hyun-soo’.

And, this also applies to the human Kim Hyun-soo.

While he was drinking and chatting with Gogun about this and that, someone came up to him and poked Hyunsu on the shoulder.

The reason it’s called “ppoppop” is because the person who stabbed me in the shoulder said that sound with his own mouth.

“Boom boom.”

“… … ?”

The one who stabbed Hyunsoo in the shoulder was Mari, who had been staring at her smartphone screen in the corner the whole time.

“What is your Outstar ID? I couldn’t find it.”

“Outstar? Oh, I don’t use social media… … .”

“Then your phone number.”

“… … ?”

“Please give me your phone number.”

Marie’s boldness in asking for the actor’s phone number out of the blue even embarrassed Hyun-soo, whose mind was trained by dreams.

It was a conversation that could have been seen as rude, but Marie’s characteristically languid tone of speech and hazy eyes made it not feel that way at all.

The eccentricity and boldness of youth had a magical power that made even rudeness feel attractive.

Hyunsoo thought that she was a truly special friend and put her number on his smartphone.

Marie, who had achieved her goal, put her smartphone in her bosom and continued speaking.

“I can tell by looking at your eyes.”

“… … ?”

“My brother and I… … are probably the same.”

“Same? What is that… … ?”

Before Hyunsoo could finish speaking, Mari continued.

“And, it will be the same for Gold Marie.”

“… … ?”

“Gold Marie. She’s Gold Marie both on and off stage.”

After finishing speaking, Marie went back to the corner and squatted down again.

Then I go back and watch the video of Lee Ji-woon acting that I was watching at first.

“No, I’m here, so why bother… … .”

When Gogun tilted his head with a slightly misunderstood expression, Hyunsoo shook his head and said.

“What fan is better than a fan who watches the work in front of the actor?”

“That, that’s… … Now that I hear it, that’s true?”

Marie’s eyes glanced in this direction as if she had heard Hyunsoo’s words.

As Hyunsoo smiles brightly, he turns his gaze back to the smartphone screen.

Looking at Marie like that, Hyunsoo thought to himself.

‘On stage, and off stage, Gold Marie is Gold Marie. Is that really so?’

Marie was the first to answer Hyunsu’s question.

At the same time, it also raised questions.

‘But… …what on earth does it mean to be like me?’

……no way?

“Okay, you said you had an important performance next week? That’s it for today. Don’t come play again.”

“Yeah, I’ll come play again next time, Anna. Hyunsoo hyung, you have to come too!”

“Okay, let’s meet again.”

Hyunsoo and the members of Gold Marie came out of the drug kitchen together after a unique drinking party that lasted until late at night.

Hyunsoo’s gaze turned to the backs of the members walking along Hongdae Street.

As Marie said, even off stage, the fact that they were Gold Marie remained the same.

Continued in the next episode