Chapter 52: Back to Everyday Life
The next morning.
Taejun, Yura, and Yoon Jihye were already eating in the hotel restaurant.
Taejun was cutting his bread when he looked toward the entrance.
“Huh?”
Yura turned too.
Geonwoo was slowly walking into the dining room.
Even his steps were slower than usual.
Before coming to the table, he first got himself a cup of coffee.
Taejun watched him pull out a chair.
“Hyung. What time did you sleep last night?”
Geonwoo took a sip of coffee.
“I’m not sure. Why?”
“You look exhausted.”
“Did you stay up late?”
Yura studied his face too.
“Sunbae, did you work last night?”
“I got an idea while we were traveling yesterday, so I worked on it a little.”
“Looking at your face, I don’t think it was only a little.”
Geonwoo chuckled.
“I got absorbed while writing.”
“I didn’t realize how much time had passed.”
Yura looked curious.
“How interesting is it that you stayed up working even while traveling?”
“What’s it about?”
“Hmm...”
Geonwoo thought.
“I’m not completely sure yet.”
Yura tilted her head.
“Excuse me?”
“I’m still figuring out what kind of story it’ll become.”
“I’ve only got the rough structure so far.”
“Now that you say that, I’m curious what kind of story it’ll turn into too.”
Taejun joined in.
“Me too.”
“Any roles I could play?”
“I’m still developing it, so I don’t even know exactly what characters there’ll be.”
“If you find a good character, you can’t forget the two of us.”
Geonwoo only laughed and drank his coffee.
Yura looked at him.
“Just make sure you don’t fall asleep before today’s schedule ends.”
“I’m not that tired.”
“With your face right now, I think it’s completely possible.”
Jihye laughed beside them.
“Today we’re returning to Zurich for a city tour.”
“Sleep in the car on the way.”
“Just hearing that makes me sleepy already.”
“I think I’m going to sleep really well.”
Geonwoo finished his coffee.
Then got up and brought back some light food.
Today, they would check out of Fribourg and move to Zurich.
After spending the day there, they would return to Korea the next day.
Their short stay in Switzerland was nearing its end.
After breakfast, the four returned to their rooms and packed.
By the time they gathered in front of the hotel, they had brought down all their suitcases.
While loading luggage into the vehicle, Taejun looked back at the hotel.
“We’re really leaving.”
Yura asked,
“Sad?”
“A little.”
“It was my first place to stay in Europe.”
Taejun laughed.
“When we first got here, I was so jet-lagged I could barely think.”
“You still took the most pictures.”
“That’s separate.”
Jihye opened the vehicle door.
“There’ll be plenty of places to take pictures in Zurich too, so don’t be too sad.”
“As expected, Team Leader is the best.”
Taejun climbed in first.
Geonwoo checked that his suitcase had been loaded properly, then followed.
The car departed.
The buildings of Fribourg, where they had stayed for several days, slowly disappeared behind them.
Geonwoo leaned back in his seat.
Before long, he closed his eyes.
Taejun noticed and whispered to Yura,
“Hyung fell asleep immediately.”
“He must be tired.”
“He worked last night.”
“This is just my intuition, but I think it’s going to be an incredible story.”
“And the scale will probably be huge too.”
Yura asked,
“Why do you think that?”
“He said the idea came while we were traveling yesterday.”
“And the places we visited yesterday were huge.”
“So maybe the story will be huge too.”
“That actually sounds plausible.”
Geonwoo heard them with his eyes closed.
He didn’t bother opening them.
But Taejun’s unexpectedly sharp guess surprised him a little.
This guy’s pretty good.
After reaching Zurich, the four first left their luggage at the hotel.
Then they lightly headed out into the city.
They had seen plenty of old buildings in Fribourg and Gruyères, but Zurich had a different atmosphere.
They walked through narrow streets in the old town, then followed the river.
Taejun and Yura weren’t as obsessed with taking photos as they had been the day before.
Still, whenever they found a good spot, they naturally pulled out their phones.
Eventually, the four entered a café.
As soon as they sat down, Geonwoo naturally ordered coffee.
Taejun immediately asked,
“Hyung, how many cups is that today?”
“I don’t know.”
“Didn’t you already drink two this morning?”
“I said I don’t know.”
“Don’t drink too much coffee.”
“Hyunsoo isn’t here, so now you’re the one nagging me.”
Yura laughed.
“You must be tired, but we’re going back to Korea tomorrow.”
“You should enjoy the trip as much as possible today.”
“Fine.”
“I’ll drink coffee, get some energy, and enjoy the trip.”
After coffee, the four slowly walked all the way toward the lake.
At the end, they asked a passing tourist to take a picture of all four together.
Taejun checked it.
“This one came out really well.”
Everyone gathered close to look.
They all seemed satisfied.
At that moment, Taejun’s stomach growled.
It was louder than expected.
Everyone burst into laughter.
“You’re all getting hungry, right?”
Jihye asked.
“Should we go eat dinner now?”
Taejun answered loudly,
“Yes!”
The next day.
The four headed to Zurich Airport early in the morning.
Unlike when they had departed Korea, their suitcases now contained quite a few souvenirs.
Before check-in, Taejun reopened his suitcase and rearranged everything.
Yura watched beside him.
“I told you not to buy too much.”
“I didn’t buy that much.”
“Your suitcase won’t even close.”
“I packed it wrong.”
Taejun pressed down on the clothes.
The suitcase finally closed.
“See?”
“It worked.”
“When you open it in Korea, everything’s going to explode out.”
“I’ll worry about that in Korea.”
Geonwoo checked his own luggage first and waited for them.
Jihye finished checking in too.
“Everyone ready?”
“Yes.”
The four entered departures.
The long flight was quieter than the trip over.
Taejun fell asleep again before long.
Yura looked at her drama script for a while, then closed her eyes.
Geonwoo also spent most of the flight sleeping.
After landing at Incheon Airport, they completed immigration and collected their luggage.
The moment Taejun saw his suitcase appear on the conveyor belt, he grabbed the handle.
“Phew. Good.”
“What is?”
