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"Hey, Ki-beom-ah. Lemme borrow your homework! I'll change things up, I swear!"
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Ki-beom obliged without saying anything as Yeon-gyeong sent him a lovely grin.
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Ki-beom silently glanced at Yeon-gyeong.
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He was caught in his thoughts for a while before he spoke, "Are you going to skip math again?"
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"Of course," Yeongyeong is busy copying the homework, modifying things here and there.
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"Can you not do it today?"
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Yeon-gyeong instantly stopped all her actions, worry in her eyes, "What happened? Is there something going on with you?"
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Yeon-gyeong's demeanor changed slightly.
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"It's nothing, I'm just worried that you wouldn't be able to catch up."
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Ki-beom's eyes behind his glasses shifted slightly to show some concern.
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This kid is a pretty good child actor.
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"Hey, you don't even have to worry about me."
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Yeon-gyeong gave him that cheeky grin of hers.
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Ki-beom smiled as well, a bit of something in his eyes.
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For his age he is a pretty good actor, he digests these emotions well.
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As long as he knows his limits, the shoot should end quickly and comfortably.
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"Cut!"
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"Let's take some more close-ups!"
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We repeated the actions that we did earlier.
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Sometimes it might be difficult to get everything even though there are multiple cameras set. There might be some more takes of the same scene but from different angles.
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We shot some more scenes that happened in the classroom
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"Thank you everyone! Let's take a short break for 5 minutes!"
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The kid who played Ki-beom took his glasses off and with such actions he slipped out of character neatly.
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Now that I took a proper look at him, he reminds me of a certain someone that has been blasted for embezzlement.
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They both have a similar face shape and their eyes look very similar when they are expressionless.
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I went to talk with Soo-hyeon during the break.
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"Hana! This is so exciting!"
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"Isn't it?"
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"It's crazy to think that I will appear on TV!"
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"If you can get a talking role, you can get the whole screen for yourself!"
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"Oh my, is that possible?"
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"I'll recommend you if we need an extra that fits your criteria."
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We spent most of the time talking while I felt someone staring at us.
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It's that kid isn't it? I peeked with the corner of my eye, and sure enough it is him.
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"Actors Kim Ha-na and Song Tae-hyeon please be on standby!"
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"Other extras please leave the classroom first!"
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Ahh, so he's Song Tae-hyeon.
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But that's odd?
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"Get the lights on...Cameras rolling, sound as well..."
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"Action!"
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This scene happened quite some episodes after the scene earlier. Efficiency is key in filming.
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This time, they faked a sunset via lighting. The slightly orange-ish lights is passing through the blinds. They might tweak it more in post production to make it seem more realistic.
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Ki-beom is laying down on his table, his gaze faraway, tears glistening in his eyes.
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Suddenly the class door opened with a bang.
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It is Yeon-gyeong. She looks both distressed and angry.
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"Ki-beom-ah, why didn't you tell me?"
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Yeon-gyeong found out that Ki-beom had been bullied.
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Both of them were silent for a while.
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"Ki-beom, why-"
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"Yeon-gyeong-ah, why did they choose to do that to me?"
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It's an ad-lib, he is supposed to stay quiet and then Yeon-gyeong will comfort him.
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I guess he wants to give me a surprise or something.
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Too bad for him.
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I walked towards our desk, the anger in my eyebrows dimmed.
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Yeon-gyeong patted his back.
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"Why would you need to care about their thoughts?! Don't even bother thinking about them. You should just focus on studying. I'll deal with them."
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Yeon-gyeong's eyes glowed with a hint of vengeance.
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However, I could see a trace of annoyance in Tae-hyeon's eyes, fortunately for him no one is filming him close enough to catch such a scene.
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I looked at him as Yeon-gyeong still, my lips curled into a warm smile.
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Tae-hyeon looked at me, trying to keep up his act, but he kept failing.
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He looked like he just swallowed a bunch of sweet potatoes and now they are stuck in his throat.
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"NG!"
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"Good ad-lib, but let's give that another try Tae-hyeon-ssi!"
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This time he managed to keep his composure.
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"Cut!"
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We recorded a few more scenes around the school including my fight scene with the bullies. It was done in a comedic and dramatic way.
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It was satisfying though.
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Most of the action is done by the stunt team, but I participated in some of the parts.
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It truly felt good to work on something action related after a while.
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On the other hand...
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Song Tae-hyeon kept trying to catch me off guard with his ad-libs.
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Nothing really happened of course.
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Sometimes it even backfired on him.
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He is a good child actor but he isn't someone who has done something for 12 years.
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Isn't it odd that no one scolded him?
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The day ended.
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It'll take a while until my next shoot, I don't have that much scenes.
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That night I looked into Song Tae-hyeon.
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If this was 201X, I wouldn't even bother. Many actors have an attitude and dislike appears as often as possible.
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These days though, I've been quite paranoid.
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In a sense, I just wanted to clear sweep away the impossible to find the truth.
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Child actor Song Tae-hyeon debuted a few years before I did.
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He even has a fancafe.
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It was small but the people are active in there.
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'Actor Song Tae-hyeon is set to star on Channel K's next daily drama. CONFIRMED'
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'Tae-hyeon-nim! I will always support you!'
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'Some pictures of Song Tae-hyeon during 'Song of the River' (200X)'
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Honestly he is much better off than I am.
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I registered to the cafe.
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While waiting for the approval, I looked for more articles about him.
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There a quite a lot of articles about him for an up and coming actor.
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'Get to know the 'young Ha Min-ho', child actor Song Tae-hyeon'
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'Casting CONFIRMED Jang Hye-jin, Park Hyeon-do, Kim Dae-hyeok.......Song Tae-hyeon.'
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'Child actor Song Tae-hyeon: I wish to be an actor than could carve his own path'
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The Kim Ha-na from 200X would probably be a little jealous.
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"Ha-na? Are you still on the computer?"
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Oh, sh-
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I logged out from the cafe web, closed the tabs and opened a music streaming website.
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"I'm just looking for some nice songs eomma, I'll be finished soon.
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Tonight there is a gathering for the 'Spring Breeze' team. We're planning to watch the first episode together, but I wouldn't be staying for long.
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The atmosphere was pretty good.
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I ate a lot of meat and made some small talk with the seniors as we waited for the first episode to air.
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Song Tae-hyeon was wearing a big smile on his face.
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He really looked like Han Seung-tae with that expression.
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Am I just imagining things?