She woke up at the sound of rustling. She lifted her heavy eyelids and looked next to her. Maru was smiling at her while on his phone.

“You up?”

She wanted to ask what time it was, but she couldn’t speak. The heater in the car had drained all of the moisture. It was only after she drank some water given to her by Maru that she could make a voice.

“You were here the whole time?”

“I can’t just leave you behind. It hasn’t been that long either.”

Gaeul sat up and had a look at the clock. It was 1 p.m. She thought she dozed off for only a moment, but hours had passed already.

“What about the shoot?”

“I need to get going soon. How are you doing? You were coughing while sleeping.”

“My back is a bit sore, but other than that, I’m fine.”

She twisted her waist left and right while sitting. There was a satisfying cracking noise.

“Did you book a hotel?”

“No, I looked for a hotel where you can check in during the night, but I didn’t find any. There’s a few around the airport, but that’s far away.”

“Should I look into it? You can’t keep staying in the car.”

“I can do that much. Rather than that, you...