By Zephyria One day, I woke up and became a star.
Such things still happened occasionally in the entertainment industry.
Falling overnight from a top star to the public’s scapegoat. — Stories like that also happened frequently.
Perhaps the latter was even more common than the former.
The higher and more glamorous the previous position, the more thrilling the sense of pleasure it provided to onlookers.
The sleep clinic introduced by Jeong Seong-won.
Several weeks had passed since Yoon Joo-ho began frequenting the hospital.
Yoon Joo-ho and Song Hyun-soo diligently participated in the filming of
As the director recommended, he would sleep for an hour or two in the hospital’s sleep room, equipped with optimal conditions for quality sleep, and then return. Strictly speaking, he was pretending to sleep.
His peaceful daily life continued without any particular incident.
However, that daily life was destroyed in an instant.
The bait finally revealed its poisonous nature.
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Yoon Joo-ho, habitual Propofol use and even barbiturates?
Hello, this is ‘Kaiing’. Ah, after a long time, we’ve really caught a scoop. Many of you must have clicked in shock after seeing the thumbnail.
You think it’s clickbait?
Who is our subject?
Do I not know that if I pull such a clickbait on national actor Yoon Joo-ho, not only will my channel be shut down, but my life will also be ruined?
No need to drag this out. We will share the secured evidence video immediately.
It’s not far. It’s footage from this afternoon.
Now, here’s a man entering a hospital room and lying down on a bed, right?
He’s tall, has a small head, and even from an overhead angle, his facial structure and nose bridge are incredible, aren’t they?
At first glance, you can tell he’s not just an ordinary guy.
If you’re Korean, you could see it even doing a triple twist on a KTX train – it’s just Yoon Joo-ho.
You might think this is a hotel, but no, it’s a hospital. It’s a VIP sleep room at a sleep center in Seocho-gu.
Wow, the facilities are amazing. Even someone with insomnia would probably fall right asleep here.
About ten minutes later, a nurse enters. She’s setting up an IV drip.
According to the hospital records, the Propofol administered today is a 50ml dose. This is an enormous amount; they say they don’t inject more than 20ml even to a healthy 20-year-old male. This indicates he’s already in a state of addiction.
Now, let’s look at other data. This shows Yoon Joo-ho’s visits to this suspicious center over time.
He’s visiting on different dates, and look, the intervals are very close. He usually visits every 4-5 days, but at one point, he returned to the hospital in just two days. It looks like addiction.
So, did he only take Propofol? No.
Criminals don’t do just one thing, do they?
We’ve also captured evidence that he has been taking illegal sleeping pills containing barbiturates.
What are barbiturates? They are dangerous drugs with severe side effects, used very strictly under a doctor’s prescription even in the US. In Korea, they are classified as narcotics and are not used in sleeping pills at all. Yet, he has been illegally taking sleeping pills containing these barbiturates…
⤷Crazy Yoon Joo-ho?? Is it really Yoon Joo-ho???
⤷I… What am I hearing right now….
⤷Please say it’s not true! Tell me Kaiing is just acting crazy and being reckless! I was just waiting for the movie premiere, what is thiseeeeeeeeeㅠㅠㅠㅠ
⤷Yoon Joo-ho had no controversies until now, but suddenly he’d take Propofol and drugs? I can’t believe it…..
⤷Yeah, believe it or not, Yoon Joo-ho is now a drug addict lol
⤷He’s been having trouble with his parents lately, maybe his life has become too hard and he wanted to rely on drugs.
⤷If it were a trashy gossip channel, maybe, but Kaiing is reliable. What will Yoon Joo-ho do?
⤷You, lower your hand. Are you laughing right now? lol
⤷Kaiing talks like he’s so righteous! But he’s still making money by digging into other people’s private lives, it’s the same thing.
⤷It’s right to dig up such dirty private lives. Kaiing is righteous!
⤷Yeah, someone like that shouldn’t be loved by the public and earn a lot of money.
“Seriously, in the middle of all this, you’re praising Yoon Joo-ho’s face?ㅋㅋㅋㅋ Kaiing, if you’re going to diss, diss. If you’re going to praise, praise. We’re busy, just do one thing, damn itㅋㅋㅋㅋ
“Hospitals that administer propofol usually operate plastic surgery or dermatology clinics and package it as a medical necessity for procedures, but what kind of sleep center openly prescribes propofol??ㅋㅋㅋ They were just selling drugsㅋㅋㅋ That hospital needs a thorough investigation too.
“People won’t care about punishing the hospital. They’re just excited about Yoon Joo-ho going down the drain.
“Crown Prince?” What Crown Prince? When was that? Retire from the entertainment industry. You’ve been at it for too long.
“Seriously, betraying his parents from the start was proof of his character level.
“Even when everyone else said he was handsome, I never thought he was. His eyes were off, I guess? I used to say he’d cause a big accident someday, and my judgment was right after all.
“He’s still making noise in the middle of all thisㅋㅋㅋㅋ Amazing, truly.
“People are excited again, thinking they can bring someone down. I really hate seeing them panting, believing YouTubers like Kaiing. Is Kaiing the police or the prosecution? Your miserable life isn’t Yoon Joo-ho’s fault. Don’t take your anger out on the wrong people.
“Defend something defensible. Is defending drug addicts a sign of having a brain or not? Yoon Gyeol-ho fans are truly disgusting, more so than most idol fans.
“Is saying you can curse after it’s confirmed considered defending? Who’s the one without a brain, really?
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The parking lot of the mixed-use building where Seohae’s home and pilates studio are located.
The third row of seats in the Escalade.
Yoon Joo-ho lay with his head on Song Hyun-soo’s lap, eyes closed peacefully.
But Song Hyun-soo knew he wasn’t asleep.
Yoon Joo-ho, dressed in a neat black suit unlike his usual attire, had styled his hair in a tidy, restrained manner. He looked more like a young prosecutor or lawyer than an actor.
He had taken off his jacket, draped it over the back of the second-row seat, and lay with his arms crossed, dressed in a shirt and tie.
The world was throwing everything it could at Yoon Joo-ho. Yet, the surroundings were quiet, as if none of it were true. Only the occasional noise from vehicles entering or leaving the parking lot could be heard faintly outside the Escalade.
Song Hyun-soo quietly gazed down at Yoon Joo-ho’s tired face.
Yoon Joo-ho always appeared relaxed and confident, no matter what happened, but there must be moments of tension even when victory is certain. This was, after all, too big of a deal.
Zzzzzzz.
Song Hyun-soo’s phone vibrated lightly.
At that small sound, Yoon Joo-ho’s eyelids fluttered.
“Is it Sang-ho Hyung?”
“Yes.”
“Is he coming down?”
“Yes.”
In Seohae’s home upstairs, Director Bang was in a meeting with Yoon Joo-ho’s legal team. The content had been prepared in advance, and it was essentially a final review, so Yoon Joo-ho chose to spend time alone with Song Hyun-soo in the parking lot instead of attending the meeting.
Yoon Joo-ho raised his left wrist to check the time.
He was wearing the watch with the ice-blue dial. The one Song Hyun-soo had retrieved and personally fastened for him.
“…”
Then, still lying down, he looked up at Song Hyun-soo.
Even at a time like this, Yoon Joo-ho’s face radiated light. He wanted to crack a joke and make him laugh, but his lips wouldn’t move. Instead, he fiddled with his right ear.
“Are you okay?”
“Why wouldn’t I be?”
“You look like a wife sending her husband off to war.”
A light laugh escaped. Song Hyun-soo said, fiddling with his ear, which was shaped so beautifully it looked deliberately crafted.
“There’s no reason not to be okay. Everything is unfolding as we expected. It’s just…”
“It’s just.”
“I’m worried about sending you off alone, Hyung.”
Yoon Joo-ho slowly sat up. Then he reached out and wrapped his arms around Song Hyun-soo’s neck.
“I’m not going to die. I’m going to live.”
“That’s right. Who says otherwise?”
His fingers stroking his neck tickled. And they felt tender. He felt like he couldn’t live without these hands anymore.
“Smile for me. Just once, let me see you smile before I go.”
Until now, he had been able to be brave. They had planned and executed their strategies together. But from here on, it was a path Yoon Joo-ho had to walk alone.
He had asked him to smile, but tears kept welling up.
So, he leaned in and kissed him first. Then, he held him tightly, so his face was hidden.
“Return me to myself exactly as I am now. You’re mine, so don’t leave a single scratch.”
Yoon Joo-ho’s laughter was heard low in his ear.
Yoon Joo-ho’s arms, wrapped around his back, squeezed Song Hyun-soo as if to crush him.
“Why would I be alone? I’m not alone. I was alone until I met you.”
“…”
“Then this fight would have been incredibly lonely too.”
Yoon Joo-ho released his arms and cupped Song Hyun-soo’s face with both hands.
“We haven’t even had proper makeup sex yet. I can’t die, if only out of resentment.”
Yoon Joo-ho kissed Song Hyun-soo’s lips as he let out a small laugh. The tears that fell from Song Hyun-soo’s eyes seeped between their lips. It was a kiss as if they were sharing and drinking them.
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