By Zephyria 
When Yeon-rok looked up Choi Hwan’s interviews, he mentioned that his favorite work was the movie
‘What kind of strange title is that?’
Yeon-rok first found and watched the movie. It had been a long time since he had watched a movie. He had been too busy working to watch it. After working, he would collapse and fall asleep, which was his daily routine.
First, he hugged the Cherished doll that he had been taking care of since he was taken from the orphanage. Then, he sat on the sofa in a comfortable position with his chin resting on his hand and watched the movie. It was amazing to see Choi Hwan’s young face on the screen.
“He is handsome.”
As expected of an actor, his appearance was no joke even when he was young. His forehead, the bridge of his nose, and his jawline were sharp without any bluntness. The eyes staring straight ahead were intense as if burning, and a youthful ardor was abundant.
However, perhaps because he was young, the acting was a bit clumsy even to Yeon-rok’s eyes. Kind of fresh and cute? Maybe? Suddenly curious, Yeon-rok searched for his age and was a little surprised. Unexpectedly, they were the same age. He had hope that they might get along better than he thought. However, the movie was not his taste, so he dozed off halfway through.
As soon as he finished watching the movie and came out of his room, Choi Hwan, who had just finished his schedule, was passing by. Thinking it was an opportunity, Yeon-rok shouted.
“I watched your movie!”
Choi Hwan, who was dragging his feet as if he was tired, stopped and looked back. Turning his head smoothly like a scene from a movie, he frowned.
“Are you talking down to me?”
“I looked it up and we’re the same age? And you talked down to me first.”
Choi Hwan’s furrow between his eyebrows deepened at the fairly logical rebuttal. Pressing his shapely lips tightly, he defensively crossed his arms and asked.
“Which movie did you watch?”
Uh? Yeon-rok hesitated because he had just dozed off. What was it, something about the moon? As if he knew that would happen, Choi Hwan snorted and was about to turn around, so Yeon-rok said urgently in a somewhat unsure voice.
“The Day 3.14… something moons fell from the sky…?”
“
Yeon-rok, who learned the identity of the strange number, closed his mouth in disbelief. No, if the moon falls, it falls, but why add pi to it!
Choi Hwan’s face contorted as if he was bothered by the wrong title. ‘A rude guy who doesn’t even memorize pi,’ that was roughly the expression. Then, even though he had watched his favorite movie, he didn’t show any sign of being happy and snapped.
“Of all the movies to watch, you’re watching the one I hate the most because my acting is so bad. I’m already tired, but you’re ruining my mood…”
Then he turned and went into his room. Only then did Yeon-rok, whose sleepiness had gone away, contort his face. A person can mispronounce a movie title, but he memorized up to 3.14, okay? Feeling wronged and disappointed, he turned back dejectedly. And the next day, when he ran into manager Jo Jun-ho, he asked.
“Isn’t Choi Hwan’s favorite work
When Yeon-rok looked it up because he felt wronged, even Choi Hwan’s fans didn’t memorize the title. Everyone shortens it to ‘The Day 3.14’.
“
He couldn’t memorize it himself…! It was clear that the director’s scolding had been passed on to Yeon-rok.
He should have asked the manager directly instead of looking it up on the internet. On the spur of the moment, Yeon-rok exchanged phone numbers with the manager and asked about Choi Hwan’s tastes. He mainly liked luxury goods, but it was not an amount he could afford to buy on his own, so he bought him some kind of dinosaur doll with a camouflage pattern that he liked.
“What is this?”
“You said you liked this. So I bought it on purpose.”
Choi Hwan didn’t seem grateful and just took it casually. The next day, the doll was found abandoned in the corner of the living room, so Yeon-rok took it back. His Cherished doll suddenly had a friend…
He couldn’t even try anything with Moon Kyeon-woo. Unlike Choi Hwan, he consistently responded with no reaction to all attempts. He should be grateful that he was treating Choi Hwan the same way as him. Yeon-rok sighed.
‘In the first place, what more can I do here?’
The biggest problem was that the gender of the Name partner that Yeon-rok had long assumed was a woman. Looking at the Name partners, he didn’t feel anything in particular, whether it was because they were men or because their first impressions were so bad.
Even if he got close to them, what was he supposed to do after that? Was he just supposed to be roommates for the rest of his life? So now his mindset was nothing more or less than trying to make close friends.
The biggest problem was that Name Awakened inevitably needed physical contact after encountering their partners. Yeon-rok was already feeling his condition drooping. His body was heavy and he didn’t feel refreshed every morning when he woke up. He wondered if the other three were also experiencing a decline in condition like him.
There were more problems. It had already been over a week since he had seen Yeom Cheon-ho’s face, but the two of them were often not at home. Moon Kyeon-woo, who went to and from the research institute, left early in the morning and returned for dinner, and Choi Hwan was at home all day, but he stayed out overnight for filming as if it were a daily routine.
As a result, Yeon-rok even felt a little wronged. Because the secretary quit, he was the only one spending his days at home as a jobless person. The other three were doing their jobs perfectly fine? When he complained to the secretary Kim Jeong-seong about this, he replied with a sorry expression.
“Of course, you can do occupational activities. However, we ask that you choose a safe occupation with a low risk of injury. You are a precious person with a Name. Also, like the others, you will always be followed by a dedicated security team no matter what you do.”
He didn’t feel any intention to belittle his job in the other person’s words, but Yeon-rok was inwardly intimidated. Even his words were valid. If something happened to his partner, the Name Awakened would live a significantly shorter life than ordinary people. Even if they were lucky enough to live a little longer without a partner, they would suffer from all kinds of mental and physical illnesses throughout their lives, so it was right to be careful.
At the time of Name Awakening, Yeon-rok’s job was carrying luggage at a logistics center. There, the conveyor belt was constantly running and heavy luggage was pouring out. Of course, it was easy to injure your back or ligaments, and safety accidents were likely to occur.
‘Should I be grateful that I have three Name partners who are taking care of me?’
Maybe it’s similar to keeping spare batteries? Thinking that, Yeon-rok rummaged through job search sites. He didn’t want to become a thorn in Yeom Cheon-ho’s side by going against him. It was a little miserable.
He looked through job search sites, but he was at a loss. He started earning money as soon as he graduated from high school. His grades in school were just so-so, and he wasn’t very interested in college, and he didn’t have the financial means. Therefore, office work, which is usually treated as a ‘normal and decent job’, was far from Yeon-rok himself. But that was the kind of work that Yeom Cheon-ho wanted.
He imagined working part-time at a convenience store, cafe, or restaurant with a security team and sighed, closing the internet window.
Even though he had found the Name partner he had been waiting for, the only joy in the daily disappointing and depressing situation was food.
“Yeo-sa, what’s for breakfast today?”
Yeon-rok rubbed his sleepy eyes and appeared in the kitchen. The middle-aged woman, whose real Name was Park Yeo-in and was called Park Yeo-sa, had excellent cooking skills. Thanks to her, Yeon-rok, who had a constitution that didn’t gain weight easily, had recently noticed that he had gained some weight.
“Oh, Young Master, you don’t look so good. You woke up a little later than usual, is something wrong with you?”
“No, I’m totally fine.”
Strangely, Park Yeo-sa called Yeon-rok, as well as Moon Kyeon-woo and Choi Hwan, Young Master. However, she respectfully called only Yeom Cheon-ho ‘Yeom Cheon-ho’, just like Kim Jeong-seong.
“Fine, my foot! Oh, wait a minute. I stewed duck again for the Young Masters to nourish their bodies.”
A bowl of duck baeksuk, carefully placed in a bowl, was placed in front of Yeon-rok, who was sitting quietly and swallowing hard. As he ate the greasy broth, he woke up and his sleepiness disappeared. Park Yeo-sa was pleased to see Yeon-rok eating deliciously.