Yoo Danbi.
She liked the scent of roasted coffee beans and freshly baked bread.
That was the reason she opened the cafe Habit.
Ding-a-ling─!
Just like how, when she opened her eyes in the morning, she would habitually brew herself coffee and eat a piece of bread.
Thinking that she hoped other people would also come to her cafe out of habit like that.
“Welcome. This is Habit.”
And just as she wished, she was getting quite a lot of regular customers.
“You’re here.”
Yoo Danbi smiled softly and handed over two cups of coffee she had just poured.
“Two iced Americanos, right? I prepared them in advance.”
Since he was the first customer who came on the day she opened the cafe, she remembered him and was trying to take extra care of him.
Moreover, he was a regular who came every day.
“Thank you.”
He always received the coffee quietly and offered words of thanks.
In truth, since he was paying and drinking it, it was not really something to be thanked for.
“Did you eat breakfast? I happened to try making baumkuchen today as a new menu item, would you like to try it?”
He was the kind of person who gave off a cold atmosphere, so it was hard to strike up a conversation, but…
“Sounds good. But what do I do if I just keep getting things for free like this every day…”
After exchanging a few words, he would also respond back with a calm smile.
At some point, maybe because he started coming in wearing thick horn-rimmed glasses, it was also true that his impression had become gentler.
─ ♬ ♬ ♬
Yoo Danbi liked this comfortable atmosphere, with soft music flowing. Maybe because of that, even in this moment of plating the baumkuchen, a little hum came out on its own.
‘Is this the list of new songs added today?’
Thinking the song was really good, Yoo Danbi put a few pieces of baumkuchen that had been baked at their most delicious into the container, and handed them to him.
“Here’s the baumkuchen.”
It was then.
“Thank you for the coffee, and for the baumkuchen as well.”
─ Coffee begins with “co,”
The same word started being heard at the same time, in the same voice.
─ Latte begins with “la,”
And for some reason, he looked at her with a subtle gaze.
─ Why does happiness begin with “you.”
Was it an expression of embarrassment? Or a confused look in his eyes?
─ And why does pain also begin with “you.”
She could not know, but Yoo Danbi also did not avoid his gaze and looked back at him.
And suddenly, she wanted to ask.
Could it be that the voice in this song is yours?
However, as she looked at his face, flushed red all the way to his ears, she felt like she could tell even without asking.
“D-Danbi…”
And even just from his trembling voice right now, it felt like she could vaguely guess what he was going to say.
“Th-this song… is a song for you, Danbi.”
This was an entirely unexpected development.
“Yes?”
When Yoo Danbi asked back in surprise, he cleared his throat a few times and then met her eyes properly.
Just by looking at his eyes shaking relentlessly, she could tell. Ah, this man likes me.
“Even though it’s not a song I made, and not a song I wrote the lyrics for, the words that came out at the beginning are all my sincere feelings.”
She had had no idea at all. She had only thought, He really likes coffee, and he’s a diligent person.
That was all.
“These days, my happiness is you, Danbi.”
Maybe because of that, both the words that it was a song for her, and the confession that his happiness was her, felt far too sudden.
“W-Woohyun…”
It was true that she was flustered, but it did not feel bad.
“H-how do you know my name….”
“I found out last time when I saw the transfer record. Woohyun, you know my name for the same reason, don’t you?”
“Th-that’s right. If it makes you uncomfortable, I’m sorry.”
But when he noticed she seemed flustered, he instead drew a polite line and bowed his head.
At that appearance, she laughed for no reason.
Unlike how cool and sharp he had seemed, the way he was giving off a clueless, awkward vibe was pretty cute, that was why.
“But then why does pain also begin with me?”
Yoo Danbi wanted to tease Kim Woohyun like that.
“Th-that is….”
But he seemed to be taking everything right now seriously.
“Because I cannot propose to you right now, Danbi.”
“Pr-propose?”
“I’m someone who will be leaving soon. So, I cannot propose to you, Danbi.”
Past a confession, straight into a proposal.
This man…
He’s too charming, isn’t he?
“Um…”
It was just as Yoo Danbi was about to stop him, calling to him with a curious expression mixed in.
“You don’t have to say anything more. Please just understand my feelings. Later, I’ll come back as an even better man.”
Before she could say anything, he hurriedly pushed out of the cafe and ran out.
Without even the usual farewell like, “Then, take care.”
“Hm…”
Yoo Danbi watched Kim Woohyun’s back with her eyes for a moment.
“He’s more easily embarrassed than I thought.”
Smiling silently, she went back to continuing her opening preparations.
Meanwhile, Kim Woohyun had been walking around all day at the company with his head bowed so low that the back of his neck felt stiff.
“Doesn’t it seem like it really is the Division Head?”
It was because he could not lift his head from embarrassment with the whispers coming from everywhere.
“Min Geumdong….”
Kim Woohyun recalled the humiliation he experienced this morning and ground his teeth hard.
If it counted as revenge, then as revenge, he had even drunk both cups of coffee all by himself.
By now, he would be waiting for coffee so badly his neck would fall off.
“Hmph, as if I’m buying him coffee today.”
But because he had firmly resolved that today, of all days, he would absolutely not soften, he did not even go near Hyunseung’s studio.
‘Danbi…’
Tormented as he recalled her flustered expression, Kim Woohyun headed to a bench and put a cigarette in his mouth.
Scroll, scroll.
Then, out of habit, he started doing monitoring work.
More than anything, since it was a song with his voice on it, it was only natural that he would be curious about the public’s reaction.
Scroll, scroll.
Kim Woohyun moved his hands quickly and finished scanning everything from articles to the music platform rankings.
The music platform rankings….
As was only natural, at this point when it had not even been 24 hours since release, it had already entered the charts.
The problem was….
The public’s reaction.
[ Is HS going all in on a funny concept now? ]
⤷ We need to hear a statement on what they were thinking making this.
⤷ Are they running out of inspiration now, so they’re just going full concept-tryhard?
⤷ But isn’t the song good? I seriously like it so I keep streaming it.
⤷ It’s just thatㅋㅋthe narration has that Paliworld vibe, that’s why;
⤷ So I really want to see who the person doing that narration is;
⤷ I’d rather not know..
Separate from the song doing well, people were pouring out comments saying that HS had gotten to the point where he made a song as a joke.
In fact, that was true, so there was nothing he could really say to refute it.
“He’ll handle it on his own.”
Kim Woohyun forced himself to ignore those contents and moved his feet.
Step, step.
As he wandered around mindlessly like that….
“Look at me.”
Before he knew it, he had arrived right in front of Hyunseung’s studio door.
“Haa…”
He thought about just turning back, but because his mind still bothered him, in the end Kim Woohyun, as he always did, knocked on the door.
Knock, knock, knock.
Exactly three times, and then naturally, he entered the door lock password.
“Hyunseung.”
When he entered the studio, just as always, the guy was deeply engrossed in his work. It was a company he would be leaving soon, so why was he always working that hard every day.
He could take a break and go, too.
Kim Woohyun stared at the back of Hyunseung’s head, with a headset pulled over it, not even noticing that he had come, and thought.
Yeah.
Whether he started it as a joke or whatever, he’s not the type to make things halfheartedly.
Then a surge of emotions came.
Suddenly the public’s comments came to mind, and anger flared up.
Even if our Geumdong jokes around a lot, he’s not a guy who does his work carelessly!
That was how he felt, like he wanted to shout it out.
Tap, tap.
Kim Woohyun held that feeling down and patted Hyunseung’s shoulder.
“Oh, you’re late?”
Only then did Hyunseung notice him, take off his headset, and greet him.
And then his gaze slowly lowered, and went to his empty hands.
“Where’s the coffee?”
“There isn’t any.”
At his firm answer, Hyunseung narrowed his eyes.
“Hm…”
As if he understood everything, he twitched his eyebrows for a moment.
“You got dumped and you came to take it out on me, didn’t you?”
He asked with a playful smile.
Seriously.
Should he flick him on the forehead just once today?
“Why would I get dumped!”
Kim Woohyun recalled her face from this morning, and in a surge, shouted with the veins standing out.
“You got dumped, you got dumped.”
“I’m telling you, no!”
“I even made you a love serenade, so why did you get dumped?”
But Hyunseung did not care and kept stabbing right into the sore spot.
“Did she say she doesn’t like the song? Should I make you another one? Or if you wrote down a better line in your notebook….”
“Enough.”
“Oh, so it wasn’t that she said she doesn’t like the song.”
“Stop poking the sore spot.”
When Kim Woohyun slumped his shoulders as if dejected, Hyunseung spoke while calmly patting his back.
“You said you were going to be composed.”
“If it were you, could you stay composed when you got rejected with a look before you could even propose?”
“Huh? Propose?”
“I was originally going to ask her to wait just a little, and promise I’d come back even more impressive, and as a token of that promise, I was going to get married….”
Hyunseung looked at Kim Woohyun trailing off and shook his head.
“I think I roughly know why you got rejected.”
“Huh?”
“Just accept it.”
Then, as if something occurred to him, he took out his phone and continued.
“That’s not what’s important right now.”
“What could be more important than this?”
“You might be a little shocked when you see it.”
Looking at Hyunseung’s face, which seemed somewhat excited, Kim Woohyun wondered what he was scheming again and immediately leaned his head in.
Found out who the narrator is on “Why Does Happiness Begin With You?” that HSreleased this time. The HS official account suddenly posted an old fan meeting lottery video on their story, so I was like what is this?
But the voice in the video and the narration voice, the tone and the way of speaking, it’s the same person one hundred percent. Looks like they posted it to give a hintㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Kim Woohyun, reading down, glared at Hyunseung and shouted, “You!” but
Hyunseung said it wouldn’t be too late to read more and then get mad, and just handed the phone over.
More than anything, he’s HS’s closest associate and he even accompanied them at the press conference.. When I first heard the song I was like what kind of concept-tryhard is this, but when I saw his face he looks way more handsome and normal than I expected. And when I looked him up, he’s still young, but he’s the LS Entertainment Division Head..
This is literally division-head material straight out of a romance novel..
Starting today, my happiness is… this man….
+Photo attached
After reading all the way to the end, Kim Woohyun urgently looked for the comments.
Because it was so opposite from the community reaction he had just seen.
⤷ Wowㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋthey found thisㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋare you the cyber investigation unit?
⤷ Why,, does,, happiness,, begin with you,,☆,,?
⤷ But he’s really more handsome than I expected?
⤷ So is the division head cool tone or warm tone? Or is he a love marathon I’ll never finish in my lifetime? Or is he one ton of happiness that jumped into my life?
⤷ Looking at the press conference photo, his proportions are great, pass!
⤷ Decided. HS is too high a mountain, I’m switching to the division head.
⤷ Everyone was calling him a concept-tryhard and whatever, but the stance switch is insaneㅋ In that sense, I love you, Division Head.
Kim Woohyun looked back and forth between the phone and Hyunseung as if he could not believe it.
“That’s not all.”
Hyunseung smiled and added, bringing up a cafe window on the monitor he had been working on.
“Congratulations. You’ve become everyone’s division head.”
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[ Accidentally falling for Kim Woohyun ]
In other words, the birth of “Kim Wooppa.”
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