Bang! Bang! Bang!

Ding-dong! Ding-dong!

"Seong-ho Kim. I know you're in there. Open the door! Open the door, you bastard!"

Chang-jong's voice came harsh and furious from the other side of the door.

Gyeong-eun turned to Seong-ho with worry in her eyes.

She shrank her shoulders at the anger in her brother's voice and spoke to Seong-ho anxiously.

"My brother sounds really angry."

"He does to me too."

"What could it be about?"

"Who knows? I'm not sure what's gotten into him either…"

He had a rough guess as to what it was, but Seong-ho kept it to himself.

Gyeong-eun didn't know what to do as Chang-jong's shouting grew louder.

Seong-ho gave her a light smile and set her at ease.

"There's no need to worry like that. It's fine, so relax."

"Seong-ho, are you sure it's all right? If it comes to it, I can at least call the security guard…"

"It's really fine. Surely Brother hasn't come all this way to devour us."

Seong-ho tossed out the joke and laid a hand on her shoulder to ease the tension.

"Gyeong-eun, don't worry—could you just put on some coffee? I think it'd be nice to sit down and talk things over calmly with him over a cup."

It hardly looked like the sort of atmosphere for calmly sitting down over coffee, but Gyeong-eun decided to stop worrying, just as Seong-ho asked.

To keep voicing her worries would mean she didn't trust him.

So Gyeong-eun chose to trust him and start with what he'd asked of her.

"All right. I'll go put the water on, then."

As Gyeong-eun turned toward the kitchen, Seong-ho walked to the door where Chang-jong's voice was still coming through.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

"You bastard! I said open the door!"

When the door stayed shut, the shouting only grew louder and the pounding harder.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Just as the pounding started up again, Seong-ho opened the door and appeared before Chang-jong.

"Brother. What brings you here without a word?"

"You son of a—"

The moment Chang-jong finally laid eyes on Seong-ho, he grabbed him by…