The Beast Who Asks
Ep. 7

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2026-06-25

Cast: Keon

The warmth on the back of my hand still hasn't faded.Untitled #2Oh, here you all are.Untitled #3Standing out here too long will do a number on your knees. I'm in my early forties.Untitled #4Untitled #4Untitled #5Put it away before the humidity gets to it.Untitled #6Be careful.Untitled #7The more worried he is, the fewer words he uses. I know. I already knew.Untitled #8Whoever wrote that one line — Geonryul will figure it out first. But first, the decision to stay here has to come first. That decision... is still empty.From above — footsteps.Untitled #10Before I even looked, the air at my back had already changed.Untitled #11You were here.Untitled #12Saha reached out. About the envelope.Untitled #13Untitled #14That look I held back — for you — you saw it.Untitled #15Can I look?Untitled #16Untitled #16Untitled #17I'll find the way. Might take a bit.Untitled #18Untitled #18Untitled #19A wind passed between them — just once.Untitled #20Were you surprised? At first. And now?Untitled #21Now─ I don't know what to call it.Untitled #22Last time. You know — what you stopped saying midway.Untitled #23I didn't turn my head, but my ears went taut.Untitled #24It wasn't because I was afraid of waking you─ the truth is.Untitled #25Untitled #26Untitled #26Untitled #27……Later.Untitled #28It was a voice that knew he'd done it again.Untitled #29I've narrowed down where the envelope was sent from.Untitled #30Untitled #30Untitled #31Before my head caught up, my fingertips had already gone cold.Untitled #32It wasn't the envelope. It was his hands I was looking at.Untitled #33Untitled #33Untitled #34Oh, hold on a sec.Untitled #35In the room, just the two of them left.Untitled #36Untitled #36Untitled #37Untitled #37Untitled #38What's so— So—? So cold.Untitled #39The cold air, holding the envelope too long— neither was the whole reason.Untitled #40I'm just kind of like this. I know.Untitled #41His 'I know' was never something he let slip carelessly. That's what made it hard.Untitled #42I could just warm you up — that happens to be my specialty. Baekrang run hot. Didn't you know? I was about to ask if he does that for just anyone.Untitled #43...What.Untitled #44A distancing joke comes out first. The real feeling always gets caught somewhere behind it.Untitled #45……Only as much as you're comfortable with.Untitled #46Closer, if you want. Or we stay like this. Your call.Untitled #47Untitled #47Untitled #48The kindest words— yet his hand turned away.Once. Twice. On the third— it translated.'Only as much as you're comfortable'— meant, I won't hold on to the end.Untitled #51I won't stay in a place where I'm being turned away.Untitled #52Untitled #52Untitled #53Stepping out from where I only ever received— I could breathe again.Untitled #54Untitled #55……Where are you going.Untitled #56Inside. Maeryeong is making tea. Because it's true— that makes it all the more cowardly.Untitled #57Wait.Untitled #58It stung— that a single word from him was enough to stop me.Untitled #59Again— calling out, but never coming.Untitled #60Why won't you come.……What?Untitled #62Palm open, setting the distance, saying come only as close as feels right. The calling— that much, they do. But never take that one step.Untitled #63Sometimes that sounds like— an excuse for never coming at all.Untitled #64A long silence.Untitled #65Untitled #66We hadn't even touched— and yet it felt warm, like we had.Untitled #67It's not that I won't come. It's that I can't.Untitled #68What do you mean you can't come. Exactly what it sounds like.Untitled #69Untitled #69Untitled #70If I take one step toward you, I won't be able to stop after that. The distance I keep from you— it's not because of you.Untitled #71……It's because of me.Untitled #72Before my mind could follow, my fingertips had already grown warm again.Untitled #73Then— what was that trembling. On your lap. Your fingers. They were shaking. I saw it.Untitled #74Untitled #74Untitled #75I was going to let go first. To make it clear I wouldn't stop you. But when I tried— my hand just wouldn't release. That's why it trembled.Untitled #76It wasn't that I couldn't read it— it was both at once, so it couldn't be read.Untitled #77Empty — and the silence feels easy.Untitled #78A handwriting that's neither rushed, nor trembling.Untitled #79Whoever wrote this... knew I'd be here.……What? It says 'before taking her away.' That's not something you write to someone who's already gone.Dokyung, did you see that line? No. He just took the medicine packets and left.I know this handwriting— but I can't remember where I've seen it.I need to show this to Saha. And Maeryeong.Look at it together. Don't carry this alone. This is my envelope. I have a right to know too.