The Clause We Never Signed
Ep. 7

With the Same Hand

2026-06-23

Cast: Woo-hyun

Two lines on the screen that wouldn't go awayWith the Same Hand #2How about just the two of us grab a drink—without Director Woo-hyun?With the Same Hand #3How long had he been standing there?With the Same Hand #4In that one beat of silence, I forgot to breathe tooA morning where something had slipped out of placeI'll take care of the Wednesday materials.With the Same Hand #7My mouth answered before my head could catch upWith the Same Hand #8What format? If there isn't one, I'll use the standard template.With the Same Hand #9Two reasons someone acts like they came prepared A conference room—or when they're hiding somethingWith the Same Hand #10Same words. Different temperature.With the Same Hand #11I told myself that was enough Even knowing, deep down, that it wasn'tWith the Same Hand #12All morning—a look he never once showed meWith the Same Hand #13He's just busy. Wednesday meeting, that's all.Past lunch. The hallway went still.Coffee.With the Same Hand #16Yesterday, he didn't step back.With the Same Hand #17The machine hummed, filling the narrow space.With the Same Hand #18Your hair.With the Same Hand #19What do you mean? Right here.With the Same Hand #20His hand didn't stop.That point of contact — more distinct than I'd expected.With the Same Hand #22It should've ended. It didn't.With the Same Hand #23Beep—With the Same Hand #24Letting go after touching felt stranger than stopping before.With the Same Hand #25I'm out. Thank you. Yeah.With the Same Hand #26I didn't realize the door had opened until long after.With the Same Hand #27My neck went cold first. Before my mind could piece it together, my body already knew.Just a little past two in the afternoon.Look over the outline before Wednesday's meeting.With the Same Hand #30I'll fill in this part. That works.With the Same Hand #31What about item three? A face quietly composing itself.You may proceed directly with the Division Head on that matter.The person who had been just 'Director Kang' until yesterday had placed a formal honorific before the name.With the Same Hand #34What does that mean? It's more efficient to coordinate directly at the working level.With the Same Hand #35You personally set the schedule just yesterday. For coordination going forward, please handle it with the Division Head.With the Same Hand #36And you, Director? I'll be stepping back from this one.With the Same Hand #37Yesterday, 'I' was so certain. Today, 'I' was the complete opposite.With the Same Hand #38Why. Wouldn't it be more natural if the two of you handle it together?With the Same Hand #39Understood.With the Same Hand #40If it were anger, I could have at least fought back. But someone who steps back this smoothly... what am I supposed to do?At four in the afternoon, he left his seat.His absence felt different from usual.With the Same Hand #43After bringing it up, I didn't know what I'd been trying to do.With the Same Hand #44'Because I saw it myself' and 'directly with the division head' Neither felt like a lie — and that made it even harder to read.With the Same Hand #45'He must be busy,' 'it must be a meeting'— There were too many 'just becauses.'With the Same Hand #46Yesterday's was warm. That one has gone cold.That line he must have read most carefully — 'free with each other.'One tablet, left behind.With the Same Hand #49Now it's something I can handle directly with the director.With the Same Hand #50He was the one who said writing by hand helps you remember better.Just the two o'clock slot. Blacked out completely. Not a trace left to read.With the Same Hand #52If it hadn't been a meeting schedule…The hand that remembered half a pump erased this line.I didn't check whether his hand was trembling.With the Same Hand #55Saying I had documents to finish was just an excuse. And I knew it was an excuse.With the Same Hand #56A cursor that hadn't been there this morning was here now.The door opened a little before seven.You're still here.With the Same Hand #59What documents. …I'll be done soon.With the Same Hand #60It was the third time he'd stopped today.With the Same Hand #61I left it behind. Yes.With the Same Hand #62You saw it?With the Same Hand #63I couldn't tell what exactly he was asking if I'd seen. The tablet was missing, so I put it back on your desk.With the Same Hand #64I could see him reading that blank.With the Same Hand #65Don't worry about this. It just changed while I was sorting out the schedule.With the Same Hand #66The rhythm of someone always prepared — it slipped only there.With the Same Hand #67Director. What. What's gotten into you today?You pulled the data, and handed me the GM's file too. You said it was efficient.With the Same Hand #69You're not the type to work just for efficiency.With the Same Hand #70He stood like someone about to leave — and didn't.With the Same Hand #71Wednesday at two. I had written something else there. Not a meeting.With the Same Hand #72But I erased it. Why?With the Same Hand #73Not the way you look at just anyone — clearly different.With the Same Hand #74It makes more sense for the two of you to handle it, anyway.With the Same Hand #75The hand that touched you — the hand that remembered half a pump The hand that blacked out this lineWith the Same Hand #76Manager. Go home. It's late.With the Same Hand #77The acidity.With the Same Hand #78Ordered a less acidic one for tomorrow. New beans in the break room.With the Same Hand #79The hand that pushed me away and the hand that remembered — they were the same.I only believed they belonged to different people. They were the same hand all along.The force that pressed clean through the back of the paper — it kept snagging at me. If not because he hated pushing me away — then because he was afraid.With the Same Hand #82Even the sourness — I drank every last drop.With the Same Hand #83Just the two of us for a drink — without Director Woo-hyeon. I never agreed to that premise.This time — I didn't hesitate.