"This is... not just that level."
Jo Sung-hyun muttered unknowingly and slowly got up from the sofa.
Normally, Chae-yoon would have reacted even if Jo Sung-hyun made a small muttering sound, but the child didn't hear his voice because she was absorbed in her performance.
And Jo Sung-hyun, noticing the state of Chae-yoon, cautiously approached behind her.
Being careful not to disturb her.
Fortunately, Chae-yoon didn't care and continued to play.
As if a cool breeze was blowing, as if the whole world was preparing to sleep.
Chae-yoon's performance continues.
The movie OST, 'Do You Want to Play with the Fallen Leaves?' was the most similar to the original.
Maybe, to the point where you could feel that it matched perfectly.
It was only slightly different.
Just looking at the same thing from a slightly different perspective.
The song 'Do You Want to Play with the Fallen Leaves?' expressed exactly what it wanted to say and express.
Just, a little bit.
A little bit of longing and sadness.
And at the end.
Firmly.
Powerfully.
Cold yet warm at the same time.
That's what winter was like for Chae-yoon.
That's how Chae-yoon's performance ended.
Jo Sung-hyun, then, let out the breath he had been holding.
Spring.
Summer.
Autumn.
Winter.
The four seasons, the four seasons she saw.
The child expressed them with the piano.
Chae-yoon sat quietly on the piano chair, then suddenly turned her head.
She saw Jo Sung-hyun right in front of her, and Chae-yoon made a strange sound of surprise.
"Puhaha."
Jo Sung-hyun laughed at the child.
"Chae-yoon."
"Yes?"
"Why did you play like that?"
What the child was thinking, and why she never played the same way until now.
He could understand to some extent.
Because he was his daughter.
Maybe Chae-yoon had been trying to express different seasons and different times in different ways.
And just now, she added up all the performances he had tried, and played the four seasons.
But, he wanted to check.
If he was right.
"Only like the leaves... because the other kids are lonely...?"
Chae-yoon tilted her head and said.
Hearing that, Jo Sung-hyun smiled.
"You're pretty. My daughter."
But unlike the smile on the outside, he was restless inside.
It was different from the worries he had until now.
'Can I handle it?'
Jo Sung-hyun was not completely without talent in music.
If he had been, he wouldn't have been able to work as a composer in the first place, and he wouldn't have been able to make a song that topped the music charts with his own hands.
Objectively speaking, his musical talent was outstanding.
The problem was......
Chae-yoon's talent seemed to be much bigger than he thought.
Would he become a cat raising a tiger cub?
Jo Sung-hyun, suddenly thought that.
* * *
The first morning after quitting his job.
Jo Sung-hyun opened his eyes.
He didn't feel tired.
He didn't go to bed too late yesterday, and whether it was because of his mood or something, his body was light.
Chae-yoon was still asleep, and Jo Sung-hyun quietly looked down at her.
He gently patted her, and when Chae-yoon burrowed into his arms, she smiled and hugged him.
Chae-yoon rubbed her face against Jo Sung-hyun's chest for a while, then opened her eyes.
"Chae-yoon."
"Yes...."
A sleepy voice sounded softly.
Jo Sung-hyun kissed her forehead lightly and continued.
"Do you want to go to grandma's house?"
He had planned to visit his parents' house on the weekend.
He had to officially tell them that he quit his job.
He had casually said that he quit his job and was going to play with Chae-yoon, but he hadn't really told them.
He was going to the Han River with Youngjoon and his parents tomorrow, so it was best to go today.
"Grandma's house...?"
"Yeah."
"I...like it...."
Chae-yoon answered in a sleepy voice.
She still got up and headed to the bathroom.
Jo Sung-hyun chuckled and followed her.
At his parents' house, Jo Sung-hyun had a late breakfast with them.
After the meal.
He opened his mouth.
"I quit my job."
Lee Soo-hyun and Jo Jae-wook looked at each other for a moment.
A slight silence followed.
Jo Sung-hyun had shown his usual appearance, and Lee Soo-hyun and Jo Jae-wook, who knew their son best.
They believed that he had made a wise choice.
They didn't say anything about quitting.
Just.
"What are you going to do now? You quit your job. You must be free."
Lee Soo-hyun asked.
Jo Sung-hyun glanced at Chae-yoon, who was rolling on the living room floor, and opened his mouth.
"I'm going to study a bit."
If he wanted to keep up with Chae-yoon's talent, studying was essential.
"Chae-yoon likes music, so I thought I'd learn properly."
"Why. Are you going to teach her yourself?"
Jo Sung-hyun nodded his head and affirmed.
The moment when he couldn't keep up with Chae-yoon's talent would come.
'I won't be able to teach her like this then.'
He didn't know when that would be, whether it would be five years or tomorrow.
But he still wanted to teach her himself.
When the child grew up, he wanted her to remember, 'I was really happy then'.
To that young daughter, the joy of being with her father.
He wanted to make memories for her.
Because.
"Because I'm her dad."
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