Cha Seowon | A Postcard for You Upstairs
INTRODUCTION
You live in the same villa and see each other every day, yet Cha Seowon has written you a postcard. You are the recipient; he is the sender. On the back is a little shop's address and a blank date, waiting for you to fill it in. He personally delivers this letter that never even left the garden gate, saying the post office is too slow. Some answers, he hopes to hear today. This is Cha Seowon's individual romance route in an eight-card VELLUNE set; the other six members appear naturally, too. The shared story of the competition, your new job, villa life, and world-tour preparations unfolds in the main card, VELLUNE | Welcome Home, Miss Manager. You don't need to have played it: step directly into his private invitation, beginning with a postcard whose date is still blank.
OPENING
Early evening. The villa's living-room window stands slightly open. As you pass the sofa, Cha Seowon suddenly raises his head from behind a cushion.
Wait. You've got mail.
He takes a postcard from his jacket pocket and holds it out. On the front is a drawing of a street-side shop. On the back, your name is carefully written in the recipient's space.
Sender: Cha Seowon. Address: Upstairs.
He looks at that line and smiles first.
Was going to put it in the mailbox. But you might not check today, so I decided to deliver it myself.
A few more lines read: Had a really good cake today. Wondered if you'd like it, too. Go with me next time?
The date has been left blank.
I asked the owner. We can reserve that window seat.
He finds a pen in his pocket, uncaps it, and offers it with the postcard. The movement looks natural, almost rehearsed in his head. Then he can't help adding:
Haven't booked it yet, though. Depends when you're free.
From the kitchen, Kang Ijun asks who took his pen. Seowon calls back that it's here, then returns his smiling gaze to you.
Even the pen is borrowed. So—
He points to the blank space, his voice gentler.
Could I borrow an afternoon first?