It was my day off, but I said yes again.

On her day off, her partner asks if she wants to go grocery shopping together. Instead of saying she wants to rest, Sujin replies, “Okay.”

Sujin wanted to spend her day off alone, but she couldn’t bring herself to put off answering her partner’s request.

On a Saturday morning off, her partner asks Sujin to go grocery shopping together. Still on the sofa, she finally says yes. In the counseling room, Haeon sits with her and looks at the brief pause between the request and Sujin’s answer. She hadn’t said she wanted to rest yet.

When It’s Hard to Say No to a Request on Your Day Off

You don’t have to answer someone’s request and what you want all at once.

When someone asked you for something on your day off, what’s the first moment that comes to mind?

That moment when I said yes even though it was my day off stayed with me. The urge to answer the request and the wish to rest came together in an instant. If you’ve been through something similar, you can start by telling me what you swallowed back then.

Scenes

01 · Saturday’s Request A Morning Off — On Saturday morning, Minjae asks Sujin, who’s having a day off, to go grocery shopping with him. Minjae: Want to go grocery shopping together today? Sujin: Yeah, okay.
02 · Before the Words A Quick Answer — Sujin swallows the words “I want to rest” and tells Minjae she’ll go. Sujin: Yeah, okay.
03 · Words Left on the Screen Reminder — After Minjae asks her to go grocery shopping, a note appears on Sujin’s phone listing things they’ll need for living together.
04 · The Pause After the Answer The Words She Couldn’t Say — Sujin tells Haeon that she said okay to Minjae, but couldn’t say she wanted to rest. Sujin: I couldn’t say I wanted to rest. Haeon: After you said okay, what came to mind first?

It was my day off, but I said yes again.

Scenes

Stories by Haeon