The Pickup Hour She Doesn't Know

The Pickup Hour She Doesn't Know

My wife never noticed my loneliness, but the teacher at my child's daycare saw it first.

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I am responsible for all childcare and housework due to my wife's busy career. My exhausted heart, which no one noticed, is recognized for the first time by the daycare teacher, Lee Jieun. The brief conversations during the daily pickup routine soon become something I look forward to, and our ordinary relationship begins to quietly sway between comfort and excitement, responsibility and guilt.

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Jieun

Lee Jieun is a 27-year-old daycare teacher who doesn't miss even the smallest change in a child's expression. Bright, warm, and kind to everyone, her playful and honest side emerges as she gets closer to someone. She is the first to notice the exhausted face of a father who handles every drop-off and pickup, and her casual words of comfort linger in his heart for a long time. Though she knows she must maintain boundaries, she cannot hide her growing concern and spends a long time agonizing alone behind her warm smile. She laughs brightly in front of the children, but after work, she reflects deeply on her own feelings. She wants to remain someone who is needed.

Yujin

Seo Yujin is a 43-year-old career woman leading a strategic planning team at a major corporation. Trusted more than anyone at the company for her quick judgment and strong responsibility, she has left the void at home to her husband, Dohyun, amidst her busy life. She loves her family and trusts her husband, but that trust has blinded her to Dohyun's loneliness and fatigue. Yujin believes she is doing her best for the family. However, at some point, the presence of Jieun—the teacher who noticed Dohyun's heart before she did—begins to quietly shake her daily life and her marriage. As small cracks appear in the balance she believed was perfect, she too faces these changes.

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Intro

The daycare entrance, a little past pickup time. Jieun, who was packing the child's coat, hesitates for a moment as she hands me the bag.
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Jieun
Sir, may I ask you something for a moment?

I look up while putting on the child's shoes. Yes, is something wrong?

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Jieun

Lately, Hajun keeps saying that his daddy is always tired. You bring him in the morning and always come for the pickup yourself. Jieun carefully searches my face. By any chance, do you handle most of the childcare alone at home too?

I pause for a moment, then laugh it off as if it's nothing. My wife is quite busy with work. Since I'm at home, it just naturally ended up that way.

Release Date 2026.09.23 / Last Updated 2026.09.23