<p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:15pt;">연인들을 옮긴 소묘</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:15pt;">(</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:15pt;">素描</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:15pt;">)</span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;text-align:right;font-size:12pt;"></p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">1.</span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그의 이름은 창희나 철수쯤으로 하고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그녀의 이름은 리나나 영희쯤으로 하자</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">뭐</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">현대소설에서 등장인물의 이름쯤이야 어떻게 되든 무슨 상관이겠는가</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">? </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">어차피 사건이 나열되고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그 사이사이에 하고자 하는 말만 잘 다듬어서 뿌려 넣으면 그만이지</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">2.</span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">지난 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">11</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">월의 마지막 주 금요일이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">창희처럼 보이는 철수는 대구시립교향악단의 정기연주회를 감상하기 위해 걸음을 서두르고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">아이돌 콘서트라면 목을 걸고 사수하는 여자 친구를 위해 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">3</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">개월 전에 미리 예약해둔 티켓이었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">티켓을 예매할 때만 해도 여자친구에게 새로운 음악세계를 선보여주겠다는 나름의 열의가 있었지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">일상에 떠밀려 살다보니 아침에 핸드폰 알람이 챙겨주기 전까지는 까맣게 잊고 있었던 게 사실이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">늦었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">리나는 영희보다 모던한 만큼 영희처럼 상대를 배려해주지 않는다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">누군가를 기다리며 시간을 죽일 만큼 타인에게 관대하지 않다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">어디까지나 자기중심적이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수는 창희보다 빠른 걸음으로 걸어보려 하고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">뛰어도 보려한다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">뒤뚱뒤뚱</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">노력은 가상하지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수는 철수다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">티켓을 수령할 만큼 넉넉한 시간에 도착하긴 했지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그게 리나와의 약속 시간은 아니었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">.</span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">창희보다 매력 없는 철수를 기다리기 위해 영희보다 스마트한 리나가 흘려보낸 건 핸드폰 배터리 잔량 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">30%</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">였지만</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">리나를 달래기 위해 졸아버린 철수의 애간장은 철수 생명의 잔량 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">3</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">할은 될 터였다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">한 바탕의 소란과 언급하기조차 애매한 신경전을 뒤로 하고 오케스트라 연주가 시작되었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">쇼스타코비치</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">교향곡 제</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">7</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">번</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, ‘</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">레닌그라드</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">’ 1</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">악장</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">현악기부터 차례대로 등장하며 음을 정렬하는 모습이 철수의 눈에 들어왔다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그저 악보와 지휘자의 손끝을 따라 저마다의 악기를 연주하고 있을 뿐인데</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">일제히 현을 세우는 모습이 아이돌들의 칼군무보다도 매력적이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">아</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">네게 이런 걸 보여주고 싶었어</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">어때</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">고막이 시원해지는 것 같지 않아</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">?</span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수는 선율이 그의 가슴팍을 더 조여오기 전에</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">급히 눈을 돌려 리나를 바라봤다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그녀의 눈썹은 미묘하게 어긋나 있었고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">손은 설 자리를 잡지 못해 애꿎은 핸드폰을 괴롭히고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">역시 이런 연주회는 영희가 더 어울리지 모른다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">리나도 철수의 시선을 정면으로 느끼면서 애써 외면한 것은 그 시선이 창희처럼 부드럽지도</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">은은하지도 않아서다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그래서 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">4</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">악장까지 쉬지 않고 이어지는 </span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">90</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">여분의 연주 동안 철수는 철수인 채로</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">리나는 리나인 채로 굳어 있을 수 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수는 현악기들이 내달리는 동안 오보에 연주자가 오보에를 정성스레 닦는 것을 보고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">리나도 뒤편의 타악기 연주자가 손에 깍지를 끼고 조심스레 작은 기지개를 펴는 모습을 지켜보고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수는 그런 오보에 연주자를 보며 감탄을 했다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">짧은 시간 동안 악기를 매만지고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그 와중에도 이어지는 일련의 흐름을 놓치지 않고 정확히 자신의 연주 타이밍에 나타나 완벽하게 연주해 내는 모습이 너무 멋져보였던 것이다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">반면</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">리나는 심벌즈가 와장창 깨지는 소리를 내도 졸음이 쏟아지는 걸 물리칠 수가 없었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">어차피 연주자조차 뒤편에서 몰래 기지개를 펼 정도로 지루한 합주가 아닌가</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">? </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">정말</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수는 조금도 섬세하지가 못하다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">전혀 취향이 아닌 연주회를 함께 오자고 하다니</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">.</span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">대구시향을 이끄는 열정의 마에스트로</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">줄리안 코바체프가 지휘봉을 내려놓자 우레와 같은 박수가 쏟아졌다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">때를 맞춰서 리나는 크게 기지개를 켰고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수는 벌떡 일어나 박수를 치려다 말고 리나를 돌아봤다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">한 동안 관객들의 박수는 이어졌고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">둘의 시선은 또 한 차례 애매하게 상대를 찔러봤다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">3.</span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;font-size:12pt;"> </p><p></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">그 시각</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">철수를 닮은 창희와 리나와는 달리 소심한 영희가 동성로에 위치한 펍</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">(Pub)</span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">에서 만나고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p> <p style="line-height:300%;text-indent:15pt;"><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">창희는 영희의 의중을 파악하고자 조심스레 영희의 손끝부터 미간까지 짚어가고 있었고</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">, </span><span style="font-family:'나눔고딕';font-size:12pt;">영희는 딱히 나서서 리드해주지 않는 창희가 불안해 테이블 밑으로 숨긴 손에서 땀을 훔치고 있었다</span><span lang="en-us" style="font-family:'나눔고딕';letter-spacing:0pt;font-size:12pt;">. </span></p>