One of the best Korean drama in 2012
Glad that this drama is finally over, but on the other hand, I was also sad because he could not see a couple of Sung Si Won - Yoon Yoon Je.
Although this is not a recap results themselves, but I want to keep it in my blog so that I continue to remember.
Happy reading ....... ^ ^
March 2012, Seoul: We start with the last few
minutes of Episode 15: Papa and Mama Sung anxiously wait outside of the
delivery room, wondering why there’s no news. The nurse comes out and
asks for the baby’s father – the mommy in labor keeps asking for her
husband. Tae-woong runs into the corridor just then, out of breath, and
Papa + Mama Sung excitedly motion for him to hurry over. Paaaatiencee,
people, paaatience. Yoon-jae bursts in on the heels of his brother.
Aaand we go to a commercial break. Darn you, cable channels and your
commercial breaks.
Instead of the big reveal, we hop back in time to
September 2005: Yoon-jae is out having drinks and yummies with colleagues. We get a cameo from singer/musical actress
Bae Da-hae,
whom we learn was in the same (graduating) class as Yoon-jae. She had a
crush on him and tried to make a pass at him for four years, all to no
avail. (Funny reference: She says she even joined a choir club to be
close to him, which is a wink wink at her real-life rise to fame via the
choir mission for
Qualifications of a Man.) The senior
colleague marvels at how well she holds her liquor, and another (younger
senior) colleague says that’s why she doesn’t have a boyfriend. No guy
likes a woman who drinks so well/much, and he adds that he really
dislikes seeing his girlfriend get all tipsy (and implied: cute) in
front of other guys. Opinions are divided, so they ask Yoon-jae on his
take, and he says he doesn’t mind. “I like girls who can drink (well),”
he says, and he and Da-hae down a bowl of soju.
Cut to Shi-won draining a glass of beer with the writer and PD she
works with (we met them in Episode 15). The writer asks whether her
boyfriend doesn’t say anything about her drinking so much, and we learn
that Shi-won slept in the night-duty room at work yesterday after having
too much to drink. And who should be there to have overheard the
conversation but our one and only Yoon Yoon-jae! Everyone’s
shocked/flustered by his sudden appearance, and Shi-won asks how he knew
where she was. She apparently had told him about the outing and he’d
told her he would pick her up. Hahaha, was she not quite sober when
this conversation happened? The group exchanges small talk as Yoon-jae
pours a round, and Shi-won adorably holds up her glass. “What about
me?” she asks, when Yoon-jae doesn’t fill hers. He yanks her glass out
of her hands and tells her “You can stop drinking.” Ha! The PD tries
to smooth things over, telling Shi-won no guy likes his girlfriend
drinking a lot. “Isn’t that so?” he asks Yoon-jae. And Yoon-jae
answers, “It’s the thing I hate most in the whole world.” Hahahaa! “I
hate when my girlfriend gets tipsy/drunk in front of other guys.” Oh my
gawsh, you and your possessive streak. Absolutely adorbs. He
threatens bodily harm if she ever passes out and spends the night at
work (in the night-duty room) again. Hee!
They say their goodbyes, and the writer and PD head off together.
(Apparently, they’re a married couple.) Yoon-jae glares at Shi-won and
asks how much she drank before he arrived. She says she only had one,
and he tells her to blow out a breath – to do a manual breathalyzer?!
Hahahaa! She yells at him for preventing her from socializing, and he
angrily responds that he wouldn’t say anything if she came home at
night. Omo, are you saying: if she came home to
you?! She
protests and he lays out all her antics the last few weeks, from having a
young guy deliver her home passed out, to throwing up all over a
tambourine at a noraebang. She might as well meet up with the fan club
members and drink and cry all night again. Ha! She adorably tries to
weasel her way out by praising his excellent memory – she thought he
became a judge with Tae-woong’s backing, but it seems like he’s really
smart! Haha! She chucks him under the chin in her usual way and he
responds with his own trademark brush over her face. Her face darkens
and he threatens her, “If you ever come home again so drunk you have no
memories of what happened, I’m gonna – ”
He stops short at Shi-won’s glare. “You’re gonna what? Hmm?
What?!” she demands in her tough way. And heeee Yoon-jae totally
breaks. Ohmygawsh, how much do I love their dynamic?! “Kill me, just
kill me!” she yells, shoving her head into his chest. He meekly says,
“I, uh, I wouldn’t go so far as to kill you or anything. I’m just
saying that I would get very angry, that’s all.” Heee! Shi-won scoffs
and he adorably pleads, “Your boyfriend says he dislikes it so much –
can you please just not drink?” Hahaa I love that he uses the
jon-dae
(formal) speech in the last line. She asks him to pleeease stop with
the Seoul speak, and he immediately switches back to the Kyung-sang-do
accent. So. Whipped.
They arrive at Shi-won’s apartment, courtesy of a ‘chauffeur’
(someone to drive for them since they’ve both had a few drinks), and
Yoon-jae once again tries to follow Shi-won in. She tells him to flag a
taxi tonight and come back for his clunker tomorrow. He awkwardly
mumbles nonsense and she says, “What, you want a cup of coffee again?”
and he adorably nods yes. She just smiles and calls a taxi for him,
then turns to leave. He grabs her hand and pouts, “What, am I gonna
devour you or something? Gashina, why are you acting so differently?
It’s not like we’ve never lived together before.” She responds that
it’s not the same anymore, to which he gloats, “What, does this oppa
look like a man to you, now? Does your heart now pound whenever you see
me?” She gives him his comeuppance and he laments, “I was so close!”
Hahaaha. The taxi arrives and he reluctantly gets in and drives off…
Only to reverse right back to Shi-won’s apartment. Hahahaaa! So.
Funny. He stands in front of Shi-won’s door and thinks awhile before
typing in his birthday for the passcode. Beep beep it goes, and so he
tries Shi-won’s birthday. Beep beep again. He gets an idea, though
surely
it can’t be this, and takes out his phone to look up Tony An’s
birthday. Ha! He types it in… and the door unlocks! Yoon-jae can’t
believe his stroke of luck and gingerly opens the door, muttering to
himself, “Never thought I’d see the day when I benefited from Monkey
Face.” Hahaha ohmygawsh, this is just hilarious.
He walks in to a surprised Shi-won, and he smugly tells her to put on
the water for some coffee – nice and sweet Korean style. She tells him
to just drink whatever she gives him and he meekly responds, “Okay.”
Hee! “Did you gain weight?” he asks, and she angrily responds, “I did
not! You always ask if I gained weight whenever I tie up my hair. Are
your eyes really so bad?” Oh my goodness, is THAT why he asked her that
at the reunion?! Gee whiz, here we were, concocting all kinds of crazy
possibilities! You sly writer/director, you! Yoon-jae tells her that
her full cheeks just look more prominent when she ties up her hair, then
bashfully says he personally likes her cheeks. Ohmygawsh you guys are
just hilariously adorbs.
Yoon-jae finishes his coffee and wistfully looks at his empty cup,
then inches on over to use the bathroom. Hahaha, his stall tactics are
so transparently cute. He comes out of the bathroom, then whips off his
suit jacket and tries to sit down next to Shi-won on the bed. She’s
having none of it and pushes him, kicking and protesting, to the door.
“Fine, fine, okay I’ll leave!” he says. “Give me a kiss, then,
instead,” he adds. (Last time he asked for a
bbo-bbo aka peck. This time he asked for a kiss. ^^)
She scoffs, he tries to head back in, and so she grabs him and pushes
him up against the wall. Omo! She takes his face in her hands, then
leans up on her tiptoes to plant one on him. Eeeeeee! Granted, it’s
more
bbo-bbo than kiss. But still. Cuuute! Yoon-jae’s face
breaks into a huge grin, but then he immediately straightens and throws
his jacket on the ground and demands, “Gashina, are you kidding around
right now?” He steps toward her and she backs up… until she’s against
the counter and has nowhere to go. He leans in, she bends over
backwards blinking up at him… And then he softly kisses her, coaxing a
response from her. Eeeeee!
March 2012, Seoul: Back to the hospital corridor,
and this time the brothers both race towards the nurse and Mama + Papa
Sung. Yoon-jae: “I… *pant* I’m… *pant* I’m the husband.”
AAAAAAAAAACCCCCCCKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! Vindicaaaaatiooooon!!!!!! *fist
pump* YES YES YES YES YEEEESSSS!!!!! *fist pump pump pump pump!!!*
Yoon-jae follows the nurse into the delivery room as Tae-woong and Papa +
Mama Sung reassure him. Papa Sung turns to Tae-woong and ask how they
got there so quickly despite the distance, and Mama Sung giggles that
Yoon-jae and Shi-won are still like newlyweds because they’re a “weekend
couple”. Oooooh, that’s news! The term “weekend couple” is used for
couples who live apart during the week (usually because of work) and are
only able to see each other/live together during the weekends. It’s
not necessarily the norm, but it isn’t totally unheard of either.
People don’t always get to choose where they’re offered a job, so if
you’re on opposite ends of the peninsula, you don’t have much choice.
Plus traffic is absitively posolutely horrible in Korea, so a
not-so-long distance might take hours to travel.
Papa Sung tells Tae-woong to go back to work since he’s a busy man
(Mr. President, eh?), and Tae-woong asks that they call him as soon as
the baby is born. He’s the Uncle (Keun Abba aka dad’s older brother)
and would like to name the child. The parents are surprised he’s
already picked out a name, and he proudly says he’s chosen “Seung-ho,
Yoon Seung-ho.” Hahahahaa that’s Tony An’s real name, even down to the
Chinese characters used. Hee! Tae-woong takes his leave and Papa Sung
suggests to his wife that they head out as well. Mama Sung says she’s
“worried about my child,” and Papa Sung says Shi-won will be just fine.
“No, not Shi-won. I’m talking about Yoon-jae! The gashina is gonna
pull out all of Yoon-jae’s hair. I feel so bad for our Yoon-jae.”
Hahahaa! Papa Sung just says it’s Yoon-jae’s fault for having married a
thug. Hahahaahaa!!
Yoon-jae is inside the delivery room, sniffling and crying and
holding onto Shi-won’s hands. He’s ready to expire, and Shi-won grabs
onto his hair, screaming all kinds of obscenities at him and wailing
that this is all his fault. Ohmygawsh, this scene just cracks me up.
We cut to a dreamy-faced Shi-won at the reunion. (Lots of jumping
around this episode.)
Reunion in 2012, Seoul: Sung-jae (yay!) asks when
the due date is, and Yoon-jae says it’s sometime in March. Sung-jae
smirks that Shi-won is preggers again when the weekend couple claimed to
not even have time to see each other’s faces. Judge Yoon sure must
have been busy, he adds. Heh heh heh. Tae-woong worries that Shi-won’s
alone – what if she goes into labor? She says not to worry, that
Yoon-jae is of no help. Hak-chan agrees that Yoon-jae doesn’t need to
be near Shi-won. With her temper, she’ll just scream profanities at him
and pull all his hair. Ha! Joon-hee laughs and says Yoon-jae isn’t
stupid enough to go into the delivery room, all to which Shi-won says
she’s not like that at all. She’s not a thug, ya know. She turns to
Yoon-jae and saccharinely assures him, “Jagi-ya, don’t worry. I won’t
touch a strand of your hair.” Hahaa. He doesn’t believe her, and a
laughing Yoo-jung asks how long it took for Shi-won to get pregnant this
time. Shi-won angrily responds that Yoon-jae ruins her life – she just
enrolled in grad school, but now this happened. The friends all
chuckle as our cuties get into their usual spat, and Sung-jae asks how
in the world they dated. I mean they’re always arguing and hitting each
other and whatnot. Plus they grew up together, seeing and sharing with
each other everything – seriously, everything. How could they date and
get married? Shi-won indignantly says they were like any other
couple. I love Yoon-jae’s expression. She continues that they had a
sweet romance just like everyone else. Yoon-jae’s response: “You’ve
gotta be kidding me.” Ha!
2005, Fall: Shi-won and Yoon-jae share kisses in
front of her door, reluctant to part. Yoon-jae’s triumphant fist pump
just cracks me up. He texts Shi-won that night after a shower:
“Jagi-ya, what are you doing?” She texts back, “Pooping!”
Hahahahahaaa. Tossing and turning in bed, he texts her, “Are you unable
to sleep, too?” Shi-won: “Zzzz…” A disappointed Yoon-jae quickly
turns all smiles as he texts back: “Truthfully, you’re thinking of me
right now, aren’t you?” Shi-won: “Crazy bastard.” Hahahaahaa.
It’s a beautiful day and Yoon-jae sits on Shi-won’s bed, reading a
book. He tells her to hurry on out or she’ll be late. She comes down
in a colorful sleeveless top, primping and posing for him. “Jagi-ya,
whaddya think?” she asks. He nervously swallows then coolly says, “Are
you trying to scare somebody? Look at the girl’s huge frame.” Oh
Yoon-jae, you possessive cutie.
Shi-won is on the computer, talking to someone about a 50,000 won
(~$50 USD) abalone porridge for Oppa and steaks for the rest of the
staff. Yoon-jae glares at her then guzzles his beer for good measure.
“Wow. If you did for me just half of what you do for Tony, I would
carry you around. Love me half as much as you love Tony! What do I
lack compared to Tony?!” Shi-won responds that her love for Tony is an
agape love, a platonic love. How can he try to compare himself to
Tony? Hahahaa I love it. He demands, then, if his love is nothing, if
it’s so worthless.
Shi-won: “Didn’t you know you’re a lowlife? All you ever think about is
that.”
Yoon-jae: “Hey, what, what, am I the only one who liked it?”
Shi-won: “You’re the only one who liked it and was going crazy.”
Yoon-jae: “Going crazy?! What was in your head, then?”
Shi-won: “Tony Oppa!” Hahahaa oh my gaaawwsh, Shi-won, I can’t believe you just said that. A man’s ego can only take so much.
Yoon-jae gets all riled up and snarks on Tony’s failed solo
endeavors, which is just him asking for a beating. Seriously, you
should know better. He narrates: “Just because you cage up a wild lion
in the zoo doesn’t mean it’ll give up live prey overnight and start
eating carrots. No matter how much the surroundings change, a lion is a
lion and a rabbit is a rabbit. Just so, Sung Shi-won is Sung Shi-won
and Yoon Yoon-jae is Yoon Yoon-jae. In our own way, we met, dated, and
loved. And…”
Shi-won enters Yoon-jae’s apartment (apparently for the first time)
and marvels that he’s pretty clean. Love how bashful he is but tries to
play it cool. She plops down on a sofa without any artifice and tells
him to cook ramyun for her. He offers
mandoo that Mother (Mama
Sung) sent, and Shi-won says that sounds good. Cut to Yoon-jae picking
out the filling of the mandoo, and sure enough, he hands the outside to
Shi-won. Some things never change. “What do you think?” he asks
Shi-won. “What do you think of this place for our newlyweds’ home?
It’s too hard to clean if a home’s too big. And with my salary, even
this place is stretching it. What do you think? This is pretty okay,
huh?”
Shi-won just stares at him, and he says, “What? Do you not like
it?” The silence stretches out. “You… You’re not by any chance…
Surely, you’re not thinking of
not marrying me, right?”
*cricket cricket* Yoon-jae: “I mean, it’s something that’s for certain,
but you just might have something else in mind… so… I’m uh just asking
out of concern for you.” Oh, you poor baby, I know you’re panicking
right now, but I just can’t help laughing.
Shi-won: “Are you… is this… a proposal?” Yoon-jae: “Nooo, of course
we’re getting married so why would I propose? What, were you planning
on marrying someone else? After making me like this?” Heee! “Why, was
there some kind of proposal you wanted? Like borrowing a nice
restaurant and hiring a string trio and having a huge cake and –”
Shi-won cuts him off: “Don’t do it. I’m gonna kill you if you do some
kind of event like that. The day that balloons pop out of a car trunk
and a banner waves in front of the broadcasting station saying,
“Shiwon-ah, I love you!” – that day, you’re gonna die and I’m gonna die
of embarrassment. So don’t do
anything. Anything at all. Got it?” So fitting for her character but hilarious all the same.
Yoon-jae just mutely nods in acceptance then turns to her and
excitedly asks, “You’re marrying me, then, right?” Shi-won (coyly)
doesn’t respond. Yoon-jae: “Answer before I count to three. Or else
I’m gonna kiss you on the cheek ten more times.” Eeee! He leans in.
“One… two… three–” gets
this close to her lips before she
hurriedly (and flippantly) tosses out, “Fine. Okay. I said okay.”
Awww, Yoon-jae’s face just lights up. Shi-won’s still not meeting his
eyes, and so he says, “Look at me and tell me.” Shi-won yells at him,
“Okay, okay, I said okay! Are you deaf or something, how many times do I
have to say it…” Awww, they’re SO CUTE. Yoon-jae tries to put his
arms around her and she pulls away, asking what he’s doing when she
already answered. “I know,” he says, “This is just what lovers do.”
And he sweetly kisses her to seal the deal.
Yoon-jae’s doing the dishes and Shi-won looks around the apartment.
Why do I get the feeling that Yoon-jae will always be doing the dishes?
Heh heh. She sees a framed picture of Yoon-jae and Joon-hee, and we
learn that it’s been about 2 months since Joon-hee moved out. Shi-won
tentatively asks if Joon-hee didn’t say anything before moving out, and
Yoon-jae hesitates before answering in the negative.
July 2005: Joon-hee and Yoon-jae are packing things
and talking about the epic finale of Episode 15. Yoon-jae marvels at
Tae-woong’s actions and says that’s why a hyung is a hyung and a
dong-saeng (younger sibling) a dong-saeng. He can never best his
brother. Joon-hee, though, says what impressed him more was that
Tae-woong was so honest with Yoon-jae.
If I were Hyung-nim, I would have made up some excuse and
secretly given up. But Teacher is honest. ‘I like Shi-won, too.
Let’s have a fair face-off. And if I get rejected, then you guys can
ridicule me for the rest of my life.’ What you debated for 7-8 years he
put out in the open immediately. If your hyung hadn’t been so honest
that day, you two would have been uncomfortable with one another for the
rest of your lives. Hyung-nim probably disliked that possibility the
most. Rather than having a secret you can’t tell, it’s better to make
fun of it while celebrating the holidays.
Yoon-jae shows surprise that Joon-hee knows Tae-woong’s heart better
than his own brother does, and suggests Joon-hee become a psychiatrist.
He can look into people’s hearts and treat their pains. Joon-hee just
replies that he can read others’ hearts but has trouble with his own.
“Let me figure out my heart first,” he says. And with that laden
statement, he gets up to finish packing. The mover tells him to do a
final check – people always forget things.
Yoon-jae, who hasn’t left yet for work, sees Joon-hee silently
bidding goodbye to the place of cherished memories. “Who cares if you
leave behind some stuff? I’ll bring it to you later.” So much tension
fills the room as Joon-hee says goodbye. He turns to leave… and
Yoon-jae calls out, stopping him. Coming up behind Joon-hee, Yoon-jae
puts his arms around his best friend in apology, consolation, and
ultimately thankfulness for being a cherished part of his life all these
years.
2005 Fall: Tae-woong and Shi-won are having ice
cream in Tae-woong’s office, and he pout-ingly asks what he could
possibly lack compared to Yoon-jae. He’s taller, he’s better looking,
and he has much more money. Shi-won says there’s just no spark between
her and Tae-woong. With Yoon-jae, though, yeaaah. Before, she didn’t
feel a thing even when their lips met, but now, just seeing his face…
That smile says it all. Girl, you got it bad. Tae-woong and Shi-won
laugh together, which is the scene Yoon-jae comes upon when he walks
into Tae-woong’s office. “What is this? What did you two do together?”
he demands. Hahahaa. Tae-woong says he was listening to Shi-won tell
him about how much she likes Yoon-jae – and Yoon-jae’s face predictably
lights up like a Christmas tree. “Is that so? Gashina, why don’t you
tell me directly? Were you suffering by yourself? Why, were you
embarrassed?” Heee, they’re so cute with each other. And seriously,
why does he always eat her stuff?! It’s ridiculously shmexily adorbs
and I can’t believe I feel that way. Stop that!
Yoon-jae suggests the three go out to eat but Tae-woong says he has a
prior engagement. For reals. His TA’s have been planning to go to a
concert, and today’s the day. Tae-woong can’t understand why these
usually perfectly normal women go crazy about their idols. Shi-won
gives him a good piece of her mind about how wonderful bbasoonies
(fan/atics) are. Hahahaa. Tae-woong makes his escape and the cuties
head out to eat Chinese food. They belatedly wonder whose bbasoonies
the TAs are…
The answer: DBSK aka TVXQ aka Dong Bang Shin Ki aka the for seriously
seriousest hands down biggest boy band of the mid- to late-2000s. Not
gonna get into fan club wars here so let’s keep things nice and happy,
yes? The four girls sing along to “Hug” with, of course, all the fan
chants, and Tae-woong just cringes. Golly gee, I can’t believe I
remember the title of the song. And I wasn’t even much of a Kpop
person. Anyhoo, they arrive at the concert stadium and ask Tae-woong to
deliver a ticket to the Vice President of Kyung-ki-do’s chapter of
Cassiopeia (the name of DBSK’s fan club). Why do I have a funny feeling
about this… hehehe. Tae-woong’s so reluctant to be there it’s
hilarious.
He sits in a McDonald’s(?) waiting for this Vice President lady and
Kim Jong-kook’s “Lovable” plays. Love it love it love it! He gets a
call from the lady in question… and she finds his raised hand in the
crowded restaurant. She sits down in front of him and they finally see
each other’s faces… Aaahahaha I knew it! It’s none other than Dr. Lee
Joo-yeon, and both are shocked. Once explanations get out of the way,
Tae-woong remarks that his “in-yeon” (fate/relationship/ties) with
bbasoonies must be very deep. Heee! Joo-yeon explains that she was
originally a Shinhwa Changjo (yeeeee!) but has hopped on over to DBSK,
and they laugh and joke together, sharing an adorable first date. I’m
so happy for Tae-woong!
Yoon-jae and Shi-won are at their usual Chinese restaurant, and
Shi-won’s orders quickly dispel any notion that things might have
changed. Hahahaa. She pours on the aegyo, asking her “Jagiya” if she
can’t have just one drink. Nope, he growls. “Jagiya, just one drink,
just one~”
2012 Reunion: Shi-won begs her Jagiya if she can’t
have just one drink. (It’s the scene we saw in Episode 6.) Tae-woong,
Yoon-jae, and Joon-hee all say no, telling her to think of the child and
just stick with the juice. But this time, we get the full clip:
Yoon-jae tells Shi-won, “Manura (kinda like ‘wifey’), think of our
baby.” Eeee!
Some unspecified time past 2005 Fall? Tae-woong
introduces Joo-yeon to Yoon-jae, and they warmly greet each other.
Tae-woong then turns to Shi-won and says, “And this, is my loved…”
Back to 2012 Reunion: The clip from Episode 8.
Tae-woong introduces his campaign aide to Yoon-jae. He then turns to
Shi-won and says, “This is the wife of the dongsaeng that I love.”
Awwwwww. (Some of you might be confused about the awkward wording, but
sentence structure is flipped when going from English to Korean or vice
versa. So the liiiteral translation that makes no grammar sense is:
This is that I love dongsaeng’s wife. So in Episode 8 and in the
immediately preceding scene with Joo-yeon, we got all of the sentence
except the object, or receiver of the verb: “This is that I love”. Now
we finally know that the receiver is “dongsaeng’s wife.”)
Back back back to Unspecificed Time Past 2005 Fall:
Shi-won brings over drinks for the group: two iced Americanos and two
iced caramel mochas, I presume. Yoon-jae, wearing a gold ring, reaches
out to take an iced caramel mocha. He asks Tae-woong whether he and
Joo-yeon have already set a wedding date…
Back to 2012 Reunion: The clip at the end of Episode
11 where someone’s ring-wearing hand grabs an iced caramel mocha with
lots of whip cream. The drink is brought in front of the
no-longer-mystery man, who’s wearing a watch. He leans down to swallow a
mouthful of whip cream… and it’s Yoon-jae! In response to Joon-hee and
Sung-jae’s remark about Shi-won wearing the couple ring instead of the
wedding ring, Yoon-jae says, “Do you think I wear it ’cause I want to?
Shi-won lost her wedding ring. Within a month of the wedding.”
HAAHAHAA oh my gollies, this is just too precious. “No one understands
how I feel,” he sighs and swallows another ginormous mouthful of whip
cream for good measure.
Unspecified Time Past 2005 Fall: Joo-yeon apologizes
for pushing back Yoon-jae and Shi-won’s wedding. Traditionally,
siblings get married in order of age, so it’s expected that Yoon-jae
would wait for Tae-woong to get married first. Joo-yeon and Tae-woong
say they really don’t care if Yoon-jae marries first, but he says it’s
right for his hyung to marry first. He and Shi-won have only recently
started dating, so he’s all for a seeeerious courtship before getting
married. They’ll marry soon anyway, so there’s no need for Tae-woong +
Joo-yeon to worry or feel sorry. Shi-won chimes in that there’s no need
to worry. And plus, who knows, she and Yoon-jae might break up.
LOLOL Everyone but Yoon-jae laughs at the joke, and Shi-won says that
though she’s joking, you just never know. She’s feeling cheated anyway
about getting married so young. Heh heh heh. Joo-yeon worries, though,
that a later marriage will mean having children later, too. Yoon-jae
and Shi-won are taken aback by the words “children” and Shi-won assures
her they’re not thinking of having kids for some time. Yoon-jae,
though, doesn’t seem to be in agreement…
The next morning: Shi-won comes out of the bathroom
and lets out a huge sigh then proceeds to slap awake Yoon-jae, who’s
sleeping sans shirt in her bed. “How can you sleep right now, huh? How
can you sleep?! Didn’t I tell you to be careful?! I told you to be
careful!” she screams, waving a plastic stick in his face. Omo is that
what I think it is?!?! He’s still half-asleep and clueless, and so
Shi-won lets him have it. She lights into him with her stuffed animal,
screaming at him for not being careful, for doing it all on purpose.
And yeppity yep yep yep HAHAHAHAHAAA the magic two bars have appeared on
the pregnancy test. OH MY GOLLIES HAHAAHAHAAA!
2012, Seoul Reunion: A young girl walks into the
bar/restaurant and calls out to her mom. Shi-won turns around and
demands to know how the little one came here. Eeee! Everyone dotes on
the adorable girl, but she wants to know where her daddy is. Yoon-jae
returns to the table (from the restroom?) and is delighted to see his
little girl. AAAAWWWWWW he’s SO. CUTE. with his daughter. Turns out
she came with her grandparents, and just then Papa + Mama Sung make
their entrance, hands laden with food. It’s a wonderfully happy reunion
for everyone, and my heart just tickles. Papa Sung asks why
Tae-woong’s here when the election is right around the corner, and
Tae-woong says he wanted to see Yoon-jae. He also wanted to hand over
the car. Eh? Turns out Shi-won drives Tae-woong’s car, so he wanted to
give it back to her today (prolly ‘borrowed’ his own car for the day).
Well that explains the whole sweater-in-the-car trickery!
Mama Sung says bedtime doesn’t mean jack because her granddaughter is
glued to the TV – she’s going to become Mrs. Hong (Hong-ki of F.T.
Island?) when she grows up. LOLOL Apple doesn’t fall too far from the
tree. Papa Sung goes on a rant, and can I just say I LOVE Sung
Dong-il? Seriously, the man is amazing, and you can totes see
everyone’s just cracking up for reals listening to all his ad libs. He
says Yoon-jae’s either a Buddha or missing a few marbles for marrying
his thug bbasoonie of a daughter. HAHAHAA. Joon-hee tells Mama Sung he
hasn’t married yet and she tells him to marry someone kind and sweet.
Aww. Sung-jae has left the public works office and is selling insurance
but hasn’t gotten a promotion. Ha! I’m surprised such a talkative guy
like him hasn’t sold millions of plans yet.
Everyone cracks up as Papa Sung gives him a dressing down, and then
we move on to Hak-chan and Yoo-jung. Mama + Papa Sung are surprised and
happy to hear of their imminent wedding, and Papa Sung asks, “You guys
aren’t getting married because of an
accident or anything,
right?” HAHAAHAHAA. He says he was just curious to know if Hak-chan +
Yoo-jung were like Yoon-jae + Shi-won aka living together and finding
themselves with an ‘accident’ before marriage. LOLOL. Yoon-jae and
Shi-won cover their daughter’s ears and Yoon-jae says it’s all a
misunderstanding. They really were planning to get married that day.
Mama Sung let him know she ain’t no dummy: Yoon-jae and Shi-won used
Tae-woong’s wedding reservations – the whole shebang. The wedding hall,
his tux, his honeymoon, even the credit card. HAHAHAHAA OH MY GAWSH
this is just… This is just too much!
Before they leave, Papa Sung tells the kids to make lots of memories
while they can. So true! He asks Tae-woong if his wife has come back
yet from Japan, and Tae-woong’s face comically falls. He awkwardly says
some things got delayed but his wife’s returning on the morrow. Mama
Sung berates Papa Sung for sticking his nose into the lady doctor’s
important business, and they head home for the night. Why do I feel
like this trip to Japan has nothing to do with medicine? ^^
The night comes to an end and everyone heads home. Sung-jae says the
rain falling around them is so fitting with his mood. Yoo-jung shows
Hak-chan cool places they can go on their honeymoon and they exclaim
over the deals. Shi-won fixes Yoon-jae’s tie, reminding him to take his
herbal medicine/supplement. They’re so affectionate with one another,
and Yoon-jae says Shi-won’s become such a sweetie – which sets off
Sung-jae. Ha! He demands that the two couples be apologetic to him for
being so sickeningly cozy after all the fights, tears, and breakups
they went through. “Wow, they always said that first loves never come
true, but you guys are incredible. Incredible, I tell you.” Yoo-jung
invites him on their honeymoon, and the poor single Sung-jae leaves in a
huff. Aww. Yoon-jae notes that if Yoo-jung and Hak-chan get married,
then all of their first loves really did come true. Yoo-jung says it’s
not the case for her then belatedly realizes her mistake. Hak-chan
mockingly storms off and Yoo-jung chases after him, saying, “First love
isn’t important. What’s important is the person beside you right now.”
Awww.
Yoon-jae narrates:
First love. The reason first loves are beautiful to each
person is not because the first love itself was beautiful. It’s
probably because in that time of first love, there was an innocent
youth, a naïve me, and you who were immeasurably passionate. And
because you already know that you can never again go back to that
youthful, innocent, passionate time. [Yoon-jae says he’s happy because
he’s with Shi-won.]
First loves are reckless. We innocently and passionately throw
ourselves into it without shrewd calculation, and we ultimately fail.
But that’s why it is so dramatic. The reckless stories entangled with
heat and feelings we can never have again… That’s why first love is the
most dramatic drama of my life.
That’s why it’s okay if I fail. [Tae-woong and Joon-hee make their
way up the stairs to Yoon-jae and Shi-won.] Sad endings resonate longer
than happy ones. And thus it’s wonderful to leave behind at least one
sad drama of a failed first love in my life.
[Shi-won offers to drop Joon-hee off at the hospital but he says
someone’s coming to get him. She smiles in understanding and Yoon-jae,
too, smiles at him.]
First love is a period in life. Once it flows away, that is all.
Now in this new period we are facing, we must give a chance for a new
love. It might not have the same temperature or innocence as a first
love. But we must wait for an adult love that has grown and matured
because of the scars of a first love. [Someone drives up in a red car
and Joon-hee steps in.] Only he who waits can dream of love.
[We see a montage of Tae-woong + Joo-yeon moments: When she sat down
at McDonald’s to receive the concert ticket. When she laid down on the
couch in Tae-woong’s hospital room and saw him staring back at her. And
all the way back to the ’90s when she bumped into him at the music
store. It was the day Tae-woong revealed himself as Yoon-jae’s brother
to the crew. He bought toilet paper then stopped by the music store to
buy H.O.T. CD’s. A woman bumped into him, and now we see it was
Joo-yeon, who was buying Shinhwa’s latest album. Awwwww.]
And only he who waits can recognize the love that has returned to him like fate.
Shi-won, Yoon-jae, and Tae-woong are driving home and Yoon-jae asks
what seminar has Hyung-soo-nim so busy even on the weekend. Tae-woong
drolly responds that it’s not a seminar, which is why the event’s being
held on the weekend. She went to Japan to see DBSK’s concert. LOLOL I
knew it! Tae-woong bitterly says he got a text from her yesterday
saying she became the President of the entire DBSK fan club.
Hahaahaha! Shi-won yells “Daaaebaak” and laments that she was only the
President of the Busan Chapter of a fan club. Yoon-jae is shocked for
an entirely different reason and worries that people will recognize
Joo-yeon. I love Tae-woong’s defeated answer: “Who could have imagined
that the Presidential candidate’s wife was there?” Haahahahaa!
Yoon-jae consolingly offers to take him out for drinks tomorrow.
Shi-won mutters that she should’ve been raised in Seoul – then she
could’ve become a financial accountant for SM Entertainment. LOL
Yoon-jae tells her to stop dreaming – she can’t even multiply well.
They get into their usual bickering banter, and as Tae-woong gets
dropped off, he tells them to stop fighting so much. Yoon-jae and
Shi-won’s response? “We didn’t fight. This is how we normally talk.
If we get into a real fight, you’d have to call the police.” Ha.
Shi-won and Yoon-jae head home, and Yoon-jae narrates that once the
romance wears off, things just become part of the daily routine. And
that’s why it appears that first loves do not come true – because no one
talks about first loves that did come true. Awww, what a cute way to
spin the saying into something quite believable and incredibly warm.
Yoon-jae asks Shi-won whom she’d rescue if he and Tony fell into the
water. Hee! She remembers him asking the question before, and he says
things have changed a lot since he last asked. She thinks about it for a
moment then chooses Yoon-jae. He resignedly asks if it’s because Tony
knows how to swim, to which she says says, “Nooo~. Just you.” His
whole face lights up and he asks her if she’s serious. His chest puffs
out in pride as he exclaims he’s finally beaten Tony, laughing with
joy. Shi-won then adds, “I’ll rescue you first then follow Tony Oppa
(to death).” Hahaahahaaaa! She laughingly tells an upset Yoon-jae that
she was just joking. She has no one but her hubby and tells him she
loves him.
Yoon-jae, though, calls her bullshit and rants that the mother of a
child, pregnant with her second, went to Tony’s restaurant and spent
300,000 won (~$300 USD). Haahahaa. She yells at him not to butt into
her privacy and corrects him: it was not Tony’s restaurant, it was
Tony’s mom’s. And yes, she cleaned and did all the dishes, too.
Hahahaa. Yoon-jae flips his lid and they exchange insults at the tops
of their lungs, weaving crazily across the streets towards home.
Yoon-jae narrates
It’s okay to be successful in your first love. I might
not have a heart-wrenching sad love story, but I have a familiarity more
comfortable than any sweater in this world. And when that familiarity
starts to become boring, I have a heart-fluttering romance I can take
out and experience again.
From sniffling childhood friends, to first loves, to lovers, and now
to meet as a wife and husband: we passed through the same period
together, we shared the same memories, and we are growing old together
now. A familiar fluttering… I like it.
October 1997, Busan: The crew poses in front of a
camera, and Yoon-jae apologizes to Shi-won for committing an
unforgivable crime. She accuses him of doing it on purpose and Joon-hee
tries to smooth things over. Shi-won rants that it’s an autograph as
precious as her life – she got her hair hacked off by her dad and she
lived like a bum on the streets for three whole days. Yoo-jung
explains: Yoon-jae was eating at Shi-won’s place and spilled a bowl of
soy sauce. He wiped it up with none other than the t-shirt Tony signed
for Shi-won. LOLOL.
Sung-jae exclaims over his Tamagotchi and an annoyed Hak-chan tells them to hurry up so they can take the picture and go see
No. 3
(a 1997 film starring Han Seok-kyu). Sung-jae complains that they’re
taking a stupid picture to make ‘memories’ at a lame picnic like this,
and Yoo-jung says she would’ve taken lots of pictures if she’d known
she’d age so quickly. They finally set the timer and everyone leans in
for the picture… Shi-won asks Yoon-jae if he’s repentant, if he’s
really sorry, to which he nods yes and promises never to do it again.
Open palm and out jump froggie! Hahahaa Yoon-jae freaks out and the
camera snaps with everyone in disarray, and we hear Yoon-jae yelling,
“My arm, my arm! I think I broke my arm!”
He finally narrates: “That time that I long for because it was full
of passion and innocence… Can you hear me? If you can hear me,
answer. Answer, my 1990s.”
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