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Title: 넌 내게 반했어 / Neon Naege Banhaesseo
English title: Heartstrings
Previously known as: 페스티벌 / Festival
Genre: Romance, music
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2011-Jun-29 to 2011-Aug-18
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Synopsis
Lee Shin is a university student majoring in modern music. He is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band “The Stupid.” Shin is known for his good looks and strong passion for music, but in reality he is cold, lacks interest in anything unrelated to music and has neither dreams nor plans for the future. He initially likes Jung Yoon Soo, a dance professor at university, but this all changes when he meets Lee Kyu Won.
Lee Kyu Won is a bright and outgoing student who was born into a prestigious family and is majoring in traditional Korean instruments, especially the gayageum. Kyu Won’s grandfather, Lee Dong Gun, is one of the top 3 traditional musicians of his age and his biggest wish is to see his granddaughter become a traditional music prodigy. Trying to live up to her grandfather’s expectations, Kyu Won immerses herself in training and becomes a university student who knows nothing outside of her studies. As her friends are fans of “The Stupid”, she was forced to go to the band’s concert with them. There she saw Lee Shin performing live, and is immediately captivated by him.
Cast
Jung Yong Hwa as Lee Shin
Park Shin Hye as Lee Kyu Won
Song Chang Ui as Kim Suk Hyun
So Yi Hyun as Jung Yoon Soo
Woo Ri as Han Hee Joo
Kang Min Hyuk as Yeo Joon Hee
Lee Hyun Jin as Hyun Ki Young
Im Se Mi as Cha Bo Woon
Extended Cast
Lee Jung Hun (이정헌) as Im Tae Joon
Jung Kyung Ho as Goo Jung Eun
Jang Seo Won as Yoon Soo Myung
Shin Goo as Lee Dong Jin
Sun Woo Jae Duk as Lee Sun Ki
Lee Il Hwa as Song Ji Young
Moon Ga Young as Lee Jung Hyun
Kim Sun Kyung
Im Ji Sun (임지선)
Production Credits
Production Company: JS PICTURES
Chief Producer: Choi Hong Mi (최홍미)
Producer: Lee Jin Suk, Kim Yang
Director: Pyo Min Soo
Screenwriter: Lee Myung Sook
Heartstrings/You've Fallen for Me Episode 8 synopsis/summary/recap
Once Kyu-won is inside the car, Shin urges Seok-hyun to leave for his date; he’ll stay in front of the house and make sure no yelling occurs inside Kyu-won’s house. With a reminder to not be late for practice, Seok-hyun heads over to meet Yoon-su.
Kyu-won apologizes to her grandfather through the screen, and lets him know that she failed the audition. She wants to continue with the musical, but will also practice her gayageum even more earnestly than before. Grandpa suddenly opens his door; he wants Seok-hyun’s number – now! “Why?” she asks. “You don’t need to know!” and Grandpa slams his door closed.
By the time Seok-hyun arrives, Yoon-su is tired and wants to go home. As he drives her home, he honestly tells her that he drove Kyu-won home because he was worried she might get chewed out by her unrelenting grandfather. They then discuss Hee-joo’s performance; Seok-hyun admits that while Hee-joo was good, she has no heart. She’s just a “well-trained doll,” but no raw talent. Yoon-su on the other hand likes that Hee-joo works really hard. She actually takes offense at Seok-hyun’s analysis because those “dolls with no talent” actually train over and over again, go through eating disorders, and don’t care about their feet getting deformed.
Hee-joo knows in her heart that Kyu-won’s performance was much better, more moving, and most importantly, she had friends to support her. Because her mother had talked to the judges beforehand, Hee-joo had managed to get the part. She hates that everything is so easy for Kyu-won, so she’s about to eat a chocolate bar to make herself feel better, but decides to just weigh herself instead, taking satisfaction in her light weight.
Kyu-won reports to her father about the audition; though she failed, she felt like she did her best. And – photographers were there! She then asks her dad why the first love always hurt. It’s not because she’s experiencing the pains herself, oh no, but Father says it’s all so that she’ll remember it the most. After they hang up, Kyu-won declares herself finished with nursing a broken heart, and goes to sleep. Yeah!
Jung-hyun bugs her brother about the “ugly girl’s” audition. Shin warns her not to call Kyu-won that – it’s not nice to call people names! Hee. But I’m glad he also calls his sister out on her bratty behavior.
The next morning, Shin waits for Kyu-won outside her door, his excuse being that he wants to know if her grandfather got mad. Grandpa’s not too mad so far, and she thanks him and Jung-hyun for their help. She heads to the bus stop, but finds it weird that Shin is following her. Well – that’s because he left his bike at school.
The two of them head to school in an awkward silence, together but not really together. They head in the same direction, the same building, the same halls, in a slow careful pace. It unnerves Kyu-won so much that she finally breathes a loud sigh of relief when Shin heads in a different direction.
That’s when Hee-joo catches her for a one-on-one talk outside. Kyu-won sincerely congratulates her on snagging the role, but trust Hee-joo to think that Kyu-won is being insincere. She wants Kyu-won to drop out of the performance team. Hee-joo’s worked so hard to be in this performance, but Kyu-won’s been coasting on the favor of Seok-hyun. Kyu-won points out that Hee-joo isn’t the only person in this entire world who can sing and act, but Hee-joo wants Kyu-won gone. For her peace of mind. What a selfish, insecure brat.
Shin arrives in class, snapping his fingers and whistling. Several things are off: 1) he’s actually in class; 2) he’s whistling; 3) he’s snapping his fingers. That’s when his band mate tells him that Kyu-won’s in the papers.
The papers declare that Kyu-won’s performance moved the audience more, but Hee-joo had snagged the part instead. Tae-joon is annoyed, but he tells his allies to not fear; attention will be on Hee-joo soon, and when they snag her, Seok-hyun’s plans will fall apart. He then visits Yoon-su in her office, wanting to talk to her about creating a new performance team. Tae-joon’s interest lies primarily in getting Hee-joo, since the performance team that will last longer is the one with Hee-joo in it. Besides, if Yoon-su joins him, she can come back as a choreographer again.
The Three Angry Girls antagonize Hee-joo in the hallway by reading out the newspaper article, causing her to cry alone in the park out of anger. She’s the lead, no matter what anyone says! Suddenly Jun-hee appears by her side and puts his headphones over her ears. She turns to him, cheeks tear-stained, and insists he turn off the music and leave her alone. But Jun-hee just cradles her face and makes her listen, and that’s when she bursts into more tears.
Kyu-won does feel a bit bad for Hee-joo, and so she goes to visit Seok-hyun, interrupting him during his training session with Ki-young. She wishes to switch back to the music team only, and the acting team won’t need her since all the roles have been filled. Seok-hyun is angered at the thought – he chose her for a reason, and now she just wants to leave before she finishes? Who does she think she is to just change teams at her whim? (Well – as if Seok-hyun’s favoring her isn’t obvious enough…)
Later, Seok-hyun presents tickets for a new date with Yoon-su. She’s about to mention Tae-joon’s plan, but he has to rush off. Yoon-su makes her decision – she rejects joining Tae-joon’s performance, since all she had wanted was to prove herself to Seok-hyun. Jealousy also makes people do crazy things..
Professor Hong informs Seok-hyun that she gave Shin the assignment of fixing up the ending song. Though Seok-hyun may be angry at her choice, she defends it, saying that both of them are taking a chance with Shin and Kyu-won respectively, trusting in these students’ potentials. And speaking of which, Kyu-won and Shin report to Professor Hong about their practices. However, they can’t do a demonstration today because the Windflowers are going to a senior center to perform. Hong suggests that Shin go as well, since he might learn a thing or two about it.
At the center, the seniors have so much fun that some of them get up and start dancing. One of the guys gets Kyu-won to come up and dance with them in a circle, which makes Shin smile. Next thing you know, all the ahjummas just want a chance to dance with the handsome Shin sitting in the corner! Hahaha! Oh so awkwardly cute.
Seok-hyun and Yoon-su go on a walk together, and the conversation circles back to Hee-joo. Seok-hyun acknowledges Hee-joo’s efforts, but he still believes that her skills are not good enough to amaze an audience. He wonders if Yoon-su is just defending Hee-joo because it reminds her of her old self? Or perhaps Yoon-su is living vicariously through Hee-joo, wanting the student to succeed where she couldn’t? Hurt and insulted, Yoon-su leaves first.
The Windflowers and Shin then have food and drinks with the seniors. Kyu-won drinks up the makgeolli deliciously, but Shin refuses, because he can’t drink alcohol. One of the grandfathers insists, handing Shin a bowl, but Kyu-won calls “Black Rose” – she’ll drink it for him! (I smell trouble!)
That grandfather admires how prettily Kyu-won drinks alcohol, and so he keeps pouring her drinks. Another grandmother on that table wishes that she could be her grandson’s wife. Kyu-won finds out that the grandson is twelve, and then smartly replies, “I like them young too!”
Unfortunately, Kyu-won gets drunk, and Shin finds her dozing off on the stairwell. He asks if she’s ok, and she goes “Oh! It’s the one that I like, Lee Shin!” Girl – you talk too much… He tries to get her to stay awake, and she grabs his face: “Lee Shin, you fool! I even took shots for you,” and then leans her head against his shoulder. In her sleep, she curses him out for calling her ugly. Hee.
They get caught in this position by her fellow Windflowers, who then hurry out, preferring to leave them like this. Shin actually doesn’t mind that Kyu-won is leaning on him, and smiles.
Jun-hee gives Hee-joo a ride back home, only to be caught outside by her mother. Jun-hee: “Hello, I’m Hee-joo’s boyf–*WHACK*” Hee-joo slaps him in the head before he can say something else. The mother calls Hee-joo in immediately, and Hee-joo mumbles her thanks. Jun-hee’s adorable as he points out the boo-boo she just gave him.
As for Shin, he carries Kyu-won on his back, holding her gayageum as well. Even though Kyu-won’s drunk, it doesn’t stop her from yelling at him for sticking around her when she’s trying so hard to forget him. Heh.
Grandpa’s not too happy to have a drunk granddaughter in his hands, but Shin goes home with a small smile on his face. Apparently, smiling is a rarity for him because his mom wonders whether he really is her son. But she’s happy that Shin seems to be a happier guy of late.
The next morning, Grandpa takes her to task for getting so drunk she needed to be carried on a guy’s back. Kyu-won suddenly remembers that Shin carried her home, and quickly rushes out the door. She has to leave before she bumps into Shin! Grandpa tries to get her to eat breakfast first, but Kyu-won is too busy for that.
She tiptoes out the front door, thinking the coast is clear. But Shin is right behind her. He commends her on her drinking habits, which she then denies. Um – yeah right. He informs her that he’s got 3 patches on his back, thanks to last night. (Heh – that last sentence could so easily be misconstrued…) He clutches his back in pain as he walks off, but smiles like a childish school boy.
Seok-hyun catches Yoon-su to apologize for likening her to Hee-joo, and thus comparing his girlfriend to a doll. She accepts his apology, but states for the record that she finds herself nothing like Hee-joo. She only thinks the girl is talented, and no one is noticing her efforts.
Hee-joo’s mom meets up with Tae-joon, not too pleased that all the attention is on Kyu-won right now. Tae-joon assures her that the spotlight will be on her daughter, especially once he gets her for his own team. But that’s not enough for the mother; she wants Kyu-won completely rid of. No one can threaten her daughter’s position.
Bo-woon grabs the other girls to plan what they should do for Kyu-won’s birthday, as it is today but Kyu-won has forgotten all about it. They propose lighting up firecrackers and celebrating after their rehearsal with The Stupid. However, Kyu-won isn’t completely oblivious, because she gets a text from her father wishing her happy birthday and promising of a gift later.
While studying in the library, Shin comes by and dumps the stack of books she made him read. “Summarize. There’s too many books. I read it but don’t understand it.” If she doesn’t help him, he’ll tell on her to the professor. (What are they in, first grade?!) He orders her to have it done by dinner time. It’s impossible for her, but he reminds her that carrying her on his back was the more impossible task. Grudgingly, she gets to work, and Shin watches her from behind a few shelves, grinning mischievously.
She manages to complete the task by the time of their practice. No one is there yet, so Kyu-won just starts tuning up her instrument. He asks if the gayageum is like a guitar, and she begins explaining to him all the carvings and parts of the gayageum, which he finds interesting. They’re interrupted by the arrival of the rest of the bands, and the two bands play “Carmen” again. Seok-hyun sneaks into practice, and he’s got a guest – Kyu-won’s Grandpa! Grandpa apparently did contact Seok-hyun finally, and he watches his granddaughter play on her gayageum.
Grandpa has a proposal for Seok-hyun: he doesn’t want the traditional and western music to mix, but he offers to come by several times a week and help them. (!!!!!) Seok-hyun tries to say it’s not necessary since the kids are really just amateurs, but Grandpa replies: “I am Lee Dong Chang, the great singer. I wish I could come more often but I can’t. I’ll come out a few times a week.” On to the next matter of business: is Seok-hyun seeing anyone right now? (BWAHAHA!)
After practice, Bo-woon announces that they’re going to grab a drink, and everyone except Shin and Kyu-won leave. (Awkward.) Then the lights turn off. (Even more awkward.) Then all the friends return singing “Happy Birthday,” carrying the cutest snowman cake known to man. (AWESOME!) Kyu-won is touched, and her friends release some firecrackers. They all play around, smearing cream on each other’s faces, while Shin hangs back, watching.
That’s when Kyu-won realizes he doesn’t have cream on his face! Shin: “Don’t….” And Kyu-won starts chasing him around the room.
As they’re all leaving practice, Shin greets Kyu-won happy birthday. Caught off-guard, she thanks him, and then trips down a flight of stairs. (So this is how they’re covering up her accident…) Kyu-won can’t get up from the pain, and everyone rushes to her side.
It’s already evening, and Grandpa is still talking off Seok-hyun’s ear about how legendary his skills were. Poor Seok-hyun, the guy looks ready to fall asleep in any minute. Grandpa is about to start his story all over again, this time going back to when he was fourteen, when Seok-hyun finally gets interrupted by a call from Shin.
The two of them rush over to the hospital, where Shin is sitting by her bedside. Kyu-won quickly says that she’s OK – no broken bones or anything – and Shin immediately assumes responsibility for her fall. Kyu-won assures everyone that he had nothing to do with it, and that she’s OK. Not so, says Lee Shin: “She has a fractured rib and sprained ankle.”
Kyu-won glares at him for betraying her, and the nurse comes by to let them know that they’ll be moving her soon. Seok-hyun takes Grandpa home so that he can bring a change of clothing and stay with Kyu-won at the hospital. In the meanwhile, Shin can stay by her side.
Shin helps settle her in her room, and she asks if he can amuse her with something funny. Thing is, Shin is not the funniest of guys, so all he knows are REALLY lame jokes. Disappointed, Kyu-won just asks for her medicine and water. Once he’s gone, she starts laughing at how lame they were.
Back at home, Seok-hyun helps Grandpa pack Kyu-won’s things, and he notices all her plaques and pictures. He then suggests to Grandpa that since it’s late, Grandpa can just go in the morning, and he will bring her things over tonight.
When Seok-hyun arrives, Kyu-won is asleep, having taken her painkillers. Seok-hyun fight over who should stay for the night, but the nurse comes in to check if they’re family. Since they’re not, she asks them to wait outside, because they’re men… and the patient’s a woman… (Wow lady, I don’t think anyone is going to try and molest her in her sleep, but OK.)
Now that both are kicked out, Seok-hyun suggests having coffee. He reassures Shin that Kyu-won will be fine, as she’s a strong person. But Shin doesn’t think Kyu-won is as strong as she presents herself to be. (Hmm, lover boy’s got insight.) Seok-hyun offers some praise after watching the two bands practice together. He does note that the original writer of the ending song is really picky about certain things, and likes to show-off; yup, he’s also talking about himself.
Seok-hyun notes that Shin seems to be a little different these days, and wonders if it’s Kyu-won’s effect on him. (After all, Shin always gets a soft smile on his lips when he talks about Kyu-won; he smiles more; he’s less broody over Yoon-su; he’s less antagonizing unless he’s making fun of Kyu-won…)
Seok-hyun heads to go check on Kyu-won before he leaves for the night, but Shin isn’t letting him go alone. He too wants to go check on Kyu-won! *Goofy smile*
The next morning, Shin goes over early to check on her again, but Kyu-won’s not in her room. Instead, she’s already out in the lounge, on a wheelchair, listening to some music. She’s surprised to see him, and tells him he didn’t need to come and check up on her. But he has an excuse ready: holding up her notes, he asks her to explain some of the stuff he doesn’t understand. Kyu-won can’t help but be a little disappointed.
As she’s explaining musical composition, Shin isn’t really listening to her – he’s just staring at her. HA. He’s also bored by it all. Frustrated, she tells him to listen carefully as she explains for the fourth time, and Shin nods like a drone, only smiling and listening to her melodic voice instead of what she’s really saying.
He ends up falling asleep as she talks, which annoys her even more, and that’s when all her friends from Windflowers and The Stupid arrive bearing food and fireworks. They came to visit, and are surprised to see Shin there. They thought he was just hanging by himself, alone, instead of visiting Kyu-won of his own accord. By himself. “I came to get tutored,” he says, with wide eyes proclaiming innocence.
They all take her out in the evening, and fire off some firecrackers and sparklers for her birthday. Of course, that just pisses off the guards, and everyone starts running, with Shin wheeling Kyu-won out of there.
The two of them manage to get to a safe spot, exhilarated that they didn’t get caught. Thing is, they don’t know where everyone else went, and wonder if they made it out safely. Shin watches her laughing and worrying about others, despite the pain she’s in.
Shin: Kyu-won. Don’t stop liking me.
Kyu-won: What?
Shin: (kneeling in front of her) Don’t stop…liking me.
And fireworks go off in the distance.
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EPISODE 8: “Crybaby, My Love”
The title for Episode 8 is “내사랑 울보” (“Crybaby, My Love”).
It’s a 1985 song by the popular 80s singer, Jeon Young Rok. Dressed in his signature denim jacket with the sleeves rolled up his arms, Jeon was the closest thing to an “idol singer” in the 1980s. Due to his popularity, he starred in a couple of films as well. But don’t let that fool you into thinking he wasn’t a serious musician. He wrote and composed many of his songs, and continued to write several hit songs for other singers as well. Younger kpop fans may better know him as the father to Boram of the girl group, T-ara.
Kyu-won accepts Suk-hyun’s offer to drop her off and help explain things to her grandfather. Not willing to let them go off on their own, Shin also receives a ride.
Kyu-won and Shin sit in utter silence during the entire ride, prompting Suk-hyun to ask if the two had a fight. Kyu-won probably finds it awkward to be in such close proximity to Shin after her recent love confession, whereas Shin is jealous that she chose to accept Suk-hyun’s ride, and not his.
After dropping off Kyu-won, Shin and Suk-hyun wait on guard outside her house lest they need to run in if Kyu-won gets yelled at by her grandfather. Suk-hyun asks Shin if this is just one of his fan services, implying that Kyu-won is one. But Shin retorts back that Suk-hyun should be the one taking better care of his fan. Yoon-soo should be waiting for him for their date tonight.
Inside the house, Kyu-won tells her grandfather from outside his room that although she failed the audition for the leading role, she wants to continue participating in the musical. Just this once. She promises him that even if she does the musical, she won’t skip out on her gayageum practices.
Grandpa throws wide open the door and asks for Suk-hyun’s number. When Kyu-won asks him why, he merely tells her she doesn’t need to know so just do as she’s told.
By the time Suk-hyun arrives at the performance hall, the show has already started and he finds Yoon-soo waiting for him outside. She explains that she considered going in and watching it alone, but decided against it to make him feel even more sorry.
With their date ruined, Suk-hyun gives Yoon-soo a ride home. In the car, Suk-hyun explains the situation with Kyu-won’s grandfather, upon Yoon-soo’s inquiry on why he was late. Her face slightly darkens at the mention of Kyu-won., but she doesn’t push the subject further. (Don’t tell me she’s still jealous of her!)
The topic changes to the audition from earlier that evening. Suk-hyun guesses that Yoon-soo voted for Hee-joo, and she admits it, explaining that she finds it commendable how Hee-joo puts so much effort into her craft.
Suk-hyun: Hee-joo has a great range. But her music doesn’t touch people. She’s like a well-trained doll, but lacks talent.
Yoon-soo: Talent. What is talent? Disregarding whether or not your feet get deformed, straddling between bulimia and anorexia to control your weight, still being able to train yourself in the middle of it afraid that you’d fall behind others, and never giving up on your dream as you overtax your own body – that’s talent. The doll-like kids you mentioned were all groomed in that manner. How can you say that that’s not talent?
Meanwhile, Hee-joo thinks back to Kyu-won’s performance, as her mom frets in the background about how Kyu-won may have won if they had not used their influence. (So Hee-joo knows she did not win fair and square!)
She takes out a chocolate bar from her dresser to help make her feel better, but after thinking over it, decides against eating it. Instead, she gets on top of a scale and lets out a sigh.
Kyu-won tells her dad on the phone the result of the audition. At his mention of how she owes it to the “Prince of Conceit” for helping her out, she asks her dad about why your first love always hurts. Not that she’s talking about herself, of course! Her dad replies that it probably hurts so much in order for you to remember your first love for a long time.
After getting off the phone with her dad, she declares to herself with much determination that she will end her love pains starting today!
Whereas Kyu-won is at the brink of ending her love for Shin, it seems Shin is about to start his own. When his sister asks him about Kyu-won’s audition, referring to her as “pumpkin,” he reprimands her and tells her not to call Kyu-won by that name. He asks, “How would you like it if someone called you that?”
The next morning, Shin startles Kyu-won by waiting for her outside her house and then sneaking up on her from behind. He wonders how she has smoothed things over with her grandfather, and she tells him that he hasn’t scolded her yet. After thanking Shin and his sister for yesterday, she walks ahead but turns around in surprise to find him still following her. Shin: “I left my bike at school because of someone!”
The two stand awkwardly at the bus stop as they wait for their bus.
He steals a glance…
And she steals a glance.
When the bus arrives, he walks towards the bus, but thinking better of it, steps back and lets her get on the bus first. And at school, he continues to follow her down the hall, making Kyu-won feel uneasy. Only when he finally turns and goes in a different direction does she breathe a sigh of relief, exclaiming that she thought she was going to die from the awkwardness.
Only just having gotten “rid” herself of Shin, Kyu-won gets herself stuck with yet another when she comes face to face with Hee-joo asking her to see her. Once alone, Hee-joo asks Kyu-won to drop out of the musical.
Kyu-won: Why should I have to do that?
Hee-joo: Since entering school, I’ve prepared with my eyes on the audition for the 100th year anniversary show. But what about you? You’ve come this far because you were lucky to win the director’s favor.
Kyu-won: I too have worried over my decision to audition, and I put effort into it as well. You’re not the only one, Han Hee-joo.
Hee-joo: Now that you’ve failed to get the leading role, there’s no reason for you to stick around. And most importantly, your mere existence gets on my nerves. Excuse yourself, so that I can focus on acting in peace.
And with that, Hee-joo walks off, leaving Kyu-won to puzzle over what the heck was that.
Shin shows up at class, and everyone looks up in surprise and wonders why he’s here as he doesn’t have a morning class today. It appears that Shin’s stalker tendency has found its new target for he has come to school early in order to come with Kyu-won. How cute is that, yeah? But of course, he lies and tells his bandmate friend that he just wanted to sit in on class.
Meanwhile, all the reporters who were present at the audition wrote raving reviews about Kyu-won’s performance, whereas Hee-joo merely got a mention that despite so, it was she who won. One of the traitor professors marvels at how similar are people’s opinions, as he also agrees that Kyu-won is quite something. Tae-joon tries to dismiss it as no big deal, insisting on continuing with his plan to steal Hee-joo away and starting a separate musical team.
Tae-joon stops by Yoon-soo’s office and tries to recruit her to his own team. She asks him right back, “Why should I do that?” Tae-joon reasons that as long as they get the support from the chairman of the school board (Hee-joo’s dad), Suk-hyun’s musical team has no chance. And Yoon-soo has ambitions to make a name for herself as a dance choreographer, does she not? “Think about it,” he says.
When Hee-joo walks down the hall, the three upperclassmen girls read aloud the rave review of Kyu-won in the paper for Hee-joo to hear. They lament how the article omitted to include the info that the girl who won is the daughter of the university board chairman.
In front of them, Hee-joo points out that having strong connections takes skills too, but she tears up once outside and alone. She declares that she won’t lose to Lee Kyu-won or anyone else. Seeing Hee-joo walk away, Joon-hee chases after her and finds her crying on a bench.
Without a word, he carefully places his earphones on her head. Jeon Young Rok’s “Crybaby, My Love,” the song that is the title of this episode plays.
“Crybaby, My Love”
In your lovely eyes, tears well up
What sadness do you have for you to cry thus?
Please don’t cry, not in front of me
My heart aches in pain seeing you like this
With my love, I will soothe your pain
With my own two hands, I will wipe away your tears
My love for you alone remains unchanged
Your sorrows are mine, so share them with me
Please smile and look at me now
Seeing your smile, my heart is content
Forgetting all the anguish of the past,
Let’s now dream about the eternal dream of you and me.
Through her tears, Hee-joo puts up a fight. “Who says I’m crying? Get lost! I don’t want to see your face!” But he ignores her pleas and instead cups her face with his hands. Hee-joo finally loses it and starts to sob uncontrollably. As Joon-hee wipes away her tears, a teardrop streams down from his own eyes.
(Okay, I bursted out laughing when I realized that it was this song that Joon-hee was playing for Hee-joo. The lyrics are very fitting for the scene, but the music itself seems so… umm… out of place for these two college students, no? Anyway, moving on…)
Hee-joo’s words continue to haunt Kyu-won all day. She comes to see Suk-hyun, as he is instructing and giving out pointers to Ki-young on his acting.
Kyu-won asks Suk-hyun whether she can move from the acting team to the music team. After all, she didn’t get the female lead and most of the other roles have already been decided. Suk-hyun erupts in anger.
Suk-hyun: Since you didn’t get the role of the female lead, you don’t want to do it anymore? Are you really that great?
Kyu-won: It’s not that… But since I accidentally ended up in the acting team because of you, Director…
Suk-hyun: Do you think the 100th year anniversary show is some kind of a joke? You think you can just move back and forth from the acting team to the music team as you please? If I picked you as a member of the acting team, there won’t be any changes until the musical ends. How dare you act up in front of me?
He tells her to leave, for Ki-young needs to continue practicing.
Shin breaks into a smile as he sees Kyu-won on campus. But Kyu-won, sulking after her recent encounter with Suk-hyun, passes him by without a hello. He calls after her and asks about their band practice today.
Kyu-won: I can’t do it today. You guys do it on your own.
Shin: Okay then. I wasn’t expecting much from you anyway.
Kyu-won: What did you just say?
Shin: Arranging the song with the addition of gukak, I’ll just take care of it myself.
Kyu-won: You’ll take care of it yourself? If so, why did you ask me to teach you? If you’re so great, you should have done it on your own from the start.
Shin: I’m just saying that because it seems like you don’t want to help.
Kyu-won: I have my reason why I can’t do it today. Did you even bother to ask me why?
Shin: Then you should have said so. Why are you getting mad?
Kyu-won: Do I have to laugh like a fool all the time? I too have days when I’m in a bad mood!
Shin: Fine then. We’re both having a bad day, so let’s not run into each other if possible.
He walks off, panting in anger. She shouts after him, “I’m sick and tired of it too!”
Omo, did these two just have a lover’s quarrel right in front of my eyes? They’re angrily yelling at each other, but why can’t I wipe this silly grin off my face?
Suk-hyun asks Yoon-soo out on another date that evening to make up for the date that he missed. Yoon-soo tries to bring up the topic of Tae-joon and his plan to sabotage Suk-hyun’s musical, but Suk-hyun is in a hurry and runs off without hearing it, with a promise that they talk about it later.
After her meeting with Suk-hyun, Yoon-soo stops by Tae-joon’s office to reject his offer earlier. She explains that when she left for New York five years ago, it was to be recognized for her talent by Suk-hyun and not to backstab him.
And I love Yoon-soo for the first time ever for what she is to say next. When Tae-joon insists that Yoon-soo took her time to reject his offer because she too debated over it, she replies, “Shouldn’t I pretend to at least debate over it a little, out of common courtesy for you?” (Dang, I love it!)
The two who vowed to not run into each other meet up again when the applied music professor call both of them into her office. She wanted to know how their music was coming along, and asks whether she can watch them perform.
Kyu-won explains that she can’t today, as Windflowers has to perform at a community senior center in place of her sunbaes. The professor suggests that Shin go and watch them perform. Maybe help out with carrying the instruments.
At the senior center, Windflowers performs “Milyang Arirang,” the same song that is used as Kyu-won’s ringtone. Once the music starts, all the grandpas and grandmas start dancing to the music. Kyu-won goes out to join them, and Shin gets pulled in to the dance floor by a grandma as well. Soon, he’s surrounded by all the older women fighting for their chance to dance with the “pretty boy.”
Yoon-soo and Suk-hyun are out enjoying a walk. But their peaceful moment gets broken when he re-brings up the topic of Hee-joo. He acknowledges her efforts, but they should be objective – Hee-joo lacks talent in being able to touch people.
Yoon-soo: Don’t you know how people who only have talent but don’t put in effort get destroyed? Look at Ki-young.
Suk-hyun: Jung Yoon-soo! Why are you like this when it comes to Hee-joo? Does she remind you of your past, or do you want Hee-joo to fly high on your behalf?
Yoon-soo: Mr. Kim Suk-hyun.
Suk-hyun: What I’m saying is…
Yoon-soo: Thank you for recognizing my own feelings that I did not know myself.
She walks off.
Back at the senior center, Kyu-won drinks all the rice wine that the elders offer her. Shin declines, insisting that he can’t drink. (Aww, this saddens me. He’s very much conscious and afraid of becoming an alcoholic like his father, and so avoiding all alcohol.)
Kyu-won volunteers to be Shin’s “black rose. The “black rose” is the female version of the “black knight,” a man who drinks the shots for someone else.
Seeing Kyu-won be so good to the elders, one of the grandmas comments that she would love to have Kyu-won as her granddaughter-in-law.
Kyu-won: How old is your grandson?
Grandma: Twelve years old.
Kyu-won: (laughing) I like younger men too!
Shin looks at her in disbelief.
Drunk from all the rice wine, Shin finds Kyu-won sitting in the stairwell.
Shin: Lee Kyu-won, are you okay?
Kyu-won: (looking up) Oh, it’s Shin! Lee Shin, the one I like!
Shin: Are you drunk?
Kyu-won: No. I’m not drunk. Not drunk at all!
And with that, her head drops.
Shin: Lee Kyu-won! Lee Kyu-won! Are you alseep?
She raises her head back up again and grabs his face.
Kyu-won: Lee Shin, you odious wretch! I even acted as your black rose…
Her head drops again, but this time on his shoulder. She continues to mumble on, “Lee Shin, how dare he call me a ‘pumpkin’? I oughta!”
Shin sits still as Kyu-won leans against his shoulder, and he smiles as he looks at her. Seeing the two like this, Kyu-won’s friends walk away to leave them alone.
Hee-joo must have cried to her heart’s content that day, and that evening, Joon-hee gives her a ride home on his scooter. They find her mom waiting for her, and Joon-hee starts to introduce himself as “Hee-joo unni’s boyfriend.” Before he can finish, Hee-joo smacks him across the back of his head.
After her mom goes back in, Hee-joo tells him to go home and “…anks” for today. Joon-hee replies, “Huh?” Hee-joo: “That is, tha… just go on home.” Not being able to fully say “thanks,” she just gives him a half-smile before going into her house.
Kyu-won is completely wasted and knocked out, and so Shin piggybacks her home. Kyu-won continues to mumble to herself, “Stupid Lee Shin. I said I’ll try to forget him, but why does he keep showing his face in front of me!”
After dropping off Kyu-won at her home, Shin returns to his own home in a great mood. His mom notes that he’s possibly beaming, and tells him that she’s relieved to see his face looking brighter these days.
The next morning, Kyu-won learns from her grandfather that she came home carried on Shin’s back the night before. As the memory from yesterday slowly comes back to her, she hurries on out to avoid running into him, despite her grandpa’s insistence that she at least take a bite from the seaweed soup that he has made for her. (Seaweed soup for breakfast can only mean one thing! It’s Kyu-won’s birthday today!)
Kyu-won cautiously sneaks out of her front door, checking towards Shin’s house to make sure he’s not around. Rest assured that he’s not there, she turns around only to find Shin on the other side waiting for her as he leans against the wall.
He teases her for being a bad drunk. She tries to deny it, but then uncertainly asks, “Am I?” Shin complains about his back and how he had to put three heat packs on it after carrying her.
Back on campus, Suk-hyun apologizes to Yoon-soo for what he said the day before and the two quickly make up.
Suk-hyun: And I don’t see you like that either. You and Hee-joo are different. Who would dare think of Jung Yoon-soo to be like a doll?
Yoon-soo: Then let me say this too. I’m not projecting my old self in Hee-joo. I just… genuinely appreciate her talent. Don’t misunderstand me, Mr. Kim Suk-hyun.
Meanwhile, Hee-joo’s mom meets Tae-joon and tells him that she doesn’t want Hee-joo to be competing with Kyu-won in any way, shape, or form, even as female lead contenders in two separate musical teams. She asks that he kick Kyu-won out from the musical altogether.
Kyu-won receives a text from her dad wishing her a happy birthday, and comes to learn that today is her birthday.
Shin finds Kyu-won at the library, and asks her to summarize everything in the books by later that evening. It’s too much information, and he’s having a difficult time understanding it even after he reads it. Kyu-won tries to object, saying it’s ridiculous to finish it all by that evening, but Shin just reminds her that what is truly ridiculous is how she behaved the night before. With no choice, Kyu-won is left to finish writing up the summaries for him in time for the rehearsal between the two bands.
Kyu-won’s grandfather arranges to meet with Suk-hyun. The Stupid and Windflowers practice, and this time they play the Carmen music that they played separately in Episode 1. As the grandpa has come to visit, Suk-hyun secretly brings him to watch them practice. Grandpa declares the music bearable, but insists on coming to help out a couple times a week until Suk-hyun finally agrees to it that it would be their honor. With that settled, Grandpa inquires after his potential future son-in-law, asking Suk-hyun whether he’s seeing anyone at the moment.
After practice, the members of both bands announce that they’re going to go buy some drinks and they ALL get up to go, leaving just Shin and Kyu-won alone as if that wouldn’t be obvious enough. The lights suddenly go off, and everyone comes back in singing happy birthday and carrying a cake. Before long, they start goofing around with each other, getting cake on each other’s faces.
Shin stands to the side as the true party pooper that he is, but Kyu-won takes the lead in trying to cake him as he runs away.
After their small birthday party for Kyu-won, everyone turns to leave. Shin and Kyu-won are the last ones left behind. As Kyu-won gets ready to take her step to head down the stairs and catch up with the rest of the gang, Shin calls out to her to wish her a happy birthday.
She thanks him and still finding it awkward to be around him, she carelessly misses her step and ends up falling down the stairs. Shin runs after her, as well as everyone else, to check that she’s okay, but she announces that she can’t get up.
Obviously, this was a change made in the story to accommodate for Park Shin Hye’s physical condition after her recent car accident, but seriously, how random was that fall down the stairs and her ensuing injury?
Suk-hyun is made captive and forced to listen to Kyu-won’s grandfather tell his entire life story on how he became to be the great pansori master. Suk-hyun is “rescued” from his misery by the news of Kyu-won’s accident.
Suk-hyun and Grandpa hurry over to the hospital where Kyu-won is staying. Shin starts to explain that it was his fault, but Kyu-won quickly jumps in to explain that Shin had nothing to do with it. She just merely tripped and fell by herself. Kyu-won tries to lie that the injury is minor, but Shin clarifies that she sprained her leg and cracked a rib, and was told to remain hospitalized for the new few days.
Suk-hyun drives Grandpa home to pack up and bring Kyu-won’s things back over to the hospital. Shin stays behind, being extra-attentive to Kyu-won’s needs.
Kyu-won asks Shin to tell her a funny story.
Shin: Do you know why I’m scared of sesame oil?
Kyu-won: You’re scared of it? Why?
Shin: Because I have goso-phobia. (Note: Goso-phobia refers to fear of height in Korean. But “goso” refers to the savory taste associated with sesame oil as well.)
(Shin chuckles to himself, but Kyu-won gives him a blank stare.)
Shin: Then, do you know what is the scariest phone in the world?
Kyu-won: What is it?
Shin: “Moosun” phone. (Note: “Moosun” phone refers to cordless phone. But a similar sounding word, “mooseo-woon” means scary. Yeah, his jokes are pretty lame.)
This time, Kyu-won gets angry.
Kyu-won: That’s funny to you?
Shin: It wasn’t funny?
Kyu-won: I thought you just had a bad personality, but it seems your sense of humor is pretty awful as well.
Oh, how sweet is revenge! Kyu-won pays Shin back for making fun of her joke earlier.
But once alone, she chuckles hysterically as she thinks back to the jokes, despite calling them corny.
Suk-hyun returns to the hospital alone, after having convinced Grandpa to rest at home and return tomorrow morning. Back in Kyu-won’s hospital room, he finds Shin still waiting on her as she sleeps.
Suk-hyun: You may go now. I’ll keep watch here.
Shin: No. I’ll stay.
Suk-hyun: I can stay here by myself. You should leave before the buses stop running.
Shin: I can take the cab.
These two boys look like they’d never leave, battling it out to see who’d stay longer. The battle is cut short when the nurse comes in and asks that they both step outside while she treats Kyu-won.
They go to grab a cup of coffee outside the hospital.
Suk-hyun: Are you worried? Since it’s not broken, she should get better after a few days rest. Besides, she’s naturally strong so she should recuperate fast.
Shin: She might not be as strong as you think.
Suk-hyun: Anyway, I saw you practice in the auditorium. It was good. I heard from Professor Hong that you will be rearranging the ending song.
Shin: Yes.
Suk-hyun: I don’t know if you’ve heard, but the original songwriter is very picky. He talks a lot. And although he doesn’t know much, he acts like he knows a lot. He’s a very tiring type.
Shin: Who is it?
Suk-hyun: Me.
Suk-hyun asks how the song arrangement is coming along and whether Kyu-won is being helpful. Shin explains that nothing specific has been decided on in regards to the song, but he smiles as he answers yes to the second question. Taking note of Shin’s face, Suk-hyun remarks that something seems different between Shin and Kyu-won, and wonders if it’s Kyu-won’s influence. Kyu-won has a gift in making people happy.
They stand back up to leave, and Suk-hyun tells Shin to go home safely as he plans to check on Kyu-won one more time before he leaves. Suk-hyun stops to find Shin following him.
Suk-hyun: Why are you following me? Aren’t you going home?
Shin: I want to check up on her one last time too.
Shin walks ahead right past him.
I’m not even sure whether to call this relationship between the two men rivalry or jealousy, at least from Suk-hyun’s part, although Shin must still hold some sting after having “lost” his love to Suk-hyun once. But their petty battles to one up each other is really cute.
The next day, Shin visits Kyu-won once again. She starts to say that he didn’t need to come as she’s doing well and as the accident wasn’t his fault, there’s no need for him to feel guilty at all.
But Shin lies that he’s here to receive her tutoring on gukak. He listens as she explains the concepts to him – the third time already. After the explanation, she asks whether he finally understood what she just explained. He starts to nod, but quickly remembers that that’s not the “correct” response and answers that he still doesn’t understand.
Frustrated, Kyu-won starts to re-explain once again.
Meanwhile, Windflowers and The Stupid’s members decide to pay Kyu-won a visit at the hospital. They wonder where Shin may be, but Joon-hee explains that Shin is a loner and likes going off on his own.
So they are surprised to find Shin at the hospital, who lies that he’s here to receive his tutoring lesson from Kyu-won.
The friends brought firecrackers, and so they secretly sneak up to the balcony to set them off.
Even in the midst of this, Shin smiles as he sees Kyu-won laughing in delight.
But their fun is interrupted when a security guard finds them and runs after them. Shin grabs Kyu-won’s wheelchair and pushes her out of there.
Kyu-won and Shin take refuge at another balcony, and Kyu-won laughs as she recalls their narrow escape. She wonders if the others all safely escaped as well.
But Shin just continues to stare at Kyu-won and then suddenly calls her name.
Shin: Lee Kyu-won!
Kyu-won: Hmm?
Shin: Don’t stop liking me.
Kyu-won: What?
This time, he walks over and kneels in front of her. He repeats once again, “Don’t stop liking me.”
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