Chapter 6: I lost my job and get dumped
Eul asks Joon-young on camera what he would do if he only had one year to live, but he says morosely that that's too much time. "Let's say I have three months." When Eul agrees, he states that he's going to do whatever he wants — sue the people who slander him, and kill everyone he hates.
Everyone in the room grows uncomfortable, but Joon-young says to keep the cameras rolling. He smiles gently at Eul, says that he's not joking — he's dying, so what is there that he can't do?
He changes the subject, and asks Eul to date him: " Will you date me, Noh Eul PD-nim? Let's say I'm going to die in three months, so just for three months — really passionately. Just for three months, let's date like there's no tomorrow."
Joon-young never breaks eye contact with Eul, even when the crew laughs like it's the biggest joke ever. He says again that it's not a joke, and gives Eul his most winning smile. There's a long silent moment, and then Eul simpers that she can't possibly say no to such an offer.
She chirpily asks if they should start today and make it public, making fun at Joon-young's expense. He knows exactly what she's doing, and just snorts a laugh.
A while later, Eul is face-down in a bowl at her favorite restaurant, trying to drown herself in an inch of water. Ji-tae finds her and asks if she did something wrong, and she burbles that she thinks she'll get fired from Joon-young's documentary.
She still thinks his offer was a joke, and that she reacted wrongly. Or wait — he was serious and she treated it like it was a joke. No no no, he was serious and she took it seriously. One of those things.
Ji-tae sweetly dries her face and says it's probably a good thing for her to stop working with Joon-young. He even offers to help her find a job, but she sneers, thinking that he's unemployed himself. Belatedly remembering the character he plays with her, he insists he'll find a job soon, and Eul muses that she'll marry him once he does. That startles Ji-tae, but he doesn't answer.
Joon-young isn't happy when he gets the news that someone other than Eul will be coming to work on his documentary. Everyone assumed he asked her to date him to get rid of her, and the company president made it happen.
Gook-young is beside himself, upset that Eul was fired when in his mind, she reacted the only way she could. Joon-young lets him talk himself out, then says calmly that without Eul, he won't film one more second of the documentary. If the company president wants him to do it, he'd better get Eul back.
Eul's proposal visibly shakes Ji-tae so badly that she takes it back, assuming that he objects to the idea. Then she teases him to tell her that he likes the idea, but his continued silence sobers her up and she takes it for a real rejection. She storms out, barking that she doesn't like him all that much anyway, and Ji-tae just continues drinking.
The restaurant ajumma wonders how Eul thinks she could get a great guy like Ji-tae even if he is unemployed. She tries to set him up with "a friend" who sounds suspiciously like herself, but Ji-tae just smiles sadly and says it's him who's not good enough for Eul. "How could I dare to have her? What's why I didn't say yes."
Eul's phone rings where she left it behind on the table, and Ji-tae sees that whoever is calling is saved in her phone as just a picture of a cartoon dog and bird (sort of a PG way to say son-of-a-bitch, ha). He answers the call, and on the other end of the line, Joon-young asks why he's answering Eul's phone.
Both guys' hackles go up and neither concedes to give their name first. Joon-young says that his name should have come up on the caller ID, but Ji-tae says it was just the pictures of the dog and bird, making Joon-young yelp.
Ji-tae guesses this is Joon-young calling, and tells him not to call Eul again. Joon-young also correctly guesses that this is "Husband," which surprises Ji-tae in turn. But Eul shows up and snatches back her phone, and it's kind of adorable how Joon-young freezes and hangs up when he hears her voice, even though he called her.
Curious, Ji-tae calls Eul and grabs her phone when it rings, and sure enough, he's saved as "Husband" in her contacts. Eul claims it's because he always takes everyone's side against her. Note from javabeans: He's saved in her phone as Husband (nampyun) and to save face she says it's because he never takes her side (nae pyun) only others' sides (nam pyun).
That makes him smile, but he tells her seriously that she'll find someone worthy of her, who truly cares about her and loves her, who'll make her happy. Eul tells him to just say no if he doesn't want to marry her, and orders him not to call her anymore.
As she walks home she wonders why Joon-young was calling her anyway, snarling angrily at her phone and refusing to ever speak to him again, while at the same time composing a contrite apology for not answering her phone. She begs for another chance, then deletes the whole thing and declares that she can get by all on her own.
She sees a car idling in the road and curiously peers through the heavily tinted window, when suddenly it rolls down and she finds herself nose-to-nose with Joon-young. He peevishly asks why she lives with Na-ri when she already has a "husband," but Eul counters that nobody would be crazy enough to marry her.
She rants that she has no husband or kids, no job, no money and no prospects, and has to live with a friend because she has nowhere else to go. Strangely, hearing this just makes Joon-young grin, and Eul walks away calling herself crazy.
She gets a call from the documentary producer, offering her the job back and saying that it's all due to Joon-young. She turns back to thank him, but he just rolls up his window and drives away, still smiling to himself.
Joon-young wakes up on the floor again in the morning, and spends the day playing video games and romping with Pororo. Meanwhile Eul feeds her little brother and tells him she'll be working a lot for a while, fawning over him a little too much and making him complain.
Jik warns Eul that Joon-young's fans are scary, and are doing a background check on her as we speak. Just then he gets a text from Haru asking why he never contacted her with information on Eul, and he shows the message to his noona. Eul responds asking what she plans to do with info on Eul, pretending to be Jik.
When Haru calls Jik quickly hangs up before Eul can answer it, and ignores his sister's request for the girl's number. He warns Eul not to fall for Joon-young, worried since she'll be around him a lot, reminding her that Joon-young lives in a different world now.
Eul bristles at him, and he says that he wishes she'd date Ji-tae (who they know as Hyun-woo). He ruffles her hair and throws her some aegyo before running off to school, and she grumbles that Ji-tae already dumped her.
Ji-tae can't get Eul's casual proposal out of his mind, and it makes him all squishy and smiley. He tells himself to get it together, which he barely manages before he's called to play a game with his father. Ji-tae wins and demands his bet payment, threatening to tattle to Mom when Dad tries to renege.
Haru comes home and invites her dad to Joon-young's concert tonight, trying to convince him that pictures of him and his daughter at a concert would be good for his image. Uncomfortable, Ji-tae takes Dad's side and tells Haru to go study, and when she waves him off and keeps whining, he takes on a stern tone and orders her to stop.
He angrily tells her to listen to him, to go study and quit the Joon-young fan club. Haru claims that her life is nothing without Joon-young (ugh, really? Even if he weren't her half-brother…) but Dad tells her not to talk back to her oppa.
Ji-tae apologizes to Dad once Haru is gone, but Dad says that suddenly he likes this Joon-young guy. He's always wondered why Ji-tae never gets angry, even when he has reason to, and even thought about taking him to a doctor. He's happy that Ji-tae knows how to lose his temper after all.
Joon-young waits outside his mother's house for her again, curious why she didn't call him back like she promised. Standing on her front porch, she says that her meeting isn't over yet, and ha, I see where he gets his smart mouth.
Joon-young gives her tickets to his concert and tells her to invite Ajusshi, saying that "It's your last chance to see your sexy son." Mom rips up the tickets and drops them at his feet, so he jumps in front of her and says that he's serious, it really is her last chance to see him like this. Mom thanks him for the good news, and ooooh, she's going to regret saying that later.
Joon-young grabs her arm, but she yanks it away and spits that he never treated her like his mother. He quit school and became a celebrity without even consulting her, but Joon-young pouts that being a celebrity is better than being a prosecutor. But Mom is hurt because he used to want to help poor people like they were.
Joon-young says that people like him shouldn't be prosecutors — if he did, poor people wouldn't even be able to live in this country. His tone lightens and he tells her he'll hold her concert seats, but she yells at his back that she won't come: "You'll die before I go there."
Eul shows up at the concert with camera in hand, and films the impressive crowd that's already arriving. She doesn't see Ji-tae watching her from a distance, worry on his face.
Haru is there too with the maid, still upset over how her brother yelled at her earlier in the day. She cheers up when her father shows up after all, saying that her oppa just worries about her, and he tells her to stop talking about Ji-tae behind his back. But there's no heat in his words, and he even wore the shirt with Joon-young's face emblazoned on it to please his little girl.
The concert begins, and Joon-young sings and plays guitar while his fans scream, but the VIP seats he saved for his mother and Ajusshi remain empty. Eul videos him onstage, and she lowers her guard and lets herself be swept away by his romantic song. Jik's words not to fall for Joon-young echo in her head, but it looks like his warning comes too late.
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