EPISODE 1. (and already so intense!)
This first episode opens up with Song-ju (Kwon Sang Woo) playing the piano on a beach near the waves. Then the rest of the episode is in the past. Song-ju and Jung-suh have been best friends since childhood. when Song-ju's dad passed away, Jung-suh was there for him, and when Jung-suh's mom died from cancer, Song-ju was there for her. They were there for each other in their saddest moments in life and in their happiest ones too. Because of this, Song-ju and Sung-juh have strong feelings for each other, probably as strong as those of a sibling, friend, and lover all put together.
Ever since Sung-juh's mom died, her dad built a house near the beach for them to live in to be closer to Sung-juh's mom. However, later at a party (I think?), Sung-juh's dad meets this celebrity named Tae Mira, and they fall in love with each other. Sung-juh wants her dad to be happy so she lets him marry Tae Mira.
Tae Mira isn't alone though - she has 2 children, Yu-ri and Tae-hwa, that have lived with her husband for about 5 years. and Tae Mira hasn't gone home once in those 5 years. Her husband was in jail for a while (a couple years), so when he comes out, he tells Tae Mira to take the kids because he doesn't want them anymore.
Tae Mira marries Jung-suh's dad, and they move to Tae-Mira's house. This means that Jung-suh has to go to a new school. Yu-ri and Tae-hwa also move into Tae Mira's house. At first, Yu-ri seems like a good girl, but once inside her room with Jung-suh, she turns selfish and greedy. (side-note: i hate that girl.) Yu-ri starts disrespecting Jung-suh, but Jung-suh stays kind and lets Yu-ri even wear all her clothes.
On the first day of school for Jung-suh and Yu-ri, Yu-ri tells everyone that her mom is Tae Mira and she becomes popular instantly. She tells everyone that Jung-suh lives with them but it's a "complicated situation" that she doesn't want to explain. People have heard that Tae Mira had a kid or two secretly before marrying Jung-suh's dad, so everyone thinks that her secret child was Jung-suh, not Yu-ri.
After school, Song-ju comes to Jung-suh's school and picks her up. When all the girls see Song-ju, they marvel over his looks, gasping at how handsome he is. Even Yu-ri is dumbfounded. However, when Song-ju sees Jung-suh coming out, he says her name, and takes her backpack, and they go to his car together (Song-ju is rich). Yu-ri becomes really envious and jealous, and even when Jung-suh nicely offers for Yu-ri to come into the car with her and Jung-suh, Yu-ri says no and walks away.
Song-ju and Jung-suh go biking and just have lots of fun together after they leave the school. Right before Sung-juh leaves and goes home, Song-ju gives her a package and Jung-suh gives him a red hat that she took a month to knit for him.
When Jung-suh goes back into the house, Yu-ri sees her big present from Song-ju and gets jealous again. She opens the package when Sung-juh's not looking and sees this uniform, gaping at how pretty it is. The next day, she even WEARS it to school. Jung-suh obviously gets mad because it's something special to her from Song-ju, so Jung-suh confronts Yu-ri, and Yu-ri says that she'll take it off. She even starts taking it off, but Sung-juh gets scared and just tells her to put it back on.
Back at home, Yu-ri purposely spills ink on Jung-suh's uniform. Tae Mira gets mad at Yu-ri, and Yu-ri starts crying and lies, telling her mom that it was an accident.
Later on, report cards come, and Yu-ri is second in the class. Jung-suh is first (valedvictorian or however you spell it). Tae Mira is unhappy and yells at Yu-ri later for getting second and not first. Jung-suh comes down, hearing the commotion, and tries to defend Yu-ri. Tae Mira, like Yu-ri, thinks that Jung-suh's just really arrogant and showing off because she did better, but Jung-suh isn't even doing that. Tae Mira starts slapping Jung-suh a lot because Jung-suh doesn't call her mom, but then the phone suddenly rings. It's Song-ju, wanting to hang out with Jung-suh.
Tae Mira tosses the dirty uniform to Jung-suh and tells her to wear it to see Song-ju. When Song-ju sees the back of Jung-suh, he runs up and taps her. But when she turns around, it's Yu-ri, wearing the same uniform (except she bought one exactly identical to the one that Song-ju bought Jung-suh). Yu-ri tells Song-ju that Jung-suh is sick at the hospital, and that Jung-suh told Yu-ri to wear the uniform and go keep Song-ju company (and of course, this is all a LIE). Song-ju is worried about Jung-suh, but after Yu-ri reassured him, he just walks around with Yu-ri. Yu-ri wants to go ice skating, so they go together. Yu-ri falls so much that Song-ju keeps helping her up and Yu-ri is really happy.
When Yu-ri goes home, Song-ju comes with her to visit Jung-suh and see how she's doing. Tae Mira tells Jung-suh to go into this other room (which is Tae-hwa's room) and hide, so Jung-suh doesn't get to see Song-ju.
Later when Song-ju leaves, Yu-ri tells her mom that Jung-suh and Song-ju are going overseas to study, and when they do that, Yu-ri won't have a chance with Song-ju. Tae Mira assures Yu-ri that she'll solve the problem.
When it's late at night, Jung-suh's dad goes into her room, and she hugs him, asking him if he's happy. He says that he's the happiest that he's ever been in a long time. To keep her dad happy, Jung-suh says that she can survive with Tae Mira and Yu-ri until she goes to study overseas with Song-ju. But in her room, Tae Mira starts crying (FAKE), and Jung-suh's dad asks her what's wrong.
The next day, Jung-suh's dad tells Jung-suh that the overseas studying will be delayed because he doesn't want Jung-suh to go at such a young age when she's not strong (healthy). (This is obviously all of Tae Mira's doing). Song-ju is sad and Jung-suh is devastated because now she has to survive the torture from Tae Mira and Yu-ri. Additionally, Jung-suh's dad says that he feels bad just sending Jung-suh off alone, so instead, he'll send Yu-ri and Tae-hwa off with her to study overseas.
The next scene is at a carousel, and Jung-suh's riding on it, and it's going around and around, and she's remembering the past when her mom would always wave to her. She'd see her mom, pass her mom, and see her mom again. Song-ju tells Jung-suh that he can wait to study overseas with her, but Jung-suh tells him to go ahead. She's only afraid that he'll never come back. Song-ju tells Jung-suh that he's afraid that when he comes back, she'll disappear. But if she disappears, he'll do everything he can to look for her and he won't ever stop until he finds her. This sweet scene ends with Song-ju putting his coat over Jung-suh and his head, and they kiss (assumption which is probably true).
At the end of this first episode, it goes back to the future when Song-ju is an adult playing the piano on a beach.
This first episode opens up with Song-ju (Kwon Sang Woo) playing the piano on a beach near the waves. Then the rest of the episode is in the past. Song-ju and Jung-suh have been best friends since childhood. when Song-ju's dad passed away, Jung-suh was there for him, and when Jung-suh's mom died from cancer, Song-ju was there for her. They were there for each other in their saddest moments in life and in their happiest ones too. Because of this, Song-ju and Sung-juh have strong feelings for each other, probably as strong as those of a sibling, friend, and lover all put together.
Ever since Sung-juh's mom died, her dad built a house near the beach for them to live in to be closer to Sung-juh's mom. However, later at a party (I think?), Sung-juh's dad meets this celebrity named Tae Mira, and they fall in love with each other. Sung-juh wants her dad to be happy so she lets him marry Tae Mira.
Tae Mira isn't alone though - she has 2 children, Yu-ri and Tae-hwa, that have lived with her husband for about 5 years. and Tae Mira hasn't gone home once in those 5 years. Her husband was in jail for a while (a couple years), so when he comes out, he tells Tae Mira to take the kids because he doesn't want them anymore.
Tae Mira marries Jung-suh's dad, and they move to Tae-Mira's house. This means that Jung-suh has to go to a new school. Yu-ri and Tae-hwa also move into Tae Mira's house. At first, Yu-ri seems like a good girl, but once inside her room with Jung-suh, she turns selfish and greedy. (side-note: i hate that girl.) Yu-ri starts disrespecting Jung-suh, but Jung-suh stays kind and lets Yu-ri even wear all her clothes.
On the first day of school for Jung-suh and Yu-ri, Yu-ri tells everyone that her mom is Tae Mira and she becomes popular instantly. She tells everyone that Jung-suh lives with them but it's a "complicated situation" that she doesn't want to explain. People have heard that Tae Mira had a kid or two secretly before marrying Jung-suh's dad, so everyone thinks that her secret child was Jung-suh, not Yu-ri.
After school, Song-ju comes to Jung-suh's school and picks her up. When all the girls see Song-ju, they marvel over his looks, gasping at how handsome he is. Even Yu-ri is dumbfounded. However, when Song-ju sees Jung-suh coming out, he says her name, and takes her backpack, and they go to his car together (Song-ju is rich). Yu-ri becomes really envious and jealous, and even when Jung-suh nicely offers for Yu-ri to come into the car with her and Jung-suh, Yu-ri says no and walks away.
Song-ju and Jung-suh go biking and just have lots of fun together after they leave the school. Right before Sung-juh leaves and goes home, Song-ju gives her a package and Jung-suh gives him a red hat that she took a month to knit for him.
When Jung-suh goes back into the house, Yu-ri sees her big present from Song-ju and gets jealous again. She opens the package when Sung-juh's not looking and sees this uniform, gaping at how pretty it is. The next day, she even WEARS it to school. Jung-suh obviously gets mad because it's something special to her from Song-ju, so Jung-suh confronts Yu-ri, and Yu-ri says that she'll take it off. She even starts taking it off, but Sung-juh gets scared and just tells her to put it back on.
Back at home, Yu-ri purposely spills ink on Jung-suh's uniform. Tae Mira gets mad at Yu-ri, and Yu-ri starts crying and lies, telling her mom that it was an accident.
Later on, report cards come, and Yu-ri is second in the class. Jung-suh is first (valedvictorian or however you spell it). Tae Mira is unhappy and yells at Yu-ri later for getting second and not first. Jung-suh comes down, hearing the commotion, and tries to defend Yu-ri. Tae Mira, like Yu-ri, thinks that Jung-suh's just really arrogant and showing off because she did better, but Jung-suh isn't even doing that. Tae Mira starts slapping Jung-suh a lot because Jung-suh doesn't call her mom, but then the phone suddenly rings. It's Song-ju, wanting to hang out with Jung-suh.
Tae Mira tosses the dirty uniform to Jung-suh and tells her to wear it to see Song-ju. When Song-ju sees the back of Jung-suh, he runs up and taps her. But when she turns around, it's Yu-ri, wearing the same uniform (except she bought one exactly identical to the one that Song-ju bought Jung-suh). Yu-ri tells Song-ju that Jung-suh is sick at the hospital, and that Jung-suh told Yu-ri to wear the uniform and go keep Song-ju company (and of course, this is all a LIE). Song-ju is worried about Jung-suh, but after Yu-ri reassured him, he just walks around with Yu-ri. Yu-ri wants to go ice skating, so they go together. Yu-ri falls so much that Song-ju keeps helping her up and Yu-ri is really happy.
When Yu-ri goes home, Song-ju comes with her to visit Jung-suh and see how she's doing. Tae Mira tells Jung-suh to go into this other room (which is Tae-hwa's room) and hide, so Jung-suh doesn't get to see Song-ju.
Later when Song-ju leaves, Yu-ri tells her mom that Jung-suh and Song-ju are going overseas to study, and when they do that, Yu-ri won't have a chance with Song-ju. Tae Mira assures Yu-ri that she'll solve the problem.
When it's late at night, Jung-suh's dad goes into her room, and she hugs him, asking him if he's happy. He says that he's the happiest that he's ever been in a long time. To keep her dad happy, Jung-suh says that she can survive with Tae Mira and Yu-ri until she goes to study overseas with Song-ju. But in her room, Tae Mira starts crying (FAKE), and Jung-suh's dad asks her what's wrong.
The next day, Jung-suh's dad tells Jung-suh that the overseas studying will be delayed because he doesn't want Jung-suh to go at such a young age when she's not strong (healthy). (This is obviously all of Tae Mira's doing). Song-ju is sad and Jung-suh is devastated because now she has to survive the torture from Tae Mira and Yu-ri. Additionally, Jung-suh's dad says that he feels bad just sending Jung-suh off alone, so instead, he'll send Yu-ri and Tae-hwa off with her to study overseas.
The next scene is at a carousel, and Jung-suh's riding on it, and it's going around and around, and she's remembering the past when her mom would always wave to her. She'd see her mom, pass her mom, and see her mom again. Song-ju tells Jung-suh that he can wait to study overseas with her, but Jung-suh tells him to go ahead. She's only afraid that he'll never come back. Song-ju tells Jung-suh that he's afraid that when he comes back, she'll disappear. But if she disappears, he'll do everything he can to look for her and he won't ever stop until he finds her. This sweet scene ends with Song-ju putting his coat over Jung-suh and his head, and they kiss (assumption which is probably true).
At the end of this first episode, it goes back to the future when Song-ju is an adult playing the piano on a beach.
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