Original subtitles

(No. 1, Noh Se Hoon)

(No. 2, Kwak Sang Hyeon, No. 1, Noh Se Hoon, No. 2, Ha Yu Gyeong)

(I Am A Running Mate)

- Good job. - Good work.

Good work.

What happened?

You didn't take the lawyer's call.

(National Police Devoted to Core Duties)

Darn it. Forget about the lawyer.

I took care of it myself.

Okay. Did you settle?

You were able to settle, right?

Hey, it cost a fortune to settle.

Is that jerk trying to extort his tuition out of you?

He's a grown man. He wasn't even ashamed...

to ask for money from a high schooler.

How much did he ask for?

I'll send it by the end of this week.

I'm good.

Don't worry about it...

from now on.

What?

What do you mean?

I beat him up, so I should pay him.

No. I can talk to my parents. How much is it?

You two only watched the takedown.

I'm the only one who beat him up.

I can't take money from you.

- Don't you agree? - Kang Jae Won.

My point is,

if you want to beat someone up, you do it yourself.

I'm done with this now.

You must've gotten the wrong idea.

You scumbag. What misunderstanding?

No matter how messed up...

I'm hanging up.

Hey.

(KwakKwaki)

(I Am A Running Mate)

(Episode 8: Running, Mate)

Be careful.

Hey.

What are they doing?

Hey, I paid good money for that box of fried chicken.

- I told you to be careful. - Okay.

You should've gotten a stronger string.

You shouldn't have used shoelaces, you crazy jerk.

I got it.

When fried chicken gets cold, the seasoning tastes stronger.

But it's a bit salty today.

Should I blame the slow delivery?

I see. Then you order it yourself.

You're asking for a lot for a guy under self-quarantine.

Hey, pay me for the fried chicken.

As if. Have one.

That crazy jerk.

Are you crazy?

The voting results will be announced shortly.

Everyone, please take your seats.

Hey, Noh Se Hoon.

What was that earlier?

You mentioned my two-faced nature as a show-off.

Did you mean that?

I said those things on purpose to provoke you.

To provoke me?

Then it worked, Noh Se Hoon.

The voting results will be announced shortly.

- Everyone, please take your seats. - Come on.

(75th Youngjin High Presidential Candidates' Speech)

- Hey, Choi Jong Su. - Come on.

- Hold on. - What?

- You deserve a beating. - That's enough.

- Hey. - Come on.

- Gosh, what are you doing? Hey. - Stop that.

Sang Hyeon.

Put on the clean jacket.

Thanks.

(75th Youngjin High Presidential Candidates' Speech)

Let's go!

(Youngjin High School's 75th Presidential Election)

(Youngjin High School's 75th Presidential Election)

I'll announce the winner.

The 75th student president of Youngjin High School is...

(Youngjin High School)

(Youngjin High School)

(Candidate 1, Kwak Sang Hyeon)

(Candidate 2, Yang Won Dae)

We won.

We won, Yoon Jeong Hui!

Yes.

Nice!

- Good work. - Good work.

You too, Jeong Hui.

Thanks.

(Voting Results)

- Yes! - We won!

(Kwak Sang Hyeon: 49 percent, Yang Won Dae: 46 percent)

- Yes! - What?

- Seriously? - What?

(Kwak Sang Hyeon, elected)

- Everyone, gather around! Come on! - Okay.

Yes!

- Well done. - Great job.

- Good work. - Nice job.

We did well. It's okay.

We did our best. That's all that matters.

Thank you for your help, Ji Hun.

Keep your chin up. Okay?

Okay.

It's finally over.

- Did you watch the speech? - Yes, I did.

I almost thought that we might lose.

Lose? Are you out of your mind?

- One, two, three. - One, two, three.

- One, two, three. - One, two, three.

Everyone, keep your chin up!

Good job.

(Candidate 2, Yang Won Dae)

- Good work. - You did well!

Thank you.

- It's okay. - Nice job.

- It's okay! - It's okay!

- Hey. - Come on.

- Come here. - Hey, come over here.

- Look. - We won.

- No, go like this. - Hey, one of us should...

- Good job. - We did it.

- It's okay. - Won Dae.

I'd appreciate your help moving forward.

Sure. Congratulations.

- Let's go. - Yes.

You guys did well too.

Wait.

You did well, Ha Yu Gyeong.

Congratulations, Jeong Hui.

Let's congratulate them.

- Yes. - Congratulations.

- Well done. - Congratulations.

- Congratulations. - It's okay.

- Our dear friend - Our dear friend

- Candidate 1, Sang Hyeon - Candidate 1, Sang Hyeon

- Our dear friend - Our dear friend

Everyone!

Congratulations.

- Well done. - Good work.

- Kwak Sang Hyeon! - Kwak Sang Hyeon!

- Yes! - Congratulations.

- Everybody, let me hear you say... - The principal will come up...

and give out the appointment certificates.

Let's clear the area. Everyone, take your seats.

It was a good run.

Everyone, sit down.

Well done.

Gyeong Tae. You and I should talk.

Sure.

- Congratulations. - We did it.

Great.

- Well done. - Yes!

- Let's go! - Congratulations.

Hey. Good work, everyone!

Shout out to Youngjin. Shout out to Sang Hyeon!

- Let's lift the principal. - Hey, lift him up.

- Hey! - Yes!

Hey, let's lift Mr. Sin too. Come on.

- Hey. Who are you? - Hey.

- Come on, let's do this. - Mr. Sin.

Hey, what are you doing?

- Let's go! - Yes!

- Congratulations. - Let's celebrate.

- Yes! - Everybody, say his name!

- Sang Hyeon! - Yes!

- Won Dae! - Won Dae!

(75th Youngjin High Presidential Candidates' Speech)

(Youngjin High School)

(Appointment Certificate, Name: Noh Se Hyoon)

- What is this? - What? What's wrong?

Look at this. There's a typo.

"Noh Se Hyoon."

What is this?

Are you laughing now? Yes, you were laughing.

I wasn't.

Do you perhaps have...

I don't have feelings for you. Shut your mouth.

Vice Presidents.

- Go ahead. - We'll get going.

Congratulations to both of you.

- Thank you. - Thank you.

Everyone got so excited. I had to stay in the back for a bit.

Oh, right.

- I'm returning the tie. - Right.

Keep it as a souvenir.

- I'd appreciate your help. - Sang Hyeon!

- Congratulations, Sang Hyeon. - Congratulations.

Thank you.

Sang Hyeon.

What about Jae Won? What will happen to him?

He won't answer my calls.

Right.

What happened with Jae Won?

It's nothing.

Anyway, good work, everyone.

Let's grab a meal this weekend. It's my treat.

- Okay. - Okay.

We have somewhere to be.

Let's go.

Bye. Congratulations.

- Congratulations, Sang Hyeon. - Thank you.

- I'd appreciate your help. Thanks. - Okay.

- Let's go to a cafe. - Gosh, I thought...

It's over now.

For some reason, it feels like I'm missing something.

Right.

What are you going to do later?

Wan Sik said he was treating everyone to malatang later.

I must attend a special lecture in 53 minutes.

Is that so?

Do you plan your day down to the minute?

Yes.

Do you want to grab a beer...

once the special lecture is over? To celebrate our win.

I still have a few cans I stashed away over Chuseok.

I also have soju.

How about the soju-beer cocktail? Okay?

Do you want to get impeached...

on the suspicion of having a booze party?

What suspicion? The booze party did happen.

It's my mom.

Hey, Mom.

We did it.

We won.

What?

Okay.

- You can drink that. - What?

I'll get going first.

Hey, what about our party?

How could I not report it?

The two of them were removing the plate from the motorcycle.

I could tell that a crime was taking place.

I couldn't stop thinking about how off it looked.

So I went back there today.

I saw the banner looking for witnesses.

So I called you right away.

I see.

But here's the thing.

I'm very busy.

Look at my schedule today. It's jam-packed.

Thank you so much for meeting us when you're busy.

- Ma'am. - Yes.

When will you give me the reward?

You know, the witness reward.

- What? - Yes.

You can give me cash today, right?

Let's talk about that once our case is solved.

(Investigation Team for Traffic Accident)

- What? - Do they match the descriptions?

Of the two guys you saw.

Yes. The guy on the right rode the motorcycle.

And the guy on the left helped him remove the license plate.

- Is that so? - Yes.

- Why don't you take a look? - Take a look.

They talked to each other in English and giggled.

I thought they were drunk.

Wait.

Could you take a look at this picture?

Yes. That's the guy. The guy with the biker.

Yes, that's him.

My gosh.

Se Hoon. What on earth...

- Let me borrow this. - Wait.

- I'll call you later. - Oh, no.

Is that so? Are you sure?

Yes.

But what if...

the witness is mistaken?

What?

Could he have agreed with you because you were confident...

when you showed him the picture?

- I was confident, but... - Besides, he saw them at night.

He could be after the reward money.

- That's what I thought at first. - Se Hoon.

Why did you show this picture to the witness?

- I... - It's not like...

he witnessed the accident take place.

There's no guarantee that Sang Hyeon is the accomplice.

Is it possible that...

you were secretly hoping this would be the case?

The police took Kang Jae Won today because he got himself into trouble.

Why did you have to bring me this flimsy evidence?

What do you expect me to do?

Se Hoon.

Yes, Mr. Sin.

Do you want to take a look at this?

Sit here and watch this.

Do you remember this day?

Darn it.

What is this?

Yes. Right.

But by the time I got there,

I saw a sign of someone having been there before me.

And someone's fingerprint was on it too.

Hear me out. Here's what I don't understand.

Why did you get rid of the evidence? Why?

I don't know.

- I just thought I had to... - Se Hoon.

- Yes? - Se Hoon!

I'll level with you.

I can understand how this could happen.

Kids your age tend to get too competitive.

So I can understand...

why you'd do something like that.

That's why I've been turning a blind eye.

(Youngjin High School Election Commission)

After all that,

you guys won the election today.

But you came to tell me...

that the elected president, Kwak Sang Hyeon,

was an accomplice in your hit-and-run accident...

while conveniently forgetting everything you had done.

Mr. Sin!

I didn't do it.

- Someone else already... - Then why did you pick that up?

You were trying to get rid of the evidence!

Yes, I was.

But that evidence doesn't prove that I was the one who did it.

Come on. You little...

Hey.

How did you know in advance...

someone else would do that when you came to school that night?

Your story doesn't add up, you punk.

You wanted to win the election...

even if it meant cutting your opponents' eyeballs out.

You're now trying to frame...

the elected president as an accomplice to a hit-and-run?

Hey, are you a psychopath?

Are you?

Answer me.

There must be a reason you're stirring things up.

The reason I'm stirring things up?

I don't know.

I'm not trying to mess up the election that's already over.

I didn't come here because I was fooled...

by the fake witness who was only interested in the reward money.

He's one of my guys.

- It's just that... - Thank you.

Sacrificing everything and pushing myself beyond the limit...

for the past few weeks...

just to win frustrates me and makes me feel like...

the biggest idiot.

(Youngjin High School)

- What? - No.

I want a picture alone.

- Really? - Take a picture from there.

- Do the pose now. - Hey. The camera...

- Okay. - Hey.

- Okay. - Hey. Come on.

You little...

- Should I take one properly? - What?

- Should I take one properly? Okay. - Yes.

Hey.

Okay. Let's shake hands and make up.

You crazy jerk. Come on.

- One, two, three. - I'll take it now.

Come on.

- That hurts. - Let me do it.

(Son of the Poultry Farmhouse)

(Please answer my call, Park Ji Hun.)

(Honestly, I don't know what to say to you right now.)

(- Let's talk later. - Later when?)

(I'm not sure.)

Hey, Park Ji Hun.

Ji Hun.

Let's talk, come on.

Park Ji Hun.

(Son of the Poultry Farmhouse)

Darn.

Come on.

Darn it.

At what point did it start to fall apart?

To find the answer to this question,

that's where I went back to.

Hey, Vice President. To what do I owe this pleasure?

There was something I wanted to ask you.

Where are you?

Well, I have a family event. So I'm out.

Is that so?

A family event?

Hello?

Hey, Noh Se. Noh Se?

Hey.

Come on!

- Cheers. - Cheers.

(Exit)

(Exit)

(Warning: Entry by Permission Only)

- You're so good at that. - Don't be humble.

Whatever. Let's just drink.

- I'm in. - Cheers.

- Cheers. - Cheers.

- Cheers. - Let's go.

- Come on. - Cheers.

- Just drink. - Yes.

I'm good.

It's fine.

Let's drink and bury the hatchet.

- Cheers. - Okay.

Yu Gyeong, I'm sorry.

- You're teasing her. - Whatever.

He's a bit immature. You should cut him some slack.

You little jerk. You good-for-nothing scumbag!

My gosh. You...

What are you going to do?

- You think you're a big shot now? - Hey, cut it out.

- What's wrong with them? - I told you not to do that.

That hurts.

When he started to take down Noh Se, I was so surprised. Seriously.

That's not funny. Stop that.

- Gosh. - What's wrong with him?

- Hey. - Hey. It's spilling over.

- Are you drunk? - You know what? I can just wipe it.

- Why are you... - Gosh.

- All right. - Oh, my.

You jerk, Ho Seok.

- Take it. - No.

Come on.

I'll drink later. I have to drop off Joo Yeon.

Yes. Stop giving him drinks.

I hate drunk drivers.

That's what you're worried about?

He was even behind the hit-and-run accident.

What are you so scared about?

- Shut your mouth. - What? A hit-and-run?

What's this about?

- What? - What's this about?

It's nothing.

I'll hit your boobs and run.

- Come on. What are you doing? - You crazy jerk.

- What is this? - Stop it.

- Let's drink. - Come on.

- All right. - Cheers.

- Cheers. - Let's drink.

- What was that? - What?

Noh Se.

- Noh Se Hoon? - What? He was invited too?

What's this?

- An appointment certificate? - What?

What's he doing here?

Kang Jae Won!

Did you let him in?

Where is this jerk?

What's gotten into him?

What are you doing here? You weren't invited.

I told you I wanted to ask you something.

What do you need to ask me?

What was so important...

that you snuck into my house like a thief?

Why did you ask me to join your campaign?

What?

Why did you sweet-talk me into joining you...

when you knew I was going to join Won Dae's campaign?

You little punk.

I didn't sweet-talk you into anything.

Do you think you're so important?

Hey, Kwak Sang Hyeon.

Noh Se Hoon, you loser. Have you lost your mind?

Did you just drop the honorifics?

Answer me, you jerk.

You were a nobody who had nothing going on other than studying.

And I made you the vice president.

You're so full of it.

- Hey. - You think I'm full of it?

- Oh, no. That crazy jerk. - Darn it.

- Stop it. Hey, I told you to stop. - Hey. No.

- Come here, you jerk! - Hey.

- Noh Se Hoon, you jerk. Come here. - Stop it.

- I told you to stop it. - Come here, you jerk.

- Hey, Noh Se Hoon. - Stop it.

- Stop it. - Come on.

- Hey. - No!

The hit-and-run accident that night...

You two were behind it, right?

What?

Did I hurt your pride when someone like me challenged your friend?

Unbelievable.

Is that why you two came up with this?

- To mess me up? - Fine. Let go of me.

You used me for sympathy votes?

I told you to let go of me!

What if I did? What will you do?

Do you have proof, you jerk?

That's not the only thing I have.

I even have a witness, you scumbag!

What? Scared, are you?

So tell me.

Why did you make me,

a loser who only lived to study, the vice president?

- Why did you do it? - That jerk.

Stop it!

- Oh, no. - Is he okay?

Does it hurt?

No!

- Hey, Kwak Sang Hyeon. - Kwak Sang Hyeon.

- Hey, Ho Seok. Stop him. - Oh, no.

- Hey, stop it. - Get off me!

Why?

Did you come all the way here just to ask me that?

Why?

Darn it. I did it because I felt sorry for you. So what?

I needed someone like you,

a loser to draw pity and balance out my campaign.

You don't know that...

people get jealous when popular kids stick together, right?

Stop it!

I finally get it.

I wasn't someone anyone darn well needed or wanted.

Oh, no.

I was just disposable.

You know nothing, you punk.

Darn it. You ought to thank me...

for teaching you a lesson.

There was never...

a spot for me here.

Thank you for teaching me a lesson, you jerk!

He must've been filming everything.

He must be out of his mind.

How long has he been recording this?

- Come on. What's he doing? - You jerk...

Hey, stop it.

Kang Jae Won. What are you doing?

It's about time you come to your senses.

Enough is enough.

- Hey, are you all right? - Jae Won.

Do you think you can get up?

Darn it.

Darn it.

Darn.

Oh, no.

- Look at that. - Oh, my. What happened?

- What on earth happened? - What's going on?

- What happened here? - Oh, no.

- What's going on? - Look at that.

Is anyone hurt?

- Look over there. - Okay.

- Someone threw that out the window. - My gosh.

- Thank you. - It just dropped out of the sky.

- Go check over there. - Look at that.

- My gosh. What on earth... - Please hurry.

What, you punk?

My gosh.

Please let me make one call.

Please let me make a call. Come on!

- Hey. - Please, sir.

I'm going to go by myself. Okay?

My gosh, Se Hoon.

- Let me make a call. - Hello.

Oh, no.

- Mom. - What on earth happened?

Oh, no.

Hey, Kang Jae Won.

What are you two doing right now?

What?

Hey, Kang Jae Won.

Can you call my mom?

Jae Won.

Kang Jae Won!

(Police)

Kwak Sang Hyeon.

- I'll call your mom. - Yes.

- Sit tight. - Okay.

Call her now.

I...

didn't have it in me to go back to who I used to be.

I couldn't go back to my old self before joining the campaign.

To the old me who used to talk with friends, crack silly jokes,

and laugh.

To the old me who used to tolerate people...

- who wronged and humiliated me. - Hey, finish that.

If you didn't sign the paper, make sure to sign it.

I couldn't bring myself to do that.

Thank you, everyone.

Don't drop out of school like me.

- I hope you will graduate... - As I didn't think...

- I could go back to the old days... - from high school.

- Study hard. - I...

- decided to leave school. - Stay healthy, guys.

- Okay. - Okay.

- Bye, Noh Se. - Congratulations on dropping out.

- Congratulations on dropping out. - Congratulations on dropping out.

You?

- Call Jong Su. - Yes, call me.

- Call me. Okay? - Hey, take this with you.

Go. Get lost.

I told you not to kick people. Come on.

- Se Hoon. - Oh, hi.

I'll root for you.

Me too.

Gyeong Tae.

What?

What?

Bye.

Okay.

Bye, Noh Se.

Okay.

- You got this, Noh Se! - Call us!

I'll kill you if you come back to school.

But still. Come by to see us.

- Don't break it. Bye! - Take care, Mr. Hard-on.

Take care of your health!

- Square your shoulders, punk. - Take care.

- Bye! - Don't cry!

- A Porsche? - Hey, Noh Se Hoon.

Jae Won. You don't ride the motorcycle anymore?

Hey. Two-wheelers are dangerous.

Darn. Get in now.

Look at you. You came back with success written all over you.

What?

- Okay, I'll write to you too. - Okay.

- Put on the seat belt. - Okay.

- Your glasses have no lenses. - Hey. Come on.

I'm trying to look smart.

How much does a car like this cost?

What do you think? It's super expensive.

Did you get your GED results yet?

- They're coming out next week. - I see.

How have you been? How's work?

Well, I was born to do this job.

Do you want to go in?

Should we?

(Youngjin High School)

(The Youngest Candidate to Run for Student Council Again)

Yoon Jeong Hui.

Ann Tae Oh?

(Once Again with Nam Gyeong Tae)

Nam Gyeong Tae.

What?

Do you want to come back to school?

Don't you regret it?

I only went to school once a week.

It's better to be working.

Schools aren't churches, after all.

Right.

Working might be better for you.

You punk.

Hold on.

What?

- You have two phones? - Yes, sir.

It's cancelled?

I see.

Do you need anything else?

Three orders of kimchi dumplings, four orders of meat dumplings,

and extra pickled radishes.

I got it.

I'll pick them up on my way back. I'll be on time.

No, it's all right. I'm very close.

Yes.

You've never seen a guy talk to a celebrity on the phone?

What did he say?

The movie shoot is cancelled.

He wants me to pick up some dumplings tonight.

Dumplings?

My dear actor, Choi, is hooked on dumplings these days.

Darn it. I have to go all the way to Incheon for dumplings.

How's everyone doing?

Everyone?

I don't know. I'm sure they're doing well.

That jerk is going to the US this winter.

The US?

A loser like you took him down.

How could he come to school after that?

By the way, how's your friend doing?

You know the one I'm talking about.

Oh, him?

I don't know.

I'm sure he's doing well.

You know what? Come with me to buy the dumplings.

We can talk about your future plans on the drive there.

Plans?

Of course, you punk.

Shouldn't you have a plan?

After all, you were bold enough to drop out.

I haven't given any thought yet.

- Se Hoon - Se Hoon

- Candidate 1, Se Hoon - Candidate 1, Se Hoon

- Our dear friend - Our dear friend

- Candidate 1, Se Hoon - Candidate 1, Se Hoon

- Our dear friend - Our dear friend

- Candidate 1, Se Hoon - Candidate 1, Se Hoon

- Our dear friend - Our dear friend

- Candidate 1, Se Hoon - Candidate 1, Se Hoon

- Our dear friend - Our dear friend

- Candidate 1, Se Hoon - Candidate 1, Se Hoon

Hey, Noh Se Hoon!

Come on.

Come out of the school. You dropped out. Remember?

Wait up for me.

- Hey, run. - Come on.

Gosh, Jae Won!

Jae Won!

- Keep running. - Jae Won.

Wait up!

- You're really leaving me here. - Run!

You can't leave me here for real! Jae Won!

- Take care. - Hey, Kang Jae Won!

Wait up for me!

Come on, stop it!

(I Am A Running Mate)