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This drama is based on a true story.

The plot was adjusted for entertainment purposes only.

We have no intention to offend any careers,

encourage immoral sexual values,

or create a pessimistic disposition of a gender or a group of people.

We would like to apologize in advance for any misunderstandings.

(present)

Hello, Aoy and Chod.

I have heard

that some people rely on superstitions

whenever they feel discouraged and hopeless.

I'm one of those people.

Especially when it comes to love.

All of my past relationships faced the same ending.

Do you think

you can just walk up to me and break up with me?

How do you think it makes me feel?

Say something.

This is why I want to break up, Belle.

You expect people to spoil you.

I've been this way since we started dating.

Why is it suddenly a problem?

I tried to put up with you, Belle.

Your father always spoils you.

What does this have to do with him?

It does.

Your personality is shaped

by the way he raised you.

Whenever someone dumps you,

it's always for the same reason.

They just didn't say it.

Wait.

Ouch.

Hey.

What are you doing to my daughter?

- Answer me. - Dad, no.

- Dad. - Let go of me.

Dad, no. It's over.

It's not over, Belle.

He was going to hurt you.

How can you expect me to let him go?

Not once have I hurt you

during all these years that I have raised you.

Who is he

to hurt you?

But... but I hurt him first, Dad.

What did you do?

I never saw you hurt him once.

You have been pampering him

and supporting him financially.

He should be grateful to you.

Every time I got my heart broken,

my father was always there for me.

Do you believe me now, Belle?

What are you talking about?

- What do you mean? - Dad.

- Tell me what you mean by that. - Dad.

- Dad, enough! I've had enough! - Belle!

If you've had enough of him, wait for me in the car.

I'll take care of him. Go.

No!

I said enough!

Don't make things worse than they already are.

- Belle. - At one point,

- I started to question - Belle.

whether or not

my father's love was good for me.

I only wish

to come across

a good relationship for once.

Please let me find someone who truly loves me.

And I won't ask for anything else.

I'm sorry.

Take this.

I don't carry a handkerchief around.

Use this tissue

to wipe your tears instead.

The smoke must have gotten in your eyes.

Don't rub your eyes too hard.

They could get infected.

Wipe your tears with this tissue. It's clean.

Thank you.

Please excuse me then.

Don't rub your eyes too hard.

They could get infected.

Wipe your tears with this tissue. It's clean.

What's your problem?

What's yours? Why didn't you pick up my calls?

You wouldn't answer my texts either.

If you want to break up, just say so.

Don't avoid me.

It's not very manly of you.

Sorry to ask you this.

But do you think what you are doing is right?

What am I doing?

You are disrespecting me.

This isn't the first time you treated me this way either.

Do you know why I never said anything?

I was trying to be a gentleman.

But I guess I won't need to put up with it anymore.

What do you mean?

We are over.

Where do you think you are going? Talk to me first.

I have nothing to say to you.

What I do is none of your business.

We are not a couple.

We were never a couple.

When are you going to stop leading girls on?

Wait. I never lead anyone on.

It's all in their heads.

What a jerk.

I get them all in the end.

And what happens next?

A new girl comes in, and you ghost the rest.

Am I just waiting for the day you ghost me too?

That would never happen.

- Hey. - Don't lie to me.

What? I'm serious.

I could never ghost you.

You always stand by me.

It's always been like this.

Don't you remember?

Mom...

How have you been?

Long time no see.

What are you doing here?

I almost forgot

that I had a mom.

I had nowhere to go.

I wanted to see you.

Why?

So that my pain

would go away.

I see.

I get it now.

Is that all I am to you?

A remedy you turn to whenever you feel alone.

Then you abandon me the moment you feel better.

I know I screwed up.

I'm here to make amends.

Can you not bring up the past?

Try putting yourself in my shoes.

You would realize that the past

was never forgotten.

It still haunts me as if it was yesterday.

It's easier said than done.

It's unbelievable

how selfish you are.

Hey.

Stop. Stop it.

Leave me alone!

Pull yourself together.

Wait.

Somebody

must have hurt you.

But it's not your hand's fault.

So why are you hurting it?

It's pointless

to hurt yourself.

The person who hurt you

isn't feeling the pain. You are.

Look at your hand.

It's bleeding.

Hey, don't do that.

My blood will get on your shirt.

So what?

Give me your hand.

Does it hurt?

Aren't you afraid people will start asking questions about the blood?

Here.

(Am)

No one can see it now.

And don't worry. I won't tell anyone.

I'm great at keeping secrets.

(Tom)

Aren't you going to answer that?

No.

Here.

You don't need to come to see me if you don't want to.

I don't want to steal your time with your boyfriend.

I don't mind.

Don't worry about it.

I'm not.

I just don't want any trouble.

Men are usually possessive of their belongings.

And they get extra possessive when something of theirs means a lot

to other people.

Are you saying I mean a lot to you?

I always tell you that.

Don't you feel possessive of me?

No.

I'm not like other men.

Also, you are not an object.

I don't own you.

I believe everybody deserves freedom

and shouldn't be controlled.

What if that person is willing

to be owned by you?

You can ask me that question again once you are single.

I need to practice my guitar.

I finally found a good spot to practice,

but that girl ruined it for me.

This sucks.

All right, you should go.

Take these lecture notes.

Let me know if you have questions.

I'm not going to read them.

I'd rather wait for a private session with you at my place.

See you later.

Belle.

Belle, dear.

Belle, open...

Why do you lock your door nowadays?

I need some privacy.

Who puts that thought in your head?

No one.

I just think I'm old enough

to have some private space.

Belle.

Belle.

Didn't we promise

not to keep secrets

from each other?

We made that promise when I was a child, Dad.

Yes.

So what?

Are you allowed to break your promise just because you got older?

Are you saying

we have to live like this until one of us dies?

It won't be long

before that time comes.

But as long as I'm breathing,

don't push me away with your need to have privacy.

You know

that you are all I've got.

I won't have anyone left

if you push me away.

I heard about your breakup. Do you want to party?

Aren't you scared of Belle's father?

Last time, she got home ten minutes late

and her father scolded us

for being a bad influence on her. Don't you remember?

That's right. My parents found out about it

and deducted my allowance as a punishment.

The same thing happened to me.

You should just stay home and be a good girl.

Miss Belle.

I'm sorry for causing you trouble.

Who are you texting?

No one.

Is there a problem?

No.

Are you sure?

What's with the long face then?

You can talk to me about it.

I said there wasn't a problem.

Weren't you listening?

Belle.

Belle.

I was listening.

But I had to ask you again

because your gestures suggested otherwise.

I had to make sure that you didn't have a problem

and didn't just lie to me.

When I say no, I mean no.

Please listen and believe me next time.

I'm sick of having to answer your questions.

- But I... - Dad!

If there's nothing else,

I'd like to be alone.

I see.

Okay.

Get some rest.

And don't lock your door.

Belle.

Are you going somewhere?

I'm going out with my friends.

Who?

Where are you going at this hour?

Are you sure you want to go?

I'm going to this new place with Kwang and the girls.

I'll be home soon.

Those girls again?

I told you to unfriend them.

Those girls are my only friends, Dad.

Also,

weren't you the one

who introduced them to me?

You knew their parents.

I was.

I thought

they were good and obedient children.

I didn't expect them to be so irresponsible.

You should stay home.

No, I'm going.

I feel uncomfortable here and need a change of atmosphere.

Please don't stop me.

You feel uncomfortable?

What are you talking about?

Do you really not know

what I'm talking about?

Belle.

Belle!

Belle!

Belle!

Yes, Boss.

Cheers.

Aoy and Chod, I couldn't believe

that I ran into him again.

And we crossed paths only days after our first encounter.

You could call it a coincidence,

but I believe it's destiny

that brought us to each other.

I had to get to know him

even though he might not be the one for me.

Hey.

Hey.

Are your eyes better now?

Do you remember me?

Of course.

It's a coincidence that I ran into you here.

Did you get your heart broken?

What makes you say that?

There aren't many reasons for people to visit temples

and bars alone.

You either need to vent to someone about your problems

or

distract yourself

from sorrow.

You are good at reading people.

I'm observant.

Also, people go to that temple to pray for love.

So it can't be another reason.

What about you?

Me?

What about me?

Well...

What's your name?

Why are you laughing?

No reason.

My name is Time.

Time, as in a period of time?

That's right.

My mother gave me this name.

She said

time is the most precious thing in life.

If you don't grab something while you still can,

you won't have another chance

because

time only moves forward.

It doesn't wait for anyone.

Your name makes you sound like a selfish person.

What?

It's just a name.

I'm not that type of person.

- Really? - Yes.

What about you?

What's your name?

My name is Belle.

Bell?

As in a ringing bell?

No.

It's from "la belle". It's French.

It means beautiful.

Well, it's true.

Huh?

I said

you're beautiful.

I'll be right back.

What's the matter?

Nothing. I miss you. Can't I just call you?

We just met when we went to that love blessing.

So why do you miss me now?

You won't understand if you don't experience it yourself.

And haven't you

endured enough after all this time?

Well, how can it be enough if I haven't found a good one?

If nothing good comes out of it, then shouldn't you stop already?

Time, every woman

hopes to meet someone they can spend the rest of their life with.

But shouldn't you have learned your lesson by now?

Anyway,

let the past stay in the past.

What's the use in mentioning it now?

You always say that when you can't come up with a counterargument.

Have it your way, Mom.

I have to hang up now. My friend's waiting.

Okay. Look after yourself.

Tell that to yourself.

And don't let anyone hurt your feelings again.

I know.

And lay off

the cigarettes too.

You're not getting any younger.

Hey! I...

Ugh!

Uh, Belle? Belle? Belle?

How much did you drink?

And how are you getting home?

I...

I drove here.

Don't tell me

you're going to drive back in this state?

(Dad)

(Dad)

(Slide to power off)

Can I stay the night with you?

Sure.

Give me your car key.

I'll drive.

Leave the car here.

The thing is,

when I went to the bathroom,

I saw another exit.

Let's get out through there.

All right.

Let's go. Watch your step.

Will you be okay?

The thing is,

I don't really like sleeping with someone

when they're drunk.

It feels like I'm taking advantage of them

since they're not in control of themselves.

Even though I'm not fully in control of myself,

I know

what I'm doing.

You know.

But are you okay with sleeping with someone

when you're like this?

(Dad, missed calls and text messages)

(First Semester Timetable)

Where were you?

I asked you a question! Why didn't you answer?

I stayed at my friend's condo last night.

Which friend?

You didn't go out

with Kwang and the others last night like you told me, did you?

Belle, who do you think I am?

Do you think I'm stupid?

Is that why you lied to me?

What have you done? Huh?

If you really want to know, why don't you ask your subordinates?

But shouldn't you have learned your lesson by now?

See?

You always say that when you can't come up with a counterargument.

I want to know as well

why you had someone follow me!

I already told you where I was going and with whom!

I can't think of any other reason

except you don't trust me!

Are you saying it's my fault?

You are never at fault! You're always right! It's my fault!

Belle, that's enough!

Right now, you should be feeling remorseful for what you did.

And tell me everything you're hiding from me!

All right.

If you're dying to know, then I'll tell you.

I slept with a guy! Are you happy now?

Belle!

Oh...

Ugh!

Time, there's a huge match tonight. Same place, okay?

Sure. I'll hurry over.

You can't spend the night "studying" with Am, okay?

Nonsense. I'm always punctual. You guys are being stupid.

- Were you? Were you? - Jerks!

Hey!

Whoa!

- Hello, Am! - Hey.

Go! Go!

- They were teasing me! - You could've slipped!

So? Are you going to have anything to eat first?

No, let's just go.

So we can get studying. I'm watching a soccer match with Pae tonight.

Okay. Wait for a second. I'll grab my lecture notes.

Belle?

Belle,

what happened?

(I'll just go ahead)

Is something the matter?

No.

So what happened?

I don't feel like talking about it now.

But do you mind keeping me company for a bit?

Your eyes are swollen. Are you sure you don't want to tell me?

Is it that obvious?

You can't completely conceal

the traces of sadness.

I'm already used to seeing this kind of thing.

Well,

I just got into a fight with Dad.

Actually,

it's been a problem for a while now.

But Dad never knew.

Or maybe he knew

but wouldn't admit it.

Admit what?

It makes me uncomfortable always being within his sight.

He's always micromanaging

everything I do.

It feels like

I don't have any space.

Hang on.

Isn't it good to have someone helping you?

Well, it can be.

I was okay with it

in the past.

But now,

I'd rather live without it.

Is it that uncomfortable?

Very.

To the point I can't stand it anymore.

And I exploded in front of him once

because I didn't want to put up with it any longer.

And what about you?

Have you experienced something similar?

Do you mean being under your parents' control?

Or not being able

to put up with something you don't want to put up with?

The former.

I haven't been living with my parents for a while now.

So I don't think I can answer that.

And

where are your parents?

They went their separate ways

and left me with a relative.

Then they sent me to a boarding school once I was old enough.

Honestly, I only met my mom after I started uni.

Wouldn't you be mad at her?

What do you think?

But once I got to talk to her,

I realized what she'd gone through

during the time we were apart.

Honestly, I felt sorry for her.

And somehow, I wanted to thank her for leaving me.

It's best to live without the burden

of other people's lives or feelings.

Let's not talk about anything else that's stressful.

Oh, are you going to perform at that place again tonight?

No, but I'm going to watch a soccer match with my friends.

Really?

Can I come along?

(Hello)

- There they are. - When is Time going to get here?

He's super late.

Just a second. Hey, guys!

This is Belle. She's a friend.

She goes to our uni but at a different faculty.

And she's a senior.

Uh, should we refer to you

as someone older than us?

It's okay. Just call me "Belle".

Hang on.

Are you sure you and her

are just friends?

Right?

There's something fishy.

Would it kill you not to tease me for a day?

Aw.

Would you like to join us?

Uh, I don't know how.

I'll just stand here and watch.

- Oh. - Get over there. Go.

Come on.

Do you want to give it a go?

Here. I'll teach you.

- Hold this. - The cue?

- Give me your bag. - Thank you.

Ahem.

- Aw, Time. - Time.

- Be gentle. - And what's next?

Then

use your right hand and hit the ball.

Give it a try.

- How do I place my hand? - Like this.

All right.

Look.

One, two, three!

- Hey! - Wow!

Should we try one more time?

Can I try?

Aren't you going to stop me?

Oh? So do you want to try it or not?

Well, I do.

But I thought you'd stop me

because it's bad.

If I stop you, then I'll be contradicting myself.

For some things, it's up to the person's discretion.

There's no need for anyone else to judge if it's good or bad.

Hand it over.

- I... - Easy, easy.

Okay?

Can I try it again?

I don't think

I'll choke on it this time.

Here.

I'll show you

what to do so you won't choke.

What world are you from? How come you've never done this?

The world I used to

believe was good, but in fact...

It's very small.

We should go.

Time, wait.

Can you show me your world?

I'm dying to leave mine.

If that's the case,

then you can leave now.

Where are you?

Come home so we can talk properly.

I'm sorry.

Can you tell me

what I should be doing?

Seriously, you've never played pool before?

- Never. - Your hand placement was perfect.

No.

- I said I've never played. - Belle!

It's possible for a relationship that has an easy start

to have an easy ending as well.

Her dad is the problem. He never understands her.

So she's hoping to meet someone who can make her feel happy

and that someone ended up being you.

Why do I feel like you're going to care about this girl more than me?

Belle isn't the first woman who came into my life after you.

But she came to you with a problem.

I don't think you're ready to handle something like that.

I said I'd keep our relationship secret,

but it doesn't mean

I'm okay with someone messing around with you!

And what right do you have to control me?

Argh!

- Please excuse me. - Cut!

Take the black spot on Janis's nose out.

Oh, you're like Mickey Mouse.

It's my beauty mark!

Oh, okay.

- I actually dabbed it on. - All right, all right.

I used eyeliner.

I wanted to add some character.

Okay then.

- I'm on a roll. - So you have to trust her, okay?

It can't be my fault if I get close to you.

- Okay. - Okay?

- Aw! - You're being naughty!

Why? Why would you feel considerate?

Is that okay?

All right.

- I was so angry. - I'll make her explode.

I'm in good hands now that Dad's stepping in.

So mad.