Original subtitles

(Are you going to look for Cha Yeo-woon?)

(You have entered the Dating Zone.)

Cha Yeo-woon!

(Love For Love's Sake)

(Lee Tae-vin)

(Cha Joo-wan)

(Oh Min-su)

(Cha Woong-ki)

(Episode 1: Happiness)

Hey, slow down.

Why are you drinking like you want to die?

People don't die that easily.

But…

is this how it ends?

Every story has a small beginning.

It always does.

Mm, a happy ending.

Senior's novel is about a man and a woman overcoming obstacles together

and pairing off happily in the end.

Oh, right. Someone offered to adapt my novel into a game.

I'm gonna say yes.

If it's turned into a game, will anyone play it?

Probably people who follow my works like you.

So what if I read it?

I don't like it.

What's wrong with it?

But I prefer lonely supporting characters

to happy protagonists.

Cha Yeo-woon is still unhappy.

That's just life.

But being fated to live that kind of life…

is just so unfair.

If that's the case,

will you change it for me?

Once I realized I tend to speak without thinking when I'm drunk,

it's no wonder why I brought this on myself.

(Synchronizing)

(Synchronizing) Hey.

(Synchronizing) What's wrong?

(The Dating Zone is activated.) is activated.

(You can now move freely.)

- Tae Myung-ha! - Yes.

Yes?

Go stand in the hallway.

Yes, sir.

(As a player, you must complete all your missions.)

(Carry out your missions and fulfill your world.)

(Tutorial: Checking Tae Myung-ha's Settings) Tutorial?

Game?

Did Senior…?

It's impossible.

Is this real?

Is this happening?

(May 1)

Yesterday?

So is this real or not?

I'm a high school student?

Shinyup?

Where did I hear that? Shinyup?

Oh, Shinyup.

Senior!

Stop pranking me!

Someone offered to adapt my novel into a game.

I'm gonna say yes.

Will you change it for me?

Jeez, Tae Myung-ha, you're almost 30.

Lay off the booze.

What am I saying?

Dude,

do you know who I am?

- Of course. - Who am I?

Tae Myung-ha.

Really?

How old am I?

- Nineteen. - Really?

Senior year, right?

(Tutorial has ended.)

(Claim your reward. Retrieving memories.)

Cha Yeo-woon is still unhappy.

But Cha Yeo-woon's not the protagonist.

His life is as hopeless as Tae Myung-ha's life.

He struggles from start to finish.

His parents are awful and his grandma dies.

And he can't run in a race because his leg hurts.

Your so-called happy ending

might be someone else's tragedy.

Don't you know that?

That's just life.

But being fated to live that kind of life…

is just so unfair.

Why?

Would you write it differently?

Of course. I'd never write it this way.

Cha Yeo-woon's life…

and my lousy life…

can find happiness too.

If that's the case,

will you change it for me?

Jeez,

I brought this on myself.

Tae Myung-ha, you shouldn't have said that.

(Find Cha Yeo-woon and check your missions.)

Cha Yeo-woon?

Do you know Cha Yeo-woon?

Mm, I do. He's very popular.

This is crazy.

So he exists? The runner?

I see. Thanks, dude.

- Where are you going? - See my main.

Huh?

Oh.

I mean Cha Yeo-woon.

I'll find Cha Yeo-woon.

Cha Yeo-woon, where are you?

Hey.

Where's Cha Yeo-woon?

Cha Yeo-woon?

Why? He didn't come in today.

- He didn't? - No.

I heard his grandmother passed.

Probably busy with her funeral.

Wait a minute.

He's 18. It's spring. His grandma…

Next is his leg?

(Are you going to look for Cha Yeo-woon?)

(45 minutes remaining)

Please.

Wait a sec.

This is crazy.

Are you for real, Senior?

Are you listening, Senior?

At least give me 5,000 won.

(Six km to the Dating Zone)

Six kilometers…

About 30 minutes if I run.

Give it a go.

(500 meters to the Dating Zone)

Gotta run up the stairs too?

(03.59 minutes remaining)

(You have entered the Dating Zone.)

Cha Yeo-woon!

Cha Yeo-woon!

(The world has changed.)

(The world has changed because of you.)

(Mission: Make Cha Yeo-woon happy)

Happy?

Hm?

(Tae Myung-ha)

(Cha Yeo-woon has acknowledged you.)

(Calculating Cha Yeo-woon's Fondness toward you)

(Fondness -20)

Please let go of my hand.

Oh.

Sorry.

Who are you?

Hm?

I asked who you were.

Oh.

I'm a senior in your school. I mean our school.

Actually, uh…

Your grandma asked me to take care of you.

My grandma?

Yes.

She never told me.

Really. It's true.

Please leave before I call the police.

She was born in Gyeongsang and she loved gaengsigi.

When it rained, she'd make gaengsigi, but she said you hated it.

And…

Back in the day, she cooked for a rich but picky family

so she became a good cook and good at cursing, right?

And…

I saw her a lot when she still sold vegetables at the wet market.

She told me a lot about you because she said we were close in age.

So why didn't you come to the funeral?

Well…

Sorry I was late for that.

Shall we get ice cream?

Which one do you want?

Kids like chocolate, right?

Didn't see that coming.

Lend me 300.

Thank you.

Here.

B-B-Big? You eat like an old man.

Are you in the sports club?

No.

Weird. You're a whiner like I've always heard.

Kids these days have no manners.

How old are you?

Me? 2…

- Nineteen. - I'm 18 now.

See?

Still a kid.

You can leave.

Hey! Hey!

(Current Fondness -20)

(Debuffed because Fondness is in the minus.) Debuffed?

Is that really a thing?

- Can I crash at your place? - No.

Then come crash at my place.

I know what you're thinking.

I'm not gonna die.

So you can leave.

No can do.

Let's go together.

Mister! Let us in!

Just get in.

Can you pay for me?

- Are you extorting me? - Two people, sir.

I'll pay you back when we get home.

Really.

Come sit in the back.

(40 centimeters to the Dating Zone) Dating Zone my ass.

More like Hedgehog Warning Zone.

But how does the game calculate it?

If it's 40 centimeters…

(You have entered the Dating Zone.)

What's wrong with you?

Sorry.

(40 centimeters to the Dating Zone)

Zone?

Is it the distance between me and Cha Yeo-woon?

Dating Supremacy…

(It's a concept in which dating is the ultimate goal)

(and the only factor that leads to marriage.)

Dating?

Him?

(It's a concept in which dating is the ultimate goal)

(and the only factor that leads to marriage.)

(The B-B-Big equivalent is Big Bar Bum Bar)

(Why do you eat that stuff?)

What's this? Sent by mistake?

Why are you so distracted?

Huh?

Oh.

It's nothing.

It's a bit of a walk to my house.

Exactly the same.

I'm home.

You never call to say you'll be late.

Grandma.

Take that.

Try getting into fights again.

Why did you hit me all of a sudden?

You don't listen when I tell you nicely.

Want another one?

Who's that boy?

Oh.

Hello.

Why is he holding a mourning jacket?

Oh, he's a junior I'm close to.

He'll crash here tonight.

Is that okay?

A handsome boy.

Right?

Let's get inside.

Hey, come in!

Why are you standing here?

It's just you and your grandma too?

Mm.

Is that why you're harassing me?

Even though we just met, I've known you for a long time.

Because my grandma told you about me?

I'm your fan.

- Fan? - You're a good runner.

You know nothing about me.

Yeo-woon,

despite your bad manners, you're quite cute.

Is this how you usually are?

Gotta meddle when you see someone pathetic?

Hey, Cha Yeo-woon.

If you want to thank me, just say it.

What are you doing, Grandma?

You rascal, why are you crowding me?

Why aren't you asleep?

I missed you so I came by.

Did you eat something weird?

Got punched again, didn't you?

I really missed you.

Am I dying? Is that why you're being ridiculous?

I just missed you. Is that ridiculous?

Give it here.

When I think about it,

I'm very happy when I'm with you.

You didn't get punched but you got possessed, didn't you?

I'm being super normal. Your grandson is fine.

He must have finished showering.

I'm gonna go.

Don't stay up too late.

Myung-ha?

Is everything really okay?

Go to sleep.

(Fondness -10)

You're still awake, right?

Thinking about me?

What's wrong with you? You're weird?

Jeez, what a rude kid.

Sweet dreams.

You haven't changed your clothes. What do we do?

I'll take care of it.

Fine.

The bus is here.

(Current Fondness -10)

(Debuffed because Fondness is in the minus.) What?

Oh.

Look who's here.

It's Cha Yeo-woon.

- Ignoring me? - Hey.

You're being loud.

I barely said anything.

(Tae Myung-ha)

Tak Jun-kyung.

Stand quietly.

Here's what I've got so far.

One, the zone is not as big as I thought.

It's just the radius of five meters from Cha Yeo-woon.

(One meter to the Dating Zone)

Two,

when Cha Yeo-woon's fondness is in the minus like right now,

and I'm near him when I'm debuffed, bad things will happen to him.

Therefore, until his Fondness is above zero,

I must keep my distance.

Three,

if I get Cha Yeo-woon to like me,

will good things happen?

Why is he avoiding me after he did all that?

Hey, can't you focus?

Are you distracted?

I'm sorry.

Run another lap.

With Tae Myung-ha backing him, Cha Yeo-woon is getting arrogant.

Who is he? How did he know Tae Myung-ha?

- I don't think they know each other. - Who cares?

He must be taught a lesson for giving me a dirty look.

I'll kick his ass.

You have to run it by Sang-won first, right?

Right. Sang-won doesn't like when we do things without telling him.

(Cheon Sang-won)

Kyung-hun, doing homework?

It's B.

Oh.

How did you know?

Do you know anything about Cha Yeo-woon?

Mm, my younger sister is his fan.

So…

is he being bullied?

I guess.

I know some kids in the track and field club are harassing him.

Why? Because he's the best of them?

I don't know.

But I suggest you leave him alone.

Don't worry.

I'm not gonna punch him.

Cha Yeo-woon.

Do you know Tae Myung-ha?

So what if I do?

Enough.

You don't know anything about Tae Myung-ha.

And you do?

Of course I do.

He's our school's mad dog.

You didn't know? For real?

He's Tae Myung-ha.

- He was infamous in junior high. - You losers.

Hey.

Punch me if you dare.

Cha Yeo-woon.

Would it kill you to not harass people?

I'm sorry for everything.

I'm sorry.

I apologized.

Tell Senior Tae Myung-ha

that I apologized.

Hey, Tak Jun-kyung.

Where's his classroom?

Is he avoiding me?

Don't run in the hallways!

Why are you running from me?

I can't be near you right now.

Why did you run from me?

I did?

Well, you were avoiding me.

Why did you do that?

Well…

if you want me to be near you,

you have to like me more.

What do you mean?

Some stuff kids just don't understand.

Anyway, don't run like that.

Cherish your legs.

Don't follow me.

This feels nice.

Better than the real world. Maybe I should stay here.

- Hello? - What did you mean by "You have to like me"?

Cha Yeo-woon?

- Are you into me? - What?

Don't laugh.

Sorry, but how did you get my number?

Just answer my question.

- And did you punch Jun-kyung? - Hey,

do I look like someone who bullies random people?

"Look like"?

You do.

Yeo-woon,

when you talk to someone, shouldn't you be a little polite?

So you didn't punch him? Okay.

Bye.

What the hell?

So was he worried about me or Jun-kyung?

(Calculating Cha Yeo-woon's Fondness toward you)

(Fondness -7)

For real?

This is not easy.

(Mission: Make Cha Yeo-woon happy)

(300 days remaining)

Hm?

(Penalty: death)