Episode 14
Can I help you?
Hello, I'm here to see Managing Director Choi.
You're here to see Managing Director Choi?
- Yes. Hello. - Hello. Please come this way.
- Yes? - You have a visitor.
Hello, Jung-hwa. Come on in.
Hello.
Why are you acting like you're stark strangers?
It just seemed awkward.
He's one of our directors.
We watched your play together last month.
I see.
Let me give you my business card. Here you go.
Please have a seat.
As I told you on the phone,
it's a minor but an essential role.
It's a very demanding role.
Yes, I understand.
Read over the script and
get in touch with Director Kim who just showed you in.
All right.
- Thank you. - No, thank you. I'll do my best.
Hello? Yes.
- Jung-hwa. - Are you going somewhere?
I need to take care of something at home.
And Ki-su's been looking for you.
He was?
- Have a good practice. - All right, bye.
Hey, do you know where Ki-su is?
I don't know.
Ki-su!
- Why are you so late? - Ki-su, I got a film offer.
Where have you been?
At the studio. It's a supporting role.
I read the script and it's great.
The production studio's managing director came to see our performance.
He came to see you to cast you in that?
Not just for me, but...
What's the matter...
Did you intentionally not answer your phone?
No.
- Why didn't you pick up then? - You called?
4 Missed Calls Min Ki-su
Why didn't you get it?
I put it on vibrate and forgot about it.
- Why did you turn the ringer off? - Because of the meeting.
Are you coming straight from the production studio?
Are you?
I thought you'd be happy for me...
Just answer the question!
What's going on?
What is it?
What's wrong with Ki-su?
I'm worried about the both of you.
What's gotten into him lately?
I'll have to whack him one of these days if he keeps that up.
Director Park, you have a guest.
- I do? - Yes.
8 Missed Calls
Min Ki-su Min Ki-su
You don't want me to do the movie?
I'm sorry I didn't tell you beforehand.
See you tomorrow.
Ki-su.
- Did you wait long? - Yup.
Go on. I have to go.
-What? -Bye.
Hey!
You're not going to do the movie?
- No. - Why not?
- Ki-su doesn't want me to. - But it might be your big break.
It's no different from thinking I did my best.
I can always do another movie later,
but this is it for me and Ki-su.
What exactly is the problem between you two?
- I don't think he can trust me. - Why not? What happened?
I was seeing someone a while ago,
but we had to break up for various of reasons.
And Ki-su found out about it?
Jeez, I don't blame him.
What a dunce.
He's still a dunce.
I don't know what should take top priority in relationships.
People get hurt when my feelings come before others'.
And when they come last, I'm the one who gets hurt.
I'm clueless.
There are no answers in life.
The methods merely differ.
Didn't you read The Road Less Traveled at school?
You didn't? It was included in our textbook.
Frost's The Road Less Traveled.
ln a forest, a road diverged into two.
He chooses one.
Later, he wonders what
it would have been like if he'd taken the other road.
What would have become of me by now?
There's scores paths of laid out before us.
And we have to make a choice every minute, every second.
Ki-bum.
This is my brother.
- Hello. - Hello.
- Let me borrow your car, Ki-bum. - Where are you going?
To take her on a date.
I need to talk to you for a minute.
Who is she?
None of your business. Just lend me your car.
- What about Jung-hwa? - Forget it.
What do you think you're doing?
Min Ki-su, I'm extremely disappointed in you.
Jung-hwa's at Seonyu lsland right now.
Can you go see her?
- What's she doing there? - I told her I'd meet her there.
Then what are you doing here?
She might have gone.
It's already been two hours.
You go.
I can't. I don't think I can pull it off any longer.
Ki-su, you should still go.
You're still here.
What are you doing here?
What are you doing here, really?
How bizarre.
- Ki-su... - Ki-su...
Go ahead.
You came in Ki-su's stead.
Doesn't it make you upset to wait this long?
It does.
It must be hard on you lately on account of Ki-su.
He's too innocent.
You know he's not like that...
I consider it as making amends for my past lives.
If that really is the case,
I will have been exonerated thanks to him.
The reason someone in this life is bearing ill will toward me is
because I wronged them in my past lives.
By sustaining their hostility, I'm repaying my debt.
Why aren't you getting in?
Goodbye. Your coming like this...
lf you wait long enough, guess you can't miss. Bye.
Don't laugh at me or take me for a freak
for saying something like this.
Haven't we met somewhere before?
Before?
In the subway.
Before that.
You seemed uncannily familiar when I saw you first.
Like someone I've known for a long time.
Or someone I have longed to see for a long time.
- What's the matter? - Sorry for laughing.
Isn't that the routine pick-up line that men use on women?
Right.
Now that you mention it.
But...
Can't I use it on you?
Will we ever be able to see each other again?
Then... well...
It doesn't matter if I can't date you anymore.
Even if we're nothing to each other,
can't we continue to see each other from time to time?
Can't we just see each other for no apparent reason?
You can come just to drink coffee.
Just don't up and vanish.
If you vanish...
If I knew things would end up like this,
I should've just liked you on my own.
In my past life, we couldn't be with each other.
We drifted apart and never saw each other again.
When I heard that you had died without my having seen you,
I was thrown into utter despair.
Even if it's just once,
I wanted to see you.
It's me.
What are you doing tonight?
Let's take a break...
I need you to give me a heads-up on something.
I'm going away for about three years.
Where?
Volunteering in Mongolia like last time.
Why all of a sudden?
Ki-su is too apprehensive.
To think that we have to face
each other after everyone's married is far from comforting.
And Ki-su might be feeling the same way.
Do you mind me saying something like this?
No.
It might be better for me to stay away till the dust settles.
At first, I considered war-ravaged countries like Africa or lraq.
But I decided on Mongolia.
Isn't it odd?
You said I was a Mongolian warrior in your past life.
Yes, you were.
It looks like you've begun to really believe in past lives.
I started to.
Would it have been better not to have known?
Why not?
Most people go about their lives oblivious of past lives.
There are advantages and disadvantages to knowing.
But everything in life is double-edged.
Can't I go with you?
You've never even gave it a thought?
You obviously haven't.
It's too demanding for you, Soo-hyun.
Still, I would've been pleased if you had asked me.
You didn't go last time, either.
I asked you to come with me but you declined.
You declined flat-out and told me to go on my own.
That's why it didn't even dawn on me to ask.
I did?
It's oppressive. Don't go.
I thought it might be nice if we went together last time
because it was for one year.
But it's three years this time.
Do you even acknowledge that three years is a long time?
And you're telling me to wait?
Guess it is pushing it.
Around that time, I developed a new habit:
revisiting my past lives every night and relishing it.
What is it?
What's going on?
General, I found an interesting specimen, a Koryo maiden.
I was on my way to present her to you.
You don't say.
I don't know if she's interesting, but she's causing quite a racket.
Yes, she's quite spiteful.
Are you the captain of the Mongolian army?
Fools elect the most foolish one among them as their leader.
You must no doubt be the most bestial among them.
You're right, maiden.
How amusing.
Go. Koryo had a fervent patriot yet.
I'm letting you go today,
but if I spot you again,
you won't be as lucky.
This is it. You don't want to cross the line.
You don't want to test me out.
Were you pleased to see your brother?
You're docile tonight.
I've waited this long.
I can wait a little longer.
I won't be back for a few days.
Who knows?
You may even miss me in the interim.
Were you scared?
- No, I'm thrilled. - I knew you would be.
The towns are all deserted.
Everyone has fled.
Wonder if they're still alive.
Look, do you see the house with multiple lanterns hanging?
That's where I received my training as a courtesan.
We were there together last time.
Yes, you're right.
We went there together.
Let's just take it easy from now on.
What's that supposed to mean?
Whether you go to Mongolia or stay in Seoul,
you're free and unfettered.
You should go for Ki-su's sake,
but unfortunately,
I can't wait that long.
Then what am I supposed do?
You're giving me the shaft?
I don't feel enraged, wronged,
or humiliated.
Because I've come to understand you.
Do whatever you feel like and don't worry about me.
I don't exactly understand what you're saying.
What I'm trying to say is... Our are long-drawn-out.
If not this time,
there's always a next time.
Don't get worked up.
No, his is just...
I do feel like I'm getting shorted,
considering our time together.
Let's just be at peace and at ease with each other
without forcing ourselves on each other.
Hold up.
- Ki-su, what are you thinking? - Why, what's wrong with me?
Is this what you're made of?
What about me?
I can't make myself out, either, all right?
What do you want me to do?
You're not the problem.
Neither is Jung-hwa. I am.
I'll get better with time.
Don't worry.
Ki-su, I'm leaving. I'm going to volunteer in Mongolia.
Wouldn't that make things easier on you?
It's too late.
Don't tell me you made that decision for us.
I hope you won't engage in such hypocritical behavior.
And we're not getting married so don't be concerned.
Can you pop the trunk?
- Surgery's good to go. - All right, thanks.
- Enjoy. - Thanks.
Ki-bum
Hello?
Hi, what are you doing?
Working, at an ice cream shop.
No, it's all right.
Yes, I'm doing well.
You sound well. I'm glad.
No, all right. I'll call back.
Yes, all right.
- Have you been well? - Yes. What about Ki-su?
He's staying with a friend who does action films.
He's getting in shape thanks to his friend.
- He hasn't called you? - No.
- Any concerns? - Are you worried about me?
Knowing all your past lives isn't exactly a boon.
Why not?
We were husband and wife in one of them,
and I also saw our original past life.
You did? What were we?
We were brother and sister, twins.
Really?
We were brother and sister?
Were we close?
- Of course. - How neat.
Why did you say that knowing your past life isn't worthwhile?
Because it's ensconced in your brain forever.
Stop!
Don't move or I'll shoot!
The office is closed for today.
Neurosurgery I Min Ki-bum M.D.
- How... - You don't need to get up.
How did you find out?
How idiotic of me, a doctor coming down with an ulcer.
Doctors fall ill, too.
I was a little overworked lately.
He's accused of inciting a rebellion.
He's dead! Lord Yun's son,
Yun Myung-jin, was executed for treason!
That's what people said is written on an official posting.
Do away with Ja Woon-young.
She will lodge a blade in your back if she goes unchecked.
- Have you been well? - Yes. Are you going on a trip?
- Going somewhere? - I'm going home to Mom.
For good?
What's the matter?
Whenever I loved him, he died.
I realized that, that's why...
Am I destined to kill Ki-bum?
If we break up, if we part,
fate can be altered, can't it?
What is fate?
Is it predetermined?
No, it isn't.
Fate is merely predicting the future.
You can live up to that prediction or diverge from it.
It's not absolute and inextricable like shackles?
It can be transformed vastly depending on the process.
That applies to your relationship with Dr. Min and with Ki-su.
Your ties to Ki-su weren't tenuous.
Things could have turned out differently if you'd tried harder.
Will we continue to experience reincarnation?
Do you want to be born again?
Do you think that's a blessing?
I don't know for sure.
The fact that we infinitely relive our lives is at once
reassuring and daunting.
One Year Later
Dr. Kim, I examined a patient
who attempted suicide out of despair over rejection.
Over rejection?
But the problem is that this was her fifth attempt.
- Five times? - Over a different man each time.
Guess that qualifies as unbridled passion.
We tend to forget all too easily, don't we?
We laugh or cry as if a moment's sentiment will last forever,
but it's really inconsequential in retrospect.
If everyone became that wise,
then we'd be out of business.
You think so?
One more, a little more...
More impassioned...
- Thank you. - Thank you.
Ki-su, once with a jaundiced eye
for Jung-hwa, is now an emerging star.
And Ki-bum said he's leaving for Mongolia.
Let's load your luggage.
Come visit me in Mongolia sometime.
All right. Or make that my honeymoon destination.
Or I may surface one day and demand that you marry me.
That's a swell idea.
- Any marriage plans? - No, none yet.
- Do you like your female lead? - Yes.
- This is as far as I go. - All right.
- Be well. - You, too. Goodbye.
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