Dangerous Reminiscence Eraser: Episodes 11-12
by solstices
Our resident amnesiac circles again to the vignettes of his previous, whereas these round him scramble to maintain up the facade. Alas, the fault traces have lengthy been etched into their relationships, and the widening cracks are about to drive all of them aside.
EPISODES 11-12
Basking within the afterglow of their kiss, Gun invitations Joo-yeon to remain the evening at his grandma’s home. It’s empty, since she’s overseas, and the pair stargaze within the entrance yard whereas Gun reminisces about his childhood recollections. They go to sleep subsequent to one another within the automotive’s trunk, serene and contented.
Morning dawns upon the media day on the athlete’s village, however Shin’s digicam anxiousness has him avoiding all of the interviews. When Joo-yeon approaches him to speak, Shin opens up about his imposter syndrome — he’s been strolling in his brother’s footwear for therefore lengthy that he fears the cameras will expose him as an empty shell.
In flip, Joo-yeon advises him to acknowledge that feeling, and develop accustomed to it. She empathizes sincerely — she isn’t with out struggles both — and that lastly spurs Shin to take it one step at a time, collectively. Holding out a marker, he asks her for a talisman to cheer him on, and she or he attracts a cute smiley face on his palm.
Sadly for our little spitfire, she will’t run away perpetually. Sae-yan’s mother has flown in to induce her again residence and discourage her seek for her organic father. In spite of everything, Sae-yan’s Italian stepfather had taken them in again once they’d been penniless, and so they should be grateful as a substitute of inciting his fury. Overhearing, Gun involves Sae-yan’s protection by spinning a case about her work visa — solely to panic later as soon as he learns her dad is a part of the most important mafia syndicate in Italy, lol.
Gun finally ends up whisked alongside on Sae-yan’s hunt for her father, and as they traipse via their hometown, a villager acknowledges Gun and recounts a reminiscence. There had been a time period when Gun refused to talk or go to highschool: “Somebody died due to that little one.” The phrases set off a migraine, and Gun almost jumps into the creek once more, chasing his recollections. His old flame had pulled a younger Gun out of the water, then looked for the medal on his behalf — however the woman hadn’t resurfaced, leaving Gun to shout futilely throughout the silent creek. Oh no…
Shaken by the reminiscence, Gun rushes again to the coaching middle, sweeping Joo-yeon up right into a hug. “Don’t go away,” he pleads. “I assumed you died due to me.” She reassures him that she isn’t going anyplace, embracing him in return — and from afar, Shin witnesses this scene. Wounded, he heads straight for the bathrooms, frantically scrubbing the smiley face off his palm.
In the meantime, Sae-yan’s run into bother but once more — a jealous Shi-on immaturely spiked her drink with a laxative, then trapped her in a wetsuit. Unable to extricate herself from her predicament, Sae-yan latches onto the primary individual to stroll previous. Which simply so occurs to be Shin. With no different selection, Sae-yan pleads for him to assist unzip her wetsuit, then shrivels up in disgrace afterwards. Guess they’re now even on the embarrassment entrance, a minimum of.
Since Sae-yan gained’t hear, her mother reaches out to Joo-yeon for assist, since Joo-yeon is the one individual Sae-yan has ever willingly adopted. Joo-yeon reiterates that Sae-yan is a grown grownup and may make her personal choices, however Sae-yan’s mother insists it’s for her personal good — and for Joo-yeon’s too. Huh, I’m wondering what which means.
When Sae-yan’s mother reveals her earlier involvement with Shin, Joo-yeon connects the dots and realizes Sae-yan is Gun’s precise old flame. Reeling, she stands Gun up, opting to confront Shin on the swimming pool as a substitute. Besides Shin’s jaded and hurting, and he lashes out: “Why, did you catch emotions for Gun whereas performing as his old flame?”
Then Shin notices Gun approaching, and impulsively — intentionally — pulls Joo-yeon right into a forceful kiss. Ugh, not cool. Gun accosts Shin, and of their tussle, Shin finally ends up pushing Gun into the pool. Submerged in water once more, Gun freezes up and blanks out, although he’s hauled to security by the opposite two.
Subsequently, Joo-yeon avoids the problem fully by occupying herself with family chores and rejecting each brothers’ calls. A lot for her recommendation about dealing with issues and feelings head-on — she will’t convey herself to stroll the speak. As an alternative, she cares in probably the most roundabout method doable. At her request, an overzealous Sae-yan nurses the feverish Gun (via hilariously questionable strategies, however A for effort lol).
It’s at this worst doable time that Gun’s previous emotion diary resurfaces. Joo-yeon finds it amongst her books — Sae-yan had taken it out from their mixed-up baggage — and it’s stuffed with entries about Gun’s old flame and the way he desires to see her once more. Then later, when Joo-yeon is out, Shin pays her home a go to and unintentionally stumbles upon the diary too.
Unsurprisingly, Joo-yeon is incensed when she returns residence to search out Shin taking part in playing cards along with her mother in the lounge. Shin makes an attempt to defend himself — he couldn’t attain her another method — then tells her he didn’t kiss her simply to make Gun hand over on her, however as a result of he likes her. Coldly, Joo-yeon informs him she hadn’t identified of his emotions, and doesn’t reciprocate anyway. (Um, you’re telling me his apparent flirting and date requests by some means flew proper over your head?)
Proper then, Gun walks in, piggy-backing a woozy Sae-yan who acquired drunk off the house treatment she tried to make for him. Joo-yeon worriedly fusses over Sae-yan, and Gun pointedly asks why she isn’t involved about him. He’s the one who’s been sick all day. Joo-yeon avoids answering, and when Shin purposely says issues that may be taken the incorrect method, she doesn’t appropriate him. Oy, these two are testing my endurance.
As they go away, Gun challenges Shin to a recreation of tennis. Within the warmth of the match, Gun asks a pointed query concerning the neon bracelet Shin used to at all times put on — why isn’t he sporting it anymore? Did he, maybe, lose it within the Han river? Ah, Gun noticed that in his reminiscence. Shaken, Shin freezes up, uncharacteristically lacking the ball.
Later that evening, Shin burns Gun’s emotion diary, however a mysterious individual retrieves it after he’s gone. The following day, Shin receives a message with a photograph of the emotion diary and the brothers’ bridge altercation. The nameless sender asks to satisfy, nevertheless it goes awry when Director Hong’s males waylay an harmless fan as a substitute. Shin chases after the escaping blackmailer, even operating into the trail of a automotive within the course of, however he doesn’t handle to catch up earlier than the episode ends.
Whew, as if our leads don’t have already got sufficient on their plate to take care of! I can’t assist however really feel the emphasis on the (messy) romance is detracting from the Lee household’s redemption arc, as a result of the main focus is not on Gun therapeutic from his perceived worthlessness, however on monitoring down his misplaced love. That apart, I’ve to confess I grew fairly exasperated with our leads this week. (Thank goodness for our sunshine Sae-yan, a minimum of.)
Shin is performing like a spurned lover, when he’s the one who acquired forward of himself after falling head over heels. Joo-yeon isn’t fully innocent both; she did inadvertently lead him on by being wilfully oblivious, and she or he by no means correctly set boundaries with both brother. It’s a multitude throughout, and I would like these two to begin speaking correctly — not simply with one another, but additionally the individuals round them.
As for Gun, he’s gleaned an intriguing piece of knowledge from the police — Shin had been soaking moist all the way down to his footwear, regardless of individuals often eradicating their footwear earlier than diving in to rescue somebody. I’m wondering if that suggests Shin fell in first, and Gun injured himself attempting to avoid wasting him? That may be a pleasant mirroring of his childhood expertise, nevertheless it wouldn’t clarify why the incident is grounds for blackmail. Hmm. Possibly all our leads ought to simply avoid giant our bodies of water till they’ve their emotions sorted out.
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