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REWATCH: Personal Taste - Ep 9 - Part 2 of 2
Crisscrossed...or just crossdressing lovers...
We swivel back to the home office where SangJoon is circling the floor, arms crossed, staring at nothing and pacing. He murmurs to himself, “I feel uneasy…this makes me very uneasy…” TaeJoon is about to hit happy hour (ok, probably not) when he notices SangJoon’s behavior and asks, “Aren’t you going home? Why are you doing that? You’re making me dizzy.” Metaphorically snapping his fingers in his head, SangJoon points those fingers at the other man, “You—come with me to Sangojae.” TaeHoon is confused, why would they go there this late at night? Does JinHo need something from them? When SangJoon explains, TaeHoon is against the idea. He wants no part of SangJoon’s Late Hour Sangojae Espionage. They struggle all the way to the car, with SangJoon yanking on a uncooperative TaeHoon.
At that inopportune moment, HyeMi has turned the corner toward them, presumably to visit JinHo at the office. She catches the odd tug of war between SangJoon and TaeHoon, and yes, it really does look like a couple bickering. She wonders if SangJoon could really be gay. The situation could certainly look more than a tad compromising to a bystander. And like any halfway decent obsessive stalker girl with lots of time on her hands and a bone to chew, she decides to tail SangJoon and TaeHoon. What could they possibly be up to at this late hour? Even this dull doll can sense there’s some sneaky sneaking going on between the two well-dressed dudes.
Pulling up outside Sangojae, ChangYul is whining. He can’t believe GaeIn—of the voracious appetite GaeIn—is actually declining dinner. He says in concern, “You’re so exhausted that you can’t even eat?” GaeIn weakly agrees. ChangYul worries that she’s traumatized from the lumber yard accident and suggests taking some medicinal tonic, which he’ll go fetch tomorrow. GaeIn is dismissive, but before she can get out of the car, ChangYul brings up the subject of Weasel Father. “Don’t misunderstand,” he pleads, “I didn’t come back to you because of my father. You have to believe me on that at least.” GaeIn doesn’t see why she should have to believe anything he says on faith. ChangYul argues that if all he ever wanted was to date a famous architect’s daughter, he would never have broken up with her in the first place. GaeIn counters, “Maybe it’s because your father’s company suddenly needs help from my father.”
Considering their history, no matter how sincere ChangYul’s words are at this moment, they don’t hold a candle to GaeIn’s suspicions and distrust. “I can’t force myself to trust you,” GaeIn says angrily. ChangYul gives in, “Alright, I’ll stop making excuses. If you don’t trust me, you don’t have to.” GaeIn tells him she’s too tired to continue this old argument and goes inside. The words “damnit damnit damnit” can almost be seen popping in thought bubbles above his head. He notices the bouquet of roses GaeIn has ditched on the passenger seat. It is clearly symbolic of how little she thinks of his feelings for her.
Next car up outside of the ever-popular night spot called Sangojae is sneaky SangJoon’s. Parked, the debate continues inside between the two men. TaeHoon blurts out, “Hyung, are you sure you’re not insane?” SangJoon retorts back, “I am! If I wasn’t insane, would I even think to do something like this?” TaeHoon wants to turn back, but SangJoon reminds him of how important this Dam Gallery project is for the future of their fledgling little firm. TaeHoon stands on his moral code and refuses, in fact, he can’t believe that either JinHo or SangJoon would stoop this low to take advantage of an innocent woman and make a complete fool out of her. SangJoon defends, “Hey you, how is taking a few pictures making someone out to be a fool?” TaeHoon snits, “Whatever, whatever, JinHo can do it when he gets here, he’s the one who lives here anyway.”
The two men continue their circular argument about the covert ops into Sangojae…when someone raps on the driver side window. Both their eyes bulge at the sight of HyeMi’s smiling face. SangJoon slowly rolls down his window and it’s ominous—that look of glee on the young girl’s face. She announces, “So this was it? The place where JinHo-oppa is living?” Her fake smile disappears into a mean sneer and she trudges off, clearly intending to bang on the front door. The two boys panic and forcibly drag her into SangJoon’s car. “Why are the two of you doing this!?” she howls, struggling between them. “Are you hiding something from me?” Just as they are denying it, GaeIn steps outside to take out the trash.
HyeMi stick out her index finger and sputters, “That woman—!” SangJoon and TaeHoon both grab HyeMi’s head and they all duck low in the car. HyeMi is furious, “That’s the woman from the party! No way, JinHo-oppa is living with that woman!?”
No, no, no, no, the boys assure her like a prayer mantra. With a highly agitated HyeMi on their hands, SangJoon finds his “crazy place” and freaks out, “They’re not in that kind of a relationship! THEY’RE NOT! THEY’RE NOT! THEY’RE NOT!” He starts pounding the car seat and doing a pretty darn excellent impression of a madman. Both HyeMi and TaeHoon stop their own fits and gape at SangJoon’s berserk act. SangJoon manic whispers to TaeHoon, “You take her home. I’m going to take care of this by myself!” He looks like a total nutter, even in his cute conservative pink cardigan.
After weaseling inside, SangJoon is apologizing to GaeIn for intruding so late at night but JinHo has left a very important document at the house, which needs to be collected right away. GaeIn directs him to JinHo’s room and says he can wait for JinHo there but SangJoon asks if he might look around Sangojae while waiting, since he’s already there and all. He tells her a lie about how its always been his dream to live in a house like Sangojae, with a foxy wife and bunny-cute children. “You’re dream!?” GaeIn says in complete disbelief, because, of course, lest you’ve forgotten, as SangJoon has, he’s supposed to be gay. SangJoon quickly realizes his mistake and corrects, “My mother’s dream…one that I can’t ever fulfill for her.” He digs deep and pulls out some fake tears and wins some sympathy points from GaeIn. She ponders aloud that she’d never stopped to consider how hard it must be for SangJoon as well. She’d only been thinking about JinHo’s feelings all this time. SangJoon weepily asks for some calming tea.
When JinHo finally comes home, the mood is immediately one of awkwardness and disappointment between JinHo and GaeIn, due to the InHee misunderstanding. Eagle-eyed JinHo notices the pair of man’s shoes and asks who’s visiting. It’s SangJoon, she replies. He is, of course, nowhere to be seen, as he is off snooping and taking pictures.
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