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REWATCH: Personal Taste - Ep 9 - Part 1 of 2
When the heart is right, why do we still turn left?
At M Architecture’s office, JinHo is still conspicuously AWOL after dashing out of the office in an unexplained rush earlier in the day. TaeHoon and SangJoon are left scratching their heads, wondering where he’s hiding. They marvel at this uncharacteristic behavior. The Jeon JinHo they know isn’t the sort to run off in the middle of the work day and miss out on scheduled meetings…and he always answers his cell phone. “What if something’s really wrong?” SangJoon wonders anxiously, “running out of the office like that…and now we can’t even get a hold of him.” His peers, specifically the love line savvy TaeHoon, wonders if it could be woman troubles. After all, when a guy starts acting out of character, it’s usually because of a girl! Ah, truer words have never been spoken.
Speaking of troublesome girls, at that precise moment, InHee walks through their door. Since JinHo is out, she’s offered tea while she waits for the return of the boss.
Hitching that unwanted ride from ChangYul from the hospital, GaeIn listens as ChangYul accepts a call from his skunk-weasel father. When she overhears her name so casually mentioned, she ventures, “Your father knows who I am?” ChangYul hedges and throws her yet another lie, “He saw you at the wedding, remember?” To GaeIn’s credit, she doesn’t yell, “Liar, liar, pants on fire!” She accepts it; doesn’t share that ChangYul’s father had come to visit her, imploring her to give his son a second chance. She recalls what Mr. Skunk Weasel said, that his son had been foolish, after all, the daughter of a famous architect would be such an excellent catch for their family! GaeIn sits in the car quietly stewing at the memory.
Elsewhere, InHee has lured SangJoon out to a bar to get him blasted on drinks. Since SangJoon has already demonstrated to be susceptible to flattery, most especially by pretty girls, it’s no wonder he’s drunk as a skunk in no time at all and oblivious to InHee’s true intentions. “But,” she begins coyly after getting him sufficiently slurred, “Can I ask you one thing?” SangJoon warbles, “Then…bite me here on my neck!” The Korean word for “ask” and “bite” are sonically similar. SangJoon giggles drunkenly and apologizes for the provacative comment. She’s completely sober and brushes off the light-hearted pick-up line and gets to the point: is JinHo dating anyone? SangJoon considers the question and realizes InHee is interested in JinHo. He actually thinks the two attractive young professionals would be perfect for one another. InHee says thoughtfully, “But it seems JinHo doesn’t have any interest in women…” SangJoon, liquored up and loose-lipped, tsks that notion, “Hey, now, are there really men that aren’t interested in women? He may not seem like it, but JinHo’s a real man!” SangJoon spills that JinHo being gay is a misunderstanding. InHee clarifies for both of them, “So JinHo is a man who can fall in love with a woman?” InHee all but sparkles in delight at the welcome news.
Outside Sangojae, ChangYul is trying to get an invitation past the threshold. GaeIn thinks it’s absurd that ChangYul presumes so much, even if it is out of concern. She’s not that desperate for a caretaker. “I’ll just stay until you fall asleep,” ChangYul assures. When she still refuses, reminding him how long it took for him to receive an invitation when they first dated, ChangYul is surprised, “You mean I have to repeat all those initial steps all over again?” GaeIn replies flatly, “It may even take longer this time.” ChangYul readily accepts the punishment, however, although he’s clearly disappointed. He comments on how different GaeIn seems nowadays. Dryly, GaeIn awards all the credit, aka blame, to ChangYul. It was because of him, she explains, that she realized she has not lived her life with any self-respect. ChangYul returns a a variation of the comment back: he promises her that he will also change, but instead of loving himself more, he will love himself less and love GaeIn more. He will become a better man, one worthy of her. Again, it must take all of GaeIn’s self control not to roll her eyes. Their day together finally ends when ChangYul gets chased away by YoungSun who has come to check up on GaeIn after hearing of the accident. Understandably, she wants to know why the hell ChangYul is at Sangojae’s door. The great best friend that she is, there’s no forgiveness in her for the jerk that tore out her friend’s heart. Just as it should be!
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