Do Hwa.
I need...
to change the stage.
Man, my brother has one odd taste.
But you look kind of similar to him.
He's the only guy who would dress like that in this world.
The writer would have no idea...
that this is you even if the stage begins.
But doing this won't make Dan Oh's heart better.
Just trust Ju Hwa with this.
Okay, fine.
- His office is somewhere in... - Dr. Lee?
Hello.
I thought he was Dr. Lee because of his outfit.
Is he your friend?
He's very handsome.
Right.
Don't stare at her like that.
You stand out because you're too handsome.
Why did the writer make the extra look too good?
This is so inconvenient.
Can you find his office by yourself? Hurry up.
- Just go. - You can come with me too.
He's in a lot of pain.
That's Dr. Kim's office.
Do you want some coffee?
It's on me.
(Orthopedics, Doctor Kim Ui Hak)
(Thoracic Surgeon Lee Ju Hwa)
(Eun Dan Oh)
(Medical Chart)
(Operation date: November 20, 2019)
(Medical Chart)
Hey, Dan Oh. You're here.
I'll end up getting the operation.
Should we go upstairs and talk?
I knew it. It came back.
Please. Please change.
- Dr. Lee. - Yes?
Can you just tell me now?
Let's go upstairs and talk.
It's good news, isn't it?
Oh, gosh.
It looks like I'll really die.
Going up.
(Medical Chart, Eun Dan Oh)
(Progress Note)
(Ok Kyung Soon)
(Eun Dan Oh, Ok Kyung Soon)
Dr. Lee.
If it's bad news, I don't want to hear it.
If I have to get an operation,
I don't want to hear the news.
Let's go inside and talk.
(Ok Kyung Soon)
(Eun Dan Oh)
(Ok Kyung Soon)
(Eun Dan Oh)
(Thoracic Surgery, Doctor Lee Ju Hwa)
(Eun Dan Oh)
Dan Oh, about your surgery...
My time is over now.
I don't want to hear it.
It won't be necessary.
What?
Is that true? Does that mean...
Yes, she'll be fine without the surgery.
The medication we switched to recently seems to have worked.
Thank you. I mean it.
She can remain healthy just like now.
Dad.
But you must not forget to take your medication.
Of course. I promise.
People have already heard about the good news.
Let me take this.
President Baek, it's me.
Kyung.
Is it true? Do you really not need to have surgery?
- Let me go first. - Tell me.
Yes.
I don't need the surgery.
Thank goodness.
Really? I don't need it?
Will I get to live?
Dan Oh.
Don't you ever leave me.
Why do you look like that on such a good day?
How do I look?
Never mind.
Dan Oh.
I'll let you do whatever you want.
If you want to continue going to school, then do so.
If you want me to continue taking care of you, I will.
Do whatever you want.
Are you really okay?
You need to receive the surgery.
- What? - You shouldn't trust him. You'll...
Just don't change anything.
This is my choice, not Haru's.
It was both my choice to like him and change the story.
I'm sorry. I really am.
He'll kill you.
What?
He will kill you.
(I can even marry him tomorrow.)
(Thank you for presenting me with the most gorgeous night sky...)
(and for remembering my wish.)
Nothing will change in this world. Never.
Which parts are the writer's intentions?
Which parts are mine?
What will happen to me...
in the end?
(It won't be necessary.)
(Is that true? Does that mean...)
(Yes, she'll be fine without the surgery.)
(The medication we switched to recently seems to have worked.)
(Yes, she'll be fine without the surgery.)
(The medication we switched to recently seems to have worked.)
("Secret")
Why do I...
keep feeling nervous?
(I love you the most in this world.)
(Yes, she'll be fine without the surgery.)
(The medication we switched to recently seems to have worked.)
He changed the stage once again...
like I did back then.
Su Hyang, let us leave.
- Your Majesty. - Let us go far away this instant.
I will leave everything behind to be with you.
So let us be together.
("Trumpet Creeper")
What is this book? And what are these letters?
I do not know either.
However, this book will give us our time.
What does that mean?
(Geum Jin Mi)
You are in the book!
We need to run away to a place that is not in this book.
I will change the story. I promise you.
Who are you?
Su Hyang.
No...
How?
You were alive.
Your Majesty.
You were alive.
Su Hyang, let us leave this instant.
How did you know my name?
Su Hyang, it is me.
Please forgive me!
I knew you cherished the palace ladies.
But you should not leave your throne.
You should feel the pain...
of losing your beloved.
You will...
be next.
("Trumpet Creeper")
I was wondering who was following me.
The sword of destiny has pierced me.
Now, it is heading towards you and your lady.
I saw something that I should not have.
It is filled with letters that I cannot read.
But the drawings...
Are happening in real life.
It feels like someone is watching us.
I am sure you were aware of it as well.
No.
You felt it.
You felt that absurd things were happening to you.
But there is one thing that you do not know.
If you die in a place that is not in this book,
you still exist,
but your memories disappear.
My story will end soon.
But I hope you can change your story.
I don't want to read it with you.
If I do,
I think it will infuriate me.
Stop acting as if you don't know.
You read the book, "Trumpet Creeper", here.
The scar on your hand.
Have you thought about why you have it?
The writer gave you a hint, so you can remember...
the consequence you faced after changing the stage.
Shall I tell you?
You killed her.
You killed Dan Oh.
I guess you didn't know.
Right, you probably didn't.
If you knew, you wouldn't be with her.
You were the one who tried to kill Dan Oh.
So you didn't see how Dan Oh died in the story?
In this story, the writer has no reason to kill Dan Oh.
Hadn't you changed it, she could have been...
healthier with the surgery.
Everything is repeating in the world of comics.
I can only put up with this messed-up story...
because I have Dan Oh.
So stop it...
before you put Dan Oh in bigger danger.
He said that I was definitely getting better.
Dan Oh.
My gosh, Haru is so amazing.
How could he completely change the stage?
Change? Haru did?
He was worried about you.
A small action of Haru, trying to stop your surgery...
No, this is pretty big.
I'm so envious.
What?
Were there not that many empty pages before?
(Thank you.)
Right.
I doubt that the writer would heal my heart problem that easily.
If the story goes on as it is,
will I die?
Haru!
Hello.
Are you all right?
Yes.
My heart has gotten healthy overnight.
I found out that someone changed my fate.
I wonder who that is.
Haru, thank you for helping me change my fate.
Dan Oh.
If our story...
is going according to the writer's intention...
I'll try to change it to the end.
So you need to help me. Okay?
When we keep changing the story,
we can make our own fates according to our will.
If we succeed,
I'll take care of you.
Number 13 and a terminally ill patient.
These are our characters.
If we change our stories, it'll be a happy ending for both of us.
"Okay. Let's change our fate together."
Here. Take them.
If I tie myself to the previous story,
I feel like I'm losing out to the writer.
- Dan Oh. - Pretend that I don't know...
about this in front of Haru.
You told me not to tell him about the surgery.
Why do you want to stay with him...
when you have to hide things and hold yourself back?
What if something goes wrong with you?
I'm getting better even without the surgery.
Good luck.
That's the same ring.
I guess some things are bound to...
It's my late mother's.
I wanted to give this to you.
No one asked me to do this.
It is coming from my heart.
And this scene is right in front of Haru.
It's my late mother's.
Why are you giving me this?
I wanted to give this to you.
No one asked me to do this.
It is coming from my heart.
This stage is...
too cruel for me...
and for Kyung too.
We both know how we feel about each other,
but we can only act according to the writer's intention.
Kyung.
I'm really happy...
that my love has reached you.
Kyung.
It has always been you for me.
You're my beginning.
Kyung.
I'm your beginning, am I not?
I always liked Haru from the start.
He's my beginning.
It has always been you for me.
You're my beginning.
Kyung.
What an honor.
You came to me, not Haru.
What are you doing?
I know how important this is to you.
That's why I can't accept it.
When I see you,
I'm reminded of my mother.
The hospital smell.
The sound of the heart rate monitor.
And her forced smile in case I got worried.
Using you...
to continue this fake relationship was torture.
I actually wanted to hate you.
But you were always sincere when I wasn't.
No matter how much I pushed you...
and how angry I got at you, you still liked me.
So I had no choice but to like you back.
You'll leave anyway.
And I'll be the one who will be left alone.
Kyung.
The only moment when I'm myself in this bleak world...
is during the stage with you.
In the previous work as well as this world,
during the scenes between you and me drawn by the writer,
that's the real me.
I'm sorry.
- Why? - I won't follow the storyboard.
Just like how I was hurt for being in unrequited love on stage,
you will be hurt...
during the shadow in our future.
You didn't have to clarify that.
I'm sorry.
I'm really sorry.
What do these flowers mean?
"Dan Oh is stupid."
(Light pink roses mean, "Only you know how I feel.")
My gosh, I'm so jealous of Dan Oh.
Who will put a ring on my finger?
It will be Nam Ju, right?
Did you just laugh?
You just laughed at me, right?
What was that?
Sae Mi.
Sae Mi, Nam Ju and I are officially dating.
- What? - What did she say?
I figured you'll find out soon enough.
You know that Nam Ju likes to declare things.
Unbelievable.
I gave this a though...
and figured that I feel sorry for you.
The only thing you can do is bully me.
- You feel sorry for me? - Even though I know...
that you can't do things as you wish,
that still doesn't make the wounds I got from you melt away.
I'm so glad...
I'm the main character...
and you're the villain.
Nam Ju.
I declare that...
Oh Nam Ju and Yeo Ju Da are an official couple...
of Seuli High School.
- What? - What?
So we don't have to blow balloons anymore?
Come on, clap for them.
Let's give a hand for the official couple of Seuli High School.
Hey!
If anyone messes with Ju Da,
I'll take that as a challenge against me, the number one here.
Why? Because Ju Da is my woman.
- My gosh. - That's huge.
- Ju Da, you. - Didn't you hear him?
If you bully me from now on, you'll be challenging Nam Ju.
Nam Ju.
- My gosh. - You two look great.
- Goodness. - What a great couple.
I don't feel bad for you.
- What? - I've gone through too much.
They take out their feelings for you by bullying me.
I can't just sit around anymore.
I won't let them bully you.
You won't let them?
Because I like you.
I'll do anything for you.
I don't want it.
I'm sick and tired of getting your help.
That's not the right posture.
Do Hwa.
I'll help you.
Okay, first of all, fix this on your left shoulder.
And take this hand and put it here.
The bow.
- Like this? - Yes.
I believe 80 percent of playing the violin depends on your feelings.
The same song may sound different...
depending on the emotion of the performer.
Do Hwa, then you play it.
What do you want to listen to?
"Love's Joy"?
Do you know the kind of emotion you need for that song?
I'm not sure.
Ju Da.
I like you.
That's the emotion.
Do you think we can be together until the end of that song?
No. Probably not.
Ju Da.
What is this?
To celebrate how we became an official couple.
I'm giving these back to you.
These shoes are yours and yours only,
like Cinderella's glass shoes.
- Nam Ju. - You said that...
Cinderella goes back to her life after midnight.
And you came back to me.
You're Ju Da, Oh Nam Ju's Cinderella.
Yes, hello?
Yes, that's me.
What? My grandma?
What is it? What's wrong?
It's too obvious.
Your mom will help me out and she'll yell at me again.
My grandma is ill. I have to go.
- And the operation fee... - I'll take care of that.
So I have to get your help again?
Why? Will you overuse your power with money again?
Overuse my power?
Do you think money can solve all of life's problems?
It's because I like you.
I'll do anything for you.
You don't even remember.
(Dan Oh's Bucket List)
You killed her.
You killed Dan Oh.
The writer gave you a hint, so you can remember...
the consequence you faced after changing the stage.
If you knew, you wouldn't be with her.
Haru.
- Haru. - Yes?
Were you thinking about something serious again?
Something like, "Is she going to die?"
It's all because of the writer.
How can they use the same characters again?
Writer, be honest. Okay?
I'm sure your readers all complain to you. Right?
But because the writer was careless, the stage changed many times,
the operation was canceled, and I take way fewer medications.
I believe that you and I are...
changing this world this much without the writer noticing us.
Eun Dan Oh won't die that easily.
I don't need this list either.
(Dan Oh's Bucket List)
- Dan Oh. - Yes?
You wanted to do things like these?
- Yes. - Then should we cut class again?
Okay.
My gosh, it's so pretty!
Dan Oh, calm down. Go just a little slower.
Haru, thanks to you, my world got a lot bigger.
Thank you.
The writer may be careless,
but they're pretty detailed about these things.
- Dan Oh! - Dan Oh!
Why are they here?
I called them.
- Haru, you're an idiot. - I didn't feel like staying there.
- I'm glad. - Why?
It's simple. Nam Ju and Ju Da became an official couple...
after Dan Oh and Kyung...
My gosh! Be quiet.
Okay. Let's go and change things up!
- Let's go! - Let's go!
Let's go!
- Let's go! - Let's go!
Can you bring those?
This is so good.
It's great to have a meal out here.
Yes, really.
- I'll go first. - Okay.
You go.
- Great job. - Hey, the center is here, now.
So it's safe to put one here.
- I'll put it here just to be safe. - Okay.
It's getting a bit wobbly now.
Come on, lie down.
- Indian bop! - Indian bop!
Take this.
Haru.
No, you shouldn't shake the handle around that much.
It's scary.
Wait, no. No, keep your eyes ahead.
You can't keep turning it around.
- Dan Oh, one second. - Yes?
You need to hold me with your arms.
Like this?
- Yes. - Okay.
Are you working the pedal?
Of course. Gosh, this is tough.
Why is this so hard? I'm about to throw up.
Gosh, look at the pretty flower.
It's so pretty.
Sae Mi, you aren't doing it, are you?
Look ahead. Be careful.
You aren't doing it!
No, I am.
Haru!
Dan Oh.
Dan Oh. Are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
I'm fine.
(Ok Kyung Soon, thoracic surgery, under operation)
(Episode 28)
(Guardian: Yeo Ju Da)
(Operating Room)
Ju Da.
Nam Ju.
What will happen to my grandma?
She'll be fine.
The operation...
will go well. I'll make sure that happens.
- Why? - Because I like you.
- You always say the same thing. - And Ju Da.
You can cry when you're with me.
I like how bright you are and how you smile all the time,
but I like...
everything that you are.
(Hong Rui Zhen)
I already know Ju Da is at the hospital,
but I have to come all the way here to check.
And I can only be on the scene after Nam Ju gets there.
(Operating Room)
It's heartbreaking to realize...
that there's nothing I can do for Ju Da.
Hey, Dried Squid Fairy?
Yes, I'm Dried Squid Fairy.
Hey, we don't have dried squid on the menu today.
Why?
I have to get going.
I'm busier on my day off.
I wanted to be friends with you.
You seemed oddly familiar.
I'll visit the cafeteria next time.
It has been forever...
since I saw you smile like that.
I'm very glad.
Haru, do you know how to change the setup?
You can change the stage like it's not a big deal.
Never mind, you aren't the writer.
There's no way you can change that.
Oh, Ju Da's grandma just got an operation.
- An operation? - She was supposed to get it done,
and the operation went well.
But do you know what I did?
What do you think? I just watched her.
Do Hwa.
You truly adore and think dearly of her in the shadow.
Right? That's enough, isn't it?
Anyway, she was at our hospital,
and her doctor was my brother.
We should've done something when we were there together.
How did you change it this time?
Can you tell me? At least I can give it a shot.
I changed the charts.
The charts?
There were only two charts that looked real.
The past subjunctive mood is...
easier to get if you memorize the expressions in sentences.
Let's take a look. "If it were not for..."
Ju Da's grandma got the operation...
on the day that Dan Oh was supposed to get it.
(Medical Chart)
(Ok Kyung Soon)
(Eun Dan Oh)
Then that means Dan Oh isn't entirely well.
The writer gave you a hint, so you can remember...
the consequence you faced after changing the stage.
Su Hyang.
Are you acquainted with Dried Squid?
- What? - You two looked close.
And it seems like you know something.
- Me? - Oh, it's nothing.
It seems like you might know something.
Kyung!
Go.
Just leave.
Do not mess with her.
I didn't mess with her.
Don't mess with us in this world.
"Us in this world"?
Just pretend like you never saw her,
and don't even say hi to her.
That's odd.
She isn't even aware of herself.
You killed her.
She died...
She died twice because of you!
She died twice?
It's very convenient...
to not remember.
You took away her self-awareness,
and you killed her again when she returned.
I took away her self-awareness?
If you die on the stage,
you disappear completely in the comic book.
But if you die in the shadow, only your self-awareness disappears.
They end up not remembering a thing...
and return to just another character...
who moves only according to the setup.
You go back...
to the time when you're better off knowing nothing.
Hey.
- Are you in pain? - That's odd.
I was fine on the stage,
but I'm still in pain in the shadow.
It's okay. I'll go see Dr. Lee.
Dan Oh.
Wait, what happened?
You fell down...
during P.E. class.
Why don't you lie down?
Lie down until you feel better.
Stay here.
I'll bring your bag.
(Bibbidi-bobbidi-boo)
Dan Oh.
Dan Oh. Are you all right?
Don't be so worried.
As you know,
my character on the stage is a weak girl.
What's wrong?
Haru, can you bring me the medicine from my bag?
Wait here.
You're still here.
Yes, Dan Oh is sick.
I see.
Do you...
remember everything?
About what?
How I and Dan Oh was...
in "Trumpet Creeper".
You were...
the same.
I think...
I was probably better than this.
When you die in the shadow, you're no longer aware of yourself.
Then you'll lose all your precious memories.
It'd be too sad...
to live as you're told to.
But when you're no longer aware of yourself,
you won't be able to feel sad about it.
You'll only feel the feelings the writer allows.
That doesn't sound too bad.
At times, being oblivious...
is less cruel in this world.
I'll take you home.
I'm so happy these days.
My heart is finally starting to get better.
And most of all, you're by my side.
- Please stop the car. - Can you...
just go?
What? I will die?
Prince Kyung, his father, and their gang...
are trying to frame your father as a traitor.
I will save you...
no matter what.
I am finally starting to have an appetite.
No matter what,
His Majesty should not eat what you give him.
Why is my body not moving?
Your Majesty, do forgive me.
You must spit out what you just had.
I cannot escape death.
No matter what happens,
it will not be your fault.
You must not go down the same path as I did.
Where is Haru?
She conspired against the King.
Kill her.
Yes, my lord.
Kill him!
Stop.
Do not stop!
Stop!
Father.
Prove it.
Prove that you did not deceive me.
Prove that you did not covet my woman.
Prove...
that you serve me.
Stab her.
Haru...
Why?
My lady.
Dan Oh.
Dan Oh!
I was the one...
who killed her.
This is fine.
Haru.
Haru, what's wrong?
I'm not going to water the flowers anymore.
No matter how well I took care of them,
they withered if the writer wanted.
I couldn't do anything for them.
You couldn't do anything?
It's like how I can't do anything...
without you, my guardian, and Nam Ju,
the most popular student at our school.
You're a guardian, and he's the most popular student.
Isn't that funny?
Why didn't I realize how cringy that was?
It was worse for me.
Flowers blossomed around your face.
By the way, Ju Da.
Do you want to change the story as well?
Just like Dan Oh and Haru.
They changed the story, and it changed their set-up a bit.
What do you want to change?
Me?
What do you think I want to do?
I'm relieved. I truly am.
Your grandma pulled through.
You must've been worried sick.
Starting now, I'll take care of her...
on the honor of A3.
What is this? It's so silly.
I thought this put you in a good mood.
Starting now, you'll only be in a good mood.
I don't like sweet things.
What?
But you definitely liked them before.
What do you like then?
Money.
Don't be surprised.
But that doesn't mean that you can buy my love with money.
I didn't want...
to feel the same way...
with the character in the comic book.
But this isn't all that bad.
It's not fair.
Dan Oh, I think your health is getting better.
It's the power of love.
Power of Kyung's love.
It's not that.
It's because Haru changed the stage for me.
- "The stage"? - Haru?
Haru?
Haru!
Dan Oh.
Are you all right?
Haru.
You were never able...
to protect Dan Oh.
Haru...
Haru.
Why are you avoiding me?
I don't know what to do.
If the scenes we changed so far...
have been hurting you all along,
what am I supposed to do?
My health is getting so much better. I'm almost fully recovered.
So you knew.
Seriously. Dr. Lee tells everyone about my condition.
Congratulations on your recovery, Dan Oh.
I love you the most in this world.
I feel like I'm dreaming.
Why?
My heart is all better now, and you like me.
I'm happy,
but I'm scared at the same time because I'm too happy.
Sorry.
You're healthy now.
You don't need him to change your terminally-ill fate...
- anymore. - Haru isn't someone...
who can change my fate.
Haru is my fate.
(Congratulations on your recovery, Dan Oh.)
Haru!
It's about Dan Oh. She's at the hospital.
What are you talking about?
In the book, it said she completely recovered now.
My brother told me that she's severely ill.
What? Why isn't that drawn in the book?
Hey, Haru!
Dan Oh.
If you die on the stage,
you disappear completely in the comic book.
But if you die in the shadow, only your self-awareness disappears.
Then you'll lose all your precious memories.
It'd be too sad...
to live as you're told to.
- Stab her. - I cannot.
Haru.
I...
I killed you.
How's Dan Oh?
How's she?
I wasn't going to change the story.
I just...
couldn't change anything.
Just like in the previous story,
my character hasn't changed.
Dan Oh.
I saw you in the comic book.
Your heart is healthy now.
So you'll be fine.
When we move onto the next scene...
Dan Oh.
Dan Oh, wake up.
Dan Oh.
Please...
Please let the next stage come.
Please.
Please skip over to the next scene.
Please... Please let Dan Oh live.
- Ju Da. - Yes?
What are you doing after school?
Why?
Just asking.
Are you asking me out?
Something like that.
Dan Oh.
(Extra-ordinary You)