As Ki-tae races out of surgery and weaves through traffic, he narrates, "I was really okay. In almost every circumstance, I wasn't shaken. I feared very little. There wasn't a door anywhere on this earth that I couldn't open by my own strength... Until I met her."
He arrives inside a darkened building, sweating pouring down his face. He bangs at a door and has to go around, and finally comes screeching to a halt. He lets out a panicked yell: "Joo Jang-mi!" If this is you searching for an open bathroom, we're going to have a talk.
Rewind to the evening post-kiss, where Mom waits on pins and needles for Aunt to show her the proof she got after following Jang-mi around all day. Grandma whoops when she takes a peek at the photo of Jang-mi and Ki-tae's lip-lock, while Mom gets a migraine.
Ki-tae tosses and turns in bed thinking about the kiss and the aftermath, as they both came back to their senses and broke apart awkwardly. It's then that Jang-mi whispered that Aunt was watching, and he asked why the sudden change of heart. Jang-mi: "You just looked so... not okay."
They both bolt up in bed that night, simultaneously complaining that it's too hot. Yeah I'll bet it is. At the same time, Yeo-reum scrubs the restaurant kitchen, and Se-ah drinks alone at a bar. Jang-mi downs her beer and calls herself crazy.
Ki-tae's dad and his mistress cuddle at the drive-in, and she asks if "that person" is still obsessed with Ki-tae's marriage. She thinks it's silly when marriage is just one of many ways to love. Well, you wouldthink that, seeing as how you're the mistress.
In the morning, Dad asks Mom if there's still hope for Ki-tae and Se-ah. Mom points out that he was in favor of Jang-mi, but he's clearly changed his mind since being found out as a cheating bastard, and mentions that Se-ah's father and the chairman of his board are friends. Mom gets the message loud and clear, and calls Se-ah.
Yeo-reum gawks at the truffles that the chef brings to the restaurant in preparation for their month of truffle-related dishes, and is shocked to hear how expensive they are.
Jang-mi arrives outside the restaurant and grits her teeth when she sees Aunt there first thing in the morning, and greets Ki-tae cheerily. She latches onto his arm and suddenly he doesn't know what to do with himself, finally managing to shake her off once they're inside.
She sits him down at a table, and all he can do is stare at her lips. He gulps nervously, and she breaks his reverie by casually mentioning that they should probably talk about yesterday's kiss. He offers to make sense of it for them, and starts to say that the reason he picked her for the con was because they'd never ever develop feelings for each other... But all it takes is one glance lip-ward and he loses his train of thought. Hee.
He insists that this is all so that he can be alone, and asks her to refrain from all the physical contact. She complains that this is all for him, not because she wants to be touching, and only now explains that Aunt is parked outside. I love how jittery he is, flinching at every touch and looking everywhere but at her.
She grumbles that she sullied her precious lips for a guy like him, and in front of Yeo-reum no less. Yeo-reum arrives at their table to agree with her, adding with a glare at Ki-tae that for acting, the kiss was a bit too real. Ki-tae agrees and accuses her of kissing with feelings.
Jang-mi starts to explain to Yeo-reum, but he says he knows her by now-she's a dummy who likes any guy and even kisses meaningless and boring men. As Ki-tae reels, Yeo-reum turns back to Jang-mi: "But I like that dummy Joo Jang-mi."
She goes starry-eyed and asks Ki-tae if that was just a confession, and Ki-tae snarks that he's never heard of a love confession where you call someone a moron. Hahaha. Touché. Yeo-reum sends her a text to come back at night, and Ki-tae gets caught trying to peek at her phone.
