Chapter 9

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Some crazy person thought it was a good idea to gather our main cast in a remote location and hand them drinks: They each take turns downing a shot and look back and forth expectantly.

Jang-mi narrates: "The six of us will spend the night in a faraway place. When the day is over, all six of us will have kissed someone. Through that kiss, some will confirm their love, and some will be hurt."

She ends her foreshadowing voiceover by saying that it's a common occurrence on a summer vacation, aka Han Yeo-reum's vacation.

Rewind to Jang-mi the runaway bride, as she escapes the bridal shopping day from hell and leaves Ki-tae standing in the street calling her name. Jang-mi's mom gives Se-ah the once-over and asks suspiciously who she is, and Ki-tae's mom has no qualms about calling her his ex-fiancée.

Jang-mi's mom huffs that she gets now why her daughter was so reluctant to agree to this wedding, and says she'll have to rethink things too. Ki-tae's mom looks pretty satisfied with the outcome.

Jang-mi ignores Ki-tae's calls and finally asks Yeo-reum where they're going. He just tells her they're going far away, since they promised to run away together. Ki-tae keeps calling Jang-mi frantically, and Se-ah comments meekly that she really did want to help this time. She asks if this isn't an engagement that's supposed to be broken anyway, and adds that Ki-tae seems uncharacteristically serious.

He drives in silence to Hoon-dong's restaurant and tells her to take a cab home. He runs up the steps and demands to know where Jang-mi is, because he saw her getting into Hoon-dong's car. But when Hoon-dong says he sent Yeo-reum to get his car washed, Ki-tae's face hardens.

Hoon-dong chases after him flailing, "Did he kidnap her?!" He calls Yeo-reum, who tells him that they're going to the beach. Ki-tae asks for Jang-mi, and she finally answers to say that she's sorry, but she doesn't want to be found right now. She says that if his mother calls her name one more time she doesn't know what horrible thing she might do, and that she's scaring herself right now.

Ki-tae jumps in the car to go after her, and Hoon-dong hops in too, using his stolen car as an excuse to come along. Se-ah joins them, having overheard everything, and insists that she's been wanting to go to the beach.

Yeo-reum drives Jang-mi to the ocean with the top down, like a picture-perfect honeymoon getaway right out of movie. But she couldn't be farther from the happy bride if she tried, and spends the ride lost in her funk. It's only when her veil comes flying off in the wind that she suddenly feels the weight lifted, and begins to smile.

They sit on the beach, and Jang-mi confesses that she doesn't really know what happened-just that she didn't like seeing her mother in that position, trying so hard to please someone else and not even realizing that she's being belittled in the process.

Yeo-reum chides her for getting wrapped up with real emotions in the fake marriage all over again, and Jang-mi agrees with a smile. She gets up and says they should go back and return the expensive dress, and Yeo-reum assures her that Ki-tae has lots of money and he'll pay for it.

Ki-tae calls out on cue: "It's MY money!" Jang-mi gapes, and then Hoon-dong and Se-ah show up beside him. She realizes that he must've traced her phone again and starts racing toward the ocean, determined to be rid of her godforsaken traceable smartphone.

But of course she trips and falls in her giant dress, ha, and all three boys race to her side. All we see is legs and arms buried under a mountain of tulle, and the boys shouting, "Flip her! Flip her over!" Lol.

While Jang-mi cleans up at a guesthouse, Hoon-dong smacks Yeo-reum upside the head for running off with his bestie's girl. Aw, that's adorable. Yeo-reum runs to Ki-tae for a rescue, insisting that Hoon-dong should be told the truth. But Ki-tae just enjoys the petty retribution and says he deserves it, leaving Hoon-dong to chase him around the yard.

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