While Gaeul went out to look for herbs in the snowy forest, as she breathes shakily and shivering to herself when feeling cold. Memorizing what her teacher from her high school told her about making herbs into medicine ointment for healing on wounded skin. She found some invaluable leaves and a rock to produce medicine from this snowy forest while Jeong Eui was waiting for her to get his medicine. Jeong Eui's arm got badly injured and bleeding with bruise because of moose stomped on his arm when he saved Gaeul's life, hissing in pain by himself when he got badly sore on his injured arm. Gaeul finally arrived to him and to crush on leaves by a rock against on a boulder to produce medicine ointment.
Jeong Eui: "What the heck...? That looks like historical Kdrama when she crush leaves to make medicine..."
Mumbling by himself while looking at Gaeul crushing the medicine for him. Gaeul grunts while crushing the medicine with a rock as she looked at herself crushing and mixing the leaves on a boulder with a rock. So much snowy trees around them, Gaeul is applying ointment leaves on his wounded arm and to gently rub on his scar, he hissed in pain.
Gaeul: "Are you okay?"
Asking while healing his wounded arm, staring at what she was doing.
Jeong Eui: "It hurts a bit but I'll be fine."
As he replied with exhale, letting her healing his wounded scar peacefully in this snow falling on trees. No population of people here nearby Jeong Eui and Gaeul, Gaeul have done healing his wounded arm.
Gaeul: "Don't scratch and leave it like that."
As she begins to put a jacket for him to wear, Jeong Eui sighs heavily.
Gaeul: "Why would you protect me like that?"
"You should have run away."She told.
Jeong Eui: "So you want me to run away so you can get hurt by a moose?"
He asked her back with his face looking at her.
Gaeul: "Don't play hero, you got hurt because of me."
"Let's go."Gaeul and Jeong Eui begins to walk together ahead.
Jeong Eui: "So you're not going to say thank you when I saved your life?"
As he asked while strolling with her. Gaeul didn't reply to him as they continuing to walk together, Gaeul staring down as she got nothing to say left.
Gaeul: "What will you gonna do if your mum won't allow us to date?"
As she asked him this of all of the sudden.
Jeong Eui: "Huh...? Oh, of course, I would still love you."
As he replied with obviously, then he scoffs.
Jeong Eui: "Who needs parent's permission to date, anyway?"
"As long we have a feelings together, this is the part where it's important."Gaeul: "What will you do if I don't have a feelings with you?"
As she asked while staring down when she walked with him.
Jeong Eui: "What....?"
As he slowly asked while looking at her, both slowly walking on the snowy ground, Gaeul exhales.
Jeong Eui: "What did you say?"
He asked, they stopped walking and Gaeul turned her body around at him and to look at his eyes.

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The Tree of Autumn
RomancePlot: Kim Gaeul was a student from Toro village of South Korea countryside. She fall in love with the boy from her next door who was her childhood friend named Kim Jeong Eui. Their parents are both opening their restaurant shop as a Toro neighborhoo...