Oh My Venus (Korean Drama)

Episode 15

Joo-eun agrees to stay with Young-ho on the night of his birthday party, Christmas Eve. He shows her that he kept the bandage she stuck on his hospital door, and thinks how sorry he is to have kept her waiting for him. She asks what his birthday wish was, but he says it wasn't for him, but for her — he wished that she wouldn't get sick.

She snuggles into him and he says he hopes they can spend a relaxed, warm night together. But Joo-eun has other ideas, and when Young-ho kisses her chastely on the forehead, she goes in as if for a real kiss, but lays her head on his chest instead.

Young-ho starts to look uncomfortable and asks if this isn't a bit intense for a "warm" night, and Joo-eun jokes that she's used to cuddling with You Bastard like this at night. Lucky sloth. She chastises Young-ho for coming back looking so sexy, rubbing his chest and tapping his chin, and Young-ho can't take it anymore.

He takes back his "warm night" comment, and says almost desperately and in a strained voice, "Erotic night, okay??" Joo-eun gives him the okay, and that's all it takes for him to flip her over, complaining that she seduced him first. Joo-eun just says they seduced each other, and pulls him down for kisses and other shenanigans.

They're both reluctant to wake in the morning, and Joo-eun sleepily pokes Young-ho just to make sure last night wasn't a dream. She makes him promise to see her all the time from now on, which he easily agrees to, and they cuddle in for more sleep.

Joo-eun wakes again later to find Young-ho awake and staring at her, and whines that she's hungry. He jokes that she'd better get dressed if she wants to eat, otherwise it could be an erotic day as well. Sounds like an excellent plan to me, but Joo-eun gets dressed and goes down to breakfast.

She adds some seaweed soup to the meal as a surprise for his birthday, but he's more worried about her thyroid with this kind of salty food. She tells him that as of a month ago, she's off the medications, because she's gotten to such a healthy place on her own — or well, with his help.

Young-ho sincerely congratulates her on getting healthier (and sexier), and Joo-eun reminds him that she can do anything she sets her mind to. She gives an overwrought fake speech about overcoming hypothyroidism even in the face of immense stress, and declares herself now to be Kim Young-ho's Daegu Venus.

They spend a relaxing morning in, watching television and cuddling, until Young-ho gets a naughty glint in his eye and says he needs to check something. He sneaks up on Joo-eun until she's laying on her back... and we cut to them doing planks in the workout room. HAHA, leave it to Young-ho to focus on exercise. There's more than one way to exercise, you know!

Young-ho sticks to the conventional way, to Joo-eun's annoyance. She spends the day distracted by watching him work out, even getting turned on when he gulps a drink — but when he finally props her on the table and goes in for the kill, her mother calls. HA, he actually apologizes under his breath to her mom and covers up all his exposed skin.

Mom's in Seoul, at Joo-eun's place, and she and Young-ho are both disappointed when she has to go. He drives her home and proposes that they make up for lost dating time, and she promises to be twice as happy. Young-ho starts to ask if he should met her mother, but Joo-eun says there's time for that later. She goes in, and Young-ho has big puffy hearts in his eyes as he watches her go.

Joo-eun finds that her mother has brought about a year's worth of food with her, and she passes off the fact that she's still in last night's party dress by saying she went to a wedding. Of course, this turns out to be a mistake, as it gives Mom an opening to berate her for not getting married herself. Mom wants to meet this guy she knows Joo-eun is dating, but Joo-eun puts her off until later.