Here we recap and discuss episode 16 of Love Rain. Caution, spoilers below. Don’t read if you don’t want to know what happens.
As Joon leans in to kiss Ha Na, she gives him no resistance. However, she pulls back immediately after and goes back inside, locking the door behind her. Joon immediately takes the stairs down and goes looking for her. When he catches her, he asks her what she’s so afraid of. Ha Na says she’s afraid of herself and she does still want to hug him and be with him. She admits that she lied about wanting to be family, saying that she did so that she’d still at least be able to see him. However, despite how she feels, they still can’t be together. Ha Na says that it’s better for them to see other people and that it’ll be better for them if they just try to forget about each other. Yeah, cuz that worked out so well for your parents.
Speaking of the parents, we cut back to In Ha telling Yoon Hee that they should cancel the wedding because he can’t give up on Joon. Yoon Hee is understandably surprised, but is somewhat relieved and says that she thought it didn’t feel right to get married anyway. She saw how Joon acted at his dad’s birthday party and knows that In Ha’s not the type of person to let someone down, kind of like how he backed off for Dong Wook in college. It’s because he’s this type of person that she loves him. She tells him that she understands and to not worry about it too much. Looks like he’s really not going to tell her. Afterwards, the two go their separate ways and think things over. Yoon Hee stands up to wash their cups, but is overcome with emotion and weakness and drops them as she starts crying.
In Ha eventually shows up at Chang Mo’s cafe drunk off his ass. As he talks to Chang Mo, he mentions how love was the most important thing to them when they were younger, but that’s not the case anymore now that they’re older. Chang Mo is confused as to what In Ha is rambling about, and In Ha continually insists that he doesn’t want to give up. He then mentions something about not being able to go through with it after seeing Joon’s picture of Ha Na.
Back at his own cafe, Sun Ho is taste-testing beers, thinking what he would do in Joon and Ha Na’s position. He wonders to himself if he would just run away from home, but is overheard by Jeon Sul. He tells Sun Ho that running away isn’t an option and says that he overheard everything that Sun Ho’s been saying to himself, not realizing that Sun Ho was talking about someone else. Jeon Sul then sees Mi Ho and asks if she knows who her brother likes. This piques her curiosity and she comes over and asks if Joon came here. When Sun Ho says no, Mi Ho gets upset and suspects that he’s out with Ha Na somewhere.
When Ha Na gets back home, she’s not entirely surprised to see Tae Sung waiting for her. He asks why she was so late, and she covers by saying that she took the wrong bus. Tae Sung wants to talk, but Ha Na’s not exactly in the mood and tries to push it off until tomorrow. He doesn’t take no for an answer though and says that he’s going to get involved in her affairs, whether she likes it or not. Her happiness is important to him, and he’s worried because she’s only concerned with her mom and Joon’s feelings. If she won’t take care of herself, he’ll do it for her. Tae Sung then says that she should tell her mom that they’re going out. Uh, okay… Ha Na eventually makes it inside and checks in on her mom, who isn’t looking so hot.
Yoon Hee says that it’s probably just the flu, but Ha Na scolds her saying that she should’ve gone to the hospital if she was feeling sick or taken some medication. She tries to get her daughter to rest in her own room, but Ha Na insists on taking care of her mom. Ha Na says that her mom can’t get sick before the wedding, and seeing her concern, Yoon Hee decides not to tell her that it’s been called off.
The next day, Joon is in the middle of working when Mi Ho shows up again at the studio. He asks her why she’s here and she asks him how he’s going to make it up to her for blowing her off. Joon then straight up asks her if she wants to go out with him, saying that he feels like he should be dating someone right now. Everyone in the study is in completely shock, nobody more so than Mi Ho herself. This was exactly Joon’s plan though and he takes her silence as not being sincere about going out with him so she shouldn’t mess around like this anymore. Mi Ho eventually recovers and says to ask him out again, but Joon’s not giving her a second chance.
