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Crushology 101: Episodes 9-10

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There’s a brand new couple on campus, and boy are they cute! However fortunately ever after is reserved for finales, so our penultimate week places the completely happy couple by means of the wringer of an unwelcome character’s return which ends up in an explosion of insecurities that threatens the soundness of their budding relationship.

 
EPISODES 9-10

Jae-yeol and Hee-jin are formally a pair! The lovable and tacky “I couldn’t sleep as a result of I missed you,” I’ll-walk-you-to-school-even-though-I-don’t-have-classes-today, kinda couple. Should be good. Hee-jin updates Ji-won about her new relationship, and he congratulates her — regardless of his damaged coronary heart. Aw. Spring provides method to summer time, and identical to that, Jae-yeol and Hee-jin are celebrating 100 days collectively. Then Present decides the couple — and the viewers — have had sufficient of sweetness, so it digs by means of the recycle bin and restores Hee-jin’s shitty ex again to plot. Sigh.

An image from final week’s confession tree goes viral, and now everybody thinks Hee-jin and Ji-won are an merchandise. Oops! Hee-jin’s unrecyclable trash of an ex sees the image and turns into livid that she’s relationship another person after “ruining his life.” Tsk. Hee-jin is alone within the studio placing ending touches to her class undertaking when Ex sneaks up on her and accuses her of dumping him to this point a wealthy man. His unreasonableness is as big because the hole in his logic, so he grabs a close-by hammer… and ruins Hee-jin’s sculpture. Oh no he didn’t!

Ex makes an attempt to assault Hee-jin subsequent, however Ji-won returns to the studio in file time to cease the whimpering idiot from going additional. The police are known as and Ex is arrested. Phew! Jae-yeol arrives after every thing is over, and he feels dangerous he didn’t get there sooner. Then the campus group website is flooded with photos of Hero Ji-won and Princess Hee-jin, and Jae-yeol feels worse. He tries to be an understanding boyfriend by ignoring the gossip, however he can’t assist feeling jealous as a result of Hee-jin has to work additional time with Ji-won to revive her sculpture earlier than the ultimate analysis.

The ultimate analysis comes and goes, however sadly, Hee-jin’s sculpture is just not chosen as the principle piece for exhibition. That is doubly disappointing, as a result of: 1) her sculpture was certain to be the principle piece if Ex didn’t smash it; 2) she’s getting a decrease grade, which implies her subsequent semester’s scholarship hangs within the stability. Hee-jin is fearful about tuition, and her mother and father promise to cowl the charges. However her dad falls sufferer to an funding rip-off — to the tune of fifty thousand {dollars}! — and issues look bleak. Worst case state of affairs, she’ll should take day off faculty.

Jae-yeol and his pals go the preliminary spherical of a contest they entered, and he calls Hee-jin to share the excellent news. She doesn’t need to rain on his parade, so whereas she tells him her sculpture wasn’t chosen as the principle piece, she doesn’t point out that her dad was scammed. Jae-yeol cancels the celebratory occasion together with his pals so as to spend time with Hee-jin, however she is already out consuming together with her lady pals — and Ji-won. By the point Jae-yeol arrives on the bar, the ladies have left and a drunk Hee-jin is asleep on Ji-won’s shoulder. To Jae-yeol’s credit score, he doesn’t stroll away to stew in misunderstanding. As a substitute, he walks as much as them, warns Ji-won to not cross the road, after which takes his girlfriend house.

The subsequent morning, Hee-jin tries to elucidate final night time’s state of affairs to Jae-yeol, however he’s getting bored with Ji-won’s existence in her orbit. So Hee-jin places far between herself and Ji-won. After a number of longing stares at their telephones — and at Hee-jin’s entrance door — Jae-yeol and Hee-jin lastly resolve to have their make-up dialog. Hee-jin opens up in regards to the rip-off — and now that they’re within the sharing zone, she additionally tells him a few scholarship that her professor inspired her to use for. It’s a one-year totally funded program within the US, and if she will get it, she doesn’t want to fret about taking day off faculty.

Unsurprisingly, Hee-jin is accepted into this system and her household is overjoyed. Then Present decides her household — and the viewers — can’t be put out of distress so simply, so Hee-jin’s dad will get into an accident whereas on a supply run. (Dad was working part-time as a supply driver to boost cash for Hee-jin’s tuition.) Dad is rushed to the hospital in want of pressing surgical procedure, however all of the working rooms are occupied and different hospitals aren’t in a position to admit him. Out of choices, Jae-yeol calls Ji-won, and our resident chaebol makes use of his connections to get Dad his surgical procedure. Fortunately, Dad pulls by means of. However Jae-yeol can’t assist feeling like an insufficient boyfriend in comparison with Mr. Chaebol. Aigoo!

Talking of Ji-won, he decides to take a semester off and spend it together with his mother and father and sister in New York — which is strictly Hee-jin’s vacation spot within the U.S. However no, he has no concept that Hee-jin obtained the scholarship, he’s simply going to heal his damaged coronary heart. However that doesn’t make the information sound any higher to Jae-yeol. He’s already fearful about his upcoming lengthy distance relationship with Hee-jin, and now Ji-won goes to be in her neighborhood? Hell to the no!

Hee-jin tells Jae-yeol to have a little bit religion in her, however as a lot as her anxiety-ridden boyfriend is completely happy she obtained the scholarship, he doesn’t need her to go. Comprehensible, however nonetheless egocentric. Hee-jin’s mother correctly advises her to observe her coronary heart so as to keep away from future regrets, and he or she informs Jae-yeol that she has determined to go overseas. They don’t come to a conclusion about the way forward for their relationship, and he or she leaves the choice in his palms.

Hee-jin’s departure date coincides with the finals of Jae-yeol’s contest — which he has to current at. Our departing heroine drags her toes on the airport whereas her undecided hero stews on the contest. On the final minute, he leaves Dong-ha to deal with the presentation, and races to the airport. Sadly, this love story doesn’t observe the everyday airport trope guidelines. By the point Jae-yeol arrives on the airport, Hee-jin’s aircraft is already within the air.

To not make excuses for Jae-yeol, however he most likely has some unresolved abandonment points stemming from his nonchalant mom and the abrupt breakup together with his ex-girlfriend. Nonetheless, if he had put aside his insecurities and had a modicum of belief in his present girlfriend, he’d have been in a position to say goodbye to her on a cheerful notice.

Talking of completely happy notes, it seems that Dong-ha and a really single Bo-bae are nameless nemesis in a web based film group. They’re shocked to see one another after they meet up for an offline face off — and film discussions result in drinks which result in a kiss. Lengthy story brief, they’re now a pair. As for our foremost couple, we will discover out their destiny in our closing set of episodes subsequent week.

 
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