romantic space cadet

Sunjae acting all nonchalant

Is this the right time? This is the right time. I wanted to tell you... I have feelings...

feeling so jittery and excited at the prospect of new lovely runner episodes tomorrow —

something about the show is just so fresh and wholesome that it feels like the very first time i ever watched a kdrama.

that joy of discovery, that quiet amazement at something that transfixes you so completely.

a lot of the appeal of the show is the intensity of sun-jae's emotions towards sol — how unconditional his love for her is. even after (from his perspective) she supposedly two-times him, nothing about the way he feels for her changes.

it's still all-encompassing: considerate of the minutest details. (sun-jae giving sol his slippers when he notices she's barefoot, even as he tells her to walk out of his life comes to mind.)

Lovely Runner 선재 업고 튀어 Episode 7

RYU SEONJAE X IM SOL

1. sunjae’s face when he sings sudden shower

1.2 sunjae’s face and just general demeanour when he’s backstage walking back to the changing rooms after having sung a song about the girl who’s haunted his every dream and thought for the last 15 years

2. the way he does the exact same thing at the bridge that sol did when they first met - by leaning the umbrella forward so it covers her more than it does him

3. the way he places the heat pack on her hands — it’s so tender i want to jump out a window. he lingers there before pulling his hand away and it’s so soft and it’s SO MUCH (also his one hand covers like both of hers then some like damn my man)

4. his dumb smile when she says she’s been his fan for 10 years/since his debut

5. his face when she thanks him- him being taken aback because the last time he heard her say anything to him was shouting at him for saving her and blaming him for everything — and now here she is thanking him. for everything — words he probably never thought he’d hear coming from her

6. the disappointment and longing in his eyes when he realises his time with her was up — that her friend was going to take her home and he wouldn’t get that extra time with her anymore

7. AND THEN THÉ FREAKING CANDY SHE GAVE HIM. JUST LIKE SHE DID 15 YEARS AGO. his face 😭 he’s so hesitant and the way he looks back up at her realising she really just doesn’t recognise him at all. the way it probably flooded him with memories of when he fell for her basically MY MAN i cANT 😭

8. and then ending that little scene with him holding the jar of candy in his hand like it’s this precious thing, staring at it and letting out the saddest sigh as it continues to snow outside???? yeah. normal