Something To Talk About In The Locker Room

When they first meet in the first time leap and she runs at him, hugs him, and tells him she knows he's struggled so much in silence, he thinks she means his shoulder injury... His shoulder injury was so painful and involved so much physical therapy and hospital visits, and no one sees that, except (or so he thinks... we know she's referring to something else in the future) Sol...... even though it's bizarre to be hugged by your secret crush, wept over by her, and hear "I love you" from her all in one ago where the two of you have formerly never actually spoken, Sunjae is genuinely touched by what she says.

Imagine him being insanely in love with Im Sol, and having had the opportunity to kiss her (that original timeline Sun Jae didn't have).

Imagine having happy memories WITH her (again, something original timeline Sun Jae didn't have), and Imagine having confessed to her only to get rejected.

Imagine hearing her say to him "Listen. Thank you. I'm so grateful for what you've done, but I'm reminded of that day whenever I see you. It's scary. I can't even look at you." You can just see his heart breaking just by the look in his eyes. The person he loves most in the world, the one who he'd fought to protect, the one he will always fight to protect tells him she can't even look at him without being scared. It's the most devastating thing.

And then imagine, having experienced all of this, he's still in love with her. Like a mad man. He would run through crowded areas to find her, he would go to Hangang bridge in the hope she would be there, he would behave like an absolute loser in love, like he always does.

And then she comes back. She comes to him, 15 years later, on the hangang bridge just as promised. He sees her. Like he saw her for the first time. With the yellow umbrella. And he's so emotional. You can see his eyes get red. It's her. It's her. It's her.

And then when he drops her home she tells him she feels the same. She's always felt the same. She liked him too, and she had no choice because it was painful for her too (which he misinterprets the meaning of, but so did all of us in the first watch). And he's running again. To her. Because it's always been her. And when he goes to her house, and confirms that she still likes him, he can't believe it. It's his dream. He's lived through 15 painful years, only to see his heaven in front of him, telling him she feels the same. Finally, it's time.