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Because of the permanent marker, the chicken dinner, and the implication of drinking blood, the sweet conversation turns into a sorrowful unrequited love confession.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 18 opens with banter between the road-weary hyung and the exam-stressed Jongwu, and the real turning point comes with Jongwu's math love confession written on his hand. Because of the permanent marker, the chicken dinner, and the implication of drinking blood, the sweet conversation turns into a sorrowful unrequited love confession.","key_events":["Younger says unrequited love is harder than exam studying and leaves for study hall to calm eyes and teeth","Two roommates banter on long tiring car ride home about Gangneung trip, licenses, and entrance exam","Younger roommate writes 128 sqrt e 980 on elder's hand with permanent marker to confess love via math trick","Time skips to October, accumulated debt is repaid in full, followed by serious talk over chicken dinner","Ink gets on their faces while trying to erase handwriting, causing laughter","Finger is cut by sharp chicken bone interrupting tense conversation about mutual feelings"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"HAA...\nI'M EXHAUSTED...\nFEELS LIKE I CRAMMED A FEW YEARS' WORTH OF DRIVING INTO ONE DAY.\nTHANKS FOR WORKING SO HARD, HYUNG!\nIT WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SO BAD IF WE'D TAKEN TURNS DRIVING...\nARE YOU SERIOUSLY SAYING THAT WITH A STRAIGHT FACE...?\nIT'S THE HIGHWAY. AS LONG AS YOU GO STRAIGHT, IT'S EASY, RIGHT?\n\nYEP, STRAIGHT TO THE PEARLY GATES.\nC'MON... I BET IF I TOOK LESSONS, I'D BE A GREAT DRIVER.\nI'M GONNA GET MY LICENSE RIGHT AFTER THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM, SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY NEXT TIME WE GO TO GANGNEUNG.\nLOOK AT YOU, ALREADY DAYDREAMING ABOUT TRIPS WHEN YOU HAVEN'T EVEN TAKEN THE EXAM YET.\nIF YOU BOMB THE EXAM, FORGET ANY TRIPS. YOU'LL BE HITTING THE BOOKS FOR ANOTHER YEAR, SO STAY FOCUSED.\nYOU'VE BEEN DOUBTING ME FOR A WHILE NOW...\n...BUT I DO HAVE GOOD GRADES, YOU KNOW? ESPECIALLY IN MATH-\n\nHYUNG, GIVE ME YOUR HAND.\nWHY? WHAT ARE YOU UP TO?\nI DON'T TRUST YOU...\nHEY, WHAT ARE YOU DOING...?\nWHY ARE YOU WRITING ON MY HAND?\n\nDO YOU KNOW WHAT THE ANSWER TO THIS IS?\nONE HUNDRED... TWENTY-EIGHT... TWENTY-EIGHT...\nTWENTY...EIGHT... HOW THE HELL SHOULD I KNOW?\nLOOK CLOSELY. IF YOU COVER THIS PART...\nNOW TRY READING IT OUT LOUD.\nI...LOVE...Y-\n\nHUH? WHAT WAS THAT?\nI DIDN'T QUITE CATCH THAT.\nSAY IT LOUD-\nYOU PUNK.\nNOOO! DON'T WASH IT OFF!!\nSTOOOP!!!\nHAA... SERIOUSLY...\n\nOF COURSE HE USED A PERMANENT MARKER.\nARE YOU KIDDING ME? IT WON'T COME OFF.\nI GOT SOME ON HIS FACE, THOUGH...\nPFFT...\nHAHA...\n\nWHAT...\n...AM I DOING...?\n\nTIME PASSED QUICKLY.\nSO HOT...\nA CHRISTMAS CAROL IN THE MIDDLE OF SUMMER?\nCAUSE IT'S HOT...\nA LONG SUMMER WENT BY...\n\ndehumidifier\n...UNTIL SUDDENLY, IT WAS OCTOBER ONE DAY.\nTHANK YOU FOR YOUR PAYMENT.\n\nIT MUST'VE BEEN DIFFICULT TO PAY YOUR PAST DUE BALANCE ALL AT ONCE.\nTAKE CARE, SEE YOU NEXT TIME.\nHOLD ON NOW, MR. BAE.\nYOU'VE BEEN REAL UNDERSTANDING WITH ME, I SURE DO APPRECIATE IT.\nHOW 'BOUT I FIX YOU UP SOMETHING NICE TO EAT BEFORE YOU GO?\nAH... NO, THAT'S ALRIGHT.\nI'LL BE HEADING HOME SOON FOR DINNER...\n\nGOODNESS!\nSOUNDS LIKE THINGS ARE GOING WELL WITH THE MISSUS!\nNO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT...\nTonkatsu Town\n1985\nALRIGHT, ALRIGHT, I CAN TAKE A HINT!\nGO ON HOME NOW! HAHAHA.\n\nI WONDER WHAT PEOPLE WOULD THINK IF THEY KNEW...\n...THAT A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR, WHO'S NOT EVEN RELATED TO ME, AND IS ABOUT TO TAKE THE MOST IMPORTANT EXAM OF HIS LIFE...\n...COOKS DINNER AND WAITS FOR ME AT HOME EVERY NIGHT?\nI'LL BE LUCKY IF I DON'T END UP GETTING REPORTED.\nANYWAY, I KINDA WANNA ASK IF HE WANTS CHICKEN FOR DINNER...\nHE'S PROBABLY IN STUDY MODE RIGHT NOW.\n\nWHATEVER, HE'LL CHECK HIS PHONE WHEN HE TAKES A BREAK...\nHow about chicken for dinner tonight?\nOK!\nHE REPLIED INSTANTLY...\nIS HE REALLY STUDYING?\nAND THOSE EMOJIS...\n...HOW DOES HE MANAGE TO FIND ONES THAT LOOK JUST LIKE HIM?\n\nWOW!\nIT'S BEEN FOREVER SINCE WE'VE HAD CHICKEN!\nI LIKE CHICKEN BREAST, SO YOU-\nOKAY! YOU'RE TELLING ME TO TAKE THE DRUMSTICKS AGAIN, RIGHT?\nYOU'RE SO WEIRD, HYUNG.\nHOW DO YOU PREFER DRY, WHITE MEAT OVER DRUMSTICKS?\nTHE BREAST HAS MORE MEAT, SO IT'S MORE FILLING.\n\nWHAT ABOUT YOU, DON'T YOU GET BORED OF PLAIN FRIED CHICKEN?\nAREN'T KIDS THESE DAYS ARE INTO THAT... SPRINGLE? DINGLE?\nWHATEVER THAT CHEESE POWDER STUFF IS.\nHMM... I'M GOOD WITH WHATEVER, HONESTLY...\nBUT YOU LIKE IT PLAIN...\n...SO I'M HAPPY EATING THAT.\nSERIOUSLY...\n\n...WHAT IS IT ABOUT ME THAT YOU LIKE SO MUCH?\nWE'RE NOT EVEN DATING YET...\nAND YOU'RE ALREADY ASKING STUFF LIKE THAT...?\nSHUT IT. JUST ANSWER THE QUESTION.\nTHEN, WHAT ABOUT YOU?\nWHAT DO YOU THINK OF ME, HYUNG?\n\nYOU?\nYOU'RE A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR WHO FREELOADS AT MY PLACE, MAKES ME DINNER, AND IS ABOUT TO TAKE THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM.\nWOW... SO THAT'S HOW IT IS...\nSPOT ON, YOU GOT IT EXACTLY RIGHT...\nAS FOR WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU...\nHMM...\n\nNOW THAT I THINK ABOUT IT...\nI KINDA JUST LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU.\nHEY... CUT THE CHEESY CRAP, WILL YOU...?\nI MEAN IT.\nAT SOME POINT, I JUST STARTED LIKING YOU WITHOUT EVEN REALIZING IT.\nIT'S HARD TO PICK JUST ONE THING I LIKE, BECAUSE I LIKE IT ALL.\n\nWHAT A CHILDISH THING TO SAY...\nWHY...?\nDO YOU REALLY NEED A REASON TO LIKE SOMEONE?\nI'VE ALWAYS WONDERED...\nWHY DO YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO FIND A REASON FOR EVERYTHING?\nWHY ELSE...? THERE'S A CAUSE AND EFFECT TO EVERYTHING.\nEVEN WITH LIKING SOMEONE, IT DOESN'T JUST HAPPEN OUT OF NOWHERE, SOMETHING TRIGGERS IT.\n\nIF SOMEONE SAYS THEY LIKE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU WITH NO REASON AT ALL, WHO'D BELIEVE THAT?\nIN YOUR CASE, MAYBE YOUR DESIRE TO DRINK MY BLOOD...\nENDED UP BEING THE TRIGGER-\nWHY ARE THESE CHICKEN BONES SO FREAKIN' SHARP?\nHYUNG...\n?\n...DO YOU REALLY STILL THINK...\n\n...THAT THE ONLY REASON I'M DRAWN TO YOU IS BECAUSE I WANT TO SUCK YOUR BLOOD?\nJONGWU...\nTHAT'S NOT WHAT I MEANT.\nSORRY...\nIT'S JUST... A LITTLE... UPSETTING...\n\nI THINK THIS UNREQUITED CRUSH...\n...MIGHT BE HARDER THAN STUDYING FOR THE COLLEGE ENTRANCE EXAM...\nI'M GONNA HEAD TO A STUDY ROOM FOR A BIT.\nIT'LL HELP MY EYES AND FANGS SETTLE DOWN, TOO.\nTAKE YOUR TIME AND FINISH EATING.\n\nWHO...\n...JUST CONFESSES THEIR FEELINGS THAT DIRECTLY?","bubble_count":132,"pages_count":23,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 18 opens with banter between the road-weary hyung and the exam-stressed Jongwu, and the real turning point comes with Jongwu's math love confession written on his hand.","spoiler_summary":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 18 opens with banter between the road-weary hyung and the exam-stressed Jongwu, and the real turning point comes with Jongwu's math love confession written on his hand. Because of the permanent marker, the chicken dinner, and the implication of drinking blood, the sweet conversation turns into a sorrowful unrequited love confession."},"source":{"canonical_path":"/series/a-lovely-meal-5nnpgnf1/chapter-18-b2az3n","citation_title":"WebtoonLib — A Lovely Meal #18","content_type":"chapter_summary","last_updated":"2026-11-05T08:04:31.287Z"},"data_status":"complete"},"untrusted":{"user_comments":[]},"see_also":{"for_series_detail":"/llms-series/a-lovely-meal-5nnpgnf1"}}