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They spend the night sharing the same blanket and wake up in the morning with a strange closeness.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 2 tells of the guilt Bae Changdeok feels when he finds Wu Jongwu, whom he tried to kick out, sick in the cold. Changdeok first wants to send him away using the meal as an excuse but is surprised by how delicious it is. He takes the pale, coughing boy inside, allows him to stay for a month on the condition that he cook dinner every night. They spend the night sharing the same blanket and wake up in the morning with a strange closeness.","key_events":["With only one blanket they share it overnight, tugging over it and waking embarrassed","Jongwu reveals parents died and he avoids relative, host allows one-month stay if he cooks dinner nightly","The two exchange names as Wu Jongwu and Bae Changdeok","Host finds Jongwu coughing outside in snow and brings him inside because he looks pale and sick","Host asks if Jongwu can go to school alone, they discuss school restarting tomorrow","Host tastes Jongwu's soup and finds it gets tastier, ruining his plan to kick him out over bad cooking"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"I TOLD HIM IT DIDN'T TASTE GOOD...\n...BUT HONESTLY, I'VE NEVER TASTED ANYTHING LIKE IT.\nOH.\nTHAT WAS THE LAST OF IT.\nIT'S STRANGE... THE MORE I EAT, THE BETTER IT TASTES.\nI CAN'T BELIEVE HE MADE SOMETHING THIS DECENT ON HIS FIRST TRY.\nHAA... I'LL JUST GRAB SOME FROM THE CONVENIENCE STORE.\nUGH, I'M TOO LAZY TO GO OUT AND BUY MORE.\n\nI WAS GOING TO TRY TO KICK HIM OUT UNDER THE GUISE OF HIS COOKING BEING TRASH... ...BUT IT CAUGHT ME OFF GUARD HOW GOOD IT ACTUALLY WAS. I COULDN'T EVEN HIDE IT AT FIRST.\nSTILL, I MANAGED TO GET RID OF HIM...\nHE LOOKED OLD ENOUGH TO TAKE CARE OF HIMSELF.\nHE PROBABLY FOUND SOMEWHERE WARM TO GO...\nOBVIOUSLY THE KID FROM EARLIER.\nSERIOUSLY...?\nSO I SHOULD JUST STOP WORRYING.\n\nHE'S NOT SOME CURSED SPIRIT DOOMED TO HAUNT ME, IS HE?\nHEY... HEY!!!\nCOUGH\nDIDN'T I TELL YOU TO LEAVE?!\nCOUGH\nWHAT ARE YOU STILL DOING HERE?\nCOUGH\nCOUGH\nCOUGH\n...IS THAT YOU...SIR...?\n\nIT'S SO... COLD...\nHE'S BEEN SITTING OUTSIDE THIS WHOLE TIME...\nHE DOESN'T LOOK TOO GOOD...\nHAA... FINE.\nI'LL JUST HAND HIM OVER TO THE COPS.\n\nI COULDN'T DO IT...\nHIS SKIN IS SO PALE AND HE KEEPS COUGHING.\nI'D HAVE TO DEAL WITH A CORPSE IF I'D LEFT HIM OUT THERE ANY LONGER, SO I BROUGHT HIM INSIDE FOR NOW...\nHEY, YOUR NAME'S...UH...\nWU JONGWU?\nWu Jongwu\nYES...\nI DON'T KNOW WHY YOU'RE DOING THIS TO ME OF ALL PEOPLE...\n\n...BUT AS YOU CAN TELL BY THE STATE OF MY HOUSE...\nI'M NOT EXACTLY WELL-OFF.\nI'M ALSO NOT THE KIND OF GUY WHO'S GREAT AT LOOKING AFTER OTHER PEOPLE, EITHER.\nNO MATTER HOW MUCH YOU BEG, YOU CAN'T STAY HERE.\nHOW CAN YOU DO THIS TO SOMEONE YOU BARELY KNOW?\nA STUDENT LIKE YOU NEEDS TO BE WITH FAMILY THAT CAN PROPERLY CARE FOR YOU.\nSTOP BEING STUBBORN AND GO HOME.\nTHE ONLY \"HOME\" I HAVE IS A RELATIVE'S...\n...BUT THEY WERE ON SUCH BAD TERMS WITH MY PARENTS THAT THEY DIDN'T EVEN COME TO THE FUNERAL.\nI THOUGHT IT'D BE BETTER TO LIVE WITH SOMEONE I DON'T KNOW...\n...THAN HAVING TO TIPTOE AROUND THEM EVERY DAY...\n\nOH...REALLY?\nBUT...\n...HOW CAN YOU BE SO SURE WHEN YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT KIND OF PERSON I AM?\nDO YOU SELL ORGANS ON THE BLACK MARKET?\nDEAL DRUGS?\nWHAT?!\nNO, OF COURSE NOT...\nSEE? THEN IT'S OKAY.\nNO!!! IT'S NOT!! I'M NOT OKAY WITH IT!!!!!!\n\nOH.\nUGH!!\nFEELS LIKE I'M TALKING TO A BRICK WALL...\nLOOK KID, I GET IT. BUT THIS IS YOUR OWN PROBLEM.\nI DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY! AND I DON'T WANT TO BE A BABYSITTER!!!\nWHY CAN'T A SMART-LOOKING KID LIKE YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I'M SAYING?!\nI UNDERSTAND...\n\nIN THAT CASE...\nI'LL LEAVE AS SOON AS I WARM UP A BIT.\nIS THAT OKAY?\nHUH?!\nUH...\nWELL...\nTHE HECK? WHY'S HE'S SUDDENLY BEING SO REASONABLE?\nI THOUGHT IT OVER AFTER HEARING WHAT YOU SAID...\nTO YOU, I'M NOTHING MORE THAN A STRANGER THROWING A TANTRUM.\nYOU MUST BE TIRED. I'M SORRY FOR BOTHERING YOU.\n\nI REALLY TRIED TO MAKE THE SOUP TASTE GOOD...\n...BUT SINCE YOU DIDN'T LIKE IT, I'M SURE YOU WERE PRETTY DISAPPOINTED...\nI LEARNED BY WATCHING MY PARENTS AT THEIR SHOP...\nAH...I'M SORRY-\n...FOR COUGH-\nONE MONTH...\n...BUT I NEVER GOT THE ACTUAL RECIPE...\n\nI'LL LET YOU STAY HERE FOR ONE MONTH.\nBUT THAT'S IT.\nREALLY?!\nI CAN STAY HERE FOR A WHOLE MONTH?!\nIN THAT MONTH, FIND A PART-TIME JOB, SAVE MONEY, OR FIND SOMEWHERE ELSE...\nIF YOU'RE STILL HERE AFTER THAT, I'LL CALL THE POLICE FOR REAL.\nNO EXCEP...\n...TIONS...!\nJUST GET YOURSELF READY TO LEAVE.\n\nTHANK YOU...!\nTHANK YOU SO MUCH, SIR...!\nTHAT SURPRISED ME... WHY THE HELL'S HE HUGGING ME?\nBUT YOU GOTTA COOK DINNER EVERY NIGHT.\nYES, YES! I'LL DO MY BEST!\nI'LL WORK HARDER THAN I STUDY!!!!\n\nDON'T BE SO DRAMATIC.\nACK.\nOH, SIR. I DIDN'T GET YOUR NAME. WHAT WAS IT AGAIN?\nBAE CHANGDEOK.\nTHANKS A TON, MR. BAE. I'LL DO MY BEST.\n\"STUDYING,\" HUH?\nNBC Weather Alert\nTHE SNOW SHOWS NO SIGN OF STOPPING...\nSecond Day of Record Snowfall...\nSEEING AS THE KID WAS IN UNIFORM, HE MUST STILL BE IN SCHOOL.\nCAN'T TELL IF HE'S IN MIDDLE SCHOOL OR HIGH SCHOOL, THOUGH.\n\nHEY, CAN YOU GET TO SCHOOL ON YOUR OWN?\nJUST SO WE'RE CLEAR...\n...I'M JUST GIVING YOU A PLACE TO CRASH.\nDON'T EXPECT ME TO DO ANYTHING ELSE.\nSCHOOL STARTS AGAIN TOMORROW...\nBUT I CAN FIGURE IT OUT MYSELF. THANK YOU FOR ASKING.\nUM...BY THE WAY...\nIS THAT...\nTHE ONLY BLANKET YOU HAVE?\nHUH?\nWELL, YEAH. I LIVE ALONE, SO WHY WOULD I HAVE EXTRAS?\nEITHER CURL UP IN THE CORNER OF MINE OR USE YOUR JACKET.\n\nIT'S UP TO YOU.\nHE DOESN'T LIKE HUGGING...\n...BUT HE'S FINE SLEEPING UNDER THE SAME BLANKET?\nWHAT A WEIRD GUY...\nTHAT'S BESIDE THE POINT...\nI'VE NEVER SHARED A BED WITH SOMEONE BEFORE. I CAN'T SLEEP...\nMEANWHILE...\nHE WAS OUT LIKE A LIGHT AS SOON AS HE HIT THE PILLOW... IS HE EVEN BREATHING...?\n\nI HAVE TO GET UP EARLY. I SHOULD JUST GO TO SLEEP.\nTHIS PUNK... HOGGING THE BLANKET TO HIMSELF...\nWAS PRETENDING TO SLEEP BECAUSE IT FELT TOO AWKWARD.\nAM I SUPPOSED TO CURSE HIM OUT OR SOMETHING?\n(ONE FOOT IS STICKING OUT AND IT'S FREEZING)\n\nMMM...\nTHE HECK? THIS KID RUNS COLD AS HELL.\nHE DOESN'T SEEM SICK... MAYBE THAT'S JUST HOW HE IS?\nUGH...MY APARTMENT IS ALREADY FREEZING.\nI SHOULD'VE JUST KICKED HIM OUT.\nWHAT THE HELL WAS I THINKING?\n\nWHAT'S GOING ON...?\nIT'S SO WARM...\nDID I CUDDLE HIM IN MY SLEEP?!\nTHERE'S NO WAY THIS GUY WOULD HAVE OFFERED HIS ARM AS A PILLOW.\nUGH, WHATEVER...\nI'LL JUST QUIETLY SLIP AWAY BEFORE HE WAKES-\n\nUH...\nGOOD MORNING...? DID YOU SLEEP WELL?\nTHE HELL...?\n\nUH...\nDAY ONE OF THIS STRANGE LIVING ARRANGEMENT...\nI'M WU JONGWU...\nTHE ONE WHO'S BEEN IMPOSING ON YOU SINCE YESTERDAY...\n...STARTED WITH NOTHING BUT AWKWARDNESS AND DISCOMFORT.","bubble_count":153,"pages_count":20,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 2 tells of the guilt Bae Changdeok feels when he finds Wu Jongwu, whom he tried to kick out, sick in the cold.","spoiler_summary":"A Lovely Meal Chapter 2 tells of the guilt Bae Changdeok feels when he finds Wu Jongwu, whom he tried to kick out, sick in the cold. Changdeok first wants to send him away using the meal as an excuse but is surprised by how delicious it is. He takes the pale, coughing boy inside, allows him to stay for a month on the condition that he cook dinner every night. 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