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Sunho getting emotional in the scene that overlaps with their past and Na-Eun's coaching save the shoot, but the upcoming kiss scene creates new tension.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"We’re NOT A Couple! Chapter 9 opens with Gwon Na-Eun shaken when the script of the drama she stars in turns out to be identical to her own dating history. While similarities like childhood friendship, high school romance, a breakup, and reuniting at the office leave her stunned, Ji Sunho's repeated mistakes on set cause a crisis. Sunho getting emotional in the scene that overlaps with their past and Na-Eun's coaching save the shoot, but the upcoming kiss scene creates new tension.","key_events":["Ji Sunho fails up to 14 takes acting stiff, forcing repeated reshoots.","Female lead realizes script matches her own dating history and learns famous writer first pitched it.","In waiting room Ji Sunho asks for rehearsal help for passionate rooftop stairs first kiss scene.","Crew doubts actress talent and she resolves to prove them wrong.","During break actress coaches Ji Sunho to use similarities as advantage for focus.","Middle-school secret Santa memory recalled revealing actress made cookies and Ji Sunho knew, scene succeeds.","Actress requests 20-minute break for Ji Sunho, crew thinks he is sick.","Female lead reads drama script about childhood friends dating in high school, breaking up, reuniting as manager and secretary.","Ji Sunho confesses scene resembles their youth and dating lines, causing tears and stiff expression."],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"EVERYONE FELT THAT THE PLOT WAS SIMILAR TO MY OWN DATING HISTORY.\nWe're a Couple! Script\nTHE DRAMA'S PLOT GOES LIKE THIS,\nTHE MALE AND FEMALE LEAD ARE CLOSEFRIENDS SINCE CHILDHOOD.\nTHE FEMALE LEAD'S UNREQUITED LOVE COMES TO FRUITION IN THEIR FIRST YEAR OF HIGH SCHOOL, AND THEY DATE FOR 3 YEARS.\n\nHOWEVER, DUE TO REALISTIC ISSUES, THEY BREAK UP AS SOON AS THEY BECOME ADULTS.\nTHE FEMALE LEAD, HURT AFTER RECEIVING A ONE-SIDED BREAKUP NOTICE,\nGETS A JOB AS A SECRETARY AT A LARGE CORPORATION A FEW YEARS LATER.\nTHE MALE LEAD, WHO SHE THOUGHT WOULD BE WORKING AT A DIFFERENT SUBSIDIARY,\n\nARRIVES AS THE MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HER SUBSIDIARY.\nIT'S A STEAMY OFFICE ROMANCE BETWEEN A MALE LEAD WHO EVEN CHANGED HIS MAJOR TO GET BACK TOGETHER WITH HER,\nAND A FEMALE LEAD WHO DOESN'T WANT TO GET BACK TOGETHER...\nTHE CIRCUMSTANCES ARE JUST TOO PERFECTLY MATCHED...!\n\nGWON CHUNGJAE! DID YOU SELL MY DATING HISTORY?!\n...IS WHAT I'D LIKE TO THINK, BUT THAT CAN'T BE IT.\nBECAUSE IN THIS CASE, A FAMOUS WRITER PROPOSED THE SCRIPT FIRST.\n\nHOW DID A SCRIPT WITH SUCH A SIMILAR PLOT COME OUT?\nJI SUNHO DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THE WRITER PERSONALLY EITHER...\nOR IS BREAKING UP AND THEN RUNNING INTO EACH OTHER IN AN OFFICE ROMANCE A COMMON OCCURRENCE...?\n\nBUT IS THE ACTRESS REALLY GOOD AT ACTING?\nSHH! KEEP YOUR VOICE DOWN.\nI'M NOT SURE EITHER. SHE HASN'T BEEN IN MANY PROJECTS.\nEVEN SO, THEY'RE FILMING STAFF, THEY SHOULD AT LEAST LOOK UP MY PAST WORK...\n\nEVERYONE MUST BE WORRIED ABOUT MY ACTING SKILLS...\nSTOP OVERTHINKING!\n\nLET'S NOT MAKE ANY MISTAKES!\nTAKE ONE.\n\nI'LL DEFINITELY PROVE THEM WRONG!\n\nWOW... WHAT'S WITH HIS ACTING?\nTAKE 14!\nHE'S MAKING SO MANY MISTAKES.\n\nI WAS ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD TO IT A LITTLE BIT...\nWHEN MY SECRET SANTA IS REVEALED LATER, I SHOULD AT LEAST BUY THEM SOME SNACKS!\nHE'S BEING SO STIFF AND AWKWARD!\nWHAT, BUY ME SNACKS TOO.\n\nGO ASK YOUR OWN SECRET SANTA TO BUY YOU SOME.\nIS HE SHOOTING A NOIR MOVIE BY HIMSELF OR WHAT?!\nCUT. AGAIN!\n\nI'M REALLY SORRY. BECAUSE OF ME...\nHE USED TO BE PRETTY GOOD AT CONNECTING SCENES...\nJI SUNHO, HOW MANY TIMES ARE WE GOING TO SHOOT A BASIC SCENE?\nESPECIALLY SINCE...\n(Whispering) Actually, I made those cookies.\n\nWHY DO YOU GET SO STIFF AND AWKWARD RIGHT WHEN I'M ABOUT TO ACT?!\nSORRY...\n...THE SCENE IS JUST TOO SIMILAR TO WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.\nISN'T IT WEIRD HOW EVEN THE FLIRTING LINES ARE EXACTLY THE SAME?\n\n...NO. BLAMING THE SCRIPT SOUNDS LIKE AN EXCUSE.\nTHIS SITUATION KEEPS OVERLAPPING WITH OURS, WHEN WE WERE YOUNG.\nEVERYTHING WAS SO NEW AND NICE BACK THEN,\nBUT IN THE END, WE BROKE UP, JUST LIKE THIS DRAMA'S MAIN CHARACTERS...\n\nI ENDED UP EMPATHIZING SO MUCH THAT I HAD TO HOLD BACK TEARS, WHICH MADE MY FACIAL EXPRESSIONS LOOK WEIRD.\nSO THAT'S WHY HE WAS MAKING THAT FACE...\nI'LL TRY TO FOCUS MORE ON THE ACTING.\n\nUM, DIRECTOR! I THINK JI SUNHO ISN'T FEELING WELL.\nME? I'M PERFECTLY FINE...?\nSHHHT THH FCK HHP... (SHUT THE F*CK UP)\nTHEN WE'LL TAKE A 20-MINUTE BREAK.\n(lenching teeth...\n\nAH, SO SUNHO WAS FEELING SICK.\nI KNEW THERE WAS NO WAY SUNHO WOULD BE BAD AT ACTING.\nMORE IMPORTANTLY, NAEUN,\nSHE WAS THE MOST STABLE AND ACTED BETTER, RIGHT?\n\nDRINK IT OR DON'T.\n...THANKS.\nDON'T GET ALL DOWN AND MAKE PEOPLE WORRY, IT'S NOT LIKE YOU.\n\n...SORRY.\nYOU'RE BANNED FROM SAYING SORRY!\nTHERE ARE STILL A LOT OF THINGS ABOUT HIM I DON'T LIKE, BUT I FEEL A BIT BAD FOR HIM TODAY.\nHONESTLY, I ALSO THOUGHT THE SCRIPT WAS WEIRDLY SIMILAR.\n\nIF WE LOOK AT IT CLOSELY, THE MOMENTS WE DATED OVERLAP TOO.\nREALLY?\nSO WHAT I DO TO FOCUS IS...\n\nUSE THE SIMILARITIES TO MY ADVANTAGE.\n?!\nWE WILL RESUME FILMING!\n\nBECAUSE THOSE MOMENTS I ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED,\nWERE FILLED WITH FEELINGS OF EXCITEMENT AND JOY.\n...AT LEAST SHE THINKS OF THEM AS JOYFUL FEELINGS.\nI TRY TO RECALL THE REASON WHY I FELT EXCITED BACK THEN.\n\nWHY DID I FEEL EXCITED...?\nBACK IN MIDDLE SCHOOL, WHEN SHE SUDDENLY SUGGESTED WE PLAY SECRET SANTA,\nI ALREADY SUSPECTED IT WAS GWON NAEUN, WHO PROPOSED IT...\n\nI HAD A FEELING SHE WAS INTERESTED IN ME.\nPLEASE LET HIM RECEIVE MY GIFT AND LIKE IT!\nI HOPE JI SUNHO ONLY THINKS OF ME...!\n\n...I SHOULD PRETEND I DIDN'T SEE THAT, RIGHT?\nBUT THEN, GWON NAEUN'S WORDS REALLY DID ACT LIKE A MAGIC SPELL.\nIT'S SO GOOD?!\n: I made them myself ♡ From. Secret Santa\n\nGWON NAEUN IS GOOD WITH HER HANDS.\nDID SHE REMEMBER ME SAYING I LIKED COOKIES?\nI FOUND MYSELF THINKING ONLY ABOUT HER ALL DAY LONG.\n(Approaches and whispers)\n\nACTUALLY, I MADE THOSE COOKIES.\nPLEASE, THIS TIME DON'T SCREW IT UP...\n\nI KNEW.\nNAEUN. ACTUALLY, I REALLY DID KNOW.\n(Surprised and shy)\nWHAT?!\n\nI KNEW, I WAS JUST TESTING YOU. IDIOT.\nLET'S GO TO THE CAFETERIA.\nCAN WE BUY SOMETHING IN 10 MINUTES?!\nWE JUST HAVE TO RUN!\n\nHEY! I'M OUT OF BREATH!\nHANG IN THERE LOL\nJI SUNHO FINALLY FOUND HIS STABILITY TOO.\n\nCUT!\nWE'LL FILM THE NEXT SCENE AFTER LUNCH!\n\nWaiting Room\nWHY DID YOU CALL ME? I WAS TRYING TO REST.\nPLEASE HELP ME OUT.\nNO.\nISN'T IT TOO HARSH TO JUST SAY NO RIGHT OFF\n\n...THANKS TO YOUR COACHING, I MANAGED TO FILMWELL.\nCAN I ASK FOR YOUR HELP WITH THE NEXT SCENE TOO?\nWHAT? THE NEXT SCENE?\n\nHOW ARE WE SUPPOSED TO PRACTICE THAT NOW?!\nOTHERWISE, I FEEL LIKE I'M GOING TO KEEP SCREWING UP THAT SCENE AGAIN!\nSPEAKING OF THAT SCENE...\n#20. Rooftop Stairs (the two share a deep, passionate first kiss.)\n\nTHE KISS SCENE...!\nGWON NAEUN, PLEASE SAVE ME JUST THIS ONCE... WE'LL HAVE TO DO IT ANYWAY.\n...ARE YOU JUST GOING TO LET ME KEEP MAKING MISTAKES IN THE SAME PART?\n\nOR ARE YOU GOING TO ACTUALLY HELP?\nI HAD FORGOTTEN FOR A MOMENT. THIS DRAMA HAS A HIGH MATURITY RATING...!","bubble_count":126,"pages_count":37,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"We’re NOT A Couple!","spoiler_summary":"We’re NOT A Couple! Chapter 9 opens with Gwon Na-Eun shaken when the script of the drama she stars in turns out to be identical to her own dating history. While similarities like childhood friendship, high school romance, a breakup, and reuniting at the office leave her stunned, Ji Sunho's repeated mistakes on set cause a crisis. 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