NOT YET.
WE STILL HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE CARE OF, DON'T WE?
DO YOU HAVE SOME TIME?
HUH?
IF YOU'RE OKAY WITH IT,
LET'S GRAB A BITE BEFORE YOU GO.
This situation feels kind of familiar...
EAT BEFORE IT GETS COLD.
AH, YEAH.
THANKS FOR THE MEAL.
WHAT AM I EVEN DOING...
It looks delicious.
ACTUALLY,
WHEN I WOKE UP THAT MORNING,
I WAS PLANNING TO HAVE A MEAL TOGETHER LIKE THIS AND SEE YOU OFF.
BUT WHEN I WOKE UP, YOU WEREN'T THERE...
...AH.
SO THAT MEANS...
HIT AND RUN?
NO,
OR WAS IT 'HIT IT AND QUIT IT'?
That sounds weird.
Here, have some water.
Such an unexpected choice of words...
COME TO THINK OF IT, I DON'T HAVE YOUR NUMBER.
SO I COULDN'T EVEN ASK IF I MESSED UP SOMEWHERE...
I WAS WORRIED.
THIS IS THE WORST.
MAKING THE OTHER PERSON BLAME THEMSELVES.
EVEN THOUGH I KNOW ALL TOO WELL WHAT THAT FEELS LIKE.
I'M SORRY.
I DIDN'T MEAN TO... WELL, I KIND OF DID...
I FIGURED... I ACTED ON IMPULSE THAT DAY...
...IS WHAT I'M THINKING.
RIGHT AFTER I GOT BACK, A BUSINESS PROJECT STARTED AT WORK, SO
THAT'S HOW I ENDED UP COMING BACK TO SEE YOU FOR WORK.
I FEEL LIKE I JUST NEEDLESSLY COMPLICATED THINGS... I'M REFLECTING ON IT.
I SHOULDN'T HAVE DONE THAT...
ABOUT THAT DAY...
DO YOU REGRET IT?
...TH-!
WHY DOES HE ALWAYS...
RATHER THAN THAT,
I SHOULD HAVE ACTED MORE CAREFULLY.
NOT GIVE ME ANY ROOM TO RUN.
BECAUSE I DIDN'T KNOW THINGS WOULD TURN OUT LIKE THIS.
ANYWAY, THAT MEANS YOU DIDN'T HATE WHAT HAPPENED THAT DAY OR ANYTHING.
WELL, MAKING ASSUMPTIONS LIKE THAT AT THIS POINT IS MEANINGLESS, RIGHT?
BECAUSE,
EVEN IF THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENED AGAIN, I'D DO THE EXACT SAME THING.
...SEONG-HO,
DON'T YOU THINK THIS COULD BECOME A PROBLEM?
...IT'S NOT LIKE I DID SOMETHING WRONG,
AND I KNOW THAT REGRETTING SOMETHING YOU CAN'T UNDO
WON'T CHANGE ANYTHING.
WHAT'S MORE IMPORTANT
IS WHAT WE DO FROM HERE ON OUT.
EUN-SEO,
YOU CAN JUST DO WHATEVER YOU WANT
AND WHATEVER YOU'RE ABLE TO DO.
SEONG-HO, AREN'T YOU AGAINST THE BUSINESS PROJECT?
SINCE IT'S A PLACE YOU'VE CHERISHED AND CARED FOR, I THOUGHT YOU'D HATE THE PROPOSAL.
IT'S LAND MY GRANDFATHER CULTIVATED, SO IT'S A PLACE FILLED WITH FAMILY MEMORIES, SURE.
BUT WHAT YOU SAID MAKES SENSE TOO.
THE REALITY IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE RESOURCES, SO WE'RE ONLY DOING THE BARE MINIMUM MAINTENANCE.
THE POPULATION HERE IS DWINDLING TOO, SO I HAVE TO FIGURE OUT A WAY TO SURVIVE SOMEHOW.
IF IT HELPS, I HAVE TO CONSIDER WHATEVER IS NECESSARY.
...IS THAT SO.
DID I WORRY TOO MUCH?
BUSINESS ALWAYS COMES WITH BIG AND SMALL FRICTION,
BUT IT'S NOT LIKE THERE AREN'T SUCCESSFUL CASES EITHER.
IF THE RESIDENTS ARE COOPERATIVE TOO,
DEPENDING ON THE DIRECTION, IT MIGHT TURN OUT EVEN BETTER.
AND WITH THIS GUY TOO...
A BIT MORE...
IT SEEMS YOU'RE THE ONE WHO LIKES THAT PLACE, EUN-SEO.
YOU SAID THERE WAS A SIMILAR PLACE IN YOUR HOMETOWN, RIGHT?
DO YOU LIKE CLOVER?
DO I LIKE IT?
AH...
THAT WAS WHEN I WAS STAYING AT MY UNCLE'S PLACE AS A KID...
...NO,
BEFORE THAT, MY MOM PROMISED...
IF I TELL HIM THE TRUTH,
WILL HE PITY ME TOO?
BECAUSE HE'S A KIND PERSON.
AND AFTER THAT,
WOULD HE
GET SICK OF ME?
IMAGINING THINGS ON MY OWN,
EXPECTING THINGS ON MY OWN,
AND THEN, FINDING OUT IT'S DIFFERENT FROM WHAT HE THOUGHT,
WOULD HE LEAVE?
...IF HE DOES,
WHAT HAPPENS TO ME...
EUN-SEO.
ARE YOU OKAY?
YOU'RE SHIVERING,
SHOULD I TURN UP THE HEAT?
YOU SHOULD'VE TOLD ME IF YOU WERE COLD.
SINCE WHEN?
...EUN-SEO?
YES.
I'M COLD.
ALWAYS,
I'VE ALWAYS BEEN LIKE THIS.
...I SAID IT EARLIER, DIDN'T I?
IF THE SAME SITUATION HAPPENS AGAIN,
I'D DO THE EXACT SAME THING.
Clover Days Chapter 13 finds Eun-seo sharing a meal with Seong-ho as they confront her leaving without word that morning. He admits he planned to eat together and see her off and worried he messed up, while she apologizes for acting on impulse and returning only for a work project. Their talk turns to his cherished grandfather's land, the business proposal, and her love of clover and painful childhood memories, ending in trembling emotional closeness.
