PRESIDENT OF THE LAND DEVELOPMENT RESEARCH INSTITUTE, KWON HONGSHIK
THIS IS SO MUCH MORE EXTRAVAGANT THAN GRANDMA'S FUNERAL.
just how many flower wreaths are there...?
LOOK HOW BIG OUR BEOMJU HAS GOTTEN.
You really stand out, even amongst my employees!
OLD MAN, ARE YOU REALLY GOING TO DO THIS EVERY SINGLE YEAR?
HOW MUCH IS ALL THIS?
THIS ONLY HAPPENS ONCE A YEAR, SO WHAT'S THERE TO COMPLAIN ABOUT~?
IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN TAKE ALL THIS MONEY TO THE GRAVE.
YOU HAVE TO LEAVE SOME FOR ME, TOO.
THEY'RE LIKE TWO PEAS IN A POD...
how greedy~
YOU THINK YOUR OLD MAN DOESN'T KNOW HOW MUCH YOU HAVE IN YOUR BANK ACCOUNT?
I'M DOING A PHILOSOPHY DEGREE, SO I HAVE TO BE SUPER FRUGAL JUST TO SURVIVE.
THIS CHEEKY LITTLE PUNK...
DID YOU COME ALONE?
OF COURSE I DID. WHO WOULD I COME HERE WITH?
SO YOU'RE BEING JUST LIKE ME AND DON'T HAVE A LOVER?
WHAT A WASTE OF GOOD LOOKS.
A LOVER? NO WAY... I JUST GOT DISCHARGED FROM THE MILITARY.
THIS YOUNG PUNK... TSKTSK.
AREN'T YOU AT THE PRIME AGE FOR ROMANCE RIGHT NOW?
PEOPLE NEED SOMEONE BY THEIR SIDE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY.
THIS NAGGING...
WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE...
KWON HONGSHIK'S AUTOBIOGRAPHY
BIRTHDAY PARTY FAVOR ITEM
SERIOUSLY, HE'S A MASTER AT WASTING PAPER...
EVEN THOUGH I SAID NO, HE STILL INSISTED ON GIVING IT TO ME.
I MIGHT AS WELL USE IT AS A COASTER OR SOMETHING.
WHERE DID MY PHONE GO...?
IS THERE A PHONE AMONGST THE LOST ITEMS...?
NO PHONE HAS BEEN CHECKED IN...
THE CLA
NOTHING.
...NOTHING.
DAMN IT...
WHAT BASTARD SWIPED MY PHONE-?!!
WELL, I GUESS THAT'S MY BAD LUCK OUT OF THE WAY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
WHAT WOULD I HAVE DONE WITHOUT THE SPARE PHONE I USED IN THE MILITARY?
ANYWAY, I WON'T BE RETURNING TO SCHOOL UNTIL NEXT SEMESTER, SO THIS SHOULD BE FINE FOR A WHILE.
E-MAIL AND SOCIAL MEDIA SHOULD BE GOOD ENOUGH...
PEOPLE NEED SOMEONE BY THEIR SIDE IF THEY DON'T WANT TO BE LONELY.
...SUDDENLY SPOUTING NONSENSE LIKE THAT... I GUESS GRANDPA REALLY IS GETTING OLD.
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F*CK, WHAT WAS THAT? DID THAT SOUND COME FROM MY PHONE?
HEART POUNDING PLANET? WHAT, DID KIM JUNGSHIK HAVE IT INSTALLED PREVIOUSLY?
original owner of the device & Beomju's friend
...?
21:07 Chat room
Little rock
Like an idiot, I told you that I hoped things would work out, but to be honest, I feel weird. You know, I actually like you, Seungjo. And for a long while now.
...FUCK, WHAT'S THIS?
KIM JUNGSHIK, THIS BASTARD, WHAT ON EARTH HAS HE BEEN UP TO...?
Heart pouning planet
'HEART POUNDING PLANET' IS A RANDOM CHAT APP THAT WAS ON ITS LAST LEGS.
That's Why I Only Received Messages...
A MESSAGE HAS ARRIVED FROM 'LITTLE ROCK'
FROM SOMEONE WITH THE USERNAME 'LITTLE ROCK'.
AT FIRST, I WONDERED WHAT SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT,
We should’ve gone on a trip together... I regret it so much TT TT Why am I poor?
Ha TT TT If I had known this would happen, maybe I should’ve told you that I liked you...?
Talking every single day... falling asleep on the phone together... always walking me home... You were just so sweet to me...
READING THROUGH A FEW OF THOSE MESSAGES, A ROUGH PICTURE OF THEIR STORY BEGAN TO FORM IN MY HEAD.
Little rock
I wonder what people even talk about when they’re in the talking stage... I’m curious. No, I’m not curious.
Okay... I’m a little curious.
DOES SHE NOT SLEEP?
CURRENT TIME 01:20 AM
AH, THIS REALLY GETS ON MY NERVES.
Not curious about other people’s love lives.
IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE EVEN DATING. WHY IS SHE WASTING HER TIME ON A ONE-SIDED CRUSH?
Life is complicated, just eat chicken.
SHE COULD HAVE BEEN EATING CHICKEN DURING THAT TIME.
Lovesick puppy Life is complicated, just eat chicken instead. Stop acting so pitiful.
Little rock
Sure, life can be complicated, but what's with your lack of empathy?
Does everything always go your way when you're dating? Tsk
oh, immediate response
SHE'S GOT QUITE THE TEMPER. THAT'S UNEXPECTED.
... WELL.
NIETZSCHE GOT SICK OVER UNREQUITED LOVE,
AND GOETHE EVEN WROTE A NOVEL BECAUSE OF IT.
SO UNREQUITED LOVE IS JUST SOMETHING YOU CAN'T HELP, HUH?
WHAT'S SO GREAT ABOUT LOVE THAT IT MAKES PEOPLE ACT PATHETIC?
FUCK, I WOULDN'T KNOW. SINCE I'VE NEVER BEEN IN A RELATIONSHIP.
I BECAME CURIOUS ABOUT THE LOVE LITTLE ROCK TALKED ABOUT.
AND THAT'S HOW OUR COMMUNICATION BEGAN.
Little rock
Do you know what middle-school penguins go to?
Don’t say something weird. Again.
Little rock
Air conditioning School lololol
I told you not to say it. Can I block you?
IT STARTED WITH ORDINARY, EVERYDAY CONVERSATIONS,
What would you do if a zombie apocalypse breaks out?
Little rock
I’d get bitten as soon as possible and become a zombie TT TT
AND BEFORE I KNEW IT, MY DAILY LIFE BECAME FILLED WITH LITTLE ROCK.
12:20 ← Chat room
They didn’t have what I wanted
So I’m heading to Bucheon now. What are you doing?
Going to Yeongdeungpo. The road is completely jammed.
Can I send you a picture? Can you help me pick between these two?
Bought both. What are y doing? Why is there no r
...LITTLE ROCK IS PRETTY QUIET TODAY.
IS SOMETHING WRONG?
A message has arrived from Little rock.
...HUH, IT'S LITTLE ROCK.
Little rock
The two of them are dating...
I KNEW THIS WOULD HAPPEN!
Who? That guy you have a one-sided crush on? That's good. Forget him.
DIDN'T LIKE HIM SINCE HE SEEMED LIKE SUCH A PLAYER. GOOD RIDDANCE~
I GUESS LITTLE ROCK WILL FINALLY GIVE UP ON HIM NOW...
WAIT...
Silent-
WHY IS SHE NOT REPLYING?
FUCK... DID I SOUND TOO CASUAL ABOUT IT?
HOW DO I FIX THIS...?
RIGHT. I SHOULD BUY HER A MEAL.
Who? That guy you have a one-sided crush on? That's good. Forget him.
Stop moping around in your room and come out already. I can at least buy you some fried chicken.
I WANTED TO SEE HER FACE ANYWAY.
THAT'S HOW LITTLE ROCK AND I MET.
Bupyeong Station | 富平驛
I TOLD HER TO WAIT BY THE FOUNTAIN, SO HAS SHE ARRIVED?
AND THE 'LITTLE ROCK' I SAW IN REAL LIFE...
WAS SOMEONE WHO FAR EXCEEDED MY EXPECTATIONS.
SHE LOOKS JUST LIKE KKOMI.
At the lavish birthday party of Arazi Geliştirme Enstitüsü President Kwon Hongshik, his grandson Beomju clashes with his grandfather over money and loneliness. Beomju, a philosophy student freshly discharged from the military, loses his phone and switches to his friend Kim Jungshik's spare phone. On the phone, he finds messages from Little Rock, who has a platonic crush on Seungjo, in the installed Heart Pounding Planet app. He writes back to her, and the two decide to meet at Bupyeong Station.
