WOW, THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE...
BUT WHERE'S THE FOUNTAIN? I GUESS I SHOULD ASK SOMEONE.
EXCUSE ME, DO YOU HAPPEN TO KNOW WHERE THE FOUNTAIN IS?
THAT'S THE FOUNTAIN OVER THERE.
Ah! Thank you.
WE MIGHT MISS EACH OTHER, SO I SHOULD CONTACT HIM FIRST...
WHY IS IT CALLED A FOUNTAIN WHEN THERE'S NO WATER COMING OUT?
...WHAT'S WITH THAT GUY? WHY HAS HE BEEN GOING AROUND TALKING ONLY TO WOMEN?
He's huge.
LOOK AT HOW DISGUSTED THE WOMEN ARE. IS HE SOME KIND OF PICKUP ARTIST?
SURELY HE WON'T TRY TALKING TO ME TOO...
EXCUSE ME.
...HUH?
WH-WHAT? IS HE ACTUALLY TRYING TO TALK TO ME RIGHT NOW?
MAY I ASK YOU SOMETHING?
Y-YES? M-ME?
H-HE LOOKS EVEN SCARIER UP CLOSE!
HOW MANY GOLD RINGS DOES HE HAVE ON HIS HAND? IS HE A GANGSTER...?
I SEEM TO HAVE MISTAKEN YOU FOR SOMEONE ELSE. I'M SORRY.
AH, I SEE.
HUH, THAT'S STRANGE.
AH, WHY IS HE STILL HANGING AROUND HERE INSTEAD OF LEAVING~
OH! I GOT A REPLY.
You're the Jemulpo Puppy, right?
The fountain? Are you short, white, and fluffy?
H-HOW DID HE KNOW I'M AT THE FOUNTAIN...?
I arrived.
I'm pretty tall and dressed up, but can't you see me? Gucci belt.
GUCCI...
...BELT?
YOU'RE THE JEMULPO PUPPY, RIGHT?
HA, I ALMOST WALKED RIGHT PAST YOU.
I'M THE JEMULPO PUPPY. NICE TO MEET YOU?
OH, Y-YES... H-HELLO.
YOU WERE TALKING CASUALLY ENOUGH ON DOODOOPPLE, SO WHAT'S WITH THE FORMAL SPEECH NOW?
NO, BUT YOU SEEM LIKE AN OLDER BROTHER TO ME...
I'M YOUNGER THAN YOU THINK. I'M TWENTY-FIVE.
GASP, WE'RE THE SAME AGE? I THOUGHT HE WAS AT LEAST TWO OR THREE YEARS OLDER.
WHAT ABOUT YOU?
ME? I'M TWENTY-FIVE TOO, BUT...
TWENTY-FIVE? WHAT? I THOUGHT YOU WERE YOUNGER, BUT WE'RE THE SAME AGE.
THEN JUST SPEAK CASUALLY.
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO TALK CASUALLY...
?
TAP: TALL AND LOOKS LIKE A GANGSTER(?)
WHEN WE TALKED ON DOODOOPPLE, HE WAS JUST SOME GUY MY AGE,
BUT I NEVER IMAGINED HE'D ACTUALLY BE THIS HUGE AND INTIMIDATING!
AND SHE'S SCARED OF PEOPLE LIKE THAT.
I PRACTICALLY RUN BUPYEONG, SO JUST FOLLOW ME.
UGH, THIS IS SO OVERWHELMING. SHOULD I JUST SAY I'M GOING HOME?
UM, EXCUSE ME...
WHY?
...NO. WHAT WOULD CHANGE IF I WENT HOME NOW?
I'D JUST BE ALONE AGAIN.
I CAME ALL THE WAY TO INCHEON BECAUSE I COULDN'T HANDLE BEING ALONE ANYMORE, AND YET...
WHY ARE YOU ROLLING YOUR EYES AROUND LIKE YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY?
...NOTHING. I DON'T KNOW BUPYEONG VERY WELL, SO I'D APPRECIATE IT IF YOU COULD SHOW ME AROUND.
REALLY? I THOUGHT YOU WERE ABOUT TO SAY YOU WERE LEAVING.
HOW DID HE KNOW... CAN HE READ MINDS?
STICK CLOSE AND FOLLOW ME, THEN.
AH, OKAY...
BEOMJU'S POV
YOU FOLLOWING ME AROUND LIKE THAT REALLY REMINDS ME OF KKOMI.
WHAT'S KKOMI...?
I'M FINE WITH YOU TAKING ME PRETTY MUCH ANYWHERE, YOU KNOW...
I HAVE A ROUTE PLANNED, SO JUST FOLLOW ME FOR NOW.
HE MAY LOOK A LITTLE SCARY, BUT HE TALKS EXACTLY LIKE HE DID ON DOODOOPPLE.
THINKING ABOUT IT THAT WAY MAKES HIM A LITTLE LESS SCARY...
... YEAH, EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE.
SO WHAT HAPPENED?
Why'd you stop talking?!
GIMAN, HOLD STILL. YOU SPILLED COFFEE ON YOUR COLLEGE JACKET.
WHAT?! REALLY??
WHERE?
I SPRAYED SOME STAIN REMOVER ON IT, SO YOU CAN WIPE IT WITH A WET TISSUE LATER.
THANKS~ BUT HOW MUCH STUFF DO YOU HAVE IN THAT BAG...?
<JIUM'S MARY POPPINS BAG>
I thought you were Doraemon,
THIS IS JUST THE BASIC STUFF. Here, wet tissues.
BY THE WAY, DO YOU HAVE A PICTURE OF THE INCHEON LOVE GUY?
I'M REALLY CURIOUS WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
WE DIDN'T EXCHANGE PICTURES. WE DON'T EVEN KNOW EACH OTHER'S NAMES, YOU KNOW.
YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW HIS NAME? IS THAT POSSIBLE?
YEAH. THAT'S WHAT I LIKED ABOUT THAT APP...
OH, THEN DESCRIBE HIS TYPE~
KIND OF LIKE SEUNGJO?
AHH, SEUNGJO? WHY ARE YOU BRINGING SEUNGJO INTO THIS...
REALLY? ISN'T THAT EXACTLY YOUR TYPE?
THAT SLENDER, JUICY-FRUIT KIND OF GUY.
TO BE PRECISE, MY TASTE WAS SHAPED BY SEUNGJO...
ANYWAY, I NEED TO BE CAREFUL ABOUT WHAT I SAY IN FRONT OF NAHI.
SHE'S INCREDIBLY PERCEPTIVE WHEN IT COMES TO RELATIONSHIPS.
RELATIONSHIP RADAR: 100
THEN WHAT TYPE IS HE? AT LEAST DESCRIBE HIM. WHAT DOES HE LOOK LIKE?
WHAT DOES THE JEMULPO PUPPY LOOK LIKE?
HMM, HE'S REALLY TALL...
HIS ARMS ARE INCREDIBLY THICK...
HE HAS PROMINENT CHEST MUSCLES, WHICH REALLY STAND OUT...
YOU LOOKED AT HIS CHEST?
WH-WHY? WHY WERE YOU LOOKING THERE?
HE LEFT HIS JACKET IN THE CAR, SO HE WALKED AROUND IN JUST A SHIRT, AND I COULDN'T HELP BUT NOTICE.
SOUNDS LIKE HE'S REALLY WELL-BUILT.
HE WAS PRETTY MEMORABLE.
HE HAD THE BUILD OF AN ATHLETE, AND A VERY MASCULINE FACE.
He was scary, though...
KEEP GOING. DON'T JUST TELL ME YOU TWO ATE TOGETHER.
WHAT ELSE HAPPENED? HUH? UM... WE ATE...
THEN A BUSKING PERFORMANCE SUDDENLY STARTED, SO WE WATCHED THAT FOR A WHILE...
THEN WE WENT TO AN ARCADE AND KILLED SOME ZOMBIES, AND...
WHAT? YOU WERE OUT TOGETHER FOR QUITE A WHILE, WEREN'T YOU?
DID THE TWO OF YOU DRINK ALCOHOL TOGETHER TOO?
HOW DID SHE KNOW?
JUST A GLASS OF DRAFT BEER AND A LITTLE SOJU...
What?!
You drank alone together?!
UH... NO, IT'S NOT LIKE THAT...
...THAT'S REALLY ALL THERE WAS. WE JUST HAD A MODERATE AMOUNT TO DRINK AND THEN WENT BACK TO SEOUL.
?
...REALLY?
YEAH...
What did you two talk about while drinking? What happened afterward?
YOU DRANK WITH A WELL-BUILT, BIG-CHESTED GUY AND THAT'S IT...?
I'M TELLING YOU, THAT'S ALL.
NO WAY! YOU MADE PLANS TO MEET AGAIN, RIGHT?
WHEN ARE YOU TWO MEETING AGAIN~?!
...WE'RE NOT.
TO BE MORE PRECISE, WE CAN'T MEET AGAIN.
WHY?!
I TOLD YOU, I ONLY MET HIM BECAUSE I WAS BORED DURING VACATION.
JUST ONE DAY, AND THAT'S IT.
UGH, JIUM. I THOUGHT YOU WERE FINALLY GOING TO ESCAPE BEING SINGLE, BUT THIS IS WHERE IT ENDS...
I HAVEN'T HAD A GOOD CHAT WITH NAHI IN SO LONG THAT
I DIDN'T EVEN REALIZE HOW MUCH TIME HAD ALREADY PASSED.
WHERE WAS MY NEXT LECTURE ROOM AGAIN... HUH?
WHY DO I KEEP GETTING MESSAGES?
THEY'RE ALL JUST ADVERTISEMENTS...
Class Rep Kim Yeonseo They're only bringing handsotme guys.
YEONSEO MESSAGED ME. I WONDER WHAT IT'S ABOUT?
Class Rep Kim Yeonseo
Jium unnie!
Unnie, would you like to join a department blind date? With fourth-year Computer Science students, lol
They're only bringing handsome guys.
...A DEPARTMENT BLIND DATE ALL OF A SUDDEN?
I THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO ASK WHY I DIDN'T COME TO THE DEPARTMENT'S OPENING CEREMONY, BUT I GUESS NOT.
BUT I'M NOT A FRESHMAN ANYMORE, SO GOING TO A GROUP BLIND DATE NOW... FEELS A LITTLE MUCH.
AH, IT WOULD BE SO AWKWARD...
STILL, IT'S NICE THAT SOMEONE FROM MY DEPARTMENT REACHED OUT TO ME FIRST FOR ONCE. Is this the first time since I was a freshman?
...MAYBE I SHOULD GO. NAHI PROBABLY GOT THIS MESSAGE TOO, RIGHT?
IT MIGHT BE OKAY IF WE GO TOGETHER...
WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT SO INTENTLY?
Huh?
SEUNGJO...!
Heart-Pounding Planet Chapter 2 follows Jium as she nervously meets Jemulpo Puppy in person at a crowded plaza fountain. Intimidated by his huge build, gold rings and Gucci belt, she learns they are both 25 and follows him around Bupyeong to eat, watch busking, play zombie arcade games, and share beer and soju. Back at school she recounts the day to her perceptive friend Nahi, insists it was a one-time meeting, then gets a department blind date offer as Seungjo appears before her.
