NEXT MORNING
THEY'RE FINALLY HERE.
I MEAN, YOU WERE DRINKING LIKE A THIRSTY ELEPHANT.
MY HEAD HURTS...
OUR REINFORCEMENTS.
REPORTING FOR DUTY, SIRS AND MA'AMS.
SUCHAN! BOM!
IT SEEMED THAT WHILE WE WERE ASLEEP...
SO EARLY IN THE MORNING TOO...
I BARELY GOT SOME SLEEP...
...THE UPPER CLASSMEN HAD REQUESTED SUPPORT.
WHICH MADE SENSE, SINCE WE STILL HAD A LOT TO TAKE CARE OF AT THE PORT...
...NOT TO MENTION THE REMNANTS OF PET SHOP WE APPREHENDED YESTERDAY.
EXCEPT THE PEOPLE THAT CAME TO HELP...
ALRIGHT, I'M READY.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING, NAMI?!
WE'LL GET TO WORK... IN A BIT!
...WERE MORE INTERESTED IN HAVING FUN.
KWON·HEA·MIN
ARE YOU REALLY HERE TO HELP...?
UGH I CAN'T SEE...
OUCH
YOU'VE BEEN DOING A GREAT JOB, PROPOLIS.
WASP SQUADRON CAPTAIN
B-0
I WILL BE IN CHARGE OF TAKING THEM TO NEST.
UHM... IF YOU'D LIKE, YOU CAN SPEND SOME TIME HERE.
I'M SO SORRY. IT'S JUST THAT I HAVEN'T BEEN ON VACATION FOR SO LONG...
I UNDERSTAND.
TO BE FAIR...
...THE PAST FEW WEEKS HAD BEEN IMMENSELY STRESSFUL FOR ALL OF US.
IT SEEMED LIKE WE ALL NEEDED A BREAK.
HUH?
GOOD MORNING.
THINGS WEREN’T ALWAYS PLEASANT...
...BUT EVERYTHING WAS NORMALIZED AGAIN.
FROM THIS PORT...
UGH... I DON’T WANT TO WORK...
STOP SLACKING.
MY CONTAINER IS HEAVIER!
GIVE ME A BREAK, MINE IS!
CUT IT OUT!!
...TO THINGS BETWEEN ME AND HUIJIN.
WE WERE ABLE TO...
CLEAN IT ALL UP IN THE END.
IS EVERYONE HERE?
CHECK YOUR BELONGINGS.
IT'S TIME TO GO BACK.
GET ON THE BUS IF YOU'RE READY.
COME ON, NEST CAN WAIT.
DUDE, THE WAY YOU TWO WERE LOOKING AT EACH OTHER TODAY. SO YOU ASKED HER OUT, HUH?
HEY, YOU'RE BEING TOO LOUD!
JAESEONG. I CAN'T FIND DOHWA ANYWHERE.
WHAT? HAVE YOU CHECKED THE LADIES' ROOM?
YEAH. THERE WAS NO ONE THERE.
BE GOOD.
SHE'S NOT ANSWERING HER PHONE, EITHER.
DOHWA IS MISSING?
SHE'S NOT THE TYPE TO WANDER AROUND ON HER OWN...
ACTUALLY, SHE TOTALLY IS.
BUT SHE WAS WITH US UNTIL A MOMENT AGO.
WHERE COULD SHE HAVE GONE OFF TO?
I'LL GO LOOK FOR HER.
HUH?
HOLD ON, HYESEONG!
DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHERE TO LOOK?
THAT IDIOT.
SO SHE STILL...
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
LET'S GO. THEY'RE ALL WAITING FOR YOU.
I WAS... JUST ABOUT TO.
ARE THEY THE KIDS JUNHYEONG SAVED?
NO CLUE. I DIDN'T EVEN GET TO SEE WHAT THEY LOOKED LIKE.
I JUST HEARD THAT A FEW OF THEM WERE HERE.
WHY ARE YOU SO OUT OF BREATH, THOUGH?
YOU SOUND LIKE A PERV, PANTING WHILE LOOKING AT CHILDREN.
AND I WAS F***ING WORRIED ABOUT YOU.
RAN LIKE A MILE IN A MINUTE.
WORRIED? ABOUT ME?
WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?
I'M ABSOLUTELY FINE.
I JUST WANTED TO GET SOME FRESH AIR, MORON.
NO,
YOU ARE NOT FINE.
YOU'RE HOLDING IT IN. I CAN SEE THAT.
YOU CAN FOOL OTHER PEOPLE, BUT NOT ME.
NOT AFTER ALL THAT TIME WE SPENT TOGETHER TRYING TO BEAT EACH OTHER UP.
I CAN TELL HOW YOU FEEL BY LOOKING AT YOUR TAIL.
YOU'VE BEEN THAT WAY SINCE WE VISITED... JUNHYEONG.
YOU'RE...
...NOT FINE YET.
...AND?
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO SAY?
THAT JUNHYEONG WOULDN'T WANT ME TO GRIEVE?
IS THAT WHY YOU WERE LOOKING FOR ME?
NO.
YOU DON'T WANT OTHERS TO WORRY ABOUT YOU. I GET IT.
BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO PUT UP A FACE IN FRONT OF ME.
I CAN'T TELL YOU I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH...
...BUT I KNOW HOW CLOSE YOU AND JUNHYEONG WERE.
WE THREE HUNG OUT TOGETHER QUITE OFTEN.
JUST KNOW... THAT YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
YOU CAN TAKE IT OUT ON ME LIKE YOU ALWAYS HAVE.
SHARE SOME OF THAT SORROW WITH ME. I'M COOL WITH THAT.
WHAT ARE YOU, A MASOCHIST? WHAT A PERV.
GOSH, I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU WERE CHECKING OUT MY TAIL.
I'M OKAY WITH BEING THAT KIND OF A PERV.
HA.
YOU'VE CHANGED A LITTLE.
SO HAVE YOU.
WAIT. DOHWA'S BACK.
...!!
DOHWA...?
SORRY, THERE WAS A FESTIVAL SO WE WENT TO CHECK IT OUT.
WHAT KIND OF FESTIVAL...?
IT'S EMBARRASSING, BUT I GUESS IT'S STILL BETTER THAN THEM FINDING OUT DOHWA CRIED.
...THANKS.
I FEEL A BIT BETTER NOW.
BUT DON'T TELL OTHERS ABOUT MY TAIL...
AND HOW YOU CAN READ MY MOOD WITH IT.
IT HAS TO BE BETWEEN YOU AND ME, OKAY?
WHETHER INTENDED BY NEST OR NOT...
...THIS MISSION GAVE EACH OF US AN OPPORTUNITY FOR SELF-REFLECTION.
SOME OF US...
...HAD A CHANCE TO SHARE OUR HONEST FEELINGS WITH THOSE CLOSE TO US...
...WHILE OTHERS...
NEST
...UNEXPECTEDLY DEVELOPED SOME KIND OF FEELINGS.
SOME OF US...
...REALIZED THAT THE FEELINGS WE HAD WERE MUTUAL...
...AND WERE ABLE TO TAKE THE NEXT STEP TOGETHER.
WHILE OTHERS...
...HAD RUN INTO A DEAD END.
AND...
...A CERTAIN SOMEONE...
I'VE BROUGHT THESE FOR YOU.
SAN.
OH, MY. YOU REALLY FOUND THEM. I'M IMPRESSED.
BUT MAY I ASK WHY YOU'RE AT THE POOL...?
I HEARD EVERYONE WAS AT THE BEACH. SO I FELT LIKE COMING HERE AT LEAST.
SINCE I'M STILL NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE NEST PREMISES...
CAVE MAGIC MUSHROOM...
THIS RARE KIND OF MUSHROOM WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN USED BY WESTERN SORCERERS IN THE DISTANT PAST...
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT WAS DISCOVERED IN KOREA.
I WAS ALWAYS THE BEST PROCURER OF INGREDIENTS...
...FOR YOUR EXPERIMENTS.
AS LONG AS YOU ACKNOWLEDGE MY EFFORTS, I'M HAPPY--
A REWARD FOR YOU.
I HEARD BOYS LIKE BEING TREATED THIS WAY BY GIRLS THEY'RE IN LOVE WITH.
UHM, I CAN'T REALLY SAY I DO...
SAN'S UNDERSTANDING OF ROMANCE... WAS QUITE LIMITED AND UNCONVENTIONAL.
BY THE WAY.
YOU DIDN'T GIVE THIS MUSHROOM TO ANYONE ELSE, RIGHT?
BECAUSE I JUST REMEMBERED ANOTHER ONE OF ITS SERIOUS SIDE EFFECTS.
THIS MUSHROOM...
HUH?
...WORKS LIKE A NATURAL VIAGRA...
WHAT THE HELL...?
...EXCEPT IT LASTS A WHOLE WEEK.
Jungle Juice Chapter 222 follows Suchan, Bom and the cleanup crew the morning after the port operation as Dohwa goes missing before the bus to Nest. Hyeseong finds her alone watching children and gently confronts her hidden grief over Junhyeong, offering to share her sorrow. She returns with a cover story, while at Nest San receives rare mushrooms with an awkward romantic reward.