We’re NOT A Couple! — Chapter 10

...ARE YOU JUST GOING TO LET ME KEEP MAKING MISTAKES IN THE SAME PART?

OR ARE YOU GOING TO ACTUALLY HELP?

MAKING 10 NGS ON THE KISS SCENE ALONE.

WE'LL KEEP SHOOTING UNTIL IT LOOKS NATURAL!

OKAY, LET'S DO IT.

( NOTE: NGS OR NOT GOOD TAKES ARE THE TAKES THAT FAILED AND CANNOT BE USED)

I REALLY DON’T WANT THAT.

REALLY?!

EVERYONE'S PROBABLY ON BREAK, AND WE AREN'T MOVING SETS UNTIL LATER, SO...

WE CAN PRACTICE THE APARTMENT STAIRS SCENE RIGHT NOW...

THE SCHOOL ROOFTOP STAIRS, WHICH HAS A SOMEWHAT SIMILAR STRUCTURE.

THERE PROBABLY AREN'T ANY STAFF MEMBERS HERE, RIGHT?

LET'S DO IT.

GIVE ME YOUR SCRIPT.

...WHY IS HIS SCRIPT IN SUCH A TERRIBLE CONDITION?

DID HE MAKE NOTES BASED ON MY ADVICE...

IT'S FILLED WITH CORRECTIONS AND EDITS.

...AND HERE I THOUGHT HE WAS PRACTICING THE KISS SCENE OUT OF PERSONAL DESIRE.

WE DON'T NEED TO ACT OUT THE SCENE ITSELF, JUST PRACTICING THE EMOTIONAL LINES IS FINE.

NO.

I DON'T DO THINGS HALF BAKED EVEN IF IT'S PRACTICE.

I'M GOING TO DO IT FOR REAL.

SO I'LL RESPOND SINCERELY TOO.

...OKAY.

I'M SUDDENLY GETTING NERVOUS...

#19. APARTMENT ENTRANCE (DONGGEON BRINGS GAYEON TO HER DOOR WHILE HOLDING HER HAND.)

*Gayeon: Name of Naeun's drama character *Donggeon: Name of Sunho's drama character

...I SHOULD HOLD HER HAND FIRST, RIGHT?

THIS IS JUST PRACTICE...

I'LL BRING OUT MY EMOTIONS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE SO IT SEEMS REALISTIC.

AND JUST WHEN I GET INTO CHARACTER,

ACTION.

DONGGEON, THANKS FOR WALKING ME HOME. GET BACK SAFELY.

YOU'RE TELLING ME TO GO, BUT YOU AREN'T LETTING GO.

GAYEON COMPLAINS, FEELING RELUCTANT TO PART.

WHY ARE YOUR LIPS POUTING LIKE THAT AGAIN?

...WELL, I WAS WONDERING IF WE'RE GOING TO DO SOMETHING MORE... BEFORE WE PART.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO?

NO, I MEAN...

SHE'S SO CUTE. IT REALLY FEELS LIKE I'M LOOKING AT THE OLD GWON NAEUN.

(DONGGEON SMILES AND GIVES A QUICK KISS.)

DONGGEON: IS THIS WHAT YOU WANTED TO DO?

...WHY AREN'T YOU SAYING YOUR LINES?

...I FORGOT.

HEY, WHAT WILL THE DIRECTOR SAY IF YOU ACT LIKE THIS?!

YOU'RE THE ONE HAVING YOUR FIRST KISS, SO WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE A DEAD FISH?!

IMMERSE YOURSELF MORE! FEEL IT!

I-I AM IMMERSED!

...I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE HOW MANY NGS WE'RE GOING TO GET.

BLANKED OUT FROM A SINGLE KISS

...SHOULD WE OVERLAP THIS WITH OUR DATING EXPERIENCE TOO?

THE SITUATION IS ALMOST EXACTLY THE SAME, ANYWAY.

OVERLAPPING IT WITH THE MOMENT WE HAD OUR FIRST KISS...

8 YEARS AGO, AT AGE 17,

DURING OUR 3RD WEEK OF DATING,

JUST LIKE IN THE DRAMA SCRIPT, IT WAS RIGHT AFTER A DATE WITH JI SUNHO.

WE'VE BEEN DATING FOR 3 WEEKS, BUT WE'VE STILL ONLY HELD HANDS.

...WHY DO YOU KEEP STARING AT MY LIPS?

I'M THINKING ABOUT GIVING YOU A KISS AND RUNNING AWAY.

UNBELIEVABLE.

GWON NAEUN'S FIRST KISS IN HER 17 YEARS OF LIFE!

SUNHO'S LIPS ARE SO SOFT...!

Q-QUIET DOWN! IT'S ECHOING IN THE HALLWAY!

What kind of review are you giving me?

PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HEAR US...!

MMMPH MMMPH MMPH...! (BUT IT'S MY FIRST KISS..!)

I WANT TO DO IT A BIT MORE HERE...

OH MY...

KIDS THESE DAYS ARE SO BOLD...

LET'S GO SOMEWHERE ELSE.

AH...

AH...?

TH-THIS FEELS SO WEIRD...

I CAN'T BREATHE...!

HE SAID KIDS THESE DAYS ARE BOLD...

HAHA..

IT'S TRUE. GWON NAEUN.

WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING HOW MUCH TIME HAD PASSED,

OUR ONLY FOCUS WAS EACH OTHER.

THAT'S HOW OUR FIRST KISS WAS.

JI SUNHO WAS ON THE BIGGER SIDE EVEN WHEN WE WERE IN HIGH SCHOOL, BUT...

NOW THAT HE'S AN ADULT, HE'S GOTTEN EVEN BIGGER...

THE DIFFERENCE IS MAKING MY MIND GO CRAZY...

I NEED TO GET A GRIP...

I EVEN MADE A BET THAT I WOULDN'T FALL FOR HIM.

JI SUNHO ISN'T ANSWERING HIS PHONE. NEITHER IS NAEUN.

THE PHONE IN JI SUNHO'S POCKET...!

I'M SITTING ON IT, SO I CAN FEEL THE VIBRATION TOO!

WHY IS THE SCRIPT HERE?

ARE WE GOING TO GET CAUGHT?

IT'LL BE A TOTAL DISASTER IF THEY SAW US LIKE THIS! WHAT SHOULD WE DO?!

MUST BE MY IMAGINATION. I THOUGHT I HEARD A VIBRATION.

W-WE'RE GOING TO GET CAUGHT...!

WHATEVER. THEY'LL FIGURE OUT LUNCH ON THEIR OWN.

...LET'S HEAD BACK NOW.

CUT!

HOW DID IT COME OUT SO WELL IN ONE TAKE?

...IT REALLY DID. IT CAME OUT EVEN BETTER THAN WHEN WE PRACTICED.

TO THINK OUR ACTING STANDS OUT MORE WHEN WE OVERLAP IT WITH OUR EXPERIENCES...

I DON'T KNOW WHETHER I SHOULD BE HAPPY ABOUT THIS OR NOT.

LOOKING AT YOUR KISS SCENE, I'D THINK YOU TWO WERE ACTUALLY DATING?

HEY, YOU GUYS AREN'T SECRETLY SEEING EACH OTHER AGAIN, ARE YOU?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!

LOL.

ANYWAY, WHY IS DONGGEON COVERED IN A BLANKET? ARE YOU COLD?

AH, YES... I'M A BIT COLD.

*Sunho's drama character's name. Usually, actors are called by their character's name on set.

...IT'S REALLY WARM TODAY, THOUGH?

MAYBE I'M COMING DOWN WITH A COLD...

REALLY? DONGGEON'S FILMING IS DONE, SO GO GET SOME REST.

...I CAN NEVER TELL HER.

GWON NAEUN...

BECAUSE SHE LOOKS...

EVEN MORE MATURE THAN SHE DID BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL,

I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GO CRAZY DURING PRACTICE AND FILMING...!

I CAN'T SHOW GWON NAEUN THIS SIDE OF ME YET!

IF SHE CATCHES ME MAKING THIS EXPRESSION, SHE'D BE TOTALLY DISGUSTED T_T

HAA, SERIOUSLY...

I MUST HAVE BEEN THE ONLY ONE GETTING BUTTERFLIES, RIGHT?

*JUHYUK, IT WASN'T EVEN YOUR SHOOT TODAY,

*Kibeom's drama character's name.

BUT YOU STAYED TILL THE END TO MONITOR. AREN'T YOU TIRED?

NOT AT ALL. IT'S GOOD STUDYING.

WHAT DO YOU THINK? AFTER MONITORING THEM.

THEY'RE DOING WELL. I NEED TO WORK HARD TOO.

COME ON, YOU'RE A 10-YEAR VETERAN.

TAKE GOOD CARE OF *GAYEON.

*Naeun's drama character's name.

WE'LL BE MOVING LOCATIONS!

THE CHARACTER KIBEOM PLAYS IS CHA JUHYUK,

GAYEON'S NEW BOYFRIEND.

NOW YOU'RE SHOOTING WITH ME.

AH, YEAH...

YOU SHOULDN'T BE REPLAYING YOUR KISS SCENE WITH JI SUNHO WHILE I'M RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU.

WH-WHAT...?! NO I WASN'T!

SHE'S FUN TO TEASE.

THAT SCENE YOU DID WITH JI SUNHO,

I'LL MAKE YOU FORGET ALL ABOUT IT.

NAEUN & KIBEOM'S FIRST SHOOT BEGINS!