ALL RIGHT, SHALL WE HAVE A DRINK?
WHY IS SHE SITTING ON THE FLOOR WHEN THERE'S A PERFECTLY GOOD SOFA?
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FORCE YOURSELF.
OKAY.
CHEERS~
...CHEERS.
GENUINE MALT SELECTED PREMIUM QUALITY MERRA
Ahh, that was refreshing~~!!!
AHAHA,YOU DON'T LIKE IT?
IT'S BITTER...
MERRA FROM MIKO
THAT'S ONLY BECAUSE IT'S YOUR FIRST TIME~
THAT'S THE TASTE OF ADULTHOOD~~~~
W-WAIT. YOU'RE NOT UNDERAGE, ARE YOU?
NO. I'M TWENTY-ONE.
WOW~ YOU'RE SO YOUNG~
WHAT ABOUT YOU, DABIN?
MERRA
I'M TWEN- TY-FOUR.
THAT'S NOT MUCH OF AN AGE GAP.
AHEM~~ THREE YEARS IS A BIG DEAL!!!
WHEN YOU'RE THIS AGE, EVERY SINGLE YEAR COUNTS.
WITH A THREE-YEAR GAP, THAT'S AT LEAST A THOUSAND EXTRA MEALS FOR ME...
...WE'RE STILL BOTH ADULTS.
MERRA
I-I HAVE AN ID TO PROVE IT, TOO.
Sweatdrop
...FAIR POINT. YOU REALLY ARE AN ADULT, IDO~
YEP, THAT'S RIGHT.
WHY IS HE SO WEIRDLY MATURE?
SO, WHY DO YOU LIKE BEER?
HMM...
HONESTLY, I WOULDN'T SAY BUT I FIND IT ALL THAT DELICIOUS...
BEFORE I MOVED OUT-
MY PARENTS AND I HAD A TERRIBLE RELATIONSHIP.
SO I DID EVERYTHING I COULD TO MOVE OUT.
I STARTED TAKING ON ODD JOBS BACK IN HIGH SCHOOL.
HELLO, JEONG DABIN
TOTAL ASSETS: 2,935,073
MY ACCOUN
DEPOSIT 110-4
I SCRAPED TOGETHER EVERY CENT FOR TUITION AND A RENTAL DEPOSIT.
THE FIRST THING I DID IN THE PLACE I FINALLY MANAGED TO RENT
KASS
WAS SIT DOWN AND DRINK A BEER BY MYSELF.
MAYBE THAT'S WHY. WHENEVER I DRINK BEER, I REMEMBER HOW I FELT BACK THEN.
FREE. LIKE I'D FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED SOMETHING...
THOUGH,
I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO DO THAT SINCE MY LITTLE BROTHER CAME TO STAY WITH ME.
IS THAT WHY YOU NEEDED A PLACE TO STAY?
YEAH. MY BROTHER AND I HAD A PRETTY BAD FIGHT.
IT MIGHT SOUND LIKE A STUPID REASON...
IT'S STRANGE, ISN'T IT? IT'S MY HOME, BUT I CAN'T EVEN GO BACK.
MY FALLING-OUT WITH MY PARENTS
WAS ALSO LARGELY BECAUSE OF MY BROTHER.
WE WEREN'T ALWAYS LIKE THIS.
I DON'T KNOW WHEN WE STARTED DRIFTING SO FAR APART...
...MAYBE I'VE BEEN TALKING TOO MUCH.
DABIN.
THAT MUST'VE BEEN REALLY HARD...
W-WAIT, ARE YOU CRYING?!
WHO GETS DRUNK OFF ONE CAN OF BEER?!!!
MERRA
MERRA
I CAN'T STOP THE TEARS...
That's it. Bedtime. This drinking session is over!!
WHY DOES THIS FEEL EVEN HEAVIER THAN YESTERDAY?
...DABIN, WHEN I WAS LITTLE,
I WAS COMPLETELY ATTACHED TO MY PARENTS.
I LOVED THEM SO MUCH
THAT I FOLLOWED THEM ON EVERY BUSINESS TRIP.
THAT'S HOW CLOSE WE WERE.
AND MY PARENTS LOVED ME JUST AS MUCH.
...ONE NIGHT, I CAME DOWN WITH A REALLY BAD COLD.
MY PARENTS HAPPENED TO BE LEAVING ON A BUSINESS TRIP THAT DAY,
AND I INSISTED ON GOING WITH THEM.
I GRABBED ONTO THEM AS THEY WERE LEAVING, CRIED, AND BEGGED THEM TO STAY.
I KEPT SAYING I DIDN’T WANT THEM TO GO...
IN THE END, THEY COULDN’T LEAVE
UNTIL MANAGER SONG PHYSICALLY HELD ME BACK.
...I MUST HAVE WORRIED THEM SICK, CLINGING TO THEM AND CRYING LIKE THAT.
THEY TRIED TO GET HOME AS SOON AS THEY COULD,
AND THEN, IN THE EARLY HOURS OF THAT MORNING,
...I STILL THINK ABOUT IT SOMETIMES.
IF I HADN'T BEGGED THEM TO STAY THAT DAY...
WOULD THEY STILL BE HERE WITH ME NOW?
...EVEN THOUGH I'D NEVER SEEN THE ACCIDENT MYSELF, THE SCENE HAUNTED MY DREAMS EVERY NIGHT.
...THEN, ONE DAY, MINSU APPEARED.
I COULDN'T SEE MINSU, BUT I COULD FEEL SOMETHING BEHIND ME.
WHATEVER IT WAS, HAVING IT THERE BESIDE ME MADE ME FEEL SAFE.
I STILL COULDN'T SLEEP PROPERLY, EVEN WITH MINSU THERE,
BUT AT LEAST... I STOPPED HAVING THAT DREAM.
...I'M SORRY FOR DUMPING ALL THAT ON YOU OUT OF NOWHERE.
YOU TOLD ME YOUR STORY, SO I THOUGHT I SHOULD SHARE MINE WITH YOU.
YOU CAN FORGET I EVER SAID ANY OF TH-
...YOU'LL HAVE A GOOD DREAM TONIGHT.
...YEAH.
YOU TOO, DABIN.
SLEEP WELL...
Dabin and Ido drink beer and chat at home. Ido is 21 and Dabin is 24 years old. Dabin talks about being estranged from his family, moving out on his own and drinking his first beer with a feeling of freedom, and fighting with his sibling so he cannot return home. Ido also confesses that as a child he was attached to his parents, begged them to stay when he was sick, and lost them in an accident in the morning. The emotional night ends with good wishes.
