We decided not to cross the line (Season 2)

Episode 57. Hoonji's Resolve

that Junga would talk to Hunji about meeting her older sister

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I sat there

what I should do

and quietly thought it over.





I didn’t want to lose Hunji again.



But I couldn’t just pretend I didn’t know what his family had said

and still meet him.





Thoughts I couldn’t easily come to a conclusion about

kept circling in my head.





Lost in thought,

I emptied another cup of coffee.





Just when I thought I really had to get up now,

the phone rang.





It was Hunji.





"Hunji."





"Huh? Why do you sound so down?"





"Where are you?"





"I’m on the move after finishing filming.

What about you?"





"I’m in Gangnam for an appointment."





"Who?"






"...."






"Could it be... you met my sister?"






"...Yes."






"Hearing how low your voice sounds,

did you hear something bad?"






"Hunji."


After hesitating for a moment, I spoke.





"I don’t want to break up with Hunji."






"What do you mean all of a sudden?

Did my sister tell you to break up?"





Hearing his words made me feel so hurt that

tears suddenly came to my eyes.





"I... was finally trying to be brave...

I don’t want to break up like this..."





"If my sister calls again, don’t answer it.

I’ll talk to her.

Go home.

I’ll come home after filming."






"Okay.

I’ll do that."






After I hung up with him,

I slowly calmed myself down.






'Is it right to leave this to him?

Or should I go see his sister

and ask her to please understand?'





Carrying that heavy feeling,

I got home.




Without even changing clothes,

I collapsed onto the sofa and lay there

until I drifted off to sleep.





How long had it been?


I woke up to the doorbell.





Still half-asleep, I was confused about whether

the sound from just now had been

a phone ringing or the doorbell.





I picked up my phone and checked first.


It was Hunji’s sister.





"Hello?"





"Did you already tell Hunji?

I asked you to sort this out quietly on your own

without saying anything to Hunji."






"I’m sorry, but...

I can’t do that.

I don’t want to break up with Hunji."






"Then what are you saying we should do?

Because Hunji likes Junga,

are we supposed to just put up with it and let it go?"





"What should I do?

I can’t just make it as if

we never met...

If I come to you myself, kneel,

and apologize, would you be willing to let it go?"





"This isn’t something that can be settled just because

you kneel and apologize."





"Then please tell me

what I should do.

I... really can’t break up with Hunji.

Sis..."





I begged her,

and before I knew it, my voice broke.





To her, whom I couldn’t even see,

I bowed my head.






"Are you saying you want Hunji to grow distant from his family?

If Junga doesn’t break up with him,

that’s what will happen."

"Haa..."






After her final words,





I couldn’t answer her at all.

"Then... please give me some time..."




"Alright."






I put my phone down with a thud.






So this is a fight I can never win.

I don’t know if it’s right to keep seeing him





even if it means making him grow distant from his family.

After staring into space for a long time,





I got up from my seat.

I was about to head to the kitchen,

when I sensed someone at the front door.

When I went over to the front door,





Hunji was standing there.

"Hunji.





When did you get here?

Why are you just standing there instead of coming in?"

"I came in after entering the password to surprise you...






but I heard Junga talking on the phone."

"Hunji.






What am I supposed to do..."

"Don’t worry."





"If you keep telling me to break up,





there’s nothing I can do."

I brought him inside.





As he followed me in, he said,

"I told you not to answer the phone,





so why did you?"

"How could I not answer...





She’d feel ignored if I did.

I’ll keep pleading with her."

"What kind of pleading?






A man and a woman are dating because they like each other,

so why should we have to beg the family?"

"I don’t want you to






have conflict with your family because of me.

I’ll just beg and ask them myself."

"Don’t go pleading like that.






Meet my sister and tell her you’re breaking up with me."

"Breaking up?"






"Just say that and break up.






After that, I’ll take care of it myself.

Got it?"

He didn’t say what he would do or how.





But I decided to trust him and wait.

"It must have been a hard decision, but thank you for deciding quickly."