[September 30, 2017]
Mr. Kang.
I'm sorry.
And so, I'm going to change the future.
["In Search of Lost Time" by Marcel Proust]
The things that happened to you are still in the future for me.
I won't...
meet with Ji Soo 10 years from now, in Seoul.
I will...
only stop Ji Soo from getting into that accident...
and won't appear before her.
[Shin Woo, there's something I need to tell you.]
[I'll wait for you tomorrow at 11 o' clock at Firefly Bridge.]
And ten years later, on the day of Mom's death anniversary
I won't go to Firefly Bridge, either.
If I do that, the things that happened
because you came back to 2007 won't ever have happened
and everything that happened between you and Ji Soo will never have happened.
But I...
hope that we part ways with Ji Soo when we're 18 years old...
and never meet her again.
Meeting each other will only cause both of us pain
so there's no reason to repeat all that.
But, if I do this...
Ji Soo may not remember you in the future.
Because the fact that she met you as a teacher
will never have happened.
Kang Shin Woo, you idiot!
Oh!
Isn't this the photo that Geun Deok took of us last time?
- Yeah. - Huh?
Geun Deok hasn't gotten this photo printed yet, though.
No, he already did and gave me one first.
A long time ago.
Can't you give this to me, Mr. Kang?
And you can ask Geun Deok to print you another copy.
Sure.
Why does this photo look so old, though?
[The photo that Mr. Kang gave me]
If I were your older brother
I would've wanted to tell you that...
it wasn't your fault.
And that nobody in this world should ever feel guilty...
for having survived.
For someone...
the mere fact that you're in front of them right now...
will be more than good enough for them.
It's okay.
This one memory...
is the one that can't disappear.
Tell me...
just one more time.
Just like you did back then.
That it's okay.
And that you're relieved...
that I'm here now.
And my being here right now is more than good enough.
Please tell me that...
just one more time.
So for her, she's probably been waiting for the past ten years.
It's okay if you forget everything.
When we met again last time...
you said that you don't remember what happened in the past, right?
You should truly live your life like that now.
Don't overexert yourself and force yourself to not forget...
and make yourself miserable by doing so.
Even if...
you end up forgetting everything...
please remember this one thing.
That...
there is nobody who should feel guilty for having survived.
If I were to turn back time...
and be in this very spot again...
and I knew that things would end like this...
I would still have gone back to meet you when you were eighteen years old.
To tell you that...
you didn't do anything wrong, Ji Soo.
It wasn't your fault.
I'm sorry, Shin Woo.
What I couldn't tell you back then...
What's her name?
The name of your first love, I mean.
The name of my first love...
was Han Ji Soo.
Even if I give you a problem that I know the answer to
I can still hope that you'd choose the wrong answer.
You were always...
my answer.
Thanks...
for so many things...
and for liking me so many times.
What's wrong, Big Sis?
I got this back not too long ago...
and they told me that this was Mom's.
I have to reorganize all of her things...
but I can't do it!
Mom!
I'll do it.
Who got your bag all dirty like this?
This is my citizen ID.
Why... did she have two of them?
If this ticket is the one that Ji Soo gave her...
then, what's this?
This is mine.
But you know...
on the day of Mom's accident...
you didn't get a call from Mom?
A call?
Mom didn't take her phone with her that day, though.
When I went to go pick this up before
I watched the CCTV footage because I wanted to see her one last time.
And Mom was on the phone.
Really?
I didn't get a call.
Who was it, then?
Huh? What is this?
When did I get this?
Do they send spam through voice mails now, too?
Shin Woo.
It's Mom.
Mom.
And... Mr. Kang.
Wait, no. Not Mr. Kang.
You're my Shin Woo, aren't you?
You were quite sad because I didn't recognize you, weren't you?
I have no idea...
how you came all the way back here, after becoming an adult.
I'm dumb, so no matter how much I think about it
I can't think of how this could have happened.
But...
thinking about it now...
this must have been...
a gift to me, from the heavens.
A gift showing me that...
my children grew up to become fine adults
even after I leave like this.
In my eyes, Shin Woo, you're still my baby.
But this was a gift that is making my heart rest at ease
and allowing me go on in peace
since you've grown up to be such a fine adult.
So...
right now...
I'm not scared at all.
And I'm not worried in the slightest.
Who could ever ask for anything more?
Right?
Also, Shin Woo.
You remember the problem that you and I discussed at my shop
while we drank soju together?
I think I found the answer already.
You know, about why the girl you like...
was so cruel to you after seeing you for the first time in ten years.
I think I must have
wanted to send her to you last time, too.
Just like now.
One ticket for the 2 o' clock ferry, please.
There's no doubt about it.
Mr. Kang is definitely my Shin Woo.
He's my Shin Woo, from 10 years in the future.
Oh.
And he didn't even get to call me "mom."
He was in front of me this whole time, and yet I didn't even realize that!
She's...
definitely the girl that my Shin Woo likes.
She's supposed to be meeting with my Shin Woo now, so what's she doing here?
Excuse me, Student!
You're my Shin Woo's classmate, right?
By the way, did my Shin Woo contact you last night, by any chance?
Shin Woo?
Oh, um... my phone is broken, so...
Oh.
By the way, where are you headed, Ma'am?
Oh, me?
I, um...
I'm on my way to visit someone since they said that they were sick.
But they said that all the tickets for the ferry are sold out.
Oh, and I really have to go, too!
How terrible. What should I do?
Would you like to take my ticket, then?
Really? Can I take it?
I have no intention of leaving to study abroad, anyway.
I don't need to go.
Here.
All right, thanks!
Then...
Um...
um, here.
I'll give you this in exchange.
Oh, it's so pretty on you and fits perfectly!
This is too generous of a gift for me to accept in exchange for a ticket.
Then, can you do me a favor?
Can you get your cellphone fixed as soon as you leave this place?
My... phone?
Yeah.
Oh, it's time for my ferry so I'll be leaving now.
All right. Goodbye.
So, if you meet her again...
be sure to tell her that it wasn't bad luck that you two met again
but rather, that it was fate.
Tell her that your mom...
held your hand tight...
and created this opportunity for you two to be together.
My Shin Hee...
and my Shin Woo.
The thing about happiness is that you need to hold onto it tightly
with your own hands for you to keep it by your side.
So don't let it slip through your fingers...
so you have to hold onto it tightly and live happily, okay?
As much as...
my love for you two.
I have to tell this to Ji Soo.
But I don't even know where Ji Soo is now.
Yeah, So Ra.
What time did you say Ji Soo's flight was today, again?
I told you that I'd tell you my name, right?
My name is Kang Shin Woo.
My first love's name...
was Han Ji Soo.
What's her name?
Your first love's name, I mean.
That's something that I really can't tell you right now.
Why not?
Later.
I'll tell you later.
You were always...
my answer.
What's the matter?
Senior.
If, by any chance, you thought that...
a person that you met in the past and a person you met in the present
were two different people...
but it turned out that they were the same person...
how could something like that be possible?
Time travel?
But that makes no sense.
I guess they must have been determined enough to make the impossible possible.
I'm just kidding.
Why, did you see a plot like that in a book, or something?
Senior.
I think I'll have to meet with someone before I go.
Stop it, Ji Soo.
I...
always thought that it was strange that
you hate talking about your high school days...
and yet you treasure that photo so much.
That's all because of that friend of yours, right?
Kang Shin Woo.
To tell you the truth, on the day I asked you to go to the U.S. with me
I met with him.
What... is your reason?
Because Ji Soo will grow more and more uncomfortable
the more she sees me.
And I heard about the accident that happened 10 years ago.
And then, I knew
who you were looking at in that photo.
Ji Soo.
Seeing each other will only cause you two more grief.
Are you sure that you won't be able to think about his mom when you see him?
And what about him?
Do you think he'll be able to avoid thinking about it while looking at you?
That's why...
you should stay by my side, like you are now.
I'm not in the mood to joke around, Senior.
I've never joked around about this.
After confessing to you ten years ago...
I've always been serious about my feelings for you.
Senior.
You really didn't know?
Are you sure you didn't just want to believe that I was joking around?
Let's just say that I was only joking around, then.
Until you tell me to.
I don't know when that may be
but I'll wait by your side until then.
Allow me that, at least.
It's almost time. Let's head inside.
It really is about time now...
for you throw out that photo now, don't you think?
She said that it's a 7 o' clock flight.
Ugh.
Are you okay, Shin Woo?
Yeah.
You don't know where in the U.S. Ji Soo went, either?
No.
I only heard that she's going to the U.S.
How am I supposed to tell her, then?
Choo Geun Deok!
Why are you here?
There's a photo that you were in, so I wanted to give it to you.
Here.
Ugh.
Hey, where are you going, Kang Shin Woo?
I have one of you, too. Take it.
This is...
the photo that I'll have in ten years, right?
Well, yeah, if you hold onto it for ten years.
[It wasn't...]
[It wasn't your fault.]
She'll probably contact me when she sees...
no.
If I meet with Ji Soo now, the future will change.
Just know one thing.
I'll come meet you. Wait for me in 2017.
[Kim Min Seok]
Hey, what happened?
Did you meet with Ji Soo?
No.
I think that I was...
too late again.
[Garam High School]
[Class 2-3] [Homeroom Teacher: Kang Shin Woo]
Shin Woo.
And... Mr. Kang.
And...
that little kid, too.
all of those people were you?
All those people I liked...
were all really you?
For me...
it was always you.
Even though I went back in time...
and no matter what time I lived in...
my answer was always...
only you.
I thought that I'd lost you again.
How could I go...
when now, I finally know...
what she meant by that?
Your mother's...
final request, I mean.
Oh yeah, I have one more favor to ask of you.
Yes, go ahead.
Please take good care of my sons.
Your... sons?
Yeah.
My sons.
Um...
if my silly Shin Woo isn't able to say anything to you...
then...
when you meet him later, like, much later...
don't say that you hate him.
Instead, be nice to him.
Do it for me.
My Shin Woo will have grown up to be a kind, upstanding young man.
I can guarantee you that.
This fits you so well, as if it was meant to be yours, huh?
I really hope that you'll keep this on your finger for a long, long time.
I'll give this back to you.
I'm sure that my mom...
would definitely want you to have this.
To tell you the truth...
I missed you.
Quite a lot.
All I can say to you...
is that I'm sorry.
And after that would be...
"I want to see you."
And that I missed you.
And then, I think of other things that I want to say...
which makes me feel bad.
And then...
on days that I start thinking
that it should've been me who got on that ferry...
I missed Mr. Kang quite a lot.
And I didn't even know that he was actually you.
So I guess that, for the past ten years...
I was only ever thinking about you.
What about you?
My memories...
are all a mess, in terms of chronological order and space-time.
My memories of the first 2007 that I lived through
where we parted ways without knowing anything.
And my memories as a 28-year-old when I went back to 2007.
And my memories of coming to 2017, as an 18-year-old.
And my memories of returning to 2007
and having lived my life up until now.
All of those things are things that I experienced.
And so, all of those memories are mine.
Sometimes, I get confused and get things mixed up.
But, one thing is for sure.
And that's the fact that...
I met you every single time...
and liked you...
and so...
I was always waiting for you.
Fate seemed cruel and powerful
and impossible to change, no matter what I did
even when I re-lived my life.
But now I know
that the truly powerful thing...
hadn't been fate.
Even when I re-lived my life...
you were the one that I liked each time.
And you liked me back each and every time.
And...
my mom.
Our miraculous present
which was made possible through the love of all of these people.
There isn't anything that you want?
Yeah.
I only have things that I want to give to you.
Exactly.
I'm only ever receiving things from you.
Well, then... a birthday present.
Every day, until I become 100 years old.
Coming here makes me want to see Deok Goo.
Deok Goo?
It almost feels like I'm hearing you say your ex-boyfriend's name.
I kind of want to see that punk, too.
In his own time, that punk is...
He's walking forward cautiously, step by step
and following in my footsteps.
Mr. Kang.
You're definitely with Ji Soo right now, right?
Ji Soo is happy, right?
I'll believe that.
And so, I've decided to bet everything I have on that future.
Because I can't have your and Ji Soo's present change because of me.
Give that here.
I'm going to this university.
Hankook University. Math Education major.
You're only a second year in high school.
And yet, you're thinking about re-taking your college entrance exams already?
I'm going to get in when I'm in my third year, okay?
How, exactly?
Are you planning to be reborn?
Gosh, I can't believe you.
But, why do you have such a detailed life plan?
You want to go to college in 2009
and go to the army in 2010.
And you want to get your teacher certification in 2015?
I have to live like this, no matter what.
So that nothing changes.
Huh?
Oh yeah.
Do you know which division of the military my old homeroom teacher joined?
The Marines.
He said that he went somewhere difficult because of his first love, or whatever.
Ugh.
[Marines]
Ugh, seriously!
I just can't bring myself to like him.
Just study.
I pray every day...
for nothing more, and nothing less.
Just that...
we'll always be like this.
- Cheers! - Cheers!
By the side of my friends, who've suddenly discovered their dreams.
Seriously, congrats, Min Seok!
Yeah, congrats. I heard your webtoon is being made into a movie.
Thank you.
I told you that I have a great eye.
Who was the one who threatened him with divorce, again?
Ow!
All that there's left now is for you to make tons of money
and have So Ra open her own salon.
Yeah. I'll get her a salon, and we'll have to have another child, too.
Are you going to keep on spouting nonsense?
Well, I'm going to be the one raising them, anyway!
You can talk when you can be the one to give birth to the kid too, then.
- No! - Why, you--
But still, it must be nice that you guys had kids early and raised them already.
Yes, well...
But um, Ms. Baek.
Thank you so much for congratulating us, but...
why... are you here?
Hey!
Well, the thing is...
Oh!
I heard that you're dating someone nowadays.
Huh? Yeah.
Doesn't your boyfriend have any friends that aren't married yet, then?
Well... I think one of his best friends hasn't gotten married yet.
That's great! Can you introduce him to Shin Woo's sister, then?
Hey!
Why are you trying to defile my family tree?
What do you mean?
- Oh, you're here? - Oh!
Why are you here alone?
I thought you were bringing your girlfriend.
My girlfriend is right here, though.
- Huh? - Huh?
- Who? - Who else?
The prettiest woman here.
Oh, jeez.
- Hey, hey, hey. - Here.
Shin Woo, Shin Woo, Shin Woo! The first place where you confessed!
- One, two, three! - One, two, three!
- The hospital! - Firefly Bridge!
- Come on! - What was that?
You know, back when you were Deok Goo.
- One more time! - Okay.
A different question, then.
The first time that you two had physical contact!
One, two, three!
- The schoolyard! - Firefly Bridge!
What's with you two?
Are you sure you two are dating?
Oh, of course!
I wonder what you did, and with whom, at Firefly Bridge.
It's weird.
- It's really weird! - Back then...
with Deok Goo.
Jeez.
Here, have this, Ms. Baek.
Come on, why are you acting like this?
Stop it! That's enough.
Let go of me.
Oh!
Stop it, it's hot!
Hey, Kang Shin Woo!
Are you still mad?
Tell me the truth.
About what?
I feel like you liked him more.
You did, didn't you?
Well...
I do think that he was more my type, yeah.
What?
I'm just kidding!
Why is that even important?
That was all you too, anyway.
- Hurry up and tell him! Do it! - Hurry!
Teach.
I like you.
Huh?
Teach, she wants you to wait just one more year for her.
She's serious about it, Teach!
Wow.
How is it that this is the same, even after ten years?
She's just like you.
This won't do.
Let's go.
Go where?
Hurry up and transfer over to a boys' high school!
I don't think this place is a good fit for you.
There are days when we fight over insignificant things like this.
But each and every moment that we share together
sparkle and shine in a blindingly bright way.
What are you thinking about?
I'm wondering about what you're thinking about.
If, by any chance
the past changes because of something that Deok Goo does
and our memories change, too...
and so, if we wake up one day
and something has happened to us, what do we do then?
Like, what if the things you did while you traveled through time disappear
or our memories disappear?
Or, we're not together like we are now?
It doesn't matter.
No matter what happens...
I'd meet you as many times as I'd need to
and like you as many times as I'd need to...
and hold onto you...
as many times as I'd need to.
[2009]
What is it?
My friend attends this school.
Really? Then go see them before we go.
Not yet.
I can't meet with her yet.
Is anything okay with you?
Well, the weather is nice and all...
so let's have some alcohol.
[2013]
Yeah, Kim Min Seok.
Where are you?
Ugh, again?
I told you, I'm not going on any blind dates!
Ugh.
[September 30th, 2017]
And so, one day, after I'd waited another 10 years...
I missed you...
a lot.
Even when our story is starting over...
my only answer...
is only you.
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