A VIKI original series
Dramaworld
Episode 4
- Two coffees, please.- Yes.
Flashbacks...
Dream Sequences...
Aww, Karaoke! I love karaoke!
Of course you do. Everybody loves karaoke. It's Dramaworld.
Cure Incurable Diseases.
Fainting Spells.
Leading men, even second leads, they can't let women hit the ground.
It's like totally subconscious.
- Your coffee's ready.- Try it.
Are you okay?
You're lucky I just happened to be here.
Thank you.
Neat!
This is Dramaworld.
Some things just have a magnetic pull on characters.
- They can't help it.- I'll have to remember that.
Chapter 9, Justice.
Not that kind of drama!
Ooh, ooh! Off-Screen Manipulation, yes! Okay.
"The power of facilitation lies behind the scenes..."
blah blah blah...
"While grand romantic gestures take the audience by surprise
they are truly the culmination of hard and studious off-camera abetment"!
Oh my god, are you okay?
Oh, you're alive! Seth, he's alive!
- My ideal woman!- Oppa, are you okay?
What's going on?
Snap out of it!
Where are you going? Give me your number!
Let go of me!
- I need your number!- Oppa!
Claire, you have to be careful here.
This world is sensitive.
He got hit by a car!
It's Dramaworld, man! Cancer, memory loss, hit and runs.
They're all just furthering the story.
- But... I...- Okay, look.
I'll clean up the mess you just made,
but you can't be background now. You have to go be Seo Yeon's advocate.
I really don't think I can do that.
I can only clean up one mess at a time, Claire.
You need to go to Joon and get him to rehire her.
How?
Here! Go!
We're not open yet--
Seo Yeon!
Did something happen?
Do you mind if I hang out here while I look for a job?
I'm too broke to go to a cafe.
I've got plenty of coffee. Do you want some?
- Yes.- Come on in.
- Claire, hi.- Hi.
Listen, about last night...
You really shouldn't have fired Seo Yeon.
Really?
Hang on one sec.
Chapter 6 Flashbacks
Okay. Remember when she first started working as your dishwasher, right?
She would walk past you way too often, just so she could see
however you were cooking whatever you were cooking. Right?
Okay. Remember...right, when she...
slipped and sprained her ankle, right? But she wouldn't go home.
So she just spent the whole shift hopping around on one foot?
Can you look over there for me? Okay.
Like, far off into the distance? Farther. Okay.
Remember, uh...
How do you know all this stuff?
You've only been here two days.
I'm, I'm like... really smart.
You're... different.
You need to rehire Seo Yeon.
Why?
Mm, hang on! Sorry.
"Confident, handsome, arrogant,
but always with the leading lady's best interest at heart."
Okay. The reason you opened this place instead of taking over your family business was because
you hated the idea of everything being frozen.
You wanted a place with warmth. Right?
It's a metaphor! It's your heart that's frozen.
This is a place where people find comfort and a home
and... love.
Don't you want it to stay that way?
- You're right.- Yes! Up high!
So, what are you gonna say? Are you gonna invite her to sing karaoke?
Karaoke. It's not even noon yet.
Oh... Right.
There.
Did you apologize?
Better.
Go wash your hands.
How about a drink?
I'm not really in the mood.
Not even for makgeolli?
You are so funny, Oppa!
Heads up!
You okay?
That's okay.
It happens all the time.
Grate that.
Sprinkle a bit of sea salt,
a touch of cider vinegar,
give it a toss, and then a dash of...
Ghost pepper hot sauce!
Super careful with that.
It's pretty much the spiciest thing on the planet.
So... What are we doing?
Getting Seo Yeon back.
With radishes?
Some men are poets. Some men...
This is all we've got.
- Let me take just one photo!- I can't do it.
Please, just one picture!
- Please, Oppa!- Fine, fine!
Oppa!
So, Claire.
Tell me about yourself.
What's your deal?
Me? I'm...I'm nothing.
Hey, don't you think that Seo Yeon is much nicer than Ga In?
Seo Yeon?
She's a fantastic sous-chef.
Where are you from?
Oh, doesn't matter.
Of course it does.
My father says that if you don't know where you came from
You don't know where you're going.
Said.
My father passed recently.
Yeah... I heard.
He didn't just pass,
he killed himself.
And if I could just understand why...
then maybe everything else might make sense.
Yeah...
Well, like...
Ow!
Careful. Did you hurt yourself?
No, it's not bad. It's just a scrape.
Where's the salt?
What's your father like?
My dad?
He worries about me a lot, I think.
Especially since Mom...
Well, since she's been gone it's been different.
- Did she...- Yeah.
He's changed a lot since it happened.
He doesn't smile much anymore...
I guess she was the one that always brought the happy to the relationship.
You know, she was a lot like your dad.
Just... full of joy.
How do you know about my father?
I don't! I mean, it's--
Claire?
No, no, no, don't! That's just gonna make it--
Worse.
Okay, there you go.
Calm down.
You okay?
What is that? Liquid fire?
Basically.
Hold on.
In just the right amount...
Oh my god!
Uh, we should...
Right, back to it.
Grand romantic gesture, done.
Done, okay! What time is she coming?
She didn't write me back yet.
You apologized and she just left it?
What did you say to her?
"You're not fired. Can you come in now?"
Yeah.
That's not an apology!
What are you talking about?
"I'm sorry" is an apology.
- Boy, you are—- "I was a jerk" is an apology.
- I'm not very good with words.- You don't need to be good with words to say sorry, Joon!
Sorry is one word! You need to find where she is and apologize to her, properly!
Fine, I'll go.
Let's just eat this now then, okay?
So it doesn't go to waste?
Fine.
Just, hurry.
We need to meet.
Let's go, come on! A little urgency here?
We just had a huge meal. Relax.
Savor.
Yes, you just made me the best meal of my life. I really appreciate it,
but I need you to focus up!
- Right.- Okay?
Cause you need a sous-chef.
And you know as well as I do that the only person who can do that is--
- Yeah? - Is...?
Yeah, Seo Yeon, I know.
Joon?
Yeah?
Who is that?
It's a girl.
Drunken piggybacks... "Magnetic pull'.
Weird.
There's a problem.
Okay, she's gonna open the door and you say, "I was a jerk, and I'm sorry".
And that's it, it's really easy. Do you want to practice on me?
Or... maybe not. I mean, we're here, so...
You better have an explanation for this.
You told me that Joon will be mine as long as I followed your directions.
So why is he cooking for that girl?
An unintended turn of event.
If I don't get what I want, you won't get what you want, either.
You should watch your tone.
And don't worry.
I always get what I want.