Dong-Young's Love Story (Sad Version)

NOTIFICATION: THE FOLLOWING STORY IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL. THE CONTENT OF THE STORY ISN'T CONNECTED TO REALISTIC CHARACTERS, STORIES, OR SETTINGS WHATSOEVER. EVEN IF YOU DO FIND ANY RESEMBLANCE, IT'S MERELY YOUR IMAGINATION.

It was raining. A beautiful couple did not even think of escaping from the rain. Wherever they went, whatever happened to them, nothing really mattered because they had each other. They walked all the way to the 'Han-River'…….



‘Sigh. Stupid book. What was I thinking-am I really going to follow the stupid scenario of this low rated romance fiction?’


Dong-Young thought to himself as he was waiting for his girlfriend near the han-river. He couldn’t believe the absurd plan he’d decided to carry out, all because his overtly dramatic friend, Hyung-Seok had advised him to do so. “The Midnight Drama by the Riverside of Han”. That was the name of the book Dong-Young was holding in his hands, and that was also the name of a top bestseller that’s been the “hot potato” among teenagers recently-the dramatic settings, characters, and mostly the plot attracted people who were wearisome over their mundane lives. And it was only two days before when Hyung-Seok had given Dong-Young this book and recommended him to “refer” to the content when going out with his girlfriend. Since poor Dong-Young had no prior experience of dating a girl-in fact, he’d never spoken to a creature of the other sex throughout the 17 years of his life (of course, his mom and sister being exceptions)-he had no other choice but to rely on the intelligence of the bestseller writer to guide him. (That being said, Hyung-Seok never meant that he should “literally trace” the story when he told him to refer, but sometimes Dong-Young just couldn’t catch the implied intentions of advices.)

Anyways, luckily, like in the book, it was raining near Han River. Everything was perfectly identical with the book’s story except for the presence of the boy’s lover.


‘Why is she so late? Have I just been dumped on my first date? Christ, she was the only girl who’d accepted me after 17 asking-outs; she’s the only chance I’ve got left to experience something that at least something that resembles “a romantic relationship”! No, that won’t happen. She’s probably just caught up with something. Maybe…… in a car accident? Oh hell, what am I thinking? She’s going to be here soon enough.’


And fortunately, Dong-Young’s hopes did not let him down. To his surprise, his girlfriend had actually showed up, dressed magnificently in a silk laced Y shirt and a black mini skirt. Her black glasses matched the color of her dark brown eyes and hair, and her sheer white skin created a vivid contrast that almost made her naturally glow in the dim and humid weather.

‘Wow. Is she real? Can this really be? She must be an angel, or I must be dreaming. I’d have been satisfied if I could hang out with someone who’s covered herself up with a skirt; she’s way too gorgeous!’


And it was true. Dong-Young’s girlfriend-let’s just say she’s K-was quite good looking for a high school girl. When she’d approached Dong-Young, our timid protagonist felt as if he was going to faint because of the overwhelming ecstasy K was making him experience.



“Hi! Sorry, am I late?”
“H..Hey! No…no…not at all! Wel..welcome!”



Dong-Young couldn’t believe the unbelievably awkward response he’d just made to the most casual greetings of his first girlfriend. “Shoot, darn it! Welcome? What do I mean by welcome? She’d think I was a waiter serving at a restaurant! I’m a total washout. I’ve got to take a look at my guidebook.” And so he did, only to find something even more preposterous than his situation right now.




The boy sang a song to the girl. Time passed so fast when they were together. An hour would pass when they thought only ten minutes have passed. They were afraid if they cannot hold this happiness forever.

“Nothing better…… Nothing better…..than youuuuuuuu oh oh owwhhhh…”

Dong-Young started to sing instantly as it was described in the book. He made his best effort to impress his girl, performing his repeatedly practiced favorite song, “Nothing Better” However, unexpectedly, an hour didn’t pass like ten minutes as it did in the story, and apparently nobody was happy at the weird silence he’d suddenly created.

“W…wow! Tha…That’s very impressive! Haha…”

K reluctantly complimented with a nervous smile. It was obvious she was startled and confused at her boyfriend’s eccentricity. Dong-Young had to do something, and he had to do it quickly.

‘Oh my god, stupid book! Why isn’t it making time fly? I got to follow the instructions in the next chapter.’



After staring deeply into each other's eyes and whispering to each other how one had missed the other for minutes did the boy realize that the girl's shirt was soaked, water dripping in a steady rhythm. "We'd better find somewhere to hide from the rain for now." The girl blushed at the thought of her dear boyfriend caring for her and agreed. The two,standing so close to each other that the 40 year old man at the convenience store a bit faraway regarded them as one, bulky person standing in the rain.



Dong-Young slowly approached his girlfriend and gently whispered in her ears,

“K…I’ve missed you so much… You wouldn’t be able to imagine how deeply I’m in love with you…”

Speaking in his excessively buttery tone, he fiercely gazed into her eyes as if he was going to assault her.

“Um… Dong-Young… It’s only the 2nd time you’ve met with me… Remember? I’m sorry, but could you back off a little?”

Now, K was conspicuously uncomfortable, or even a little afraid, with her date's idiosyncrasy.

‘What? What’s wrong? This is exactly the same as what’s happening in the story so far! Damn, why isn’t she happy? Oh well, whatever-I’m sticking to the plan.’

Because K’s shirt wasn’t soaked because of her umbrella, Dong-Young took her blue umbrella and threw it out of the way. Now, finally, the rain could make his partner wet and then turn everything back onto the romantic pace he’d originally planned.



“K! We’d better find somewhere to hide from the rain for now!”
“ARE YOU CRAZY? WHAT ARE YOU, TOTAL NUTS? Just give me the umbrella back!”
“Umm….No! I can’t! I’m not supposed to.”
“What do you mean, you’re not supposed to, you duschbag? For heaven’s sake, you’re the worst date I’ve ever met in my life! GIVE ME MY UMBRELLA BACK!”
“What? No, gosh, I shouldn’t, please understand! You’re not supposed to have an umbrella right now!”
“WHAT THE HELL DO YOU MEAN? Oh my god, you’re completely insane, aren’t you? You psychopath! Never mind the umbrella, I’m going home!”



Then K angrily stomped off, heading for the subway station. Now, Dong-Young was totally perplexed and didn’t know what to do.

‘HELL, WHAT IS HER PROBLEM? No, I can’t let her go….. I need to get her back! My first date! I need to retrieve her!’



So Dong-Young started racing after his frustrated partner, yelling her to stop. K began to run, but Dong-Young was chasing her closer and closer by the moment.

“AARRGH! What the hell! He’s completely crazy! Help, someone help!”


Hearing her desperate call for rescue, a policeman who was patrolling nearby hurriedly raced over. Apparently, the policeman in his forties had been taking a break at a nearby convenience store.
‘And that’s supposed to be the man who was to watch us emerge as one? Get out of my way-I need to get my girl.’

Then Dong-Young punched the intruder’s jaw, which made him faint in pain. In case you didn’t know yet, Dong-Young had mastered Kung-Fu at the age of 5, being praised as a martial arts genius but further alienating females from him with his barbarism.

“Help! Help! A mad person is chasing me!”
“Oh, would you please shut up, K! Why wouldn’t you recognize my love?”
“Help! HELP! MOMMY, DADDY, PLEASE SAVE ME!!”
“Arrrgh… Sorry, K!”


In a desperate attempt to silence his shrieking lover and to adjust the situation as similar as possible to the book’s plot, he knocked her out with a blow.

‘Oh, oh, K! What have I done? Why did this all happen? I have no other option to keep up with the book’s instructions…. I’ll kill the author if this story isn’t a happy ending!’


The boy looked at the clock and it was already 3am. Both bus and subway were not available at that time. It would take too long for them to walk back to home. Afraid that the girl might catch a cold, the boy covered her with his body. The boy led the girl to a place with a ceiling, which could cover the rain. The girl leaned against the boy. Strangely enough, the girl fell asleep quite fast in such harsh environment. The boy looked at the girl's face and thought that nothing could be as pretty and innocent as her sleeping face.


Dong-Young looked at his watch. It was only half past midnight. So our patient protagonist waited a full two and a half hour until it was finally 3 AM. No means of transportation were available. He’d already put his coat over K’s body. She was already leaning against his shoulder, unconscious. And since she was unconscious, she surely was fast asleep even in her harsh environment. Finally, he already thought she was pretty and innocent as hell-dead serious. There was no question.



‘So…… What’s it going to be? What’s next? Do I finally get to kiss the bride and live happily ever after? What’s does it say in the next chapter?’

What the heck is the boy thinking! Is he a pervert? Well, what he was doing did make him a pervert. To become a normal person, he decided to wake her up and take her back “to her home, which was too far. So the boy decided to take her to a nearby inn. He rented two rooms and gave one to the girl. They said good night and slept. The boy was dreaming. In his dream, he was with his girlfriend again beside Han River. She was hiding her face deeply in between her knees. She was crying harshly, and trying her best not to show her face to her boyfriend. The boy asked, "What happened to you, sugar? Show me your face. Everything's fine." The girlfriend had the face of Mr. Garrioch. "What the...!" The girl said, "I'm so ugly.... So I went through plastic surgery to below! Do you hate me too if I'm Ugly?" He woke up, and thought about the dream again. Then, he decided he should love her, no matter how she looked like. We would be a loving couple forever! But she was so ugly can't nobody wants to love her just like one she wanted to be pretty, she wanted to be pretty....all alone all alone~

‘……………………………………’

The book’s title wasn’t “The Midnight Drama by the Riverside of Han” for nothing. The sudden twist in the story-the drastic shift from a romantic love story to comedies and farces-was what the bestseller “drama” was so renowned for. The author had magical talents at distorting serious stories into hilarious-or even ridiculous-comedies, and everyone enjoyed his satire towards incorrigible lovers. Of course, unfortunately, Dong-Young did not.


‘WHAT IS THIS? What just happened? Who’s Mr. Garrioch, and how am I supposed to make K look like him, whoever that is? Am I a pervert if I take her to the inn? AHHHH! Hyung-Seok, I am so going to slaughter youuuuuu!’

So poor Dong-Young’s first, and probably also the last, date ended in a complete devastation. All thanks to Hyung-Seok and the author of “The Midnight Drama by the Riverside of Han”, Dong-Young’s life had been completely ruined. He would very much likely live the rest of his life “all alone~ all alone~”. After all, life isn’t so “dramatic” as it can be in stories.


And what happened to Dong-Young afterwards? Well, to tell you the truth, nobody exactly knows. However, there are people who claim that they saw him heading towards a nearby inn, his unconscious girlfriend in his arms, desperately hoping he’d still be able to make a happy family with his angel.






Too bad.

NOTIFICATION: THE FOLLOWING STORY IS COMPLETELY FICTIONAL. THE CONTENT OF THE STORY ISN'T CONNECTED TO REALISTIC CHARACTERS, STORIES, OR SETTINGS WHATSOEVER. EVEN IF YOU DO FIND ANY RESEMBLANCE, IT'S MERELY YOUR IMAGINATION.





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