Secret Love Affair Script: Episode 16 – Choices

Translated by @seungshinl
Edited by @dualnon and @gretac
Aired Dialogue Translation by Viki

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Episode 16.

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S#11. Seon Jae’s Front Door. Night.

– Hye Won sits on a pile of egg containers. Seon Jae’s footsteps, she can hear him talking. Getting closer.

– Seon Jae turns around the corner in the hall way, stops.

Seon Jae: (sobers up. blunt) What brings you here.

Hye Won: On my way, just for a moment… Don’t ask me to come in.

Seon Jae: I can’t…when I know how busy you are.

Hye Won: You’re touchy?

Seon Jae: What did you come here in, I didn’t see your car.

Hye Won: I replaced it.  With a company car and driver.

Seon Jae, (laughs sarcastically)

Hye Won: (stands) I’d better go. Your gi-jib-eh, has a lot to do.

Seon Jae: Unless you thought it was a young boy whining so he could play with you, you can’t be that way don’t you think? Of course you have to inflate money and struggle for power. I know that’s how kids like me can benefit. But the method is so shabby. It’s cheap and unending.

Hye Won: Why is there no end? Do you want to bet?

Seon Jae: No I don’t. When it’s obvious that I’ll win.

Hye Won: Fine, well, we’ll know if we wait and see… But, the Quintet, stop with that. I purposely went and listened but it doesn’t really suit you. No matter how much I think about it, they are kids who’ve been playing music only to gain entrance to college.

Seon Jae: How can you talk like that. It doesn’t matter. Getting better little by little, I love that feeling so much, when Dvorak wrote that piece they said that he edited and rewrote it for months not to follow the trend. If one can enjoy that, that’s what one would gain.

Hye Won: All right. You’re so smart. (goes) Don’t walk me out.

Seon Jae: (pulls out his key and unlocks the front door) I won’t, when the driver’s waiting.

Hye Won: (as she leaves) Sleep well.

Seon Jae: I will!

S#12. Seon Jae’s Home.

– Seon Jae, goes inside, throws down his back pack before taking his shoes off, tries to contain his emotion for awhile.

– A little later, he picks up his back pack and places it on the stairs, goes into the washroom. His anger will not subside.

S#13. Hye Won’s Living Room. Night.

– Hye Won enters, sees Mi Soon.

Mi Soon: The Professor took the remaining luggage.

Hye Won: I spoke to him…(2nd floor) Go and rest…

Mi Soon: Yes…(goes in) I put the small bed in the basement,

Hye Won: You did well…

S#14. Bedroom. Night.

– A double bed is in the middle. New covers and sheets.

– Hye Won, passes by them as though it was always that way and places her bag on the sofa and goes into the powder room.

S#15. Seon Jae’s Home. A few days later at night.

– Seon Jae, goes up the stairs,

– Da Mi is asleep on Seon Jae’s mother’s bed, Jang Ho opens a package of chicken.

Seon Jae: You clean up after, okay…

Jang Ho: Yeah… Park Da Mi, isn’t she pretty when she’s sleeping drunk?

Seon Jae: She’s always been pretty, punk.

Jang Ho: Should I tell her everything about my past, and ask her to date me?

Seon Jae: (turning on the computer at his desk) Try it… Wait for 100 days and kiss her on top of a bridge. Then she may forgive your whole past.

Jang Ho, (Should I?) (looks at Da Mi)

Seon Jae, (types, Makgui Hyung)

S#16. Hye Won’s Library. Night.

– Hye Won is dressed in a bathrobe, with her hand on her chin looks at the computer screen.

Seon Jae: (voice-over) Makgui Hyung, do you have time this Friday?

– Hye Won types. ‘Why?’

Seon Jae: (voice-over) I’m performing with some school friends. Quintet.

Hye Won: (voice-over) You want me to come?

Seon Jae: (voice-over) If time allows… I want to see your face once too…to me, it’s quite meaningful.

Hye Won: (voice-over) Then you should escort your Goddess there first.

S#17. Seon Jae’s Room.

– Seon Jae, stares at the screen for a while and types.

S#18. Hye Won’s Library.

Seon Jae: (voice-over) I don’t want to speak of that matter very much.

– Hye Won, feeling numb.

Seon Jae: (voice-over) I have to sleep now. See you next time.

– The Genius signs off.

S#19. Practice Room. A few days later. Day time.

– Seon Jae and the Quintet, writing a big letter on each piece of  scrap paper.

S#20. Corridor.

– Joon Hyeong looks in. (What are they doing…)

– Through the glass, Seon Jae intent on drawing suddenly looks up. Joon Hyeong, doesn’t want to make eye contact, so he turns away and quickly leaves.

– Joon Hyeong, on the way, his facial expression becomes increasingly hardened. (I’ve been defeated by this kid, haven’t I ?…)

S#21. In Joo’s Office.

– the door bursts open and Joon Hyeong comes into the office.

– In Joo, organizing her desk (ready to leave)

Joon Hyeong: Shouldn’t you disband them?!

In Joo: Leave them alone. They all say that they’re going to quit school. It’s their last ditch effort.

Joon Hyeong: Oh, no, I’m talking about Lee Seon Jae.

In Joo: You didn’t hear?…

Joon Hyeong: What,

In Joo: They say he returned everything too?

Joon Hyeong, (What?!)

In Joo: Whether he’s immature.

Joon Hyeong: What, what did he return!

In Joo: (takes her coat off of the hanger and puts it on) I’m going to have lunch with my brother, do you want to come with me?

Joon Hyeong: Oh, no, (turns around. total defeat)

In Joo, (picks up her bag, laughs silently)

S#22. Joon Hyeong’s Office.

– Joon Hyeong stands next to his desk, his face turns white. It’s clearly a humiliating defeat.

– Jong Soo stands trying to figure out Joon Hyeong’s mood.

Jong Soo: I thought you knew everything… He returned the scholarship certificate to the Foundation, the student ID card, even the remainder of this month’s support fund he received, everything,

Joon Hyeong: (low voice) You can go now.

Jong Soo: (쭈삣[jjuppit/hesitantly]) He said that he was saying his last farewell,

Joon Hyeong: (sweeps everything off of his desk) Get out!!!

Jong Soo: Yes, (turns to leave)

Joon Hyeong: Stop them! So the kids can’t gather there. Okay?

Jong Soo: How can I block them from gathering.

Joon Hyeong: Do you want to quit also?!!!

Jong Soo: (leaving hurriedly, in soft voice) Yes.

S#23. Corridor in front of the Practice Room.

– Seon Jae and Gyu Hyun, open the door wide and stabilize it with door stoppers.

– A few students, peek inside.

S#24. Practice Room.

– Seon Jae and Gyu Hyun enter,

– Seon Jae, sits in front of the piano.

– On the large window, a letter on each piece of paper combines to read ‘GOODBYE’

– The Quintet performance begins,

– Students gather. In Seo comes in.

S#25. Joon Hyeong’s Office.

– Joon Hyeong, for reasons he can’t understand is miserable and gets angrier and angrier. Doesn’t know where to direct his anger. (Why have they not invited me? Why do they not respect me. Horrible students, am I the only one feeling weak?)

– Joon Hyeong sits with his face in his hands. An intense sense of marginalization. Defeated through his own inferiority. The atmosphere in the studio is something he cannot bear to watch.

S#26. Corridor in front of the Practice Room.

– The studio is filled with students.

– Hye Won walks toward the studio from a distance.

S#27. Practice Room.

– The studio is crowded with students sitting and standing, In Seo is among them.

– Seon Jae starts playing the piano, the performance begins.

S#28. In front of the Practice Room.

– Among the students, Hye Won.

S#29. Practice Room.

– The performance continues.

– 4 Movements.

S#30: In front of the Practice Room.

– Hye Won, watches,

– The 4th movement ends as Seon Jae leads the passage from the piano and then turns around.

S#31: Practice Room.

– As the performance comes to an end, the students and In Seo shower them with hearty applause, the Quintet members hug each other.

– Seon Jae, exits.

S#32: In front of the Practice Room.

– Seon Jae, squeezes through gaps between the students and looks around.

S#33. Corridor.

– Hye Won leaves alone.

S#34. Hye Won’s Office. Afternoon.

– Hye Won, sits in front of her desk with no expression.

– Sae Jin, organizes files on the computer and watches Hye Won.

– Hye Won, stands up. Picks up her bag and jacket.

Sae Jin: (stands) Are you getting off now?

Hye Won: Yes…

S#35. In front of Chairwoman’s Office.

– Hye Won comes. Secretary Wang stands.

Secretary Wang: I heard your Chairwoman appointment ceremony will be soon,

HW: Yes, let’s make it lavish.

– Hye Won, opens the door and enters. Secretary Wang, ??

S#36. Chairwoman’s Office.

– Seong Sook’s empty chair.

– Hye Won, regards the chair and turns it.

– Makes a phone call.

Hye Won: It’s me…

S#37. Chairman Seo’s House.

Seong Sook: (answers a call) Yes, right…where are you, in the office?

S#38. Chairwoman’s Office.

Hye Won: The Chairwoman’s chair, doesn’t suit me very well.

S#39. Chairman Seo’s House, Dining Room.

Seong Sook: Replace it with the one you like..hmm?…hmm? (hangs up), (What is she up to?)

Young Woo: Was it Hye Won? (modestly dressed, with a drink in her hand)

Seong Sook, (Yes it was)

Young Woo: Are you starting to regret it?

Seong Sook: Am I?

Young Woo: You were too harsh…you know. It’s not too late to beg (I’m leaving)

Seong Sook, (Should I?)

S#40. Hye Won’s House, Living Room. Night.

– Hye Won in her house robe, comes down from the second floor.

– Sees Seon Jae looking up at her. (from their first meeting)

– Hye Won, walks into the Music Room.

S#41. Music Room.

– Hye Won looks in from the entrance.

– In front of the piano. Seon Jae plays.

– Hye Won turns away.

S#42. Living Room. Night.

– Hye Won, comes out of the Music Room.

– Goes up a few stairs and stands. Seon Jae stands next to the stairs in the hallway.

– Hye Won, goes up the stairs.

– Sees Seon Jae cleaning the kitchen table.

– Hye Won, turns away.

S#43. Bedroom.

– In a medium size bag, Hye Won puts in a couple sets of comfortable clothes and makes a call.

Hye Won: Oh, Mom… The house I’ll be moving into, the repairs are not done yet…but I have to move out of here soon… It would be okay to store my things in Sadang-dong house, right? …There isn’t much. As for my old things, I’m going to give it to friends, so…Yeah… Moving into the new home, I’m going to replace everything…

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