Things are starting to look up for our team as they progress ahead and celebrate milestones. However, they can’t get too comfortable just yet — right when they start to see a glimmer of hope, our scheming antagonist conspires to snatch it away.
EPISODES 11-12 WEECAP
The team dinner winds down, and everyone heads home in varying states of inebriation. Aw, Man-cheol drunkenly wails that he’s sorry for holding Ji-hyung’s career back twice, but Ji-hyung reassures him that he genuinely wants to stay.
The next morning, the tension between Ji-hyung and Joon-young is unbearably thick. Ji-hyung pulls him aside to finish last night’s conversation, but Joon-young brushes him off brusquely.
Ma-eum returns home to find Joon-young waiting outside, and he apologizes for being harsh with his words earlier. Good-natured as always, Ma-eum reassures him that it’s alright. They reminisce about the goofy reference photos they took for Dae-ryuk, and it puts wide smiles on both their faces. (Joon-young’s dimples!!)
Oh no, Man-cheol arrives at work the next morning only to discover Joon-young’s resignation letter on his desk. In order to avoid affecting team morale, Man-cheol fibs that Joon-young just took an off day, but Ma-eum finds out the truth when she overhears Ji-hyung’s phone call.
After Ma-eum reaches home, she contemplates texting Joon-young the words she meant to say earlier — that he isn’t running away. She hesitates, but then her sister startles her, and she accidentally presses send. Problem is, the text is unfinished and only says “Run away,” LOL.
Joon-young calls Ma-eum, understandably confused by her text, and she gets super flustered and quickly brushes it off as no big deal. Except it clearly means something to Joon-young, and the pair are adorably bashful in the office the next morning.
Unfortunately, Joon-young has more than just love to worry about. Impatient to make a move, Chief Heo pressures Joon-young to write him a report on Youngtoon’s viability over the current webtoon team, then baits him into a meal with Youngtoon’s CEO.
The next morning, an article is released — it’s an exclusive interview in which Chief Heo declares Neon’s plan to acquire Youngtoon. It’s essentially signaling that the current webtoon team’s days are numbered, diminishing their credibility and upsetting their artists. Burned twice, Writer Mo immediately calls off their contract, vowing never to trust the webtoon team again.
This is illustrated in a very cute scene, in which Joon-young suggests changes to the loveline in Woo-jin’s baseball webtoon. Instead of ending up with her senior, Joon-young argues that it’d be more convincing for her to end up with her fellow teammate, whom she can grow alongside. LOL, the webtoon is visualized with our main trio in the lead roles, making the parallels even more obvious.
Woo-jin concedes to his opinion on the webtoon, but she maintains that in reality, once the senior catches the girl’s attention, it’s game over. In response, Joon-young takes a very indignant bite out of his Subway sandwich, HAHA. Don’t worry, Joon-young — I’m rooting for you and your adorable dimples!