Following Yi Jun and Ha Ram’s heart-fluttering beginning, what do you think will happen next in ‘Love Mate’?
From the ‘sudden confession’ to their ‘accidental first kiss’, will Yi Jun still be able to keep his status ‘single by choice’ when Ha Ram, his tsundere colleague exists? Without further ado, let’s find out how their development goes in episodes 3-4 now!
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD. Read at your own risk!
Episode 3. The First Date
After their accidental first kiss, Yi Jun asks Ha Ram to explain what just happened. Ha Ram told him the truth and that he was checking on whether he was breathing or not. And to answer his question about the photoshoot, Ha Ram says the models have arrived and are now doing a photoshoot. Yi Jun heads out but Ha Ram stops him and begs him to “take responsibility” for kissing him. But Yi Jun said it was just an accident and left. When Yi Jun arrives home, he lies down directly on his couch to take a nap and wakes up when his first kiss with Ha Ram flashes on his head. He, then, tried to meditate, however, it was no use as he suddenly received a photo of himself and Ha Ram at the photoshoot testing from his colleague. A sudden smile appeared on his face, and his smartwatch showed his heart rate increased.
The next day, Yi Jun notices an anti-hangover drink on his table with a heart note again and checks Ha Ram’s empty cubicle. Jeong Seop, his colleague, greeted and told him that he sent yesterday’s photo to the CEO as a joke. He said that their boss ended up liking it and suggested that they will feature it as a cover in next month’s online newsletter. And now regretting the decision he made yesterday, he looked for Ha Ram to confront him. Upon seeing him, Yi Jun told Haram to act like strangers from now on and told him that his life is falling apart because of him. As he was about to leave, Ha Ram stops him and checks on him, which makes Yi Jun flustered. When he saw that Yi Jun was okay, Ha Ram let him go and explained that he researched light sensitivity and thought it might be the reason why he fainted.
At the pantry, Eon Seon tells Yi Jun that she got worried upon learning about Yi Jun fainting. She, then, suggested that they should abandon their project, but Yi Jun stops her and says he will still do it.
Meanwhile, Yi Jun finally takes the bus to work instead of the subway. As expected, Ha Ram is there. Instead of avoiding him, however, Yi Jun reciprocates Ha Ram’s advances. Ha Ram invites him to dinner, but Yi Jun, as always, rejects it. He said if he wants to eat with someone, he will just use an app. Ha Ram, then, asks which app he is using and that he will try to find him through it. Yi Jun ignores him and goes home.
While eating dinner by himself, he was looking through his dating app to find a potential partner for his “dating experiment project” and accidentally swiped right to an interesting profile named “Antartica, Looking for True Love”. The mysterious man wanted to keep his mysterious concept so he refuses to send a photo. However, they both ended up having a great conversation which lead to them agreeing to a date.
The two decide to meet at Seoul Forest. There, Yi Jun arrives at their meeting place and finds out who his mystery man is…
