Yeon Woon’s fondness level towards Myung Ha finally rises, but so does Sang Won’s liking for him. As the two get closer, the game gives Myung Ha more missions to accomplish and finds out that there are repercussions for failing them. He also begins to receive cryptic messages from an unknown person, whom he suspects to be his senior, but is unable to decipher the clues. Will Myung H succeed in making Yeo Woon happy to avoid death? Let’s find out in BLTai’s recap of ‘Love for Love’s Sake’ Episodes 5–6!
Warning: Spoilers alert. Read at your own risk.
Episode 5: Relationship
Yeo Woon convinces the hesitant Myung Ha to go to a famous coffee shop around Yongma Land with him. As soon as they enter the premises of the coffee shop, Myung Ha begins to feel dizzy, especially when the owner of the coffee shop greets them. It turns out that Yeo Woon unknowingly brought Myung Ha to the coffee shop that he previously mentioned as the business that his mother opened, and the shop owner happens to be his mother himself. Yeo Woon tries to make Myung Ha feel better, but it irritates Myung Ha more until Yeo Woon asks him to get ice cream instead, just like how Myung Ha comforts him when he is the one who is down. After finding out the truth, Yeo Woon apologizes to Myung Ha and asks him to tell him more about himself, as he wants to make sure that he will never hurt his feelings again. Myung Ha notices that Yeo Woon’s fondness for him increases once again. Meanwhile, Si-A finds Sang Won with bruises on his face due to his most recent fight with his former friends. When Si-A expresses his worry towards him, Sang Won asks instead if Myung Ha also looked for him and bitterly comments that the latter never expressed interest in finding him anyway. Si-A asks Sang Won if he really likes Myung Ha romantically, making him question himself as well. Later that evening, Myung Ha calls Yeo Woon before going to sleep, where he insinuates that they are friends, dampening Yeo Woon’s happiness for the day. Upon getting home, Myung Ha tells his grandmother about his encounter with his mother and asks if she ever looked for him. However, his grandmother answers that there are times when people tend to forget when they are having a hard time and assumes that Myung Ha’s mother is just the same. Before going to sleep, Myung Ha sees a message prompt box that says ‘System Error’ and the things around him start to get static. He chooses to ignore it, as well as the messages from an unknown person that keep popping up on his phone.
Yeo Woon seeks Si-A for dating advice but begins to feel discouraged when she mentions that Myung Ha seems to be not interested in dating and that the kindness he shows to Yeo Woon is like that of a brother. However, Si-A still promises to help him after she makes him act cute in front of her. On the other hand, Myung Ha runs into Sang Won, who is feeling down because of the sudden illness of his pet that he lied about as his grandfather. Myung Ha’s words of comfort to Sang Won made him realize that he is really in love with the former and ask if he will accept his feelings, although Myung Ha just tells him to stop being weird. Sang Won also invites Myung Ha to watch the track and field team practice, as he just joined recently. The following morning, Yeo Woon tells Myung Ha that he will not be able to go to school due to a school event, which the latter believed. However, the truth is that Sang Won’s father, who is very broke, came to Yeo Woon thinking that he would be able to extort money from him. His father hits him hard when he starts to question why he never visited his grandmother, even after she died, but his father just mocks his feelings. Myung Ha gets a mission to earn three million yen, making him frustrated that his senior did not even give him money upon entering the game. He then goes to the track and field club and meets Sang Won, who tries to lure him into accompanying him to the hospital for his pet and avoids his questions about Yeo Woon’s location. Myung Ha becomes suspicious and asks Sang Won what happened to Yeo Woon, but the latter confesses his feelings instead. Myung Ha rejects Sang Won and tells him to date someone else.
In a flashback, Yeo Woon asks Sang Won to help him hide from Myung Ha due to the mark of his father’s slap on his face. Back to the present, Myung Ha finds Yeo Woon and tries to ask what happened to his face. To his surprise, Yeo Woon tells him that he likes him, although he doesn’t have to like him back. Myung Ha tells Yeo Woon not to like anyone except him. Yeo Woon responds that he’ll do anything Myung Ha says and even stay as friends as long as Myung Ha will not avoid him. Yeo Woon’s fondness level for Myung Ha increases as he leaves. That evening, the game reminds Myung Ha of his reward, where he can see Yeo Woon’s past and see the younger Yeo Woon praying for a complete family. Myung Ha begins questioning why he must be from another world than Yeo Woon. Some days later, Myung Ha asks Sang Won to watch over Yeo Woon on behalf of him and although the latter is still bitter about his rejection, he still went along. Sang Won also advises Myung Ha to check on Yeo Won himself instead of asking him. Myung Ha continues to work part-time jobs to fulfill his mission of earning 3 million won, including opening an Instagram account that he thinks he can sell once it gains followers. He also discovers that Kyung Hun has a boyfriend abroad who is coming back for a vacation and asks how a long-distance relationship works. When Myung Ha asks Kyung Hun how he can stay in a relationship knowing that they might break up soon due to distance, Kyung Hun tells him that it’s more of a reason to continue liking his boyfriend while they are still in a relationship. Myung Ha has a realization and runs to find Yeo Woon, who just had an argument with his father over money. As he helps Yeo Woon pick up money on the floor from the broken piggy bank, he gets a message that he has completed the 3 million won mission and can now see more of Yeo Woon’s past. Myung Ha learns that Yeo Woon’s father has been beating him up since he was a young child and is also responsible for the red mark on his face. As Yeo Woon walks Myung Ha to the terminal, Yeo Woon kisses Myung Ha after telling him that he doesn’t want to be just anyone to him.
