Old Wounds Are Healed in ‘Individual Circumstances’ Episodes 5 to 8

Episode 7: Kiss-and-run

Woo Jae surprisingly comes back and the two instantly make up. Now that they are back on good terms, Yeon Woo urges him to go outside so he can refresh his mind. They sneak into a museum to take a quick look around the place before a guard forces them to cut their date short. Through a flashback to when they were close to graduating, we see that a kiss happened between the two, with Woo Jae initiating the kiss but quickly running away after apologizing. In the present time, the pair communicate their feelings through the characters of the novel. Additionally, we’re shown more of what happened right after the kiss wherein what followed was full of misunderstandings and lack of communication—which eventually led to the separation of the two. It is only then when Woo Jae begins crying that Yeon Woo starts to understand that the novel is their story.

Episode 8: Finale

They reconcile in front of a bonfire outside Woo Jae’s house and share exactly what happened in the past and how they both had their individual circumstances. They pour out their feelings, expose their flaws and accept each other’s reasons. Woo Jae wants to explain but Yeon Woo suddenly kisses him and reassures him that he already knows. Woo Jae is finally able to finish his novel and hands it over to Yeon Woo who delivers it to his company for review. Woo Jae nervously waits for the turnout when his manager arrives at his house to deliver the news that the feedback of the last chapter at their company was good. His manager sees him smile for the first time and they discuss the production of the novel while on Yeon Woo’s side, he’s determined to bring the story to life, even proposing to his boss to have his wages cut. The two meet at the tree of love depicted in Woo Jae’s novel, wherein they promise to do the script of the novel together. Yeon Woo demands a condition that they should finish the script in one month—he would need to live in Woo Jae’s place. While Woo Jae also states his condition, which is for Yeon Woo to stay outside while he is there, except for when it rains. Like a miracle, it starts to rain while they’re working on the script, and they take a break and share a kiss under the rain. 

How the story reveals bits and pieces of the history between the characters feels like piecing together a puzzle that will make you feel satisfied in the end. The novel becomes the communication and connection between the two. Using the novel’s characters as the counterpart of Woo Jae and Yeon Woo was a unique way to narrate and make progress in the unfolding of the relationship they have after their reunion. The two will now continue to walk together till the end.

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