The next day at work, Seon-gyeol and Oh-sol struggle to avoid making eye contact as she arrives at work. Meanwhile, Seon-gyeol can’t even concentrate on cleaning Geum-ja without the scenes from the restaurant with Oh-sol flooding back.
Choi can’t help but smile as he gets advice from the very target of his affections. But when she listened to what felt right without over-thinking, that’s when she’d succeed. She recalls that whenever she tried too hard to get the timing right, that’s when she’d fall. Choi protests that the timing is tricky, and Oh-sol gives him a pep talk from her hurdling days. Choi about the status of his secret crush confession. Having come to her own resolution, she changes topics and asks Mr. Oh-sol starts to reason the situation out on her own, and comes to the conclusion that she kissed the guy in a similar way before, so they should be even. Choi spots the can in her hand and asks her if something happened that has her drinking alone, and Oh-sol asks if it’s normal for a guy to hold hands and kiss a girl, and yet have zero interest in her. Choi turns up with a bandage for her battered feet after her long day in heels.
Oh-sol retreats to her favorite spot atop the neighborhood stairs with alcohol in hand. And while he maintains a stern expression as he walks away from her, by the time he gets home he’s holding his head in his hands in frustration with himself.
Oh-sol’s talk with Seon-gyeol about their kiss does not go as expected, and he lets her know in no uncertain terms that he has zero interest in dating. And while those two struggle with their own emotions, our heroine tries to manage everyone else’s expectations of her, from her boss to her family. Our germaphobe CEO is in entirely new territory as he tries to understand what he really wants, while Oh-sol’s rooftop tenant tries to gauge the right timing to confess the feelings he’s harbored for years. Opportunity pays a visit to our two leading men, but while one just might step up to take his chance, the other struggles with uncertainty. 39 DecemDecemClean With Passion for Now: Episode 7 by abirdword