Love Affairs in the Afternoon (평일 오후 세시의 연인)

(People, places, and organizations that appear are fictional and irrelevant to reality.)

I decided...

to be a villainess.

To his wife

To my husband

And to everyone in this world

who says my love is not love.

We must have landed somewhere on the ends of the earth.

Even in the moment we dreamed of

we tossed and turned thinking of the catastrophe to come.

The last stop never existed from the beginning.

Because an affair is not love.

Who are you? Are you out of your mind?

Choi Soo-ah.

Let's

stop

seeing each other now.

Those are words I was always expecting to hear and prepared my heart to hear.

Still, it's so painful.

I'm someone who can live however I want.

But you are not.

Why am I not?

Because you have many possessions. Which means you have many things to protect.

Before everyone gets hurt...

Do Ha-yoon.

Did you love me?

Is the question too difficult?

Choi Soo-ah, are you able to come to me?

Love, happiness, faith. Those words do not suit people having affairs.

So, go back home now.

I'll also think of it as having a short dream.

Were you happy after meeting me?

I don't think so.

You were not happy for a single moment.

Love, are you doing okay?

I...

I...

am hurting so much.

Mommy, the fireworks were amazing today.

You should've seen it too.

Right, Ah-jin?

Don't speak with your mouth full.

Mommy is said I couldn't watch it either. Next time, let's go together, okay?

Daddy.

But today was still fun, right? Watching fireworks with daddy?

Please don't take us to places like that next time.

I'm not in elementary school.

Why? I thought it was fun.

And Ji-min...

You pig. Stop eating.

You have to do your diary homework, too.

Ah-jin, why are you saying that to your sister while she's eating?

Go up to your room.

Make sure you wash your hands before doing your homework.

Were you happy after meeting me?

I don't think so.

You were not happy for a single moment.

Choi Soo-ah, are you able to come to me?

Love, happiness, faith. Those words do not suit people having affairs.

Please bring me some iced coffee.

You're late. How was the zoo?

It was okay.

It must have been boring since you're not a child.

Probably only the students had fun.

What about dinner?

I ate already.

Jung-woo what did you buy at the zoo?

What?

You spent 16,000 won at the gift shop.

Look, you're in the palm of my hands.

I bought my students souvenirs.

Really? So you're saying it's not mine, right?

I'm sorry.

Don't be sorry.

Good job. You know I don't like useless things.

It's hard to throw away, too.

Min-young.

I have something to say.

I've been wanting to say this for a while now.

Let's...

register our marriage?

I'm so sorry. I kept pushing it off because I'm busy.

Let's make sure to do it tomorrow just like you wanted.

It's not that.

I already told the professor today that I'll be late from registering our marriage.

You're free tomorrow too, right?

Wash up. You must be tired.

Mom, where are you? Please come to the veterinary hospital.

I'm Faith's guardian.

Oh, yes.

Mrs. Son.

Is this Faith?

Sorry, Faith. Mommy is here.

But who...

Hello, Mrs. Son, I'm Mr. Jin's coworker Go Yoon-ah.

Oh, I see. Hello.

How did you come here?

Mr. Jin had an emergency while coming to the hospital

and said you weren't picking up your phone.

Oh.

My friend works at this hospital as a technician.

Thank you.

How was Faith?

Faith is fine. Faith is in the beginning stages of a cold so needs to take medicine.

I was waiting for the medicine.

Oh, please give it to me.

Are you okay?

What are you doing here?

You said to bring iced coffee.

Oh, I did.

Aren't you sleeping?

I will.

You should clean the floors tomorrow.

What?

I keep stepping on things.

You know that grainy feeling. Just like the sand at the beach.

Gosh, my feet feel dirty from it. I should just wash it now.

Mommy.

Mommy, I drew the day I watched fireworks for my picture diary. Didn't I draw well?

Wow, it's great.

I want to see it, too.

It's because I drew you, too.

Thank you.

Is this daddy? Was your dad this small?

Ah-ram. Who lies in their diaries?

Mom didn't go there.

And is dad this short?

It's not dad. It's Ji-min.

Ji-min?

So it wasn't dad.

Dad wasn't there since the beginning because he went somewhere else.

You're a liar too, Ah-jin.

What is she talking about, Ah-jin?

You said you watched the fireworks with dad.

Daddy left right away.

I don't know. He said he's busy and left right away.

Where's my phone?

I'm sure I had it this morning.

Did I leave it in my car?

GPS... location tracking...

veterinary hospital

You know that grainy feeling. Just like the sand at the beach.

Ji-eun.

Did you come to buy groceries at this hour?

It's not that. I don't have my phone right now.

No, that's not the problem.

The thing is...

Soo-ah, what's wrong?

The thing is...

Hello?

Why did you call, Mrs. Son?

Why do you have my phone?

Oh, it was you.

I noticed this morning your phone was getting old.

I wanted to get you a new one.

Be excited. I'll get you a nice one.

What did Mr. Lee say? Why does he have your phone...

I think I got caught by my husband.

You got caught?

What should we do?

You already broke up with Mr. Do.

It's all my fault.

I had lost my mind.

No, I couldn't get myself together.

I liked him so much that I couldn't see anything else.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry to you, Ji-eun.

It's okay.

You were right.

I should have never had affairs.

Is it really that bad for a person to love another person?

Yes.

It's bad.

For them, it's romance.

But in the eyes of others, it's just an affair.

It's especially forbidden for women like me who has children.

Ji-eun.

Soo-ah.

How can you two meet without me?

It's not like that.

I was busy these days.

I'm just joking, Soo-ah.

What is this? It's a bird. So cute.

No, it's not.

But what were you guys talking about?

Just about what we should eat for dinner.

You always keep secrets from me.

It's really not like that.

It's okay. I've also been going through heartache because of my husband.

I keep having suspicions.

He's not someone who would have affairs. But it feels like only his body is with me.

Are you sure you're not being sensitive?

We were supposed to go to the district office to register our marriage today.

But he said he's busy and pushed it off.

You didn't register your marriage yet?

I didn't really think about it because we had our wedding in America.

When I came to Korea, he was the one rushing it.

But now he's the one pushing it back.

That's why I'm more suspicious.

Maybe he's just busy.

I'm going to go order coffee.