Twinkling Watermelon (반짝이는 워터멜론)

[Production Sponsors: Ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, & Korea Creative Content Agency]

[This is a work of fiction. Characters, places, agencies, incidents, organizations, and jobs have no connections to real life. Child actors were safely filmed with a guardian present.]

Guys, let me play with you!

Hi.

Today was the 40th Memorial Day on the 50th anniversary of National Liberation.

Aigoo, you are like cucumbers soaked in alcohol.

Wow, dried pollack soup! You're the best, Grandmother.

You should be sober on some holidays.

You drink all night whenever it's a holiday.

Your parents are working hard in your hometowns, trying to educate you.

Grandmother! Give me food, too!

What are you doing skipping meals?

Are you hungover, too?

I didn't eat so I could eat your food.

- Where's Yi Chan, by the way? - Gosh, I don't know.

He's been lazying around stuck in that room playing the guitar since yesterday.

Hey, Yi Chan! Don't make me set the table twice. Come out and scarf this down, you bastard.

What are you doing? Recording a message for your pager?

Did you look into what I asked about? What did he say?

Is he really the genius guitarist of his generation?

Yes. Hyeon Yul wasn't lying.

Apparently, everyone who's played the guitar used to mimic him.

- Let's go. - Where?

To meet him.

What for?

To let him hear our original song.

W-What original song all of a sudden?

Because we need one to enter the Nationwide Youth Band Competition.

Hey, are you crazy?

Don't you remember we almost got suspended for fighting with

Jindo Dog Gang on the rehearsal day?

- How could I've forgotten? - And you want to do what now?

Nationwide what? Band what?

Your grandma still has bruises on her knees for kneeling down in front of the dean that day.

That's why we should clear our names.

If we give up on the band now,

I'll just be a punk who created a band to impress a girl and ended up getting into a fight.

Yi Chan, just give up now. Please?

Our band got disbanded. Don't you remember?

Fake First Love Memory-Makers will start the rehearsal now.

One, two, one, two...

Hey, kick him! Kick him!

Hyeon Yul got hit by the stage equipment that day and hospitalized for 12 weeks.

It was shitty that we met.

Let's never see each other again.

Dong Jin hyung spat on the ground and quit.

Shi Guk got dragged to a prayer retreat and always has bruises on his back.

And Se Beom was forced to study abroad.

There isn't a single member left anymore.

That's why we should meet him and ask for help.

We'll get his advice on music, get recommendations for members,

and start a band again.

Wow, you're so unbelievable. What do I do with you?

Aigoo, my father sent "8282.*" I need to go.

Hey, hey!

I'm sorry. I need to behave myself because of that incident.

Go on your own. I'm sorry.

That jerk.

What a disloyal bastard.

Hello, I'm Ha Yi Chan, an 11th grader at Baegwang High.

You remember me, right? I'm Hyeon Yul's friend.

You treated us to barbecue once.

Of course, I remember. But I'm sorry.

I was just leaving because something suddenly came up.

Pardon?

You promised me first.

Anyway, I'm sorry. I'll take a rain check.

I just need 30 minutes.

It's a very short song because it's unfinished.

Next time. I'll make sure to listen to it with you next time.

Just 20 minutes. 10 minutes. I mean, five minutes.

Three minutes and 30 seconds. Please, I beg you.

Everyone has their own situation.

You can't just insist on it like this.

I understand.

Take care, then.

Small coincidences sometimes create a miracle

and sometimes an unbelievable tragedy.

If he listened to his song for just five minutes that day...

- Shit. - I'm sorry, Hyung.

Hey, handsome puppy.

Look over there. Have a look.

There are a lot of cars here.

It's dangerous to play with stuff like this.

Where's your mom? Where's she?

Over there.

Ahjussi, could I have this for free?

I said you can't.

Gosh, you'll be fine.

- I said I won't have enough left. - If only...

- Do you want to see something cool? - Yes.

he didn't run into that kid that day...

You can come out now.

If only he didn't have a secret visitor that day...

- Do you want this? - Yes. I'll take 20 ma.

Okay. Father! The 3 cm checkered one. Spandex blend.

If only a friend accompanied him that day...

I'll teach you how to catch big fish today.

- Huh? Hey. Are you driving? - Go!

If only it wasn't a holiday that day...

Wow, wow.

Do you want to see the swing this time?

If only...

one of these minor coincidences...

- Thank you. - Hello.

Oh, yes. Hold on.

Take this, please.

- No, but I appreciate it. - I feel too bad.

I'm actually allergic to melon.

had missed him...

Hold on!

If only it were like that, would he be living a completely different life now?

Is this a novel?

Is this a novel?

Why ask? Do you think it's interesting?

Well... the incident is too weak.

But why suddenly write a novel?

By chance, are you quitting taekwondo?

No. I want to show it to my younger brother.

Male younger brother? You want to show it to him?

If only I wasn't caught by you, he would've been my first reader.

When will you show it to him?

I don't understand what you're saying.

Once I finish it.

Oh. So, what happens to the protagonist?

He became my dad.

It's not a novel. It's a true story.

I heard it from Eun Ho once.

The date he gets into the accident is-

Hey. The teenage boy and girl over there.

Are you on a date and skipping school?

Yi Chan, coming back from school?

Hello. Yes, I am.

It wasn't a day before the festival.

The accident...

hasn't happened yet.

- I'll get going now. - Take care.

Bye.

What are you guys doing...

Hey, I'm talking to you!

They can't stop doing that, can they?

Are you okay?

When is it, then...

When does the accident happen?

It's tomorrow.

How impressive. How very impressive.

You brighten up no matter what you wear.

What are you two doing?

Hey, you came.

I went shopping with Cheong Ah.

Why did you buy so much? You don't know how long she'd stay here.

You need a lot of stuff to wear, eat, and sleep.

She needs to feel comfortable even if she's staying for a day.

You'll go to the district office to add her to the family registry at this rate.

It's fun. It's so fun.

Seeing a pretty girl after only seeing boys

is fun, like playing princess.

Have you ever tried playing with a prince?

You've been living with a handsome prince for 18 years.

Hey. I'll wash this later and make you a blanket.

Sleep comfortably with it, okay?

So frustrating. It'd be amazing if we could talk.

- Grandma! - Aigoo!

My heart almost popped out of my throat, you bastard.

Wait there.

Aigoo...

I made this. I did.

It was a novel.

It's a story Hyung created.

It's not a novel. He said it was a true story.

He likes to joke around.

You think he joked about his parents' tragedy?

He's always been kind of quirky.

Ha Eun Gyeol.

There's no way I don't know something he knows.

Dad couldn't have told him only.

He didn't hear from him.

He just found out by chance.

What kind of excuse is that?

The lift fell?

It's not just a countryside farmers market. It's a multi-billion won concert.

I told you to be thorough with the safety inspection.

Hey-

Ha Yi Chan?

I told you to be always careful not to get injured. I told you.

I can't compete if I'm afraid of getting injured.

The moment you give up...

it's game over.

Yi Chan.

Ha Yi Chan.

You bastard. Were you alive?

N-N-No. Let's go to a cafe or something...

Mr. Oh! Mr. Oh. The doctor wants to see you.

Wait here. I'll see the doctor for a second.

The surgery needs to start now.