SKK Scandal Scene 1 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 1: Meeting Lee Sunjoon, Part 1 [If you've read the 'List

of Major Differences', you'll remember, but just to remind you again, Yoonhee wants to get higher paying gigs at the bookstore, but no matter how well learned or talented "Kim Yoonshik" is, if she does not take the state exam to higher her status (not taking it equates to ...hmm, I guess not having graduating high school?), nobody will ask her to help them do more difficult homework / help them cheat on tests. Since her brother is about the age to take the exam and is unable to because of his illness, the family agrees that it might be okay for Yoonhee to go ahead and take it.] [Also, I split this scene into two because it was a lot longer than expected.] The day of the exam, Yoonhee waits among a crowd of men for the doors of the exam site (which is the Sungkyunkwan Bicheondang) to open, but even long before the doors move, everyone is pushing and pulling (they want to get the best place to sit), and Yoonhee starts being thrown around within the chaos. Yoonhee tries with all her strength to stay close to the doors, but she can't help being pushed farther and farther away. She is about to trip on one of the men's ankles, and she braces herself to be trampled all over, when somebody's hand reaches out to grab Yoonhee's arms and pulls her towards him. Yoonhee, even after she finds her balances, is still shocked from her almost-fall, and finds comfort in the hand grabbing her arm, even though she doesn't know who it belongs to. Because of that hand, she is able to resist the pushing and pulling. After a while, the crowd becomes calmer and Yoonhee looks to the person holding her arm. Her eyes go to his white neckline, an then to his adam's apple. She thinks to herself that it's normal for men to have an adam's apple, and lowers her head to cover her own neck, before she can see his face. "Whoever you are, I was saved, thanks to you." "There's no need for thanks." Even as the man speaks, he doesn't let go of her arm. "I-I'm okay now, so you can let go." "There's no saying the crowd won't stir up again, so it's better if we stay like this until we can go in." "A-ah, but, that's... I don't want to bother you..." "If we stay together, I won't be pushed away by the crowd either. Let's just help one another." Everyone else is so busy taking care of themself, but this person holding her arm feels so different. Even though all the other men are worked up and anxious, for some reason, this person is so calm. His presence helps her forget that she is here to take an exam, and she becomes calm as well. Curious as to what he looks like, Yoonhee raises her head. She herself is pretty tall but this man is so tall that even when she raises her head she can only see from his wide shoulder up to his neck. But the crowd now relaxes and Yoonhee can reach her face up farther. She can see his face. As soon as she sees it, she is so surprised and lowers her face right away, because his face is so beautiful that her face reddened the moment she saw it, forgetting that she is dressed as a man. "You look very young. Is this your first exam, too?" Yoonhee is startled at the question. "Ah, yes. It is." "It's nice to make your acquaintance. It's my first time as well." "N-Nice to meet you, too." "I noticed you didn't bring a mat to sit on, and that's why I thought it might be your first time." "That's because I couldn't get it, not because I didn't know." "Then let's use mine together. There's a lot of people, and I was going to feel guilty sitting on this large mat by myself." "N-no, I don't want to trouble you further--" "It's fine." Yoonhee looks up to the man again. But before she can even see his face, her eyes go to another face that's looking at her, one that looks like it belongs to a monster. Yoonhee screams, startling both the man and the monster. The man looks behind him too see the monster's face and

smiles knowingly. The monster says to Yoonhee, "Why did you get so surprised? You were so pretty I just wanted to see you up close... I thought you just looked like one but I guess you get scared as easily as a girl, too. " "Soondol! How can you be so rude? Are there any men who wouldn't get surprised if your face just showed up in front of them like that?" "But he looks so weak as well--" Yoonhee gets ahold of herself and pulls her arm away. I'm not a woman right now, I have to be a man, she thinks to herself. When Yoonhee pulls her arm away from him, the man mistakes her to be angry. "I've been ill since childhood, so I look weak. That's why I've never been taught at a seodang or gwabuhakdang (kind of like the prep schools of the day), and I had to study by myself. I barely could come today with this body..." "I'll apologize for Soondol. He might look this way and he says things without thinking, but he by no means has any bad intentions. He was just trying to say that you are indeed very pretty, so please, I hope you won't get angry." Even at first glance anyone can see that this man is well-taught and well-off, but there isn't a trace of arrogance; on the contrary, he is quite humble! Because of this Yoonhee becomes embarrassed about how she must have come off. "I didn't pull away because I was angry. I was just surprised--" "It's only natural you would be. Everyone is, when they first see his face. But despite his looks, he is quite innocent." Soondol looks a little apologetically at Yoonhee, and she can't help but smile at him. Soondol was giant and scarylooking, but as the man said, Yoonhee could feel that his eyes are kind. It's likely that the two of them could withstand the crowd because Soondol was helping with his strength. "You have quite the "Seonjupkun?" seonjupkun (it's like a servant who does bodyguard-type jobs)."

The man stares at Yoonhee, puzzled. Then he sees that she is looking at Soondol, and realizes what Yoonhee means. "Ah, that's not it. Soondol is just here until I get into the site (the seonjupkun usually goes in and saves the spot, fighting off other people)." "Oh. That's a waste--" Yoonhee is about to ask why he would send Soondol off, but before she can say anything, Soondol protests to the man, "I can't do that, doryunnim!" Doryunnim? That means he isn't married yet. A strange feeling tickles Yoonhee's insides. "Your father ordered me to follow you in and find you a good spot. It was so dangerous just now--what if it gets even more out of control in there? If you get hurt, I might die of sadness..." "You don't know where the good spots are, so what aro you going to do when you get in there? Don't worry about it and go back." Soondol tears up. "It's because I'm so dumb, I can't remember where I was told was a good spot... Your father told me, but..." The man sighs. "I should have come alone. It's my exam, and you shouldn't be troubling yourself." "But I have to do as your father told me to do! He might kill me otherwise." "I'm sure all the seats inside are about the same. Don't worry about it." It's a strange conversation. Soondol is definitely the man's servant, but it's hard to see a man treat his servant so kindly. And from his tone, he doesn't seem any worried about passing the test. Yoonhee, knowing Soondol's potential strength, doesn't want to send him off, so she slips into the conversation. "Not all the spots are the same. There are definitely good and bad ones in there." Soondol widens his eyes as he lowers himself to Yoonhee's face. "Where is that?" "You said your name was Soondol?" "Yes, pretty Sunbinim!"

"I can tell that you are strong, but are you fast?" "Of course. Although I'm big, I can run very fast." "Then as soon as the door opens, don't wait to follow your doryunnim, but run ahead in first, before anybody else!" "What? But what about you two? What if you are hurt because I'm not around?" "We'll run as fast as we can behind you, and we should be fine as long as we don't fall. So don't look back and run as fast as you can." "I will!" "And now, listen carefully. The place you'll run to is on the right side of Bicheondang, at underneath the second tree from the building. If you spread the mat and wait there, nobody should try and take the spot." "But why not the first tree? Isn't it better to be more in the front?" "You'll know when you sit there and look up at the sky, so do as I say." "B-but..." Soondol still seems to think that closer to the building will be better, but the man says, "do as he says." Before Soondol can protest, the doors open, and Yoonhee exclaims, "Soondol! Run!" Before she knows it, Soondol's gone. As he runs, the crowd splits and Yoonhee hurries to take this chance to run through, only to be held back by the same hand that grabbed her arm earlier. "What are you doing! You should run after him, too!" "Didn't you say that you are ill? I didn't think that you should overwork your body..." 'Ah! I forgot!' As Yoonhee is about to respond, the split that Soondol left behind him is closed up again by the crowd. Yoonhee shouts over the noise, "you should at least go on ahead alone!" "How can I leave when we've agreed to help one another? Even if we get there a little later, Soondol will be waiting for us in that spot." The man places his body so that he is right in front of Yoonhee, to protect her from the moving crowd. It seems as though he really believed that she is ill. Soondol, without realizing that he lost the two, hurries to the tree Yoonhee pointed out. People run out of his way, scared, and he arrives at the second tree. There are already some people who've settled there, so Soondol sets the mat slightly to the side. Even though the site is full of people fighting for their seats, there isn't anybody who dares to pick a fight with Soondol. SKK Scandal Scene 2 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 2: Meeting Lee Sunjoon, Part 2 Soondol starts getting worried about the two he left behind. He gets up, but sits back down, remembering the pretty sunbinim's words. Afraid that the spot will get taken, he gets up and sits back down repeatedly. But soon he sees the two arrive, and he stands up to wave his large arms at them. The two, exhausted, sit down. "Doryunnim, are you alright? How about you, sunbinim?" "I'm okay. Hm! I've never experienced such chaos. How can one even call this an exam site? It's more a battleground. I'm already so exhausted, before even the shijae (the subject that they are supposed to write on) is put up--it must be hard for you, when you're fighting an illness." Yoonhee smiles at him. She's so tired that she can't even thank him or tell him she's okay. If her brother was here instead, he might have really died. She sees Soondol looking up at the sky. "What are you doing?" "You told me that I would know why we should sit under the second tree if I look up at the sky. But I can't even see it-there are so many leaves... Is it because I saved the spot a little too much to the side?" The man looks up along with Soondol and smiles knowingly. It's a good spot exactly because the sky is covered. The first tree has too few leaves and when the sun rises high up, they'll be protected by the shade. And the trees on the left side would cast a shadow the wrong direction of the exam site, so this was indeed the best spot. His eyes turn to Yoonhee. Yoonhee's eyes go to him as well. She notes his sharp features--his thick eyebrows and eyes, nose, and lips all come together to make a flawless face, and she can't help but evade his gaze. She also observes his clothes. She can tell by his face and presence that he must be from a rich background, but he's

not dressed that way at all. It's not as old or ratty as her own, but his clothes, hat, and even the fan he carries look inexpensive. If anyone were to look at him passingly, they would probably think he was from a common family. Because of this, Yoonhee feels more at ease with him. He tidies his clothes and smiles in thanks to Yoonhee. Soondol asks Yoonhee, "I thought it was your first time taking the exam, but you look very used to all this." Soondol is the one to ask the question, but Yoonhee answers for the man to hear. "Ah, since it's my first time, and since I couldn't even bring a mat, I thought I should prepare by asking other experienced people. I don't have a seonjupkun or anything, so I'm very lucky to be able to sit here. It's all thanks to you." It's an excuse, so Yoonhee looks to the man nervously, only to find that the man seems like he doesn't seem suspicious at all. And if she thinks about it, he's believed everything she's said since they met, and therefore even Yoonhee feels that what she has been saying could be the truth. The test starts and Soondol leaves. As soon as the shijae is put up, everyone runs up to the scroll to see closely what they are supposed to write on, but the two stay seated calmly, looking at the shijae from where they're sitting. Yoonhee copies the shijae down onto her own scroll, and starts jotting down what comes to her mind on extra blank pieces of paper she's prepared. Then her eyes go to the man, and she sees that he is already writing on his exam scroll. Even the most intelligent examinees practice on another sheet beforehand, but he starts right away on the final sheet. And even without having practiced, he is writing line by line calmly at a steady pace. There's only one scroll sheet, and it would be disastrous to make a mistake. As she is about to tell him to be careful, she's silenced by what she reads on his scroll. His writing is flawless, almost as if he had written a rough draft. He is definitely not of the norm. Her heart beats, and she becomes even more nervous before. She feels that her writing, compared to his, is hopeless. What if everyone else in here are just as good as he is? And she has to take a second exam, and she becomes worried that she'll have to compete with people as intelligent as him during that, too. Even though she had built her confidence because the people she helped at the bookstore were always buying her help to do their writing, there is no telling that the men in the exam site are of the same kind. The anxiety she felt when she left her home this morning doubles, and she starts shaking. But she can't fall apart now. She has to calm down, for her mother and brother. She concentrates, and starts writing on her extra pieces of paper. She examines them over and over again. Even though she fixes it again and again, she can't help but feel that her writing is no good. She can't believe she even tried at this exam, at this level. She's filled with shame that she even asked for higher paying jobs at the store. She gives up on revising any further and starts writing on her exam scroll. After the man finishes, he looks towards Yoonhee, who is concentrated on her writing. He observes her moving brush. Her brush moves fast, but creates beautifully written characters. He's surprised at her skill. He thinks to himself, he's so young! How many words must he have read and written to acquire such a talent? He doesn't go to turn in his own exam, and waits until she's done. Even though Yoonhee is dissatisfied with her writing, she finishes and sits up to see the man, who is folding his fan. He asks, "Are you finished?" Started, Yoonhee responds, "i-if you've finished, you should go and turn it in! Don't you know it's better to turn it in early?" "I was going to turn it in when you've finished, so we can go together. I thought it would be better to wait, so you don't get nervous that I've already gone. It would be rude to make you worry, and you might have made a mistake." It's true--her anxiety would have further increased if he had gone ahead to turn the exam in. She can't believe what kind of a person he is; how can he be so kind to someone he's just met? She sees that a few people are turning their exams in, so she gets up. "I'm finished as well, so let's go turn it in." "Your ink isn't dry yet. It's fine to read over it one more time and turn it in after." "No, it's okay. It's actually better not to mess with it any further. Let's go turn it in." The man gets up as well, and the two walk side by side to turn in their scrolls. As soon as they get back and tidy up their spot, others flock to take it. The exam site is still filled, from those focused on their scrolls to those who are

almost just having a picnic, eating and drinking. There's also a worker going around carrying out water to drink for the examinees. The man goes to get a bowl of water, and after drinking half of the bowl, gives it to Yoonhee. Yoonhee is taken back, because he's offering her the water he's put his lips on. She thinks to herself, there's nothing weird about it, since both of us are supposed to be men, and I can't ask him to give me a new bowl, and I am thirsty, so it's not like I can refuse it... So she takes the bowl and drinks it. The water is sweet, and she can't tell if it's because she was thirsty, or because his lips touched it. As they leave, Yoonhee thanks the man. "Thanks to you, I was able to get through the exam safely. I don't know what I would have done if I didn't meet you." "We helped each other out, that's all. Are you taking the second exam the day after tomorrow?" "Yes--" "Where?" "I think I was told it was at Yehjo." "I am at Yehjo as well. Then, we will meet again, day after tomorrow." Yoonhee is rejoiced at the news, but to hide her expression, she turns her head towards the other way. The man smiles as he says, "I'm relieved we are at the same site, but it doesn't seem like you are as happy about it as I am." "N-no, that's not it! Why wouldn't I be happy?" The conversation is too awkward for Yoonhee, but thankfully they're interrupted by Soondol, who's ran to greet them. "Doryunnim! How come you've come out already?" "I came out because I've finished. Why are you still here?" "I was waiting for you!" Soondol takes the things from the man's hands. The man turns to Yoonhee and says, "I want to be here with you a little longer, but I don't want to burden you when you're unwell, so I'll say goodbye." Yoonhee doesn't want to say bye yet, but she bows, and says, "then have a safe trip home." He bows too. "I'll see you the day after tomorrow at Yehjo." Yoonhee after bowing one more time, starts walking away. Soondol, as he observes Yoonhee walking away, says to the man, "do you think that sunbinim wrote anything correctly? I'm sure he hasn't read much, since he looks so young, and he seems too weak to even hold up a brush..." The man stares towards Yoonhee and answers quietly. "I can't even explain it. I couldn't believe it with my own eyes." Soondol looks at the man, puzzled. The man smiles. "Soondol, can you explain to me the beauty of that sunbi?" "What? How could I?" "I can't either. And his writing that I saw was just as inexplicably beautiful as his face. Soondol. I didn't decide to take the exam because of those pressuring me, but because I thought I've read and learned a good amount. But now I know. I think I came here so I could make a good friend." "But doryunnim, I know you are kind to everyone, but why do you seem so overly concerned with someone that you've just met?" "I'm overly concerned?" "Yes! It's almost strange how much." "Ah is that so? Was I?"

"Ah!" The man starts running towards where Yoonhee disappeared. Soondol, surprised, follows. The two find Yoonhee, trekking not too far away. He reaches out for her arm and turns her around, and Yoonhee is barely able to stop herself from screaming. "I forgot something."

"What is..." "We didn't even introduce ourselves." Yoonhee had realized this earlier, but she had kept quiet, as to be not found out as a woman. Soondol grins and mutters, "Humph, I thought it was something important. I told you that you're overly concerned..." "My name is Lee Sunjoon." He also tells her his township and that he's twenty years old. SKK Scandal Scene 3 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 3: A Stranger [Sorry guys, this scene took a lot longer than I thought.] [This takes place right when Yoonhee and Sunjoon finish their second exam.] [Right before they took the exam, Soondol gets in a huge fistfight with other Seonjupkuns that wanted the spot Soondol was saving for Sunjoon and Yoonhee, and Sunjoon breaks up the fight, and asks who was there first, and rightfully claims the spot because Soondol was there before the others. The other seonjupkuns and their masters are not too happy with this.] Yoonhee, after turning in her exam, sinks into deep thought. She regrets taking the exam. She isn't confident that she'll even pass it, and she thinks she wasted her time to set herself up for disappointment. If she hadn't been greedy, she could have just worked hard at her normal jobs, and her family wouldn't have starved, and she could have provided some care for Yoonshik. Why did she want more? Did she really think that she could do it? Was she really here for her family? Was there not an inkling of her own ambition involved, or a dream that she could make for herself and not be married off a helpless old lady? At the exam site, Yoonhee is not the only one whose expression is so dark. Both the young and old who've failed to fill out their scrolls look similarly devastated. The old sigh, but there are some young that cry out loud. When Yoonhee hears the cries, she tears up unwillingly. To not be seen by Sunjoon, she lowers her head and bites her lips. She tries to hold back her tears, when Sunjoon sits down next to her, and gently pats her back. The sun is hot, and his hands are so warm that the tears come out anyway. She can't hold back, and starts crying silently the same tears she held back the first time she cut her hair to start dressing as a man. When some old men pass Yoonhee and see her crying, they mutter, "what are all the young ones crying for? There are people like us, who can't even take another exam because of our age..." Yoonhee wipes away her tears, not because of their words, but because she's ashamed to be seen like this in front of Sunjoon. But Sunjoon reaches over to her ear and whispers to her. "Everyone has their own hardships that they each have to deal with. Just because one is young does not mean theirs may be any less heavy than those who've are older, so he or she should be free to spill just as many tears." Yoonhee wants to lean into his shoulder to cry, but her hat is in the way. Instead, she looks at his face, and when she sees his smiling eyes, her tears well up again. She can still feel the warmth from his hands on her shoulder, and the comfort from his scent. She doesn't even worry about whether she could be found out as a woman at this moment. After all, they don't have any business to see each other after today. All there is left for Yoonhee to do in her life now is to get married off to someone who is hopefully less than fifty years old. She can't stop crying, because she can't help think how happy she would be as a wife to someone like Sunjoon. As the two come out of the exam site, Soondol gets up to greet them. "Doryunnim, you're coming out now? What about the pretty Sunbinim--oh!" Soondol stops, seeing on Yoonhee's face traces of tears. Sunjoon covers his mouth with his fan and whispers to Soondol, "did you see the men you fought with earlier?" "No, I didn't see them since I've come out."

"Ah, is that so?" This is strange to Sunjoon, but he doesn't think more of it. The three arrive where the roads diverge, and they stop. Sunjoon doesn't want to send her off, and invites her to his house. "My house isn't far from here. If you have the time, I would like it if you could come." Yoonhee wants to go, but she can't. "Thank you for the invite, but I'm not feeling so well, and there's something I have to see to back at home." Sunjoon is disappointed. For some reason, he's desperate--he doesn't want to leave her unless they've made a promise to meet. "Then, will I be able to see you when they announce the results?" "I don't know. I don't think my name will be there." "That day, I'll wait for you. I hope I will see you there." Yoonhee bows to him and turns around. She starts walking away fast. Sunjoon looks towards her for awhile, then starts walking his own path. S "Doryunnim, the pretty sunbinim seems unwell. I don't think he did so well on his exam." "It's not that he didn't do well--he just doesn't know his own talent. Since he's never studied with his peers, there must have been nobody to compare his own writing to." "Then you mean he did well?" "I'm not the examiner, so I shouldn't be the one to judge." Sunjoon, in a quiet voice, asks Soondol, "are there any men following us?" "There's no one." "That's strange. They didn't seem like they would let go of it so easily." Sunjoon turns around. They've already walked quite a bit. "What if...?" He starts to walk the opposite direction, and Soondol, surprised, asks, "What's wrong? Do you have something to ask the sunbinim?" "I think if the men didn't target us, they might have gone after him!" "What! That weak sunbinim?" "Because he is weak! They wouldn't dare attack me when I have you next to me!" The two rush over to find Yoonhee. But they can't find her after they reach the point where they said goodbye. They start on her path and start asking the merchants, who mostly say that they did not see her. They keep asking everyone they find, and a passing old man mutters to himself, "he was taking the exam for sure but didn't even bring a mat." Sunjoon's eyes go to the old man. The old man keeps going. "That boy was so beautiful that I couldn't help looking." Sunjoon, desperate, asks, "where did he go?" "It might not be the same sunbi you two are looking for. He wasn't alone. There were about four seonjupkuns following him." Four seonjupkuns! He was right. It must be them! "W-Where did they go? Do you know where?" "I don't know. If I could tell where people were going just by looking, I should open business as a psychic." Sunjoon grips his fan uneasily.

Around about the same time, Yoonhee starts sensing that there are men following. They are the seonjupkuns she saw back at the exam site. She realizes she's been walking all this way with her mind wandering off, not even noticing she's being followed. Soon it will be dark, and there's no one who can help. She starts to run, but a hand reaches over to grab her.

"Hey! What do you want us to do, suddenly running off like that?" "Let me go!" Yoonhee sees a few passerbys, but they pretend that they don't see her, and go on their way. One seonjupkun looks at Yoonhee's face. "Why are you after me?" "Our masters weren't happy to have their spot taken away, so they ordered us to take care of you. If we mess you up enough, I'm sure that other man you were with won't feel too good either." "It won't matter to him how much you hurt me! We don't even know each other!" Yoonhee pales, and starts to shake in fear. What if they really do attack her? And if they find out she's a woman, there's no telling what they'll do. "There's no way he won't know. The word will get around, probably by tomorrow. Hmm, maybe he will just be happy that he wasn't the one to get hurt." "Don't insult him! Your likes wouldn't amount to his worth even if you became a monk for a hundred years!" As soon as Yoonhee says that, one of the seonjupkun's hand hits her face. With one hit, blood comes out of her mouth, and she becomes dizzy. "I hate hearing about people's worth from noblemen bastards. Stop shooting off your mouth--we'll break your right arm so you can't earn your money with that hand of yours. So quiet down--or maybe, we should cut off your tongue as well." Even though she is dizzy, she's heard that they'll break her arm. If she loses her arm, that's really it for her family. Her mother and brother will starve to death. Yoonhee grabs one man's arms and bites it with all her strength. She gets thrown off into the ground, and she feels the pain spill all throughout her body. She wants to get up, but she can't find the strength. But the seonjupkuns have stopped attacking her. Their eyes are on another man. She sees him as well--he is tall and built. But something is strange about him. He is definitely a nobleman, but his hat and clothes all look torn up, as though cut by a knife, and he is bloodied. And he doesn't leave, like the others. He stands there and looks at the men. One of the men speaks. "Don't get caught up in other people business and go on your way." The man walks towards them, and says, "I will." But when he goes to pass the seonjupkuns, he runs his own should into one of theirs, and smiles. "What a bastard. How can you run into a nobleman who was just quietly passing?" Right as he finishes, he runs his elbow into the face of the one whose shoulder he hit, knocking him over, and punches a second one. He puts his barefoot on the neck of one of the now collapsed seonjupkuns and smiles as he says, "Sorry, but I'm going to have to beat you all up. I fought at the ring today, and the one that I faced looks like the lot of you. And after he lost, he cam after me with his own gang and tried to cut me up. I beat him until he couldn't get up, but I'm still not too satisfied." As soon as the stranger raises his fist again, one of the seonjupkuns yells for him to stop. The men can tell that he is no ordinary stranger, and they try to reason with him. "Just go on your way. There's no reason for you to fight us because of some sunbi you don't even know. We are just carrying out orders from those above us." "Those above you?" The stranger walks over to Yoonhee, and raises her chin with his hands, moving her face about to look at it. "Do the ones above you perchance like men? That's probably it. They probably wanted this pretty sunbi to have their way with him, but he refused, right? Fine! Then now I have my own business with this kid. So now I can beat you all, is that right?" "W-what business?" "I want to take this sunbi after I save him and have my way with him! No better prize, right?"

The stranger doesn't seem afraid of knives, or death. Yoonhee gets up as the stranger starts fighting the men again. Even though the stranger said that he'll do away with her after he's done with the seonjupkuns, she can't just run away when he's fighting to help her. So she picks up rocks from the ground and starts throwing it at the seonjupkuns. One of the seonjupkuns waves his knife and cuts the stranger's arm. Blood is spilt, but to the men's horror, the stranger just grins and says, "You ripped my perfectly fine clothes. You guys will have to take responsibility for that, too." "Y-you're crazy! Your clothes were already ripped." "Crazy? You'll have to pay for insulting a nobleman as well." The stranger doesn't stop fighting, despite the fact that he is spilling blood everywhere. The seonjupkuns fall with each punch, but soon enough the stranger's strength falters. It seems as though he's already used up his strength before he showed up. Yoonhee stops throwing rocks, because the seonjupkuns suddenly stop and back away. She sees the light shining from behind her, along with two shadows. It's Sunjoon and Soondol. Sunjoon reaches his one hand to Yoonhee's hand, and with his other hand dusts the rocks off from her palm. Soondol runs to the four men and starts fighting. The seonjupkuns are already tired from their fight with the stranger, and therefore start flying off with each of Soondol's punches. Even in this situation, Sunjoon is calm. She can't see his face, because even though his hand is holding hers, she is scared. After awhile the men run away, but one of them head towards Yoonhee with a dagger in his hand. At that moment, Yoonhee's eyes are covered with the green of Sunjoon's sleeve. She can't see what just happened. Sunjoon, with one arm covering Yoonhee's eyes, opens his fan to receive the dagger, then closes and twists it away from the man's hand, and he kicks with his long legs the man's stomach. When Sunjoon pulls his arm from Yoonhee's face, all Yoonhee sees is the seonjupkun spitting blood on the ground, gripping his stomach, and that his dagger is stuck between Sunjoon's fan. She can't believe her eyes, especially since the arm covering her face did not move at all. The seonjupkun on the ground starts to run away, and Soondol is about to go after him when Sunjoon stops him. "Let him be!" His voice is cold, and angry. It seems Soondol is afraid of Sunjoon as well, because he stops and approaches them. Sunjoon raises Yoonhee's face with his hand. Her face is swollen with red spots, and he can see blood on her mouth. He wipes away her blood and touches her face. His hand makes her face hot, even more than her wounds. "What is this, you already have someone to do it with? Dammit! I wasted my time." Yoonhee turns her head towards the stranger's voice. He is sitting, leaning on a wall. She runs to him and asks, "Are you alright?" He doesn't answer. Surprised at the amount of blood, Yoonhee reaches into her sleeve and takes out her handkerchief that she had made for Yoonshik as a present. "I thought you just looked like a girl, but you even carry around a handkerchief." Ignoring him, Yoonhee wipes his blood. The stranger gets up without words and looks at Sunjoon, who comes to bow to him in thanks. The stranger spits towards Sunjoon, "your looks, face, everything... it pisses me off." Sunjoon's expression doesn't change, and says politely, "you're hurt pretty badly. You should get treated soon, or else-" "I'll take care of it myself!" The stranger starts limping away, but Sunjoon follows him. "We owe you. Let us pay you back." The stranger stops. He doesn't turn his back as he says, "From now on, don't talk to me. And don't show your face again. That's your debt to pay." "Did I do something to upset you?" "Debt!"

After insisting that not speaking to him is how they can repay him, the stranger leaves and disappears. Yoonhee stares as he walks away. Even though he looks small next to Soondol, he is a tall man, with wide shoulders and thin waist--he was perfect. "Lee Sunjoon..." SKK Scandal Scene 4 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 4 - Yoonshik's Sister Yoonhee, after what happened with the seonjupkuns, stays home for the entire week after--she wants to shake off what happened to start working again, but her days are shadowed by nightmares of what happened that night. Her mother has been doing sewing work so they could get by with porridge on their table, and thankfully Yoonshik's illness has not worsened. But Yoonhee is pained that her mother is carrying all of the burden because of her fears. Her mother comes in and sits in front of Yoonhee. "I heard on the way here that the names of those who passed have been posted up." Yoonhee hangs her head--she's sure that the name Kim Yoonshik will not be on there, anyway. Her mother looks at Yoonhee's face, which has only now healed, and tells her not to go, that it's dangerous. "I'm okay. I'll be alright soon, and I'll start going to the bookstore again--" "Stop it! What if they're waiting for you there? Don't even go near that place again. I'd rather go around begging." Yoonhee doesn't say anything and touches the sewing work her mother has been doing. She's sorry that she can't help; even though she is skilled in calligraphy, she is poor at sewing, a woman's work. If she tried to help her mother, she would just get in the way. She touches the cloths and thinks about Sunjoon. Even though the name Kim Yoonshik wouldn't be on the list of names, she's sure that Sunjoon's will be. And therefore he would be there. She thinks about what he said. "That day, I'll wait for you. I hope I will see you there." His voice still rings in her ears. Now that she knows it is likely she'll never see him again, it seems that the voice rings clearer than ever. That night, Sunjoon and Soondol had insisted till the end that they'd accompany her back to her home, but she had refused, and so none of them know where each of them lives. His voice rings again in her ears. Will he really be waiting? He could be. No, he will be. Yoonhee suddenly grabs the tattered q sugaechima (its the cloth the women cover their heads with, you saw Yoonhee hiding with it from Sunjoon in episode 1) next to her mother, and her mother is startled. "Where do you think you're going?" "I'll just check the names real quick and come back." Yoonhee slips out of the room before her mom can grab her. "Yoonhee, you can't!" "They'll be looking for a man. So if I'm covering my face with this (the sugaechima), they won't know." She covers her face and starts walking. Her mind is in a hurry--what if he left after checking his name? She starts running. She's completely erased the fear of that night and filled her head with Sunjoon. Yoonhee sees the crowd in front of Yehjo and checks for Sunjoon's face. She can't find him. But she sees his name the first in the list posted up. And then she sees a familiar name. In the middle, she sees the name "Kim Yoonshik". She can't believe her eyes. Maybe it's someone with the same name? She has to go in and check. But as soon as she is about to set foot in Yehjo, she stops. She forgot that she was in women's clothing. Kim Yoonshik may be able to go in, but she can't. She contemplates on going back to change, but that would take too much time. While she is thinking about what to do, she hears the name Lee Sunjoon. The crowd is talking about Sunjoon--it's no surprise that the son of the left court minister Lee Sunjoon would be up first on the list; how much does one have to study to get such an honor? Yoonhee feels her heart sink with the shock of the news. The left court minister? Lee Sunjoon? The left minister is the center of the noron faction and power. Before Yoonhee can sort through all of this, she sees Sunjoon come out the door. Startled, she turns and covers her head. Sunjoon sees her turn around, and looks at her for a moment but passes

by, not recognizing her. Sunjoon doesn't leave, but looks around the wall the names are posted, as though he is looking for someone. He's looking for a man--Yoonshik. Yoonhee zones out all the noise. She turns around. Nothing else comes into her eyes, only the sight of Sunjoon far away. He's looking at Yoonshik's name on the list, happily. He's glad that he'll have a friend to share the learning experience, and glad at the idea that the two will surely help each other improve and grow. Sunjoon suddenly turns his head and gazes at Yoonhee. First, he thinks it's strange that there's a woman here, but then he feels that she's been looking at him, so he approaches her. A startled Yoonhee tries to leave, but he catches up. "Excuse me. I want to ask you something." Yoonhee tries to walk faster, but he follows. "Just please answer me this. Do you know Kim Yoonshik?" She stops, and Sunjoon does, too. Yoonhee doesn't answer. She looks down at her tattered clothing and hides her face deeply into the sugaechima, but she can't hide her old skirt or the state of the sugaechima. She's ashamed to stand in front of him this way. "I know that it's not proper for a strange man to just start talking to you like this, but please, at least give me an answer." Yoonhee, worried that he might recognize her voice, just nods her head. Sunjoon brightens. "You really know Kim Yoonshik?" As soon as she nods again, he asks, "is he okay?" What does he want to hear? What does he mean by is he okay? "Ah! I meant his health. He wasn't well to begin with, and he was hurt that night, so I suspected that he might not be able to come here himself today..." Yoonhee nods. Sunjoon realizes that she's not comfortable answering, so he decides to ask so that she only has to nod or shake her head. "Is he very ill?" Yoonhee nods. "Are you his family?" Yoonhee nods again. Sunjoon straightens up and properly bows to her. "Nice to meet you. My name is Lee Sunjoon. Kim Yoonshik helped me out a lot during these past exams." She doesn't nod or shake her head--she thinks to herself that she was the one receiving all the help. "Are you his sister?" She nods. "I see--he had a sister. We don't know each other very well yet, so I'm sorry to have greeted you this way. If you are his sister, you are a sister to me as well. I want to formally greet you again." He bows again. "Please let me visit him." Yoonhee shakes her head violently. She is out in this garb--what would happen if he were to go home with her? He is taken back at first, but decides to comply. "Ah right! I made sure that the name on the list was Kim Yoonshik's. His father's name is Kim Lee Young, right?" Kim Lee Young! Her father! That means she made it through both exams. She can't believe her ears. She suppresses

the hurrah she would have otherwise outwardly expressed and starts walking away, but is followed by Sunjoon. She stops and shakes her head to tell him that he should go home. He tells her that he'll accompany her home, but Yoonhee shakes her head. Sunjoon stops, and realizes that he must have made a mistake. "I apologize." He thinks that he stepped over the line, offering to accompany a woman alone. "I hope you don't take this the wrong way." She gestures that it's okay by nodding. "Please, let Kim Yoonshik know this. Those seonjupkuns and their masters were all taken away and jailed, so he doesn't have to worry." Yoonhee nods, and quickens her pace back home, to let her family know the good news. SKK Scandal Scene 5 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 5: The Bangbangryeh (Where the passing examinees are announced)

[Between scenes 4 and 5: Autumn turns winter, and Yoonhee has just turned twenty. Yoonhee takes the jinsa and the saengwon tests, but is disappointed to find that Sunjoon is not there for either (because he was most likely assigned to a different test site). When she comes to check for her name she finds that Sunjoon's name is first for both the jinsa and saengwon, while she is second for the jinsa and sixth for the saengwon. She sees Sunjoon, but before they can say anything to one another, soldiers come and ask them to line up (in order of the ranking on their tests) and are led towards the king's palace, to the puzzlement of all the examinees. ] Yoonhee, like the others, is worried about what's going on, but Sunjoon as always seems calm. "I was worried that something bad might have happened, since you're fighting an illness." She is startled but glad he spoke. He sees her wide-eyed expression, and says, "I was curious as to how you were." "I was curious too; I thought maybe you had gotten married or some--" Yoonhee, shocked at what just came out of her mouth, stops. She's supposed to be a man; she shouldn't let her thoughts slip out like this. But Sunjoon smiles widely. "I haven't even done anything with my life; I am not yet ready for marriage. How about you...?" "Same here...." Sunjoon looks at Yoonhee. Both of them are walking, but she's lowered her head. Sunjoon thinks to himself about how he wanted to see this... boy. The boy is weak and thin, but Sunjoon doesn't understand why he missed him as a man would, towards a woman. It's bizarre to him. That's why even though he recognized him right away, he fought with himself not to run and greet him, because it was bizarre, the way he felt. Sunjoon reasons with himself that he must just feel really apologetic for that night, since the seonjupkuns targeted Yoonshik because of him. "I'm glad you look better." Yoonhee's heart beats at his smile. She wishes she could stand in front of him as a woman. She wants to tell him, that the man "Yoonshik" who is walking by him right now is "Yoonhee", a woman, even if it means that he would leave, angry that she's committed such a crime. She should tell him, since they won't meet again, anyway, and she won't be able to stand in front of him as a woman, anyway. She should just tell him before they say their goodbyes today. She works up her courage and looks at him. "Um...well..." He stops walking and looks at her. "After this, do you have any other appointments?" Sunjoon, ignoring all the things he has to do later that day, answers no right away. "I.... I have something that I really need to tell you. So..."

"I understand. I will wait for you after this. I have something that I would like to discuss with you as well." Somebody yells at the two to keep walking, and they do, until all the examinees stop, seeing that they are right in front of the king's palace. The examinees clamor, asking why they are being directed here, to which the soldiers answer that they don't know, they're just doing what they're ordered to do. Yoonhee hears the others talk. "Is the king himself handing back our scrolls? There was a rumor about this during the first exam... is that why they didn't hand them back yet?" Everyone tightens with anxiety and nervousness. The only one who isn't shaken is Sunjoon, and with every door the they pass, the examinees become more and more aware that they are within the king's palace, and many of them aren't even able to breathe properly. Yoonhee is in a daze, looking around at where she is. Suddenly Sunjoon pulls her to him, and she crashes into his arms. "The middle is uhdo, so you can't set your foot there."

Yoonhee looks down at her feet. The wide pathway they've been walking on is tiled, but in the middle was a narrower way lined with stone tablets. She almost accidentally walked on the path on which only the king himself could set foot. As they near their destination, horror surrounds Yoonhee--in this place, she feels more like a criminal than ever, and the soldiers' stern gazes seem like they are asking why there is a woman amidst all these men. Everyone lines up properly and stops. Yoonhee is out of it, her head in complete chaos. She, as a woman, shouldn't even dare look at the King, or be in his presence, but here she was, with basically nothing that could buffer her from the King's eyes. She can only be thankful that the distance between the courtyard to the King's chair is so large. She tries to remember the right manners in which one receives the king, with the right number of bowing and whatnot, when she hears the dreadful roar, signaling the king's entry. SKK Scandal Scene 6 (The long one is here!) Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 6: First Day at Sungkyunkwan [Between the last scene and this one--we all know what happens. The king commands that the top examinees who passed both the Jinsa and the Saengwon tests go to SKK, and he's especially invested in Sunjoon and Yoonshik. So Yoonhee is forced to be admitted to Sungkyunkwan.] Yoonhee stands staring at the doors of the school she must start going to today. She's passed by there, before, but now she must stay there, as a man, day and night. Fear surrounds her, and so she looks up at the sky, as though she is saying a prayer. 'Father, please help me, so I can get through this without being found out.' She can't work up the courage to pass through the doors just yet. As she is staring, she hears a familiar voice. "Oh, pretty sunbinim! Have you been well?" She sees Soondol coming from the side. Even though she doesn't see Sunjoon, seeing Soondol reminds her that Sunjoon is around, and she gladly greets him. "Soondol, it's been a long time." "You are still just as pretty as ever. Ah, I shot off my mouth again..." "It's okay. I can take it as a compliment." Soondol takes her books and bags and starts walking, but along the walls, and not through the door she's been staring at. She just follows him, observing that he can carry what was so heavy to her as if it's light as a feather. "Lee Jinsa... (if someone passes the jinsa test, you can call them a jinsa)" "Lee Jinsa...? Oh, you mean our doryunnim! He's already here. I followed him to help him with his things, but he was chastising me for sticking around for too long. But it was good I stayed long; otherwise I would have missed you."

Soondol suddenly stops walking. She asks him what's wrong, when he crouches down, with tears welling up in his eyes. "I want to stay by our doryunnim's side, but he won't have it. He says that there are servants that work for the dormitories, and that he can't have a personal one on the side.... what do I do now?" "What do you mean? You can just go back to his home!" "But our doryunnim won't be there! What will I have to go home to?" Soondol looks to Yoonhee with a desperate expression. "Can't you convince him to keep me by his side? I can't say anything more to him. He's the scariest person in the world! Even his father is afraid of him." Yoonhee grins and crouches down next to him. "I don't know if I should say this, since I've only seen him a few times, but he scares me too. If he says no, it isn't meant to be." Soondol hangs his head in despair. Does he want to be with Sunjoon that badly? Even though Soondol is big, Yoonhee feels like she's comforting a small child. She says teasingly, "why do you want to be by someone who is so scary as you said?" "He's the scariest person in the world, but he's also the kindest." Yoonhee can feel what kind of a person Sunjoon must be, with a manservant like this. Soondol swallows up his sadness and gets up. "In any case, sunbinim is pretty amazing as well." "Me?" "You passed! I actually was a little suspicious." "Suspicious of what?" "I thought you might have been a woman." Yoonhee's heart drops. But she tries to play it off. "I hear that so often, it doesn't even surprise me anymore." "I..I didn't mean to offend you! Now that I see you've passed, you are definitely a man among men! How would any woman know how to read and write so much? It's definitely impossible to take such a test, if you are not a man." "Ha Ha Ha... you're definitely right. It's ridiculous to think that a woman could do that!" Yoonhee is thankful that she can deceive people easily this way. Since men won't suspect that a woman would know how to read and write to that extent, she could get through this without being found out, hopefully. Yoonhee follows Soondol, passing many doors until Soondol walks through a large pair of doors that are already open. They didn't go through the main doors, which would have made them pass the Daesungjun and the Myunryundang-they were going through the back doors to go directly to the east dormitory. They arrive at a long building lined with rooms, with a wide porch. For each room was one Seomdol (the rock they put their shoes on). This was Dongjae (the east dormitory). "Doryunnim!" Soondol starts running towards one room with the door open, and Sunjoon pops his head out, saying, "I told you to go back; why are you still--" He sees Yoonhee behind Soondol and smiles widely. Yoonhee sees that Sunjoon is wearing a blue green dopo (the outer long vest) and a yoogun (the hats you see the students wear within the school). She bows to greet him. "Long time no see. How have you been?" Sunjoon comes out of the room and puts on his shoes. He comes down and bows as well. "I'm glad you're here. I was waiting for you. But how come you came from this direction?" Soondol is startled at Sunjoon's words. "Oh! I was thoughtless! I forgot that sunbinim is allowed to enter through the main doors."

Yoonhee tells Soondol that it's okay. "Thanks to you, I came through the closer door. I think I'll go through there from now on." Soondol puts her things on the porch. Sunjoon and Yoonhee sit, and Yoonhee observes the building. "I don't really know how all of this works, or what room I should go into." "Usually the students room with the people they know. Do you know anyone else here?" "What? R-room together? We don't get our own rooms?" Yoonhee's heart drops again. She was thinking all this time that she would be alone in one room. Sunjoon, unaware of Yoonhee's worries, explains that the west and east dormitories combined have thirty-two rooms, and only twentynine of them are for students. "But the total number of students is about.. a hundred and fifty? So it's only natural that the students will be sharing rooms. It might not be comfortable, but..." Yoonhee calculates in her head--if there are 150 students, with about 30 rooms, it means that there will be five students in each room! She looks inside the room, which seems like it would be small for even just three. Is she going to have to sleep crammed in with men? Yoonhee thinks to herself that she should just run away, and is about to grab her things when Sunjoon speaks. "There will be about two to three people in a room." Yoonhee comes to her senses. Two and three people, that's a lot better than five. "Then what about those who can't stay in the dormitories?" "Some stay in Banchon, and some live close to to here, and they'll walk back and forth. We are lucky that the king let us into the dormitories." Lucky? Yoonhee doesn't want to imagine her mother's reaction if she knew. Yoonhee looks into the room one more time and says worriedly, "I don't know anyone here, so what should I do?" "You know me." Yoonhee looks at Sunjoon, both assured and nervous. Sharing a room with him is both fortunate and unfortunate-even though she trusts him, the danger is that she doesn't trust herself to use one room with him. "T-then... I should share a room with you... Is there anyone other than us?" "I haven't seen him, but I think there is. There were things in the room already before I cam in. I asked a passing soobok (people who work at the school), and all the other rooms were already taken by two or more people. Only this room was occupied by one." "Did you ask what kind of a person he is?" "I didn't. Does it worry you?" "Since it's a complete stranger, it does worry me a little... What about the west dormitory?" "The dormitory over there is mostly occupied by norons. Over here is mostly everyone else... Soron, nam-in... You seem like you are a nam-in..." "H-how did you know!" "I just had a feeling." An awkward silence befalls the two, and Yoonhee breaks it by asking, "but if the west dormitory is for the norons, how come you are here?" Sunjoon smiles. "Originally the west dorm is for Jinsas and the east for Saengwons. They just became divided among norons and sorons, which I don't feel is right. I am both a jinsa and a saengwon, so it's fine for me to stay at either side." She doesn't understand. Even so, he's a noron, and it would just be comfortable for him to stay at a dormitory with his peers, so why would he stay at the east dorm? Strange. In any case, it's lucky for her that she can share a room with him, and not someone else. Yoonhee goes to unload her luggage, and Sunjoon helps. She opens up her pile of books, and Sunjoon looks at the title of the book on top. "Wait, what is this?"

Sunjoon looks around, making sure there is no one, and even though only Soondol is around, he puts his mouth to her ear and whispers to her. Even though it's just a whisper, Yoonhee's ears heat up and her heart starts beating fast. "It's against the law to read books on laozi, or to have it in possession. And it's also against school policy." "What? I didn't know. I was just reading it because I was bored..." Sunjoon is surprised. Even though it's banned, he knows it as a really difficult book. And to read it for fun? "What should I do? Should I hide it?" Yoonhee is flustered and looks through her books, and ties them up after putting the banned books face down. Sunjoon, after explaining to her which ones are not allowed, tells her to be careful. "You can't take it home as of now, so I'll just tell Soondol to put it away at my house for the time being." "Thank you so much. Soondol, thank you." Soondol smiles as he receives the books. "But I don't see your blanket and mat? You didn't bring those?" Yoonhee, surprised, looks at Sunjoon. Sunjoon, as though he understood that she was asking if she needed to bring them, says, "I brought mine, but I heard that you can get them from here, too." Someone passes who seems like they work here--he approaches them and asks if they are new students. When Sunjoon and Yoonhee both confirm, he takes out a piece of paper and checks off their name. "Where did you decide for your room?" Sunjoon answers, "I heard that only one person is staying here, so both of us have decided on here bang." Joong-ee-

The person shuffles through more papers to look for the person already staying in the room, and his eyes widen. "Is something wrong? Is it not just one person?" "No, it's just one person, but.... Let me just check if there is any space in other rooms...." After looking through the papers again, he looks to them, as though he's given up, and tells them, "it's no use, since all the other rooms are taken. Well, it.. it will be okay. It's not like he comes in very often." Before Sunjoon and Yoonhee can note the strangeness of his tone, he changes his subject. "Your desks and other things will be delivered soon by the sooboks or the jaejiks. And we will also come later to fit you for your uniforms. Is there anything else you might need?" Sunjoon speaks up for Yoonhee to say, "He didn't bring his blankets, so what should he do?" "Ah, is that so? There are a few in the warehouses, but there aren't any people who don't bring their own, so they are most likely in disrepair. And they are old and ratty, so I don't know if you can use them even if we fix them up. If you can, I recommend you bring one from home." If she were to go home, the blankets at home would be just as old and ratty, and she couldn't take them away from her family anyway. "I'll take them anyway." "It'll take a few days to fix them..." "Still... I don't have one to bring from home." The worker looks down at Yoonhee's attire and nods, but Sunjoon interrupts. "It's okay. I'll take care of his blankets." "All right. But if you need anything else, you can just tell those jaejiks over there." He points at the crowd of little children, who are uniformed but joking around amongst themselves. Even their clothes looks newer than Yoonhee's. As the worker leaves, Sunjoon tells Soondol to bring a blanket, a mat, and a pillow from his house. "I don't know if it'll be ready right away." "If you tell mother, she'll take care of it. Try to bring it back by tomorrow." Yoonhee speaks up. "It's okay, you don't have to worry about it." "No, you're already unwell, and using those old ones from the warehouse won't be good for your health." Yoonhee hangs her head, not knowing how to take in his excessive good will. She heard that there was no man in the

world who could be both great and kind, but Sunjoon must be the exception. After organizing their things, Soondol leaves with the load of books. Sunjoon and Yoonhee both sit in their room awkwardly. Yoonhee's especially nervous, so she fiddles with her fingers and looks towards the outside, to the trees and the other buildings. "What building is that?" "I think it's the cafeteria, where the students from the dormitories eat." "Ah, I see...." "You should take that off." "W-what? Take what off?" After seeing Yoonhee's startled reaction, Sunjoon is also surprised, and points towards her hair. "Your damned hats of no kisses). The students don't wear them on campus..." "Ah... right. Yes..I should take it off." gat (the

Right, the gat. She would have to take it off, and she'll have to change, too. She knows, but she's embarrassed to do so in front of Sunjoon. It's not like she'll have to take everything off, she just has to change the outer vest, but she can't help but redden her face in this situation. She slowly undoes the ribbons of her gat when Sunjoon speaks. "I don't mean to say that men shouldn't be, but you seem very shy." Her heart beats even faster as she sees him smile softly. So that she's not found out, she undoes her hat faster and puts it down on the floor. She looks through the clothes she brought to find her own yoogun. She starts putting it on, but her yoogun was made by her own mother with cheap cloth, and it won't take shape as it should. But Yoonhee is embarrassed to show her sangtoo, so she puts in on faster, and tries to tie the strings underneath her chin. Suddenly his hand is near her face. Before she can even be surprised, his long fingers undo the strings she tied. His fingers touch her chin lightly, and her body reacts with each touch. After Sunjoon fixes the knot she made hurriedly, he ties the strings properly. "It's only natural that you would be shy, since you did not spend your time with a lot of other people. I'm sure it'll get better after you get adjusted here." Yoonhee nods, still holding her breath. She avoids the situation by going to hang her clothes up. One closet belongs to the original owner of the room--his clothes are all over the place, but the one next to it is Sunjoon's, and his are neatly organized and hung up. She hangs up her clothes in the closet next to his. She sees her clothes next to his and feels a strange feeling inside her. She is too busy looking at Sunjoon's clothes to see that the original owner's clothes look like they've been cut up. Yoonhee sees a piece of cloth, most likely a handkerchief, fallen near the original owner's clothes. As she grabs it, Sunjoon speaks. "Didn't you say that you had something to tell me after the bangbangryeh that time? You left in a hurry, so I couldn't ask you." She was planning on telling him that she was a woman. She was so out of it after her meeting with the king that she forgot and ran home. Yoonhee is shocked so she just stuffs what she just grabbed into a pile of clothes, and turns to him, and says, "A-ah, right. I didn't have anything special to say... I just wanted to congratulate you. Ah! Didn't you have something you had to tell me as well?" Yoonhee's hands become slightly smeared with blood from the blood on the handkerchief, but Yoonhee's eyes are on Sunjoon, and she doesn't notice. She sits down and waits for his answer. "Ah, it's already a done deal." "What is?" "I was actually planning on asking you if you would be interested in attending Sungkyunkwan with me, but since we are here already..." "I see. Ah, how come you speak so formally to me? Think of me as a younger brother and speak comfortably." "Ah, should I, now that we are sharing a room? I'll try. But I shouldn't just call you by your name, so you should think of something that I can call you. Yoonhee thinks about a nickname. It's as hard as picking a name. But since now she's a student, she needs to think up

something for others to call her. A student passes by and pokes his head into the room, to greet the two. "You are new here, right? Nice to meet you." The two greet back, and Sunjoon asks, "Are you perhaps the person staying in this room?" "No, I'm not. I'm over there in the hajongbang." The student's eyes suddenly widen, as though he's just saw something. "Thi-This room is!" "What? Is something wrong?" "N-no. Nothing's wrong. It's nothing. Nothing...." After looking around the room one more time, the student hurries away. Yoonhee notes his reaction, which reminds her of the worker's reaction after he checked the room. Sunjoon notices as well--it's almost as though the two shouldn't be in this room. They look at each other, puzzled. SKK Scandal Scene 7 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 7 : First Day at Sungkyunkwan, Continued [This scene I decided to include before my originally planned scene 7, which was the first night for Yoonhee in the Joong-ee-bang. I was re-reading over and I remembered how cute this was, so I needed to share it with everyone, obviously lol.] After the strange encounter with the student (who ran away, knowing whose room Sunjoon and Yoonhee were staying at), Sunjoon goes to sit on the porch and calls out to one of the Jaejik children. One of them run over, but even before he can listen to what Sunjoon has to say, he runs away back to the group of jaejiks. "I saw him! I saw his face! He's really good looking. Even better looking closer up. I've never seen anyone who looks like that. I thought my heart was going to stop." "Really? Really?" It seems as though the jaejiks are gathered talking about Sunjoon's looks. Sunjoon smiles, a little embarrassed. Yoonhee comes out to the porch as well and smiles, understanding the jaejiks' reactions. "It's understandable that they would get surprised at how good looking you are. Even I was surprised at first." Sunjoon feels that she is teasing him. Another jaejik runs to look at Sunjoon's face and falls down as he runs away. The jaejik gets up and goes back to his group to talk about Sunjoon's face again, and Yoonhee has a hard time trying to suppress her laughter. But the next jaejik that runs over surprises her by staring at her face. The jaejik's face reddens and then runs back. He gulps as he reports to the other jaejiks, "..S-so pretty! He's prettier than my neighbor Soon-im's sister. So much more prettier." He holds up his fist. "His face is as small as my fist!" This time, Sunjoon teases Yoonhee. "It's true that you are pretty. It's understandable that they would compare you to a woman." Sunjoon puts on his shoes and stands up on the Seom-dol. He calls out to the jaejiks, and all of them come stand in front of Sunjoon and Yoonhee. Sunjoon crouches down to their height and asks, "Do you know who lives here in Joong-ee-bang?" "The crazy horse" The jaejik who spoke bites his lip, realizing what he said. "What did you say?" Sunjoon asks kindly, but the jaejik has bit his lips shut, shaking his head. Calling a nobleman a crazy horse is an insult, and the jaejik is tearing in fear of the consequences. Sunjoon, sympathetic, lets the jaejiks go. But one brave one approaches Sunjoon, and tells him what he knows. "I think he is a good person." "Huh? who?" "The person who lives in this room. All the other scholars call him 'the crazy horse', but I think he is kinder than

anyone else here. But...I've never seen him from up close, because I was scared." "Is that so? If you say so, I'm sure he must be a good person." Sunjoon smiles at the jaejik, but Yoonhee can't smile. Crazy horse? She is afraid of sharing a room with someone who is likened to this nickname. Some scholars start coming towards the dormitory, and one of them approach Sunjoon and Yoonhee. "Ah, are you the two new students the entire school has been talking about?" The two look towards the scholar who spoke. Walking towards them is a man dressed in visibly expensive clothes from head to toe. His yoogun is more see-through (the most see-through cloth for the yoogun was the most expensive) than anyone else's, and the two beads on each side of the yoogun is made of turtle shell (which was rare). He is clothed in the finest silk, and his shoes are made of leather and silk sewn together with gold-colored thread. In his hand is a fan just as gaudy--he is dressed so ostentatiously that Yoonhee can't help think that he doesn't look suited to stay in a small room in such an old and humble building like Dongjae. Sunjoon and Yoonhee bow to the scholar. Sunjoon asks, "are you the one staying in this room?" "Didn't that jaejik say 'the crazy horse'? Do I look like a crazy horse to you?" Sunjoon and Yoonhee look up, a little startled, but the man just laughs loudly. "Hahaha, I'm joking. I'm staying in the room next to you, in the Joong-il-bang. I'm a saengwon, and others call me Yeorim. Real name's Gu Yongha. I'm twenty-three, so I'll speak informally. The two of you needn't introduce yourselves. I've heard everything about you already." Heard what? It's true, people must have heard about Sunjoon, but her? Yoonhee is worried that people have been talking about her--her plan is to stay practically non-existent in other people's eyes, and she is not to happy to hear what Yongha is saying. Yoonhee greets Yongha. "Nice to meet you." Yongha stares down Yoonhee. "You're the Nok-bin-hong-an (it means beautiful face) that everyone's been talking about? I usually am not one to believe rumors, but you are indeed as everyone says you are." Yoonhee feels uncomfortable under Yongha's gaze, but thankfully Yongha turns to Sunjoon. "But why have you decided to stay here, in dongjae, when your father is the noron of all norons? You don't think tension between political factions exists here? You should go to Seojae before something bad happens." Sunjoon smiles and changes the subject. "But where is the person who stays in this room?" "How would I know? I haven't seen Gul-oh for a few days now." "Gul-oh?" "Yeah, crazy horse. That's what everyone calls him. If you guys really want to stay in this room, try to stay on his good side. Nobody's ever been able to stay with him longer than.. two months. Then, I'll be off..." Yongha heads off, towards the group of jaejiks, but as he is walking away, he turns his head and looks at Yoonhee one more time. Yoonhee doesn't notice, too worried about her supposedly unruly roommate. The name Gul-oh not only means 'untamed', but it's usually used to call someone whose personality is rash and out-of-control. Sunjoon speaks to her softly and chases away her fears. "There's nothing more we can do here for now, so let's go find you a nickname." "Where?" "There's a lot of books there, so I'm sure you will like it." "Ah, yes, let's go. Why are you still speaking to me formally?" "Ah, right. Alright. I'll try not to." The two smile as they head out. Yongha looks towards the two and mutters to himself. "A woman's blood smells inherently different than a man's. After looking at her from the front and back, she's a woman, no doubt about it. All the students here are oblivious since they grew up with their heads buried in books, so she might be able to deceive them, but she won't be able to deceive me. This... should be fun." Yongha starts walking and enters Hyangkwanchung, where many students are gathered. "Hey, Yeorim! What are you doing here? We suspected that you would be out, buried in the arms of gisaengs." "What do you take me for? There's classes still!"

"Oh, were classes more important to you than women?" Yongha laughs and sits down. "Hahaha. The bet you were talking about before, I want to partake in it as well." "You said it was boring--why the change of heart?" "Yep. I bet that Kim Yoonshik will be out of here in four days, and that Lee Sunjoon will move his room in five." "Harsh. Well, it's understandable--Gul-oh won't tolerate in his room the son of a noron, when he considers the norons his brother's murderers. And it's no secret that the daesahun (Jaeshin's father) and the minister are basically sworn enemies..." Everyone chuckles as they jot down Yongha's bet. "I heard that you were planning on something fun." "Well, we're discussing the shin-bang-rye (initiation), but there's no real new ideas as of now. Especially since it's a little iffy to make them do anything real nasty, since Lee Sunjoon is in the bunch..." "That's not right--will we ever get a chance to play with a new student like Lee Sunjoon? We shouldn't waste this opportunity. You aren't planning something as weak as drinking mud water or crawling between people's legs, right?" The students' expressions read that Yongha has it right. Yongha sighs and speaks up. "I have suggestions. Do you want to hear them?" "Of course; you are good at these type of things." All of them gather their head, and Yongha starts laying out his plans...

Sunjoon, after asking directions to Sooboks, finds his way to the Jongyunggak with Yoonhee. The building is behind the Myunryundang, separated by a tall wall. Yoonhee reads the name of the building and asks Sunjoon, "Jongyunggak? What is this place?" "It's the library for Sungkyunkwan students. I've only heard of it as well." Yoonhee smiles widely, looking at his excited expression. He told her that he wanted to find her a nickname, but it was obvious he wanted to see the books in this building. After climbing the stairs into the jongyunggak, they enter to find a small desk for a Seo-ri (a worker for the school, basically acting as the librarian) at the entrance. Past the desks is a room filled with bookcases. Yoonhee looks at Sunjoon excitedly, but unlike Yoonhee, Sunjoon looks disappointed. "They said that they had a lot.... " It seems as though the library isn't up to his expectations. The two go around to the bookcases carefully and flip through some of the books. They grab a few and sit down at the desk near a window. Yoonhee opens up a book and covers her face, so that she can stare at Sunjoon, who is deeply engrossed in his book. She smiles thinking about the jaejiks who were admiring his looks. She looks at his face, to make out what part is the most good looking. His eyes. No, his..pupils? His pupils, which shines, firm and without any sign of shaking. No. His nose. His straight nose. No, it could be his lips. His lips seem like they would be sweet, with warm blood flowing through them. As she is looking at his lips, they part, and she hears Sunjoon's voice. "Are you deciding on a nickname looking at my face?" Startled, Yoonhee hides her reddened face with her book. "I-I just... I just had the same thought as the jaejiks who were talking about you..." Sunjoon puts down his book and puts his hand on his chin. He stares at Yoonhee's face. He smiles, and she's taken back--"Why are you looking at me like that?" "I had the same thought as those jaejiks back there as well." Yoonhee's face reddens more and crawls back behind her book. Sunjoon raises his book again, but Yoonhee's face grabs his gaze. The sunlight had spilt through the window and hit Yoonhee's face, making her skin glow. Sunjoon stares at her, thinking that it's only natural that the jaejiks would compare this scholar's beauty to that of a woman's. Is it his baby-like large eyes, or his soft looking nose? Or his pink-tinted lips? He is surprised at this thought, and snaps out of it. He gets up, saying "a-ah, where is that book I was looking for...?"

He walks off towards a bookcase, and looks back to Yoonhee, who's reading through the gaps in the bookcase. Sunjoon frowns and hits himself in the chest with his fist. 'I must be crazy! How can my heart beat at the sight of a man? No matter how beautiful, a man is still a man.' After calming himself, he grabs a book and sits back down across from Yoonhee, pretending to be unaffected. SKK Scandal Scene 8 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 8: First night in Joong-ee-bang [Between this scene and last: basically, the Shin-bang-ryeh (initiation) goes exactly as it does in the drama. Sunjoon's mission is to go "deflower the lotus", which means to basically bed Hyo-eun, and Yoonhee has to get Chosun's underwear. Yoonhee comes back, successfully winning over Chosun, and Sunjoon does exactly as he does in the drama--gets there, realizes he shouldn't do this, gets helped by Hyo-eun to escape being punished for breaking in. The same night, Hongbyukseo is red-tagging the town.] Yoonhee sees Sungkyunkwan come into her eyes, and is relieved at the thought that she can pass the initiation without being found out as a woman. But it's then when she feels someone trekking behind her. Is someone following? A thief? Yoonhee, anxious, makes a fist as she realizes that it can't be just someone in Banchon, since she's already passed it. She starts running. She can make it to Sungkyunkwan soon. She runs as fast as she can and starts pounding on the doors, but no one answers. "Open the door! Please!" But whoever is following is already near her. She tries to tell herself, whoever it is that's following her could be another student. But she sees the shadow cast on the door from behind her and there is no yoogun on the head, which means.... "Hey, do you think you're the king?" Yoonhee is startled by the voice from the man behind her. The voice is rough, but it doesn't feel like it belongs to a thief. She comes to her senses, and realizes that the door she pounded on is the middle door of the shin-sam door, which opens only to the king--of course no one would answer. She steps away from the door, and the shadow cast on the door points its chin to the right, where there is an open door. She slowly turns around to face the man. The man behind her doesn't have a gat on, but he is clearly a nobleman. But he's not dressed as a nobleman should be. His dopo is open, his ribbon undone, and he isn't wearing sok-jum-sam (undershirt). And tied to his waist is a bottle of alcohol. Strangely enough he feels familiar to Yoonhee. He isn't as tall as Sunjoon, but this man is still pretty tall and she feels as though she's definitely seen his figure before. She looks at his face, but she can't really make it out because it's dark. But his chin seems familiar. The man stares at Yoonhee as well. He smiles as he says, "Still as pretty as ever." Still? Yoonhee suddenly remembers. He was the man who helped fight off the seonjupkuns that summer night. A soobok passes by and greets the man. "Huh? Scholar Gul-oh, you've come back as well." Gul-oh? Yoonhee feels as though somebody hit her head with a hammer. The man walks in, as the soobok asks, "what have you done with your gat?" The man leaves, after replying that he gave it away to pay for drinks. Yoonhee sees that the man is spilling blood from his lower body, but it's barely covered by his dopo. Did he fight again? Yoonhee's head goes dizzy--how can she be rooming with this man? [Yoonhee heads to finish off her initiation, and sees Sunjoon, who lies that he didn't figure out the "riddle" to his mission, to Yoonhee's delight (because Yoonhee knows that the mission was to go deflower another woman). Anyway, it goes as it does in the drama--Yoonhee passes the initiation with flying colors, and Sunjoon is about to have to swim in urine, but Yoonhee uses her prize of a "wish" to save Sunjoon.] Everyone, a little peeved that they didn't get to see the sight they were hoping for, heads into their rooms, and only

Sunjoon and Yoonhee are left. "Are you sure you want to use your wish like that? You won't regret it?" "I'll just get a wish from you. Really, I'm pretty greedy, I'm going to wish something really big." Sunjoon smiles widely. The two walk alongside towards their room. "I'll be waiting for it. In any case, you really surprised me. There was a completely different side to you... (he's referring to the fact that Yoonhee, well, "WON" Chosun, we all know what that means)" "What do you mean?" Sunjoon looks at Yoonhee with an expression that reads, "we're both men, you know what I'm talking about", to which Yoonhee smiles, completely oblivious. She is already nervous at the prospect of getting a wish from Sunjoon. She must save it to use in the right situation. Yoonhee asks Sunjoon, "But... Aren't you curious as to what your riddle was?" "Ah, well, it's already passed..." He doesn't seem interested, but Yoonhee tells him, just to gauge his reaction. "The 'lotus' was referring to a beautiful woman." "Ah..." Sunjoon nods his head as though he's figuring this out for the first time, but chills run through Yoonhee as she realizes that he knew all along--she could tell from his answer. He knew what it meant--any woman could feel it, even if that woman was dressed in a man's clothes. She shuts her mouth, afraid to say anything more. And deep inside, she hopes again and again that Sunjoon did not meet the woman. As they are about to arrive at Dongjae, a group of norons pass, greeting Sunjoon while completely ignoring Yoonhee. They leave, taking Sunjoon, and is obviously dissatisfied that Sunjoon is staying in Dongjae, and Yoonhee, for the first time, feels that Sunjoon is much more farther from her that she thought.

Yoonhee stands frozen in front of the doors to her room. The real challenge tonight wasn't the initiation--it's going to be passing the night with the so called crazy horse. She stands in a daze, but is forced to go in when she feels that people are giving her glances for acting so strange. Gul-oh is in the same clothes as she saw him before--he is lying down on the floor, with his elbow hanging off a desk. He has his hand covering his face, so he does not notice Yoonhee come in. To make her presence known, she coughs loudly. But he doesn't budge. Yoonhee is conflicted--does she sit down? should she stay standing? She works up the courage and the voice to say, "U-uh, excuse me, Scholar Gul-oh!" Yoonhee jumps at herself for addressing her roommate as Gul-oh. Is she allowed to call him that? In any case, Gul-oh realizes that she's standing there and turns his head towards her, shouting, "What!?" Yoonhee jumps again. Gul-oh eyes Yoonhee and realizes who it is. He smiles. "What are you doing in this room? Ah, you're here to pay me back for that time. Come here, let me hold this great prize (he's referring to the fact that he assumed that Yoonhee was a boy-plaything for some men back when he was fighting off the seonjupkuns for her)!" Yoonhee, shocked, exclaims in a deep voice, "I'm grateful for that time, but I'm .. still a man! I'm not comfortable with you making any more jokes like that!" Gul-oh's laughter fills the room, until he feels pain from his bottom. He cringes, and waits until the pain subsides to speak. "You may be a man, but I don't discriminate. Don't feel offended. If you don't want me to do anything, you can simply leave the room." Yoonhee gets angry, but she can't find the words to respond. How can someone like this come into Sungkyunkwan as a student? She's sure that he must have paid his way in. She shouts with all her might, "this is my room too!" "What?"

Gul-oh looks around to see that there are things in the room that don't belong to him. "Dammit. Well, that's annoying." He signals her to sit down. Yoonhee is still angry, but sits down, since it is a way to show him that the room belongs to her as much as it does to him. "Moon Jaeshin." "What? Moon Jaeshin?" "Yeah, that's my name. Yours?" "My name is Kim Yoonshik and--" Before she can go any further, he cuts her off. "That's enough. Even if you tell me anything more, I won't remember. I'll just call you by the end of your name. And there's no chance that you could be older than me, by the look of your face, right?" "I'm nineteen." "I'm twenty-three, so you are much younger. Ah, it'll do. You're so tiny that if you stay in the corner, it'll be like having the room to myself. You can pay me back slowly." Yoonhee is about to tell Jaeshin that there is another person, when Sunjoon walks in. Jaeshin's voice shakes the entire dormitory. "How dare a noron walk into this room?!" Yoonhee is surprised that Jaeshin already knows that Sunjoon is a noron, but it could be because he could tell from that time from that summer night. Yoonhee, scared, confines herself to the corner, unable to take the tension between Sunjoon and Jaeshin. "Ah, you're the one who helped us that time. I'm glad to meet you again. My name is Lee Sunjoon...." But Sunjoon's calm demeanor only angers Jaeshin more, and Jaeshin jumps up before Sunjoon can finish. "Leave! NOW!" All the other rooms can hear Jaeshin's shouting, and the students nearby all shake their heads knowingly. Yongha walks into the room. "Tsk, tsk. Look at how you're acting, when you've come back in such a long while." Jaeshin's expression changes at Yongha's entry. He's definitely not glad--his expression reads that he's just too annoyed to even face him. Yongha sits down and signals both Sunjoon and Yoonhee to sit. "Gul-oh isn't a bad person, like you heard earlier. His voice is just loud, so just don't take it too seriously." Jaeshin, as though he's given up, is silent. But he is still staring down Sunjoon. "It's suffocating with so many men in this tiny room. I'm gonna go crazy. I don't want to shout any more, so everyone, except you, Shik, just leave." "Shik?" Yongha looks at Yoonhee, surprised. It's so unlike Jaeshin, but Yongha realizes that Jaeshin is being kind to this girllike student. Was Yongha right all along? Did Jaeshin already smell the presence of a woman? But there was Chosun's underwear! He must have been wrong! Jaeshin ignores Yongha's suspicious gaze and stares at Sunjoon, who bows to him. "I'm Lee Sunjoon, and I'll be staying in this room with you from now on." He continues introducing his township and background, and Jaeshin scoffs in disbelief at Sunjoon's attitude. He realizes that his shouting has absolutely effect on Sunjoon. A fight is a fight if both parties participate, but if Sunjoon keeps coming out like this, Jaeshin will just be made a loud screaming idiot. Jaeshin is a fighter, but not an idiot, so he knows that he must just shut his mouth. Angry, he starts taking off his clothes. Yoonhee, shocked, sticks to Sunjoon's side, and Sunjoon looks at her as he is taking off his gat, asking with his eyes, if she has something to say to him. Yoonhee replies with only her expression--

no it's not that. When Jaeshin's completely bared his upper body, he sees the two close together. "Hey, it seems like you guys are in 'that' sort of relationship, but don't do it in my room. The walls are thin so you can hear even the most quiet moans. If you can't bear it though, I'll let you know where's a good place for that sort of thing." Sunjoon swallows his anger and forces his mouth shut. He is angry to hear Yoonhee, not himself, insulted. But Yoonhee is too shaken by the sight of a nearly naked man that she can't even care about being insulted. Even though she can only see the upper body, her face reddens, and she hides behind Sunjoon. But to her shock, Jaeshin lies down on his stomach and grabs her. "Shik, look at my butt." "What?! L-look at what? Why do you insist on insulting me?!" Yoonhee flails in desperation, but Jaeshin grins at the sight of her squirming. "Do you think I'm asking you to look at how many but cheeks I have?" Yongha sees his wound. "I can't believe you're joking with this type of wound! How were you not screaming before? You stupid, ignorant..." Jaeshin's left butt cheek is covered in blood. He was asking her to look at his wound, but it's not like she can just look at a man's butt. Yoonhee is frozen, unable to do anything, and Sunjoon pushes her aside. "I'll look at it for you." "My wound will rot if a noron looks at it!" Sunjoon is not shaken, and tells him that the wound will scar if left alone. Jaeshin gets up when Sunjoon approaches, but cringes as he feels the pain again. Yongha tells Sunjoon to go back to his spot, and starts tending to the wound himself. "Stay still! I'll look at it." Yongha calls out to a soobok to bring something to wipe the wound with. "Did Scholar Gul-oh get hurt again?" As Yoonhee wonders how much Jaeshin usually gets hurt, the soobok appears and asks if there is any need for medicine. "It's alright. We still have some from last time." Yoonhee sits as far away from Jaeshin's bare butt as possible. Even though she tries to hypnotize herself into thinking that she's a man, she can't yet look at a man's body as if it's nothing. All this, obviously, does not escape Yongha's notice. He jokes to Jaeshin, for Yoonhee to hear, "You get your pants bloodied as regularly as women do, every month!" Yoonhee's face reddens again. She feels burdened by Yongha's presence--how can someone speak so easily about stuff like that, when women themselves don't discuss such matters amongst themselves? So that Yongha can treat the wound, Jaeshin takes everything off, since he has to change anyway, and lies back down. Yoonhee, shocked, closes her eyes shut, and turns herself towards the wall. Yongha grins. "Why are you so embarrassed to see another man's body?" "I'm.. I'm not embarrassed...I get queasy easily, so I can't look at wounds." Yoonhee is glad to have thought up a plausible excuse, and Yongha tilts his head--once again confused. Jaeshin shouts at him to hurry up. After Yongha is done cleaning the wound, he jokes to Jaeshin that his butt will feel the skills he's honed to please the ladies, and Jaeshin raises his upper body to grab Yongha's lips. "Before I can feel anything, I'll kill you first. How can you say only the grossest things when you open your mouth?" Yongha's eyes water at the pain, and at the sight, Sunjoon says, "Yeorim sahyung and Gul-oh sahyung must be close friends." Jaeshin smirks and lies back down. He mutters, "he's dirtied other scholars' mouths as well...do they even know what

Yeorim means when they say your nickname?" Yoonhee, still facing the wall, asks, "what? What does it mean?" As Yongha wipes Jaeshin's wound, he explains. "It's Yeo, meaning woman, and rim, meaning forest. A woman's bush. Hmm, it's supposed to express my wish to spend the rest of my life burying my face in one!" "My nickname Gul-oh was made by this bastard here as well." Yoonhee's jaw drops. This man must not be in his right mind. No matter what, they're still nobleman--how can they live with such nicknames? Gul-oh is a shock to her, but not as much as this Yongha figure. Sunjoon is similarly surprised, but he is more just conflicted as to whether to continue calling them by the nicknames. "How can a nobleman be covered in wounds! This isn't a scholar's body. What do you do when you go out there..." "Just shut it!" Jaeshin's last shout is cold--he definitely does not want to talk about what he's been doing, that's for sure. Yongha, to break the tension, laughs it off. "In any case, it's fascinating. How does this room get three unmarried men? There's not a lot of unwed students, even though it seems like no family will take Gul-oh..." Sunjoon smiles. "Then you are married?" "I got married so long ago that I can't remember, but it seems as though I did. When I grew up, my wife was already there. Hahaha." "You must have a good relationship." "Pretty much, since I grew up thinking she was my older sister. It's been three years since I've seen her." "Yeorim sahyung has a completely different feel than this place." "I feel the same way. But what can I do? If i leave here, my family won't send me money. If I don't get money, I can't go to gisaeng houses, and if I don't see my gisaengs, I'll lose my will to leave, and I'll die. This is a pretty nice arrangement, even though they make you study night and day." "But you must be pretty amazing, to make it here..." "I have no interest in exams, but apparently if I don't pass one, I can't get concubines, or earn money. I couldn't do anything about it, really." In the end, he is doing it for women and money. Yongha, to Yoonhee, belongs to a completely different world.

[Jaeshin's wound is tended to, but he refuses to get any more dressed than what he has on, which is basically the underclothes for his lowerbody (think...long, white boxers lol), and Yongha tries to scare Yoonhee and Sunjoon with a story of a ghost, even though Yoonhee and Sunjoon are pretty much unaffected. Yongha teases Yoonhee by saying that the three will have to hold each other to sleep, since it's a cold night, and is soon kicked out by Jaeshin.]

Yoonhee keeps repeating, "Soondol..uhh...Soondol is su.." in the hopes that he will appear with the promised set of blankets. If he doesn't bring it soon, who knows what will happen? Unaware of the chaos that is tornado-ing Yoonhee's head, Sunjoon says to Yoonhee, "it seems as though he won't be able to bring them today. It probably is going to take a little bit to get them ready. You can just share mine with me for the time being." "W-what, share?" "You can use my blanket with me. It might be a bit small, but if we stick close, it should be okay. The problem is the pillow..." The problem isn't the pillow, but the fact that they would have to stick close. An unwed woman sharing a room with men, and on top of that sharing a blanket... if anyone were to know, she might be stripped of her noblewoman status and sold off a slave. She falls deeper and deeper into her mental tornado. She was shortsighted to think that she could get by, just studying and passing exams. But what's the use thinking all this now? She closes her eyes and tries to hypnotize herself once again. 'I'm a man. I'm a man. I'm a man. I'm a man...' She calms herself, but she coughs loudly as soon as she opens her eyes. In her sight is Sunjoon undoing his top. Yoonhee closes her eyes again, but it's no use. The sight was burned into her brain, and the scene of Sunjoon taking

off his top to reveal is underclothes repeats, even with her eyes shut. She opens one of her eyes--Sunjoon is in his underclothes, getting ready to sleep. Her heart jumps, and her face gets hot. Even though she saw a lot more of Jaeshin's body earlier. she feels much more nervous seeing Sunjoon's skin shining through his thin underclothes. Jaeshin grumbles as he lays out his blanket. "Dammit, how can three men share a room in such a tiny room? Norons should go where Norons are staying!" "All the rooms are already taken by two or more. You should just give up now." "Hey! Are you going to sleep in your dopo! Take it off!" Yoonhee is startled. Right, she has to take off her clothes, too. She looks at Sunjoon, whose body she can see with the light shining on his underclothes. What if her underclothes are see-through as well? She will be found out. But it's not like she can go to sleep with her dopo on. She slowly undoes the ribbon on her top. She realizes that, thankfully, she has another layer on between her underclothes and the bands binding her chest, so it won't be seen. Jaeshin, watching her, spits, "are you going to change before the sun's up? How can you look like a girl and act like one too?" Yoonhee takes off her clothes quickly at the mention of being likened to a girl. She could be suspected if she keeps acting like that. After changing, she slides between Sunjoon and the door, but Jaeshin's voice fills the room. "Where do you think you're sleeping? You're coming here, next to me." Shocked, Yoonhee sticks herself closer to the door. "N-no, I'm the youngest, and it's only right I sleep nearest to the door." Jaeshin hits the spot between him and Sunjoon with his fist, and shouts, "Lie down here! You expect me to sleep next to a noron?" 'Then, you expect me to sleep with a man to both my right and left?!' This thought reaches up to Yoonhee's neck, and she is barely able to swallow it. She looks at Sunjoon, as though she is asking for help. "I think it'll be the best as well. You are not in the best health, and the wind from the doorway might not be the best for you. The middle will be warmer." Sigh. She was an idiot to expect anything else. She might actually contract an illness because of all this. "It's not cold at all--aa-ah, it's warm.." "Come over here before I use violence." At Jaeshin's threat, Yoonhee moves to the middle. She wonders if she would rather room with Yongha than this halfnaked man, but she corrects herself--Yongha might be much more dangerous than she thought. The room is so small that there's no room after laying out two sets of blanket--there would be no place to put an additional blanket even if Soondol were to bring it. Fortunately, because of Jaeshin's wound, he lies down on his side, his back facing Yoonhee. It was mostly because he doesn't want to face Sunjoon. Sunjoon lies down on his back, in the most nobleman-ly position. Yoonhee does the same, and Sunjoon puts his blanket over her, then sticks close. The two lie down under one blanket, with their arms touching one another. Yoonhee's body is completely frozen. Jaeshin blows out the lights, and darkness falls over the room. Yoonhee is suffocated by the silence--she can hear every noise the blanket makes, and every breath the three breathes. And on top of that it feels as though the arm that is touching Sunjoon's is completely paralyzed. Yoonhee gives up on sleeping. She might have to give up on sleeping during her stay in Sungkyunkwan altogether. Jaeshin, with his back still facing the other two, speaks. "For what reason did you come to this room, when you are a noron?" Sunjoon replies, his body still, "Donjae and Seojae is divided among Saengwons and Jinsas. I'm both, so I did as I was allowed to." "That's even more incomprehensible. Jinsas are more acknowledged than Saengwons, and so you should have gone to Seojae, where the jinsas are."

Yoonhee has her eyes shut in the pretense of sleeping, but she nods. Sunjoon does not respond. Jaeshin, at Sunjoon's silence, says, "You don't like your own norons, is that it?" "Gul-oh sahyung must look at a person's political party before the person himself." At Sunjoon's quiet answer, Jaeshin flips his body towards Yoonhee. He kicks away the blanket and grabs Sunjoon by the collar. Yoonhee is shocked to be trapped between the two. "How am I your sahyung? Stop calling me that. I'm a soron, so I'm not your sahyung. And don't talk about political parties with your dirty noron mouth. Don't you know that norons are the ones pushing political divisions?" Jaeshin's voice is getting louder and louder. Yoonhee doesn't want to involve herself, so she keeps her eyes shut. But that doesn't last long, as Jaeshin pulls Sunjoon closer by the collar--Yoonhee is literally stuck between the two men's bodies, with her face touching Jaeshin's bare chest. As she tries to squirm away, she turns her body to face Sunjoon's. But that was a mistake. As Jaeshin pulls Sunjoon, Yoonhee's body becomes buried in Sunjoon's chest. Yoonhee's eyes open and widen. She can feel Sunjoon's warmth through his hard chest. It's almost as though the blood flowed directly from his upper body to her face--her face reddens, and she can't even hear anymore what Jaeshin is saying. Jaeshin pulls Sunjoon one more time. The two men's bodies move with hers in between, and Yoonhee's face hits Sunjoon's chest, and she feels Jaeshin's...THING on her back. In the midst of all that, Yoonhee feels something on her lips. It's small but firm. What is it? Yoonhee's mind goes blank as she realizes what it is. She just touched Sunjoon's nipple with her lips. "A-AGHH!" Yoonhee screams, and a loud noise is heard as she extends her fist out--she's hit Jaeshin's chin. Jaeshin's body falls from her. Chills go through her body. "You-you little...Did you just hit my chin with your fist?!" Jaeshin's loud voice rings throughout the entire dormitory. She's conscious, but she stays still, out of it, since she has no way of escape anyway. Sunjoon fights his smile and puts the blanket over Yoonhee one more time. And even though Jaeshin grabbed Sunjoon easily, it seems as though Jaeshin can't do the same to Yoonhee. He just shouts in anger, which the other students in adjacent rooms hear. They heard Jaeshin shouting at Sunjoon, but they're shocked to hear Jaeshin shout that Kim Yoonshik dared to hit him. Yongha's heard this too, and although surprised at first, he starts howling in laughter. "Hahahah, Kim Yoonshik! He's definitely something. He's a daemul. Daemul. Hahahaha..." The student by his side asks, "Daemul?" "Right, daemul. The prize even the great Chosun couldn't refuse! Isn't it perfect?" "Yes, it is! Perfect!" And Yoonhee's nickname from that day on became Daemul, without any say on her part. And all the students are left to imagine what was going on in Joong-ee-bang, with only Jaeshin's loud shouts as hints as to what really happened that night. SKK Scandal Scene 9 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 9 : The First Morning [I'm still here, don't worry! Thanks for the lot of you who are hanging in there. My SKK fever is still as hot as ever, so rest assured that the scenes will keep coming! I actually think that there might be a lot of them coming tomorrowwww :) ] Yoonhee slowly wakes from her sleep. Well, she can't even call it sleep--she hardly got any last night. She would get startled at any sign of movement from both sides. Sunjoon thankfully is completely still when he sleeps, but Jaeshin moved and turned all night, probably because of his wound. She couldn't get herself to sleep, or even rest a little.

Suddenly large drum noises ring through the dormitory. Somebody is hitting the drums that are hanging west of the medicine room. Along with the drum noises she hears the sooboks shout, "Wake up! Wake up!" Yoonhee jumps up. Sunjoon gets up as well, his eyes not quite completely awake. "Did you sleep alright? It seemed like you couldn't sleep--I thought maybe you were not comfortable sleeping in a new place..." She turns her head away from Sunjoon--she may be dressed as a man, but she still doesn't want to show him her dirty morning-after face. "No--I slept well." "You weren't too cold?" "No, it was okay." Jaeshin twists and turns at the noise of the drums and covers his head with his blanket. And with his rough voice, he shouts, "Don't you dare even touch me before I wake up!" The drums ring again--the soobok hits it three times, and he shouts, "It's time to wash!" Yoonhee carefully taps Jaeshin, asking, "U-um, where do you wash--" "Eish, take the sesutdae (it's a large bowl, kind of like a sink to use for washing yourself) out and you'll see!" Even though he's scary, he still answers everything. Sunjoon smiles at Jaeshin and grabs the sesutdae. He steps outside and the soobok outside comes with a bowl of water to pour into the sesutdae. Yoonhee is folding the blankets when Sunjoon comes back with the bowl of water. He starts washing his face, and Yoonhee, new to washing in the room instead of the kitchen, stares at him from behind. Sunjoon takes off his mangun, so she follows. After washing his face, he raises his pant legs to wipe his feet. She sees his large feet and the hairs on his pale legs and so raises her own pant legs to see her hairless legs. Even more an obvious difference is her foot, which are much smaller than his. She crouches down and hides her feet with her hands. Sunjoon's legs and feet feel so manly, maybe because she's comparing them to her own. Sunjoon, after finishing, leaves the bowl of dirty water outside of the room, and the sooboks quickly come to clean it and refill it with water. Yoonhee, embarrassed to be only in her sleeping clothes, quickly grabs it and brings it into the room. She isolates herself into the corner near the door, with her back to the rest of the room, and carefully starts washing her face, and wiping her body. She is so focused on finishing it quickly that she can't pay attention to what Sunjoon is doing behind her. After finishing up, she puts the sesutdae outside, and closes the door, then turns around. As soon as she turns around, her legs go weak and she collapses onto the floor. Sunjoon is facing the other way, but his body is completely bare. His sangtoo was undone and his hair wass down, and her eyes had traced down the clean skin on his back when his underpants dropped from his waist, taking all the strength from Yoonhee's legs, causing her to crumble. Yoonhee, with her wide eyes, sucks in all of the sight. Nothing escapes her--his wide shoulders, his arms, his back, his waistline, and the butt that makes her face redden with every movement Sunjoon makes. The entire sight fills her up, and it repeats in her head over and over again. It is then when his bottom is covered again by a new pair of underpants. After tying his pants around his waist, Sunjoon brushes the hair away from his face and finds Yoonhee staring at him in a daze. He is momentarily startled, but hides it as he smiles at her. "You should have at least pretended to turn your head. How can you keep staring like that?" She wants to say that she didn't see anything, but her body doesn't respond--only her face reddens. Sunjoon, instead of taking out his clothes, gauges her expression, and worriedly turns his body towards her. She can't even move. She can't scream. And worst of all, she can't turn her eyes anywhere else. His bare chest and stomach only makes her redden more. She sees the "thing" she accidentally kissed last night, as well as the lines of the ribs that resemble Yoonshik's forming around subtle muscles in his stomach. And the most clear on his stomach is the line of hairs heading down from his bellybutton into his underpants. Her head is in complete chaos again, and can't breathe--even though she can't see it

because it's covered, she could still imagine where the trail of hairs was leading down to... Sunjoon approaches Yoonhee and lowers his head down to hers, and then puts his hand on her forehead. Yoonhee's face is hot only because of his bare body, but he is worried that she is sick. Even worse now is that she is seeing everything closer up. His chest and his armpit all tease Yoonhee in front of her eyes--she feels her entire spirit being sucked out through her mouth and her nostrils. Sunjoon, sincerely worried, says, "it seems like you have a fever. And your face is so red, and..you're sweating, too!" Yoonhee holds herself back from shouting that it's because of him. She turns away from him and buries her face in her arms. "I'll be okay if I stay like this a while, so just get dressed." "Are you sure you're okay? Should I call someone from the medicine room?" "N-no! Just... get dressed, first!" Sunjoon puts on his clothes quickly. Yoonhee tries to calm herself--how many times will she have to see naked men from now on? And will she keep reacting this? How long will it take before she can see them without freaking out? She thinks to herself that it won't be possible unless she really turns into a man. After Sunjoon is completely dressed, he comes to her again, and Yoonhee jumps up, signaling to him that she's all okay. Sunjoon stares at her--first he looks at her out of worry, but he then notices her clean face. Her face, just washed, is too beautiful to be a man's. But he doesn't want to insult Yoonshik by saying "he" looks like a woman, so he swallows the thought. His hands accidentally slide past her sangtoo when he gets up to put his hair up into one. An awkward silence befalls the two, who are now fully dressed, but thankfully it's broken by the sound of the sooboks calling the students for breakfast. SKK Scandal Scene 10 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 10: Bows and Arrows [Eeesh a long one! Hopefully I get another one in before I break for Thanksgiving!] Yoonhee and Sunjoon head into Bicheondang with their bows and arrows. There is almost no one there, just some sooboks. Yoonhee remembers how she fought the crowd with Sunjoon to get into this place for the exam. Back then, she couldn't have imagined becoming a student here. But one thing hasn't changed--after all this time, she still has to pretend to be a man in front of Sunjoon. Sunjoon neatly ties his sleeves shut and stands on the platform facing the middle target. Yoonhee stares at him from behind. Maybe because it's because he is stretching out his body that he seems strangely bigger today. Her face reddens as she remembers his body from the morning. Unintentionally she begins imagining his body unclothed the same way, and the butt she saw appears before her in her mind. She chastises herself for being perverted, but her memory refuses to let it go. Sunjoon, unaware he is standing unclothed in Yoonhee's eyes, shoots his arrow, focused. And it lands firmly in the center--it's almost as though he had been practicing for hours beforehand. He grabs another arrow and shoots. Yoonhee's mind empties of naked Sunjoon--it is newly filled with Sunjoon's eyes, which look toward the target with a beautiful assuredness and conviction. After ten arrows, Sunjoon wipes the sweat off his face. Yoonhee, who has thought all this time that archery would be fun, tries to shoot one herself, but when she pulls on the string, she realizes why Sunjoon was sweating. It really takes more than a normal amount of strength to just pull this thing--it would be so even for a man, so Yoonhee's arms shake as she tries her hardest to pull. Sunjoon, seeing that Yoonhee is using all her strength, comes up to her from behind and grabs her two arms with his. "Don't be greedy--it's better to pull just the amount your strength will alow." Yoonhee loses all her strength--not because of the bow, but because his body touches her and his temperature engulfs her. Her string goes back into its unpulled stage. Sunjoon puts his hands on her shoulders and pulls it to stretch it out. "You can't start shooting just by pulling." "..then..?" The hands that were on her shoulder move to her back and her stomach, pushing into her body firmly. "To be a good

archer is to know your body. You have to first get into the proper position, as well as tame your mind and breathing. If you don't do these things first, there's no use in shooting the arrows." Yoonhee was about to go crazy with each touch, but now one of his legs is sliding in between her two. Her whole body goes rigid as Sunjoon pushes her legs apart with his feet. "You should spread your legs about this much..." He sets her waist straight and turns her face so that her cheeks touch his. He adjusts her head so that she is facing the target. "Looking at the target from far is a good rest for your eyes after reading books so close up, but the more important thing is that you open your eyes clearly." He stops. He notices Yoonhee's scent--it's much different than a normal man's. It can't be something Yoonhee put on; it's much more inherent, as though it's being given off from her body rather than an external smell. He can't figure it out. He tries to shake the strange feeling, and grabs Yoonhee's wrist from her hand that's grabbing the bow to point it at the target, then adjusts the position of her hand that's grabbing the arrow. "Try pulling. Not with your wrist, but with your stomach, chest, and arm." Sunjoon's hand goes to her chest. "Try to think that you're filling your chest with the clear air from around you." While he explains, his hand touches her chest, and startled, Yoonhee pulls back from him. "If you've pulled, stop your breathing and send your arrow to the target. And after, you lower your bow as you breath out." Yoonhee focuses on doing as he said. Sunjoon steps away from her, hiding the fact that his voice and eyes are clearly shaking in response to Yoonhee. He makes a fist and then opens his palm again. He looks at it thinking of the body he just touched--it's much softer than a normal man's. It wasn't just her chest--it was her arms, stomach, back, and shoulder, too. A strange feeling tickles Sunjoon's neck, and unable to figure out what this strange feeling is, Sunjoon flinches and makes a firm fist. He concludes that it's not that Yoonshik is soft, but that his body is just unripened due to his illness. The first arrow Yoonhee shoots falls to the ground without any strength. She had always considered archery to be a petty sport, but it's much harder than she expected. She decides that she really wants to at least get one arrow on the target, and raises her bow again, when Sunjoon speaks. "Don't shoot with the mindset that you want to hit the target." Yoonhee lowers her bow and looks at Sunjoon, who says, "just try to shoot the arrow with the right amount of calmness and weight. If you shoot with greed, you'll only fill yourself with anger and frustration. Just try to empty your mind." Yoonhee stands facing the target Sunjoon is staring at. She tries to push away all her worries and thoughts. She shoots again, but it does not reach the target. She says, a little embarrassed, "I think I emptied my mind a little too much. Or the target is too small for me..." "Tsk tsk. You are hopeless. Usually people get at least one on the target." Yoonhee turns at the new voice, which belongs to Jaeshin. He looks suspiciously up and down her body. "Why are you looking at me like that?" "I heard that your yangmul (meaning treasure, belonging, thing, which basically acts as a euphemism for 'penis') is giant." What?! Yoonhee's face goes pale as though she's seen a ghost. By yangmul, he definitely means.... And to say it is giant?! She doesn't even have one! Yoonhee looks at Sunjoon, who smiles knowingly. "What do you mean it's giant?! What's the meaning of..." Sunjoon replies to her, as though it's common knowledge. "He's referring to Chosun's underclothes."

Yoonhee's head starts rolling as she figures out what they and the other students must have been thinking. She is about to tell them that it's not like what they imagined, but stops as she realizes she can use this to assure them of her manhood. When Sunjoon heads to the target to pull out the arrows, Yoonhee uses his absence to even further use this rumor, by saying to Jaeshin, "hahaha, even though I may look like this, I am pretty manly where you can't see!" Jaeshin, fiddling around with his arrows, replies, "then lets get a gander at them tonight." Yoonhee, shocked, flails her arms and shakes her head no. She puts her hands on her waist and raises her chin as she says, "I would, if you were a woman! I won't let anyone see it, unless they're as beautiful a woman as Chosun. I can't pull down its worth by showing it to everybody!" Jaeshin, a little surprised, looks at Yoonhee. The small kid had looked just purely innocent, but it's a little cute to see him respond with such attitude. He pulls at his bow and gets ready to shoot an arrow, which isn't aimed at his own target but Sunjoon. Yoonhee shouts, "w-what do you think you're doing?!" She screams as the arrow leaves Jaeshin's hand. The arrow barely passes Sunjoon's side and lands on the target next to him. After making sure that Sunjoon is okay, she goes to Jaeshin and pulls his arrows away from him. "Are you crazy?! How can you shoot an arrow at a person?!" Without any change in expression, Jaeshin replies, "the only chance to get rid of a future puppet for the norons is now." "What? Don't you think your joke is a little too much?!" "Don't worry. Do you think I'm crazy, to really kill him here for everyone to see? I would rather do it in a more stealthy way, so no one can tell..." "You are crazy! Your nickname only suits you!" "If I don't do it now, we'll probably die later in his hands. Aren't you a nam-in?" Yoonhee looks at Jaeshin angrily. He doesn't have to remind her--she's already aware of their different standings. Jaeshin pulls his face close to hers and whispers, "why are you studying here?" "What does that have to do with anything right now?!" "Even though a lot of people may make excuses, they're only here really for one reason. For a government position. If they wanted any old crappy job a lot of the students here could just leave right now." "If you're so greedy for a position, you can just study! If you think you can get one by killing another, you're not worthy of studying?!" "Study hard? Stop being foolish. The few spots that are available, the norons will take them up, leaving no room for anyone else. Right now his majesty is wary of noron power, but it doesn't mean that it won't stop the norons from eventually cutting the soron and nam-in throats. You can't tell me you're really oblivious to all that?" Yoonhee is about to tear up, angry both at Jaeshin and the reality of the matter, but replies defiantly, "Sorons and nam-ins also war with one another! Won't they cut each others' throats as well?!" "That's right! We'll someday probably be angrily aiming at each others' throats, no doubt." "I'm plenty angry now! How can anyone be more crazy than you?" Sunjoon, having pulled out all the arrows but Jaeshin's, starts heading towards the two. Jaeshin grabs Yoonhee's chin and lowers her face back down. "You should be glad you realized that I'm crazy. But hmm, you're a surprise. You seemed like a girl at first, following Garang around over there, but you're really much more ballsy than a lot of the students. What I said yesterday that I don't discriminate men and women was a lie, but it might actually become true today!" "I discriminate!" Yoonhee doens't back down. Sunjoon starts hurrying towards them, after realizing that Jaeshin's hand is grabbing her face. Anger fills blood up into his face and when he gets to them, he grabs Jaeshin's wrist and pulls his hand off of Yoonhee's chin. He reverts back to his mannerly attitude and greets Jaeshin. "Did you eat breakfast?" Sunjoon is unaware that he is grabbing Jaeshin's wrist tighter and tighter--only Jaeshin can feel his blood stop at Sunjoon's hand. He tries to not show that he's affected, and answers calmly, "Yeorim always has food in his room, so I just ate there."

"Gul-oh sahyung, don't you know it's not proper to shoot an arrow when a person is near the target, no matter how a good archer you are?" Jaeshin figures that that's the reason why Sunjoon is grabbing his arms so hard. He tries to pull it away, to no avail. Sunjoon was stronger than he thought. Jaeshin remembers how Sunjoon beat down the Seonjupkuns that night--this guy must be more than just a bookworm. "Are you trying to pick a fight? Why aren't you letting go?" Sunjoon, realizing he was still holding Jaeshin's arm, lets it go. Sunjoon starts to say, "I didn't mean to be rude, so don't--" "Classes will start soon, so go get ready, I'm just gonna stay around to shoot some more." When the two turn around to leave, Jaeshin turns his back to them and shouts silently at the pain in his arm--there was a giant red handprint left on his wrist. Yoonhee, who is heading back with Sunjoon, is still angry. "I really think that person is crazy. How can he be here as a scholar?" "I think he is a good person." "You almost got shot by him!" "It was close, but I wasn't." "He was aiming for you!" Sunjoon shakes his head. "He is one of the best archers. He wasn't aiming for me in the first place. If he really aimed for me, I would have died." "How do you know he is a good archer? He could have made a mistake and missed you." "I can sense it. It landed directly where it was aimed. And all the other arrows besides ours were all in the center of the targets. "It might not be his." "I saw his arrows--they were the same as the ones in his hand. He is definitely a good archer. He probably can predict exactly where the arrow will go." "Even so, he isn't very scholarly." Even though Sunjoon dismisses Jaeshin's behavior, Yoonhee's anger doesn't go away very easily. Even if Jaeshin didn't aim directly at Sunjoon, his behavior is still inexcusable. And it doesn't change what Jaeshin thought or said to her. Sunjoon was right. After the two have left, Jaeshin turns almost a different person as he properly positions himself to shoot. He shoots each arrow with a grim face, almost as though he is fighting with himself, and all of the arrows land directly in the center of the target. SKK Scandal Scene 11 [This takes after Sunjoon and Yoonhee's first two classes--Yoonhee is pretty much dejected at being outed by Professor Jang (he asks her about the reading, and at her answer, tells her, "I told you to tell me the meaning, not to recite it,". And then he asks Sunjoon, who is able to answer), and scared about the level of difficulty of the classes. The second class is with Professor Yoo. The next scene is after Professor Yoo leaves the class after assigning them the reading.] Yoonhee lets out a deep sigh, and says to Sunjoon as she is packing up her books, "did you understand everything? I have no idea what's going on." "It's not any different for me--I have a hard time following it as well." Yoonhee becomes a little peeved--it's obvious he understands everything; she is the one having a hard time following. "You're terrible!" (This I had a hard time translating. The original was " !", which is kind of way of saying "I hate you!" or "You suck!" but not with the same amount of harshness or bite that it means in english. She is simply exclaiming with no intention of actually saying that she hates him or that he sucks, that he is being a little patronizing. lol. I hope that make sense.) Sunjoon is surprised at her exclamation--her peeved tone made him feel as though he was with a woman. Yoonhee is

a little startled, as well, because she thinks the same thought. She is reminded to earlier when Jaeshin said that she is like a woman in front of Sunjoon. Even though she tries to be careful, her real self tends to come out when she's with this person, strangely enough. It's fortunate that Sunjoon seems as though he doesn't sense these type of things, but if it was Yongha, she might have already been found out. "Hey you all. Let's go back to dongjae." Yoonhee jumps at the sound of Yongha's voice. She forgot he was in the same class. She turns around to find him smiling--what is he thinking? Yongha's smile makes her uncomfortable; the thought of what is behind it sends chills through her body. "Your books look heavy. Should I help you?" Yoonhee is extra weary of her words, so she deepens her voice, and responds, "I'll be okay. It seems like you're having a harder time with your books. Should I help you, instead?" "I'd be grateful. Thanks, daemul." With his answer, he puts his pile of books on top of Yoonhee's. He pretends not to see Yoonhee's eyes widen at the weight and says to Sunjoon, "I heard your morning class was with Professor Jang (I think they made professor Jang into Professor Jung, but anyway, this professor is not the famous historical figure Jung Yak Yong, like in the drama). And your afternoon class is with professor Yoo... You are really unlucky. Be warned. These two professors' classes are the most difficult. Even the brightest of students give up when it comes to them. Sunjoon just smiles as he takes Yongha's stack of books from Yoonhee and puts them on top of his. Yoonhee suddenly thinks about how Yongha has just referred to her as Daemul--in fact, she's heard herself referred as "daemul" by a lot of other people today. "W-wait. Did you call me daemul?" "Yeah, it seems like it just naturally because your nickname." "W-what? How can it--- I have a nickname I was thinking of for myself! Can't I just--" "It's too late. All the students already know you as so." "But daemul... it means..." "What? You're so perverted! It doesn't necessarily mean that it's THAT that's big. It could just refer to your character!" Yoonhee's face reddens. The latter is obviously just an afterthought. "But what kind of nickname is daemul?! I agree that Garang is a nice nickname, but daemul is..." "Wait! Garang... is that referring to me?" Sunjoon remembers how other students were calling him by this nickname earlier that day. He looks at Yoonhee as he says, "as a matter of fact, it seemed like you were also calling me that..." "Ah, it just happened that way, since other people were already..." "I got it. I understand, daemul doryung." He turns his back to a stammering Yoonhee and leaves with that answer. Yoonhee chases after him, saying, "are you mad? The nickname suits you so well that I just naturally... Please don't call me daemul." "Your nickname suits you as well." Yongha shows up behind the two again. "Wait for me!"

"Ugh, it's so noisy." Jaeshin glares at Yongha, who is chatting away. Yongha replies, "there's no one here as noisy as you are. What keeps you here on campus today?" as he clings onto Jaeshin. Jaeshin twists his arm and throws him down onto the porch, pressing down on his neck. "Stop touching me, it's disgusting!"

"A-ack! Let me go!" Sunjoon puts Yongha's books down. Jaeshin presses Yongha's neck down even harder when he sees Yongha's books. "You've been making new students carry your books?" Sunjoon answers calmly, "No, it's not that. It's only right that we should carry the books for a sunbae." "It was just because I was teasing daemul a little. I'll carry my own books next time." Jaeshin lets Yongha go. Yongha tidies his clothes and sits down. "You're so monstrous! Doing all that just because I hugged you. I even saw your bare butt yesterday." Jaeshin ignores him and turns to Sunjoon and Yoonhee. "You had class with Professor Yoo? Well, you should be grateful. If you had either Professor Yoo or Professor Jang for any harder subjects, you might have actually died." Yoonhee feels her spirit draining away from her. She just wants to collapse into a deep sleep in her room. It's partly because she didn't get any sleep last night, but also because she is tired out just by the thought that she won't get any tonight, either. Sunjoon takes her books from her hands and sits her down. He calls to the jaejiks to bring some water. One jaejik runs towards the cafeteria and brings a bowl and a jug. Sunjoon holds the bowl as the jaejik pours the water, and Yongha is about to reach his arm out for the bowl, but Sunjoon's hand extends the bowl past Yongha's hand and to Yoonhee. "Drink this; it'll make you feel better. You don't look so well." Yoonhee starts gulping down the water quickly, and Sunjoon takes away the bowl from her before she finishes. "Stop! You should leave some room so you can eat later." Yongha, surprised, looks back and forth at Sunjoon and Yoonhee. Sunjoon is completely unaware that his actions make Yoonhee seem more like a woman. "Look here, Garang. Daemul is a man. Do you really have to treat him like your woman?" "I think you mean, like a younger sibling." Yoonhee tightens at Yongha's question, but is strangely not very relieved to hear Sunjoon's answer. It's fortunate that she won't be found out, but she isn't very happy that Sunjoon is not at least a little suspicious that she is a woman. Yoonhee's shoulders drop in disappointment. "Are you tired?" "No, I'm just discouraged. I don't know if I can do well in these classes." Jaeshin taps her with his feet. "Don't take Professor Jang's criticism too hard. From now on, things like that are going to happen so many times you'll forget about it. If you let it affect you so much, you won't last." "Gul-oh, I think you should take some criticisms to heart," jokes Yongha. Sunjoon asks, "it seems as though Dongjae is pretty empty. Where is everyone...?" Yongha, after a drink of water, replies, "most of them are probably playing around in banchon, since any leisurely activities like chess is forbidden within campus. Some of them might have already formed a study group. There are a few people who go to banchon to read forbidden books, since the law hardly extends into those parts." Yoonhee has also read her share of forbidden books. Not to learn, but to copy and sell at a high price. Sunjoon asks, "Do you, Gul-oh or Yeorim sahyung, have a study group?" "Why would we? Sounds annoying." "Yeah, I don't have enough time to spend with my gisaengs as it is." "Then, are there any study groups studying san-hak (mathematics)?" Yongha, as though he welcomes the thought of a study group for math, says, "there was one before, but I don't know about now. Are you interested in doing one with me?" "Eh?" Yoonhee's eyes widen and she turns to Yongha. She is surprised because she can't imagine Yongha or Jaeshin

studying. She realizes, even with their character, there's no denying that they are also scholars, and must be well learned, despite having different reasons for being here, whether it be for women or whatnot. Yongha, glad at the idea, starts chatting Sunjoon up about possible books to study from. "In any case, math is a subject that could benefit from a large group! We should try to find other people outside us four." "What do you mean, 'us four'?" "'Us four'?!" Jaeshin and Yoonhee both shout simultaneously at Sunjoon and Yongha. Jaeshin has no intention of joining a study group, and Yoonhee is already burdened with the existing courseload (I feel ya, Yoonhee). "It's difficult enough with my classes." "If you two want to do it, just do it and leave other people out if it!" Despite Jaeshin and Yoonhee's protests, Yongha acts as the plan is already set, going on about who else to drag into the group. Sunjoon sits between Yoonhee and Jaeshin to try and convince them. "Math should be made familiar to a Sunbi, just like archery. This is a necessity, not a study. Later we might not have the same opportunity to study like this, so it's important we do it now. How can one look after the country's people without having learned the subject? And you might find it fun..." Even if she does learn math, she won't have to look after her country's people, so what is it to her? But Yoonhee looks at Sunjoon. She shouldn't have looked at him, because she weakens at the sight of his eyes. She sees his pleading expression, and an answer slips out of her. "Ok, I'll do it, too." She gapes in her head. What did she just do? Her entire body is tired and beat--how is it that her mouth just shot off so energetically? She feels her spirit draining away from her body once again. She remembers back when she used to think that all Sungkyunkwan scholars were lazy noblemen who learn to memorize like parrots. How wrong she was then. If she knew how hard they had it, following their coursework, she might not even have dared set foot in the place. Yongha tries to coax Jaeshin into joining as well, but Jaeshin only retorts angrily, "You expect me to study across the table from a noron?!" "You're already sleeping side by side, so what's so bad about studying together?" "I told you! It's best if Garang just goes to seojae." Sunjoon jumps in between the two. "Gul-oh sahyung. You don't want to join because you think I'll end up teaching you, right? Just leave your pride behind." The three see Jaeshin's eyes ablaze with anger. And like Yoonhee, he ends up saying something he regrets seconds later. "What did you say?! You think I'd be worse than you? Fine, I'll show you. I'll be the one teaching you, you'll see." "Alright, you can teach us. So we've decided! You've promised all to join, so you can't go back on your word." Sunjoon, at the sound of the bell signaling that it is mealtime, turns to go, leaving Jaeshin agape at what just happened. He realizes he got trapped into the ordeal by Sunjoon's maneuvering, but acknowledging would only make himself more laughable, so he just sits in a daze, watching Sunjoon walk away. SKK Scandal Scene 12 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 12: The Second Night [Takes place on the same day as the last scene--between this scene and last, all that's happened is that Yoonhee first learns about HBS through the news posted as well as through the other students.] The night is deep, but the rooms at the dormitories remain lit. Joong-ee-bang is one of them, and in the room, Yoonhee, Sunjoon, and Jaeshin each sit with a wall to their backs. Yoonhee reads desperately what she learned from class, and after reading and re-reading, she starts finally comprehending the content, little by little, and she notes down all she can understand. Sunjoon, having borrowed a mathematics book from Yongha, is busy calculating and diagramming problems, while Jaeshin sits reading a book of poems. Reading isn't very like him, Yoonhee thinks, but Jaeshin reads in his typical Jaeshin-like manner, with his clothes hanging open to show his chest, leaning in not so proper a position. Thankfully, after the fiasco last night, Yoonhee is able to handle seeing Jaeshin's exposed chest

without getting red. Yoonhee's eyes stray from her book to Sunjoon. She was wrapped up in the chaos of adjusting that she had no time to comfortably stare at him the entire day. She is grateful that she can at least see him like this, in this room. "Hey, Shik! Do you want something for your chin?" At Jaeshin's voice, Yoonhee's eyes tear away from Sunjoon to him. "My chin?" "It's fine that you are staring at Garang and all, but isn't it too much to drool like that?" Sunjoon's eyes raise up from his book to look at Yoonhee. Yoonhee, surprised, waves her arm "no" and replies angrily to Jaeshin. "I-it's not like that! When did I drool?" "Take a look at your desk; there's a pool." Yoonhee looks down at her desk, but there's nothing there. Angry, she decides to concentrate on her book and not bother respond to Jaeshin's taunts, but he does not stop. "You should think about it from Garang's position. How dirtied would he feel, having someone with the same parts in the middle stare at him like that?" She wants to ignore him, but this last joke hurts too much. She would rather take a beating from him than hear this type of thing. Because she is in Yoonshik's clothing, it's truly possible that Sunjoon could feel uncomfortable if she kept staring like she did. She decides not to retort, in fear that tears might come out, and only makes a fist underneath her desk. Yoonhee hears Sunjoon's angry tone. "Why are you being so childish, sahyung? I think the one who would feel more dirtied in this room is daemul doryung." She brightens a little at his voice, but is still unable to raise her head. She wants to protest to Jaeshin's accusations, too, but she's afraid she'll only look at Sunjoon again with the same eyes just like before. "Didn't Gul-oh sahyung also keep staring at Daemul doryung as well?" Jaeshin seems a little embarrassed as he decides to just look back into his book again, as though he didn't say anything. Yoonhee pretends to read as well. As long as Jaeshin is in the room, she can't look at Sunjoon like that. It's supposed to be strange, for a man to look at another man like this. The room is silent again. As the night deepens, Yoonhee's eyes start losing their will to stay open. It's because she is tired out from today, but mostly because she didn't get any sleep last night. Soondol didn't show up again today, which meant that she would have to share a blanket with Sunjoon again, and even though she tries to stay awake in worry of handling another night, Yoonhee's head starts to get closer and closer to her books until it arrives on her desk, fully asleep. Sunjoon yawns and discovers Yoonhee, already deep in sleep. Jaeshin sees her as well, and grumbles, but quietly so that she doesn't hear. "It's probably because he is tired from today--he seems to be having a hard time adjusting to a new place. On top of that, he isn't so well." "He didn't seem like it; he's so thin. Everyone outside these walls think we scholars just play around, but most of us study as though our lives are on the line. There are even a lot who end up walking out because of the workload." Sunjoon blows out the candle, and sets up the blanket. He tries to lay Yoonhee down, so he leans her head onto his shoulder as Jaeshin puts away her desk. Sunjoon raises her up, surprised to find that she is much lighter than he was bracing for. In his arms, everything of hers looks so small--her head, her shoulders, and her body. He thinks that it must be due to her poor health, and looks at her sympathetically. As Sunjoon lays her down, Jaeshin looks at the notes Yoonhee's been making. "I'm impressed. He's bright, for a young one."

Sunjoon goes to Jaeshin to see what he is looking at. She had noted down every detail of today's classes, neatly organized. Jaeshin jokes, "I should ask him to let me see this for the exam." "I should, too. I guess he was being modest, saying that he couldn't follow the class. I feel a little lied to." "Hey you, stop being so patronizing. You don't even have to do these type of things and are doing well enough in class." Sunjoon sees another book--it's a book with the same notes, and he tilts his head in curiosity, unaware Yoonhee is making a book with the notes so her brother can study from it. Jaeshin starts undressing to sleep, and Sunjoon follows. When he is done, he sees Yoonhee, who is fully dressed. He should probably undress her. But for some reason, even though it should be nothing, his hands won't go to Yoonhee's body so easily. He sits there, conflicted. The longer he goes back and forth about whether to undress Yoonhee, he becomes more and more sucked into her sleeping face. But to find another fully grown man's face as beautiful isn't proper. He tries to chase away his thoughts and works up the courage to undo the strings of her yoogun. Even though she is deep asleep, she responds to the touch of his fingers on his chin. Her face makes an expression he hadn't seen before--her nose scrunches and her mouth forms a small smile. Sunjoon freezes. Why is his heart pounding? This isn't right. He goes to the ribbon of her clothes and pulls it undone, and he tries hard to keep his hands from shaking. A little shaken, he tries to finish the job fast, and gets her out of her outer clothes quickly. He leaves her clothed in the rest-the two layers of underclothes she slept in last night. He takes off her beoseon (socks), and her small feet make a normally expressionless Sunjoon redden. Yoonhee makes a small movement, and he is taken back by her waistline, which doesn't feel like a normal man's. "How did you two come to know each other?" As soon as he hears Jaeshin's voice, Sunjoon snaps out of it, and puts the blanket over Yoonhee. "We met each other last summer during the Cho-shi... Why do you ask?" "You guys aren't even the same faction, so I was wondering how you were close. Even if the king is talking about coexisting peacefully and all, because of the division, there might be a bad end to those types of relationships." "Is that what you are afraid of? And why you're pushing us away?" "That's not what I'm saying!" Jaeshin, after shouting, quietens at the sight of Yoonhee sleeping. He turns his back to the other two and quietly says, "I'm talking about you two." "We are good learning friends." (He says , which is kind of like i guess school buddies or colleagues) "What? If you asked anyone, they would probably be fighting to be your learning buddy. It's just strange that you chose him! Are you trying to convert him to a noron?" "I've never thought that." Sunjoon lies down. He wishes it would be dark, but the moonlight shines into the room. He's never thought to make Yoonshik into a noron, or why he wants to be together with him, a nam-in. Is he purely a learning friend? That's not completely true. It's something he can't answer. Yoonhee, who is under the same blanket, unconsciously fidgets, uncomfortable without a pillow, and so ends up resting her head on Sunjoon's shoulder. Her sangtoo touches his face. His chest tightens in nervousness. However answerless to why, he was happy to be with this person. But it's wrong that his heart keeps beating, or that he wants to touch his face, or that he wants to hold him. As Jaeshin said, wouldn't Kim Yoonshik feel dirtied if he knew that Sunjoon felt this way? Kim Yoonshik. He is beautiful. He probably had a hard time when he was younger, and therefore became weak and ill, and most likely that's where his shyness roots from. With this thought, Sunjoon decides that it's best that he must treat Yoonshik like a proper man as well as not cross the line so that Yoonshik isn't made uncomfortable. After a while, Sunjoon slowly falls asleep, wrapped in the warmth of the body adjacent to his. SKK Scandal Scene 13 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 13: Yoonshik's Sister [Jaeshin steps out of school with the excuse that he is going to "go buy a hat", but Yongha predicts Jaeshin is evading

the school meeting in which the west and east dormitory votes on which new student to deliver letters. Yoonhee observes how divided the political factions are when she sees that the seojae picks a noron student and dongjae picks a soron without fail, despite the fact that there are other few students within each dormitory that is not of the same faction. All this while, Sunjoon is also constantly being pressured to remove himself from dongjae from other students. Yongha notes that Yoonhee is probably going to be alone with Sunjoon today, since their vacation day is two days away there's no reason Jaeshin will come back for one more day of classes. Yoonhee is both excited and nervous...]

Even though the two are alone in the room, nothing is different. Yoonhee still has to study to be able to follow the course content, and Sunjoon has his head buried in his book, as expected. Yoonhee loses all the anxiousness as she realizes that she has to stick to her studies or else she won't be able to pass the next class. After the first class, it's just a miracle for her that she can get through a class without professor Jang calling her out. On top of that, professor Yoo's classes are so fast-paced she is having a hard time just reading what he assigned, never mind studying it closely. When the books pile up one by one on her desk, she senses a strange feeling from Sunjoon. Even though he has his book open, his pages aren't turning. Even though he isn't showing it, his expression is dark, and Yoonhee can't find herself able to ignore him. So she closes her book. She approaches his desk and puts her elbow on it, holding her chin up with her hand. Sunjoon, a little startled at first, smiles. "What is it?" "Let's play. It seems like you don't want to study either." Sunjoon jokes, "how did you come to such an idea? It seemed like after you came into Sungkyunkwan, you spent all your time with your books and hardly gave me the time of day." "When did I do that?" "You did." She wasn't ignoring him--she was trying to be careful not to meet his gaze. It seems like every time she is in front of him, she ends up reverting back to her female self. And with Yongha always around, she has to stay wary. No, she should be wary, with just anyone, not just Yongha. That one day when she woke up, realizing she fell asleep before Sunjoon and Jaeshin did... She still can't shake off the shock from that day. She went through heaven and hell wondering whether she was found out, until Jaeshin and Sunjoon woke up. Thankfully it seemed like they did not notice anything. Even so, she still can't shake off the shock. That's why she is being more careful now than ever. Yoonhee relaxes at the sight of Sunjoon's smile. Sunjoon asks, "are you trying to comfort me?" "Is there something you should be comforted about?" (Note, Yoonhee does know that Sunjoon's unhappy with the peer pressure, but she is trying to joke it off to make him feel better) Sunjoon looks at Yoonhee's face. He finds himself smiling as he looks at Yoonhee's expression. How can a man make such a lovable face? Yoonhee realizes that she has made a woman's face yet again and reverts her voice and expression back to that of a "man's". "You came into dongjae because you didn't want to be picked, right? You wanted to avoid the fight between the norons and sorons..." "There's no one reason someone does anything." It's a vague answer, but the best that Sunjoon can give her. How could he say, he wanted to stay close to the person in front of him, and that he came to dongjae because it was easier that he came here than to bring Kim Yoonshik into seojae? He says to Yoonhee, "I know we are study buddies, but don't you think we could be good play buddies, too?" "Hmm?" "What should we do? Maybe it'll be fun to do math together?" (Sunjoon, representing all the nerds out there) Yoonhee thinks to herself, he comes up with math, for play. He is something else--it's frustrating enough to give her a

headache. Yoonhee makes fists with her hand and exclaims, "but we always do that with other students!" "But..." "Let's just talk." "Talk about..." "Just make conversation! There's no saying only women enjoy gossip." "Ah, isn't conversing just talking? You're right, men do enjoy their share of talking..." "It's true. It seems like men talk a lot too. They talk so much, but they always ignore women for doing the same and try to hush them..." She stops, as she realizes she's speaking again from a woman's point of view. She chastises herself in her head. "You always seem so understanding of others. You're right--us men try to understand too little about how a woman might think." "A--ah, yes. But I still can't seem to understand how they think, though. Ha, ha.. ha." "Same with me. Speaking of women, I have something to ask..." "I told you, I don't know very much about women!" "About your sister..." My sister? Yoonhee thinks, by "your sister", he means... me. She is startled, and confused about what expression or answer she should give. "When I met her that time, she didn't speak at all. It might be rude of me to ask, but is she..." From his tone, Yoonhee realizes that he is trying to ask if she is a mute. "N-no! It was because she was outside, and she was probably really embarrassed that a man like you was speaking to her...I mean, that's what she told me. And my sister is usually very quiet..." She stammers through her answer, and continues, determined to make a good impression of "Yoonshik's sister" on Sunjoon. "She's very quiet and mature and...smart...and beautiful! And she is...somewhat skilled at sewing. Just a little. She can read pretty well, and... and she is kind!" She wants to say more good things, but she can't seem to think of anything else. Sunjoon smiles. "I heard that she is older than you. How come she still hasn't..." "Ah, she was too busy helping me with my illness and looking after our family." Sunjoon looks down, as though he feels sympathetic. Yoonhee doesn't want to see his sympathy so she also lowers her head and says quietly, "But she is not that old. She's only one year older than me, and so one year younger than you. I-I mean, I guess she twenty is a little late to be unmarried still." "I felt bad looking at the state of her clothes." "Please don't say that. I... I mean, my sister... My sister isn't such a pitiful person to warrant your sympathy." "It's not sympathy or pity. Your sister is a woman, also--wouldn't she want to wear good shoes and pretty clothes? She is sacrificing all of that to support you; how can I sympathize such an admirable person? I only felt bad seeing her clothes because I was embarrassed of the costly clothing I was in." Yoonhee hugs her knees and looks up to Sunjoon. Even though it was just in passing, she remembers "Yoonshik's sister" as being happy to have met Sunjoon that time. She wants to let Sunjoon know. "My sister told met to let you know that it seemed like you were a good person." "How come you are just telling me this now?" "She said that your voice is very nice as well." "Ah... I couldn't even hear her voice." "She said that you were handsome, and that it seemed like your face was glowing." "She saw my face? How unfair! I did not even get to see a single strand of her hair." "She said she was comforted just by your presence by her side." Yoonhee is sitting in front of Sunjoon now, not as a man, but a woman. Her hair is long. She is wearing a bright, red skirt. In Yoonhee's imagination, Yoonhee is turning her head from Sunjoon, hiding her shy face with her sleeve. In

Sunjoon's imagination as well, Yoonshik is sitting in front of him, but as Yoonshik's sister. He is startled by what he just fantasized, and tries to calm himself down. Did I just fantasize about Kim Yoonshik dressed in women's clothing? Even though it was just an imagination, how could I just do that? And then feel nervous? How can I call myself a sunbi? "What are you two doing, sitting across from one another." Yoonhee, who was lost in her own thoughts, almost screams at Yongha's entry. She barely stops herself, and replies, "we were just making conversation. Why is Yeo-rim sahyung here?" "To play. Include me in your conversation!" It seems like Yongha is always here. He was here yesterday, and the day before. It almost seems as though they are sharing a room with him, except that he sleeps elsewhere. So it's almost no use to ask him why he is here. Yongha settles down in the room and says, "I can't breathe if I don't surround myself in a woman's scent -- but for some reason, it seems lately as though I can get by whenever I come into this room. Isn't it strange?" For Yongha, Yoonhee laughs loudly like a man and responds, "hahaha, it must be the scent coming from Chosun's underclothes that's keeping you breathing." It's almost a good thing that Yongha frightens her, since it means she can stay alert. Thanks to him, she is now able to get through other hurdles without struggling, and it seems like other students haven't noticed anything else. "Anyway, what were you two talking so intensely about?" "We were talking about Daemul Doryung's sister." "Oh, really? Daemul has a sister? If she looks like you, she must be beautiful." Yongha feels like he's onto something here. Yoonhee, wary of Yongha, looks once towards Sunjoon, and says, "S..she is." She is embarrassed to be basically bragging about herself, but she really does not want to say in front of Sunjoon that her "sister" is not good looking. She was hoping that Sunjoon would only think good things about her. And to her surprise, Sunjoon takes her side. "I saw her too, and she was indeed very beautiful." "What? You saw her?" Sunjoon meant that her kindness and maturity was beautiful, but the way he spoke, Yongha thinks that Sunjoon must really have met "Yoonshik's sister". Yoonhee smiles as she realizes that Sunjoon has just helped her out--Yongha was obviously suspecting that Yoonshik's sister was indeed the Kim Yoonshik sitting in front of them. So Yongha falls deeper into confusion. But no matter--he was still enjoying his time here. Even though he is suspicious of Kim Yoonshik, he's come to enjoy his company. Yongha was starting to like Yoonshik enough to really hope that he was a man. "Then, I want to meet her, too." "Even if I showed her to everyone else, I wouldn't let you meet her." "What? Why?" "In this entire region, the wind more frightening than a typhoon is Yeorim Sahyung's wind (note--wind is called baram, and a baram-doong-yi is someone who is a playboy, someone who goes from women to women easily like the wind). From the rumors, they say there's no type of women you haven't been with. So before you fix that problem of yours there is no meeting my sister." "Wow, that's harsh. Then I guess I will never be able to meet your sister." He would rather keep being a playboy for the rest of his life? Whoever his wife is, I feel sorry for her. Yoonhee is angry thinking about the amount of women Yongha must have hurt in his life, but she tries to not let it show. Yoonhee starts chewing on the snacks Yongha brought to take out her anger, when Yongha asks Sunjoon, "Look here, Garang. Don't you think Daemul Doryung is very pretty-looking?" Yoonhee starts coughing on her snack. She grabs a bowl of water while the other two talk. "Yes, I think so too." "That's why I'm asking you: did you ever suspect that Daemul doryung here could be a woman?"

Yoonhee stands still in shock. It feels as though the floor beneath her is collapsing. She is unable to do anything. She is frozen, and her insides are in chaos. She doesn't know what to do. It would be weird to get angry, and weird to brush it off. Would it be weird to just laugh it off? He's not even asking her directly, so would they find it strange that I pipe in angrily? Then she hears Sunjoon's reply. "Does Yeorim-sahyung always look at a person that way? It's true that Daemul doryung is beautiful. It's not a bad thing that he is beautiful, but why do you try to make him feel bad about it by suspecting such a thing? Daemul doryung, as I know him, is a man among men! Have you been spending your time so much with women that you can't tell a man from a woman?" Yoonhee sinks in confusion. It's good that he doesn't suspect her, but it's also disappointing how naturally he thinks that she is a man. She knows he is taking her side, but it's not so nice to hear that she is a "man among men". Yongha replies, "how scary you are! I was just curious only because he is so manly that it doesn't match his face. Then Garang, if there was a woman just like Daemul, what do you think she would be like as a wife? Someone with the same looks and intellect, but just a different gender. It's not so rude to just imagine someone like that, is it?" Yoonhee, unable to calm herself, keeps shoving snacks into her mouth. But Sunjoon does not answer for a while--it seems as though he is thinking about it. Before he can speak, Yoonhee speaks up. "Why does Yeorim sahyung engage in such worthless imaginations? Please stop. There's no woman just like me anyway." Then Sunjoon turns to Yongha and says, "you shouldn't imagine a woman just like Daemul doryung as a wife." What, to him, am I not good enough unless I am just Kim Yoonshik, a man? It seems like her heart is sinking lower and lower. She tries to smile to cover her disappointment, but she can't smile very easily. But Sunjoon continues. "It's not right to be so greedy. So one shouldn't imagine a woman who doesn't exist in the world." "It's not right? Why is wanting a woman like Daemul being greedy?" "Because to me, there isn't a more ideal woman." Yoonhee's heart quickly finds it's original place. She brightens, when the door opens. Jaeshin comes in, and Yongha looks as though he's seen a ghost. "What are you doing back?!" Jaeshin ignores Yongha and says to Sunjoon, "there isn't a woman more ideal that one just like Daemul? You must be crazy. A woman who doesn't listen, and answers to you with such an attitude? A wife just needs to be a little smarter than a fool. If she is too smart and knows too much, it'll be annoying and loud." Jaeshin takes off his dopo and hangs it in his closet. "How did you come back without passing a night? You usually don't come back when you step out." "I told you I went to buy a hat. I went and bought a hat." He is really wearing a hat. He takes off his hat and after showing Yongha, puts it onto the shelf above the door. "Never mind your hat--I'm asking why you're back! This is so unlike you!" "Eish, I came back early because I thought these two might do it it my room!" Jaeshin grumbles as he takes out something from his dopo and throws it onto Yoonhee's lap. "They gave me this for free when I bought my hat." It's a yoogun. But it doesn't look cheap enough that a merchant would give it for free. Yoonhee, at first surprised, refuses. "It's too expensive--I can't accept this from you. You can wear it." "It doesn't fit on my head, it's too small." "Then exchange it for something bigger." "Hey! How can a nobleman go and exchange something? I bought-- I mean, I brought it all the way here, so if you

don't want it, sell it to someone or something." Yongha looks at this exchange, fascinated. He thinks to himself, Gul-oh, you're not being very honest. It's obvious you bought this with your money, and you probably came back quickly so you could give it to Kim Yoonshik. How cute. "Daemul, you should accept it! You should think how Gul-oh brought it for you all the way here. In a few months it'll be summer and the yoogun you have is too thick to wear in hot weather." Sunjoon smiles and agrees. "I think you should accept it too. You shouldn't refuse things between close friends." Jaeshin raises an eyebrow as he spits at Sunjoon, "Who's a close friend!? You know what? Give it back. I'll just burn it for fun." Before he can take it back, Yoonhee bows in gratitude to him. "Thank you. I will put it to good use." When Yoonhee smiles widely at him, Jaeshin scratches his head. He takes off his clothes, while hiding a small smile. Like always, he lies down in the room just in his underclothes. Then he says, "wear it, to see if it fits." And then he pretends to be uninterested and starts grumbling on about something else. Yoonhee feels Jaeshin's kindness and hold back her laughter. She tries on the yoogun, as Sunjoon and Yongha exchange amused smiles. When Jaeshin sees their expression, he yells, "Hey, what are you guys laughing about?! What is it?!" Jaeshin's shouts ring throughout Dongjae again, but today it's accompanied by the sound of laughter from Sunjoon, Yoonhee, and Yongha SKK Scandal Scene 14 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 14: The Day Off [Merry Christmas!] Tomorrow is their day off, so Sunjoon and Yoonhee prepare to leave for home as soon as they are finished with dinner. Jaeshin and Yongha are already gone, nowhere to be seen. Sunjoon and Yoonhee have planned for Yoonhee to drop by Sunjoon's home to pick up the books that he's been keeping for her at his house, and also so that she could thank his mother for the blankets she's been using. Sunjoon, finished, asks Yoonhee if she is done. "I'm ready." Excited, Yoonhee comes out of the room. In her hands is the same bag she had brought on her first day. "What is all of that?" "It's nothing." Sunjoon takes the bag from her and sees how much it weighs. "Are you sure you can carry both this and the books all the way home?" "Hahaha, I'm a man, too. I brought them both when I came here, so it's no problem. It's lighter than then." Yoonhee raises her load with one hand, pretending that it does not weigh much. Then she follows him out of the dormitory. She sees that Sunjoon also has a bag of clothes to wash. "You seem very happy. Is it that nice that you get to go home?" Yoonhee wants to answer that she is more excited to get to go to his home than her own, but she says, "I was worried about my mother and sister. I am the only man in the house, but I've been gone.." "Ah, you really must have been worried. But if you are to come to my house first, it might be hard for you to make it home tonight. I don't want to have to send you off just after you pick up your books..." "I know--I had thought that, too." She smiles, both excited and nervous. Sunjoon sees her expression and smiles as well. He is sure that this person in front of him is a man, but why is he nervous? "You have a room to yourself, right? I'm curious as to how your room would look like." "There's nothing much to see in my room. But there is something I want to show you." "What is that?"

"You'll see when we get there. Ah, but don't keep your expectations too high. It's just a simple hobby of mind." "Wow, I'm excited! A hobby..." Yoonhee becomes more energetic at the feeling that she is getting to know more and more about Sunjoon. She is so happy that she can't feel the weight of the bag in her hand, even though the handle is digging into her hand. The two converse as they come out of Banchon and head towards Bookchon. They turn into a deserted road when they run into a gama (the carriages they carry noblewomen in) with a man standing next to it. The man looks at Sunjoon, who passes him with Yoonhee, and then follows him. "Excuse me. Please, I have something to ask." Sunjoon and Yoonhee stop and turn towards the man. "Are you coming from Sungkyunkwan?" "Yes, we are." "Then by any chance are you the newly admitted Lee Sunjoon doryunnim?" Yoonhee and Sunjoon look at one another. Sunjoon turns to the man, as Yoonhee eyes the gama that is probably holding a woman inside. "I am Lee Sunjoon. Is there something you need?" "I am a servant for the house of the Byunjo-Panseo (The Byungpan). The lady in the gama over there has asked me to ask you if you remember the Boo-yong-hwa (the lotus flower)." Yoonhee's face falls as she gazes towards the gama. She can't believe what she's just heard. She tries to tell herself that she heard wrong, but she is thwarted by Sunjoon's answer. "Please let her know I did not forget what she did for me." The servant runs over to the gama, and after a few seconds of whispering with the woman inside, runs back to Sunjoon. "She says that she sent you off without a proper goodbye because of the circumstances. She learned recently that the whole thing was due to the initiation pranks at Sungkyunkwan. The lady has told me that since you have helped her (the implication is the since Sunjoon did not carry out the task, he saved her from being shamed) that she would like to thank you properly." "I was the one that received her help, so let her know that there is no need to thank me. Also please let her know that I am very sorry to have involved her in such matters in the first place." Yoonhee is unable to take her eyes off the gama. She can feel that the woman is looking at Sunjoon through the narrow space made between the curtains on the side of the gama. She isn't able to shake off this uneasy feeling--she is both displeased and distraught. When the man runs to the gama again, Yoonhee pulls Sunjoon's arm and says desperately, "I think that's all that needs to be said, so we should go on. It will get dark soon." But even though she is desperate and anxious, Sunjoon seems like he is in no such hurry. Before the two can turn away, the woman steps out of the gama and slowly stands up. The woman is beautiful and looks like, as expected, a rich nobleman's daughter. Yoonhee is struck by the woman's beauty. It's almost as though she is looking at a real nymph--real lotus flowers cannot compare to this woman. Any man would have surely fallen in love with her at first sight. Hyo-eun covers her face with an outer cloth and turns, facing away from them. Yoonhee sees Hyo-eun's long braid spilling out from the cloth that covers her head. And her bright red skirt and her dark green cloth shine brightly in Yoonhee's eyes. The servant approaches Sunjoon again after talking to Hyo-eun. "She would like to talk to you in detail about that night... She would like to find out why and how such a prank came to be." Yoonhee is flabbergasted. How would a woman of such background find out about the initiation prank in the first place? And even if she had found out through anyone that there existed such a prank and what the prank entailed, why would she want to know more about something that's done and over with after? Why now? It's more than

obvious that she just wants to see Sunjoon. "That sounds fine." Yoonhee looks at Sunjoon. As the servant goes to Hyo-eun again, Yoonhee tries to talk Sunjoon out of this situation, trying as hard as she can to try to keep smiling. "What is there more to explain about that night? Nothing happened. Let's just keep it short and head home." "But I shouldn't refuse her. If she wants to know what happened, I should explain." "That doesn't even make sense..." What happened isn't important to that woman. Yoonhee can see clearly what the woman wants. "Then what about me? How much should I wait? It's not proper to go to someone else's home so late..." "I'm really sorry that things have turned out like this, but maybe today isn't such a good idea after all." "W-what? What do you mean? You can just keep your conversation short." "I don't know how long the conversation will go, so..." "H..how can you do this? Doesn't the promise you made with me come first? You said that you had something to show me..." "We should plan for you to come again when we have more time to ourselves. We are always together anyway." "Do you really think there will be another chance? Do you really think we will always be together?" Yoonhee had been thinking like that as well. She was mistaken in thinking that she will always be with him. But the person with Sunjoon isn't her, it's Yoonshik. The woman, Kim Yoonhee, is no more than the person who Sunjoon met in passing, who hid behind a ratty old Sugechima. The 'together' Sunjoon is talking about has no meaning to Yoonhee, who will never really be with him. Even though the two are with one another, they aren't, and are nothing to one another. Sunjoon makes a conflicted expression. Yoonhee can't stop him any longer. She doesn't want to cling onto him and argue that she is more important. But she can't put on a brighter expression so she looks to the ground. She wants to get out of here. now. "A-ah, we can't do anything about it. It's alright--it's better to go and see my family. Don't worry about me and go ahead." "Daemul doryung, we can come next time--" "I'm going to go ahead." Yoonhee walks away quickly, with her eyes only on the ground underneath her. She knows she should have told him that she would come with him next time, but she can't find the good spirit in her to swallow all her despair. Before she can get very far, she feels sorry for the way she left. So to make sure he does not fret over her, she turns around to show him a smile. But she shouldn't have turned around. She sees the two beautiful man and woman standing close together. Sunjoon probably forgot about Kim Yoonshik or their plans together in front of that beautiful woman. She was probably mistaken that he would spend any time fretting over her. Sunjoon is a man, after all. Wouldn't he be overjoyed that such a woman would want to talk to him? How annoying would have been to have to leave her to keep a promise with another man? The two disappear, and Yoonhee starts trekking alone towards her home. She feels a lump in her throat. To try and comfort herself, she says loudly, "Ahhh, he's such a disappointment. He's just like everyone else! Following around pretty women..." She feels the weight of the bag in her hand. She puts it down on the ground and sits on a rock nearby. She closes and opens her hand as she thinks about Sunjoon and Hyo-eun. She tries to shake them away from her thoughts, but fails. She tries to put on a bright expression and shouts, "Eesh! Garang hyung! How lame! Chasing at a pretty woman's tail... Honestly, it was hard to watch! Hahaha. And what about that lotus flower? How can a nobleman's daughter go around following a man she's met only once? She's probably a bigger fox than Chosun, for sure." Yoonhee stops and bites her lips. 'You're pathetic. You're worse than anyone. If you're going to dress up as a man, act like one! The one that's lame is you!' She chastises herself and stops when she sees her beoseon. If she had stood in front of Sunjoon as a woman from the start, the two might have been in a different place. Yoonhee asks herself with a heavy heart, is it too late to tell

Sunjoon that she is a woman? She grabs on to the hope that he would understand and smiles. She makes fists with her hand and gets up from the rock. "Let's tell him! He would understand. And he would comfort me, and worry about how hard I've had it." Yoonhee stops as she thinks about the past. She thinks about when she stood in front of the King, when Sunjoon had asked that she be placed in Sungkyunkwan, praising her skills, worrying for her health, protecting her... Yoonhee sits down on the rock again. Sunjoon can't know. Even if Yongha finds out, even if Jaeshin finds out, and even if the King himself found out, Sunjoon can't. She can't make him a part of her own crime. She can't be an obstacle in his life--it would be easier that she watch him marry another woman. And that day when she will have to watch him marry someone will come, soon. It might even come sooner than the day Yoonhee will come out of Sungkyunkwan and out of her disguise. Will she be able to go through it? Even if she doesn't want to see or hear about his love life, she will have to, eventually. Would she be able to go through with it with a smile on her face? Yoonhee, at that thought, tries to smile. She will have to, eventually--it's no use asking if she can or not. She tries to steer her thoughts to her mother and Yoonshik. She wants to go home. At home, she can be Yoonhee again. She can relax and sleep without worry. She gets up and tries to lift up her bag, to no avail. It's heavier than ever. It's almost as though somebody put a spell on it while she was sitting on the rock. "Please, just budge. Just move a little." She lifts up the bag. As she starts walking, the bag only gets heavier, as does every step home.

Sunjoon and Hyo-eun are walking together. But all Sunjoon can think about is the way Kim Yoonshik walked away. He shouldn't have let him go like that. "Doryunnim? ...Doryunnim." "Uh? Ah... Yes." "What are you thinking so deeply about? You couldn't even hear me..." Sunjoon looks at Hyo-eun. It's strange. Why is he thinking about Kim Yoonshik when such a beautiful woman is standing in front of him? His insides sting a little. And he knows it's not because of this woman, it's because of Kim Yoonshik. "Did I interfere with some important plans?" "N-no, it's not that...." Hyo-eun smiles. But her smile only makes Sunjoon think of Kim Yoonshik, and Sunjoon can't help but want to see him again. "Who do you think made such a prank, knowing that my house is called Boo-yong? (Boo-yong is the first two characters of boo-yong-hwa, aka the lotus flower)" "How did you come to know about the initiation pranks?" "I asked my older cousin. He learned about it through someone he knows at Sungkyunkwan." Sunjoon smiles to himself, thinking about the fact that Kim Yoonshik was smart enough to figure out that Boo Yong Hwa referred to a woman without having gone to Bookchon to find her house. "I can only say sorry again. It must be the doings of a mischievous scholar." "Whoever it is, I am only thankful... Because he sent you." Sunjoon looks at Hyo-eun, uneasy. Even in this situation, Kim Yoonshik is in front of him. "Don't you think that this was meant to be? So that we could meet..." "Ah, wait. Sorry. I.. I can't."

Sunjoon's answer slips out of him. Did he just say that because of Kim Yoonshik? No, that can't be. "Did I get too far ahead of myself?" "It's not that. I.. I just don't have the leisure for... If this is what you wanted to talk about, I should get going." "W-wait. Please wait. Doryunnim, please." Hyo-eun grabs his arms before he can turn away. Shocked, she takes her hands off him. "If you would not like to meet me, would it be too much to exchange letters? It's not easy for me to come out of the house as well. It's difficult for me to bring up such a request, so please. If you just leave like this, I'd be so embarrassed I wouldn't know what to do." Sunjoon stands still. It's not because he is listening to what she is saying. It's because it feels as though Sunjoon is tearing himself away from this woman because of Kim Yoonshik. "Please, let us just exchange letters. You might feel burdened because of our parents, but they need not know. Please." "Just letters...sound fine." Sunjoon knows why he accepted her request. He knows that it's strange to keep pushing away this woman because of Kim Yoonshik. Pained, he leaves. On his path home, he feels like Kim Yoonshik is following behind him, and so quickens his pace, almost as though he wants to run away. SKK Scandal Scene 15 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 15: Back at Sungkyunkwan [At her stay at home Yoonhee tells Yoonshik about her school life, and about Jaeshin, Yongha and Sunjoon (Yoonshik notices Yoonhee seems different when she talks about Sunjoon than about Jaeshin or Yongha). The next day Yoonhee visits Chosun and enjoys a conversation with her, making Chosun more and more interested.] Yoonhee treks towards Sungkyunkwan with a heavy heart (this is the same night--she comes back to Sungkyunkwan after visiting Chosun). She walks through the Jeonhyuang door (the door she walked through with Soondol on the first day) and arrives at the dorm to find her room, which is empty. Even though she knows Sunjoon will sleep at home and come tomorrow morning, she is nonetheless sad to be looking at the dark room. She walks into the darkness. Her eyes slowly adjust and she is able to see the inside of the room. She thinks about whether to go get a candle or to go directly to sleep, when she sees Sunjoon's desk, on top of which is a closed book. Her eyes quickly scan the room, and she sees his gat. Sunjoon must be here. Before she can think any more, her legs take her outside. She runs, with her bare sangtoo, towards the cafeteria. But it's dark and deserted. Suddenly she misses him more. She tries to think about the places he could be, but before she can make a reasonable guess she is already running towards the library. The library is closed--locked, with a giant lock. She doesn't give up. She shakes the door to the library and makes noises by pounding and pushing on the door. Then she runs from the library towards Bicheondang. But Bicheondang shows no sign of life, only darkness. Her legs take her from each place she cannot find Sunjoon. But now, she doesn't know where to go anymore. There is no way he would be at Byuksongjung or Hyangkwanchung. Might he be at Jeongrokchung? She runs again. But alas, it's empty. Yoonhee walks to the courtyard outside Myunryundang and stands underneath the ginko tree. She can't find him, within this small place. Why does this small place seem so wide today? She walks around, going from Myunryundang, to dongjae, then to daesungjeon. And before she realizes it, she is in front of seojae, the west dormitory. Before she can leave, the seojae hajaesaeng (lower level students) appear behind her. "Stop right here! Why is someone from Dongjae loitering around here?" Yoonhee stops. She doesn't turn around. "Why aren't you answering? I asked, why are you here." Yoonhee turns to them, angry that they are talking down (banmal) to her. "Are you talking to me?"

"Who else is here other than you?" She thinks back to Yongha's advice (He told her to be a little confident and stand up for herself). So she firms up and shouts, "Your rudeness is inexcusable! How dare you hajaesaengs treat me like this? What country's laws do you abide by?!" [This goes on for a bit--the lower level students insult her by saying she didn't get a real education, and she, offended (since they are insulting her brother as well in this manner), says that she came here in her own right, and those who weren't admitted through the proper exam shouldn't belittle her, and tells them to apologize. They are taken back by her and her loud voice, and another student tries to stop both parties by saying that it's too loud--what if Sunjoon hears?] "Hey, don't you know that Garang sahyung is in Daesungjeon? What if he comes here because of all the noise?" She knows where Sunjoon is. There's no time to stay here to listen to their apologies. She leaves them and runs. She goes into Daesungjeon. Her eyes search all around the place, but it's empty. She goes around the building to the courtyard. There, amidst the trees, she finds Sunjoon who seems to be taking a walk underneath the moonlight. She feels her tears fall. She can't tell if it's because she is happy to see him, or if it's because the sight of him overlaps with the day she saw him talking with Hyo-eun. Taken back by her tears, she wipes them away, but she can't stop them from falling. Sunjoon is walking in circles around a pine tree, with his gaze fixed on the shinsam door (the main door). Yoonhee, after wiping away her tears, approaches him slowly. When Sunjoon realizes her presence, he smiles. He stops looking at the shinsam door and his eyes now go to the ground beneath him as he continues walking around the pine tree. She starts walking around on the opposite side of the tree, and asks, "Are you already preparing for the state exam under this tree? (there is a myth that you will pass the gwa-guh if you nap underneath the tree in the daesungjeon courtyard)" "That's not a bad idea. When the exam nears, I won't find any space for it." "If not, why are you walking out here this late?" Sunjoon can't tell her that he was waiting for her. It's not anything particularly hard to say, but strangely enough he can't get it out. "I guess the wind just blew me here." Yoonhee glances at him, wanting to know if it really was the wind or himself who brought him here. As they are walking around the tree, the trunk covers the sight of Sunjoon. Sunjoon says to himself, "I didn't know you were going to come through the jeonhyang door..." Yoonhee pretends not to have heard, and says, "I don't know why I went through the jeonhyang door." The two keep walking slowly around the tree without words. Then Sunjoon, with sadness in his eyes, opens his mouth, heavily. "I don't know if it's me who is running away from you, or you running away from me." She wants to see his face, but the tree blocks him. "I don't know if I am the one looking for you, or if you are the one looking for me." Sunjoon also looks to see Yoonhee, but the tree stops him as well. His sad eyes go to the ground again. Yoonhee walks further so that the tree is not blocking them from one another. He starts, "yesterday..." Yoonhee's heart sinks. She tries to be unaffected as she says brightly, "Ah, yes! How was yesterday? That woman, isn't

she beautiful?" "Yes. She really is." "Y-you lied to me that day. You said that you didn't go to bookchon, but you went... and you met her..." Yoonhee, afraid to meet his gaze, lowers her head. Sunjoon is silent as he continues walking. After a while, he stops. And he speaks. "She asked to meet again, so I said okay. And she suggested between those times that we exchange letters, so I agreed." Yoonhee's legs stop and she stands behind him. She can't take in what she just heard. It feels as though bees are scratching at her heart. It feels so crowded, so loud, so chaotic, that she can't breathe. "She's a beautiful woman. And she is kind. Isn't it only right that a man's heart be taken by her? Shouldn't every man feel nervous to stand in front of her? That's what's right. That is what it should be." Yoonhee, in the end, has run around the entire campus to hear this. She can't find it in herself to smile, but she forces one anyway, as she says, "yes. That is how a man should feel." Yoonhee's voice turns Sunjoon around to face her. But before he can see her face, her hands fall onto his face. She covers his eyes as she says, "please don't look at my face right now. Even though it is dark, I don't think it can cover my pathetic face." "Pathetic? What's wrong?" "Didn't you say all men's hearts would beat in front of such a woman? I am also a man. So how can I not fall in love with her? I was nervous since the first time I laid eyes on her. I'm acting this way because I am too envious of you. Because I'm jealous!" Should she use this as an excuse to use her wish? To stop him from meeting Hyo-eun? But she can't accept how low that would be. "I didn't know. I'm sorry." "There's no reason for you to be sorry! I went around before today with Chosun, and then thought about Hyo-eun. I'm this type of man. I'm pathetic, wanting all the women in the world to be mine." "Chosun.... from the initiation? You are still meeting her..." Sunjoon's hands tighten into fists, and he isn't unaware why his body is reacting this way. She takes away the hands from his face and turns around. Sunjoon sees the small sliver of what he can see of her face, and what he sees overlaps with the face of Yoonshik's sister, covered by the Sugaechima. And he grabs her shoulder. But unable to find it in himself to turn her around, he takes his hand away. "I will be okay by tomorrow. They say people fall just as easily out of love as they do in." Yoonhee leaves, and Sunjoon watches her walk away. He does not take his eyes off her and keeps his gaze in the direction she disappeared. "It was me who was running away from you. I was afraid.... that my heart was taking me away from the right path..." Later, deeper into the night, it starts pouring. It had been sprinkling the past few days--it must have been foretelling a more cold, intense rain. Although Jaeshin isn't in the room, Yoonhee, buried in despair, does not feel the same nervousness as she did when she last thought she would spend the night with Sunjoon alone (when Jaeshin went to go buy the hat). And she is unable to sleep--the sound of the rain keeps her awake the entire night. SKK Scandal Scene 16 Sungkyunkwan Scandal Scene 16: Yoonhee's Bruises [One of the hajaesaengs (named Lim Byungchoon), who is very jealous of Yoonhee's close relationship with Sunjoon(Byungchoon is a noron, and so he is not pleased that Sunjoon is ditching the other norons for a nam-in), picks a fight with her again. Yoonhee is furious that a hajaesaeng would talk down to her in such a way and when she demands he show her respect they end up getting into a physical fight, with four others helping Byungchoon. It ends up being a big fight with a lot of students looking on as Byungchoon and Yoonhee throw punches at one another, rolling around in the mud. The fight is broken up when Sunjoon and Yongha come running. After the west dormitory's student president demands that Byungchoon apologize to Yoonhee, Byungchoon reluctantly does so. Sunjoon leaves with a mud-covered Yoonhee and Yongha towards their dorm, leaving Byungchoon fuming about the

fact Sunjoon did not take his fellow noron's side.] Sunjoon is walking ahead of Yoonhee on their path to Dongjae. He can't look back at her, because for some reason the sight of Yoonhee's face coverd in mud is too cute that he can't hold back his smile. Behind Sunjoon is Yongha, and behind Yongha is Yoonhee, who is, as they are walking, looking over Yongha's shoulder to gauge Sunjoon's expression. What if he is angry? Yongha also looks glances at Sunjoon and to brighten the mood, he says loudly, "I can't believe you took on five people on your own. Kim Yoonshik, Gul-oh should call you his hyungnim." "I didn't know that it would turn out like this... I'm sorry," says Yoonhee, loud enough for Sunjoon to hear. But Sunjoon doesn't say anything. When Yongha sees Yoonhee's expression fall, he says even more brightly, "hahaha, where did the fighter in you go?" They arrive at Dongjae, and Sunjoon sits down on the porch. Yongha tries to sit next to the column, but Yoonhee pushes him away and takes his spot. So Yongha ends up sitting between Sunjoon and Yoonhee, glancing both ways and laughing out loud to relieve this awkward situation. Several jaejiks come with wet cloths in their hand. They give them to Yongha, who passes them to Yoonhee. He takes one and starts wiping the mud on her Sangtoo away, and Yoonhee wipes her face. "You should be careful. I mean, I enjoy a fight more than anyone, but you should think about yourself." Yoonhee, embarrassed, lowers her head. "Garang hyungnim, I'm sorry that I put you in that situation." But Sunjoon is still silent. Yongha says, "so you do know that you put Garang in a difficult position. If he didn't stop them from beating you up, those hajaesaengs might have been expelled." Does that mean Sunjoon was actually just protecting those norons? Before Yoonhee can be disappointed, Yongha continues, "and if they were expelled, that would slowly come around to you as well." "What do you mean?" "Even though they may seem like nothing now, the fact that they are here means that they are from families with some power, and taught by professors of enough importance. It's not unlikely that those hajaesaengs will be promoted to positions of much more power, faster than we could. You really shouldn't underestimate them!" "The one who told me to stand up for myself in front of them was you, Yeorim sahyung." "I told you to ignore them; when did I tell you to get in a fistfight?" "But I can't forgive them for insulting me! And I won't in the future." "But you know why they are angry; calling you names is them just trying to pick a fight." Yongha looks at Yoonhee's hair. "Your entire head is covered in mud. Wiping won't do. I'm sure you got mud under your clothes as well. Ah, your face!" Yoonhee's face, the mud wiped off, reveals a large bruise. At Yongha's exclamation, Sunjoon turns his head towards Yoonhee's face, but it's blocked by Yongha's sleeve. "How in the world did your face get so bruised? Are you sure you don't have any on your body? Take off your clothes!" Before Yongha's hands can reach her clothes, Yoonhee, shocked, holds her top tightly closed with her two hands and shouts, "N-No! There's nothing wrong--" But she stops--she feels a soreness in her neck. And the same stinging feeling starts spreading in all parts of her body. It feels as though all of her wounds are starting to bud and scream simultaneously. "I-I'm okay." Sunjoon, worried, tries to look at Yoonhee, but Yongha is still in the way. Yongha, sensing Sunjoon's movement, says, "Ah, well, it seems like my clothes have gotten dirty thanks to you! I'm gonna go into my room and change." As Yongha walks to his room, he says out loud, for Yoonhee to hear, "it's probably going to be embarrassing going to

wash at the common baths with the hajaesaengs you just fought with. A good place to wash alone is over there in Bibokcheong--it has a well, and there's usually nobody at night..." Yongha disappears into his room, and the two remain on the porch, sitting silently. Yoonhee turns her back to him and continues wiping her face. "Are you hurt?" "N-no, I'm okay." "Turn around." She no longer can get nervous at the sound of his voice. Now his voice brings her pain, as though somebody is setting fire onto her heart. "I'm really okay--" Before she can finish, two hands reach over to both sides of her face. Sunjoon turns her face towards him; when their eyes meet, Yoonhee's face becomes beet red. "If you keep going on like that, you will wipe your skin off along with the mud. Give it here." His voice sounds angry. "It's okay. I'll do it." Sunjoon takes the clean wet cloth next to him and puts it onto her bruise, which has formed around her one eye. "Do you know how many times you've said that you're okay?! I'm not okay seeing you like this!" With her one good eye Yoonhee looks at Sunjoon. "...I'm not okay. It hurts." "I'm sorry." "There's nothing for you to be sorry about..." "I don't know why either, but I'm sorry. I don't know why I'm telling you that, but I am." He's not angry? Yoonhee smiles. Even though it hurts, she can't help but smile. "I'll probably have to stick to you real close at all times. I got into a fistfight with such a potential power! The only way to survive now is to depend on you, now, right?" It seems like he has relaxed at her smile, because he smiles as well. "I told you. We'll always be together." "Always together.... At Sungkyunkwan, and with Kim Yoonshik..." "Hmm?" "Will we be together even after we leave?" "Of course, at jojeong(a place where the king and his servants discuss and decide on political matters)..." Yoonhee shakes her head. She hides her sadness behind the cloth on her eye and smiles as she says, "My dream isn't to be a part of jojeong. I will live far away in the countryside doing a small job, where there will be nobody who recognizes me from here. And when enough time has passed, and my face has changed enough, I will come back then. But by then, I will probably have forgotten about all of these memories, and even you. And you will have forgotten me. It's not a dream, but that's how it will turn out, for someone as weak as me." She arranges for her cloth to cover both her eyes. Tears come out, but thankfully the cloth absorbs them. She can't see anything. But she hears his voice. "That's in his majesty's power... It's not for us to decide." "I'll request it." Sunjoon wants to tell her that the king would not have placed her in Sungkyunkwan just to send her away to a faraway countryside, but he remains quiet. He flips the cloth over for her. As her eyes are covered, all he sees are her lips. Her lips still look soft and pink, and thankfully unwounded. Sunjoon's eyes remain there for a long time, before he tears them away and looks towards the sky.

Sunjoon looks towards the Junhyang door and stands up when he sees Jaeshin walking towards them, with his gat strings already undone. Sunjoon greets him, and Jaeshin tosses the gat onto the porch. Yongha comes out from the room. "Wow, Gul-oh. You really must have gone crazy. Why have you been coming back to your room so often recently?" "None of your business." Jaeshin looks at Yoonhee. Yoonhee takes away the cloth on her face to bow to Jaeshin. Jaeshin raises his eyebrows and lowers his head to Yoonhee. His face gets closer and closer to Yoonhee, and when it almost seems like his lips will touch Yoonhee's, Sunjoon's hand comes between the two faces, with his palm on Yoonhee's lips. Yoonhee, first shocked at the close proximity of Jaeshin's face, becomes even more shocked with Sunjoon's hand on her lips. But it doesn't seem like Jaeshin was aiming for her lips. He doesn't back away, and keeps on staring at Yoonhee's face. Yongha laughs and teases the three. "Hey Gul-oh, don't stick your face so close like that. You're making Garang's blood rise to his face." Indeed, Sunjoon's face looks red with anger. Seeing Jaeshin's face so close to Yoonhee's makes him more than upset. The feeling boils in his chest. "Who is it?" Yoonhee, taken back at Jaeshin's question, tries to back away more and answers, "I..I'm Daemul Kim Yoonshik." "I'm asking who did this to you!" Yongha comes running to Jaeshin to calm him down. He hugs Jaeshin and says, "Do you know how much I missed you! I missed your embrace so much that I had to go play around with some gisaengs to relieve myself!" "Crazy bastard, let go of me!" "No! I don't like that you're more worried about other men than me!" As Jaeshin and Yongha go back and forth, Sunjoon takes his hand off of Yoonhee. After a while of pushing Yongha away, Jaeshin has had it enough and his fist goes to Yongha's face and Yongha falls onto the porch. Sunjoon goes to hold Jaeshin back and Yoonhee runs to Yongha. "Yeorim Sahyung!" Yongha, in shock at first, slowly sits up with Yoonhee's help. He laughs as he touches the cheek Jaeshin punched. "Just pretend I was the one that made Daemul's face like that. So just be satisfied with that punch, okay?" "It was the group of norons, right? I'll kill them all, let me go!" Jaeshin tries to free himself from Sunjoon, who is holding Jaeshin's arm." "I won't." "Garang, do you want to die too? Why, is it because you're a noron, too?" "You will just make this a bigger deal! Gul-oh sahyung, if there is another fight, you will be okay, but Daemul won't be! Do you think I'm not doing anything because I'm not angry? I know how to use my fist, too!" Jaeshin, after a moment, whips his hand away from Sunjoon's grasp and goes into the room angrily. Yongha, relieved, smiles. "Ah, my clothes got dirty again, because of Gul-oh. How many times am I gonna have to change today?" "Yeorim Sahyung, are you really okay?" Yoonhee looks at him with a worried expression, and so Yongha smiles and points to his cheek, saying, "if our daemul kisses me right here, I think I'll get all better!" "Do you really want to die?!" At Jaeshin's shout from the inside, Yongha jumps away from Yoonhee. "I'll change my nickname when Gul-oh fixes that personality of his."

Yoonhee scratches her chin and faces towards the room. She says for Jaeshin to hear, "Thank you for worrying about me." "I didn't worry about you!" "Didn't you just get angry because of me?" If Jaeshin thinks about it, it is pretty strange. Why did he just get so angry over a kid who has nothing to do with him? Even now, he's subconsciously made a fist with his hand thinking about Kim Yoonshik's bruised face. He look at his face and tries to find a good excuse. "My body was just itching for a fight because I haven't in a while. What a waste--if I came earlier, I could have just beat up some people to my heart's content!" What a bunch of nonsense. Maybe Yongha is right, and he really has gone crazy. The fact is, he was coming back to Sungkyunkwan so much more lately because of that kid. Unsettled, he faces away from the door, and away from Yoonhee. Sunjoon goes to the Jaejiks and gestures at them for something. They run forth and come back with two eggs in their hands. Sunjoon smiles and pats the jaejiks on their heads. He comes back to the porch with the eggs; he hands Yongha one and keeps one in his hand. "Garang, why are you giving me this?" "It hasn't swollen yet, but it will soon." Sunjoon pulls Yoonhee's arms and sits her down in front of him. He takes the egg and puts it on her bruise. "I--uh--I..I can do it myself." "You can't see your wound. So I'll do it." Yoonhee feels as though it's a waste using something as precious a food to her to treat a bruise that will soon go away. But the feel of the egg rolling on her face feels like Sunjoon himself is touching her face, so she doesn't protest. Yongha looks at the two and then back to his egg, and then mutters to himself, "It's not like I can see my wound either..." (lol) SKK Scandal Scene A A - Night of the sports competition, after the DongJae Victory [DongJae wins, and there is a grand party, along with the Gisaengs from MoRakGahn (including Chosun). There are many women and Gisaengs surrounding each member from the JalGeum Foursome.] The night comes, and they light the place, and all the people are now looking at Chosun, who is dancing as she approaches Sunjoon and Yoonhee, who are sitting next to one another. Yoonhee is sure that Chosun is coming to her (Chosun, prior to this, has been very blunt about her affection for Yoonhee, who she thinks is a man) and is contemplating on what to do, but to everyone's surprise, she goes to Sunjoon, and lures him to the dance floor. Sunjoon, who's been pushing away all women the whole night, follows Chosun without hesitation, and everyone is so surprised that the crowd splits to make way for the two. Yoonhee can't believe her eyes (first, because of Chosun, then because Sunjoon followd her so willingly), but she's not the only one so shocked. Chosun hides the fact that she is really surprised; she thought that if she tried to seduce Sunjoon to dance, Sunjoon would struggle, and that Yoonhee would get jealous and try to pull Chosun to him/herself. She didn't think that Sunjoon would follow. She doesn't have the time to be flattered, because as she leaves with Sunjoon to dance, another handful of women surround Yoonhee. And Sunjoon's eyes are cold, and he does not move to the music. Chosun asks him what he was thinking, in following her, and he replies, "that's what I want to ask. Why did you approach me?" Chosun hesitated in answering, and Sunjoon is fast to say, "Even a Gisaeng's loyalty spans at least one night. Because you danced with me, you shouldn't go the scholar sitting next to me, isn't that right?" Chosun is baffled, and stops dancing. She doesn't understand. "You did this for that reason? Why? Aren't you a man?"

Sunjoon thinks to himself, I am a man. That is actually the reason of my misery. "You and I both know I am a man." "Then why?" Sunjoon thinks, don't ask that, because it pains me that I can't answer. He makes up an excuse saying that he wants to protect Yoonhee and Yoonhee's name, to which Chosun doesn't accept. And then Sunjoon cuts her off, saying, "Let's make this clear. I didn't approach you tonight, you approached me. You are the one who betrayed Kim Yoon Shik!" Then he turns his back to her, and sees Yoonhee approaching the dance floor, still surrounded by women. Yoonhee evades his gaze, and he interprets it as anger for taking Chosun away from him (he thinks that Yoonhee likes Chosun). As Yoonhee and her crowd of women pass Sunjoon, Sunjoon grabs her wrist and drags her away from the dance floor to underneath the canopy. And Yoonhee (who is a little tipsy from drinking) says, "I know all the women must love you, but isn't this too much? And with my woman.. to my woman.." Sunjoon feels a stab in his heart as he contemplates, he likes her so much as to call her "my woman"? Without showing any expression, he grabs her shoulders and forces her to sit, and Yoonhee struggles, trying to break free. When she calms down, he sits next to her, and says "don't get up." And with his words, she folded her knees and buried her face in them, unable to explain what had just happened. Chosun is speechless watching the two. She thinks that Yoonshik (Yoonhee) is definitely a man, but Sunjoon is treating Yoonhee as if she was his woman (ha!). She seems to have picked up that that the two aren't your normal friends. She's sure that there was something going on between them. To quell her feelings, Yoonhee keeps drinking, and thinks stuff like, there are so many women clamoring for Sunjoon already, and now I have to worry about Chosun too? (so cute). Sunjoon is suffocatingly silent, and Yoonhee looks around for Yongha, who would usually find them and break the mood, but alas, Yongha has disappeared with a Gisaeng. A man comes looking for Sunjoon, and Yoonhee recognizes him as Hyo-eun's servant. The man tells Sunjoon that Hyo-eun is waiting outside Banchon (The marketplace you saw in the drama right outside the actual walled SKK Campus) and that she asks to see him. Sunjoon tells the man to go back first, that he would soon follow, and Yoonhee, having heard this, is not very happy. She is drunk, and when Sunjoon gets up to leave, she stares for a while, and decides to follow. She is super tipsy and keeps falling over as she follows Sunjoon (at some point, Chosun helps pick her up, but she pushes her away by going through the cafeteria, since Gisaengs cannot enter). After a while, she catches up to him, and says "I caught you!" She's still very tipsy. He says that she drank too much, to which she replies, "don't act like you're worried about me!" "Are you going to her? She is a very pretty woman, and such a great family background! You must be very in love, to leave a victory party so fast!" And Sunjoon thinks, this looks like I am going for the woman? No, I was just trying to run away from you. Yoonhee keeps trying to pick a fight, saying "you're gonna give Yeorim (Yongha) a run for his money! going from one woman to another..." And she falls to him, and he tries his hardest not to catch her (because he is afraid of what he would do) and she does not fall because she hugs his waist to stand back up. Sunjoon thinks that it might be easier if he did just move from woman to woman so easily. Yoonhee says, "The wish! My wish, there's a wish I can use, right? That wish, I want to use it now. My wish is that you don't meet that woman..." and as she says this, she is knocked unconscious and faints, and both of them fall to the ground. And Sunjoon says, "if that's your wish, I won't meet her." And he says it genuinely, but she's completely knocked out. He's saddened and angry, and shakes her, yelling, "Make that your wish! Please, make that my excuse!" (He means that if yoonhee does wish that, he doesn't have to meet Hyoeun, since all this time he's so conflicted as to why he is not in love with Hyo-eun, who is a beautiful woman and a wonderful catch, wants an excuse as to not love Hyo-eun). Yoonhee murmurs something. He sticks his face really close to her to see what she was saying, and he's entranced by her face, and he is overcome with the desire to kiss her. He's stopped when Jaeshin calls out to the two (Jaeshin has been looking for Yoonhee). He notices that Yoonhee is passed out, and jokes, "You guys were doing the unspeakable at a place for saints and their relics?" (They were near a

temple) (also Jaeshin does not know as of yet that Yoonhee is a girl) Sunjoon knows it's a joke, but it hurts a lot more this time, and yells, "how can two men do such things?!" and Jaeshin jokes, "If two men want to, they can do whatever they want. If you're curious as to how, just ask me" (lolol) Then Jaeshin checks on Yoonhee, and as he tries to pick her up to take her, Sunjoon takes Jaeshin's hands off of her, and clutches her to himself. "Why? you think I'll do something to him?" And Sunjoon says, "no, it's not that..." And Jaeshin replies, "I'll take him to the room. You were going somewhere, so go on ahead." Sunjoon says that he will take him, and Jaeshin takes Yoonhee away by force, and says, "it's not that I'm taking him for you; Your hand will start bleeding again (Sunjoon hurt his hand during the sports competition) so go on." Sunjoon watches them goes and thinks that if Jaeshin did not come, he was sure to have met his lips with Yoonhee's. He is now more conflicted than ever and asks himself what he should do.

As Jaeshin is carrying Yoonhee, Yoonhee murmurs, "Garang (Sunjoon's nickname) Hyungnim, don't go..." and starts crying. Jaeshin spits out, "I know you follow Garang everywhere you go when you're awake...but to look for him even in your dreams? Why am I so angry? Dammit, I should just throw you to the ground." But he doesn't, and thinks to himself that Yoonhee is very light, and carrying him doesn't feel gross, it feels actually very nice. Jaeshin catches himself, saying "if this goes on, I may really become gay." Jaeshin sets Yoonhee down in the room and decides to undress her. His heart starts racing as he starts undoing her clothes (to which he is baffled as to why) and he is startled to find the cloth that is wrapped around her upper body, around her breasts. Even as she is unconscious, Yoonhee clutches to her clothes as to hide what's inside, and Jaeshin jumps up from the shock, backing away from her towards the door. He stares for a long time, and then paces around the room, and he becomes sure that she's a woman. He says, "how did I not know?" and Yoonhee murmurs, "Garang hyung.." and Jaeshin says, "Why are you calling for him?! What are you thinking? Why did you come here? Do you know what would happen if..." SKK Scandal Scene B B - The Happening At BiBokCheon [First, things that happened between Scene A and Scene B: Jaeshin clothes Yoonhee, and sits outside the room to think. Sunjoon comes back and tries to walk in the room to sleep, to which Jaeshin stops him. I think Jaeshin is drunk and confused and Sunjoon is just sad and angry as of then, and Jaeshin doesn't want Sunjoon going in the room so they start throwing punches. Yongha comes to try and stop them, but they keep going, until Yongha wakes up Yoonhee and Yoonhee comes to try and break the fight. They stop, unable to explain why they fought. Sunjoon storms off to sleep, and Jaeshin similarly storms out, but out of SKK. Nobody hears of Jaeshin until this next scene.] [Yoonhee has been bathing at BiBokCheon in the very late hours of the night so she isn't seen; The lower level students try to scare her and approach the place, and she hears them, and then scrambles to get her things and run into the nearest storage warehouse, where everything is dark. Jaeshin, who was resting there (he was hurt from a fight) sees her silhouette, with her hair in a mess, with straws in it, and thinks he is seeing ghosts, and faints (I think also part of it was because he was severely wounded). Also the lower level students who were near the storage house hear Jaeshin's voice and flee, but then wonder what Jaeshin and Yoonhee are doing together at the storage warehouse this late at night. And the rumor starts...] Yoonhee dresses herself completely and sees that Jaeshin is still unconscious. She shakes him, telling him he should sleep at the room, but he doesn't wake up. She checks if he is drunk, but she can't smell any alcohol. She punches him lightly, and starts getting worried. She starts hitting him harder and then find that he is bleeding from his side. Shocked, she stammers, "you're ... you're not dead, right? open your eyes! Just a little bit, please..." Jaeshin opens his eyes slowly. "Are.. you... shik.." "Yes! I am shik. I'm daemul Yoonshik!" "Why are you.. here?" Yoonhee starts crying. "Thank goodness..Thank god.." Her mouth forms into a smile even as she is crying. Jaeshin says, "Punk, you were beating me up so freely when I was out, and now that I am awake, you're gonna cry?" "Ah! since when were you awake?" "Since you started giving me a beating. Anyone would wake up to that."

Yoonhee gets up, and says that she will bring a doctor, to which Jaeshin grabs her wrist, and tells her that she can't tell anyone. She tries to leave, but Jaeshin yells, "I told you you can't!" And with that shout, his pain comes back and he puts his hand on the wound on his side. Yoonhee cries and says that then she will just bring Yongha, and Jaeshin yells, "You can't tell Yongha! You can't tell Garang (Sunjoon)! You can't tell anybody, even if I die!" Yoonhee cries, but realizes that if she can't tell anybody, she'll have to treat him herself. "I'll be back with things to wipe your wound." "Just go; pretend you didn't see me." "If you don't want me to punch you again, then stop saying things like that!" Yoonhee runs out the door, and Jaeshin smiles weakly. Yoonhee comes with water and clean towels. When she comes back, Jaeshin is sitting up, trying to stay conscious. He smiles at her as she starts undoing his clothes. He says, "Calm down. If you keep pushing me like this, I might actually do something to you." "In this state?" "My side is hurt, but my stuff is still fine." (lol, Jaeshin is so awesome) "What would you have done if you hurt that great mouth of yours?" "Are you going to keep talking back like that? Where did the crybaby that was just here go to?" "And are you the man who was just struggling to stay alive? I should have beat you more when I had the chance." Yoonhee wipes the blood off his body; his chest, stomach, and arms are fine, but his side almost seems like the organs will pop out of it. She wipes the wound carefully, and frowns, to which Jaeshin says, "Sorry." "what?" "I know you can't look at wounds and blood very easily." But as Jaeshin says this, he realizes that it isn't because Yoonhee can't handle blood, it is because she is a woman that she kept refusing to tend to his wound on his butt back in the beginning of the school term. Yoonhee asks how he got so hurt, and he evades the subject by asking her if she was playing ghosts here, with her hair all messed up like that. Jaeshin slowly takes his hand to get straw out of her hair, and doesn't take his hand out of her hair. So soft--so this kid is a woman. It feels so much different than my hair, he thinks. Yoonhee is busy tending to his wound, and doesn't notice the change in his gaze. So she answers, "hair is different from person to person, as personalities are." Jaeshin becomes really sensitive to her touch on his body, and pulls her to him, catching her in a hug. This catches Yoonhee by surprise, and she tries to push him away, but he is holding her too firmly. "What do you think you're doing! Let me go!" "How are you so ...soft?" "I.. I'm a man! Why are you doing this!" "How are you so soft, even though you are a man?" "Let me go!" "You're so soft; why should I even care that you're a man? It's fine if it feels this good to hold you." Yoonhee struggles for a while, and Jaeshin finally lets her go. Yoonhee backs away from him, and says, "This time your joke went too far! If you held on any longer, I would have hit where your wound was." Jaeshin smiles, "that's why I let you go." He laughs. The next day, Jaeshin has again disappeared without a word. SKK Scandal Scene C C - Yoonhee, Sunjoon, Jaeshin, and the Tree [Yoonhee and Sunjoon are in their room, contemplating on Jaeshin's long absence.] Sunjoon closes his book, and lays out blankets, including Jaeshin's, in case he comes back. Sunjoon sighs as he looks at the empty spot--Jaeshin has been gone at least ten days. Yoonhee says, "It's not that he's not coming back because of you." "How do you know?" "Uh... Well, I just know that he's not so narrow-minded like that."

Yoonhee smiles at him to comfort him, but he evades her gaze and gets changed and ready to sleep. Sunjoon gets underneath the blanket and asks, "Are you sleeping late again?" "Yes, I'm just going to look at this longer. I didn't have time earlier because of that other scholar..." "Ah, the scholar who wanted to look at your writing. I would really like to see as well." "It's not that great..." "But don't work too hard; it's already so late." But Yoonhee replies that there are so many tests to study for, to which Sunjoon says that her skills are already very good. Yoonhee says that it's not good enough for the eyes of the king (the king would come to read and ask about the test held the next day). "Anyway, what will Gul-oh (Jaeshin) Sahyung (sunbae/older person) do if he fails?" Sunjoon doesn't know either, and tells her to not worry too much, so that she won't be too nervous in front of the king tomorrow. He settles in to sleep. Yoonhee thinks, he's always so properly punctual. How can someone always go to sleep and wake up at the same time every night? She steals glances at his sleeping face.

The shadow of the campus ginko tree suddenly had a human silhouette--it's Jaeshin. Jaeshin looks towards DongJae and counts down the doors until he finds his room. He sees that the room is still lit by candlelight and realizes Yoonhee is still not asleep. He rests on top of the tree, looking towards the room, as though he is looking at her.

Yoonhee, to stop herself from looking at Sunjoon's face, turns off the light, but the moon is so bright that his face is still well lit. She decides she might as well close her eyes then, and wiggles into the blanket. But as she goes into the blanket, the back of her hand touches Sunjoon's. Sunjoon, seemingly deep asleep, shows no reaction, so Yoonhee takes this chance to touch his hand. It's so warm that she could cry. She touches finger by finger, and even his palm. She holds his thumb and sticks her head out of the blanket too look at his face. She thinks, His face is so close. The face that I'll miss so painfully that one day we can't see each other anymore, it's so close to me now. She touches his forehead, and then his nose, and with her fingers touches his lips, as though she is kissing him. She is entranced by the touch and how different it is from just looking. Before she knows it, she's slowly put her lips on top of his, because she wants to know how different it feels on her lips than her finger. Balancing her weight on top of him, she steals a kiss. And just as feeling his lips with her finger is different from just looking, the feeling on of his lips on hers is different than on her finger. Jaeshin, having noticed that the lights have gone off, starts throwing pebbles at the door. Yoonhee, who's just had her lips on Sunjoon's, is startled and gets up. She opens the door and Jaeshin pops in, whispering, "Come out. Let's play.." Yoonhee shouts as softly as she can. "Do you know how much we worried about you?" She makes sure he is well, and he seems so (he even has new clothes on! To impress a certain person?). He gets close to her and says, "I said, come out! Isn't it sad to let such a well lit night go by?" Yoonhee tries to protest, mentioning the test tomorrow, but he takes her away by force. "w--wait!" "Shh! You're going to wake up Garang." Jaeshin puts his own shoes on her feet, and drags her away barefooted. "I want to show you something. Come."

After Yoonhee and Jaeshin leaves, Sunjoon slowly opens his eyes. He looks at his hand, which is shaking. He can still remember her touch. He touches his lips with his hand, and his heart races.

Yoonhee, as she is being dragged away, asks Jaeshin quietly, "Have you healed alright? Where have you been? Are you

okay moving around like this?" "You talk too much. I'm moving around because I'm okay. If I'm dead, how could I be dragging you around like this?" "Why didn't you come back? You should think about those worrying about you." "Did I tell you to worry about me? Don't get so upset over something I didn't even tell you to do." "You disappeared in that state! How was I not supposed to worry?" "Shh! How will I stop that mouth from shooting off? Should I attack it with my own?" Yoonhee shuts her mouth. But she is happy to hear his jokes once again. Jaeshin takes her to the huge Ginko tree and hoists her up. She tells him that she can't climb trees, and Jaeshin offers his shoulders. He stands with her on his shoulders until she grabs a branch. Then Jaeshin climbs up the tree and then pulls her up. They repeat this until they are very high up on the tree. Yoonhee looks out to what seems like the world to her. Because of the bright moonlight, she can see all SungKyunKwan and the palace far away. Jaeshin is satisfied looking at her awed expression, and says, "I told you you would regret it if you didn't come." Yoonhee says, "Thank you. This is blowing all my frustrations away." "You're frustrated? because?" Yoonhee doesn't answer. Jaeshin says, "if you're up here, you can see all the things you can't see down there. And you can even hear it. Close your eyes." Yoonhee closes her eyes, and she can hear what sounds like the breeze, like animals wandering the night, like the water... And something else she can't quite make out. Jaeshin speaks. "Can you hear it? That's the sound of SungKyunKwan breathing." Yoonhee thinks, if this place could breathe, it could also be angry. She thinks back at what she just did to Sunjoon, and that if this place was alive, it'd be fit to punish her. She shakes herself back to reality. "Ah! about the test tomorrow.." "I know, I'll probably fail. It's not anything new, not even to the king." "But your family... wouldn't they have high expectations for you?" "Just because someone can write a few words doesn't mean they'll make for important people. It's useless, all of it." Jaeshin looks down at Dongjae, and continues, "...is what I thought before I met Garang. After I met him, I realized that you can indeed write a few words with the right mind, instead of the right brain. Words aren't so useless then after all. It's so surprising. He's something else. Even if I stayed here forever I might not have realized this. Don't you dare tell him that I said this." Yoonhee smiles widely and nods. Jaeshin says quietly, "You must like him, right?" "What?" "Nothing." Jaeshin stares far away, and murmurs, "Ah, I hate Garang. I can't do anything about it, but I hate him so..." Yoonhee thanks Jaeshin for taking her back to the room the night of the victory party. She asks, "Did I ..do anything?" "Isn't getting knocked out on the street something already?" "Ah.. I'm just wondering.. why you just left me in the room like that. I woke up with the same clothes on..." "look at you. You're saying I should have changed you, too? I took you to your room even though I just wanted to abandon you somewhere on the street!" "No I didn't mean it like that! I just meant.. Thank you." Jaeshin starts, "But I guess someday I should get a gander at that great thing of yours!" (Daemul means literally big wealth/treasure, but it more or less implies "big penis". lol. The nickname sticks because Yoonhee is the great man who was able to get Chosun's affection.) Jaeshin breaks out in laughter. After he says it, he realizes the hilarity of the matter. The person rumored to have the biggest penis is actually a woman! How did that rumor even start? He starts even tearing as he laughs. "Why are you laughing so much?"

"Ah.. I was just thinking about the fighting ring... (He pretends he is getting hurt getting into things like wrestling matches people bet over)" "You're lying about going to those places right?" Jaeshin coughs. "What? I'm lying?" "Yes, Garang Hyungnim said that you're not the one to go to places like that." "You'll believe anything Garang says, dammit!" Jaeshin suddenly, in anger, climbs down from the tree. Yoonhee slowly and carefully climbs down branch by branch, but reaches a point where she can't go down further. "You can't just leave me here! How do I get down?" Jaeshin looks up from the ground and says, "if you jump from there, you might break something." "So can you offer your shoulder like last time..." "I never told you I would help you get down." With that Jaeshin goes towards DongJae, pretending not to hear Yoonhee. He shouts as he walks away, "By the way! It's forbidden to climb trees on campus. Don't get caught!" "W--What!? wait!" Yoonhee stays in the tree stuck. "I wondered why he was being so nice! If I get down, the first thing I'll do is to kick where he was hurt."

Jaeshin arrives at the door of his room, and sees that Sunjoon is waiting outside, looking around. Jaeshin says, "I came back. Aren't you going to greet me?" "Yes, about that time..." "That time, I hit you first. So I should apologize, isn't that right?" "No, I am sorry." "In any case, I wasn't gone because of you. I kept trying to come back but there were things to take care of. Sunjoon smiles. "You weren't sleeping?" "I woke up, and Daemul was gone, so I came out looking for him." "You think he got kidnapped or something? Maybe some women dragged him away. Hmm, but his shoes are here, so I guess there is reason for worry." Sunjoon knows he is lying. Jaeshin's the one who took Yoonhee away, but he's come back alone. Where did he leave him? "Where is he?" "How would I know?" "Where is he!" "Why are you asking me? You think I know?" "Where is he!" Sunjoon's shout is cold, although it's not loud enough to wake others. "Ah, you were awake. I left him hanging at a tree!" Sunjoon grabbed Jaeshin's arm. "A tree? What tree?" Jaeshin frees himself from Sunjoon's grasp and heads into the room, saying, "look for it yourself. He won't be able to get down by himself from that tree." Jaeshin slams the door shut, and contemplates on telling Sunjoon about Yoonhee's identity...

Sunjoon hurries to the tallest tree at Daesungjeon. Yoonhee sees Sunjoon and is so surprised to see him awake that

she forgets to call out for him. Sunjoon calls out to him and Yoonhee snaps back to reality, and calls out to him. "Garang hyungnim! Over here!" Sunjoon finds here and looks up. Worried, Yoonhee asks, "..w-weren't you sleeping?" Sunjoon answers, "I woke up, and you were gone, so I couldn't go back to sleep. And your shoes were there, so I was worried." Thank god, she thinks. She is assured that he wasn't awake when she kissed him. "Jump down, I'll catch you." "You might get hurt." "You don't trust me?" Yoonhee looks down and smiles. "Gul-oh Sahyung is right. I would believe anything you say." Sunjoon becomes desperate. For some reason, with the moonlight on Yoonhee, it seemed as though she would fly away into the sky like a Sun-nyeo (a wood nymph), forever gone. He shouts, "please! come down!" and with that, Yoonhee jumps down into his arms. Sunjoon and Yoonhee both fall into the ground. "Are you okay?" "Are you all right?" But both of them are startled to realize the awkward position they are in. Both of them are down, but Sunjoon's waist is between her legs. Yoonhee tries to get up pushing against his chest with her hands, and sits up, but the position is not any less criminal: it was almost as though she is riding a horse. Under her bottom was his...thing, separated by only a few layer of clothing! The feeling is so strong that it almost feels like its piercing her body, that she can't even move. Sunjoon is similarly taken aback, and tries to get up himself, only to be sitting up with her on his lap. His thing seems similarly surprised--if she were to get up now, so would it. Their eyes meet, and both of them try to pretend that they're not so affected, and ask each other if they're hurt. Yoonhee slowly gets off of him. Sunjoon, so that the state of his lower body is not found out, sits with his back turned to her. "It's..it's late. We should sleep." Yoonhee starts getting up, but Sunjoon pulls her back down. "Let's stay a little bit longer." It's because Sunjoon is in no state to get up, but Yoonhee doesn't know, so she asks, "are you hurt?" "ah, no, it's just.. that.. the stars are so beautiful tonight." It's just an excuse, but when the two looked up at the sky, the stars are indeed very beautiful, so the two stay. The two lean against each other on their backs, and Sunjoon starts, "When are you going to use your wish?" "what wish?" "The wish that I'm supposed to grant you." Sunjoon thinks, if you tell me not to meet Hyo-eun, I won't. He wants it to be that wish. If that was the wish, he has an excuse to enjoy his time here with Yoonhee than to spend it with Hyo-eun. "If I had a wish.. It would be that later, when we are away from this place, that you would not forget me. Should I make that my wish?" "I can't accept that. Even if that wasn't your wish, I will not forget you." I won't forget you, Sunjoon thinks. Even if we are of different class or party, we'll be together. Sunjoon says, "why do you always keep talking like we will separate? Even if we are not taking classes here, it's not like we will never meet... You always act as though we have just a short amount of time." "You don't know what will happen." "I want a different wish." Yoonhee thinks to herself, should I ask him not to meet that woman? But how would she explain herself? "If I can't make that my wish, I don't have one as of yet." "You can save it up and use it anytime, even if it's after 10 years, or 30 years." Yoonhee closes her eyes. "10 years... 30 years..."

The two head back to Dongjae, and as she enters, Yoonhee kicks Jaeshin's bottom. "What the-- who do you think you're kicking!?" "You should be thankful I'm not doing more. You are just too much."

The three settle in to sleep, and Jaeshin says that she's got some guts kicking him, when everyone else in Sungkyunkwan is deadly scared to even go near him. Jaeshin sleeps with his back to her, and she's surprised to see that he is wearing his underclothes to sleep. Why? even when it is cold, he always sleeps with most of his clothes off. Yoonhee deduces that it's to hide his wound, and goes to sleep. SKK Scandal Scene D D - The waterfall [Before this: The lower level students, who blame Yoonhee for keeping Sunjoon at Dongjae instead of Seojae, spread the rumor that Yoonhee and Jaeshin have been fornicating at Bibokcheon late at night. Yoonhee and Jaeshin confront the lower level students, and all the students gather as the lower level students accuse them of being "disgusting" and tell Sunjoon to leave his roommates immediately. Jaeshin is super angry, and Yoonhee is extremely upset to have dirtied her brother's name. Sunjoon, similarly angry (but he tries not to show it), ask how they know that Jaeshin and Yoonhee were doing those things, to which they answer that they were at Bibokcheon late at night. Sunjoon is like, so you didn't actually see them do anything? You just deduced that they were because they were together? And the lower level students respond, what else could they have been doing together at Bibokcheon that late? Sunjoon fires back, saying, "if you think they were doing it because they were together at Bibokcheon that late, isn't it fair to claim that since you all were there together, too, that you were doing the same?" The lower level students are all startled, but claim that they were there just to scare Yoonhee. Jaeshin tells them that he went looking for Yoonhee as well to scare her for fun, because it was too awkward to be alone in the room with Sunjoon after their fistfight, which people accept as reasonable. Yoonhee wonders why Jaeshin is lying, because she knows he was there to rest because of his wound. Then another student pipes in, saying that he saw Yoonhee on top of another man underneath the tree at Daesungjeon. Everyone is like, yeah, what's that about? Sunjoon says that it was him, to which the lower level students (who are all very enamored of Sunjoon) exclaim that that's a lie; he must just be covering for Jaeshin! Jaeshin gets angry because of the discrimination lol. Sunjoon tells him that he was just helping her get off the tree, and the witness is quick to accept it, since Yoonhee was not on top of him for very long. Yoonhee is quiet, because even though there really isn't anything between her and Jaeshin, she does not have the conscience to defend herself regarding Sunjoon. All the lower level students have no more to say, and they pale as Jaeshin growls that he's going to have to take care of them for what they've done. As Sunjoon and Yoonhee leave the confrontation, Sunjoon is quiet because he's sure that Jaeshin was not at Bibokcheon that late just to scare Yoonhee; there must be something between them that he doesn't know, and it bothers him. Yoonhee is curious as to why Jaeshin is lying. Additionally, on their day off, Yoonhee and Yongha go to Morakgahn. Yoonhee meets Chosun, and Chosun, just to tease Yoonhee, tells yoonhee that her relationship with Sunjoon makes it seem almost like Yoonhee is gay. Yoonhee is caught off guard, and she doesn't defend herself, to which Chosun is extremely surprised. She also gets kind of angry and when Yoonhee tries to leave, saying that she isn't fit for Chosun anyway, Chosun goes kind of insane and tells Yoonhee that she will cut off Yoonhee's ...thing... before any woman or man can get to it, and grabs a knife. Thankfully Yongha comes to the rescue and both of them flee the place, back to Yoonhee's room in Dongjae. ] Yoonhee, Sunjoon, Jaeshin, Yongha, and other boys from Dongjae go to play at the water and look at chrysanthemums. They all settle down at the bottom of a medium-sized waterfall. The scene is described as very picturesque, with big trees extending their branches over the water, providing them with shade. Some of them start putting their feet in the water, and others set up the food and alcohol. Jaeshin goes to lay down on a rock. Someone asks, "you came all the here to sleep?", which Jaeshin ignores. But he gets up to drink a bit, to settle back again. The same student congratulates Yoonhee on advancing to a higher level student status (I think the students do this depending on the results of their tests) and offers her a drink. She just responds that she's lucky. The student leaves, and Jaeshin extends her legs to tap her on the shoulder. She says, "What?" "Nothing." "Nothing, he says."

"You're still below me, though." "What? In what?" "I already advanced from those levels, before." "Did I say otherwise?" Then he pushed her waist with his foot. He turns his back to her, and sighs, "If you graduate and leave this place (SKK) before me, I'll haunt you forever and never leave you alone!" "Maybe you shouldn't try and hold me down but study hard!" "Hey! I--I've been reading! A little." Yoonhee is taken back because when does Jaeshin ever stuttuer? She smiles at it, and Jaeshin having seen her smile, buries his face into his arms to hide his own. Another student approaches them to give Yoonhee more congratulatory drinks. Yoonhee hesitates on taking the drink (because of last time) and Jaeshin sits up and snatches the drink, and gulps it down. He yells at the student who offered the drink : "There's not even that much alcohol! Stop giving so much to this kid." He chases the student away. Jaeshin tells Yoonhee, "Don't drink a drop more. If you get knocked out last time, I'm not carrying you back! I'll just leave you here in the water, got it?"

Sunjoon, who has been surrounded by scholars, gets up to go to Yoonhee and Jaeshin. Sunjoon hangs his hat on a tree and takes Yoonhee's to do the same. He goes to the water and raises his pant legs to dip his foot. He tells Yoonhee to do the same, and Yoonhee, who doesn't want to reveal her hairless foot and legs, just touches the water with her hands. A pebble gets thrown their way, and it's Jaeshin. Other scholars, including Yongha, who see Jaeshin throwing pebbles on top of the rock, they sneak up on Jaeshin and grab him, then throw him into the water. Everyone laughs. Jaeshin comes back up, yelling, "who was it! I'll kill you all!" But the scholars are already heading for their next target: Yoonhee. When Yongha and Jaeshin see this, both of them scream. "Not him!" "You can't!" All the scholars are surprised and Jaeshin shouts, "he's so weak, he'll probably get sick and we're the ones who'll have to take care of him! It's your turn!" Jaeshin takes the attention off Yoonhee and goes after another student. All of them, excluding Yoonhee, all get into the water and play. Amidst all the commotion in the water, Sunjoon quietly steps out and gestures at Yoonhee to follow him. He climbs up the rocks next to the waterfall and she follows, until the two are above the waterfall. It's quieter because it's farther from the sounds of the fall hitting the water. "Why did we come up?" "It seemed like you couldn't dip even your foot in the water because you're worried that the students might do something. You should be fine here. I'll be here." The weather is hot, and Yoonhee, if it weren't for the others, would take her clothes off and jump into the water. Sunjoon starts undressing to squeeze the water out of his clothes, and when she's sure he is not looking, she takes off her buh-seon (they are kind of like socks, you saw Yoonhee trying to take them off Sunjoon in episode 4) and dips her foot in the water. She raises her pant leg to dip her leg in even more, and she revels in the feeling of the cold water. Sunjoon undresses more and leaves his clothes on the rock, goes back into the water to wash his hair. Yoonhee looks up, and she's shocked to see his butt facing her way! Even though he has his underclothes on, they are so wet that they are sticking completely to his body. And it leaves Yoonhee to think about what it must look like in the front (lololol) and screams silently in her head. Agh! And the rest of the students on the bottom of the fall only have their underclothes on, too! How many butts will I have to face?! She screams into her head even more. Jaeshin climbs up with a watermelon in his hand, saying "You guys were here! Let's eat--what the!? What do you think you're doing?!" Jaeshin runs through the water to kick Sunjoon into the water. "Where do you think you're sticking your butt? Hey, did you see anything?" Jaeshin turns to Yoonhee, and Yoonhee shakes her head violently. He gives her the watermelon, and Sunjoon comes out of the water, saying, "That was dangerous!" Jaeshin replies, "how can a scholar show that much skin so easily? Hmph!" Yoonhee is like, look who's talking... lol. Yoonhee keeps her gaze on the watermelon, and Sunjoon comes out of the water and puts some clothes on. He sits

down near Yoonhee and sees her small foot. He thinks to himself, so strange. At age nineteen, some are already fathers, but he is still so small. His hands and feet are so small! Was he too embarrassed to show them? Sunjoon catches himself getting nervous at the sight of just the bare skin of her foot. What is he going to do with himself? SKK Scandal Scene E E - Sunjoon and Yoonhee in the Water [updated] The sky clouds up. Jaeshin, who is at the top of the waterfall with Sunjoon and Yoonhee, yells down towards those playing at the bottom, "Hey! it looks like it's going to rain!" Nobody can hear, so he decides to head down to ask. As he climbs down the fall, it starts to rain. Sunjoon puts on his outer clothes and Yoonhee puts her buh-seon back on. Jaeshin yells from the bottom, "get your things! let's get out of here!" Sunjoon waits for Yoonhee, who, as she's scrambling for her things, gets her sangtoo (the updo all men are sporting) stuck in a branch. She tries to get it out, but she has a hard time because she can't see it. "I'll help you." Sunjoon comes over to grab the branch. "It's okay. It'll come undone soon." "Stay still. It's going to get even more tangled." They hear Jaeshin shout from the bottom, "I'm taking your hats! Do you remember the place we were at before we came here? We'll be there, so catch up!" Sunjoon yells back that they will soon be there, and goes back to taking her sangtoo out of the branch. Yoonhee stands there frozen between his arms, which are raised around her to reach her hair. She can't step back because she will fall into the waterfall. She looks at Sunjoon's neck and remembers the first time she met him, when she didn't think she would ever see him again. Her clothes start getting more and more wet. But his hands are slow and careful. She can't get her clothes wet, but she doesn't want to hurry him. She wants to stay like this for longer, if she could. Sunjoon's hands have stopped. But her hair is still caught on the tree. She looks up to his face. His own hair and rain are running down his face, and his eyes are looking at her. It's different. His eyes don't look like the first time she's met him. It looks like hers. Why? Why is he looking at me like this? Tears start running along the hair and rain on his face. All the emotions he's kept hidden start flowing out. "Even if I do away with your sangtoo, you are still a man..." Yoonhee is pained just to see his sadness that she doesn't decipher what he means. She wants to pretend that she's not seeing him like this; it's just the wind and the rain making him seem sad, she wants to believe. She missteps as she tries to back away, and the wind blows her sangtoo free; she loses her balance, and waterfall suddenly becomes louder. She reaches out a hand, but she feels him getting farther away, and she can only see the clouds in the sky. But after a moment, the sky is covered by Sunjoon, who's leapt to grab her. They catch each other in an embrace and fall into the water, like the rain, like the waterfall. The water sucks the two in, and in the water, Yoonhee can see Sunjoon's eyes. She can't see the tears, but she can see that they are still falling. His hair weaves through the water, as does hers, until they get closer and closer to be one, in a hopefully neverending embrace. She can't breathe. Not because she's underwater, but because his lips are on hers. They float in the water as though they're in a dream, as though they're above the skies, as though they are babies in a mother's womb. There's no world underneath here. Since there is no world, there's no rules, or duties. There's only these two people. Only their lips. They share their warmth through their lips, in this cold, small, world-less place.

But the water spits them out. As they come out to the world, they are torn apart, and Sunjoon's lips are far away. They stand where the water is shallow. There is no one else. Sunjoon evades Yoonhee's gaze. Yoonhee can't believe what just happened under the water. She thinks it's because of the shock of falling that she made it up in her head. Or it's because he was trying to help her breathe, to save her, that he did that. Sunjoon turns around to walk out of the water. Yoonhee, somewhat out of it, follows, but the water is unruly under the rain and she keeps falling. When she reaches a point where most of her body is above the water, she finds that her clothes are almost completely see through, and she's lost the cloth she keeps to cover her breasts in the water. She quickly puts her arms around her chest. Sunjoon, who is almost out of the water, suddenly turns around and walks towards Yoonhee. He kisses her passionately. The warmth that was there underneath the water isn't there anymore. Instead, he is drinking her heat with all his emotion through their lips. Yoonhee is unable to even understand what is going on, so she doesn't push him away, or embrace him. She just stands there with her arms around her chest. Her knees go weak and the water tries to push her. Sunjoon grabs her firmly and pushes his tongue through the small space between her lips. He kisses her as if he is searching for something, as if there's an answer there, as if there is a way for them to be together. Tears fall from Yoonhee's eyes. Sunjoon, unable to find what he's looking for, stops, and turns around. He doesn't look at her, and Yoonhee, scared that he will run away, grabs the tail of his clothes. Sunjoon says, "I won't say that I'm sorry." She wants to answer, but no words come out of her mouth. "I'll leave SungKyunKwan. I no longer deserve to be there." Yoonhee shakes her head, but he can't see. Yoonhee walks through the water so she stands in front of him, but Sunjoon turns his head, and closes his eyes. "You didn't do anything wrong." "I don't think I did anything wrong, to you. But I've wronged everybody else." Yoonhee leans her forehead onto his chest and starts sobbing as she says, "Everything is my fault! You didn't do anything..." "I'm the one who wanted this! Even if you say you wanted me too, I'm the one who wanted you more, and therefore I am more at fault." "No!" Yoonhee takes his hand and she puts his hand onto her breast. "Are you still at fault? Please, don't blame yourself..." Yoonhee bites her lips, with her hand holding his tightly. She can't raise her head. Sunjoon's senses come back to him, and he realizes what he's holding in his hand. This is a woman's breast. Shocked, he takes her arms off her chest and he sees a woman's body through wet clothes. Her hair falls down with the rain. Sunjoon's hands shake as he undoes her clothes. Her clothes fall, one by one, to reveal the body underneath. The rain falls on her to run down her body. When all her clothes are off, Sunjoon finds that Yoonhee is wearing a (This is the underwear bottom that all the women wear... > >) Sunjoon can't believe his eyes. "Wha--what is.. Is something wrong with my eyes?" Yoonhee covers her body with clothes and shakes her head. "So you deceived me?" "I didn't intend to lie to you." "If you didn't lie to me, what is this?!" "I didn't deceive you! There was nothing I hated more than standing in front of you as a man! I would deceive the entire world, but I wouldn't deceive you.." "W--wait. I don't understand anything. I don't understand what you're saying."

Sunjoon shakes his head in confusion, then looks at Yoonhee. Then he puts his arms around her. He doesn't think about anything else, but he feels pity that she's had to dress as a man. When he is hugging her, he is sure that he is embracing a woman's body. Suddenly the water gets more out of control because of the rain. Sunjoon takes Yoonhee by the hand and head the opposite direction of where they are supposed to meet the other students. SKK Scandal Scene F F - Together [WARNING: 17+] The two sit on top of a boulder. Sunjoon paces in front of her. They can no longer hear the sound of the water. Sunjoon suddenly stops and speaks. "You're really a woman?" Yoonhee buries her head into her knees and answers with a small voice. "Yes." Sunjoon shakes his head. It seems like the world flipped upside down after they fell into the water. Or did he fall on his head? Maybe he pulled out this fantasy from the pain he was feeling before the fall? Sunjoon puts puts his arms around her head and says, "n-no.. This can't be. This is too cruel a dream. If I wake up from it, I don't know how I could go on living." Yoonhee can't tell him it's not a dream. She can't really believe this is all real, either. Sunjoon asks again. "Who's Kim Yoon Shik?" "He's my younger brother." "Then who is the person in front of me?" "She's Kim Yoon Shik's older sister." "Then who was the older sister that I saw that time?" "That was also me." Sunjoon sits down. He laughs, and sighs, "this is indeed a dream. This is too much like what I wanted, like what I fantasized." Yoonhee can't believe what he is saying. She can't believe he's fantasized about this, and about her being a woman. Sunjoon runs his hand slowly down her hair. She's beautiful. "You're really a woman?" "Yes." He touches her cheek. "And I can love you as much as I please?" Tears start coming out of Yoonhee's eyes. His thumb touches her lips. Sunjoon's hands slowly run down her neck, past her collarbone, into her clothes, and to her breasts. They are still there. Yoonhee and Sunjoon kiss. Sunjoon's lips follow his hand's path down her body, but he stops when he reaches her breasts. "What's wrong?" "Being together before marriage makes us no better than beasts. It's no matter to me, but I can't do that to you." His breath is warm. Yoonhee pulls his head to her and says, "If being with you right now makes me a beast, then I'll choose to be a beast. If I don't now, I will die forever regretting that I didn't become one." How can she ever dream of marrying this man? It's better to just become a beast. Sunjoon is trying hard to hold himself back. Yoonhee breathes into his ear, "A man and woman's lust is the will of the skies("gods" is a more

appropriate translation, but Koreans usually interchange "Sky" and "God"), whereas propriety and discretion are the teachings of man. Man can disobey man, but he shouldn't disobey the sky." Her whisper kills all the reason in him. His lips move once again and they land on her breasts. She leans back to lie down on the rock. She looks up at the sky, and rain droplets fall between tree branches onto her face. The drops aren't cold, not because the rock is warm, but because of Sunjoon's mouth. Yoonhee doesn't close her eyes, because she's afraid that she'll wake up from this dream. Sunjoon pulls her clothes away and looks at her small, pale waist. He is about to pull down her bottoms but stops. He is scared: what if he pulls them off to find a man's object waiting to taunt and scare him awake? He looks at her face, and even though he's felt this way before, she looks more womanly than ever. He can't even believe he saw her as a man until now. It doesn't matter anymore. Man or woman, he doesn't care. Having someone that he love so much in front of him, like this, is enough. He quickly pulls off the rest of her clothes, and puts his face between her legs. There isn't anything. There isn't a trace of the famous Daemul (Daemul means "big thing/big wealth/big object/big treasure"...you can guess what that means, if you don't know already.), nor is there even a Sohmul ("Soh" means small--you can make the connection). Grateful, he kisses where it should have been, and drinks her body. After a short while, Yoonhee raises her waist. A cold pain penetrates her body. She closes her eyes. It's not a dream, because she doesn't wake up. She takes in the pain because it means that she is taking Sunjoon's body into hers. Amidst the rain, the two share their bodies. Sunjoon's personality is calm and reserved, but his body is not. Sunjoon, unaware of Yoonhee's pain, doesn't stop, and he goes on for a long, long time.

Jaeshin impatiently plays with Yoonhee and Sunjoon's hat, putting them on top of each other, taking them out. (coincidence?)He's worried. He throws the hats onto the floor and yells, "Why haven't they come back yet?!" Yongha says carefully, as to not anger Jaeshin, "They'll come. They probably stopped somewhere to avoid the rain." "The rain's stopped now! Why aren't they coming?" "How would I know? It's not even that far in; they couldn't have gotten lost. They'll come." Yongha shuts his mouth after he sees Jaeshin's angry eyes. He picks up the hats and dusts off the dirt. Jaeshin spits to the other students, "Hey! Aren't you guys worried?" "Of-Of course we are!" "Aish! I shouldn't have left them there..." Jaeshin starts putting on his shoes, and Yongha stops him. "You're gonna go? What if you just miss them?" He's right. Jaeshin takes off his shoes and sits down again. He's worried. Not because he thinks they are lost, but because the two are alone together. Jaeshin lies down, and imagines Yoonhee's face on the ceiling. He starts imagining Sunjoon's face next to hers. Anger fills up his throat. Somebody yells, "Here they come!" Jaeshin jumps up. Yoonhee, who's put her hair nicely back into a sangtoo, and Sunjoon, whose hair is down, are walking towards them, with their clothes mostly wet. Yongha murmurs, "was there a typhoon over there?" Yongha shouts out to them, "Hey! We came here to avoid the rain. What's the point if you are all already soaked?" "Sorry we're late." Sunjoon greets Yongha, and then the other students. "Daemul Doryung fell into the bottom of the waterfall; that's why we're late." Yongha, surprised, says, "What? he wasn't hurt, was he?" "No, just a little shaken." "Why is your hair that way?" "I lost my Mang-gun (the band around their head). I looked everywhere, but I couldn't find it, and I came because I didn't want to make everyone wait."

Jaeshin is the one who waited the most impatiently, but after their appearance, he takes a glance at Yoonhee and lies back down again. Yoonhee, after greeting the students, sits down to lean against a pillar. She still feels a strong pain and soreness in her lower body. It was hard just walking over here; how will she walk all the way back to SungKyunKwan? On top of that, it's hard to pretend she's not in pain. Yongha looks at her face and asks, "Daemul! Are you okay? Why do you look so pale?" Jaeshin gets up suddenly to listen to the two. "N-no, I'm okay. I'm just a little shook up. I think the water was a little too cold." Jaeshin kicks her side. "Hey! Are you sure you're okay?" With Jaeshin's kick, Yoonhee feels the pain in the lower body spread throughout her system. She tears up a little, and nods painfully. Sunjoon is quiet because he knows, and he sits down next to her. He is worried, but can't ask how she is because of everyone around, or hold her. SKK Scandal Scene G G - Back at DongJae "Are you feeling okay?" Sunjoon says this in a small voice, finally free of having to watch out for others listening. He's had to hold back his concern on the way back to Sungkyunkwan, and even as he laid out Yoonhee's blankets back in their room in Dongjae, mostly because Jaeshin would not leave their side, with a suspicious look on his face. Sunjoon finally can attend to her, since Yongha has pulled Jaeshin away from the room to talk. Yoonhee answers his question with a smile. Sunjoon is dissatisfied with her answer, so he lies down close to her and whispers into her ear. "I didn't realize you were so unwell." His undone hair touches her face. Soon someone will bring him a mang-gun, but Yoonhee likes his hair this way for now. She whispers back, "The one who's unwell is my brother." Sunjoon whispers even softer, "If you're well, what is this fever?" "I said that I was well, not that it didn't hurt." Sunjoon realizes what she means and his face reddens. Yoonhee's face reddens as well. Yoonhee's mind travels back to when she was pushing Sunjoon to go ahead and take her. It's not something a woman should do, even if she wasn't in her right mind in that state. Yoonhee feels shame filling her body. She tries to hide her reddened face underneath the blanket, which Sunjoon pulls back down. She tries again, and they repeat this tug-of-war cycle. "Why do you suddenly want to hide?" "I'm embarrassed." "Why are you embarrassed all of the sudden?" Yoonhee pokes her head out the blanket and asks, "You must not see me as a proper woman, right?" Sunjoon whispers back, "do you think a proper woman tells a man to submit to lust before moral conduct?" Yoonhee's eyes fill with disappointment. Sunjoon tries to hold back his laughter. He reassures her, "what's important is not whether you are proper or not, but the person I've been looking at all this time." "I.. I lied to you about something." "Is there something you didn't lie to me about?" "Huh?" Sunjoon smiles. Yoonhee confesses, "I.. I don't do stitching or anything like that. I'm not good at it."

"But you're good at everything that I like. I like that better." Yoonhee smiles widely, and Sunjoon smiles back. He wipes her forehead with a dry cloth, and puts a cube of ice in her mouth (They did this to lower fevers; not sure that it works). Yoonhee thinks about how he's been this gentle, even back when they first met. There are only the two in the room. Even though it's hot out, the two lie adjacent to one another and whisper. "I'm okay with everything, but I wish that you wouldn't call me Hyungnim when we're alone." "Then what do I call you?" "Whatever it is, I want it to be from Kim Yoonhee, not Kim Yoonshik." "But.. what if I accidentally call you that in front of the other students?" Sunjoon is hesitant because he's embarrassed, but he comes out to say, "there is something you can call me so that they don't notice... It sounds a lot like my nickname..." "Ah! Ah-rang (what a woman calls her husband or lover)!" Yoonhee's face reddens as she smiles. But suddenly she's hit with worry. It seems the more and more happy she is, the sooner the bad parts will strike. She imagines Hyo-eun's face. "To Hyo-eun.." Sunjoon kisses her eyes, then her ears. He whispers in her ear, "that time I went over there with Soon-dol (his manservant), I told her how I felt. Since then, we haven't met or spoken. It was hard to meet her when all I could do was think about you." But Yoonhee is still worried. A noron and Nam-in, the wall between them is too big. Yoonhee runs her hand down his hair. Maybe she shouldn't worry about the tomorrow....wait. Tomorrow?! Yoonhee suddenly gets up, only to be pulled back down by Sunjoon's hand. "I--I have to get up." "You can't yet. Tell me--I'll get you anything." "I have to prepare for the exam tomorrow. I can't be lying down like this..." "Rest tomorrow. If you say that you're unwell, Professor Jung will understand." "Resting is fine, but it will be too hard for me to catch up to the next lesson. I don't have the leisure of wasting a day." Sunjoon grabs the book before she does, and he lays back down. "Come lie down. I'll read it to you." Yoonhee complies, and says, "You can start at --where they say that yin yang and karma is the (do, the character meaning "road"). I can decipher the characters, but their meanings are always hard to grasp. I think it's harder to understand when the phrases get simpler." "There's a lot of meanings to the character ' ', but here it's understood as 'law' or 'rules'." "Law? so it's nature's law... You explain it well." He speaks as though he's whispering. It seems like he's trying to get her to sleep. "Everything about the universe is in duality. If there is a front, there is a back, and if there is a man, there is a woman. There's nothing with one side. There is a saying here: 'The world is a stage in mid-performance. There is only two performing all these thousands of years. One is woman, one is man.' Nothing can be done with just one. Just as I am nothing without you, and you without me." Yoonhee laughs out loud to that last sentiment. "This is the way of the world. If there is peace, there will be pain, and if there is pain, there will be peace." Will there be a time when this happiness will end to allow for pain to come? Then will happiness come again? Yoonhee doesn't know the amount of pain that will strike, or the magnitude of the second happiness, but she can't imagine that they will be as great as the happiness she is experiencing now. "I have to memorize the characters for Fuxi as well..." "It'll be easy to just practice drawing it." Sunjoon grabs Yoonhee's hand and puts his finger on her palm.

"Ah! That tickles!" Yoonhee tries to pull her hand away, but Sunjoon holds it down firm. "Wait! I will draw you each character on your hand. First, ."

There's nothing to draw about , Yoonhee thinks to herself. It's just six lines. Anyone would know that there isn't anything to memorize there. It's just Sunjoon's desire to touch her that he's pretending to help this way. Sunjoon gets a little bit greedier. "Recite the eight characters to the left of that." Yoonhee recites them. He puts his hand into the blanket. Yoonhee is startled, and tries to pull her waist away. "What are you doing? We don't know when Gul-oh Sahyung will come back in." "Your palm is too small to write all eight of them!" Yoonhee is speechless at his tactic. He could just as well easily write each of them separately on her palm. Even doing this, Sunjoon's face is calm as ever. "I'll start from ." And he starts moving his finger softly on her stomach. It seems like he doesn't even remember why she wasn't not feeling well in the first place. Or he thinks it's okay, as long as he's not doing more. But with each touch, Yoonhee's lower body becomes more and more sensitive, and her face gets hotter. Jaeshin suddenly bursts the door open and enters, spitting, "I can't believe he pulled me away for basically nothing! Why haven't the ghosts taken care of that guy yet?" Yoonhee's face becomes beet red, but Sunjoon has already pulled out his hand, paying attention to the book he holds, as if nothing has happened. Jaeshin sits down next to her and asks, "what were you doing?" Sunjoon answers, "he wanted to prepare for tomorrow's exam, so I was reading for him." Yoonhee's face doesn't move. "Why is his fever still so high?" "I don't know... maybe it's still hot. I'll give him another piece of ice." Sunjoon gets up to pull out the bowl of ice, when Jaeshin puts his large hand on her forehead. "Why is your fever so high? We should get you treated, or at least get some medicine." "I'm okay. It's just that it's hot." Sunjoon reaches out to Jaeshin's hand and pulls it away, then puts the bowl of ice in its place. "The ice melted, and this is what we have. It should help lower the fever, though." Jaeshin feels weird. It's not like Sunjoon pulles his hand away with any type of attitude, but Jaeshin feels as though something is up. He feels a little twinge of anger. Even though Sunjoon does not show it, he's burning up with frustration. Soon the three will have to sleep, and the thought of Jaeshin sleeping next to Yoonhee is making him explode inside. But it's not like he can suddenly propose to change way they've been sleeping. He thinks back to the first night, when he proposed that Yoonhee sleep in the middle, and wishes he had kept his mouth shut then. SKK Scandal Scene H H - An Angry(?) Yoonhee (I giggle that this scene is scene H. You will see why.) [Between the last scene and this one: The government's still out on a search for Hong Byuk Seo (That's what they call Jaeshin's batman character) and they've come around to deduce that he must have some relation to SungKyunKwan, so people are sent in to check books and writings in the students' rooms to see if anyone has anything suspicious, like the red notes that Hong Byuk Seo always leaves. The students wait outside until the search is over, and Yoonhee, Sunjoon, Jaeshin, and Yongha all come back into the three's room.] The books that Yongha has left in their room is in a mess, and to lighten the mood, Yongha grabs one of them and

hands them to Sunjoon. "Garang, why don't you take a look at this? It's very precious to me, so I don't let anyone take a look at it, but I'll take you for a special case." Sunjoon opens the book without thinking, and then closes it suddenly. It's a book of drawings of sexual relations and teachings (kama sutra, if you will). Jaeshin opens another book in the series as well and opens it--he then smirks, looking at Yongha. But only momentarily: he goes back to explore the book. Sunjoon does so, as well. Sunjoon turns each page slowly, as though he's learning from the book. Yongha puts his hand on one of the pages Sunjoon has turned to. "Wait! This one." The picture is of a man on top of a woman who is laying down on her stomach. "This is the so called Tiger-walk position. All the women say that they're embarrassed to do this one, but all women enjoy it. They'll go crazy for it. Even if they pretend that they don't, women actually like it more than the men do." Yoonhee, who's initially curious as to what they are all reading so intently, stops reaching for the books when she hears Yongha. This is definitely a perverted book. She's speechless at Sunjoon, who is ever so calm as he says, "Ah, is that true?" "It's because it'll go in real deep even if the man's not very big. And the spot it reaches is usually unreachable normally!" "I suppose that makes sense." Yongha sighs, "You have to be careful doing it to your wife, though. I tried to get my wife to do it, and you wouldn't believe the hard time she gave me for it. Kept going on about how it wasn't proper! After that I was so disheartened I wasn't the same." "I could see that happening." Sunjoon flips to another page, and asks, "I didn't know that there was so much variety. They are all possible?" Yongha is excited that Sunjoon is so interested, and grabs Jaeshin and says, "Hey, Gul-oh! Let's show Garang if it's possible or not. Get in position." Yongha falls down with a kick in the head from Jaeshin. "Why would I do that with you?!" "Because Garang is curious! It's not like I can show him using Daemul--he's sick!" Even if she was healthy, she wouldn't do it. Yoonhee is so in shock that she retreats to the other corner of the room and pretends she is paying attention to something else. In this setting, she wouldn't be able to look at Sunjoon and not be found out. Yongha licks his lips as he says, "I guess you'll just have to try and find out for yourself. Since you feel different things in different positions, it's good to change it up when you're having sex. If you have enough energy, that is! Sex isn't there just to make babies, you know. It's not like you to have many women, Garang, so you'll need it more than me. There's more--you can read them when you have time." "Give them here." Yoonhee is again speechless at Sunjoon, whose speech is still calm and reserved. Sunjoon, after all, is a man. Jaeshin throws a book at Yoonhee and jokes, "Hey, you should look at it, too. Being big isn't everything." "A-Ah, that's alright. I'm not feeling too well..." Even though she is actually sick, she pretends she is even more so to avoid this situation. She tries to get into her blanket when a very perverted picture appears right in front of her eyes. It's Yongha, holding the book in front of her head. She tears her eyes away, but she's already seen everything. "I-I'm really sick. And I'm getting tired, too..." "I'm just curious, Daemul. How big is it anyway? Is yours as big as the one in this picture?"

Yoonhee suddenly remembers Sunjoon's back from earlier that day. Even though she only saw it momentarily, she's startled to find that she can remember it so well. "U-Uh... It may have been...Ah, no, it's.. you can't compare..." Yoonhee thinks to herself that it's now way too late to even seem like a proper, discreet woman to Sunjoon. She feels dizzy. Her lower body is still sore, and her fever heightens. And it seems like if these boys don't get out of the room soon, she'll faint. Jaeshin looks at Yoonhee, who's working up a cold sweat, and tries to hold back his laughter, hiding behind his own book. Yongha puts his hand on Sunjoon's shoulder and laughs as he says, "Honestly? I think the real Dae-mul in this room may very well be you, Garang." Yoonhee silently screams into her blanket. 'Dae-mul?? Guh-mul (Dae = big, Guh = Giant, lmao.), maybe! "Even so, I'm sure mine won't measure up to Daemul's," Sunjoon responds jokingly. Yoonhee hides in her blanket and tries not to hear, but the conversation doesn't escape her. It's especially hard to listen to Yongha. "Looking at this picture, it makes me think of a poem. Their waists meet together, I raise the two legs. I'll do the moving and shaking, and you take care of the deep and shallow." The poem keeps making Yoonhee think of what happened earlier that day. She can't bear it any longer. "Yeorim Sahyung! Please stop. Isn't it inappropriate for scholars to talk about such perverted things?" "What? Daemul, you're the perverted one. This poem is simply about cutting paper with scissors! (LOL.) Why would you imagine such things?" Yongha starts laughing. Even though Yongha can't be doing it on purpose, it seems like he is making fun of her for what happened that day. He keeps going. "But position isn't everything, either. One shouldn't put things in and out the same way forever! Sometimes with strength, and some times quick and fast. There's even mashing, rubbing... (O_O)" Too Yoonhee, it seems like the room is on fire. She tries her hardest not to listen to them by reading and memorizing another book.

After that, Yoonhee is angry for a few days. Even though she should have been sick only a couple days, she was unwell for five, because of how they were playing around in her room. Yoonhee is especially cold to Sunjoon, even when they're alone, like now. Sunjoon, who's been looking for a chance to get near her all this time, goes near Yoonhee, who's looking for a book. He tries to grab her wrist, but she moves her hands away to anotehr bookcase. Sunjoon looks around to see if anyone is there, and says carefully, "don't be angry." Even though he tries to appeal to her with a regretful voice, she doesn't change her expression. He gets real close to her and says softly, "I don't know why you're angry." "That's even worse." "Ah, but..." "Just because of that book... How are all men like that? Hyungnim is no different." "I told you I don't want to be called that when we're alone--" "Do you think I would call you Ah-rang in this situation?" "Ah--okay. I'm sorry. I was wrong." "I can't accept an apology from someone who didn't even know that they were wrong." "I can't see why looking at that book is such a big deal..."

"It's not because you were looking at the book--how could you be like that when I was obviously in pain? I thought that when the other two were going on and on, you would stop them and let them leave me in peace. Why was I in pain in the first place? If I think about it, you, Garang-hyungnim, are as much a philandering pervert as Yeorim Sahyung." Sunjoon can't say anything. He had forgotten about the state of her body, because of those books. "Ah--but--he's always just joking like that, that's nothing new, and that day I thought that if I did anything too obvious that they might find out and I was trying to act like nothing happened on purpose..and..and why I did that was..." Sunjoon stammers as he puts some books back onto the bookcase and dusts off his hands. He's like a kid, getting chastised by his parents. Yoonhee finds this amusing, because it's a new side to Sunjoon. She tries her hardest to hold back her smile. But Sunjoon sees her expression, and stealthily steals a quick kiss from her, and runs away from the library. Yoonhee is dumbfounded, but amused and happy. She hides her lips with a book and starts giggling. She follows his path back to their room in Dongjae. SKK Scandal Scene I I - SJ comes back [Important to note: This is after the supposed climax of the novel--the gist of it is that Sunjoon's family rejects the proposal from Hyo-eun's family, and in what I personally think is sort of a stupid move, the (Hyo-eun's dad) frames Sunjoon to be (HongByukSeo, our batman), imprisoning him until (spoiler) the rest of the foursome come to his rescue! Its a long and involved plot point, and since it will be an important chunk of the drama, I won't be the one to ruin it, so no asking! Just keep in mind, this next scene happens a good while after our last scene. Everyone's been through a lot, so try to paint the best you can how hard they all had it and how much they missed each other.] [Additionally! These aren't being translated chapter by chapter---a lot of these shorts are at most barely maybe a quarter or third of a normal chapter. Just thought you should know.] "Garang is coming!" Even before the messenger finishes his words, Soon-dol runs out the door of Sungkyunkwan to greet Sunjoon. Even though Yoonhee is in her male attire, she tries to tidy her clothes and hat, so she is the last to come out of Sungkyunkwan to welcome Sunjoon back. Before she knows it, she can hear the noise of the crowd near the (the cafeteria). She arrives there, to see Sunjoon. Among a group of students was Sunjoon, smiling widely. She thinks back to when he told her that he'd be back soon. Even though it wasn't soon, he did come back, she thinks to herself. She wants nothing more than to run into his embrace, but the wall of students is so thick she can't get past them. Sunjoon looks around to the students who are all wearing the same uniform--then he sees Yoonhee. As soon as their eyes meet, he can see tears welling up in her eyes. She is still stuck behind a group of students, trying to get past them. Sunjoon feels tears coming up, himself. Was she always that small, and was she always so thin? She is so beautiful to him that he wants to wrap her in his arms, and hide her so that no one else sees that she's a woman. But out of politeness he remains stuck within the students, who come one by one to welcome him back. It's not that he didn't want to see them, it's just that she's the one he wanted to see the most. By the time Sunjoon's smile becomes more and more forced, Jaeshin appears, having pushed away student by student. Sunjoon doesn't even expect many words, but Jaeshin surprises him by giving him a big hug. Sunjoon is shocked, but not as much as all the other students watching. "Thanks, for coming back in one piece." This short phrase and his hug says more than they could. When Jaeshin lets go of Sunjoon, Sunjoon automatically looks towards Yoonhee again. He starts to go to her, and just as he is about to reach her Yongha jumps into his arms. Yongha, similarly stuck behind the crowd of students, was eager to greet Sunjoon, and unaware that he's getting in Sunjoon's way, holds on to Sunjoon, almost tearing up. Sunjoon smiles at Yongha, and then tries to go to Yoonhee again, this time, determined to put his arms around her. As soon as he reaches out his arms to meet Yoonhee's, the Daesasung(He's the school official who is always

buttkissing in the drama) appears. Expectedly, the Daesasung lingers long to converse with Sunjoon, and Sunjoon, unable to betray his manners, stays put. About the time the conversation ends, everyone is ordered to go accept the food and drinks bestowed by king. Everyone becomes busy arranging tables and food that Yoonhee and Sunjoon don't get a chance to even say a word to each other. Thankfully they end up sitting next to one another, but the timing to welcome each other is lost, because it is too late to hug each other without anyone else thinking that it is strange. They can't hold hands, because of the obvious. Both sigh as everyone drinks. As the students drink, Sunjoon and Yoonhee get separated even farther by a crowd of students who come to talk with Sunjoon. By this point, Sunjoon starts to lose his patience and thinks of a plan. He gets up to say, loud enough that Yoonhee can hear, "I'm going to go for a walk for a bit. I have some things to take care of..." Yoonhee is aware of Sunjoon's intention, so she tries to get up, but before she does so, a few students get up along with Sunjoon, telling him that they will accompany him. "Ah! I forgot, I haven't even changed. I'll go by my room first." Thankfully, with that statement, the students sit back down and let him go. As soon as Sunjoon can't be seen, Yoonhee gets up, but Yongha pulls her back down to sit. "Hey Daemul! You had it pretty rough because of all this; lets drink it all off!" Even though he jumped in between Sunjoon and Yoonhee unknowingly last time, he was definitely doing it on purpose now. "N-no, it's okay. I have to--" She tries to get up again, to be stopped by Jaeshin. "You should drink. It's wrong to refuse drinks provided by the king, too. Drink just a little bit." He passes a cup to her and pushes her to drink. Yoonhee, trapped between Yongha and Jaeshin, fails to follow Sunjoon.

When Sunjoon gets to Dongjae, Soondol is waiting for him in tears. He goes on and one about how much he missed him, and how worried he was. Sunjoon sighs. He wanted to hear these words so, so much, but not from Soondol. It seems like he's had more conversations with everyone but Yoonhee; he hasn't gotten a chance to talk to her, or to hold her or her hand. It's almost as frustrating, if not more, than when he was imprisoned. Sunjoon changes his clothes, waiting, but she does not come. Sunjoon, dejected, gives up and starts his way back to the feast. He's stopped by four men, who ask for Jaeshin. [Spoiler alert: this has to do with Jaeshin's involvement in saving Sunjoon, so it might be confusing... At least, by this point the main crew know of his night job and etcetera--this is also surely going to be a big part of the drama, so just bear with me when I tell you I will not be the one to tell you.] Sunjoon gets back to Yoonhee, who is sitting with Yongha and Jaeshin. "Gul-oh Sahyung, there are servants asking for you back at Dongjae." The three sitting down look at each other nervously. Jaeshin gets up, dusting off his clothes. Yongha tells him, "just go home for a little bit. You'll just get a beating, probably." "But what if--" Yoonhee looks worried, but Jaeshin pushes her head lightly with his fist and says, "even so, I'm his son; it's not like he'll kill me. My house is close by, so I'll be back. See you later tonight." "You're going home in a while, so stay there for a while. You should make up with your father..." "I'm gonna come back soon! I can't miss classes, can I?"

And with these words, Jaeshin leaves.

The feast nears its close and Sunjoon and Yoonhee pretend to be tired. They start to leave, hopeful that they'll get some time alone, when Yongha decides to join them. Even Soondol is keeping watch in front of their room at Dongjae. Soondol and Yongha, excited about Sunjoon's return, go on about their adventurous rescue, mentioning what they did, what Yoonhee did... And Sunjoon's face starts to harden. Yongha realizes that Sunjoon is angry, and also that he and Soondol have said too much. Sunjoon is angry realizing the danger Yoonhee could have faced potentially. He starts chastising Soondol. "The reason I sent you here to Sungkyunkwan was none other than to keep Daemul Doryung safe!" Yongha decides to flee the tense atmosphere, leaving the three after starting the mess. Yoonhee doesn't say a word as Sunjoon yells at Soondol, because she knows that he is actually chastising her. But Yoonhee doesn't think she was wrong. She wants to think that he is yelling at Soondol so that Soondol will eventually leave to leave the two alone. "Please stop; he didn't do anything wrong." "He doesn't stop you, and on top of that he decides to jump into it to help! Did I send you here so you could do that?" "I'm so sorry, doryunnim ( , "young master"). It was all my fault." After a long talking to, Soondol is sent away back to Sunjoon's family. They were finally alone. They both enter the room, and Yoonhee, nervous, sits carefully in front of SUnjoon. If he were to hold her now, it would undo all the hardships they've had to face up till now. But even now, Sunjoon is still angry. He is even cold. Was he really angry? He wasn't pretending? Yoonhee steals a glance at his eyes and they meet hers. They're cold. "U-uh. Garang Hyungnim...." "How can you be so careless? What would have happened if something were to go wrong?" "But I couldn't just do nothing. And nothing went wrong..." Yoonhee starts getting angry herself. Finally they're alone, and she feels that Sunjoon is ruining the moment. They should be crying and laughing, telling each other how glad they are to see each other. He should be thanking her for what she did, telling her that he'll remember it for the rest of his life. But what kind of situation was this? "Garang Hyungnim! Is that something to get so angry about?" "It's not about me being angry; its the fact that it makes the hairs on my back stand to think of you in that situation. You have to promise me. You won't do that again." "I don't want to. If the same thing were to happen, I will do what I did." The mood is tense, and the two are cold. "I want to ask you one thing." "I won't answer anything unless you promise me that you won't do something like that ever again." "It's a matter of reason, of logic. What's worse? Losing your loved one and so ending your life, or risking your life to save your loved one before you lose him?" "I'll ask you something too. It's not about logic, but about me. If something had happened to you because you were trying to save me, what would I do? Do you think that I could have gone living like that?" The two are silent for a long time. This isn't anger. This is a silly lover's quarrel. To the two of them, it's wasting their precious time together. Yoonhee starts to smile. Sunjoon is unable to fight his smile and he goes to her, putting his arms around her. Yoonhee grumbles, "it wasn't as dangerous as you thought. I was mostly stuck here because Gul-oh sahyung threatened me to. I could have done better than Yeorim Sahyung..." Their hats touch. Their lips meet. Both pair are dry and rough. Sunjoon pulls away to look at Yoonhee, whose face, in the light, has bruises and scars that have not yet healed. Yoonhee, unaware of the state of her face, looks questioningly at Sunjoon, who looks at her with mixed feelings of affection and worry. Their lips meet again. Even though their lips are rough, the scent is still present and strong. After a long time, the two pull away and whisper the word they forgot. "Thank you, for being safe." "That's what I want to say. Don't take it away from me."

Sunjoon looks at Yoonhee as she responds. The answer makes him all the more aware of Yoonhee's presence as a woman, and with that thought, his hand goes to undo her clothes. His lips move to meet the undone ribbons of her clothes and Yoonhee reddens, not because of his hands or his lips, but because of the way he is looking at her. Sunjoon pulls away at his clothes and hers, and his hands find way to the woman's body hidden within. Yoonhee whispers to him carefully, "they said the walls are really thin here..." Sunjoon, without any words, takes off her hat and pulls the blanket over them to buffer them from the walls. He can't see anything. He can only feel with his lips her lips, and he can feel with his hands her body. It's a summer night, and underneath the thick blanket, the two share their heat, overlapping their lips and their body. Sunjoon moves his hand to undo her underwear... "Gul-oh Sunbaenim! You are back!" The two jump when at the exclamation from outside their room. They kick away the blanket. They can hear Yongha running out to greet Jaeshin. "Our Gul-oh! I'm so grateful you came in one piece, and real quick, too!" "I told you I'd be back soon. Move! I'm going in." Yoonhee is moving nervously trying to put all of her clothes back on, and Sunjoon says calmly, "you can just put on what you're going to sleep in. We can just say we were about to go to bed." The two tidy their sleepwear and their hair, when the door opens. "Welcome back, Gul-oh sahyung." Jaeshin doens't notice anything different and asks, "it's dark out. What were you guys doing, not even lighting the room?" "The two of us were tired, so we were just going to sleep." Yongha pops in. "You guys are done?" Yoonhee, startled, answers back. "D-done with what?" "What? your quarrel, I mean." "We didn't even start," says Sunjoon. The discontent in his voice shows that he is obviously referring to something else, but only Yoonhee notices. "Ah, it seems like Garang is still angry." Jaeshin settles into the room and asks, "angry? you two fought?" As Yongha explains everything to Jaeshin, Sunjoon's thoughts go to Bibokcheon (Yoonhee's bathing place), where at late hours, he and Yoonhee won't be interrupted. After listening to Yongha telling Jaeshin about Sunjoon finding out how he was rescued, Sunjoon bows to the two. "I'm sorry that it's so late. Thank you. For going through so much for me, and keeping Daemul safe. "If you're thankful to us, why did you get angry at Daemul?" Jaeshin's tone is grumpy. "And is Daemul yours or something? I did it out of my own accord; I don't know why you have to thank me for keeping it safe. Hmph! It makes me kind of angry, really." "I'm sorry if it sounded that way." "There's nothing to be sorry or thankful about. It was all for me, anyway. I should probably be the one thanking--well, let's just omit formalities. We don't need it, our relationship." Yongha asks, "relationship? What kind of relationship is that?" "H-Hey! I won't be the one to talk about being friends and stuff like that! Dammit!" Jaeshin scratches a his neck--even though it is dark, it is obvious that his face is red. He is aware of it as well, so he

spits out, "Ey! I shouldn't have done it. I could have just used this chance to get rid of you for good, Garang. Why did I give it up? It would have been like sneezing without getting my hand dirty." Jaeshin looks at Yoonhee, who is smiling widely. He continues grumbling, "I was crazy. I lost my chance." As though it was getting hard to look at her face, Jaeshin turns his back to her. Yongha laughs and changes the subject. "Anyway, what happened when you got home? Was he really angry?" Jaeshin points to his butt. "Ask this." "Eh! Beat with sticks?" "Try bats." "Lets see how much you were beat. Show us." Jaeshin pushes away Yongha, who seems like he'll actually pull down his pants. Sunjoon and Yoonhee laugh out loud at the sight, but underneath his laughter, Sunjoon's insides burn up with the desire of being with Yoonhee, and he fills his head with the possibilities of Bibokcheon. SKK Scandal Scene J J - Mosquitoes [Between the last scene and Scene J: After Yongha and Jaeshin come in, interrupting Sunjoon and Yoonhee, the king visits Sunjoon. He is foremost looking to see that Sunjoon is alright, but he's also there to try and recruit Sunjoon, Jaeshin, and Yongha to work (all three are from pretty important backgrounds and were already expected to do great things--the King has actually been trying to get Sunjoon to start working for him since the beginning of the novel, but Sunjoon refused, saying that he still has a lot to learn.) The King tells Sunjoon that he would allow him a wish, and Sunjoon asks for access to the books in the Gae Yoo Wah, which is a part of the Gyu Jang Gak, which is the king's library (it's also where the Jalgeum four will work in the second series), and the King tells Sunjoon that he can get access to any books there if he agrees to work at Gyu Jang Gak. The king tells him to think about it and leaves. The three (Sunjoon, Jaeshin, Yongha) contemplate on the prospect of working at Gyu Jang Gak, thinking that it might be the right thing to do, and Yoonhee is saddened by the idea that she will probably be left at SungKyunKwan all alone. ] "Aagh! Lets go inside before the mosquitoes eat us up." Yongha and Jaeshin both get up to go back (the four and the king were conversing outside), but Sunjoon stays put. "Go ahead in. I have some things to think about." "Then, me too..." Yoonhee moves to sit next to Sunjoon. Yongha grins and says teasingly, "Didn't you say you were tired? You guys are going to stay here at this hour? Alone?" "You two can stay as well..." Jaeshin spits, "are you crazy? And be bitten to death by these mosquitoes? I'm gonna go in and sleep." As Jaeshin starts heading back, Yongha follows Jaeshin, obviously disappointed that he can't stay to tease the two more. He tries to convince Jaeshin to stay, but Jaeshin won't have it, and all Yongha can do is yell back at Sunjoon and Yoonhee, "Come back fast! If you don't, I'll spread the rumor that the two of you are doing it! And when I spread a rumor, it doesn't stay within SungKyunKwan, it'll be the talk of the country!" Yongha's laughs disappear as the two get farther away. Sunjoon and Yoonhee are left alone in the calm night air. Even though they are alone, Sunjoon's eyes are looking at the stars in the sky. Yoonhee glances at his hands and thinks back to how hurriedly they were trying to undo her clothes earlier that night. She can't help hate the king a little for interrupting her night. She looks up at the stars, too, a little miffed. She asks, "Are the stars that beautiful?" "Do you think only the stars are beautiful?"

Yoonhee waits expectantly for his follow-up, but all she gets is: "The moon is beautiful as well." Sigh. "Since your eyes are busy with the stars and the moon, I might as well just turn in..." Yoonhee turns her head away from him. Sunjoon smiles. "I couldn't see them in the prison." "And you could see me in prison?" Sunjoon laughs. Yoonhee softens at the sound of his laughter, and asks him if he will indeed take the exam to star working at the king's library. She says hesitantly, "Do you have to take it so soon? You could stay here a little longer..." She can't get the words she wants out of her mouth. Couldn't you stay a little longer here, with me? She can only mutter, "even though you'll start your career, I won't be able to, and I would like to stay here a longer, so when initiation comes, I could do to the new students what was done to me, and...Ah!" Yoonhee slaps her arm. She's bitten by a mosquito. "What's wrong?" "I got attacked by a mosquito." "Where?" Yoonhee points at where she was bitten, and Sunjoon, without warning, puts his mouth there, and licks the spot. He pulls away. "Were you bitten anywhere else?" Yoonhee reddens and points her finger at her lips. Sunjoon smiles, and his eyes seem like they're calling Yoonhee a liar, so she becomes embarrassed. "I mean, I wasn't bitten there, but, ah, the moonlight, and, uh, Arang's eyes..." Sunjoon lightly bites her lower lip. "Now you're not lying." And he does the same to her lips as he did to her arm. Yoonhee says to Sunjoon, "the one that bit me on the lips is so much bigger than the one that bit my arm--shouldn't you be putting your mouth on it that much more? When are you planning on using the math we learn here?" Sunjoon laughs loudly. He puts his arm around her waist and pulls her to him. He whispers, "you want me to be satisfied spending the rest of the night kissing you?" "It's better than spending the rest of the night looking at the stars!" Sunjoon gets up and dusts himself. "I wonder if anyone's at Bibokcheon right now..." Yoonhee gets up, too, knowing what he means. Her face brightens and the two head down, hand in hand. They arrive at Bibokcheon, and Sunjoon jumps the wall first. As Yoonhee is about to do the same, she hears Sunjoon's voice. "What are you two doing here?" Yoonhee freezes. She hears Yongha's voice. "Can't you see by the way we're dressed? We're trying to wash ourselves." Yoonhee hears another voice that she recognizes as Jaeshin's. "Why are you here?" Sunjoon stammers, "A-Ah, well, I thought I should wash as well..." "Didn't you wash after you got out of the prison?"

"Ah, well, I thought I could use another wash..." "And Daemul?" "He went back already." Darn it! Yoonhee swallows up her frustration and tries to get away as silently as possible, when she hears Yongha. "Hmm! I hear some noises there behind the wall." Startled, Yoonhee gets down low and runs as fast as she can back to their room. Sunjoon hides his disappointment as he goes to the well to wash himself alongside Jaeshin and Yongha. Jaeshin complains, "Yeo-rim suddenly dragged me here, telling me that we should wash, out of nowhere. He's always making me do whatever he wants to do..." Yongha grins as he looks at Sunjoon. This night, all Sunjoon can do between the two men is wash himself of his sexual frustration away with each pour of water on his back. SKK Scandal Scene K K - Contract It's late at night at Bicheondang (a communal study space for the students). Students file away one by one, but Sunjoon stays firmly planted in front of his book. It's as though he doesn't even notice Yoonhee's presence. Sunjoon had started being this way as soon as the Jeung Gwang Shi (It's an exam held every time the country is celebrating something significant, and held every 30 years or so... It's a pretty freaking big exam, the second biggest that you can take in the Joseon era, if I'm correct. Basically, through such an exam the students can become officials for the King and graduate from SKK) was announced. Everyone is studying hard, including those who are just trying to catch up on their classes. When the two are left alone, Yoonhee closes and opens her book several times to try and get Sunjoon's attention. He doesn't even flinch. She drapes herself over her desk and raises only her head, to see Sunjoon's shadow cast on the wall. She takes the shadow of her own hand and motions it so that her shadow is punching the shadow of his head. It's as though he felt the punches himself, because Sunjoon looks up. He's finally looking at her! Happy, Yoonhee sits up nicely and smiles at him. He gets up and approaches her. She doesn't want much; she would just be happy if he will hold her for a bit. But he picks up her book and tosses it into her lap. Then he forces her up and pushes her outside Bicheondang, locking her out. Yoonhee doesn't even register what just happened. Tears start coming out of her eyes as she comes to her senses. "Garang Hyungnim, why are you doing this?" She can hear Sunjoon say from the inside, "You're distracting me." Yoonhee sits down on the steps in front of the door and wipes away at her tears. "It'll be time to take Hwe-shi(the first of the two levels of exams--so they basically have to do two separate testings), then the Jeon-shi (the second test, where the topic they write about is directly given by the king, who then picks the best "tests". The tests are more like essays written in the format of a poem), and then..." "So that's all the more reason you should stop distracting me." How could he be so mean? Yoonhee wants nothing more than to stay at Sungkyunkwan longer with him, but all he wants to do is take the exam to get out of here. There's so little time left. He's wasting away this precious time, looking at his book instead of her. Yoonhee tries to protest, telling him that he is wasting what little time they have, but Sunjoon shuts her out. Yoonhee looks at his silhouette from the door, and mutters to herself, "He's so frustrating! Ch! I hope you live happily ever after with your stupid books!" Snow starts to fall, and Jaeshin, wrapped around a blanket with a book in his hand, approaches Yoonhee, who is now covered snow. "Ugh, it's so cold. What are you doing over here?"

"Ah, Gul-oh Sahyung! I came out here to try to wake myself to focus..." "Garang is still studying? It should be freezing in there, because they don't heat it. Garang is pretty intense, staying there to study." "I think he's staying there on purpose because he might fall asleep if it's warm." Yoonhee looks back to Sunjoon's silhouette. Sunjoon is blowing hot air into his hands as he turns the pages of his book. Other students pass by, remarking that Sunjoon is the same as everyone when it comes to the king's exam, that he cares about his own promotion and career as much as the next person. Some even whisper rumors that the King told Sunjoon himself that he'll punish him if he does not graduate out of Sungkyunkwan through this exam. Another rumor is that since there are ghosts of students that never graduated, one of them must have Sunjoon under a studying spell. Sunjoon is completely unaffected by these words and he goes on turning the pages of his book. "Daemul, if you're sleepy, leave Garang here and go back to the room where it's warm. The blankets are laid out already." "It's okay. I'm going back in. He must be cold, and more bodies will make it warmer..." "You're going to get sick." Jaeshin looks at Yoonhee, who is shaking in the cold, and makes a worried expression. He turns his head as he says, "Don't shiver like that in front of me." Because you're making me want to hold you, he thinks to himself, but he can't get the words out of his mouth. He looks over towards Sunjoon's silhouette. "Whoever becomes his wife, she's going to have a troublesome life. Pft, to be honest, he may be good looking, but I've never seen anybody that stubborn. If I had a sister, I'd never let her marry him." Yoonhee laughs, and sees Yongha arriving with his books, dressed in fancy, thick, leather outerwear. Following him are is a servant, carrying a lot of things other than his books. "Damn you Gul-oh! If you want to study, you should do it alone! Why would you wake me up and force me to come with you?" He sneezes. Even the servant seems sleepy. Yongha motions him to leave the things inside the Bicheondang. The servant does so and leaves. Jaeshin, by force, takes off the leather coat from Yongha and puts it over Yoonhee's shoulders. She says that it's okay, but he puts it on her nonetheless. "You're giving my coat to Daemul?" "You're already well covered up anyway. Why'd you bring so many things? I told you, just books and a blanket. You look like you're moving in here." Yoonhee interrupts them. "Wait. Are you two going to study here?" "Why? Is there a reason we can't?" "Ah, no, but... He might throw us out if we are even a little loud..." Yongha, with a yawn, stealthily takes the coat from Yoonhee and wraps himself with it. "Let's go in before we freeze to death. I'm never even awake this late unless I'm with a woman! hmph." They enter, and see that Sunjoon is still focused on his book. Sunjoon greets them with a quick smile, and turns back to his studies. Jaeshin mutters about what a bookworm Sunjoon is, when Yongha suddenly takes out a Hwaro (it's like a bowl they would put flames in, like a small stove). The four end up studying around the Hwaro. Yongha doesn't study though, and instead takes out a bag with some sweet potatoes. "This is why I brought this stove." He boils water on top of the Hwaro and passes around a cup of hot water to everyone. Sunjoon glares at Yongha, as though he's warning him not to distract him, but Yongha doesn't notice. Yoonhee is scared that he'll chase them out, but Yongha doesn't care: he even takes out some rice cakes and starts cooking them on the Hwaro. He definitely is not here to study. Jaeshin is also wary of Sunjoon's glare, so he tries to stop Yongha, but Yongha starts passing around the now cooked sweet potatoes. "We have to warm up our body so we can focus, don't we? Let's eat this before we study. We're all going to get sick because of this exam if we don't take care of ourselves."

Sunjoon lets this go, worried that Yoonhee might be hungry. Yoonhee, relieved, bites into the sweet potato. Yongha flips the rice cakes on the Hwaro and says to Sunjoon, "You know, with your skills, you're not going to have any problem passing the exam. Why would you go through so much trouble to study, risking your health? We're the ones who should be staying up to study." Sunjoon lowers his head, and makes fists with his hand. "How can you say I'll get through it so easily?! I'm as worried as everyone else!" The three can hear his voice shaking. They're surprised, and Yongha asks, "What? Why would you be so worried....?" Sunjoon doesn't answer. The smell of the rice cake cooking fills Bicheondang, and the four silently study, wrapping themselves in their blankets to bear the cold.

Yoonhee sits at the testing site, unable to rid herself of her nervousness. She breathes in and out. She doesn't think she can even write properly, because her hands are shaking so much. She looks at Sunjoon sitting next to her. His face seems as though it's aged, because he's studied so much that it was almost as though it took the life out of him. But thanks to him, she could focus on her studies just as much. Jaeshin studied hard for the first time since his entrance to Sungkyunkwan, and Yongha, who didn't have anyone to play with, studied alongside them too. But Sunjoon's been strange. He's closed his eyes, sitting properly, as he's always done, but his hands are shaking. He's never been like this for other exams. He's never shown any sort of nervousness before, and she doesn't understand why he's so afraid this time. She's also a little angry, because even now, he won't even say a word to her. Yoonhee looks at Yongha, who sits behind Sunjoon. She grins when she sees his fancy outfit; he's obviously using every trick in the book to try and pass. There's a rumor that if he wears the inner clothes of a student who's successfully graduated he will meet the same fate and pass, too. Yoonhee is laughing because she knows that inside those fancy clothes is someone's old inner clothes. Jaeshin, who's sitting behind Yoonhee, gives her a light kick. "You must not be worried, seeing as how you're smiling like that." "Ah, it's not that..." Yongha glances at Yoonhee and smiles, aware that she is smiling because of his secret. Even with his smile, it's obvious how nervous he is. Jaeshin too. Yoonhee looks at Sunjoon one last time, but Sunjoon does not even glance at her. The testing starts, and the three start writing.

The four return to Sungkyunkwan after they're done, but Sunjoon, without a word, heads to Bicheondang with his books to study for the second testing. It seems as though nothing matters to him, except this exam. Yoonhee, Jaeshin, and Yongha all look at him, worried. "I think he is really under a spell or something. He can't possibly be like this unless he has a ghost on him. How can he be so hard on himself?" "Yeah, there's only the Jeon-shi left... Why is he studying so hard?" Yoonhee starts packing her books to follow Sunjoon, but Jaeshin stops her. "Why are you going too? the Hwe-shi just ended! We can rest today, at least!" "I can't leave Garang Hyungnim alone--" "Just forget about him! He's already a lost cause." "Don't kid around like that." She gets up, but Jaeshin pulls her down by her wrist and throws the blanket on top of her. He yells at Yongha, "Go

and bring Garang back! I'm going to force Daemul to sleep." "How will you put him to sleep like that? He'll suffocate first." "Now!" "How will I bring him back? He's so stubborn." "Just do something!" Yoonhee tries to get out of the blanket. "Let me go! I'm going to study!" "Shut up and stay here! I've been too nice lately. You should listen to your Sahyung!" Yongha leaves, and Yoonhee calms down. Jaeshin rests his head on the lump of body under the blanket, and says calmly, "I've seen a lot of students go just as crazy before an exam. I understand that it's good to graduate to start a career. It's commendable to study hard, but doing it today is a bit much. He's out of his mind." After a moment of silence, Jaeshin speaks again. "Garang is probably going to graduate this time around. What are you going to do then? Yoonhee doesn't say anything. Even if Sunjoon graduates, even if Sunjoon, Yongha, and Jaeshin graduate, or even if she graduates along with them, she can't escape the goodbye she'll have to face. She's been trying to run away from this thought for so long. She wonders if Sunjoon is thinking that way too. Is that why he hasn't even tried to look at her? Yoonhee, buried under her blanket, doesn't know that Sunjoon is outside the room, listening to the conversation. She swallows up the tears that come up. She feels as though her insides will explode of sadness. [Soon after is the Jeon-shi. Everyone looks beat up and tired because of the nonstop studying, and Sunjoon still seems surprisingly shaken at the exam site, but the four finish the testing in without falling ill. The results are to be announced later by the King. Announced will be 3 Gap-Gwa (The three top tests, the first/best tier of the examinees), 11 Eul-Gwa(the 11 next best tests, 2nd tier), and 23 Byung-Gwa, (the 23 tests after that, 3rd tear), a total of the 37 of the best tests (its basically picking the smartest 37 people out of the country). Before the results, all the students are given their day off. Yoonhee returns home and dresses as a woman again, and she gets a visitor. It's a woman who claims to be a merchant. When Yoonhee tries to tell her nicely that she has no money to buy anything, the woman tells her that it's okay, and that she just wants to have a conversation with her. Yoonhee thinks it's strange how elegant and well-mannered this merchant is, and takes interest in what she has to say. The woman seems very interested in Yoonhee and engages her in a story. She tells Yoonhee about how when she was younger, she took the name of her brother and tried to test for school, but failed. Yoonhee is glad to find someone like her and tells her that it's unfortunate that she failed, but the woman laughs, saying that she was lying. How could a woman even take a test? The woman gives a comb to Yoonhee as a present and goes on her way, leaving Yoonhee dumbfounded. The woman, when she comes a good distance away from Yoonhee's house, gets into a carriage waiting for her, and directs her servants to take her back to Bookchon. (That is where Sunjoon lives, if that's any hint to who this woman is.) SKK Scandal Scene L SKK Scandal Scene L - Contract, continued EDIT: Thanks to Ngo, for pointing out that is third place! I couldn't find the chinese characters for it, so I wasn't able to look it up. I assumed it was second overall because they didn't call out a name for the second place person. [I forgot to mention, all of the four passed the preliminary testing (the Hwe-shi), which means that the four all successfully graduated from SKK. The results they are waiting for is the Jeon-shi, the testing where you get acknowledged and basically hired by the King.] [Also, while at home, her mother tells Yoonhee that when she comes out of Sungkyunkwan she should get ready to wed. Yoonhee convinces her mother to postpone her marriage, and tells her to reject any proposals that are sent to their house. Yoonhee's mother and Yoonshik note how sad Yoonhee looks, and her mother wonders why, especially when Yoonhee will now be safe from danger after she gets out of the school.] The day of the results, the newly graduates gather at the Gwanghwamoon, the southern gate of Kyung Bok Palace. Yongha and Jaeshin are fooling around even in their green uniforms, but Sunjoon stares up at the sky as though someones sucked the spirit out of him. Yoonhee stares at his face. She wont be able to see him anymore. She cant waste a second looking at anything else.

And then! She sees him shake a little. She cant believe her eyes. Hes never even flinched at Jaeshins threats, or in front of the King. Its not like its cold anymore, so there isnt any reason for him to shiver. Sunjoon still does not look at Yoonhee, and keeps staring at the sky with a hardened expression. Its as though hes praying for something. Its been a long time since they got together, but hes still off in his own world. Jaeshin watches Yoonhee and scowls in jealousy. He approaches her from the back and takes his hands to cover his eyes, then whispers into her ear, Are you crazy? Why dont you just announce to the world that youre gay? If you keep looking at Garang like that, people will start talking. Before he can finish, he finds Sunjoon glaring his way. Jaeshin backs away from Yoonhee, and says, Okay, I got it! Ill stay away from him. If youre going to be that scary, you should have thrown him a glance so he wasnt staring at you so longingly. Yongha laughs. I agree. I thought he was going to burn a whole in your face, Garang. Even though she finally has his gaze, Yoonhee cant help turning her head away. Jaeshin shuffles his feet as he says to Sunjoon, Garang! Lets try to see more of each other. I mean, we were in the same room until now, but weve graduated and we might separate depending on where we go. Some of us might be sent into the faraway parts of the country, so we might not see so much of each other. Yoonhee feels tears welling up, and she tries hard to suppress it. Yongha looks at Sunjoon and says, ey, it seems like hes still under his studying spell. I cant even tell what youre thinking. Right then, a lot of the gathered graduates bow towards someone who is coming their way. The four bow as well, after seeing that its none other than Sunjoons father, the left court minister. After greeting everyone else, Sunjoons father goes to the four. He gives a quick glare to Jaeshin and a kind smile to Yongha before recognizing Yoonhee. He seems surprised, but he congratulates her. You must be the one who surprised the Jojeong (the king) by graduating at such a young age. Everyone is watching you with the highest of expectations, so keep working hard. Yoonhee nervously thanks him for his compliment. Sunjoons father looks at the pretty boy, who he assumes is a Nam-in, then turns to his son. Are you confident? Please, keep your promise. I told you that I wont go back on my word. But you have to keep your promise as well. I will. Its no easy thing to be one of the (one of the three best examinees). Even at your level, youre still too young to achieve such a feat. Youre brilliant for your age, but I dont think you are quite there yet. I know that you made me the promise because you knew that it would be difficult. Its good that you know. My son is not a fool, after all. In any case, I am proud of you just for graduating. I dont expect anything else. I will see you when the results come out. His father starts to leave, muttering to himself, I wonder whose test his majesty has picked to be the best. Ha ha ha The two mens conversation is a riddle Yongha, Jaeshin, and Yoonhee cant solve. Jaeshin puts his arms on Sunjoons shoulders and jokes, I thought your father was much different than mine, but theyre almost exactly the same. Thats too bad; they might have been good friends if the situation was different

[The King announces the result of the tests. Yoonhee and Yongha both make it to Eul-Gwa, the second tier of the tests (which is still pretty high). Both of them are assured that Jaeshin and Sunjoon are then Gap-Gwa (the best three tests)--then it's announced that Jaeshin is the Tahm Hwa(the third place out of the three best). Then the King announces (Jang Won, and you've heard this word said at the Dae Sa Rae, it means first place, or the best one), Lee Sun Joon. His father clenches his fist because he is so proud of his son, and he almost forgets that he is in front of the king because he might have shouted in happiness. Sunjoon get up to the king, and King tells him that he's glad, because he was waiting for him. Jaeshin is supposed to put the Uh-Sa-Hwa (it's a long

arching flower ornament they put on a hat) on Sunjoon, but Jaeshin's hands are big and stubby and he fidgets with them, careful as to not snap it. Yoonhee and Yongha are about to burst into laughter at the this sight, because it's not every day you see a man as gruffy as Jaeshin trying to handle flowers. But Sunjoon doesn't laugh, because it seems like he's still thinking about something else. Jaeshin's face reddens with embarrassment while Yongha is planning on how to tease him about this later. ]

Sunjoon's father comes to him with his arms open and embraces his son. "I'm proud of you! My son, Jang-Won!" "Father, you must keep your promise." "Of course! You achieved Jang-won, how could I go against my word?" "Then, please, send someone right away." His father pulls away from the embrace. "Right now? Why are you in such a hurry? There's a lot of things to prepare..." "Please, if you just send someone, mother told me that she will take care of everything. She's already prepared for it." "Huh, you two have been planning this without me, is it? You know that I can't say no to your mother..." "I'm sorry." "Hahaha! I understand. I will send someone right away." "Thank you." "I promised you. I can't betray my son." His father leaves happily. Jaeshin's father similarly congratulates Jaeshin, lightly hitting him on his head. Jaeshin's father looks towards Sunjoon in acknowledgement, and disappears as well. Yongha and Yoonhee appear. Yongha starts teasing Jaeshin right away, and Yoonhee can only stare at Sunjoon. A feast is held for the recently graduated, with the food and drinks provided by the king. The Gisaengs come and dance and everybody parties. Yoonhee is smiling on the surface within all the noise, but she's upset, and to try and soothe herself, she heads away from the feast. When she is out of the gate, she thinks about how much time she has left now. She will have to say goodbye soon. It's as though Sunjoon was thinking the same, because he's followed her out. Yoonhee sees Sunjoon and asks, "Why did you come out?" It seems like Sunjoon's ghost is finally gone, because he is grinning widely. Yoonhee is a little angry because she can't believe how happy he looks. Sunjoon looks around, and grabs her and takes her behind the building. Yoonhee can't smile even as she is being dragged away. After Sunjoon makes sure that nobody is around, he kisses her. It's been so long since she felt his lips. She won't be able to feel them for much more longer. He pulls away. "I really can't keep secrets." Where did that come front? Yoonhee is dumbfounded. It's so out of nowhere that a small smile escapes her. "I can't bear it any longer. Ahh.. Should I just say it?" "Say what?" "Ah I should wait! You will find out soon when you head home... I was going to keep quiet until then, but I'm just so impatient..." Yoonhee is speechless. How could anyone be more frustratingly patient than he is? She is peeved, and says, "well, I'm impatient. I'm curious, so just tell me." "Soondol and my Jip-Sah (head servant) will be heading over to your home soon." "What? Why?" "To send my proposal." At first, Yoonhee doesn't understand. Then her eyes widen and her jaws drop. "What? A proposal? A proposal proposing that we, uh..." "You've written a proposal at your store before, haven't you? You know what it is."

He smiles widely, but Yoonhee's still in shock. "Then, is the promise you made with your father--" "Yes. This was all so I could marry you." "Then does your father know about what I've been doing? It doesn't seem like he knew, from when he talked to me earlier." "He doesn't know that it's you, but he knows that it's a daughter of a Nam-in family. I also told him about your family's situation." "And he gave you permission?" He smiles again, but Yoonhee can't smile. She hangs her head, as she says, "I can't marry you." Sunjoon's face drops. "What do you mean?" "I can't marry you. There's still time before my brother can regain his name, after the memory of me as Yoonshik is well enough faded, because only then I can go back to being Yoonhee..." "You can wait that time after marrying me!" Yoonhee shakes her head. She can't. Sunjoon raises his voice, which is now mixed with a little anger. "Fine, then we won't wed!" He grabs her hand. "But I have to at least verify that we will marry, in a contract. (He's basically telling her that he wants to make their marriage registration in advance). Let's go right now to get some paper and a brush!" "What? W-wait!" Yoonhee struggles to stop Sunjoon from dragging her away, because she can see that he's not joking around. "To me, you're already my wife and I am already your husband, and I need a contract that verifies it until you marry me, if you're going to postpone the wedding! How can I just let you go? How will I trust you? You can't just leave me!" "That's not what I mean--" Sunjoon pulls her into an embrace. He whispers to her, "Don't ask me for anything more cruel than to wait for you. I don't even think I have the strength to wait." "Then, if we do make the contract, will you really wait for me?" "Of course. I'll post the contract for everyone to see, and wait for you, whether it's raining or snowing, so you won't have a choice but to come back to me." "Wha-- you're going to wait like that?" "What, you thought I would keep it to myself? I still think you should marry me first, then wait." Yoonhee tries to free herself from his grasp, but his arms hold her tighter. "Let me go. People might come." "Agree to a contract, or marry me. I won't let you go before you answer, even if his majesty himself shows up. If you know how much effort I put into study to make this happen, you should know that I'm not lying right now." She stops struggling. "Why are you threatening me with such happy choices? If you don't let me go, I might just nod and go along, without thinking of the consequences." "I'll take care of the consequences, so just please, do nod and go along." She raises her head and looks at his eyes. She doesn't nod or shake her head, but her eyes tell Sunjoon that she agrees. "You should have agreed from the beginning. Why do you always make me so nervous?" But Yoonhee responds, "this is nothing compared to what you put me through lately!" She suddenly feels all the sorrow she's tried to suppress the past month, and can't help but start sobbing. She collapses on the spot and buries her head into her knees, and cries loudly. "Wh--Why are you crying? Please, stop crying--" Sunjoon is taken back and he doesn't know what to do. She sobs, "if you were going to do this, you should have just let me know!"

Sunjoon lowers himself next to her to try and calm her. "I-I didn't know if I could do it, and I didn't want to tell you just in case..." "You wouldn't even look at me!" "I-- It's not because of you! It was because whenever I looked at you, I'd get distracted and ... I'm sorry! It's my fault, I was wrong. I beg you, stop crying, please?" Sunjoon puts his arms around her. "I wanted to be with you. And I wanted to hold you. Everytime I lost confidence, I thought about just giving up and running away with you. I thought about leaving my family, and leaving my name." Yoonhee tries to wipe away at her tears, but they keep falling. "How could you think of making such a bet with your father?" Aware that people might come around, the two pull away from one another, and Yoonhee is able to barely calm herself down. They both get up and start heading back to the feast, when Yoonhee stops. "I forgot! Mother!" "Is something wrong?" "I told my mother to reject any proposals sent home!" "Soondol knows what's going on, so he'll wait it out--" "But your Jipsah doesn't. If your father hears that our family rejected your proposal..." After hearing this, Sunjoon becomes worried as well. He worked so hard for his father's permission; he has to make sure that nothing goes wrong. The two run back to the party, to say goodbye to everyone so that they can then hurry to Yoonhee's home. Yongha asks why they're in such a hurry. "Something's come up at home, and we've got to go." "Both of you?" "Ah, I think I'll have to go along with him..." "It seems like it's pretty urgent. Take my horse. I rode it here because I was late. It's outside the gate." Yongha leads them to his horse, and Sunjoon and Yoonhee follow, hand in hand. Sunjoon lifts Yoonhee onto the horse first, then gets on. They promise Yongha to return the horse, and they leave. Yoonhee, stuck between his arms, jokes, "If I come home to my mother with you like this, I can't imagine how surprised she'll be." She imagines the happiness on her mother's face, and she feels tears welling up. "I can't imagine that she'll be more surprised than my father when he sees you. I'm curious as to how he'll react." "Do you think he'll recognize me? I wonder what your mother will think..." Sunjoon smiles. It seems as though he's not at all worried. "How can you be so calm? I'm so nervous." Still, Sunjoon can't help grinning. The sound of the two riding the horse fades away, and Yongha heads back to the party, when he sees Jaeshin walking towards him with the uh-sa-hwa in his hand. "Oh hey! Tam-hwa!" "Hey! stop with the Tam-hwa business!" "Why are you coming out?" "Did those two leave?" Yongha smiles and puts his arms around Jaeshin's shoulders, which hang in misery. Jaeshin tries to shake his sadness away and spits, "Let's go drink." "Yes, let's. Let's drink until the day breaks!" The two walk away, with Yongha still teasing Jaeshin for how he looked handling the flowers, and he doesn't stop, even after Jaeshin throws a punch. Ending to the novel To answer questions about the ending (And I'll keep updating this, so you guys can leave more questions in the comments)

First, the novel actually omits what happened when Yoonhee and Sunjoon get to Yoonhee's house. It's assumed that it all worked out for the best, because Yongha and Jaeshin are running to their wedding at the very last scene, which means that Yoonhee and Sunjoon did get married, (not just engaged, as one of you asked). Sorry, edited, because I misread some parts. Second, all four were hired by the King, but "Yoonshik" requests that she be sent away to a faraway countryside to work, to which the King wonders why, since he thought Yoonshik would like to work close to the rest of the four. The King just ignores her request and designates her to work at Gyujanggak anyway, along with Jaeshin and Yongha. He wonders what to do with Sunjoon for a long time, but he feels that Sunjoon will do better surrounded by his peers, so he decides that Sunjoon belongs at Gyujanggak as well. It's not directly said, about how or when Sunjoon and Yoonhee hear the news of their jobs. It's only said that on some nice afternoon, Jaeshin and Yongha are reporting for duty to the King, who asks where Sunjoon and Yoonshik are. (And this is assumed to be after some time lapse, not sure how long) And it is indicated at this time "Yoonshik"'s family is back and Sunjoon is wedding "his sister" that day. I think the author left this as a cliffhanger so that she can write a sequel about how Yoonhee deals with the mess of crossdressing again. The sequel--The sequel tells the story of the four as the officials at the library after Sunjoon and Yoonhee get married, and Yoonshik is called to work there, and Yoonhee must start crossdressing again. I haven't read it, but it seems like Sunjoon's dad doesn't know that Yoonhee was "Yoonshik" until he recognizes her dressed up to work at Gyujanggak in the sequel, and conflicts ensue. But definitely I don't see Yoonhee being the stay-at-home housewife, even after being married to Sunjoon. No indication of pregnancy, not that I know of! Edit: Yoonhee's family has been getting proposals because mostly she and yoonshik are of that age to be getting married (if not too old for it). All families get proposals when the women and men are getting to that age. Nam-in is basically a political faction created by region. Originally all factions were created by people from the north, south, east, and west, (south being the original nam-in), but then the factions blurred so that it ended up being that the north, south, and east all sort of became "nam-in" and the west split into "so-ron" and "no-ron". Noron have the most political say as of the period the drama is set in, although they make up for the least of the population, to my knowledge. Please correct me if I'm wrong! It seems like from what I can tell, Sunjoon has told his mother everything about Yoonhee and she approves. Yes, Jaeshin will meet somebody! (Forced to, really. Not sure how that will turn out because I haven't read all of it yet. I think he still spends a good chunk of the sequel moping about Yoonhee though.) More to come!

Sungkyunkwan Novel 2 (Wedding Night) Seon joon havent spoke a word since just now . Though they sill exchanged glances and give each other simles , both of them hadnt exchanged a single word . The silence started from the moment they had entered the room decorated for their wedding . The room is so dark that the lights from the oil lamp in it is the only thing enabling them to see each other s face . But still he is silent, as she become impatient with his silence finally yun hee spoke first this hurts so much as she predicted , this made seon joon jumped in shock hurt ? where does it hurt ? thanks to my heartless groom , my shoulders hurt , and my head feel so heavy The burden of being dressed in the heavy wedding costume , of course it will be hurting her body. Though seon joon understand this ,but he didnt respond with the answer she desire to hear . sorry , but can you endure it for a while more. I dont want you to disrobe yet. Yun hee was speechless, watching him with eyes wide with surprise . The groom is saying that he doesnt wish to have his bride disrobe when they are on their wedding night , is that anything more strange than this ! But he spoke with such sincere and serious expresion that he doesnt seem to be joking . = are you really my bride ? are we really married? i still cant really believed it even though i am seeing this with my own eyes? ! if you do not intend to prepare for your bride s funeral tomorrow , you better help me remove this heavy thing down now ! Hearing her complains , he respond teasing her this is the first time seeing you dressed in female attire . i wont ever get sick of watching you dressed like this Yunhee cant bear to continue her complaints .instead her heart is filled with such apology towards him , who is now frowning with such a serious request . her voice and expression took on a hint of teasing . In future i will just let you have your fill of watching me like this till you get sicked of it , will that be okay ? In fufture , .seon joon repeated this word in his heart over and over again . Even if the future wlll have more obstacles , but now he will still wish to be wed with her If they do not overcome this hurdle now , they might never have any in future yes.. you must! he answered with such conviction . Then he started to help her disrobe . but after removing the wedding headgear , he stopped. Yun Hee gaze at the old headgear that was borrowed Sahyung is a man with such great status ,but now i am making you go through such a humble weddding , i am really ashamed what does it matter this kind of wedding or that kind of wedding . just having you sittng right infront of me like this , i am already content !

The words were spoken with such tenderness and devotion and his eyes speak the same as he gazed at her . And also his hands that is now gently covering her hands ,are filled with love and tenderness. even if i were really a man ,i will have love sahyung . Ever since he met this woman , how many times had he been through hell ,and how many times more in future ? but as long as he can be with her together , even if there is hell far worse then this , he will be able to endure it Soon jeon s frowned sightly but soon it wss replaced by twinkle in his eyes and a simle that emerged just for her thank you for being a woman . for me, the fact that you are a woman ,there is nothing more that i am grateful for , Yun Hee can sensed his feelings for her through his hands that hold hers so tigthly Wi ..wish .. i can still get a wish from you, right ? yes now can i use that wish ? what kind of wish ? Since i promised you, i will do my best to make it come true for you this might be abit shameless to ask .but can you promise to love only me forever ? She asked so cautiously and he replied without hesitate i cannot grant you this wish Yun hee held her breathe as she stared at him . Contrary to the answer that he had given to her , his simle was filled with such love as he watched her . loving you only forever , even if you didnt make a wish , to me that is the most natural thing to do. so i wont consider it a wish and grant it to you. Yun hee looked into his eyes , her eyes filled with such happiness Being with him like this , all the worries seem to have vanished . she didnt even dare dreamt of being his wife , and even if she had , she was so afraid the dream will be broken and it will hurt even more . so of course ,she can understand him now ,that he cant even bear to see her out of these clothes (cherishig the moment so much thinking it might be a dream ) She stretched out her hands to help him remove his hat .She similed as she continue on to remove that belt around his waist . i havent heard of a bride removing the clothes for her groom on the wedding night it might sounds like one of the groom lecture again but there is no hint of reprimanding in there. The bride responded in kind with a reburt that wasnt intend to sounds like one but more like teasing if there is a groom who intend to sit there till morning , then of course there had to be a bride that will do that He was captivated by that suggestive graze in her eyes and quickly extinguished the lights out with the chopsticks . He used his sense of touch to remove her clothes , his hands different from before ..now they had become more eager and hurried . As if reprimanding him for his impatience , Yun Hee spoke : though it is worrying when the groom sit till the morning but a groom that seem to be obsessed with lust till it hurt his health , is even more worrying . Someone said that no matter how much rice wine you drink , you wont be drunk , no matter how much you adore your wife ,it wont hurt your health . Having intimacy with ones wife is not considered lusting whose words are those ? which sage said that ? Confucius or Mencius ? From now onwards ,I will only follow the person who had said those words . Her resistance make him more anxious . he pushed away her hands , and as he started to remove her outer coat , he said : Fortunately this is just a saying ,otherwise I will be jealous of the sages .

 what will happen to the Confucius and other sages that I have followed for my life ? I wont stop my admiration for them in future too He didnt stop what his hands were doing , removing her dress. And with a hint of laughter in his voice ; Huh, Nan-Sul-Huns * ( shirley : a famous female poet in chosun dynasty ) husband treated Du Fu ( a famous male poet in china ) to be his love rival ,do you intend for me to make Confucius into my love rival . I am a petty husband who will get jealous ! The layers of inner garments under the dress is making him lost patience , there seem to be no end to the layers . And that whispering voice of his wife is making him even more anxious . I said before that the skies( heaven) is greater than the sage , so how can the sage compared to my husband who is as high as the sky the memories of that moment flashed through his mind , he pushed her to the floor ( shirley : okay I dun know why it wasnt on the bed ! ) his lips sealed hers, and they drown in each other kiss and it was addictive that they cant stop . Suddenly there were shoutings from outside the door Yo Damuel! Yo Garang! are you in there ! Seon Joon hands stopped what he was doing , that amusing tone seem to belong to Yong Ha Sahyung. In Sungkyunkwan , this voice will never fail to appeare at this kind of moment . Now he is even hallucinating about it . Yun hee was laughing : It is really amazing this thing about habit . I think I heard Yeorim Sahyung voice ! Yes I heard it too But he doesnt care about this hallucination now , and continue his quest to remove what is remaining of her pants . And Yong ha voice become more clearer now . I received information that the one and only garang is having a secret wedding here .! Quick come out to receive your punishment! Seon joon break off from Yun Hee in a hurry . Yun Hee was also in shocked and sat up instantly . the two looked at each other , if they heard it together , then it cannot be be hallucination , hence the two was so in shock that they do not even dare breathe Oh! This is the newlywed room ? How can there not be anyone peeping in ! This wont do , at least I need to poke into the window to take a look Hey! Stop it . The ones inside are not children ! what are you doing looking in like that that voice came from jaeshin. Jaeshin and yongha! And there is something more urgent then the problem of both of them being here now . The emergency is that Yong ha voice is getting closer to the door! The fun of wedding nite is to peep into the newly wed room, how can you do without that ! He isnt thinking of poking into the paper window is he ?! but with his kind of character , yong ha will definitely do it! Yun Hee and Seon Joon stood up at the same time . She looked around flustered, and was in such a hurry to get out that she cant even differeiante which is the front and back door . Seon Joon grabbed her hands , and pointed to her clothings , she had only the inner garments on . She was too panic to care about her state of dressing and took the dress to covered herself . Meanwhile , Yong ha fingers are closing in to the window and poked open one .

Seon joon snatched the dress that yunhee had taken to cover herself .and covered it over the window ! luckily there was voice outside that came to stop Yong Ha Who are you ! why are you here / Lady Cho asked outside Seon Joon listend to what was happening ..and whisper to yun hee I will take care of this . ,you just stay here ! dont go out And he let yun hee take the dress, while he looked for the hat he had just taken off/ As he searched , he screamed to the outside Yeo rim sahyung! , we havent start to undress yet , there is nothing to watch! . I will be right out! There was a twinge of anger in his voice . it isnt enough with what happen in Sungkyunkwa , now he had to come and ruined the wedding night . which groom will not be angry . and it had to happen right after he had managed to remove all that layer of clothes So he stepped out with a stern face , wishing that they werent even here right now !