#Jung so min

[thiscoldheart]

LOVE NEXT DOOR (1.12)

[dramashii]

The bad thought and deed:

I don't think we should stay here. Why not?

LOVE NEXT DOOR (2024) | Ep 12

[nunafilms]

[xiaolanhua]

Love Next Door 엄마 친구 아들 (2024) Dir. Yoo Je Won – Ep. 12

[nattawins]

I woke up, and your face was so close to mine. But there suddenly was a rainbow right there. It was so interesting. I couldn't help but touch it. Love Next Door (2024), dir. Yoo Je-won

[wondering-whispers]

One of the many things that I love about Love Next Door is how none of the characters are villainised. Be it their exes or their parents. They all have some valid reason behind their actions and even though they hurt one another, they still keep on trying. That's because at the end of the day they love each other so they try to be better for them.

[fiddleyoumust]

I loved episode 12 of Love Next Door. One of the aspects of friends to lovers that I wish more media explored is the transition from one kind of relationship to another. Often, we see couples just fall into the romantic relationship without showing the adjustments needed to make that happen.

One of the things that takes up the early days of dating someone is getting to know them. You fill your time together asking questions and revealing your past and yourself to the other person. But what happens when you start dating someone you've been close friends with for almost 30 years? What do you talk about when you already know everything about each other?

I like Seok Ryu asking about Seung Hyo's relationship with Tae Hui, not just because it shows us that she's no longer looking at Seung Hyo as a friend, but also because it's one of the few things she doesn't know about Seung Hyo.

They'd spent the entire episode being awkward and shy with each other because neither of them knew how to facilitate the change in their relationship. Seok Ryu's jealousy and her desire to gain access to this unkown part of Seung Hyo's life was the spark they needed to get the conversation going about their changed status.

I loved Seung Hyo drawing a boundary. He let's Seok Ryu have so much of him, but him being firm about her crossing a line with her questions about Tae Hui was really great.

I also liked the little detail about it being weird to call Seung Hyo "boyfriend". They've been one thing to each other for THIRTY years. It's going to take some time for them to get used to this new layer of their relationship.

The scene in Seok Ryu's room was perfect. They apologize. They acknowledge and talk out the awkwardness of going from friends to lovers, but most importantly, they both reaffirm with words and actions that they are changed. They acknowledge their desire for each other and give explicit and enthusiastic consent to act on those desires. It was beautiful and I can't wait to see what happens next weekend.

[governments-babygirl]

turned the lights off and pulled him closer under the stars that he put up for her (now acting like silent witnesses to the love they'll make under them) like OHHHHHMYYYGAWWDDDDDDDDSDADDADA

[dllamarama]

this loser choi seunghyo, really...

i just LOVE this portrayal of him not knowing what to do in front of her.

for 20 years it was a far-fetched dream. he almost gave up his feelings for her. he tried to cut off seokryu from his life. but he can’t. and he almost accept the fact that maybe he can never confess to her and buried his feelings forever, until he finally did. and she broke his heart for her rejection with a lie. and he tried again to cut off their friendship. before he was slammed with the fact that she was sick and he failed to be with her. to be by her side like how she always had been for him. and even after that honest talk by the beach, he still wait for her answer. because her reason to reject him wasn't valid anymore. he knew it was an excuse when she reject him the first time. so he waits again. left her a voice note, hoping so that she finds it. to let her know his feelings for her remain unchanged even after 20 years, even after the milk expired.

and she finally answered him. that yes. he left a big void in her life while he was gone. that her life without him is not the same. because she knew now. that he will be with her in every circumstances, he will fall to the rock bottom with her. he is her bestfriend. but, she sees it now. that he is no longer just a friend. they both crossed the line unconsciously at first, but surely now.

seokryu had a belated realisation that she likes him more than a friend. but for seunghyo who had always knew where his heart lies, where it will always go. he can't take another step forward. he will always froze whenever she moves closer to him. it has always been that way. he froze, he malfunction. because he knew that she likes him now. it is no longer an unrequited love.

i just love him. he is so adorable and endearing. ohh this is just a start. i will rant about him in more posts for each and every scene of him. this guy is a gem.

[sunlighthroughthe-ashes]

i adored this episode.

watching best friends blossom into something more is a beautiful experience. the scene on the bench was so special to me — the soft worship of seunghyo's eyes as he looked at seokryu and told her he'd never been apart from her. the reverence with which he touched the tips of her fingers to his lips.

the way he said without actually saying: "every memory of mine is mapped with your face. i have tasted the tint of every word that falls from your mouth and i have never tired of it. i never will. you are as necessary to me as air — i need you to breathe. you have been the light under my lashes for as long as i can remember. and i would not have it any other way."

relationships are like rivers — they ebb and flow and eddy at the ankles before finding their strength. it's comforting to see the careful nervousness in seunghyo's actions — the tentative tenderness that they both try to show each other.

the kiss at the end was perfect: slow; sensual — seeking the sweetness of each other's skin. lingering against each other's lips. longing finally met by mouth pressed to mouth. it reminds me of another line by e.e cummings: " — and kisses are a better fate than wisdom." ♡

[kdim]

Love Next Door 엄마친구아들 (2024) | Episode 12 Puppy Love

[dramashii]

We've always been together.

LOVE NEXT DOOR (2024) | Ep 12

[deokmis]

wish you were here~

[aboutdoramas]

[nattawins]

Thank you for calling me. Love Next Door (2024), dir. Yoo Je-won

[ompred-blog]

They have my heart y'all 😭❤️