I have to post something from dramabeans.

“Deok-sun runs up behind Taek when she sees him ahead of her on their street, and tells him that he must’ve had a hard day, and that he did a good job. It seems like exactly the thing he needed to hear (or maybe it’s just the person he needed to see), and he smiles and takes a decisive step forward.
She’s surprised when he holds onto her arm, and then he starts to lean in like he’s going to kiss her…. Omo. Omo.
But then he just rests his head on her shoulder and stays like that for a little while, and she stammers that he worked hard, and he smiles.” [credit: dramabeans]

I love dramabeans. I think she and her team do an awesome job with the recap. But people here at soompi must keep in mind their limitations. Because of the time constraints – they upload their recap speedily for the benefit of the non-Korean speakers – they don’t have time to write it like a romance novel (lol) or analyze the different layers of a scenes. They only narrate the story as they see it, and of course, they bring their own biases when writing.
Which is perfectly fine! I’d be worried if they don’t have biases. Like, what? Are their brains sieves that cannot retain past recollections of likes and dislikes?
I can understand why JH-DS shippers would agree with dramabeans. dramabeans sees an exhausted guy, momentarily cheered up to see the girl he likes, approaching the girl and resting his weary head on the girl. Nothing more, nothing less.
But frankly I don’t understand why the TK-DS didn’t bother to CONTEST that point of view. lol? Or maybe it’s because I'm trained to argue reasonable doubt that I don't mind questioning things?

Here is an alternative way of looking at this scene --

It’s 11:00 pm. TK’s shuffling his feet as he walked down the street. How long had it been since his ride dropped him off? Was he waiting for her? She saw and she ran up to greet him brightly. Considering it was already 11 at night, she looked the same way she did when she left the house that morning. She immediately cheered him up – which was interesting because it meant that she knew of the baduk results before their encounter. Did she check up on it herself? Or did she hear about it on the street on the way home? Her brother who was a baduk/TK fan had just heard of it on the 11:00 news.

She said with a wide smile. “Hey, Master Choi! Chin up!”

He smiled, BUT note this: he WASN’T smiling AT HER. He was smiling downwards, as if there was something amusing him. Do you understand the difference?

“Hey! Walk with your chest held high, at least. And lift your head!” she insisted earnestly. She tried to make eye contact with him.

He finally looked up and stared at her with a dopey smile. She stopped talking. Her smile wavered a bit, and she began to blink. She looked at him, eyes widening and eyebrows raised.

Then, he took a step closer. Suddenly, the mood changed. She was looking down now, her eyes weren’t searching for his anymore. Her voice changed too. It was lower. Huskier?

“Oh…I bet you had a really tough time today.”
Taek steadily gazed at her, but she kept her eyes averted. She also kept blabbering, as if to fill the silence. “Well, yeah…losses happen…”
Without a word, he took his hands out of his pockets, and he reached out to hold her wrists, gripping them. He took another step. She was finally quiet. He leaned in; dropped his head onto her shoulder. She seemed to catch it with her neck.

[The camera focused on his face.]
His head was resting on her shoulder, his face expressionless.
She stuttered. Her voice was hesitant, softer, totally different from the chirpy voice she had used early. “You… you worked hard.”
And he smiled widely.

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See the difference between this one and dramabeans? Because of what dramabeans wrote, most people didn’t see the nuance of their brief encounter. Moreover, the impression planted in the readers’ heads was that TK merely sought a comfy shoulder pillow buddy. Look, if you're a shipper for TK-DS, you shouldn't be accepting that kind of interpretation passively. lol. That's a very superficial way of looking at the script. You have to dig in deeper.

See these points:
1) When she crept up to him and started talking, he was secretly smiling, NOT because he was happy to see HER, but because HE knew what she was up to: trying to cheer him up. He's been doing this all the time. He smiles even when she's not looking at him. Just check out the beach scene. Or the banana scene with NoEul.

2) When he looked dopily at her, it wasn’t because he was so tired that he couldn’t focused his eyes. True, he was tired. But he was wryly amused by her efforts. No fool [and he's a genius] stares a girl like that for more 2 seconds without a thought entering his mind. A thought must be running in his head. lol. Like, should I kiss her? Will that get me slapped hard on the face? Maybe I should just check it out another day.

3) One thing for sure, Taek was thinking, muzzily, “This girl’s so cute.” Remember? He finds her cute all the time, even with the mice caper.

4) When DS started blinking, her voice lowered, and she stammered, it was obvious that she felt nervous, disconcerted, unsettled.
But why?
If this was her friend she’s always felt motherly for -- as others claim -- then this was the perfect time to turn on that maternal love full blast. Like, pat his back, brush his hair, offer him milk and banana, babytalk, wipe his snot, coo… whatever. But she wouldn't be feeling like this all flustered and nervous, if her feelings were simply motherly.

5) Finally, when he laid his head on her shoulder, sure, he was resting. But he definitely wasn’t dozing. Look: just because somebody’s face is expressionless doesn’t mean it’s not paying attention. Still water runs deep.
Taek could have very well been waiting. Waiting for the next move. Waiting for a reaction from her. Waiting for the moment to pass, Or waiting for the moment of connection.

6) And when she stumbled on her next words, he knew. That was why he smiled.

He didn’t smile because “Ahhhh! She appreciates how hard I worked today.” Nope! lol. What is he?? A kindergartner who needs recognition for his hard work? He had TROPHIES for his hard work. And accolades. And millions of won. And liquor….let’s not forget liquor….

He smiled because he heard the confusion in her voice, her uncertainty, her awkwardness.
Look: if you’re a boy in love, that’s what you’re looking for in a girl whose affection you’re also unsure of.You want to know that you haven’t left her cold or that she treats you like one of her “pet cases”. Do you understand that?
And Taec received confirmation. Hence, the smile.

That was why the following day it was just fitting that TK greeted DS with that stupid syrupy silly sickening smarmy “Deok-sun, anyeeong.” [So uncool. ugh!]
But did YOU get the joke by scriptwriter?
Last night, DS did all the talking. If you listen to the YT clip again, TK was silent throughout that encounter. SHE was the one making a fool of herself with her blabbering and stammering and sudden nervousness. This morning, as payback, it's TK who was looking foolish.

Ladies, I would definitely consider this picture sexual…
http://i809.photobucket.c...zps2veymnki.jpg
back in the days when I was still into Lady and Tramp. lol. Frankly, when people say this picture is sexual, I’m not quite sure if I’m being trolled or I’m talking to Sister Marie Agnes Franchesca. >.<

Thus, I’m obliged to give this motherly advice to my girlfriends: If a guy gets in your bed at 2 in the morning, while you’re sleeping, you have 3 options:
1) push him off the bed and start screaming “Rape!” as loudly as you can, 2) tell him “Oh! You’re home now” then snuggle up, or 3) sit up straight and whisper, “Shhh. Mom has ears of a bat.”
But there's absolutely no way you’re going to tell him, drowsily, “Please do my Calculus assignment/tax return/powerpoint/whatever tomorrow. Hmmm? Hmmm? Calculus/tax/powerpoint/whatever?”
Such a waste of good body there, girl! [I'm just shaking my head.]

Now, let’s compare these encounters with DS’ brief moment with TK in his waiting room at the baduk competition in China [Episode 9]. You should know by now where I’m going with this; you’ve seen my post about the “dead tired/shoulder rest” a couple of nights ago. I'm not liable for any of your mental breakdowns...if you know what I mean.
DS opens the door, calling out his name. But she doesn’t even breach the entrance. She stops there holding the door. They look at each other, and her smile fades away. She stammers in a hesitant voice, “You…are being called.” Her eyes blink. She looks away and slowly closes the door.
What’s that all about? Cat got her tongue?
FYI: There’s a reason men in suits are considered sexy. Men in suits exude confidence, power, authority, calm, command. Mix all these elements together and you’ll get a potent aphrodisiac.
At this particular moment, DS isn’t seeing TK as a familiar childhood friend. She’s seeing a stranger. A man. A visually, sexually appealing young man. Who's alone in his inner sanctum. With a lit cigarette in his hand which he slowly hides instead of extinguishing. That gesture alone displays a sense of nonchalance and danger. Like, “Yes I smoke...and?” But the danger there lies in his disregard for other’s opinions. He's nobody's mama's boy.
When he walks away, then into the crowd of paparazzi, she sees him as he is: a man confronting the whole world on his own terms. And that image, my dears, is very sexy yet very confusing for an innocent girl.
For me, sexual awareness has nothing to do with a naked chest or a Burberry trench coat. It’s a state of mind. Sexy is an aura. Why do you think James Bond has always been considered attractive by grown women of all ages while Justin Beiber, even when he's prancing shirtless on stage attracts ridicule from the 15+ years old girls?