Room 207

Early in the morning, the girls of Room 207 are each doing their own things. Seol Hui doing skincare. Jeongmin reading a book. However, Hye Ryung who is practicing her singing hears a familiar sniffling and looks over to a weeping Hana. She sighs and goes over to her and takes the book that she was reading.

"Romeo and Juliet? Really?" Hye Ryung asks with a raised eyebrow.

"Why did it have to be a sad ending?! All they wanted was to be happy!" Hana sobs.

"Because a bunch of grown adults couldn't get over a family feud." Hye Ryung gently wipes away the youngest's tears and feeds her a butterscotch. 

"Room 207." The operator voices through the speakers. Hye Ryung is about to make her leave until the operator says, "Eun Young Ro."

"...Me? A call for me?" Young Ro asks, surprised.

Young Ro quickly grabs her slipper and runs out of the dorm. Hana giggles and chases after her.

"Yah, no running! You'll swallow the butterscotch again!" Hye Ryung yells.

"I'll be careful! I promise!" Hana yells back making the older girl sigh.

"I swear that girl..." Hye Ryung mutters.

"You're such a mother to Hana." Jeongmin teases her, earning herself a glare.

After Young Ro manages to escape the hall monitors, Hana stops in her tracks once they take notice of her.

"Hana. You weren't running just now, were you? I can tell you have something in your mouth which most likely a butterscotch. Did you forget what happened last time?" Kyung Ja asks in a stern tone.

"No, unnie." Hana shakes her head.

"Good. You can go now." She says with a small smile.

Hana smiles back and quickly walks away to meet up with Young Ro. When she reaches the telephone area, Hana greets Bun Ok and gives her a butterscotch. Young Ro notices her best friend next to her and passes the phone.


In the cafeteria, Hana, Young Ro and Seol Hui get the breakfast and are heading to the table. 

"Who was it? It was the engineering major you met the other day, wasn't it?" Seol Hui asks.

"I told you that I and that long-haired guy are done. He didn't even call me that day." Young Ro replies.

"Then who was it? It was your first time getting a phone call."

"It was my grandmother asking me what time Hana and I will be taking the bus."

"Granny made a butterscotch cake!" Hana squeals and the others laugh at her excitement.

After Hana sits at the table, Hye Ryung places a bottle of milk in front of her and takes off the cap, making Hana pout.

"Drink all of it."

"But I hate white milk! I want chocolate!" Hana whines.

"If you drink this, I'll get you chocolate milk tomorrow. Deal?"

"...Deal." Hana grumbles before drinking the milk.

Hye Ryung smirk slowly fades as she hears Seol Hui making fun of her. Young Ro's notices her glare towards the two and quickly changes the subject. After sitting down next to Hana, Hye Ryung speaks up.

"A dormitory with 360 students and only two phones. How ridiculous."

"The upside of it, we get to improve our running." Young Ro says.

"I doubt it. Two days ago, I ran as fast as I could only to see Bun Ok hang up the phone in front of me." Seol Hui says.

"I guess gizzard treats us differently. She doesn't dare hang up calls on me." Hye Ryung says.

"Hey!" Hana smacks Hye Ryung's hand. "She has a name! Don't be rude!"

"She's right. Watch what you say." Jeongmin says, taking Hana's side.

"Hana, I get. She's always been a sweetheart. But you?" Hye Ryung scoffs. "Pretending to be nice."

Jeongmin closes her book and drops it on the table. "What did you say?"

"Gye Bun Ok means chicken, poop and house. In one word, it's gizzard."

"Her name actually means fragrant beed... Okay, Hye Ja?"

Hana, Young Ro and Seol Hui's jaws drop as Jeongmin throws a piece of bread in her mouth.

"YAH!" Hye Ryung screams before standing up. "You wench. I told you my name is Hye Ryung. I told you numerous times that I changed my name. How will you oust the dictator? My goodness, don't make me laugh. Look." She picks up the book. "Why don't you come to your senses and fight for your fellow students in the dorm?"

She then drops the book only for the cover to slide down, revealing the actual title. The truth about socialism... Kyung Ja stands up noticing it. Hye Ryung slowly attempts to grab the book until Young Ro quickly grabs it, fixing the cover. Jeongmin tries to stop her, but she begins reading it anyway.

"You will never defeat us. Not even once. God won't allow it, and neither will Eom-ji."

"Ah! The book is about romance not baseball!" Hana says, backing her best friend up.

With that Kyung Ja sits back down, relieving the girls of Room 207. Young Ro then returns Jeongmin's book.


On their way to the bus stop, Young Ro and Hana are stopped by one of the shop owners.

"Hana, I'm glad you I saw you walking by here! Here you go." She gives Hana a small bag.

"What is that, Hanny?"

Hana reaches into the bag and takes out a package. She opens it see...

"The snowdrop snow globe!" Hana gasps before looking at the older woman with a shocked expression. "But why are you giving me this? I told you that I would pay for it."

"It's already been paid for." She chuckles causing Hana to give her a confused look. "After you left swearing that you would come back for it with the money, a very handsome young man came up to me and requested to pay for you. He seemed quite taken with you."

"Ooh! My twin has a secret admirer!" Young Ro squeals, nudging Hana's shoulder.

"Roro!" Hana whines, smacking Young Ro's arm. "Ajumma, did you get his name? I would like to pay him back."

"No, sweetie. But if I see him again, I'll let you know."

"Okay, umm... Could you give him this for me?" Hana takes out a butterscotch and hands it to the shop owner. "Thank you." She says with a bow.

"Of course." 

"Hanny, let's go. The bus is here." Young Ro says, grabbing her hand and running towards the bus. The two wave goodbye to the shop owner before getting on the bus.

Just as the shop owner is about to go back into her shop, she notices the young man coming her way.

"Ah, it's you! You just missed her!"

"Hello, ma'am. Did you give her the snow globe?"

"Yes, she was very happy. She asked for your name so she could pay you back. She also wanted me to give you this." She explains giving him the butterscotch.

He accepts it with a smile.


In the evening, the twins are rushing back to the dorm and as Hana runs past Hye Ryung calling out to her, she stops in her tracks. When she turns back around and gasps seeing Hye Ryung being proposed to.

"We only have ten minutes!" Young Ro tells Hye Ryung before running past Hana.

"Hye Ryung!"

When Hye Ryung turns to leave, Hana stops her.

"You can't leave him hanging!"

Hye Ryung stops and runs back to Byung Tae, accepting the ring. Hana squeals before sending a thumbs up to Byung Tae and he does the same back. The girls hurry to the dorm seeing Young Ro waiting for them. Hana notices Hye Ryung struggling and tells her to take off her shoes. She does and Young Ro cheers them on. On their way up, the cloth holding Hana's container of butterscotch cake tears and the container falls out, rolling down the street.

"No! My butterscotch cake!" Hana whines and attempts to go back for it until Hye Ryung stops her.

"Go back for it later! We have to go!"

"But-" Hana is about to argue back until Young Ro runs past her. "Young Ro!"

"Go on ahead without me! I'll catch up with you!"

Hye Ryung pulls Hana towards to the dorm ignoring her protests. After getting back to their room and getting settled, Jeongmin starts arguing with Hye Ryung about Young Ro.

"Her family runs on a rice cake store! She relies on scholarships. She answers calls with Bun Ok." Jeongmin snaps.

"I had to get Hana back here! If I let her be, she would have climbed the building again!" Hye Ryung snaps back.

"You have to admit that I'm a good climber though." Hana says and ends up receiving a glare from both the older girls. "I'll stop talking."

Seol Hui gasps, catching their attention. They all look shocked to see Young Ro outside the window.

"Guys. Open the window." Young Ro whispers.

"My goodness." Hye Ryung whispers.

As Bun Ok goes to stall Ms. Pi, they help Young Ro in and quickly get her cleaned up and into her nightdress. By the time they finished cleaning the room, Ms. Pi comes in. While looking around the room, she stops in front of Young Ro.

"Eun Young Ro. Why are you sweating so much?"

Young Ro touches her forehead. "Oh... Well, I ran really hard to not be late for roll call."

"Then why did you stay out so late? What if your dormmates get kicked out because of you?"

"I'm sorry. I won't stay out late again."

"Room 207! Recite the dorm rules."

"Abide by the curfew. No protest. No sleeping out." They all say.

"Again." She demands, hitting her stick against the desk.

"Abide by the curfew. No protest. No sleeping out. No cooking food." They all say.

"You know...your room only has one chance left, right?" She asks them.

"Yes, ma'am!"

"...That'll be all." She says before taking her leave.

"Say goodnight." Jeongmin tells her dormmates.

"Goodnight, ma'am."

After Ms. Pi and Bun Ok leave, the girls fall back onto their beds. Hana and Seol Hui begin laughing and join Young Ro on her bed.

"First Hana now you are climbing the wall?" Seol Hui teases.

"You truly are my twin." Hana giggles, hugging Young Ro. "But you didn't have to go back for the butterscotch cakes. I could have waited."

"Hey, you did the same for me remember? When I dropped my rice cakes in rush to get back here. I had to return the favor. So now we're even. And at least you didn't drop your snow globe." Young Ro explains, hugging her back. "Oh wait! I forgot the rice cakes and butterscotch cake!"

"Oh wait! My pillow!"

As Young Ro quickly gets up and hurries to change, Hana goes over to her bed and looks underneath her pillow to find a few pieces of butterscotch candy.

"Which one of you was it this time, huh?" Hana asks her roommates with a smirk.

"Not me."

"Wasn't me."

"Me neither."

"Who knows?"

"Okay... I'll get a confession out of one of you at some point. Whoever it is leaving me all this candy... I'll just add it to my secret stash for now." Hana says while collecting the candy.

"Hye Ryung, you're really not the one putting the candy under her pillow?" Jeongmin whispers with a raised eyebrow. "What about you, Young Ro?"

"I left with Hana this morning." Young Ro explains.

"Like I'm going to give her that much candy." Hye Ryung mutters.

"It has to be one of us and if it's not..." Seol Hui gasps. "What if it's a ghost?!"

"Don't be ridiculous!" Hye Ryung mutters, rolling her eyes.


Later after Young Ro gets back from meeting Man Dong and Bun Ok, she returns Hana's cake to her whom receives it happily. Then the girls end their night with their usual routine of dancing and singing.


The next day, Hana lies on her bed smiling as she shakes the snow globe she purchased.  A moment later, a sulking Young Ro comes into their room.

"Has Young U still not written you back yet?"

Young Ro shakes her head, pouting. Hana sighs and puts her snow globe down on the bed. She then goes over to the desk, taking a piece of paper to write "YOUNG U! YOU'RE SUCH A BUTTHEAD!" She then makes a paper plane out of it and throws it out the window. 

"Hanny! You're unbelievable!" Young Ro laughs going to lie on Hana's bed and picking up the snow globe.

"I got you to laugh though." Hana giggles before lying next to her.

"This is really pretty." Young Ro says, shaking it. "I wonder who your secret admirer is?"

"I hope I can find out who he is. I would like to pay him back for it... Oh! Did you give unnie the cake?"

"Mmhmm. She told me to tell you thanks... Oh!" Young Ro turns on her side to face Hana. "Could you help me convince Hye Ryung into something?"

"Into what?"

"This guy called for group blind date with our room at Rome Coffee Shop this Saturday. Since I'm pretty sure that Jeongmin won't go, Bun Ok would like to take her place, but you know how Hye Ryung feels about her."

"Ah, I see... Oh but wait! But that would be lying! If they're asking for us and we're all college girls."

Hye Ryung then comes into the room with the others behind her, surprising the two.

"Unnie!" The twins quickly sit up. "I got a call for a group blind date and Bun Ok would like to join in." Young Ro explains.

"She's ridiculous. She wants to join us? Does she have no respect? She wants to pretend to be a college student that badly?" She asks about to grab a tissue until Young Ro does it for her.

"I can understand her. When you hear guys asking girls out on dates often, you become envious and want to go out on a date too. Don't you think?"

"But not this time. That's deceiving the guy." Hye Ryung tells her grabbing another tissue to wipe off her makeup.

"You're right! I totally agree with you." Seol Hui says, taking Hye Ryung's side.

"Even though you have a point and even I myself don't want to lie either... We did avoid a disaster during roll call thanks to Bun Ok." Hana says, taking Young Ro's side.

"God, I can never like you! How hard is it for you to join us for once?!" Hye Ryung yells at Jeongmin.

"You guys go and have a lot of fun." Jeongmin mumbles, continuing on with her work.

"Wait! Unnie, if we go then we may finally find Hanny a boyfriend!" Young Ro says, making Hye Ryung stops what she is doing.

"...Huh?! Roro!" Hana stands up from the bed.

"Think about it! You've been trying so hard for to get Hanny a boyfriend, but she's rejected every guy you set her up with! Maybe the right guy will finally show up on this date!"

Hye Ryung stares at a shocked Hana for a moment before saying, "Seol Hui. Young Ro. Help me find the perfect outfit for Hana right now."

"Wait a minute! Why do I have to go?! I didn't agree to it!"

Before Hana can object any further, the speakers come on.

"Room 207. Nam Hana."

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Probably not the best chapter but I think you all will be very happy with the things I have planned for this story!

Writing this chapter was very hard for me because it was more about the Room 207 girls. If you watched the whole show, you know why. And I'm not even going to spoil anything but NEVER HAS A KDRAMA ENDING MADE ME GET UP FROM MY SEAT AND LOSE MY MIND. That's all I'm saying.

Hye Ryung might be a little oc here because I always did kinda see her being the mama bear to my oc. And sweet Young Ro! I'm going to love her friendship with Hana! 

I wonder who brought the snow globe for Hana? I wonder...

Also, if you all are new to my books, please please please do NOT ask me to update. Saying "I can't wait for the next update or looking forward to the next chapter", anything like that is fine. But asking me to please update or asking me to hurry is more pressuring for me. I do have an outside life and when it's cold or hot weather, it's harder for me to get more updates out. Also, I see that kdrama books take longer because when you're going back to the episode, you have to read the subtitles. So, this is going to be a bit more challenging for me.

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