Following Ep. 22 up until Hotaro betrays Dong Mae. What if Gu Dong Mae returned to Japan to save the woman he carried deep in his heart, but it wasn't Ae-Shin?

August 15, 1945: it is liberation day in Joseon and Go Ae-shin, now an old woman, returns to the city of her birth and remembers the stories and people of her distant youth.

A step back changes everything, and Eugene finds himself facing a future he never thought he'd have.

Her lips were painted a brilliant shade of red , like the liquid color of the setting sun spilled over the horizon. And Dong-mae thought it suited her. (Dong-mae/Hotaru)(Dong-mae/Ae-shin)

As a form of revenge and humiliation for Lord Go's letters, Lee Wan Ik forces an arrangement between the accomplices who foiled his plans. Any objections, and their close ones would suffer dire consequences. Go Ae Shin and Gu Dong Mae were to be married, and it was just the beginning of the impossible events being spun on the red pinwheel of fate.

Three reluctant friends all work at the renowned media company Sunshine Corporation. It's convenient that the Glory Hotel is just across the road from their workplace, and even more convenient that its owner offers the best coffee in town, with a slice of wit and sarcasm in the lobby. (Modern AU, texting, banter, ridiculous group chats and fun times).

Kim Hui-sung discovers a delicate flower, Gu Dong-mae discovers jealousy. Choi Eugene regrets his choice in friends.

He was blinded by love, she pretended not to see. Hotaru's thought on Dong Mae

"She is is all he sees in his closing moments. Go Ae Shin, walking across the dojo, poised and with purpose. If only, had he been born into a different life. Perhaps then, he would not have to imagine living in a world that only showed him the flash of a blade with bloodied tears in the wake." At the time of his death, Gu Dong Mae wakes up in 21st century Seoul.

She thinks back to the day she was at the candy seller's stall. When he cut down the two Japanese men in front of her, staining himself with the colour of their deaths. Gaze dark, unnerved, dangerous and unflinching. She had known at that instance, that she hated him. She detested him so wholeheartedly, and it was why she miscalculated just how much she was fooling herself.

Scorned. Outcast. Hunted. Gu Dong-mae was forced to flee his home while he was just a boy. Life dealt him only hard blows, and he grew into a man with hard edges. Killer. Mercenary. Gangster. Yet he'd throw it all away for the soft swish of silk, for the chance to hold a blackbird in his hand, but this bird refuses to be caged. When she flies away, will she take his heart with her?

Summary: A man, a woman, a choice on a train. An alternate ending to an otherwise excellent series. EuShin pairing.

In order to understand, we must learn it on a hard way.

Is there any goodbye for us? Not in the past, not in the present, not in the future.

A promise is a promise... or a wish...

They say our lives are divided into segments of meaningful moments and memories. When he met her, this free-spirited, lovely young woman, Eugene couldn't help but agree. ModernAU, crossover with Little Forest, feat. Hyewon.

AU, President Jin has the world in his grasp. But a rare creature eludes his capture. It's a game he's determined to win.