Ryan lays in bed, sketching a sleeping Deok-mi. She wakes and tells him about her dream of painting with him when they were kids and playing with Eun-gi and her little brother. She remembers telling her mom that she wanted to become an artist and have exhibitions, and muses that while she didn’t become an artist, she is someone who hangs paintings in a gallery. Ryan points out that the real artist at an exhibition is in fact the curator

The episode begins with a flashback of Deok-mi and Yoon-jae playing as kids, this time with Eun-gi in their little group. Back in the present, Ryan wakes Deok-mi with a kiss and wishes her happy birthday. She wants to sleep in and Ryan suggests handing in their resignations and staying in bed all day. They eventually start getting ready for work together. Ryan hilariously tries to cook seaweed soup for Deok-mi. They stop by her place so she can change and jam to White Ocean’s song on their way to work.

Ryan sits on the floor of his room and cries while his mom breaks down at her door. Deok-mi waits for Ryan’s call and when it finally comes, he sounds extremely upset and hangs up after a mere good night. She finds him alone at the gallery and scolds him for hanging up on her. Ryan tells Deok-mi about his adoptive parents and the two drift off on a sofa in the gallery.

Laying his head on Deok-mi’s shoulder, Ryan thanks her for listening to a secret he had been holding inside for over three years. The two head to Ryan’s home and bump into Si-an and his mom in the elevator. At home, Si-an’s mom tells him that she isn’t keen on exhibiting her paintings but he asks her to reconsider.

As Ryan and Deok-mi sit on the terrace holding hands, he tells her about his dream/memory of being abandoned by his mother. She shares her mom would stay up with her all night when she used to have nightmares as a child and proposes doing the same with Ryan. They spend the night playing go-stop and watching TV. Deok-mi dozes off and Ryan tucks her into bed, planting a kiss on her forehead and watching her sleep. Later in the night when Ryan is asleep, it’s Deok-mi who tenderly watches over him.

Upon hearing Ryan call her Si Na Gil, Deok-mi stops hiding behind Eun-gi and drags Ryan away to talk in private. Seon-joo sees them leave and asks a shocked Eun-gi if Ryan found out Deok-mi’s secret. Her producer husband, Sung-min comes looking for her. She threatens to see him in court but when he mentions Geon-woo, she forgets everything and rushes home, leaving a dejected Eun-gi behind. Ryan brings Deok-mi to his house. They bump into Si-an in the elevator and Ryan jumps in front of her to save her from being seen by Si-an.

Si-an lists the events that led to him becoming friends with Ryan, remarking that it must be fate. All this while, Ryan thinks about how his paths repeatedly crossed with Deok-mi until they began fake dating. He follows her to the wood workshop and confesses his feelings. The two kiss for a long time and when someone comes into the workshop, they hide in a corner and kiss some more. They end up bumping things to the ground and giggle like kids. Deok-mi’s stomach growls and Ryan whisks her away to feed her.

Thoroughly confused by Deok-mi’s words, Ryan goes home and tries not to call her. In her apartment, Deok-mi waits for his call. That night, she dreams about a memory from her childhood—of letting go of another kid’s hand the way she’d let go of Ryan’s. The next day, Deok-mi recounts everything to Seon-joo and the two trash talk Ryan. When he pulls up in front of Seon-joo’s cafe, Deok-mi rushes to hide. Seon-joo curtly informs Ryan that she’s out of milk and he leaves empty-handed.

Deok-mi realizes she likes Ryan and kisses him. He takes off his blindfold and asks if she wants to have him. She says yes and they begin making out… until Ryan calls Deok-mi and she realizes she was daydreaming. Embarrassed, she pushes him out of her apartment and asks him to go home. He asks if she’s sick and she denies it, all the while mentally blaming him for her ‘sickness’. Ryan leaves and it’s only when he reaches his car that he clutches his heart because it’s racing from Deok-mi being so close.

Eun-gi and Deok-mi’s mom meet a fortune teller who tells them that Deok-mi will soon find romance with a foreigner. That night, Deok-mi’s parents visit her to drop off some of mom’s side dishes just as Ryan shows up to apologize for his outburst. He sees Cindy spying on them, marches up to Deok-mi and pretends to kiss her by placing his thumb on the side of her mouth. Deok-mi’s parents see Ryan and Deok-mi together and immediately assume that the two are dating. Mom invites Ryan home for dinner.