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Characters
Oner – Moon Hyeon-joon aka Joonie
Gumayusi – Lee Min-hyeong
Keria – Ryu Min-seok
Doran – Choi Hyeon-joon
Faker – Lee Sang-hyeok
Ruler – Park Jae-hyuk
Chovy – Jeong Ji-hoon
Canyon – Kim Geon-bu
Duro – Joo Min-gyu
Kiin – Kim Gi-in
Scene: Gangnam, Seoul, One late night in T1 HQ Restaurant, Heavy rain.
Joonie (turns to look at Min-hyeong, nudges him with an elbow)
Min-hyeong (looks up at him, glances around, then looks down at his phone)
Joonie: Got a sore throat or something?
Min-hyeong: No?
Joonie: Then why are you texting me when I’m sitting right next to you?
Min-hyeong: It’s too quiet — I was scared talking would startle yall.
Min-gyu & Ji-hoon (glance up, then go back to their phones)
Min-hyeong (puts his phone down, stares off into a corner)
Min-hyeong: Who do you think has a bigger butt — ruler hyung or me?
Min-seok (glances at him, then looks at the same corner)
Min-seok: Him
Jae-hyuk: I can hear you. Stop staring at other people's butt.
Hyeon-joon: What's ruler hyung doing anyway?
Ji-hoon: Charging his phone.
Hyeon-joon: Then why is he squatting?
Jae-hyuk: The cable’s too short.
(Lee Sang-hyeok walks in)
Sang-hyeok (spots a squatting car in the corner, gives it a glance, walks around)
Sang-hyeok: Everyone sees the message?
Jae-hyuk (gets up and walks to the table): Yeah just saw it.
Sang-hyeok (pauses): You’re in the T1 KKT group chat?
Jae-hyuk: Hmmm no?
Min-seok & Gi-in (look up at him)
Jae-hyuk: I meant I saw the message in our team’s group chat.
Jae-hyuk: Manager said we shall wait. If it didn't turn out well, we’ll retire earlier to the dorms.
Jae-hyuk: He also said thank you for keeping us.
Sang-hyeok: No problem. Is everything okay?
Jae-hyuk: Not really. It’s leaking everywhere. They're doing a full inspection now. Otherwise, we'll have to cancel tomorrow’s scrims.
Sang-hyeok: That's bad.
Park Jae-hyuk: Yeah, we’ve got basins all over the floor
Min-gyu: The forecast says it’ll keep raining until tomorrow morning.
Jae-hyuk: Looks like you guys are doing okay.
Sang-hyeok: It's manageable. Just a few streaming room windows cracked.
Joonie: So tonight stream canceled ✌️
Min-hyeong & Min-seok (glance at him)
Hyeon-joon (on phone): Mun manager just told us not to go back yet — the practice room's flooded too.
Min-seok (checks phone): She’s also asking who had instant ramen in there this afternoon.
Joonie: Not me.
Min-hyeong: Not me.
Hyeon-joon: Not me.
Sang-hyeok: Not me.
Min-seok (typing): Okay, then it was Tom.
Joonie: I don’t think he’s in that group.
Min-seok: That's why it was him.
Min-hyeong: Man... now I kinda want some ramen.
Jae-hyuk: Same. I haven’t had dinner yet.
Min-hyeong: None of us have.
(Jae-hyuk walks to the corner and unplugs his phone)
Jae-hyuk (looks at everyone) : It’s almost 9:30
Min-seok: Let’s just order delivery. The chef’s off today.
Min-hyeong (gets up and opens the fridge)
Min-hyeong: Let me see, maybe there’s something...
Sang-hyeok: I could cook if there’s pasta.
Min-gyu & Ji-hoon (look up)
Min-hyeong (closes fridge): Just eggs.
Min-seok (on phone): Let’s order. What do you guys want?
Hyeon-joon (raises hand): Chocolate pancake pls
Ji-hoon (raises hand): +1
Min-gyu (glances at him, raises hand): +2
Jae-hyuk: I want blueberry one.
Min-seok (typing): Okay let's order from one place huh? Anything else?
Joonie: Got anything savory?
Min-seok: I can leave a note asking for extra salt&pepper.
Joonie: Then Blueberry for me.
Min-seok: Salt&pepper?
Joonie (pouts): Nah.
Min-seok (looks across the table): What about you Geon-bu hyung?
Geon-bu (looks up): I’ll take blueberry too, thanks.
Min-seok: The rest of you? Min-hyeong? Sang-hyeok hyung? Kiin hyung?
Min-hyeong (on phone): Durian pls.
Min-seok (typing): Eat that in a corner pls.
Sang-hyeok: Is durian good?
Min-seok (typing): Reviews say it’s decent. Then 2 durian.
Gi-in: I’ll take the same, thanks.
Min-seok (typing): All set. 1, 2, 3... plus me makes 10. Perfect.
Min-seok: But with this rain, delivery’s slow. Says it'll take an hour.
Min-hyeong (groans): An hour?! I might starve to death before then.
Geon-bu (quietly): Min-seokie... how should I pay you?
Min-seok (waves it off): Don’t worry about it.
Jae-hyuk: But there’s five of us — feels not okay to let you pay.
Min-hyeong (glances at both of them)
Min-seok (hesitates)
Min-hyeong (eyes flick around)
Min-hyeong: How about this — since we’ve got an hour and no PCs...
Min-hyeong: Let’s play a game. Loser's treat. Deal?
Jae-hyuk & Ji-hoon (exchange looks)
Jae-hyuk: I’m in.
Ji-hoon: If we lose, Jae-hyuk hyung would pay.
Jae-hyuk: Hey.
Geon-bu, Gi-in, Min-gyu (nod)
(A few of them put two dining tables together to form a larger one)
Jae-hyuk: So, what game are we playing?
Min-hyeong: There’s a drinking game called “Never Have I Ever.”
Min-seok: That one
Min-hyeong (nods): Yeah, that one we played before.
Joonie: When did you guys drink together?
Min-hyeong: Ahem Joonie pls be quiet.
Min-hyeong: Okay we’ve got ten people here. Everyone gets ten lives. Put both your hands out like this.
Min-hyeong (Hands open)
Min-hyeong: We take turns saying something we’ve never done. If someone has done it, they put down a finger. Keep going until someone runs out of fingers.
Min-hyeong: Simple, right?
(Everyone else nods)
Min-seok: Let’s start from our side, go clockwise.
Min-seok (looking at Choi Hyeon-joon)
Hyeon-joon (points at himself): Me?
Hyeon-joon: Lemme think...
Hyeon-joon: Never have I ever flown a plane.
(Everyone looks at him)
Joonie: Hyung, pretty sure none of us have.
Min-hyeong: Hyung, the point of the game isn’t to just say random stuff you’ve never done.
Hyeon-joon: Huh? But it’s called “Never Have I Ever” ?
Sang-hyeok: You’re supposed to say something you haven’t done but others probably have.
Hyeon-joon: Oh I see.
Min-seok: Okay, take two. Everyone good with the rules now?
(Hyeon-joon & Jae-hyuk nod)
Hyeon-joon: Alright then — Never have I ever climbed Yongmasan Mountain.
Min-hyeong & Min-seok (tilt heads)
Min-seok: Who did?
Geon-bu & Min-gyu (glance at each other and silently raise their hands)
Min-hyeong: Wait, hyung, how’d you know?
Hyeon-joon (tilts chin smugly): Ji-hoon told me about it the other day.
Geon-bu & Min-gyu (look over at Ji-hoon)
Jae-hyuk: Wow.
Gi-in: Got a snitch.
Ji-hoon: (coughs)
Min-hyeong: Double kill from Hyeon-joon hyung — Geon-bu hyung and Duro seonsu, one finger down pls.
Min-seok: Who’s next?
Jae-hyuk (raises hand): Never have I ever been sponsored by Haidilao.
(T1 all look at him.)
Min-gyu: Wow.
Geon-bu: Wow.
Min-hyeong (frowns): Hyung, that’s way too targeted.
Jae-hyuk (shrugs): Yall started it first.
Min-gyu: That's our captain.
Joonie: Okay my turn!
Joonie (smug): Never have I ever been sponsored by Monster.
(GenG all look at him.)
Min-hyeong & Min-seok (clapping)
Jae-hyuk: This is getting really targeted.
Min-hyeong (shrugs): No hard feelings in competition.
Sang-hyeok: Well I thought this was an individual game?
Min-hyeong: It was...at the start.
Min-seok (turns to him): Wait hyung, why do you only have eight fingers left?
Sang-hyeok: I went to Yongmasan once, with Sky and the others.
Joonie (quietly): Psst, hyung, you didn’t have to say anything. They didn't know.
Jae-hyuk: I heard that.
Min-hyeong: It’s okay, Sang-hyeok hyung. Watch this.
Min-hyeong (chin lifted slightly): Never have I ever switched teams.
Joonie: 👍
Min-seok (gives them a side-eye)
Min-hyeong (covers his face): Ahhh... sorry Min-seokie. It was not part of the plan.
Hyeon-joon (sobs)
(GenG players silently put a finger down.)
Min-gyu: My turn!
Min-hyeong: No more sponsorship stuff though
Min-gyu (nods): Never have I ever won a world championship.
Ji-hoon & Gi-in (glance at him)
Min-gyu (averts gaze): That was the optimal move.
Hyeon-joon (sobs again)
(4 T1 members silently lower a finger.)
Jae-hyuk: Never have I gotten three or more worlds skins.
Sang-hyeok (blinks and lowers a finger)
Geon-bu: Never have I ever played 1000 LCK matches.
Sang-hyeok (blinks and lowers another)
Gi-in: Never have I ever played OGN winter split.
Sang-hyeok (blinks and lowers one more)
Min-hyeong (raises hand): Hold on.
Min-hyeong: Why are you all targeting Sang-hyeok hyung?
Gi-in (calmly): Technically the game ends when one person is out.
Geon-bu (calmly): True.
Min-seok (shocked, looks at both of them): Red side requests a timeout.
(T1 group huddles in the corner.)
Min-seok (rubbing chin): I didn't expect that.
Min-hyeong: Turns out Kiin seonsu is really a dark horse.
Joonie: How can they suddenly change tactics?
Min-seok: This won’t do. We need to focus our fire too.
Hyeon-joon (counts fingers): Ji-hoonie has the least lives left though.
Min-hyeong (rubbing chin): Alright target acquired.
(T1 returns to the table.)
Min-seok: Never have I ever won MSI.
Min-hyeong & Joonie (glance at him)
Min-seok (averts gaze): Optimal move.
Hyeon-joon (sobs once more time)
Min-hyeong: Never have I ever won back-to-back regional titles.
Min-seok (gives him a look)
Min-hyeong (looks determined): I said it’s the optimal move.
Hyeon-joon (raises hand): But I —
Sang-hyeok (points at himself)
Min-seok (sighs)
Min-hyeong: Ah I see.
Min-hyeong: Okay then never have I ever won four-peat regional titles.
(several rounds of LOL stats)
Min-seok: Looks like both Ji-hoon and Sang-hyeok hyung are out.
Joonie: Man that was hard. Felt like I was back in high school exam.
Joonie: Neve have I ever played a game with Naver-pedia open.
Jae-hyuk (glancing around): Then let’s call it a draw. One of the team pays half of it.
Geon-bu, Gi-in, Min-gyu (nodding)
Hyeon-joon (nodding): That works.
Ji-hoon (shrugs): I’m okay with doing overtime to settle it for real.
(Everyone else turns to look at him)
Ji-hoon: What say you, Sang-hyeok hyung?
Sang-hyeok: I can do with either.
Min-hyeong & Min-seok (exchange a look)
Min-hyeong: Alright then. You two go into overtime.
(Everyone else shifts to the corner of the table.)
Ji-hoon (glances at Sang-hyeok): I go first?
Sang-hyeok (nods)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever made it into the Hall of Fame.
Sang-hyeok (blinks, lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever gotten a KDA over 100.
Ji-hoon (lowers a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever played mid Nidalee.
Sang-hyeok (lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever played in challengers league.
Ji-hoon (lowers a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever won All-Stars.
Sang-hyeok (blinks, lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever won KeSPA Cup.
Ji-hoon (raises eyebrows, lowers a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever been FMVP in an international tournament.
Sang-hyeok (raises eyebrows, lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever been regular season MVP.
Ji-hoon (pulls a face, lowers a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever done a roll before match.
Sang-hyeok (lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever sung in streaming.
Ji-hoon (snorts, lowers a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever cleared Jump King.
Sang-hyeok (lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever scored over 115 in the apple game.
Ji-hoon (laughs, lowers a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever gotten a perm.
Sang-hyeok (lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever been taller than 180cm.
Ji-hoon (lowers a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever had Gastro.
Sang-hyeok (glances at him, puts down a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever had hives.
Ji-hoon (smiles, puts down a finger)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever liked spicy food.
Sang-hyeok (pulls a face, lowers a finger)
Sang-hyeok: Never have I ever liked sweets.
Ji-hoon (glares at him, lowers a finger)
(At the corner of the table)
Jae-hyuk (quietly): It's getting really intense.
Min-seok (quietly): That is what we call a serious midlaner showdown.
Min-hyeong (quietly): Someone tells them they’ve already run out of time.
Joonie (quietly): You tell them.
Min-seok (gives Min-hyeong a look)
Min-seok (squints): At this rate we have to let them finish it.
Min-gyu (murmurs): Didn’t know they were this close.
(Everyone else pauses, looks at him)
Min-gyu: Ah —
Min-gyu (scratching his head, quietly): Didn’t even know Sang-hyeok hyung ever got a perm.
Min-seok (rubbing chin): Didn’t know Ji-hoon had hives either.
Joonie (quietly): Was that in one of those interviews?
Jae-hyuk (quietly): What kind of interview asks about childhood illnesses?
(In the meantime)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever been in a relationship.
Min-seok (quietly): Pfft, neither has Sang-hyeok hyung,
Hyeon-jun (quietly): THAT Ji-hoonie just messed up?
Sang-hyeok (blinks)
Ji-hoon: You're not lowering your finger?
Sang-hyeok: Hmmm?
Ji-hoon (stares): Then I’ll change the statement.
Min-hyeong (loudly): You can’t. Anything wrong with that one?
Sang-hyeok: It’s fine. Hyeon-jun changed one earlier too.
(Ji-hoon thinks for a moment)
Ji-hoon: Never have I ever been confessed to in person.
Everyone else (look at him)
Min-hyeong (frowns): For real?
Min-gyu (quietly): Thought Ji-hoon hyung is quite popular.
Jae-hyuk (quietly): You know what? I don’t buy it.
Geon-bu, Gi-in (nod)
Min-seok (looks suspicious): Not even in kindergarten?
Ji-hoon: I wasn’t cute back then.
Min-hyeong (looks skeptical): Not even recently?
Ji-hoon (shrugs): Got some notes and DMs, but no one’s confessed in person.
Min-seok (pulls a face): Don't tell the details.
Jae-hyuk (nods)
Ji-hoon: You’re not lowering your finger? Again?
Sang-hyeok (blinks): I haven’t either.
(Min-seok’s phone starts ringing)
Min-seok: Hello? It’s him. Okay please hold on, I’ll be right there...What? That many? Okay thanks.
Min-seok (hangs up): Some of you need to help me grab the food and free drinks. The shop said the drinks are on the house since we’re regulars.
Min-hyung: I’ll go with you. Joonie you come too.
Min-gyu (raises hand): And me.
(Min-seok, Min-hyeong, Joonie, and Min-gyu leave)
Ji-hoon: Faker seonsu please come here a sec. I need to talk to you.
Jae-hyuk, Gi-in (look up briefly)
Sang-hyeok: Sure.
Ji-hoon (glances around): Let’s talk somewhere else.
(Ji-hoon and Sang-hyeok leave the restaurant and walk into one streaming room)
Ji-hoon: What was that?
Sang-hyeok: What?
Ji-hoon: I said I’ve never been in a relationship.
Sang-hyeok: Oh yes.
Ji-hoon: Any thoughts?
Sang-hyeok: ...No?
Ji-hoon: 💢
Ji-hoon: Then why didn’t you lower your finger?
Sang-hyeok: Coz I haven’t been in a relationship either...?
Ji-hoon: 💢
Ji-hoon: (deep breath)
Ji-hoon: But we are in a relationship!
Sang-hyeok (surprised)
Sang-hyeok (face suddenly turns red)
Sang-hyeok (freezes)
Sang-hyeok (and thinking)
Sang-hyeok:...Are we?
Ji-hoon: 💢
Ji-hoon: Isn’t that obvious?!
Sang-hyeok: I don’t know... Never been in one.
Ji-hoon (stunned into silence by the logic loop)
(Silence)
Sang-hyeok (face red):
Sang-hyeok: So...are we dating?
Ji-hoon: 💢
Ji-hoon: Why do you think I keep buying you food?!
Sang-hyeok: You said you couldn’t finish that much alone?
Ji-hoon: 💢
Ji-hoon: So You believe everything I say?
Ji-hoon: Then how about I say we’re dating?!
Sang-hyeok: Okay.
Sang-hyeok (thinking)
Sang-hyeok: So...eating together means we’re dating?
Ji-hoon: That’s not the point.
Sang-hyeok: Okay.
Sang-hyeok (pause)
Sang-hyeok: So..are we?
Ji-hoon: 💢
Jung Ji-hoon: Yes!
Sang-hyeok (blushes):
Sang-hyeok: Okay.
(Silence)
Sang-hyeok: So...you actually like me?
Ji-hoon: 💢💢
Ji-hoon: (deep breath)
Ji-hoon: What do you mean “actually”?!
Ji-hoon: I already confessed before!
Sang-hyeok (confused)
Sang-hyeok (thinking back)
Sang-hyeok: When?
Ji-hoon: 💢
Sang-hyeok: You said you realized you've kind of taken a liking to me?
Ji-hoon: 💢💢
Ji-hoon: What else could that possibly mean?!
Sang-hyeok (thinking)
Sang-hyeok: ...You realized you've kind of taken a liking to me?
Ji-hoon: ?
Ji-hoon: 💢💢💢
Ji-hoon: (stunned into silence)
Ji-hoon: (then laughs in disbelief)
Ji-hoon: Lee Sang-hyeok, are you messing with me?
Sang-hyeok (genuinely shocked)
Ji-hoon (deadpan):
Ji-hoon: Don’t think I’ll forgive you for everything just because I like you.
Sang-hyeok (stares wide-eyed at him)
Sang-hyeok: ...I am not.
Sang-hyeok (sees his own reflection in Ji-hoon’s eyes)
Sang-hyeok (looks away instinctively)
Sang-hyeok: I just...I’m not sure.
(Silence)
Ji-hoon (looks up at the ceiling)
Ji-hoon (deep breath)
Ji-hoon: Alright then.
Ji-hoon (pulls out his phone)
Ji-hoon: I’m gonna say it again, and this time I’ll record it just in case you pretend it never happened, again.
Ji-hoon (leans in): This is Jeong Ji-hoon. I've taken a CRUSH on Lee Sang-hyeok and I want to ask him out. What does he reckon his response would be?
Ji-hoon (holds phone up to Sang-hyeok’s mouth)
Sang-hyeok (blushing)
Sang-hyeok (looks at the phone)
Sang-hyeok (and also Ji-hoon)
Sang-hyeok:...Say to this?
Ji-hoon: Yes.
Ji-hoon (clicks tongue)
Ji-hoon: Don’t look at the phone, look at me.
Sang-hyeok (face turns deep red down to his neck)
Sang-hyeok (mumbles)
Ji-hoon (squints): I can switch to video if that’s easier.
Sang-hyeok (startled)
Sang-hyeok (eyes darting between Ji-hoon and the phone)
Sang-hyeok (covers mouth)
Sang-hyeok: W-Wait…
Sang-hyeok (softly): I like you too.
Sang-hyeok:...Ji-hoonie.
Sang-hyeok (eyes flickering like his glitched screen in game)
Ji-hoon (stares attentively):
Ji-hoon: You have something left.
Sang-hyeok (sighs)
Sang-hyeok (blushing to the ears)
Sang-hyeok: I want to date you too.
Ji-hoon (stops recording)
Ji-hoon (rage bar almost depleted)
Ji-hoon: Now that’s more like it.
Sang-hyeok (starts rubbing his face, nose, ears)
Ji-hoon (reviews the recording)
Sang-hyeok (pretends not listening, looks around nervously)
Sang-hyeok: Wait.
Ji-hoon (frowns): What now?
Sang-hyeok: So I lost that game.
Ji-hoon (deep breath): That’s not the point.
(The two return to the restaurant)
Min-hyeong: Hyung, where’d you go? Food’s here.
Min-seok (hands him a pancake)
Min-seok: Hyung, why’s your face so red? You’re not coming down with something, are you?
Sang-hyeok (takes the pancake) Thanks.
Sang-hyeok (unwraps it and takes a bite, chewing blankly.)
Sang-hyeok: Ah right. Min-seokie, I lost the game earlier. Let me cover the food.
Sang-hyeok (pulls out his phone.)
Min-seok (chewing) Huh? Wasn’t it a draw?
Hyeon-joon (also chewing) Yeah, didn’t Ji-hoonie ask if you have never been confessed to in person?
Min-hyeong (chewing) Hyung you’ve never been confessed to before, right?
Sang-hyeok (chewing while tapping on his phone)
Sang-hyeok: Right, before, I hadn’t.
(Everyone else pauses, thinking.)
Hyeon-joon: ?
Joonie: ?
Min-seok: ??
Min-hyeong: ???
Min-seok: So you hadn’t before...
Min-hyeong: But now you have?
(Everyone looks at Sang-hyeok.)
Sang-hyeok (chewing, tapping his phone, then pauses briefly)
Sang-hyeok: Yes.
(More question marks appear in the air.)
Min-seok (thinking, realization dawns on his face)
Min-seok (looks at Ji-hoon who came in with Sang-hyeok and now sitting beside him)
Min-hyeong (follows the gaze to Ji-hoon)
Ji-hoon (chewing pancake)
Ji-hoon (looks at Sang-hyeok) Lemme try a bite of yours.
Sang-hyeok (glances at him, then at the others watching)
Sang-hyeok (blinks, sees Ji-hoon leaning in confidently, makes a quick decision and hands over the pancake)
Ji-hoon (takes a bite directly from his hand, then hands over his in exchange)
Jae-hyuk (stares in horror): I think I just figured something out.
Min-seok (eyes glazed over, still chewing): I think we all did.
Gi-in (chewing, eyes fixed straight ahead): I didn’t.
Geon-bu (chewing, also eyes straight ahead): +1
Min-gyu (chewing with shifty eyes, struggling): +2
Jae-hyuk: Guys.
Sang-hyeok (chewing chocolate pancake then suddenly turns to Ji-hoon)
Sang-hyeok: So You lied about never having been in a relationship.
Ji-hoon (chewing, rolls eyes)
Ji-hoon: You’ve said eating together doesn’t count as dating.
Sang-hyeok (thinking, then nods)
Sang-hyeok: Fair enough.
Sang-hyeok (keeps chewing)
Jae-hyuk (looks at everyone else): Yall really don’t get it yet?
Gi-in (chewing, deadpan): Sorry, no speak Korean (in Korean).
Geon-bu (chewing, deadpan): +1
Min-gyu (chewing nervously, avoiding eye contact): +2
Hyeon-joon (chewing with shifty eyes): +3
Joonie (chewing with shifty eyes): +4
Min-seok (eyes completely blank): +5
Min-hyung (same): +6
Jae-hyuk: Guys...
fin.