Hyde, Jekyll and I

Hi, I'm Yoo-Jin. I watch Korean Dramas and live by Korean Dramas. Call me an addict if you want, but I like to address myself as a Korean Drama specialist.

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Episode 1: My New Neighbor is Prince Charming

Let me first address the elephant in the room! Yes, “perfect” Aiden broke up with me but that was all in the past. I did say he was too perfect to be true, didn't I? So I’m way over it. Lately, I've been too occupied with a new Korean Drama: Hyde, Jekyll, Me. And another thing that has been keeping my mine busy is my new neighbor is the one that looks like he walks straight out of Korean Drama.

Prince charming moved into the apartment below mine about a week ago. I don’t know his name…yet! We haven’t talked to each other…yet! But that is just the matter of time. I only catch a glimpse of him walking to his car a couple of times but, boy, he looks like an American version of Hyun Bin.

In case you don't know who Hyun Bin is!

His body is perfectly made for black suit. He is at least 6 feet with broad shoulders and toned body. I bet he is sweet and gallant. I can see gentleman qualities glowing out from him. His composure suggests that he is successful. That's exactly my ideal boyfriend. I need to make a move. With years of watching Korean Drama, I have some tricks up my sleeve.

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Hannah: Hmm! Something smells good!

Me: I'm baking cookies.

Hannah: Baking? You don't even bake for my birthday.

Me: Because you're not my prince charming. You know, the new guy downstairs.

Hannah: Uhm. What about him?

Me: I'm giving these cookies to him, as a "welcome gift". Nobody can resist Yoo-Jin’s cookies.

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Hannah: Why did you bring the cookies back? Your prince isn't home?

Me: He is. But he totally slammed the door in my face.

Hannah: Oops! Look like someone's just got rejected.

Reality didn't quite match my imagination. It turned out that prince charming is as cold as ice. When I told him I wanted to share some cookies as his new neighbor, he ruthlessly said, "I don't eat cookies". And bam, he slammed the door real hard without even looking at the cookie or my face. That hurt my pride. I will never take no for an answer.

Episode 2: Hyde vs. Jekyll

I didn't give up on prince charming but as I was trying to come up with another plan, something really strange happened. Last night, prince charming and I coincidently bumped into each other in the apartment parking lot. Thinking of the cookie incidence, I awkwardly tried to avoid him but he called out to me. He introduced himself that he was my new neighbor living underneath my apartment like it was the first time we encountered. "Did he forget about the cookies?", I thought to myself.

His name is Jack. Jack is very bubbly and friendly. He is full of humor. We talked quite a bit as we walked back to our apartments together; every joke he made cracked me up. The way he talked to me last night was totally different from the guy who slammed the door at me not too long ago. The Korean Drama intuition in me is awaken. Something is definitely not right.

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Me: I finally know how I'm going to get prince charming. I'm going to heal him and he's going to fall in love me.

Hannah: What in the world are you talking about? And why are you still calling him "prince charming"? Didn't you say his name was Jack?

Hannah looked at me with confused eyes. And she should be. Even I didn't understand it until I connected Hyde, Jekyll, Me with my hot new neighbor downstairs. The humorous guy I talked to is Jack but Jack is not prince charming. Plot twist! Prince charming has dissociative identity disorder, meaning he has multiple personalities, like Hyde and Jekyll or Goo Soo Jin and Robin. And Jack is his other alter. Finally, I can understand why Jack didn't seem to remember the cookies incident and why prince charming was so cold and ruthless to me while Jack was so kind and bubbly. Think of it as two different people share the same body.

In Hyde, Jekyll, Me, whenever Soo Jin around Jang Ha Na, his heart rate exceeds 150 and Robin appears. I might be the trigger for Jack to emerge. When I gave prince charming the cookies, he was so ruthless to me because he didn't want to interact with me. His heart rate might go up. If you still don't understand what I'm talking about, go watch Hyde, Jekyll, Me. And let me remind you again:

Got it?!

Episode 3: There are Two of You?

I haven't seen Jack for a few days. Prince charming must be keeping his heart rate under control. But too bad for him! Because I'm planning to raise it up today. If I want to help him cure his disorder, I need to talk to Jack in order to find out the trigger for his appearance. When he comes back from work, I'm going to give him a big hug and make his heart rate exceed.

Prince charming: What the hell are you doing? I'm gonna call security.

Me: Wait, wait! Hold on!

Jack running towards us: Yoo-Jin, James, what are you two doing?

Me: James? Wait! There are two of you?

James: You know her, Jack?

Jack: Yeah, she lives upstairs. Yoo-Jin, this is my twin brother: James. James, this is Yoo-Jin.

Me: Did you say twin? This isn't right. I thought you have dissociative identity disorder and Jack is you alternate personality.

Jack and James spoke at the same time.

Jack: You're so funny!

James: You're crazy!