Valentine’s Special: Kang Mo-yeon and Yoo Shi-jin

A committed army officer,
Whose everything lay rolled together
In his uniform, duty and country,
Did not mind to take lives
To save lives.

A devoted doctor,
Whose all boiled down
To her one-minded concern
To do whatever she could
To save lives.

During an earthquake rescue operation,
The officer saw the doctor.
No, the man saw the woman
Who had rejected him thrice
And crushed his heart.

In the midst of all the commotion,
He walked up to her,
As she stood stunned.
It was not that she had never loved him.
But their lives were so different.

Without a word,
He bent over to put down his army helmet
On the ground, beside her feet,
To tie her open shoelaces.
Then, he left.

Just one of the moments
From this heart-warming saga
That proved how the extraordinaire
Can be found in the most ordinary,
If one finds love.

Love compels us to do something others can do themselves.

— Yoo Shi-jin in Descendents of the Sun (South Korean TV show)