It's not only me(18+).Nevertheless,

Episode 2 of Nevertheless begins with Na-Bi contemplating whether Jae-Eon is the real deal or not. She’s warned by Bit-Na that Jae-Eon is a player, which certainly unsettles her. Well, after rocking the boat the two are left alone at lunch.

While everything (and everyone) is telling our heroine that she should keep a distance from her new suitor, she can’t seem to deny her attraction. Or rather, she fights with herself against that attraction the entire episode, in a string of push-and-pull scenarios that feel alarmingly realistic.

The cherry blossom kiss that seemed about to happen at the end of our episode last week was interrupted by the ever-poorly-timed phone call, and Na-bi and Jae-un part without a kiss, but with heaps more tension between them.

Granting him his wish, Ja-Eon takes Na-Bi into a nightclub for them to hang out. However, she’s taken aback by the volume level. He eventually encourages her to dance with him though, as the pair stare into one another’s eyes.

Things soon go awry though when Jae-Eon heads outside for a cigarette. A girl wearing leather appears and seems to know Jae-Eon quite well. She even has a butterfly tattoo on her wrist. It certainly makes Na-Bi feel uncomfortable. According to Jae-Eon, they went to the same academy but don’t have much history.

Still reeling over what she was told earlier on in the episode, Na-Bi eventually decides to part ways with him and head home.

In the studio, Na-Bi has her picture taken by Bit-Na. Midway through shooting though, Jae-Eon suddenly comes bounding in and fusses over her, asking if she’s okay. He quickly encourages her to head out and eat, holding Na-Bi’s hand and deciding they should eat together. He also sends numerous messages to her. When I say numerous I mean an absolutely relentless barrage of text messages.

As we venture into more of the story, we see more of Na-bi and Jae-un’s classmates, and the drama feels more full with this body of characters taking up more space in the story. Na-bi’s closest friend is OH BIT-NA, an edgy girl with a haircut I can’t decide if I love or hate.

But is this girl really a good friend? She spends the first half of the episode trying to convince Na-bi that Jae-un is a player and she should stay away… but then when she sees/feels what is between them when they’re together, she seems to change her course and is playfully encouraging.

Poor Na-bi doesn’t really need the encouragement, because she’s overpowered by Jae-un at every turn, even when she knows better. Their chemistry is ridiculous and while Jae-un has a lot of question marks hovering around him, it’s not hard to see why Na-bi can’t seem to keep her head on straight around him.

Jae-un’s marked interest was one thing, but his propensity to touch Na-bi is another thing entirely, and it’s as if each time she falls deeper under his spell. In fact, there has probably been more skinship in this drama than in all of our 2021 drama combined — and that’s thanks to all the shoulder touching, head patting, lip brushing, waist holding, and more. And let’s not forget when Jae-un takes Na-bi’s wrists and gently pulls her arms around his neck.

But I’m torn on Jae-un. While I can see the awesomeness for sure, and feel it at times, too, I’m also losing patience for him. In real life, he would have gotten an elbow in the stomach at this point. He’s all games — the meaningful glances and skinship and phone calls and inordinate attention don’t feel like a guy who’s smitten, but one who has set a master plan in motion. And the fact that Na-bi half notices this makes it all the more disturbing.

Na-bi goes back and forth all episode long between melting in his presence, and trying to distance herself and ice him out, even just a little bit. This happens on repeat, in a way that’s not at all repetitive, but instead incredibly true to life on how it works when you’re neck-deep in a crush and trying to decide what the other person is really feeling. The drama’s strongest example of this is about halfway through the episode, when Na-bi has a racy dream (hello 19 rating) where Jae-un turns up at her door and the two go at it in intimate detail.

Nabi wakes up late after dreaming about her and Jae-eon being intimate. She sees her phone with a lot of missed calls from the same man she just had a racy dream with, and realizes that she is late for her class. 

Nabi attends the afternoon class because she missed the morning one. She feels uncomfortable because she has a zit and feels like it’s the start of her period. Jae-eon also attends that class, and he confronts Nabi that she suddenly acts cold towards him. 

Bit-na appears to be busy playing games, missing Nabi’s texts to her about bringing pads. While presenting her report in front of the class, Nabi feels uncomfortable because of her period and leaves the class right away after her report. 

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