Twenty Five Twenty One Alternate Ending

5 years later:
Back in New York, Yi Jin is sitting at his desk with a view of Manhattan. He stares at a beautiful rainbow and smiles thinking of Hee Do. The rainbow is a good sign. Every time a rainbow appears, he knows that Hee Do is wishing him well and erasing whatever gloom that is hanging over him. Due to his detailed reporting of the aftermath of 9/11, he was able to help locate and reunite many Korean citizens with their family. He is now a critically acclaimed news reporter. He’s excited about returning to Korea because he just accepted an offer as the anchor of a Korean news station.

Hee Do’s mom is planning to retire and asked the news station to give her position to Yi Jin. She nonchalantly delivers this news to Hee Do while stating that Yi Jin is arriving today at the airport…probably about - now. Hee Do in shock drops everything, fumbles around for her keys and rushes to the airport. She frantically scours the airport for a glimpse of Yi Jin. She spots him in a distance and raises her hand to wave and yell his name…but she sees…

Being the hot shot reporter that he is, Yi Jin brings back Samantha, his assistant. He hands her some paperwork and tells her to wait for him at the hotel. He has someone very important to see. Knowing exactly who Yi Jin meant, Samantha leans up to fix his collar to make sure he is the most presentable he can be when he reunites with the love of his life.

Hee Do sees an attractive blond woman lean up and kiss Yi Jin! Shocked, disappointed, and upset with herself for being so excited to see him after all these years, she slowly lowers her hand and leaves the airport fighting tears.

Yi Jin hails a cab and tells the cab driver to rush to an address. He sees Hee Do’s house from a distance and he sees Hee Do! He smiles and is about to run to her when a child yells, “Oma.” Hee Do wipes the tears from her own face and puts on a brave face, “Kim MinChae, how was your day?”

Sadness seeps into every part of his body. Hee Do is married and has a child! He stumbles backwards and walks away aimlessly.

It is nighttime and Hee Do puts MinChae down to sleep. MinChae asks Hee Do to tell her more stories about her dad. Hee Do tells a love story of a heroic fencer and a beautiful ballerina.

With MinChae asleep HeeDo reflects on MinChae’s parents. MinChae’s parents both passed in a tragic accident. When Yi Jin and Hee Do broke up, Hee Do almost couldn’t move on. It was Kim Eunsu and his girlfriend at the time that helped Hee Do refocus on fencing. Because they were a huge support for Hee Do, when they perished in a tragic train accident, Hee Do stepped up and adopted MinChae.

Months pass and Yi Jin has thrown himself into his work. In these months, he’s discovered that the father of MinChae is also a fencer.

“Of course. Of course she would go ahead and marry another fencer,” he thinks to himself. Jealousy made him to dig deeper into his work. He’s digging up missing files of the tragic train crash. In it he see’s the name Kim Eunsu. Yi Jin reads that Eunsu was survived by a 3 year old daughter. The timeline didn’t make sense. This puts MinChae’s birthdate to be before Yi Jin even left for New York. Everything falls into to place and Yi Jin takes off. He runs out of his office, not noticing the rain. Half way through he notices a rainbow beyond the tunnel and runs into the tunnel for shelter from the rain.

Hee Do receives a package in the mail. She carefully opens it and it’s her diary. Outside, rain pours down and hits the window panes. Not wanting to remember Yi Jin anymore, she sets her diary aside but it drops and she realizes that it’s not her handwriting. In it Yi Jin wrote about how he thought of her everyday when he was in New York and that no matter how far he falls in life, she’s always able to bring him back to a better and higher place. Hee Do tears up and grabs her umbrella to go for a walk. Halfway through her walk, the rain stops.

Yi Jin enters the tunnel soaking wet. He looks up to see Hee Do at the other end of the tunnel. They stare at each other motionless and Yi Jin makes the first move. He slowly walks to her, stopping about 2 feet away. They look into each other’s eyes and he says, “You’ve always been my rainbow.” Hee Do smiles and they stand looking at each other with the rainbow in the background.

The End.

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