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Around the time that people hurry home after the day ends...

my day begins.

This is all that's on the menu.

Other than that, customers order whatever they want

and I make it for them as long as it's possible.

The restaurant is open from midnight to seven o'clock in the morning.

You may ask, are there people who come to this old, worn-out place?

Well, there are quite a lot.

Perhaps it was due to a high power demand

caused by the prolonged heat wave.

But there was a power outage all of a sudden.

[Episode 12: Chinese Plums]

I used ice instead of a refrigerator as an emergency measure.

Perhaps it was because of the heat of the kitchen

but sweat was rolling down immediately.

Right when I was about have ripe and sweet red Chinese plums as a snack

with a refreshing glass of beer to cool off...

she came.

For a second, I thought that if there was a goddess of the night

then perhaps she would look like this.

Do you have refreshing beer?

Yes.

That's a relief.

Oh my, it's a plum.

A Chinese plum.

They're a bit big. Do you want me to cut them for you?

No, it's okay.

I like the juice that fills your mouth when you bite into the fruit.

I see.

The things that were revealed in the moonlight then...

were her white snaggleteeth.

Perhaps it was because of that

but the juice of the Chinese plum that was flowing down from her mouth

seemed like red blood.

A few days later...

We bought ice cream. Have one and then work.

Here.

Come in.

What's wrong?

My teeth ache.

If your teeth ache just because of something like that

then it would be a good idea to go to the dentist's office quickly.

Why is someone who's still in their prime like this already?

I'm still perfectly fine even if I crunch ice.

But, for some reason, I was reluctant to go to the dentist's office.

Here.

Jerky and beer.

I guess your teeth hurt.

You still haven't gone yet?

You'll get into big trouble if you leave that.

If the problem gets worse

you'll have to get a root canal and maybe even get an implant.

Jeez.

In the end, I just couldn't bear it.

So I went to the dentist's office a few days later.

It was a dentist that a customer had told me about before.

Strangely enough, they apparently only specialize in giving treatment at night.

Welcome.

I was very surprised once I stepped into the dental office.

All of the people there were customers from my restaurant.

I'm surprised to see you in a place like this, Master.

I know. It feels different to see you outside of the restaurant.

What are you all doing here?

I crunched too much ice because it was hot.

I indulged in ice cream because of this guy.

Why is that because of me?

You already liked sweet things.

I didn't eat anything special.

Is it because I don't brush my teeth before I go to sleep?

Could there be a time that's more terrifying

than waiting for pain that's soon to come?

Please sit here.

I was surprised once more in the examination room.

Fancy meeting you here.

Yes.

Please open your mouth.

All of the snacks to be eaten with the drinks that night were soft foods.

Here.

Soft tofu.

Steamed egg.

That dentist from before was cool.

I wonder if she's married.

I'm not sure.

She probably is.

She's pretty, earns a lot of money, and she's a dentist.

So what?

There's also me, who's good-looking, is a well-paid Oriental medicine doctor

and single.

I guess that's true.

Should I have some hope?

Don't.

You might end up getting ruined.

That dentist almost got married two times before.

But, apparently, both of them died not too long before the wedding.

How?

One of them slipped while he was on the mountain.

The other one fell ill all of a sudden after they even held an engagement party

and was sick for a long time until he died.

Jeez.

Where do you pick up those kinds of stories?

You trying living in this neighborhood for a quarter of a century too.

You'll hear all sorts of rumors.

I'm only saying this here...

but there are also rumors that the dentist could be the cause.

They say that dentist isn't a human, but a vampire.

Don't her snaggleteeth make her seem like it?

Be careful so you don't get bitten.

Vampires come out everywhere on television these days.

So, you're just saying that after watching television, aren't you?

Just say that she was after their fortune or a large life insurance sum.

That sounds more convincing.

She would have to be married to them and on their family register

if we want to talk about insurance money.

You're being like that because you watch that 'We Want to Know That' show too much.

Even if she is a vampire, if she's that much of a beauty

I would like it if she sucked my blood once.

- Yeah, that's true. - Hey.

I had to go to the dentist's office a few more times after that too.

Welcome.

It was just her that day.

- The nurse went on vacation. - I see.

Come in.

Perhaps it was because of what I had heard before

but I had strange thoughts in spite of myself that day.

I thought that when a vampire bites your neck...

it would feel like this.

Of course, fortunately, I did come out alive.

Aren't you scared being by yourself?

It's become a habit, so I'm okay.

But, why do you only open at night?

Why do you only open at night, Master?

I do it for the same reason as you.

I always liked the nighttime too

but I've always thought...

that if students and office workers

all go to private academies or work overnight

from nine o'clock in the morning to six o'clock

then, it would be way past ten o'clock at night.

So, if the dentist office only opens during the day

I wondered how and when those people could get treatment.

So I decided that if I opened up an office

I should only open at night.

The customers who regained the joy of eating again thanks to her like I did...

came to order a greater variety of dishes.

This is what you call a lettuce fritter.

Hey, I told my wife that I wanted to eat lettuce fritters

but she fried the whole lettuce.

Although I've eaten fried perilla seed before

it was my first time eating fried lettuce.

So what did you do?

I just ate it all, saying that it tasted good.

You know that long fried food? I think that tastes really good.

They say spring will still come, even to a stolen field.

Spring still has yet to come to the balcony of our house.

Let's make a toast with our late night snack.

Lettuce wrap cheers.

We're eating a lot thanks to you, Doctor.

Yes.

I see.

Even though it was the same black top

something about it seemed a bit darker that day.

She said she was coming from a funeral home.

Do you have beer and Chinese plums?

Yes.

Black suits you quite well.

I hear that a lot.

That I'm a woman whom death, funeral homes...

and mourning clothes suit well.

Please give us some salt.

Since there are many companions on the road to the afterlife

the deceased probably won't be lonely.

I feel like I'm drinking at a mourner's house.

- Why are you dressed in black too? - Jeez.

Stylish men wear black.

What are you doing? It's embarrassing.

Okay, come.

This thought suddenly came to mind.

The phrase, 'so beautiful that it makes you sad.'

It seemed like a phrase that didn't make sense.

But that phrase came to mind when I saw her.

The moonlight is nice.

I received a proposal.

But I rejected it.

I'm a woman who doesn't deserve to receive such a thing.

Because I was born with the fate of the moon.

After my first lover died...

I came to dislike the sun.

While I was on my way after receiving a call from the hospital...

I felt hopeless and felt as if the whole world had ended.

But, the sun was shining down so brightly and clearly by itself.

So...

I prayed for the sun to never rise again...

and hid within the long night.

While I was like that...

there was a person...

who led me toward the light again little by little.

But the heavens didn't allow even that.

Perhaps I might be...

born with the fate of the moon...

which forbids me from ever being able to see the sun.

But...

someday, the moon...

can embrace the sun too.

'Han Chang Hoon, gold medalist and national fencing athlete'

'suddenly announces his marriage.'

'His partner is a beautiful dentist.'

So, she had a man.

That's not surprising.

You're very upset.

No, I'm not.

But, will it be okay this time?

Will what be okay?

Never mind.

It couldn't possibly happen again.

Not even a week had passed when...

[Closed temporarily] She left this street too.

With that, I let her go along with the summer that year.

But, the thoughtless Chinese plum season came around again.

Is anyone here?

Yeah.

My boss told me to bring this to you.

She said that her parents sent them to her

and that they are very delicious.

- Tell her I said thank you. - Okay.

When I see Chinese plums, I think of her.

She, who hid without a trace, just like the moon within the clouds.

I was in a country where the nights are long.

Everything is completely frozen there, so I couldn't see these kinds of things.

Every time I ate Chinese plums...

people would tell me that I looked like a vampire.

Do you know when living as vampire gets the toughest?

When you live for a very long time...

and have to experience the death of the person you love.

But, could she really be a vampire?

Even if she is...

perhaps once again...

a man who has the courage to risk his life and fall in love with her

will appear in front of her.

I'm leaving.

Hey, who are you?

I work part-time at the cafe here.

I'm going.

I'm going to look for my dream.

I'm leaving.

Cherry.

I am Section Chief Park.

- What is this? - Please give me a call.

I'm in the mood today. Should we go to karaoke?

I will take care of it.

Sung Pil.

Go exercise.

- Let's go. - Let's go.

Master.

Thank you.

Yeah, I'm done drinking.

Okay, I'm going to go.

Honey, I left my cell phone inside.

No matter how hard I look, it's just not there.

My cell phone's not there. I lost it.

Man, it's hot.

What taste is this?

Excuse me.

If you have the time, would you like to go eat meat with me?

I'm sorry. I don't like pork.

It's a beef restaurant.

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