[Park Bo Gum ❤ Girl's Day Hyeri aka REPLY 1988 TAEK x DEOKSUN]

Taekie room chingus... thanks for always keeping up the positive mood here  

Just wanted to add that in ep 19 preview DS was wearing a skirt when she was in Taek's hotel room... and we know what wearing a skirt to meet a guy means for the sisters

I don't want to raise hopes for our chingus who are keeping their expectations low (baduk etiquette)... but before Friday comes please allow me to coolly say this here... "The husband is Taek"   

[Park Bo Gum ❤ Girl's Day Hyeri aka REPLY 1988 TAEK x DEOKSUN]

Chingus... as always thanks for keeping Taek's room so lively and fun. 

I was almost crying at JH's confession scene in EP 18... now we know deeply he likes DS... but what was surprising was his flashback scene showing him taking a peek at her while she was practising picketing in the white hanbok. That scene was before the scene where they were pressed against the wall... so it seems he started to have feelings for her even before that. But the key is 'timing'. When the 'timing' was right but he was hesitant, he missed his opportunity.

From my POV, starting from EP 10 onwards... the goalpost had already shifted towards TK-DS pairing. The gradual build up of the many interactions between them would be redundant if TK was not the end game. And at this point of time changing the goalpost again in the last two episodes would already be too late.

What we have not seen, as some Chingus have already shared here... are flashbacks from TK and DS's POV. I'm pretty sure that there's much more flashback to dish out for TK... and his deep affections for DS will not be anything less than JH's. When did he first start to show interest? From DS's POV... when did she start to realise that her feelings for TK was deeper than her previous crush-like feelings for SW and JH? I too feel that the kiss scene was real... but what was the reason that DS acted like nothing happened?

An interesting part that I picked up from EP 18, was despite the 3 to 4 years time skip, although the friends didn't have time to hangout together as often, DS seems to be pretty much involved in TK's circle for her to introduce a GF to his baduk manager. 

[Park Bo Gum ❤ Girl's Day Hyeri aka REPLY 1988 TAEK x DEOKSUN]

Hi Chingus... hope you don't mind me bunking here in Taek's room as well  

I adore the family and friendship bonding between all characters in the Sangmundong neighbourhood (the adult, the kids and their siblings) and will greatly miss the times that they spent together when the kids move on to grow up 

I feel that there is an equal chance that TK might be the end game. Us viewers know how JH and TK feel about DS, but DS's feelings will be the key to unlock the mystery husband. As many insights have already been shared by our Chingus here, I would like to just add on a few... and sorry if it sounds repetitive:

1. The sweet scenes between JH and DS since EP.3 kinda slowly fizzled from EP.11 onwards... by EP.14 (after the pink shirt misunderstanding) the interaction between JH and DS sort of turned platonic. Of course things could also play out having Mi Ok clear the misunderstanding and everything between JH and DS falls back in place.

2. DS is loud and acted like she was going to spill on them whenever the boys drink alcohol or watch R-rated movies (aka Special Unit), but she was silent when she found out that TK was smoking, and afterwards he didn't even hide the fact from her anymore. It's not uncommon for Korean men to smoke, but 18 years old is still legally underage. This may have been the start of something different - first realisation that there's a different side to TK (to both us viewers & DS).

3. When DS sent clams over to TK's house, and saw him knocked out and then tucked him in bed... this scene looked like a parallel to JH tucking TK into bed. JH realised that he just couldn't be angry or dislike TK (unlike how he reacted to SW)... those kids love each other like brothers. When it came to DS... the look on her face looks unsettled... sad? from his earlier confession that she doesn't know him at all and that he has someone he likes? worried? that he's taking too much medicine again and over worked?

4. Buying him the snack just before his final match. Why only for TK? Was it an excuse to remind him of their date on Saturday? Was it to check on whether his instructor and manager were going with him so that someone will take care of his need? Or was it to see him before he went off? Or was it just because?

The earlier future husband scenes which seems like only JH would know, I think it may play out to be TK too:

1. TK was there when she asked SW to confess to his crush on the day of the first snowfall (we didn't get to see his reaction). Maybe TK observed that DS is crushing on SW (he's quiet and a keen observer) or this was what prompt him to make his first move (asking her for a movie).

2. On the day of the first snowfall, the radio broadcasted Sunny from Sangmundong's postcard. Maybe he heard the broadcast and knew that she sent postcards to the radio station.

3. He knew SW's relationship with Bora noona, and if he knew DS had a crush on SW... it wouldn't take a genius to know that things didn't work out for DS and SW on that snowy day.

Anyways, regardless of the end game, will stick around and be watching with 88'ers here till the end