🌧️💔 Rom-Com Betrayal Files: Journey to Goodbye V – Love Next Door 💔🌧️

Not a full recap. Just the kisses, chaos, and emotional crimes. 💘✨

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📺 Episodes: 16
💋 First Kiss: Episode ?
📍 Streaming On: Netflix, TVing

“Nothing in your description said melodrama… but here we are.” – Zen-ah, betrayed by silence, symptoms, and misleading genre tags.

🤐 Communication? What Communication?

A cartoon-style woman with dark purple hair yells at a TV screen while holding a black-and-white tuxedo cat. She wears a lavender sweater and has one arm extended toward the TV in frustration. The cat looks distressed, with its eyes closed and ears pinned back, clearly not enjoying the tight squeeze. On the screen, a silhouetted couple faces each other, suggesting a romantic moment. The illustration uses soft purple and peach tones with clean, bold outlines and a humorous, dramatic vibe.

No one in this drama talks.
Scratch that, people do talk… just not to the people they need to.

Seong Hyo talks to Mo Eum.
Seok Ryu talks to Mo Eum.
Do they talk to each other? Nope. Just long stares and awkward silences.

It’s episode 9, and I’m running out of patience. Be adults. Use your words. Stop being your own worst enemies!

🍲 The Porcelain Date and the Porcelain Girl

Even when Seong Hyo takes her out for porridge, SWEET, RIGHT??, she can’t eat it. She needs the bathroom. But she won’t tell him. She finally comes out, and what does he do?

Hands her a bag full of stomach remedy medicine.

She still won’t tell him.

I’m screaming softly into my tea.

🥛 The Milk Deadline is in Jeopardy

Later, we get one truly adorable moment, Seong Hyo walks in on his hyung about to drink the milk he bought as the “deadline milk”, the one tied to when Seok Ryu’s supposed to tell him her answer.

Our boy goes full spazz to protect it. 💥
Honestly? Peak precious chaos.

BUT THEN.

💍 The Proposal That Broke Me (In the Worst Way)

Ex-boy proposes.
She puts the ring on.
WE DON’T SEE HER ANSWER.

Illustration of the male lead standing confidently with arms crossed and a soft smile. He’s wearing a purple suit and a glowing golden crown, radiating quiet pride and gentle charm. A subtle sparkle glows around him, capturing his transformation into the true king of emotional confessions.

Instead, she meets up with Seong Hyo to tell him she’s considering the proposal, because she believes he doesn’t really like her. He just… imprinted on her like a baby duckling??

Excuse me??

Our boy FINALLY stands up for himself.

“You don’t get to tell me how I feel.”
Then he storms off.

YES. DRAMA KING MODE ENGAGED. 👑

😤 Fake Cheating, Real Depression, and I Am So Tired

Seok Ryu ends up rejecting Ex-boy. THANK YOU.
But she tells Seong Hyo they should just be friends. And he says:

“No. I can’t be your friend now.”

Oof. My chest.

THEN we get the full backstory:

No, Ex-boy didn’t cheat, it was a fake-out flashback.
During her cancer battle, she fell into a deep depression.
He didn’t know how to help. He said he “needed to breathe.”
She was devastated. And honestly? So was I.

💔 Chronic Illness and the Death of Sweet Romance

A cartoon-style woman with dark purple hair stands with her hands on her hips, looking annoyed. She wears a lavender sweater and matching earrings, with an angry puff of air drawn beside her to emphasize her frustration. Above her, the bold lavender text reads “NOT COOL SHOW!” in all caps. The image has a soft purple and peach color palette with a glowing background, capturing a sassy, unimpressed mood.

She says she doesn’t want love because she’s always at death’s door. Her cancer can come back any time. She just wants to use the stomach she has left to chase her dream.

OK SHOW I get that. Honestly I do. I totally relate with my own disease that can put me back in the hospital at any moment.

I understand Seok Ryu because I have lived this uncertainty too. It hits home way too hard. I came here for romance not a drama that mirrors my own life so closely.

👩‍🚒 Side Couple to the Rescue

Sensing we’re all emotionally wrecked, the show tosses us a Mo Eum x Dan Ho moment. And thank GOD.

They’re watching Yeon Du sleep, talking sweetly, being awkward and adorable. It’s a warm little cinnamon roll moment in the middle of this emotional storm, and I clutched it like a lifeline.

😷 Sickness, Secrets, and the Scene That Shattered Me

Meanwhile, Seong Hyo has worked himself sick. He’s literally collapsed in bed, and guess who shows up to care for him?

Seok Ryu. Of course she does.

He’s mad. Reminds her they’re “done.” But she insists he eat something before she leaves. It’s quiet, raw, tense.

A cartoon-style woman with dark purple hair is sobbing dramatically, with large blue tears streaming down her face. She’s wearing a lavender sweater, clutching crumpled tissues in both hands, and surrounded by more flying tissues. A broken heart icon floats beside her, and above her head, the bold lavender text reads “JUST UGLY CRYING.” The illustration has a soft, glowing purple and peach-toned background, adding to the emotional intensity.

And then…
Her purse is left behind.

Her medical file slips out.
He reads it.
And the world crashes down.

😭 The Breakdown, the Hug, and the Ugly Cry Heard ‘Round the Blog

He confronts her.
She says she didn’t tell him because she knew he’d react exactly like this.

Their argument builds, not realizing they’re being overheard.
Both of their mothers walk in.

Her mom sees the truth.
She grabs her daughter.
And they hug and sob in each other’s arms.

We hear Seok Ryu’s inner monologue:

“I wanted to tell Seong Hyo first. Then get hugged by my mom. And I wonder… if I’d done that, would I have been less depressed after the surgery and chemo?”

Zen-ah. I was GONE.
Ugly sobbing. YOU got ME.

💭 Final Thoughts – This Isn’t the Drama I Signed Up For…

This drama was never a rom-com.
It’s a story about grief, shame, trauma, and slowly healing.

And while I still wish the genre tag hadn’t lied to my face…
While I still want my kiss, my swoon, my soft moments of joy…
I’m starting to see the layers I didn’t expect.
But it hurts in a way that I wasn’t prepared for.
I don’t know how much more I can handle.

Charming cartoon-style fangirl with purple hair and heart eyes, clutching a remote in one hand and her chest with the other in dramatic swoon mode. Surrounded by pink hearts and sparkles, she looks lovestruck and thrilled. Above her, bold pastel text reads “LET’S KISS AND TELL,” setting the tone for a drama breakdown full of romantic chaos and fangirl joy.

💜 Loved this flail? There’s a whole archive of chaos waiting for you.

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