Someone Special

Chi-sung is dumped by his latest girlfriend and, on the same day, visits a doctor and learns he has a malignant tumor with only three months to live. The prognosis is grim and he realizes he may not live to see the New Year. This news shatters his emotional balance and sets a bleak mood for what follows.

To escape the shock, he goes to a friend's bar and drinks heavily. He passes out and wakes up in a hotel room in the company of a quirky bartender who found him in his drunken state. She explains that she folded him up and carried him in a box to the room.

The bartender continues to tell him about how he behaves when drunk and then leaves him alone to recover. The encounter is bizarre and unsettling, yet it ignites a peculiar curiosity in him. He tries to make sense of how he ended up in this stranger's care.

The next day Chi-sung goes to baseball practice but cannot concentrate due to fear and his grim prognosis. Once a promising pitcher, he has been shifted to the outfield and then the minor leagues, and now his mind is consumed by illness and doubt. His focus is eroded by the looming deadline.

On the way home, a radio program devoted to confessional love stories airs a tale about carrying a man in a box to a hotel room. A caller named Writing Princess describes a scene that mirrors his own experience. He becomes intrigued by the storyteller and wonders who she might be.

Yi-yeon works in a bar and a cafe and has quietly cherished a boy in a baseball uniform who moved into her neighborhood ten years ago. He enters her bar one night, and she is stunned to see him cry after only a few drinks. She is drawn to him despite years of distance and hesitation.

When Chi-sung comes to the bar that same night, Yi-yeon takes him to a nearby hotel to rest. He sleeps more peacefully than he has in days, while she struggles to find the right words to say. Eventually she leaves him to recover, unsure how to bridge their growing connection.

Unable to shake him from her mind, Yi-yeon begins sending postcards to her favorite radio programs, five in total, sharing fragments of her feelings and linking with the stories she loves. This becomes her method of reaching out beyond the bar and her own silences. The act marks a turning point in how she engages with him.

Chi-sung has just lost his phone, and Yi-yeon stops by his home to deliver a free mobile phone gifted by a radio station. The practical gift creates a new thread between them and makes communication possible again. It gives their budding connection a tangible chance to grow.

Another radio station provides Yi-yeon with free movie tickets, which she uses to invite Chi-sung to the theater. During the film, he runs into his old girlfriend and blurts out that Yi-yeon is just a woman he knows. The moment exposes his vulnerability and deepens the emotional stakes between them.

The evolving connection leads Chi-sung to wonder if Yi-yeon could become someone special within his limited time. Yi-yeon, in turn, longs for a chance to voice the long hidden feelings she has kept for years. They begin to see the possibility of more than just friendship, even as time remains uncertain.

Facing the ticking clock, they navigate honesty, hesitation, and tenderness as September runs into the new year. The story blends humor with heartbreak as they explore what love can mean when time is short. The conclusion leaves their fate open, lingering in the moment.