The One Where Nana Dies Twice

F.R.I.E.N.D.S



[Scene: Sunggyu's Office, Sunggyu is on a coffee break. Minyoung enters.)

Minyoung: Hey gorgeous, how's it going?

Sunggyu: Dehydrated Japanese noodles under fluorescent lights... does it get better than this?

Minyoung: Question. You're not dating anybody, are you, because I met somebody who would be perfect for you.

Sunggyu: Ah, y'see, perfect might be a problem. Had you said 'co-dependent', or 'self-destructive'...

Minyoung: Do you want a date Saturday?

Sunggyu: Yes please.

Minyoung: Okay. He's cute, he's funny, he's-

Sunggyu: He's a he?

Minyoung: Well yeah! ...Oh God. I- just- I thought- Good, Shelley. I'm just gonna go flush myself down the toilet now...(backs out of the room) Okay, goodbye...



[Scene: Yoojin and Miyoung's, everyone is there.)

Sunggyu: ...Couldn't enjoy a cup of noodles after that. I mean, is that ridiculous? Can you believe she actually thought that?

Miyoung: Um... yeah. Well, I mean, when I first met you, y'know, I thought maybe, possibly, you might be...

Sunggyu: You did?

Miyoung: Yeah, but then you spent Jihyun's entire birthday party talking to my s, so then I figured maybe not.

Sunggyu: Huh. Did, uh... any of the rest of you guys think that when you first met me?

Yoojin: I did.

Jihyun: Yeah, I think so, yeah.

Dongwoo: Not me.

Doojoon: Nono, me neither. Although, uh, y'know, back in college, Shin Minah did.

Sunggyu: You're kidding! Did you tell her I wasn't?

Doojoon: No. No, it's just 'cause, uh, I kinda wanted to go out with her too, so I told her, actually, you were seeing Lee Seunggi... who also liked her, so...

(Dongwoo congratulates Doojoon, sees Sunggyu's look and abruptly stops.)

Sunggyu: Well, this is fascinating. So, uh, what is it about me?

Jihyun: I dunno, 'cause you're smart, you're funny...

Sunggyu: Doojoon is smart and funny, d'you ever think that about him?

All: Yeah! Right!

Sunggyu: WHAT IS IT?!

Yoojin: Okay, I-I d'know, you-you just- you have a quality.

All: Yes. Absolutely. A quality.

Sunggyu: Oh, oh, a quality, good, because I was worried you guys were gonna be vague about this.

(Phone rings; Yoojin gets it)

Yoojin: Hello? Hello? Oh! Miyoung, it's Luhan calling from China.

Miyoung: Oh my God! Calling from China! (Takes phone) 

Doojoon: (to Dongwoo) So he's calling from China. I could do that. Just gotta go to China.

Miyoung: Yoojin, your dad just beeped in, but can you make it quick? Talking to China. (Showing off to Jihyun and Sunggyu) I'm talking to China.

Yoojin: Hey dad, what's up? (Listens) Oh God. Doojoon, it's Nana.



[Scene: The Hospital, Mr. and Mrs. Yoon are there, along with Aunt Jihyo. Doojoon and Yoojin enter and everyone says hi and kisses.)

Doojoon: So, uh, how's she doing?

Aunt Jihyo: The doctor says it's a matter of hours.

Yoojin: How-how are you, Mom?

Mrs. Yoojin: Me? I'm fine, fine. I'm glad you're here. ...What's with your hair?

Yoojin: What?

Mrs. Yoon: What's different?

Yoojin: Nothing.

Mrs. Yoon: Oh, maybe that's it.

(Yoojin strides over to Doojoon, who is making coffee, and talks to him aside.)

Yoojin: She is unbelievable, our mother is...

Doojoon: Okay, relax, relax. We are gonna be here for a while, it looks like, and we still have boyfriends and your career to cover.

Yoojin: Oh God!

(They hug.)



[Cut to the hospital, later. Everyone is talking about Nana.]

Yoojin: The fuzzy little mints at the bottom of her purse.

Doojoon: Oh! ...Yeah, they were gross. Oh, you know what I loved? Her Sweet 'n' Los. How she was always stealing them from- from restaurants.

Mr. Yoon: Not just restaurants, from our house.

(The nurse comes out of Nana's room.)

Nurse: Mrs. Yoon?



(Everyone stands up. Cut to Doojoon and Yoojin in Nana's room.)

Doojoon: She looks so small.

Yoojin: I know.

Doojoon: Well, at least she's with Pop-Pop and Aunt Jia now.

Yoojin: G'bye, Nana. (She kisses her on the forehead.)

Doojoon: Bye, Nana.

(He goes to kiss her but she moves. Yoojin screams. Doojoon shouts and stares in disbelief. Yoojin runs out of the room.)

Yoojin: Doojoon!

(Doojoon runs out too.)

Mrs. Yoon: What is going on?!

Doojoon: Y'know how-how the nurse said that-that Nana had passed? Well, she's not, quite..

Mrs. Yoon: What?

Doojoon: She's not- past, she's present, she's back.

Aunt Jihyo: (reentering) What's going on?

Mr. Yoon: She may have died.

Aunt Jihyo: She may have died?

Mr. Yoon: We're looking into it.

(Yoojin returns with the nurse and they go into Nana's room.)

Doojoon: I, uh, I'll go see. (He goes in)

Nurse: This almost never happens!

(Nana passes for the second time and the nurse pulls the blanket over her. Doojoon and Yoojin go to tell the family)

Doojoon: Now she's passed.



[Scene: Central Perk, Sunggyu, Jihyun, Dongwoo, and Miyoung are there.]

Sunggyu: I just have to know, okay. Is it my hair?

Miyoung: (exasperated) Yes, Sunggyu, that's exactly what it is. It's your hair.

Jihyun: Yeah, you have homoual hair.

(Yoojin and Doojoon enter.)

Miyoung: So, um, did she...

Doojoon: Twice.

Dongwoo: Twice?

Jihyun: Oh, that !

Dongwoo: You guys okay?

Doojoon: I dunno, it's weird. I mean, I know she's gone, but I just don't feel, uh...

Jihyun: Maybe that's 'cause she's not really gone.

Doojoon: Nono, she's gone.

Yoojin: We checked. A lot.

Jihyun: Hm, I mean maybe no-one ever really goes. Ever since my mom died, every now and then, I get the feeling that she's like right here, y'know? (She circles her hand around her right shoulder. Sunggyu, sitting on her right, draws back nervously) Oh! And Fei, my best friend from junior high- got struck by lightning on a miniature golf course- I always get this really strong Fei vibe whenever I use one of those little yellow pencils, y'know? ...I miss her.

Miyoung: Aw. Hey, Jihyun, want this? (Gives her a pencil)

Jihyun: Thanks!

Miyoung: Sure. I just sharpened her this morning.

Dongwoo: Now, see, I don't believe any of that. I think once you're dead, you're dead! You're gone! You're worm food! (realises his tactlessness) ...So Sunggyu looks gay, huh?

Jihyun: Y'know, I dunno who this is, but it's not Fei. (Hands back the pencil)



[Scene: Nana's house, Doojoon, Mrs. Yoon and Aunt Jihyo are going through clothes.]

Doojoon: I thought it was gonna be a closed casket.

Mrs. Yoon: Well, that doesn't mean she can't look nice!

(They open a cupboard which, amongst other things, contains a chest of drawers)

Mrs. Yoon: Sweetie, you think you can get in there?

Doojoon: (sarcastic) I don't see why not.

(He tries pushing against the chest of drawers. Then he opens one of the drawers and climbs into the closet using that; he falls behind the chest of drawers with a shout.)

Doojoom: Here's my retainer!



[Scene: Yoojin and Miyoung's, Yoojin is talking to her father.]

Mr. Yoon: I was just thinking. When my time comes-

Yoojin: Dad!

Mr. Yoon: Listen to me! When my time comes, I wanna be buried at sea.

Yoojin: You what?

Mr. Yoon: I wanna be buried at sea, it looks like fun.

Yoojin: Define fun.

Mr. Yoon: C'mon, you'll make a day of it! You'll rent a boat, pack a lunch...

Yoojin: ...And then we throw your body in the water... Gee, that does sound fun.

Mr. Yoon: Everyone thinks they know me. Everyone says 'Yoon Kwangsoo, so predictable'. Maybe after I'm gone, they'll say 'Buried at sea! Huh!'.

Yoojin: That's probably what they'll say.

Mr. Yoon: I'd like that.



[Scene: Sunggyu's Office, Minyoung is drinking coffee; Singgyu enters.]

Sunggyu: Hey, gorgeous.

Minyoung: (sheepish) Hey. Look, I'm sorry about yesterday, I, um-

Sunggyu: No, nono, don't- don't worry about it. Believe me, apparently other people have made the same mistake.

Minyoung: Oh! Okay! Phew!

Sunggyu: So, uh... what do you think it is about me?

Minyoung: I dunno, uh... you just have a-a...

Sunggyu: ...Quality, right, great.

Minyoung: Y'know, it's a shame, because you and Junsu would've made a great couple.

Sunggyu: Junsu? Financial Services' Junsu, that's who you saw me with?

Minyoung: What? He's cute!

Sunggyu: Well, yeah... 's'no Yoochun in Payroll.

Minyoung: Is Yoochun...?

Sunggyu: No! Uh, I d'know! The point is, if you were gonna set me up with someone, I'd like to think you'd set me up with someone like him.

MInyoung: Well, I think Yoochun's a little out of your league.

Sunggyu: Excuse me? You don't think I could get a Yoochun? Because I could get a Yoochun. Believe you me. ...I'm really not.



[Scene: Nana's Bedroom, Doojoon is holding a dress out from inside the closet.]

Doojoon: (holding a dress out from inside the closet) This one?

Aunt Jihyo: No.

Doojoon: I have shown you everything we have. Unless you want your mother to spend eternity in a lemon yellow pant-suit, go with the burgundy.

Aunt Jihyo: You know, whatever we pick, she would've told us it's the wrong one.

Mrs. Yoon: You're right. We'll go with the burgundy.

Doojoon: Oh! A fine choice. I'm coming out. (Starts to climb over the furniture)

Aunt Jihyo: Wait! We need shoes!

(Doojoon falls back inside)

DOojoon: Okay. Um, how about these? (Holds out a pair)

Mrs. Yoon: That's really a day shoe.

Doojoon: And where she's going everyone else'll be dressier?

Aunt Jihyo: Could we see something in a slimmer heel?

Doojoon: (forages around) Okay, I have nothing in an evening shoe in the burgundy. I can show you something in a silver that may work.

Aunt Jihyo: No, it really should be burgundy.

Mrs. Yoon: Mm. Unless we go with a different dress?

Doojoon: No! Nonono, wait a sec. I may have something in the back.

(He finds a shoebox (out of shot), pulls it down and opens it. It is full of Sweet 'n' Lo's.)

Doojoon: Oh my God..

Mrs. Yoon: Is everything all right, dear?

Doojoon: Yeah, just... just Nana stuff.

(He reaches up higher and knocks down another shoebox lid. Sweet 'n' Lo's rain down on him)



[Scene: Yoojin and Miyoung's, Yoojin and Miyoung are preparing to leave for the funeral.]

Doojoon: (entering) How we doing, you guys ready?

Yoojin: Mom already called this morning to remind me not to wear my hair up. Did you know my ears are not my best feature?

Doojoon: Some days it's all I can think about.

Jihyun: (entering) Hi, sorry I'm late, I couldn't find my bearings.

Miyoung: Oh, you-you mean your earrings?

Jihyun: What'd I say?

Miyoung: (sticking her foot out) Hm-m.

Yoojin: Are these the shoes?

Miyoung: Yes. Luhan sent them from China.

Doojoon: What, we-uh- we don't have shoes here, or...?

Dongwoo: (entering with Sunggyu) Morning. We ready to go?

Sunggyu: Well, don't we look nice all dressed up?...It's stuff like that, isn't it?

(They all leave.)



[Scene: The cemetary, after the funeral.]

Yoojin: It was a really beautiful service.

Mrs. Yoon: It really was. Oh, c'mere, sweetheart. (Hugs her) Y'know, I think it might be time for you to start using night cream.

(DOngwoo listens to his overcoat for a second and sighs, then notices Sunggyu watching)

Dongwoo: What?

Sunggyu: Nothing, just your overcoat sounds remarkably like Brent Mussberger.

Dongwoo: Check it out, Giants-Cowboys. (He has a pocket TV)

Sunggyu: You're watching a football game at a funeral?

Dongwoo: No, it's the pre-game. I'm gonna watch it at the reception.

Sunggyu: You are a frightening, frightening man.

(Miyoung steps in a patch of mud)

Miyoung: Oh no! My new Luhan shoes!

Doojoon: Oh, I hope they're not ruined.

Jihyun: God, what a great day. ...What? Weather-wise!

Doojoon: I know, uh, the air, the-the trees... even though Nana's gone there's, there's something almost, uh- I dunno, almost life-aff- (Not looking where he is going he falls into an open grave)

All: God! DOojoon!

Doojoon: I'm fine. Just-just... having my worst fear realised...



[Scene: The Wake, at the Yoon's house. Doojoon is lying on his back, with Jihyun squatting over him, checking to see if he's injured.]

Jihyun: Okay, don't worry, I'm just checking to see if the muscle's in spasm...huh.

Doojoon: What, what is it?

Jihyun: You missed a belt loop.

Doojoon: Oh! No-n-

Jihyun: Okay, it's in spasm.

Mrs. Yoon: Here, sweetie, here. I took these when I had my golfing accident. (Hands Doojoon a bottle of pills. Then turns to Yoojin and pats her hair over her ears)


(Cut to Sunggyu and a woman, Min, reaching for the same slice of meat)

Sunggyu: Oh, no-

Min: Sorry- Hi, I'm Seungah's daughter.

Sunggyu: Hi, I'm Sunggyu, and I have no idea who Seungah is.

(They shake hands. Cut to Doojoon emerging from a hallway, grinning inanely. He is obviously very stoned)

Jihyun: Hey, look who's up! How do you feel?

Doojoon: I feel great. I feel- great, I fleel great.

Yoojin: Wow, those pills really worked, huh?

Doojoon: Not the first two, but the second two- woooo! ...I love you guys. You guys are the greatest. I love my sister (Kisses Yoojin), I love Hyun... (Hugs her)

Jihyun: Ooh! That's so nice...

Doojoon: ...Sunggyu!

Sunggyu: Hey.

DOojoon: (hugs him) And listen, man, if you wanna be gay, be gay. Doesn't matter to me.

Min: (turns to a friend) You were right. (They walk off and leave Sunggyu.)

Doojoon: Miyoung. Miyoung Miyoung. (Sits down beside her) I love you the most.

Miyoung: (humouring him) Oh, well you know who I love the most?

Doojoon: No.

Miyoung: You!

Doojoon: Oh.. you don't get it! (Passes out and slumps across her)

(Cut to Dongwoo watching TV in the corner. He makes an extravagant gesture of disappointment.)

Mr. Yoon: Whaddya got there?

Dongwoo: (hides the TV, but he still has an earphone) Just a, uh... hearing disability.

Mr. Yoon: What's the score?

Dongwoo: Seventeen-fourteen Giants... three minutes to go in the third.

Mr. Yoon: Beautiful! (Turns to watch with him)



(Time lapse. A large crowd of men are now watching the game)

Miyoung: (still trapped under Doojoon) Hyun, could you maybe hand me a cracker?

Mrs. Yoon: (to Yoojin) Your grandmother would have hated this.

Yoojin: Well, sure, what with it being her funeral and all.

Mrs. Yoon: No, I'd be hearing about 'Why didn't I get the honey-glazed ham?', I didn't spend enough on flowers, and if I spent more she'd be saying 'Why are you wasting your money? I don't need flowers, I'm dead'.

Yoojin: That sounds like Nana.

Mrs. Yoon: Do you know what it's like to grow up with someone who is critical of every single thing you say?

Yoojin: ...I can imagine.

Mrs. Yoon: I'm telling you, it's a wonder your mother turned out to be the positive, life-affirming person that she is.

Yoojin: That is a wonder. So tell me something, Mom. If you had to do it all over again, I mean, if she was here right now, would you tell her?

Mrs. Yoon: Tell her what?

Yoojin: How she drove you crazy, picking on every little detail, like your hair... for example.

Mrs. Yoon: I'm not sure I know what you're getting at.

Yoojin: Do you think things would have been better if you'd just told her the truth?

Mrs. Yoon: ...No. I think some things are better left unsaid. I think it's nicer when people just get along.

Yoojin: Huh.

Mrs. Yoon: More wine, dear?

Yoojin: Oh, I think so.

Mrs. Geller: (reaches out to fiddle with Yoojin's hair again, and realises) Those earrings look really lovely on you.

Yoojin: Thank you. They're yours.

Mrs. Yoon: Actually they were Nana's.

(There is a cry of disappointment from the crowd of men.)

Mr. Yoon: Now I'm depressed! ...(To everyone) Even more than I was.



[Scene: Central Perk, the gang are looking at old photos.]

Miyoung: Hey, who's this little guy?

Doojoon: That little guy would be me.

Miyoung: Aww, look at the little thing.

Doojoon: Yes, yes, fine, that is my . Can we be grown-ups now?

Sunggyu: Who are those people?

DOojoon: Got me.

Yoojin: Oh, that's Nana, right there in the middle. (Reads the back) 'Me and the gang at Java Joe's'.

Miyoung: Wow, Yoojin, you look just like your grandmother. How old was she there?

Yoojin: Let's see, 1939... yeah, 24, 25?

Doojoon: Looks like a fun gang. (They all look at each other and smile)

Dongwoo: Ooh, look-look-look-look-look! I got Yoojin !

Doojoon: (looking) Nono, that would be me again. I'm, uh, just trying something.



[Scene: Sunggyu's Office, Sunggyu is on a coffee break as Junsu enters.]

Sunggyu: Hey, Junsu.

Junsu: Hey, Sunggyu.

Sunggyu: So how's it going there in Financial Services?

Junsu: It's like Mardi Gras without the paper mache heads. How 'bout you?

Sunggyu: Good, good. Listen, heh, I dunno what Minyoung told you about me, but, uh... I'm not.

Junsu: I know. That's what I told her.

Sunggyu: Really.

Junsu: Yeah.

Sunggyu: So- you can tell?

Junsu: Pretty much, most of the time. We have a kind of... radar.

Sunggyu: So you don't think I have a, a quality?

Junsu: Speaking for my people, I'd have to say no. By the way, your friend Yoochun from Payroll, he is.

Sunggyu: He is?

Junsu: Yup, and waaay out of your league. (Exits)

SUnggyu: Out of my league. I could get a Yoochun. (Yoochun enters behind him) If I wanted to get a Yoochun, I could get a Yoochun. (Sees him) Hey, Yoochun.

 

 

Author's note

Sorry guys for the late update and sorry for the y chapter I know it's not the best.But have you checked out all these MVs that came out? First it was Exo WOlf Drama Version then Infinite's Destiny and BTS' We Are Bulletproof Pt.2 and today it was B.A.P's Hurricane!!!!If you haven't seen them I suggest you do 'cause I totally love all of them and they're awesome.Honestly there are so many good songs this year so far I can't even choose.

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