The Real-Life K-Drama Romance That Captivated The Internet

One Korean woman was given a second chance at love, thanks to an unexpected matchmaker.

Image from the K-Drama “Romance Is A Bonus Book”

In a Korean online forum post, the woman revealed how her dog, Coco, made a real-life K-Drama moment happen for her. They were out for their usual walk when, suddenly, they ran into the ex-boyfriend the woman had dated for three years. “I wanted to pretend that I didn’t see him,” she wrote. “and walk by without saying hello.”

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Coco the Dog had a different plan. The dog tugged on the leash to go say hello to the ex-boyfriend.

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My dog was pretty adamant about saying hello. Coco went up to him, rolled over, asked for pets and everything.

— Coco’s Owner

With Coco so happy to see the ex-boyfriend again, Coco’s owner had no choice but to acknowledge him too. She shared, “I was literally forced to ask him how he’d been.”

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Like… I tried to convince Coco to leave after a bit. But it didn’t work. Coco was spinning around and asking for belly rubs and begging to be held up and… It was a whole mess.

— Coco’s Owner

After the awkward reunion, the two went on their ways… but, as fate would have it, the ex-boyfriend didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to connect again. He reached out to Coco’s owner the next day…

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… and asked to take her out for drinks again, like the good old times.

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On the day we ran into him, he texted me and teased that Coco gained a lot of weight. So we started talking about Coco and making useless small talk. Later that night, he called me. He confessed that he missed me a lot. He asked me to grab drinks with him on Friday.

— Coco’s Owner

Coco’s owner added, “We broke up because he went to go serve his military duty. I said I would wait for him, but he wasn’t sure it would work out. So we went our separate ways, but to be honest, I wasn’t completely over him.” Unsure if she should expect anything from this dramatic reunion though, she ended up seeking advice from the internet.

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Netizens grew totally wild over how this K-Drama material could unfold. They shared undivided support for Coco’s owner and encouraged her to share how she really feels when they meet again. And like all fairy tales go, the ex-boyfriend actually came across this post — and learned that Coco’s owner still had feelings for him. Later, in a separate update, Coco’s owner shared that the two ended up cancelling the Friday plan…

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… because as soon as he read her online confession, he couldn’t sit around until Friday! He rushed over to her neighborhood and asked her to come see him for a second. Reunited at the neighborhood park, the two finally came to admit to each other that they didn’t know any better when they broke up. The ex-boyfriend took her hands in his and apologized for how stubborn he had been when he enlisted. They promised never to give up on each other ever again — and thus, another romantic love story had come to the happiest ending!

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Coco’s owner thanked her cheeky dog for saving her relationship from being abandoned forever.

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I’m going to give Coco a lot of treats for helping me realize what I was missing, haha!

— Coco’s Owner

Could it be that Korea is truly the land of K-Dramas? It seems so!