Match Found

***Match Found*** is a 2023 screenplay set in the Yoonaverse. Taking place in the six month time skip in *CyberWorld II*, it follows a young woman named Sabrina as she attempts to make the most out of her date with Michael Leong. It is Ablaze Entertainment's first screenplay not to be based on pre-existing works like *The Dart of War* and *Three Words*, which received their screenplays after their release.

## Synopsis

A reserved girl meets a date with an embarrassing secret.

## Plot

Four months after the Resistance's victory on Resolution Day, a former university student named Sabrina is waiting outside a restaurant for her date. Acting panicky in fear that he won't show up, Sabrina draws unwanted attention of a waiter and smiles at him to get him off her back. Just as she is about break down, Michael Leong arrives outside the restaurant and invites her to go in.

Later, Sabrina and Michael have finished their meal, but Michael appears slightly glum, almost melancholic. When Sabrina asks Michael if he is okay, he admits that he is already interested in someone else and only attended the date at his parents' request. Since Sabrina isn't too bothered by this revelation, she decides not to ask Michael about it, and the woman's identity hangs in the air.

To relieve some tension, Michael asks Sabrina about any past internships she had, being aware of her former studies in university. Sabrina claims she wasn't good enough for Apple and Microsoft, and that "the incident" left a bad impression of Kakushin Games on her. When Sabrina asks Michael if he was involved, he tells her he doesn't wish to talk about it.

Still reeling from revealing his love life, Michael tries to leave the restaurant, although he does still intend to pay for Sabrina's dinner. Sabrina requests for Michael to sit down, saying that her parents were just as as paranoid as Michael described his to be. When Michael complies, Sabrina smiles and asks if he wants dessert.

## Full script

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EXT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

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SABRINA, 24, is standing outside a restaurant entrance. She plays with her frizzly curls as she checks her PHONE, looking distressed.

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SABRINA

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Please show up. Please show up.

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Having heard her, a WAITER holding a MENU walking behind her turns, looking concerned. Sabrina shoots an awkward smile at WAITER. When he turns to enter the restaurant, she bites her lip and squirms.

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SABRINA (CONT'D)

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(whispering to herself)

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Maybe this was a bad idea.

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MICHAEL (O.S)

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Sabrina?

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MICHAEL, 20, waves at Sabrina and walks over to her. He's not overtly handsome, but his boyish appearance is enough to make Sabrina fiddle with her BLOUSE, something she doesn't seem used to wearing.

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MICHAEL (CONT'D)

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You, uh, want to head in?

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CUT TO:

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INT. RESTAURANT - NIGHT

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Sabrina and Michael are seated at a circular table with a tablecloth draped over it. As Michael fiddles with cutlery impatiently, Sabrina tries to study Michael's expression from behind the MENU, but it's a daunting task, given that the environment is dimly-lit.

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From what she sees, Michael appears slightly glum, almost melancholic.

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SABRINA

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(beat) Are you okay?

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Michael looks up from the table.

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MICHAEL

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Yeah. I just didn't think I'd be out on a Saturday night like this.

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SABRINA

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You mean...you don't want to be here?

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MICHAEL

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I'm really sorry, but --

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MICHAEL looks at the other diners around him and interlaces his fingers on the table.

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MICHAEL (CONT'D)

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(sighing)

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The truth is, I already like someone else.

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As a firm believer in Murphy's Law, Sabrina doesn't seem too upset by this revelation. She places the MENU on the table and leans in.

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SABRINA

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(beat) So, what was the dating profile for?

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Michael grimaces.

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MICHAEL

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I didn't create it. My parents did.

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Sabrina appears bewildered.

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SABRINA

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Why?

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MICHAEL

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I was gone from home for a while. Now that I'm back, my parents are pretty eager to pair me off with a girl.

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(beat)

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If they hadn't dropped this on me last minute, I'd have told them.

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Sabrina nods. Despite her neutral expression, she is secretly squeezing the tablecloth drooping near her leg to relieve her stress. Her curiosity regarding what Michael's type is ever-growing, but she decides not to press on.

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To kill the tension, Michael asks Sabrina about herself.

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MICHAEL (CONT'D)

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You used to study computer science, right? My parents told me about it.

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SABRINA

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Yeah...why?

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MICHAEL

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Any internships? Apple? Microsoft? Maybe...Kakushin Games?

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SABRINA

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(laughs awkwardly) Not a chance.

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MICHAEL

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Why not?

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SABRINA

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Apple and Microsoft would never take me in. As for Kakushin...

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MICHAEL

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Let me guess -- the incident.

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SABRINA

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Yeah.

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Michael smiles to himself as if he's heard an inside joke.

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Sabrina notices Michael's interest in tech companies.

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SABRINA (CONT'D)

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Were...you involved?

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MICHAEL

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(sighing)

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Yes, but I don't want to discuss it, if you don't mind.

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Michael appears much more flustered than Sabrina was outside the restaurant. He lifts his JACKET from his chair and gets up.

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MICHAEL (CONT'D)

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You know, I totally understand if you want me to leave.

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SABRINA

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Michael --

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MICHAEL

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I'll still pay for the meal though --

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SABRINA

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Michael.

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Michael pauses. Sabrina takes a deep breath.

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SABRINA (CONT'D)

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(beat) Please sit down.

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Michael inches his way back into his seat, placing his JACKET onto his lap.

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SABRINA (CONT'D)

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About your parents -- my folks would have done the same.

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Michael smiles, a genuine expression that warms Sabrina's heart.

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MICHAEL

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I guess that's one thing we have in common.

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Sabrina grins and offers the MENU to Michael.

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SABRINA

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Dessert?

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END SCENE.

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## Characters

* Sabrina
* Monochrome
* Unnamed waiter

## Trivia

* *Match Found* provides insight into Michael's activities during the six month.
* *Match Found* establishes that Michael's parents (especially his mother) have been arranging Michael to go on dates after being flayed.