Episode 3 - You're So Cool ☆ Wanna Be Partners?

## You're So Cool ☆ Wanna Be Partners?!

"**You're So Cool ☆ Wanna Be Partners?!**" ( 너 완전 멋져☆우리 같이 할까?) is the third episode of *Shining Star*. It first aired on October 23, 2017 on MBC, and was posted on the YouTube channel on February 5, 2019.

## Synopsis

*Nara wants to make a friend, and now that her next mission is to make a duo performance she attempts to get closer to See-a after Hera finds a new partner.*

## Summary

Nara races to school before the gate closes and angrily threatens Jin for letting her oversleep. It's revealed through flashback that Jin was tired that morning and because it's not his job to wake her up he didn't see a point in doing so. After calling him selfish Nara begins to take notice of some passing school-mates, including a pair of cute girls and a cool duo. She feels lonely without a friend to call her own but she's sure she will make some soon enough, and upon spotting her classmate See-a, she goes to greet her. She tries to make casual conversation until spotting a schedule she's studying. She asks about it and invites See-a to join her in practice, but as See-a wasn't paying her attention, she is startled by her. She drops her Magic Agent and refuses before taking off.

In the Auditorium, everyone watches as Jackie and Shirley competitively dance against one another. When they both get tired they quit to inform the students of their next mission, they must choose a peer and make a performance with them. The winners will receive a new piece from *White Diana*, the Sea Marine series.

Nara panics as she realizes how alone she is, but she refuses to give up. In the training room she attempts to do a splitting stretch, with Jackie assisting her until everyone gets distracted watching See-a dance. As this is going on Lily and Rose are pampering Hera, who sits back to watch her. Nara is dazzled by See-a's skill but Jackie stops her to point out that while her dancing is excellent she is lacking in expression. Nara tries standing up for her, but Jackie explains that he isn't saying See-a is bad at dance, but she isn't capable of moving an audience like this. He criticizes both girls and Hera takes off as the other students make fun of See-a, who observes Nara momentarily before storming off.

See-a is in a foul mood as she heads into the hallway, where Lily and Rose resume poking fun at her expense. Hera reveals that after what happened she sought out a new partner, then noticing Nara spying on them she points her out to See-a to reveal that she's the only other person left to be partners with. Angered by the groups betrayal, See-a runs off leaving Nara to trail behind her. She runs into Jin, who was being admired by some passing girls. In her hurry she heads for home and he spots her once again dropped Magic Agent. He remarks on how alike Nara that is and tries to call out to her when Nara runs right into him. As he chews her out for landing on top of him, Nara observes the Magic Agent that's now in her hands.

The following day See-a arrives to find Nara stretching in the dance room and she stops to return her Magic Agent. She asks if she would like to be her partner for their upcoming Mission, and she fawns over her dance skill and promises to try her best. See-a recalls what happened with Hera the prior day and takes off. This does nothing to deter Nara though, who begins to follow See-a around throughout the day. See-a ignores her, until she later realizes how determined Nara is. Despite her struggles she isn't giving up.

Seeing how tired she's become, See-a suggests Nara leave, but Nara refuses and explains how much she wants to become See-a's partner. She realizes that Nara won't be giving up anytime soon and takes out her Magic Agent to go over their strict schedule. They will need to practice two hours every morning, lunch, and evening from now until the performance, and she won't stay her partner if she gets in her way too much. Nara is delighted realizing she may have just found her first friend, but she can't linger on it very long when she realizes See-a is ready to begin. As the girls get to work, Hendel and Jin observe them through a nearby window, with Hendel glad that See-a is nice to help Nara- until they overhear her barking orders at Nara to help her improve.

She momentarily takes off to do something after Nara collapses in a tired heap, and when Jin approaches her, Hendel suggests he grab some of the cooling patches from the school clinic. He sighs and takes off, only to find See-a is there trying to bring relief to her sore ankle as she wonders what happened. Jin calls her out on pushing herself too hard and explains that he's been there before, and in the long-run this won't help her very much if she only thinks about less-important things such as the competition. See-a is unable to understand initially and she asks who he is, and after he introduces himself as Nara's friend and Manager he leaves the room.

See-a returns to the dance training room to see that Nara is still going and seeing her good mood leads her to think about Jackie chastising her lack of emotion, as well as what Jin said, and this leads her to think back to when she was little. She was always second place to Hera, who was showered with attention by everyone else, and she couldn't understand what she was missing. Something seems to don on her as Nara returns to her side, happy she got the dance choreography down. See-a says nothing and runs out of the room again, down a dark corridor as she refuses to accept the concept of fun and enjoyment leading to victory. She must focus on the competition.

Suddenly, her other sore ankle twists and she falls to the floor. She thinks back to when she was younger again, back when she showed her parents how well she danced and how happy she felt earning their compliments. See-a sadly acknowledges that as of now she no longer knows why she is pushing so hard, and she doesn't know what she likes. But she must keep pushing herself.

The following day Nara tiredly prepares a pair of bento for both herself and See-a as Jin joins her in the kitchen. She asks him how it looks and he awkwardly responds, taking notice of the large mess she made and her fuming mom, who yells at her to clean up.

At school Nara presents the food items to See-a, who asks her why she's always in such an elevated mood and points out that they're wasting time like this. She asks her if she was spending this morning making the food when she could have been practicing, then she gets up to leave. As Hendel criticizes See-a for not taking Nara's feelings into consideration Nara notices her momentarily stop to tend to her injured ankle. See-a realizes that going on like this won't change anything, unaware of how worried Nara is for her well-being.

Jackie and See-a sit down for a conversation and she announces that she would like to do this mission on her own. He's displeased by this and admits that he was hoping she and Nara would be compatible, but See-a insists that Nara is better off like this. He goes on to say that it can't be helped and she must be paired with someone if she wants to do the Mission. Just then, Nara joins them and apologizes, as she didn't know anyone else was there. She takes off in a hurry and See-a expresses regret.

Observing Nara hurriedly leave is Lily, Hera, and Rose. The girls are amused but decide not to kick her any further when she's already at her lowest.

Eventually the performance day arrives and everyone takes their turns until eventually it winds down to See-a, Nara, and a few others. Nara approaches her to apologize for angering her the way she did that morning, but See-a tries to say that she did nothing wrong. She struggles doing so but Nara points out that she has no choice but to give up on the Mission. She is disappointed but she's sure the next will go better. See-a asks Nara if she is angry with her, but Nara claims she isn't because she is happy they could spend time together, she considers See-a to be her friend. See-a is touched by this, and hearing their names being announced for their performance she tries to stand up, but her weakened ankles are giving her problems.

Nara asks if this is why she didn't want to perform with her, and after See-a confirms her concerns that Nara would do poorly, Nara assures her that the score means nothing. She wants to go on stage with her friend; words that resonate withing See-a as she thinks about their time together. She believes that with Nara by her side, then maybe she can truly learn to enjoy herself. Together they change into their chosen Coordi and appear on stage to perform Shining Star. As they perform, Shirley and Jackie happily notice See-a's change in behavior.

Afterwards, everyone takes into account how well the performance went, and to their surprise Nara and See-a discover they won the most points in this mission. Shirley presents them with the Coordi as promised and she compliments their efforts, telling them to keep them up.

Outside, Nara and See-a enjoy the delicious meal Nara prepared that morning and See-a thanks her for reminding her to enjoy herself when dancing. She holds out her hand for Nara to shake it, but Nara grabs her in an embrace. With her resolve, See-a gets up and suggests they head to the rehearsal room to get some training in, much to Nara's grief as she explains how important it will be to keep working to avoid holding extra calories. Nara cries out

## Major Events

* Hera replaces See-a as her partner with Lily.
* See-a is kicked out of Dolls.
* Nara performs with See-a.
	+ This is also Nara's first duo performance
* Nara wins the most points in a Mission for the first time.

## Trivia

* The male student Magic Agent appears for the first time in this episode, being held by Jin.