Yes, Eun Ho and Do Hyeon stay together at the end of Summertime. Their reunion is not treated as a simple romantic payoff, though. The finale spends most of its time dealing with the insecurity that caused their relationship to fall apart in the first place.
Episode 10 brings the childhood friends back to the same emotional problem they have been avoiding for years. Eun Ho cares deeply about Do Hyeon, but he has convinced himself that the two of them are simply too different. Do Hyeon is confident, successful and focused on his future, while Eun Ho has remained close to his family and taken responsibility for their barbecue restaurant.
For Eun Ho, that difference becomes a source of self doubt. He begins to believe that Do Hyeon deserves someone who is more successful and more closely matched with his own ambitions.
That belief is what ultimately pushed Eun Ho away.
The finale makes it clear that the real obstacle was never their careers or social circumstances. It was Eun Ho’s inability to see himself in the way Do Hyeon sees him.
Why Do Hyeon refuses to give up
At the beginning of the finale, Eun Ho is back at the family restaurant, surrounded by the familiar routine of his everyday life. His memories of Do Hyeon reveal just how long he has struggled with feelings of inadequacy.
Eun Ho remembers Do Hyeon as someone who seemed to have everything under control. He was an excellent student, a natural leader and someone who appeared destined for a successful future. Eun Ho, meanwhile, felt that his own academic struggles and family responsibilities placed him far behind.
That comparison became especially painful because Eun Ho never stopped loving him.
Do Hyeon refuses to accept that this is a good enough reason to end their relationship. Instead of simply asking Eun Ho to change his mind, he takes a practical approach. He offers to work part time at the restaurant for a month.
The decision matters because Do Hyeon is not trying to pull Eun Ho into his world. He is making an effort to understand Eun Ho’s.
He works alongside him, experiences the demands of the restaurant and spends time with his family. It is Do Hyeon’s way of showing that he does not need Eun Ho to become someone else before their relationship can work.
Even after the month comes to an end, however, Eun Ho remains afraid.
The possibility that Do Hyeon may leave Korea for Vietnam adds another layer of uncertainty. Eun Ho worries that the distance will eventually prove what he has always feared, that their lives are simply moving in different directions.
The conversation that changes everything
The emotional turning point arrives when Do Hyeon finally asks Eun Ho to stop running from the real issue.
Do Hyeon explains that their time apart gave him the opportunity to think seriously about their relationship. His conclusion is simple. He does not want a life without Eun Ho in it.
More importantly, Do Hyeon rejects the idea that Eun Ho is somehow beneath him.
Eun Ho has spent years judging himself according to external standards. He compares their education, careers and future prospects and assumes that Do Hyeon must eventually regret choosing him.
Do Hyeon sees the situation completely differently.
He tells Eun Ho that he has never considered him inferior. Instead, Eun Ho is the person against whom Do Hyeon measures what matters to him. The confession cuts through the insecurity that has been driving Eun Ho’s decisions.
This is why their reconciliation feels important beyond the romantic moment itself. Eun Ho is not simply agreeing to get back together. He is beginning to understand that love does not require him to prove that he deserves the other person.
Once that barrier falls, the two are able to move forward together.
What happens after they get back together?
Their relationship becomes noticeably more relaxed after the reconciliation.
Eun Ho takes time away from the restaurant and spends the day with Do Hyeon on campus. The change in their dynamic is easy to see. Instead of worrying about whether they belong together, Eun Ho can finally enjoy being with him.
There is even a playful moment of jealousy when Eun Ho notices other students admiring Do Hyeon. It is a small scene, but it shows how much the relationship has changed. Eun Ho is no longer preparing himself for the possibility of losing Do Hyeon.
The two later share lunch on the lawn, creating one of the finale’s quietest and most affectionate moments.
Eun Ho asks Do Hyeon to say that he loves him. Do Hyeon responds that he loves Eun Ho even more before the two share a kiss.
It is a simple conclusion, but that simplicity is deliberate. After spending so much of the series dealing with fear, comparison and separation, the couple finally gets to enjoy being together.
What does the final school scene mean?
The last sequence takes the story back to where much of their relationship began.
Eun Ho appears in a classroom wearing his school uniform. When he wakes up at his desk, there is a brief suggestion that everything that happened may have been a dream.
The scene then settles into memories of their school days. Eun Ho and Do Hyeon talk about ordinary plans after class, including going to an internet café or heading home for ramen.
There is nothing extraordinary about the conversation. That is precisely why it works.
The series has always connected Eun Ho and Do Hyeon through ordinary moments as much as dramatic ones. Their relationship began in youth, before careers, expectations and adult responsibilities complicated their lives.
The final scene can therefore be understood as a memory, a dreamlike reflection or a symbolic return to the beginning of their love story.
When Eun Ho remembers Do Hyeon’s birthday, the moment also recalls the possessive but affectionate promises of their younger years.
The final words about an endless summer bring the story full circle.
The summer is not meant to suggest that time has literally stopped or that the characters have been transported back to their childhood. Instead, it represents the part of their lives that shaped their relationship.
They have grown older, their circumstances have changed and their futures remain uncertain. What matters is that they choose to carry that connection with them.
The ending therefore confirms that Eun Ho and Do Hyeon are together, but it also says something more personal about Eun Ho’s journey.
He no longer needs to become someone else to be worthy of love.
Do Hyeon does not need him to match his career, education or ambitions. Their relationship works because they choose each other despite those differences.
That is ultimately what the Summertime finale is about. Their love survives not because their lives become identical, but because they finally stop treating their differences as a reason they cannot belong together.
The endless summer is their shared past, their first love and the promise that some bonds can continue even as life changes around them.
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