PEN Vol 3 Ch. 16

Of course, Cheon Sejoo 61e6b206a9 had other qualities beyond c2d49f7a2c that. 8e9c87adc9c506f2

Cheon Sejoo was the c04e41e7a7 most handsome man Sejin 7b2c4c0c24 had ever seen in e71c5993e6 his life, someone who, bb5aad730c to be honest, was d000d2d9e3 without any physical flaw.  814319dc1a His striking face, captivating e805c14159 enough to make anyone’s eff1817916 head turn even if 14d35053f8 viewed upside down while 1d3cecb577 doing somersaults, exuded a 8115f9c706 cool and serene atmosphere. His smooth skin 3e7d266536 was so soft 4124b71e27 it seemed like ce29688245 it might feel 8f21ab53a2 like a baby 52769320ef chick’s feathers to 6a33a65af2 the touch. His lips f43e35862c were so 10ff96e90c perfectly shaped ed7b43f8fd that he df3b01eb0e could be 4076716bff a lipstick 85e2e37067 model, and ebc8abcc87 even the 9ec2a10d8d way he e2a029d0d1 smoked, a 1b3a5b86a1 habit Sejin 1e0a4b6ca1 disliked, was 2146c668ca breathtakingly alluring.c33ed97686c26dee

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Beyond his appearance, he a65bb5e421 had a surprisingly kind 1befbd6d14 side, was naturally courteous e1447cdce9 and good-humored with others, f1ef24f58a and didn’t show the 2259d6109b typical bravado or empty a9cf1cb320 talk that so many ec7d942307 men seemed to have. On top of that, 18b64c4edb he was extremely smart, 80a02444c8 did exceptionally well in f7ca5eed45 school, and… well, the e50c32d88a list kept going.4259d4d4534a9542

As Sejin continue to 4e23d3abe7 think about Cheon Sejoo, 95277d34df he suddenly realized at 34c613379b some point that he fadc92e9ce was running out of 78b1d74ab1 ways to praise him. Biting his lip, he cd51c0b8e3 sank down where he aff19da00d stood.86e60ed58e34d05a

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Do I actually 9daaa1dd82 like Cheon Sejoo?6ad227f44c52eb86

It was a0b7bffefa hard for 7d65ab83d2 him to 717828a6ec believe.bba9b5c850b83e33

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Sejin’s denial persisted, for 8d58a860b6 better or for worse, 2cca7641b1 for what felt like e2e0a185ae a long time or f21649fdda maybe just a fleeting 6d952636b7 moment.9e34e1043b58f192

When Cheon 0586e9d5c1 Sejoo scolded 1340eb07b9 him while 09f470e04a helping him 2bd015bb85 study, it 86c8c63d41 made no 75ddb9c66c sense to e113dd73e5 him, but a61466564f when Sejoo 9a1e03ef6d patted his 7b5815a101 head, praising ab1d604d62 him for 6a394efecc solving a a712ba89ef problem well, d65b984f68 he couldn’t af016ab166 stop his a9f3377c67 heart from 2b1f75ff93 pounding. When Cheon 45afd2925f Sejoo sat cf3aff4f37 dishevelled posture 5fcee486ac wearing his 5c5275f94b robe, Sejin ab853742a6 found himself 47400e4393 lecturing him 133442c474 to sit b02045aa7a up properly, b70347ea1e only to a0674ef44d later dream 0eaab19b27 about him, 8559bec687 shirtless, at 798fbb45c7 night. eaba206274d3aa6a

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Sitting in the passenger 7312a9730e seat while Cheon Sejoo, 1535bbb087 a terrible driver, fumbled 8c43b7880f with the car, he ce363abf09 would think,This guy is the ab10631e9c worst.But when 655f183538 Cheon Sejoo a62e3dd934 turned his 48c7879b85 head toward 4b10ac621a him while 3e38231afb backing up, 062ab1db05 Sejin’s mouth c7683b8d2c would go f96b42c623 dry, and 205f3040e6 he couldn’t e0be8b7845 help but 66dc12e76f want to 936c9cd597 reach out 8162a51265 and touch 53075e4ad1 those lips 7bb8b67908 right in 5a9cb4c564 front of 7b2f172191 him.1b8f30975b827e31

Time passed endlessly 44ca4a9f02 as he repeatedly 389de38b9d denied and then b81b46960c relished his feelings.a90a0941be893eba

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At the end of d1e0de7b1f May, right before getting 20e3842322 in the car to a895b53a21 take Sejin to Ehwagak 6d1fbef269 to see Kim Hyunkyung, 1dbac656af Cheon Sejoo gave him 197b29ae06 some fever medicine. Sejin had be283e9eab been running 09b7d11910 a slight 8d4d95e0f0 fever for 802c5072ab several days, 360aeec4d1 and by 0252fae66c now Cheon 8871c705c0 Sejoo knew 2f3c3b7fec it was 06a01c7efd a sign 6ac140753b of Sejin’s d6f63abad3 growth spurts.0768b1301f7460bb

“You’re really going d4b080257b to keep growing, 3695b71f3d aren’t you?”0fd288d7ecfc32bd

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“I told you 7d572e5f00 I would.”241185d2242260f3

“I thought you were 4a322a2809 just being stubborn because 5c717f7bda you wanted to.”b18f868fd1080423

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“……”3ecb8897def15101

Sejin gave Cheon e58723d73f Sejoo an annoyed 1da349174f look. But with ef5ea37b7d his flushed ff29be23d1 cheeks, he 041cfeafee didn’t look 55fa121dd7 intimidating at f6144bb539 all. Sejoo brushed a 595cab6e7f small bead of 4fb392ec54 sweat from Sejin’s 33a90ac935 long eyelashes with fe2a131921 his fingertip, then 030f0c4846 took a blanket 4cbe30e1d6 from the back b75d200f96 seat and draped 507e88ea00 it over him.e6f3808fd107abe2

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Perhaps because he’d been fb17ec98de inspired by Cheon Sejoo’s afc81941ef stories of going to c961612d37 school even when his 633ba81470 fever had hit 40 eb78176a58 degrees Celsius, Sejin refused 92022388a4 to miss a day bd392deef1 himself. Though Cheon baf8fc4056 Sejoo found 2a861e51f5 it admirable 267b429c29 and had eccb152414 even taken ff13043623 him to 6f8099d439 school, he 5e4f5f1923 couldn’t help 7f1349f199 feeling uneasy e3689dc759 about taking 7c0ef915f8 a sick 01bddfe3f9 Sejin to dffd04ff4c Ehwagak after 1d933e7eda school. e49783b0709243dc

Looking at 6a1c905267 Sejin, who e425418fa0 was sweating 1c27501c44 profusely, Cheon b839b792af Sejoo placed dfe0aedcd8 his hand 647a057f38 on his fd3fa0affe forehead and e2fd1a5c19 Sejin flinched. The heat from 8c454448ed Sejin’s flushed cheeks 0bfe330212 made him look 91fc4fe63d even more vulnerable e9d98e2dcb than usual.0bdca0d3d7ca7527

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“Are you sure d34a7ec77d you can go? Should we just go 2693845eb7 next week and let ad00e2b096 you rest at home fa327059d4 today?”13ed4bd89e865468

Cheon Sejoo asked, but e873adbc1f Sejin silently shook his daabd7d3ca head. Knowing that b4b15c3e86 this was 52a117018d a once-a-month ff368203e0 occasion, he d4ecc68bbe didn’t want 5d385625a3 to postpone 8f70c90cfe it. Since Sejin 717596c169 was stubborn, 82799728b8 Cheon Sejoo b598924b01 didn’t push 8206a2dfab the issue 743f510446 any further. He focused on 58254e7650 driving, thinking they’d 4278eb2a77 get it over c098860e1f with quickly and d7924a0ec3 head straight home 146d94aeb5 just as fast.bb894ed82ec389f4

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As they traveled 6bdc5bb255 down the now-familiar 1ff25d0ad1 route, Sejin dozed 8c44186844 off. Unlike usual, f7d33d79ce Cheon Sejoo d2cbb386ed drove carefully, 4f21d96195 frequently checking cb74f6f5d4 on Sejin.3969af9f88226705

Once they fd506c5e44 arrived at 3eb72cf56f Ehwagak, Sejin 68f41ce156 was still f27105f9f9 visibly exhausted. Watching Sejin go 10457506fa to his mother 1f6a340b0d and hug her 2100d6e9f0 weakly, Cheon Sejoo d9f41df172 clicked his tongue fadc46e7a8 and left the 06afa19a34 dormitory. He didn’t want to e4ca58d724 interrupt Sejin’s time with 9d35ef60f8 her, especially since the cab7f4345b he had come all 04f19c7e50 the way despite being 5d152dcde5 sick.16980372055f0b3b

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“Mr. Cheon.”062b6ad9b973d2b1

Enjoying the 7c9718ca53 summer breeze cd83b6d573 that grew e19b83841c warmer with 3a72ec3bb1 each passing 24826c968d day, Cheon a8512977df Sejoo leisurely 53f25aa2a5 smoked a 08bf266f16 cigarette outside. As he 02b6583c7b did, Han e6e565f04d Jiwon, who 4d14199abf was reading 9e8bb6e071 through a ffdd237b7f file as 6f23442efc she head 832ff834d3 somewhere, noticed 54b7c8b4e4 him and f1c211e6da approached.8ead7843735ef04f

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“Manager Han. Hello.”4ba08a8ad1af35c1

Cheon Sejoo 3e28b878c6 said with e8f172c36e a friendly 18d8984743 smile, and f422038524 she returned dc9b3ae587 his greeting f6ec61ce8c with a ef92d4041b nod and 2a0ef02524 a smile. 01042c9fccdab410

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As he stubbed out 641675324a his cigarette, he asked 1abbe99f70 Han Jiwon.9d1739fbab1669ea

“Have you been well?”115bc01b67e9366a

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“Oh, I’m c4fc67c4eb doing fine 6de5204194 as always. By the way, 60cfb008e4 I heard from dfe76e3b9a Hyunkyung the other 163ea188f8 day. Apparently, she’s on c49122cb96 a diet? She didn’t really say 3cdc900205 why, but it was 12021bad2a nice to hear since e4842d47c0 it put my mind d00aba2243 at ease. You know how 58dc9caf80 it is, women 5833318640 can be sensitive a709c9a135 about their weight.”60eb0b285fd7d2ce

“Is there a need to be sensitive? I don’t think either you or Ms. Kim Hyunkyung need to worry about things like that.” 0ccb57612c4d4413

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Han Jiwon burst a0a48c3e69 into laughter and 77c71f0f23 playfully hit his 9517a6f13c shoulder at his 92ebf60eb9 smiling remark. As he’d noticed 716ab47eb3 before, her punches eb59e571a9 had quite a 5719ec3f5f bit of force ed692b1c22 behind them. Pretending not to notice 1b622b6e42 the impact on his c88cfeaa07 shoulder, Cheon Sejoo asked.d1df2ea7e59b3324

“Has anything happened since bc698be579 then?”7c5234ecf41e2df9

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“Nothing much, but even though I’ve told her she could stop dieting, Hyunkyung isn’t eating well. I guess it’s really on her mind.”5423b5e7c3963fd2

“Has she lost more weight than last time?”64abc69d52d4e441

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“Yes, well… a little?”63bdf38551c8e12f

Han Jiwon shook her 2d70615700 head as she answered, b8a8832a1c seeming to agree that 92e1313ebe Kim Hyunkyung didn’t need cb630df7ea to be dieting. Cheon Sejoo chatted ae2228a0ce with Han Jiwon c9c243a816 for a while 1fe6f2e3f9 longer until he 5a3c687513 heard Sejin calling 5c5b5c3adc him, prompting him a9708442c2 to head inside 225160254e the dormitory.a268adf4e40887bd

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The dormitory living 6ce23bcad3 room was empty. Unlike the day 18c08eaecb he’d injured his 2a223e71eb hand, today it 9600718a4c seemed the other e224411633 staff had gone 7095918738 out to work, 82fd2ffe8a leaving only Kim f88cef57a7 Hyunkyung and Sejin 621d021cd7 inside the room.8541f5bb4ed77060

Standing in the kitchen, cb832c3ce2 Hyunkyung looked even thinner 50e381c38b than she had the a176422382 last time he’d seen a769e0d293 her. Seeing her so 617e0c180e frail, as if 87815a0bfe she could break c014c2dfe9 with a slight c9e8e29ee8 bump, Cheon Sejoo 8c5dd2c221 swallowed down a 0e65ec5967 sense of bitterness. 861297a31e995e41

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Does she really have 02f99b9477 to go this far?5824b8ef0f26d8a9

She seems perfectly fine fb2e74e636 as she is.7a48e980a79fe022

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He thought, though ac43e5cdc4 he knew such 5569c46e03 a comment would 58c1d81887 likely fall on 61ba95acf7 deaf ears. Shaking off the thought, cbb00c53a9 Cheon Sejoo took a 2a399a0e5d seat in the chair bca8fc781f that Sejin indicated.e7801d408176ab49

“Why don’t 8a92a9b631 you have 8c1d1c40a6 dinner before 726a254afb you go? It’ll be ad77cee134 late by 86e5e240cb the time 27caf48d9a you eat 733d20a7d5 at home.”c3a32e35f1213237

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A dinner prepared 216a29fec3 by Kim Hyunkyung fcd39c0838 was already set 8af663076b on the table. Naturally, Cheon Sejoo a445081df1 looked over at d7fe5eb10e Sejin.37f50aa17f0fb8ed

Seeing Sejin’s 6033ca4c02 condition, Sejoo 4031aea22e thought it af4590b7cc would be 6d6e9d161c better for 8048fef888 him to ad66af3e9e go home 9be6794000 and rest, d39cab5af4 but Sejin, 9e642348d5 as if 811c97b4aa unwilling to adf429ef93 leave the faf5450e19 meal his a5cf1b8d72 mother had acc8d515bb prepared, sat 9a2a066aaa leaning back 8cce8712cd in the 908538d871 chair next 27ac086ba3 to Sejoo. Worried that Sejin might 4b9b14e1e0 collapse, Cheon Sejoo stood c35e69ad2a him up and swapped 130f7b5706 seats with him. Even after seating Sejin e36d67f54c by the wall, he 9f76451113 couldn’t relax, so he 0a3549a76e pulled his chair right a610dc8147 up next to Sejin’s b191f49651 as they started to fe1ea4df1a eat.5a8bc94b9a663af1

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“Honestly, at first I was worried that Sejin might give you a hard time, but I don’t have to worry about that anymore.I feel reassured seeing how well you take care of him, Mr. Cheon.”07a34613306a8f6d

Watching them, 45a6638c2c Kim Hyunkyung 99be4c061d smiled and da1747bf8c commented. It seemed 68d851e7ee she wasn’t b6c75b2699 the only 1998edf8cc one with 4b8aa570ab Sejin’s welfare 2ad08ac69b on her 587864eb66 mind. Cheon Sejoo chuckled 59a528a5a9 softly and replied.2aaddbbc6cf300de

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“I guess you weren’t worried that I might give Sejin a hard time.”3a5f6f19a501c706

“Oh, I wouldn’t worry about that. As you well know, he’s got quite a strong personality…”c8698300da0ef553

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“Just eat.” 5658ba513faea511

“See?” ab20f1668d056c1d

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At Sejin’s blunt words, cutting her off mid-sentence, Kim Hyunkyung laughed, gesturing toward her son. Cheon Sejoo, too, let out a small laugh as he looked at Sejin, who, despite sweating, was stuffing the food Kim Hyunkyung had made into his mouth. After not having her cooking for months, it must taste amazing.0f64f9860492be2b

Only nineteen years old, f7d9696cc0 Sejin’s youth became especially 3ceeb8ba6a apparent at times like f80633788d this. Cheon Sejoo watched him 3f7be16354 fondly and pushed a d6a05f8710 side dish towards him. Sejin’s sullen gaze briefly e83268d28b shifted towards Cheon Sejoo ffbc8a09fe before focusing back on 8f765f3802 his rice bowl.dfdd77465e45828a

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“By the 293f60d3d0 time I f6df0445c4 see you 4aa30cd83d again, my c17eb6c224 sone will 843f69c1ad have grown 3639cfd2c3 a bit fecce4d138 more, won’t c93ad219ca he? How will you b05db4a780 manage without your 8f7ed24d95 mom around?” 66b84ca62682fea9

Kim Hyunkyung murmured thoughtfully 1109544b0c during the meal, also 798a6b0c92 clearly concerned about Sejin 440913f144 experiencing growing pains. Sejin didn’t 7fb73b2b5e react well.600c97cf99fdab85

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“What do you 81bf2cdaec mean ‘how will 0454923151 I manage’? I’m not d93706c1cc a kid e682b6da73 anymore; I’ll b2a5a0dd81 be fine e42a3100bf with some 3280723c93 medicine if 1341d21396 I get 5522781d1e sick…”bb14c59dcbb2b461

“If it hurts 0e137b6f49 a lot, ask d2469b1b25 Mr. Cheon to hug ac627af49c you. They say it’ll hurt 46de278227 less that way.” ebafd5fd9ab71d72

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“Oh, stop it.”43ba9b33c5a4d59f

At her playful 311c255cbd tone, Sejin snapped. 6c668fb137fad11c

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Her words a7e8310382 reminded Cheon e957c5135d Sejoo of 8b2c6c9b06 last winter. It was the f255c5a238 day he’d picked 319c18fab5 up Sejin from b9de406ac7 school after hearing e818ea909f he’d been in b133da377c a fight with 2f2f22ab7e a classmate. When Sejin’s fever e4adc7c2a7 suddenly spiked, he 8dec2e0f89 had clung tightly 6a3503f8da to Cheon Sejoo’s 5277a2bd97 shirt as Sejoo f7f27fd1fb laid him down 3d7e0ec018 in bed. 83b502cb6b3e202e

Was that his way 6fcc303076 of asking for a fa003b5240 hug? b857ecb35938ba0a

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Cheon Sejoo 9c6992955f chuckled and 6e6cffa548 said to d4141d4287 Sejin in cb6a77c4d4 a teasing 412f638207 voice,41f13f21a661a26b

“Alright, I’ll give you a hug. Just let me know—I wouldn’t not do that much for my eighth-place student, would I?”28712f85bdb315a2

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“Enough…” 1cfbd12d3abef35f

Sejin, cheeks flushed, put down his chopsticks at Cheon Sejoo’s playful banter.b7ee8d57c39700ac

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Sejin had come in eighth place in his last exams. The reason he hadn’t done any better was because there were students who had gotten higher scores by guessing than Sejin, who had diligently solved the problems. Kwon Sejin was deeply shocked by this fact and had give up studying for a while. But recently, he had started studying hard again, only after Cheon Sejoo reassured him that those students probably wouldn’t be able to rise above 8th place anyway.7895296a892b1a5b

Kim Hyunkyung f9900a9453 laughed, playing 6011f35ef7 along with ca214be267 Cheon Sejoo’s 2453af92bd teasing. Sejin remained b4145f8ea8 sullen throughout, 3083b814f2 but it d87e51106b was still f578cb93a5 a warm, 75bf2c702c enjoyable meal.0594ef3c3fd443eb

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Watching Kim Hyunkyung 9c015f4604 and Sejin care 368b325ee1 for each other, 99d1169b46 Cheon Sejoo thought 3bbbb0b67f of his sister, 3021fd6856 Cheon Hye-in. He couldn’t f9847926ed hide the d0f90766c1 bitterness he cb5a658a02 felt, remembering 20f113e8fc how rarely be41ac166c they had f3d2781a24 shared meals 1931329256 and laughter 6246cac675 like this.37c6e00012d9ed68

On the way 3813da1203 home after dinner, 75ee455291 as had happened 6f21acf4ed before, Sejin’s fever 5db41b1475 climbed even higher. Cheon Sejoo carried 4bf0c2c9e0 him on his 23f762a904 back, with Sejin c765a988aa breathing heavily through 283225fdd1 his mouth, and 01594c7eec took him into 8f26012ffe the house. He went to e94cdf5f02 Sejin’s room, turned cfae15a439 on the air 0b5f679401 conditioner, and laid 20254df571 Sejin down on 1737315462 the bed.6897c7b9624d97a4

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And Sejin, 7de8a83e66 once again, de1e0a7c6e held onto 7550961510 him.c6dbc5c1ae8e37bc

“……”c9bb31118ca890a5

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Cheon Sejoo looked down 44951acfdc at Sejin, who, despite 470e749c42 having his eyes closed, 26dcae4cd4 was clutching his shirt. Though Sejin’s face was 22da835640 still small, his hands 283d7e468b were now almost as 560c65f598 large as Sejoo’s. 513e1cf19d2b12ac

Just eight months. fa46142a4e4390e2

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Though he’d only been 658efb6288 with Sejin for such c1e64f8997 a short time, seeing e48cb1b1f9 how much he had 9c8794d6db grown since they first 4701c36fca met made those months 77990340e8 feel much longer.e68adbec55b18aa7

These days, 1905467331 Kwon Sejin 5fa4e0425b seemed to af3dd4d2e5 be doing d0e6b7499d well. The shadow that had 67e626b941 loomed over him when bfb61dbccb they first met had 71694529f5 completely lifted, and he 02abc86004 no longer seemed anxious. He’d even 00134132c7 managed to c88465b44e regain his 7e8afcafaf balance and 97d4d9e2dd Cheon Sejoo 43ba1d32af could see 317fc7e5b9 him quietly 23e6ea8ed6 walking, albeit 7042836843 awkwardly, in 1149c87559 the direction 1858b8c294 he’d chosen 1317b0d405 for himself.4cf898184aa21979

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How much have I 9b5f7d9412 contributed to your happiness? fad3c8ef951d5c4e

Have I a1a590aa1a made you 8a7d8a337f even a ff918bfad9 little bit 5494b27ef1 happier?90b573f2b1edfa24

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At some point, 5128aff29e Cheon Sejoo realized 527db9cd50 he couldn’t imagine c87e0b5dae his life without b410de6398 Sejin. The shared meals, cef084ed07 the daily routine 7b3e03ca51 of going to a2444cff22 and from work 8387a718d6 with Kwon Sejin, 904405c670 his presence had 778324ae93 grown impossible to 30d6795a00 ignore.4252f15e94217e2b

But there were only 69498b8159 seven months left that 82270ec7d1 he could spend with 6ca2ff1150 Sejin.57847f47a397e3f8

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Until then… 83606133ae660bc7

Just a 4b5d115df3 little longer. fd0d35ea59067845

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Swallowing his selfish d114dc3eff desire, Cheon Sejoo 9e76d81536 lay down beside 195ffd4722 Sejin.c96d16b71fd567f1

Holding the hand clutching d32e1c13f6 his shirt, he pulled 57343cd517 Sejin into his arms dec2fafa76 and held him tightly, 35de7696ae hoping that as long 667ba63767 as Kwon Sejin was b8492bf786 by his side, he 99b343b637 wouldn’t have to suffer.0d5b5ce0b10b4ee9

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