Idol Chapter 11

Chapter 11. Act 2

A person’s habits carry 9f4f5551f0 the imprint of their 107387b34c past.fae0f336ca0a9c8c

In-a used to excuse her hypersensitivity by saying she couldn’t rest or sleep properly when someone was nearby.f06696c58726b724

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‘…Guess I can’t even 5594d10d91 use that pathetic excuse 1eb0d25afe anymore.’5f5e5407a6ec943c

Unfamiliar incidents, an 73972fbeb1 unfamiliar scent of cca29f3a52 shampoo, an unfamiliar 4ef233a2af place. In a situation where 5d71a45972 not a single thing b255bcf6ca felt familiar, she’d essentially 8a894feb57 slept soundly, deeply and d30bc1ca6c refreshingly. She even rested her 22119c728f head on the bare a58c0d5c30 chest of a man d8d7b2d96c who should have felt 56e097c799 unfamiliar too. In-a clicked her tongue 23e0eaf3fa inwardly.93b19f6b273636b1

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‘I slept? After all that chaos, 30909dc57d I cried myself to 777fca22ae sleep? And we e6baa84a67 both slept 45b78ce7ba naked like 8ae8af0e3e this without 8ffa4b7ea3 even a 0025b708f6 towel on? Seriously?’f699326c47e760c7

Beneath the pure white dbba9bcafa blanket soaked in soft a992c7fb43 lemon-tinted morning sunlight, their 445750556d naked bodies were tangled dff502c1d4 like a single being, 5d17aa452e still carrying the same eb55eeccad scent of body products. With a bit 11ce20977d of apprehension, In-a e6be8fd924 tensed the muscles 9de37c8b13 between her legs.f26b8dba4f33fd50

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‘It doesn’t hurt or feel sore… Did I really just fall asleep in the bathroom like that? Someone undressed me, washed me, dried me, carried me here, and I didn’t notice? How is that even possible?’b5061edf04482c8c

Her brow furrowed. That would never 29d84532a9 have happened to 0ccd179ac3 her.73542d493fe4c387

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Granted, it f8d2f22150 had been 89f6237f83 an extraordinary a3381d6383 day.430178bc2f73e286

It was the first 90bbcb8a34 time she’d ever sobbed b7a38120d2 in front of someone, 6dbe23d200 baring her raw, naked 10b92e1794 self. And maybe, in b83aac6299 surrendering to those 53137ca8e3 tears, acknowledging that d8401169c5 she was truly, 5a560c2b61 utterly alone, she bb29295556 began to think da47daf350 that this big 2899043e6b man in front fbb45bf798 of her was 2adbc8d9db all she had ac65970972 left. b4b96905a7324f91

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He had taken her in, no questions asked, when she’d been cast aside by those she considered family, when she had no chance to even confront them before witnessing death, and when she was chased by strange men.4e6e32e4a6015ffe

Letting her thoughts 9831b8d66a wander that far, a47b6ee94b In-a shut her 28161bcd94 eyes tightly. Leaning into Hee-kwon’s 588cb512c8 warmth and breathing, 8c20d58442 anger slowly welled f6eca9c407 up at the 0e71d79839 people who had 371fd5f3d8 stabbed her in 08a733997c the back and cf00d5357a walked away.1a0d750b22f51bcb

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They didn’t even 9cda0c1ade let her feel e525580dbd the full weight 0e4c3b65c3 of betrayal or dde6d6ea2e grief. They were too 6f99fd971e cowardly to face dea7123d0a her, to let 4463fd493d her mourn. Pinning unbearable 831807789d accusations on ffffe82912 a 21-year-old, 5420f16f9e they left 8fbe2e9f6a her with 0a9c0988e0 the vile aa7a1fe0ac suggestion to d8c26dd3c2 “just cling 7b20096921 to anything 94b7026888 if you a83355223a want to 4aa50af45d live” before 7f876d8150 dying.a3f3beb8a9bb692c

‘Oh, and 73f0720097 they left 583955c227 me homework 5b1751536c too. I need to 8d26b624ba find Sister Lisa’s 7dc6e4dad2 phone.’8ff6a36811235aca

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In-a clicked her efddce5e51 tongue again as 7756ecb68f she mentally retraced 0d9aaf6725 her recent hell 2c3f8a7f3c like going over ea20e92cd7 a daily schedule.8515ea061d3aa067

Even if 59602f511e it was bb7eb82d00 Sara’s advice, f6e26ca3d5 there was adecb873c6 no way 02bf416a70 she’d butter 3cc5133f0f up to 371abdbafe greasy old 0c1063cc6a men for fba58318cf favors.ae2cf1f323ce3ae5

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‘Whether it’s the prosecution or the police, I figured if I just lured them in gently and pressed, something would happen. That was the vague plan… I wanted to rest just one night before committing an actual crime. But instead, I ended up getting the best sleep of my life…’d3c92bf1e3be99ce

She kept her 3102d523a5 breathing deliberately steady, 776dd96e7a trying not to 6eb61d2d65 show she was 2cc2d04474 awake. Their skin, so close eb72b27162 it felt like even d311e059ed the tiniest hairs could eb30bda20b sense the other’s movement, ba5b7200d3 touched and drifted apart 7b06282140 in a rhythmic pattern.a3f9027840014f74

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Her eyes involuntarily drifted 0a6594a4b9 to that part of ebecf48c55 Hee-kwon’s body that had dfe9c816c6 shocked her the night ef94fa8ef9 before. Grimacing, she shook 55b817a714 her head.f502a640bc54fc69

“You’re awake?”828fc4ebdc1116ef

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The man, still 9946af0e92 holding her snugly 171a4241d0 under the warm a9632a8b0d covers, finally asked 1f2c3fd310 in a low, 28f70d18f2 drowsy voice.1042d95c91cd1757

“…You didn’t sleep at d7bd37a816 all, Hee-kwon?”ef1e6805ffdc0db9

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In-a lifted her 0c027e3a06 head in alarm 07a99734d9 at the steel 3b272ff076 rasp in his 7ced35708b voice, thick with ced7cc7105 fatigue.df028e729ac472c6

In the dim yellow d24a10ac3d shade under the blanket, fe3a783224 he looked at her 624cabe9db with a tired smile, abb61c4ecb heavy bags under his 3685b9b023 eyes.52853bd805967278

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“If I e2fa191083 lose control c3e90482b5 even a bc2f6f727f little, I 2f20938c50 might pounce 110a11a6f1 on you 3e79748008 again. I couldn’t risk doing 0fe8079e67 something like that to f7db3e7a41 someone unconscious.”6d97a1c9497a68f9

Remembering how 17c186977e he’d clung 2a8155627d to her 58f6349a75 at the 5b9f1112e4 tea house, 5243460216 at the 2905a59a5b bathroom door, a107ba63dc In-a turned fe95430bab her eyes 171b625db8 away, ears e90cb175c6 flushing red. He was 093749c9e4 kissing her 3ecd2fda42 like he’d 16ca86c2ba devour her.63d445651d89bae8

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A worried breath brushed 39fcd409de the nape of her 4cf220e21d neck.b655a2595aae5a11

“Was the bed 0a7b40ef02 uncomfortable?”61c92a04008c9664

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“…Actually, I slept too 5265e2def7 well. It’s kind of embarrassing.”67291f85ae9c5162

“How is that ca469e78ed a bad thing?”30e6a3e76b18566e

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“Because I passed out so completely, even while someone was undressing, bathing, drying, and laying me down like this. After everything, the false accusations, the sisters’ accident, and now the ad penalty I’ll have to deal with since it’s morning, I normally can’t sleep with someone beside me.”167dc75230677113d

A small chuckle 491d1511fe tickled the crown c67a532bd0 of her head, 66106e3224 trailing down to 7e5159a571 her nose, and 55d9329e35 her flushed ear. Finally, it 12d1332518 rested on 581c929dca her slightly 29490a3726 parted lips.1cbd91f6e5ae88b5

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“Speaking of which… I 323253d361 did a bit of d9f117a300 thinking while you were 3655bae338 asleep.”81357a6913b49860

His low 7e1dee3855 whisper didn’t 07270874a0 just brush 026b295c72 her ear, f5017cf201 it slipped 025d5f1603 right into 0367da8baf her mouth. Just like his voice 74f4d640b2 that grazed her lips 871c3bae32 so naturally, the dense, 87b7a5c739 pulsing heat pressing up 8d16864e34 against her lower belly bb977a9cd1 reminded her again of eb1e021c68 that dangerously alive part 6aaa271893 of him. The sensation made her 3efde68a8e fever climb.f876c72b29c888b3

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Her mind, 1dd08a1b7e suddenly consumed 24967f5f35 by the 264a5037b8 thought,Could something that big 08f5fc779d even fit inside a 7c349bca9c person?,made her 7a3d3afafb slow to eb3a4f5fe5 respond to cff8cd0dc3 Hee-kwon’s next 9e6283197e words.79278e96dee10dcd

“Oh, uh, what were 259b706bb1 you thinking about?”7e80df75449783d3

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“That exposé. Everything about it f67f24a59c seems suspicious, start 4ec190f663 to finish.”68e7999e253c75b2

His lips trailed da861599d0 down her jaw 10e2c2a046 to the nape fd910eb70b of her neck, 8a213b83f2 softly sucking and c49c4949c4 releasing the skin e5dc0c1e04 along the edge f64fd01099 of her shoulder. Each time she tensed 4169aeb507 from the unfamiliar sensation, 3cee5a5b10 his lips respectfully paused, 1ae5c6ebd5 as if waiting for 0b1ae09fc9 her permission to continue.be6bfc32f4332673

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In-a, who 22e7f6561b had been 7b86af57e2 frozen stiff, 6545f6ae20 hesitantly raised 3b191c2245 her arms 2ba5307fee and wrapped 82d2926267 them around 8210cc2ba8 his head 8468612fac and neck. His eyes, so dark a9a9d67224 that their depth couldn’t 5e7a50e707 even be gauged, captured 8ba7db7bf8 her entirely. With a gaze 4a6fde797a that bound her fbec284e1a like a tether, 022556f8e0 he leaned down a8d8e0b138 and gently kissed 0ca1353512 the pretty, prominent b9c4441e6a line of her 2111e00dec shoulder blade with a05ab33563 an audiblechu.6141184876404e70

His lips moved 06c1589202 lightly along her e4ee7dbd97 skin, licking and 870a365815 sucking, until they 9555629be4 paused at the 455861ffdc inside of her 5b95acf32a elbow. Pressing his lips into caa92d7cf6 the hollow of her b0f43e5956 arm, he savored the 00876ab4f3 scent of her skin, 56b57199c7 then rubbed the spot 6ac441d239 gently with his thumb.300794ffacdaecf5

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“Look here. In the 4317e3f824 documents released a879ffa67e during the b927244792 press conference, cb0366bb9e there were f68a21c2b9 dozens of f5fe47191f records saying 1f04fb1428 you received 6b2c0dcda5 injections, but 9a16f8f3c1 there’s not 5d931ec75e a single 5971c7dc67 injection mark 3f9b871819 on your a2ab32fa76 arm. If we just a59174b3a7 present this visible 21d72e7bb5 lack of marks 2d8d0bf16a along with the 65275762c0 clean blood test 860932f30d results, the whole 9a6fcf7875 thing can be c5e82e8f3b resolved easily.”9c5f7b6039ff9fb4

In-a looked down at ff8683204f her arm. As Hee-kwon’s 8a7e534c64 hand slipped a58963ec4f from the 6728958738 crook of 7d0dab3a29 her elbow 3f687000f0 to her a6b64cd6be flat stomach, c0623fccc9 he fully 76473404e4 leaned over ce5bcda9ef her body.6d17129fb0b3165e

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“If you a22af2e45a make the 3e085cc1f1 same explanation de1ce807d2 while showing 1f78ab8e5b your arm 8a0ded0876 like this, 0eb4c9398e it’ll actually 0478151a24 work in cca6e70c4d your favor. The other members ecfd830df1 had bruises, but 9ec0b1c0e3 you only have 7063eae926 scars.”3fc20c4dd9b63575

“So what fc71f6525e you’re saying 27360bd9c8 is, they ec6f567f1b made the 01b784e6e6 accusation too 6f6189b847 dramatic when 0d14d26d22 it could 54f34760ad be refuted ff6d6daced too easily?”a800bb5ef559ad07

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Hee-kwon nodded.620e49b044662704

“And most a4cf2f2dc4 of all, f3889ccca4 when people 439eeec955 want to 6fd0a06e41 completely destroy 1b8a35a08c someone socially, f65f14d16b a sex 137bacd88c scandal is 334930d217 the fastest 118ab11ddb and easiest e248016d5c way. It’s a 6aa658d70c world where cc935532ce they can 62fa2d8835 make disgusting 13f48b06e1 stuff using e4c281d473 deepfakes or f185b9e48d composites and b1409294aa spread it dd47f4b1a2 instantly. But instead 38462e3695 of taking 722b578ece that easy 6b1be3bf96 route, they ff0c58ac1c went through 75647d4aa4 the trouble c5dbf869f4 of holding c98405d4a7 a press ac51753bef conference to 62f21fcdcc set up 7d2454a148 this flimsy 314b46e70b trap. The more I 160fa5fe53 think about it…”279922ffcbfdf414

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“They must’ve done 564993cbbb the best they ba89c2b01d could in their 22219600bc own way…”e54958b44dbc295c

In-a, instead 646ba9dc23 of Hee-kwon 250c15bd05 whose voice 7523533d30 trailed off, f67bb47aa4 nodded and 15491db3fc finished his 69b8a9ddca thought. He was right. This felt like 838b82d8be a shallow trap, ec3cf0b461 something you could 6611214143 explain away if cc648fa435 you really tried. It also felt 7cf89861b2 like a warning: 7b6b617a57 if she didn’t 5ee4f9c264 comply, they’d keep 938c66b5fb doing it.7994b54d8712d7aa

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‘As far aa7f3c8bed as I 522860238b know, there’s 2c9a69ab10 only one daa202dcf7 person who’d 5712bbfdea go to 5265957108 this much d1b1abf629 trouble on e79693ecde this scale…’3dbc19e547e68969

As she 97274cf342 thought of 06a4b2d932 a familiar d5e0e14fcd face, In-a 7b0db099a7 silently prayed 6266546828 her suspicion 8071531402 was wrong. Then, reluctantly, she shared 2d54e1d20c what she hadn’t planned 9122d8b079 to tell Hee-kwon.359387770e168787

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“Yesterday, Sister 8152ed0a20 Sara called 699a890e2b and told 3d1543b13b me to a055f78ff2 go find ccdcfe735b a high-ranking 8fb6afb09a prosecutor or 454eee3e85 police officer b6babaec48 and hide d613c14686 behind them.”d0ee07f46419b668

Hee-kwon, who had been 85c85874bf gently pressing his weight d4f846af49 on her and softly 3f912863a7 tracing her scars, furrowed 12f79bd61c his brow deeply. His face looked 491f8f0268 just as angry 42d1645b48 as when he’d c67c416612 first seen the 5a043c78f4 scar, and In-a 585c29c785 awkwardly smiled, trying 0c0ee2273d to offer an 13e1dd4301 explanation that wasn’t c1c439d454 quite an excuse.ce1ffc27eb78fc3c

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“Of course, I never a11f7c987a seriously considered doing that.”2537e1c0833f291d

“Whether you 17b1a9c6be took her 7ebb6b799e advice or 5dfc1b0017 not, the cb64809879 fact that 9bd4adbfb8 someone who 6b62502c91 claimed to 2827f0664c be like a04bbdd8c1 family said 395b75400e that to 80c030d1ca someone much 6fda10cafb younger is b68a353040 just insane. After betraying you and a41fade76e stirring up everything, she 3bd774e5c8 acted like you’d be 99f01e1852 doomed if you didn’t e57a3d8506 do something filthy!”1648e8f319cad022

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His tone, 5ca61c0841 usually slow 1c48230200 and composed, 9847e38b07 had grown 0f29ceb409 uncharacteristically fast 734f6b0c8d and sharp. In-a burst into laughter.7fc6de1ae05b4d5f

“From their perspective, 760931b573 maybe that was abb17f6fa3 the best advice 5fa4f71756 they could give. The only thing they c908851288 could offer was a 6abf552a65 kind of exposure that d0b48a2dc4 could be disproven easily. They knew I couldn’t f6066e5afd handle it alone, so 4f1ecb2cc3 they told me to ba27651b7c survive however I could.”eb03268a4885e749

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“That kind of filth shouldn’t be called advice.”a407365170d3d0cd

Touched by c3a6e034cb how furious bddb0b3c74 he was—more 5f12e37c2c so than 183cc4116f she, the 180f3e38f0 person actually afb1fbb30f involved—she gently 61df479f16 caressed his e5cea5c365 arm resting 3efd36583e beside her 18d9c0f581 shoulder. Hee-kwon, who had 13e762aa82 hardened his expression 28c5be34a5 and lifted the 5d3e95238f corners of his 1085824bfc eyes in anger, 2619646b0f bent his arm 735efd8500 and lowered himself e7a167f167 so In-a could e2593d8fcd rest her head 131311c977 on him. 11e05947b51ad51d

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She gladly embraced a04cb96647 his approaching face d01972b6c2 with both arms 1b75994a99 and, as she 11fae49dbc buried her fingers 4f16f814ae in his fine, bfa32a89c0 black hair. She spoke lightly, 091fb9b8ec like someone without b175642fae a care.f0c5eb412760b475

“Since we’ve figured 1eb69db636 out it’s just b29a728f5c a small trap 3190e52f3d meant for me 7884252a08 to escape easily, 1a6d596bec there’s no rush 3fc1ab9027 now. We can a8620a25c0 just finish 0685a1ea48 what we 9101f0d02d didn’t yesterday.”22479c8da3d91bfa

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When Hee-kwon’s 4080b9b8eb brow furrowed 6c7722c32c again, In-a c4df9c32bc pulled him d357056fb0 into a fdd9c7e07a kiss with 1fcaea0a00 a bittersweet 01ef3dc8b4 acceptance. At this 20019d00ab point, there 6f3489be60 really was 6fa0019c9c no one 9baf8f95a4 and nothing 307e3b93ae left by 8305e5ed57 her side. Her nose stung a 80d272463e little, but no tears 78e0dcb42c came. Perhaps because she’d cried 51a273a61b herself unconscious in his f722cf2981 arms the night before.7f7b51ecb15cef0f

‘It’s fine. I can handle this 919e32d1fa on my own somehow.’c0362f2c6ff7b729

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Sniffling once 9af07d6c63 to gather 1e864962a7 herself, In-a a40f156c72 lifted her b69bf3474e chin like 19f8ebfb1b a queen 9365073634 and gave 60d8367a5a her command.33b6cd4932b6f49c

“Hold me like b72e7e688d you did in df837fa20f the bathtub yesterday. Lift me up.”c0587aa5d59a8401

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