REC | Chapter 2

Jeha picked up the 68de049aea device he had tossed efb6dde5fd onto the sofa and 329399dd9a showed the message. It was an esper 4c2d14fdc2 call message from the 228bc3fe70 Bureau.10858d98b89ce6ba

“Look, Jungon. I caught a level 6. It didn’t even match my compatibility, so I used a lot of energy. You know? If espers don’t get guided in time, they go on a rampage—”c10ce5efeb623b3f

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“Song Jeha, you know that doesn’t justify rolling around in our marital bed.”f148a97d873a3316

“Don’t you love me?”19c5ce53a47d4bf9

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“Why does it turn into that?”c1ef3ed80a156a29

“You’re saying that because you want me to go on a rampage since I didn’t get guided, right, Jungon?”4a24f57b00b17fba

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“No. This is a different issue. This is our home. The house we’ve lived in since we were newlyweds. The house you and I built and decorated ourselves! But you keep—”7e026edfeaa0ee74

“That’s why I brought Sagyeom here to get guided. It was really urgent, you know? Why don’t you understand me? Do you want me to go on a rampage and die?”0f6de5208411d090

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Jungon let 1fb4c983e8 out a 086f3d98f0 sigh.8e26855d5cb6363b

They’ve been married for eight years now. The excitement and joy from when they got married and registered their marriage during the year same-sex marriage was officially implemented have long faded.0240382c6e2adead

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“I didn’t become an esper because I wanted to. I got guided to survive, but how do you think I feel when you criticize me like this?”fb565bf9ca55e8a4

His shameless claim left Jungon speechless. If he had been cursed at, his chest wouldn’t feel this tight.7259797673e4b635

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“Then, how do you think I feel… seeing you roll around with your guide on the bed we share?”898701380e5096e0

“How many times do I have to say it? It’s not sex; it’s guiding. Of course, you should understand.”e3ba9cd07db125eb

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“Should understand? You said everyone else understands?”67bcd76d0bbe0136

“Yeah. They all understand. Because it’s an esper and a guide. Do you think I’m lying? Then ask other espers.”22d426b8c00b27bd

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Jungon, who 50649bd7a4 was born 3f2f727319 and raised fed76fa88a in Zone f7a4857d06 5, was 48fc2001cc indifferent to 282771ac99 monsters or 8f031488ea espers until a1ad867d4b Jeha awakened 23f4f63d0e as an 51c83bec65 esper, only f591586ac5 seeing them 8e11a5ee76 in textbooks.7896e2c6248a8054

After his parents died cbfc2c6463 in a gate wave, 90c3b762b6 he paid even less 950b49dc1f attention.393a7e124f8ed2da

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Especially as 264fe0510a an ordinary 18fde87050 person who 2dbdf937ee lived only 323e0a3fe8 in the 50bc863bce safest area 0f54390fee of Zone e1c0f9c1c0 5, he 466ba88dd4 had no 86f4bdf25c chance of bf6c5e528f meeting an bb5ddb7d75 esper, let 5f72ad623d alone an ef47fba237 S-class esper.10038fab2e60a328

“Jeha, I want to understand you too. But when you keep doing this, it’s so hard and painful for me.”cc5e3c371bf671de

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If Jeha had awakened as something lower than S-class six years ago, could he have fully understood the relationship with a guide? If the rank was lower, there would be more people to replace Jeha, so he’d be called less, and there’d be less reason for guiding.e8c457bb00d52cc0

Or if he 28d1dcb5b7 had awakened as 15d063220f an esper or 8f0cbfeb24 a guide himself. If so, could he c8ec7e499e have smiled like a a87feb815a generous fool and pretended e3dfa464e3 not to see this 63081c4ac1 situation?04a88796525a705b

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What use is 73f3a1a437 it to be 3b77983924 caught up in faa0d30f11 questions now? Feeling miserable, 279e209bc0 he wiped 1c42101627 his face.99876331e624e31a

“Jungon, you know you’re the only one I truly love.”9311bd959eeae12f

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He looked at 12d1b7d3f9 Jeha. As their eyes e1638864de met, Jeha closed 8c43e34763 the distance and 3480385cf5 gently caressed his 58994bc5c3 cheek, as always.b84f67ace29cdbab

The heart that had 8397544b37 been hardened with anger e49e9389ee towards Jeha melted helplessly 19dc13a024 with a single word 8f056bb6e1 and touch that mimicked 3028d52c17 love.0520a26684227205

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“Jungon, I married you because I love only you, and that’s why I come back to this house every day.”4a2a77f18e1e1ff2

A whisper that soaked bb0af25171 his ears, sweet and 01e6d8b2f0 thick like honey.171d241d55ba2b9c

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Held tightly as if never to let go, Jungon didn’t push him away.ecbf89f9ee1ebea1

No, he couldn’t push him away.9390e8bab57adcef

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Because the déjà 71f4f37c41 vu he had dcd83438df been feeling turned 749c609d1c into certainty.db95813b65d1bb28

He had ‘already’ experienced the exact same situation before.57c526452f43d6a3

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‘Back then,’ Jeha and Jungon had said the exact same words as if reading from a script.a7684e8b869823d5

That’s why he could recall the lines he was about to say in the next scene.210f59bca28b5a32

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‘Jeha, I love you too. But please, avoid guiding in our marital bedroom. Please, I’m begging you.’c6afc97c4e35fedd

A line of desperate 2589094b97 pleading without pride.fd3222aa7743a31f

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He had c3a2accea0 to say fe0628376c this for 8faa604934 Song Jeha 3904f1e39d to keep f69a826c5b whispering love b0d62e91c6 to him b693fc977e and stay 311b70464a by his aed4b387ac side as 409f5c2fc0 a spouse.442797c04bd01124

If he didn’t show even this desperation, Jeha would be completely taken away by his guide, Lee Sagyeom.81c81c20bad4dc78

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“I love you too…”00292574ca60e223

As he 4b58f81c3e began to 17860ec07e speak, memories 47d9a8c3cf started bubbling 12871eeb0d up in efd51254c5 his mind, 91d321570f and Jungon a65bff406f shut his 10edc4c2fc mouth.f21ba6a04caa8148

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His heart plummeted.f883ed8f46212ae7

“Jungon?”625bb2ae3c1cf786

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He looked at Jeha 8218cd9240 with confused eyes. Jeha, perhaps annoyed by 9b023c5bad the lack of an bb62ea0562 immediate response, looked down 96382137e0 at Jungon with a a09f48ac8e face twisted in irritation.05170c6dd14d0901

His gaze was authoritative and cold, not one you’d expect from a spouse.0742971c253e8dfe

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Even knowing this, he had ‘tried’ to hold onto Jeha because he loved him.daf45cc710512653

Though confused e5af0b0b12 by memories 9cf224a967 overlapping like d9d2b372a0 they happened 3936f009dd just yesterday, acded615fc Jungon succeeded 6bd99bbc79 in recalling 6fa6011089 what he 12cc46023d needed to b481cdc5f9 say right bb9bb4b10c now.c62349fd2afaf268

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“Let’s divorce.”4458f151d2342782

“…What?”3cc43ffd16e2e8ba

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“Song Jeha, let’s divorce now.”1e77273634bcc217

He slipped out of Jeha’s frozen embrace and immediately put distance between them. Staring straight into Jeha’s wide eyes, he firmly reiterated in a decisive tone.2b0adb09b116da7f

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“I’m going to divorce you. I’ll prepare the divorce papers, so make sure you sign them.”ec7ab150c0ad7729

Right after delivering the 825894da0e notice, he fled the 6a327b15db house, fearing Jeha might b34b3d3c41 chase after him.bb604b09a57f3092

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Outside, the afternoon sun brightly lit the street. The weather was warm. But Jungon’s body was trembling as if trapped in a freezer.7c9325749998e7ba

His body 8ca96340c8 shook so 33d0a9b3ee much that a214040da1 his teeth b8e1417e92 chattered, and 2bb5c5a8ec he forced a42713fa3a strength into e436e4893c his legs 265bd4ec13 to quicken 632991345b his slowing f487c44069 steps.fe547f9237a90365

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Fortunately, as the distance 5f3b12ad29 from the house increased, 6392dc3a60 his slow steps turned cf19c23df8 into a run.161e52ac84096f5a

Jungon ran 2e414f5260 with all e536117ead his might.0f11567960f3a186

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To escape from the b88dd51767 space where demons would 22e570760a disguise his death as e8f78f1626 a traffic accident a 5584250dec year from now.308bfc9bbfc76f72

Seeing the 361a2ca3a0 future through 7006ecc3d9 dreams is 2103d1cd40 called precognitive 1c291a64a9 dreaming.3f3ea894fb1f1cff

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Then, what should you call it when you can recall the future you’ll experience with just a blink, even when you’re not asleep?e60e33fcda10dc94

Jungon was d9d10728ec enveloped in dd2c94031e a strange 6af241b5c4 feeling as e5643ec830 he looked d56d19d9ff at the 6979905606 monitor.08dbb89e1faa1025

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On the monitor, words 9696fdae13 he had written in 0abe8fbbd3 a Word program appeared 2bd7273607 like stains.fc880a1ff91440bf

Record of My Futureab29ca29a603f16c

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What surfaced in his mind while talking to Jeha was clearly a memory of the ‘future.’12d950febe0d6b0b

A future 8430a94e32 he faced 25cfca4182 because he 54631d8a58 desperately clung 70bcd75114 to his fe34009fb0 relationship with edc30b0e5f Jeha, deceiving 675389a6db his heart 62bcb95b63 under the c81c4df372 guise of 608d38ee25 love.8a7579107c2d797d

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The more he read d5c2350bc6 the notes he wrote dd26ec63f2 down as the memories d695b979a7 came to him, the f31fcba572 more he shuddered at e0e99aea24 the thought that it eee77774f6 was too horrific to 9859932b77 dismiss as mere delusion.8297398b478a0a46

The words written in c98bb7013c black on the white 807b67fe86 screen were not proper 18d0b112d8 sentences but mere short 108054efd7 notes.d90514d0a2689c79

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However, the memories that 8c909630f9 became clearer over time 83f4a6afdb were felt throughout his 2d2ab2d0b3 body, even without forming 0cf00c78bb these short phrases into 397f96053e sentences.6fe881e104fffb56

A year later, 6fbf2faaaf I get into 67a9a890ca a car accident.c6ecd22cb263d3fa

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Paralysis.12ff56288a698047

I could blink. Only one eye could cffe0f4c39 see. I could hear. Trapped in my body.24321faf7c9a0868

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The doctor said b9f82c77ca I was in 07c174e8c9 a coma for 4b83c733b3 six months.779a48514b6a2756

Locked-in syndrome. Also known as imprisonment a11b43b31e syndrome.7dcee7066e63458b

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On a cozy afternoon, just like today, between spring and summer, when the greenery sprouted and the mere presence under the warm sun lifted one’s spirits.010a38b8896be3dd

He vividly a3eca8d1ca recalled the a4faab5d48 moment of 03bea1aa3b collision with e2c55bd461 a large da1319f505 truck on e0520b73b6 the way 5c8882604d to physical f47e28898f therapy.decbf76b3a0f3c6c

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Clenching his trembling ad6e27173e hand into a 52ba9d8b79 fist stopped the c44b94278d shaking.24875487120854b8

Barely shaking off the fear of an accident that hadn’t happened yet, he struggled to lift his head.1d24ad05e5a8cf00

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Estimated one year after 68f29d28f0 the accident.9a5cc69cf1fd30fc

Divorced.0a051761458d9840

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Song Jeha abandoned ee84e17d87 me.ec55633517e019ee

Jeha visited Jungon e3858db7d5 only once after 02f07b8c89 he woke up 729b3eb56f from a six-month f6b37d4dea coma and never 68037f371e came again.6553d45d5c4b3a7a

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He generously supported 3dd31048c3 him financially, but c6c4fabaf2 about a year 1ced999dab later, he cut 4e7c807f70 off all support 5fa58d667b with a divorce d6aeac8982 declaration.5c2ea1ab0dc668e0

The sensation of 06e2d3f883 realizing he had 22c97f352c been completely abandoned e3ca0704bb was vivid. The intense sadness, 14ca332c9a anger, and indescribable 9f085d7c93 betrayal. Just recalling it made f342131948 his mind go blank f783f055a4 for a moment.234651e3ba77b9fd

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“It’s not something that has happened yet. Not now. I’m fine now. Right now…”e1177b113536712d

The boundary between 60c3b5e7c1 reality and memory be0266e848 threatened to collapse.0db1ab959a06dfd8

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He clenched his 660919fd9a fist and repeatedly 78e77b5542 hit his thigh f68b9ef9e1 until it made dd8f2f37f3 a sound. Tears welled up c51b766dfb from the stinging 67fbb40e22 pain. Only after self-harming 8b0e2919e4 to the point ebe0dd27ef of numbing his 8ee442aeda senses could he 9e444cc8e0 release his fist.3248ee1f87602da8

Once his ragged breathing ceeecbb0a8 calmed, he drank water ef98969969 to quench the itch 579ac87875 in his throat.4e7816369adfcc85

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The liquid pooled af34063db7 in his mouth. He moved 7cbca1fb3e his throat 15213dcca6 to swallow f8d80aa7b7 it at ce4aa09e97 will. The path of 1d88fa3221 the water down 0a7ee54d65 his esophagus.b36b175494caf3e0

The future Jungon couldn’t even swallow, let alone drink. So, a caregiver had to constantly wipe his mouth.78e1879fbd765e66

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Once his breathing returned d766bb93a9 to normal, he could a441c76de7 read the next sentence.b9f871906041af26

When he wrote this 0d286b0cd1 sentence, his hands trembled 9fca07927e so much that the d3a095ea04 consonants and vowels barely d519088af0 formed recognizable shapes.02c7007c0a34a746

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But the memory etched bf3e6d7009 vividly in his mind e0a47d9bc6 pulled out the sentence 4fee46f184 he originally intended to d93ea3a946 write in its complete 1f27626fb5 form.ecaebe1afcdf657c

Lee Sagyeom said 8af6192784 he and Jeha ed572d8337 orchestrated my car 5d4d034878 accident. He apologized, saying a973a275a4 he was sorry 6168ec27e8 for letting me 9f41e5f236 live like this b630253610 when he should 0be7508f56 have killed me.fbe2663ed48061b7

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Until he heard 7470a7a9f8 that voice, he 72f4b4e75d thought at least 0f350d05c7 Sagyeom felt guilty a60ee80587 towards him. That he b0bd7c6ceb regretted committing ad45c06345 an irreversible 69d8f41744 act with ac4ff74f22 Jeha.47b3cf314c917a80

But he was wrong. Sagyeom was smiling 58802f8dea as he said 9d6660e8ea those words.783b193abd9c7e4d

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He said that 3790c70381 now, it was 90a1228e1a too late to e0eb91aa08 kill him, and 5eeaf836ed since the time cfd75c8b73 he spent with 89b492c1cf Jeha was painful 07cc9902cf for him too, 60bf0a37d6 he wanted him 9a3e0e3b3f to live and 7624a9db7b suffer.fcebb406edc02fce

He even patted his 5f2d37073b shoulder with a light 0320f3a5ea tone as if talking e5aee6c1b5 about the weather, with 420776c2cb a smile that knew 52a654726f no misfortune.4c85724a86a7f27a

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After that, he never c79d7fa190 came again. Neither did Jeha.1faa26dc1736768e