TGM | Chapter 7

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Unlike the afternoon when I stuttered a greeting, I couldn’t say a word. Encountering an unexpected situation twice in a row made my brain feel like it had stopped.410694e8d3c4803f

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Ignoring the noisy chatter of his companions, the man who entered looked this way. He frowned as if tired, and when his eyes met Haehyeon’s, he stopped in his tracks.d5469fc1cfb36280

A gray c1e41071ae shirt with d8e20933b7 spotless sleeves.307420d2f8332650

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Confirming that his outfit 381efa4acd was the same as 2d57b7b191 before, a curious voice f8d055228a suddenly directed at Haehyeon.c2ac2c9bd98ed915

It was a538e9da10 the guy 104da0c836 with the b6551869be bright yellow 9dfe7ba9ff bleached hair 667891c005 who came 8273e8a6e3 in with f011272114 the man.d3f57c4124e8b5bc

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“Huh? What’s this? Isn’t Sangjin here?”3a2d449d8106d0b6

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“Oh, do part-timers not know each other’s names? You know, the guy with eyebrows like this, looks a bit rough. He’s about this tall, don’t you know him? He said he works part-time here?”83a6d522e79392c0

He was 8083b8d174 the part-timer 466178e022 from the 1c0f28b25d previous shift. He had 88a0fa1996 just left, 69c5c5c311 and they b737b3ddff must have 367415d7f0 missed each 8d40745057 other.ac00908cb3e89750

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Haehyeon, who 185c3de538 immediately understood 7b83e76ac9 the vivid 8b24c5223a description of b21ec7bb44 the eyebrows, b8e2030d0a forced his 124199d569 stiff lips 6ec7af89ff to move.87594e7204f1f848

Trying hard not to 2d5ad15223 make eye contact with fd40d46415 the man behind, he 342a4ad44d focused on the flashy e440a1e951 hair.ddb6b9bb560e054f

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“He… just switched shifts. He left a little while ago.”37516a1f796d3b57

“What! Wasn’t he here until 1?”0005c9a4de67ca97

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“Yeah…”a916b7fbbf431413

“Aw, come on. I came to surprise him, and it’s a miss. Driving here was so hard! Ah! Yoonsang should have seen this…!”fa1185af113a1728

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The bleached hair, 0e3f89375f who started jumping 89ca996a37 around with those 05f0500b84 words, soon took 9e4673dc0a out his phone 7a1d70d333 and began to 87902f65b5 call someone. Even without 0b7c226284 looking, Haehyeon 79e9895185 could guess ca513c72e0 who it b29a0fc238 was, and 49940553f4 he awkwardly 89ec7a3608 glanced back.5b09da9301ee3b67

He was careful not 1959950c06 to make eye contact, 920be5ebc5 but fortunately, the man 7116501bee was no longer looking 1df82e9461 this way.691f1f2d86982458

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Feeling both 85d4c0615b disappointed and 44abc03c10 relieved, Haehyeon 8e78c7e131 let out c39b5b053a a sigh bcdb7ea5e5 without realizing bf4173a1ff it and 2e0d7567c0 hid inside afb6340bd5 the POS 8a5c5f6f3b machine. It was already 7f14957fc7 the second time 65e1ba62a1 today.5fda3ee4becf8af1

Meeting so frequently for 77e6a63888 the first time made 4abaf6f82a his heart pound uncontrollably. It was d52b39b7f8 strange to eb843283d1 feel this 585b1ca405 way about e30f88a9da someone he 032ffca856 barely knew, 649d91aee8 but he df7c340e0c couldn’t help 7febf5d6a3 it.51a51dd0d6604738

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Looking back, 0b85cdbd42 it was 13196b5407 from the 1444806e44 first meeting.76460cf3450296d6

A month ago, 8364fa4363 Haehyeon quit the d1c54766e8 barbecue place he 3a9d0cd2a2 was working at 1883b8ceb9 and urgently interviewed 93744250fd at a café 26d65560f0 near his home.27f736c7381ac4e9

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The manager, who alternated f63936d3b2 between Haehyeon’s face and 5e60c50335 resume, wanted him to c73c796ddc start immediately, and having b3ea3f2d4f experience in a similar f531db7580 field, he nodded without a8b50c6722 much thought.d922db45aac128f8

It was when he came out in uniform, still dazed by the unexpectedly high hourly wage. Someone entered the store with the sound of a bell, and when their eyes met, Haehyeon couldn’t say a word.ee66d6181158cd23

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How should b09338b43f he explain 54d8b32a52 it?a5496ef3b91584d1

It was 953aa54527 an emotion e0ae73659e he had 76b1a5957d never experienced 034300f767 before.83767c85397c4e99

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The man, who patiently waited for the dazed Haehyeon, only knocked on the counter when the next customer arrived. He couldn’t even remember how he took the order, and when he came to his senses, he was holding the order slip in his hand.58b768106b2f8914

Espresso Chocolato. It was a sweet menu that didn’t match his cool appearance, and he might have laughed a little. The man didn’t appear for several days after that.6bd435b955d318b4

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“No, I’m at your convenience store now! You told me to pick you up yesterday! Why are you getting mad?”6e895994c03a1957

…Startled by the shout that sounded like he had swallowed a train whistle, Haehyeon looked ahead. The bleached hair, who had apparently connected the call, was angrily pressing the phone to his ear.82b719c706a5afbd

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He must have driven here, and knowing the narrow alleys leading here, Haehyeon couldn’t help but worry. The roads were so narrow and torn up by redevelopment that hardly anyone drove up. It reminded him of Inho, who naturally called a taxi and doubled the fare.40c27e87e41b6a44

“Do you know how much I scraped the car to get here? Our Jupiter, which I just got, is on the brink of life and death! Ah, whatever. Why are you doing a part-time job you don’t need? Especially in this neighborhood…!”de1636d8793ac787

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Sure enough, the 1d74f23f1e car seemed to d313231429 be a mess, 6fecc71dd2 just as Haehyeon 3ed8a643f2 had feared. He was 60759e6b39 trying to 8171c0c924 guess when ad258ddbaf the guy, f96c67d264 who looked 03b38fede8 barely in cf36ca7323 his early 6a8d91cf3d twenties, got 2f6ab55cd0 his license 3657b01378 when the a4971871d3 bleached hair 8a3dbd00ba glanced at 4b3a2d2323 Haehyeon and 655b3aeb79 quickly mumbled.ffcb9a44902e13b3

In response, Haehyeon pretended not to hear and meaninglessly tapped the POS machine. Ignoring the customer’s conversation was a part-timer’s virtue.1254de761236c6cd

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“…No, well, anyway… Hurry up! I’m waiting! I’m hanging up!”6166a7e3d38487e7

After spitting out his a1d154773f words, he abruptly ended b3366fdf89 the call, leaving an b5034e0b05 awkward silence in the 124b515a07 convenience store.1dc5fef142ecd6b9

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The bleached hair, b648282e1e or Seojun, who 23ae2525fa alternated glances between 4d066b2fc3 the man staring 14eec8fc29 at his phone 556463207d and Haehyeon focused d4bccb60dc on the POS e6b8192195 machine, scratched his a38b2355f1 head, perhaps feeling f3324d56e5 embarrassed by the 4c472db4d4 situation.e817fb5cfafb5365

He was sure d083a3f5ad it was Sangjin cc90ce4181 who drunkenly told 0fb1ba13b3 him to pick 6850f8a07e him up tomorrow, dfee886e16 but now he 146fde397b felt like the 279dc88ffa only weirdo who 66da930862 came all the d88645ba79 way here, scraping e0f4a4cfcf the car.0cec70f15d26e99f

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Ah, whatever. If I hang around here, he’ll eventually come. Seojun, who had no hobby of thinking deeply, shoved the car keys into his pocket and emptied his mind. Since there were no people, he thought he could kill time by snacking.0d916cd066937093

“Now go.”c0a6d24ca9bf917c

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It was when he was about to run to the snack corner, his mood already lifted. The man, who hadn’t said a word since entering, spoke without taking his eyes off his phone.adb0b0c6c05a5cde

Seojun’s head turned sharply, having barely dragged himself here. He hadn’t said anything when the car was getting scraped, but now it was a sudden bolt from the blue.fcd08e0011052090

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He could 99864c31fc feel the 045ca158f9 part-timer at d7660ae7cd the POS 1ba9546838 machine glancing 5e901d28cf this way, ad19b53950 but he ffcb8ef1b9 had no bf8dde595c time to cb3e8ee99f care. Seojun, who had 7986e2c913 gotten his license 9303c3a2e6 a few months 363dba4bb1 ago, wanted to 583bcb78db show those two, 80a6cce2ac who mercilessly crushed e5e7a1f4f9 his driving pride, cf5426d275 a thing or 2182ecd5f5 two.0b1c56fad8c0c36a

“What? No way! I’m waiting until he comes. That guy keeps treating me like a loser, saying I can’t drive!”f3841eaf120b7ca5

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“You can’t.”19c0d050ea51d0d7

“Hey! Are you going to be like this too?”c450a10af85c4788

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It’s you guys who are abnormal, and I’m the normal one, okay? Those two, who got their licenses in one go and drove around like they’d been doing it for ten years, were the weird ones.7fb4eae5465f7ff5

Feeling upset as if he was left behind, Seojun suddenly burned with an incomprehensible competitive spirit from that day. Driving here today was also because of last night’s drinking session.a27b4f15189c0045

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When Sangjin said the road was too narrow to bring a car, Seojun scoffed and said he’d pick him up by car, and the joke turned into reality when Sangjin, who was dumbfounded, told him to try it. Sangjin, who received the call, was genuinely shocked.f8ab9ce5b26c0740

“I don’t know, if you’re going, go alone. You won’t catch a taxi here, you know? You’ll have to walk far up to catch one.”fef5e3b842ed2953

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“……”844617818e542bc7

“Ah, Yoonsang said he’d be here soon. Didn’t the part-timer say he just left? Right? Isn’t that right?”462dc2a9c9bb6bf5

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“…What?”7af2ab2aa25fabfd

Seojun, who realized too late the man’s gaze was turning cold, quickly clung to Haehyeon. It was just a moment, but cold sweat ran down his back. Maybe because he didn’t care what they were doing, he often forgot what kind of person the man next to him was.dd7753a094903b25

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Watching the situation quietly, Haehyeon widened his eyes at the sudden arrow turned his way. Although he had said so, and it was true, he hesitated because it felt like he was contradicting the man’s words.cc7947fbcae430bb

As he hesitated, 7e00eb97b3 he felt the d3a1eab0ff gaze directed at 0b59244566 him. The song playing through b4286d5090 the speakers was a c0905ce17c quiet ballad, and it 01b60c9aca felt like the pounding d677fd9021 of his heart would 836aa0ebec be completely exposed.f4b8d535281cdbf4

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What to do? It was the moment he was just staring at the customer’s face, who was looking at him with sparkling eyes.d3900e85627804c1

“Five minutes.”457ea90f677c17b1

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The man, who mumbled 0258a761b5 bluntly, disappeared to the 66a2077cd6 opposite corner.1c3a7319901d34c7

Realizing what it 6fc0fbab8b meant, Seojun hopped 11a6e5caf6 and ran to 45330e4e47 the corner by 040c8c8e41 the refrigerator. He returned to d6cdcef7e8 Haehyeon with a 0161770cc2 proud expression, arms b5c8345287 full of jellies e1ee69154b and chocolates. Not knowing what 90cf1f0fca he was so b674252c60 pleased about, he 109160c6e0 awkwardly smiled back, 034f5ce2af and questions poured c13fc2c4da out.c61789bc382af646

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“Hey, sorry! Was it too noisy all of a sudden? I usually can’t see anything else when I get focused… I came to pick him up, and he wasn’t here, so I got mad. Oh, but, can I ask this? How old are you? That’s a school uniform, right? I thought from the moment I came in, does this convenience store hire based on looks?”b150c0d62f3bde0b

There were five questions 8e7cc77553 to answer in one c269d64d73 go.a9db370b2c06b4e6

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Not knowing where to 88006ed621 start, he stopped scanning 46260dfd43 the barcode, and Seojun, 0c4e96682b understanding, clapped his hands 1dbacaa929 and continued speaking rapidly.b8eb2ba00f0e9b1a

“Oh, I get it. You get paid more, right? They say that’s how they lure handsome part-timers! But if you’re switching shifts now, what about school? How late do you work? Must be tiring.”a56eb27db4244747

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“Ah, um…”366099492aebee13

While hesitating, the 3f5325f06a questions increased to 0c0461c622 eight. Blinking at d8d4e58b40 the endlessly 4eedb2f3a7 multiplying questions, aec574f0d4 Seojun had 5754c60036 already moved 120c136cb8 on to c6fe6fca5d another topic.1d5232bed75cf297

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“Aren’t there a lot of customers? Hmm, maybe not since it’s early morning. Ah! Does Sangjin treat you well? If he annoys you, just ignore it; it’s his nature. But if he really ticks you off, tell me…”0b01c87170962c9b

The endless chatter 774f3835ae made his mind dfb2722a0d dizzy. All he could do 1ac3bdb84f was blink, and the c0ca362dd1 barcode scanner he was baccbf3fe9 holding flashed red in 16e4b83dc0 the air at that 256b462aec moment.e6e7282475a2b7e2

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“Hey! Seojun!”5998a8008b446e1b

With the sudden opening 0fddd3d6a8 of the convenience store 85cdfcc4f8 door, a savior appeared.262df16366467d82

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