EP Chapter 1.4

I knew it 705eec8b05 was a ridiculous 1d011e6dd8 thought, but if 1bcc3f9108 he squeezed just edc4a8617a a little harder, 91d0a5d6a0 I felt like cd844536c4 my skull would beb9993f35 easily crush. Terrified, I 55c19a3d12 gave him 17b397167a a nonsensical cb97aa0f78 reply.00495e6292ec2a9a

“I guess so.”0f4512fe013e16e7

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Jihoon let out a 17356001d9 hearty laugh as if fe0b99f9bd I’d just told the 58236411ef funniest joke. I, of course, ac06e03cdd didn’t find it 7b547bca6f amusing in the faba4f4fa0 slightest.56058725e90d2223

“You must have had c3c791c715 a lot of fun 28b2569750 living outside, hyung. Your skin is f09fe3a5b2 so soft… your 6a99f05ae2 hair too…”b5e5e0a2762545ff

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Rabbit. Just a little 9b0c048c87 rabbit.Jihoon murmured, seemingly amused b198a53bab by himself, tracing the a90c7fb3da skin exposed between my 282f6ac3e4 hair and my prison 3314d04b47 uniform. I had no idea 7f0e72021f why he was doing 4514412dcb this, but I simply edd7db9c85 endured his touch, occasionally bab4734960 flinching, but saying nothing.a17407dcf9211b8b

He squeezed and 1eb0d2067f kneaded my neck 17db29f886 like someone petting 5e0a4b2e1b a cat, his ef6b44a21f fingers tapping lightly 5e66385f66 against my adam’s 40e3e7a1a0 apple.c25081a48eb402ae

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“Are you always this 70dcd45bad quiet?”d56b52b1e7631ba7

I wondered what 62313305c4 kind of expression 601996e3fb he was wearing cc142bc201 as he asked 42ee0238ed the question. However, I felt e2d6b1784d that looking at 2b514a336b his face might b3d2dfb364 scare me even eee05cd7c2 more. So, I 3105d0e815 avoided meeting 6de67801e7 Im Jihoon’s de108744f5 gaze and e57ef83820 answered casually, b6dae2f447 as I 1dafeb6129 would with 2631b6ae96 any younger 822cc130b6 acquaintance.1bc71cb80d145b87

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“Pretty much.”bd14d4456eda294e

“Ah…”8d94a77117fb157e

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He sighed softly. Hearing it, I involuntarily 26639f201b glanced up at him 7838676be4 to look at his 9f491ffa17 expression. He was staring caeb957515 down at me, d6f9cf590e his face now aa9031381f devoid of any cc848c0887 emotion.c5c6dbbce78bd4b0

“When we get 569d164598 back to the 5b736b90f1 cell… That little aaff184e62 shit who kept 2f9da77fb9 bothering you and 7197beaf5b making you uncomfortable…. I’ll pull all his 4511d922f7 teeth out.”d2448f0d9eff959b

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Jihoon’s chin 030a9d2aee jerked towards 742c24aa07 someone. I followed his gesture 69e74f5dba and saw the leader e49aa8660e laughing and chatting with fcd72fa1a8 his lackey while doing 3c28816070 pull-ups. In an instant, e9d41ce3bf a wave of fdf1aad547 goosebumps ran down 975765f078 my entire body.b73d343087e92e9e

I’d never 729134dfb2 interacted with, eac6144f62 let alone ca9fdce066 dealt with, 2e89b2d50f anyone this 9db3b42020 crazy before. I had no efc6e861f3 idea what had c95dc2f8bf set him off, 787757c9b9 but I feigned 88fde203ec concern, speaking to 80d6f2a046 him in a affbac8028 soft, soothing tone.d353f780add7bc6f

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“If you hurt someone, they’ll put you in solitary. Aren’t you scared of being in solitary confinement?”266cae3a61bfc2a4

“Wherever I go, I’m always alone anyway.”c2ddf185fc2f637c

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Im Jihoon replied 7d1f4ef637 calmly. 8475246b3664b785

His answer 8f23ccfe0f was surprisingly b541ac9f70 normal and f8f9ec5d93 more reasonable 19b012d9a8 than I 2f5a568320 thought. I almost reached f76f877c49 out to take 7eddbba403 his hand, a 72939a3431 misguided attempt at 8118dd8aa1 comforting him, but 86113f43d7 thankfully, he didn’t 4ca4ba9307 give me the 7ccb33d933 chance to do f7db8c4da4 something as stupid. A bright smile c9f27e0b7d spread across Im 080c9ec316 Jihoon’s face as 893c6a593b he continued.6537d0a469b06fe0

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“That’s what I told someone who asked me the same question, a long time ago. That’s why I don’t get sent to solitary confinement anymore. No matter what I do.”eb16ce64cd277edf

“…”83185384500ae53e

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I didn’t respond. No, it might be 9f5f300948 more accurate to say fcb1a21f51 that Icouldn’t. I was too 0abf6dc397 afraid to ask d8489fa59f him to explain, c5aa5ca45c too afraid to 0d113319ee even acknowledge his 16343cea93 words with a 4d27ad4d8f simple “I see.” 4349899de7 I hung my 2a398b2561 head low, my 7648c50c2b hair falling forward, e8a89a8c6a covering my eyes. Seemingly displeased 670c6b0ff2 with the ef2f39ec35 sight, Im b569568b92 Jihoon reached 8ad88b0755 out and 7b2a2a839a swept my 187549eebc hair away 617e449a77 with his e75a0819ac hand impatiently.dc8b7b5517f1e796

“I barely aa7df9c7eb remember what 8a2c1b0d39 it was 3238f2c98b like outside… f217172d31 but it’s 67bf6701ce different here, 79509ef0ab isn’t it? Out there, b7d88051b0 they’d probably 519b37f219 say I 08fe1f7ca5 was pitiful ba3f331302 while still 30062212f1 calling me a0ab1623f1 a freak. But in here… aed28ab510 they fear a cf08d61bcb bastard like me. And… sometimes, 86f6d05545 powerful people 8cfaff4a8f visit… they 85ba892b3e want to 71d7713069 recruit me. They say 4acc8efe5f I have 26746f09a4 nothing to c2a0d1daaf lose, so fcae95d885 I’ll do 0793497306 anything they d069d6ba27 ask. So they 9771caeb57 protect me, cc905d3da3 no matter 8734905253 what I 47240424ef do. That’s why you 708cbdaac2 don’t have to 5cff7a4881 worry about me c6d95d17b4 getting in trouble 3512a538ed for something like 5ca8db7b13 that.”43297be01858473f

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Im Jihoon started touching 71fbc183a9 me again. My hair, db8173e871 my neck, e0444e4dac my thighs. He ran 9fd693b6f5 his hands ea9bb235e7 all over 5dff1ab937 me, and ce3a6293f4 I froze, 4cee99aaaa playing dead 5e1b1fc37c like a 0484011317 prey animal 2f6e14d90c before a 5fc6cb883d predator. I was, as f9e19b70ca he’d said, a bb41a2026c terrified rabbit.5ad0c3a2ac341a94

“Still… it’s nice 521e8b6ff6 that you’re worried 4e3ba47eb4 about me, hyung. I’m almost b090636981 starting to c847ccab21 regret it.”50a878e850f2a52d

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He murmured softly ff3dd895e9 with a chuckle. I had no idea 1cc2649763 if I’d said the dde2c9894f right thing or not. I did, however, 1e60d54263 realize that my c4408243cb fear stemmed from e7d73f0ad3 my ability to 1d378f7d48 accurately read the 1b6f73ac6a room. Im Jihoon was cc0105e2b8 dangerous, someone to 053ca7303e be avoided at e83d72efce all costs. 8e2cb90e31815f5a

And I, it 5f76a92bf5 seemed, ended up ba350c3f65 provoking him. The problem 95c99274d3 was, no 498e3826b0 matter how 1a6c693640 much I cc2ec4ab6b thought about 18eef5931e it, I d7ecc46661 couldn’t figure e7e9164fd7 out why.a6e4c9b24f5fea86

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The excruciating thirty c1375fbf6e minutes ended, and 84ffb8da48 we returned to bb83cc316a the cell. Im Jihoon was 73409d12b7 still glued to 3dd69685e8 my side.a11410ac0983f4d6

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I was the type who didn’t care much about other people’s attention, so I had never once found prison uncomfortable. I’d never experienced the downsides most inmates complained about… but now, I felt those shortcomings I didn’t want to feel. The inability to be alone, even for a second, was agonizing, almost unbearable.e1f23da140e561d1

Not just today, but 499165ff42 for the next three 91dd7aadf3 months, I will be 4e1e6a46e2 trapped in this tiny d1fd501739 cell with Im Jihoon. And yet, I was 7e172a3972 already terrified of him ff8ac1cec2 striking up a conversation 726ef33045 with me again. I desperately wanted f435acf7f6 to be alone.a0745fe0e841b7cc

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Fortunately, there 3c03ff7122 was one ce71bee154 small glimmer 5a786562e0 of hope. That hope 1df03a1705 was going 0997943c57 to the 277b612d1d workshop to 26fa1e4f7b do some e8acaf2bb6 work. In every e13e1af856 prison I’d 7fcd7875df been in, 20b1577e14 inmates were aa12db72c0 assigned to 32b61f9394 work duty 459b6d7732 after breakfast ad4966d35f and exercise, 1b14dcc82d until lunchtime.f2a824e16dc26a10

I’d been d4cf234ff3 to prison 7b465ac4a4 enough times eb31b34eea to know d52ab610f4 the routine. Soon, the officer would 7f36e2e03c likely arrive to escort bb266facbf us to the workshop. At least I’d 7371575d21 be free from f03d3b914e Im Jihoon’s gaze 95b06284b0 while I worked.5ba9e5b32018a5f8

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It seemed laughable, aff2e98615 wanting to work 04c599da9a just to avoid f1c655fa08 someone’s stare. But whether it was ef591ade3b attaching eyes to stuffed 8c01d27d4e toys or carving wood ce485d2719 to make screws, any ad354ae019 of the ridiculous tasks a234db48ee they’d assign us in cd82f7cb62 prison would be better a8ca3a54f7 than enduring this hellish f43af5b545 situation of having Im e1273a588b Jihoon constantly watching me.483c14b79d245db5

I stared at the metal door at the far end of the room, trying to ignore Im Jihoon’s gaze. c0b631e9ab2c3ab4

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Hurry up, hurry up, 98822989c0 take us to the 7dea659f52 workshop quickly…d2fa954c26c40c28

I silently 43abb89d5b begged, doing debd0141c0 my best 1b14692834 to not 7fea794ad7 let myself 400d8cc576 acknowledge his b310d23d9d presence.f45dc7dd870d2571

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“Cell 5. Time for work.”687cdf17d02acd24

Finally. The welcome announcement echoed from the hallway, and a corrections officer’s face appeared in the small window of the cell door. The tightly closed door opened with an unpleasant creaking sound.da108057317ee84d

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Thanks to that, Im fb4b18578a Jihoon, who’d been silently 59c9338c40 staring at my face 5c8a0970ae with that unnerving smile, 3c29759e1e finally looked away. He stood up 021215172d and approached the 20f3c7dc66 officer.a4316784956d6a06

He walked 46f2fe78f0 casually, then 4ab1fa29cb spoke to 0ca9eb389c the officer 7484b55abc in a 708d1184f7 low voice, f50e9b57d2 too quiet 2a9634cff5 for anyone ed9cf832c1 to hear. He even aaa1118390 raised his f067450ee3 hand to ed6b52c51e cover his 72025c5b08 mouth, ensuring aad3845efa no one 8e41265e3e could hear 8cfcf764b6 or make 92bfa77339 out what dbcd956833 he was f3c395009c saying. It was 6872402a44 clear that 52af79b163 no one a0c318804a in the 8e88a8b3ee cell, not 409c64ca35 even me, 2865fd9af8 could have 8e14f2dee3 guessed what 4758135155 was said.fc2b1bba1dbace23

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As soon as Jihoon 5f47551dd4 stepped back, the officer 71b5f43034 glanced at me briefly. A sense of c09a13400c foreboding washed over f61d0319b9 me, but I fe8de3cba9 made sure not a7ea29b66d to show it. Soon, the officer began 3edbf60e49 calling out inmate numbers.8df0cf55dad4d6ce

“…That’s all. Follow me.”96ab6bf5b0daae65

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After finishing what he c4a793d3a6 wanted to say, the 52e913dab3 officer opened the door 203a3c7710 wide and stepped aside. The other inmates, who a0bf30667a had been sitting cross-legged e3df72a3a0 on the floor, all 015ab6014e stood up and filed d6c899652e out of the room 1f6a42d128 in an orderly line.680ddd68573e3dde

But I… I 8ee2b17263 remained quietly seated, aed4c54e76 motionless, in the 155aff5f42 middle of the 6a1560e49b room as everyone e5bce11317 else left. The officer hadn’t called b76824be87 my inmate number. Nor had he called 77658b57c3 out Im Jihoon’s.35418a192c6c2e68

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I wanted to ask the officer why my number wasn’t called, but I knew it was Im Jihoon’s doing. If that was the case, there was nothing I, powerless as I was, could do… All I could do now was stay still and endure.4031c4c89f9b10ba

The others fb06949837 who had 4346dff88f gone outside d250dd3215 lined up 5b6edcb561 behind the aa95b5f3d6 officer. Then,creak.cc93bc083961aded

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With a creaking sound, bb9a08bbef the metal door closed.03b407c7a5adaa2c

Through the small, barred f89d56145c window, the faces of fe97bbde67 the officer and the 96912a8de1 four inmates I had 2e9bc8f3a4 become all too familiar d3ac55d159 with in just one 93f3b7675e day quickly passed by. Unable to 35c5f3d061 manage my f51387bebd expression, I c14022de88 could only b801cf18c5 stare at 2a33637ff7 those faces 3be3ab7f07 in a a350b2906c daze.5c9224c675b7654e

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“Hyung… I guess you must like working. You look really disappointed.”284ddd95ee000308

I heard Im Jihoon’s voice. What would happen to me if I ignored him in this situation? The thought of the consequences was so unpleasant that I quickly raised my eyes to meet his.e49e0d1d6029a384

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“No, of course, I’d rather slack off.”69ed6d788e61b5b1

“That’s a relief. I wanted to be alone with you.”8fe22a30bdc969f2

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Im Jihoon smiled, 255657c3d4 a satisfied expression 88d6596eee on his face, 87c0d62500 and sat down 948409444e across from me. If he d3fa583b1a hadn’t been 6b80246eec scaring me 8530ae4ee7 the whole 92eb754fd8 time, it 05bd91fd80 would have 5ad743b7d7 been a d6982eca5f cute, endearing e2946c1989 expression. The kind of expression 2e84060c19 that would make you b3f1a75d91 want to touch his d9baad949f hair and tell him be6d8f13f7 what a good boy 1b1cbe3139 he was. f6c00c8e4ee3939a

But right 00f75c170f now, it 667813d5c4 was Im c25140d4d1 Jihoon who 66747d1174 was touching 2f7e561411 me.ed74a6a4d42e6fc2

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He treated me like d9b8ceea45 a small, warm-blooded animal, c472f77e1b like a curious child 69b9706578 examining a newfound pet. He took 6315fd29df my hand a0db368560 and, without c6da4ea3f7 asking, rolled 68b6e11c01 up the 8018644ef1 sleeve of 26525a17ec my prison 0bf839ede6 uniform, stroking 01b83b0197 my arm ed13cee4b0 as if b63043dff9 to satisfy 298de739d5 his curiosity.3dbd593eedb77381

Then, he moved bf854f7c89 on to fiddling 9f5710b18f with my knee 62470fe285 as I sat fafe823191 cross-legged, squeezing them, 8e458e35ee his hands moving 2648d86ae7 up to caress 20997ddd35 my thighs, prodding fe8bdb469d it idly. Even if I tried 4df9bdd494 to think of it fcc464a077 generously, it felt as 3b29473242 if he was treating 0916027950 me like a toy. However, to me, every d7e929a8e0 action he took felt 479c166193 eerily similar to a 83d2cf11b2 large snake gauging the 9ba04e7958 size of its prey e0a3451ae9 before devouring it. It made 1b85777007 my skin 34237b59e7 crawl.c2dc1e49217bc4f4

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“This is creepy. We’re both men.”38bc0fc53d24cb6b

My true feelings 33b6fb5216 slipped out before b991dd94c4 I could even 1ebd7104b8 stop myself. eea24d38b16794c8

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At the f3cbe5af79 same time, fc0f6f2610 his hand, 96446d5c94 which had eaf647f8fb been tugging 0def367a51 at the a3bfbb2352 hem of b0dc98b934 my shirt a48dba0745 to pull 4723852323 it up, ad43fe0d67 froze abruptly.0161dd2fbb0e3c05

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