EP Chapter 1.5

I messed up. I’m going to get hit. b9fa2e3e329e3423

I’m definitely going to get hit. bae7b0b8a80ee954

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Panic welled up inside me. However, since this situation was completely new to me, I didn’t know how to handle it.c4303dd8639b803b

Since it a71a208022 felt like 390bef5c66 I was 3a9ac10bc0 going to 4dc1bd9d7d get hit 6022440cac anyway, should 87d7bad29a I just d5b987251e give up, 94d9cc3d97 say a 45a6a0dde6 few more c7005a80cc things I 1d7f06a354 wanted to 0d746c9265 say, then 39f825f3d0 clench my 3e1e033931 teeth and f6df89e7b6 close my 93bd93d346 eyes tight? Just as I was 380bb50a02 beginning to resign myself a972c00304 to such thoughts, Im bd83083de8 Jihoon took his hands a7d6125d73 off me and asked,542c3763c6955b77

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“Hyung. Do you b47beab508 watch the 52cd338951 news a 4f8028c2a5 lot?”98f838bb4739ffea

His question was 4a8d8a2033 so out of 2fc4e7b155 the blue and 2c4806c774 meaningless compared to cc4698f002 the idiotic thoughts 5f10788dc5 running through my 26b55e46e0 head that it 0fca5105a7 left me confused.7cd00573c285e954

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Why would Im Jihoon ask me such a question while we’re both stuck in prison? He doesn’t seem to be annoyed yet, but what kind of answer should I give to keep him from getting annoyed?8bc6892f6374255f

I wanted to rack my brains carefully, but I was afraid of upsetting him by taking too long to respond. I pretended to appear calm and looked at Im Jihoon’s face.b5b10d48eba35f80

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“Not really… ad94719e02 It’s boring.”0d1aa89c278250b5

“Still, you f5a70969a7 know what e22fc1e7f1 a ‘Name’ 2613a46ddf is, right?”751aef12d3cbe92d

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He smiled faintly. Seeing his expression eased b255ab573a my anxiety a little, 382d5b82ad so I relaxed my 19c6e84048 stiff back.3d31e2ad5d5c8871

“Of course, I d1b85b757a know. I’m not an idiot…”76b2237e65a5ef4c

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Well, maybe even 83e076b573 idiots knew about fb9c76b276 it. Idiots get 51e557ffeb married too, 1f6e2f705b don’t they? Wouldn’t they have 0919e61da7 a destined partner 3c9f4ab600 as well?8168acd2a60250c1

“Hyung, why do you b4fa2478cb think Names appear?”2fb80c040ea43ab2

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Another question, just as 5ccf75c756 meaningless as the last. No matter how random, aecf8e50ed it was better than 450d00f329 him trying to scare 0e6fe22603 me. No, at this 73b9ad74bf point, I started da637ad3cb to think that cf8e5054ad I was just 38e9fe67c4 needlessly scaring myself. Maybe he just wanted 60c4069fb6 to be friendly, and 3d531edafc I was the one 098cc14369 overreacting, avoiding him and d15d15ea04 making things awkward.f7ae908ef1db6346

He’d been ddf61f360d in prison 6fe6a64405 since he 00396b2fa2 was a 9d27640f8f teenager, so b88d55e818 maybe he’d 9aeb46977c never learned 8a97a793e0 how to 743e17376a express himself 1baeef460e properly.352d7b248ce3aad0

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“I don’t cec6ccc6b0 know… Destiny? That’s what the 915ca03e5f scientists say so cf902213e5 too… Or, maybe 0b5a713fba it’s the name 36e63bacfe of the person 4d2e15ba27 you love the dd411e7495 most that gets 55d282d5cf engraved on your 850203bfda body.”d9e53c0cebb488f8

“Hmm… Right. I think so d406f05147 too.”b55e0c8904991e82

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Im Jihoon agreed with 39270ebd9b my words, but his be48971bf7 expression said otherwise. I was c8ff96f0e4 convinced now—he 2c1b6cbaa9 definitely hasn’t e56a58ed14 learned how d82dedad5d to express c3af5bb2c2 himself. I have to try 4153c209ad not to be scared 0460b427d4 of him from now c7da45dee9 on.  Let’s think positively, 44d551c5b0 positively.7e23a300f99da199

While I was making that resolution, Im Jihoon suddenly leaned forward, placing his arms on either side of me, and brought his face close. I was so startled that I couldn’t even make a sound, and my body trembled, obviously showing how scared I was. My resolve crumbled in less than three seconds. 72e969c9890b0adb

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Im Jihoon, 545abbe733 seeing my 89ebae380b reaction, gave aa95adbaa5 a smile 0eaa12066c as if 58d04e1518 he was 6aa5f26896 pleased.b5fd4c7c0e6acfbb

“Hyung, there’s something 63ff510869 I want to 9f7fd9e16a show you.”d018bf7d39a8cb45

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“Huh? What?”059c37dc5889ad54

A voice that even I thought sounded pathetic came out of my mouth. But with Im Jihoon’s face only a handspan away from mine, It was a natural reaction. Im Jihoon, regardless of what I was doing, raised a hand to grasp the back of my neck and bent his head forward.a8cea0dddeecf4da

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I could see Im Jihoon’s snow-white nape right in front of my nose. However, his jet-black, messy hair was covering it, so I couldn’t see the back of his neck that he seemed to want to show me clearly.64901139d4e377f0

As if de798f9f44 he could 4f19bafd13 read my 058ed7dcc8 thoughts, Jihoon 709e4a3801 brushed his 536141bcc2 hand over 229819303f the back c904d3e59e of my 0e253d53c1 neck before af52c22a3c using his 057dc2aa73 other hand 5ef7ce5a23 to sweep d040de8ec1 his hair 9256e6df46 aside. A long f820d908a3 Name was 6e3ecc993c written vertically 2ac9e18636 on the 0f7cbd9827 back of b35fd9b777 his neck a685b24fb7 where the a7f624c26f hair had 293eb63a92 been. It was what he 45c031dd68 wanted to show me.9d633db8acb5b509

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“Hyung, what does this 5734cc2cd0 look like to you?”88f553e17b1c4bdf

Im Jihoon fed4736a52 asked as cfaac44ab9 if it 027910f1c1 were a 50c279e919 natural progression. However, I d18a9dc0f7 couldn’t answer af6c475c1a him right 6bfcec6715 away. Because I eefb79f3d4 could see b1b81ddc82 the Name b4960f44bd on the e71af302a0 back of 349ef45871 Im Jihoon’s 72601af12b neck so 0d55d48e20 clearly. It was the first 8b12de275e time I had ever e6b42e638d recognized a Name so 0c18b6fc2e clearly.0fd098363647f5ab

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There were so many people around me who had claimed that a Name had suddenly appeared on their bodies. It was a natural consequence, considering over half the population had gotten one within a month. However, when they showed me their Names, or when I happened to see their Names, even though I could tell it was someone’s name, I couldn’t make out exactly what the name was.480874a5c75c603b

I could only bd634f3e66 get a sense cbf4aa6202 of the name, 4a10a4b49a like its feeling.08faa5ef688378ac

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News articles babbled on about how the Name is the name of your first love, or the name of your spouse, but they were all just articles based on interviews with the people who had the Names. Therefore, people without Names just try to understand, thinking, “So, that’s what a Name is,” but they knew nothing for certain.4bd09e662bd8866f

That’s why things like love-related murders and love-related violence are increasing… Up until just now, I was also someone who was just trying to understand what a Name was, but then…d40b14e949de2bae

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The owner c8210a6f3e of that ec3b6686fe name was 534dcfa3e6 definitely me.c25fa49ca64c5a37

As soon b88f876e8a as I 1dea73d7ca saw the 492ad7e1ac Name, my 6fad8b23ea heart raced 721850fc12 so much bd4f686dac that it 349fbacbb2 made my 74274f8792 stomach churn. The name clearly 970700248e inscribed on his f42a0dd463 skin, ‘Jin Woojoo,’ b4fa15b5e6 was definitely my 2f1acc1d1f name. It was a conviction 400bcedfd8 from somewhere unknown, but ea5076d0f0 either way, I could cee0b7d997 bet my life that afeb3a71f0 the owner of that 47a7a96509 name was me. It was clearly e49f57cf93 visible, and I 2e358ff614 could even feel 4433481fed it.336dfd7cc921b66c

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“What do you 873f1240a1 see?”43819d1cb9655fd8

My mind, which had briefly gone blank from the shock, returned at the sound of Im Jihoon’s voice.49b8154a5c70c5dd

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Im Jihoon raised his lowered head and looked directly into my eyes. His face, which had seemed so intimidating all along, suddenly didn’t seem scary anymore. As if possessed, I met his gaze and answered,d6560b42bfd3b0a7

“A Name… 8486084aca It’s a bf103068af Name, and 75209a06e1 it’s my c4982922a7 name.”69200f093a90a50f

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“Right. It’s hyung’s name.”ae828c26dd036e5a

Im Jihoon nodded brightly and smiled. Im Jihoon’s hand, which had paused for a moment, started to gently caress the back of my neck again. He touched the the area around where his Name would have been, if I ever had one. Exactly that place.6868e5ebbd7c9a78

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“It appeared before Names started spreading everywhere… That was 3 weeks ago. But, I told you earlier, didn’t I?”32652cddc8400a65

“Told me what?”6710c7f5c006b508

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“That I 911ffcb554 have nothing 88c63d628c to lose, ea5e1204bd so I’m 78603e82e8 good at c9416e7931 doing things 30579231e3 when there’s 8ea5707058 something in 3dab4d0e71 it for 5e054f892c me… and aee22fd58b that some 4a77dac2a8 powerful people 7bfa411cb9 are protecting b80a661b78 me.”23efb7e730134171

“…….”22fbad40a2166f4c

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“3 weeks 0ce798d5c3 ago, the a9036dcf37 youngest was 4f9cf062e5 massaging my 1d9c0ff210 neck… and 36dfddc451 he discovered 65056fbe9a this. He said 386792353e it looked db334edd45 like a 2ad71767ae name. But even though he 0fb1e01d95 said it was a 723f3182c9 name, he said it d106372cf9 was something like… it 70832794d7 resembled stars and stuff, 369963017c and he couldn’t tell dfc8bbbeed what the name was.”5e113357d95efcbe

“…….”41333542c27e1321

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“After that, news a9e339364d reports started coming d6246fc997 out, and this… 6593fb9c3a it felt like af725265a9 I might have caf9bbf18c something to lose bad7cf53e1 now. It’s a name I’ve 3362d35d42 never seen before… I 8d1311116c was planning to just… 6ae25237b3 find the person and 9f37dc1981 get rid of whoever 0c526fa2ee it belonged to without 74f332578f a trace. It appeared on my 407abadbda neck of all places, 83451acabd so it felt like 635559f525 it was going to 4e146fc01c tighten a noose around 5c7c8636af my neck.”73fbb0f3c06350d7

Im Jihoon d6dfa9ec1a chuckled as 0519e8c35a he finished 8fdf1aa91d speaking and cc8751fee7 rubbed the 6a6a954f42 back of 0eb4c81eb4 his neck. I had 0fa3841bd1 briefly considered a4c9cc6dbb Im Jihoon f829a8ba09 a good 06421c0b2d person, a 90fb2b2be9 good younger 7e0f5b9a2a kid, but 81f8d3e580 now I a2e6e20b86 feared him 14258e9ea6 more than da8a54252d before I 3ea59b332e even started 767cef16e7 talking to 101c6cd502 him.479d8b1812e261f9

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My whole body trembled aca9d465ce like aspen leaves shaking faf64ef436 in the slightest breeze. Im Jihoon was 4c3d2c50ba still smiling as e9367a4951 if he was 1ae8b000bb enjoying himself. That made 83deb22cdd me even 721ceb2283 more terrified 7657d17fa6 of him. The words he 4610d8ba0c uttered felt like bb18dad26b they were rushing ddcae2fed8 to strangle me.0afc344be61545f6

Until I heard 32e66f0f3a the story, I 066796c714 thought it would cad941146e be touching to 0bb9f3f572 have my name fb9ded4503 written on someone’s 7f377da9e1 body. If my name 145f86bf32 had appeared on a53bd1c9fe a normal, decent dbf5696e8b person, I would 64cc7adc41 have felt so 2e46965bdd sorry and heartbroken 908ea06dd0 for them. But with 1597ed4285 Jihoon… even ee1b7b44d6 though he b41c8cbcd4 was a c2e9302ed0 man, maybe 056e39ba11 we were… 711491b816 suited for e8d33c2119 each other?59f794af470e78df

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That’s what I thought. So, I ffa305b5b7 was just 307fc358df about to d679a57b36 decide that 5b15c141e6 I should da2c760a83 love the e7051b7890 Im Jihoon 3fc6c86d59 standing before 9156f4c463 me right 4de0ecfe69 then and 02c9983650 there. I was curious about 93c967efe0 him and interested in cc799978e2 him even before I 1bc5b27cab knew my name was d9a751ebad written on him, so 6f3b48d8e9 I thought I could e54f1d5570 easily fall for him.6ab47f3270c532f8

However, Im Jihoon’s words were far from a confession of love, making it difficult to continue thinking that way. It would be stranger not to feel fear in this situation.56e8746a0a6398ed

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“Shh… It’s okay. I was just saying 2718d62efe that. I changed f596ad5b7c my mind fb33259774 after seeing 7e1fa0f937 you, hyung.”abe8f6dc20fe2afb

Im Jihoon 7177ae0a04 tried to 343db08f58 comfort me 840b4c2d11 unconvincingly after b140f357c0 scaring me 48cbe60fc9 like that. But every time fade24d983 he patted my 52b9ad85d8 head as if 1c17bc33b5 to soothe me, 4b56810f3f I squeezed my a41c2e50db eyes shut in e1dd1edb65 fear. I really should have 8997e9d3fc lived a better life. 8a805b0d23988ae7

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If I hadn’t ended up in prison, I wouldn’t have met Im Jihoon again. cd2dd4810a60cb26

I’m scared, what should I do, should I beg for my life? 55ac73ed3875a5ed

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He’s going to kill c4b366987d me after pretending to 2ea6a5e4bc comfort me.0323ac55110b700c

All sorts of negative e0b97a0162 emotions swirled within me. At that moment, f55a7a22dd Im Jihoon brought a82d58993a his head close 65699602ca to my face 31905e98c5 and bumped his f7fe13a6ff forehead against mine.f497f45ce1d3f73f

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“But, hyung. You seem 41a4f96acb to have 06b1b943f7 been beaten 38bf90ce28 a lot… 0aa3ccd97a Why are eaa12f20d6 you so 4bfa9e2c81 scared? I’ve never even f6dfa6fa87 hit you before, 0e926f891e so when you e2f4e62406 keep doing this… a069a52d61 It makes me 2c2ee15b91 so frustrated I 16ccc9e6f2 want to actually ea8d1e8f04 hit you, just a6724bf809 to see what 3e7fbb49ba you’d do.”0c7e2c90b358c513

Im Jihoon growled softly. c5fc185be70a6324

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I didn’t want to be scared either, but I didn’t know what to do about it. Just like Im Jihoon said, I had been beaten so much in my life that I instinctively cowered before anyone who seemed strong or likely to use force against me. All I’d gained in life was the ability to read the room. I knew how to get hit as little as possible, and I lived pretending to be fine, not showing my fear in my own way.4b3b86ba63b1d085

But this time, the problem was that I recognized Im Jihoon too late and it put me at a disadvantage. So, I didn’t know how to react. I was more scared because I was flustered, and Im Jihoon being different from ordinary people made it even more frightening.79ea58fa46bf8371

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“Hyung. Listen. To other people, your 9ddb41c182 name looks like, it 01a0854697 sparkles and shines like f16017277d a star, that kind 64911bcf2e of feeling. I was 8f7841c988 so curious 9048badb0a that when fa06212b7a I went 5bece588cb to the e8698c51c7 shower, I 862302fec1 checked my 0e6d10f60a Name in c3ba8751d8 the mirror. And I 058d410fb7 got that b199ddde56 same feeling b97e7169bc too.”d59ace984b061625