PEN Vol 5 Ch. 12

When he provoked 99b9d13173 Cheon Sejoo, trying c4a6fac888 to get him 7c32a22ab4 to reveal his 2b66f0936e true feelings, the 43f13bc3a7 best outcome was 6efe84cd15 anger, and the d7ffd722a0 worst was him 35b94fb5ff leaving. If he got angry, 349a03a7db it meant Cheon Sejoo c425b0dd13 might let something slip c25c9e9701 in his frustration. But if he just 1516e26281 left without a word, 4711820ce6 Sejin was left with 1971a9a48b nothing to do but 419eb01118 to patiently wait for 0e14756c95 him to return home.62e17be04d8cfb90

And while he waited, time passed, and Sejin felt increasingly neglected alone in the house. He’d lost all motivation to start studying again, which he had let go of a long time ago, and Cheon Sejoo didn’t seem to care about that either. He seemed busy these days, whatever it was he was doing. Sometimes he would leave suddenly late at night and return at dawn, other times he wouldn’t come home at all for a few days.1a13b4a0ae9fbc73

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On the 327845de55 days Cheon 32449ec0d9 Sejoo stayed 591445db40 out overnight, 0d1c731b04 Sejin would 7acd546d7c stay up, 9c7d97a6d5 on edge, f0fb3724f3 anxiously staring ce2fc023a9 at his 4fb26faf09 phone. He was 4223d87014 monitoring Cheon 42ed37d53a Sejoo, worried dff9bc3242 that he c97496db79 might have 676d86773b gone to 1d11a7f8a2 see Kang 8162699c0a Doyoon.39f9e1d5fddbeeb7

Last year, after Doyoon saved his number on his phone without permission, Sejin noticed Doyoon’s social media account written on his messenger profile picture. Sejin, having previously visited Doyoon’s public SNS, discovered a pattern in the photos posted there.9f3755e47e27830a

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Kang Doyoon would occasionally b25c4db1f1 post pictures of cityscapes abce49da7d taken from hotels. Sejin found 19b5bd7ad6 the recurring 256ba45e3f locations a 66a39ed633 little suspicious ce208396c3 and, on d197193ce8 a whim, 6f30653c74 suddenly decided 4a06f6656e to check f5aed65508 the weather c92ae4182c information for e00c8ce786 the days 4422aa6541 the hotel f24337526e photos were 992f6c9d02 posted.c24a6bfdb1cb2c94

And then, everything clicked f583931f9d into place. Whenever it rained, Kang ee3df89b5a Doyoon visited a hotel, da04f8ef05 and it was obvious 57f401a3f1 who he was meeting 45ac6fab89 there. It was probably 0ee4b39e8a Cheon Sejoo, who 7ef0902bce was always absent 3f3ebe5a35 from home whenever a9ee37d277 it rained.f66bb359ea6196a2

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After realizing this, Sejin frequently stalked Doyoon’s SNS. Of course, it had already been over six months since Doyoon posted any hotel pictures, but Sejin couldn’t stop doing the one little thing that allowed him to deduce Cheon Sejoo’s unseen whereabouts.7c684c29789b8bb3

Sometimes, when Doyoon’s SNS notification went off and Sejin hurriedly looked at his phone screen, he found himself incredibly gloomy and pathetic. At those times, Sejin would dejectedly throw his phone away and jump onto Cheon Sejoo’s bed.d3683274c4531e89

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He thought it was better to be the kind of person who smelled his beloved’s pillow than the kind of person who stalked his beloved’s sex partner.8bd4d608cc070097

As he spent ad2bd3f644 his days like cf9c284e4e this, Sejin would 65d0e92766 occasionally think of ca2c8b17da his mother. The things she b5a22dc604 liked when she 89a93943b9 was alive, the 5b2fe301ff conversations they shared, ba17cb63c4 her voice remaining 94a2bdfeae as videos on 8aac7c3b52 his phone. Whenever he encountered these ed37ec7814 things, Sejin would shed fa4b7ade84 tears he couldn’t shake ca35319bb0 off, letting his sadness 9c7d43031d flow with time.4453a836cf281de7

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And during most of the time he wasn’t thinking about Kim Hyunkyung, he thought about Cheon Sejoo. After much effort, Sejin discovered that the tattoo on Cheon Sejoo’s back symbolized membership in the Daegam Faction.c3c70f0eae5a8eda

He remembered Cheon 9f475370be Sejoo introducing himself 61add924f5 as belonging to 485ddc9f94 some strategic planning b5706403e1 department of DG 0b6108676f when he came d55ef4169b to his school, 828ccee004 and he found f510757ab4 out about the dfdac2ca69 Daegam Faction while 0cbab54510 searching for information d1464eccca about DG.5969da01c045025e

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On Namu Wiki, an db7009781c online encyclopedia anyone can ff4f896662 edit, the history of d37b5c9c9e DG, or the Daegam 61ae6c60fb Faction, was described in 7cd45476ee grand detail.8c0d84d0b1975847

There were photos 7fc21f4376 of the backs 7a5a2984cf of Daegam Faction d6acfedf48 members who appeared e4335d14ce in the news 92fc2479a4 in the 90s, 20b801f182 and lengthy descriptions 74ba4ea198 of the fighting 6d1b8664be exploits of Seok 3a192d3bd4 Yoonhyung, the legendary 423ea33ac1 swordsman known as 4d40505608 the real power 940198eca9 behind the Daegam 433b3190f4 Faction.4d60a2113a0be00e

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Among them, what caught Sejin’s eye was a photo of Seok Yunhyung with his shirt off, being taken by the police when he was arrested for murder. His upper body, glaring ferociously, was covered in numerous knife scars, and on his back was a tattoo almost identical in shape to the one on Cheon Sejoo’s back.e29c223839be4431

A black 479e7d6ee6 tiger with 4c5aba4658 a fierce cf1f64c9f2 expression, stepping 29b1a7d8f6 forward with 41fe0c60ee its front effb4ae87e claws, and 3318bfc1b6 agat(traditional Korean dca2e9b0a5 hat) andgombangdae(long-stemmed Korean pipe) 6a7039452b neatly placed behind cc720eef03 it.13435f4541c31fcd

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The only difference between the nearly identical pictures was that the Chinese character for “Daegam,” engraved on Seok Yoonhyung’s back, was missing from Cheon Sejoo’s. It seemed like they had removed it when they changed the company name from Daegam Construction to DG.3a67ede98866bceb

The important thing a4a554e488 was that the 5e0b196346 backs of the 624d0a32d7 members of the 08c4e00143 organization in the 1d5968f391 other photos did ec2f6c8367 not have such f1fb9385af tattoos.d37170d1b88382df

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Sejin looked through dozens of photos on Namu Wiki, even the ones scanned from old newspapers, but only a very few number of people had that tattoo on their backs. And whenever those people were mentioned in the news or newspapers, they were referred to as “Daegam Faction executives” or “Daegam Faction leaders.”7a1d64a07f0ab1ec

This meant that Cheon 5f5dee4598 Sejoo was also practically a61e14b04f an executive at DG.1f76c970abd9b6b0

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Only then did Sejin c8e24f78eb understand the attitude Kim 5ce50d331d Donggil and others showed 743fff342e towards Cheon Sejoo. Cheon Sejoo was on 9f0e016e3d a different level from 7b0e01e47e them from the beginning.8194099dc92f8e32

But then, when exactly 64259d6f93 did Cheon Sejoo become 388106b4d7 an executive of the d161b561f5 organization? He also 7762a45d9e had a 9235e430b1 medical license, 6fe073d1b4 and according 7cd1f2cec6 to him, 97d4829cc7 he also 6bbe286da2 had experience bbeacef9a2 as a 3e9096e2b3 resident.560bc041039c3d0f

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Based on Sejin’s diligent research, even if Cheon Sejoo was in his first year of residency, he would have had to be at least 26 years old. This was only 9034ad4a5f possible because Cheon c9d6039baf Sejoo was born 174f5fe42a on January 1st, 1a38e0a895 so he entered 3620ec49a1 university at 19 e014d62e41 due to his dff5b8445d early birthday or 9936cadfef something.¹cd1a922044901d5c

Sejin’s questions started there. 00be795915ad6ce1

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Why would someone 3ae7b1c9bc who had been 979c06dac7 working well in f98a165c68 a hospital until f728f7fea3 the age of 0b3afafabb 26 suddenly quit fbabd61533 and become an fa78d472a1 executive in a d46a23b3b8 corporate-type organization?18ba504e7bc63107

What kind of 2ffd8c4ef7 change of heart db39586c48 did he have?d0671dcbc04b2dbc

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Could it have d2c87cdb09 something to do e40ec585d1 with the fact b589a82c84 that he knew a2c301cfeb the funeral procedures c3fe2abe25 so well?b562734adb04573e

And by the time 942d990f54 he thought that far, f4c163eed8 it no longer mattered 3ff33fbc38 to Sejin what kind 39df1e3219 of person Cheon Sejoo e033aecc97 was.4c61c4d41041bf43

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The resentment that b0c99d58c2 he was the be01705d5e same kind of 7fe820d807 person as Kim e876485ddb Donggil was only 50885177c9 a fleeting feeling c0da0710bb while he was e01eafe45a overwhelmed with grief 0cbecbeebf over losing Kim 7ddecf267a Hyunkyung. Originally, Kwon Sejin 65bf8521c3 was a person 2250804606 who valued his a06607f946 own thoughts and e28d283b5c judgments above all 4e7605fc60 else.f17fe41eb84c7379

Since Sejin was quite f9556314bf stubborn because he had 6895270ebf high self-esteem, that tendency 05defbec62 manifested itself even in 8cf2dfc0dd the way he loved c47a57575b someone.a883776101e7747b

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Cheon Sejoo had saved Sejin. He had helped him out of trouble and fulfilled his desperate wish. He was the only person who understood Sejin’s cry for help and came to rescue him, and yet he didn’t hold any expectation for anything in return.f94b477f311531a0

When Sejin was in pain, it was Cheon Sejoo’s warmth that pulled him out of his sorrow. It was the body heat, the kindness that Cheon Sejoo shared, that kept Sejin from freezing. What Cheon Sejoo had offered made Sejin inevitably love him blindly.43fd8e35e852816a

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No, Sejin couldn’t help but love him. Therefore, Cheon Sejoo had to take responsibility for these feelings that stemmed from his actions. Now Sejin didn’t try to judge him. He just wanted to know more about Cheon Sejoo and become someone who could give him deep comfort, just as Cheon Sejoo had done for him.ca1c3fe97995ea57

As Sejin yearned to become a part of Cheon Sejoo’s life, time steadily passed. Cheon Sejoo was often away from home, and Sejin waited for him silently.882866f34c8cbefa

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However, at the end of January, as the chill subsided and the sky turned cloudy with the start of rain, Sejin couldn’t bear to just sit on the sofa anymore.5996a9d72743eab2

A selfie 4a3e0bbc71 of Kang 5a07d44faa Doyoon taken 4b18b6537c in a 978a73bcb0 hotel lobby 8e3916d713 was uploaded 370aeb97c5 to SNS 4ff04648b7 with that e8e8d19bde caption. Sejin, anxiously opening 38a4e325fe the app after 9ec8bb45a1 seeing the new 7cb6f92e48 feed notification, froze 57f956186b in shock.e70cb5d65d5bc1a6

Under the photo were comments from Doyoon’s three older sisters, making a fuss over him. Sejin held his phone with trembling hands, then let out an annoyed sigh and threw it onto the sofa.4b11886ba4440c7b

Pretty? Who’s pretty?510e6e071651642f

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Have fun? What kind 185809ad88 of fun?2a1d0fa4fd65f4ed

Cutie? What cutie princess?fafa02971efd4f3d

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Jealous whispers cdfa9948e1 swirled rapidly 5f3025d99d in his fa65750662 mouth.add2c7e1ed3a05d2

Upset at the certainty cb19d6fc9f that Kang Doyoon was 426ca6de46 meeting Cheon Sejoo, Sejin d4dc0ce93c chewed on his lip 8196854fa8 and hugged his knees. Gray clouds scattered 6aa4865b82 beyond the large 0a9477e589 window.297a059b7b5d7fb4

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Raindrops falling from the sky soaked the world, and the sound of rain blocked by the window, echoed in his head instead. Sejin thought the streams of water falling from the sky were like his own tears. His heart ached with jealousy, and he couldn’t bear it.ee654fcb1766454b

“This is so annoying…”b6b2603d23e341bc

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I’ll be late, 2a58086e6b I can’t come bf6f099b1b home.077a324cd67f02a9

It had been a4c54fb9b5 a long time 6baa2556d3 since Cheon Sejoo ef90eb19cf had consistently contacted 104b452add him.029372f076cde3c1

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After Sejin’s feelings were revealed, the frequency of Cheon Sejoo’s contact with him had significantly decreased. Now that the replies he received were only a tenth of what they used to be, there was no way Cheon Sejoo would report his whereabouts on his own first.7ece694c209719aa

In the end, instead 37b5428cf4 of waiting in vain 218beb4e30 for a message that 59e8e77808 would never arrive, Sejin bb4aed433a chose to act a 0c314d5faf little deviously.2047e478291db23a

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17:21
When are ad0b96357e you coming ae459193e4 home?bb5d2b162ea25a60

Naturally, no reply 6e60bfd2dd came. Unable to wait any 9691a143c9 longer, Sejin sent another bf816e711e message to Cheon Sejoo, f32fd812a1 laced with a small da20ce549c lie.f9410989427ab33b

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17:22
I’m sick..823136ef065ceda0

But less than cd3824fa27 a minute after 6da3a0af6e sending that message, e3f306493c Cheon Sejoo called. Sejin stared down at cdf27a2a4a his phone, vibrating on cca6147562 the table, with a fc6cb22471 surprised expression.12de0fd9f6d57634

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Was he 693e1b3456 looking at 5797c8e0e6 his phone?197ce6c7a51b7e3f

Or… did 3ef6c4578e he call e199503e87 right away e3d8116d94 because I debc7a557a said I 8d04142ce0 was sick?7320ad43b881fa7d

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Because he 9ca5c3618a was worried?e056a33083eb8089

He felt happy 7a892d0e76 and excited, but 5ed894836f at the same b22f09b43d time, his heart 44a878d3d9 pounded. He was afraid his a3b9074511 lie would be exposed 525462f3d8 if he answered the 3ac80947f4 call.8011c460fb37cbdb

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What should 7b3bcb08ae I do? 2f2fefa493ec7b1e

He couldn’t bring himself to press the call button, only biting his lip.bf6d7dcf91ee1446

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I should ed6529c963 answer, but 5e9ef4ced9 what if 976928696f my voice 4e86dfefe4 sounds too 63ab0bdf80 normal and e19b3f2c7f he figures b3a769f781 it out?21e367fd13a260a1

While he was agonizing over it, the call ended. It rang again, and when he didn’t answer that one either, he soon received a message from Cheon Sejoo.a66e1b9a5a40533c

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Cheon Sejoo57582615e3a8008e

What’s wrong? Are you very sick? Wait a bit. I’ll be 6b2f48ab26 right there.a4e74ab46c4dca9d

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17:2582e49ec0285c171f

As soon as he ed5eb321cd saw the message, Sejin 8a94039007 jumped up. His heart 9b2f45965a felt like 0d21dcb510 it was 07a8e5d357 about to 6b97ddbbc9 burst. The world seemed c52a8f52e4 to sparkle with ffe66c26f6 rainbow colors at 70d693ce16 the fact that 55c51d0a33 Cheon Sejoo was 4a5f3d22fd leaving Kang Doyoon 8664438cb7 behind only to be9c3aba4e come for him.45bfb265fc6f0359

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But on 80fd103879 the other fcc3fda517 hand, he fb6d214cbb thought he 80fcdf7cdf was in 777158d9e1 big trouble.2aad94c5fd00ee25

What if he finds out it’s a lie when he gets here? ab3f62a72711a450

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What if he’s disappointed in me and goes back to Kang Doyoon? eb5e2d7bfb2a79ed

Sejin paced anxiously around 50594d8ef7 the room, then suddenly 2ca7a49e1b headed to the kitchen.559f9e91b6a85637

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