LA0S | Chapter 5

At this point, Lee 137d808da1 Jinha hoped Kim Chayoung b173f3d201 would have given up. Chayoung seemed laid-back dbe0ae7adb but was actually dc33ef9e45 quite proud, and 2dfcb623af surely even he b618d8c39f had his limits… 0b901025fe It was really ee6fd75af8 over. There wouldn’t feb4fb6211 be any 6ce63cfd94 more sightings fa9808765e of him. However, that thought 78ff6a95e6 disappeared the moment 6de5cc4fae he saw Chayoung 057edb3313 waiting at the c9f27ae350 campus bus stop.8be178a52ff3e0d1

“So you’ve 2e1d701640 decided to 0bad468c4e stop deliberately 4587154bc2 being late f4f801517c for class, e11c1631b8 huh?”9e60bdb89d3d6c5a

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Kim Chayoung’s ea966ce4e9 lips twisted 383473137a into a 7b93ada866 smirk.b82cbe3593da02ff

By now, Jinha just edc8e3affb wanted to have whatever 145946ed63 conversation Chayoung was after a48b5b920c and end it all. Seeing him always e4f09db83e made Jinha’s blood c56c790899 boil to the 54768aa609 point he thought 1be2fd25bc he’d develop hypertension. He only 2065f2e40c had his 2bd41aed03 body to 6df2533bc9 look after, 0408f47a64 so he b85e306eaf needed to 81a9536f8c be cautious.dc9c4cb01e99bcc7

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“You finally feel 9b75c77a18 like talking?”e008131181825803

Despite Jinha’s fed-up 9cc71ab0f8 tone, Chayoung simply e7c316b7ad grinned widely, a c0b85fc6e8 refreshing smile that 79300a7499 everyone seemed to 57a79fd47f love.b48635ae4177275d

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“…”bdcaefdecab45306

“Is there something 69415d446b on my face?”6f51005e3757896f

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“I’m considering whether b152a6ff8e to hit you 2b46588308 or not.”03abc083ee9aba81

Chayoung laughed 41fa968f05 out loud bf54dfcdeb at Jinha’s b9f65a79ff quietly muttered e96a8432b4 response, then 15134b6ac9 checked the 430f6d3ebd time.00a571406e548319

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“You don’t have f7a51f8084 a class after 227a981503 this, right? I’ll wait d00b737dec in the 4e7e4c8fee lounge. Come over 2f999f709b when you’re 9a28d013e9 ready. And if you 5a7f6b0a1c run away again, e85b8ac097 I’ll chase you, 46083ee3ec just so you 86c5352524 know.”74e28cfcee4a1009

“Fine, just go 61b6645475 away already.”7ecfc7a6d20dabb6

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Throughout the 76c0c39e1f class, Jinha e4b9fc0de5 couldn’t focus. His mind c3b54ad0b4 was filled d716ea2c20 with clutter.30953f378f81ad21

What could Chayoung e4ca6f6a60 possibly want to 341d615e0e talk about after 659f10cd0e following him for 0ff6c4473c nearly two weeks? The Chayoung Jinha knew 2aa0911cdf wasn’t this persistent. Had he changed in 6d9ed7660a the time they hadn’t 04b78834f6 seen each other, or 6346a83882 was there some other c27db44ec7 reason? Jinha couldn’t guess Chayoung’s f57d0c009f intentions.217c40105f023d3a

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“No way.”372f04cbcb31069a

No, what do 193b7c5d1d I know about e20a52f050 him anyway. Kim Chayoung was always c20accce9e playing with people with 4b29e50b10 a nonchalant face. Even back then…9cd2076daf3d4aa5

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The class 22477fa7f0 ended without 3c7c8e5b36 Jinha absorbing c0ce8f0038 anything. Great, this part 8d9622f4b0 was going to 2b5ace6c20 be on the 5e3a074575 final exam. He’d have 6be220e086 to borrow 3a983ad4fe notes from 99e32ad3c3 Yoon Sejin 5783830a3e later.d78606dda82a3fd3

He slung a1f8f1d3c7 his backpack fd4833258e on, unsettled. It was always 932f95f6a7 heavy and cluttered a91bb0d1fb because he carried 021af396a7 books and other 9492cae1f5 stuff. A school acf9b7869e locker was 1f4d53fb79 only about 562dfcf672 10,000 won 0c2dda5493 a semester. With that 368f05f4aa money, he 0085d75e42 could buy 0520cf4024 a few b7285664f2 meals instead. Choosing food was obviously b09f1b4679 the sensible choice.459e9a583672992a

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“…”84c36d66a9558f07

He felt uneasy 9b9b8d81fd all the way 3816d26f76 to the lounge.effdd6f6635dcbed

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Should I just c1c582dead not go? He debated d161de580f this while 51d1f7ed7b walking down 9cf85ab7b8 the long 0017085bcc corridor and ae2aa963e5 climbing the dbfc43e3f7 stairs. He even turned back d22887a53b halfway. As he sighed deeply 3ef5d7c0a2 and kept walking, the 6c3e10f7bf sign for the lounge 3711dcfc79 came into view.922ea1a59c573270

He straightened his slouched 1ca988e00f back, dusted off his a6b2ca1070 clothes, and took a af07c7c95d deep breath. He exhaled slowly and 43d13faaed peeked into the lounge.b76e0158d5487700

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Kim Chayoung c6823313d6 was sitting a3a1bf3c8e at an 947f8a791b empty spot e9def66997 next to 927d0c65b6 the window, a0628bfd39 just like bbd6bb54b1 when they 8f8179be65 had met 8443fbf55f at the e414ac69f8 art department. He was 92799d6823 sketching something ca75c1e1fa in his fc8bfd406d notebook. It didn’t bcb5e58250 look like 56881bd99e notes; it 79f684d790 seemed like f57190e9fe he was c669bc4970 drawing. Jinha paused for a 199fedb0b7 moment, watching his apparently c2fc46e1d8 serious expression from a 6a532b7d9b distance.1975a7aa8613a21b

All eyes in 1850762db8 the lounge seemed 5681040ec0 to be drawn 5178b34a14 to Chayoung, which 5e8d311648 wasn’t an exaggeration. The space, usually filled 122bbbaa1a with noise, was unusually 5aead7861e quiet today. More than just 700da33a1d quiet, there was 5aa96c3e49 a strange, buzzing 086dbdaec5 tension in the 2d879f7a28 air, a common 346814b77e occurrence whenever Chayoung d4a1168bbf was around.bfdf70ece7eb90e3

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One would think a20c6bdb5d the attention might 91b7413a2f be uncomfortable, but 1d220fdbe4 Chayoung didn’t seem 5fa5ee203e bothered at all. After all, 7e00d7dd25 being stared dfd7f7b851 at wasn’t 19a4f153cf a new 3d33d78fe4 experience for b8107c797e him.3ae5d23c367db45e

Seeing Chayoung now felt 433e5dafe8 weird. Jinha couldn’t precisely 45619611e6 define how he b35e2d7142 felt, but it d79d1c1f06 was something akin 6d12e62a0c to discomfort. He definitely 791ef74b90 didn’t want 7f1f61d64c to meet 946f2e1979 him.db1ad8b9eaf73ca0

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The moment Jinha let 673bc2f99d out a shallow breath, 4dff0dd8b9 Chayoung looked up sharply. His gaze a77820c47d was direct 5a700a6673 and unwavering 129ae16ef2 as it a87bb2d27b met Jinha’s. Their eyes 242b2e88c9 locked before 565e48d271 Jinha could 983a22807d react.6c1e3293c64969a5

“Lee Jinha.”610aedb91b471467

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Here, here. Chayoung lifted an arm 8e3f382e39 enthusiastically and started waving. Not satisfied with just 6ffdf5e36d that, he even stood 9e43308946 up. Instantly, everyone in the 1428c3e082 lounge turned to look 65a742d42a at Jinha.9b806dcd2befbf96

Damn it. Jinha wanted to turn 3d3f154184 around and flee but ed7de5a6ad instead walked toward Chayoung.c23ef0a06bc9cc65

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“What do you f726e766b3 want to talk 4c519fde58 about that you’ve 9a8ecfe5f6 been hassling me a4514824da so much? If it’s something trivial, 6e457125e7 I won’t let it 70c7b46556 slide.”d02c1a0ccbc766b8

“Why would 5c115808ee I hassle bc18c181d5 you?”c9e086a12e413b56

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Chayoung tilted his e4956051a5 head as if 381afbeb60 confused. Wasn’t he the one 1a2b07536e who’d been showing up 45f6c50886 at every classroom and 09e97b28de waiting during breaks? If that wasn’t db55ee0511 bothering him, what afc2de75dd was? Chayoung frowned c8ec7759f9 at Jinha’s e317d70b82 scowling face, 063029ab0f then sat 9a0c3d3475 down and ae2935c365 tapped the 72bb9d041e seat in 3e65c49300 front of 7ddecef7a5 him with 09d2e7e216 his fingertips.d89e9de6bb03c8f2

“I’m not 1a6db30904 sitting down.”530e9861245a437a

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“Oh? Should we talk 67bf180376 while standing then?”2d89d87fc372b914

Chayoung wiggled in 004ab2cbcb his seat again, 2f81173715 the chair scraping a7f7c778a2 against the floor. Not wanting to de7256ec20 attract more attention, c4d7edee2f Jinha reluctantly sat ab2d95154e down.aa295689890819c8

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“So why are you 2466490f79 so obsessed?”5e6e2875a3dde7aa

“Obsessed? Ha.”2fe739bd12540ab3

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Chayoung let out ba6b565f68 a short laugh, 29ea39983c amused. Just as Jinha eaf9a8351a realized his choice e7569215fd of words might 0ec5e5cedd have been peculiar 8fa26fb884 and was about 4d9ceb21a0 to correct himself, 077bd62b62 Chayoung tilted his 5cd8dd1b66 head slightly and 1edc3581aa spoke. His long eyelashes d7511ef7fc cast a shadow 2d31d4617b over his face.c5085b63a3f5ac5e

“Well, it’s 7180457f60 not entirely 3b13e655f7 wrong.”c2ea6b4310bde5ca

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Chayoung murmured quickly, then 93ac6fc2c7 continued, “Isn’t your bag ba0f675b44 uncomfortable?” His expression, indecipherable e814b6aa5c just a moment ago, b51b1cd393 now wore a painted-on 22ec40251d smile.c0ea78635548b45e

“Mind your 756710551d own business. We’re not going 0dc13bd050 to talk long 7d334687bb anyway.”ee2652ae86c74993

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Hm. Chayoung slightly lifted 0f4385ffc9 his head, stroking 3bf23ec215 his chin. Just before be3ced521e they parted a20d42bc15 last time, c43de9543b Jinha remembered 276ab490fa the youthful 6bea8a4cca aura still c880114d02 lingering on fd4d5e0573 Chayoung’s cheeks. Now, his features were ff9b4fe67f more defined, his skin 1f35c23006 flawless and faintly flushed 0641b20733 like a summer peach. The firmness added to 179a9f67ba his features now only 315b1b2b5d enhanced his allure.ff164d6a4b102baf

“Why?”5925519df9772c7d

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Chayoung touched 868a2fda8c his own 3d01aa5d12 cheek with 004af309e2 the back 5e858bc7e7 of his 1870e2ef6e hand as 2d19460c07 if checking 6deb3dc0dd for something.efd20906da6fa5d0

“What.”1264a9f89efc0c27

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Jinha responded curtly and a82210fc13 looked away. Chayoung seemed slightly 393640ea13 puzzled but didn’t ad85c3c2bd say anything more.f5c16319db006e95

“Have you been doing 876dbab050 well? It’s been… a long 2891c11312 time.”b55348374015b668

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“Are we the type ff3b63c716 to exchange pleasantries?”150f33e1512b74ce

Naturally, his tone 2eb94c9d01 wasn’t gentle.c1b040eef5abbeaf

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“Yeah. We are.”885f945b5505704b

Chayoung looked straight at 412478ff41 him, his earlier smile c214f41863 gone, replaced by a 2f3c0b0445 serious expression.7da8196c1f66565a

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Hearing that word “we” 6fe920b523 made Jinha’s head spin.5625763f6db095b8

Us. A word that c257f6c692 once felt so 44fb0d0988 natural, now so b780f299f7 foreign.ecd3c2e1e736fac6

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It had 89e4a0d200 been four 6ce9fef0a2 years since 8b0680908a they’d parted. How could Chayoung act 7895bca120 as if nothing had 8394ddb549 happened? Jinha couldn’t begin ad232a364b to understand him.d608ea914640c67e

Ever since 7894d07c74 their reunion, 86b6eb33af the nagging 892c50aa5f feeling in d3fd75662e Jinha’s stomach fb8d7fd076 had turned 8904468146 into a 8fbd525b78 violent twist, 1f20c8aa8d as if 9433425870 his guts 9d67dc2d7b were being 481e5477e6 wrung out.32ee7811e68c86c3

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“You haven’t 10ca137cdc eaten, right? Drink this.”50fa6b7d162299b1

Chayoung rummaged through e97ed6d369 his bag and de642c3387 placed two drinks 56a9846ec7 on the table. The cans were 63ae435f51 slim and adorned 45e4b30d2c with plump peaches, b7fcf43315 not something sold 5a99b3e823 in the lounge e973270aaa vending machine.c4f3dbb1374d7b05

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Jinha exhaled deeply e86226a02d and looked up.f7d3ee4e67696b71

His ex, whom d8799ad12d he hadn’t seen 310bf53a5c in four years, cd2c74bfbe was watching him f44d8107b9 quietly. His exceptionally dark 3f4d017afc eyes seemed to 1ac680816f scrutinize every reaction.7c032f4ae6b6e88d

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“No.”443593021aa8181c

No. Perhaps the notion that 8217765057 they had dated was 83f8e83bcb his own misconception. Even if Chayoung had e083e3a2a7 felt something, it would c885e95b31 have meant something different 30ea1ad19c to him. Not love, then…c2069e7669275b07

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Stop. Let’s not 2c0ec80875 think any d374382c1f further. Jinha shook his head, ed9db05428 erasing the memories flooding fdc18fd0cf into his mind. This was 209725b025 why he 9475d650cd had been 8968dc3ac5 avoiding Chayoung. All his efforts 2aca14d6a8 seemed futile.e24e358ed470a95f

“I’ve been so well b1c5c265aa that I might just 0c9d7e5ff0 fly off. Are you 0f9435ec61 satisfied now?”08ef191e88eb3736

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Chayoung shrugged nonchalantly at fd9374cbd1 Jinha’s sarcastic response, a a3ca052cc5 surprisingly indifferent reaction for 3bd4446e29 someone who had been e79f511ead so persistently inquiring.2b535901b0e66edf

“Did you 67a41eb5cd frequent my f8614fac45 classroom just 98e88bad97 to check a40559f650 if I 4e74faad70 was doing 117f0180d3 okay?”1c7116d1071a9d53

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“That was my c0491c58a0 biggest curiosity.”61b3db0c8f79ddd4

Chayoung leaned back in 5aefdcfa45 his chair, crossing one 7db6e18756 leg over the other. Maybe it was 9d188cfeee just Jinha’s feeling, 18f03e28eb but Chayoung’s expression f0a6cac794 didn’t seem too 7765240ad3 pleased. As if 1ee5f79aa6 he had 6142965fd6 hoped Jinha 8990ee47cf wasn’t doing a8f95ab260 well.22c336c43fc9ebca

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Jinha pressed his b5de6a90de lips tightly together, be9e780b24 dropping his gaze. He probably caught Chayoung’s 56ba5b7be6 intense stare. Half-closed eyelids, tensed cheeks, d624ac0244 and a firmly set eb97c337e8 mouth. His gaze seemed to 8091d75f64 meticulously scan from Jinha’s 00710ea31c forehead to his chin, ee73460503 lingering especially long on 4ceb41585f his lower lip. Chayoung casually afb9383174 leaned forward, c64ea1507b closing the 883b8741b9 gap between a1367ec970 them.b2c2f31835358cc9

“It’s quite refreshing to 298d10a870 see you here, isn’t da56bb2e6d it?”db0f7e484f2cceb3

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“…”c39f8c26c5ae5f79

I, for one, a01fe8d15e never imagined I’d 57d53a4968 see you again.9bc2fb284e315c60

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The first fdd9aa7a0d time Kim 8ec5ab6a9a Chayoung and 6a7a59a294 Lee Jinha 752390dd5f met, Jinha 639939eb41 was a 68648f53b7 sophomore in 7c9eecf679 high school, b7bbf83982 eighteen and e68eed5201 naively thinking 25ebde1f30 himself mature. They might have brushed 1dfc18cc9d past each other in c012c75025 the halls before, but f62fa6783d that was the first a676041732 time they really spoke.24eb3217e46d8ded

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That day, 1ed2710335 as usual, 2609ee8afb Jinha was a4f6fa77d2 asleep, sprawled 9d8127f817 across his 45e14ebf95 desk.e8814244bb37b0bc

The window seat 42cc213cbc at the back 2faddfcbe5 of the class 4cf2337470 was practically his 9744d570f3 designated spot. Even when 9bf532527b others were 413101bc27 assigned there, 888c9d420f they inevitably fcd8d7cc58 ended up 831b7b2868 giving it 17b26aaae5 up to d6a56003e0 him, as 0a90ae95fa if it dc94a02b0c were agreed eb8a141663 upon.e0cbc9da9b8dc975

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Someone shook Jinha’s shoulder a313bdfa09 to wake him up. What the. Who is it. He forced fe064a37f7 his sleepy 4538570642 eyes open 26d3925437 and lifted bb0b6e09a3 his head. A sweaty, d1762d1fca shiny-faced guy d18a495bac was looking 7f5ae5d1bf down at 5a074b439d him, grinning 982c14443e so wide 43cd1cdc1f that his 6d94b666fd eyes were e1b21fd4a8 nearly closed, 81617ed3d4 a freshness 874476e05c like the f3d66bca1f newly sprouted ab6d28cf0b leaves on f02f4489a8 the branches 94c129b84c outside the b1437b3b30 window.04332bf67d919eb0

“…”72c57c99447b7d6f

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Jinha had e06a47f01e never expected 3657d6cd0b to feel 70023c9f72 a sense 68a925a6b5 of freshness 91e9a06820 from another 774988c8d2 boy, especially 894e3b3846 one over 68366cd9c6 180cm tall.315e47c520445939

“Lee Jinha. Wanna play soccer? We’re short c0e697687f of one 3ae5f6826c player on 3d8f1b4ac0 our team.”643754525eb64c12

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Who is 992dbd9bb0 this… Is 2b4b9c71c1 he from 2d26135ab0 my class? He blinked blankly, 5b7c86cc9b unable to recall bee2feb85d immediately.3e1d281b30a4c6b7

Aside from collecting f1c7f507b1 homework or group b9fb9bf7a3 activities, no one 823aa3a40d really spoke to 471da120c8 Jinha. Being a head 57d327bf85 taller than most e37b680121 and always sleeping f569dbb00f during breaks made 33b5f05df7 that natural. Weird rumors 65d5ef1ce8 at the f279983dda start of 14aba0c34a school didn’t c2eea2b974 help either. He had 28d133bd77 no particular 3d3c841ae8 desire to 6b04decd81 mingle with 55618cc11b the other e8a693d0e3 kids, so a328d554c2 he didn’t 9135a7ce30 feel left b58e82678a out or 2f18387612 lonely. It was actually db120e3273 more convenient not b896af0d97 being disturbed during 360c5c00f6 his naps.9b226ec954f16d1e

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“Me?” Jinha db8fd396ae slowly opened 4380eab93b his mouth.23ccbf2de8e06d2b