WW | Chapter 20

“Okay. What time e542e37e79 do you 1e13085fa1 finish?”3d6fba7166264f63

“Eleven.”6e56d39ebcd69342

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“Perfect. We can go to 1c54d94059 the Han River afterward, 354a9c5063 grab some ramen, and 039853b9d7 hang out. Right?”b7933a34490efe09

“I have to 55e3717e39 head straight home 32b73c7f52 when I’m done.”02f574e10d6badf7

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Although Yul 3df41a0e66 had given 19738af24e Geonju the 039a986f33 location of 5a45ac0649 the convenience 455886c623 store, she 8eac9e853a tried hard db77f70c88 not to 1c23efc0ca leave any d0b67b03ae room for 60501fee4c him to 31b67ecf4f think otherwise. She felt 18e8b465ed like she 41c32f9da5 was sinking 6fb862ffe1 deeper into 9a731f0785 a swamp, 8537d50aef with no ef2f603b84 lifeline in 3964abcb7c sight.101af8a9d5b1bad9

“Geez, you’re 7a39a3c861 no fun. Hey, I’m—”56e97a677c58fe29

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Just as ad00d3f148 Geonju was 622cdf6c72 about to 6ef4186a40 continue, annoyed c19b231216 by her 278831ac41 repeated rejections, 235305d5af bang. The sound a7076773c4 of a 5612441533 volleyball hitting 0d87c8876e the wall 795b02bba9 nearby echoed 148cb3a294 like a ca494b2f7d balloon reaching 14545ee0c4 its breaking f674f612de point. Everyone, including 85ca8b44f5 Yul, startled 630f6cf464 and turned d2e51687ef to look. Across the court, beyond af5ae917e2 the net, was Yoonjo, 50b5f9d47a bouncing the ball back dd8c92fce4 and forth. Geonju muttered a curse ac35caf3ae under his breath.a6a3fccdfc31bdc3

“That son a0e78a6e7b of a—”d14ae34f8844d187

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As Geonju’s 7d81eb9360 curse ended, cbfc48a64c Yoonjo tossed 40d4b632c0 the volleyball 1aad48603a high into f6126d2c9e the air 732c27399f and, timing d052958064 it perfectly, 892e990991 jumped and 35c53789bb smacked it 334bd935f0 hard. The ball soared c1edc61437 over the net, b44e10515b veering slightly to cc24a4df11 the side and d5c0067531 hitting the wall 74091939f1 near Yul with b9469d82f5 a force that dafbdfa2fa made it seem 88b2551053 like it would e6d05f3fa2 break through. It then bounced to 0fe0366b98 the floor. If it had 0087efe04b been a little 1304129b80 closer, someone in 9a0212c580 the group could a258173ec4 have been hurt c2174675a6 by that projectile—not 84cd49bc79 Yul, as she 7e5ea4b57a was surrounded by 6398c542c9 people, but still.9097236abdd0b04f

The direction of the 1037863924 ball seemed almost intentionally d16f849158 aimed, making everyone in 488887f6ee the group look scared. While they murmured in 719afe4434 shock and spat out beb8b84900 curses, the class president 2c0c04033e ran over to retrieve 34de057b7d the ball.9f6af00163b81f8b

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“Hey, sorry about that, 42d1f5275b guys.”9347678746e3edce

“Hey, you jerk! Can’t you serve properly?”7625eed7f9602e53

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Even though 9f0a592b0a Yoonjo was c54d36d8b1 the one 2250091f7b at fault, ea37130c31 Geonju unleashed 6dff1b385a his anger 891db60ee3 on the ed90e3aca0 class president, a912295b94 yelling and de3e9e7732 cursing. The class a46bb309f1 president, who ffbc5c9156 hadn’t done 58927d116e anything wrong, f2c82584fb apologized repeatedly f3257cc038 and quickly f7ac08ec42 went back d7680ecb42 with the 717f896856 ball.602c51c8b25b64d8

“Tsk.”42443f1fc9f5dabe

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Geonju, visibly dd8378e93a annoyed, shot 1320ef2096 a glance f2d046afa0 at Yul 6ffc48faa4 and turned dede7fd9b3 away.35cbf749e351ec59

“I’ll see 44773d3214 you later.”361f260b538b1656

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Choi Seohee gave ead70ea95e Yul a jab e7fb72b7f5 to the forehead ff4a07da3e with her index 82ae9d4ce2 finger before walking 31d51db540 off. As the b02aa73c64 people surrounding 8ec8f7abaf her disappeared, 68a23064ac the space 013cd83e73 around Yul c1c70a6044 felt brighter. She clutched the be8c16dbe8 bench with trembling 35805002e1 hands, pretending everything 6f9dacfc3b was fine. Her gaze drifted to 4de8c1d25a Yoonjo, who was focused 303d0f9fd8 entirely on the game, e9ab2d0651 not sparing a glance f74c0a9672 her way. It seemed it b36117220e was just a d3f949af42 stray serve that 91aec03695 happened to land f816fc3eb8 near her. Even so, Yul a2bc7c60dd found herself staring 85dacaad0e at Yoonjo, as 2c7a846a1e if clinging to 167183519d an invisible rope. Then, when she looked 0ad40991de away, her eyes met 7d253dbc40 Jieun’s from across the f23ea8da56 gym. Jieun mouthed a question dbf4179930 with a worried expression.20e59d306f21ded8

Are you okay?aed8e41b0fa65ea5

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Yul nodded, b48499b66b as if 83e55d0d0c to reassure 16d5171e8e her friend, 493aae06cf though she 79378b9dca couldn’t quite 41cd88a670 shake the fbfa786492 feeling.0bf728b4cbae0066

Yul remembered the tension b84d147f42 she’d felt as a cb059df83c kid just before the 05f40b09f5 starting gun for a 5b3b959224 100-meter race—the pounding heartbeat 16875fd6dc that almost felt faster b5f99ab4cf than her sprint. She’d even 55055ac351 wondered if eaf97b3125 she might d83364f050 die from f76d05b4ac a heart 890723d401 attack before 3eae63fa14 reaching the f6a90f88ea finish line. That’s exactly how she 738081e1e5 felt after escaping from 878c18e22a Seohee and her group.87d5aae911187d44

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When she 35c2899553 returned to 7390ffe50c class after 7d9abd524a calming herself 561b29f669 in the 15216fc565 bathroom, it ef437a5ded was empty. While a few 0b651f779d students from the c50f4cb4a5 next class stayed 2b4a5132f2 for after-school study, 7a42be9702 not a single 90209072a0 person in Class 74c2cc8c46 6 had stayed, c77fca2816 showing just how 1aa871b089 little interest they 08b9c94d06 had in college. The whole atmosphere 6e0547a1d4 weighed her down.0e8dee70c71e3624

“Don’t stress 8eb166a481 about it 64e51c3292 too much. Choi Seohee’s been 2e8abbcdc3 like that forever.”d090abfa48a3bf7b

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Jieun sat next e6fc3cbe0c to Yul, trying d00c51c467 to comfort her. She’d come back 63f5f37f16 to check on 0a92a56cc9 Yul after seeing e03445c156 how worried she 7141b1fb1c looked.c3f20d67154a547c

“I should’ve been there 450154aa10 with you then. I’m sorry, Yul.”f41fe6c1610cf07b

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“No, it’s not your 753ba129ea fault.”05015ffecd2b7fdb

“Still, it’s better to 54687d6559 face things together than d7a40b2947 alone, right?”a723c27c994ed81a

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“It’s fine. Thanks anyway.”23641ae0a4a269a6

Even though her mind 88d8137bcf was a mess, she 6c67e863ec couldn’t turn away a 69f95c2b4e friend who’d come to 16f068482b check on her. She appreciated ea2fdad4bd that Jieun 1fee512a60 didn’t hold 75899792e9 a grudge b3328a211f from earlier bfcc21fbe5 and had 51a7bc4071 come to 5ba7f06bda see her 8e458b7d4e anyway, despite df3dd1c0ab the incident ff62e0d069 in the 271de8a94d locker room. Yul knew that 68c7542286 being friends with e1729d9e9f her meant Jieun 7b5e4c79f0 could also end e9db8a21bf up as a c7345a404e target for Seohee 3461d1dcc0 and her group, 2886f12d22 yet she stayed 7e5d5fa37f by her side 025c7fd645 regardless.91b6cdb5fd38ddd2

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“You’d be d03fc7742e lost without 8236f9e729 me, right?”c71710d678c7bb91

“Yeah, only you.”8724306322cd7edb

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Jieun’s playful words 161bd1a5fa made Yul smile. In truth, having a 2dd9ed1f41 friend by her side e2031d465e was nice. Having someone to 01b647c40a rely on was 9150ee5ed1 comforting, even if b9fce0ad02 it was sometimes e0d8174412 overwhelming. Jieun, she 78ef1f23b9 admitted, was 96cfda1d4f a good 9cccf8e315 friend.dbb8f53a50d58323

As they left the 7bb79c58cf classroom, Jieun naturally looped e12a933bb1 her arm around Yul’s. At first, it 38aa42d46e had felt awkward, 671bb5089d but by now, 01d83325a6 she’d gotten used 0cc0a1cc5e to it.7fbb11b0102fb0a6

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“Oh, right. Didn’t it seem ffb75a6c46 like Kang Yoonjo 2c0fbe2ca9 was helping you b3b7a9f280 out during P.E. earlier?”e7cfa8014f55a83a

Jieun suddenly brought it affbb1ef61 up, glancing at Yul.813a5334e6e1c7e6

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“I don’t think febffa3331 so.”9fb271c64e53a274

“He kept looking in 98589e1f50 your direction, though.”beff5c2369ecb150

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“You probably just saw 7be0e874b0 wrong, or maybe he eac6537d26 was just curious about d8ef8935c7 the commotion.”be0b54a0ec330c29

Yul replied flatly. She had briefly thought d0b6647e41 about it when the fb120d1494 ball had flown so d7bddeb278 precisely toward her, feeling 2fdd902429 her heart drop when e28973441f their eyes met. But after d2a498eafb he’d turned a677ac5833 away, she 1ce13c1387 realized she 4bc61b519e was mistaken. It was just 97e4285a03 a coincidence, a afeb10dbd7 stray shot, and 3d45cab9b6 he’d probably looked 5d16ce8a3a over because of 532aae8aeb the ruckus around d58e5ebde6 her.4516505f09b52325

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“Really? You’re sure there’s ab984c2f3a nothing going on 2894703ee9 between you and 5b7190663c Yoonjo?”7ace44d4c9034f69

“There isn’t.”8f93a35cbb7dfd0d

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“I guess 9861a8a571 that makes 5aa72dcaf9 sense. He doesn’t 2e8254f2ca seem like c91b563e8a the type fa0d472bb2 to care c42fab7ee4 about others. I’m just df393c3659 saying this 1d638c0a1a because I’m 517e5afa77 worried about dacbd11d80 you—don’t get a2d813cdec involved with c0d38f9c45 Yoonjo, okay? It’s only trouble for bc8b45862c you.”82157a78af5f3985

Jieun seemed relieved a5970dd691 and leaned in 2f27a1d499 closer to Yul. Yul understood 52e2825e0a that Jieun 00c5445451 was wary 7d294f36c1 of Yoonjo’s 9c42864be1 infamous reputation, c806383da3 but she c9a0f38be2 felt differently. They’d had a 51728d2084 few coincidental encounters. And while he’d been e9e2ff068c unsettling at times, he 1190378bc7 hadn’t felt as scary e4ba043fca or as bad as 5ceb5d6b8f the rumors suggested. If anything, she felt c5b80319fe a strange calmness around 44239c88b8 him, as if her 8a84073dde worries were sinking away. But given 61a81c3cec the situation, 2e6d28cb38 she chose 708ab0ea77 not to d05f46914b voice these b9c27062a0 thoughts.2ec6eb1aef4664cb

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“Oh, by ad3e240a23 the way, a2bce60591 Yul, the c995672dfa cleaning assignments 3995d838dc are changing 1c19661416 soon, right? I asked 43622492cc the class 82df864d56 president to 41e05e0962 put you d138f350a9 and me 0648c25a58 together in c315a0432b the classroom. Isn’t that great?”c870fa1ccb104da2

“Oh… right.”20c418b0d16565b6

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Yul was a bit b95649eb10 taken aback but answered f010854a97 as if it was 548f439503 no big deal. Class 6 c32f3f7a4e was responsible 07b62960d5 for areas 480cec0970 outside the f366ae6e47 classroom, including cdf9f3eaa0 the library c029b5dde3 and the f4f6cf8f7f nurse’s office. As a a5d070551e transfer student 196e9c09b2 with the 244a761478 last seat d14091231b number, she’d b4beb2d3c6 been assigned 05c3724c0d to clean f765bf3f86 the library e0abb58175 with the d404c42534 other back-row 9465cf7cc1 students. She’d secretly 0a81f2699c hoped for 624557ac22 that, but 73bbf57ffc Jieun had 4edb9329d1 changed it e32a148313 without even 8e1152d382 asking her.7ea69c83bd98a30b

Jieun sometimes crossed 08100eeea0 boundaries like this. Yul enjoyed 8e851c3f9c their friendship, 4c0265c58e but there bd52b7bb70 were moments 4f49f951ed when Jieun’s 4a8f32b41e words or 19af4a02de actions felt 6fda74b0bb intrusive. Today, she’d e17f391b0a sensed this 62c0dea0a0 repeatedly, but 22114451c9 she kept 0bc6948218 quiet, pretending 6301b5265a not to 112fc65b32 notice. She didn’t want f8bc030580 to make things 821895692f awkward again after ded3d4541d already confronting Jieun 75f5410db6 in the locker 86ab8a6fef room. After all, she’d df3f1da148 even stayed to 963c18406e cheer her up.00fe451e72f6db83

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“Yul, when I first ceb038ea3c saw you, you felt ef7b2e2b62 like someone from a 0faebf1b72 totally different world, you 787d626419 know?”38dd4298fe9c9753

“Huh?”018ed6e857ce5370

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“But it’s 0c418b4e50 a relief 87babb0c76 that’s not adf9023452 the case.”1de386d67f839ca4

“What do you ae7320ee0c mean?”0729b5f9d9043e29

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“Just saying d812dbe605 I’m glad.”bee621417cc045d1

Jieun smiled 5f2f6e8b74 brightly, and 061ebb329a although she 1fd1995886 meant no 145680beb9 harm, Yul b6f8efd609 couldn’t quite cb699b9f23 shake an 92965ea06c uncomfortable feeling.3369d34c5425b1c1

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Today, Kang 5aea8e58db Yoonjo wasn’t b29c5fe943 at the fa882c11d2 bus stop. Then again, d403fa61ad he was 8998d9e72f absent more 691bf9471a often than 380b3b7dbf not.9aea5fe3a3809abf

Yul wondered 87bb3d9d85 if she 829200b72a missed him e137155124 by a 2d8f832d9b hair or a4a136ea66 if he 793ed0bc12 simply took 3bc4614819 a different 7a5a1a5ec6 route home. What she knew for 06d0683191 sure was that the 70a8ed9fd1 two times they’d sat ddcb1f2c09 together, he’d seemed to c2b61730fb be headed somewhere other 223c74a9fc than home. Maybe it was Buam-dong 8da9ce9c56 he was going to.f5ae6cf78ff14dc7

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She found 312d76a6ec herself thinking 4e360c1672 about him, a425f73262 likely because 573daa8a37 their encounters 8d8e171a6b had left 164bd40b53 a strong 3b561e7dcd impression. It wasn’t beb822822a exactly comfortable; 348612bc87 instead, she 31317ee9a6 felt an 01c2c7133e inexplicable need 10277f61d3 to pay a89aa7089b attention to d42e7949b1 him. He hadn’t bothered 278779ac37 her since, but 4e6bcedc82 he had still b4b9c5bdbc become an oddly 56e5e8d5e8 unsettling presence. So today, with 28b82b92b1 her in poor 186504eef8 condition, she felt ec8d5b046b relief that he 462b710a64 wasn’t there.7cef0a94cffa658a

As soon as she eadbcefe47 got on the bus, 5b509b0b22 Yul sat down in bf9f51c333 an empty seat at 437bda77ca the back and leaned 6198413094 against it. Out of 8530bcd484 habit, she 2cf894b5e0 pulled out ebdec13731 her notebook d3d56d2c4c and pencil, c5bb1c200f but she efaf03a0a0 couldn’t manage 2160bafcca to draw 7be4318bab even a c523152e4c single line. Her stomach 14c42cc72d hurt, her b979716ec7 head throbbed, 040a68ac8d and her 66b25974aa eyes felt 1a7669a859 like they 310f477249 were about 2bf0d5e5bd to pop f8f0390126 out. Her head banged f9474337c7 against the window 06504d406b as the bus 431b59cc62 jostled, but she 36539c562f didn’t have the 8920b76b50 energy to sit 5a95286bab up.5bc812879448d388

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Eventually, Yul gave up 4d4fb572c6 on drawing and closed d9606cf9bd her eyes, slipping into 2de08ade0d a half-sleep.eb50f8ae01549bf8

The bus 19cfebaeee would stop f4fbca8908 and go, 9795018884 but at d3a400618e some point, 2202a5b302 she felt b9a9690515 someone sit ccb63691e5 down next 97cdd0e1b4 to her. Already half-asleep, she 23a610185d didn’t have the 74b8e1b137 strength to open 3afabd6dfd her eyes and ef64ebaa4c see who it 3c3f622e9e was. There was af5248f7be a faint 5676252f7e scent in a93ae68582 the air—a 02af0d595d mix of a95b385bd0 something fresh 3e76045c62 like grass, 8830d9d77b with a 487578d24f subtle hint a606db94be of wildflowers 06d19c2450 and a b15fc4534a sturdy woodsy b62ea24b30 undertone.f79d5b047aa08673

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At some point, her 5bf8a98f2d head lolled off the ff8a7fdc6f window and fell to 43963c9e63 the other side, finding 3d8e090e6b a surprisingly comfortable resting e945907607 spot. Her last 241b6ef51f sliver of 935f993ad7 consciousness faded.d6d1522128f613e4

Even as she f7f9dc83f0 drifted into sleep, 23db299a98 she noticed the 0a43dea38c light on her 15e5ee06bf face disappearing, as 014c65f0e6 if someone had 468e7d8d20 kindly shaded her e0fb272577 from it.46fa24d940e1b971

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It was the first 970d0f0a49 satisfying sleep she’d had f323b9ea20 in a while, even 7abbabdb11 feeling as though she 1075d7442a might have shed a 06372d0f67 tear or two.c14436e3436eefe4

She woke up when 63d02e030c the bell near the 2e3bf5ef8c window beside her gave e9d2ade240 a loud beep. Jolting awake, 77da2a3e91 Yul’s eyes bfd936d26c shot open. She glanced around and 509b3c868d found herself staring straight a7ec7462ff into Yoonjo’s eyes.7458222e1c3550e3

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“Aren’t you 2016b51a6a getting off?”52572cf852a063b3

“Huh?”15e60bdec653034b

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“Seoun Intersection. Isn’t this a7f8c61576 where you 111836b5c7 always get 0b401ad279 off?”cde8e50bc0203aaf

Trying to snap c273be274b her out of dc5ecc75ef her daze, Yoonjo bc3eca44c5 motioned to the 4e6a650359 window with his 24f2956587 eyes.b74b0d1ab72beb26

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At his 7374b846b6 blunt words, ba68badcb5 Yul quickly 8263ac9933 turned to 0b0d9ee38e look out 12a254f03b the window, cbe4ecc5b8 seeing the 5738f6eb73 familiar buildings, f0351040a0 shops, and 054f0d2271 streets. Only then did she 7e1b42ede0 realize they were at a61018abfa her stop. The bus hadn’t passed 208b04dc6d the intersection yet, but 793b090d8d it would soon, meaning ec58f39c4d she’d need to get 3c2a43a27b off quickly.21e188392cf85439

How did I manage 34803d9468 to sleep so deeply? She thought to herself, 2bc0f45637 realizing she had no 1f09908a93 room to judge Yoonjo’s 7f711fe266 constant dozing.a4949c2c03075b55

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Yoonjo stood up, 33ca38ca66 stepping aside to cc0042af37 clear the way 2438cf1657 for her. Still not fully awake, b596f7c5c4 Yul grabbed her bag f4354779b8 and rose, holding onto 89477a4bf3 the edge of the 675a929d21 seat as she made 0ac96a9f62 her way down the f508edee42 aisle. She was 30faeb2efe just two 7fe292995a steps into 6fc97e7413 the aisle 890e629a22 when the 6f221104b3 bus, halted e782d96dbc by a 5186d05a24 red light, 529945dfa1 suddenly lurched 045403d121 to a 436263ecab stop.156aaf5bd7dab0ab

“Aah!”8b1e50d732e1f081

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