OMLM | Chapter 54

Ma Dongpal 7297baebd6 pointed to e032f328f7 one of 502b1bb951 the multiple-choice 9cf65db102 answers with a78322c8ce his finger. When he casually approached 642eb9614b and provided the answer, 98de75b734 Yebon was taken aback.757f639d70b1e0c6

“Oh… really? Hold on.”7e6716c0c21422d0

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Yebon quickly searched 2ea22737da it up and c4630968b3 found that the d7b14b3fc2 answer Ma Dongpal 1a0db12d09 had chosen was 6201b3f819 indeed correct. Yebon’s eyes widened in 13329c0d32 surprise.d52f23aa5ef16259

“It’s really 83210e8659 the right 6d81ccafa1 answer? How did you 4a8a47d2c2 know?”c3c6b2669d2718b0

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Looking up at 1334450bfa him in awe, 55a2cc9b05 Ma Dongpal, who ef74f85e57 had been indifferent 50dd0e8f4c until now, scratched ea9bc163ec the back of 6bf355172a his head, looking 3b44b621a9 slightly embarrassed.4f41efbbc8e46be9

“It’s nothing special. Running a bar, you 202a7d9bb9 pick up some random f673f58a8c knowledge about alcohol.”d042046ef448fdfd

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Not every c31cb49f94 bar employee eb4c2c9604 would be a55ba16949 an expert b7efac40df on alcohol. Yebon looked at cddb556b72 Ma Dongpal with 041816d746 newfound admiration, repeatedly 57205e4180 expressing his amazement.dc5d5bf104fafa66

As Yebon’s eyes 63aa723b9c sparkled, Ma Dongpal’s 6f869d2221 lips curled into 33ae39b179 a slight smile, c81c03b023 and he pointed df19e0bd74 to the next 8f0768d8ca answer.cb5aa207ca5b459d

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“This one 2715a8ee6b seems to db0f01a6b7 be the cd53c7c232 answer.”cc5e97c61b4eb682

“Wow, wow, it’s 93893ca9f0 really the right d53e8ca6a7 answer. You’re amazing! I couldn’t 94130b57e8 even understand d4a0e3a12d what it 555bee0afa was saying, 0ce3817002 let alone 8817f71247 memorize it.”d6c7e6b024af9af4

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“It’s nothing.”a526275525ade272

Ma Dongpal chuckled c4c216c2c7 and moved next 87e97f1acd to Yebon, explaining 4564119b63 the answers to 0a6e1225bd the quiz questions 9a517a5ff1 that were missing 0f2faf3467 answers and even eea0307709 providing detailed explanations.331259ae32fa1500

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Occasionally, when a b41fdb50bc question unrelated to 7650438127 alcohol came up, 417d0a1a84 they pondered over ca06071c44 it together. Before they 309ce1021a knew it, b5aafa6b9a the awkwardness 0bd766c9e0 from just d5d537b938 a few a2d29941a1 minutes ago 245103fae5 had completely 42609438d3 disappeared.87e3a5e6c7f4764e

“Do bartenders 1853c37c7c have certifications 35e95e87d5 or something?”ec3adbfecfa8577a

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“I think they 6773f142dd do.”f7a260c3678d3e27

“Then you should 4ba2357ff9 get one. You’d probably pass b5fcf902eb it in no 55802cb264 time, seriously.”3fcdb7344749645b

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“……Nah, it’s fine. I’ll be cf4f915804 leaving Korea f13bf3b770 soon anyway.”df2ee71f6fc2b049

At the mention a20ea2d3c3 of leaving Korea, 89decfcc98 Yebon’s eyes twitched.ceb699b83addaf0b

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“Because Cha Hyuk 31faef8064 hyung is leaving?”c19a891f9db2b18b

“Yeah, yeah. I’m his 0628614da1 direct subordinate, a0a93de825 so I 04816b1f94 have to e5f5d3f224 follow him, 4d5c35ad85 of course.”43e4950b2095f888

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“……I see. Um… do you 46215dc801 really have to aca3e215a3 go to Hong 1733209b35 Kong? Would something 3895727053 bad happen 695d6c13fb if you 56eb857315 didn’t go bfcb1faa3c or delayed 8f567e8d93 it?”ccfcdd5240b41cb2

Ma Dongpal furrowed his 948f5a3310 brow as if pondering 0f2c74c8a7 for a moment, then c1c47eddbc cleared his throat.65a5e4cffe8e8783

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“It depends on c1687f8cb1 the situation, but e0e599db33 since hyung-nim said 1cd1431ea7 we’re going, we’ll fa4e793dd0 definitely have to 163c3871cd go.”7b38a3c12c211f1b

Yebon was 6575caefe5 clueless about 59b8a0af5e Cha Hyuk cce95bb2d3 and Ma 971b6025c2 Dongpal’s world. Even if he b6aa2a7be3 wanted to ask 543b82c277 something, he didn’t 2e52853184 know what to 506df82cda ask, so he b5c1bdbc9a could only nod d00c570100 dejectedly.de8b23cc8115979f

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Even though he f9f6cdd32d already knew this e6558d4b65 fact, for some 25c8f6ba06 reason, it kept 0c7453a00c lingering in his 76db46e06e mind.1e8373cdfca516a1

Every moment he spent 7e3534f617 with Cha Hyuk, a 04484b37fa small part of his feacebbd4b brain reminded him that daede116bb Cha Hyuk would be 94593525ca leaving for a long 705d1bb031 time next year, even 2f4e8d3591 if he didn’t want 8b1f2e061f to think about it.caad2e47e9113e74

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Seeing Yebon suddenly 3e7e34d214 look so gloomy, 000201ca75 Ma Dongpal panicked ff59ada30b and quickly added.da577b42ab66f4c0

“Don’t be too disheartened. He’ll come 24c8efd055 back to 6a8e90062f Korea eventually.”be3d3e5da067f438

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“That’s a relief……”14440bf5bf20db31

“Though I’m 73064d5a0c not sure fde1bd3080 when that’ll e411292df8 be.”d98994069411a24e

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“…….”6d30ea5ce2d3e5f6

Yebon looked up 45020ef216 at Ma Dongpal 2b97a43c74 with a subtle expression, c0f2d2f2a1 unsure if he f6bc7418a8 was trying to 57053406db comfort him or c38dab7da3 subtly telling him 3aefbf6b23 to give up. Ma Dongpal 95c3ac77f5 blinked awkwardly.ff69ded5dfdc0584

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“Um… would you like 9e8e37394d something to drink?”f5a99b99057543f9

Yebon was 7cb874e2fc about to bb00b35631 naturally decline adfd598fc5 but then 41d20221e2 spoke up.6074cbc6b39aaf70

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“Do you have 81bd2bafc6 cola?”86420a7c27d0175c

“Of course we c3501bdcf2 do. I’ll get 7472a3e05e it for 2d2e180632 you……”2eb9bc5e7b0ce9ac

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Just then, f035696d21 the door 8b852eafd8 opened, and 5c8b27ae85 the clear 861a36db62 sound of 71f64bd10d beads clashing 7ec0a05c5f echoed through f8894edc60 the room.a8c0ac337723f133

Ma Dongpal stopped speaking 8243620546 and turned around, while d45dca6001 Yebon also shifted his 0df4275d2e gaze toward the entrance. Since the 75ddec0a0c bar wasn’t 675a3078b0 open yet, 9c7685de9b there was 0177766d1e only one fa933509bb person who c0a46e07ff could be 5ec2a009bd coming in.5c97d62a2862895c

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“What are you two bfbfb24635 doing?”0789d81732a73b1c

As soon as ec63e715d4 the low, rough 8957a86de6 yet gentle voice eff450363e directed at Yebon 1466cca9f7 was heard, Yebon’s d2beea525c face lit up 730316c111 with a bright 1f5aef29c7 smile, and he ad2c6e6907 jumped to his 357e660e20 feet.3bfe4c7300197ddd

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“Hyung!”bc355c5d5f6e73d1

As Yebon scurried 7df9a2ebe1 over, a warm 5e2254b79e aura spread across 702ede9042 Cha Hyuk’s face.ed5a10ca81874047

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“Yebon, were you studying dbb210b137 hard?”0e6060d3dd4d8a7b

Cha Hyuk rubbed Yebon’s 4a5ff58686 cheeks like he was 2fe2b7203b handling a child, and 4596d8fa65 Yebon accepted the touch 0d70d8dca1 familiarly.d9a7c89bc37bebd6

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“Just getting by. It’s an online d7ab4d555e lecture exam, so 7084a17867 I keep losing 2e30ac2935 focus. I’m planning to read 80ee552a1e through it at least 2e253aadbe twice. If I read 4a517912d4 it twice, I ab56c636d2 should at least 6c05fc14d6 get half of 17687df475 it right, right? I did c9a24515a1 well on 6f4a755216 the midterm 8c38aed83f too.”cd04f770f7b77318

Cha Hyuk couldn’t 36f7e2e7ad take his eyes 688b1c11c2 off Yebon as ba1b587018 he chattered away.5358c9403de54043

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“I see. But what 8a9b6d108a were you 2fef164879 and Dongpal 0df033dd00 talking about 32c8096627 so excitedly?”04f0742782fdec68

His dark 027c124855 eyes subtly c14bee19a4 glanced at 7c56de0441 Ma Dongpal.fb197ad01e34aa81

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Ma Dongpal a52a5bc33e swallowed dryly 305b47ce91 and tightly c5678dfda4 gripped the 8473c60794 broomstick in c354db721f his hand.512fe01cc6efa178

“Ah, it’s nothing. Dongpal ahjusshi knows f5e0bc0849 a lot about 0e35908981 alcohol.”afcb76a490967c76

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When the somewhat cc544f8fec affectionate term “Dongpal c973d54d5e ahjusshi” came out cc8242ee7e of Yebon’s mouth, 6b6446b9f8 Cha Hyuk’s eyebrow 95127cc66a twitched.ca5b6f48915a27f4

However, the reaction was 7fcb39cbad so subtle that Yebon 8a907b514f didn’t notice anything.4921b5f4ee07abdb

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“There were a 308f58c2f1 lot of alcohol-related edc527c9fc questions on my 9f5172fa74 exam, so he 2dab7510e1 helped me solve 504bdf1c2a them. Thanks to him, I 033b6ec612 think I’ll finish faster.”9c97cb3b468e26f4

“Ah, I see. That’s good.”486da17a935a75d1

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“Yeah!”3fdb9adbf7be5d36

Cha Hyuk 142381ad94 nodded while 7b18e53161 looking down 627fba2041 at Yebon, f3edbc66b2 then placed fe5f4c3d7c his hands f97d4c8ce6 on Yebon’s 7398e2c3a5 shoulders and aa493e2a6d turned him 75b0f497f6 around.185c38bd88d18641

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“Then let’s 5e82b3f769 get back 0b0244d84b to studying. Yebon needs to 7bbad66475 get an A+.”8444801643f09058

“……That’s impossible……I think……”a8f6261e9c117da4

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At the sudden 230529b281 drop in confidence, dd38a4b4d5 Cha Hyuk laughed 5d53f92c98 and then looked 1eb14f029c at Ma Dongpal.9cecb804221012e2

“Dongpal, the 9b81cf5257 floor’s filthy. Shouldn’t you 6c8c7a6f95 be preparing 9cd40731d9 to open?”bcfb40a26f7abfc2

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“……Yes, sorry. I’ll get right 7c255a8901 on it.”4f7ead4d1ba20808

Ma Dongpal, looking pale, 34f97bd343 quietly disappeared with the a8d5b0e7ea broom in hand.bdac1ba6e17b857a

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Yebon looked down at c56a4b959a the floor curiously and 63f4115a1d tilted his head.a7215a652bce5d52

The floor 7ba7a7d006 was spotless, b467cd2624 almost gleaming.088c638eaeef3ee2

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“You said the 9a299123ae exam’s at 7?”09b9365fa7f32b11

“7:30.”fc7ed31015c1df70

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As Yebon sat back f88cf45bd4 down at the table 973a41a952 where he was studying, e5e3db13f9 Cha Hyuk naturally took 570266aeb6 a seat next to 999cf7527f him and checked his 962cb74f91 wristwatch.308e927f7d8a086f

“Then should f6b6d99cab we go 4e3fba08f1 out to 3be1228e52 eat around 7af10033cf 5, or dc1aaa743c eat after 89f0140922 the exam?”b1f27cd949100603

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“Hmm……”93fb045dc468ac3b

Cha Hyuk rested his d31f400abb chin on his hand, c03e650a91 tilting his face as 3b6401f36c he looked at Yebon. Yebon, as 342d4b4c59 if it 0979311b97 were a f7409487ac difficult question, d24f4319c3 pursed his d974ae7bd0 lips and 0d279d7401 pondered seriously.d70aad2de49795f2

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“The timing’s 8ed92a2dfa a bit 43c4dfdeee awkward, but d26aec2903 since it’s 47c1afac76 an online 8f36cb0161 exam, I 07ed941a9a think I’ll 622f9c5061 finish in 67cf6e8669 about 30 cdf661c50a minutes.”30ac3124eae9dc69

“Really?”201a11c4cdba7f30

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“Yeah, I 614c37b3c8 think it’d 87cd88cfd7 be better e987a51e2e to eat ec87c196ca after the ffe1a669aa exam.”b84accccb59e174d

“Alright, then. Is there 763232dd11 anything you 532cb14955 want to c1252ff5dd eat?”476819012f5d5a7b

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“Anything I want 56a0c98351 to eat……”82726ba41d8b1510

The snow that fell 443833a9ec yesterday made him crave 1605d2cb00 something warm and soupy 22ba3e198f today.591663fa2e0f6b99

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Yebon glanced at 5448bfc5cd Cha Hyuk’s face. Perhaps because ba06b4b795 he had d13b560cb2 just come 01acad3271 in from af0b423638 the cold, c3b258f14b Cha Hyuk’s 4481e60f0d face had 5406022a7a a reddish aee3837706 hue.c1476cccb3bd8a58

Yebon quietly stared at 5b647ff7a0 Cha Hyuk’s face for eef5fcce83 a moment, then gently 54df9c50c7 touched his cheek and 096633f8c7 smiled brightly.4eaecaff10a734e6

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“Your face feels ed90fe52f9 cold, so let’s 004838f59c eat something warm. How about udon?”f295930ddaa36752

Cha Hyuk’s eyes 0383a64ff7 twitched. He immediately frowned and dd321816f3 buried his face in 8498e8313c his hands.a2ef1fb2cb2bda17

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Yebon was 0801b72470 startled by 76a7a6c65b Cha Hyuk’s ec401edb81 sudden reaction.fd2884aeec2b3064

“Oh, do you not 017279e1b9 like udon? Then let’s eat 4eeb094e08 something else.”53d250d7e9a30eb3

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“……I don’t dislike 0b97f914bf it.”c4122818aa079d70

“But why did your f640cd0758 voice suddenly get lower?”2f0b43623d7c67a3

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Cha Hyuk 028793055b remained silent 6381bdbb87 for a 05af9c72b8 moment, then 0c733522f3 grabbed Yebon’s d2a9fed843 hand with 5527e29495 his other 44d30f1f1f hand and 29794a0b2f pulled it fcd07a5877 toward him. Yebon obediently d700987b05 followed his 67d713470f lead, simply fcd5ac2d4c watching.92bc520847801de1

The place 7167803939 Cha Hyuk 37f89d79dc guided Yebon’s 59c97839ee hand to 4149cd915c was none 04c38d1487 other than 02eee445b0 the front 71801d060b of his fe6147cb6b pants. The bulging sensation against eabea58ef3 his palm made Yebon 9e85925be3 freeze.cb5546dfa16842b1

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Cha Hyuk smirked ac387d3a0d subtly, covering Yebon’s aa6b89bef0 hand with his e19767b116 own and pressing a8fe817c82 it down firmly.c71b38a79f71e77a

In the 13b72f129f end, Yebon’s 50b3afc1b1 face turned 008d2114c9 bright red, 8a8ec71b54 and he 27021d8c35 quickly pulled 1554859d5b his hand 21bf525dd4 away, exclaiming.9db4eee5d79da538

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“Ah, hyung! You’re doing it a786315598 again!”ce5a3215d2749bd6

The sudden outburst f9570c47d1 in informal speech 84eeb1cb3a only startled Ma 4fdd41a061 Dongpal. He flinched and 1d9e445db4 looked over at 9b327b9a16 Cha Hyuk and d61c0ccbc2 Yebon.5b056ab1640cc475

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Contrary to the e35aab253c expectation of a 7d6cda66e4 tense atmosphere, Cha adbbf2a942 Hyuk was smiling 864b9dc005 broadly, clearly enjoying 965ee3e081 himself, while holding dc1cfb0232 Yebon’s arms. On the other 355b6e21d6 hand, Yebon’s face 917fddac16 was still red 2bc4a8f5cb as he struggled de8194330d to free his 25bbf16d3f arms.b330c70198a1bc36

‘Has hyung-nim dd9c173bb8 ever smiled 7da85613f4 like that bdbf1a163e before?’5310c6142d95599e

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Ma Dongpal fd0cd78213 stopped mopping 7704d0350f and stared 4be493c958 at the 9b809a49b9 two.0d373056fb2b7bb6

Cha Hyuk had 88f44a7d47 once said that 2d082db085 he and Yebon b2f43dd00e didn’t match, and cec9deb050 Ma Dongpal had 36fb59869c agreed.0d1999992baa45ac

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If it were about cd98a8a63e debt, maybe, but there’s 0b50535823 a limit to how 4b8a0c9566 well a thug and d2a3d07773 an ordinary person can a160f5369e get along.137bec226b97cfc3

But now, it seemed b040f4f415 like the boundary between cf34ebbccd Yebon and Cha Hyuk 8400b9ef61 had disappeared.03d7f098813e3b44

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‘They look good 7c7ecdf4b9 together.’1b0bdca67cfc0898

Ma Dongpal 19b11696c2 muttered to ad687dc364 himself.3048606846615d81

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“The exam.”e781a7909dc318e7

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Lee Seunggu hopped eaf645289c down the stairs. Then, he threw his aff9471ca5 arms up in the 1e656b60dc air and shouted.0ac84c74689376b8

“Done!”b8fa8a0796aa913c

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With only f30c2c7ee6 a few a463be7d4a people left c9d2d79840 on campus, 3786a522a1 everyone turned d1e0032fe8 to look 3d106584a7 at Seunggu, c0671d8f6f but Yebon a9090054c5 pretended not 5b44265f5d to notice e1f1b76544 and walked 83029da147 past. A cold wind 650f5746c7 blew, and he d2ad41f8d3 buried his face 8345d4ffeb deeper into his 638c032465 padded jacket.4646bf1398797d43

“Ah, Kang Yebon! Why are 51e04cbb4b you walking 38c3949f7b alone!”4d1ceea300cdfd66

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Even with d0bc5fdc38 the voice bd4aa7131e calling from a7f77fbd84 behind, Yebon 0888b40dd0 kept walking 42f787434c with his 1d2f4195dc arms crossed. He wondered f1943b80e5 what he’d 34eea3545f do if 179bf327ef it was fbefe123db already this 2ff3f81159 cold with e9976c2a6d winter still fdb195ffd1 far from 4e94dfbecb over.e76a1b8abc2c2240

Just a little while 4430a3060c ago, it seemed like f311cd4663 the withered leaves were fd5f47fe12 still clinging to the 9dac30b698 trees, but now they d1fa8fb88d had all fallen.0a23f88b35127ef4

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“Even when the 2021acf01e leaves fall, it’s 9c836cdab5 warm.”a793fcf302a80e96

Suddenly, a bca4d25482 casual remark 8a8cbe3a3a Cha Hyuk 047d7715da had made 2f223712af in passing c60d8e8696 came to c82ae248e6 mind. If it was this ec6f5d53c6 cold when the leaves 581d5cf3b5 fell, why had Cha 6cd02a68bb Hyuk said it was 4ec2699ab0 warm?6d766fb4d5f32f9f

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The fleeting question was 15bd86bed8 shattered when Seunggu came 0f96bfb353 running up from behind 6d2da33a46 and grabbed him.47b42521bde55114

“Hey, the guys 6835ada726 are at the 09f5425a5f café up ahead. Let’s hurry.”3e891d12cb0272c2

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“Are they going straight d28de56a61 to Kwakga’s Makchang from a19fcc936e the café?”7f8d4e8fe6d6e508

“Yeah, I 9c20677a08 think so. Ha Yesol and Park 265a42ee45 Jinhyun are going too.”7b05526906aad514

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“Are they done 8df36f4957 with finals too?”24d091c344b17afb

“Park Jinhyun 922b2f3167 finished his b56844046c ages ago. I think ea07a77210 he’s just 5cf7de14ed tagging along. That guy will f914db2adb do anything to 4f08db3e06 join a drinking 4aa4f6c7b5 session. I bet he’ll b21c96e622 be the first ee0c3653c0 among us to 7bba219ee2 die.”087b70329ae78075

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Park Jinhyun 82dc4b6f1a wasn’t particularly 8af6c9587c close to de0040faa3 Yebon, but 0f24cc6fd8 he knew e155b7dc99 that Jinhyun bf8f89ff59 often joined 8fc7ceaf84 drinking sessions bcde55c4c3 and frequently bca08a14a4 posted on c513afeec3 social media e6841baf59 about drinking 82a30abb90 until dawn.b9ed3c351237a432

Yebon nodded without saying 019554a60b much. The tumultuous second 49a914ee0e semester had come 84addf51a4 to an end.c6205fc477ef03bf

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For some reason, Yebon 40e063243c felt a strange mix 810f5546eb of emotions and clicked 4da1196c00 his tongue as he 7a708380cb walked out of the 0c82b155da campus.e477ba7db2643067

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A few hours later.7dbc771733d546b5

“Hey, hey, Yebon! Kang Yebon!”c462ed66ef69a679

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Lee Seunggu shook Yebon, 1bf80f3330 who had his head cbaf9b5723 buried on the table 52fa52ca00 with a troubled expression.dcbce223703a6b1b