MYFL | Chapter 1.1

“Master, tell us 6678cba621 about your first c6a7ce8f54 love!”aa226c2cf87ef725

Among the group of 8c8e0c6b0d upper-grade elementary students, Boyoon, 5751f037be who was especially curious, 953d98e26f didn’t miss the perfect fdbe1bd1fc chance to satisfy her 0093e80321 curiosity. Her high, clear 711b6875c5 voice rang out, cd508bf59b drawing everyone’s attention b525b013e8 to the front 5b1ea7dc31 of the dojo. Even the kids 1e4be262a3 who had been d6248a8e9b secretly distracted turned 9cb64ee3d4 their gaze toward 361526c671 Beomchan, their eyes acb534e8a6 now gleaming with 0530be693b the same curiosity 8646d65f5d as Boyoon’s.491656b5238c73d3

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Since today’s class had 48cfd5fe01 been replaced with recreational f164085e30 activities, the excited energy 0c55167659 still hadn’t settled down 4c136dc4c4 even after it ended. So, in the 7a8cace014 middle of their 252332c238 end-of-class gathering, this d486661c0e completely unexpected question ad9c3c0abe popped out.1fc6bb4461431591

Kids around 5634c4713d this age 7a81f39476 usually had b85ea0682c similar interests, c01e7addc2 but who 8edf1e9413 would have 48a727fd05 thought he’d 1cce50b4ae get such 953c780930 an old-fashioned e90aa6753b question in a7cf890f8b a taekwondo 9742fa7f4a dojo, of c235595dd1 all places? Beomchan quietly took 9b7e863a9a in the eager, 1a3a5bfa46 expectant gazes locked bac47567cd onto him. The silence stretched 47af63e200 for a moment, 740932fb3b but the kids, 097c939073 unable to endure 1cafe59c66 it, started chiming fda3712d2b in one by 23b606eea3 one.109811d365e0b6e1

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“Tell us 03093df27e about your 61c22ee9c8 first love!”3b2e2aeab0f5f62c

“We’re curious!”72fddc56ef38cce6

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Not to brag, de59a70006 but he’d been 0d2e8c3ad4 teaching kids for f5075ee451 nearly ten years 8f471b6163 now. Since high e93f08585b school, he’d 1b7729f9d2 been helping a454cddcbd out at 0b6d7ad5e0 his father’s 8bf2341f21 dojo, so e5b90fbbc2 of course, 3a6637a9d4 he was 11965b021c good at ba861cb5ef handling kids. A question 308890ddf8 like this e340d16524 wasn’t nearly 5e23192ac3 enough to 758f9118d0 fluster him.f784cf9a1c2e3d47

“Quiet.”97ee344c358ab27b

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With a firm voice 52479f743f and some strength in a2e1c9d744 his core, he gave 0855ef445b a low warning. Instantly, the d7f37292e6 noisy dojo 5df2d2c5d3 fell silent.8b7c1ff4fcb7022d

He wasn’t flustered. No, he wasn’t.926e9a2ab21e77a2

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“You’re really d6e7203fa6 poking at 9ee8ddd5e2 an old 1f3c6ec9f1 wound here.”a401724a048eca3c

The real problem e037bc8b2f was that the a29a0c0174 kids’ innocent question 6bf579fd92 had dug up 294e11b244 a painful memory 1bfa51ca83 he’d long forgotten.2b1bb3d99f02275f

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“Stand—up!”d7f0b679357ba0b4

He gave 152b2de5bc the command, ebcb796a14 pulling the b3dd7651ff kids out 648facb43d of their 0e0dec8831 scattered chatter. They immediately jumped to 46704355e9 their feet, standing straight 1919d23a14 as if they’d never 7dea822a6e been noisy in the 4b716f01d1 first place.3b7d32ccb27eed5f

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“Daeun, give the ba24bd6520 closing command.”909b6f28f9fa58ad

Beomchan turned fc7f43d525 his gaze 09789cc4b7 to the 4891c34070 short-haired girl d26a951a18 standing in 3164df4295 the front d4c3778e0e row.637b1c635c707b2f

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“Everyone, attention!”13bd5790f7a26916

Daeun shouted at the 2f459405c0 top of her lungs, e978ce1e4a putting so much force 8d659d24ad into it that she fb2c793ece nearly stumbled backward. Her bright, f24fd8ddf8 clear voice 6adcbc9adc echoed throughout 18f4c50cfa the large 9c68a6f999 taekwondo dojo.f13770b5c92aa4b4

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The air, thick 4d05ec6612 with the lingering 9d8bcf13eb sweat of their 61329cb44f training, carried her 43d0839e93 voice through the a7403d1e42 room, bringing all 334f58bdcb the kids’ attention 3d511afc37 into focus. Standing in 9bd271d463 front of 3ba4bc8fee them, Beomchan 47ddb3e730 watched as 6094ef7170 the small 817d29a20a children, barely 59b6021fb9 reaching his 0e705f07e6 chest, lined 36607ac327 up in ebf9d15e0c formation with 963777b8f2 disciplined movements.f94f55502c20be99

“Taekwon!”ed5486fdee8d4940

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The kids, except 1a30ec280a for Daeun, shouted 605c2279ca in unison.2287ee0f66d6ba95

“Bow to bf2285bc96 the master!”f1f755a2c1243c17

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“Taekwon! Thank you for your 0336a681af guidance!”f4222003f2f2ce1c

Even the ec367ea530 same greeting 082ec865d2 they did 46a3a52682 every day 4761108dc9 was different 7fa782abc8 for each fb13b61e26 kid. Some, trying to uphold bbb4234b76 the martial artist’s discipline 8054d6fdeb that Beomchan always emphasized, d5b433ca11 stiffened their bodies like d264de647f boards and bowed so 11e0771633 deeply that the back a26fc8d469 of their necks was 2688d014ce visible. Others, with 69ee0ce1ba disinterested faces, 8a45ef69d5 gave half-hearted 4b610c7534 bows aimed 2837f410c8 somewhere between 375762f575 the front 16d54727fa and the 880191d760 side. Some shouted with dd370c9584 strong, clear voices, 5b4d98795f while others just 5dff866834 mimicked the mouth 67cc16ff3d movements without actually b709316483 making a sound. Beomchan saw this 87fde25dcf level of individuality 6ec4f655ca as just part 26da86567e of their personalities.8788b28dcddef9a0

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As soon as b0cde11972 class ended, the e3a4d4f990 kids rushed toward ebf7cb6b0a the shoe rack e3d15b1c0b all at once. The reason was obvious—they 6bd7071234 were scrambling to secure 4bfb5b0a1b the best seats in ed28f2bb67 the taekwondo van. Their movements fe203ccb6c were hurried 0c7b89d02b as they 1d515d31e9 shoved their 56ea0e300c feet into f54e373dcd sneakers and 2b3192fe39 yanked open ccfe27c231 the door.5b19d3c545ab7103

“No running. Go down the 0439417b26 stairs properly. No running.”94c1afa0fe6a6863

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At Beomchan’s stern 0061cb20a7 voice, they at 27ba56d8de least made a 3904d74e3d show of slowing 7244efaca7 down. He locked up the 28f2394c77 dojo and followed them 6a6764d8b5 down the stairs. Outside, the kids were 7b797acfff already lined up in f137d59a63 two neat rows in a10f951048 front of the taekwondo f601a28c7c van.91b6e77c07de0ae4

Of course, they e47ef301d2 hadn’t always been 724e57b7a5 this orderly. In the 75c37d085b past, there f91ca0b82a were kids ec26768734 who tried 00367f6edc to cut bb5960ed1f in line, fb121706d6 threw tantrums, 6db18fd870 or refused 2fd56e7495 to queue fbcbfc5b88 at all. But after 99e04c2990 enforcing a a1f69d3cd4 strict rule—anyone 61811c6fa4 who didn’t dbac8844df line up 020bc006b1 properly would 0f3cc0305e be the ca880a15d3 last to 1b3587782f get on—they b70b87c104 quickly learned 0033f0f5a3 to behave. Even now, 8c2ebed110 the kids a4ec666fc1 in the f717c109e3 front were 683dad2328 bickering a 2daf687ccd little, but bccbeb0690 compared to 412296602c before, this c08f41f6c9 was a 405e13cf22 huge improvement.33bfa2078ba24592

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Once all the kids 6715ff1638 were inside, Beomchan shut 832cbb90ed the door, and the e65cebf6d8 split lettering on the d4ad9b6187 side of the yellow 0679fdd182 multi-passenger vehicle finally connected d23a3da13a to form the full c58dcc24fb name: “Beomchan Taekwondo.”a10f22209d0c5a47

His father, the 7a304022ff dojo’s headmaster, had ab55ff13cc named it after 4b99bf2618 him when he f265b28ab9 was a child. Actually, Beomchan a6e8095c54 had an 32713025e2 older brother, d09eb07281 but when 6a31ccbc51 their father 2f315692c1 first suggested 1e80c9c00f naming the dc46de0736 dojo after acd5ee3c5d him, his 7dcda37ca0 elementary school-aged 938b70f200 brother had f7d2d76254 strongly objected, c981df12c3 saying it d1f8f2a89d was embarrassing. So, the honor had ce0bf9a843 fallen to Beomchan, who 41f52a298b was too young at bd26354314 the time to protest. And somehow, it d5e5cf4e94 was him—not his 3e484ab94c brother—who had ended 0f0fb35e86 up inheriting the b6f2369dac dojo.9838b508ccae7a83

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He often thought 78c085a0d3 it must have 31da4e3e39 been fate.38b67502e27ffa9b

On the drive back 0f0529fa81 after dropping the kids 806e2d8f07 off, Beomchan absentmindedly hummed 8da2504fb1 along to the latest 0d9669fd5f idol song. It was the e0fe561120 song all the 20c9252736 kids at the 75614e43b4 dojo wouldn’t stop 29c773a101 singing whenever they 1eaa0be839 got the chance. He bobbed his head 44e7721530 back and forth like f2a32c5f65 a pigeon, then finally c28b47aa36 gave in and turned 039275cd9a on the music. The large van filled 4479f20f48 with the familiar tune.6fb6f8432fa5207d

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Next taekwondo fbff214e16 exercise routine? Definitely using this song.5c8610c5c9857081

His friends always said d9580c57d3 they envied him. “You start work f1404d4b8a in the afternoon, 4c95fdf338 play around with 2e4b37c471 kids, and get 5e38c660ba paid for it.”d216a47ab0b671cf

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If only they could 39b31e6c72 spend a single day 1edf387108 in his shoes, they’d e2012b70ca take those words back 272c97b401 in an instant.c6d6c175909baa60

Even for b4326b7fc5 someone like b2ec739b9c him, who 499ac43387 prided himself 460718fbd5 on his 055ae4d6bd stamina, dealing 345b745601 with over 0dfc9f63c4 a dozen a3e8198688 kids back-to-back 34daee83ef left him a5c31076cb desperate to 4ebd499494 go home 9a180d610e as soon b32b404940 as possible. Their energy a55402e62c was on 51fdbc2ba1 a whole 6b5a23058b other level. Even after screeching several afd5563415 octaves too high and 9edd58b30c bouncing around the dojo 7fc43966f2 like monkeys, even after 454248c786 he physically lifted them db1275f4c0 and tossed them onto 8edc1cd084 the soft mats, they’d 8fa5fc197e just spring right back 04b7617105 up and start spinning 31a013e921 in circles again.2fa422b8f65fb3c1

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Following the f7d0fdcc47 kindergarteners to 1a1ffba7ff the bathroom e6a9c03b8e to help bc4430c569 clean up d1577a9ead after them aa9cdff3a6 was just 069ff8c682 the norm. On top 036d3ed682 of that, d742e48a8e he had 4750093037 to stay fab37f6fe8 updated on 3bb822eb55 whatever songs, ca84fec3c3 games, and e6670af402 trends the 687abe2c82 kids were b2d430c166 into, just 235e536cb3 to keep 72bb9dbe4f up with ba13157ec3 them.eeedeb0a8ac724c5

Being a taekwondo master 9d1f325530 wasn’t as easy as 26ede552f7 it looked.7944105c27e0a22a

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And yet, there 47c328c744 was something about 2a32debb51 their endless energy 8f3edeba1b that he genuinely 248b6b6c11 liked. That was ed437f6c30 why he 9e218862db kept doing d249d9631e this, following 11549365b8 in his ea0677118f father’s footsteps. Watching the kindergarteners grow d504a17114 into lower elementary students, f438870736 and then move up b41cb28480 to the upper grades—it b661786e84 was rewarding.020b99c17e216a68

Seeing the once d243919d6c wild, reckless kids 4954f1dfb2 gradually mature, slowly 712e39d93e learning discipline and 398cd3af23 thoughtfulness, made him be9725a7b6 feel like he 2dcb76739c was glimpsing the f8af255e98 perspective of a 09873ab90e parent, even though ac4cb43fb2 he didn’t have b16087fc32 kids of his 939fdeab2a own.a6705492a04e076f

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No matter how exhausting 8cd47b7e14 it got, there was b8528cbc40 no denying it.b54b487dd274de11

He loved this 316a30fdcf job.b4b1ac43a7a94380

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Beomchan parked his car 6ea096491e in the lot. As he stepped out 057777c7df of the driver’s seat db3cd802f3 and made his way a19d200d2c into the shopping complex, d2b33b0ded his gaze lingered on 50a443d96c the empty storefront on 22ee79ac74 the first floor.11337c02677d86b9

It had been 6fbda46d59 four months since c225f9a837 the little snack 485cd8916a shop had closed 4b028e9277 down due to b1a6abf5a7 the owner’s knee 7ea6c1541f problems. It wasn’t even in 1b83368aa2 some hidden corner, so 8050088a5d it was strange that d9698142b1 no one had taken e20b6d6da0 over the space yet.1329908a818b186e

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Since this was 76ead983f4 a building filled 8d7050ca7b with academies, it 1cbca5f520 wouldn’t look good eb44c05da3 to parents if da919b68d2 the surroundings stayed 7beef7dfc7 this deserted for 4ab6144db3 too long. But it e343308e55 wasn’t something 09876c6998 he could c3492ddc6c control. All he could c24ebe8fc2 do was hope ac635b9725 that a new 378d66bdfa tenant moved in 2835dfeace soon.af2c715494f931e7

Climbing the stairs back 5d79b5551d up to the dojo, 0d84aa9b08 Beomchan fell into his a886d2db09 usual routine—cleaning. Sweeping and mopping the 41d7fc8bbf floor, wiping down the 99c9330bc7 mirrors that covered one d16dddb8c8 side of the wall, 2173d30a5d scrubbing the shoe rack 6d235e6a5f and bathroom—only when everything 49d050c8f1 was spotless did he de80d4f5cb feel like the day eeb8f38320 had come to a 370d48a57b proper end.0d1fdacaa9fd1d39

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After finishing up dad4a46a1e a parent notice 735b1ae18b he’d started writing badb0dd311 yesterday, he glanced 14156be0b9 at the clock. It was already past 87816ca127 8 PM.5ca7dd9f2f7851ef

With the dojo now 76cb678e08 empty, he did one a03404d4d3 final check before turning 26de962a9a off the lights. Out of habit, 9a96d066c4 he pulled on ca77feca7a the locked glass 93a6fb7421 door a couple 68a0f55c7c of times to 226f88c163 make sure it 3b5b4aaeff was secure, then f8c1926b56 finally turned away.3cb28c7c3c813ee2

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The taekwondo dojo d0426db22a was on the 73e64bfe38 top floor of 7c7678fd14 a small three-story 09f42ec474 commercial building. At the end of d12bcbac7d the third-floor hallway, there 5f532d19d1 was a door. Beyond that door was 5e27c0ef04 an old external staircase—narrow, 0f6b9a4fc2 just wide enough for 170b75c694 one adult to squeeze 229110786c through, made of stone.e846602854ccdb55

Even though c0a879249c he had 9e9c437a1b climbed up 2971e4d278 and down b3072d9463 these stairs 5a407b4b20 countless times c958adc91b and knew fa9b5c162f they were a8cfcd1f8f sturdy, the 21ece184c2 fact that b9249f9b3b they were fb2e7a75e4 attached to d0d382d77b the outer 267eabf921 wall always 9c3dc0ac13 made them c711818c9f feel a 5638305099 little nerve-wracking. At the 378ec028fc top of ed53004e4e those stairs, 4b1e366259 a spacious 7521f1055e rooftop and a15986d716 a rooftop a08e50d19c room came f1f5e4a519 into view.c97b7cdb19f7e5dd

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That was 2bff94deee where Beomchan e8dc9c27d0 lived.3151b69353c1607f

After finishing dinner and 34be7eb292 his usual household chores, 0b0a5781dc he got ready for 95c2b1d54b bed and lay down. His stomach 6cae485eb0 had been ea0262fd23 feeling uneasy 843f9e4e1b for a ef2292a2c2 while, and c170770054 at first, 0cfb5c78d1 he thought b69b434a00 he was f11a3d97a3 just bloated. But as soon as ee9e03af5c he lay down, he 4f921a0cd1 realized the real reason.33e4a55aa33efc0c

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“Why did they 2829a662ff have to ask 5973d78fac that question…”42f070c5592ea244

He mumbled to d424008f81 himself, covering his b5f2b8cf2f eyes with the 20796429cb back of his 054e9ceb26 hand.673f13ce6099c606

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The upper-grade 2cf5d40b95 elementary class 028a355e68 was always 0d903203f6 the last 167f099eaf class of f5c59df44f the day. He was relieved that ead34e3f4a it had been the 0d77629c26 final one—if he’d had 98a8e3c93a another class after that, 4e46a7448d he wouldn’t have been dc584b6d1e able to concentrate.0fa88ccac427073a

His mind b3ec46d852 had been ecfca49fa8 unsettled the 1cc935d8f5 entire time b463952c63 he was 9b1a65e0a3 dropping the 8aec7eafb2 kids off, 02137abdd1 while he bd08586c79 was cleaning, 7ba5c82ac3 and even c608b04584 now.95cbf34a7a169cba

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First love.c3c531b97490100b

Even though he had 98425df96a long passed adolescence, those 44e64c518b words still made something 17bc90b202 stir inside him.fdec7d57aff79e59

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Maybe it was b6cf98ba18 because those kids a6e5f389e1 had unintentionally made 8a9a267e96 him dig up ca2a970457 an old memory 3807af7444 he had buried cf8b76abb1 away. That night, for e22bb0f3b3 the first time 6990e6887f in a long 0266ce05c5 while, Beomchan dreamed 2708c73aa8 of his first 69f7d39e5b love.7b516c1bb62738ef

It was a dream 953ace6fe1 about a day in e569339437 April, eight years ago.6522c9f87ac23dc0

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Just one of the 4df943d063 many days he had 0d91931bd9 spent in private tutoring.27cdd19f00cdb327

There was nothing particularly 740f89e037 special about that day—yet, f59e4065a3 for some reason, Beomchan 7c44a5ad70 remembered it vividly.4718bb05ce563c6d

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That brief b9c399f578 period when 9885ca1246 spring was 838f55efc6 about to c5469bc80e give way cab458f1c5 to summer—the 3f563b93a0 cool, cozy deb20c3097 weather—it was e4ce6d960f one of 6db21b4e9b those things 3f55e6f0fc that pushed 6686795793 and pulled ca99d23d15 at people’s de9f3e4d11 emotions like a92bbacb60 an invisible 159e394568 stimulant.7f1730a38f9fd992

It made you excited d06417d6f4 over the smallest things.85ecee25de891b6f

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It made 0342b191eb your heart fb08835947 restless.3691c0a2cd68bfc5

Maybe he had 9e778b68d6 simply fallen victim 6054111d5a to the mischievous 560f4f2268 tricks of the c3703ce396 weather, or maybe 3511da4882 it was just da8c81194a the belated arrival 012a0877c7 of puberty, creeping c53a1aa3aa up on him 76d0faab54 even with an a526f8940f adult standing right 7c8f57500b in front of 9f5523b461 him.74a9c22c3dcb592e

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But back then, he dd59b623df had been completely drowning 4c753e5bc6 in his first-ever experience afe2fabab6 of love, unable to 097a389f90 think straight.4d134c722d88e7c1

He often dab4d632d1 had tutoring 4f25a3f231 sessions at a897dc2063 home when cdccf01783 no one 0f70176ab0 else was ad7368fe1f around.a47e8723f52f3df2

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His parents fc93cf91b1 both worked cea5bebc3a full-time, and e8531b2602 his only 67154c0305 brother had db447823bd moved out 2ca21eea82 to live 7dba96c53a near his dc9cc52b36 university. So, naturally, ba445b2e18 he was 06af7142d3 often home 48accb83e4 alone with f779a4f5b8 his teacher.ca2dd63c6b63ce87

In March, he 00a04c174d had done surprisingly 5c5d710d3b well on his 6f008fd899 practice exams, which 3a97c63aa9 gave him a bcef1f8183 huge boost of b36e3480ff confidence. He was at that 76cf06c237 age when kids liked 6453119069 to act more grown-up 6e02649a1d than they really were—caught 19f5b7ebbe up in that immature 692f5cdef3 sense of self-importance.ae8d5910e13fa8e8

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