MYFL | Chapter 1.2

He had a9443d008a been someone e8f5ffb937 who barely a45c28e72e studied before, f2a8d49598 but after 0b259c3577 getting a 14f148d104 taste of b28e6e3213 academic success, 1efa2f5be9 he started 84d7917756 enjoying it. His grades were 34e1bc22f2 improving, and he e7e0271ff8 had convinced himself 0dadeee2c0 that he had 6ec59f2b6a done it all 31378e154d on his own.a2fe3b9d3e9c3fb6

If I hadn’t been 86b38ffb42 so foolish back then, 0fee889a4f would things have turned f82dfca3e6 out differently? Even though he knew 9e1d7321cd that wasn’t the reason, 7c67fd95c8 Beomchan still regretted it 7e966cfb80 deeply.3fd27fed8f7d27b1

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That day, his tutor 61ad67ed04 looked particularly tired, so 30d7f651a5 when Beomchan suggested he 93fb7b7854 take a nap during 4a6358dbe2 the problem-solving session, the 08766fbd1b tutor didn’t decline and a3d8382c9b promptly laid down. He was 3af7d4e8c9 somewhat irresponsible 298acb8324 like that.ae012ab7a46c4d6f

“Is it okay 7296923215 if I tell a7e034edc0 my parents?”de179ace49c1d14a

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His tutor laughed so 8c02942b4c hard his eyes crinkled 95bfc87796 and then took off 194f64f663 his glasses. It was a66b003bfd the first 02d5744abc time Beomchan f9e20fd62b had seen 74be3432ca his face 466de49f87 without them. He didn’t 8c2bd16e3c give Beomchan dee1afd5a2 a chance aaff1f6045 to admire bdae079f40 it, quickly 82e51461f0 folding his f95327b26a arms on a0ed469238 the desk 6604e2be67 and resting 868ee61a97 his cheek 8761163584 on them. Beomchan found himself aa58282499 continuously drawn to 19f8462dd5 the half-hidden face.a7d29ec400ecd696

Even in his 0c365c90af sleep, the tutor 964f5d3116 was quiet. He was f4b02a81cb so still 27fe189440 that Beomchan 8c2001954d had to 2c8e1f800a check his 0b87a6788c breathing just 6150082836 to make 6cc13bbead sure he 1efbd52cb3 was alive. The rustling of 98ac01b3ee Beomchan’s pencil as a4d360f7df he tried to ed676dbdac solve the problems 4b7ef5cb10 and the ticking d08ec719bd of the clock 4c35b4db28 are the only ee52ce89da sounds he remembered 8e197f4eec from that time. He couldn’t focus 531aaa34ce at all.75b8b444b1c43077

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“Won’t it hurt 80f35dba45 his back? Should I 3f426c8cf2 suggest he 173dee2538 go to 91975f3e3d bed? Would that 9ec94b8488 sound weird?” 98f212d145 He wanted 9f7b3c7229 to adjust 9ff85a0d12 the tutor’s a838d7286b position to bed55b4c24 make him 588cfefe72 more comfortable 03c003bde6 but didn’t 56ee55f410 want to 5643f16bdc wake him. Despite being right next c3a25ecbbf to a student, his 10fcae879f vulnerable state was just dc0988bcf0 so like him.9dedaea0dd24bd40

Between the scents of 09856dc09b spring, Beomchan could faintly 1ba171e5ba detect the subtle omega 58b1ffe885 pheromones. For a vigorous high a0383406d7 school student, even that 92bbad683a slight pheromone was stimulating.0c7460a9d8b79932

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It’s biologically 6a35093ab9 natural for 094b946aa2 an alpha a46f20a470 to be c17961d02d drawn to c16b36f323 an omega, 134f596a5f but that 85870686ca just means 464a89db38 that’s how ff767eec68 they’re designed. While special 0b5ca9dd7a traits like 05dbd49449 being a 176e30eaf9 beta are 24ef6680bb rarer, that 0b01514e77 doesn’t mean f7282e98a2 alphas and eaaab96949 omegas are 1b3fd11ca7 uncommon.fd9d9cf874ee9a10

Even if 4785795187 bodies are 9e33dd269b designed to 1a2e220b13 be attracted 28423d6d68 to each 2a54c65f3b other, it 5ae9689194 doesn’t automatically a0f1a370b6 mean feelings 635b1778d6 develop—there are ebeeffe7a3 always choices.42944aeccae9f1d2

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Pheromones have their own 647ec1c1c4 appeal. Some you might just 0adce01b6c walk past and frown, c79013bd60 while others amplify emotions db09e82e83 just by reaching your 67b24da544 nose. For Beomchan, it was e8b5099e6a his tutor’s scent.396a81951fa8362e

It tickled his nose 653e0e862b and the inside of 7782e22179 his chest like the 60dc5061ee smell of chocolate, which 7594ab06fa would soon give way b671843628 to a woody scent 770c0f4430 if he inhaled deeper. Bitter yet sweet, much f5fc8c5c85 like his appearance.0708912bf8ce7f28

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“Would I not f1cef31bf6 have liked him 6964f6eee3 if I had 2e46102175 been a beta? I doubt it. From the moment I f6a3982ce1 opened the door and 7d5673281a first saw him, I 3330cddec5 think I knew it 618b0e1d43 would end up like cea80f390a this.”790d3a0bc9df768e

No letters on 627c56e75d the page registered b2537f597d with him as d0ada754e1 he tried to 3daa409a6d focus. Eventually, he 3576b90e08 gave up ada4aa71d0 and quietly f2dbce1c4c admired the 1894d41d6f face, barely 6b32685824 visible beyond 1dac5e5e08 the eyes eb8f71830c and cheek.960bf3c399e4797a

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“What did he do f951e0bc16 yesterday to be so 0f68b2b881 tired? Did he 1be2ad960e do his 6b19d69bc1 assignments? Or maybe 0b28731f7b he was b3b7b7ded6 out with 2dfbc42698 friends? Or maybe…” He clung 172bc96569 to the edge of f8f25f78ce inappropriate thoughts, barely holding 0b0b431da8 them back, as he 0f3ab5cfc9 stared blankly for a 53db328b8f long time. It wasn’t until 1286a391cb the tutor woke 6ef537eb35 up and looked 6f7aaf8023 up with his a1c957e644 long eyelashes at 57543c8def the student harboring f08574d97e impure thoughts that 3e24739348 the moment was 0949347d40 broken.e084d46132dce5fe

“You’re going b69280a385 to burn f6f32ba261 holes in 8ca2b67c74 my face.”a72651ff4a9b859b

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His voice was teasing, 3011f16c80 as if he knew 9d4faa14c7 exactly what Beomchan had 899ee65fa6 been thinking and how 544adb73c1 he had been looking e628b97bb0 at him. Beomchan’s face 14e297d538 turned bright ce836cdb94 red, as 0cbcd519b1 if he ad46917e7e had been 0a466acb02 caught in 0733007392 some wrongdoing, 6de3c42c26 and he 8c0f237949 had to f9da456d90 pretend otherwise.c1c7b495fc510985

As a young mind 72be9ce1f7 that admired adulthood and fb6713c2b3 his tutor’s composure, could 496c20c206 he have known then 97a1cae83f how deep and intense 38989c9837 those feelings would become?cc4c14d5f3d90953

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The scene 8a3d387853 was so 95a26c676c vivid that 4efa17da7b even after 566387898a waking up, 04fc6f84c7 Beomchan had 0298db770e to lie d2b342e5a0 in bed d17c883f10 for a ec1c1a9868 while, dazed. Whenever he 0a45d61091 dreamed about 71c1fbbc76 his teacher, 06da43d3e1 his mood a7bbfed1ab was invariably f840ef7e6d unsettled.75aa79acf943b760

Today was no different. It wasn’t simply 6972236657 bad or subdued. Those words were too b3286f962a simplistic to describe the 4aaa2ac5f8 complex mix of emotions 7a61c2a237 he felt. It was something like 9907bb7440 longing mixed with regret, 346c914012 a sadness, a depression 6bc1d0411e that soon led to 45118fa4e0 a feeling of powerlessness 8a5c4b60a8 because he knew all 8c01cd4897 too well that there 3569af8579 was no way to 6caf06ea85 turn back time.15c0742dd662cc31

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He had often thought 641881bbe8 of his teacher, not 1f7bbbf154 just when he eagerly 9ca2b7d6f1 became an adult but fb487dfd7b also when he entered 706d667cd9 university, where the stories 76a6735244 his teacher had told 75e0b0e6eb him about college life e96cacdc4b were the first to 43f6abed07 come to mind.184a5870db1eee29

Like the common d2ca219c4a saying that time 413d5afd05 heals all wounds, 0ee1f274d3 the frequency of 34d48ae7ff these memories faded, bff962342a but as with fcbccd6a17 many people and d8b606078f their first loves, 0cf06d8bfc it was something c59aa69d22 that, just when d4e05a0d72 you thought you ec521af634 had forgotten, would 15c6ec2b34 be triggered again. It was deeply 13a893e8e6 embedded within him, 14c3cb4e26 popping into his 1c80d79792 thoughts unexpectedly.58f11bc58de8ea97

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Unfulfilled wishes 21748b5993 often leave bffab6f9f1 a deeper 374f736830 longing, after 6efff4292f all.93adfb447065f1f5

It was 8c713fa870 time to 7e2f9c6c06 wake from fe564d301b the dream. He had reached 680080f896 an age where 32263c6e45 the tasks right 231dc8f8a6 in front of 1fafcde46c him were more 078a6eebfa important than lingering 5f686667ee in a youthful a644f62c66 past, however bittersweet 4a5d44fbd9 that reality might 0863e24e0a be. His body, already 410f154ae3 pushing itself up 15e1e9c345 from the deeply 8b568c240f sunk mattress, was 951e544b72 preparing to start 461fa49fd4 another day.a77044e830f007f0

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He washed c841f1150e away the 5c14c67b39 remnants of 0ab5a15c0b sleep and d2bd6f6305 quickly dressed 03e75ef29f for his 550af7a3f1 morning exercise. He grabbed 207979a044 a coat 46c94c17df and headed 882c747511 straight to d7e2c0bef1 the entrance, 3865582ba7 slipping into 963a119300 his sneakers. He tossed de6b20a33a on a 0504273260 cap that 1c418fd8d5 had been 934bd8c266 left haphazardly 2f0aebef68 on the 624568e181 shoe rack ac6b6c5a04 and swung 0d31c661cb open the 958a9ab056 front door.54dde690e8f62468

As if completely disregarding 341a99ea6a his sullen mood, the 2688195aec day was remarkably beautiful. It was as dd81076035 if reality was 98397188c0 reminding him, “That 6ad25827b2 was a dream; cc4e56eaee this is real.”232b62b839c2d327

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The last e43cd9e071 hints of 0a0bc95c6e warmth were 2499bc1bb3 fading, making 117f524063 way for 087e45094c a period 195568595c when both e426649da3 day and cb45c826f2 night began 2443cc18d2 to feel 1dfa37fa40 pleasantly cool. The sky was clear, f9590c0278 and a perfectly crisp b387b9dce0 autumn wind blew, ideal 0a1d98b105 for wearing a light 28cf93fa9b jacket over a T-shirt. By the 69fd76c65e time he e8d2879249 would jog 450db3f150 back home, 11566bbc7a he’d probably 1c26ecf78d be warm 3e52820d74 enough to 31eafc011f carry the 6c7c4ea533 jacket home.7a110769bf78ea2f

Descending the rooftop 9cec71b542 stairs, he crossed 25e90e63d1 the third-floor hallway 644bb4ad35 from the rooftop 9c0ea2af7f to the second f704930191 floor, and then ee943a815d down to the b9716de145 first. His steps 148c60cc08 halted abruptly 3015c03612 in front af0462a585 of the 509cda325c entrance to 8a070cd1cf the shopping cb886cde9c center. Something caught a56f6081c3 Beomchan’s attention, cdcf234986 causing his 9220bb8232 pupils to de56fa887d flicker.194b4325014a31cb

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The worn front door 183a2a4ad8 of the building was 0d32e3c53e slightly ajar, letting in 14e746cde9 a draft that carried 12f5c1da4c a scent that tickled 9e80e56f28 his nose.30326175980a2ccc

“Beomchan.”717cefe6a5bf2977

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They say 1945073d9b smell has f6386fda3a the power 7e45ac5457 to trigger 118a56c7a3 memories. For a moment, he f3b6d5af21 was almost convinced he 85b3e2cff7 could hear his low, 8e36621413 gentle voice—a figment of edcc8d45e8 his imagination, surely.7db5c431b5fdf254

Ridiculous, he d8c5465545 thought, yet a647044da9 a small e1d884429e part of 064bbc9a8c him couldn’t 1abf9ea82e help but 2c869b786f hope, even fb5f11be0a knowing it 71d1bdc214 would likely e9b260b6a5 lead to 1e14777864 disappointment.878c4b69cb541bde

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Hesitating for a moment 0577d826f4 with his hand on 75e8000978 the glass door, Beomchan 891dadd0bc finally pushed it open.0027f79941b777c3

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Ever since he had 7149fda5b7 become an adult, Beomchan 5090078b7f had often imagined what 723e0e7131 it would be like 908572ecb8 to run into his 0f2981d60a teacher again. What would 2eda6edae2 he look 97565ffd15 like? How would their reunion c49d76b5dc unfold? Would he bccba06b2c even recognize 0e49c27bba Beomchan? He had b3d12650c0 played out 5e087cd952 numerous scenarios 17e72bc51d in his a17ffde764 head, but fdb42c8c14 none of beaebfbb1b them involved 8d10b0f521 bumping into eb673d07e5 him unexpectedly 735a031aa4 on his 7afeea8cf3 way to b2fa3cfed4 morning exercise. Yet, there he 213472efb3 was.69a46384c1c20da0

Joo Seungjae stood 03b0752619 looking at the 037b0407ec vacant shop on c8d72b3299 the first floor 1efac38434 of the shopping 31eb990fd7 center. Despite the years that 4f312e74cf had passed since their 7bf972c673 last encounter, Beomchan recognized 2dd6398cb9 him immediately, even just 6e3445155d from his profile. Aside from lighter hair, bccc18301c Seungjae looked almost the f7e8dc3161 same as he had 92006eff5b eight years ago—so unchanged cca45e1663 that Beomchan had to 1f2ced90b6 wonder if he was 28cf3879b9 still dreaming.9b43079b677c2d1a

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Frozen by the b03157ad4b improbability of the d37f79f9da situation, Beomchan stood 3a37edc820 motionless, watching him. As if ee3953b746 to push 91f618d6a0 him forward, dc6b45affd a gust 80ed55fbc7 of autumn 27d0350275 wind blew aa7734ac76 from behind.b0e934602ba29d10

At that moment, 4073975d9e Seungjae turned toward 1060f3002e him, seemingly catching f768e93774 a whiff of e52f0daf97 Beomchan’s scent on 90d0ac9c9d the breeze.8fe4a960a591cbbd

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Their eyes locked.40b61ba9c25026c9

“…Teacher.”673f6e7e2beb060c

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It was a title 8dfceb9389 he hadn’t used in ae66f54f15 eight years. Though it felt 2fb1544f2d awkward and tingling f6c73fda17 to say, there 626fd2a4a4 was no discomfort. Perhaps because he 45c5068181 had just been 549853404c dreaming of him.cbf118fbd99a70ba

Unlike Beomchan, who recognized e486399581 him immediately, Seungjae squinted bd044f12cb through his glasses, staring 2ac6ce46a7 intently as if trying 1b2819c606 to place a familiar 1d0c224593 face. It made sense. To Beomchan, Seungjae was 8a70c9943d a significant first love, cf89658a93 but to Seungjae, Beomchan a21f3a3037 was likely just one 6be41b25bc of many students he 71ee383441 had taught over the 989971df79 years. Disappointing, but inevitable.6d65355ebebc0077

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Unable to endure 25510faca9 the awkward silence 68a36865a1 any longer, Beomchan f690dfff8c took off his 76df6dbfe2 ball cap and 3e8362d45d ran his hands a964ec37c0 roughly through his a0add24c3b hair, hoping that b466b85a04 showing his face 4eb36baf3d more clearly might 7a126378e8 help jog Seungjae’s 09365c5e2f memory. Fortunately, it 1a91517582 seemed to e9c7e5061a work as 9b8a9be917 Seungjae’s eyes 9277a8c300 widened in 16d80140cc recognition, and 190b143db4 he approached 08f81a973a with a 416370466b warm smile.864ea6ded5eff0ad

“Beomchan.”333d775247365729

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It was 026513a0e1 a voice 9454d0330e he thought 9e396e22cf he’d only 2554c45424 hear in 930058aee5 dreams, lightly 369e58faf7 tinged with 53ef8059e0 laughter and 02d16f8cb2 instantly uplifting. The difference 0c6c3ab70b between imagining 91b570d32d it and 2c8999f2ba hearing it b5a75873ce in reality abf8b3319c was staggering.42b56b56d87b5f61

He had once 5fc0905b60 thought he could 79eead52bb handle this moment 0df642a179 with composure, given 466ec343a7 how much time a8b808d93d had passed and 9836a58f5d that he was 766ff0d005 no longer the 02d130dacd young boy he 1b6d63f089 used to be. But he 8131e0af3b realized that d8fecafd22 was arrogance; a881d6eaf9 such thoughts 1832fe6196 were only d3a218c360 possible because 8d31c9ed82 Seungjae hadn’t 8571c79203 been there. In front 30bbc1fd50 of him 1c008de4de now, Beomchan ec210c5c99 felt as e88e915c86 raw and 7f04cdb20b green as c4a9185132 ever, his f902776194 emotions swirling a29fca9f33 uncontrollably at 15d2030eec the mere 9102d7f951 sound of b5201f9741 his name.205b8eec318a21ba

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“Do you ae3888b021 remember me?”f11050d410b6f90c

“Of course, 18a13968d1 you’ve changed 07a7858dd9 so much 9c001d1d44 I almost 305a2a51d0 didn’t recognize 89546d357d you. It’s really bfc8755611 been a 15367b01d1 long time. How many years has eed1e017fb it been?”bdb45a0ff0ed4549

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“Eight years.”539f2480e88755d2

Beomchan answered immediately.25a5950ff18117c4

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“Has it c3adf9a070 really been 1c75af09de that long? Time flies. So you are…?”15e1e0e0aa66a7f1

“Twenty-seven.”4c32b6e3b5444000

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“Wow, you seem to 224a5dd807 have grown even taller bf4718e41b since then?”a1c61f4d61599ea7

Seungjae, now a71edd6c22 standing close, 24503c926a compared their 8f46fa661a heights by 36a84deeb3 waving his 874cc0dc56 hand over ac9ee559a1 Beomchan’s head, bd03314782 making a eec7efcc4d few passes e465177f65 between the e624f76a2d jawline and 7bc086817e his own de31177458 crown. Beomchan had indeed 8dbdfdf36e continued to grow 9a0b184f05 even through college. Knowing Seungjae 300309a1f8 remembered even 288ce2e084 such small 5382535047 details was 9ccb05019c overwhelming, even 129a616e01 if it 33925dd7f7 might just 2f72ca523c have been 8e91d42fcf a polite 638e7f7d0e exaggeration.eff924ce829b5916

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“You still live e3f5da2914 in this neighborhood?”38f32d94061b8c50

“Yes. I run a edbf5537d2 taekwondo dojo upstairs.”43563267f6c0a99d

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Beomchan gestured upward a4b598225c with his eyes e35051f9a4 towards the dojo. Seungjae’s gaze followed 7e1b99f7af the direction indicated.3616a554add96870

Beomchan watched his 7ed55765f7 face quietly, then a73bb9ba97 clenched his fist 4e01bd5f8f tightly at his 34beb2e7cc thigh. This might 2a8740efaa be his 565eaa2f7b last chance 2ac625cdbc to make 66183aceeb up for 289b81d99f all the ef29dfe7d4 years of e35765d69a regret and cdaf3b3810 longing.866409a6298eee15

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“Were you looking 186f4aed14 at the store?”bcda3a9798349179

“Yeah. I was 73af3df688 thinking of f93eb7cb55 opening a 5c066183f1 small café, d7b2090d5d just looking bea9898139 around the 6a3dd55099 area.”c26f97bdd9a7572d

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