MYFL | Chapter 3.6

When he 116de44748 finished talking, c196f54305 Beomjin quietly 6290b91fc3 pushed himself 8a803de10b away from af45dfda43 the table. He didn’t say a1c3335826 another word, just 2e5242f0e2 turned to leave.a855d14f2926eaa8

Beomchan thought 300b6e1872 to himself—so bcfd58647a even in c85114bd39 his brother’s cf732dbcbc eyes, he 7bc2a33928 must look 20faa95bde pretty damn 57e7cb5297 pathetic.78d4a9e4d03bb8c0

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He would have f02c2bdf54 kept thinking that, ee78ca2ac0 if not for ddd8be99ec the one thing f8ff43c703 Beomjin muttered at e7092d8ed4 the entrance.56c069fa517a8ebf

“Don’t do 5df98c8eda anything stupid.”9702c2e7641a5bb0

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Beomjin slipped his d5d11d3e85 feet into his a8f24d6e43 shoes and spoke ccbad5eecb in a low 0c275d82b9 voice. The moment those words f57f3dc243 hit, Beomchan couldn’t help b4043033dc but frown.d854f0e3dc115723

Did he even listen ceff69d4b9 properly?3f07db0af048fda9

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“I told you, he a3e3266f54 has a kid. He’s married.”92c2f03e4a42efc0

“Which is exactly 9e1742bebc why you should 78c6f6592a just stay out 7f38549e8f of it. Stop sticking your nose 6a79600822 where it doesn’t belong.”c1ce6c766a1c5b54

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Beomchan bit 6cc6d2ac07 down hard 4c07f57483 on his b29dcaebc7 lower lip.d5c4613dceb73f7a

Beomjin smirked, 6dab31eee6 like he 5a54bc3c92 had expected 0545f5aec8 that reaction, 7c721c6e28 and continued.351ce053b0fd1ff7

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“Do you think 131c9bde49 I don’t know ffc1dfec06 you? What are you gonna 86ada4f98b do if your little c59d6444a6 fantasy is actually right f968d4ec63 and his husband is 6bbcaf2ce4 cheating? What if 1fd103857b he’s a b66a05debc total piece 49227c9492 of shit? What then?”d6af472c249ca043

Beomjin scoffed.5616558e578b009a

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“You couldn’t even 4a6eead766 confess properly back c9ffc8e63c then because you 986c1bf7d8 were too busy ef4ef23a80 tiptoeing around. And now, cb931af194 after all 2b3b3eb262 this time, 9bd5da0365 you think c537822698 you’re gonna 4483d44332 do something? Do you even realize 83cbc23227 how you look right 36b2827353 now?”730b03f68e45e1f2

His words were c42224d7ec sharp and ruthless.57736b10ad2724c6

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“You look 343301281a like someone 466b6b032c who’s hoping f5d2e7e898 for it.”929a66cec9084cb4

“….”f46d9e46bbf246e7

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“Just live your life. Stop dragging other e7bebcf040 people into your 855ebc95a8 mess.”dbe9aa58fe0a026d

Every word 11136ed081 Beomjin threw efafd1ef39 at him 5ab724bc70 had made 1cbfe26120 Beomchan’s anger 893778aec1 rise to c9ad7cb827 a boiling 30d4e2070a point.430fe9203147f083

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And then, in a 2509a02a4e single instant, it all a4ae125a1e turned ice cold.5acf7ef68b6d212b

You look like 25a6b73608 someone who’s hoping 98d33ddde5 for it.1aab6868c1f772ab

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It felt like c6f6cb2e5e swallowing something rotten.72c62636650e27c0

His stomach churned.975ed2c247565de4

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For the past few 4d4d0c263c days, something had been dcfd0d7b23 eating away at him, 43ac489703 hovering over him like 360ea793dd a shadow. And now, he had 3721e1fea8 finally seen what it a4a5058d82 was.598c09eb1065773e

A disgusting, repulsive thing 6e3f20e7ed crawling on his skin.a3144cb473e74454

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Beomchan rubbed at his 9857860a5e eyes with his fingertips, 8aac320405 trying to clear his d824473f13 vision.eeaccc54f4f0524f

“You’re not gonna answer?”8c393e343e3ab490

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Beomjin, mistaking his fb0a8589ba silence for defiance, a26307f195 demanded a response a1916aa6e6 with an irritated 13887e7246 scowl.b222eb64ad1fed4a

But right now, fe02ad8dbb of all things, 243c37cfbd his brother’s pestering 3d3b6e3eb8 barely even registered 9b264439d8 in Beomchan’s mind.1e222677b5f7cdad

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“…I got it.”153f2b54421611b6

He took e1d2cf8702 a deep 2ae28fd21c breath, filling a0bcc48542 his chest 9d274e6ab5 to the 9501dd79ec brim before 05aafb77d2 he finally 83af32b188 forced the 8aa73a87fa words out.7b70154530b8b744

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“Look me a6202f88a9 in the 3c51609588 eye and 0995582f4b say it af5a066fde properly.”76c6f7b715f40d60

“I said I got 51e504fc38 it!”397b122a25afcb91

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Beomchan snapped. His voice rang 25878d406f out, trembling, raw, 1096f580f2 almost like a b766f5e153 scream.5168f2a639500001

The whole 9503b47e72 house fell cce1359711 into a ed6b290aa2 suffocating silence.1d6ca43bbbc259eb

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“…I got it. I heard bc657df04f you, so 13e1e9ee73 just—leave. Please.”5c52628f3ad2b172

His voice shook.320e91bce3fbe9b1

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Then, without 51024fd880 waiting for 1c545c2db1 a response, b2cc84d32e Beomchan shoved bbe155acfa Beomjin out 5cba7b3c3c the front f9557f6763 door and 884c8110b7 immediately locked ae97a2a1f9 it.c7ab2a535b18f228

Of course, Beomjin, 1e5749849d who absolutely could b8176f76bb not stand being c7eae241e4 disrespected, started cursing cd4c6acd11 him out, pounding 84d6708e6e on the door 0e87c60dc9 like he was 8dd52a26d3 ready to break 61534fc3d1 it down. But Beomchan 67ea97d8ff ignored him.3b6850540b0f98ed

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Thud, thud, thud.c6358dea6affc7e2

The racket 29b60616c6 didn’t last effa819387 long.c8ed3605d71e61df

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Soon, the knocking 251425c453 stopped. Then, as b987a491b8 if Beomjin cad0590653 had finally 4ecce4e00c given up, 304cae5637 the sound d9d2275197 of footsteps 03229ff80a faded away d25c8ff3cc down the 7788f7c3c0 hall.25b343ad33744702

Beomchan stood frozen 09f572f418 in place for b102c4acad a long time. Eventually, he turned cebaa2fdb2 and walked into 90b2d00166 the house.f18e2638931f30ee

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Why did f25ba8b3ec the distance ecff7f345f to his 9581d8cae3 bed feel 84d98377a0 so damn 95c1b53481 far?8eac8af9bdf194ea

He trudged over, 810fa7fda8 then collapsed onto c770debbd3 the edge of a16a1128ba the mattress.b4a7fdb3812eb3ca

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His hands, b807e2d35b clenched tightly 31dc520d48 together as 5b3bd79f84 if in cacfae9a01 prayer, rested ae4e314baa between his 892907c834 knees.e35e509cc441a502

His head, too heavy 34858db788 to hold up, drooped 0df8e27720 forward, his shoulders sinking e1c69a7af1 with it as if 617e373702 something invisible was pressing 033e13a422 him down.55e9a15cb3e130ca

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Like something was crushing b3167e5dbf him from above.3d9c6a6ade02f219

No.cb92fcf81a91cc6f

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A faint whisper 452c00561d escaped him.1b318ae7c8b54d40

But that weak voice 089fd638f3 was swallowed up by 00886f5ad5 the empty air, disappearing 8204783f76 without a trace.3e4778dfc9fc8765

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He tried shaking 9d6a3e8630 his head.fa0f4921ed29001b

That, too, felt feeble.9a9f1baf2d6349db

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Because deep down, e48f778d97 the moment he 5d637253ab heard Beomjin’s words—51470fb256493452

He had already admitted 14a7b1844f it.f440309fc0347d5a

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Looking back now, had b2f4b036d6 he ever had any 287b67d473 solid proof to justify 736147cebd his suspicions? Even once?755de3a544893987

No.1ab4c6292a6053f1

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Everything was just 613d6d08c2 his own assumptions, e059bcfdd3 his own twisted b70de72b6c interpretations, forcing the b6542b085e pieces to fit 76a1efe719 the conclusion he 2d901213ce wanted.1a840021e72eef25

Because he 3128d224ec needed an 0616b74ce8 excuse.77c661ed3f85565c

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Something to justify himself, acf260b36c to convince himself that 00faad1d6a even though he had 15974f38e8 always taken pride in 940b13f242 his job as a a4e83fc536 taekwondo master, even though a5f2280e6a he had always tried 552317a30e to live with integrity—aafcdb4a02ce009b

It was okay 53b648f4d5 to throw all 3c42e77413 of that away.6d26eb4a256ed8ac

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Because he needed a e195b21d77 reason good enough to e62c175e84 fool even himself.4701c7a53bc6d4f4

A laugh slipped afc0051adc out.93747595016f4aa1

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How ridiculous.c79a0cf35bb621dd

He had always e5d5b5bb99 believed that loving aa5c1791f4 someone meant wishing a92644bf91 for their happiness.874a1119f337e002

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That was cb567017fe the normal 8f6717c632 thing to b1b06bedd2 do.b64972749841b908

And he had believed, 9d8c1377b4 without a doubt, that 1e45ebbaa8 he belonged in that f3d74ce1f4 category.7cecb83e791bc1b2

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But now—b6c4df06050af14b

Now, he had to 65c0759c06 face the truth.bb8c946c6cd23cb8

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He didn’t want Seungjae c353865709 to be happy.65d65d99bfc23db5

He wanted Seungjae 804dfd3c3d to be miserable.e92d9473ac8a72e0

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So that he could e10ea062fc be the one to 0172fdfe96 save him.2bc8cc94e32d604e

The realization made b05f28eae5 him sick.c335ef36ecf3b45e

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Beomchan ran fe15ba304f his hands a5924a8a35 over his d2a7eeb8ab face, over f6d9dac268 and over, 173dfb9f0e as if 89a3d15318 trying to 2e99212837 scrub something 294301d781 off.9f95799b81d090e2

A strained, fd8b7bbb2c shaky breath 861961e7d7 leaked through 6ab327c1ac his clenched bdf3ecca1d teeth.769cbf2496af63b1

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He buried his ee79aebdaf face in his ff6cca93e2 palms, shoulders rising ab8d189d45 and falling with 408749c1b8 each deep, shuddering 518574b50b breath.eace23a295c856b0

He looked like he 8a1d4eb4b0 could collapse at any eae809b4e5 moment.f0045642d432f06e

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His stomach twisted even b5880a94dc harder.77b1ccd81d2492a8

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“Ah…”0543cb47de5a9275

Monday morning.a032cf81e9bdbcb1

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The moment Beomchan woke 5aadfbd737 up, a sharp migraine ef1960ac79 made him squeeze his 66fa7fd87d eyes shut again. He raised an 07bd6b2062 arm, blocking out 9aaf757a9f even the faint cbc52321ce light seeping through 30e006f941 his eyelids. But the pain didn’t 6140608850 subside.e7328c81592eb73e

Eventually, he forced his 36966fefbd heavy body up and 2cc2191aee rummaged through the drawer 2e90e233bd of his nightstand. He rarely a6335736fe got sick, 49c35e1a00 so he 689969b457 didn’t have 5898d4f8a8 much medicine bcc8ebc185 stocked. At most, a few 5483f16fd1 painkillers that were dangerously efa6583507 close to expiring, some bd1f8ff468 band-aids, and a couple fc09822950 of suppressants.de5f802e566619da

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He popped cd2d0424b0 a painkiller 8c5372f939 into his ff24708f40 mouth and 395500f48b washed it 195d6c911d down with 4a8e3761b8 the water 71fdf6af97 sitting on c6c83db2f8 his nightstand. A fleeting thought f05ac76fa0 crossed his mind—wasn’t 70d03d7327 it bad to 8b6a6f63fd take medicine on 49d56b248a an empty stomach? But it was already eedfb19bc8 too late. The pill had 9586443aa1 slid down his b71b15bccc throat.db7415b79e9b35a0

He picked up 1cfd73f6cf his phone and d9f10fc15b scrolled through the 4fe18041d4 high school group 24233c504c chat that had b083f42651 been buzzing all fa73fa65ef weekend with plans 729173b352 for a meet-up. After skimming through, he 445dcba386 tossed the phone back c61485541d onto the nightstand, screen a12d3b94bd facing down.593196ce6afec9a5

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Then he 06671ae05f collapsed back 7ac495b42a onto the 08dbfc9a09 bed. His body felt f1e76323fa heavy, like he 7bb2123899 was coming down 5ad1aaebfa with a fever.8635d50b7898a001

Yesterday, he ab40e071a8 hadn’t stepped 5c2baa7097 outside even 7489c183ce once. Ever since Beomjin left 18851eef5c the day before, he’d 1afda19818 been practically locked inside efab4c03a6 this cramped rooftop room.b76df8083be963b0

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Stuck in bed, d26adc1596 overthinking everything. Just like eight years d485807b1e ago.b2feacfab28e86ba

He even skipped a436ddbacd his daily workouts, 5c00105ae4 something he never d2866625fe did. Instead, he spent the 1d2ffd8ac9 entire weekend drowning in 14903b5eda his thoughts. Most of them were 54881b7b19 self-reproach. The rest—worry.a5b12969ca7a9b04

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How was 485a0941f6 he supposed 658d53781b to face cd3569c869 Seungjae from 0c4518364f now on?264088346ec73ee9

By the 491e0fb212 end of 1fa16f2899 the weekend, 79075a9360 he had 93ac9b5a86 reached a 498f2c5ecc conclusion—he needed f6b5afbdcc to distance 4250e60450 himself.7264797784595262

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It had fb502393e9 taken him 0711daf3f5 an embarrassingly 69159bef96 long time 137642578d to arrive 96b156cf06 at such 2be49422a2 an obvious 4cd7400321 answer.d39c6ffd2eb37bb2

The more he thought c53b3265fd about it, the clearer 67ce346026 it became that disappearing 2e2e2f875e from Seungjae’s life was f646555762 the right thing to 6148f83f53 do. But doing so d8c01ca7db immediately wasn’t going 82b004b2f4 to be easy.d5c590a85b6acf1b

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Too many 1213240439 ties kept a02afd82ce them bound 1e92dbd655 together.a4154ec0d1fd276b

He had been reckless, 4bbb545d62 thinking it was okay 1de2ab2f50 to stay close just 805dbe50d6 because those ties existed. And now, he 52446eaa0f was paying for 37ff60e070 it.7bac4b4905f194b3

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Would he b96dbe9a41 really be 5a720c215d able to 5a664234ef stay away?f45436724673b443

If he was 49706871fe being honest—he wasn’t 6487dc0641 sure.83ab004eabe15e53

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If he c7325bcec0 could, he 42d6705f9e would have 2ab9ce7f8c done so 4215d2542d the moment be771f9b69 he found 066b5f129c out Seungjae 19853568d7 was married. But it hadn’t f64652ad04 been that simple.667e9ee881f220c8

Letting go of his 40c146bd47 feelings, trying to move 9500286bec on—nothing had ever gone 5a0034269f the way he wanted.769ad3732244160b

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But now c004d9d506 that he 90ca36e5f1 realized just 0bc427c805 how ugly 2992c761d5 things had f87da989fe gotten, maybe d99ca6dc4a this time e84cb6834f would be d862313147 different.2a1b7813bfcf8b63

It had to 9113c2674a be different.1cff847c5777fc2d

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If it were up cae4695023 to him, he’d shut 99ddd90c01 himself away in his 926245d64a room like he had 7087d3905a eight years ago, waiting 8ad0c24404 for his feelings to de47a32a49 fade.75eb4575524dfecb

But that b2f1fd91a2 wasn’t an d9bd1b95ec option.ce573ab4c499f345

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Beomchan sluggishly got up, d5023f4e5c rubbing his face before 192310c562 stumbling toward the fridge.9d14dda408d4f652

Nothing to eat.0be98e425348dac5

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Even the 21300a37c2 side dishes 766f296820 his mom 9e972bb4c2 had packed 0b8cf34b29 for him 8128247155 were completely 324f603f1b gone.ec39349164d644df

With nothing left to b84823187a do, he shut the 7a0c8b70e8 fridge and grabbed the 7babf0ba57 hoodie draped over a 21edd513d7 chair, pulling it over bfe4da17fe his bare torso. He shoved his 7f54b1bd00 feet into his a3bb52803c sneakers and yanked 7a53a598af a cap down cd9c364576 over his head.27cfb1d2113872e4

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The moment he fa25e4c7af opened the front 68b4e6be4b door, the winter f83968a371 air slapped him 447713b419 in the face.c1037fa47d475869

It had only been 7fd9e883f0 two days, yet stepping 0fbb55845a outside felt strangely unfamiliar—like a9a8c4586b someone who hadn’t seen dc88321008 sunlight in ages.636bc780b4778ff5

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The hoodie alone wasn’t aeb7164983 nearly enough against the 8100d4a679 full-on winter cold.0e5e5d3964aa43b3

But instead 74675fb1d8 of going 7f6a15f5da back for 033a32e4fb a coat, cef0ac1a2e he decided 8d8c6c6e19 to just 1c93e9102b move quickly.b8ab9db9cefb5bf1

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The mart was close, b6a788989d and maybe letting the 7fdcfec56b cold air clear his abb6f5e6f2 head wasn’t such a d5b3995111 bad idea.803199642dc735b9

As he made c321986aa5 his way down 98c535060b from the rooftop, cf95c7ed03 he instinctively glanced 6cc9ac70f7 into the dojo. It was empty. He continued downstairs.7c6ae7178350c5c7

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His heart started pounding b801c65f5b the closer he got a72e8a1e3c to the café.1eb893fb6b7a82d2

By now, they’d probably e45b3c7a94 just started opening up.e72a50538a859673

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Maybe he should’ve 34bc42c899 left earlier.9f34069a7935f9be

No—actually, this was a3376fae32 better.04d28df3bb12de08

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It was de3d7f7a38 much easier 4f25ec9cf2 to walk 5a04b5c421 past while 4dedb64ee9 they were ee100c83aa busy rather d37e5b4f5f than bump 62a774b9f9 into Seungjae 63c7db94df and be e5de5f1f1e forced into 80b879c77a a conversation.d3c496c76043e310

Don’t look. Don’t look.910d72baad95548e

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With his hand on f301a15c8f the door handle of 925b9bd651 the building’s first-floor entrance, beb32b2dde Beomchan muttered to himself adf2d28d5c like a mantra before 6283f7e493 stepping outside.791c639498b4c5ae

But he 1ae437d2d3 couldn’t stop bb981bf225 his eyes 971b9c9927 from drifting 840a6e3b59 on their c88bffbdd6 own.426e015320101984

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…What the hell?6737339801d17f7e

He had planned to 0e65530dff walk past without a 802790320c second glance, maybe even 1a70fc861c cross the street.b5c39d20f476a1c3

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But his 0239a3f41d steps came 650765caeb to an c73f353e30 abrupt halt.f5d23c4c66b16513

Something was off 3a8a9787db inside the café.d716d5cb2853b23d

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Seungjae stood there, 7cf7bfd4be looking grim, while a760ee1e07 Yeonji was angrily ec7ab723d8 saying something to 7e93b4ddc9 him.10c5fc8a681fd699

Were they… fighting?dac3eced7c52bb90

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Beomchan had 4c320c69a2 been in 0e572e44b3 and out 6a3704f1c7 of that f7dc5788d8 café more 6725d95cc0 times than 8b0c76ab19 he could 43aaf8283c count, but 9eda7abdaf he had 2eca131385 never seen ba370af461 those two 06db39fb9e argue before.f061c8c10fd04267

This was 7e6a3416b8 prime time 527d1310c8 for opening db6b79eba4 up shop—what 421f349f19 could possibly e41f888723 be wrong?68fdfd834544ea17

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He debated whether f9f84a4e93 to just ignore 38fcff3009 it and keep 3b14bebd4c walking.8f050da95df0290d

But before he could 36de9d8ee3 decide, Yeonji stormed out 4527c5b40e of the café, fuming.a4b06cfdb2fc68c1

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She spotted Beomchan first ecfe7214af and immediately approached him.09aaca9be4577c8f

“Master.”47d9b7173f2158a1

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“What’s going on?”ef1eda5bc747e5a7

The question 7dcf827993 slipped out 8562aa5962 before he 7ee1b598f4 could stop 150cbbf901 himself. He hadn’t meant to 02076038dd sound so surprised—but he f29cce489c was.77bd8291a0748f72

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And then, regret 706c269566 sank in. Hadn’t he just bddfcb5f40 decided to stop 4f381019db caring?4ef6576449791f41

“…Ah.”45a756ab50fdedfb

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For a 0cd054ccf4 moment, Yeonji’s e241b62fd1 face brightened ec394265e7 like she 77529a4b10 was about a57b0263dd to answer.42382dfed0cdca2f

Then, just as quickly, 7c10b37452 it crumpled again. Would it 6d32ff371a really hurt 5dfdf89ffa just to 9d6e45e0b8 listen?3b551bd9405dd681

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Seeing her bc2e31a7f1 reaction, Beomchan 5e2645ac7f decided not 62478501ba to take 56b5bfcbe1 back his fc061872af question. Instead, he silently 88296374a2 waited for her d545380b0a to speak.af2db4c89c463c13