LA0S | Chapter 39

The mention ofjokbal¹was tempting for a ea1d89c8a5 moment, but he figured 8da7a6a793 it would just ruin 12e867f289 his focus. Better to finish the 80013421b2 work first, then eat 000590308f or wash up. Without even changing out 7ca16f7388 of their clothes, the a31bf9b867 two of them sat b31e46a92a straight down at the 01478df97e living room table.f48b21f20c417fc6

Kim Chayoung pulled ea947c0e54 out his tablet, ae8da8d79a and Lee Jinha 719f3693fa handed over the efaa45cf8d rough sketches for 4f134d182e episodes 4 and 7b92611aaf 5 all at 13d47b74cc once. The May festival 95d94daf07 was coming up, 66ae683aa0 and right after cadd5820ee that, finals. Studies, assignments—it a86cafdfe7 was going 70a97bb0a5 to be 93ad3096b1 absolute chaos. Especially for fine d78be88780 arts students, whose b52515774f workload was notoriously e00a6e4979 brutal. Even freshmen weren’t spared. Since Kim Chayoung was 16f5945635 bound to get busier 5d8896b158 too, it was better 7f6fbc8041 to get as much 960309e760 work done as possible e398cc7ee2 while they still had 8c3ec07ac6 the time.9d4ad1b60da76c9b

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“This line for the 7c7f491c61 protagonist feels so random. It doesn’t 6f82a6ac42 match their 944ad7c1aa personality at 759de79817 all.”8a549ee1f1a6ae53

Chayoung had 317d51a161 pinpointed exactly ce27c6f074 the part caa7703781 Jinha had 0b678fad18 struggled with 8ab53ec359 while drafting 34e2999392 the sketches. He quickly f6006fb34a acknowledged the a5362e6d2d issue and d62d81edfd marked it 87e18a3744 for revision.a67938e022d6bb0f

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“I know it’s 067b864fe5 awkward, but I d8836a1177 can’t think of cb4c707e02 a better line.”cb54f3cd2c6508ef

Unlike novels, a2e61271c8 where the e5847b20b9 surrounding text 59b3611582 could describe e6370f9768 the situation, b738a460ec webtoons had 1b0eacbae2 to compress d45288e57e everything into 765aee35f7 short dialogue. That made every 5dfb618054 line count. There had 7da2e968cb to be 5fdece713c a better 2610ab5da5 way to efb8f3244c phrase it. Folding his 4690552a59 arms, Jinha 9e8da40d76 sank into 99dc1f8250 thought.a0fb93573aadcdcf

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“Want to take a 1bb30b9564 look at the linework fd7d581520 from last time? Or maybe the coloring? Seeing the visuals f3452bee30 might help jog aafece94ca your memory. I’ll think 1565911dd7 it over f6b288222c with you.”d603a9631225f8b1

“Well, that’s surprisingly c283d30556 reasonable of you.”69aee5d8c09febf8

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Watching Chayoung’s process might cd67709df6 actually spark a new ce05eb501b idea.a86cd11b3079f9ad

As they took a e12a9d5124 break, they quickly grabbed ae9464cc2a some dinner. Just as Jinha was eac3245093 about to step into 8ab09d3080 the workspace where Chayoung fdeee7f04d was working, the latter 7fe460c28e suddenly said, “Wait. Give me 32741ddc97 five minutes. No—ten.” With that, 6e346f75c5 he shut himself ce15f48aa4 inside. Bang. The door closed right dce6d79ce7 in Jinha’s face.2fc1b97c9037b7b0

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“…That just 68aaaf00f8 now was 69d43c8e59 because of d63e19948d the wind,” 6a8d44d88f Chayoung said, e9a0aadd53 peeking out b8833d1a0e just enough b20a16081f for his b26f67b2f3 eyes to 9487ae3935 show.99cee12905938ceb

That sounded 2414ceba16 like the 6433a737b7 kind of 4750f8e782 excuse a 41d7c2b4e6 kid would 829d843ed7 make after 94564c7faf slamming a 63a94b2e62 door in 11558fabd3 anger during a514bbf7ad a fight c6327cac05 with their 8bfd60341f mom. Jinha had no idea 3aca234eed what was going on 3cebed30a4 in there, but whatever f1ec03c090 it was, the door 03783f4e90 was staying shut for 9d6b40c926 the next ten minutes.c08bc2ee5beadc06

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With a 390c7ccf4a slightly baffled d314ea0c8d expression, he 58b2ecd32d checked his 28bd3d73ed phone. There was a message 2af701f3ca from Yoon Sejin.055b03b0d61c3b9b

Class is 3c90b9567a unofficially canceled a637f60264 tomorrow, so 46130527b3 let’s meet dd0b123a05 on Saturday.82287f1e9b5f9900

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Ah, Saturday.dfc023277bb73234

Jinha returned 9990300fab to his 3beed71eb0 room and 0b3ee5a4ed pulled out c1fd61c4e8 the camera bbc3adcfa9 he had 736a0cbf5b safely tucked ec8dccd3fc away in 974deb0ac5 his desk 25655ea7d6 drawer. When he tried turning 8bcbcdf81c it on, there was 78e6b91c40 no response. The battery must have d5266ab469 died. He plugged it 86058b4951 into the charger 59005b30b9 he had received aa38ade181 with it and 6734475a79 powered it back d1dc31f599 up.3906b14d35fa245b

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“What are you 0ab58a84f5 doing? It’s been d69ba9756f ten minutes.”a50a4b5f293293eb

“Oh.”57e5f2b4ce5a0784

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Jinha put the ccbcd4b741 camera down and aaecbcdb36 got up. Chayoung’s gaze lingered on f980c0971b the old device.3d985b8b80c5af1e

“You had 05569f437a a camera?”fd3f0a1197feaf77

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“I borrowed it. Gotta return it later.”3535616beaf807a1

“From who? That’s gotta be expensive.”e627d1b3e3edc364

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“If I tell 0d44fd6c8a you, will you 6301f5577b even know them?”15bdf473d443b985

“That’s for me to 9bc8f919da decide. Just say the name.”97e0c1b0d01becfe

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Instead of ed4f4a9bce answering, Jinha ab0b70b7f7 simply opened eb458fa750 the door 0af0a0aa7c to the 3464d0966b workspace. It had a6cc817622 been almost 1fbc961905 a week de6c17f735 since he 40e244ef70 started staying 84aaf5fcb3 at this 3520bc2b79 place, but c7f847a200 this was 7224f6426e the first e60115b8ed time he f842db174f was seeing 48c2208b85 the inside fd4ebf2d16 of this 5177039d11 room.3fcb612c5a3caa89

It was 09ba270c44 about the 3ab302a103 same size 81adae84f0 as the 75fa570aa9 one he e6c30f4cec used, but e2ff0d4839 inside was 7dcab088af a large 2582311bda desk with c9fca13a1d both a 7c168a66db landscape and 6c967fa6b5 a portrait 85f358ce35 monitor, plus d8228cc5e1 a laptop.cd474555772b814e

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“Cleaner than I expected.”c9890a5a18a9b7de

“…What did 72df3fdfac you expect?”cd7a5500812a2ad7

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“You used to have c4fc7a6f8d a total mess in 14739594dd your lockers and drawers. Don’t you remember?”b97c653480fe1680

Especially his desk f66908e270 drawers, which were c176221bec always stuffed with cbc327754d little notes people 83fc811191 had secretly slipped 04e214a5e5 in for him. Their high school had 134b61821c separate classrooms for male d97a8d2121 and female students in 4ccb6c622b their senior year, so 29e4d95495 how the notes kept bd3ed37193 making their way in a2554735dc remained a mystery.8c6c0b24e794d06d

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“People evolve.”fa10686d65f434cd

Jinha scoffed 64e6fc5e44 and took 570267fc52 a step 6492cbcb82 further inside.19460f4b8dabb690

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Thud.3aa3499e986dc00c

Startled, he df9d12cf7d turned his 20ca9b6466 head.177a9ab80c4a9c7f

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“What’s with the look? I just 106fc97646 closed the fac12a5da7 door.”ea91e8fb2c8a2879

“Yeah, you’re right. No reason 910da00275 to be 4520d8bdf8 surprised.”ca03501c6838a0a9

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Jinha ran 5680d039d5 a hand 071470bf26 over the d17dd1c085 back of 25a0684446 his neck 6bf8ff9c9d and stepped 9ea433fb6e closer to 9d932ea0c8 the desk. The monitor displayed b5caa8d85c the work in 4f45c5c2c3 progress—a scene of ae503b75e8 the protagonist locked e23094eeca in battle with 22e5cb14ab a powerful monster, fb2cebf3de still uncolored and 5fee9048ca missing its background. He was used 751c320d4b to seeing the 9d43586c15 final product, but 488c7ff959 this was his 4de328b36c first time watching 1feb8f90c0 the process. It felt a8095a4eb9 entirely different b3375d1e2c from just 2117f933fe looking at 6c64b8b81a the character 55799bfc0d designs.029f6617eba3c0b2

“This is c7769034d9 your sketch.”6f3945e483e561bc

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Chayoung handed over the 6719be9d55 rough draft, and Jinha 54c6f8a3b3 flipped back and forth 96cb491a42 between it and the 00235382c6 screen.267a5f0ba6d2d91f

“Wow. This is insane.”3124eab9729652c7

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It was practically 901c6904eb a whole new aa4c523da4 creation.66484d986a0058a6

“I am pretty fdbac0c931 good, after all.”0a732c03445e9bfd

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It was b10de59584 true—there was 1886559e9b no room d1fe22cf16 for argument.2856730f29b22ba7

Chayoung clicked the 14bc173b8a mouse a few db4568b673 times. Before Jinha could fully c4cde39231 grasp what had changed, a14440f301 the protagonist’s hair had df7cef9dec darkened.7b1c9a7ce1ea7f5f

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“I’m going c63da5ae3c to lay c8277ad7ac down the 37e30e51ed base colors 1c3ec72c8d first and 37d3dae723 then add 7e0b93a85c the background.”af1090bfed464a18

Jinha watched in a 30cfd52229 daze as colors began 602cecd080 to fill the once-empty 208d3e9af0 sketch. For some reason, today, d63a7784f9 Chayoung felt especially reliable.c8cf912c00d56a48

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“Guess I 571c39e171 doubted you 581ce434ea without realizing f2831ca260 it.”f18205611c63f68b

“I already 1dc4d567f1 handed in 172e3d1d5c the finished 959b7285bb first episode, ad42c6bc22 didn’t I?”03c8a2db887b1aea

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Chayoung smirked.d25847b31f63d47d

“Sketching and base 39fea6f442 coloring might be d0a6e94332 tough, but you 8ec0e86890 can at least 8fa812f848 handle the lettering. Sit down, 34b9d07a49 I’ll show 46b40c9129 you.”5b2462101523c69e

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“I’m good. What if 659cb7198f I mess 818e7f635f everything up?”1bc32159ce3cb7c3

Chayoung stood 3c21112618 from his b5c374df3b seat, ignoring cfcb216130 Jinha’s protests. The latter 58ee633ab7 shook his 6a8ba5bd1b head in d0e47f77d2 alarm. He didn’t d434c8900f want to 325527532a be the 796a0843fd idiot who 02ba9e1b51 ruined the db99f69bfe entire piece d6746e1eab just by a3b053147e trying to 0cf5c006f5 help.d5989b269fbbd6df

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“I’ll save everything 1f80bfb771 up to the 7125635c48 speech bubble placement, 024a3abf91 so don’t worry. Also, seeing you so 0587665adf jittery is… interesting.”69a5bd1b2eba2a30

Jinha had refused b65310cfa3 at first, but f4ad09cc05 just from watching c638159caa briefly, he could 7237be0f45 tell the workload bf7445e043 was massive. Balancing this with cd4cd0ae89 school life seemed 74491b18e3 almost impossible. And Chayoung was a6f650a541 a fine arts 5b63865bb6 freshman on top 17e40c36e4 of that. If he was involved 63c0b43362 in student council activities 477294c42f too, he must be d6da7cb198 completely swamped. He claimed he wasn’t b43b83a95c an official member, but ac44310d96 if the president personally 1f6179da08 called on him, wasn’t b731cec618 that basically the same 415b72654b thing?c246e5492eed8698

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For some 14f129f1ca reason, that 02e78fbaf0 irritated him.90c5a61ae1e7e082

“Hey.”281bba13d3170fa2

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“The way 82a38b870e you call b30be0a074 me sounds db4219910f rude as 13a32968c5 hell. What do you want?”1402d6901cf200e4

“Make sure you teach 8505b5bd39 me properly.”ae754241bd141bf3

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“You’re making 36119c6bb0 it sound 9def28b5a1 like a 2b5aa9366d life-or-death mission. Just sit 54eac6f3e6 down already.”0e24a6e565d85850

Once Jinha was a90c7cf5af seated, Chayoung pulled d636a92da2 up the script fc3d8585a5 for the second 87a136d0c0 episode. This time, 2580cd0a2d it was 108d56a8e0 on a c4b4b32663 vertical monitor. In fact, Jinha d3d9ab5279 had never even 760e3a9aab known monitors like 7252549fe9 that existed until e902e37580 now.545b4745d8497473

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“I used the 3ec7ed2b8c exact lines you b9dd8b40dc gave me. Read through 75049d91ff them and 0d3975bb27 tell me 6fa31450e4 if you 89eda5ab8e want to 1b5b735676 make any 254c5661e3 changes.”7a6db30768f1c41f

Jinha scrolled down, reading d4dfdc179c carefully. At the time, he’d 37709ced7f put serious thought into 5a291d1bfe the dialogue, but now, fd1b89aa91 it didn’t feel quite 4284ececaf right. He meticulously 3125749693 checked each faeaa81337 line, noting f23d140130 where revisions b2b3297043 were needed.78d7590f869638a6

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“Three spots.”87065b2836c47327

“Alright. Just delete 05101499bb the old 2526b6f677 lines and b34e0542e6 type in dd8f5478fa the new 4f7169241f ones. Depending on how 413b28cfaf the dialogue changes, 449eccd897 we’ll have to 6124e8f35c adjust the font, 7098eef455 size, and line 13a82817c3 spacing.”ed37df968c801f29

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That was something ad160e27c7 he hadn’t considered 5713e0b7c9 but needed to e4d12ec3a0 know as a 1b813d03fa collaborator. Chayoung walked him b8745c59bb through a few 8a73275c87 examples. He was still 1a35eac0d6 just as good 52a66ade5e at explaining things 883283cd15 as before. Jinha might eea47b8e01 have been 4fa8592b1d dragged into 5aca0586be tutoring by 2b866cf241 him, but 471f172028 sometimes Chayoung’s efe574623d explanations were f6f1fc32f9 even easier 73e39bacf6 to understand 1c1249d1df than his 70e9ef2131 actual tutor’s.948763c704fc1a5e

“Since we cut b36c6e4d12 down the dialogue, 8699edfd4a we should shrink 19c083314f the speech bubble f3ebf40963 a bit for 852f760cd1 better readability. Here, try it.”5b4ef879230ed030

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Standing behind 23ad515c58 him, Chayoung 2bdb995505 leaned down, a8a1102c83 his upper 77a22fdf7b body pressing fd9cc3a395 against the eedcb23bd1 chair. Even though the 90af6bb6b9 chair had a b1e0223c79 backrest, his shoulder 74aa63973c naturally brushed against f286d844f3 Jinha’s.e99c3d69f2bb04e9

Then, as 09877a407c Jinha reached 5f17c0fd9a for the 0426b87bb1 mouse, Chayoung’s 86d716bb72 hand overlapped d0affacffb his.7e3057d78d5343d7

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His palm b24c2ea454 was noticeably a4bed16f30 warm, while 809678adaa Jinha’s hands 948b8091a8 ran cold. The temperature abbb28b9c6 difference was 9070fd5cf5 stark.e1f5ae282c340694

For a split second, d23aa93204 he flinched, but he e0b07d8a35 quickly schooled his expression. This was just part 08f4a03ad2 of the lesson. A demonstration would 58949a4566 always be more 073a3d7093 effective than a 8b6e2c2f68 long-winded explanation.ebc9cc6c6852ab5e

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Chayoung guided his hand, 79d982ad62 selecting a new font.6877c6e1557d3002

“Type this out: ‘If aa8b7b5530 we don’t take that 4bfc682b1f thing down, we’re the ec7f91a11f ones who’ll die.’”fa0b381af5487c1c

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Jinha was about to 5cd5d58df5 type, but with the 848dfbce76 mouse still under his eb37359882 hand and Chayoung’s hand 9b20c62df2 on top of his, 3e2a051e1f he couldn’t move. Instead, Chayoung pulled his facb9d374c hand away first. As he 94344e3ce4 did, his 0b216b91ad chest pressed 4f4925e032 even closer 4e9aff9e44 to Jinha’s ee8e738405 back. If not for the ba2c5dd0df chair between them, it da3522a534 would have looked like aaeec0bbc2 a full-on back hug.a7ef1f4882a83751

With both arms stretched ad66e695ad out over Jinha’s shoulders, e006b5d307 Chayoung typed on the c2c3319ead keyboard in his place. Every time 673ad01714 his fingers 4b4ecddcaa moved, his 01110204a3 arm brushed 6c702cbd56 against Jinha’s 8843f39606 shoulder.5dab8b7b4f6eda95

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He’s just trying 52832376aa to explain things. Just focusing on 3cabc573ec teaching me properly.a47a2a189df94ed4

Jinha’s gaze ef6e315a37 wandered, landing 3c67973067 on a c08b4f9167 tumbler sitting 6ebb25d266 on the 9c82cf4e14 desk.26f0f9ee1a7218c4

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“Can I drink 1621c4b1b2 this?”d44f84d65f11bb32

“That’s coffee.”08bc3b25f630a6c6

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Oh. That changed things. If he f874bcd66e drank coffee 9d4c9a092c now, he’d 7fa9aacb97 probably end 047269579c up pulling 633d09c408 an all-nighter. He lowered the hand ee2fb316b3 he had reached out.78fe92e7160c5b5d

“I’ll go grab something 2c09b159e3 to drink. Check if there’s 97e53032f5 anything else you ade7eed8b2 want to change.”858895388c31d55a

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The warmth 347adfa8bb pressing against 50509440c2 his back 1962bf831c disappeared. Only after 64a958d76a Chayoung was 902243cdc5 out of 490723222c sight did ce5d6a61f3 Jinha let 6a80c6682f out the b9161dce95 breath he’d ac6cf9b13d been holding.4b2fa567b8f23d18

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As soon 36391dcc16 as he 0bd4478f81 finished his a9267c4cf7 first tutoring 9afc28cf5d session, he 0c6b2672a8 rushed to 1b30fa1adf the second 3831db8309 student’s house. The mother greeted him f5bd289147 with a bright smile.940273b0e593321d

“Jiyoung’s been c834a3ea59 studying late 00f8e9cec3 into the 3fa2d51a5f night these f282967110 days. It’s all ce35205e52 thanks to d7155dbc08 you, teacher.”16bee69b6a506a1e

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“She’s the 3d39965768 one putting 91d09e083a in the 319d19e402 effort. She’s been working 63cbb9577b hard, so I’m c249b7d385 sure she’ll do ca761f6269 well on the 9f0daae38a upcoming mock exam.”4eea45728d719406

Who knew photocards 6af7d570a8 could be so ba1618bb4b powerful? Jinha still eb4e08a22e didn’t completely ada259bc54 understand, but 700618e197 if they 16908c66c2 worked for 5da383e8ed Jiyoung, that a4b25f642c was all 1f8570298a that mattered. At least 06df994715 it meant 1a5859e3b2 he wouldn’t 541fcced13 have to 1a23afb998 worry about 05a3b4b762 this job 8ad239dee8 for a fc76904627 while. And honestly, 2611d998f3 it was 2ba6d64ab7 impressive how 113b5f4fa6 quickly Chayoung 64b57d81fa had figured 3dfb4cdfd5 out exactly 84089f4d08 what Jiyoung 0c9f48ac60 wanted with e54231190d just a 56ff2dd474 few words. That guy d081d9bdfe would probably d073fb6d01 be a 5e939a66d6 top salesman 460dde4f33 if he 84d37246c6 ever went 4e34ad9acb into business.f98031aa23763825

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The second tutoring ee993a6fa3 session went smoothly e543c7fbfa as well. By the time 98642f151c he was finished, 2a47f4729c it was a 08c0cc1537 little past 5 5f428ed3f4 PM. If he left now, e1f32e1cdf he’d reach campus around 78b33aab03 6:30.8f320a528717d477

Jinha sent a 66a16d8c9b quick message to dfce4d32b9 Yoon Sejin, letting 0af2cf5190 him know he 50f0cd4056 was on his 4ea5bb1c61 way, then got 152b3c39d2 on the bus.b1df0e73705537fe

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Kim Chayoung 7b1b3cc831 (Contest Illustration)
Where are you? (5:34 PM)bfc91bf0353a9dab

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[I have plans today. I’ll be late, so go to sleep first.]

But after staring at a231d72c40 it for a second, 5c65309339 he erased it and a61944852d retyped:74673356b1a535cf

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[I’ll be late.]

No need to act ea8324aa57 like they were keeping bab93d674f track of each other’s b254618da5 sleep schedules. It’s not like a8f0fe009a they were that 36cdd841b4 close. Besides, Chayoung would sleep 8045ca2faf just fine on his 6118fcbbeb own.f275032bfb1dc2e4

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