TRWBU Ch 5 part 1

“You finally invited me here.”

Jiyoon entered HaYeon’s home, her hands full of plastic bags. She knew that HaYeon had moved here a few weeks ago, but because she had been so busy, they had held off on her visit. And now, it was the end of the year, and Jiyoon was seeing the place for the first time.

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“Sorry for coming so late.”

Jiyoon apologized, and HaYeon shook her head.

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“Not at all. Thanks for coming. Why did you buy so much stuff?”

“You usually need a lot of things when you’re freshly moved in. I was only planning on buying a few things here and there, but it ended up being all this in the end. Wow, your place is pretty.”

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Jiyoon’s eyes sparkled as she looked around. HaYeon’s office apartment had a good view and was clean. HaYeon was tidy by nature, and the floor seemed to reflect that. There was not a speck of dust in sight. She was also the type of person who had to keep busy if she was going through something difficult, so that may have been the reason as well.

“Shall we order some food for delivery?”

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Jiyoon asked HaYeon.

“No. You like pasta. I’ve already prepared everything. I’ll make some for you.”

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“Wow, you’re going to make it for me? It’s too much of a bother. There’s no need to go that far.”

“It’s okay.”

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“Well, better for me, I guess.”

Jiyoon dramatically gestured with her body to express her joy. HaYeon grinned as she watched Jiyoon. Jiyoon was very busy at the end of the year. Unlike HaYeon, she had many friends, and she always made sure to take care of her family, so she had many people to meet.

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Despite all this, Jiyoon still used HaYeon’s new apartment as a reason to meet up with her. This was because she was still worried about HaYeon and how she was feeling after her break-up.

HaYeon recognized Jiyoon’s intentions, but she pretended not to. Instead, she cooked Jiyoon her favorite food.

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Al dente noodles, cheese, tomato spaghetti. White wine. Kimchi risotto. HaYeon even made a simple salad. The table was filled with food.

“Wow. There’s so much food. I’m sure you’re busy, but you still took the time to make all this. Thanks!”

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Jiyoon, who loved HaYeon’s cooking, shouted out in glee.

“I hope you like it.”

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They sat across from each other and picked up their forks. As they ate their meal, Jiyoon continued to make a fuss. After eating their fill, they emptied a bottle of white wine. HaYeon pulled out the two beers she had prepared beforehand and handed one to Jiyoon. They talked about various things, and the two cans of beer were consumed in no time.

“Your tolerance for liquor has gone up.”

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Jiyoon stared at the empty beer can next to HaYeon.

“A little bit.”

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“You must be drinking quite often these days.”

“A little.”

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HaYeon smiled bashfully. One of her eyes winced.

“Have things gotten a bit better lately?”

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Having finished her own can, Jiyoon asked in a slightly shaky voice. HaYeon picked up her beer and slowly nodded her head.

“Yeah. A lot of time has passed, so… And I’ve been busy with work. As I continued on, I felt that everything was becoming okay.”

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HaYeon smiled.

Sometimes, she’d step on a shard of glass she hadn’t picked up, and she’d be filled with pain. The amount of times she’d catch herself staring blankly out the window had also increased. On days like that, she’d naturally reach for some liquor. However, HaYeon didn’t say any of this.

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“Thank goodness.”

“Yeah.”

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HaYeon slowly nodded.

“Thank goodness. You don’t seem like you’re suffering as much as I expected. Of course, you might not feel the same way on the inside.”

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“I’m really okay. Don’t worry about me.”

“Alright. You’re doing okay. If you said you’re okay, then you’re okay! It’s the end of the year! And I guess we’ll grow another year older! It’s a sad but good day, so let’s have another drink!”

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Jiyoon opened another can of beer as she shouted out. HaYeon bumped her can of beer with Jiyoon’s. Then she brought it to her lips. The carbonation tickled. She felt as if she were in pain somewhere deep inside, but she ignored it.

“It’s almost 12 o’clock.”

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Jiyoon glanced at the clock on the wall.

“Yeah, it is.”

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“We’re turning thirty now. Shouldn’t we listen to the New Year’s Eve bell ring?”

Jiyoon stood up and staggered over to the remote control and brought it back. As soon as the TV turned on, the MBS Acting Awards Ceremony was illuminated on the screen.

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「The award goes to…!」

The MC announcing the winner was silent for a moment.

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“Kang Taewan-ssi! Congratulations!”

As soon as the MC made his announcement, the camera turned towards Taewan. He seemed to have lost his soul for a moment. When the person sitting next to him tapped his shoulder, he slowly got up. His face was blank as he walked up to the stage.

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“Omo.”

Jiyoon seemed flustered as she pressed various buttons on the remote, but the channel wouldn’t change.

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“I think the battery in your remote is dead. Why did it have to die at a time like this…”

While Jiyoon panicked, Taewan received the Best Actor Award. The audience began to cheer.

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He looked so handsome in his suit as he appeared on HaYeon’s TV. He stood in front of the mic. HaYeon gazed at him.

His dream came true.

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Taewan had always said this. He said one of his biggest dreams was to receive the Best Actor Award. He’d already received an award at a film festival, so he said that it was about time for him to receive an award from a major network. He told her that if he ended up receiving one on a major network, he’d send some kind of sign to her.

Whenever she heard him say this, HaYeon would often pray earnestly for his dream to come true. She promised she’d be the person clapping the hardest when that dream came true.

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She never expected she’d watch it happening from so far away like this, as if it were nothing.

HaYeon’s expression slowly changed.

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“…Just leave it, Jiyoon.”

HaYeon raised her hand as Jiyoon walked over to the TV to turn it off.

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“HaYeon.”

“It’s okay. It’s not like I can avoid watching TV forever… Even if it’s like this, I want to see him.”

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Even though they’d broken up, she wanted to see him succeed. That was also her dream. Jiyoon hesitated and made an awkward face as she put the remote down.

On the TV screen, Taewan stared down at the heavy trophy in his hands. Then he slowly walked up to the mic.

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All eyes were focused on him. When his lips parted, everything became quiet. A long silence followed. He stood in front of the mic and didn’t say anything. Time continued to pass by. People began to murmur.

“What’s wrong with Kang Taewan?”

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Jiyoon mumbled in surprise.

「It seems that Kang Taewan-ssi is very shocked. That’s to be expected. Anyone who receives the Best Actor Award will feel the same way.」

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The MC broke the silence.

「That’s alright, Kang Taewan-ssi. Please speak comfortably.」

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Despite the MC’s encouragement, Taewan merely swallowed and didn’t say a word. He looked forward before looking back down. The moment his eyes landed on the trophy, his lips closed shut. The banquet hall was plunged into silence once again.

Soon, tears began to drip from his eyes.

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Tap, tap.

The tears dripped down from the trophy to the floor. The camera showed a close-up of his face. He wiped away the tears with his hand, and only then did he seem to realize that he had cried.

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Not long after that, his face twisted into an expression of misery. People could hardly believe that was the face of someone who had received an amazing award.

The surprised MC began to talk in order to salvage the moment. HaYeon couldn’t hear anything. Her silent world only contained Kang Taewan’s crying face.

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Other people would think he was crying because he was overwhelmed with joy, but HaYeon knew better.

He was having a hard time.

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I wanted to see you happy. So why are you making that face?

As he closed his eyes, more tears dripped down on to the trophy as he held it tightly within his grasp. He looked tragic.

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“…HaYeon.”

Jiyoon softly called out her name. HaYeon looked at her a moment later. She should have answered her, but she couldn’t speak. She saw Jiyoon’s surprised expression.

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“You… Geez, my goodness.”

Jiyoon held out a tissue. ‘Why are you giving me this?’ HaYeon was about to ask when something dripped onto the back of her hand. It was a teardrop. HaYeon stared down at it with blank eyes before she realized that it belonged to her.

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“I…”

“I’m fine.”

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Before the words could leave her lips, a wretched cry burst out of her mouth. She cried as if this was the first time she had truly cried in her life. 

“Oh, HaYeon. What should I do with you?”

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Jiyoon walked around the table and pulled HaYeon into a hug. HaYeon buried her face into Jiyoon’s embrace as tears continued to drip down from her eyes.

I thought I wouldn’t cry anymore. I thought I was okay now.

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But there were still tears left to cry.

* * *

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In the end, Kang Taewan didn’t utter a single word on the stage. After bursting into tears, he merely nodded and returned to his seat.

Kang Taewan was still captured on camera until the end of the awards ceremony. He kept his head slightly lowered and didn’t move a muscle.

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Afterwards, the screen changed to the New Year’s bell. The reporters announced that the new year was coming with jubilant voices. When they heard the news, people stretched out their arms as they shouted out in response. Various colored balloons filled their arms. They looked like they were the happiest people in the world.

Almost to the point that people began to wonder if Kang Taewan’s face had truly filled the screen a moment before.

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Ding, ding, ding.

The New Year’s bell rang. The reporters excitedly wished everyone a Happy New Year. The TV screen showed so much joy and excitement that it was almost dizzying. Maybe it was because HaYeon’s home was filled with a suffocating silence.

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Only after they changed the battery in the remote did they finally turn off the TV. Afterwards, Jiyoon drank three more cans of beer.

They didn’t talk about anything important. HaYeon returned to her normal self as if nothing had happened. Jiyoon deliberately did not mention HaYeon’s tears from earlier.

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When it was well past 1 AM, Jiyoon finally got up to leave. HaYeon put on a large, puffy coat and followed after her.

“Go back inside. It’s only me. You don’t have to send me off.”

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“I want to send you off because it’s you.”

HaYeon’s eyes were slightly tipsy as she gave Jiyoon a smile.

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“From the looks of your face, maybe I should take you back home.”

“No need. I’m just going to watch you get in the taxi before heading back.”

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Unable to win over HaYeon’s stubbornness, Jiyoon shook her head.

They stood in the large alley as they waited for Jiyoon’s taxi. It took them a lot longer to grab a taxi than they thought. ‘I’ll be leaving, then.’ Jiyoon waved her hand, and HaYeon waved back.

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“Thanks. And sorry about today. I showed you something I shouldn’t have.”

HaYeon lowered her head in greeting.

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“No need to be sorry. Don’t worry about it. Once you go to sleep and wake up, it’ll be as if nothing happened.”

HaYeon smiled at Jiyoon’s words.

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Jiyoon’s taxi raced down the empty road. Left all alone, HaYeon gazed at the taxi as it drove further away. After it had completely disappeared, she gathered her jacket even tighter against her chest and began to slowly walk back to her office apartment.

Almost as if all the rowdy celebrations of the New Year had been a lie, the street was completely empty. It was cold, quiet, and lonely.

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HaYeon’s pace quickened as she grew closer to home. When she got on the elevator, she deliberately began to fill her mind with tasks she had to do.

Clear the table, do the dishes, clean up Jiyoon’s gifts, and…

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As she tried to think of more things to do, HaYeon got off the elevator. Her footsteps came to a halt. The tasks she had piled up in her head began to fade away like sand.

A man in a suit was sitting in front of her door. His long legs were folded underneath him, and it made anyone looking at him feel uncomfortable for him. His hand was holding the trophy she had seen on TV.

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His disheveled hair. His profile as his eyes were lowered to the floor.

It was as if he were in a completely different world.

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It was the happiest day of his life. He should have been having a blast at a party celebrating his win, so why was he here?

How did he find this place? Why was he here? She should have asked him, but HaYeon remained frozen as she stared at him.

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Taewan discovered HaYeon a moment later and slowly got up. He approached her, his footsteps ringing in the silent corridor. Her head naturally went up so that she could keep her eyes on him. Taewan stopped in front of her.

His face looked gaunt. It looked like he hadn’t been eating or sleeping these past few days. He must have lost some weight because his chin was a lot pointier than she remembered. She hated how she was able to recognize the changes in him, so HaYeon quickly turned her head away.

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“Someone might see you. Go back.”

Having finally recovered her senses, HaYeon spoke in a cold voice. Taewan held out the trophy in his hand.

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“What is this?”

HaYeon’s eyes went back and forth between him and the trophy.

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“Take it.”

He spoke in a strained voice.

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“Why should I?”

“I’ll give this to you.”

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“……”

“So give yourself back to me.”

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Taewan looked straight at her. His low voice surrounded her like a mist. HaYeon bit her lips. She felt her heart wrench inside her chest.

“That trophy was your dream.”

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“Yeah.”

Taewan’s low voice sounded helpless.

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“So why are you giving your dream to me? What does this mean? Now that your dream has come true, you want us to get back together and live happily ever after? As if nothing happened? Is that what you want?”

What about all the things I endured as you chased after your dream? You made me suffer all that just so that you could treat your dream like this once it came true?

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The words were stuck inside her throat. Afraid that she’d begin crying if she said any more, HaYeon kept her mouth shut and glared at him. After hearing her prickly retort, Taewan slowly opened his mouth.

“I thought this was my dream.”

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“……”

“My dream wasn’t this. It was you, Na HaYeon.”

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“……”

“It was to make you happy, but I misinterpreted it along the way. I thought that if I succeeded, we’d be happy. But that wasn’t it.”

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As he spoke in a calm tone, Taewan’s face twisted into a frown. It was filled with pain and suffering.

As he stood in front of that mic, he planned on giving his words of thanks. However, nothing came out. All he could think about was HaYeon. But he couldn’t even say her name, and he couldn’t even send the signal that only the two of them would recognize. He felt numb.

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I’m sure you’re not even watching me right now. I thought this was our dream, but you’re not here. So what am I even doing here?

At that moment, he finally realized that they had broken up. He felt as if all the warmth that had been enveloping his body had disappeared. He felt as if he were standing naked against the cold wind.

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He glanced back down at the trophy. After he saw the heavy trophy within his tight grasp, he finally realized.

The reason why we’re breaking up.

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He had selfishly replaced HaYeon with this trophy. He thought with such confidence that in order to love, he had to be successful.

And as time wore on, he often found that being in love was difficult. Love had turned into duty, and meeting her became an obligation.

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And when he found himself feeling like this, he’d catch himself.

You mustn’t grow tired. After you’re successful, you’ll become happier than anyone. You won’t be tired like now. You’ll be able to have a prettier love than anyone else.

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As I grew even more exhausted, I only looked forward. And that’s how I wasn’t able to hear the dying cries of our love. As I continued to run out of duty and my own selfishness, I resented you. And you were hurting.

…And that’s how I lost you.

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Because of something as trivial as this, I lost you…

As he came to this realization, his vision turned blurry. ‘Yes, it looks like Kang Taewan-ssi is shedding a lot of tears.’ When he heard the MC’s words, Taewan finally realized that he had been crying.

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When he was acting, he did his very best, but not a single tear would leave his eyes. He finally realized it after he had truly lost Na HaYeon.

Success without HaYeon meant nothing to him. Because his dream from the very beginning had been HaYeon’s happiness.

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As he stood in front of HaYeon, Taewan’s dry eyes began to fill with tears. HaYeon’s eyes widened. Whenever he was having a difficult time, he’d merely lean on her to rest, but he’d never once cried in front of her.

His dry lips twitched.

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“Time hasn’t flowed since we broke up, HaYeon.”

“……”

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“Every single day, I’m standing in the same spot where you told me you wanted to break up.”

Every time he took a breath, HaYeon told him she wanted to break up with him. He thought he could bury it away, but as time passed, the pain grew worse.

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Tap.

Tears began to drip from his eyes. He looked as if he’d collapse at a single touch.

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“Save me.”

“……”

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“Please.”

His desperate voice rang in the empty corridor. Taewan closed his eyes. Tears drenched his face. Taewan finally looked like a man who realized that they had truly broken up.

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HaYeon’s lips trembled.

“…Why did you do it? Why did the smart Kang Taewan make such a stupid decision? Why? Did I ever ask you to become successful? Did I ever ask you to become rich? To win the Best Actor award? So why? Why did you do it…?!”

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HaYeon couldn’t take it anymore and clenched her fists. What she needed was Kang Taewan. Just him alone. She never expected anything from him.

“I didn’t want you to be ostracized by your family for being with someone like me.”

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“……!”

“The orphan Kang Taewan. The Kang Taewan with insufficient funds. The Kang Taewan who couldn’t support you. I didn’t want you to lower your head in order to protect someone like me. I needed more evidence to suggest that I could protect you. That I didn’t only have an immature love for you. I wanted you to proudly tell people that I was the man you loved without receiving their worries or concern. I wanted you to be congratulated for being in love with me.”

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“……”

“That’s what I wanted to do for you, and the only thing I could do was become successful.”

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He couldn’t create a family he didn’t have. He didn’t have a degree or wealth. He wanted to become Na HaYeon’s wings. He didn’t want to become the chain around her ankle.

He could only survive through hard work alone. The only way he could fight back against the various qualifications was to become successful and shut them up.

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HaYeon’s eyes widened.

“…How did you know? How did you know that my relationship with my family wasn’t good… No, since when did you know?”

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HaYeon asked in shock.

Ever since she turned twenty-five, her father began to pressure her to get married. He told her that she’d have better prospects if she married at an early age.

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Her father felt betrayed that she hadn’t gone to medical school despite her good grades. And when she began to pursue a career in modeling, the gap between them widened.

Her father considered her to be a failure. Since she had nothing going for her, he told her the only good she could do was get married.

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HaYeon told him she already had someone she loved. However, her father merely grew angry and told her he wasn’t anything to brag about.

She never gave up on Taewan, and her father’s opposition grew worse. Ultimately, HaYeon avoided any contact with her father.

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Her father cut her off financially. Either way, HaYeon had been using her own money to pay for her own expenses. She had gathered the money her father had given her into its own account, so she didn’t mind. 

And as this conflict drew on, she never let it show to Taewan. She didn’t want to hurt the man she loved in this way.

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And she was afraid. Afraid that Taewan would let go of her hand because of this…

She thought she had successfully kept it a secret all along. But he looked at her now as if he knew everything. In the end, he had been the one who hadn’t let anything show.

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“I’ve known for a while.”

“……”

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“Your tears in the middle of the night. The way you couldn’t fall asleep after coming home from meeting them. And the day you left to visit your family for your father’s birthday, I know that you went to a cafe instead. I know it all…”

“……”

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“I knew, but I pretended not to know. I ran away like a coward. I selfishly pretended I didn’t notice. I liked how you’d smile at me in the morning as if nothing was wrong.”

Taewan spoke in a low voice. His calm tone began to fill with tears.

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“I loved that you were by my side like crazy, so…”

Unable to finish, Taewan bit his lip.

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Tick.

Blood burst out of his dry lips. The red drop of blood grew larger. His eyes were lowered. Tears continued to drip down from them. His expression, his voice… They all revealed the wounds he had incurred all this time.

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Their love was the same, but the way they loved each other was different. They both hurt each other because they thought they were doing it for the other’s sake.

We love each other, and yet… Why did we do this?

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Even though we’ve been together for so long, we’re still so clumsy at love.

Taewan held out his hand. His fingertips trembled like a child’s.

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“Hold it.”

“……”

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“If it’s not you, I can’t live.”

His earnest voice echoed in the air. That voice caused her heart to race. However, HaYeon remained still as if she were frozen in place.

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If she took this hand, she was afraid she’d return to where they were. So she couldn’t hastily take it.

“…I love you, HaYeon.”

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His voice was hoarse. HaYeon’s face felt numb as she stared at Taewan’s hand.

“I love you. Even now.”

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HaYeon’s fingers twitched. Her expression collapsed. When Taewan said the words she’d wanted to hear, tears began to fill her eyes. The arm she thought would never move began to rise.

HaYeon wrapped both of her arms around Taewan. She went up on her tip-toes and brought his head into her embrace. Taewan stiffened for a moment before resting his forehead against her shoulder. He felt so heavy, so she staggered back a bit, but she didn’t mind. It didn’t matter.

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If she could feel his warmth again, that was enough.

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Bang.

The door closed. No one said a word, but their lips automatically sought the other’s. Unable to withstand Taewan’s frantic strength, HaYeon was pushed back.

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Her back thumped against the wall. That’s when their lips finally parted. Haa, gasping breaths flowed out of Taewan’s open lips.

HaYeon met Taewan’s eyes as he gazed down at her. Heartbreak, affection… Countless emotions flashed across his eyes. Just when she thought she saw some earnestness on his face, he parted his lips and tilted his head.

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Although it was a familiar face, it still seemed strange as it approached hers. HaYeon felt her heart sink as she parted her own lips.

Their tongues tangled. She couldn’t tell where he began and where she ended. They were so intertwined. Although they were touching each other, she still felt a ravaging thirst. HaYeon wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled his head down. Taewan’s hand stroked her neck.

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“Mm.”

HaYeon let out a moan. As if he already knew her weaknesses, Taewan’s hand swept down from her neck to her collarbone.

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“Taewan…”

HaYeon called out his name. As if her voice had stimulated him, his hand stopped teasing her collarbone and traveled down her sweater. He let out a raspy breath as he wrapped his fingers around her breast.

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He dragged her sweater up. He dragged her bra up. Cold air brushed against her skin. Before the chill reached her, his hot breath puffed over her breast.

“Nng.”

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HaYeon tilted her head back.

Was it because she was drunk? Or was it because it had been too long?

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Her eyes reddened. Taewan hurriedly unzipped her pants. He pulled her pants and underwear down in one sweeping motion. A chill crept up her skin.

“Taewan, the bed… Nng!”

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HaYeon’s words were cut off. Taewan’s hand plunged between her legs. A long finger entered her with ease as if it had returned home. 

“Ugh.”

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HaYeon grasped Taewan’s suit. But thinking it was from a sponsor, she quickly loosened her hold. She grasped the wall instead, but her hands began to slip.

“Just grab onto me.”

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When she heard Taewan’s order, HaYeon met his eyes. They were gleaming. A strange, sharp emotion flashed through them as he continued to look at her with a stubborn gaze.

“Don’t worry about clothes like this and grab me.”

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“……”

“Hold onto me.”

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He placed her hand back on his shoulder. When she hesitated, he tightened her fingers around his clothes. The cloth began to wrinkle. He didn’t want her to be distracted by something like this.

“But…”

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As she began to hesitate, she suddenly staggered. Taewan’s hand began to squirm between her legs like a fish. As if it were trying to find a place that was soft and wet. Taewan’s finger delved even deeper inside her.

“Nng…!”

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HaYeon lost her breath as she grasped his suit. She was unable to focus on it anymore.

Schlick, schlick.

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The embarrassing sound filled the room.

Let’s go to the bedroom. What if someone hears? Do you plan on going all the way over here? The words floated into her head but disappeared right away.

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It had been a while since she’d felt Taewan’s touch, but his hands seemed to know what to do. Whenever his fingers brushed against a sensitive spot, she saw fireworks.

“Haa… Haa.”

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HaYeon gasped for air and pressed her forehead on his shoulder. Taewan raised his hand. His fingers were wet.

HaYeon looked up at him with a flushed face. He placed a kiss on her cheek and quickly began to take off his suit.

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She didn’t know how much it cost, but she knew it was expensive. However, he tossed it to the floor as if it were nothing. After he took off his tie and shirt, he brought HaYeon to his chest and began to walk to the bedroom. HaYeon quietly wrapped her arms around his neck.

She felt the soft bed against her back. Naked, he gazed down at her. Her flushed cheeks, her parted lips, her disheveled hair, and her blindingly beautiful body.

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As if he wanted to memorize every single part of her body, he stared at her. Then he lowered his head and began to press his lips against her forehead, cheeks, and nose.

It reminded her of that day when they were twenty years old. Their first time. They both didn’t know what to do. He had pressed his lips on every part of her body as if he were branding her.

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And just like that day, HaYeon quietly bit her lip. After a long while of pressing kisses along her skin, Taewan finally grasped her arm and held it up.

“HaYeon.”

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Taewan pressed her palm to his lips and called out her name.

“…Yeah?”

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HaYeon choked out.

“I’m sorry.”

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“……”

“For loving you selfishly.”

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“……”

“I’m sorry for making you feel lonely.”

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HaYeon’s eyes trembled at his confession.

“…I’m sorry.”

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As his voice filled with tears, HaYeon’s expression broke down. Instead of answering him, she swept back his hair.

His soft hair stuck out between her fingers. Her hand traveled down to his cheek.

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He closed his eyes and leaned into her touch. A peaceful expression formed on his face as he rested his head against her hand. As if he was finally where he wanted to be.

HaYeon grasped his chin and pulled him in for a kiss. Instead of telling him it was okay, she shared her warmth with him. Their light kisses gradually deepened.

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Taewan’s lips began to travel down. Like water dripping down her body, his mouth finally reached the spot between her legs.

“Ah…!”

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HaYeon cried out as she flinched. Her lewd voice filled the room. Taewan lifted his head, and his lips were wet.

After crawling on top of her, Taewan looked down at HaYeon’s face as he slowly began to penetrate her entrance. He pierced her and filled her to the brim with a single thrust.

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“…Mm… Nng.”

As she felt her muscles grow taut, HaYeon’s breath caught.

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“Haa.”

Taewan let out a raspy breath. He gazed down at her face and slowly began to pump his hips. He almost pulled out completely before thrusting back in to the hilt.

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“Ah…!”

HaYeon grasped the bedsheets. Her body was extremely sensitive. As if he knew this very well, Taewan persisted. As if he wanted her to react more. As if he wanted her to cling onto him even tighter.

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“Nng…!”

HaYeon’s body began to shake. The bedframe creaked. Taewan continued to drive into her to the point where she could barely take it anymore. Instead of telling him that she was tired, HaYeon stretched out her arms and held onto him.

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She liked the warmth of his touch. It was as if she’d met the Kang Taewan she had always known. Her radiant, beautiful lover. Kang Taewan. HaYeon pulled him into her embrace with all her might.

“HaYeon.”

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Taewan hugged her back and hoarsely called out her name. When she heard his strained voice, she completely took him in. It was as if a missing puzzle piece had returned to its rightful place in her chaotic heart.