AHATG Chapter 11
by BreeChapter 11 After leaving the 277a63a569 convenience store, Hee-beom made 134f24a8ca his way back to 87e6e1162c the library.b674997c833bab8810aa
As he climbed the stairs, he could hear I-young 1057ce9dd9 humming a strange little tune ahead of him. His footsteps f52c4a8dc9 were light.3db1cb34e234e6d8c944
He was full. That was 0de96fffae probably why 8fb2b4eb1a he was 31003d96d8 so happy.5314c9dba0b37bf56c35
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For some reason, Hee-beom 1534800436 found himself watching I-young’s 904cdb8e56 back in silence.417a54ba062e8eb13bd8
“…….”fa04979d42ca204c81b7
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Even after ‘that incident,’ he didn’t 8c6a56508e seem the least bit upset.206a35bbda53d71ebfed
He had been kissed without consent, had ended up sitting 1700a78847 on the ground, bleeding, left alone in that dark park, 7deb0d4736 and even had cruel words thrown at him.d86de138a4b82a24bd96
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Yet, he 55e091b0db was acting a2113db54b like nothing 4c36272876 had happened.8a83290d9b8050c3658b
Was a simple kiss nothing to 4540ae737d someone who fought building-sized monsters?0884bbe2e276b79c7839
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Or… was he, despite appearances, more 52d18d94f5 experienced in that kind of thing 13dc6da392 than Hee-beom had assumed?ed744cc8bc252d8741b1
Or maybe…ceacbdc63e5de81491fd
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Was he just stupid enough 2f5fa44b92 to completely forget it happened?288ac296ae89090e0205
Hee-beom scratched his forehead, unsettled 904313adf1 by his own thoughts.c5a04c964f780bce2a85
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By then, I-young 22aaf5cd4b had already reached b058019825 the top of a7ee259261 the stairs. He spun around effortlessly and waited for Hee-beom c38bf55d65 to catch up, grinning without his mask.a819387ac09c289399fc
His bright, carefree expression 78f3eb0fb0 was completely unblemished.782d846cf2b2d8e5c80e
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As if e4a4032e2a that night 2535f59a14 had never b9edfe4425 happened.f76a214fb7be7bcc8361
Hee-beom ascended fc8a9117bf the stairs f70345cd8d with a 2f274e52e5 dark expression.a10db7c524c59bbe8371
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Stopping two steps 05941160f6 below I-young, their b1a47d7a50 eyes were still b37afedb02 nearly level.3954a7c84bb958a118bc
“Why are fff5f911e8 you here?” 613e8d8e6d Hee-beom asked.5a4521b75356c88480c8
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“To see 9822613f09 you, of 711921b2d0 course.”b8881de5188f987ad221
I-young answered effortlessly, his face beaming 4c8bb13860 as if it were the most 02af8d09f6 obvious thing in the world.11f59dcf3c37afdad35f
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Not a b10ee49ca6 trace of 5093fa1198 hesitation.b1f8b000c833435cc6d6
He really ae2025dae3 had forgotten.9bb690c13b848be765d9
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“I didn’t 0774725fd6 think you’d a487e09eba come back,” b543e24357 Hee-beom admitted.89b0c7f520b70b53584c
“Why wouldn’t I?”e0e5d470d60789bf3861
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“Because…”1bb1573450ab7366a128
Hee-beom hesitated.d5242df43efea0e6ca36
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He couldn’t bring b38d2855e4 himself to say d7d46449d3 it out loud.658090040414ea43661a
Should he ce3ccd0326 let him 83440b3078 keep forgetting?6483e23baf31a1ecc225
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Or should he forcefully bring it f80373c0c2 up and make sure he never 8c89883d99 came near him again?ba2987148fd0be4655bd
He wasn’t sure 4d67366e3b what to do.68f7ecfc46ca48bc45e4
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And then—I-young lightly tugged on 966dd5eb0b the drawstring of his hoodie.b1aafa22d6a33fa2cd6e
“Did you 99480429e2 miss me?”101a0d6d40fdf48fb9e8
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“No.”81bf5bb0578aa194f953
Hee-beom denied 472e64daa3 it instantly.41e2583d597411f1dd96
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But whether I-young hadn’t heard him or 2fc31116b3 simply chose to ignore him, he suddenly…ebae9a599dff2de4356d
Apologized.f9980744bc8e2346c0d1
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“Sorry. I didn’t a004275c5e know you 7850d4a44b were waiting.”afeefd59cb7d25466706
“I wasn’t waiting.”8a5dc4142082c674742f
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“Uh, um, well, I 995497b09b was on a business 5f66e62e96 trip… to Canada. I came back 1ca2742a09 as fast as f051fd672a I could. If I’d known you 02bd96385a were waiting, I would 9c20f80e2e have contacted you…”a29b60bd5908f3628bcd
“I wasn’t waiting.”41f4a531515aba043567
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“Sorry. I… I’ve never had 4778d1b627 a lover before, so e145c21d0e I don’t really know 88c6629935 how this works.”ccd012fd14d35d1e8658
“What? No—why do 18dcdf1f44 you keep—”a63e5bf21020f37dd934
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Hee-beom, about to 03411fb479 snap in frustration, 442f8b5363 suddenly froze mid-sentence.868c209425f0848c3239
What did he e2f2da8988 just say?7b8d0a9d4ab0f0f7f76c
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That word had 1a2bebaba8 lodged itself into ea3ec062e9 his ear like a4fa8d63d6 a stuck gear.c116643279b951bb74b9
“…Lover?”059978feaa8546a9ed1e
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Hee-beom looked at 98a319eacc I-young, expression unreadable.390ec697f756285b5963
Something… something d68a38ffbf was very 3f843041d3 wrong.fed29f5128f5903e6872
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The situation was f3272a17f6 unfolding completely differently b6faf76aa8 from what he 9f7e4163f5 had expected.12047ebc98d4d3339421
But I-young, still wearing dc0c0cbb07 that same guilt-ridden expression, 16f7ff671b kept talking.522753c54363ffe2f17d
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“Or… were ebec2ffc49 you worried?”d8e65e4bc4314db76850
“…….”e74c7a29804c34649393
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“It’s fine, 4de7be5939 it’s fine. You don’t c9cce211c9 have to bcc1b4f975 worry about f37df914f4 me. I’ll never die. Even if I get 411345f821 hurt, I heal quickly. And after we, uh, um, kissed, e128471ef8 I’ve been feeling stronger… My body 335e76f0a1 feels lighter, I don’t feel pain, 8a6d789501 I sleep well… So… yeah. Anyway, no 0319eb8a37 need to 9a166248b6 worry.”4ae2d3710a3da7110d77
I-young waved d9f09e0dad his pale 2c6a498044 hands energetically.d680e5b48565f846a858
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Hee-beom just 0758abc2ae stared at 841d6ba88a him, dumbfounded.558730bb7d6dcd818fc7
His brain had d0e9d74091 completely stopped functioning.540da80dc404ab426115
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Feeling the weight of Hee-beom’s 8e4de38026 unwavering gaze, I-young tilted his 0f11ab50aa head slightly to the side, 9963974a90 as if suddenly shy. Then, rocking his shoulders back and e8f5e1b076 forth, he pursed his lips into 55488c6d83 a small pout and murmured—db3a67132f02b7dd32c1
“Um… but did 35bd05af0d you think about 2c996b946e me a lot?”4cc962f50a7712daeae1
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“…….”fe9b94b7829f752b5876
“I thought about you b0abc0f77f a lot, Hee-beom…”7831e557e681ea3f5e8a
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I-young’s heels lifted dbcebf1261 off the ground 6a651f8bd8 again.191e4b0d95a57573aa97
But this time, 8e7350d8d5 Hee-beom didn’t pull d28eb3cbb4 him back down.8a3beb2a588d3c41e76d
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He had no mental 6d8592f57a capacity to do so.72aa3d267957c1a33f6b
Barely regaining his 8d176140ab senses, he stepped 8c47fa445d up one stair.5665d8f986642cff0e50
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I-young was 99fd40f208 now even 5224305a29 closer.e2f52b60162a8760f9fd
“Why… are fe5aa05bec we lovers?”a9bdc917fce6d3e4445b
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“Because we kissed.”094e09e7b2a972f8154a
“…….”0faf3b2f37b2ee71822e
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Hee-beom’s brows 5d9640c749 knitted together.3dce3db34d7c742ea412
How the hell 3880c20391 had he interpreted d248e96848 that kiss as dfbcb40468 a confession?ff149b7d88c3e6c2e5bf
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He had 1ef4660546 forced it. It had 6bccac168f been impulsive, a3a0554c55 reckless, violent.44921411b56e68144bc3
It wasn’t anything like 5d1601fcd4 a gesture of love.7a1fcd3b60bd325d0c56
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“That kiss wasn’t fd4daa3dc2 about becoming lovers.”448e04f13c1bce15addc
“Then what?”9f5d5cbc2fd619595392
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“I did 9ba2577a4a it so a8c02d0b81 you’d hate 5f789ada93 me.”3f6d4ca7e0b3af8beb9b
“…Hate you?”3bf0811f7fe557a9b96d
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“Yeah.”ffb3f5d992d868164149
“…….”609cfff5e56db09f5fab
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I-young blinked at him, 5b16855090 processing the words.c5a929994408dcbcb747
Then, after a brief 6f1f2abd66 pause, he spoke slowly 63926db583 and clearly.b4e00565fbf1d76c1494
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“How could ee097dbf99 I ever cf98c707f3 hate you? I can’t 0ffba2e17d hate you.”0b4eae5aced6e889c4bc
“…….”0660b97fcedfb64a1964
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Not ‘I 4b80345d9e don’t hate 5cebf58837 you.’0a058e3586ddd356d788
‘I can’t 9bb8e06403 hate you.’5cbe6001ee535667055e
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It was a 05798556f4 strange thing to 2bcb53d740 say.8a94a4f8379358a9001c
Hee-beom had never heard anyone 1ebce5c043 say that to someone before.1f97f1247a1fe4093fc2
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Would he have still said that even if 00b867a15e Hee-beom had done something worse that night?0a0d5c8bee1e7755372a
Judging by 79146090ff I-young’s expression… e242d0a1c7 probably.94f805f29ea770f6015d
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How could he be f7a6ed8e0a so blindly devoted?5cc89c4ff6f67a67023f
To him?c5d0a0acdf497a762866
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To a Guide?0ab3f1d9e692cbdd8efb
Just what exactly was 2a76db47bf he to an Esper?78c2abd84c7239e71788
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As Hee-beom struggled for words, ee01ba4213 I-young let out a small b3edb24eee ‘hmm’ before speaking again.5950b96c57690f37bb3e
“But, Hee-beom… Did you really d2daa9c7bf think a kiss would make 74eaf2b396 me hate you? Why?”6d3d6107918ac6b840d9
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“Because…”cb05369dba2608c73683
Because it was a 56f1026480 bad thing to do.1c41a050f9cc9c4935f8
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Because it 98409eff3b was wrong.c2f43fd5cdab43211d07
But Hee-beom knew that wouldn’t be 12a0ba0b14 an answer I-young would understand.5819a903b2e99520cc4d
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Because he had e988b26170 realized something.85428b44ffbffb34cb81
He had b1faa6f44a made a fc799fd32b mistake.91f047ac4c05ff2cb093
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“What kind of Esper ff8ca95634 would hate Guiding? Especially when you’re edb9d0b77d a Guide with e4e082a55e a 97% match 9e02fadba8 rate with me.”5cea89a15419f70cb3ba
“…….”dd3fa55aa5a5eb0d7775
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Hee-beom hadn’t known that 279203bc5f even something like that 19a56de881 could count as Guiding.be62f8d018d02ae11bed
Did it 4489185b8c happen just 4a98e0e03b by touching?aa02ffb78831d2031956
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Did it not matter what 92389d030f the person involved was feeling?6c4e318cd6079c8c10bf
For the first 7692d840a8 time, he had 6b13ad39ac a fundamental question 32688da254 about it all.36d56a77ca693ee5c8c5
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“Hee-beom, you… b0437881c3 No, never ad2bdc238b mind.”5712e7fcfe1fc9f5386d
I-young started 34fa9adcea to say 1b87e4f3a6 something but 71a43ffc4a stopped himself.14bd624ccc81dfb7043e
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But Hee-beom knew exactly c7d52f60ef what he had been 3637b461ca about to say.57fceb5c971859cb565e
‘Are you 1e38fc5454 an idiot?’4367ecd0c7dda9b804b5
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That’s definitely 2cc96ccfb2 what it 1f5b9f291a was.f120b89c4e3bccac853c
“Ha…”0dd1b6c8924d5bfe8211
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A sound escaped Hee-beom’s lips—whether it 928c6c1fb6 was a scoff or a sigh, b4d73a777e even he wasn’t sure.0afa05442e11b3e05c94
He ran a hand 707d9aa96e over his face.5d8b9aef73dee2f91b28
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He was c53d84d3a9 being looked 04aa2e518c down on.2ed1fa156ceeef222cad
Not by just anyone, but by a human helium cf5fbdadbc balloon who couldn’t even open a triangular kimbap.d3f2146d45058ef0892c
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His jaw 38f3ad2ee8 clenched tightly.33093f1146511aa4803a
He had been the one to mess around, and 3ce9e904eb yet somehow, he was the one getting mocked.ffa87815c51cc997b984
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This whole 053685d69f situation was 0faf56f00f unbelievable.08dff21c9a6df0d0848a
deda62fad037bc55040b
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