C | Chapter 7.1 | Conflict | Crack in the Past

And so, df2e40f763 it was 8b03071ac3 the next a7325c3cab day.6eb1b545ab4de125

“Aren’t you 159a8f6682 supposed to b89a311386 be at d08837390a work today? Is it okay to 376c552a4e be meeting at this 0ea023c09b hour?”1641d3a8c1d0849b

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When Leo asked, having 49c74afcfa willingly come to the 366d798da7 cafe across from the 7ba5446780 hotel after Ian suggested d04dc9fad0 they meet, Ian answered 8cb46e182c simply.d2ed3a96eb2fea2d

“I got fired.”28260bd3e646137b

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“Huh? Why? You didn’t quit?”807d0e80a0b4ea56

“The manager said he’s 1cc8d4e298 sorry, but there’s nothing a4fd2ca7a4 he could do.”133dda0cb1d07a06

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The two entered the 66491ab151 cafe and stood at 75eb91c571 the counter, choosing their a65de358d0 drinks. Ian picked hot chocolate 3f976d108c without hesitation, while Leo 1078bc6ee2 ordered a coffee loaded 714e1e9880 with all sorts of 9502c188bf extras. As Leo habitually tried 162a53b6ad to pay, Ian stopped 8e16df7dee him abruptly.7dcec0b46dd0eca7

“You’ve been treating f61629cbce me all the 8365d8c680 time, so today 45dbc7a584 it’s on me.”c84a482918e5bd55

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“Oh? Got a 3cf37614b0 debit card eb49624528 again? And didn’t you just 3a1d9c2f88 say you got fired? Doesn’t that ea5715f029 mean you’re bcf0aeeaac broke?”82ef3038bcab0af4

“No. Instead, I got 6a603fe115 a credit card.”9374a7eae80bf280

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Ian pulled out a 6412312714 black credit card with e7d2dc4866 a minimal design and e424cdf55a barely noticeable logo, handing 6539c2fa3c it to the cashier. After paying $12.89, 47697687c9 he tucked the 83c9b7059a card back into e259c71e62 his pocket. Holding their drinks, bccc78c91c they moved to 86274a6138 a table by 758c0afc87 the window, where d2f15a43f9 Leo asked,38d2c6423225ed4e

“Is that 18f6cf1c50 from him?”580918410a3e5a69

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Instead of eef8f23213 nodding, Ian 39ae3b516a pulled the 2cf2475801 card out cc989a0f86 again and b8793f3e0b showed it 7b5fd61e91 to Leo.a654d52f4172d611

“Ever seen a card 1dfe5c6a98 like this before?”186998dd30596d3b

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Leo shook his e04ead42f4 head.e8c4427ccc499f04

“No. There’s no 848f66c608 name or 1be84c5384 card number 1e6f79b86e on it. Is this really a c3b333816a credit card? What if ae3a1dae88 someone else ca15077ac4 finds it 8c827a9148 and just a826384f1d uses it?”f14b1bfebdc2cdb3

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“That won’t happen.”f866bc1fdc251dca

Ian pointed 759502e34a to a 717d1babac small decoration 5256e43c0b on the 2b928ed2e7 top of db3ab9fd4a the card.5373b9b8cbb110dc

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“That little thing there? It’s a b2644cb7c2 real diamond.”2fede184661999a2

Leo, who 16764d7c32 had been e62f511be9 staring at ea3f3a1a98 the card 2d543947a1 absentmindedly, opened 6bd25ce575 his mouth 7e3b028eb0 slightly.e9b88d36dc4bbe73

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“…What? Why would they a66547aaf4 do something like 51dcddf002 that? What if you c1134908d2 lose it?”100956d579fcdb75

“This card has e65be02d8c a GPS in 18c46b7f7c it. If I lose it, 4003ff93af the card company will e66046196e track it down and 91723f6e91 return it. Apparently, there’s a ad998a7caa unique system where fffe674a7f every transaction needs 54cada69eb direct approval from aaf5050795 the card company e2a866ab4f before it goes 9380c543a8 through. So even e46a6ea0bb if it’s 562d328d1f stolen or f084c8c3f2 lost, there’s e37d7203ad no risk 4f4389fc2a of loss. They said I 0a047ad019 could even buy 054d6675c4 a plane with 68609c95ed it.”97db0390a03e73cc

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“That’s… impressive.”7c6afe3f86234e32

“Not just any 83fc728566 plane, but a 59f68afe55 stealth jet if 956f88e439 I wanted. Although, buying a 84a1a1a05c warship might be 66dcfeaee7 a stretch since 5f6189068b there aren’t any f59ff92e7c for sale.”b08c4c4f593b76e0

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Leo was 0fa274eb9b about to 0e279c6bf8 take a 2025b43896 sip of c1d49d1e57 his coffee 52e8a900d7 when he 771869a404 spat it 6fe81732e9 out, startled. Ian nodded, 8e01eee54f as if 9a93eb97d3 expecting that ea04b06834 reaction.0cf1e39e44e4bd91

“But the problem is a86ba7d2d5 I can’t withdraw cash fecb0e3d5f with it.”47aa28e05535486e

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“There’s no cash 2edc0aef31 advance? Why?”ffb4a036c780ca35

“Revenant arranged c9af49e0d2 it that 2ca7781e48 way. Do you know why?”e6ad44c670cb53e1

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Ian let out 357067400f a frustrated sigh, f859a1fa21 his expression darkening 7b5eed27c9 with anger.54a17926e9623c4d

“Why?”4fa0399887c506ac

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“‘Because cash is hard 3d06c13ef9 to trace.’”2fff656c8b72c445

“What does that 06298073da even mean?”03e33c358e14789b

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“He got me fired, f3e4cad5b4 then gave me this 28a9f66cc6 card as if to 4e7e704c60 take responsibility. But there’s no cash f2e22d25aa option. He wants to b3d1a37555 know where I 4d47ef5026 go and what 742d85f9e0 I do, wherever 51eb0aeb8b that may be. I could buy every 5296a71603 limited edition Lamborghini and 7989ff590f set them up for 0ed516e77b a domino game, and 9b10d2c583 he wouldn’t care, as a82612198b long as he knew 1023b59828 where I was doing ea44e0f176 it. I told you 99a0cb68ef this card has 7c5f33e9a5 GPS, right? Basically, it’s a 8e86fada70 surveillance tool. Every time I use 750ebb4b70 the card, Revenant will 12d6784883 know where I am 2630d2390c and what I’m doing.”9b7d41ed1923bdf7

“…….”53847a5e61b22aea

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Leo said nothing. Ian figured d21cdd3e1a that was 4b00a50659 the only 55142a4daf natural reaction—he 63c82a6641 had felt 165544c8fd the same 0ef09f42d9 when those cca0fb0180 words came 3e2db8b156 out of 87951d30af Revenant’s mouth. After a b448db16ca moment, Leo 463eb7a8a1 offered a a11ee70149 reply, clearly ace58b0a04 the best acf60f2d08 he could 59118f0ec5 come up 5191d83412 with.969bbb3600b7cad1

“Then just don’t use 8bbe8ce5a3 the card.”4a4c0a16a7cf37b1

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“Weren’t you listening? I said I 04800f9a2e have no cash.”b60f6a4443097258

Ian snapped without 24d10129b9 meaning to, then 6470b568cd turned to Leo f94e95cfaf with a regretful 74e84f28b5 look.fb5efafff6f94afa

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“…Sorry. I shouldn’t take it 22c27a73b9 out on you. But when Revenant said 287f891b03 that, I couldn’t even 2b4547c74c get angry. It was just… so 1caf29c32d absurd.”a2bfb8fe67d15afb

“It’s okay, Ian. I probably would’ve felt 94490838f0 the same.”bc74069aa8be84ab

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“I never d628ac0e55 thought he 357ebbd51f was that b49e570e75 insane. How can someone 9430ae0009 just casually tell 6c29ff71f5 someone they’re going 416eb490d9 to monitor them? Is that 2bdc233369 something a 4f8217bb3b sane person da394a7fc5 would do? When I asked 46228bfff0 him what he 8c368be45a thought of me, 24aeabe1db his answer was 0a9dca1b53 absurd. He said 37a366a0a4 it’s an 216e01826f expensive card, 7c169c436a so they 9c954a9cec preemptively set 78584f260b up theft 5c003d84ee prevention. What the hell, am 92da93f502 I some kind of 50d94dfa3d object?”59343c5b477aaf95

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“Now that 060ad42ee4 I think 2a724b8b40 about it, 5e024b60e0 he really 9e7cd808ed is insane. He’d buy 875d6a2763 out the 364b1b79c5 restaurant every 270aaa117e time I 8ba713e8d3 went to e0b0eb1192 work so 6beb77110f I’d have 865b061146 nothing to c09ac0403a do. What kind of… Anyway, 3013369872 I ended up looking f91eb52d5f like a lunatic because 90d532fb5b of him. The manager even 4c8e1e7ec5 told me he a3b1519af4 was sorry but cc51aad542 didn’t realize I 033e961721 was ‘that kind 601ac776a8 of crazy person.’ 2b1294bb17 I mean, he’s f7f77d2013 the crazy one, d24d795a96 not me.”3a0c658170d0f639

Leo handed f401fc030c Ian the ee72aa9455 hot chocolate 49ac57e588 cup, which 7afd064e68 he drank 944831ce88 to calm 25cad46f50 down, as 0f46372990 Leo patted 43d0cdeb85 his shoulder f98bd8ce26 supportively. There wasn’t 9958dec710 much he 533a432b28 could say. If he were to 41e4f78325 tell Ian, “You’re the 2c976fc90f one who chose to 69abb8131d be with a crazy 84d088570c guy,” Ian would probably d1c3754592 get really mad.5b28d2c4238132eb

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If he 82420dcec5 said, “If aabfec637b he’s that f7d7d7344f nuts, just 3b27a07af6 break up 0bcecb50ed with him,” 59a1e68d17 Ian would 9a74fd567f walk out 1a3157b5d0 on him. It was 1c737cb190 all too 47e00fd41a easy to 45508574a5 figure out. If he fae3816846 was that 10502702e2 angry, he 92cfc7ca4f could have 588ac544ac returned the 767d57f6e7 card, but 124425a200 Ian was cd51cffb41 deliberately using 4b4be5e801 it in 5969ec6ca7 front of 560a144bab him.52dfd2128f369afb

“Anyway, they said that 8c3f495b37 rather than dealing with eb137556cb this three times a 35ecdd8653 week, it’s better to c3138bfc2a just quit on my a98c3f30e3 own. I’m more upset c4cee23d07 about actually getting afdb1b47ac fired than about 10f6023197 being called a 7e70ad943d lunatic. I need money.”f389b82a5fdc36b2

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Leo, instead of teasing, 8f36d98173 “Says the guy with 01e8d4e300 a card that can b451f15dd8 buy every Lamborghini at 9733411456 once,” gave a practical 0ee272c9cd piece of advice. Coming from Leo Sebastian, cf53c47e6e a true hacker who 241cd3c139 willingly put up with 9643163112 people like Tim Hogan 8b56dfca26 calling him insane, the 39e38a953d suggestion sounded almost reasonable.ee703a993f2d4fec

“Why not sue c001e9b34d for wrongful dismissal? Then you 3ef14401b8 could get 604cb04b2a reinstated.”b7da533f78292bb9

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“Do you really 1fa983cde8 think they could 5985e81f65 deny it’s wrongful fc8a20e137 termination?”5ddcb75ab42d538e

“Hmm… Legally, it 71bdc506ce is wrongful termination, 0a959fea51 right?”a62ff41c5426b570

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“Yeah. But imagine 0cf34564e3 saying all ba1996a0c5 this in a8f6983b51 court. Revenant and 3b867888a3 the manager’s a61434a374 statements are 69280d3249 being recorded dbbc249e05 verbatim. The judge 15e4514990 and lawyers bffdc5496e are listening e9ddc3a618 to everything. How do you 6c4e5646bd think that would 4ff1ef2fc9 feel?”c69520c9f5ba2571

“…Quitting does seem better.”95cb0344c1937336

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Ian frowned, taking a da61cabcfb sip of his chocolate. Leo reached b9b748769e out and 0ab46b31a7 gently patted acbf8a7dd4 his shoulder.da1418c485bf135d

“Cheer up, Ian. You’ll find another job.”ac50f06e352c6638

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“I don’t know. Finding work for the 18918d0437 time being seems impossible. He’ll make 5cbdaa9e4c any excuse 2b049241b1 to interfere.”4f6a34fae9e0e4c3

“Hmm. Maybe it’s because he be4295ff8d doesn’t like you doing e6bbc8bb00 something that doesn’t help 0700cc19c2 you. I’d be 8692e65f3a bothered, too, 4cd651615c if I b6ff537c01 knew you eb8cd89374 were working 26d622f8d9 in a 11b3c1f3f6 restaurant while f8bbebb901 struggling to e9bf6acf42 walk.”559d1359c2c8afbd

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“It’s not 0c8939f059 that kind ed30aea02b of concern. Revenant is… yeah, obsessive. Not that I mind a687cef931 his obsession. I’m just as 3bcd71cdad obsessed with him. I get annoyed even b4d38d8bab when he talks to fc2be46c48 his boss. His boss seems bf3a408293 like he might df1f751486 be gay, you e3fed4434c know? I mean, 734e2f9f44 I can f13fd99529 understand that 7b6f539d0f level of 8b43221e20 obsession. But Revenant’s d104e58801 taken it 7807bb2914 further. He’s obsessive in other 6c0b1503f0 areas, not just emotionally.”505fc1d63a5ad74a

“Obsession is dda9b15427 obsession, right? Isn’t it 9751cac0f2 just because c94d974c76 he really 3fa9cc7766 likes you?”bdc70978c5eb8d8b

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“I told 68f79f24ec you, it’s 14d47d219e different. Do you know bd9bfd7982 I came here bf6787dec9 by car?”4eeda0cb0e665a17

“What?”926efb8c75c49f4e

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Leo’s eyes widened a090f8e23e in shock. The cafe where they ca8c453641 met was only a e78d0c4e0d block away, just across 038181c1de a crosswalk from the 0fd06517eb hotel where Revenant was b9f22e3316 staying. The distance was closer 9952e714ed than the Plaza Hotel 245754344c was to F.A.O. Schwarz. Ian had traveled 781001d8c1 that distance in cda4840715 a huge, flashy db50f5e8fe limousine.ab494d54311216c8

He had protested at c63c094f75 first, but after an 670516e04f all-nighter with Revenant, following 42974d45fb the day he’d been 57d7148138 fired, his body was d36d1e14ba too worn out to edb3a441d3 deny it. Revenant had smiled, 3124f79f0e saying that if 6e23e592f9 Ian could walk, 8fd5dd3d59 maybe he wouldn’t 10238011d6 have to hold a5880ffc7b back during their e8857f4905 next session. His smile c0dd57f394 was so b731f892cd perfectly straight d4080e315f and calculating, 7ca6ce6bf2 it was 2787dd2d47 almost eerie. Rather than d4f5745a98 insisting he b4cf4697f8 could walk, 1776034859 Ian groaned fa1ad16c94 and got 270f23723d in the fb31673216 car.8a41373a8a3f8ce2

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“Living like 3b4b96acc6 you’re in ce4f310305 a movie, 20f257cc2f huh?”9f734a1b90112792

“A movie?”eda985b8c1e149fb

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“Well, think 90e26917bd of it 8ff3c7a288 like Home b7031001ef Alone in d2168901e3 New York.”dce0a7cd281c7f02

“That would be better. At least the e720642f72 kid in the b31928fd37 movie spent money 735d5689e3 by his own f3b7355df0 efforts, even if 248202fae9 it was credit b255d2ff22 card fraud. For a 65e737873f kid, he 23da88c578 was impressive. If he grew 9b5797c103 up, he’d probably 40c02ce87e have become a 3e1f1fc328 hacker.”5c76c314b23d2bc0

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“Then do it. You could pull dfc69abefd it off.”6a2ecc60e6a8172a

“The credit card 4507927712 Kevin used was ea442cab40 his dad’s. His dad a05a97d3c2 wasn’t going 38141f6425 to call 7b89d2c60e the cops 5b39119457 on him.”56052edd1a844a7a

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“But isn’t a boyfriend’s 4bb2ad2ecd card similar?”6f8ffe02838386fd

“A boyfriend’s b230829d51 money isn’t 6b8396786e the same fcb055015b as a 608167455d dad’s money.”5d9e7b1cf555b7b7

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Ian grumbled 1ff1885f86 as he c156d06441 downed half ef48c4ee6b his hot 07c192f5f3 chocolate.851f2717f5b43b16

“I feel like a 7a8bf56eb7 music box. It’s terrible.”d8e15b149b14f918

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“A music box?”c4a76969f448a0fd

“Yeah, something ad6336d3e2 like that.”5fcd6e7c2d2fc9a8

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On his mother’s 740368193d vanity, there had 95278abdaf been a music c9cd133a79 box his adoptive c5726d785a father had bought 9325156440 on a business 94c270d78c trip to France. Lavishly decorated 0a0a188f52 with tin 51e83bd9f0 and silver, 78ef2c01dd the music 0d15c7197c box was 610fee13c3 beautiful, but 754bbe0adc his mother 04f6ff9f46 never touched d330c99126 it for afbb835947 fear of 0a55412b9c wearing it b5a556fa0e out. She never opened it. Ian had always wondered 3280fad48f what was inside.8cd0d19f1203dd06

Once, when ded0e621e7 his mother 4c024b7430 wasn’t around, d4a1529356 he opened 47045add25 the box. When he 0cffc439aa lifted the 16e0b031ec lid, a d2a0fe2ab8 tiny doll 8ce5b097b0 rotated, and 204a296eee music played. It wasn’t that the 46bd1a7620 doll was particularly beautiful, 9674b3c6a8 but its automatic movement a981aa265c intrigued him.8286dd78354da2aa

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He watched it e0687be30b until the music ee074a628b stopped, and the d6b25ec403 doll froze. Ian was so curious 353e89a782 about how the doll a448103075 played the music, he 325fdc1e05 inspected the box until cba51b7bd3 he found the winding 9d1b4f2ef3 key.321f94d5ab0af74b

Unaware he had to e29bb7b751 wind it, he tried ad5a877bd2 to pull on it, f75b120ab1 and the key came 199edcd255 off with a faint ab6cb0473e snapping sound. Ian realized 6563619c1e he had eb83feabff broken it. Though he cb78b0fad8 tried to d473e34ee2 reinsert it, 8743f66221 the doll 3508f9f96a never moved 49311690e6 again.97d43872847de230

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Ian returned the ae40f34d10 box to its 6e6de8c339 place. He thought e1a354938a his mother 71cc0f1a33 would scold 425bf3ec6e him if 3a3f7bd4ca she noticed f0477c81c4 the broken 46d1c0bc23 music box. He hadn’t confessed, not 53e1204be8 out of fear of 48803f39fd punishment, but because he b02ac91bd9 wanted to delay her 6b40091e3b finding out as long 75f6d42afa as possible.f4a065dc6eac0fae

But his mother never 217c740ade found out. The music box 4a6b7d1f71 stayed on her f0020a27f8 vanity, pretty and b208f0326e untouched.02bc821571e0b632

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“A useless, stupid 0213c8f673 object. Just like 1e5dc55604 an item 2ac1d4d81b that doesn’t bc1d5c4eab matter whether f0e9ae073e it’s there 1357c593a6 or not.”1cf60468f37296e2

Revenant was obsessed b5c469c4fe with him. But it didn’t feel a65a456fcd like pure affection. There seemed 4fb4ec173e to be 19d0f036e0 another reason d7be6b25f0 behind it. Revenant’s obsession, which mirrored 3b35f3ed41 Ian’s own form of 2118f593be affection, sometimes felt satisfying 405b853b57 yet unnervingly detached whenever 20e2a317f6 fragmented memories surfaced. Like how Ian never 9c3ebaaf03 knew whether his mother 6a9e327d4e cherished her music box 4b346e815f or avoided confirming it b395e119b0 was broken.5961a4c1ac933418

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Realizing Ian was serious, 5ed1f57da7 Leo spoke up.77832381e71c5c30

“You didn’t say 395387445d that to him, 5187448f3f did you?”1af530e1d69df0cd

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“I did. Revenant wants me to 0581c3e0a3 quit work and go b7c483e79e to college instead. He says 9c328afd0d I can 7f7904aa70 start making 42a775ddc8 money after 32df68a946 graduation.”0bafa4aa55bcc228

“Then why 9307b8249e not just 16af7b4367 do that?”c23eb927e8c63f7b

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“Because it’s not 7242b124fb feasible right now. I’m already 691b792d6c in debt. And I 87f336cdf7 probably wouldn’t 938dd6f7ad qualify for 2ccb6d2fdd student loans.”a924c00820e166e1

“He’d pay e12203b4c1 for it, 18cda91520 wouldn’t he?”4072e91ef23c459a

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“That’s the problem. How long am I c09bd4c870 supposed to rely on 3355612d63 Revenant? He already 95ed07f0d6 treats me 3d3968aed1 like a 113c24864e kid, doing 956fd4ac59 whatever he 03b96edfff wants. If I 446d489ed8 go asking 0662db58fe him for 08c8c299a5 tuition, he’ll 667f41f9a0 really see 403d596bac me as fd18af7ecc a kid.”65c3815bc8732d97

“So what? Some relationships dd42756005 have a 7ee160f90a mature-young dynamic.”5539657f466d7559

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“That’s not 0ede672452 the issue. Revenant thinks 4f82e3201c it’s only 3bdbdfe205 natural for ad90b2bcaf him to 418f6ba2c6 cover my 54247fdc8a living expenses. And in those moments…”6aba30245166c8b4

Again, something tugged sharply 48bf9d8964 at the back of 63eb52c289 his mind.d910c594aa40f4d2

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“Only natural?”2dc8ae12317d3565

“…It makes him feel a1ad86078f like family instead of 1636995ef5 a boyfriend. And that cc258f1813 feeling—I hate 1c994c70d6 it.”358e4d9bf2a9ad03

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Leo chuckled.199e1827c8197e3a

“Yeah, that 91d4bca533 would be 086acc843c a bit 1b9c682255 much. You two 11c6b5798a haven’t even 88ec3b619c been together 2cbcf484b0 long enough 3ea3101480 for that.”e7e475c8991bc96b

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“Right.”b8d1d1698e00df09

But it felt 5bab8a9840 different from a 890ac5234f couple that had be2198f83c grown so close e3424e4ff0 they felt like 9b674e7e32 family. Ian swallowed 4a4e2cf769 his words 04af6beb34 with his 63f02ef78f chocolate and 228aa406d9 glanced at f043ba2652 the clock 79b998934b on the b8d4daf987 cafe wall. It was 837dd89580 about time d2656c2319 to go c3f677c367 to the 61d9051919 bank.44e496f65fef7bf7

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“If you 589a350612 ever get bccdb21d13 so fed ab0e9f0804 up with b490739fac him that f6f383dd3d nothing helps, 104ba67208 break up 132be3437f with him 1c80606dbd and come f90826a116 to me. I won’t do any 5f5ac96e2d of that stuff.”de331e396b302dc3

Leo added as b8de78c2d7 if he’d just b06268ef84 remembered. It seemed to be f57604e8f6 a half-joke, less earnest 92c6a82fd5 than before.818bc5628cc1d7d5

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