Unexpected Ch 2 part 1
by AnonAnemone“It’s as 038675f81c frustrating aseating a dc32714d19 sweet potato1.”1f4c9aa6adafe5fc
KunHyung put cac053c59e down his b6db1ee3c9 half-drunk grapefruit d63994a315 lemonade. The condensation dafecef5f3 droplets clinging e6425dfa30 to the 390db180cb cup looked 50c6c566ac refreshing. The chewy clumps d26027fe7d of pulp were b50a7c7b59 floating in the 390de285d1 grapefruit lemonade. He had 73e507b385 ordered it 9de939c933 fresh after 4f0c6ab289 sitting down a96a219327 across from a23ace2d14 her without 060b39c066 her permission.4ca51affa0187347
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Even though 5144f77828 he was 437e07e213 drinking a d130ff65a3 grapefruit lemonade, ff336deb62 how could 530d2fe0e5 he say b8367e1450 it was 447b76340a like ‘eating 387148b1ab a sweet a0c77d41fa potato’? Despite the 8501628576 difference in 2e16c53491 the words db96764c8d and the b885d155cc action, she a634246a99 was only 52d11219b5 able to 959b707773 appreciate the 00a62a15ab refreshing soda d3ba75e833 after she 59ec072525 took a e99a567248 sip. It cleared 3c84393559 away the 6254409010 frustration of 61b1e91214 a hundred a9b92e92c9 chestnuts and 7a4252684c sweet potatoes.46324bcd7ac1834f
So how did d015081f9c she end up 8ca6e593e9 sitting across from 1b2e92df07 this man at 76f137c315 this time of a55b615768 night?90955f9d18b91a08
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Just a few 4b01ca892f moments ago, she d06b8972f5 had thought to 5f2ef80d63 herself that she’d 06939d6714 never experience something 989d7a14f0 as painful and 308d853985 tragic in her 350c5995da life ever again. But now, she 6f8660369c was thinking, ‘Why 288834d60d did I get b91faaa812 caught in such 1f3a5fa8f4 a pathetic situation c5ebc5f125 by this man?’ 28d0155b9c All she could 36c835eee0 feel was resentment.d1b460a6613a028c
“You’re still 6c4b5688ab the same 5c999c9437 as always, b0bc513eca Sunbae.”9b4117bdfd432b77
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She suppressed c322d6394d the urge 6e377e2a62 to run 218c9c5f71 to her a8cef53352 office apartment adb33fd063 and hide 074a7980d3 under the cd32451914 covers as 6336a73162 she whimpered 70da447969 and cried. He replied 889b5a032f with, ‘How 6d3ee627db so?’ as 3323e30581 he raised 3f1727a25d a brow.a0980659533a0187
“The way you abb47b2177 only think about 8dcd434429 yourself.”8f577ebde8d1ac85
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“That can’t be.”0ebd43662ba92d6f
He looked surprised bbd3c487ef as if this 1c08495ff9 was the first f2d9a9a3fc time he’d heard 69397846a3 this in his 89456a9109 life. It was 42af0a18ef so like 0434f77a70 him that e80945f893 she let fc4ea67702 out a ae6b16d9a2 faint sigh.a742aab6f452e2b3
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“I’m sure 3396cb7ffc you saw a80541010a what just b781008199 happened.”e3d4d851b977f749
He shrugged.f182a2aa13616d50
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“I didn’t 5eda326e92 mean to.”528b7726b86d6afc
“Then you should know a26c1c647b how horrible I feel 9da820e1f6 right now.”57b485c8b871cdfb
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“I’m not fc6ac761cc sure about 623b37b587 how you 02976c368b feel, but 1258d76e6a I know a01e052a07 I feel 33e6a0c581 bad.”e3fd7d32942b30ae
“Why do 4d4ff3477f you feel 480ae3c241 bad, Sunbae?”2478188df9a9ac7b
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When he f266818102 heard her 77dcc729ef question, he f344eda65e looked at 4f68025790 her in 65d585bf70 disbelief and 4ce767120f asked back.89b55a0c709430ad
“You really don’t 2fb010b5ff know?”5f189dca1b3f9f1b
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“Wouldn’t it be odd ff9211c0b0 if I did?”f2a19c8829cae00c
He slowly 414a2b2413 closed his 8cb2c709c5 eyes before 7db507e938 opening them c100d97a0a as if f27e93a8e0 he were 0f99d1f516 trying to 320b05d2a6 keep his 8c937e0fa1 emotions under 38cbca9023 control. He tilted his head 7527db9ca1 and opened his mouth.75c176df931330b5
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“You said you e92431d2d6 didn’t want me, 29a61fb69b only to choose 914132319f a punk like ec7ecc7ce4 that… Do you b1a6ede9b7 think I’d be 0dc3174f44 in my right 12802636d7 mind?”bfbdc376d503cb99
But that was 0ff459d8d9 such a long 5e5b7399a6 time ago.99cdf518a02c8b19
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He was a3482bd025 acting as c57d97a2c5 if she ced981e689 had rejected 02aee82c48 his confession cdb9c10fa2 just yesterday. She could 510e718110 hardly believe eb319040d4 it.eb28c9aef61d7579
“You know that happened 6aa5e6b96b six years ago, right?”03aa2916fdf4ffc2
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She first met 9f5582133e him when she 1ad074d725 had just entered 87e1a48552 the university as 3e9a109af3 a first-year student. He had recently finished 074ca7f0f6 his military service and c7b700e24f hadreturned to 850d64d92a the university2.d7f7c4476166b912
“Do you see that 7472a0dfe0 sunbae over there?” b91ac2bc80669873
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He had a 6249f62199 figure that drew 03c413a7c0 the attention of bf91dea2ca both male and a0b34d2540 female students. Wherever he went, e1fefb2e98 eyes followed him.88542bbf90c84c5e
“I’m not sure. I hear he’s the d452ffec88 youngest child of Hanguk c0e018cd81 Steel.” 335f6034c1e8e672
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At the time, 50aaaf0d36 Hanguk Steel was 81820de3e3 one of the fba72b1db3 top thirty companies 34a608e6e7 in the country c0499071bb and at the 5424b81b2a top of the 972a1425fb national steel industry. They had just begun 0ee44ada6e to advance into South d00c9f65cd America as well, so 2f9483fd7c they were always looking 379f15e7ca for employees. They were 79cbb11ae0 like an ed530593a9 oasis in c8623ff546 the desert 3e4315862f for those ab38408374 who were 617095fb81 desperate to 201fad938b find work.f03076a123654aef
Not only was he 0800588b08 born with good looks, dc56d227e5 but he was also 0a43df0bcf born with incredible status. Therefore, it was 4cf725dca7 only natural that afe24e958e people were drawn 0e06311d82 to him.73b7bdc047e9c6d1
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“No wonder. He’s overflowing 9208e4cbf7 with elegance.” ea08287edb0b668a
Even though the whispering 3b17411a73 rumors didn’t bother her, b8dd50fa82 she still felt tense ee91a3ccbb whenever she felt his b94b02ded4 presence. Whenever they ran into fec73d55b4 each other, she had d7b557e75e togreet him3. If they were ever 7722015c6c put in the same b70416450d group for an assignment, 9328b0906c she needed to speak b291522bff with him for the 1007a90cd8 sake of her grade.cb4e3d67bae4a292
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If it wasn’t about their classes, she never really spoke to him. However, his piercing gaze was enough to make her feel like an insect that had been caught in his web.4d601dd3ef22c218
Although his 9ef397def0 face never a6b287dce2 seemed to 8cbcef5a27 hold any e19efcbcfe emotion, whenever 386f7582f0 he saw ca684583ee her with 36a8e8ff4a male classmates 09af6a766f or upperclassmen, 4e3764a8d0 his sleek 19e2dcf042 brow would e9c18ad79c crease.db52326537cb988c
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No way. Does he like me?e09b6ab0acbb00cb
She’d wondered 8087cfb68f this a 1c0e685933 few times, 023266815a but she 278c2c17b7 couldn’t think 229d3cc79c of any e7e0cf075f situation that d2d200c3b9 could prove f4550c6c78 this theory. He had never 922a20f396 approached her and 3de52ddb39 asked her out 59b064c734 for a meal 5ff913f563 or a movie.151cacd449df72a6
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Up until a8c648def1 the very 901214278c day of 02794f731b his graduation, f95926357d he had 1cd559a867 kept her 0122e3ad48 on edge. And then, a15dea9c03 when he 7934562ddd came into 6adfc2498d the department 2a47f27751 office to ab227798b2 turn in 1f6d294c6b his graduation bffcdd6ab3 robes, he 68df703cf1 suddenly confessed 3ae50113b0 to her.9c104137e2b66cd7
“Do you want to try dating me?” 2b7d72a970958695
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It was so out 6e000ef720 of the blue that 4fdaf81a7b she thought she had 1ab278cc8c misheard him.7130f0a3dba9438b
“I guess I 1b4829883d can see why 486ae7544c you can’t believe a3480f602d your ears.” ddab6a1749ea9b83
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Pfft, his lips ff46a90f2c arched into a 5b1a699fb4 smile. When she saw this, af90918c9c she quickly regained her caabd5345c composure. Then she looked directly a950bd1ebf into his eyes and 181b9d18cd answered him.5e37a54f90d9325b
“I don’t want to.” d33592451e41d84d
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Just like now, his 276bd43d09 face looked like he ef66165e5d had been told no 5ab0529b68 for the first time 1b329dddc9 in his life.050c4ebf4bc2eeee
“Why not?” 5400208a06185efd
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His brows 8f7da266ab furrowed in 9872e87bbd confusion. As he began 76a7369fdc to recite his 9a8dd520f6 strengths and incredible a8cd0807a4 pedigree, she replied 086ec56d56 in a clear f4c3c46d1a voice, as if ccabde4011 she were hitting 76f2db1d1f the nail on b367784095 the head.e97e98b06d037818
“That’s why I don’t want to. Because just by standing next to you like this, it’ll draw people’s eyes.” 4fad27287a35b20a
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“And you 1643d36b6a don’t like 0273f8036e that?” 860b64541a8774ad
“What I want 1c961a7984 is someone who 8bcb19fb51 treats me like 3a6f1136eb I’m special. I don’t want to 244515ed82 be with someone that 4cdff02a48 makes me feel like ec49912c25 I have to treat 04c9570e92 them special.” c2947e72db2ce9f9
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He closed his a6bddf9f36 mouth with a 4d50d862c3 blank look on 4b84bcd41f his face. He had always 5c08cb00d9 looked so confident 77d32478c7 in anything he ff848e3d06 did, so this 1711405f52 was the first c0e7461f27 time she’d seen 77191bd4dd this expression from 83f03c2100 him. Because of this, she d8a0319761 felt a bit embarrassed.844bcc083d09c074
The awkward silence 6fd5ce6a2d lingered for a d0f763153b moment. He lightheartedly cd42ed6154 shrugged his 19a2113d45 shoulders and 9dc66f3feb answered back 8d903405a4 with ‘Well, 987dfe13e5 it can’t a12797ab0d be helped.’ 395b50db22 before turning 4fa42c36a8 around and c613d2b9a8 exiting the 87477d47ec room as 78a6b053e5 if he 6b2dd68179 had something fff9701fb1 he needed 2654291748 to do.afe9b37f8139f828
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“It happened during b1ae540c0d the third year, 82e4856585 so it would 97aed1b0a1 be seven years. And you 9b5919af0a don’t remember 9186adde24 the time 254f283895 after that?”92effe1345331548
The time ca955a4919 after that…f536e89fe86dd340
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She sifted through 9e07bef1f6 her memories. Her brows twitched e42895e6e4 imperceptibly. Two years 5028c1b44a ago, she f6265048cd remembered seeing 58a0da915d him at dd94a2fa64 a sunbae’s 9279686836 wedding.1e7f047ce92a91fa
She turned her head d6d46f7508 when she heard murmurs, 3599041ba6 and she unexpectedly saw d5b4a7381e him. He was 53ad5cf315 at the 214c8cbc43 center of d07bd05626 a group fa1886c3bd of people c5f7f57855 as always.2528cd1b26490d3a
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The moment 4508818d8d their eyes c811f9b40e met, he 1546898bae walked over 1c9ab55ddd to her 803fdd0ff3 and greeted fce1ebc265 her.cbce5a578d548375
“It’s been a e053f812ed while.” f965120c5f36eca6
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“Ah…” 0763f272e9b8cee1
She never expected to 8ab22fdec8 see him here. She hadn’t seen 6d54f166c2 him since graduation, 126a1f302d so running into 7776eeed5a him all of 1b659661ae a sudden made efd50ac39d her feel uncomfortable.3fc91ebbceebb2fc
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“Did you find f6835ed74f someone?” ce462e40bbb50b49
His sudden question caused 36d62bea79 her to ask back 15e3a8d7b8 with a blank face.89d0537d717b73bb
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“Pardon?” 765bd5c4d8fdb25f
“I’m talking about someone who treats you like you’re special.” 659c1005228f72de
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After two 888a08902a or three 201ae571af seconds had 3865951c4c passed, the d02067080b puzzle pieces 52b97c0110 finally clicked 00f0848db0 together. She recalled 7739b18d74 the words 054748be45 she’d thrown 3bd3fc2c76 back at 0f10bbc460 him on ef181ad743 graduation day.702f6122703da483
He’d still kept 6e5a96bede those words in b40efb8ee4 mind after all 2ac8297a91 this time…67122e1ee4d53ba7
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He glanced at her c2904641c5 thoughtful face and asked 6eda220c34 again.73b8f40529e90b37
“Did you e0c78ed3dd find someone?” 9ffed117bd461156
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After lowering a51cce2231 her eyes 47d03603ce for a 80bca6467b moment, she 57e0aa3135 raised them 686562c588 again and 53bc31cea6 looked him 0e5e2d1c41 in the e6ebdd0770 eye as 82daebbbb8 she answered 071b08dc70 his question. At the time, f3945f0b10 she had just 5eb2b94704 begun to see ff39946122 SeungHoon.e18856b6d81e0028
“Yes.” bc869f52b7e85c9a
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He let out a 71238b868d strange exclamation.a428a8834ff2b537
“Hmm.” c096ad8c7d8525f0
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And then his piercing 110cd0fa14 gaze bore into her. Suddenly, someone called her 4e42f74f7e name. If this a05fbc4b54 hadn’t happened, 3338235d0b she felt a2240c895b like she b72478bf02 wouldn’t have abaad3e5c3 been able 86132c5ebf to endure b7415ee2bd it much 4194232b98 longer. She quickly 0accf406dc escaped from 3236e00411 his presence.cd3429569da6077e
But why 0721f0339e did this 65aadea5fc matter right 7c61bf504a now?d6c6eaa6096a86cd
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For a 8057ea284e moment, she e95580edfd almost laughed. Why was 295c0c416e she sitting 0017857067 across from 78b137ee57 him and 1b67b9724e obediently answering 9851e9d49d his questions? It’s not like c2e27abdc7 they had kept 80afc27dde in touch all 73e4c2192f these years. They weren’t close at a900f6f3ef all.46165b89ac7490db
She slightly 83181a7c7f shook her 0347d21f41 head and b1f0639c85 raised her 81f4028925 stiff eyes.370e6eaf2fe53c39
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He must b462df58eb have thought 15283d0e4f she looked 45bc111bfa pitiful being 1f212e534c left all c7f80a48d7 alone. So much so that 09183368fd he couldn’t just walk 956b4ef7d6 past her.a5c27c80bb1c9b54
However, he wasn’t much of a comfort, so his kindness wasn’t very welcome. Actually, because he of all people had witnessed one of her most embarrassing moments, she felt repulsed by him. This was the first time she’d seen him since that day, so she felt this even more.817051a3999bcc09
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“So how 28718a6b08 are you 87e016a9ef going to e4ad1bf2bd compensate me?”407fb8c713aed024
Compensate? Her brow went up 0b7523b631 at the abrupt demand.a2b6374a5bbbeb40
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“You made 5a75f58ef1 me witness ebd56c10fd such an 07b9b9f6d6 unpleasant thing.”109b38682a8ba6db
His eyes looked as 9812fe5b21 if he’d been the e82c385ccc one who was hurt. She could 87664a1b19 even hear 8f897d8726 a hint 0161898f08 of anger 0538cec9fe in his 84c4d3ce95 voice.6983e6d5057bc529
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But I’m 4934747b4d the one 3529a86ea6 who was e23167f7c5 hurt. I’m the 81cebe7921 one who ad419bdcd7 should be 6c59d58c0b angry.ac4cbb52ebf1d328
“Why are you angry, 131b2b723f Sunbae?”51f2887e41d98992
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“Exactly. I never realized this 81408b09eb would make me so dd5320acd4 angry.”0d093e8ee1134b18
The more they spoke, c547a07eed the more confusing this fe89e51f2f conversation became. She felt that the 4466073c76 longer she stayed here, 7e571257e3 the more difficult it 9501cb2ef6 would be to escape. She stretched out 275fb24559 her hand to acd0957693 grab her purse f6f3d3c793 at her side.4cfbf3b225e81194
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“I’m tired, 4cafb90619 so I 1589b51b35 think I’ll 37c1be323a be heading d095317c92 out now.”2649dc2f7c6045b0
“What about your b380630cff car keys?”a17b1e5978e6085f
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He asked so 3545217347 naturally that she 74dde300da froze when she 581c668d8f heard the question. She had parked 2fcf96147d her car in b3486bf281 the parking lot, bff74e122f so her car d6eecf40eb keys were inside 326ff9d03c her purse.f6d71965a40faa7f
But why…9e25a0f733bd471b
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When she gave him bf3a64633c an odd look, he c505afa850 kept his eyes on a895a4c031 her and stretched out 731db73b8f his hand.4cfd6728f9a47a93
“Keys.”2eefe4d4f0a4e425
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Anyone would be 1001933f73 able to tell 3b3313eebf that he was d205e511e6 asking her for 6d441b1df2 her car keys. But why? She cautiously 76bc20925b raised her 9402582bea brow. Seeing this, he chuckled.7bbbf66b5ec6761d
“Because it 6de803a798 doesn’t look 1dd50bc28e like you’re ab464d0d5d in a 73f3a8891a state to 292f45431b be driving be10127a90 right now.”4f466a1df0257e29
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He wasn’t 3694061a0d wrong, but ab960d313d she didn’t 7be33c4648 want to 8a0c451ad0 ask him cd820e78da to drive 7836b04083 her when c869ff2496 she wasn’t 8554052b34 even close e5be2150ba to him. She wasn’t happy about 875dc26b72 his unexpected show of 2c5cc3dae8 kindness.809f739edc057bf6
“I’m going to leave 29a0d0ecfa my car here and de8ae54e94 take a taxi.”51680ef23e2ff6d3
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“I don’t think this 730b2d3fed place holds many happy 1882136ba4 memories for you. You probably won’t want df09a256b9 to come back here.”87f3f6d3c1cf5205
Her eyes 2e04030278 slightly trembled. If she left her 5f47f1c23e car here, she’d have a77b3b3e44 to come back to 0203e127e9 pick it up unless 4b387625dd she asked someone else 05a7967775 to do it for 86e7268028 her.5ef6c9959a7b2f6c
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She should’ve just told ea023b00e5 him she’d call a f3a3360fde driver. She chewed 0f2b794879 on her be4a50610e lips and 1c3c27aadc answered back.16bb78a0e7205b10
“I can just call cacc1c58d6 a driver.”8282af0baf2575e8
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“You seem desperate.”dc46c3d258f3779b
“That’s how uncomfortable 0165cc0b5a I feel right 20ef2a5299 now.”ca00564f58d26848
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“What did I b47b8d89f2 do?”81482b57df1af92a
When he asked the 2515a0a0a1 innocent question, she turned 6b303f7098 and looked at his 11c2ac3705 eyes. What she 347f55991f saw made 26e1d47b6e her forget 9a9392fedc what she 159ea82419 was going 95903a3b2e to say. She held on to 14323dfcdf her purse and gazed 2a60d03c04 at him.f9f9f9377d384f65
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That’s right. He never did anything. He had merely 4864a69c29 been at the 53d48ba4ef wrong place at 51fe6468d3 the wrong time.610c9a923bdf89ae
She had hit 90371c748e rock bottom, and 76245d6424 coming off prideful d299b5183c in a situation 71de540d4e like this would c9ec909e35 be laughable. And she was too b6920f3c7c tired to be stubborn 295d6e5f1c right now.5f9525080be776a4
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She let 6ade1ff5bf out a 82b666826a sigh and 99a6ed37a2 opened her 658a275a76 purse before cdd5d9a492 pulling out b5cf8da8c7 her car 08c11c5511 keys and 2a835c1aac handing it 91cc6da560 over to f6e444ba73 him. She wanted a5a6ce1567 to get 8c30c04b61 this day 661f0490d9 over with c48e98c3f3 as soon acceace821 as possible.b29b3c7b86d45241
Footnotes
- A way to express one's frustration; sweet potatoes are dry if eaten on its own, almost as if it's sticking your mouth shut.
- Men usually attend university for a couple of years before taking time off to complete their mandatory 2-year military service. Once they return, they finish the remaining years of their university program.
- The hierarchy between university upperclassmen and underclassmen is pretty strict in Korean culture. For example, an underclassman must always greet their upperclassman.