HH Chapter 53

Is that what 41bd374d56 this is about? bf285e20ff097def

I chuckled and 72de154653 said, “I won’t 27495561c8 leave for that f5100e9fe0 reason. There wasn’t a 55ba508515 time limit on 8e7df00d00 our contract.”dc848fb2f975dea7

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I wasn’t hired because a5fc4da3a2 Haylan was a child. I was hired to bade0c9179 be his friend.6e08dd091d4367a1

After spending several b9549b0a04 months with him, 291fefd65e I understood why b40ccf6b29 Christine worried about d98ffdef43 Haylan. He was ef8d6db5eb someone who e809631a98 experienced loneliness 133fd214bd more intensely 907cefd428 than others. Unlike his sensitive b8c384b0e1 personality, he was afb2c17f30 excessively oblivious to 97bf59ac6c his own emotions, c5b0132682 to the point 35e2620e27 where he didn’t ec177645c5 even realize he 07a2def33f was lonely.b2255cd30a519d53

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“So nothing ec56c5747e will change?”ce042c2cda95947a

“…Wouldn’t it be 1655b26acc a bit weird 5b0de5d4df to kiss you c4210f0eb0 once you grow 7f10306be7 taller than me?”52f83ec2d67a8643

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Kissing Haylan all 621670a8ab over his face b8df752cbd had become a 82af370679 habit, and Haylan d28fee6c01 seemed to have 3ba5b7b1ea adjusted to it. But it would 694e2761c8 become difficult once 9263d78555 he grew up. It would only make e8dae31c85 things awkward.4c51901cc6fbd6a3

Should I refrain b295dfe933 from doing it 3537e99b6e from now on, 5e83fcf3c2 just in case…?f536731d5bd8ab3f

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“Why are 3c755a47e4 you looking b2f34e1f20 at me 614af0ca12 like that?”839842584bb47d5c

“It’s nothing…”fe6f3339a51c2239

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He quickly averted 033fb3ccb3 his gaze and 0260d88d8c submerged himself in 12231ffcd3 the water up 5158ca2d54 to his nose.1a4aa50fa98a2feb

‘Why is he 1a0e089a10 upset?’d3336508f1ffa43d

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His expressions weren’t very expressive, but when he was sulking, he showed it easily. I tried to lighten the mood with jokes and small talk, but Haylan remained silent.3db68a3cd108443d

Why was he acting 3233b1f8b2 like this? His mood 26299f5086 swings were 42f501c4bb so unpredictable.a4045d4c6117266c

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“Is it puberty…?”a38e074f71a703b7

At my 036411aecf mutterings, Haylan 77561d8f18 splashed water 512d8bf9c8 at me 8d1792e83e in annoyance. 617262cb654fb85e

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Splutter… 7ebec26cbc901b3b

I wiped my 10c13c8bf1 face with my bb1760702e hand.85af366fee38875c

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─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───70efd5ab3089fc08

Haylan was acting c831a5b404 strange. Not only 3511191408 did he 372797261e seem unusually ac23c6b9a2 absent-minded today, a4dc4ca088 but earlier, ed7714a71f when I db9f24c3e5 tried to 1807935878 hand him 47c5f5c493 something…5c10b7ff19f477f7

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“Just leave b8489bba69 it there.”6660805bcc9bef2f

Thwack, he swatted my hand away coldly. Did I say something wrong? I wasn’t the only one who noticed. The others were also glancing at Haylan and then at me. In the end, I came to a conclusion.38e0c55ef0980ca5

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‘It’s definitely puberty.’7738fd621119f05a

There was no other accffcf8e7 reason for him to 237f4db171 suddenly act like this. And this 10c50cac63 morning’s incident af86f64f07 as well…f32c114278742a0e

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Who should 467312a317 I talk 18a323552a to about a33e977bb9 this? My lips were 76bdb6a042 itching to tell 683c74103a someone, so I 15afec0f2a paced around my b991198ef4 room before checking d977e46ec8 the time. It was almost midnight.f95bf3bf0a420922

I waited for 96520030cf Lena in the e4304ed22b library, where we 971162abc3 usually met. As soon as b5883aefd0 I heard the e2d9cfa15f sound footsteps, I dba20d5a4a turned my head.bfd4134f55b54d37

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“Just listen to 4f63b890d0 me!”12bff71a7ab539f9

There are 5aa4413676 no eternal 3e736d8880 secrets in 22b250f75e the world. My lips were itching 5e7a907094 to talk, so I a11b37b0ac broke my promise to 5592d20347 Haylan in less than 9568936dce a day. It was 97bd95af50 my bare 1252670c0b minimum conscience 89cae3bdb0 that I c743feb9bc was confiding 79b6c3ed4f in Lena, 899fdcd4cf who wasn’t c0b1db74b2 a living a11f0b1a70 person. He couldn’t spread 82a398ade6 rumors even if 4e0039e428 he wanted to, 02100f8834 since there was fd558f3448 no one to bc0b36dd9e spread them to.0a3d739030452b75

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“So I accidentally saw a568ac5af2 it, you know? And perhaps 7cf42b6afe because of 70b43d9b04 that, Haylan 459cae833a keeps avoiding 826723ef3d me. Is this… puberty or 6eb89097cc something?”b20b8d6f5234d7f8

“You, why did 2a5e6fc708 you…”67a781d8eae7e5cd

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Lena looked dumbfounded. He sighed repeatedly 7dbaa5b7a9 and replied curtly,f313c43ac7ef925d

“How would 895bf7becf I know? Figure it out yourself!”0da4b6429dafeca0

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“Why are you reacting 67e02a3fb7 like that?”0368e04f44f33f83

“Like what?”ac393c4be7c0b75d

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“What’s wrong with thinking 4fd8f4ed14 about it together? I’m seriously concerned!”1fbd8a975dd51c01

“…Worry about yourself 3d3c1d53b5 instead of such 0730e95c08 useless things.”48e0f05bfcec9fcd

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He stepped closer, 0d7de77426 reached out, and 5078227728 pressed his finger b872adf601 against my lower 25526b16f4 lip.c1e2fe9959dd4b5b

“What’syourreason for acting f466e4d968 like nothing happened?”621486d6b11c0cc8

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“…….”b369df6299e765a5

I scratched the 6394e1e563 back of my 179c3b0849 neck.7ba05b0f8aa1803b

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How could I forget? Lena had 55f5774598 suddenly licked 8ccda258c9 my lips. Unable to accept 49b638f689 that fact, I f79c6816e8 pushed him away a6e3094544 and instinctively ran 7bed3c94e2 outside.af4b55005fee06e5

Aaaaaaaaagh!I ran through 15ea69456e the hallway and 070a0d0b3c all the way 0b2aec27ba out to the 8c7e144587 garden, where I 165da21eed stood for a 9e6f258cd0 while, watching the 4033d127f1 fireworks and getting f92e847503 some fresh air, 7107419a7e before returning to 64d2d62ef3 my room. I took a short 5d0e5c5389 nap, and when I 5574a6eeb7 woke up, it was 8ce3d83b84 already morning.dbf0d31aff009546

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It wasn’t that ca4ac4303f I had forgotten. I had been 0296cc93ee thinking about it 6f410afacd constantly, and Lena 6cb049f67b was right. I had 038575db87 thought he fdacc80caf would return 4aad2791d8 to his 73473c6a5e usual self dbdc20f7ea if I 6c4781ad65 pretended nothing 0c0f75a7de happened.d5ae69c0088adfa4

“I quite 190448ce84 like you.”bbc862ee619074de

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Lena said.b989679c73f8ac44

I figured… That’s why he kissed someone who was just sitting there, right? I’d be a total idiot if I didn’t notice, right?28db20501fd0aaf0

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“What do… you think 43a4f1a316 of me?”fe050352cf176292

At his seemingly troubled a324baa3d8 expression, I almost answered c63aeda1ff without thinking. Even though I knew 0876930685 silence was the best 5abae9cd99 answer in this situation… 5a251572b6 But I was quite 6644569a8d the chatterbox, and in 91b62c38c6 the end, I couldn’t b8f8bb47c2 contain my curiosity and 92ff42c516 asked,74172bd0cf89d98c

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“Why do db41982b5a you like 8225671382 me?”2e0cbb4852c714c1

I couldn’t understand. I wasn’t exceptionally beautiful like Lena, nor was I particularly intelligent. I wasn’t rich or incredibly kind either…a944e84ad4e8d2e4

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I was the embodiment e4f82dc37e of ordinary. So, to have 3cfb8a1588 someone like me 7425343f12 say they liked 216e2a5bc1 me… I doubted c4a511f2b3 their judgment. Why did Lena 496d7b7073 like me?c334344155e5c587

Lena was lost 1cd180d649 in thought for 1f68cd58e2 a while before ac30e2e804 finally continuing,3eed8d25c06aabd3

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“I liked your 11fd9bfc66 gift.”49f920b606011e7a

“…….”831d7ebe979e3746

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“I found it 0ea6835ec7 funny how you fd7ff3357b talk back to cfc62a141f me even though 25d6b25976 you’re scared of f63517ed19 me…”959e973c761b915a

“And?”825527188389a965

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“……And.”5fa6bc50084d5bbe

Was that all? f392dc73e1501e01

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Lena rolled his eyes 7a198f73d6 for a long time, 0b017b80c8 thinking, before asking me 3d5d79d03c in return,94fd433bcf9bdbe1

“Do you think I’m 8d7c452607 making up excuses right f87596de75 now?”8ff03ed8edee0684

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I stared at e1ea3ee2ab him blankly and b59f117a51 nodded slightly. Yeah… Those were 2a2ef60923 ridiculously weak reasons 71d68a26bf to like someone.65c0338004099b18

“I don’t know. I’ve been interested 398c2395ce in you from 2a0ab15860 the beginning, even a316c44cc0 though you’re not 58bff6b8c8 particularly special. You are…”e50ca87d0d9ebc1e

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His amethyst-like 1a2a98e714 eyes blinked 37504c1563 slowly. I was so focused 4e503d79ce on his words that 808f0d6ca6 I felt like I a82f73e505 would freeze at his 61d5402b0c every gesture.f0e16ea73a0628b7

“…the only person who e5b4cb0078 sees me for who 0555da74a7 I am.”6620b5f0cc2d8932

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“…….”1a59cf62d608ad01

I was once again e571f53551 reminded that Lena was d5e1a2098d a romance novel enthusiast. To utter such 9fc36f2c41 cheesy lines from 6a78c1a54f an internet novel 4b407bd57f with a straight 9df92eb57a face… But the 10d0f98e59 problem was, I f994053efc didn’t feel like 4a81862a66 cringing or laughing cb30ed114e at him at 9ccb521144 all. Was it because of 2397221800 his face?89dd75a75183895a

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At his words, 3aa8a4e52a I fidgeted my 041ae7378b toes inside my 265f700868 socks. I didn’t like fbb2a36c10 Lena in that bc3eed8ee2 way at all, 4a8736f2d0 but it felt 883c2edae4 good to know da536a952c that he genuinely 0bf5e7e1a4 thought positively of cb34c0e173 me.5ff2889cff4cc8dd

I was d0f665ff8f a bit dfc8324c3e of an 7fcd5d1c07 attention seeker, 7b74b9d7e5 so I 23d47c8290 tended to 168f8669f3 like people 8eec0a59c3 who found 27af614c99 me pretty e166d2935f or liked 5c4436e396 me. I was e58a3ffbdf always desperate 3b2c027c2d for affection.b9f013c70964a6ff

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“So, I’ll 55976f8ceb try my acef13ab9b best to 7930bd602d win your 09ea4be028 heart.”2231f27270590773

Lena said, df7260063e looking down. There he 8f652f8ae3 goes with 36f963abd4 the face 3adcd0b8ed attack again… 483df98085 I desperately 76159331ff tried to df9f694d50 avert my 436a539207 gaze, attempting 77018213a4 to defend faa6f2e7b1 myself against 00adec6089 his attack.0a3f3c2136aabf8e

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‘Anything but that reason…’73e9e16e780780aa

I swallowed my 018da94e03 words. I felt a pang 95bea472c8 of guilt.5e51a3a405ff4b9b

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I couldn’t accept it, fe3a19b76d especially for that reason.ac267745b0ab5f0a

The reason I’m the faf819309a only one who can c1bea735fb see him is because d6bfc675fa I’m the player of d64d50a95d this game. Whatever his identity ccccfcf769 is, he’s a 5f8598cf20 character who exists ef061205b2 because of me. Once he bcf6d2bd53 serves his f1e6948da1 purpose, he’ll b0f84cba7c disappear in c3d810a5e4 an instant, fe137f2b58 as if 8c38ea04ff he never 250e3d8c0c existed.846ca3097c818c89

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And I would be f8804bae18 the only one who 71ff179ca9 remembers his existence. That thought scared me 8666522e43 a little.7d6af66dc84121ad

“I want to remain 72ae11144f comfortable friends with you, 89be205b1b Lena, just like now.”1f44281b21165ac7

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“Are you rejecting me 9729c672d7 without even thinking about e92a642e1d it?”7efcc9d6906b9613

“What if I am?”16effac2984c56b7

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“What if I don’t f8d1cc4b83 want that?”8030542e7caafcde

Well, what should I 3080c9fd21 do?d4844ae20480e8f5

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“I said dbaafa8ae4 let’s try 07e70c6ba1 together.”9e80d35d44366627

“Trying is good. But do a4a2d354a5 it alone. I’m not interested in 2ebb3b26c6 men.”7b7255ee815256c8

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At my 78639c2540 firm words, 779a20f9b3 Lena chuckled feeb17d580 and asked,7a99dfbba6c724c7

“Have you 18b49f83ca ever dated 196561668f a woman?”5bfc45c83f80916c

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“…….”336cb78d1f10e9eb

How did this 0632313152 guy know?c857e366473a58dd

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I was momentarily speechless, b7d8c00931 wondering if “Forever Alone” d0c6845d9f was written on my 6b63063220 forehead, and raised my b63d5b022d hand to wipe my 64bb26fbd8 face.b15c9c44fd11d69d

“I never asked you to accept my feelings. I’m just interested in you, and I’ll continue to act as I feel. You can use me to your heart’s content in the meantime.”2cc340310cf9eac1

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The word “use” made eb3015ad2f me tilt my head, f8a20e2d05 and I forgot what 8e7d715c53 I was going to 2050438a42 say in response. Lena continued in an f0d3574f17 indifferent tone,5c6a478ebf31dfd5

“You still need e4f1ad972b me, right?”8c486469fd2b3db0

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And his next 98e94066ac words were enough adfa0dc7bc to make my 275ac61a52 jaw drop.cb72e8d12f0f20e2

“You’re too careless. Like sometimes you talk to yourself while looking into space… There’s something there, isn’t it?”ced225bc0964461a

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“……Huh?”34fbf766fdaf256b

“Your attitude towards me changes completely after you do that, it’s strange that you think I wouldn’t notice.”e80155ea3b4aed5a

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How long 68c8e7d9c5 did you 5e204fe55a think I 007c547789 would pretend 5b8d4d1c69 not to d89d8410ce know?e0bd64b8b752de71

I couldn’t respond to 82a3aff7d5 Lena’s knowing words.be618244f8c49ebd

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‘Is he talking about 64c5df09b8 the system?’1135c57453ab16de

Panicked, I blinked rapidly 206fd596ba and glanced at the 082da54d7d system window.dc437a8890d897cb

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‘What is 0e787aef9b he talking f170485d00 about?!’6a5b59d4ccf4b754

The system was only 05028bfbea visible to me and a35f6c8471 no one else could ebb83306df perceive its existence. My heart suddenly pounded d5eb9f58d4 in my chest.1eb60a20856c74bd

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[Main Quest Occurred! ??’s Proposal]

As if it knew I was talking about it, the system window popped up right between Lena and me. But I couldn’t read the text inside.7567cc5056a43f5b

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Because Lena’s purple eyes, 2fba957b20 visible through the translucent bfba6f514c window, were staring fixedly 75e3e3b595 at me, as if f4c131cd61 piercing through me. I felt like he 0a84b9a4e5 would figure everything out 002beb174e the moment I looked 553e7d2c41 away.b3c2c48746e8dcfc

“There’s a saying in 8e86e73bae books, ‘where the body 708457d7da goes, the mind follows.’”33e60564b486b23e

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“……Huh?”0b02213e08f94f3a

“You understand, 0b32f15d23 so why 654eac9c9c are you 7dab56ae50 pretending not 77deca4835 to? You were thinking 26e5b076fd about me all fea9b93095 day yesterday too, 0cd0e791d7 weren’t you…?”9f29337f8031e2f5

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He smiled slightly, 71567fca57 making assumptions before dda88cfe58 I could even 23ad46968e say anything.cd3a8817e91e6175

“With just 14201a134d a single 227b3493e3 kiss, I cbefb03a6d occupied half 37dd30c6a3 your day. It’s the same 88ece053c7 for me. I couldn’t a48c4f09ae stop thinking 86e075daab about you 5810a4f43a all day.”ef1c10670f8568fa

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“…….”0a5a85b019dea66e

“I won’t ask 409bb182d1 what you’re looking 3a0b6c2ddb at… or how a3c9eca46f you’re using me. You wanted 5595670c1a to hide 229b9fba6d it, didn’t 0d69a4db0e you?”c14052f96228d96d

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Lena said.7ebe3cc661830c4d

[?? has been added to the Character Encyclopedia.]

[‘Library’ and ‘Player’s Room’ have been removed as safe zones.]

“……?!”2eb4d8a351c55ca7

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Removed as what?66afe676d998e003

I inadvertently looked 5d9d75a823 at the system 84308b0a62 window, not even f8026bf4dc realizing my gaze c69e949010 was wavering, and 935fa010f1 then realized my b553071f7b mistake. Lena had grabbed my 62092c206b chin and turned my 544a9b75f5 face towards him.b2fe77d6a5cacdb6

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“I’ll do f17dcd7aa5 anything you c181328a47 ask, except 0f8492c13e for the fafe887972 things I f418dddcea don’t want e4e69b31b7 to do.”a3d2e2cde5c0e367

He slowly followed my ccb13cba26 gaze and looked directly 61bc96dd59 at the system window.5bd3f2228a530418

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“In return, will you 7287ae88c9 do something dirty with 330f826d27 me?”08cf96cc5016763c