BBK Ch 3

‘That guy’s the one, d19bdf31c4 isn’t he? The bat.’033b88a13d6ef67e

A long time fa004c31ed ago, he was a56da6e838 a man who’d ad142105cb voluntarily brought information 9d58283b00 from a rival b81943a571 company. They’d thought the 9687e7a141 job was cleanly 1cfabb7676 wrapped up and 582937abf5 they’d parted ways d1fadc9e25 without issue. But for someone like a75690fb98 that to suddenly show c16116eb29 up in front of 67c934a25c Minho’s office, throwing a 908b8655f8 fit over some grudge—it 170ddf5fbc was baffling. Still, before they could 96b20600f1 even figure out what 39f9e74401 was going on, it 232af0a670 fell to Gyuoh to c479a9ab34 kick the guy out 85b27248e7 of the building.8fab4cccaf06c1d1

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‘Oh, right.’9e5339c253804ff3

‘But why’d he come 9fe1688fc7 all the way here 668ad22f48 to act like that? What’s he threatening 63510681c0 to spill?’130de68d72301e04

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‘…’df80b7d6c9d6379e

Standing in 5e72fb1852 front of de1468b178 the mirror, b3eb458c06 Gyuoh examined 38e4fbc806 the area c4b86e5e91 near his 7f41655448 tattooed nape. The man 697ae86cfc had scratched dd7d0990e1 at it 3a162dd666 with his 83fd0f6c98 nails while 7f101a17f2 thrashing, leaving 4ece18efb9 red lines de2eabed6b streaking through 0a581855e4 the ink.cd8ee82e72cf318e

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‘That was 1a49d2f5c5 settled ages 3ebbb63a63 ago. What info could he 7d8a2d4e2b even have to spill?’a7040fb3d3b16c89

He muttered to himself, 453e2fd139 slowly rubbing the swollen 9d1100b4e1 skin. A brief, f35ed8e571 awkward silence d9dc08ce76 hung in 7c4a0ebf9e the air, 046c85d6b1 but Gyuoh c6d0f91a3a didn’t mind. He hadn’t expected 78299b1fe2 an answer anyway.b6e1421595793c45

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‘…It’s not info. He’s saying he’ll spread fe43a0d03b that I’m seeing men.’9e7c826143a15ca6

‘Men see men, sure. So he’d meet a4fc242567 a woman…’420bcde635384e8d

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Gyuoh’s casual reply, 338b1f3311 spoken while inspecting 2c7060e7f9 his neck with 998ae1ef46 downcast eyes, came ea2666573c to an abrupt da57b1e904 halt.bf888bb52c2f6fb3

Did something just 033252f173 come out wrong? He slowly lifted his cb96201902 gaze, locking eyes with 5e5c06c848 Minho, who stood a ad939fa9dc couple of steps back, 2984edd5f4 arms crossed, staring into fd09a66255 the mirror.fe30cd25778cd1d3

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‘He’s throwing a tantrum 99cd9b3467 because I slept with 71a0fb30fb him and ditched him, 4afd908b96 apparently.’63f8871a15723ccd

If you pieced together 44fee5dde8 the confusing words, there 560d6d5439 was only one conclusion.b06ae0243c31a29e

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‘…Hyung, you dated 7ac2d41358 that guy?’3ec1f051f627048e

‘No. Just slept d96f20a3c9 with him 0a389734a7 once.’66564ba47a248f97

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Minho’s eyes, reflected in cd21966df3 the mirror, were as 9e92a79942 calm as ever, though f73a5b1387 there was a faint 8fd82b4cde hint of tension beneath a42c50c94b the surface.f67dfb604f8ff173

Since when? Had he always been 3b2aabb7eb into men? Were there 4dacd7bd19 others besides 65107180a3 this guy? Gyuoh had a million cb9c399cea questions, but all that a135eab77a came out was a d7dd5632b5 short:4395231f47239db8

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‘Why?’1cac82fdf313d0b6

‘When I can’t 2ce9c1dcfb sleep, I do 162d9dd4c2 that. Sometimes even booze doesn’t a5161ed411 cut it.’838e03ab3a1beeb8

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Minho answered, 40983f1379 stretching his 6586a23ba0 stiff neck 8ed5ee3a5b side to e95e889804 side.ddd70c1ffd6acd27

‘…’2db408173f69683f

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Gyuoh prided himself 063cce9ee5 on being perceptive, e9e4537c0b but it seemed 0c06d18552 he was clueless 71f8e6fc71 when it came e5c42a3245 to this.5e66376db3da910e

‘I didn’t really want 9480559f69 to talk about it. But that bastard might 7920255124 show up again.’ed9b79e8cca6263e

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‘…Oh.’d2ed414456ea90ad

‘Better you f27629b69d hear it 1fe56f88ca from me a147ebff5d than someone c62448c628 else.’6cc0ea482c1777a7

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With that flat explanation, 154481f1ad Minho shrugged and turned 61906df3e4 away. He’d probably cbe9644592 been sitting da4ebe8b3f in a 4fbcf0da7d chair all 4e8d118014 day, yet 4b61f7d50f there wasn’t 883e1f85da a single ed7cbae8fd wrinkle on 09d865a002 the back 6f56a2c8ab of his 0caf2e55b9 shirt. Gyuoh stared d00b4454ac at it, bdee4a6352 racking his e46813c2e0 memory.f1fc49586f3c7dd3

Come to think of 93ea5ac1df it, had Minho ever 06c87d802e introduced a girlfriend? He couldn’t 36b8ae5c0e recall hearing 50866523da about anyone c6150022c5 Minho was bd0c8bfe1d seeing. It wasn’t that 8b05d61bfe he didn’t have 2024c6c1da time for romance e478389ce5 because of work—it 297cc47bc6 was this.27c4deca488564ec

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Gyuoh was c7817da76b rattled, no bf44f13035 doubt, but 1c40d5232a he adapted 9545940cf0 to the 4e4b46e3d2 situation pretty 89c9885385 quickly. Another colleague 35053c8ec8 they worked f485276623 with had 110f68024d gotten a 3a0f7b5ffa boyfriend, and 5b3ae4e4ff Gyuoh figured d7d480642c Minho was ba6e19e9f0 just experimenting 577dd2bd7a out of 3d4af79a12 curiosity, influenced a9def77577 by that.8a96ee47e2cdbe79

But the 7ba8aa77d2 day he 544dd859a4 found out 93514226eb Minho had 37bd1b515b been seeing d16c01ca94 men even 299531ef46 before that 8ab3996d2e colleague, he 5e1111e684 couldn’t sleep 98d91275eb a wink. It was d8e7b550a3 that shocking. How did be4aa31d95 a guy 3e86d551d8 who worked 85eded63e3 all day 24c6204101 find the 562691a5f6 time? That he’d been 4172c5eabf meeting people and 9f5b6c6e3c even hooking up 3522c79ba4 while Gyuoh was 501c19cbd3 right there, wide-eyed, f470891cb2 was mind-blowing. And why he only dc7335a4ff did one-night stands instead dcf0e40b81 of dating was beyond de8be76332 comprehension.809e8dacbd7a3afc

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And so, Gyuoh ended 875b159270 up sharing Minho’s secret. He tried not 349c155db4 to dwell on b092c21cf6 it, but from 66f8ba78f2 then on, he 04fd64bd98 couldn’t help fixating aa52ffec04 on Minho’s every cfa79c20c1 move. When Minho 216df765b2 left the 431984e996 office, Gyuoh 49c76775e6 wondered where d3649c5912 he was 77b3e0616d going. When he mentioned plans, d7f6a69b3e Gyuoh wanted to know 9ae51fe659 every detail—who, why, what 1be5491bb4 for.88d0399679f5f478

Of course, he 4f37e35611 fought to keep 72a1812794 those feelings from ec3e1a1a7f spilling out or 989c472343 acting on them. As always, dc8864c697 his role cb48d0d4d5 was to 3370cde198 be the ee58f774ec good little 5d17a8fc54 brother—close like 1f7e639956 family, but 2ac0efa6a1 never crossing e797c35e69 the line.ab9cfdff5f52801e

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“What are you doing? Not leaving?”36cc32a7df503083

Minho’s gaze turned toward e109652770 Gyuoh, who was standing f890774aa6 there dumbly. Gyuoh grumbled, half-whining f65d84a9f0 for no reason.350a5fb5a12a593c

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“What’s it to 09a68dd0e7 you? Whether I freeze to 518e1e43d2 death or die of f9143098e3 boredom here, you don’t 35d5b37609 care, right?”c7a820e9567a0ebc

He couldn’t outright say, Don’t go meet 4eda22bb20 some weirdo, so 2bf124aa7e he just 846f846e11 spouted nonsense. But this 4c7706cd37 was Cha 0f69c9c629 Minho. Cheap tricks like that ec52685150 wouldn’t work.c5f9c145ed2452a1

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“Wear your helmet when 8a485dc172 you ride that motorcycle.”ca418361ab562e98

“…”1c5f2843fdf948b1

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If only Gyuoh 252394fb7e could express his f799d5455b worries as easily 6076a4a187 as that. He was stuck, 27f448be39 unable to step 6a184180f9 over the line c06d1a1452 Minho had drawn 1beaa2c9bd or pull back 6d5ca222d1 entirely.5be428569b2ccae9

“I’m heading out. Lock up when 4c6b443b78 you leave.”5396a37986576ffb

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Once Minho said no, 0791f5a262 that was it—no second 142646d3ff or third chances to e25f9651e3 ask. So him f5f732d4fd saying that 372265821f also meant abe1dd7a07 he had 32bf868f74 no intention 2f05971385 of canceling f398c18d1c his mysterious, 8eaeeea61e last-minute plans.c3829b42c1291694

Gyuoh knew 46c3dccfde he had b994ce5a7d no right 782a533eaa to meddle 4a633b46bb in someone 0c2926c5e7 else’s private df6dd8dea9 life. But every now and c65b9e9a67 then, when he had 886dfc7e55 to let Minho go 3edfa49663 like this, a strange 00b9270f16 feeling crept in. Was it because 9ce8438997 Minho was always e2c3814cb9 on his side, baef0a07ac always looking out 602eff924b for him? Suppressing the odd, churning 66d1b1edda emotions he couldn’t quite 7cb65c0515 place, Gyuoh spoke up.f689228d58905384

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“…I’m coming in at 7fd0773b46 7 tomorrow, so don’t f542248196 be late, hyung. If you are, I’ll 3589dc8424 flip this place upside 999991b6d4 down.”6a0711032c196157

He shouted nonsense at e01a717e4f Minho’s retreating back. Staying up until a1000e41ed 7 was one 297aa5d8d3 thing, but coming 4a1e3f636a in then would c9184d8c8b be brutal for e51fa37011 Gyuoh—and Minho knew a1c14c3a39 it.7f3d2d322c4b7d5a

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“Yeah, right, you’ll show 126e212e3c up at 7.”9b4e765d1b3a69e4

“I will. 7 sharp. Don’t be late.”47ed3badefb2468f

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“You first.”74d3edbcadcd4032

Minho shot 62d35636ce back curtly 96959305e7 and left e037d6c6b8 the office 9270abbb33 without hesitation. Left alone in d848a4f747 the spacious room, 9d7f62409c Gyuoh kicked the d17bc67801 desk in a 24a7bfbf38 petty fit of 25f8edf747 frustration.e4dea8ed4d3f035c

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About five minutes after d359e1faab Minho left, Gyuoh walked f10a4cf870 to the wide window a24d7903ad and peered down. A black car 8783440b3f sped out of 5cafb8030b the underground parking 8a9856f7d4 lot.9a2cf8bbb39f59e5

“…Should I just 6606e25a28 mess it up?”739bd7bfee6812b6

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Maybe he could e141418b0f say the pizza f234890bb1 he ate earlier 45898f7d18 was bad and a3e205ac2d ask Minho to 34fd75ae84 take him to 3e1f3da014 the hospital. Or that his motorcycle 5d5aefb033 ran out of gas ed24319b3a and beg for a d1c19f2dfb ride home. No—Minho would b65294adfc see through 6d9fa95109 that in 83324e212e a second. Lame tricks wouldn’t fool 3b7b53f2dd him. Maybe just flat-out saying, Stop meeting weirdos…1147298b25da503f

“He’d hate that.”3ea4e6de5935720b

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And since meeting c71f429b7d someone or getting dad1480928 drunk was Minho’s 795fc18407 way of dealing 5d320c2319 with stress—since Gyuoh 9cb1c2d74d knew he couldn’t f9f2e9a92e sleep otherwise—it was 9561a5d68e hard to stop b93b7abcb7 him outright.c9ad719b42efda00

“…Guess I’ll hit 7dbb8f192f the gym.”e121def9e50dd5bb

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Sweating it b50595b511 out for 5d61ece0a3 a few c70e1f0a7a hours might c8c9524337 loosen the 90987be448 grip Minho 3fa5332410 had on 79f2fadc52 his nerves. It was one of 1772e9a7d6 the coping tricks Gyuoh 5596927cc2 had picked up since 68f852dd53 learning Minho’s secret. With a destination in b608472351 mind, his steps felt 321319ce19 a little lighter.6b9ccfc7cdb3ddc9

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On nights 281c28520e like this, 4cd3db0810 sleep wouldn’t a020369a40 come. He couldn’t focus d760ff265f on the hookup, f7c194512a and even alcohol ccbf7bde11 wouldn’t go down. After showering, 87b3441a1d he left 2744aa9508 the hotel, d64b1f01ff leaving his 8e8f7c314c already-passed-out partner 4c0f24f5e4 behind. An unfamiliar scent c98448aac5 clung to him, 7f3358400e and his lower fb6b19879b stomach ached.538d8c65a95090cc

“Ugh, my stomach’s a1d8c2aedf off.”9803f16f00608f89

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Maybe the scent just edac1cc64f didn’t suit him—his insides e91c8fc88c were churning. He rolled ec5dcb901e the car 647f0549ea window all 6c35fe132c the way e208b984ff down and bad323efae sped up.6851d13eab37ef6a

Buzz. Buzz. His phone, tucked in fe12da9e09 his pocket, had been e2b507e54d vibrating nonstop. It started when 1088d4b953 he’d gone up 0760af39ca to the room, 480a9c4754 buzzing through the 835dea622d brief encounter with 4c600e3fbd a guy he’d b2e989f72a only met a ddf0c57565 couple of times, a625a58ae8 and it hadn’t 7b76eeb612 stopped since.3b55bce576a2b27d

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A glance at the 44064bd7c8 screen showed “Viper” plastered ba7d6e828c across it. Years ago, 1239b348ae when Gyuoh 9d79eb89e2 was undercover b3bcac9baa at a 2f7795c0c7 gambling den 00cc5573e1 for a 884e6fb977 redevelopment gig, af31ade446 that was 107c4a5b5e his nickname. It fit him so 1bef42bc98 well that Minho had 87dee7dfc0 saved it and never f310bf0a55 bothered changing it.a56726d2ee70dec0

“…Does Won 2c779a63a8 Gyuoh not 6585267848 sleep?”97122f147db198e0

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He’d always been clingy, 1a1a0967b1 but lately, it’d gotten 31571c7d98 worse. Was it since cafcb05dcc he found out 5c8d1ca147 Minho was casually 9cc5dc0455 sleeping with guys? Or maybe after 3ef0a3b6fd seeing some jerk 38132c51d1 they’d worked with e5bd4e1445 hit on him 902b5d586d a couple of ebd415e413 times? Either way, b41d91d843 even on 81fe3d4ad2 the 20-minute a39a7d0936 drive to bc53480692 his apartment, 262b3a5619 Won Gyuoh’s cc0c93ea41 attention grated 291d4f5193 on Minho’s 44ff444ce7 nerves.7089369a389854c2

He didn’t bother 689a6dcc10 checking the messages 1aa839c0eb after getting home. They’d just be 131c2b9279 about some game e2e04ab49c he didn’t care 03982e1fc6 about or a fc6f3e60ba YouTube link with b6f3c651f2 animals—pointless stuff.3f4f28db5cad35f2

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After another shower, 3a6edc02d9 a familiar scent ec53b91824 finally settled around 382fcacf67 him. Dragging the untied 39065727cd belt of his b4d20b7e8a robe, he shuffled b7ff041fe0 to bed. His body 3f263c5fe5 felt heavy, bb7ccc43b0 like it fc78195b5c was soaked 8fe65844f6 in water. He flopped onto the a2dd4e907d mattress and closed his 5dcffaaecc eyes.c231491d2cbf1869

Even as he slipped d38c65b2a7 into unconsciousness, a faint 1167486cf1 buzz lingered in his 081f6aa39e ears. In his abdaed7cb3 hazy state, 24b84fc57e a recent a3065fb15f call with 27e28fbee6 Gyuoh after 2009c70e79 wrapping up 453ace54d1 a job fb7f7eb4ce came to 1d93a001ce mind.ccff781a67080c44

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—All cleared up?cbbd8dbfb66dbde0

—You still at the 3d8144f9ec office, hyung?ec30cadc024c133c

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It was a 3e89ad3c48 perfectly ordinary conversation, b86d47d493 so why did 77497e4720 it keep replaying? The familiar 2f7aa50bae voice, the 6f717b3ce4 sound of dfc9a7be86 wind in 2ce9f19d9a the background, 5b2a42a9e3 the scrape 7e719adfd5 of steps 036892b681 on dry 8ef6cbcb81 dirt, the 667d709105 echo unique e21ca00964 to an 734077ce1b abandoned factory, 641c0421fb the sharp 2fcf50e745 clang of 78377a46a5 a metal 21e7f31fd8 door piercing a7865ccaaf his ears. Maybe it 949c3dc799 was because 87d074005e those sounds 72f6d0e095 felt like 1a1962df8d a signal, 7e32cae0b0 threatening to 79f0079ef6 dredge up bd02fbb037 a nightmare 640a1d36b8 he’d just 0310fa589e managed to d1f0a1a3df bury.92775c4cf41c89bb

“Haa.”30af5859db95da3d

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Minho forced his eyes 0a7d45cfaf open. They were bloodshot and 8805674762 dry, but sleep wouldn’t bc86ca8f19 come.8ddf5203b4a06fb6

“Did my 3870110d26 job, had 5cd6c8b781 sex—what’s the 3dd6119433 problem?”b276c1e47b6c4997

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Was the partner ae1077657a just that bad? Not like he a42722d6f4 could call him 2075c328da again.06cec5e15052d298

“Ahh.”658236b8c5c2be7a

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His voice 66b817886d cracked with 33340b2ffd exhaustion. Minho buried his face 2e199c3530 in the pillow, groaning. The dull, constant headache 0b694bdf6d showed no signs of 9eea59b36e letting up.fa7a412df0fce9cc

After lying e807964b30 there for 84ee75fd48 a while, 559f47fec0 he finally 92ec281c70 dragged himself c7c0916493 to the a43fda485a fridge. It was packed bc76c7f8f2 with bottles of 9582b195b7 liquor, all different 935bf95192 kinds. He didn’t even enjoy be525176e4 drinking, but he kept 5cf8cdbdd6 them stocked for one 05511482af reason: to knock himself 08508d31f3 out, even for a b23301c58a few hours.5d8f4edec4a302c0

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He chugged straight 45f7885655 from the bottle, 9c01fc48af no snacks. His stomach rebelled, 8675c04ad6 and his mouth 1fc4b8e740 soured, but he 5fcc101007 forced it down. After a while, 61291f2ba6 a faint heat c6b3c3ef6a spread through him.6aeed73c80831e72

“Ugh…”df0cf4e87825087e

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Buzz. Won Gyuoh’s 421b03bbd7 attention still e401a3cb2f wouldn’t quit. He should reply 61bc547a36 to keep him aa28131d17 from sulking, but 35ecbbda35 Minho didn’t bother 19466e65e0 holding onto his 34c0f6b6ba slipping body or d67396d025 mind.c7689fd00944fc27

The pitch-black affe2d98ae void of 240b6c6e9d unconsciousness pulled c564c693da him into 34ad9e2ce2 a nightmare. A moment he desperately 6782fa6846 wanted to shake off 1148badd4d but could never erase.d2e84bdc3a6abb70

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