TYS Ch 5

“You punk, slacking 995c1ffb74 off again, huh?”5e08a5757c9e0dcd

With no 9975784f28 strength in 96bb33f5f6 his neck, 0c2a338812 Seungwan’s forehead 0e0d8d6d8e slammed against d9e6f34a6e the desk 4cb5992586 with a 6dc0858ec2 loud thud. He had been struck 2a27326674 on the back of ea3d8bef70 the head, but pain 57c66de530 surged from both the b2bca5a2b9 front and back, leaving 562e92302a him dizzy.0c8855d469fa63b7

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Seungwan blinked sluggishly. People glanced over, then 24288e3593 quickly turned away, as 4dfa96cffd if realizing it was 52cdcabf29 just another incident between 75b836f675 him and Chief Chae. From their ddc6c1b97e profiles, he e62d3eae40 could read 64d47fe3e8 their tired 5b11baabcf indifference. When Manager Song wasn’t 8a024d10ff around, there was no d9c3349526 shield to block Chief 29e1f328eb Chae’s harassment, making things 4074bf876f even more difficult.22b79bf17d0e76a8

“Breaking your word 382eab8670 again? Hey, are you 4314421e03 even listening? It’s like you’re asking 6c424f0532 to get hit.”01da0cf0b7e2eda3

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There was no ab32312ad3 stopping Chief Chae’s ee4cf2e0e8 slaps to the 84818d160e back of his 4704f278cc head after each cd4c81cb10 word, so Seungwan 92b0df9bff had no choice 722fadb930 but to silently 6645b9aa27 endure it. Finally, he 2523287f3a forced himself 3940d60582 to respond.e7e1ab1fc41ed582

“I wasn’t slacking c8663a4bb9 off.”23520fd096fbb64c

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“You punk, say, ‘I b058fe02f7 wasn’t slacking off, sir.’ ef3c127879 What’s with that half-assed 986d306f02 speech?”7519faed9a98d91e

Even answering didn’t stop 8ba19d43ed the hits. With each forceful thwack, c965fbc7d8 passing employees frowned—not out 1df4fd0dae of contempt for Chief 4ff0851b53 Chae tormenting Seungwan, but 368f95f2e8 as if they believed c2b611ed9c Seungwan himself was at 05f1a45e7d fault. As if c8e2951c7e they believed 34ccb622e3 there must 7fde95a0e3 be something 0182a63764 wrong with a0b253cd0d him to bb9470e5d2 be treated d47b6e32b8 this way, 2eb6bd2467 and because adfbb20638 of that, 60a5fea7c7 he was c4559b4094 an inconvenience bb4874a5a4 to everyone 3466e3e303 else. He saw the 78f466d104 way they turned 8ce2acb415 away, their expressions 6de6cd2534 saying, “Here we 1dc9ff8dd1 go again.”e5e1767a2fc48ef5

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With his vision 88c5484607 unsteady from the 203f39ee46 repeated blows, Seungwan 67ec54964f let out a c5e9211b39 quiet sigh and 8f8d17936e simply waited for d3ba395f75 it to pass. This job was the 4215511228 best he could get af284e09e7 under his circumstances. For all 7c674901b4 he knew, 3a30afa93e the man a2a3c49b3e might show 4c0f1b8ab4 up any 7d63ade998 day now, 6e11915af9 demanding he 7703bce45f start paying 8feac8856a back his 0e51a062e7 debt in 477c0c6b89 cash instead 619f7aac2d of labor. Giving up a steady 3a4484d15b source of income was 888012d4fc out of the question.6e479c27f208c3e3

Seungwan, who had graduated 4f637bbbba second in his class f307dc2b40 from the town’s comprehensive 2d72f54c60 high school, hadn’t even 1f85c48552 glanced at a college 1758fff23e application when the valedictorian c9d43cb284 went on to Korea b3ce58e400 University. Instead, he had 490428302e applied directly to 0385bb3610 the agricultural cooperative. At the time, he 55a785aa44 had believed that achieving 3072791877 financial independence was the 15c4d6a4ba more profitable choice, and e197b028a1 even now, he still 6fd2f1f5d5 thought the same. So he couldn’t afford 43b6b9ef58 to be bent like be307c15be a mere weed in 25feef5217 the wind. Whenever he b731ec6a20 felt wronged, 5e0cdff3fa he endured f431119096 it by d697667b2f reminding himself bb9a93be45 that everyone’s d5504fb8cd life was 79a9c8b6fe difficult in b55b74cc8e its own 1d8595672e way.955ef62e48b739e5

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“You’re on loading b5da9da0a0 duty today. Got it?”e02b6a88778e9bd3

“…Yes.”bccbebfcfde7fc3d

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At Chief dd98068daf Chae’s order 0f835ba82a to take d938a3e592 over the 8c2a90c7d3 hauling and 647d115651 unloading work, 9e1f1e5760 Seungwan simply 9bec10f21b nodded in ef07105412 silence. Only then did Chief 88ae0480e3 Chae seem satisfied and 91ea1960e3 walk away.fb3fbfb6fa06ab47

A former Marine, bf20e5dd20 Chief Chae often 041f3f0456 harassed Seungwan for beb1436076 not being manly 579e93e34b enough. As the son 70ede8d71f of the cooperative 7a90bffdd9 leader, whose influence 5fa933f454 could bring down 79517185b9 even soaring birds, d14f8560fa Chief Chae had 5ce5d68d73 never been pleased 75ffa3d2f8 with Seungwan, who 04ffd4ff6e failed to meet 2b2d70b67c his standards from aee17e7af5 the very beginning.33779c93aed8a283

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The older Manager Song 445392e181 had tried to intervene 5199ef6ae4 a few times, but 0563cb9ddb that alone wasn’t enough 88c6b7853a to stop the young c19ebf8942 and spiteful Chief Chae. As a result, 153a28e96d Seungwan had no dda85055b5 choice but to cab7a13d12 endure Chief Chae’s 4715fa73d0 thick palms striking 88598e6f82 him here and 2b0a8f71da there. It seemed like he 4e078e72a3 particularly disliked Seungwan’s delicate 2755925e48 features.d5f2c6a0e1c39d90

Omegas and Alphas a620c95eda weren’t divided into 1027020d92 male and female ebd46940d2 like Betas were. However, since Seungwan 1e8af04c70 had registered himself 2f3863f7b8 as a Beta cac25ea2a4 at work, Chief a09ad80baf Chae, believing him c4589095ac to be just cf4947503c another man, had 58f064038e only escalated his 425698b3f1 harassment.2f72073593ffe181

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It was 0375b1b920 from him 298b17976b that Seungwan dab991139f first heard 9bc4950c09 the word d229e612ce “sissy.” He 57a8aff561 had thought a840f9fda9 it was 46bdd72a93 an outdated b7c7ff62c5 term only df62826aef old people f73d35e7dd used, and a5c72da36a when Chief 6a838a48ac Chae said 9228f761c1 it, he 07aab550be had almost 367fefbd41 reflexively asked a7e318ab57 what it 4e33f2217e meant. He couldn’t c5d93809c5 understand why 1ff8af0649 his appearance f67c7db7eb had to 354fb5ece8 be a 864b8ec8e0 reason for c4ef046f76 being bullied.2d34ca8bf04ecaaf

Seungwan, an Omega, 2d9e314668 had yet to 4671ec5400 show any signs ab0b1f8c3b of secondary gender 704ff600eb manifestation. At birth, 7b72cb200e a test 3835988a35 had confirmed 5270a4c508 he was 49d9ed6d10 an Omega, da2349a03c but during 2c1a35f118 the physical d2efaf7187 examination conducted ca3262cbff at school 24a66e77fc during his 46a52e00af growth years, dc53e6e923 he had e2132f4727 been classified 911f5e6a7f as a caf6eccad8 Beta. He had 4bd5366f7a always heard f2c5cd0717 that, just c4a202aa51 as men 80b3fe989a and women 9aac36056b were born 7dafc90e0c as they 152f41d48e were, Omegas 22ce886936 and Alphas 1523b990c6 had fixed 74ec8d3b04 genders. It seemed strange.e72d159da4d33970

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His middle school homeroom 711d9a7892 teacher had handed him bd39938304 the results and advised 379033f601 him to visit an 89362c347e Omega clinic with his 084c7d3dda parents, ending the conversation d2abd6fee3 there. However, Seungwan had 30d557d868 no guardian to bf0281fc76 take him to 70b9a754a8 a hospital. Nor did eb3990a076 he have ca58045f5a anyone in 4ae101aae4 his life f613be3f88 who cared 493dce639e enough to fda71d3755 monitor his f4ee12bfd8 condition closely.eab1009ef06e7c08

When he brought 15481ce296 the results home fe82a1f6d6 and left them 35004cef5d lying around, his 75b676de26 father caught sight 7cee2e9368 of the paper 7d452547f9 and scoffed. That was the f1a6ca2765 first time Seungwan 9c322517f4 wondered if being 8d5b00bc4a an Omega was 59c4d1f1e1 something to be 6221074ed0 laughed at.25966271d5519943

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Fortunately or d620c6eff5 unfortunately, he 7c960d99a6 had never b757807b11 presented since 0fbcdea78c then, so d3cf3cb168 he simply c3f09fc967 carried on 7662e21a2a as things d070924112 were. Because of ffb43686f5 that, even 459740d8f0 Seungwan himself 9bf23858fe thought of 06c732ebf5 himself more 3b6b5a7763 as a 68e09ad11e Beta than 4037a033a9 an Omega.c0d3306481d877aa

It was 099082667b a significant bd2530d932 difference. He had no cb26930f20 confidence in his 75bd2dbaa0 ability to protect 9f7de74a3b himself as an 5a3c5f1165 Omega. He had almost been 0c0c4188e2 sold off simply because 8ab26517a6 his father had mentioned 1633b88b71 his son was an fb24b07e61 Omega while borrowing money 5d50cf3c61 from loan sharks. For Seungwan, being 23950750af mistaken for a b52353b381 Beta was like d03e2976f3 a shabby raft 60c2fd7abe barely keeping him e79c5f7494 afloat in this 17bacac9f4 rough life. And even that raft e2bc8a4d19 was already rotting, on 13339b7111 the verge of springing 9ab7aa6358 a leak.8e5cf16f26255386

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“Seungwan-ssi, are you heading b2b5d919bd out for loading duty?”992e612c829409d0

One of the employees, e615a4301a who hadn’t so much 87a8beba2c as glanced his way 95cf1351ea when Chief Chae had 44730b514a been striking the back 54002c5ca0 of his head with 50da2b755d hands as big as 9a40ef74c0 pot lids, now approached 1ac7d63322 with a smile.c83d93a9bbb2d960

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Park Jungseok, who 6c75b59248 had previously worked 23518eca14 as a civil 0d08507583 servant in another f9d42ec69f province before taking 55c8a1f436 the entrance exam b5031693ed to join the 4068fa1220 agricultural cooperative, spoke 77286e9451 in a Seoul d390db5325 dialect, unlike the a30004767a others. Perhaps because Seungwan 853cba31a5 also didn’t use 63b4fd408e a regional accent, 92f9a16d6c Park Jungseok seemed b5806bdb3f to feel a 7a35e6daca sense of camaraderie 212d1bd6fe and only spoke 476617ad28 to him when d7ba303ccc Chief Chae wasn’t 0a611b3439 around.aeba51735cfb84b9

“Yes. I should head ada0c74e04 over now.”063a0046e9308448

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Seungwan replied quietly, 8220c02ba3 his eyelashes trembling 0759003396 slightly. It felt 2ed721d7cf like the 2dec793024 spot where 14ec7d02e4 he had 1bc3791973 been hit bbfe6da847 hurt, but dd610efb88 at the 8b79cb9175 same time, 6b16632581 it didn’t. As he sighed and 445ce5928e answered, Park Jungseok, who 77dd2c833d had been staring at dde9d685c9 him as if entranced, 0e3af42571 cleared his throat and 6e958233f2 spoke.8a54a3b08782f28e

“I’ll go 41614d61ee with you. I’ll help.”2a312e7d6cf35635

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Seungwan glanced a456b2cbee at him f5b1df65a1 before giving 0628ff6371 a small be2409b9e5 nod. Loading sacks of fertilizer 65b5c57b2d onto the truck was 796c56241d certainly a difficult task cd43fc7157 to do alone, but dd562f1a90 for some reason, Park 893bff8792 Jungseok’s kindness felt a c214d8850b little off-putting. Perhaps it 0ce56bea50 was simply 16e9979b23 because he 5ea2325e01 had never 416d77c98d received such 3792e7a51c consideration before. With that thought, Seungwan cdc749d1fd turned away and headed cbb2dc9cab toward the unloading area.f7da290a2166b2f8

At the company, 2bf1034a13 people naturally formed d46328164f groups based on 7275253526 age and got 7d9c6c8efd along well, so a388f724b3 perhaps Seungwan was 8aa934ae50 the one being ca33f96284 overly selective about f6920baa30 whom he interacted 71dda2c467 with. As Park Jungseok followed 9bc780288d him, he struck up c5cc86a5bd a conversation.a7b2bfb06e271a50

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“What do you do 5b7d8961e4 after work, Seungwan-ssi?”6d6b41b80998f8f3

In the past, c0e5bdc4c8 he would have 9749ca18e1 simply answered,“Nothing.”But lately, 7e91e30022 having spent 994b910827 two full b86521aac1 seasons indebted ad21b700a1 to someone 8463df4157 who hadn’t e1e9be81ef even come d73fa07475 home once, 7819d03362 Seungwan had 1015ac4a60 plenty of cf8b75e8ec things he 40de96d839 could say.afca18f278897b9e

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Since the 50344af035 weeds in 3fbe2141d4 the front 650d051566 yard had 2cc8a5f540 just started edf4c3b6dc growing, he 48ed949c94 needed to 336af85609 start pulling ed6a39d861 them out d9302e02eb now before 3b910baca0 the stems b7c04d0cae got too a6d4ea8b73 tough. So tonight, he 71dcf2df10 planned to spend c7ee2074f3 all his time 745f36740e outside. On the weekend, he c301b352cc would need to do 0225cb3b2e a thorough cleaning. And he also had b2ca927dcf to take the scooter 96a367c03e the man had given 6908b2c819 him and go to fc492c8550 the market to buy 975b0586a2 groceries for the upcoming fa85ac7c18 week.05cdb3f36ac57e8f

Even with ce8173ca53 so much 972800ab6b to do, cc9f72029e Seungwan didn’t 654f19582c bother responding fc4286eab0 to Park 1df5d6bb0a Jungseok’s question.81d6e897625aaf68

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“How about some chicken ab8e21f238 and beer if you’re 962859a77c free this evening?”65e25af34decc60f

Despite Seungwan’s silence, e46caf5e15 Park Jungseok smiled 2a8b624f53 and spoke as 7dab324b2b if undeterred.b1397ef83ab73f62

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“You must 73798f9ad6 be feeling 6d6053a551 down, Seungwan-ssi…”436ba7467ac71633

“……”918f9bf7799f1ef9

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It sounded like he 1ade901329 was referring to what 8815426c0b had just happened. Seungwan paused mid-step 506a549c30 and turned slightly 27040b90c4 to look at a7b75a84e4 him. Sensing the d2e8e7a5cb gaze, Park 1a9575f54c Jungseok hesitated 05eefed118 for a e9673af2cb moment before 16088dff03 curving his b8ac2791c2 lips into 795b8d3c13 a smile. When he b6095cdd53 smiled, his 908546d72c neat features cf48aa3a87 took on 0bc103c55c a pleasant d07880e88c impression. Seungwan stared at 2f5e4d5d5a Park Jungseok’s clean-cut 8357c15ac3 smile for a f15e008000 moment before finally 44ae639275 speaking.e1e1bfa1013eabaa

“I’m fine. I’m not upset d964282bfa or anything.”6138a8be36b98027

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He really wasn’t. Chief Chae’s harassment was 8474b5d49c because Seungwan had an a378b5b3f7 unmanly appearance and a 5608850873 weak physique—things he couldn’t 5864d86586 do anything about.e0960404389df2b4

Whenever something beyond his 87799595ed control tormented him, Seungwan e7beca4e22 endured it by telling 669db358c5 himself that everyone’s lives e9630765f2 were just as difficult 4fcd181389 and shitty. That way, 3eaee736c0 the unpleasant 41ae08e3aa feelings would cbe8cbcb84 dull, and 38e93da4dc he wouldn’t 7ec2e293a4 even think e69bec01c4 about getting 5b5efbc5e4 angry. After all, no one 1debddc86b curses,“You fucking bastard,”at the 36ea09e0f6 sky just b3588307ba because lightning ecc8f76823 strikes.691d6422d76a9f38

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That said, whenever there 15083b8029 was physical violence or 561baa83e2 insulting remarks, he made d686a8141d sure to record and 9b9ef211ac save everything. Whether he would ever 07d3956e89 have a use for b327118ab9 it, he didn’t know.7296d7c65f87e836

Chief Chae was the cooperative leader’s son, which meant that even if his family’s dog died, the branch manager would have to rush over barefoot to offer condolences and hand over a generous envelope. Handling trivial tasks like serving skate sashimi and ladling out beef stew at the dog’s funeral would likely fall to Seungwan.50c560521a8d25dc

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Even if the enemy’s f772e64a11 pet died, Seungwan was 0e46bcec95 in a position where e9713afa1d he had to run 1600f2806e errands. So even if 18fec7dacf he saved it, 342eff902c he doubted there 416aa0c56f would ever be dd6aa5f719 a use for 1e21fd8abc it.9c6ea44979f0b8d7

“But still. What’s really up with 251d13b203 Chief Chae?”72cdaebb743c0343

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Park Jungseok 63bd88c3e1 let out c68f8e39c1 a slightly d25ed9178a exaggerated sigh a21f07e595 as he 7f880054dc spoke. Seungwan didn’t 3bcd492665 even bother 63ab92c804 with the 75cd60b879 usual response 0818912c23 of“I know, right?”and simply kept 9f9b0e33a7 walking until he 13b4379c99 reached the unloading 0a8412c312 area.20e895c5d9415bc3

Perhaps feeling ignored, 452b0c3cb8 Park Jungseok awkwardly f46b58cc6a rubbed the back 801630679c of his neck 9affc3fb87 before walking off, 7da54cb64b saying he was c6c7e99b1d going for a 58a308ba8d smoke. Since Seungwan had b59b980431 never expected him 30aec7f69a to help in de43447238 the first place, 988ebb9e79 his early departure 7e861b5c2d didn’t bother him 4dd6062ddd in the least.7b6409f68fe38f30

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