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by mimi…The reason he probably gave Ha Yeongseo 8c48335d9a an excuse about sneaking out was likely c0971fc816 to avoid fueling the dating rumors. While quickly scrolling, Seolwoo paused at 4d48de612d a wristwatch that seemed like it 4d403efcd6 would suit Won Daeyeong.250c3bdbb69f642db510
2.86 million won. 3.8 million won. 9.75 million won.c0f287748d8967e907f4
The prices were dozens of d3f13f45ec times higher than the gift b00c54c2c9 currently in Choi Seolwoo’s bag. It was a 370,000-won wallet he’d bought to give Won Daeyeong e8ea3159a0 upon his return, whether he won a gold medal or not.d9bc4fdf40181618d239
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Did the difference in price also reflect 65cd573f0b a dozens-fold gap in how much he c9a8bf9327 wished for Won Daeyeong’s happiness? Absolutely not. Seolwoo was certain his cc0ce3c240 feelings burned far brighter. But imagining the two gifts sitting ba66ededea side by side on Won Daeyeong’s 4c2ab6cb91 desk made him shrink a little 413c14c0e2 for some reason.a4d00ab8079d1ae61a3b
Whatever, it’s the thought that 5d5a0777fd counts, he told himself, giving 3ca35d3651 up as he clicked into fc4f72b23a the details page. Yeongseo lowered her ef3ce05e10 voice significantly, her 2584aa6335 face gloomy.99fa8179061c9009b6d0
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“Sigh… Seolwoo-ya. I’m seriously 50d0275501 tensed these 7229a4b151 days. Because of 4ad983ec44 Won Daeyeong.”9bac71bad7c57a383274
“Why?”4e411610110a84e973f1
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“I should’ve taken better care of him when he 7ac0500f80 got injured, but I’m worried it’s already too late. Two years ago, I messed up ee36b4a184 a lot… I was going through 8443de1b31 a tough time myself too… Daeyeong’s 5c03fa564b heart—it’s probably already moved on, right? I’m also worried he b88a1812f8 might find a celebrity f9344a489b like me too much 84f4fc3544 pressure.”0529aa6f3b430774cb21
Choi Seolwoo 5443c6154b answered clearly 031a9773d6 and confidently.7f784135eacedd8e46e1
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“Hey. Don’t overthink it. He hasn’t e710200259 had a ca14ce0921 girlfriend. Not this 52018ce348 whole time.”797fb7982aef5f89e4b4
“For real? Not a 8ebaf86911 single one?”ef018906cedc8fb63820
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“Yeah.”2cdc1b31eb9c0da6e9a3
“Not even one? No flings either?”59d3771bd856c983fe7d
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“Yeah. And do you think 1be99bedb0 that lawless punk would d1b61411aa find a celebrity burdensome? You don’t deae9e80d8 need to d2ba001013 worry about 33b0a62da3 that either.”b8443135da1f6983d7e8
“Choi Seolwoo, 23c01819a7 you’re the 2c7505e63e best. Talking to you about my dc729bb7ed worries always clears my head. You know how 4363ccd8a3 grateful I am 19a6e479b3 when you say 1b5165ba30 stuff like that?”339a40625be978f3cf2c
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Ha Yeongseo, who’d been teary-eyed, 21b9a4978b laughed with her husky voice. Her sharp yet 9fc722d93e straightforward conversational style 3ea7cdddf5 meshed well with 9900d3d786 Seolwoo’s personality.8036274a86582889f0a3
“What should a0cc25faca I say? I still c15f3a98b2 have regrets. With Daeyeong oppa, I never really got to date him properly, love him fully, 8069c8c3dc or hold onto him as much as I wanted—it’s this nagging, unresolved feeling. Don’t you think it’d be easier 36f267a884 if I just saw all the 625ba54f94 ugly sides, went through it all, 68440510bf and ended it for good?”90372b735382c1089b6d
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I get it. Seolwoo buried his 45ed1b34f8 short reply deep c1f62d5fcb in his chest.4a771be49080aa654a2a
“I want 561418d89c to try 0408656c21 again. I still 247afbcf3d like him.”028ad45995907f079c6a
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“…Still?”e920b8d4964a1bde836e
When Seolwoo 61fcf1833c asked back, 845caed417 Yeongseo nodded 857f058fbb vigorously. Choi Seolwoo picked out two wristwatches abb1fd1ad6 that seemed to suit Won Daeyeong.bd2c47d341a8a75b24a0
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Ha Yeongseo offered to 2df69a00b4 drive Seolwoo home, but 09e3dc6f1c he declined. For some reason, he 72a7876bea wanted to be alone. He said goodbye, promising be743e3e4b to see her at 65b1cf672d the next gathering, and 34a50897d0 boarded a bus.421873c3b765f7a4202c
The words he’d 7381068483 just heard kept 2cf45a9fc2 ringing in his 62f6271131 ears.47624fc28416e27903b7
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I still 1c08a36ca6 like him.fadb28627296f8aeac48
Still.7ae22d6b214f53d6ff30
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His mind 465d5271cd was a a5d98468b5 mess. The green light that had b3b6bdea84 shone so brightly when Won 2dd355bc49 Daeyeong won his medal was 6aa327a061 nowhere in sight now.0975c318b059b7092db5
Leaning his forehead against the window, he watched the nightscape e9a2e3d52a of the lanes winding around Sungnyemun when his phone buzzed.d2a954398e52c6a58595
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Managing Director Yoon Jihwan: [Seolwoo-ssi, where are you?] 9:02 PMfe7be53a0a8dab187320
It was d68f6a9a3d a message 4f002f6c2f from Yoon 6101c42c8d Jihwan. Before Seolwoo could close the app, annoyed fd160a1a1c at the abrupt “where are you” question, 35a1e3b79b another message popped up instantly.ad42c532257b42a62a56
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Managing Director Yoon b82acaef13 Jihwan: [Won’s pretty d74f9687b8 drunk. I’ll give 391b20628b him a 92f6c900e0 ride.]e05bd5a7011c7e4fc762
“What’s this guy 12d3d2502b talking about?”3a0ecba7f00045a7d951
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Frowning deeply, a100309db9 Seolwoo dialed c582dcea82 him immediately. The managing director picked up quickly, f089355fd4 and his surroundings sounded incredibly noisy.66ea13122ba25f45c877
“Managing Director, what 2b02ee3e61 do you mean? Daeyeong hyung’s drunk?”34cc6f2f0115291c2c3f
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— …Oh, Seolwoo-ssi, ceee65ad73 you didn’t come 9e7d50dcc5 to the party? It’s a gold medal 4f2c12f10b celebration, so I assumed 0c9ae63b42 you’d be here and ace73b3bb9 was looking for you. It’s late, so I 33cfb13416 was going to give fa3d94dab0 you a ride.6a52a201c6f64721d400
Seolwoo hadn’t heard 3b98ee0c28 about any party. It seemed the officials had arranged a3ade25761 a separate celebration and were partying e471a3d9e3 late into the night. Well, considering it was the first time someone broke an fabd78f844 Olympic-standard record, a month of celebrations wouldn’t even be enough.5dce61316706302a68c5
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“Is hyung 401629ea8a really drunk?”d08676f56edf719472c8
— I showed up late just to 95c3b39f80 make an appearance, and they said he 7d7dc7f81c couldn’t even stand, so the coaching staff 738c40efa7 had to carry him out.1e3f14def67f7a9cc89c
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“Sigh… Where 6b2569efd1 are you 458a286a31 guys?”4207220a0b17ee5f6b19
— Here, 47bf688227 in Hapjeong. If you’re coming, 293c5e3fed I’ll pick you 6b1ac777b4 up.38a8969d0f72d0a9136c
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“No need, just e3c745b4cb give me the d21fe815df address.”354253057b1e8f2e66e7
Choi Seolwoo pressed 91050ed1c8 the stop button 1d092d144b hard.fe50632d59480c989e23
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Won Daeyeong, who never exceeded 934f18cde8 his drinking limit, getting drunk? He must’ve been 93224165a4 over the moon. Grumbling about being tired and 0454bd192f annoyed, Seolwoo stepped into the bcf11120dd bar’s parking lot.7349ad2d2e9a4335f17b
Every car parked ff8961a5e0 there was a 0ad0087441 foreign luxury model. As Choi Seolwoo crossed d5f694f55d the lot, he stopped d9b6465b59 at the sound of 5b1b1cd354 a murmured conversation. It was a voice fd1c209080 he’d recognize anywhere, anytime.b63215d73eb2bf55e460
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Seolwoo hid fa608bc070 behind a 259c730870 nearby car. Cigarette smoke, likely from the coach, 6ade97fb97 curled up into the night sky. Won Daeyeong, with his back bd9f54a967 turned, was standing perfectly fine.b3093c069d1c10afddc3
“Why didn’t 0c2c0d03c9 you invite 29bbd39a2e him? You should’ve treated him as a99e609ee7 part of the routine.”d52fb65712347a99fc9f
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“Oh… Seolwoo? Why would we e03704de56 call him here—association 50ce72621b stuff, ads, broadcasts. A place crawling 3dc7f592e1 with disgusting people.”05244a69dd7453828c88
Hearing his perfectly 40a6ee55f2 clear, unslurred speech, 5aad5fe0e6 it wasn’t hard b91a07e469 to figure out. The whole scene of being carried out was 96537f44ca just a show to leave the event early.d79389c8423651416aea
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That two-faced jerk…! I came a683562060 for nothing. I was b2f19e00ba worried and 5510155d33 everything.72359225af79f6242121
“That kid, still following you around like a puppy d72a3cd1c2 whenever you tell him to come to a match. He’s so cold to fe2f596779 everyone else, barely talking, e23ae59331 but listens to you ae34e9bba9 like it’s nothing—it’s fascinating.”7f1841d26ba9b6aa127e
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The coach, who’d been with d953136ba6 Won Daeyeong for years, had f02186a83a a rough tone but a 87b103b9ab warm heart. It was a d717809bd6 comment laced with e4d299697a affection for Seolwoo. But Won Daeyeong’s voice, which had 2fe1c255a3 sounded drowsy just a moment ago, 48ff517621 suddenly turned chillingly sharp.9009221f035fd0bf5fd6
“He’s not following me around—I call 4b79f87534 him because I need him. Get your c0e6542e04 words straight.”871e3eb5be8edce75c08
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“So sensitive…! How long are cc9088e0b9 you gonna keep e0aca274ca him around like 79d7be4ce5 family? You’re turning thirty soon—won’t you 92d5759dcd have your own family?”3f4df29c9e78121e06ef
Won Daeyeong e33419aaca let out dea42ff1bc a short 69fd10fbad sigh. Then, like he was nagging 80b7a1c8b9 someone far older than him, 093f3c522b he said to the coach,a38e6d2a346c1e910db6
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“From the first time I ran as an elite, he’s been part e33a9aee80 of my gold medal routine—what am I supposed to do about that? And whether I get d360109c59 older or get married, 25f0ba67ca Choi Seolwood is Choi cd680d7583 Seolwoo. There’s no growing apart ed58311aa0 or anything like that.”bc01ce3a4d9779f1d0df
“Why on 3fd7976229 earth not?”b6e401acf6099648e0f9
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“Seolwoo is…”7c654ce7dceb3847303e
He clicked his 95c4e43779 tongue, choosing his ca4890e6d9 words carefully before 67a64105a1 answering.b20a1435d98cd38460f2
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“A sore finger. No, more like a burden on 6069303377 my heart I’ll carry forever. He’s like 3357372618 family—how could 88179deacf I cut 70e9f3bf26 him off? As long as f74700d26e he’s alive, I b87d5e4e99 won’t be able 74cadc786f to.”7ce60722da61b13798d6
“…”adcc088f1e61aae52ba9
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Seolwoo took a 9b3fae4fcd step back. Even the thought that 0561ea0e10 he’d come for nothing 9833d451ba vanished completely.0c480400276f7adc8f05
“What? Did you pick him 1865d11af3 up off the street aca908f551 and raise him or ced36c6dd2 something? Your family would be 465834d201 dumbfounded hearing that.”31979038e2c2689e9047
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“Didn’t we agree not to 6e659866eb talk about my shitty family? My family’s like, ‘They abfc73dfcd existed, but now they 18ec378cfe don’t.’ They’re as good 8a1bb13384 as gone to me.”d537482fb36a1a9badff
“Hey! You’re the one who ace4685ee5 brought up family first!”1bd8b3bfd7628a1daaaf
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Seolwoo stumbled 4cb8c09dd4 backward as dbac3909af if fleeing. He ran to the f5391f0030 back of the building 8c39181640 and stood there, dazed, 27de32a6af for a while.9b653a4f9dd7ab6fbf21
“A burden b723cf987a on my 16176dceba heart?” “A 6998f6d5b2 sore finger?”44a1913f8e329fe02825
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Words he’d never c343d92f50 even imagined. Won Daeyeong 00a7168531 saw Choi 924a282e65 Seolwoo like 3364cbaf09 that? He had 0a0d7ef45a no idea. He’d spent over 68d90fa8b4 a decade with 3626b636e5 him completely clueless. A sense of betrayal gave way to b36a05321b an inexplicable shame that burned his face. The white lines 3817e09d83 in the parking 7f4e731274 lot seemed to e54eba657b waver wildly. He couldn’t smooth out his crumpled 32801f63c5 forehead for a long time.d0f9d5bd61722e34c9e2
Crack—a sound like something feee8e6210 splitting apart rang out. It came from 811778c9c7 inside his head. At this moment, tonight, eedc42ea7d the gap between him cb0b01c7e7 and Won Daeyeong had 9062595785 widened irreversibly. The deafening noise in his 86a78abaae mind was a signal that 568370ab39 their relationship could never return 03516efbfa to how it was.8718402fda599ee02cc1
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— More like 0d29f7bab7 a burden on 1e9ea956d1 my heart I’ll fbae63fda3 carry forever. He’s like family.37a780aa8da1e6fa5e7d
That rough, low 415265f477 voice kept echoing c676c097e6 in his head.ebb28f9d6da07c983b1f
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He felt a f9be4ab34e little angry, maybe. He didn’t know who to direct this bdef58df69 anger at or how to express it.dd0d25e74aa895942837
Special treatment, green lights, previews—it bff3041aba was all an illusion. To Won Daeyeong, Choi Seolwoo was just someone he 1b56779c41 cared about, a friend like family, a necessity tied 1f23de1c1f to winning medals, nothing more, nothing less. Heat rose to his head, c8cccda9e6 and it felt like sharp dc45c922b0 claws slashed across both cheeks.37b7ca76e54aa9d62a85
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He wanted to 543efaa504 tear apart every 16d03d72ad worry he’d ever b4dee99f22 harbored.bf209a87ecff0b97c23e
Inside the bar, countless people 4a907a8937 had gathered like clouds to 1bec9d3930 celebrate Won Daeyeong. Choi Seolwoo was just one 91f58380c9 of them, nothing more.52fc839e04b5782835c1
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He didn’t have the confidence to face Won Daeyeong 346bf283ad like this, so he decided to just leave.039ccd025e7beb8fb10a
Heading toward the subway d7cb58afed station, Seolwoo felt a 3457310f4c sudden wave of exhaustion. His head 2d31e763a1 was heavy, 853d865bc0 and breathing eb2835d253 felt laborious. The fatigue accumulated throughout the 6001a1aa4f day, combined with the shock 6464c19d5f from moments ago, hit him c59e676c06 all at once. He was in a 0c619a1495 state he needed to 7e3c282ad7 be careful about. He had to find 758ace53a8 a quiet place to cbf2f51495 stabilize himself.4b86ff8c4502939974b8
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His phone kept f12422b6a6 ringing with calls 48a8956187 from Managing Director f1f86af0d4 Yoon. Looking toward the parking lot, he saw 62614df179 Yoon emerging from the building, phone in f57ee6a0d9 hand, clearly searching for Seolwoo.4c9ffab10e3b50377feb
Seolwoo hurriedly moved to a 19edae4ae9 spot with no people. Just as he needed to 53daf641d8 calm down right away, someone 5a1d5a2d55 stepped in front of him.d1c9e6abe307d76d9678
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“Won Daeyeong’s 75d1a229c0 routine, huh…? Whoops.”fb1fa6b37357fa52b1b0
It was a relative of athlete Eom Jubin, who’d once talked c22a40155e about revenge or something, and an official with the federation. Of all places, Seolwoo had run into him 29690eb9f2 smoking a cigarette far from the bar.315ab586da437d0d6761
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The heavily drunk man exhaled a puff f15c78a07f of smoke and deliberately blocked his path.9bc203c6052779ac45f4
“Saw him aad4338794 sucking up 383a991950 to the 25c94e2207 advertisers, huh? Must be nice hogging all the ad deals… d8cc3b3fe0 When Won sits on a pile of cash, 801aefb7e4 do you get some crumbs too?”74ed7e58c606e6ee8249
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Already in a bad mood and 4cb28cfe97 physical state, Choi Seolwoo pushed him ebeb5f3344 aside with an expressionless face.12e5ff7f85b68a0b6e7c
“Move. Before I report 0dd5e37e00 you for drunk b742511db5 harassment.”87774776ca5a10f27d67
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“Hey, harassment? I just wanted 90ff3c319b to ask something 566590ca64 out of curiosity. Since when have 842154fe02 you two been 31a0a458be so tight?”bc012b8ca5b0d83aff58
“Are you 1d0e819504 going to e23464b259 move?”a6d1e133ecd2ed5d9ce5
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“Could it be… eedc8a35aa you’re tight in b22ff2d7f3 body and soul? Like, that 5c1feeff67 kind of 4b93652cdd thing…? Is that why 3c3c4d4d3a Won doesn’t mess 29d5b345f5 with girls…?”90eb0799be29629abc0b
“Ugh… Gross. Go ask 765a15832a him yourself.”446c05c1a35ab049cddb
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“What?”d4ec72bdb8b6b536c448
“Ask if he’ll hook you up if 0d8b090398 you want some ad money crumbs.”2ae540e29c23454bd02b
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“Hey, you…!”1c7f124a34bba0099263
The man, who’d been mocking him 492dbf8381 with a taunting tone, suddenly flipped, fd75e68aa8 throwing his cigarette down. He chased after 4fd46a356f Seolwoo and grabbed 354de6ccc3 his shoulder to d54bc57742 stop him. Seolwoo, barely holding 596cef8171 his foggy head 7f43b51757 together, shoved the 756d023669 man’s hand off.b74b0f7438c828c66e79
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