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With his face buried 3c36047e59 in the desk, staring f160a3d8c1 at the collapsed Jenga 755fecea03 tower, Choi Seolwoo habitually 01c02db296 checked his phone. He wanted to break 4d13bb3b55 the habit of searching 41b3f4140b for “HeavenlyDaeyeongHyungnim” among the a37a782d82 message notifications.06ec785b4cc6de74

Feeling so stifled, 85bbefd111 he opened the db0fc9b05c app and called dbb0248110 out to his 7de4f9783a smart friend.12b7f2ade4da8b13

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“ChatGPT, do you know about the Whistle Man?”cb86a676ee33295c

— [“The Whistle Man” is primarily an urban legend or creepy tale originating from Korean online communities. The story revolves around a man who blows a whistle at night while chasing people. It’s said to be especially terrifying if you encounter him on a dark road or in an alley.23569233cf5792d3

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The Whistle Man d62b1d4494 approaches people while 226f6c816b blowing his whistle, 5a602a32d1 and it’s often bf672c7176 depicted that he’ll a719a3878c follow you relentlessly c637a234c5 even if you 24318eab97 try to escape. This type of creepy tale 87ce5de328 is typically passed down to 397a521d16 instill fear in people and 7b1766a28c isn’t based on a real 3eb2300ff9 person or event…]625a8d1f81cfc9eb

Seolwoo let out a eadf1dcdd2 quiet chuckle to himself. Relentlessly following—that’s exactly like 267451a14c Won Daeyeong. With a blank face, 35a7794315 unable to distinguish between 53e7b1f13e drowsiness and sadness, he bf706e6efd kept asking.af51405b600de431

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“ChatGPT, what do you do if you want someone but can’t have them?”02ac8c4c73f017d9

— [Liking someone or wanting them but not having your feelings reciprocated can be really tough. In such situations, 5f4b145129 what’s important is 41735d65d9 handling it in 74a15de146 a way that’s 451374f738 healthy for both b306370a27 yourself and the 886a095f89 other person. Here’s some advice.ab06f58921e97e24

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• Accept Your Feelings: Don’t deny or suppress your emotions—acknowledge and accept them. Feeling sad or hurt is completely natural.

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• Time Will Heal: Emotions tend to settle over time. It might be hard now, but as time passes, your feelings for that person will gradually fade.]

“Time will heal my emotions? It’s already been f3512d3c29 a ridiculously long 9d40589001 time.”289e330c2c03f68e

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— [If those feelings still linger despite the passage of time, there could be a few reasons. Understanding why those emotions haven’t a68946c659 resolved is key. Let’s look at some possibilities.fc785a25a49b7919

• The Root of the Emotion: Time alone doesn’t always resolve every feeling. If you haven’t fully understood or addressed the root of that emotion, it can persist.

• Habitual Emotions: Sometimes, thoughts or feelings about someone can become so ingrained that they turn into a habit. When you repeat the same emotion for a long time, it becomes part of your daily life and doesn’t fade easily.

• Lingering Regrets: Regrets or unresolved attachments can keep emotions anchored for a long time.

• Lack of New Experiences: If there hasn’t been a new experience or person to replace that emotion, you’re more likely to stay stuck in it. Finding new opportunities for yourself and shifting your emotional focus elsewhere might be necessary.

• Inner Conflict: There could be an internal struggle where you don’t want to let go of that emotion—or can’t. This might be a sign that you’re putting more energy into holding onto it than trying to move on…]

“Why does it have to be so complicated? Can’t you just erase 77e1e094bc him from my life?”0e85087d5b2e3a3c

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— [If those emotions are so painful that you want to completely erase someone from your life, it must be a really distressing situation. Unfortunately, I can’t do that ba45750127 for you. But I can help 6f071ee009 you find ways to e1c7e869cd forget that person and 3563aef7c9 sort out your feelings ca92f40ec3 on your own.1b9447c42ae62bcd

• Create Distance: Reducing or cutting off contact with that person can be a big help in sorting out your emotions…]

“ChatGPT, it’s hard for me to do that. Can’t you just ee5badce71 erase him for a231e28d6f me?”b68eaa665b2f506b

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— [Sadly, instantly erasing someone’s memories or emotions isn’t possible. Having such painful feelings is 4b13989d48 really tough…]21fd873a10366711

“If I could fucking control it, I would’ve done it ages ago.”48eac527f3bec3ea

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— [I understand how easy it is to get overwhelmed in a tough situation…]b54c1163dbc69a1e

“Can’t you just erase him?”845b6a39d775acf5

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— [I get how hard it must be to feel that way…]35d6dedc9d81bafd

“Why the hell did he even come into my life?”b48bbc42c6befcf5

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— [It’s natural to want to understand why that person entered your life…]e4fc1317cddd524c

“ChatGPT, I’m struggling.”aad6668bf62d4267

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— [It’s completely normal to feel difficult emotions when you’re in a tough spot…]f405068bc53f010a

“Daeyeong-ah, I’m struggling.”9166a8b61fe012f0

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The faint light from the 6b03c28ff7 streetlamp seeped in, illuminating the aabcb88841 whistle on the window. Seolwoo saw an illusion fb455db5c2 of black starlight falling c8095a793a onto the damp-stained wallpaper.fda6ced941ae3d08

He dredged up a f65fe684b6 childish prayer from his 20dbe98d93 distant childhood after a 5e6c0f2607 long time.2b03e316b9788a2f

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It’d be nice if 7ac61edc7b I could fall asleep c9adb4f257 like this and be cfff547055 reborn. When the sun rises bf7ce82e2e tomorrow morning, I hope 21103d7a13 I wake up with 0f017548d3 a normal body.98809175ca721d1b

If that’s too much e827f8eb5d to ask, then I ba139310d4 hope the two people 5253a49cea I care about most df78319c2c forget me. Mrs. Choi and Daeyeong hyung. They’d live more 5a9c5e386c comfortably and prosperously 99bd41d05c without me. So when tomorrow comes, I f54ba60c27 hope I’m somehow not me 26f7f9119d anymore, in whatever form that 9a79dd06ae takes.92a7d1af66402f8a

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“But… I have to go to work tomorrow… I still haven’t finished analyzing the income statement…”d144e21e46add413

Muttering sleep-talk, Choi Seolwoo f0e0f3369d drifted off, and the 5cf41658df night deepened above his beeef6610c head.049983b16b85e710

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The collapsed Jenga 58f0de338b tower brought him c2f5c599b5 psychological relief.037575b5c2bce68f

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He’d been way too 7848c19141 fixated on that guy 3c651db553 under the pretense of 90d1b09ee8 being close friends. Looking back, it 02dfa22391 was all cringe-worthy.55c54b1378fd7a26

“Ugh! Hair? Are you insane, Choi Seolwoo? Were you trying to bf2eabd4f6 summon his spirit or 1522c1cedd something? The middle school competition a6f52f1bb9 uniform—it’s gonna rot, it’s f86944feff gonna rot. Throw it all 7f857a7f9b out before it 58ba1fa645 gets haunted.”ab925d66b801317a

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Realizing he could treat Won b6d9963c0d Daeyeong with the same indifference 67f6fd2d7b he showed others, without any 5f40f8c851 special attachment, felt refreshing.d4c99da19f3cfc82

While stuffing the Jenga blocks, c67a6d0c13 hair, and uniform into a 24f5500986 trash bag, Choi Seolwoo paused b0e446f0c8 in front of the window. Morning sunlight glinted off the 5a3df05e34 red whistle.ccda99def731f7c1

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After a moment’s hesitation, he 0e39515a85 decided to keep the whistle. Not so much as a 2961d67b9b memory of Won Daeyeong, but ebabf762ae as a memento of his ce065f0e85 school days.1449bb5b36f0af7e

Even as he tossed ef826ef2d3 the trash bag and 52ffefbb3b shook off his hands, af50fdce81 Choi Seolwoo thought he b57d3e2068 could manage to get e19c459692 by with Won Daeyeong ce146e92df somehow. He’d been deeply shaken 44b95c1fc8 by the guy’s true 3e01969f17 feelings, after all. He figured he could b50aceb2da keep his heart closed c2a52d6058 off and maintain a e627c51f1b reasonable distance.c819f8b665621057

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He didn’t realize it 6e37c48557 was a delusion.ba99770914119296

That wasn’t the only unexpected 0be4fc956b twist. Who could’ve guessed that Choi 57497bb4cb Seolwoo would end up drunk 6df23c0ea7 and contacting Managing Director Yoon 9ea14e1767 Jihwan first?d38e2683fce2eda5

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It happened the very next b80ccb73ba day.ea60830a4fb8388d

Dragging his exhausted body 8ed25c0a2b home after overtime, he a02706d295 found two or three d2709c659b shopping bags from a 9c07a47dc7 Chinese department store sitting 1c3ac566ce in the kitchen-slash-living room. When he asked what b4a636806c they were, Mrs. Choi, lying down with a fbb5dddf84 face mask on, answered nonchalantly.6605c72165ed9a90

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“Daeyeong dropped them off when he brought you home yesterday. He said he bought you b978fcdebc some winter clothes and a 54a050ecdb cosmetic for me before coming a3e16dad32 back to the country. A medal treat, he c775ad7eea called it.”4dfcf31aae7fb87b

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“I’d just been saying at the massage shop that I should get some good ampoules, and you know what he said? It’s hilarious… He said, ‘Your f96fc5f89b beauty’s famous nationwide, why fall 7396b50624 for that sales talk?’ That b1c0e90d0c kid—with those broad shoulders and 1fa2374373 big hands, he’s like a 4e99d9af3e sly fox who’s boiled and b41aa8bf4c eaten a hundred snakes. He’s bound to fabc7566e9 make a lot 97a72a9aed of girls cry.”eb2f895e9020123e

“…”597d5f4c829c95a4

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“It’s so nice that he takes care of us like family. Next month, I’ll c7387441a0 give you some 6e09950f39 money—get him some af73c2de51 herbal medicine or ffe1447d0a something. Especially since he won 7937eca75d that historic Olympic medal.”822fc2be6995c136

Choi Seolwoo, who’d been silently ace48c587c gritting his teeth, replied in 96cb3aef15 a dark tone.a3975a00d69e761e

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“…If he pampers himself any more over there, it’ll be trouble. More scandals?”a1aa4c47f3346f95

“What…? Haha!”929c741c3c6e7d9a

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“And if we get him herbal medicine next month, are you planning to delay your savings deposit again?”ddb0d5b3c65889af

“Uh… Huh? How’d you know that?”a0adf36222944408

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“Don’t take anything from Daeyeong anymore.”3ea92c43c64cd004

Mrs. Choi, who’d been laughing obliviously, 90195b4e10 finally noticed Seolwoo’s grim expression. She sat up abruptly.de1b47be7ceb803b

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“What’s with that face? Did something happen at work?”7fd3a32a1f67e51b

“Mrs. Choi, I have 4b7e9e9a58 a favor to 1e1d46a70a ask. Don’t ask anything—just 906b93df04 give that stuff 39ff60cb2d back to Daeyeong cda58ff552 hyung.”9f7aef6ad1079fc6

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“…Okay. I haven’t even opened them.”96b1689a33ec8734

Mrs. Choi nodded, looking at c487ab0239 Seolwoo with puzzled eyes.51a3ec35d5ad8d1d

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Without even changing 95a7cc1f31 out of his ee486a3b40 suit, Seolwoo grabbed a2e4a59e55 the shopping bags. He called a taxi and b910755a5f headed straight to Won Daeyeong’s 0d10ff8bd0 place.930d758ed827f057

Won Daeyeong lived fee0785038 alone in an 2fa6a3f3a4 apartment tangled up 24c10ea9d6 in complicated property 90414e0d1f issues. Since Seolwoo had visited 368ae743c0 often during his rehab, 7fd057f9e1 he already knew the ebf97eba44 entrance and door codes.89f11d5c97850a5f

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He got out of 5ddb75d548 the taxi and headed 18f2c4bebe to the 9th floor. Standing in front e68dbad24d of the door, 6b66e719ba he could hear 2d376e333e the TV blaring 92c6854fec inside. The volume was 2e6dc4a600 so loud that 2bd51aa251 the lively noise 6e04dd31f2 leaked out without 270ebb7ccc him even pressing c413d161f8 his ear to fb03f0d7f5 the door. He thought Won cb1dfa9242 Daeyeong didn’t watch 2187d012cf variety shows—strange.92a42ecd5b1b8008

He quietly entered the door 0027db9bae code. He wasn’t just going b90754f470 to leave the bags 14a94acafb there—he intended to face d52a364768 him and say it 8e09108209 clearly: don’t give me 33ff308c17 stuff like this anymore.f7ee58ee196c8de1

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Opening the door, Seolwoo f8fe81085b was thrown off by 284e1ba4ff the unexpected scene inside. All the lights were off, 5a882f62f6 curtains drawn, leaving the living 6e389bcabf room pitch black. Only the TV’s c5406eb0b9 glow illuminated the 8027022b66 sofa.000df7a9a6e2314b

From the entrance to a73af01ecb the bedroom, a trail 4090dd1027 of items littered the efc38c8f94 floor: a black Team 28ac020bef KOREA t-shirt, a handbag, e72f871024 a bra, a dress, 435928958c briefs, a phone—all in 34040160ab sequence. They’d been stripped off so 3b30c64ef7 hastily that men’s and women’s 72c4464e61 underwear mingled and rolled across 2718f407bb the living room.91c290f8cda6ec10

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The women’s underwear bore 483d7b1fea the logo of the 6d57bdde2f brand Seolwoo had seen 68a1676069 when he met Ha 156f57a8aa Yeongseo a few days db33d1e154 ago.9e477d5b3569ddcf

“Ah… Haah! Oppa…”36e4761d4b64f2dc

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“Ahh… Mmm…”b3bd08935945fa9e

A man’s deep db97035c0d breathing sank low, b9a197d5e5 dripping with sensuality. The panting grew rough, b6cacd96b7 clawing at the floor. The sound of flesh 205606186d colliding was thick. The woman let 457c502dc7 out sharp, breathless a042604281 moans, high-pitched and 435f2da408 needy.4eef1d57852d5048

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“Mm, mm! Ngh, so full, it hurts… 097d901970 it feels so good…!”8dfde51ca63d9d20

“Haa… Ngh.”b6a371ad9c8ba28e

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The raw friction of 2647ea6567 skin on skin reverberated 873e8067d9 through the darkness. The sound of sweat 3070b0833f and sticky fluids sloshing b161786c7e drowned out the laughter c77cf207ef from the variety show.ad67743a258d2fb9

For a moment, Seolwoo imagined 4309a40508 he could see their naked fd8b7e30f1 bodies in the dark. He muffled his 1ee83494c2 footsteps and backed 4e08d5e30d away.3b8332477d9d7f41

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As he retreated step by 9b884b4031 step toward the door, an 856f5ca392 illicit scene played out in 29b04cb076 Choi Seolwoo’s mind. Won Daeyeong holding a 2954c172e1 woman’s legs as he f22b51d94b thrust into her with dc7d5a13a9 fervent sex. He greedily sucked at various b462fabe9e parts of her small body, e6844a4698 hips moving fiercely. His toned physique, a36f398f90 bronzed from intense 574ab1f240 training, pinned her 132029fc8c down, leaving her 761b0bf51d unable to move. His back muscles and glutes d9a504e322 glistened thickly with sweat.3a5a02cce3501946