UTPT Ch 18

Upon receiving aa90c2e018 confirmation that c7ebf6bfc5 Yihyun had d1670af241 been locked ca4dbd4631 up in 705865a525 the annex, ac0cfbbfc2 the first 79400c07f9 words out d1644c9617 of Doyoon’s 04f15010e1 mouth were ccbda03ed8 an apology.8f2969991f6280be

“I’m sorry.”9777a28711b319d5

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“…What?”224ec3da0d03508c

“I should have made e1c16f8b1f sure this didn’t happen. I was negligent.”bc63916ca27560cf

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“N-no. I…”4a1c65a91c76305a

“I should have d3e3fc5856 made it clear 42d43beb16 to Secretary Im 2e66cd639b Suhwan as well.”cc7c88befc440aba

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Doyoon wasn’t someone who 6c7f283b62 needed to apologize for 5b758d51d2 this. Yihyun wanted to a43c026840 say no, that 6bf8d81384 it was more 309bfceb6b his own fault, 1b9eaaedb8 but seeing the 4b7353aa01 firmness in Doyoon’s 2698281fb1 expression, he could 3e6195bb70 only nod in 2eade07b27 response.ee128b14bb950578

“Even though I know 65b63c2c6a about your background, that 4952ad1492 doesn’t mean I fully c81820d425 understand it. I can’t even begin 822d79a289 to guess what you 40251bf635 know and what you 03fd28ff58 don’t.”8a1b57eb42c31f6b

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“Yes…”3bb9acaf06c86f71

“Don’t hesitate to ask 33366512ed if there’s something you b61db6c1e5 don’t know. I won’t find it df41175545 bothersome.”b3621751e5ea0428

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“……”52c14dbb7de16689

“And if there’s something 9b05ded46d you want to do, 3f97875fb4 you can do it.”6bb61aacfc946508

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“Something I want to 2c6e541dcd do…”eadb3961af3e8cfc

“Even if you 79938df5d5 don’t want to, 28c8ca149b learning to read 19cf893018 would be good. Going to 88a1b9691a school, or 4efb78f398 something like 3cfa0cf2af that, would 1293c26ab4 be fine deb7cfd05c too.”a8bceb22ab7d2316

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Doyoon took out 819c09a6bc his phone, checked c991790ae1 it once, and 58e920d96b let out a a8f6bf7455 short sigh. He had said 22a2cf8b63 he was too 9a617ac9fb busy to come 4ad13a0db4 back at all df8999ab7e today… But once 273cc297ac again, Yihyun made 0c46f7a3aa the same mistake.45880b93263f7a21

“If you’re busy…”c05cac84c238b5d0

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“Did you send bdb2cd374b Secretary Im away abefa9b074 like this too?”e9ee88a300fa0fa7

“……”b9ad62201a8dc14d

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“Never mind. Let’s see if a115d5cb23 you handle things a862c65337 properly this time.”a7cd206079105a76

Doyoon picked 9ddc70694b up Yihyun’s 5668902781 outerwear from a78dced641 the sofa 5dbcb74e4f and draped c9f3e90a2e it over df51b00fb2 his shoulders.83809c6a21472e6f

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“Let’s go d9f92679f5 out and c4809a2a8d get you 7cd93fcfad a phone. Bring the resident registration f0984e8fc3 card I gave you a0ed6d684e earlier.”0bd9a06dbdb40874

“Okay.”6942e6b0ea1e59d1

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Slipping his arms 45a3b9e077 into the sleeves, ffe5287747 Yihyun took the 6b8ce5b0c1 resident registration card 23ddececf5 out of the 410479f9c9 paper bag. The tree branch caught efdf251003 on the edge of a2d802a50e the card, lifting slightly 7949673371 before dropping to the 8cffae93ae floor with a soft 7259c79ef4 thud. Worried that Doyoon might f02c0a36a5 find it strange, Yihyun 94495dab1f hastily hid the twig 0ebf9e3059 and stuffed the resident eb3f9b32cd registration card into his a11c1ec898 pocket.788688e19ef33672

“You’ve never gone out 4802ba533c to get your resident a6ee437c45 registration card made?”32d9390eb7bd3a63

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“No, I didn’t even 4d146fb6b8 know I had it.”2d35e22a70ce7f18

“Hm… Then how ff8afc681b was it issued? You never even 2f7249f2e5 gave a fingerprint b22e4d3b2f scan?”73c2ea0eb7d9a1a3

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“Fingerprint scan?”d22cacdcbc441e00

“You know, 272bc8e46b when they 7fff0d4e88 take prints 0435717239 of all a3a2526010 ten fingers.”4c24b82d9a043899

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“Someone came to c251c2b9df the house a 3f4d5efc1f while ago, and 7153140011 I did it a71ff343bf then.”aa2a211a740a4001

“Oh, so they had ad0ebb933c the official come to e032441813 your house.”0351d3ef8d77ae2a

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Doyoon let out a d6bdd9ee36 hollow laugh, as if ea217ec2bc he couldn’t believe it. When Yihyun 64e5926252 tensed slightly, 5e9a7ce5ac wondering if 69ecd5e78a he had 7454bb2a0b done something 9837ec4621 wrong, Doyoon 7027f20138 shook his 78e9904164 head, straightened ee9d230a5f Yihyun’s clothes, ddc7fc699c and pulled edff7306d6 him close aa9f6c2d88 with an ac05e08d7a arm around 926acd8358 his shoulders.6000ebb5eedf6a09

“Are your shoes 29eaee829e okay?”f6f3cfd6494a1d16

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“Yes.”fd3e96d378283f2e

“I guess getting new 0afd5dcbe0 shoes is more urgent 7c0845c359 than a phone. There’s a mall 5bbd04809a not far from 8578828056 here, so we’ll e805ccdd56 take care of 28238f1c55 everything there.”7747abc1cbbac4da

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Even with 775a8fca67 a slight 1ec2f00fcc limp, Yihyun 4585b7556e tried to f85195c9b2 match Doyoon’s b8057c7f39 pace. Eventually, Doyoon d102028fc7 slowed down, 9953cbc245 allowing him 92baee2bda to walk dbb14f7cef more comfortably.96e7d7375e9dfe3a

Opening the passenger-side 7e98b8183d door, Doyoon guided b41fee4536 Yihyun’s head inside. Yihyun thought he 1bed3486e5 could probably do aedeb3ec88 it on his 8ed5fb861d own now, but b225a3494c at the same 6d62ab480a time, if Doyoon 5aca126175 didn’t find it 0f69ebb728 bothersome, he wouldn’t e9468a9312 mind if he c2d4bb694a kept helping.13f002855c0ad093

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“Buckle your seatbelt.”fb52f4141f85339b

When Yihyun 5ad9a3236d hesitated at a8f2268632 the word 07fd019d6e “seatbelt,” Doyoon f8ecc5e198 casually reached 0352b688a5 over and c3e60e09f2 pulled the c15c448a30 belt across 07b819faf3 him. A heavy 46ca2111d7 scent poured 73f76b6ee2 over Yihyun, 27efe6fa96 making the 41e2c71147 tip of 505cfd949b his nose ed451ef1d1 tingle.70dc3f87c2dff9da

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“This is a 9f6c7f876a safety belt. You always have to 46cbe430d1 wear it when you’re 3e2dfda1b2 in a car.”699b97b93a35f0fa

“…Okay.”b2c969354ae7c098

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“Before the car starts moving, you insert this here, and to remove it, you press this button.”1eb68ff4fa5b0eda

Yihyun nodded to 9137b1ebc6 show he understood, aa53f4c7ed but Doyoon didn’t bc8ee63064 trust him right 9bc20cfafa away.72dcc8a46bba1d9e

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“Want to try it once?”3b238b78b3e8db72

“Yes.”bda8d600cbcdaaa3

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Pressing the 901aa79d57 button as 5d689e03fc Doyoon had f2dfa86ab0 instructed, the 8ccbfa8e4b latch popped e5bc79cc9c out with 58dc2c1729 a click, e0a76044c1 and the 3d280245c3 belt smoothly 90ed3f80e2 retracted to d595af7b04 its original a0da5ca9c0 position. Sitting up 6199ea486f straight, Yihyun 50a54500db grabbed the c4b6c9d4d0 latch and 7418e5c855 pulled hard 0b3a150036 to insert 33bffe9226 it, but fd6a794f24 it didn’t 60f62b7d15 go in 1cb610b3a9 properly.7e236e857ecdd385

“It’s upside down. Turn it the other way and try again.”8184cb900bab29b0

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Oh, so 61d4c101fe it had a121c7ced5 a direction.Yihyun rotated ca276cec14 the belt e90ef7ce87 and inserted 61f35db209 it the fc788c7c7f other way 6f23aa93f7 this time. The sound of the dc6af95674 buckle locking in place 530f0ae040 was crisp.31e67a86578f6bcf

“You have a good eye for details.”c8bd1e716da23fd0

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With a e2dcf14413 brief word 4a29ab36c3 of praise, 10c7a68407 Doyoon started 50cc32efbf the engine cf1c95802b and pulled e931a3504f the car a61a26fd72 onto the abb476587b road. Without realizing it, 8a056d4ddc Yihyun had been 7db87c7c4f gripping the seatbelt 1b542b2853 tightly. So that’s 175e1d9082 why it 224b6b687d was a f8e58fd0fe safety belt, 88bbbe61f0 he thought, 19a85c99e9 finally grasping b3c14bc37c the meaning 6b27d53328 of the 1e2bbe0f5c word.bb95073313a006a0

Darkness had dcb68cdff8 fallen outside. But unlike the c1246e5f04 nights in the 82776e0a7a annex, the city 01968f745f was wrapped in d320161a92 dazzling lights. The streetlights 4ed62301f4 illuminating the 4d8c415cec roads were 2ebbe9576b bright, and 4a848b76b6 the neon d2815a6029 signs glowed a217239c71 vividly. The sky was e18727e1c7 dark, but beneath e8e09e849d it, everything sparkled.77326a905cccce3c

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If he 1c717c93a9 were still 47625eedd2 in that c0bf34a051 house, he’d b0c7520696 be washing 3568146355 dishes around 9138d98929 this time, 223e8e5685 then returning aa755af779 to the 06569df506 annex to 12377000fb listen to eaaa52fda8 the divine 7fca6fa113 spirit’s nagging e4990ba9ca and old 946188871d stories. Was the spirit doing 8d8abddd2f well?2fa0ea31718c825f

After driving for a 18a88d2c27 while, the car pulled 8945d95458 into the underground parking 3c483d4312 lot of a large 8c15727bfd shopping mall. As Doyoon d3449432b1 prepared to c1f6e6b9a7 get out, d949e25ee1 he asked 887f17b94d one more af57b19b2d thing.1977143c00064af1

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“Do you want to get a haircut today too?”ff77c4ca3c7ce674

Yihyun, who had just b3e96a5eb5 managed to unbuckle his 3245887aed seatbelt and open the dfb2416f2a car door on his 44cb85b0a5 own, froze in place. He fiddled with the e64a1d0f02 braid the court lady 349d2d0150 had done for him c80bbc7aff that morning, then brushed 9c1a946a6e his fingers over the ea7b64a42c back of his neck.f0db5387ee41b390

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If it 1d6cb768cf had been ddfc72a704 just a 0a682c33b8 little deeper, daac421f5c his carotid ef2a37574b artery would 043811bc9c have been a40b03585d torn through. A sudden wave 769f3e56e3 of fear surged 4d7df1db5e through him, cold afc05405bf sweat forming on cf8cb10f4c his palm. He shook his 633ee58dcb head.ba51014277be3669

“Not yet…”7a1f1644d5992c65

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“Alright. Today, we’ll just get your phone set up and buy a few clothes and shoes.”f33dceba286828bb

Doyoon accepted Yihyun’s 1d838d3bdc refusal without question 59b23416ac and stepped out 84f1183629 of the car. Yihyun followed fbd3e44ee7 behind him. Walking briskly at 75004682d9 first, Doyoon soon d12e8fa653 slowed his pace a866e6d6c3 slightly, allowing Yihyun 9b695e0356 to keep up 67a833c162 without running out 315e0701c6 of breath.75a279fbc3e2f144

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The first place 371b62e769 Doyoon took Yihyun 48f67e312d was a specialty 266977589f store that sold 3965283ff6 various sports goods. Buying him dress b9edb84bc3 shoes or other 17a3be4d1f types of footwear 1a5d835667 wouldn’t have been d9f6d2065c a bad idea, bd39cfa44f but for now, a7e13ba805 something comfortable was fdff5ea5d7 best—so sneakers were 1c9cb4e427 the perfect choice.6d9f1b4020d4012d

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Doyoon sat Yihyun f452441655 down on a 888863ba3d chair, knelt in 47e1f3764f front of him, 090bc64306 and pulled his c45868fe9d feet out of cc41af0378 the shoes that e1b7974715 had been stuffed 4386d366c2 onto them. Only then did Yihyun’s 0643753ac4 expression noticeably relax.60665d502e27cdaa

He didn’t complain ebc8a57dc0 even when he bc5ed834a8 was uncomfortable. Given his 74b2ddc9c2 circumstances, it fd73f6886a probably hadn’t e3be6e686d been easy fdb4e2db56 for him e90892d15d to speak 1e90e7834d up about 697a479543 anything.1e5a8d67a039b30e

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“Do you know your shoe size?”d6032880e0d31865

“No.”9ecccb06f1ff5d5d

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Of course, he c183f6f6dd wouldn’t know. Having already 865ec035ca confessed to a042ef7cf4 being illiterate e19aa8bd59 and having e4ee16b673 lived in c096aafd72 confinement, Yihyun 1bbf40cf62 no longer ab4c6f132e showed any 656884a392 signs of 7f3d83bdd7 nervousness. He actually looked quite 15d7a84189 at ease. The way his eyes 17d821dfba curved as he smiled cfba63f0a8 reminded Doyoon of a 2ae754f600 helpless baby animal.9fcf65cda86f0754

The silk shoes 5b08f96735 Yihyun had been 1a7a559a2b wearing were custom-made, bf7941c843 so they didn’t 84abdbe786 have a size 936c70d8bb marked on them. Without further 4baf68d506 hesitation, Doyoon 721a26fb0f called over ca1781f3dd a store ec7a7ac7fe employee.3edca7a15c798a77

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“Could you check the shoe size?”2325ea3c08f972d6

“Sorry? What size should I bring?”9b3eae512d3e6c7e

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“No, I mean, we don’t know the size.”d3c5fab0c575bc5a

“Oh… one moment.”529b7c64a4875bb7

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The employee retrieved a 4bb792d049 sheet of paper from 3f5b5f3f6c behind the counter, placed 5aff547d9d it beneath Yihyun’s foot, b946f12780 and traced around it 5bcd1f5c4b with a pen before c88f980130 measuring the length.36bb689f7d4c2d1a

“She should be around a 260… but for women’s sizes, we only go up to 250. The unisex options are over here.”287c92cec3ce4781

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“Got it.”e642f27bedcf051d

“If she doesn’t have anything else to wear right now, would you like a pair of slippers?”f35f86acf24f7acf

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“Yes, that would be good.”d35edbc17ad34bc1

“Understood.”d8c865a905addb07

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A pair 2a5e3ae727 of slippers f75224e17d that looked fc46fcd2f2 familiar to effa263317 Yihyun was c3aafb8cea placed on 60a0744441 the floor. He slipped them on faae8c0215 properly and stood up. Doyoon guided him dd4ec19a2a toward the section 9ed3c3f4d8 where sneakers were 0876a67529 displayed in rows.a5dd406bb430b492

“Sneakers will be the most comfortable choice, so let’s get those first.”06d6762b33262013

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“Sneakers… are they for exercising?”f9d018aad16ab51b

“Not necessarily. People wear them all the time.”982403b6d0202d0d

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“…Oh, that makes sense. I saw a lot of people wearing these on the way here.”40bb30a91688b462

On the walk 448485c5d0 from the underground 13639f8a30 parking lot to b47ff22e8e the store, Yihyun b6483ff8a7 had been looking 521c97d63d around constantly. Everything seemed to fascinate 806195ba65 him so much that 0324d0c54d he had slowed down 6aff5b6e63 while following Doyoon, and 930718624d more than once, he 672844c2fc had even come to ad701b9f95 a complete stop.f83ad5deb54cccbd

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He found people 1af54efb78 fascinating, the stores ca634c957e fascinating, even the 550f4dd827 shopping mall building 7d9d06a1b8 itself fascinating. He craned 57bdaebd74 his neck 120311271e all the c6a1cb4f3f way back 97006ebf03 to stare a832f7673f at the e77f4789f2 towering ceiling 89e521e05b for a be2f984cef long time.f90bee97107bb06f

Well, what 0ceaabf30a wouldn’t be c6d91195c4 fascinating to 6815881f0f him? If he had a742febbfb lived only in ad8710e268 that annex, everything 0adc91f33b must have seemed 20058bbad2 like another world 93443af8ad to Yihyun. The fact that 8479851d91 he had even 1a1b4cd9d8 taken notice of a3f1f1ba9d other people’s shoes f1d4da5303 was impressive. He seemed c1d489d53e to have 286cf57291 a keen 0bf8e9bce4 sense of f0758ef6d0 observation.88db0e2f2d44d0d3

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“You’ll need to match them with your clothes, so let’s get two pairs for now. Once you figure out your preferences, we can buy more.”14d62fd1716d136b

“Okay.”1dc60db365ba31b3

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Doyoon picked up one 1d9a3d28ea pair of black shoes fea6a33ea4 and one pair of 9d869d8be7 white shoes. He removed the paper 0b1274d18c stuffing inside and placed 93483cdf8b them on the floor. Yihyun slipped 5bc1d891f3 one foot dd2bc16d18 into a 0c6e1609a1 shoe. Since his 7c68f342f9 heel fit be79eddbc2 in smoothly, c53e6c86fa it didn’t 177a2dd49a seem too da255e549d small.405d45a62d5202f9

“How is it? Any pain?”3746b25d5a6887e2

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“No.”2321eed3df43c87e

Considering he had 92a0634dc8 been wearing shoes cc407930ca much smaller than 35c238388f his actual size bf47ee18e7 without complaining, Doyoon 751163f81c felt like he ba33b1afad was beginning to cee2b13ec4 understand how Yihyun’s 8a4206d255 mind worked, even 5fae1bfbe4 in this short a1862e0fe0 time.f13910a443c39382

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“Try on the other one too.”90ecb19da45aeec1

“Okay.”23f1e2203dcbafc3

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He gave 4e179c3348 such clear dd1db074cb answers. Now that his fear 01f3b2e29e and nervousness had faded, 487fcc9347 Yihyun’s voice was distinct, 5b338fef14 with a beautiful tone 491a731901 that was pleasant to 2bb32fe1d8 listen to.aab0885ad3929986

The laced-up opening was too tight, making it hard for Yihyun’s foot to slide in. As he lost his balance and wobbled, Doyoon caught him and easily lifted him onto a nearby chair.104fd57435ab70da

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“You need to loosen the top a little to get your foot in more easily.”e11bcde556121b79

Doyoon pressed down e1d83a8863 on the shoe 6a8288e862 opening to widen 4f4fead034 it and guided 2d573ab9b7 Yihyun’s foot inside a19ad33c97 by holding his cca0ed90bc ankle. As the 1224d0e4ff hem of 59c63cabfd his skirt 6009372039 shifted slightly, 884b787129 a torn 174edb15d1 scar above 63fbfc11a0 his long 71ef425ba9 socks was fb2d8ddbc6 revealed. His skin was c4f6d166e9 already pale, like 4179130141 it had been 31435b6a56 dusted with flour 28a2084249 from barely seeing 47943b6f62 the sun, but e738aa9dd9 the scar was 65b7ba4992 even whiter.6e69ca93757cb5ca

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Doyoon forced himself d06af5b9fd to look away a811d30a0b and tied the b6747734d0 shoelaces. There wasn’t much c72fbee901 excess space in e6b8d5eeed the back, and 51d4f93730 when he pressed 0ee61db4b5 down on the c4b557a601 toe area, it afdb8df441 had just the d66072a732 right amount of 64ddbd073b give. They seemed to fit fcaf18b1dd well.f8afd4719418a20f

“Do you want 156f6e0184 to try getting e9d1056acd up and walking?”14422d3760b9c316

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Yihyun stood with much 150a8ea7a3 lighter movements and took 6107c2f4cb a few steps, extending 6dd39eff50 the same arm and 7d1b6e5f7f leg at the same 5db4ef655c time, moving stiffly like c7706efce5 a robot. Maybe he ee6c2428ab found the 4478a91e44 situation awkward 63bfa08631 too—if Doyoon 72d3f32611 laughed, would b8c8a6553f he feel 51c2e4ded1 embarrassed?8486c41e1300f93c

Doyoon watched as 934599f64f Yihyun walked to b49cf149bb the end of cb32e327f1 the store and 5a79a3aace back, taking out 1e5c3c838f his phone from 37b1d62a79 the inner pocket fd14a3d19d of his jacket bb8f505ea1 to check it. Fortunately, the company was 5bb658bba7 running smoothly even without 6bd18b7c51 him.080c7b49f101d0ff

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“How is it? Comfortable?”c275824690949fa7

“Yes, very…!”3d4e51815bdf0cd5

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“Try on 9fd5083aab the white 19d37fca97 ones too 132a20f96a before we 2738efd440 buy them.”3182c5250d3bd666

Yihyun sat 49471bca20 down and 61dae74df3 struggled to ebe56b03d6 take off ea909b509b his shoes, 9f80708ccb and once 3b82e0f364 again, Doyoon 3045b37e90 couldn’t just 59855d882c stand by f07b919d47 and watch. Come to think 4c6dbaa73f of it, he 739e9b743a had always liked 638cb37f55 helping clumsy kids.e7613c386967624f

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