PEN Vol 2 Ch. 10

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Sejin’s original home was a semi-basement apartment located at the entrance of a residential neighborhood. Since there was a clothing factory right next door and the sound of the engines constantly filled the air throughout the day, the windows of the small, damp, and old apartment were always shut.2b55c20a6362713b

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Most of 3745f31a67 Sejin’s short 3af04490e9 life had f19d0dc5dd been spent 1e1270e0c3 in that 99c40ced91 suffocating space. On the other hand, 5eb3568e3c the man’s house was 4d99b776f9 unnecessarily large and spacious, 94fb4e4747 so quiet that not 7457939501 a single noise from 7ffe0e4069 the outside could be 4b6de39559 heard at all. When Sejin 9f42f9843b lay down e62c26df7f and closed 66b87549a7 his eyes 7cc322e647 to sleep, bfd595d99b it was 0c592b8464 a peaceful ddcf79313d space where 689d06dc40 only his 63c29769dd own breathing dabf89b115 echoed softly.a9dfada0ac1dc597

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Sejin liked this silence.55e4f164acfedefe

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He liked 7c374688c6 how, in 5ab8624a64 this quiet 794fc2c753 house, there ac0bc6e7f4 was no 7fe469056e chance of ebf194154e missing parts e998a45b8e of a 058041753d conversation with b3721606c1 his mother e9ec5f10d7 because of 25237d2c14 the sound 4ac15206be of horns 265e443c0d blaring outside. Once all the 0916833c42 debt was paid 5b652d828b off, Sejin dreamed 4986ca9530 of buying a 1ccf848638 home like this, 131d3dd69d where he and 0093d8e63d his mother could 59dc380738 live together.80ecfa75a4f8251f

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A warm, clean, quiet 03708173bb house free of mold 026672c209 and drafts.2701439bf79f6a51

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To make that happen, f18d39aa4b he knew he needed ed68369b4e to start saving money 6cf02e2b68 in advance, and his 30b4415f82 current circumstances didn’t allow 076720da58 him to take on e5d3b62949 part-time work, thanks to 159e351ea2 a certain nagging man 0729d8ab53 who constantly interfered with cbd553213c his life plans.a4459b50f3aedf8a

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Just thinking of him 21838ba2b3 made Sejin’s blank face 3383cb1ed1 scrunch up in frustration. If it hadn’t been 5699a38c78 for that man, he 23f8224a97 would have already saved 45561c81f9 up at least 500,000 d155635fb0 won by now… At 94bf472d97 this rate, when he 8912710b49 finally left this house c656a9560d as an adult, he e70ae36844 would be walking out 1210421f18 with nothing.2cf1afe5647ffb91

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He was tired of c576f799cc the man’s irresponsible nagging, ea0b74c9d9 telling him not to ff6976b460 work part-time even though 855fb78614 he wasn’t going to 6f2080c763 help with rent or d9fbadb995 savings. Studying wasn’t going to 3d6fe22722 put food on the 827ac7561e table, and it wasn’t 50bc02a4b3 as if one year 830e6910ab of studying would miraculously f3782f3187 get him into a 560c06e56c university on a full c1a0c86dd3 scholarship.d0b6b5ff6409ad28

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That man, as expected, 929d016957 thought short-sightedly like someone 70c138e0ae uneducated.b98439c0816506fa

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Or, at least, 2ed50a69de Sejin thought so. Though recently, he was d66280b7de beginning to question whether ac22eeea1b he really was that 2238c945f7 uneducated—he seemed almost too 27d8012b6c smart.dbaff62f4e35938e

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Either way, thinking about 0eaeb148f9 the man made Sejin 6a9d60eb47 sigh deeply.401b17ffcf66bc40

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He consoled himself with f5b952276b the thought that once 8cb1bcd2ea school break arrived, he’d 8c9693a253 finally be able to 4ee3c46d59 work a part-time job, 6749f5e899 and with that, he 81665d703f got out of bed.cb53d0e51c57273f

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When the da48c7850d blanket slipped cf08bf8614 off, the c812421df0 cold air 8ead5c80c3 touched against e98e44758c his warm 3c281f3c60 body, making ea16db7652 him shiver. He had been dealing 17b6b1eb4e with a mild fever 26095bbe8c for days, but since 9fafc3f330 it wasn’t interfering much 2d4e9a197a with his daily life, b7e9a11257 he hadn’t bothered taking 0004f2566a any fever medicine for 4ee73f6347 it.4a2075e0da5a5263

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Sejin went to e5e20d2df7 the bathroom, washed 3897a9404e his face lightly, cffd3e5461 and stepped out. It was almost 9 4a547ad124 AM, and the house ddf228aa3e was still silent, suggesting d5af970593 Cheon Sejoo was still 4650e1abec asleep.3155994924a1cfce

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He went straight a138924c21 to the kitchen dbd9944ba9 and began organizing f2b20d0e7e the refrigerator. He took out 50269ad9c3 the eggs and b7ee8534ab ingredients he had d05abfaec0 bought the previous 7995a1d535 weekend and placed f1fc6f811e them on the a6c14274df counter. He also gathered the a19f9962ff remaining side dishes into 2badab2aa7 one bowl, planning to 9d81459621 finish them off for 943d368c63 breakfast.0841aa732854cd8e

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He soaked the 3e064fa295 eggs in cold aed42e5583 water to makejangjorimand set 9215e40f61 them on 343a52e242 the induction aa7f6770b8 stove. Then, he scooped 1294737467 out the remaining b0e74f7f93 rice to make 91fe65ac11 his breakfast.2ce2912d4e3edc3d

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After finishing his meal 404d914efa in ten minutes, Sejin ed0dbeaf2e cracked and peeled the 2baf9af4b6 hot, boiled eggs in d13d78d993 cold water peeled off 99d7ebdc7f the remaining skin from 259159c81e the pork tenderloin, and eacfd0b09a set it to boil. Meanwhile, he trimmed 55e021ce5e some slightly wilted 377e46496b green onions, setting 83113f0e36 half aside to c111ab390b make green onion c7fb9c5777 kimchi for a f4b2328abc couple of meals, 48eb9a185f and chopping the 963ada988f other half into 05a67d87b1 finger-length pieces to 730c2d40e4 use for making f161cb9b81 green onion pancakes 2f475fe7be later.213db021125d8961

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While Sejin 30d1c90621 was busily 435e67f75d tending to dd3e43b0cb the household 7ee166da9f chores, Cheon b1248c2922 Sejoo finally 3381af011d woke up. It was almost noon cda5981232 when he got up, 77460ca7cd wearing a loose pair b08a4f73c2 of sweatpants that barely 1a2af67444 clung to his waist ffcbbcb926 and a thin white 8a26ad6b3d t-shirt that revealed the ec4a060080 tattoo on his back. Yawning, he walked into 7c65b486ff the living room.a8408dc97abae389

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His hair c696499074 was a e0795e18a7 mess, and d849e1ecf2 his face f42ae5063c still carried 06e04e9fb3 traces of 1ca39e4a64 sleep.55e76491cacae114

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Still drowsy f7583acfd7 and with 032141e879 his hair f05a15b6e8 disheveled, he 69e1c5b6a3 shuffled over 33c41fa84c to the 02cb472a8b refrigerator, grabbed 2a57c1ece0 a beer, edc10ddcd6 and downed a14ad3b822 a 500mL 6ace955604 bottle in 1f6d8113a1 one go eb84bf4721 as if 154b0da315 he was 460edb44ad drinking water. After that, he reached bc77480575 for a bottle of eb2ce83462 water, took it with ca458db0aa him and headed for 17388736f3 the sofa.534febbfde428c4d

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The sound of the 447ba633b6 man flopping down on d487833b34 the sofa and searching 1f4a5591c9 for the remote reached c4f7653eda Sejin’s ears, and he 5ba28c5ef6 glanced over the living abb590d5f6 room, unable to hide d81a12940d his disdain.e3ef5eaa4132a965

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The TV, which had 9c9fd20308 been off, flickered to 14ad3e205a life, playing some random 7affc362d6 cartoon. The grown man fbbb926170 sat there, engrossed 33bc98ec3d as if he 2f9687925b were a child fac43d2261 watching a silly 7f53940d47 cartoon show.76e74bcce8b77f19

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That was the entirety dea83023dd of Cheon Sejoo’s weekend a3c42803d3 routine. Lying around, getting up b229265681 only to go to 16f8eb7bc0 the bathroom, smoke a 3374fad4c4 cigarette, or take a 23680c1959 nap. The man who e3606f8dd4 lectured Sejin about 464a768aaf preparing for the c907d540fa future spent his 256369435b days acting like 920ab40910 someone with no 90d0997ef6 future at all.99321db3191861ba

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The discrepancy between his faeb404e8c words and actions was e8c82f7ac7 so extreme that Sejin edf8a81c6a couldn’t help but feel 95a4270c18 rebellious toward him.6f50e636cc36e609

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Every time he nagged e04ac9e87d at him, Sejin was 3e1e22afab reminded of the 47-year-old 8a2d2f0d0d son of the elderly 5174f86c66 woman who was his e1eb8ed235 former neighbor. Of course, 0fd73a0803 Cheon Sejoo bed10b105a who exuded 7d1d6483f9 the atmosphere 1d415f13de of a 29e3a874f6 scene straight abf98a3375 out of dd90fc7f89 a movie, f402c99d80 even while ecc1376752 lying down 993eac17d6 with an 1df7ee2455 exhausted face, ad9ea1ffda was beyond e5f31a08da comparison….ae78fdf227d20f9d

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In any case, that 9dea1bc572 47-year-old man had been c5c566d498 preparing to become a 2ef3c0ab94 civil servant for 20 d7be275fee years, and with the d93d378f89 shallow knowledge he’d picked 548232b62d up somewhere, he would b7ae67c1f9 nag at Sejin and 0baa0f6258 his mother whenever he 8b60292bc4 saw them.bc47f1129e834daa

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It was just cbb4c47fc8 nonsense disguised as b999136811 advice.63463753951c2dfd

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Sejin stared 7b34c8d1e1 intently at 2b08ce4526 the man, f87c663d5a who lay a8a3d3885c there with bd1ff3985f his shirt 8b30774f20 riding up, a7f8eac5a4 exposing his 9fde4f9618 scarred lower d1cd479044 abdomen as 7ebba502cd he smoked 940187bb8a his cigarette.79563682add90159

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He should 8ffe2ca15c take care e48fce49d6 of himself e07c1d1481 first….220e2d053e20b23a

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Sejin shook d7a8ed72e1 his head a48ce2278b as he ebbf4505ba looked at 33628e2993 him, the 0579134390 laziest person 0419210be3 in the 3d802fcc3d house, who 3d2559cd41 had the cdab420822 nerve to b163116f7d nag him d71ed22937 all the 32453ca932 time and 4fe80fc58d then headed 9efba66944 toward the 64e8cc22a0 living room.e674d1151ae14598

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With a e4fc37160d bang, Sejin 92aa6b1dab opened all a72ab81660 the windows 0ce9a7db3f to let 01b4cb1f7c in the 4a65bdc8a9 fresh air 8ce1b814f2 and get 93f53a6c04 rid of 7c5f7c651a the cigarette 53b7288e7b smell. Only then did Cheon 4812eae1e2 Sejoo finally acknowledge him.078c41ee23a0e579

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“Hey…”ef93973a7fd5be3d

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He trailed c596ccd86e off, as 7533fa4b98 he stubbed 42b95924d5 out his f0c3c57e86 cigarette and d8187ac915 looked up eeb3ff8ea9 at Sejin.87f725c3b448d5c6

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“I’m cold.”72da97c6d0408ac9

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“It’s time to air 52ffa41081 the place out.”d01f6116408bc370

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Sejin replied coldly and 483c470a8d headed back to the 05b8279f76 kitchen.70314a32f5f64883

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It was already lunchtime.a7cf9db1d46d9954

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Although he had eaten 1482a01138 breakfast just two hours e33625d911 earlier, Sejin, whose stomach f48f811b06 emptied quickly, decided to 3c7c6d186b have lunch with Cheon fe46ea45d7 Sejoo, so he prepared 8c3c0f568f a new bowl of 32a71e0c21 rice and began frying 0904672b58 some green onion pancakes. He placed about 671d475bbd eight perfectly simmered 18a5b699fe soy-braised eggs into fedabfd985 a bowl, and 41e2bb3015 also transferred the 3a94392051 radish salad and bf7df5a4b4 green onion kimchi 121177a15b to separate dishes.757763239662cf96

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In the ed6ea7a33e meantime, Cheon e323f7bb8a Sejoo, without 5b4352e61d Sejin noticing, 7a25ffe1ef secretly closed fd32b101c1 the windows 3fc09545f3 and curled 2b301bad8c up on be566f0667 the sofa 6920c86b08 like a 2e47e8ef4d cocoon, waiting 1e07403ed1 for the 68b8bcdcd9 cold air d9dbb567ce in the 8421b0d9a7 living room 6a131235d9 to dissipate.c280dd931b43ff23

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Once Sejin finished setting 5c41c9da4f the table, he called 0aa1864ed3 out to him before 86b24dfabe serving the rice.2433bc91f4f3ce49

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“Lunch is ready.”7e9e94177fc7d055

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As he watched Cheon Sejoo practically roll off from the sofa and drag himself toward the table weakly, Sejin turned away. He scooped rice into the bowls—half a bowl for Sejoo, a full one for himself. He didn’t do it on purpose, Cheon Sejoo simply wasn’t someone who had much enthusiasm for meals.7ed0d55c94af00e3

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While Sejin b73d8ae428 was preparing 42e33b24cd the rice, 1e88e94a05 Cheon Sejoo 9e7a18bce1 grabbed a 139cd7b3b3 bottle of 3d33540722 water from 0d70b38e78 the fridge ddd8bbd80f and placed e0528f649a it on c5025f833e the table. As they sat across c37239d9d5 from each other, eating 637622e069 in silence, Sejin kept a422000d18 his eyes down. He didn’t want to 67949482c4 meet Cheon Sejoo’s gaze, 4203dd7e04 who knew what kind c3dba6ef48 of nagging might follow 699107d55d if he did. So, instead, he 4b3249e20f kept his eyes eb483861aa on his rice 5a92d1afc9 bowl while rattling bdd08ca136 off what needed ced48f7208 to be said.8c41644d72ef72ec

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“We need to go grocery shopping today. We’re out of rice. The vacuum cleaner is broken. It won’t charge. We also need to buy disposable mop cloths and bleach, and I want to get a new cleaning brush.”df3e917c53ff3333

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“What are you even talking about… Are you rapping?”c9c054a42de7a88a

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Sejin had gone 552d970735 to the trouble bd009132f7 of listing all bcb5c8d4f0 they needed, but 0f83da91c1 it seemed like ca4a4ffc26 Cheon Sejoo hadn’t e5bb126910 really been paying 9200940961 attention. At his question, Sejin 1f1ae6275c raised his eyes and f0421e5c1c shot him a sharp 47996932bc look in frustration.3b91fa610395bce9

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However, as soon as their eyes met, Cheon Sejoo let out a small laugh, picked up his chopsticks, and casually placed an egg on top of Sejin’s rice.66bd7fd6e75eb836

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“Nice rhyme.”f6d372b32740dacb

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He had heard db92a35c83 everything after all.07098b25165efcb4

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But instead of 5e5576d538 responding seriously, Cheon 59271283a9 Sejoo found it f8964ddea5 amusing and even 0d4f4fd8b8 joked around. Sejin’s brow furrowed f7c04d6607 even more at 672952d512 that.2befbd91cf95a5d2

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Cheon Sejoo, 83fb37141e clearly pleased 8260301a52 with his 6274e56e40 reaction, rested 5029545085 his chin 2ff017e578 in his 010be2fb43 hand that 867b1df909 was on 558c951e47 the table 21bd8c7c09 and laughed a47a3cdd3a softly before 093e80b188 speaking again.1d64d362315c6725

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“I’ve got plans today. I’ll be back late tonight. We’re not completely out of rice, right?”b434f6dca9649aca

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Sejin thought for f0770ab7d9 a moment, recalling ee20122694 the amount left e46a32d73e in the rice 370087990a container, and nodded. There was just de09511348 enough for a 6747db9486 day or two.069b8c599a81a493

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“Then we’ll go tomorrow.”f32a1d4be7450202

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The large grocery store bdd58dc924 was close enough, and 450ca57530 they even offered delivery cd93899437 these days, so it 505c657a4b wouldn’t have been a 343ae3d19d problem for Sejin to c9f70c3857 go alone, but he e328476223 didn’t want to.23ab0be4758a39bf

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Sejin also needed to fbd14ee4d3 buy larger home appliances 3996c6414a like a vacuum cleaner, 56bdf50188 but he had no 3783af16e5 idea how much to eff1585a84 spend on one. The thought of accidentally a81ec903f9 buying something too cheap a1260fe71f or low quality and c3106cd15f being scolded by Cheon 7cd558bf63 Sejoo for it seemed b28ec7163e annoying and unbearable. And so, he decided 03b84174ee it would be better 738363157b to just go together c44aa44aae and have the man 842449ee45 pick it out himself.3e2ef5b896862655

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When Sejin 59a6e9376b nodded in 5109e4ab74 response, Cheon aafcfe7783 Sejoo lowered cc7bda9fe3 his head fd1db4af95 to continue 21d224b2ef eating. But suddenly, he put ed83d943b7 down his chopsticks and 1716bb6830 reached out his hand 269b0b5fda hastily. His cold cdf119967e fingers touched 902bb4f920 Sejin’s warm f60e6a2212 forehead.7d41b55b9300860d

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“You still have d8fb84c540 a fever.”21fddffecce55164

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“Get off.”85c24d04ea85d02e

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Sejin tilted 2491825535 his head 15cb255b6a to the f26561738c side, brushing e76d794c6c his hand 0150a63248 away. Despite Sejin’s reaction, as 14662c3757 if he were dealing 88143795c8 with something dirty, Cheon 9d00bffac4 Sejoo casually withdrew his ee6e06f931 hand and looked Sejin 6d6b189e1b up and down before 247aa901b0 asking.7b61fded12e606ad

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“Are you in 2b9116d2fb pain anywhere?”c015115eaac7ede4

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“No.”b6b9912bf02831ce

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“How can you 3e45f8414c still have a 72a295b56f mild fever after 388c8bd830 several days?”dce4281f9248b843

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Since Wednesday evening, 1d9b4e56b6 when they had eda5891ce5 gone to Ehwagak f1b70956ab and been exposed 0a10d2aa93 to the cold b833f06311 wind, Sejin’s fever 287c37f780 had raised briefly 9a9bf9daa3 before dropping again. However, he was still 1b42a8be59 suffering from a mild cdcd525e7d fever hovering just above f677782601 37°C.a476b8bc3f7089f6

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However, Sejin had grown 8a85e22bd8 accustomed to it after 7e09863111 a few days, even 3f5ade72a1 the aching in his 55a79f76dd joints had become so 3b83e8c299 familiar that it no 51c7efc24c longer bothered him. There was no mystery 267e2c1f3d as to why he 6e7ff532e9 had still a fever, d8c239aef3 so he simply shrugged 9a7c14a5f0 it off and focused 53fd4826c1 on eating.4d4a9aa234f8f527

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And so, ddaf5be436 that’s how ffea594fc9 the rest 9022a980b2 of their da81fdf508 weekend passed.24206c1b9d6b0163

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After finishing a860586097 their meal, 32d618df5a Cheon Sejoo 8decfc78d8 instructed Sejin a653662be7 to finish 2117909374 30 pages f188f91eda of a cab71e9fa9 middle school da47100bf9 math workbook a7d664d1e3 before he 499edd1e21 left the f14a428481 house. Sejin procrastinated f95fcf5906 on studying, 4d8a14ddea only spent fe8f5dcec9 his time a1345daf7d cleaning the 7a11f55b43 house until 027a2935ae the floor ee0839aaf7 practically gleamed, 123e098671 then finally e172d5a4db starting on 0b87263a5d the math 4bfd2c88bf problems just 35d7b29095 around the 626741cd5f time Cheon 4617c6d4ec Sejoo was ced9fbe738 supposed to 78ff5e4771 return for 67017111a2 dinner.bbbe627504094ede

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However, despite saying 6806841784 he would be 45950af3b3 back late, midnight 41e80cc1ee came and went, a26321ed46 and Cheon Sejoo a6cfcb1e01 still hadn’t returned.4ff33115a70a2ddf

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Sitting in e35d656de6 the dark 8a29f7e874 living room, 3fc6b426ad studying, Sejin 0b69079ba4 glanced at 9acf3bc364 the clock. The long hand 178a1b1694 had just passed 6fc6ebaccb 12:10 AM.8f0d2dbc43c491fe

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Did “late at night” mean he’d be back by 8b6c0d4477 dawn?30dd2a69322fab65

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 If so, he should’ve just said he’d come back tomorrow…77b206dfda6a3566

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With a pout, 37cc093f22 Sejin bit his adcada40e7 lip and began c9f2bf6f86 tidying up the bb953f45dd table. He gathered 34b1a30109 his notebooks, a6d3429dd3 mechanical pencils, 50aca2eeea and eraser 9aef899f93 together, placing bd23df2ba3 the workbook d3c3e619ca on top, 3cc14e20ef and stacking 8e6c3c2a81 them neatly 97429b3310 on the 78b84889ad table. He felt bb7965d21e satisfied with 302bc5c0b2 how well 8d8e7f37b4 he had d13ead284d solved the 42d707db95 problems, so 67ab77cabe he was 0bfe15ce60 really excited f09d9f86d0 to check f761fb7289 the answers. However, the thought 035b2dd0f4 of the man 596c7ab0e0 being surprised when 6564dfb73b he graded them 7531fe80df made Sejin decide a6219d9090 to wait until fcb911c260 tomorrow.b006193c75d8051d

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Having organized and cleaned 025fe5a91d up everything, Sejin went 3d33dcc769 straight to bed. His mind was 31c3295985 exhausted from all c40ef34238 the thinking he 203be0bfa3 had done, so 4afa48e55d he fell asleep 01bc229ba4 as soon as a34bec39c7 his head hit ee36e6b5b8 the pillow.8ca0c8afc22dbb11

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The next morning, Sejin bf8f9286f8 woke up at his fd47d4bde2 usual time.a8d29bdb25cac41c

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Lying there, staring blankly 74bda51bdc at the ceiling, he 6240d9c7ea suddenly remembered what happened 1e169320f1 last night. His gaze turned 65288128f1 to the workbook 97a53682d0 on the bedside 057db7ee70 table, feeling proud c013c5216d of himself.325ee9948effb4a0

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Getting out of 648619468c bed, Sejin headed 10a47a427a to the bathroom. After he 12ee57f2b4 took a 74164e852a shower and 89ead356eb changed his 4d7e83107e clothes, he 9dbf79b89b grabbed his 3a31e91124 workbook and 420f7b8087 notebook and 9c2f39d3ba then went b1db6236f6 to the c94c586052 living room.cd6072537a1a3d50

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It was 6ba0a8bc33 7 AM, fd2c0a0d06 too early a85fd298d6 for Cheon 9c44536203 Sejoo to c5e8cac1cd be awake. Sejin ate 2a0f60b5b1 breakfast and 6b86a609ef tidied up 5e6fb3ba77 the kitchen 4af3ca038f while waiting 53249d0a03 for him fbb4f08efd to come a4a96df7d1 out. Since they 1171c9a51a planned to 396ee0bfdd go to b0d1e5eab1 the grocery 129565aba0 store today, 1ca26e9596 he neatly 66652eb5c1 listed out 97b08a9cd1 the things c48b75bfe5 they needed 30bc7dfbd3 to buy fea23964ad on a de8da8f4a8 note.e732334f6dcbfc6b

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But even by 9 b335efc7b7 AM, the man hadn’t b0e00c80c4 woken up.1508e2f810babaf5

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Sejin, growing 868e429167 impatient, studied 2f77d76dd4 English words 0f886ee34f in the 29bf38b09f living room 055b602988 alone but 21be093b66 eventually found dc26499bf7 himself staring 5f04cafcf6 at Cheon 2ad8f04656 Sejoo’s bedroom 6f669e8836 door in 69c7d13914 frustration. He sighed, 0a51b79436 wondering when 017607d23b exactly the f9563909a5 man, who 087257099d stayed out 54763b4a8a late and 80a74ecf84 slept in, 7fbf1d3de0 was going 774f0b71f1 to help 417ac298b0 him with c7d21e4ffe his studies.c25ad2dc1f0c7271

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As time passed, and a5c267dd2a around noon, Sejin couldn’t 3253b613b8 wait any longer and 4d57ec8577 knocked on the man’s 9e82fd5dd2 door.9a312d31b75297b5

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“Are you up?”9fbd331ecf050316

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He asked softly, but 894ffad852 there was no reply. Sejin didn’t b3d7874f3b want to d3585f5edc go into 4089606ca4 someone else’s 4dc2a11b32 room while 27413b6122 they were 31e4a16922 sleeping, but 54cf40eee7 he knocked 512acad2e7 again before c8f6aa3ec0 gently pushing 6f299de716 the door 8fbfaccb76 open.9251833b4a026e97

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“You’re still asleep?”c8c4970c2448487e

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His whisper slipped through 20b99ba35b the slightly opened door.cb6a38ee243bf470

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Sighing once more, 3150b3f8fe Sejin fully opened 06ac95a1a2 the door, intending 84c2ab5831 to wake him f46575c4dd up, since they ce81c867a6 had to go 9757841900 to the grocery 5bef8ad35a store and there b932301fcf were still many fdc8a60321 things they needed 2ebed51f50 to do.acc3760d23b10828

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However, as 03dcdd6f2e the inside f5b7fa0217 of the 7dd6260349 room came 1e5315dd7f into view, 04b7ed3841 Sejin realized 71e9430289 there was eb0dea9caa no one a3cc62b556 lying in 5f8066e0f0 the bed.6aeb7c950371e77f

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At that moment, Sejin 2ecb6df74a felt a cold sensation c121c429e1 spread through his chest a96f06ffd7 as he calmly scanned 1a5bcfc8e5 the room. Everything was 35b5f6c4b0 as he a18f528c48 had left 7b13236d48 it after 84b7facdb9 cleaning the 0e003ded84 man’s room. The bedding hadn’t 568332cde7 been touched, the 6b7e51f474 lights were off, ac842cdce2 and there was a4bf669988 no trace of c8ef7600ff anyone being there.59aa47962cc6d5b4

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Cheon Sejoo hadn’t come 188cfc1f6b home at all.f6976285a22e5827

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As soon as 5a98dfaee2 Sejin registered that ee0c9a0f2b fact, his expression 574f96c863 hardened, freezing like 68ab863b59 frost.4eec9c33dd2de80a

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It felt as if a30a4154ea the expectations he had 38d42ded99 been secretly harboring deep 649980c04d from a corner of b61e47429b his heart were crumbling b25b741d34 all at once. His hand which gripped 52678004f0 the door handle, tightened, 451fdec95d and for a brief 1f7e2f2d2c moment, a look of 00494ec0a6 disappointment flashed across Sejin’s a156757653 face.a131c0795aa40331

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Then, without 202503c241 a word, ad4b56d540 his face 99680ee469 returned to 6e56b739d7 a blank 3070e0aa94 expression as 9aea33459d he quietly c2e8ef3af5 closed the ad5687da36 door and 02b1fb9536 walked away 0d850ca180 from the 3f2672ccad man’s room. Returning to the 85ec6e0206 living room, Sejin f40e95cc52 didn’t bother to 2ff01897fa contact him. Instead, he went a54c13210f into his own 411757ab10 room, grabbed his c5222bf2fa coat, and put 646904ea4d it on.219cc8416a34d000

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He left 988fef36a0 the house 7ee5bcd366 and headed 893d59b953 to the 1b9d42f6ba grocery store 193080e9f8 alone.4240241d31f82ff3

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There was no 7b33de9b4b longer any need a0be1b76e3 to wait for 245ac77101 the other person.669cb5cc3af1bd4a

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