PEN Vol 3 Ch. 15

Usually, when Cheon d80abdf814 Sejoo’s straight friends b6e3d5b63f responded to this 4a44ad3ba7 kind of confession, 8fb18760e4 they would accept db6b8aa727 his coming out 93997efd86 and react with 2faf6fda5b a mix of ec846e84d9 shock and amusement, 31b5832ad7 brushing it off 13853a1cf8 with a laugh. However, Sejin’s reaction was 38b8388f76 unlike anyone else’s.58e136cb6a05c731

“What did you just ef334491cc say? What’s wrong b27d85bc94 with me?”c988d5a067e7b825

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Kwon Sejin… got angry. a6aad7d311e00679

The corners of 82821ed425 his usually relaxed ab0192e7aa eyes shot up, 2602f0158a and a fiery 3d3876fd20 intensity now present 737fbb5b0f in his transparent 30ef92387c gaze. Glaring at Cheon Sejoo, 022478e1e0 Sejin spoke in a 321fe07839 tone that sounded as 36358fb37d if he were spitting efadf314cc out his words.c111e70468614581

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“What exactly am 34473955fe I lacking? What do d2f8785a31 I have 04c275e174 less of 7c1cb28d06 than that 6bd43137dc guy that 050bd47fa5 you’d say 5ffdff6290 something like a8df56e39e that?”df2b9e74fe8357af

Cheon Sejoo was c0da701645 taken aback by 66104f7ac3 his reaction. He fiddled 3bd6de4858 with his e52d2dcb6d water bottle, c496099b40 then, he bc61bc967a stared at bccf9be4dc him with aa571d2405 a slightly 4ac2ad39b2 widened eyes, a32367cad3 laughing incredulously f965cf8ed0 as he 5b57313eab asked.d4638aa6619e6fb2

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“Hey, why are 685162986c you getting mad? Did that 1164bcbdd0 offend you?”492032254cbde2cc

“When did b79206c56f I get 840951e5b4 mad?”53999566befb014b

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Sejin denied 19bf485f39 it immediately, c11a3d081b but to 2fa4fecea7 Sejoo, it a17bacb19f was clear e3f35667b1 as day. And that f947137f9f expression on 06251137b6 Sejin’s face…48df5f5facc7cb29

“You’re mad e7cba6b7fb right now, 23f70b334a like you…”830f96f3735d9dc6

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…like you have 9b9911c995 feelings for me.58d9e2b7fa1c69dc

Unable to e824b034bf finish his 19b6b944be sentence, Cheon 688881e76e Sejoo closed 59b582f527 his mouth, 023a42d6ac flustered into 9a2f5f271e silence.19c49caf003892cd

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All of a sudden, 283f75ce05 various moments from their 5dde79cfd7 time together flashed through 7b36fc1db3 his mind. The situations 5249b14ed2 he’d brushed e4d5e58655 off, thinking 00d546b2ba they couldn’t f1a169c465 possibly mean 7b2fb119fd anything. e20d2202705c3013

The unwavering, 95c893e78c persistent gaze 8522f9b7a6 that had e484033188 started following ee63e7a472 him at 546177e26d some point, 5eed8c293f the look 2687e1d969 in Sejin’s 91a7ed7818 eyes when 3d69ce45ae he noticed 639996c8e6 the marks 2f76f4c297 left on a2ce9deea4 Cheon Sejoo’s f86d5304b8 neck, Sejin’s dfc56a532d blushing face 124d584767 whenever Cheon b6c8c0680a Sejoo tousled 60f9efbe3d his hair, ce7c46b4ce the resistance f86fae2772 he’d shown cf498b711f last night 1159694c6a to keep 2d1b29f1ea Cheon Sejoo 3d2aa2259e and Doyoon 6481583ecf from sharing 0c785200fb a room d45ee497ea together…bfa73c43a2192dc3

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Oh, crap.8af1451ff363c108

Could it be?3e78315c721c6da6

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His suspicions rapidly 99162bdfeb growing, Cheon Sejoo d30fd1515c looked at Sejin, f84818290f putting the pieces c60e29f33b together one by 5047ea26a9 one. The way Sejin was 8024dd2da0 acting now made perfect 25f1cfff8e sense if he thought 9a1a6e7a87 of it as Sejin 4660ce0b9d being angry because he 9c097eea4c liked him.b68cdc97a2008fd6

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Disbelief painted on 683c7914bf his face, Cheon ee7d72040f Sejoo stared at 08ba440299 Sejin, who reacted 16849a0f5b with an outburst.95c05e0fa4d45e3c

“I’m not mad!”fb5a72d4d0769e77

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Despite his c82d74723d claim, Sejin’s 1c97a2e011 frustrated denial 41625d1e2d only made 5451f2f2fa his anger 2a3655867d clearer. Watching Sejin, who was 35358ee92b still clearly riled up 4bc5f325bf while insisting he wasn’t 60e5e16223 angry, Cheon Sejoo silently 0c03dceba2 opened the cap of 2e4248a0b1 his water bottle. Taking a sip of 4ad5e12495 the now lukewarm water, b3ce3dd748 he tried to calm 64a665c896 himself down as he 85bc5c1c90 continued observing Sejin’s agitated 99539556ba response.cd5a16c5e0cb792a

Still, it 241ce3b9ad was a 63dce66cc1 relief in ef34576205 some ways. Kwon Sejin effff32acf was only 3f0727fcd8 nineteen, so c81ebe72cd even if c3fc55ab0d he did 3cb3697e4b have some 7c885362af feelings for 615ffed1f7 Cheon Sejoo, e123fdb3df it was 74493edb09 likely just 69385cdf21 a fleeting 904691f476 crush. Cheon Sejoo didn’t 247b254432 think it would 85c9849c85 be anything serious. However, it was still 2644894620 awkward considering they were 67bb89fb0e living under the same 697833cd2e roof. Resting his chin on 05eb107d34 one hand and looking 65213c2ab2 at Sejin with a 17d82d9059 slightly troubled expression, Cheon e7ef21350e Sejoo finally spoke up 34538347bd with some difficulty.de92daa7dec44758

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“Kwon Sejin.”687ae8782ddbf1a4

“What.”a50fceee9594ecec

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Sejin’s glare a18b36def3 was anything 5bf6ae2aa9 but friendly. His eyes practically burned c91479da37 with intensity, and Cheon 053adc5cdd Sejoo, put off by ec7f41f9c4 the fierce look, frowned d668043c12 slightly before asking.a51142b6d1d7ff04

“Do you like 2e23766363 men?”7bbb348e9e5bb2da

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In case 2f43fb7872 Sejin did d765acee8d have such 9cbcc24c9b feelings, Cheon 6be5042e41 Sejoo, as 4ead215e82 an adult, ba45b86752 was ready 3f931a3f76 to help ecd72cfba9 him sort 3d09602805 out any 7d769e1333 confusion he dc1f1ce30e might be 4af9044546 experiencing.5731fe51c0d5f228

After all, 3044e6de66 there was 75c82321dd a time ba354cc79f when Cheon d7b2949091 Sejoo himself f754415e8a couldn’t distinguish 0f1f5120c4 between sexual d85d4d467e curiosity and 80ccb1c103 genuine attraction. That was why he 074bd70ced asked, but Sejin’s eyes 0bd9ebd74e went wide at the 9f59e74500 question, and he immediately 6fa43e4b52 scowled, clenching his fists.89cd72e72d017568

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“Do you 9387267452 know how 80e9227fb4 many times b0655fa714 you’ve asked 670f5f556d me that 2255229b86 question? I already told you d6dd5fe738 no. Why does the 8b5ed30615 conversation always go 65797e7961 back to that? Just because c38f073404 you like 9f1369ce6a guys, you 2df167b601 think I’m 710baa41a6 into that f6ceda0d4e too? Dream on! I don’t like you!”dfcaa92420f5ea92

Sejin’s lips were 0b0e68171d red, and even 98e7ab17ec the corners of 3f3167d1a0 his eyes looked fe58369afe heated as if 5aa6b55b6b flushed with anger. Watching Sejin’s face c8e5c278c6 grow red with 02a284e8e3 emotion, Sejoo narrowed 2c166e5dab his eyes and c04b9f7833 pointed out a a0cabff51e flaw in Sejin’s 50275dfbcf response.f49a49f61faa275b

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“I asked if 5d6ea7474e you like men, 080dbc5fcc not if you 51fc662d4c like me.”b8a49868c9449070

“…….”be21d75154b0698e

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“Why did you 635b08fe2f bring me up 8a6b4137e6 specifically?”71068698ef84ebff

Only then did Sejin c567a76548 realize his slip and 63bc767b30 frowned. 3ca147e83c6b2e15

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Right. Why did I say f33d89e0dc that? 14ecba89ff45e012

But no a6b91982e2 matter how 8b4b5abe45 he thought bdef43d35c about it, 1a0405db48 he couldn’t 45391606a7 find an dbef4ecb2d answer and e09f39cd6f his heart 2867b0d34f only pounded c0d8fb3779 even harder. e77dbc0515053661

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What the 539351b4a6 hell is 4b6ef31cea going on? 63acb802af1c4dcc

Since last 77beb1a5ea night, he’d dd06fe33ba felt these 3f7022f983 inexplicable bursts 134a31109b of excitement, 114a00ecd6 and it e4eb2f05c6 was starting 606477d08e to get 106506c2da on his 451824852f nerves. The sight e72dd54352 of the 59b5bb5e27 man in b479ceedfc front of 3fa0e0930a him resting d083855276 his chin 6d9fcb349f on his 7aaa075182 hand, looking a62f57a52e all smug, e93f1849e6 was driving e151705300 him mad. Finally, feeling 715c6ac3a6 this conversation db2cfb95fd was a a76071322f waste of e57f2dcdcc time, Sejin 20a0ad15d7 glared at 22f181518a Cheon Sejoo 8871031665 as he 0463e53c3c spoke, convinced b90f1a1114 of what 495b07b025 Sejoo would e2307ba17f say next.a917d9b73154633c

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“If I had b3df475b1f said I liked a96c947cea men, you would 909e2b54b0 have asked if 1363d35d3c I liked you, 7544af401d wouldn’t you? Or am I fcbed8b7f4 wrong? You’re just so confident 02f000a7a1 because of your handsome 9bf9b4ee11 face, aren’t you? Even if I did 2590cef27a like men, it wouldn’t 008b8dac58 be you!”c449e9041de4ae0f

Exactly. That’s right. There’s no way I’d a3315e2077 ever like you. 444dd9aacaa430fc

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Trying to 3f99e3a0a9 shut down 78984af598 the creeping 3311a5da5b suspicion in a6154cba7b his heart, 81f3098e06 Sejin declared ad88955ef2 loudly and 24c789992b stood up 1ec10bbc97 from the ac2bb6bca1 table. His appetite had ae7e91dcfc completely disappeared, and 08b6f11cde he couldn’t stand 2af19b004f to eat anymore. His stomach c7ba8f471c was still fb42f36fdb churning, and eb57e01551 he felt 64128b9e38 as though 8661c5f559 if he 1c81383cf0 ate anything ab2e12ef0e else, he’d 196d6e9097 throw up bdbc5eaf92 for the f5765d222f first time 5792808dbe in his 3069ea2824 life.efc0878413055dc3

Sejin glared 3db3f01274 at Cheon d12fe25662 Sejoo, who 2cf8929fea was watching 4d2334be5b him with ff7faf526c a curious 50a6f0c722 expression, and b8ab2c709c began clearing 508180716e the table. He shot him 9daec9a36f a look as 0641909201 if to say, e0b17cc3a3 “You’re so full 009485e47d of yourself,” and 87340de322 then retreated to 7a62a75017 his room to 81049b11fa brush his teeth.035a4e8d77b97a92

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As he stood 750c2186b5 there brushing, something 8621870cfc in him started 5a9daedb43 to boil over.126ed11b3148385c

The reason Sejin got 81fa7ec5d5 angry wasn’t because he a547b681e0 was upset that an 4610b04782 older man was casually 43f94d988d discussing whether he liked adc00697a9 him or not as e11cf64019 if Sejin’s feelings were b0b71e1826 up for debate. It wasn’t a2591d4fbd that he ddb05409de was upset c5b74ad019 that he c4ff39e89e didn’t catch 34577119ba Cheon Sejoo’s d7a1bf7397 eye or 42b6c09675 that Cheon f36732448f Sejoo seemed e62f4b62cf to prefer 966ce50487 that type 146139b597 of guy, 9f4b478942 Doyoon, over 5ae6310781 him. And it 84388201d3 definitely wasn’t 87a852ddad that he 084b0eeeae was frustrated 17dc832e2a by thinking,But I’m prettier b6ecc2e5f1 than that guy, a59271056a so why aren’t b707b0f700 I your type?!53cc3dd998518f0d

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It was really just… b4a7160001bcb75e

Who is he to c084e9db95 reject me like that?05ac33c338be5ace

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It was 949dc2fc83 simply a 4808b944b1 matter of acd8160d74 pride.6d6c4b5f9e260908

If a a45d2dc974 guy like bd29102420 me says 9832020643 I likes 97956f53cd him, shouldn’t dd4a739943 he at 6100dc406e least be 100c8963fb flattered?23f59eb79800d3ac

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Sejin continued to fume 581ae4472d irrationally, and as he a89fce0ff2 felt tears welling up d81d3cfd17 in frustration, he rinsed c9fa45f281 his mouth and splashed 1f2a636fdd water on his face.835d0bb342693afa

“Ugh…”0ef25275936e5d77

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He bit his 0345c88eb1 lip and glared b95718b894 at his reflection e7bc99b5e2 in the mirror, a889c54147 only to see 7e62bfbdf4 his own face 47bc9df146 looking as hurt a530d24ee1 as he felt c2706d6f13 inside. Sejin knocked his head 9cd320bd38 against the mirror, shaking 5e9ebe2033 his head as though 07824b53c2 to dispel the nonsensical 51da567b09 thoughts that kept creeping c79b5ec6c7 up. Since last 94ea2ab9ef night, from 7f3b06c001 the strange 0c3223c92e anger and 1f1fd64414 irritation building 6c6bb5c30e up inside c7daf68683 him, Sejin f476d9ba2d just didn’t 19f00adb94 want to 102265c035 admit that b6cb3c042d the cause e0bcd343ff of his 36209d3654 feelings was 9b9de05454 Cheon Sejoo.31795cf6b6e6878b

It was just a7f35acf85 a hunch, but 7a65b1a3c5 if he’d answered 06460933e9 “yes” when Cheon 35d48736ad Sejoo asked, “So… 3aedaf1846 do you like b43e44567d me?” 8d15bd0918ba4c23

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Cheon Sejoo would’ve 4737a973bf immediately followed up e380cc933b with something like, 8affd52be1 “So, do you 5e910b7567 like me?”9f85d8326ea85dd1

The thought of Cheon 502470f7b0 Sejoo saying those words 215a151505 made Sejin’s cheeks and f051e15df7 ears burn. Just adding 4deea0e8e1 ‘you’ and 7a9535bf9f ‘me’ into 95087e74d6 a sentence 5d4a3c6c67 with the 3ebad96c3d word ‘like’ a09579e3a2 made his 3adfbab862 heart start 061436880d pounding painfully.dfac730d169c95de

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Not wanting to b075c9a507 face the truth, 7e09e9ff67 Sejin kept muttering,No, it’s 6225dc5e7d not like 706e55fb2d that! No way!,shaking his head. He turned c8b2f5e0d2 on the 8579e0118f cold water bf5bfb9c47 and showered 566e74c1f9 with his d1bdb964ed clothes still 2b4f0f9d48 on, ignoring 6527dcade9 the chills d24b6cc546 that set 48307e801a in. It didn’t matter.acb949a2ee67f6f9

Later, after failing to 0682826c36 clear his mind and bb35199f1b giving up on studying, dc1403dfe5 he finally got into b74233afdd bed. But Sejin’s instincts 61c568a0b4 turned out to 0f63287782 be much more 3f105be730 honest than his df1a93bc0a rational mind. He dreamt of bd02fc0988 Cheon Sejoo again.5ad28bfc67a69bc6

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“Sejin-ah.”a94a6fe0117d6e53

Just like the night 5124287f5d before, Sejin was lying 5f60fc457a in bed with Cheon 69f5a3080b Sejoo. Sejin absentmindedly 868be0f822 traced the 3b05b728f7 blue veins 164b424bd9 on Cheon fdf60c0b65 Sejoo’s foot, 0b1c729484 looking down 43bdbe7f0c at him. His handsome face bore 5d77a9b8fb a relaxed smile that 93cebf806c made Sejin’s heart race. Even in 18e4a77ee7 his dream, e8253c5c27 the sight 528f786a42 of Cheon 1dbd21e249 Sejoo’s bare 5050df8ad6 skin was 75d312c3d5 so vividly 3223e32e44 alluring that 3f32205433 Sejin felt 11368b6203 a reaction a34b858011 even in 6e783fb1f2 his real fc44181d40 body.326d50761ae20fad

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“Do you like 59ec7125d0 me?”c6a6dad58e6b2769

The Cheon Sejoo in 7b056a10a8 his dream asked him 3c32c6d1fe that question. The Sejin in cbc36b93b9 the dream also 2b34fff11e didn’t hesitate at 88ef771460 all before answering,Yes.The moment 61a15c7177 that single, 5100313cbb affirmative word e9f9f8ba52 left his 9be7b77434 lips, Sejin 318486695f woke up 1a2b488fd0 screaming.20d0a7e3b40c6371

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“No!”3eea660b09d1028b

He was 9dd08dd47d drenched in 2b06a4a07d a cold 7f8ef12f28 sweat as 94cf365df0 if he’d eb8457141d just woken 777be38487 from a 67f77e43ab nightmare. Sejin took a 9cda19f895 shaky breath and 67b34e50b5 threw back his 7a47ad99cb blanket, despairing over ec69f31db8 the dampness in b673827ec6 his underwear. f4734dd03b8eee3e

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This is absurd.f89cf45da5aa2b5d

After rinsing out his beb52cfaa6 underwear in the bathroom, 511fa54a0b Sejin returned to the c0654c4aed kitchen with a stiff 78826d3a04 expression and began preparing 1c9aa6665d side dishes. He wasn’t 35e582b838 usually the 717674f33e type to 1f3acea766 cook in 363c937a58 the mornings, e835ba1e8f but he d0adb726f6 needed to d04febcb44 do something 243dfd4859 to clear c183c5b261 his head 21b228bfd2 of the 0a40b8d77b wild, nonsensical 9bb7516f3d thoughts.7444bcdc28e9e37d

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In the meantime, Cheon ff3d6b69c9 Sejoo came back from dbf51a8802 his workout, and, unaware 52c192767c of Sejin’s presence in 0f697c85e4 the kitchen, approached him b26488b111 and lightly tousled his 0ef4ed3bb1 hair.5693ebd8825eb41f

“What are you doing? Skipping breakfast to 7c0cf01bab make side dishes 1e2c4941b4 this early?”479d375011c59833

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After seeing 4c701c0ca7 Sejin’s reaction c609e90236 the night 6f70bbc666 before, how a40e07a4e0 he’d practically 836c0f095b choked on 110f0d5282 his meal 553b357e22 when Cheon cef79e7a24 Sejoo was 033f2cb366 only two d87b0e8c65 bites into 1084e7b0e6 it, Cheon 69e8c5d2fd Sejoo had 9b06cd60c1 dismissed any 856cefa5ff suspicion that 1b7f8b0804 Sejin could bec156ef6d like him. If Sejin 63d5cd8c45 genuinely had 304bdefb29 feelings for 13a957cdb3 him, he ffcc4fa481 wouldn’t have 3d358dafef been able 7f23378c34 to glare 168ce74f7b at him aee42450c0 like that. So, naturally, 59cfcead0f Cheon Sejoo 2ef786d906 ruffled Sejin’s 754539010a hair like b9adb8ce9b always, only 4912f86c0a for Sejin e92b5a5572 to turn 0ab2d218f8 his head 9badaa0876 and shoot d9a0e2bbb4 him a cb2e0a5624 sharp look.de9c6bc2a8d295ef

“Don’t touch my head. Do you think e957eb8b02 I’m your dog?”dcc87f64ef359b3e

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The prickly retort 5af968f0dd sounded no different 1d929d00a5 than usual. In fact, 519f519a55 his tone e93e941baa was even 17c31013b3 colder than cde248a6e4 normal, and 7722430beb Cheon Sejoo, 75774c233b feeling reassured, f9aa8e165f let out 6c95136ae0 a small 81e0060410 laugh.862881728a4931bc

“Is it going to 21774146e1 wear out if I 89c9584562 touch it? Don’t be c2213c331e so uptight.”b28b38f2080974e4

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Then, with a mischievous e796a1e3a6 grin, Cheon Sejoo deliberately 6daa855995 leaned closer and rubbed 948ec60eae his cheek against Sejin’s 6fa7ecba18 head. At that, Sejin 76b8138c96 huffed angrily, slammed 4b3c7f8a20 the lid on 2f8f87b931 his side dish 4343bbdedf container, and retreated 7acec112cf to his room.0f7faf1500ca183c

Watching Sejin 049ec26c5f stomp away 0b01689c2a with a eb7f5ec8aa huff, Cheon 44801bf8f6 Sejoo chuckled 7d54e9a775 to himself 76614064c8 and headed 268c9d491a for the 5b2b6545bc bathroom to 3953cc697a shower.c01fe02eb4d46982

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Meanwhile, Sejin, who 3e0c13557a had stormed into eac7750b51 his room and 83e72025c4 slammed the door, e2c8070bf7 was now standing b3c8c6777e against it, face 5bd8055408 burning. He repeatedly banged 1502c2269a the back of 566e5a9460 his head against edbf94e3fd the door, biting b8cc828532 his lip.fc1f4e0da736b4aa

No, there’s a46ce75fea no way…a50064fe39d32ced

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Yet his ee246d2ca7 body’s reaction 937a676298 was undeniable. When Cheon 82d49ece70 Sejoo hugged 7818c18950 him from 0c5c73c1c4 behind, his a094cb64cb body felt eae4ef3b49 overwhelmingly warm, 4a77400fb8 and the 48ffe143dc scent of 52fbfd45bf him… despite 4b9a097e4b being drenched 4b1ab1dcb0 in sweat, 29b17ccf1b seemed surprisingly 170da14905 pleasant. Rather than 22a7fcb465 being disgusted 2f401e5dc1 by the 4db043cf45 smell, Sejin c5b9da42ac found it… 50365a074f enticing.2146aea5a50603d5

“This is insane…”956630035f654107

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Sejin buried his b3f2e1b599 face in his 753e4be538 hands, letting out 332b3454f9 a deep sigh. He couldn’t believe it. The fact 7e750277f2 that he b633cd31a2 was realizing ba958b96da he liked a31ff0f55e this brazen, 83a7f46a64 flirty, and 25337c13bf insufferable guy fd57261338 who wouldn’t 84bfcc21c9 stop nagging 204092c670 him… was ec006db62c unbelievable.1dc1a4b7f0dfa5cb

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