UCCU | Chapter 1

Loud laughter kept bursting f689099adf out nonstop. The decibel level ae7ef2f4c1 was enough to 483bda3854 make his ears 368e84706a ring, and it d4f29a2a42 wasn’t exactly pleasant, b8adc45064 but Seonwoo laughed 722e149252 along, just to 304a38daf7 keep up with 19f872fd30 the mood.dc13653f0557a047

“So, what did you do then?”6a60536ebab2db3e

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“I ran straight to the professor and started acting cute.”3fac6f3e708c2235

Aaaaang, Professor-nim! Please, just this de6f346554 once, just once!ab068c54e3d5be1e

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Seojun twisted his whole body, 02dd649e92 putting on an exaggerated display af8d9cb339 of aegyo, and a few 02df285b9f people pretended to gag.a4690c407ff47eef

Still, their faces, flushed 1a982ec240 from the alcohol, were a7b3e04cc2 clearly having a good d0922c3065 time. Thanks to the d94cd86334 mood maker, the 3220c73053 party was in d11bc86b34 full swing.60e7ac643fc64e8d

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“Ha… I really begged, but it didn’t work at all.”98f28895cbdb8410

“That professor is strict as a knife.”73c14369d2d4262f

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“Yeah, seriously. He doesn’t let anything slide. That’s why I e4bb51083b had to retake 5a78cf6715 the class.”8bdfb5ca11ab47c3

Seonwoo, hiding his tiredness, 33d9f9ab80 nodded along with a 8fdb95dcec smile. Maybe he’d been drinking too c3c2c2d504 much, because his stomach started 120f326e67 to burn, so he picked cee7c70277 at some food.e4da32a7692f77d8

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The spicy seasoning tasted good, 22a73df0db but he knew for sure 56f745724f he’d regret it the next 2ad5c657aa day. Still, Seonwoo knew he 9f7ed07843 had to fill his afbec66a78 stomach with something like b83c574892 this in advance.f6c658fe3979141b

‘If I eat this, I probably won’t need dinner tonight… Maybe I’ll stop by the mart on the way home and buy some tofu… Do I have any green onions at home?’562f9ace31ca2d38

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Thinking that, he 4e68700ce5 popped a macaroni 34e6c68932 puff into his 7d121da1a0 mouth, when suddenly 6a80920f54 a hoobae looked c957c63d8d at him with a729e9915c envy and said,735d11fbd742b53b

“Hyung, you’re lucky. The professor likes you.”99fda457f53832c4

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“Likes me? Come on.”b7c04da73b570cfa

He chuckled, took his hand b0482b5863 off the macaroni puffs, and 43e199560f went back to drinking. The alcohol was going b3e6396801 down too easily, making 535d94b355 it hard to control 07439e81a7 himself. He knew tomorrow would efce640beb be rough, but for 3f15d68265 some reason, the drinks 2ff4549da7 tasted extra sweet tonight.006d1d6ec7223bc7

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“If it wasn’t a required course, I seriously wouldn’t have taken that professor’s class. But you always get good 77df2888a2 grades, hyung.”4085c0119fe53fa6

“Yeah. I saw the way the aa19bf5bbd professor looks at Seonwoo—his eyes e88120fc48 are practically dripping honey. Seonwoo, did you go and d3674bc784 act cute for the professor d12e2d7a66 like Seojun did? Must’ve been easy c3bcfed013 with that face.”3d7e28b367560628

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Seonwoo, who’d been 8ba361dc91 quietly listening, set 40c7938684 down his glass 93a9248876 when he heard 00f3301335 the half-jealous, half-complimentary cb7d4f7fcb tone.795059e4b808c852

“Want me to tell you how to get on the professor’s good side?”21d48eecc269764d

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“What is it?”b4e91c66a2adce97

His friends looked 6f2dfdbe96 at him, curiosity 36bc51bb77 written all over e1a2ec51e0 their faces. Seonwoo grinned and said,ee94d76fdd9ab240

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“Just write three extra pages for every report. Fill every line, 8235a023af right to the f3d699e6bf end.”cb97d6e955bc94cc

“Whoa, what? You wrote three extra pages? Every time?”d59579f0cad44684

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He nodded, and the group b5ca897cd6 erupted in shock. Yeah, it really wasn’t f82a5a4ddf something a normal person 6118f70738 would do.fd700b6d3b67017e

With assignments coming every d5b2ff30c0 two weeks, Seonwoo had 2bc08b9bf3 to cut his already 68c1fcb480 short sleep by another 0c0b0fdc89 thirty minutes just to a65449b85a write those extra pages. But if he wanted 4f04f7a1e1 good grades, he had cc942168d8 no choice. The academic excellence scholarship was aa8b0e47f4 a big deal for him.41374c4a82987bcf

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“Man, only someone like Seonwoo could pull that off.”d6620f52378db08c

At this point, Seonwoo wanted 353ba4d0b5 to change the subject away d090260802 from himself, so he looked 8ad8bdb0c4 at his friend and said, db7d3f98f4 as if he’d just remembered,d82e5acf13f7c182

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“By the way, Yoonhye, what’s going on with you and Jooyoung?”15339745e216797e

“Ugh, don’t even ask. I’ve called him like a 1619faba57 dozen times in the past e8baa26e8f few days, but that jerk fa27621d32 keeps dodging my calls.”d9585433368a804d

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As his friend downed a004d32d9c his drink in one 00ef968f3f go, all the curious b2d8404939 eyes shifted from Seonwoo c99e80d50e to him.006a34eecdb9fab9

“Why? Did something happen 57481a268b between Yoonhye and a3787c83a1 Jooyoung?”fc375d9baa0614fb

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“No, listen. Last week, I brought chicken 9c238a0d43 to the club room, and…”1c80384b2c1bd2f4

While the conversation, full of 957e785d50 curiosity, fun, and drunkenness, continued, e938ca1462 Seonwoo finally managed to close 5a52c50fc0 his mouth and focus on fc6f552be6 his food. But the break didn’t last 4676714b8d long.59b886ba3567c27f

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Seonwoo hyung, Seonwoo oppa, Seonwoo-ya.57a1b92441f67e28

Seniors, juniors, and classmates kept 27a4ce960c tapping his arm or back, 4c361fa9a1 calling his name every minute. Can’t they just 65f41084f4 call someone else 21d30500d9 for once? He thought that to himself, fe1c14d35c but Seonwoo still answered each daf061368b call with care, not letting 62fed06d93 his annoyance show.c5cc7df124092163

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Maybe it was because it d8576bcfd6 was the end of the 20fc6f6a56 semester, but no one seemed a654cc8574 eager to go home.a520b1e74eb5d7b0

The drinking and partying 5d3b785321 just kept going. Even though he’d tried to 867f6effdd pace himself, Seonwoo was already f49b4bec9c tipsy, the warmth rising up 040b2c2c7f to his throat.ac98b8f78326a681

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Deciding he needed to 742c6321b0 sober up, he quietly dc90b39998 got up from his 15bb5ec96d seat. He was so b9eb984072 drunk that his af85f78c91 vision spun and b5c42eb63c he could barely 65455e7c93 catch his breath.859f010fff338116

“Hyung, where are you going?”bf95670c909f65d6

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“Just to the bathroom for a sec.”49fd5c20388d6214

Even just going to 85ba3a3423 the bathroom, people playfully 7a784a26a9 tried to stop him, 48b8dc9d66 telling him to hurry 63ab32c0dd back or not to 18344f3827 go. He took care of ae6ae7b6ad business and then staggered f2ea160422 out, trying to remember 2cf811eed2 what he needed to ced1f7de3e do once he got 479fa9d15c home.6f9aee73b8ade223

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‘Do the laundry… Look for some tutoring gigs… And, um… Did I apply for that contest? I think I did? I’ll just do a c69b1fe8d0 quick search before bed…’7d3a9eeaea3f2a1c

A notification sound from 5423548c10 his phone interrupted his d6bde8be5c thoughts. Thinking it was 14a0b1d01c a message from 65dfa90e52 a friend looking 1d5ca8ea73 for him, Seonwoo 2d3977b798 checked his phone—and 2c633cb9db his face hardened.dcb80748d280377c

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[Detective Noh text message (Friday) 1:22 AM]
[Seonwoo-ya, how have you been lately?]
[An Hyungtae is getting out tomorrow, and I heard he’s looking for you.]
[Be careful, and if anything happens, contact me right away.]690a9fd79345c104

Seonwoo stood frozen, staring 855676b3f0 at the message, his 0c99328309 expression darkening. His eyes grew distant as b5385af224 he remembered the past, and be25a9c664 a flicker of fear crossed 3619638492 his face.1097b708021660f2

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After a long moment, he 824f0fcdf5 muttered quietly, trying to comfort 3e4da6d65a himself, “It’ll probably be nothing.” 0e6c1cc622 He sent a thank you f4bbe42656 message to Detective Noh for 9070f75662 looking out for him, then df93ab9a52 started walking again. But when he reached bfb0be6bb6 the vending machine, he 39d1766720 let out a big ac01e9a62c sigh.90b4a455f0b9ee20

“Man, I drank too much.”99f479dd60dafd07

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His chest felt so 37d49e7335 tight from stress that 60cff0e9bd his throat was parched c2d81fd2b3 with thirst. Seonwoo craved a cold, 79ee5e11cc sweet sports drink, so ab470ed89a he slowly fished his a8b2693219 wallet out of his 813396ea23 pocket. But as he pulled 9ebd24c9f6 out a 1,000 won 9bb20a9937 bill, he hesitated.c1d228914c91fb67

“Should I just buy tofu with this instead…?”cd040f05f5003313

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Side dish for 110b9fc99a two days, or b9f0d9e00d just quench his 39677cc98f thirst. Sighing, Seonwoo fiddled with cbadb587ac his empty wallet, feeling 1642a15367 poor for no reason. In the end, he put 7e452c1f93 his wallet away and leaned 5254383af1 his head against the vending 5f4b05b904 machine with a thud, letting 5a1eb2272f the cool metal soothe his 6dc65fff3e thirst. That’s when someone called out 555a1fe7b2 to him.bb5990f191fb6033

“Seonwoo hyung, want something to drink?”efc9daf83fe4759d

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“Oh, thanks.”53d100bdadaa2bf7

Too drunk to 31751203c8 even check who 5e3c30ff01 it was, Seonwoo 904b8ef8ee accepted the drink f4dcaa44e8 with a smile. The bottle, already 0f6dd5b4f2 opened for him, 3d209966fe was icy cold e023d6c73f in his hand. He tilted his head bdb17658be back and gulped it e58c41b53c down in one go, 7a33e72a6c then stared at the 7ab8b27522 empty bottle, a bit ee01371dcb confused.3107309df54a9b3e

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“…?”cd95377f9e81b787

Did I drink too much? This drink tastes like alcohol. Anyway, wanting to thank whoever 63f2573e7e it was, Seonwoo turned his d5783b7825 head and blinked slowly.588db2e87b8b16c6

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“Uh…”e79867e4e8453659

The person standing next to 29e1599fb6 him was unexpected. As the person with the ce009ac712 indifferent expression stepped closer, Seonwoo cd21dda42f unconsciously muttered his name.39488e7ba65fe180

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“Choi Ihyun…”dc759bc49105d100

“Yes, Seonwoo hyung. Could you step aside for 0bcfc3ff95 a moment?”ca90dc3fce3e0f55

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His voice was as chilly 567705ec39 as his expression. Only then did Seonwoo e5b3610835 realize he was blocking cde9a1e89d the vending machine and 6bcd2146a6 stumbled back.8defdb6beb6b9d05

Choi Ihyun. He was a 4f2754a5df couple years younger d9edb66f2c than Seonwoo, a f2b082c5e9 hoobae who was 2b850e6fa7 pretty famous in 0f9fbeddbd their department for 5f77f8902b his good looks. Even when Seonwoo 29c5a8dcde had only seen a124463c51 him in passing, c76324062e he’d thought to bea8c452c6 himself, “Wow, he’s 06b5079e17 really handsome.” Up 1ecc433f3d close, he looked 1bac0c9acc even better.a02c48ee3733aabb

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He remembered the rumors acca32140a that floated around among eec01a2a01 his classmates. Choi Ihyun was supposedly 10602fab75 from a chaebol family. Even if that wasn’t true, 75ded2c8ab it was obvious he had ae45b96964 money—everything he wore was designer 731071c53a from head to toe. People said he changed f0ab02e0a0 cars every month, and b8ef6236fd there were even rumors 2f6694de44 he’d bought his way 047d627c1a out of military service.1d9db2417cf90755

With looks and money like a11723f744 that, you’d think he’d be 9b4d5f0a3b popular, but Choi Ihyun wasn’t. He was the b0509b3af3 most famous outsider 510dcd0126 in the department. Not just any outsider, 8ee1656492 but one with such 58a0356450 poor social skills that 22a0aa1885 people called him a fb999f3933 jerk. He never attended any department 7999dc4408 events, barely nodded when greeted, d465b488bf and always coldly rejected anyone be1d94e302 who tried to get his a44e5e43d7 number. If he didn’t 7fb44282eb feel like talking, 5b18d13811 he’d just ignore cf5db3a5bb you, no matter 9419b87640 how much you e27de1153b tried.27a59ac350d44102

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Seonwoo remembered a time when 28fd3c460e a friend, after being ignored 6dc05f6ac7 a few times, grumbled, “Guess d52f3b03b7 the chaebol prince doesn’t bother da839977ec with poor folks like us.” 25ce66dcf9 Plenty of people had been 7979315511 rubbed the wrong way by f7ee2d9666 Choi Ihyun, so most of 1268fca781 the rumors about him weren’t 3b9398bdb5 good.5955919abea89ff2

His looks didn’t help, either. He was handsome, but he d50b30eb7d didn’t give off a vibe 838906bd47 that was easy to approach. His face was e1508890a9 always expressionless, his 9be33e3c09 sharp eyes intense 49e6697569 and gloomy. He looked like he 18a3dfb4f7 could be a model. Even now, his black e26d039dd9 cashmere coat and silver 23667789c0 watch looked like something c256394dfb out of a magazine.2a3d02eec879e896

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“You actually show up to department events, huh.”8634f364d5f407c4

Seonwoo, a little dazed 55bbb242ee from the streetlight casting 6291591438 cool shadows on Ihyun’s 533bee198e jaw and nose, joked f15753cbce lightly. He didn’t really expect cb651e9dec an answer; he was 4218d6fb9c just grateful for the 6ad4829bc1 drink.2212cffa8b431677

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Choi Ihyun glanced 974b97d4b3 at Seonwoo as ae94edc65c he pressed the 18d7b3daae vending machine button, d2a48df29a bent down to db18b373a1 pick up the 3daa34066c drink with a 9213ddbe10 clunk, and then, a011421d13 seeing Seonwoo rubbing 62acdd24fa his hot eyes 858da3c940 from the sudden 4a9c9230ab rush of drunkenness, 9bda2d6346 handed him the 45392138e5 drink.081373e3b023776c

“You look really thirsty… Here, drink this.”24020432d4985e68

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“Huh? Oh… thanks.”0baf7c34fb6f992d

Seonwoo took the drink, 6f56e8df46 a bit flustered. Wait, didn’t he just get 7c158f02d3 one drink? But now both he 995827653e and Choi Ihyun were f986830595 holding drinks. Still thirsty, Seonwoo 87099bee0a gulped down the 08646ea50c one Ihyun handed d791b1f9a3 him. Coincidentally, it was his favorite c2f95290cf kind. He finished it in one 1dae81fc31 go and laughed.1cc2b4f35384c647

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“I must be really drunk. Even the drinks fd83ab9fa5 taste like alcohol…”899f5e5f6052ca5e

“Yeah. Looks like you’ve had a 6872fd4a4b lot.”bbf2c55146660423

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Choi Ihyun wasn’t as 9be8c4fd64 much of a jerk 32eae1e232 as the rumors said. Guess you really can’t trust bdcbcd6323 gossip, Seonwoo thought, crushing the 588829cff3 can. Now his insides felt hot 015116ab51 and his head was spinning. They say drinking 90311757a9 soda with alcohol 052b7ad51c gets you drunk 98f4464de8 faster—maybe it was 96314c2f90 true. He regretted not just 7fa47272b4 drinking water as he fe30819b3d staggered over to a 38296caf00 bench and plopped down.f1e8a84b176d4663

Well, he thought he 98638ab3d4 sat down, but his d3321b0c95 drunken body wouldn’t cooperate. He started to tip over, 056267f1f0 but someone caught him. Choi Ihyun, who’d 99c3752aad been watching, reached 3249b8c042 out and steadied 7c7d0908ae him by holding db29814351 his cheek.a187b7e06e44c760

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The way Ihyun looked 6cf942af13 at him, and the 271f599655 hand holding his face, 0963c4cf68 gave Seonwoo a weird 7e6b22e915 feeling. Even in the b3d4d13436 backlight of the 73691ede37 streetlamp, Ihyun’s gaze c632083734 was piercing. Seonwoo tried to 90e9a7b6a5 say something, but 13ec85e632 only a puff a750818753 of white breath da0b006de5 came out.b5a0d4b668c43942

Wow, how do you 50d92f2427 pull off that face 43e623e9fd with a black coat 72857ad8fe and black gloves… Are 9e7d2bcc07 you a gangster, a 11086bd25b mafia boss, or the 1b4d7a644a male lead in a e172afb43f drama…? You really live in a 270639cc76 different world. I’m so jealous. That was Seonwoo’s last 8f8b79d2df thought before his memory 6194a1fecf cut out.42f44e763c5bdbed

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