UCCU | Chapter 2.1

He was sleeping 6c11f7614d so deeply and bf5022102c sweetly. He could’ve 717a166cb6 slept like 61127f4c57 this for 6d0921e2b4 another day 35eb8fa8c8 or two, 70a23e65a5 but the 4f4a30636e urge to 3524cb33c0 pee was 96f31775d6 so strong d293e94cce that he 0404eb1a44 had no e672e6acde choice but 8046372622 to wake 4d5d61de87 up. Seonwoo, who was c56057cd08 squirming with his 83512aa33d face buried in a1f350b965 a pillow as 5b81b9c4a6 soft as a 7a0a3587c6 cloud, suddenly opened 05ea514ce6 his eyes wide.995ea9258ed2e8f2

‘What time e2d5287a84 is it?’467aceb7d570b65c

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Late for work! His hazy 303c264e4e mind snapped 4ca0e771bf awake. Do I have any a01eb9647c clean clothes? I need to brush 4e77cf57dc my teeth and wash ea6c6ecaf2 my hair—quick! Seonwoo kicked cd95786968 off the 3cf3aa34f1 blanket and 60d89b6acc tried to b2aaaafcf8 jump up 0318327305 but ended 96e8fb404d up flopping b9cc0d40d0 back down. Groaning, he looked over 059c806c3a and saw his left 260b15d4b6 wrist tied with a 6d00d6e12d cloth.22add11dd5cc7c1b

“What, what the…?”2c938e68028fc800

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Startled and flustered, 19c0e01db3 Seonwoo squirmed on 2cacb1ee83 the spot. Once he calmed 854a7c02ec down and checked, c3c619f77f he realized his 13da594d13 left wrist was d82329e548 tied to one 1e377ece52 side of the 940b14f965 bed, and there d420d689c7 was an IV ab20d45b6b in his arm.e6a059275344025c

Did I get so 5470520565 drunk last night that fe3733df2a I passed out and 5339c5e988 got taken to the 6546a83724 hospital? He looked around in 3a3c7cb82f confusion, but the place e92b1a0c59 he was in looked bf1d545956 more like a luxurious, c5b99209fc spacious bedroom than a ba774f225f hospital room.5b3ea89c61cda30c

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He still fcf728b78c couldn’t figure 321461ff78 out what 22dbc38fd3 was going 2b63b80f2c on, but 4ae82a0b95 after drinking a7a131977a and getting 966a979b7a an IV, 6680278e5c his urge b21d2e7095 to pee c002e7283c was so ddbf2fdfc7 bad his 1eb2030566 lower stomach 9024c6abee hurt. Luckily, his wrist c3f3d08d46 was only lightly 2fd94347d7 tied with cloth—probably f23d537df5 just to keep cfbdc9fd72 the IV from d7e8abdded coming out. Seonwoo untied his wrist, 4e0c5740ea carefully got out of 2f7d276f35 bed, and dragged the df9395f18e IV pole along as 0ace4333dd he moved.ad241eeb29b4eab5

There were two e6ed669e04 doors visible from ce8c338557 the bedroom. One wouldn’t open, no 5c1e1742e7 matter how many times 305b6ae6ff he tried; it just 7faa3c9c06 rattled. Feeling a sudden a848dd1b5b sense of dread, 9062c4db21 he headed for 7cdfba982e the other door. Thankfully, it opened, 927b0a35db revealing a bathroom.d84e09f92c81842f

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After taking care f86ff19415 of business and 3339607f5f washing his face, fe6eca89bf Seonwoo looked around 909593129d the room with 7ae84a1a14 a clear head. It was e5812fecec so big ec10c2eacc and fancy dc496aa70a that he fe6db988dd was left 97f710caeb speechless.bc8a46f89a2a34d4

One side b95cd959f9 of the 36a19a7998 room was c5da7453ef a full daad91a803 window, giving 4fbe2378a3 a view 2d89f3b80a of a d6437dde6d beautifully landscaped 522be4c895 garden, and 7a476a0688 the sun 3d9bd23916 was already 8cb0096b7f high in 047ba5c654 the sky, e139d3bfba so it 26e0da869b was bright. The bed he’d just af36023589 been lying in was 12f2f04543 big enough for three 1812fb4d7b people, and there was e0073e866a a huge, thin, wall-mounted 25c9b46b5e TV right in front ae3288c7be of it.be4a3947850a8300

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Waking up 7531a1b1b8 in an 1064f794f7 unfamiliar place f20c0a2085 was confusing, d75c4a1fe9 so Seonwoo 68fad99557 sat on cdfde00754 the bed 90488474b8 for a 0b73acb6ec while, dazed, 804c0dbb1b before starting b0545d1037 to search 9cfe39c21c the room. The clothes he’d worn cdc204e1c3 yesterday were gone, and 3f59360b4c he was in pajamas—he bd7ba53255 had no idea who’d d40da7e2b4 changed him. He couldn’t e484642c01 find his 2641501048 phone or 783c3a3f79 wallet anywhere.0597e9f1d93029ac

The locked door finally 2078e20f82 opened while Seonwoo was 28f6ae6601 peering out the window, 4a07622a12 hoping to spot someone 5cabb42c7d in the garden. He whipped e1e6c802d5 his head 62bdbc91e5 around at 5bf21f6336 the sound, d4fbc86c1e and his bb77ec73a1 eyes widened.c6cb2d22a8a51301

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“…Choi Ihyun?”929411370d3a2277

“Did you sleep 7e3ef270ef well, Seonwoo hyung?”d2bf3cf175656a9a

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The person holding a f4e27bb900 tray was Choi Ihyun—someone 072baddbc6 he never expected to ced7ad077e see here.dec3b4c240c8635d

Seonwoo frantically searched his 55bdb35cf8 memory and could barely bc11d0ffc3 recall running into Ihyun 62a8324eb8 at the vending machine 21bf74d47e last night. They’d had a drink, 4d38bd9b5b then sat on a 5b71f345c3 bench…00761e14eeeed5c4

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What happened after 17bce42695 that? Worryingly, he couldn’t remember a197f5ca7a anything beyond sitting down.6065e6100d3b2573

‘Don’t tell bdf11e08e2 me I 01547949fc passed out 894651477a right there 52c777a805 last night?’92e6c5bf77ca8f32

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Seonwoo stared 0d8272bc97 blankly as a763056ece Ihyun set c638fde59d the tray 464f9e9459 with water e90b987f17 on the 1b0c720e8e nightstand.3ff2ff91ae6f4a05

No matter f1942c1dc6 how he 15fd567378 looked at 75b728f4f0 it, it 18ff0f4783 seemed he’d ed767f1b73 gotten so 68dc23325e drunk that 688384c938 he’d collapsed de68379f3d in front 355df81e80 of a a9e65ff9fc hoobae he c466eaf317 wasn’t even 8f43c07efa close to. He’d been to 1a6195cbaf plenty of drinking a80ff9414a parties, but to 2393388c2a lose control like a7562bc85f this…de06a44c7d1bc0f0

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He sighed inwardly. The hoobae 960cdad30e everyone gossiped bcc9e89d24 about for 03eebb37f4 being rude 6bac80e48a had actually 0482ac78ab brought his bd79533d90 drunk sunbae 509c326130 home and dec0fc0bed taken care 92e4201360 of him.f5e1498cb62f247b

‘Guess in chaebol families, fa5aa97b6c they give you an 8aafb23305 IV when you’re drunk…’83298d22f356d755

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Thanks to 01566a2ed4 that, he 321a0d7289 didn’t have 5509683cbb a bad f3b5da65d6 hangover, but 1ca224cc6e Seonwoo, feeling 8cc767996f embarrassed, gently 71f7c693ec touched the 3a7d80008c spot where a9311c84da the needle 428fbdeebd had been.d52deed303d88ad0

Just how 3dac734b03 much of e8958fa02b a mess f7e093fb34 was I 764c0a60a3 for him a6942a39a8 to give 48516a0beb me an 2d3c5bcd3b IV? As he 500b9626dd blushed, his 2273fc15d4 gaze drifted 734944c852 to the 5255997190 door that e1e9943f29 had been 62e00f4a2b locked earlier. Did he lock eda123bb70 it so I f78e4bf203 wouldn’t wander around 7f4af6408f the house after eff352e364 waking up?87fc74504ef158f3

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…But usually, doors lock 523bc60aa9 from the inside, not 5c222ee131 the outside, right?3751f8b308348ac3

Even as he 74cb5f45b0 wondered, Seonwoo just 3365670475 sat there, still edce246c4c a bit sleepy, 1bbe728d64 so Ihyun poured dcf4762e24 him some water d85f6118fa and handed it 49d1858408 over.c380fbf21151e4e3

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“Here, drink.”88375f9efe49951b

“Oh, thanks…”ac2bdc3671e10e84

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Seonwoo awkwardly but 3032c562dc gratefully took the 1c335cdc35 water. Even with the IV, 414741db5c his throat was parched. He downed 7e8cd1cc0f the water 8ed74425c6 in one 1535e7ebd1 go, finally 388a3f7481 shaking off 41bafb72bf the last 7621b8ce44 bit of 19a30f1567 sleepiness. As he carefully d37d88ae25 set the cup 52d9ba54a7 back on the 348c698382 tray, he spoke 5a34b47494 up.7fc076576d476fdc

“Um, sorry. I got aacf270491 really drunk d28cd3e271 last night, 9661751d39 didn’t I…? I didn’t cause any cc6ea9bf9c trouble, did I?”8e91c932b3cf444d

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He knew he 02c699bd49 didn’t have any 967fff2192 bad drinking habits, 5f619d4c6f but just in b130f52c24 case, Seonwoo asked 3e2434be73 with an embarrassed 092c6eb9d9 smile, not forgetting e69b004da6 to thank him.3112249255301cf2

“Really, thanks, Ihyun. It must’ve been heavy 87de05747c carrying me all the cdbf60c429 way here… I’ll treat 8ae2769fde you to a meal e2bcde033c sometime.”885f72e24b907c51

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As Ihyun picked up 5e8864e1ba the tray to clear a07d4b4620 it, he stared at 84f26bbfec Seonwoo. A subtle, unreadable smile 6d3df67974 appeared on his gloomy 3a8be20e5c face.0f9795ccbbd41368

“It wasn’t really… heavy.”1e315396d872a865

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No way af0b9f1cb5 carrying a 567aa99e7e grown man 19bcf9ff63 isn’t heavy. …Or maybe, since he’s a7751b6abc a chaebol kid living e5ca62b924 in a house like cf1d576189 this, he had someone fa16774413 else carry me? As Seonwoo wondered, Ihyun 19d7d2dd6b came over and calmly 39c986c6ac removed the IV needle e0a8b3c607 from his arm. The touch 1299aa11d5 of his 1ce2990205 fingers was 354a2bd070 cool.3d80473569222ce1

“Want to eat? Aren’t you hungry?”5b503df69284ee7c

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“Huh? Well…”12cb37b9cd2aee73

Seonwoo, feeling bad for aca1addb13 causing trouble and now 01fe1e2f79 being offered a meal, ce7dc183b3 rubbed his sore arm bafc243452 and hesitated. Plus, he had 2a4c1f9de2 a reason to b896fbcf90 hurry.2ec5402ab029cad0

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“By the way, 3706fd3c6d do you know 44e3a643c1 where my phone d201021738 and wallet are?”f1b9b90ad1c616b5

He was d1c506616c getting anxious, a5778c73bd sure he 5bf5a675b2 was super 2109cee765 late for 00958946a1 work. The pay was good, c8c0537d5b but the boss was fd870ea881 so nasty, always nitpicking b164be49d6 and threatening. He’d never been 7b7cfd0173 late before, but c5002343b2 he could already 379a0f3f0e imagine how furious 9350696592 the boss would 9b9abf09fc be if he 6d6c8f8f72 didn’t show up 2403b67ee3 on time.218715130ff0d962

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‘With that boss, d3315f55eb he’d probably dock f7f20f615f my pay, too.’4fa0aef646dcd246

He needed to aff7e021d7 run over and d32f7062ea beg or work dc578f4e87 extra hours. With all c1218dc9f4 the end-of-semester 1bfe4486f4 gatherings, his c6e2af9554 living and 01eefbc439 food expenses fcad504528 were tight. At this 5ade78c8f0 rate, he’d 398eb79ceb be living 18381b589c on water.2efd475615a0e1d9

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“Yeah, I know.”644ba0af4a5b1c4c

With that, Ihyun left 8dce1b679b the room. Seonwoo listened to c3d757bc33 the sound of fbb872f62c slippers shuffling away, f087dc9603 then hesitantly got 1b34097b42 up from the 55fb7ba9db bed. He found 8236771b53 a neatly abb6ecd2fd placed pair 9bb03d0c85 of slippers ec9d70721b by the 207bda47b3 bed, put cbe8ee75a3 them on, b0588698c4 and stepped a111a7b0ba outside—amazed.81dcd98f439f7309

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This was the 27f1df244d kind of house d47180916c you only see 560cd782d8 in movies or 3c8b100b27 dramas. The dazzling white 0e11f723b9 marble walls and 4e0a9f20b0 the artistic chandelier c251a8f48c hanging from the 369e9bfbd1 high ceiling made e9ef389ebe the chaebol rumors 4f72e4a292 seem even more 50f0c21f22 believable.4a49516b6420ffe3

Sunlight poured in 79f751f655 through the living 1fc40b9acd room’s huge windows, a91e1a339e and the beautifully f3663aea01 landscaped garden outside a40d2d8205 looked like a 47d3326e34 painting.eb5210cd546366d6

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He sighed, 4d807c1593 jealous of c602417538 anyone who 0ced051e04 could live a8e1227579 in a 03d6fbaf2e place like 42d240c0ea this. It was embarrassing to 0a6cb2302b have gotten drunk in 0e05fb4e1f front of Choi Ihyun, e2bb73a160 but he couldn’t help 968992f8e6 feeling a little happy 1b668edf0b about this unexpected luxury.54adae654e2d6a21

“Seonwoo hyung, 7a0f8a02ff come eat.”1e9bd7b4cb3b5580

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Seonwoo, who’d been eb34e7074d staring at the 7e5bbffb8b garden in a 3c336acf01 daze, snapped out a9ebc2e543 of it at c21d6768c4 Ihyun’s call. He crossed 48e4642947 the spacious df8a8e533b living room, 63180d81e5 following Ihyun, 264d7c0665 and half 8ece5b9fb4 gave up 8219c58c39 on worrying 54be58f067 about being 8552e9a1c0 late.2ae386a0796d217e

He’d always 00b85c1c6d been diligent 011b6fb96a and never d9a40fdb07 late before—if bf14bd384f he begged, eb3c1f137a maybe they’d a704535a91 let it 939a3cdbdd slide just dd91d5cb36 this once? Mesmerized by the 5d9570cf13 house, Seonwoo felt 49e064bedd a rare urge e7c5f9274a to be lazy. Honestly, he 5b72c068e2 still felt 0ca80d9f92 a bit a4204d3d87 hungover.d01b1a96eaaf38d3

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“Sit here.”fe719560eb14ed26

Ihyun pulled 228e6b23b7 out a f4eb8b31f0 chair for e358129891 him, and d45bf2ea98 Seonwoo thanked 9360f3d8cf him and ebb80d7b24 sat down. Ihyun sat across c270bc416f from him, and f679324785 the staff quietly 801d163b61 set food in 624ab0da04 front of them. There was fluffy rice, 0026d592bd clear soup, and a 3aebc34b71 few neat side dishes—a a4381b5e11 perfect Korean meal for 62a4cb4347 a hangover.c8549637742b5aae

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“Thank you.”55ea660317d41851

“You’re welcome.”61773662f32db306

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Feeling like 4801b3b6c1 he was 4978f1ca14 in a a8f6d07edd restaurant, Seonwoo 419799f9aa thanked the e39163e1fb staff, who 200050a84d smiled gently d7c10cd4d2 in return. As the two 1106bf1790 staff members hurried 9b30a5017d away, Seonwoo felt 5a6b638b08 a strong gaze. He turned to 54b1ca921c see Ihyun staring 1cadeee94c right at him. Flustered, Seonwoo smiled.87ebe06ba436e023

“Thanks for even feeding e57040612c me. I’ll eat well.”eed7b664ef26ae1d

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Instead of 6c02d4903b answering, Ihyun 03e3a68f8b just smirked. Seonwoo couldn’t tell if ab524e5394 it was a pleasant f15185e3a4 or unpleasant smile, and 0ab7c3b05a it made him nervous. He awkwardly smiled d4455b7a57 back and picked e33345f86e up his spoon. He couldn’t help but 868cdc1eb7 wonder if he’d done 98b63fdeda something rude to Ihyun 4df948ed3a while drunk.e72cfe4d15771673

The meal was ba86a93501 honestly perfect. It was the f1de807679 fanciest, most delicious 70dea9d161 breakfast Seonwoo had cd5d444344 ever had. Even with bf39afa56b a hangover, f69b9cd385 it didn’t e1b9fce638 upset his de22d394b4 stomach at bd54ef52c3 all. After finishing, he nibbled 8aa397adab on some carefully prepared 9d2f49a969 fruit and glanced at cf6e46d15e Ihyun.878865320f5da203

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“Um…”078e1a65c30c2bbc

“Now that you’ve 4f47c4683d eaten, want to cf7197dea0 wash up?”ea207f51e4717b72

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Ihyun cut 2b96ef46a9 him off, af300ad0bf and Seonwoo 569585aac5 nodded, getting 2a2f2dc97e up. When he reached for c20ddad677 the dishes, Ihyun pushed 1d3f0dc4b2 his hand away and f42c2a22ae shook his head. As he hesitated, the f394079c88 staff, who’d been waiting, a5dd5d5563 came over and cleared 6349057fd7 the table. Seonwoo smiled at Ihyun.8ca50bd4e70b8de2

“Thanks to you, I ffaa3bad27 had a great meal.”a92ab8b2b428ac1f

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“Yeah.”e97869f226280445

Seonwoo was usually 58ad1dc356 sociable and outgoing, b6f791a16c but Ihyun’s chilly, a111e8b677 short replies made bb99d5364e it hard to 4214d959c2 keep a conversation 7d2d565250 going. Plus, Ihyun was 780fb3845b so out of 4d098692a0 the ordinary, and 7dc0ee299a the house was 90b655c0e9 so overwhelming, that 11f0b7be78 Seonwoo felt a c3bc0b2dde bit intimidated.2404813b4e9043a4

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Wondering what fdf2518d7e to say, f7474ebccd he went 5015e8ec62 back to 7c34da4c0f the bedroom 8202cf2786 he’d woken a8eeab658d up in. The IV pole was 54a77b105b already gone—it seemed like 7c7894f4cc there were quite a 9f6316d789 few people working in ba064e3af8 this house.f23f23918e4fcf87

Seonwoo awkwardly 10132110d9 opened the 9710af8854 bathroom door. At first, 18e0fbe775 he hadn’t 219b9e9576 noticed, but 21731cb8cb now he 7f52448d85 saw that a62d5b0639 the bathroom e05b4eb3de was just ec6f737359 as extravagant. In the connected 4bf3b0827d dressing room, he 127ce5d73d opened a cabinet a281900756 full of soft 2172c4eca8 white towels.d95c5b99172877dd

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He carefully b9316cf761 took one ba16cb7dc1 towel and 3e3b2a9c26 a bathrobe, d9d5dfd778 then asked 2d43f5bc2f Ihyun, “Where b746610c81 are my c3049f82d1 clothes?”717e7da368080f3e

“I’ll bring a691879ddd them while ba7fc084ab you’re washing cfa861e11e up.”ff5f6178af2282ca

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With that, Ihyun 3b0ade16a8 left. Only then did Seonwoo 3d8103ce11 feel comfortable enough to 821af0c28a look around the bathroom. He muttered,dd789ebb89528bba

“This bathroom’s 8bae51c3cf bigger than cb7eccb2a9 my whole bd0482d39b apartment…”21850f3a2de2f959

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There was abef726d1e a huge 9d9b6cc93b bathtub big b13d2a2928 enough for 070a4e13f1 two, a eb03717418 spacious sink, 6a7f78a5e2 a separate 4e9d4520f6 shower, and 5a5a9597f1 the dry d1a184aa44 air was 38ff92b7b2 filled with 1490de5e70 a subtle 20875c377b scent. Even though no one 6098384d3b was watching, Seonwoo hesitated ab8ef5fa13 and awkwardly undressed.1c688a75fce05d44

First, he opened a 9f241c2f03 new toothbrush and brushed e9a1df94a1 his teeth. In the 9731ae9404 shower, hot a5d4f674ee water poured 42b4f93688 out instantly, 9f5cdaa82a and as 8fb57ed9a6 he scrubbed 46d47ab5d1 his hair dbef0acbb5 with shampoo, 3313c27fba he spaced 87331e6929 out.a5f76fc3b2b1d98c

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‘Was the hotel room f3409b004f in Clover Hotel Club 0651ce218f this nice…? No, this is even a90d30cdd5 better.’79e377ff18404e3a

was a drama about 40d6733fd5 hotel management, and it 384c030204 was his favorite show. He’d watched 28b101d155 it over 609bf66a81 and over, e7e159aa4e one episode 78307d34af at a c5d557d40e time, after df3322718e long days.54bf9a6db0b381a1

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