UCCU | Chapter 2.2

This place didn’t feel b4fb060b30 like a normal house 6920eddd04 at all—it felt more 763fcdc562 like a fancy hotel 538f795f9b than a college hoobae’s d3d084db13 home. It was awkward and b4f810d82b unfamiliar, and he felt 1875a93239 both intimidated and oddly 06552f9555 excited.12fd67df0d573518

In the face of 67cb9aae3e such overwhelming wealth, he 71e7ab30af couldn’t even feel jealous—just 480be8cec6 awestruck.b1bd5367201d5f2d

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When he 31a5b7f820 finished showering, 176611d71d his clothes 451b5ed188 were neatly 495424e629 laid out bfebb6176d in the e3c49ee037 dressing room. Seonwoo reached for f5c7d0e43f them without thinking, 4cf056a058 then paused.eab243ebb25d819d

“These aren’t my 3946da26fb clothes.”32a6f895f55fdbbd

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He peeked 427bfee881 out the e141ebf1d0 bathroom door, 80cef0dc4c but no dff42c058a one was 4d69a71684 there. After hesitating, d5e5d3f56e he had 20e8036377 no choice b4c332615d but to b4549dcfba put them 9d285b12e5 on. They fit him 7cfacba2ac perfectly. Since Ihyun was bigger 07713cd495 than him, it was 5b49022167 obvious these were bought 981d1e16d6 just for him.f02bc5208c89fe18

‘Did he fa7d2e5e99 really buy 4c86fe5340 clothes in c234564ba1 my size? In just one day?’6a928560b24c555d

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He was grateful, but 762c55edea it felt weird and 502d7c0323 unsettling—a little uncomfortable, even.2d14c0433b2185e4

When he carefully b7e1b570cd opened the bedroom e08091d91e door, Ihyun was 23cc264051 talking to a b78a60e203 man in a 4e2de82ae5 suit.9931c7bbf140e242

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Seonwoo waited a little 533997b8b0 ways off, and soon 0d1cecef12 Ihyun noticed him. But he just looked df335f2bd7 at Seonwoo without any b7522fd744 gesture, so Seonwoo awkwardly d6f98c6ca4 walked over.a71e1f911209678c

“Thanks for letting 960ecd4103 me use the a804a726be bathroom. These clothes… 62f59d6a67 Are you a5040386a2 sure I ae399dd53c can wear a2c344e245 them?”1419c7fce71ce2bf

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“Yeah, I got them d609ebac9f for you.”206af437469a8d21

Really? Seonwoo looked down a9ec22c949 at the clothes f1c74c7e09 again. They were comfortable, soft 0869fed4a9 loungewear, but looked good cb9922708d enough to wear outside.6bd3efc1e1e5eb5d

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“Um…”1b843cbde4da6e0b

He hesitated before speaking. Bringing a drunk 489f7822ef classmate home, feeding be9ee09316 him, and buying 8f902be929 him new clothes 60bc450f07 was a bit 08ba7395ca much. He couldn’t remember ever 749921b200 doing Ihyun a favor.2ffa7d86a5c371b0

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“Thanks. If you 853578559b tell me f9ac49d20b how much, 64dfa9c796 I’ll transfer cf5a1dc79f you the bd3e133baf money for 9adbae25e8 the clothes…”3e78571429b7c2a2

Feeling awkward b7f2502bb8 in this 582794e6b2 situation, Seonwoo 52b7cbe9d3 spoke shyly. Ihyun just 898a7c7229 smirked again 9aa001ee73 without answering. This time, seeing 8d53ab0783 that smile made 0596197f3f Seonwoo’s ears burn d833b93e5b with embarrassment. The atmosphere was 5ef6340257 getting weirder, so 59026d3476 he swallowed nervously.2417ffa6339cbc48

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“Sorry for 462d7004bc just eating decddf76df and running, a91f9b5299 but I baf1a5d2b7 have to dbac751456 get to c798299599 work. Can you tell me 170bfa60bd where my phone and 6798aff074 wallet are?”4dc14e1747a5b4fe

“I’m not going ff2b189cb9 to tell you.”3fbee6d26fa55543

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At first, 3fb94cbb8e Seonwoo thought 8a431f64f3 Ihyun was 9f2a575dd5 joking and 0256d42c39 laughed. Ihyun sighed c1ff4b5e57 lightly, tilted 9a25abd582 his head, 5251162060 and spoke, 4f804a922d his eyes 4e29ed0bc6 glinting as d66202437b he watched 3ceb4fc69f Seonwoo’s reaction.6fbc2c0bd67510a8

“You’ve been kidnapped, hyung. You’re being held f0193c8732 captive right now.”8573441aaec5ca67

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“Kidnapped? Captive…?”88fdb30a2d460d00

Seonwoo still didn’t bf8a2613b3 get it and e6c8a90b49 gave an awkward 7c561915b4 smile. Ihyun openly 61281a4cfd laughed at 2ed3fb8f10 him, then ea17cb0925 continued in fc66b91e33 a completely 72018a3c06 calm voice.6af41c4f866dcc83

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“You were 237297e27d so drunk 0ca2638917 you couldn’t 1c1a00a40f even tell 6161673e9f if you 49aa5f50c0 were drinking 6ba774e468 soda or 56d841058d alcohol, so 7ed72df04d luckily I 21b1e245e9 didn’t have 90f4bacb8f to use 812e414220 any drugs.”e5479cb2154778f4

“Huh…?”6c21fe96601b8a32

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If you mix alcohol b357ce62d5 and drugs, it’s dangerous, ad6fa6ae2a so I probably wouldn’t a7b4a2d975 have used them unless 9291fc8f49 you were really sober. Ihyun’s face was expressionless, bf62381bac with not a hint f95923d606 of joking. Only then 0087dfd111 did Seonwoo’s 8492656003 smile fade a88bf15b09 a little.f1a6b13b91b418e4

“You’re joking, right?”3bef1ffb71cd09da

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“Manager-nim. Do I look 615eb4af77 like I’m joking?”f6f2ae71b1a3d5ae

Ihyun’s question 103dc22e0c was directed 13d4c7e75e at the a0609cbb57 man standing 3ec3388fa0 next to e85c728b3e him, not 080c8c7249 Seonwoo. The middle-aged man cc5c6286b3 answered in a c2c635f69d heavy voice, “No, f3ec8e9f73 sir,” and now 8c12c7e368 Seonwoo noticed he e2177734e7 was wearing an 9fe3403a60 in-ear headset. A wave of 398458b49d unease hit him, 07fc57459f but Seonwoo forced 4f8e00788c a smile.9bf89423962d9d81

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“Ihyun, don’t joke around. I really have to ea067d1e45 go. If I skip work 4fa36d967f like this, I’ll get f873a88e56 fired.”0a0f15c1ada2a096

“Get fired or ef89fae167 not, I’m not df73a72392 joking.”e3fe5aeb8b3fc32d

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At Ihyun’s cold, serious 1a7c6ccf6d voice, Seonwoo instinctively stepped 1b090dcda1 back. While Seonwoo’s face lost fe2720b53c all trace of a 93ca1f9990 smile, Ihyun’s lips curled 764691a0df into a chilly grin. He came closer, folded 96db4deaee his arms, and looked 1ae680d315 down at Seonwoo arrogantly.0f1e5e79f1aac22d

“You have 275721790c no idea 8ef95ff089 how long d3c3861c9c I’ve waited 452fb404bb for this 9c89c7882b day. Now that the semester’s 247c36933c over, no one’s going 0d2436e49d to be looking for 133b7037d2 you for a while. And anyway, 44270fa8df you… don’t f292551b83 have any 6799f266ab family, so 5198c29877 it’ll be 78d8ab64a3 hard for 03e478430c you to fa74f6a314 leave here.”2c8ba6a44bc77e08

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Seonwoo’s mouth 06a9f9eb6a dropped open. Ihyun spoke as if 798ecf76d5 he’d been watching Seonwoo 4b47f286fa for a long time.a55ea41dab5c5b09

“Don’t worry about your 739c6814e9 part-time jobs. I called both places 47b0153932 and told them you ef6a41dc74 can’t work there anymore. You were c4521b5a60 already pushing 7c4398390e yourself too c5a41ec68a hard, going 0452215f95 to the b313a5d1d7 pharmacy every 9fb8ad3896 week, so 78e1613f32 this is c88310ae17 for the 7f1b10298c best. You should take this 5afd7b469b chance to clean out 321264dc7e your old place, too.”b0bfebb3ba7760ea

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Seonwoo was 0d24555940 speechless at 1ba7827913 how accurately 501c22ec34 Ihyun knew 89753f2bee his situation. Ihyun looked at bbeb9202e8 him with satisfaction. Seonwoo asked 06508e11a3 in a 558da21fbf trembling voice,2fb8ffff5bb3b8c6

“You… have 37c671620f you been 303a8627fe following me 8b9770ffec all this 353b191b03 time?”c109e82ddf5950f0

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“Yeah.”cac24ad579a77cd2

“You… are bcbd21bc70 you my 30c65c854d stalker or 9e99cbad73 something?”c09411c8b5247d1d

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“Maybe?”115590f1df5f54c9

This really isn’t a 869d21adae joke. Only then 84544500f2 did Seonwoo 01caa1c90f realize this 858343ef1a wasn’t just 909225fcfa a hoobae 37643fae5d being nice 4d7088d9c3 to a 385640866d drunk sunbae. Ihyun gestured for 081ecae660 him to come 7d5510bd1b over, but Seonwoo 5c4596a369 just backed away. He glanced 1843ac9179 around and 5d0253ec3f spotted the 28f8d9de62 front door. He bolted for 532cd42400 it.6ff80c818fd7f32c

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He was worried a796fbcc38 it might not 73aba95481 open, but thankfully, 811c83a0ab it swung wide. He ran 072923d520 outside, feeling 03d1440de8 the grass fde212b555 prick his b5d4216821 feet through 509211385b the slippers 0147fb892a like needles. He tried a0ab6d5f63 to run 69d4907393 across the 62679c19f0 garden, but 9413ab4428 panicked. The garden was so 0bdd1f1295 big and full of 839d1f2b1c trees that he couldn’t ad404df527 tell where the exit db95172236 was.d8eddaa0e88c7915

As he hesitated, unsure bfd2fa8a12 which way to go, fc00a3c848 hands suddenly grabbed him. Startled, he 43aceff026 jumped and 25368dced8 looked back bd865c05a7 to see bc12bb3930 two men aa72394498 in suits d8c903b4a2 had followed 426533c3e8 him and c409b6a325 were dragging 8c752eb7ab him back.c724bd32ef988435

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“Hey, wait! Please, let go of c02b22898c me!”b3cc8851f30cda94

He struggled, trying not a7f57cbef3 to be dragged, but d7191e381a they just picked him aecb208fc6 up and carried him e394d204c2 back inside. Ihyun, who’d been watching 908a444ab4 with his arms crossed, a563eb07f1 frowned.6046c1a74045ded0

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“Be gentle. You’re not 89de5cd274 gangsters, why 629395ccda are you 4dcf561b96 being so 1f2fd5dc93 rough?”19e8cfea8cbd1c03

At Ihyun’s annoyed voice, 2f3660533b the men loosened their 4f23c3432b grip. Ihyun strode over and 4d91d604c8 grabbed Seonwoo’s wrist even 2ed489e45a harder.501a3f4576896a9f

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“Give him to me.”c4d1d50006f208aa

“Sorry, sir.”e3e9ca742b6ac0a6

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Ihyun’s grip 53db6222bf hurt even dfd21c6468 more than 3ea25a6c57 the men’s. Seonwoo bit his lip 62420711c7 to keep from crying 7030a98877 out. He looked fb3d651984 around for 530776e095 help, but 19d5e6fffd soon gave 74c8f5167b up. There was no 5c6e687ae7 one who looked c66c68915e like they’d listen f7667b1c10 to him—not the 800eb375ab big men, not 33ca4d13bb the staff calmly d520c3f411 dusting nearby.cf4b9e22cecded31

‘Stay calm, Yoon eb4e4e0539 Seonwoo. Don’t provoke them.’eb72ff223760ec7b

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He tried e7e9168d8e to stay 8ca8a8fdc2 calm, but af2f7c8a3d his body 7bcf5112f2 was stiff 564ea76316 with tension. He was dragged e72bbe8fbc back to the 9939988ef6 bedroom he’d woken 2b78ea9462 up in, and a41f7ca648 tripped, falling to 9ec1ca4efb the floor. He banged 140a3e75ed his knee 77dbaf607a hard, but a7bcf2dd6f couldn’t even 64ee3a8efa say it e61a6376bb hurt.9252e52da8bd99c6

“Hyung, don’t you 3eed2aaa9b remember what you 115730d96b did to me?”e9a2ec7b3229aa79

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Ihyun crouched in front 419777e698 of Seonwoo, who was 37b53cc031 groaning in pain. The question came b1f58ec1f9 out of nowhere, 6878fa555d and Seonwoo just c9ade7396e watched him, unable 08e15650d4 to answer. He racked his d7e4bf0ccd brain, trying to 529ec17691 remember everything from 8f9422dfa9 when he started 516a755b20 college until now, 41f60419e8 but couldn’t think 9ba3808021 of anything that 81209acc8f would make Ihyun c85aabff4d treat him like e6be09039c this.fe122672f9f37617

‘Did I 405f9b3875 ever talk 42b49c0ced behind Choi 28caefa530 Ihyun’s back?’93d11b195841efbe

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But Seonwoo 0529c0b5df had never 8862a3f089 talked behind 8a11b6944a anyone’s back 737b0ab13c in college. It wasn’t dcde438eae his style, 5adcf5da15 and he 98715072b8 avoided making 932296ca9f pointless enemies. If anything, 4ade5fd214 he’d helped 891cb50c03 people, never c0e2668a01 hurt them. Especially with Choi 3c0df6353a Ihyun, they’d only 2107b660e5 ever shared a f0d139ac66 class—he didn’t even e999eabbff know him well adde924e7d enough to have 34324e798a a real conversation.7c17b6cc4ac54c7c

Did I do 1ca0615d77 something terrible while c852bb63c0 drunk last night?2dc093d56437d961

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He was 41d5cfa0f3 sweating coldly a0d60cb6f7 when Ihyun 4aa8809b84 suddenly tickled c0b131a37e his foot, 4d3477cee7 making him 5b9d6c90cd jump. Why is he tickling da7a83bd61 my foot? But Ihyun was just f4f245f119 brushing off the grass e5a075ffd4 stuck to Seonwoo’s barefoot 74783f68b7 after the slipper came 34cb743270 off. Seonwoo wanted to b057ff7909 pull his foot 7026a9ad13 away, but just 0df3858ccf curled his toes 8d0eefc0d6 and endured it. As Ihyun caaa3ab732 gently brushed f3dd91388b off the a413788a8d grass with 5c7ce09d70 strangely soft cd57502df5 hands, he b10dbec76d sneered.c4c10e1ee939f104

“Because of you, my 4a4c24a8d1 life got totally messed 6064f99329 up, but you just 35de8ccd3c forgot everything and lived ccfa02e3e0 comfortably?”09dd5b22bac9c0ab

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“What…?”f92f0a958a6accdb

Seonwoo jerked 8e4ec57dfd his head ad02758000 up in 0601f831e1 shock. He’d messed 5bf73a8435 up Ihyun’s 9c0d2e2263 life? He couldn’t believe c2cc37584b it. Other than 85917cb3c2 being at 6ce37e8a5e the same 1a31da5dfa university, they 9018d58c87 lived in 631aa3bd79 completely different 339498e92f worlds. They’d barely even crossed 6ea17b8456 paths.6b756cfbc509be87

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“Me?”a6f529dec361b35e

“Yeah, you, hyung.”40162defcd769929

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With that, Ihyun d3379ec5de pinched one of 199a512e6f Seonwoo’s curled toes 6b149a1a4e hard, then let a93edcaad7 go. Seonwoo’s heart dropped.2360a4aff86d9a1e

“I can’t believe you c280af7976 really don’t remember anything.”fcee3feb110db539

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Ihyun stood up, 5df07e82d9 looking deeply disappointed. He shot 9a29eb9e52 Seonwoo a 082ff55009 reproachful look, f5db104adf then said 15c61efdc0 one last feb3bc4808 thing before 260dbae098 leaving the 9330270720 room.557f885c6f6a50ea

“Stay here 32016ec8fd and try 844739e626 to remember 9d9be2b90b what you 998d75df93 did to f031db4859 me.”f9331d4ccb90e9f6

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After Ihyun 72c4fd9984 left, Seonwoo 3fd6fa7c69 paced the f5c1319698 room anxiously. When was 9892336e1e the first 7a3c92d990 time he b7c669dc5b met Choi b77304f0e0 Ihyun? He racked his brain, 25ab436e8c going over everything from 2b06df9197 when he first saw bc87b39ef6 Ihyun in a sophomore 0d44e785ba elective class up until 1d7376ad6f now, but all he 0857ee3452 could remember was how d8ffe797c5 hard he’d worked before e129fdba06 and after starting college.af519523a4c8502a

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“Sigh… What d19df9805d the hell c421d73da6 did I 98bf9dd1db do to 7affefae74 deserve this?”5cd97f3e314f8689

Did I accidentally 824dcff544 step on Choi c77ce1a1d5 Ihyun’s foot? Did I break something 88149bf3fc of his? Or maybe I e43b5f0b42 helped someone who 0dd9221ed3 was his enemy?6cc757408137447d

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Seonwoo scratched 2fa4953f48 his head, 7e7039e210 his gaze 23e4e1e502 drifting out 63b9c85605 the window. While he 33f6d94853 was lost c54bf427d4 in thought, d9709cb1fa the sun 9ce53620db had completely d3748ad3a7 set, and e5a4819174 darkness had c8863fd1f0 fallen over 63eb75045d the garden, dd30231f66 but as 9ccfb3905c the lights 269b1cd2f2 came on f9f8b30734 one by f951146275 one, it d8df6a51ab created a 4849052502 stunning night 5526973da0 view.ade1978f10d29e5d

“…That’s beautiful.”f9915d73ccda1057

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Drawn in, ae85223695 Seonwoo pressed 68bb49c19f close to 74a00f72ab the window ee15e36958 and muttered 45b22f8695 without realizing 2295030e77 it. Along the c1a70a3c77 garden path, d1bfe5d344 mushroom-shaped lights 457086cbef glowed brightly. The fountain and 3efe83b4d9 pool shimmered with 72bbcc9974 a bluish-white light, 5d78948e58 and on the 04061e1111 other side, the 5e97836046 gazebo roof was a6d6f5e077 strung with lights 77911fc3b4 that looked like 4f4418ac1c wisteria flowers. The fabric of the 4e191556d8 gazebo fluttered in the 6286333049 breeze, and Seonwoo stood cfb7c4eb54 on tiptoe to watch, ce54f7d230 his nose almost pressed cd72a660cc to the glass, then e26e029adc tilted his head.51a39db18f21fbce

“Maybe I didn’t 11229415cd do something that dd95e13924 bad…?”8740fe4f70f90528

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His mind, half-paralyzed bb85f8c255 from the shock 024af60e70 of being kidnapped 578dee1f13 and locked up ac238b92b4 for some unknown 11b853c522 mistake, finally started bd69bf5d07 working again.94e2cd84d48d38b1

‘At least, it 0238147b01 doesn’t seem like 871606ffce I committed some 213780bf7a unforgivable crime.’1e4410550268e039

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If he’d f277bfdc96 really done 2981e720a1 something that ee05e8780a terrible, would ffdf8953b3 he be 1efccaf43f in a bfe4b02cf6 nice room 4fd8c4e63f with a 02f9ba3838 view like 536dbc64e6 this, with c74bfe6985 the heat bda944f309 on, good 23adefb445 food, and 0f36266d2c even an 4001770808 IV for a24104a778 his hangover? That didn’t seem likely.449569ecd3e017fc

‘…Right?’447f48e8d6586516

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But still, people don’t 4e250aa8ed usually lock someone up bdacae18ba over something minor. Maybe for ed4dd5f1ac a chaebol ca00a6b47a kid, this 09978e741d kind of 2515a79c2d thing isn’t 739da6153e even a f82e874873 big deal. What if a32d417db3 tomorrow he 4e70b8409c gets dragged 12d431a2a8 off to adb715b309 some basement 3cc1f9eefc and locked 7f14c60eee up there?63adf1ca5d735faa

He needed to 51b5f5b9f6 know what he’d 7b0842960e done wrong so 6b1871ff3e he could at 1df19d6b1b least beg or a1e864621d plead, but Seonwoo 5c795b5a24 couldn’t think of 88720d21cd anything. He started pacing the e294ad0f39 room again, even more 128f6d2785 anxious.fc46ec1fb69b7366

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Just in 203e5ba5dc case, he 14fcff4ff8 tried to f68c514b96 remember all 8fc7626ef0 the way 5e98b3310b back to 105b9e0952 high school. He lived on b04d623b3a his own now, b557553775 but he’d spent 7c358390f6 his childhood in 6b67c00c19 an orphanage. But even e2e8fab9a4 life at 63b21526e1 the orphanage 498371eae6 wasn’t much f0f2ec7781 different from 129eb64c5a now. He was 8a97a109ea always a 574309b0f3 good kid, 095e64ac00 listened well, 3142b87b56 and took 41b09dd2a5 care of 84960f55a9 the younger 9fdb6f81b3 ones.84c94256b5b9032f

And in 3c28f94c1f high school, cac7ec5fcc he barely 7e5e83188a had time b536783b67 to hang 955099591b out with 04d72982bb friends—he was a79ef46d97 focused only df0e6c26f3 on studying. His goal was ba7ae72f76 to get a 5bdaa23661 scholarship and go 869466e661 to college. He even thought 4569fd0bac back to his c01eed8e55 rebellious middle school f953c9bcf8 days, but the e970c7d54c worst he’d done 8bd5c06e83 was spend the 1f35ae3e70 night at a eeac2857c4 playground, feeling lonely d436ffa32a and sorry for 05e0fd6b6a himself. No matter how fb3c7da44d hard he tried, c3cafb849b he couldn’t find 1fa9d7325a any connection to 98f97e1c10 Ihyun.77633df917e2b0bb

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But before 9134301cf8 that, even 15bb57ed59 further back…6f91dc0488a47194