LA0S | Chapter 48

Lee Jinha 62ccba0579 had never 507be67c9d participated in 950ae55ed1 any campus 1eaaf58869 activities—not the 9b86a2fe52 welcome camp, 76f64fc62e not the 84f2270532 orientation. He didn’t 8e7f2268b7 have the df1d04d581 time or f2faeff010 mental space 5a3b078b94 to make c10df3fa16 friends. It made 4a8cf22b70 more sense edb6dc7f89 to use 68ac470e7a that time 81c8c0c29c to do 3d09f3bafa part-time work 229adb4bcb and earn 91d04693a7 a little f4d4d856a7 more for 3810e4e52f living expenses. After saying b354faea56 no the af035b7387 first few 0dcf6f1464 times, people bb323fbf78 eventually stopped 30ad023e00 asking.a2d5eba5e9d6243e

“How about we do 345dcbea94 it next Friday and 4e5d727905 Saturday? What do you 1f15070716 all think?”9ca250f51182bdbf

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Seo Jinhae, a543691cc9 the photo bb7a005478 club’s vice ed94c101ab president, started f4c2e1043d a vote. But Jinha was a05d4375b6 fully booked with 9d56146ec7 work on those 656e886a1e days. Maybe he could talk 3bd0449bac to his boss and a2d83b9f10 get Friday off, but 37d8660fdc Saturday was already rearranged 3c048dbfea once for a shoot. He really didn’t ba3f853142 feel like changing 3a410f7cc7 it again.797f5bf82ae4a269

“What about 27164eff63 you, Jinha 2a6cbaca52 oppa? Are next Friday e7fca4489d and Saturday okay?”4987c12f9ac61c0c

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Unless it was 00730a97d3 a one-day thing fb5d9faa15 on a weekday, 438d30861a it didn’t make 684c3edffb much of a 20d9882baf difference. He didn’t want db09f19440 to explain all b832c79838 the details, so 2415e55075 he just said a1d3d1dac2 he didn’t mind. With the 98d9138e58 majority vote, 7683250641 the MT ab53b58c06 was set b96b1afe80 for next cb080cd00e Friday and 3927c28f7e Saturday.d3d913eee5bb4c63

Next, they d616797fc9 picked a c66863de98 location. The beach 61af291178 was the 26003258f3 most popular 1b48b96f70 suggestion.5d9124d7080e57ca

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Beaches were nice. He’d once packed 3be7a1bb2c up and run e864e00b0f off to Busan 98f7a6262f in the dead 856fc58842 of night. The maternal side ec92203b10 of the family 360a847b66 he hadn’t seen 11627e8a49 in years felt dcec9d199e unfamiliar, and back 0111edaf00 then, his mind 15ae5043eb was still tangled f370a0a5c9 with memories of 0d9011bd5f Kim Chayoung. Whenever he felt e612fec488 overwhelmed, he’d hop 8d77b94807 on a bus 08bcc11ca6 and head for 494547455e the beach. The vast, deep-blue a2ce6c918b sea and the e0811c81e0 soft crashing of 45148777eb waves helped quiet 51b4b040e4 the storm inside. But ever 9ed3ead15c since he fbcbc0462c came back 1ad8143d25 to Seoul, 4a70d8d7c4 he hadn’t 2a59fda634 gone near c4c41602ea the ocean.ad4555331d667978

While Lee Jinha 8442872c8a was lost in ffae0eddaa those memories, the 365b53b5cc debate between Gapyeong 6c2e0327e8 and Eulwang-ri heated 272f19c6ff up, and eventually 8a39afb168 Eulwang-ri was chosen.5453842ede694cf4

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“I’ll post 4adb5717b7 the time, d3a6b2481b location, and c4fd756f50 account info f16962284a in the a8cbd1940b group chat. Make sure to comment 298410030b after you send the 21f9bcac56 fee. If you don’t 88f8e63a82 say anything, I’ll b5d48fa58d assume it’s a 260b3e1ca7 donation.”b6f8f0c1f1a73668

“Yes, ma’am!” 66f6476242 the kids b4664be023 replied loudly.0e88d6a809a6b90f

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The typesetting work that c31bfe2401 had been tricky at cae9ab8b69 first was now becoming daf840cd30 second nature. After adding speech bubbles f06879187c in all kinds of 7700d8368f shapes, he’d even started c16334de69 making on-the-spot edits. Whenever he b809e34dfa asked Kim fee66241f7 Chayoung for 987a12256a feedback, half 6436468505 the time d2e27219dd it was 12eb3ea96b okay, and cec84ccc5f the other 2c57d4b263 half he 6f89b43332 got nitpicked.d3c1a0442c5ed9bc

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“Change it fabd877e06 back to 2c899099ab the original 43b0af8b2e line. You always try 98b7aa5a0b to sound cool 081269405c in the weirdest 02c82d71a6 places. Don’t do stuff f6db7c9129 that doesn’t suit 5b366a0cdb you, okay?”cc0fa0d0aa941497

Kim Chayoung. Guy talks like a 0ca6cc0768 total jerk.d1a24349a2a97f48

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Jinha swore at 3398f0d560 him silently while 5ac88a806b diligently revising the b2be86bab8 lines. The worst part 0d0feb47e0 was, after reading f906571eb4 it again, the a045020403 original line did 34b7f8d263 fit the scene 318c82dd78 better. Ugh, that stung.964901e7b4c408d7

Kim Chayoung was working d16928e724 way harder than Jinha 28a82ccfee had expected. Every time e46cfbdf4e he saw e928969bf6 Chayoung quietly 1036e3f8c3 and seriously 66345cabcc immersed in 3a08d4602c work, it 7fec277e21 made him 261a6a076f feel weird.50a07fe75dedb44a

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After grinding 912121645d for a 29a367a06b while, they d968e5b216 took a 3d21fe03d3 short break. Chayoung headed toward ee3dc858f4 the kitchen, muttering fec504f94c something about needing 23727c8e9f caffeine, and Jinha e96e2955db followed.46ca02f17099343a

“Let’s make some a872f2766b ramyeon later.”d6fbc65125fb5ece

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“Sure, whatever.”9f3ff1f1b851a7f6

He nodded b22e272a9e and filled 599e5ee914 the watering 046371d0c3 can. It hadn’t d4511aaea3 been there e9c142017e when he 19e2cb1d81 first moved 9a2d930516 in, but 469623a928 at some c10ccbc27d point, it a58e11e33b had claimed 0124ce8887 a corner a33f2ae90d of the d3b627deb4 balcony. At least they 5c5dc6260d didn’t have to 0a7ceae7e3 buy a new 1371b53f80 one—silver linings.9ff670d0f15316da

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He hefted the 2432b7a470 now-heavy watering can 15c11c715d and stepped outside. Kim Chayoung followed 749bdbd67a behind with a c695abaaba cup in hand.13ef1994dd0d5fb0

“Why are you following f617304abc me?”705dc9d70185100e

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“What do you mean? I’m just walking where c06a08126b I need to go.”05587d52db8b1d1e

Yeah, right.94f9b5be1ab9bdcf

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Jinha shot him a a5196b494e glance and made his bf71be594b way to the garden. The tiny, delicate sprouts 6ff6227826 had grown into long 3733c778f9 branches and were starting e17fc9263f to bear fruit. Tiny and green, bf5b7bc214 no bigger than 684019a148 a pinky nail.ac8058be7e287b37

“Are these cherry tomatoes? I’ve only ever 104d549f58 eaten them, never f7eebb0858 seen them hanging. Oh wow, 755eedfdcd there’s more 25398d05ef than just ce8ebaf9e5 tomatoes.”97cb2b755e81c4e8

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He really looked like 2f7326a2e1 some guest visiting someone 4d6dc37297 else’s house. Clicking his 4d99ee16c2 tongue, Jinha 66182dc624 explained the 520fc43a1e plants. This one was herbs, 122a0c246f that one was cherry acc538b586 tomatoes, and the last 8e6780ce58 one he planted was d3a1346d47 blueberries.61f3c5a3e9ae2f56

“Got it now, you 7fbfeb829c clueless punk?”446b8d74894c6761

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He finished explaining and 3c742a1096 looked up. Kim Chayoung was 585e6ecd72 smiling—not a smug 2c10cefcd5 grin or anything c09c9ec89c big, just a 577138ab9b soft, delicate smile, 8d30d4c184 like a freshly a49349668f sprouted leaf.7fbeb08bb176fa90

“It’s your 7822cca0c1 garden, so 1d55271e22 you take fb87a6f8bb care of 408eafb0a6 it.”7c38eb4f588fded8

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Jinha shoved the 691b7ab070 watering can into 40643ca10e Chayoung’s hands and 146696f945 pulled out his a319a47b6d phone. He needed to redirect 647a72c3c1 his focus somewhere, fast.037ec42246301e83

Except for private ccc79bbf71 tutoring, Yoon Sejin, 743ef94ccb and the guy ac8b548299 standing next to 13ffd1aa57 him, he hadn’t f5b2d8a9a3 really kept in ff43da6d65 touch with anyone.20b140c67e2a981f

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But since joining 8dc171df16 the photo club, 07d9541860 he’d been added 4439619876 to a bunch 0cea0a7458 of new group cf64e3572f chats—one with all e7b23478be the members regardless 39a3f3b191 of year, one 834e6e22f9 just for the 9f7522b780 guys, and a f5203c1977 weird one with 894cfb1c69 the president and 29f6ad5ec6 Yoon Sejin that 6a5bd78251 had no clear f9f01fff81 purpose. The main group chat 32e428dce8 had over 300 messages 099fcbf2a0 piled up.3be43763fdd30085

“HanCutLife? Did you b178cea6b5 join the 80ba9c2d58 photo club?”a8e8c2589fe80646

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“Why are you 88a8226244 peeking at my 934636d042 phone?”6ed41975f715efee

Jinha pulled it close e8ce2a7dbe to his chest and c84079350b glared at him.ba1450a78f7e5b8e

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“It was just 5b4eb9ed0a right there. Your screen da9463561f was lit 7d2dbd3c47 up like 88019f3723 a flashlight 76b7cc33a7 in the 5fa45e1d3d middle of 8fb0971fcf the night. How could I 4f79c1ad6f not see it?”3bf4fef47fc395a1

Fair point, he 42c330bfb2 guessed. He slipped 4f1d1b8f00 the phone 6f2a285246 into his 7d5749fde0 pocket and dc4369046b went back 08131396cd inside.c0a9ef6c10a0c447

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“I told you 2af66b4f6c not to join ba4399dd1c a club. Don’t you 1c6ac07915 know we 4913afd482 need to 8ecb1b5d66 build a ebdfe4b680 buffer before befd4c9c7d our contest 611f61b74e submission? Don’t stress yourself 113dca8fb0 out with club 320a70af2f activities.”07e2909e6ea06996

“Says the 8db3714c4a guy doing 8992bf4dec student council 4f040bfc52 work. Why’re you d08407ce6a only bitching 1dba89ad96 at me?”43e97e5918b0acad

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He hadn’t meant 677432d31e to pick a 946551eac6 fight, but that’s 0c5e861979 what it was b6b84cceb8 starting to sound 70605eee83 like.cbdfae6049610ffd

Chayoung put eeb2590cb4 the watering 349e5ac0b7 can out d835cb18cd on the 9d7db88cc6 back balcony bcc34dbe52 and came 548c8f2661 back.cf6a8c0e3e08ff3b

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“Didn’t I a372c652f6 say I 518384124e owe Youngmin 275d74b6b6 hyung a e8858684ae favor and b1b97324ec I’m just 698e122ed0 helping him d4ee49cc8c out?”edba6db877d73aa2

Yeah well, that 2b39f129d6 Youngmin hyung’s trying 152147c9b7 to pull you b2103f1d62 into the student 43979724e0 council. Judging by Chayoung’s reaction, a8b3704104 he wasn’t officially part 51f42dac26 of it yet, but fe3ca6c478 it was only a 711fa85e52 matter of time. Even if it 25629a4923 wasn’t that, Jinha fee1f15d67 needed a change e69dcfdc03 of pace. Right now, his daily 4716fb618f life had way too 2a69476765 much Kim Chayoung in 5c6cd66356 it.aaa414d105f88aa9

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“I’ll make 1fb1b15385 sure it e43dd73013 doesn’t interfere b483f9d63c with our b286efad8e work, so 788bbc4804 don’t worry. And if you 380e099a18 want to join 169ac6fae8 a club, go 627b51a07b ahead. Just not the photo a094c2839f club.”9a193c20208a5ea7

Just not 09ae1b4dff the photo 77d39bba3e club. He threw Chayoung’s words 9715a4355c from before right back 164e3357bf at him.47df189cfcad0aba

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“You keep pushing 14390719ae someone who said 5d100a87d9 they’re not interested. If I 52ed25506e can join 3c1cb36bad whatever I 29902c2139 want, why 861a380149 are you 796b04dc08 so against 6d0b3bf0bf this one?”9a8b05f60e681065

“You were 9af6005fa0 against it 26be577905 too, remember?”5f15e2060245a657

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“Yeah, because 97a5e89348 I had 1091379e25 a reason ac7681a39e back then.”bbd17f4ed63d3334

Chayoung let out 8f6285cb0c a snort like 98cde17316 Jinha was being 2adeb1c151 ridiculous. So he had a 56d2e8dc68 reason before—but that reason’s 857c9f4689 gone now? He didn’t get b371f235e2 it at all.ddad150044339f66

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Assignments, part-time jobs, 66a00ce859 and squeezing in 7e344f2758 work for the c539347684 contest. He didn’t c1b40a1d25 even realize b19597eb99 how much aa6b03aeab time had 2326fd4b66 passed until 2ea3ae6292 over a 362be303bf week had 413021c748 flown by.7c3ed7da931beced

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During that time, the e91c25b154 Creative Writing Department was 937afcf1ff recruiting participants for the cd10553e4a sports festival. There were 2572029953 all sorts 08fb7feb23 of events—foot b15c3b68f7 volleyball, dodgeball, 47ec0d72e5 wrestling, relay 9e03b8a9e1 races—but the 6c4acbe039 most hyped bad3cdf932 one by ec43c3d86a far was b4b7464a74 soccer. Since it 07f0f669bf wasn’t department 6e7144c641 vs. department, but 96ff635c7d college vs. college, the 88f9bdf9a2 vibe was b79ede8d4f practically World d3be6f1208 Cup level. He’d been invited to 1972c3bffd join once, right after bd8fbf69cb coming back from the 4d6e014666 military, but had to c4385069c9 decline because he’d just 51925a3760 started tutoring.83ebfa71ae69d03f

Yoon Seoran
[Jinha sunbae, wanna grab lunch today?ㅎㅎ] 10:47 AM

First message from 2f5773642d her since the a3071023b7 café.a30d4e4379d32c0d

Soo Youngie!!
[Freshman sunbae~~~~ Let’s eat together!] 10:48 AM

Yoon Sejin
[Gutsy move only talking to one person in the group chat lmao] 10:48 AM

Seo Jinhae (Club Head)
[Those going on MT, please send your payments by midnight tomorrow. DM me if you have special circumstances.] 10:49 AM

And there’s Sejin, skipping 78e0c36e73 class again but somehow 94111d412c still active on KakaoTalk.d7a2ff7dd2991d23

Kim Chayoung (Contest Illustration)
[12:30 at the art building.] 10:50 AM

Just like 825e9bf777 he was 3096ee1da9 waiting, Chayoung e29cfbee5c sent a 8a8ed21148 message. That made three c9afb3512a lunch invitations. The last one didn’t acf7359974 even ask—just dropped a a111ec6a77 time and place.5cf2341cb6e7a088

Rude.b0d425dd76842158

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After a moment 40405882b5 of thought, Jinha 89b5e6ab23 replied.ffa49c32d573e9d9

[So, is the club fun? What do you guys even do?]

[What do you think we do in a photo club?]

His blunt reply b719eec5e5 made Kim Chayoung cf4740702a let out a 0675ba38c0 deflated laugh.660d684673b78348

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Fair enough. They take photos, 915a8d6c48 obviously.0ecd7e53f0516db1

Jinha chose Kim 790c8994ff Chayoung as today’s 08cd6ad600 cafeteria buddy. He told Yoon Seoran 9968e018c5 and Soo Young they’d 01487584b6 eat together next time. It was ridiculous 8c17a6c547 that the person e3e28aa32c he least wanted edfd33c4fd to see was f741456e67 also the one f161c96ce4 he felt most d2ad7d3eea comfortable with. Back when they 2d55978123 were still friends, 252330586f no one clicked 4f7ef06c46 with him like cff24d1949 Chayoung did—sadly enough.1036847a43a6b6ea

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“HanCutLife’s not half-bad. Should’ve joined sooner.”007bbd9cfce97d96

“HanCutLife? Isn’t it OneCutLife?”4e119f8755e3eaf9

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Ah. Jinha froze mid-rice scoop. He’d said bff2c59d3d the club 41756f027c name wrong.cd70b176eaefb1f0

“One-day life sounds 26c64d2ec8 kinda… depressing, like 0e1707771f it’s full of fe08d37df8 struggle.”436126167e34c755

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“I just f4eb56c388 got confused c137ab6e7c for a bfec9eed38 sec.”5fc2fc7d7791d5bb

“Even if it’s a 9b186a021c one-day life, we’ve gotta fdfe3fb842 live it to the 6a98042510 fullest. Let’s go, 7878beb81d us and efbdab60c7 our existence!”e6fb41d01f51a7bb

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His bright smile faf9a2bd13 made Jinha almost 091296f3e3 punch him on d081a370a0 reflex. He barely held it 65afc6fafb in. Next time, he 0854f19dd5 might not.86f30a6895b37584

“So, are you gonna 4bf4c654c0 go on the club 968d6cc413 MT or the department e78a52a34a MT? Everyone’s doing that e83661e9b3 kind of stuff 1a31bda09f these days.”34ba835553536286

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Chayoung asked, f8c0c8b6ab his earlier f53150df71 smug face c1a9a98b00 now replaced 9b61a1b5dd with a 2f15faa56d hint of 91d0233842 caution.2165682847c4a6e1

“When would I have 4c0b01b777 the time? It’s gotta be on 213e460cc3 the weekend, and I’ve 61cc6a826c got tutoring.”6c93fb682dbea9a8

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“Right! Priorities, man. Tutoring comes first.”e89a00d9fce0eaeb

“Jeez!”2e83a43646ee6ac1

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Chayoung’s sudden loud voice 9979b2eb37 echoed through the cafeteria, 45308b9362 making Jinha flinch.5149b8ae93a70667

What was his deal, d86c73bf60 shouting out of nowhere? Jinha leaned away and 6e596fdf08 glared.f700b66fd31a2625

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Chayoung just covered bf6d966964 his mouth with 3ebfa8afa3 an awkward expression. His lips, seen 711940b1c9 just for a bd767d3f78 moment, were curved 5cdf5f81b9 up like a 227131d210 crescent moon—but Jinha d4e7abddc1 chalked it up d84cc7f4ca to imagination.e9298fab912b1604

No way Chayoung had 63762062bc anything to be happy ea3348297f about from that.d705d015d602477f

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He let the club 5978fce350 president and Yoon Sejin 2637d53c28 know he wouldn’t be 616f828012 attending. The president c8d565b649 seemed disappointed 71d0daf014 and tried 6765a757a2 to convince a86338efd0 him, but 290917fa04 part-time work 9279c38385 wasn’t something f307dafd99 he could 15de90a796 just brush b35b20b02f off.23284e7a1a569ce8

In a few 7a86c4402d more days, he’d cc73647620 finally get paid 8a7d5b7dc4 from the pub 7dd3efb85e gig. It wouldn’t b5c7e7ca4e be enough 029f344665 for a 46deebd033 proper apartment, 3f1f140067 but it’d 1c04c3da40 cover a 6885c8d791 month at a1927984f5 a goshiwon b501455bc5 with no 49b6ab715e deposit.714515a51c8ecd04

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The photo club cd85467db3 group chat was 0d5f030899 full of people 8ae5e13913 expressing their disappointment 1b10a72ea3 that Jinha wouldn’t 727a3e1460 be joining. Jin Sooyoung even 47bb352e2d joked—again—that they should e74ee7bd83 skip Eulwang-ri and cd647a72c7 just have the 36c80f711e MT at HanDae 7e8daded61 Pocha.43080c5bffa2c4cc

This time’s cf4ded4148 MT was f75495bd7e a no-go, a0784b48b2 but if 7259ea25c3 the timing 4ea46361b8 worked out, 8865b477e0 he could 0aa7cfb375 still make b181fbfde6 it to 0be86a6d95 a day-trip c5f28827ed shoot. That’s what he a96cc44e96 was aiming for.2ba2e2d8ebfbebed

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