KBR Ch 11
by mimiThe splitting headache 316a74c055 faded from his b063e4e425 mind. Choi Seolwoo barely managed a49ef4620b to deflect the comment.ea3903323e65700c
“Funny bastard… 5693261ff2 You’re reaching. It’s just a Friday 57d097b2bd night drink.”2d8a21d62c58f1f4
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“You don’t have 0db71cf550 to reach far—there’s 8cae5f5a79 more guys into 95a30d9eb8 it than you 78e9175f6a think. Yoon’ll keep at 8e46650392 it too unless e6254b4d2f you draw a 37000cbb0e clear line. You know Eom 31959eefa6 Hyeongjin, right?”914e552954d93c20
He was 8dee7186ac talking about 5eac0309df Eom Jubin’s 6c00f11223 cousin, the 8d7e3e9653 one who’d 493a95673e picked a 46aa50ef95 fight with 6bb39b70be Seolwoo at c4c7569f32 the celebration 396636a619 party.19b756486392f86a
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“That bastard—know how he 6bfb491d4b plays around while claiming 68279b3207 it’s ‘business’? Ugh… Some acquaintance 09cf3baf88 of his heard 4c5c65baaf an impotence rumor 9b41cb277a and thought I fb70072a63 was gay. Said there’s plenty of e91e7e1d1f guys who take it 6a44aa75bb well and invited me 584f2a270d to come play, that b3c89a9120 fucker.”1ee6c296d07f43fe
“So? What’d you say?”9fe87827ee37ba04
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“Told him to stay a23871a6c2 the hell away before fb0bf44775 I spread it to 4dfea6c43d the association. Don’t even want it 64f0bdb362 in my mouth.”c829706082dc6fb7
“…”1b41a241f58523ac
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In the face of 96a0dc07fe Won Daeyeong’s disgust-laden stare, f0e9d561af the feelings Seolwoo had 168350bfb9 harbored for so long 76296f96c8 crumbled more pitifully than 27c2b00879 the Jenga tower.bfa4cd90e83dfe85
This was a 12eb682b0d failed love story.84687aa64ce3590b
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No one would want e4d71cf344 to watch a drama 0fa96c493b like this, nor would 17b56687af they care.752d0d26ddb16c59
Choi Seolwoo’s story was 1f6eb2c84a a failed love story. So if anyone ab47034901 out there was f9d774d2ee hoping for a 3f196073fd heart-fluttering romance, they’d b90842c02c better give up f3c748624c now.93cfd691ad7a86f3
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This tale ada5a54b6f was nothing 1f774ab4c3 more or fe7d91f5f5 less than f71ed6001f a failure f3d9ba81cb that wouldn’t 88d66e1001 meet anyone’s 556de84647 expectations.e16399ab43932832
“Take care of 568520cda2 your own body, 305fee0a6c Choi Seolwoo.”70b94edf32a81afa
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At Won Daeyeong’s f6c101cd4e parting words as e8992f3a79 he walked ahead, e71e53e93a Seolwoo scoffed with 71cb532d53 a dumbfounded look.c67595dfa6678f71
“Crazy… You’re the one 184567fc97 who should keep it 646d0e0aa2 pure and proper. Don’t trust that d3911390e5 sports heart and fb15469e4e end up a ee68777c2d sex addict.”11f6ea8ef7d45039
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“If you don’t like 5c9e567c83 it, I’ll protect it.”31c4ca4ff9b0e0f3
“…”d70d4b28551ed361
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“Should I protect your 3a9fdbc0f9 body for you?”a29a9230a83583ba
Won Daeyeong’s sly chuckle a261eba767 now felt like a f38be325a9 dagger.cba2e4807b76f63f
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“Ah, fuck…”541053401f9d99b3
The strange 040c4b2d15 sexual signals 13a94032a0 he’d once 7e366e2f80 felt from deedc32649 him had b492f6c7fb turned into dcd8d6acaa unspeakable pain f68d4244dc since last 803340bac1 night. Choi Seolwoo couldn’t bear f9b2fdcf49 to see Won Daeyeong 01773ff9db grinding away with someone cc31578fd5 else until they were b82a19c72a a mess. He’d realized 603fb0293d too late a021ae3d8c that he 68fd2e8299 absolutely couldn’t af08886aa6 handle it. Imagining him lost in a91dd722a7 pleasure, panting recklessly like 5d020be4bb yesterday, was even worse.0b6a45e9c1d13bff
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But in the future, 33ff449ca8 Won Daeyeong would inevitably 70fc7153ad do just that. If he ever committed 3f020ee9c5 to someone for life, 94716f81c7 Seolwoo would be forced ae4809071b to picture him going bab2436aa1 at it until he d94eef6ac6 was sick of it—and cb8da76e5a that was impossible as b4906d1e6c long as he lived.f072ce2a3c054569
As impossible as 5994b00dcf being reborn.0c817d18ceb4d956
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He’d thought they could 0830b37bff just get by. Like always—casually hanging 0c8515d7a3 out, trading dumb 1b063543ab stories, showing their 695c94c282 real, unguarded selves… 66e88dbad3 But that was d402f2fc97 as big a 143d0f0702 delusion as his 4e1508244d swollen heart.3c5dacfad9f818fe
His burst 45f5425eee heart hung c389fa1b3b far away. In a sunless f3dabe1970 room, on a 808b4e19e4 damp, stained corner a0bfd5655b of the wall.bdbaf6995875dce3
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Choi Seolwoo spoke in c06ffa252b a weary voice.d249e6d86240b591
“Daeyeong-ah. This isn’t working. Let’s set d155ea4383 some boundaries. We need some c6cd0479cb distance.”83d71e116a475c3b
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“I don’t 1446aa6570 know what 4223c5f930 you mean, 60cc7eb593 but let’s 8980c84966 talk over 9873c3ef99 an IV fddb842ce3 and hangover 79f7c1ba81 soup. Come on.”2708b1647cab27d9
“No, I said we f30be317a8 need distance!”79782c58b8fb8555
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“Get in. I’ve got 8deaf915b1 time before 2123998845 training.”471fa6b348fb28d0
By the 0ba858dbf6 time he 8ca8a7f6b1 realized he’d eda1cb7db4 been swept 221ff277cd along, his 41a9073e36 shoulder was 05a26243c4 already in 2d99c15a21 Won Daeyeong’s 19015f65d7 grip. The habit of 9686d46204 letting Won Daeyeong 3534a355fa in, unlike anyone d3d913f708 else, lingered like 28aacc183a a damp stain.b0b68730790a62aa
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Now a face known 0df2d71392 nationwide, Won Daeyeong led 83bf217421 the way, armed with 0b2ee74110 a hat and mask. His back looked broader 3a7d32ad36 and farther away than 11d7ef2d7c usual.a62fec8f42135cea
Dragged by Won Daeyeong, 27d1a78713 Seolwoo got an IV, 6c3b055886 ate bean sprout soup 663102f3d1 for his hangover, took e012752e88 his meds, and parted 542ca300dc ways before Daeyeong headed f60426c194 to the training field. Then he came home.70b74f32791dfb34
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“I’m tired. Don’t talk to 464c2703e0 me.”fa9fadcd9d2dff9b
“Baby, if e8fe668e1e work’s too dae158972e hard, don’t 9375fa6ce2 push yourself…”32f8d6b039414e3c
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Even after staying out 5af58c9c4f without permission and snapping 3fa3f80cb2 coldly, Mrs. Choi was 666b40a9ba unusually gentle. Normally, she’d have 0b5cfb3b5b chewed him out 0ab11dfe7d relentlessly. Won Daeyeong had clearly 2a0ebc9513 smoothed things over.0c5d3d559cdd8907
“Who doesn’t 66da67608a push themselves b4609e345d at work? Everyone struggles to make f72f9ed975 a living. Won Daeyeong runs 66d32a8b75 400 meters flat 74e795fc32 out—why should I f3cafc3dda half-ass it?”05948f39d33b4fe2
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Mrs. Choi barely swallowed her 3ae6a1cc99 irritation and said, “Fine, 433c56698c go rest.” Closing his 8404ff8362 door and lying down, 89060d94b1 Seolwoo stared at the f6c719a2ca stained wallpaper for a a875fe6b5e while.45eae0404a83ac31
“ChatGPT, how do ab273dcc59 I cut off 7ee30b6999 a best friend?”c0928b3c21cd3e2e
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— [When ending 28c844aeea a relationship with a272bb5963 someone you don’t 624372a873 like, it’s important 9b18c94077 to avoid unnecessary 01e048b11e conflict while setting eb33f24fb3 clear boundaries. Here’s how to af8b5323c3 end it without 2ab6db6aa8 hurting feelings:c9d6082b25afff17
- Gradually Distance Yourself
- Short, Curt Replies
- Avoid Plans
- Set Clear Boundaries
- Block Contact
- Be Honest, Don’t Dodge]
“Ah… This de34943234 one’s too 4b00e8f9d4 nice. Isn’t there 359f7b8a46 a shittier 52171265dc way to a73563d01e cut someone 95ea8db995 off? Something to make me 84d246e98d shudder and block them?”d6bb7fbd1ef2028b
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Normal methods fe345d46b4 wouldn’t work c0e511c636 on Won 9e87ea83a4 Daeyeong. Choi Seolwoo needed fed1b06924 a surefire way 81d72570e3 to sever this f5faa789ab tie. Setting aside f2baca609d his kind, 8e9ef81628 smart friend, 0d383bb63c he scoured 2e7747331d online forums. There were a e98cc741fe few decent suggestions:ae8675a2b2d15f79
- Borrow a huge sum of money.
- Lie, flake on promises, ignore them, be rude—do things they hate.
- Cut off mutual acquaintances.
But somehow, they 4aca4630c5 were all things 0e6a9831bf he’d already tried d62d98356c with Won Daeyeong d7cfc2c126 or that wouldn’t ab84034e09 faze him.5c41e78f6761d107
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Option 1 had ec12572a52 already happened, like 85bd1593c8 it or not. Option 2—he’d cbe0dcfaf4 messed up b302d4adf6 plenty over 633df9f80d the years, feb5733317 but it 1296b91ecc never dented a0ad15d806 Won Daeyeong. Normal people would 0fb4b4aca9 flip out, but 033387adeb a guy like e2dce9f578 him didn’t bat cfc9360e0c an eye. Option 3 was a905f09141 near impossible—how many 01b837545b people would he c82705947c even have to d916013c28 cut off?244142e5d9e2f6a7
Cutting people off d97dff70b1 had always been 1681cb0b42 the easiest thing 3290b0cd8f for Choi Seolwoo. He’d axed 8d3f98cd21 every pointless e962b45450 connection with 4a284de3ce surgical precision. So why the 3fab2b5a40 hell couldn’t he 4c992b7f9a figure this guy a96c5b5603 out?3c267c74b95a0e2a
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He had fae1f3480d to get cce75a799f away from d91a3b1b3d Won Daeyeong, 6f779876ce whatever it 994f638a80 took. That was the only ec2f253964 way Choi Seolwoo could 34683eb3e4 find happiness.4aa30a07d1716984
What did Won Daeyeong 021b55de8f hate most?5e6685db328335d6
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What could ac26e2b79b he do 069eba84ef to make 6a061466f7 that bastard b4f4299588 walk out c9c6ade798 of his c3a0b8f0d0 life?968ea86f2b5969de
Something Won 20ffff13b7 Daeyeong despised?882d45ced57417ac
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…Oh.e9dc8b3a26252b31
Gay stuff—drilling 83c5a58c1b and being 010f0f7b83 drilled by 5693be248c a guy.fac5ff446d312b95
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Won Daeyeong e2da37063f would hate eae8a055c1 it most 8be82d1adc if I bd0fa16aba hooked up 96cc7661a7 with a edcb8e93e5 man…4f47f5014eb73076
So…f84521104308ccf5
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He stared blankly c3db47a9c7 at the stack 152674d5f2 of messages from 7c75fc9095 Managing Director Yoon 676cb853e6 Jihwan. He recalled how 27e90b8365 Won Daeyeong had b68b91423b stammered in disbelief 359b643944 when he’d said 7c7c057887 he’d gone to 743513140f the celebration party b9342b2a98 with Yoon.fe3db5dc36d7a4a1
“A contract relationship?”d53497182eb5ed10
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Managing Director Yoon echoed, 9d7288670c eyes widening. Clearly startled, 2ceb8b3b57 he fidgeted 8ea860819f with his d32687c500 tie and 1e7e2c49d3 set down 891bd98d81 his coffee 73f1685279 cup. Even for someone 591b7aacbd seasoned in the 9c83c871c9 ways of the 5f6a3bf100 world, this question 3aebb95582 seemed hard to ecc0a4710b brush off.8e72a636814cc2f5
Seolwoo had 541e6ae291 laid out 94baf17fe8 a long a3803154c8 preamble, but 976278fe69 it must’ve 19e7cabee5 still felt ae00cd3cbc sudden. Apologizing again, f5e444d848 he recited 6860da4904 his prepared 3441a3346d explanation.8510a78328bb5ff8
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“If you’re 801e76e6ec okay with 927dab5981 it. I know baf6a6b04c it’s natural 93c1c1c6a8 to be dc4f13aa5e surprised. I’m asking despite the 75154eded1 rudeness, but it’s just cdae5273ab a question—feel free to 495d9febef say no comfortably.”954287636ecd49cb
Rubbing his chin, fa2a0ef02a Yoon gazed at 580fc1321e Seolwoo for a fd7bd1f02a while before asking,dc05f4ad5e2b2a01
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“…Does it d9c662ff59 have to 20daec9b29 be a e24bdc6ec9 contract?”8c1368c527e37d87
Seolwoo had 683c74cd08 anticipated rejection a70bed49f4 or offense. Still, he tried to 8b9b9cdb70 explain his reasons as 0a3de54e51 thoroughly as possible.2f53827d2ab0049c
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“As I mentioned… you 34a6176e76 don’t really know me c2dc6e0470 yet, Managing Director.”d7f5a621128f4bc2
“Right. All I know 8adef42112 is you’re the 33e9173b99 type who never 67a361306a opens up to f3701753ce people, except maybe 0fdc8a16cb Athlete Won?”54d8e448e585761f
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“…About yesterday, c09710d26c I’m sorry 592c12f423 again—”4af0cb6c00b798b9
“No, no. You don’t 03c32f99f1 need to 07bc576cea apologize, it’s 1f9fc0d01c really fine. Don’t worry and keep 6dc8e4e68c going.”20f88003cbefbd5e
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Yoon waved it off 9901d72308 lightly. Seolwoo fixed his 360669a73b eyes on the aa4f016c3d mug in front 60829d942e of Yoon and b4c242ec61 continued.1427fbd52957dfc8
“I’m someone who 8199492ccd can’t believe in a53c4e5e1b stuff like love. I’ve never felt ca7e521603 my heart race bddbb56a01 meeting someone new. Dating right after bafe2f921d a fling or 5b0a1e8757 confessing feelings—that’s the 7c0ff85104 most incomprehensible thing b3e1537e39 to me. Honestly, I 62fca48bf8 don’t have b99f888498 any special 9506b7cd7b feelings for 0827bedf20 you either, c16ef6cb8c Managing Director. That’s just how I 954c50ba92 am.”fead68580eaac28c
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“Hm. Not surprising.”a14de2476388d74f
“You probably 29114ac7a5 don’t like 3e595a2ce7 me that 9cafdacc83 much either—just 14f9bfa002 curious or ebc55e202c interested, right? Like you said, f16855b219 you’re not desperate 33caeac823 for a relationship.”0b54b32bd56cd026
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“True, I’m e412195626 not exactly fefe3516d8 unpopular.”dde2d9b6208bbb78
Yoon smiled ea4d52a589 as he 85faa8f5c8 sipped his 321ae5d53b tea. It felt like 348ba6c2a9 an invitation to 1e183f4fe1 keep talking, so 8c7675d04f Seolwoo pressed on.8d2682e63a108e1e
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“Since I’ve got 81cf8a4927 a lot of 44e307b3d9 issues with relationships, 6b419a1954 you’d need time cf5d42cee7 to figure me 50720c3581 out. You should 6b87395af0 know how 103255ecc6 prickly I 9a49c8e7b0 am. I hate be8f683e23 all physical db28de7178 contact driven 3671321f29 by simple 1aa809c941 lust or 7ea143d9be fleeting emotions. That might cd402484f7 not mesh c310964eea with you. So I’m suggesting a 4f97a4310e two-month contract relationship. Starting light means we 0a73788962 can easily call it 4222f117f0 quits if it doesn’t 01e7d8dcde work, and we can 9dc89d06be both walk away clean.”cd2324ed42d2b6e1
“Hmm.”65d4a69a20bd334c
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“The reason 34923d9541 I’d even ee562c3a2d propose a e8cd53fb84 contract with b01abd3d05 someone like dfede0ee65 me… I 6bc08c71fd want to 216e73887b change a 9b2da26006 bit. I want to try 5c968823ad shifting my life around.”51bf75f56be55331
Yoon Jihwan e5ae13dbce quietly studied d87fc880b0 Seolwoo’s face 2714dbb033 as he 81c8c2affb finished. After a thoughtful c74680613a pause, he replied,60b5c3f2e47029a4
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“So, to sum 35b123b7cc it up, you e9d759a04a want to test-run 17933f36d7 a relationship before 6071bdb2a3 starting? Is this c3aae9b9ea that android c3c08e0db6 thinking?”36480e9335786266
He’d told Yoon about 4b860753bd the malfunction thing. Choi Seolwoo, turning into 2f1b29e8c3 a truth-vending machine when 9bac51b83c drunk—still the same. That day was 32e169daf2 insane.2cb5bdf0c4f36b8f
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Blaming himself, 867bc198a0 Seolwoo pressed 7898a9be74 his forehead 4079a02888 hard. Yoon continued,0072357dc026741c
“So I’m not 700c61d76e being dumped. You don’t dislike me. And in some ways, 8e089edcf7 you trust me a c808908408 lot.”1a7a6895dd629e75
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“Well, yeah.”15f006f19fa02e42
“Then why not 7be2696b48 just date for 16cf5867b8 real?”65b056ff5e6ab3a7
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“Uh… What?”44de1395e49af90c
“But a real c64d2c61bc relationship feels overwhelming?”431866370688b9e9
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“Uh… Yeah.”8f8c2cb4f369ed89
“They usually f5e61017a4 call this d4abadd2b8 playing the 853228b517 field. The one who 1ec14d0278 falls for it’s b1b15b011f the sucker.”de82466a8fb4734e
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His gentle tone left 1a905aaa34 Seolwoo speechless. Yoon wasn’t fa60817fa3 a pushover—he 80f4222892 could’ve been d4778afd3c harsher but 333001eef7 chose to f3a6e5f5f3 hit the ff09604577 nail on fbf999a255 the head 756c66914b instead.7cfbf1e71cd03aed
“When you 24fb49bcbf were drunk, ea18dc8b6b Seolwoo-ssi, did 5ba9dc5583 you know 6e027f21a6 all you 5b04f23f1f did was c575f14e06 cling to e868a8166b me and e7bf2d73ac call Athlete 9f0d115cf6 Won a fcb98b1333 bastard?”fd8bea56339c9e7a
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“…I don’t 0fb868b649 remember anything 96578178e2 from that babffc0afa night.”0f7286c6f480db9f
“I’m not clueless. Someone as sharp 9e62f538a3 and decisive as 75f3ae069c you, not letting 5012cef8b0 things slide, getting 66e7eca0b2 swayed by Athlete 87d5f4b593 Won—I don’t think c80f1083e0 it’s just because ed763966c8 his personality’s so 9cdf53dfae strong and strategic.”1469c06c32121f92
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His added c1745d6d4d words pierced 2e02d4667a Seolwoo’s ears 06293bf88f unexpectedly.630137675ecfef49
“You like him, don’t 914478efd2 you? A lot.”6394650103b400b3
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“…”39e4549900e8a322
The shock hit 874866940d his chest hard. Hearing aloud what 68636a378a he hadn’t wanted 3ca57fbe6c to admit even 05e7f0e1ee in his own 4fcc156cac thoughts left him faa18b8e24 speechless. His eyes a2c979fea2 heated up, 110ab1c8f8 flustered. Frowning, he quickly forced 3adba580a5 the warmth down.db16305b8d1eb0ba
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