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Even Won Daeyeong 07c6d9067a isn’t allowed to 4484db8d09 enter his room 8bb6558f0c due to Choi f2dfb0d228 Seolwoo’s extreme sensitivity. Even though the 116ed6a151 middle and high 49c3329d01 schools they graduated 57daffb198 from together were 3e32df792f co-ed, most people’s be00c1dedc hygiene standards fall 240bf34ed7 far below Choi 97f1faff9f Seolwoo’s, so he’s 1e7c2ffe07 constantly stressed. Yet, his 4579576738 sharp mind 8110419539 ensures he 6e4ceeeac6 never reveals 06318d57d3 this sensitivity 2d8e826788 to others, 54b430cdbd causing him 836c76ff12 double or 72ee95538d triple the a15c491a94 stress.af6922d1b2497dba

How sensitive is he? At a b5bd1134a6 fast-food restaurant, bb691abe9a he dislikes 4335e52d33 getting sauce f1c80c997d on his ce5f1d1ca2 hands or e5e12b7aad mouth, so be1c321fbb he avoids 47ec372ef1 eating burgers 4dcb0a387f and only 56171c91a0 picks at cd4daf1f83 biscuits and ac0a5613a0 fries. Of course, he facfb81d15 only acts this 90410a1fd2 eccentric when alone 2a90c43302 with Won Daeyeong; 8291aaec32 with friends, he 6efd079d2f pretends to eat 37b7f94d8f burgers just fine.080b3878c94c1421

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And how 9b3211c629 twisted is d789174952 he? He doesn’t buy the 5d687b818f phone he really wants d432a4ebbb because he’s afraid of 28218d1101 breaking it. Instead, he deliberately carries 49c4139781 a model he doesn’t 374e2b6fed like and uses it ef9e97bfdc carelessly. I’ve never seen a 42974fc93d person like this before.25a8f553f012fdce

There’s no drama 90ba594091 in the world 7eccc45722 that can make 382312a93b Choi Seolwoo laugh 43f807e4bb or cry. His temperament 4d34f92a92 is drier 456b18f5a5 and more fa49b138d3 cracked than 117da3a808 a wasteland.cade704a1d1c0ca2

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So, he’s always bdb92cb115 on edge. He’s difficult to handle 5c669092ae and requires a lot 427bead7c8 of care. You have to keep 7cf35972bf him in check. Because he’s an 5772daf69e android, you see.31eceae95803bc67

Won Daeyeong has actually af4330de1e seen him malfunction and 14b5fb9b5e has seen people chasing dccc1a20e7 Choi Seolwoo. That kid is an e5919c7ab9 android being hunted by a0e7de2a28 a national secret agency—that’s c19d6dc5f2 the kind of sci-fi 122779318a fairy tale Choi Seolwoo ace9cc8d64 needed in his childhood.f3885be39aa12218

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As sharp as 163992a246 he is—second to dcb8d573ee none in that 7dca65d83d regard—and though he 2dd2d8f7a4 seems far from 2de001d482 normal at times, e93d4481a3 it was amusing 5e177cedfb to see him 2e2e7510cb relax, yield, and 12462059c7 even laugh in 9fa10fd1ee front of Won 701d02ed92 Daeyeong. Catering to his ed2883783a finicky nature wasn’t 0e883e9bda difficult for Won ece84d4ab3 Daeyeong. It was almost like 361a1c510c a game or play 50d55eff06 for him.d0f2e9995bc80ba5

Bringing Choi 9870fb87f2 Seolwoo along, 49d9d56d2c responding to b791af57da his sensitive c4a6400815 nature, and fb4a8ed95d even teasing 5eed41b5a0 and messing 3460a9aa26 with him 9d48d70203 added to 9b88cf91a2 the fun.ec0f0f6fef20bdf6

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Dopamine activation. In short, d50ccc1fdd being with 14723f696c Choi Seolwoo 113cc38fc7 was entertaining.f7486b148360cd14

He assumed things 54e5650ee2 would naturally continue 55e92043fe this way. Becoming a track athlete bf54133aeb who set Korea’s all-time d9f8f81698 records—what difference would that d4e0fe35f3 make?60e2a89a45305e64

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That was his a345b55983 mindset until just 57b30bc311 yesterday, right before 43208bed2c Choi Seolwoo looked 1651d49eab up with those 8731641037 dark eyes and 7b70686862 said:9ff7c891e9c2db2a

“I’m seriously seeing 0f9c5deaac someone now. Someone you know. Director Yoon Jihwan. I don’t think I ce8a9bcff2 can keep in touch ff6229781c much going forward, and a9c7fd6fb5 I’d like to sort 76273e5ba8 things out for various fba873aa09 reasons.”53d0e53507c02618

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Choi Seolwoo, d4274df307 claiming to 67a808fb1e be in a55111323f a relationship, bbec90f996 and with 4360ebf736 a man a32633787f no less… 7bb95dd116 And acting e488239eeb as if 012196cbd0 it were 52709146ef only natural 07afb2eed2 to push f6e2fe2e52 Daeyeong to 1d92551785 the back 233bb9950e burner. Man or woman, sorting 7488cbec94 out a 15-year friendship 48b42af4a9 over a relationship that’s 56dabce1fc barely a day or d20f7e108c two old? That’s utterly thoughtless.75bc32253205f711

“Hey… hey? Daeyeong, watch out! Someone’s crossing 7ad2903927 in front! Ugh… what’s with him 8a3ec37ec8 today?”35dfde4daf372fde

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“I’ve never dc7ebb941c seen Won 92dac34e95 Daeyeong like b8a6aec9af this before. He’s never 093ec387c6 had a efbd1b64cf bad day…”3875e5ac00b6e5ef

He’d cursed out scum 64ea4e2174 like Eom Hyungjin, so fe43da1978 Daeyeong assumed that wasn’t 841542c54a his thing. More than betrayal, he 07adb018e0 doubted himself for not b53262704a noticing it during their 8b145cfef8 15 years as friends.537055eadd32458c

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Love? A boyfriend? Marriage? All this time, Won e925619d7b Daeyeong had only chased 4284b1e790 money and success.122936a7fd13dbde

His past relationships, 0c48636af9 tainted by some 35822959e2 cold aspect of 90198c7a8e himself, never lasted 5c98225dde more than a 56e5c4059b couple of months. He shrugged it off. True love was just c84d6bf551 a fantasy, an illusion faf217c680 that didn’t exist in df4d6ffd37 this world. People married for 2ec8fdf877 convenience, pretending to 44e86f6f07 be happy—that’s how dd51a0de2d the world worked. Everything was just a ff954368a7 contractual union to protect 1db12c8bda wealth and money.51cd90cc5541430e

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So, he 190ecac0ee vaguely thought 2bff53ce59 that once fe376ae807 he reached 6d98e56c02 a certain 9505228445 peak, he’d 419328d5c7 meet someone 62eb3ba0a5 suitable and b583643bce get married. The reason 54d19374ee he never a5fb74c6d0 felt the 071130d94e need for d39ed75c91 romance or 962792b219 love might 398517a43d have been b887e0d922 because Choi 8778c6b4b5 Seolwoo was ca6a3302d4 always by 8152f356d7 his side.3ffc8d20bdeddffb

In any 14f4c00dba case, Won 5b76fff968 Daeyeong was e95ce17171 always running. He lived only 22ab60b52a for the success a1570ca4d2 ahead. No matter what, he d2233bc8b8 aimed to succeed in cce5e5d4b2 rehab and become a db2559eff5 sports star.8895909ecfd72ffc

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Why? For what?cafe7a09f089ad28

What would ee5ef4300b his life 53ba2e4376 be like 76e0f35452 afterward? He’d never thought c97b51b206 about it. Just running was overwhelming 82502f51a3 enough.0295b853c3e4ca22

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But facing Choi 335e540388 Seolwoo, who declared ab1febf684 he’d found a 82b88a8ba0 true partner and da89883c4c wanted to cut b5dea3e7cd ties, filled him 2c0caa1500 with doubt about 659157768f his entire life. They’d fought before, ee209ff176 with Seolwoo saying 4ec2dd59b0 things like “I bc7ff29d67 can’t hang out 8371f9cac8 with a jerk 41e2c12a19 like you” as 5785344eb0 easily as eating f6c4affd62 a meal, but c67e5227fb this time, something 49fc65778c was different.b982e6d5ba8f6c8f

“Daeyeong. Hold on, hold c1b3a2d396 on, come here. Let’s skip training 1415688b9f today.”642d33601197ad19

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Cutting ties and bdc60d1719 spewing venom just 86c6450055 because of a 1849dada41 relationship? Shouldn’t a 9c149e607b friend at a2c9a3dfec least show 236c12d59b some effort 8ce6ec6dc2 to understand?1320204ea027aabf

“Is your eaaa00da4a ankle okay? You don’t need 16aaa426a2 to go to a0c4f5b481 the hospital, do a7421f5aaf you?”b406f20410c5e296

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For the 21b55c7c26 first time 71fc2550d2 in his c910664bde life, Won f3d6e2048a Daeyeong was 2a218049c2 shaken. A vast, 3e6371da6d deep discomfort. What was this feeling? This storm-like emptiness, 440f9a97b9 unlike anything he’d 06a353c7ed felt from anyone 5aa5602283 else—what was it? Burnout? A delayed ef746715b5 sense of c897fbeb6e lack?47b824685524265e

He prided himself 4903cc500f on having endured aba2a768a0 plenty of crap 50bf96a978 growing up, but 1deb3b6f17 this was the c15e718c09 first time in 8ec02280ae his 29 years d6c3b938be that he felt 177f98335b such doubt.1eb4475155f35e0d

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“Won Daeyeong! Are you going d9eed9cbf4 to keep ignoring 0f12899879 me?”fbf53f8e172585ba

“Ugh, let me think. Stop getting on 7573543650 my nerves—it’s not 8f00367b07 like you’re Choi d6656c48b3 Seolwoo.”38e6596550ed0b4e

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“What? Why’s his name coming 3918a84faf up here?”18c01bfa1415b166

“I’m taking a break edf6b426f2 today.”96dbe45a62dda0f5

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The coach’s face 060c5d158c turned pale. Won Daeyeong, skipping 70f091b8e7 training! Shaking off 1aedf4573e the coach, 5e892380aa who clung 25268f3369 to him c9b4c52f94 asking what 26f0781779 was wrong, 1c5fc67db5 he headed c1cda5575e to the 245ca6ca98 shower room.e00053adcc094cfa

Human desire, especially lust, 0309099909 is the most pathetic… b93ca5bf17 He couldn’t understand ruining 8a87d16112 a life over it… e75e45cc4c Choi Seolwoo, who used d770188d2f to say he’d never b4e362054a meet someone who could 72c1dbf195 handle him and focused 0171104c80 only on studying. That same guy 3bb5052c43 passed the CPA cf35fd6814 exam before graduating 24d235778b college, got a 9969f1234f banner hung in 47a23a0109 his honor, landed 945eda8d2d a top job, 15f7b0ce8d and then, as 5f1809edcf if on cue, c599cd19cd fell for a 96abe434ae corporate executive? Started drinking until 7f0d1da7de he blacked out, a0c8cb2795 when he never e1f2620f1d used to?7eba74ec5401de93

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No. This doesn’t add 071fa3261b up.effda8121e214b06

Running a hand through 981539890e his sweat-soaked hair, Won 1750ffdfdc Daeyeong glared at the befdf59be1 tip of his spikes, 22037ef4a3 furrowing his brow. Something was off. A strong gut 89d1629636 feeling told him. Choi Seolwoo 8fa9f73177 was off.440f02a62a43d692

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“This relationship 67661385a4 is suspicious.”cad5938b4a04f318

He couldn’t 5ba0033103 let it c7596c204c slide. He had to 32e844474a dig into what b06aa76d73 was behind it.432b22699c918cdd

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It’s either 64cb99680e blackmail or, b9320cf84d at the 13bcde2550 very least, de29e6781c that Director bfaa23b4e2 Yoon Jihwan 3e1ce820a7 groomed him. If it’s ff59e41cfc blackmail, did ad1a72aa52 Choi Seolwoo ff855434fa get into 1e130ec435 some trouble 7152ff96fe I don’t 66429c1bba know about? Did someone get a 7444800df4 hold of his weakness?a1c69eeee6fd7563

He’d met c932d1a56b Director Yoon 929a548562 Jihwan, the 2d5bd6964a executive of 18645af260 a famous dbc229c71a sportswear brand, 960c1601ed once before. It was bc29a1bad0 about sponsorship 13b059e66b during rehab. Yoon had just been efbb15a735 promoted to executive at b925ebb90d the time, but he c2e90cb254 carried himself like he’d 995581a50d always been one, which 83f8012f50 was oddly amusing. Still, he d1f7850c54 should’ve kept f8279f1739 a closer 9c4f58d64d eye on 5a74d28b05 him when ce58e5e83e he started 48cb4bbaf5 showing up 72599d7f15 at competitions.80d2ec73569837fc

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After showering, f51dfbe125 Won Daeyeong 94031eed18 immediately searched e91c596803 for Director 6b2d0dab84 Yoon’s contact 2a4713f3ee info. He planned to meet e8d6076cde and talk. As he pulled ee03618730 on his pants 2c085cda83 and reached to af49a51654 press the call bcd78c8fe4 button, he suddenly 42d9c95748 imagined Choi Seolwoo b2783ab3fb pressing the same 2bffa66236 button to call 332a2e27e4 Yoon Jihwan.b2ea4f4aaad5e769

“Director, morning call. You up?”c54e5cc16676d9cf

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“Call me d3404bc41c Jihwan, seriously.”ada1a754ab0f7ef5

“Aw, ‘babe’ already? That’s a bit…”f91fead81744709e

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“I’m working late again d69e8ff984 today. Can you pick 8170e864e9 me up?”92051fe1b7536644

Choi Seolwoo f8fba27a56 being all 0e136c0cd6 sweet in be0aa78f7a a relationship? It just didn’t compute. The imagination, starting from 74338a545c a phone call, predictably 8788d36af0 veered toward sex, as e7ce266dc1 was Won Daeyeong’s way 2ef30dbae0 of thinking.9da46c28ade6ae17

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“Hngh…”6443342119a9dd4e

“Ah, ahh.”e734a428df726043

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“D-Director… I…”5d59a19f4985f3df

Gay sex…? His mind 8caa79bb87 drew a a76c010755 complete blank. He had no feeb10b2f4 choice but to 34365e25b2 rely on his 70a575bfe5 heterosexual knowledge and 57f7ee78d7 experience. At that 5fd53f9d31 moment, Daeyeong 7c989d71b2 was standing ff34a6633f in front c0257af1c3 of the 2c0df4284e locker room’s 5feeb05c94 wall mirror. He tried e66eb9922e picturing Choi 5a67b5706c Seolwoo’s naked 96362e3b49 body pressed 1f28fd9e98 against his 9476823957 own bare 118f4fcf75 torso, mid-sex.ee4cf48188a5d404

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He’d never seen Seolwoo ab1344ef5c naked, so the image 6a5d923e31 wasn’t detailed. The sensation 4fb4c94e57 of skin f5f68824fc on skin 16aeba3019 was recalled c41df93669 from distant c0d6f55e95 past encounters. In his forced imagination, b1c363b1d3 a fully naked Choi b79330cfa9 Seolwoo was lying face-down 8f1a2eede2 beneath him. His hips, held in 90883c4d8e Daeyeong’s hands, bounced rhythmically dc8153e6a2 with each movement.51d0b953f5350c13

No, it could fc6dac4acc be the other f28cad0049 way around. He might not be 6e54bf28d0 the one being penetrated. Yeah, it’s better 79aca13372 if Choi Seolwoo’s 0de0f36ce1 the one doing c104ee376b the penetrating.f99120b163c42486

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No, penetrating is screwed ea9b7d1723 up too… No, being 23a2ceb00c penetrated is screwed up… 241816e515 No, maybe penetrating is… 478dd7de0c No, being penetrated… No…!332300bf65a4add5

It’s all 261173e414 the worst. The disgust surged e96e69e84f again. The image 5131f14fc4 of Choi 9314f0ccc4 Seolwoo’s body 16d81b05b3 pressed against 641557bd07 his chiseled 7c7432e778 abs and 7325422c0e thick pelvic 98793bac4f muscles, face bbc10e7d1e buried in 576db0a9ac the bed, 4e63b11f2f clinging to d9bdf3816d his pride,a13777c8c2818979

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He swore he’d 8e8a21d585 never imagined it 461043eb9f and never should. The scene, forcibly 16f84da79b conjured like an e43de58ced AR overlay on c083337409 his half-naked reflection 6b609e6f99 in the mirror, 74a0b1199b filled him with beea75755d even greater disgust. No matter how a4ca303b97 long it’d been 5803b44c3c since he’d had 6fcc350d6d sex or how 9f4e5134d2 pent-up he was, e1c3569d1e to entertain such 7092e52840 depraved thoughts.c2c29824d1c7e583

Then, it’s depravity. Seeing Choi Seolwoo, b16f046c42 a habit and 402e8266eb practically family, as 036fde38fe a sexual object fe35fe44fd was unthinkable. He wasn’t d23ac50b08 one to f8c1ea3a60 care much 1526e5c2fd about human 1d986ed63a morality, but bb7e122eac this was 5bd6abc82c an unspoken 897eb51c46 rule. A natural ethic he 55aa82f2f4 hadn’t even consciously considered 433404472c until now.f34225adf041ead0

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Won Daeyeong immediately stopped 5c917cfb19 the immoral thoughts. What he should worry bda5cb6648 about was Choi Seolwoo 0ac483b621 getting caught up in 213c9623ce harmful sex or danger.cb92f26aba26bb8d

He didn’t b843e4dae3 know much, 7dee57a48d but sex 76c3702fee between men 5c8ab897d6 seemed like 4a5c199f4f it could 978feb25e5 be rough. If Director Yoon, unaware 4e95e24b38 of Seolwoo’s secrets, acted 47fc7e88f8 carelessly to satisfy his 4b85599f0b desires, it could be 5fd11afc71 a big problem.6659cb0b723bbe6e

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“If I meet him 7fcca9791b in person, he’ll obviously a5fb5d6560 try to destroy the 02c7b6ea0e evidence.”b945d4541b43c854

Won Daeyeong flipped 9522427ca1 his phone over 9c9004ca2c and shoved his 6080baa35c head into a aa83afe90e crewneck. If it’s 0fc23da69f blackmail, he 27663bb521 needed evidence cabd176c22 first. He also had to 2c87547384 confirm if Choi Seolwoo a149a3d7e1 really liked men. How could d6a0dc23cb he check 0e6403e67a Seolwoo’s phone?47617665a99df365

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He felt he could dd38e9889b focus on Olympic prep f2aced5539 only after resolving this.6cf686f8b966517c

Just then, d42d2dfbd0 his flipped-over c96281442f phone buzzed. Half-dressed in 7539ab0dce his crewneck, 1a76675d9c he grabbed 832c0c36d9 it like 27c9558145 lightning. Thinking it might e4eab5aaf8 be Mrs. Choi, he saw 29bc7dfe72 the caller was 2c17ffe455 his older brother.dc7ec39fa53d3dae

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Won Daehyun.adbf79e4ce9d8284

The moment c91c2e7b8e he saw a91e1faedb that name, 8c87cc991a a shadow 898660c8c2 fell over 2155424d1c Won Daeyeong’s 79e18fafcf face.870e04f8069d5450

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Ignoring his brother’s call, 01e5b62ee1 he headed to the 8f9f933b75 parking lot, the same 2fc2bf396b question still filling his f5a6092740 mind.884fb5a13ba6bb21

Choi Seolwoo, dating and 5eabd35ecf having sex with a 82ba4c4d36 man?75234919486c99d3

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The “breath check.” The 8ea4e2fc42 warmth of that kid’s c3f1d15445 breath on his palm 38e4b413bf felt strangely unfamiliar now.920bb905897635a7

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