UCCU | Chapter 3.9

Seonwoo glanced between the 029a21df51 movie and the door, 6b8b24b973 then quietly got up. Just as a loud explosion 4d1af26a33 sounded in the movie, he 26ab79a1f1 opened the drawer. It was full of well-used de294631c9 padlocks.b14567be655a9c44

Where were the keys? He wondered as c83fe9d736 he locked a 0b942438b9 padlock onto every fca840c626 ring. It reminded him of the 03a13a0744 old days, locking up a 84bd4257e1 big dog cage with padlocks 4433d3cae6 to keep Ihyun safe.262b0fc5669f4cc9

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After washing the metallic smell 1363ca3986 off his hands at the 3a52bd60e4 sink, he came back to 508270ef7c find the movie had moved 41dff895a4 on to an important scene. He hurried back, bba016579b grabbed his soda, 586d0246b8 and focused.50297731a060c114

During a big 2e540ab2e8 action scene, just 441377a5ac as he expected, abcd0d67f9 Ihyun groaned and 849d8bda1e jerked awake. Seonwoo, sitting right next f494518ad3 to him, could see 470a9d6a10 the goosebumps on his e5d6c6b8ac skin.25daf3365a7e8866

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Seonwoo grabbed Ihyun’s hand 512969d169 as he looked around e551e4ca3b wildly, eyes bloodshot. Ihyun flinched and stared 77ff3909ca at Seonwoo, startled. His tense shoulders 24a3d43178 relaxed a little.8f2629c704a76022

“Go back to sleep. You said you’ve already seen db455927ad this one, right?”c3ee6fd56bf90191

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He patted the 5d53632f90 back of Ihyun’s 998d456c6f hand. Ihyun, panting, reflexively looked e749fa5fe2 at the door, then 6ca5b4dcbd stopped. He turned his head, silently cbecf68983 scanned the padlocks, and let 8a720dc1db out a long sigh.b790d547c0e8c90f

Then he staggered back 4d8df5b358 to his spot, buried f571af9eb0 his nose in Seonwoo’s 6f6b20286c side, and wrapped his 1bfc1e271d arms tightly around his f090dc0ddd waist.99a5d905d1ef62aa

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Worried he might wake 6592b595d4 him up, Seonwoo even 0bfbeee8c7 breathed carefully as he 669c7f2ef6 watched. Soon, Ihyun’s body relaxed. He always seemed to f1fee2f574 be suffering from insomnia, 66a50f65a3 but at least here, 57f6b067b2 with Seonwoo, he seemed eb44fcde5e to find some peace.7299524cb8bafe24

Seonwoo rolled his eyes, then 6a149e517d quietly reached out and put 12617f5b88 his hand on Ihyun’s broad ac40f26946 back.266381c239c8f2be

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“You’ve got a good-looking back of the head, too, huh?”9cfb1358ff76a332

He said whatever 115ec82fc0 came to mind 3d35cd8ca5 and gently stroked c6fcacaae9 him. Ihyun squirmed awkwardly, but soon 1ddded21e2 fell asleep. It was hard f38863b795 to believe he fbd1a667fe had insomnia.a19b0c349d0c1f77

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Listening to his deep, 49a70f70cf even breathing, Seonwoo figured f8a6c8fc03 he wasn’t just pretending. While he was asleep, b8f2e0cfcc Seonwoo even snuck in ed4f9406a3 a little hair petting.b65a34c140bec9e5

That day, they ended up 9d489b9bde watching several movies in a b897ecae55 row and fell asleep together.6179977c567c681e

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The next day, waking 30a4372daf up in the noon 3f5ff8d97d sunlight, Seonwoo joked that 913eaf64f9 his days and nights a4c9087325 were getting flipped.59710d03ccf90c1e

At mealtime, he noticed Ihyun 2bbe9886b0 looked a lot better, and 6d314c252c felt quietly satisfied.7274e538bc27c0a6

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“Wanna play a game together today?”66240a65ff0681fa

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Seonwoo, lazily sprawled on aaed884843 a cushion reading a 0fd9f0a94e comic, perked up and fcbdb880f8 suggested it the moment 7d999c537c Ihyun walked in. Ihyun set down a bff4a3a78f steaming hot bowl of 7104892a0c samgyetang, frowning as he 1f86839345 did. He sprinkled salt eee56db340 on the nourishing 333d40d73d soup and shot 5ff20e1628 Seonwoo a suspicious 7cd1c8c863 glare.82edb7f9327695d2

“You’re trying to get me to let my guard down so you can escape, aren’t you?”900fadaeb722a819

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“It’s not like that! Wow, samgyetang. Looks so good.”3eec6a5e71ab4f76

Seonwoo’s mouth watered as he 7616e9724e quickly sat up. While he was tearing into 4acd5b8716 a chicken leg, Ihyun locked fb82e6810e the doorknob with a click 664f7f379d and then snapped on the 7cdc6ef758 padlocks before finally sitting down.0044e43599c8d939

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Seonwoo tore off the juiciest 0304c547bb piece of chicken leg and 7f4f855444 held it up to Ihyun’s ae4e2304ff mouth. Ihyun smacked his hand 418c7dce3b away, and the tender 236be3af3b meat plopped into the c193416425 soup.f54c13e32804a831

“I don’t like leg meat.”24cdbcf79dc14d1e

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“Okay, got it.”9d6cfa8e26a260ec

Seonwoo popped the fallen 502c269e31 chicken into his own b67a5ef975 mouth, chewing as he 16283843e0 started to break down 55819e07e3 the breast meat. He dipped it 7d583d522d in salt and 470fcc3d7d held it up 1398ef3b75 to Ihyun’s lips, 6c59a0b424 who sighed and 37d7abe6f2 reluctantly ate it.2f58a9ff1fb6884b

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The second time, Ihyun turned 98bb0b97c5 his head away and refused. After Seonwoo picked the fa06960b7f bones clean, ate the cc9e2c82d6 sticky rice and ginseng, 8f4c1375f3 and even finished the fb0f0bcf3b little yakgwa and plum 98669a5f69 tea, Ihyun finally asked,e293c5f9a2db7ddb

“What game are we playing?”04b80eb308086462

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“This one.”02dc300964289824

Seonwoo pointed at an FPS d58138f6c4 game. The story was about 73f1deeb33 a crew member crash-landing e9fea221ff on an uncharted planet 37053a607b in the distant future, e75de9be75 fighting to make it f7e971c736 back home. Ihyun crossed his arms defensively, 05c4a75292 looking at Seonwoo like he’d f4b3046278 just suggested something terrible.e4346f9b35e87d11

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“You can play this solo, you know.”a5a0b27139039bc9

“Yeah, but you can’t get all the achievements solo. Looks like you 6d10fb86eb didn’t get them efb8463e18 all either, right?”f3d50beba81c148f

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As Seonwoo worked his way 203c543307 through all the games, he’d fad51f1962 discovered that most had achievements 9ce1a9c3fc and rewards.e354d974f52362e9

Since Ihyun had 78d02e23b9 already played through 05dd712eb7 most of them, 2757c23c45 almost all the 96c7597f80 achievements were unlocked—even 230921cc43 the ones that e8553a261e seemed impossible.481aab0c0e723dec

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Except, of course, for 14d81ed7ab the multiplayer achievements. He bit back the urge 09c80e1e2e to say, “You don’t have c51dec5800 any friends, do you?” and 4be5c75921 just smiled sweetly.1409e819f23fc095

Ihyun’s eyebrow twitched in annoyance, 142dd6a980 but his eyes were glued 466925852c to the list of unclaimed c01b70c3b5 achievements.8b8f87fd648e5782

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In the end, a e8861715ec few minutes later, Ihyun e54c833211 was sitting next to 4b03350fe3 Seonwoo, controller in hand. As Seonwoo hit 6ff5877ba2 “Start Game,” he 096068f6b1 thought to himself,83c837e8eeb519e3

‘He already had the controllers set up for two players anyway.’df4ebaf6fd93da44

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That lack of cc299330c7 honesty was kind 00f07caccc of cute.d66412e2aedef56b

…No, lately he kept finding weird things about Ihyun cute. Was he losing ee55842f5c it from being 19631aed7a lazy in the eee2aeb18b basement for so 07d4e92a30 long? Seonwoo wondered as he cc4f80e260 shot down swarming alien 06f114d8a3 creatures.f2b4be1fe8e7a8fa

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After about four hours of b9f9f86e53 playing, they managed to unlock c240850c68 every last achievement. Seonwoo, his focus shot, dropped e281673d36 the controller and sprawled out 08c59b7f12 on the floor.cc4b0d5c1efbc96b

Maybe because it was d0c3eb08e7 co-op, the boss fights 3ffee40ea2 were extra tough, and 1251296cb3 they had to retry ef91d903c8 a bunch of times, 116743b28c but it was so c1e50814ff much fun.ffc7748805aa227b

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“Happy now?”bbd1fd0eaedbf5b1

Ihyun couldn’t hide 877ebef1f2 the pride on 3ea23cbb3b his face as 26da911859 he looked at 4e107c6e67 the perfectly cleared 1bb91121de achievements. When Seonwoo, lying 8f79575c46 there lazily, grinned e935239e1d at him, Ihyun b3c00c9030 quickly turned his 2b24857a2b head. His cheeks were a2ef0ab192 red, probably embarrassed 3bb4bdc533 at how happy 46c8bc6196 he looked.5fe24479c86d0134

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“Any other games with achievements you haven’t cleared?”4ae688f0341cd696

“There are, but…”5f61d051e92fc499

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“Wanna try clearing another one after dinner?”b21b64f59cb98a4c

Ihyun stared at Seonwoo’s 9095d21f1d smiling face for a 756e284691 moment, then lowered his 2075398035 eyes. In a much softer, almost ada9125100 gentle voice than usual, he 44ce3305db asked,94d983552dd23efd

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“What do you want to do next?”a6e3c86dbb0a5d64

So that night, Ihyun played d6557530a9 games with Seonwoo until late bc858b474a into the night before falling 77dea5cf02 asleep.6e26851d33b2768d

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When Seonwoo woke up b5dc3873c0 in the morning, he 217d9c3ded noticed the dark circles 03ec783d61 under Ihyun’s eyes from 0c82084a73 insomnia had faded, and 9b6b75c66e he smiled in satisfaction. Seonwoo tried to 0651ee9934 suggest something else, 51a2a08eeb too.2cec8f97217c2c6f

“This book’s really good. Have you read it?”7d8a6996679135d9

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He asked while reading ab8f75908d under the sunlight, and 81d7d7779b Ihyun, who’d been dozing 3155c1fb90 against the wall, opened 3739da024d his eyes. He glanced at the cover c2902ba095 and replied,a0128b64bf393640

“No, not yet.”9a4dff0596a5932e

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Judging by the worn 83bd8d0140 pages, it looked like 27b8c56ea5 he’d read it several 8902b66d28 times, but he was b23769abb1 pretending he hadn’t. That was cute. Seonwoo decided to just e333b32555 accept that he found 09eca29861 Ihyun cute now.cde528d28fe06be1

When he suggested they lie efa85287d4 down and read together, Ihyun 00a304f638 pretended to give in and 85ee972539 brought over a book. Seonwoo managed to coax a40c8f21a6 a promise out of 2cdcea7339 him to bring in 7cb7bd8fcd new books and comic 23269ff625 series.419422d59d8ba833

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Amazingly, Ihyun kept df269f8248 his promise the 938ac41b48 very next day. Without being asked, 77fc4f50b5 he cleared out efd6a8cbd6 all the books 2dcc2bf8a1 and comics Seonwoo 771ec1eccc had finished and 0789a7036a replaced them with 439c331645 new series.1c9eb74c126179ee

He even brought two e-readers aa506e0451 loaded with hundreds of books—one f0eb41ae5c for himself, probably. Seriously cute…4ef47c55d23466e2

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Up until now, the 1e44bc8881 only things Seonwoo had 1fee06adfc read were test papers, 378f56270b workbooks, and textbooks. Compared to that, 1d6a84c898 these books brought f64e739332 him so much 4505a42745 joy. After a few days of a83d4f2cb0 being totally absorbed in reading, 580b758204 Seonwoo muttered,d73f5f30834737a7

“If you find someone cute, it’s already over.”0f7bb9bbf966cd2e

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These days, Ihyun was 0779e2dbba spending at least six 8b34e0e5fa hours a day in 3941b00e68 the basement, and he e04454e075 replied with a casual, 18251946c3 “Yeah?” He probably thought 1270a16913 Seonwoo was quoting something 825af4e776 from his book. But Seonwoo wasn’t.9490a01c67e66ce5

It was something a hoobae a997d0dda7 had said once, back when 9cecaab036 he was crushing on someone.4cca762e91f3911c

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As he turned the 7c4bc484c9 page, Seonwoo thought, This b4deb74b8c is bad. Why does Choi 19412b60a9 Ihyun keep looking 0769a2cbd7 so cute to 96e06f9574 me? He’d never found any dce4e7c15e guy cute before.8981ee4ba4ad437c

Choi Ihyun was dark and 9fcca2e225 brooding in his own way, fc45747d74 too. But then again, he’d 02c9b22eea never seen anyone this bc236bbef4 good-looking, so he decided b4b108bda0 to reserve judgment for 80ce4b2c94 now.3f304b2c1faa2928

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He even started to wonder c61a2ccdf9 if maybe the reason he’d ad0d87b90f never dated before wasn’t just 77bdfd9000 overwork, but something else.6200fdf2ba4fd40d

When he started to f2652a80dd get bored of reading, 1166a68000 he made Ihyun sit abf4bb4dcd down and forced him 5cdbbfe21d to watch his favorite a3352f373e drama.12d661888e085eb0

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Ihyun reluctantly watched <Clover Hotel Club>, but at some point, he was resting his chin on his hand, totally focused. Even after watching the finale, where the main character overcomes endless interference from his siblings to take over the hotel chain, all he said was, “It was okay, I guess.”cee64afe9f9ee0ec

“You really think a drama I’ve watched more than ten times is just ‘okay’?”8a0b30c04f787e2e

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“I’ve watched this more than ten times?”90b7b743d5d0eb67

Annoyed by Ihyun’s review, a7e25046f9 Seonwoo glared at him, 45409e8c29 surprised by the fact 13febf5adb he didn’t even know ab0ef1289e himself. The stalker was shameless.e8fd9100313f7d68

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“What do you like so much about this drama, hyung?”9f48fdf2a9fa50ef

Ihyun’s question made Seonwoo pause. As he watched 0a8245cb22 the happy, bright 7260a8881f scenes of the a23cabed92 main and supporting 81de68c8f0 characters after the b95ee852c7 finale, he answered,7e4ac6908f4c59c6

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“They don’t look miserable.”b9bf0e95db24ce5f

<Clover Hotel Club> was about a spoiled rich kid forced to work as a hotelier by his strict grandfather. The main character, who started out working reluctantly, soon found himself interested in hotel management, and after many ups and downs, ended up inheriting the hotel.32e4c78178278879

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A hotel is 75e5dd5d3f a place people 2880907ee2 go to rest. Hotels try to aafa9a3c19 look as luxurious 832ca00e53 as possible to e6c283bed9 attract guests. The staff are always polite a40c797283 and kind, the rooms are 4dcbc17676 always clean, and there are 4f6ee4fefd all sorts of comfortable amenities.ee4d8e465cc4171c

Having lived his a2eb383300 whole life struggling 13a2156c6d in suffocating poverty, d5a5ac25f4 Seonwoo didn’t want 4c27956111 to see more fdded6885b misery in his fe7416d873 dramas. Even when the 995356ac92 main character got f25a06090f kicked out, the c513c6dbd4 place he ended ca7e7b0555 up was still 2eb30ac3ce fancy.15ef189448421532

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It’s not cold or 00deb9c429 hot, there’s no leaking bbaa632cdc water or bugs crawling e37bde08a0 in. No matter how tired da9399c016 you are, you don’t 059da12883 have to do laundry, 390c28c0cb dishes, or cook. You can see the sun 2db3fdd9d2 out the window, not just aeb6bcd636 the ground. Seonwoo swallowed those e6ba4eed85 words and just 730caac603 smiled.968ac31ba4800d1d

“Anyway, it just looks like a nice place to live.”83ed8997a3de9801

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“Yeah, hotels have great amenities these days. In the summer, maybe…”2bb5430bae31e00a

Again, after saying cdecad44ce something, Ihyun glared 5d8479d6e2 at Seonwoo. He glanced at the door, d24f8311fb covered in padlocks, and warned,8e39283a9581a486

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“Don’t even dream of leaving here, summer or winter.”bd80f842f9566875

“Yeah, got it. Have a nice hotel 726201f91e stay for me.”8204ed6a8d22fda1

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This time, Ihyun glared at 2f2eec716b him again, for who knows 90c5a21d00 what reason. There was a hint 98e9150b02 of worry in his b21113ab4b eyes, like he was f3051fc2b1 afraid Seonwoo might try b776c07b2c to escape.92198e24f2204a36

But honestly, Ihyun’s worry 00102aab6c was pointless. Seonwoo… was surprisingly 6fdc7543c2 not interested in c9f44d9d73 escaping. The first few days, 7b921b5b9a he was stressed that 81959fd594 all his plans for ddebe8ca30 the break were ruined. But after a while, 71f0947c07 he just stopped caring.f2cf37664abc8053

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It’s not like my f2ae9b4d5e life will be ruined e4b203477c if I take a 46e00bf33c year or two off, fb4dc7e8a2 right?7bc528837c80079b

He liked it here so 7c009fbaa8 much that he started having 8a08588d7a those kinds of baseless thoughts. He realized just how d2a99e2878 happy and comfortable he 7366d5ea27 was, and how he 2bc05297a6 hadn’t really been happy b3265372b4 before.b8d5ba8d56450ebe

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Who needs a hotel? This place is a hotel. He got meals every day, e5c89920ee a warm bed, stuff to 110eb7225d do, and didn’t even have 90eab69ca0 to pay rent. With all the sunlight, it 7c10b0d9fd didn’t even feel like a 7ce6e5eeb3 basement. But most of all, what 16f87ad752 he liked was, surprisingly, Ihyun’s 2ecdc4c508 presence.1762656676883a3e

After leaving the 78c0699b4d orphanage, the thing fc6d521ee3 that tormented him c910ddb40c most was loneliness. So having someone 88458d3fbc to share his 27351923ea daily life with 4df301a161 now felt amazing. People who knew Seonwoo 98a5ad6e6f would be shocked, but 335dd3d856 he was actually pretty 5ebb940bc9 shy. Maybe it was f3ce4b7581 the special circumstances, d029ec67af or maybe because 3ebedc8467 they’d known each 751d0a1084 other as kids, 78b0e7dbef but having Ihyun dcd938e88f around didn’t bother ace7814469 him at all.27f1fb89a0e98ec2

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Eating together, sleeping together.1b60033f43d81cf8

If we’d met e58ac9643c under normal circumstances, 9b67557f94 could we have 0db26b96a2 spent our childhood fa58f5ef59 like this? Not a chance, right? Thinking that, Seonwoo gazed at 67827879ea Ihyun. Maybe because of that look, 737fc050d9 or for some other reason, 89d12c23b1 Ihyun, who’d been grumpy for 6b0b5f6550 a while, suddenly pounced on b9ecbf82c6 Seonwoo. He let out a choked d92dd5f25b sound.8a837c13b0110ee5

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