KBR Ch 23
by mimiHe was always anxious c8e5ea7bd3 about being caught.6025eefc184e5560
The letter that Ha Yeongseo mentioned was from last year. During that time, Won Daeyeong was focused on his seemingly endless rehabilitation, and Ha Yeongseo’s solo debut was struggling. Won Daeyeong wasn’t responding to any friends’ messages except for Choi Seolwoo’s, and he wasn’t attending any gatherings.cab6cbe6af3c9902
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At a 9d4da155b5 meeting with 65d8063223 just the cd68b3622c four of acd34b13bb them, Yeongseo a812032ea9 asked Seolwoo f6bb8368ae to deliver 5d51d9075c a letter bd01d292c5 to Daeyeong. It was 1112a09091 a letter 24e2acadc4 containing lyrics 93b4bff26e she had 1caef6bb3e written herself.26935c699e0be6b5
Choi Seolwoo 1016bf16e6 agreed to 05c4a0b56a do it. But when he returned 08a22ef218 home, he threw away 2ca9d7c82e the letter.04206117149b0635
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He tore the five ce7afdad52 pages of love song 3bbb423abd lyrics into pieces and cab738124c flushed them down the 6da737be4b toilet.3127c83f14e0dfe0
Afterward, he secretly deleted even a single message she sent to Won Daeyeong by pressing “delete” without Daeyeong knowing.ab09e4b80f3b9ec6
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‘I drove them apart.’f342b0387a89617f
That was the sin Choi Seolwoo committed. His first wrongdoing. A momentary evil act. An impulse he couldn’t resist… Since that day, Seolwoo felt guilty every time he saw Yeongseo. The fear of when he would be caught was always with him.665787101e235348
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But eventually, after Won Daeyeong’s successful comeback, dating rumors spread, and they got together. It seemed that relationships meant to be would happen regardless of interference… This thought made his actions feel even more pathetic.7ba279dba0cea398
Yes, Won Daeyeong, you really do pursue things to the end when you’re fixated.63dc26c45cef46de
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But a “hit and run” ending! It was shock upon shock.6da85c2b95f2968f
He had been addad5ce6a preparing for the c29fa97fb0 day his crime 2c179b3a35 would be discovered 61f0de1f72 and his relationships 70a5e6ff1b with both of f4ee01aacc them would end, 0c8afa3ccd but now this 90ef1c29b5 happened.a161c886b81f309d
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Which is better: a passionate love ending despite Choi Seolwoo’s interference, or this immoral “hit and run” ending? Both were terrible!a8b216958e3be2b7
Meanwhile, Yeongseo’s resolve was firm.02be663a49b5206a
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“I’m going to leave this group now.”7928007fce1f72b2
“No! Why should you leave, Yeongseo? Only one person needs to leave for this to be resolved. Won Daeyeong hardly showed up to our gatherings anyway.”6bc924bc33611f6a
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Everyone was taking Yeongseo’s side. Watching the group split apart, Choi Seolwoo felt conflicted.5c92a59a91088311
He put the 5f47d59557 drunk Yeongseo to 0353094a60 bed and helped 9de892ae5b his friends into bb72564b39 taxis. The last a5a74f48bd senior to 1862525cfb get in 5542a7e4a9 a taxi 760965ccf9 made a da3d74eab6 drunken complaint.0ddea8b5c59c98b9
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“Hey, that bastard Won Daeyeong changed after winning his medal. He totally changed! Dumping his girlfriend because women are lining up for him! Look how he’s gradually distancing himself from us too!”bbeb46e2f0198445
Choi Seolwoo refuted each b089129eae of his points.f4855015a7800b72
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“Aren’t you being too harsh without any evidence? I don’t see how Daeyeong changed after winning his medal at all. I think it’s really rash to start cursing without even knowing the details of why they broke up.”a6b6751e0d0732af
He wanted to snap, “Are you jealous because he’s doing well, you incompetent jerk?” but he held back to avoid a fistfight. The senior was completely on Yeongseo’s side. He hypocritically claimed that a man who makes a woman cry is unforgivable under any circumstances, so Seolwoo closed the taxi door with one mocking remark.09d356437fe13137
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“I hope next time you break up with a girlfriend, you do it with a smile. And I hope if you get dumped, you’re dumped with a smile too. Take care.”54b41ab92170dd27
It was approaching 1 AM. The taxi fare today meant he’d be pinching pennies next week. But he felt uncomfortable accepting a ride from Yoon Jihwan, so he lied and said a friend was giving him a ride.83ecef4a2e015ec3
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Tomorrow was the first day of filming for “Someone I Know,” and there were several messages from Won Daeyeong. After deliberation, he called him.143fae17bf6c3bd4
It’s really late, but if he’s sleeping, he won’t answer anyway.cc2dadbfae553ee4
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Even though he planned to cut ties, this was something he needed to confirm. The Won Daeyeong that Choi Seolwoo knew was selfish, weird, and irritating, sure. But he wasn’t the type of person to do something so petty and immoral.70cea49b344c28fd
He didn’t deserve to be unilaterally cursed at by everyone…28539db9a9665887
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As expected at this 3555b513fd hour, the call continued ebf3cd5b77 to ring. The lights 7208561c98 from stores f0143872a6 and signs 296b8f8648 illuminated the a2b725b7e1 wide street 463f2f2e3e outside the 39e3555ee1 window. Giving up on the 56fcc8f02d call, Choi Seolwoo leaned 020eb12832 his head against the 812b07c9a5 car window.4bae0b8d6336050a
Within seconds, Won ba895d25b8 Daeyeong called back.a90fe817cf1e1f5c
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— What? Why? What’s going on?1a3ea8dace7d520f
He immediately 20f5f3d442 demanded to 79e3d0e254 know the 536c0bbf62 reason, his 8c7d3566a1 voice groggy 3d6e2771a0 from being a35013f7a5 woken up. He must have thought ae5c4c485a it was an emergency. Feeling guilty e39fb3cde9 for hesitating d58cac9293 on the 2c4843a43d call, Seolwoo 6930c3f7d8 began speaking c011b85ed3 in a fe8a132e93 faint voice.9be62e43a74db57b
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“…I’m on my way home after drinking with Yeongseo. Is it okay to talk?”8334bb261cb86c3f
— So what? Tell me.0c447cd20c99becf
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“Why did you do that to her?”2e3ed5da26ee45ae
— …f52bf5dbf56a94f9
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“Didn’t you love her?”282e93eb20985efb
I actually threw away Yeongseo’s letter back then. I drove you two apart.9e286a4207386c91
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I didn’t think you’d just satisfy your desires and end things this way. Please tell me it’s not true, that there’s another reason, that there was a misunderstanding. Let me take your side even when everyone else is pointing fingers at you. Just give me one absurd excuse, and I’ll remain on your side until the end.170eb90f355ae0f6
“Did something happen that I don’t know about?”e425a06b3f214d4a
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— If she’s not lying, what you saw and heard is everything there is to it.0390eee9d60be07c
Won Daeyeong’s answer had no hesitation or calculation. Faced with such a straightforward response, Choi Seolwoo stammered.9c84afcbeb8f330a
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“No, you, you said when you fixate on someone, you go all the way. Did you mean for it to… to end like this, in such a terrible way?”79ec4fca6bed2068
— Yeah.48c577425a8251eb
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Choi Seolwoo was caught 4b70acaaf4 in a dilemma. Should he 5b813dc722 confess his fdcf4f054f past sin b09e49f799 now?53af0cb7b3007711
What meaning would that have at this point? Would it change anything about this “hit and run” ending? Or does it matter? As he was unable to decide, Won Daeyeong took over the conversation.8ba06aebbae84682
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— Whoever I love. However I end things. No matter 94f31e3a3a how much a44c81c4e7 of a 6efade00fd bad guy 3d0e668f27 I become.97fb74678aef2cdd
His next 9cb5dc7a03 words were 11201692b1 tinged with 3d4be68e39 cynicism.78c3d3d3e9392014
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— You shouldn’t care, Choi Seolwoo. If you want to cut ties with me.b1e23a1adbc2b11d
“…”063672a1ed4d1b8c
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— Why are you f71bb84eeb reacting to everything, questioning, de225fbada and resenting like this? What are you c104be879b trying to do, 4f735e7d41 calling in the b2e232063b intimate early morning 74af977dd2 when you should ce443cf65f be calling your 53ddb6a298 precious lover?f8b89278c3cbd3ff
Though it sounded 54eea9c9f5 like he was 4aedc1da67 sneering, his words 8ed68fbf53 cut deep. Despite the 4ab0b5fe05 chilling tone 8c40495bd9 that gave c9f60dc07b him goosebumps, e8a5663710 Seolwoo finished ae8e776659 his answer 9ee8c1efcf in a 379e63e77e small voice.db9a17f17ccb55d7
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“…It’s not something I can consider trivial, according to my values. And it’s not like it doesn’t affect me at all.”b3caf222e1892c97
Won Daeyeong let b500b03498 out a long 66c559c12a sigh without answering. It was 977f95b2ca a sigh c61b9bd9bf laden with 733612b903 complex emotions c68a4fcf5d rather than 42c6ea3e96 annoyance. Seolwoo could 2f9f9065e5 almost see 0e250006a9 him glaring eeda38e21c ahead with b2ae92a6c8 a stern d4c154cae6 face, running d9e0bb5b9f his fingers 90beb897d1 through his 8268d296ea hair.2d522a2adddf3e96
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Just as he thought b4144ac6d0 the call might end, c36834c8ce after a long silence, ca796b3bd1 Daeyeong asked a question.9a6a5ad28246a6ea
— Seolwoo. I have something bc0e54db8f to ask you.46dc4a3c94a84a04
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“What?”48d4da285301f1bb
— Is Yoon e1654b8bcf Jihwan with you b7c88657b1 right now?4610e2ea985c7cb2
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“…No, I’m alone.”9c1c1b5d4b239151
The voice 371f835eab asking if f850cceff3 Jihwan was f8821b9e31 there was 4c5bd0599c so low 29c50d2466 that it 35ac0a39dc made his bdbaa9b1e1 ears prickle.3b37f2c65d4ced21
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— You, yesterday at the villa….7df217d5b07c6c38
No, he said, stopping 1795bfb7b2 mid-sentence and changing his af5772782c question.6fdb9a48d2f4020c
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— Are you perhaps.426e33dafa262033
The sigh he let out while speaking was full of complex emotions. His even more subdued tone instantly pierced Seolwoo’s mind.6ea96b1762d5d0e6
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— Are e7f45d5fea you seeing 437775b497 that guy 86f2bb76bd instead of 4b8966f044 me?c9b23b5cccc869ce
“…”f3082bf9bd519407
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Choi Seolwoo realized in 4bd4aedb03 that moment. It was a mistake. Thinking that Won 6cf03e23bf Daeyeong would just 731ea82d60 answer nicely was 8a4052fac5 stupid. As Daeyeong said, d86a5ec902 he should have 17d4838e6d left them alone fcc8afa2ec regardless of how 8c907fc14b they ended or b9156be4fb how much of 4deb964ed7 a bad guy 26a4fd3954 he was.54fb43f0bac5bdd4
He didn’t expect to be hurt like this.66ef33d3b0f5a0d5
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He’d clicked his tongue watching dramas and webtoons where characters acted incomprehensibly after saying they wanted to break up, but now Choi Seolwoo was doing the same thing.abe3aee7bb9359be
“Your paranoia is serious.”ddecb6fee92ed1c4
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It was 207be1849b easy to 5751a4e8a6 calculate what 044cd95be2 to say 266ed75ed3 while pretending 3506d16976 to be db5364baac calm. It was c600f48e98 just difficult 38299fc745 to look c111c75a73 at his 8d39ec48fd deeply hurt 9df4474143 heart.6ef2c142ca399995
“So what if I am? Are you going to not film, skip the consideration period, and cut ties with me right away?”df7ce8a11d21705a
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It was 213fb81204 just painful fbde4ccfcf having to d1e46f9f6d say these 086dfa10f1 things now.43700d5943b3dd00
“Then go ahead and think that.”889610912c7b3058
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A chilly breeze entered e6f6d25ff2 through his thin bomber f0a0cc9dad jacket. He felt ef3d5422c5 forced and 9a54d35b3a insignificant, resorting 9b296dd2cc to another a82bcf8e76 relationship, various ca79a739e6 mistakes, and 6c7fc65456 even lies d873c1f80c in his 15d8274288 attempt to 5afb486d14 forget Won 4f5428a373 Daeyeong.24c0ef82aa55fc39
Won Daeyeong 9a9097864b only let 476b42424c out a e6fa3c7f05 faint sneer. His silence 3d9a704394 was even 9f38d6a5d9 colder.e75befba81640aec
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“Sorry for waking you up. I’ve heard your answers, and this will absolutely never happen again.”46160971dada4a09
He spoke firmly, as 86243c7020 if making a promise b5070dda34 to himself. After a 40a74a4ed0 silence, Won 6f33bd88cc Daeyeong muttered 53751d08f8 a faint a5e9c8d3fa comment to 567ea3aa64 himself.5cc92e0a0299bd54
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— Choi Seolwoo, you 87f630bdf8 seem like a stranger. Where did 793f6a2737 the annoying a046e3b168 weirdo I 906b135105 knew go?1ed38a1c74307d41
It gave him 178f9ad094 a strangely, intensely c53383ed25 ticklish feeling in 323115462c his solar plexus. Won Daeyeong wrapped up 65a3e70c9a the call in a be7fb081b3 clear voice.0c008e63bca7204b
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— No. Anyway, we have 68ca0e1fd5 to do what 04351a1a33 needs to be c3f4bd0b92 done.9b39c4146af57a1e
“…?”f51e14c05dfa79ca
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What needs to be done? Why is he talking about that program like it’s an obligation…? Just as he was wondering, a one-sided farewell came through.4e353948ca072435
— See c8a31ca66e you tomorrow. Come with a strong f595920298 heart.f337d04391381a40
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“…?”a50b94dfcbc2064c
As his c14f7e81a6 brow furrowed, fc8eedfecd the call 69d1d33ce0 ended. Come with a 25f3a7d2a2 strong heart?1bedaf18a95285c1
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Choi Seolwoo paced in 334a89ecea place before climbing the 06ec46153a villa stairs.95aa4d068b6155c2
While showering, he muttered like a mantra. This is for the best. It’s actually good that Won Daeyeong showed his true colors like a breeding stallion in heat after winning his medal. How much easier it makes it to let go. It’s opportune in many ways. His sympathy for seeing Seolwoo as an emotional burden will change soon, and their lives will split onto separate tracks. Even the times when they were closer than anyone, even the Line 2 subway commutes, will all become mere memories.e4826b8586a5f7f4
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— Are you e99ec6477f seeing that guy e2e34182cd instead of me?2ae2731d1626d650
Remembering Won Daeyeong’s serious tone when he asked made him shudder again. Damn it, damn it, I shouldn’t have called! Lying face down on his mattress, Choi Seolwoo kicked off his blanket violently.bbbf45924280b273
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Anyway, this is for the best. My biggest worry was how to cut ties with my high school friend group, and now Won Daeyeong has separated and fallen away because of this. It’s all for the best. Choi Seolwoo is greatly disappointed in Won Daeyeong, and things will be awkward between them. Everything is going as desired.ee190090f46c7fcc
Should I ask Director Yoon Jihwan to pick me up tomorrow? So Won Daeyeong can see…7418d6a859e5905d
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But something 9cecbaacde kept nagging bc86f967b5 at his 22b4eef06a mind.6a6767c8ad350013
It felt like 5d821a4215 he was doing f759c3b637 something wrong to 062c640908 Yoon Jihwan, and 00076b2399 like he was 89080fe21b betraying Won Daeyeong, aa85556108 and the guilt a6b2c246b7 toward Ha Yeongseo 91ddad4a3d grew heavier as 0019ba11fd time passed.879196819feb8933
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When would be e5d3b92377 a good time f57095348d to confess his 399df16533 sin?513febfb52b8c047
…If I tell them about this, would they possibly get back together?ccd9185d5fffa41f
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The thought was 34a0f568cb terrifying enough to 035707337d dry his mouth. How the two 10da8d0857 would think of 0237e405cc Choi Seolwoo after f243431c63 he confessed his 5a86a43703 sin, and how 5896a796af Won Daeyeong would ed4be2d04d react. It might be cbb465728f the most effective 131008f89c way to end 964ae2ae25 their friendship, but 13d6e7cdd8 even thinking about e90e42cfda it was frightening.7bbce1646d96fecd
Choi Seolwoo is the unlikable supporting character in their drama. The villain role nobody wants to play. The Patjwi role in “Kongjwi and Patjwi,” or the stepsister role in “Cinderella.” The hateful troublemaker adding flavor to their dramatic love story. A stalker who is also clumsy.4baa03050f923911
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It’s not working out.03848c34aafcc622
If he were to list and calculate the energy and pain poured into Won Daeyeong as losses and profits, the net profit would definitely be in the red. Yet it still doesn’t work out. Breaking things off coldly as the calculations suggest.6afba42065bdb951
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In his dream that bad1c70484 night, Seolwoo saw a f86a3305f5 memory from the past.01b861de3cfd35f6
Won Daeyeong 8b4f6d31fe was invariably f9ac655485 present in 2ee1f9baa1 his deeply 3f4ef88a50 seated trauma.3a3ffadc88c2d344
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‘Seolwoo, go inside. I’ll handle this, so get inside!’ Won Daeyeong shouting with veins popping in his neck. Darkness falling on crooked alleys, a shop back door that looked like it would break if kicked, a hammer in his hand. Eventually being pushed and thrust onto the rough cement of the street by Won Daeyeong. ‘Hyung, you’ll get hurt! Hyung! Please!’ The red whistle swinging on Seolwoo’s neck as he ran down the sloping stairs.b602da1464d12840
And Choi Seolwoo’s promise. ‘I’ll protect you, hyung.’, ‘I’ll support you.’, ‘I’ll become a high-earning professional making over 50 million won a year and take responsibility.’725b7bd3df9ac648
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Seolwoo suddenly opened his eyes. He stayed awake for a while, trying to regulate his racing breath. Phew, I need to maintain regular sleep. I shouldn’t keep pushing myself like this.d46d9a6566412893
In the end, he took the whistle hanging on the window lock and wore it around his neck before falling asleep. The room, missing some of Won Daeyeong’s belongings and body hair, looked strangely empty.9ced815ab9a2199f
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“Daeyeong, you’re still my favorite person in human society. Even if you’re a horny breeding stallion.”b79fcca3d3ab4c09
“I’m not disappointed.”cd8161f25b5e7e7d
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“I like you.”f331529c2efd51e7
“Sorry I couldn’t let you go properly…”1e13d4e215ca1ffa
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“From tomorrow, I’ll really do it right.”0caf527293078bf4