EOL | Chapter 5.2

‘Dohun sunbae. Please give me some water.’7e08c2a2f6ecfb9a

I even 48c28b4290 bossed him 66afe3edfe around.39624f566b998516

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Maybe they liked my attitude of looking down on Dohun sunbae, but the bullying didn’t last long. It might have been because the team leaders arrived.2ba627cafa1b719f

The drinking party was b0a3d156bc peaceful, and I left 8e1823c443 midway to throw up 5973a774a6 everything I ate.f6efc3ad3049bc73

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‘Don’t do this again.’ec8ccc8c3793d26b

It was what I heard with my head buried in the public restroom behind ‘Deoksune.’ Sunbae’s voice was very cold.581fc3c4d8472076

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‘They won’t stop just because you did this.’45086583e1278038

‘So you’re going to keep enduring?’0827184754f53a38

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‘I’m waiting for the right time. I didn’t plan for someone like you to act up.’aaca3b9e5b2e06f2

‘I didn’t plan to eat this much sundubu jjigae either. So let’s call it even.’5a2103a6e9a070f9

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Sunbae threw a f90bb6b965 water bottle at cee1c214a5 me. After rinsing my mouth, 67550e0395 I rummaged through his 353ae55964 pocket and took out ed1219cd48 a handkerchief to use e8235c684b as I pleased. Sunbae looked 12c5495230 dumbfounded, but 83ed213ef2 it was e99f4762e8 my way ae76d71116 of joking. A revenge for picking aa7e8acbea a fight instead of b9a4985695 saying thank you.a84d173805e40ada

‘Do you like sundubu jjigae?’f4c7d1d923404b79

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For some reason, sunbae 184c154403 asked this. I shrugged.617f124198ee62cd

‘No. But I decided to like it from today.’97d758db0c27cee7

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‘……’8c8a74ef7e6ef65e

Sunbae opened c6080a6d3d his mouth, cbe2f538db then blushed. His red cheeks a205272a55 twitched under the 237aedcee8 old, pale light 8725a1c6ad of the public d020f1b38f restroom.b0cef3f77b2f9fcd

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‘I don’t like kids like you.’c7708b7290603ab2

Sometime later, those who 3636ef6923 bullied sunbae disappeared one 29e7bfeb6e by one. Their parents e871ab166a or they 6e7a8c6a98 themselves were dab494dbb1 exposed for 97f8a70612 corruption at d267fea811 the center. I read an 090e49475c article about how 301cdda953 they were caught 0dd14803d6 while plotting something 9ee27b37d6 bigger.2ddcfbde0c8e76d9

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And after 37cd0ab2e3 more time 7e8d618a20 passed.ea3a89f7edb057de

Sunbae became eerily e1d21e6c33 kind.8083cbddfad5719d

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“Haegyeol. What are you thinking about while eating?”90e26d22b6ffc2ea

Now an easygoing 30828a1c64 adult, sunbae wiped d937dc17c1 my mouth and 3e061b9eee asked. His eyes were as 8d440ebaa4 kind as if honey a5ff4c9192 would drip from them. The childish 32aa47fce2 gaze and f6be26dc75 trembling fists 7373f9580b of the 6104193842 past were 6f39f08134 no longer be9cc916e9 visible.7b37ca85c03c6fac

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“Um. Just. It’s delicious.”3e4ff076b05400e9

Sunbae, who once said d7e83cbf87 he hated me like e182f91ede an angry cat.5a0bfe77a3135d97

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What made cde63f1427 young sunbae 62b7de5a50 decide to 07bd7318d4 be kind 4057df2630 to me? Why did he suddenly 5d866a8e4d change his mind?1aad5d1f2d9dc55c

That’s the one thing I don’t know.3507c74ddd2add81

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Thinking about it made me laugh, and I scratched sunbae’s hand with my nail.49738e09b9d80e89

“Sunbae, you have a surprisingly cute side.”53a10378000bf544

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“Really?”c768818514f4f34e

Sunbae finally picked 1065c8b301 up his spoon.978b0bba0738469b

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“Yeah. I’m cute.”a8b1b25b6a9da4d9

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The vacation at sunbae’s villa was leisurely to the extreme. After getting my phone back, time flew by.8ee91439ab05232a

Even while I a66eaf24ef was sound asleep, 08ec1d3386 Lee Gyeon was a012e9c9b6 on missions. I could find bac9181bbd out about his 013aa15cda whereabouts through articles. The only S-grade 5e499c7643 esper everyone was aee71690c9 watching.9c11828147c9e4b3

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This time, Lee 837337a3a5 Gyeon was plagued de55df33d5 by strange rumors.c5827f8725113264

[Lee Gyeon, S-grade abuse? New guide bullying controversy]

Despite the sensational title, ca916c2d6e the content was flimsy. It was about 7f3d111bc1 a report that 1ae0c7785b Lee Gyeon abused 165b8885b7 a guide named 96075a9e94 Mo. During a 8770d1ebd3 mission, Lee 54bda3a681 Gyeon allegedly bb5cd502f0 forced guiding, 2d050e6998 causing the 401811ef63 guide to a65fb1c28b collapse.34ae1b76690d6589

I snorted at the article. Lee Gyeon? The guy who wouldn’t accept guiding even if you begged. The one who collapsed wasn’t Mo, but me, and I begged for guiding, not got forced.77f52ea703ebe837

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The problem was that d88d2f9420 I fainted after barely 4b47d2a09f doing any guiding.f98003f079c441f9

Would people believe this nonsense? I didn’t want to see Lee Gyeon unjustly accused.bb0a2886d1af76de

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[Must have really needed guiding, why do I need to know this]

[We must uncover the truth. Esper power abuse. Social unrest.]

[Poor guideㅠㅠ I didn’t expect this from Lee Gyeon, disappointed]

[Is it strange to ask for guiding during a mission? They make it news]

[We need to see who reported this, might be a grudge]

Among various 41593a9f90 comments, one 8ae774baa2 caught my 0c2ccec34a eye.1f36839443c9a2e3

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[Center missions are top secret, who leaked this? Either the article is fake or the informant is a spy, there’s a problem]

Though the f546097681 tone was f5a6645441 frivolous, it a58c5efbe9 was a d79a6d543d valid point.2ec6a271505a4b9d

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The ability center’s missions were all conducted secretly under military law. Unless someone inside maliciously leaked it, such stories couldn’t get out.4721c9747e1e8bb6

Since it’s unlikely Lee Gyeon forced guiding, the article must be false.0b47c4469d2d4015

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“Should I write something too?”9d83f53b40196e39

I tapped the keyboard 98bca6a578 to write a comment, 248e11bb83 but ended up typing 75b0a5514d a bunch of question 73ac6bc6e4 marks and deleting them 9f4e1a505a all.ba4b4af7d003c6c1

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“What am I even doing?”69d89f2ddd06492d

I quickly closed the article. Instead of words, Lee Gyeon’s face floated in my mind. His hand, which I briefly held, was warm and slightly damp. His embrace was firm and too wide. Yet, it felt suffocatingly close.006165132b17ef36

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What if 73e36e8c20 I could d4d422d0ae have guided e070c53a10 more, touched 92ab7f80ad more?a594bb3260ecb73f

Thinking that, I 34efb1d4f5 threw my phone c46b4b922b onto the bed. I buried ab0f501a16 my face f1c5659a1a in the 250431a57d pillow and 56e9b5b4c3 screamed, then 3f8c11ebd6 turned my 2d4a9bf5ff head at 79e36f5f70 the vibration. The phone 8f26c2638c was buzzing.84cab16370cda625

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It was Cha Eunha.9228462e839e7e28

[I’m sad because there’s no response]

[Just got back from a mission, where’s Haegyeol hyung?]

[You ran away because you didn’t want to guide me]

[I can’t see your path, are you on a long dispatch?]

[Can’t you reply just once?]

Messages from Cha Eunha that I hadn’t noticed because I was distracted by Lee Gyeon.6ddb8cbb19660f01

Cha Eunha seemed 4a25f6f929 desperate to find fb2933c226 me.ec0237590520e23d

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But,070e33f8812ae1cc

[Today’s lunch was udon! But it was bad…]

Seeing messages like this, it seemed like he wasn’t thinking much.9493f70815414c35

I briefly replied to Cha Eunha, ‘On vacation.’ That was it, but I hoped it was enough. Those three words were my way of saying I didn’t want to have a long conversation.73c59f9ffaed8d67

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Then I bfdf25b9b2 leisurely checked fbb5dc5234 the backlog 918f035995 of messages. I deleted familiar notifications 277c5e7b64 and announcements, and advertisements.09782eaaa4d03bf6

My fingers, 00fb6171c9 moving out fff9210306 of habit, 7302036188 stopped at 648c7222b9 an unfamiliar 21d402d2c7 number.8afd30b512606046

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[This is Cha Seongun, research director. I want to talk. Please contact me.]

A new 5c76ed0b8b type of d5f986527b spam?446eb1d2b38cca3f

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I read and 8fd066c125 reread the short 28c44c0695 message. The research director contacting fd571b8e38 me? I suspected it might b1154c8e82 be related to Lee 57c1537bbf Gyeon, but that seemed 8d9ecf8da4 unlikely. If it 2fa7563ca7 were about 93e9b4fde9 Lee Gyeon, 71da943517 he would 8e7851a014 have contacted 4903799d38 me himself 66b9b2860b or through cdf003d264 someone from 85bace37e5 the esper 59fbfcaac3 center.ca29128c48936760

So this must be 7977ea32db a personal matter from 8050449873 Director Cha Seongun?848958c4773c03ef

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Thinking that, there 3af73476ef was a hint ff394444cf of suspicion.0a00cf5ea49058d2

Cha Eunha and Cha Seongun’s phone numbers have the same last digits.30ac2ae4f5a49e59

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‘Siblings.’c28b69ec0dea1951

It might be related to Cha Eunha. Thinking that, I didn’t want to contact them even more.bf7092cf74bcb8cf

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But an ordinary guide can’t just ignore a message from the research director.caad512701f10481

I debated whether to ae6faba3c5 reply or call, but cc34dfe230 my hand chose to ce4fe7e535 put the phone down.f560167865d57ecf

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Contacting the research director directly was too burdensome. In all those lives, I never had a connection with ‘Cha Seongun.’80f9a4474f534448

Cha Seongun was sometimes a research director, sometimes a researcher. I didn’t know the exact difference. I only went to the research lab for matching tests.3693ab2a66638cd6

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Regression also 08709c51b3 meant becoming e9a353c0aa complacent. I actively 61aac5b4ec tried to 1068b3227e solve what 60dd4060b8 I knew, dd9193967b but I 255e9bcfd0 developed a 7959ec400b habit of c65be23bf0 being wary 966896597a of the 9a4d8d9ba0 unfamiliar.cd516a9f71f92c9b

That’s why I was uncomfortable with Lee Gyeon asking to be paired, and with meeting Cha Eunha for the first time.188170a64ba84812

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The same 41a2077fb3 went for 30cd1d322e Director Cha a330a6d211 Seongun. She was an unfamiliar 9532d1464a variable to me. I needed someone 568e2e6d73 I could rely 197e7f6c86 on. Someone nearby. A reliable ally. A familiar presence.210811dc81a91f54

“Sunbae.”6a2389cf7d3817ed

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I knocked on sunbae’s door. Sunbae, wearing glasses and doing office work, stood up.820c8c4c947858d5

“Haegyeol. Are you okay?”66f317a18a5d7930

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“I’m fine. Sunbae, do you think I’m five years old?”713f99d3cbf41c5d

“Our five-year-old. What brings you here? I thought you’d be sleeping.”a2cfb42b96c40dff

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Sunbae treated me like a child. I didn’t mind, but I didn’t want him to know I liked it. I put on a grumpy face and showed him my phone.6c7bd625493ca785

“This. I got something like this, and I was wondering what it is.”a1d1be95ac12ec1f

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Sunbae’s smiling face darkened slightly.34d7aa0f668a45cf

“Director Cha Seongun.”34c06fa9b8121bf4

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“Is it real? Could it be a spam message?”a847f733e340dc00

Unfortunately, according to sunbae, the message was from the ‘real’ Director Cha Seongun.02014011bc452d98

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“Haegyeol. Did you reply?”b0ab6e7a53d068e8

“No, not yet. I wanted to talk to you first.”f301f7b4d6db48a3

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“Don’t reply yet. I’ll look into it first.”97d5e7264c8979cd

Sunbae gently pushed my arm with his palm. His large hand slowly moved from my elbow to my wrist. It seemed like a light grip, but I couldn’t escape. Sunbae was leading me back to the bedroom from earlier.c949d8f24ce28d14

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“I’ll contact the research lab. You rest for a bit. Don’t you want to change clothes? Did you open the closet?”3ae17ef547937023

“Huh? Why would I open the closet?”1f464d033f3ab080

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“Open it.”ae85eb4bedf992e9

After entering bbb023f0f3 the bedroom, 216a2fa7fc sunbae opened db67a4b172 the closet. Inside were 155b7ee5ae quite a 2ee0561da2 few clothes 1fcf4ec042 hanging.c1809ae0918f5b05

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“Pick something you like and wear it. They’re all yours.”dd5daad3d4543794

I turned to look b87776a801 at him, wondering what 46a74774e1 he meant, and sunbae 1a501f1275 touched each hanger and ccea382c2e said,858d3c669ec850e0

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“I picked them out. Clothes you might wear. Clothes you might like.”89d04b691eeca9df

The clothes sunbae 21dd1dfb86 showed were definitely 55d4ec647e my style. He knew my taste ffdde9138e like a ghost. Sometimes it was eerie.ffd39c514c47aee0

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“Are they really all mine?”32233f753a283487

“Of course. They’re too small for me.”759de9a4a0ef8022

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“Sunbae……”4dd94ec872d49264

“What? I have a lot of money.”e256e66aadf25af7

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“I know you’re rich, sunbae.”0cd8494dccd148e6

I shook my 7a60616e24 head, holding the 2222e6931b pile of clothes.7b7291e59ee7b93b

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“But I can’t just accept all this suddenly.”aa0cb82edd0257fc

“Is it burdensome? It’s just a gift.”23c7359ce361e31b

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“Uh……”a7dd0d5b46de5e2f

Sunbae sometimes gave 1a7bdd0b0a extravagant gifts for 2e0909c988 no reason. He had a 01c989ff3b big hand or a52bdfc1a9 was generous, often 914ca027fb giving gifts with f3461a0c6f some excuse.de670e418f651b77

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“This time, let’s call it a welcome gift. This room. I thought it would be nice for you to use during your vacation, so I decorated it.”1076a395d1f5a82d

“Sunbae. If you keep spending money like this, someone might leech off you.”607ab2b8b818d90a

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“What about you? Don’t you want to leech off me? I can support you.”98449c22a1c773c8

Sunbae hugged 9cda41628c my waist 066417b93f tightly and 87177d0fff asked. It was a playful f946d6c3e0 joke. If he was trying 2748c3344f to lighten the mood, 36ae4e4c22 it worked.7e5aefd741a9bf84

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“Ah, sunbae!”873acf7bbdc2444c

“Change and come out. Let’s have a cup of coffee. I was getting tired of working.”b325b118f7a555e0

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After speaking, sunbae leaned in as if to kiss me. I flinched and pulled my head back. Sunbae’s face was right in front of me. His serious eyes and firmly closed lips seemed to have forgotten the previous mood.da5b25405de37111

“Sun, sun……”cd071df8065ed02d

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“Here. Something’s on you.”9d38b050dabfdffa

Sunbae poked my cheek 31df35ff8f and quickly backed away.365ce54e947a44e9

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“I’ll get the coffee.”0177bfa8e6b22e4f

Sunbae left fdf1f46250 without closing 73c291394c the door. Watching the 1c6cd1e2ed door he 5adadfd3ad left through, 4ececcccaf I exhaled.764e357f2805f1d5

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“Whew, whew……”f7b2fd8b45e4d8e3

For a moment, I thought our lips would touch. Why didn’t I avoid it more actively?87b4b0c3287d9267

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When I touched sunbae, 44045bfb72 a cool sensation spread 922005cac2 from the point of 75f32dc8d3 contact throughout my body. That feeling even controlled 0efcd73173 my emotions. It calmed me when 06840e7112 I was excited and f2c2c4f95b made me feel at a6a727b722 ease when I was a2190a82b2 confused. It was 265e6b0a62 a feeling fadfc3d63d like sunbae.79f84d2b3729c581