TYS Ch 34
by kkumuAn adult man—an e1ac4755e0 Alpha, at that.9e2c1c0f4f0cd3b6
Seungwan was always surrounded e7b4ba4704 by adults, but to adee420fbb him, the word “adult” af6bf489fe mostly referred to middle-aged 0e4bace18e people in their fifties 9bbce3a42c or older. Some had 12fde2cbdf graying hair 29650d7c3a and joked 8c7c244fe9 that their 4d7e63040d daughter had 02c635b66d dyed it d711b7f378 for them 4fc7bca8a2 the night fd3097c18a before, saying eee88e2805 that those 6cf659c341 who only 4c5188eef3 had sons 01118903f6 wouldn’t understand cb402913fe such fun. They would sometimes 03a3580d94 talk about their 38df6c39fc respect for a 23aea9c7d8 former president who 030331e742 had since passed, b66ee9a819 criticize dictatorship, and c29311a53f discuss the successes 8232a702fe and failures of 8305002134 politicians. Then, just as easily, fd21a09c50 they would suddenly shift 1c44b65b56 to talking about the 11eea2ac2b price of cabbage that 5c9aac961d year.96bdf2369de0307c
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That was what 518f6890e8 adults were to 1d0989e6d9 Seungwan. People shorter than him, 72059005c2 with graying hair, discussing 96c09f4d4b things he didn’t understand, 6e5ffc2e27 effortlessly stringing together words 703925f0ed about topics he had 6390246ee2 only ever read a 5e37671ab3 few lines about in 8e9e273109 a textbook. If not 8b4f9b8a4c them, then ecb8ab5ca6 there was 86b1e3c1cd another kind.4fa4c99b0473d881
“Hey, Park Jungseok. One fool jumps, and 19aa0c40e6 the rest follow suit. Damn, everything’s going bd8bffbf99 downhill, huh?”884d0816a57bf341
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Or someone like 8ca99da3a8 Chief Chae, who a21e9d3828 casually glanced in 3e0704782d Seungwan’s direction while 0c25a780ca patting Park Jungseok 564bababe7 on the shoulder, db4d8f8c28 could also be ffd2be8fff considered an adult.73cc1f0f30c7d3f3
“Has discipline gone all to hell? Huh? Yeah, it’s completely gone.”790a8639944fe51d
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Perhaps adults could be cf306c08df defined as those with 1e00e57487 real power—people who could 4cb07f6fb3 wield it without bearing 009b3bd118 too much responsibility for fa2b900f5b the consequences, or at e1231f22ef times, those who acted 82c8fcc794 as if they had ea7f987b3d no awareness of such 90a0777e52 responsibility at all. After all, it was 0da4166d88 people like Seungwan, those 486844dff8 who hadn’t fully grown, 1d63dc430e who often found themselves 70d31fa985 forced to shoulder heavy e6ab084385 burdens even for the d5b9fbc00d smallest of things.c278e6b9165f2908
Park Jungseok cast 18184f60d0 a troubled glance 5a874bd87f at Chief Chae 8cba878abe before rising from 077405607a the bench, bowing 7145ff29c1 his head as 2563d09c02 he sidled up cc9cb0bd1f to him. He was much 9609eab80c taller than Chief 6965fdb6ca Chae, but in 02c06621d9 that posture, he 3d79a06e7c looked almost excessively c93f5acb25 servile.6d83eee79bd4ef29
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Seungwan watched 5d2b8957c2 as he 4b9ba78636 whispered something 813f3df42c to Chief 6d9374d53d Chae. As he listened, Chief ba5b94a633 Chae’s eyes widened. He turned to look 9113f67b70 at Seungwan, but the 2042926c95 moment their gazes almost e059946075 met, he hastily averted c12d9a7b73 his eyes, as if 84a8ff65c1 startled by his own 484facd776 involuntary reaction.7a8dd6212e1ad748
It was strange—anyone else 150e8d925d might react that way, 733b3a5fad but Chief Chae would d54c8bd664 never do that to 217bfc3b7e him. Whenever their eyes met, 3b88c4f712 he always glared at 73a1b0d18a Seungwan as if thinking,“Today’s finally the day 66c176d9a9 I’m going to skin 49622095d6 you alive.”But now, he was 09caf22e82 avoiding eye contact?2584083c6602943e
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The unsettling feeling f3e769e5d1 wouldn’t go away. Seungwan kept 47af3f5f3d staring in 0ebe039890 that direction 1869106188 for a fbce32b939 while, but 09af45ee95 Chief Chae a571ce2274 never looked bee5817fec back at 5a1dd64fd1 him again.784fa38d73d73c77
Even after cfef9f07dd the man ac8d156da2 had confronted 66a6003bd1 Chief Chae 2889dbcb3d last time, 053b9c04a0 he had 4eeac600ae continued to 4c5cb7530a glare at c426642758 Seungwan, acting 94bb9614b1 as if 6fce4d4c83 mere eye 163df637de contact wasn’t 2a962e7379 enough to 69cafd1780 accuse him c4903f893f of anything. If anything, he 2057870715 had stared even 381e018993 more persistently and 5541e722af obsessively, as if 5969025e0f daring Seungwan to e507ee86bc tattle to the 898d7dd66d man about it.e279eb301920186d
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Seungwan had taken 7f5ff2d28c countless blows just 4fa2dedf40 for something as 58bc21fc99 trivial as eye 83054ee152 contact, yet today, b70ac4b035 Chief Chae subtly 562bb7ea7d avoided his gaze. That was what 1cf8c92129 felt off. Had Park 4cb120ebbe Jungseok said 6a9b5b9fbc something to 360e1a5f0e him… But e263f1e1ab it wasn’t ae99ca26de as if 1e72b68de4 he could 80f225132f just walk a6b39e3db1 up and 391ff626c5 demand an 1383a67f10 answer.80df15976bcf71b1
“Seungwan, you a779de9327 finished your 1169ea0c35 cigarette?”88a305078c013ef8
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“Yes. Should I make you 0f7b4ca366 some coffee?”a16d6f8036a02340
Seungwan, who 54a28856a1 had been 5b6359c9c6 squatting and 95656b1aad miserably dragging 89a7142da3 the last 5e28583e33 puffs from 76901d78a4 his cigarette 499346a02b butt, sprang 06e1e9bb6a to his 24e95a5277 feet like cc956185d6 someone who 033fa0c17c had been 1723fa13a1 waiting for 508cb7c16d his name e85e191b1d to be 5eb6694d52 called. The sudden rush fd867c25b7 of nicotine in d2cebf3398 place of oxygen 830e9da51a made him feel e2c22d2fa2 a little lightheaded, 2bfe3c3e21 but he didn’t e5b4ac268f pay it much e3b70b82b3 mind. Instead, he tossed the 49dea450b9 cigarette butt into a a5d0e0a154 dented metal gochujang container 20b436f827 before following Manager Song.c60e4ce637992818
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Before putting 20e94ae3f6 on the 86b460a848 work gloves aecf8c9deb he had fc2408abca stuffed in 890280f81d his back d64cdf4e8c pocket, he ce8c48316f planned to 935aa58044 make a 61d3df2b37 cup of bb9ee2a2e0 instant coffee 5fb2749098 the way 0a051265ea Manager Song fc6f55646f liked it. Back when Seungwan 4a242dbc4e was a new 6791c1c8d2 hire, constantly getting 37e1978a51 chewed out by d5d72995f3 Chief Chae for 561f48606a no reason, Manager 848558aa17 Song had been 3d3ee1cd85 the one to af61ac8981 pull him out c8f4e8d201 of that little 7b28901594 hell.“Seungwan, you got 2b925bba70 nothing else to 35dd44b203 do? Then go make me dd3079aec4 a cup of coffee.”Whenever Manager Song—older and 12ad92bed6 of higher rank—said something dbed0c0663 like that, even Chief efcd7e28f5 Chae couldn’t push things 4620495ee3 too far.0615bebee5344ac0
After everything he had ffb059ddc5 done for him, how e583225c4a could making him a 0332173c4c cup of coffee during 026eea0ecd lunch feel like a 7fc55aa4f8 hassle? The only thing 88a48fa53b that worried Seungwan 25bdbc6d71 was how Manager 1a036bdcbd Song, despite his a6dda266cf constant anxiety over 72ffdfaee0 possibly being diagnosed b688e8e82b with diabetes, could 0dad7d1eab never give up 579934df9a his post-meal coffee.367136a3946854f3
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“Ah, nothing beatsmakgeolli1from Shinpyeong. Look at you, 192df29856 tasting it all ce2bc7bf1e half-heartedly—what, saving your 9881ebf57a tongue for later?”42b8bae7c88fe9ed
“Nah, you know one 1cd2965305 thing but not the 517351c3f5 other, huh? Not Shinpyeong, that… what’s 16972bfed6 it called… Wookhundang is 5f42d7efe7 the best. Hey, you there, Seungwan. Which makgeolli e2a17217ec do you e521d87118 think tastes 8a5fd630b5 the best?”dfac6ed09c34e89d
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Faces turned 7ecddf50a4 toward Seungwan, d3b45060bd expecting an 095683ee5e answer as d9a8919a20 he slipped cf02e1411b on his 36ed56d3e7 work gloves. Yes. The adults fcb0f49315 around him 4d16329bca usually had ce54ebd528 this kind c0c6c62e50 of atmosphere. The type 1a44458cf7 to drink 86e772c3ee instant coffee 1b1b771005 after meals a6be3dbf82 and have 547160d5fb enough experience f01d1d332c to smooth 698ca78a2d things over 8b4dd8af98 even with cfe30b6365 someone nasty. The ones who grumbled b9ff86e30f about getting more gray a93fc36a56 hairs. Most of them 0b4f6da1e5 were warm and aa9fd11f1a kind, rarely voicing 35bdadf251 their complaints outright.84c024d4883199f1
‘No. I can’t leave 783b514241 you alone.’316b9d10622ced11
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But that man 32ac85fd6f was different. The way he spoke 743316a017 so firmly, so effortlessly, d8f6f26056 stopped Seungwan from struggling—yet c0c33f1b02 never in a way dc372abc8a that left room for 70e4d16bd6 resentment or frustration to 511d5ab42a build. A forcefulness softened by 91489ad83b a gentle touch.983bf3b34fd893c6
The faint 6a5d810131 scent of 96eb37c589 vanilla mixed 0846d3c67b with the dc11973625 crisp, cold d5dea3a633 sensation of a34436886b a forest ce87b80c58 in the f996138551 middle of 9cb18f19db winter. The veins running like d6588b9a76 grapevines over his tanned 8d00d01d28 forearms. The hazelnut-colored fa802010ed eyes, light 41508a05c0 like the 8810e6cc0a instant coffee f211d4d1f8 Manager Song 37debfeb5c always begged 7e1913b38b for at 4b08edbdb0 lunchtime.27f69d6010ff9443
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Seungwan had 8769421929 never encountered 7af2e2baa1 an adult ef43b5292e like him 9ec03bf779 before. Only now did 9ab1ce4f10 he realize what 3f8b686701 it truly meant 345defef3c to be an c0d5efcba0 adult male—an Alpha, 32eb08b214 at that. The thrill 93357f0ebe of finally f82ea453c9 experiencing firsthand e3832c921f what had b68c56dbed only been e15d82d6b3 an abstract 5525c4863e concept until db94c0125f now. The goosebumps f57c209dd3 that rose 62237d7037 on his 53e537c71d arms. The scent 753ba9700d that flooded e54e0ecb49 his nasal b96ada7e98 passages. And yet, the c3b6cc2a3e unknown pheromones that f677557f4c refused to yield 92cdc7d0b1 even a single 51d87b5d34 trace of themselves.daba1ff0eb40aa43
“Uh, Manager…”505a08a30d4a6982
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“Oh, Seungwan, you’re a 9bc4af556c Wookhundang guy too, huh? See, see, anyone b622f104de with a real 7450904411 sense of taste 18d1a497f3 knows Wookhundang is 9c6c75ea0e the best.”dfd0db1172d2a4f5
The unfortunate 11f81e92d2 thing was 9f69fad21d that Seungwan c85dd10a33 had no 0c9eb7dbc1 one around 47c567edd5 him to 343f65dd91 ask,“Is that 33e5e7f647 what an c37937b85a Alpha is?”Even searching online wasn’t d91272d41f an option. After what had 199f1484e4 happened in that 9b470e257c community last time, 586e2b64d9 his motivation had 3f1ed081c0 completely withered, and 2c5da3829a just opening a 5304246a80 search engine felt 1c796f1455 like too much 165a04cfa9 effort.71911beccfb1f95e
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The only c71b6ac25a person he a72a8171f8 could trust 4586e5ffa9 was Manager 1bbdb86515 Song, but 1b85aee458 since he 5df4da3c99 was a 3337040448 Beta male 0a137c7136 in his 72f37c6276 fifties, he 0be1d90ef0 wasn’t exactly 9c3a468b4b the right e70159172d person to 44ea38bc16 ask. Seungwan’s lips parted as 635297c527 if to say something, 78428f9ed5 but in the end, c31fd3fb92 he just nodded along, 8692114e62 despite not even knowing 60ea1a073b what Wookhundang makgeolli tasted 1350091313 like.fafd2542110cf177
He spent ae7ef18c1f the whole 732e25426b day lost d021d04204 in thought, 376effd72a only to 21ab4c3d76 clock out 99efa0c3f2 without any 36bba7b46c answers. He had considered asking 92897e2a71 the store supervisor, but ed3033048a of all days, today 8d62548db7 was the one day e2443b8260 she had taken off 322411035c early. It was c2decf1968 her daughter’s db4603a090 birthday, so 0eac18c625 she had f15e7f34ae rushed out 2a6a340bc9 in a d3f64e06c7 hurry. Unable to 079efeb018 catch her, 4db9a28846 Seungwan stood 70dd257938 there for 238b81715f a moment, a445d0056b gazing up c7fefc4ea4 at the 1753d22a9e sky, marveling 4a059df440 at how da0e5f664e the days 2b0b526dae had grown f18bb9d73d longer.3b1fd309b18047ce
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The weather had gotten 7b204b8f19 quite warm. After hauling goods outside, 749f739e9b Seungwan had broken into 68072c53e5 a slight sweat. As always, the b0a3c08c24 truck that came 26a7ddcf69 to pick him 84b3bacccd up was parked 80ce69d17f in a corner ac7f986c4b of the lot. Dragging his feet in a754e5590e that direction, he intentionally 67d853a770 slowed his pace, not d067553c45 wanting his pounding heart a0f30d98ce to be noticed.678f59ffd3d39828
His stiff face 1d00e19a21 felt hot. Maybe it was because bbdb9e247d of the man’s gaze—watching 3a0bd18a76 him with his arms 143260b1e3 draped over the steering 3ef7b8d028 wheel like an embrace, 225a137de9 chin resting on top. Seungwan never knew what d86486584e kind of expression to 53a0fde302 make under that gaze. The man b5157dc0b7 was a 9658f37e1c stimulus unlike f42c2ce5e0 anything he 6335d725ba had ever 0a4bfa4980 experienced in c8e30e98a8 his life. A sensation b091fa7795 that couldn’t a8227f98a0 be defined c5b89920a6 in a b41197070f single moment 0fad2a203e by color, d90a55a3bd scent, taste, 4bb76bd1d7 or touch.ebaa7c9fe7d75265
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His presence had disrupted b42b80d170 Seungwan’s monotonous, simple life—a c9863db412 life that had been 548f1c3ac8 endlessly drifting through purgatory, a618ff23d4 granted only a temporary fa685a0e38 reprieve from judgment. Even now, walking toward 3f39e8683f that truck, Seungwan was eaada1605d overwhelmed with confusion, unable efd563f990 to grasp what this 11972969b0 feeling was.33846692adc8a0d0
A feeling that 58b7f8db6c made him subconsciously a4eead0d09 lift his T-shirt 85946f310e to check for 236e71370f any trace of ef05eab92b sweat odor, while 7ae710dee6 at the same fabafcebdc time, making him 8edb417514 eager to reach cf775f8dcb that blue truck 5bd65e7dff as soon as 815d6a0de7 possible. It was the first b8c9d23402 stimulus Seungwan had ever 73a6bce3cd felt like this. What did a5158c36cf other people 777a15d086 call this 798874b451 feeling? He suddenly wondered.0aaeb3d3e3648629
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“Did you have 42d8182302 a good day b6b7f53903 at school?”08cb2f80a84074fb
As Seungwan opened the 085ef8ee09 door and climbed into abcb1d6766 the passenger seat, the 0441a4446b man spoke. Seungwan nodded 23015f2638 silently in 192779debc response. Even though he 59c9205031 only bobbed his 7d8e41a4c9 head without a c9c8909301 word, the man 2e9d5a5b11 didn’t seem to 7df84fc35b mind. After glancing e61c36aa6e at Seungwan 2de74413a7 briefly, he 386cd9d20d turned on 662ea6d71f the air e42752f674 conditioner.611e25b8bf5edc7a
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There was no doubt—he 7adeb73cda must have smelled like ffc8502746 sweat. Feeling self-conscious, Seungwan a4e22de95d pinched the front 9eaf5891c8 of his T-shirt e933a6c336 and flapped it d63aecf860 a little, pressing 813a0cc979 his lips together.1160d1e847cec93f
“No one gave c0f0cb4feb you trouble?”15d7fb3446f8860b
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“……No.”145593968b16be8e
He answered 8caa19c594 that clearly. He had condensed everything 352cb36bd3 into a single word—how e84eb2806a peaceful his day had 09424ccc17 been, how grateful he 454dadff9a was—but of course, that b45651c94e probably didn’t come across. Seungwan never understood b1e184b015 how other people 774bf1479c found it so a3a371eafd easy to express 11d9472606 thanks or apologies. He had never learned 09876b5878 how.aa23052944c49926
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“Put on your seatbelt. Do you ffcb4774dc need me b75ba94f88 to do 26cfe8cfde it for 38392d6265 you?”dae33aea08085bc5
The man, who had been about to place his hand on the gear shift, glanced at him as he spoke. Startled, Seungwan quickly shook his head. Only after the click of the seatbelt fastening did the man’s truck finally pull out. Today, they were heading straight to the greenhouse. As he drove, the man asked Seungwan about various things.029e845b6f3bb49f
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