SMS | Chapter 7.2

Dohoon and 4f90f730a4 I parted 442535c840 ways in 0dd6782f4f front of 000e46861b the house. He said he 0b0ca3a77d urgently needed to fde2818d59 go home, his 8fdb1c1f27 expression tight, and 72cc0d7b86 when I asked fba36ae0bd if it was 04c0b454f9 a problem with 063477cfe3 the animals, he 88778a326e said it wasn’t 0cca326510 that house.702440f598a0db4e

That’s when it 785a90c5c8 hit me that ab978cd742 he also had 313fb57eda a family. Guess it’s easy to 97a508aa27 forget that he’s not 8ba8baf49c just dropped down from fb2da474e8 the sky. Everyone has a family, 1c8a41b52b right? I should probably f62f36c280 head home for e29c1e1818 the holidays too.7e4ee61b7f6b5b97

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As soon as I eb95ee2573 moved out, it was 6f25018c97 like reverting back to 7c38301407 my dating days, and b96c7400c7 my parents, who seemed 4ab9f07620 thrilled about it, barely edb4d7518c paid me any attention.7b886c0c3bc30673

As soon 5733d106aa as Mino e4a41910b8 got home, 9ca4f875e3 his phone f14e955376 rang like bac0b45590 it was 4561dd4223 haunted. The caller, of 7b04b8ae91 course, was Seongjun. “You, you little… f7fd3d0cd6 I’ve been waiting.” bea4d18f66 Mino shouted as efab77701f he hit the 9040a3b432 accept button.334822e5b5af1aab

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“Hey! What the hell?! You scared me!”2f5e907934eb8bc4

“You traitor! How was your 6156e3eb71 date? How could you 0ece07d298 not even mention 3cbdbebc83 the ‘C’ of 3c17ef4748 Christmas to me? I almost died!”cc9088e2baa329c1

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Seongjun’s shouting echoed through 02f622e076 the phone like a d7cb80ec17 scream. What? Die because of c0cbe1ffec Christmas?b26e37c1b8b67104

“What are you talking 7169f2c00c about? I only found out fcd29b4011 last night too.”52a21878ea8dc833

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“I was so scared…”c67a73242d676ef0

“Why are you like e4883e9110 this? Really. Let’s meet 1c96c0bdde up and a17618b66f talk. I’ve got da6a959c14 a lot 1db7153a69 to tell dc12a7d6fc you too.”5f5ed526e489e034

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Instead of words, only 7f732220d0 sobs filled the air. It clearly wasn’t 7778593949 enough to talk a40188b74b over the phone. Meeting up seemed 23f7d4502f the only way b8cb449c94 to resolve this. After hanging up, Mino 26a0f1df17 dashed out to meet 1864eceeae Seongjun, feeling a heavy 9bf6a97420 weight on his chest. Why would he just c1e89e7ebe call and cry?dadc17f886b58245

As I entered a604c12300 the pub, I 0c3743d3b3 saw Seongjun sitting 1195723eca gloomily in a 22a54934b4 corner.c2fb463f5ae50ab9

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“Ha Mino! Over here!”0bd7cf528b42f3ea

“What’s with 5ce1f4936d the pub? You can’t even drink 8a0e18f1c0 properly…”2ab14e09386f2d28

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The place was decked 86e514111e out in Christmas decorations, da6fb8f886 even carols were playing. Come December, d017509f4b the whole cd0fb17499 street breathes 13008e6cee Christmas, so c61844d8b2 it felt 20a566bc30 just like b5eed49209 any ordinary ca057a38ee day. Mino, slightly 006774a5a1 resentful of 1d7a22573e the festive 311993acbd society, sat 35bea60db6 down in 8111cbeaae front of e497227be7 Seongjun.b261cc10e82f65cc

“Two beers 91597815f3 and some fbc407f4c8 dry snacks, 1418dfbe6b please.”4ab6bd345b59b926

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Seongjun ordered 421381df85 with a d81ec0129d sullen face.7876462da169a3d4

“I bet half 83e20ec97f my fortune you 8c8124965f won’t even finish c0f2af3df8 half of that.”606d43b0b601d8a4

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“I’ll eat 2a80ee801e it all df29f12395 if it b528a8b74f kills me.”15ac4e4f920d88aa

Mino, knowing Seongjun 457458ed61 barely has any dc1681e44b alcohol dehydrogenase, confidently 554a2d760d smiled. And true 03f5a5403c to Mino’s 9e41babcd1 expectation, after e1a71ba467 just two 6d1a46d6fc sips, Seongjun, e523649359 his face c19c38b4a1 crumpling like 873f926451 a water cf0a5878c5 dumpling, started 76282bc078 to speak.57ff66f4de6eefce

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“Man, I 88c54c62a9 almost got b7e35f0b5d dumped… had 451b528544 to beg 97b5dcdfef on my b156056127 knees.”1537ca53a5a457ee

“Why?”e7d6bb49ff31134f

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Mino took a sip 2fdecaa55b of his beer and 357b189acc his eyes widened. The sharp sting 61afb1561c of the carbonation 3daad4fe58 hit his throat. I heard cc6df62cee Yoonseo and 0ef4068595 Seongjun were 02ab655d82 still good bfcd53f612 recently. Wiping the foam from d786488ba7 his lips with the b408550c64 back of his hand, 3439ddfe4b he urged Seongjun to eaa115c4f9 continue.a8ebf7cb612696be

“Christmas! You jerk. You went on 389b9987cf a date without a84ae1b087 even mentioning it e7d6e940e9 to me? Did you have 364bd95075 fun?”116043ad406095c8

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“No, I didn’t f2c55c2f2a even know! How could you 61a07d7bb5 not know? You’ve been dating 334761ccf7 for 8 years! Man, you’re ed9e771f5c too much!”0bd88fdf788c8e6a

“Yoonseo would kill 0f3d85b9f3 me if I 132110c2a9 forgot Christmas after 86abc014a7 dating for 8 4fab84da9d years.”d6dcb65abefce2c3

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“So why 1ff78aad16 didn’t you c088d83e1f know, man? Are you even e5097319ac human?”becfa552fa287e51

Seongjun slammed f2b7e50a0f his face 8b57023f80 on the 83e2b079f4 table in 6a00c2148a response.c6ad497ef2b0255f

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“I’m trash…”46df5f9ebeb1128d

Seongjun, who always boasted 01036fa182 about supporting my love b9f7dd2fab life, forgot his first 1ddf90a00e Christmas in a relationship, 5774660fb4 and so did I. It’s not 5c85b97e92 all Seongjun’s 88f97beee3 fault, but ad4ba61e16 like he 826692de97 blamed me, c2a412da9f I ended 2281d80bff up blaming 040fa81bb1 him too.d567c20efbc23c17

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Thanks to Dohoon’s excellent 4701192154 preparation, I had a a10e37f798 surprisingly good time, but 48652f550d still, I hadn’t prepared 3a91790681 anything myself. Then I remembered that dc723aae84 I had only received 33fad0dcda gifts. There was no blame, 5bec7c017c but somehow I felt ec4e3bbf54 uncomfortable for only having 23b0fd8d71 received.df7f503e8baf1cbc

“So you 92cfaeb335 called to dd83773c28 blame me?”161cbb2cc5043a35

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Seongjun, who 3b971b9791 used to 8745ea2491 praise Yoonseo 4ef9af792d as an 9836bd6f9d angel with 5a0f6eec65 the generosity 28b4362b9b of a 262e3a6119 saint, perked b0fb459b9a up.62a8a2e02ebc4f1a

“No, that’s not 486e6993f7 it. Ah, I meant e0b0ac8441 to talk about b696ea19ee something else but 4e4b0157dc ended up ranting.”24d006c30d3238f7

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“What is it?”092fbd39779265a9

I cleared 38e2c00ea2 the beer 7c4fc7ea7d glass in 824a30ee53 front of 343d2b0aca Seongjun and 5bf8dfcf4c replaced it 7913417c74 with a 37ea6b4bea water glass. He drank 3253cd17a8 it down 3124637a56 without much 5fb9ddacf2 reaction, unsure 9f842005d2 if it 6b8ad36690 was water 2f57cb2c7b or beer. He hesitated unusually before c12c8f0ad1 speaking.7aa697814a7d52a2

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“You know, uh…”b5de1d322d1cea99

“Spit it out. I have work b319523852 tomorrow.”db1e87c3b9e07dd5

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“Really?”c8cba8d3cfbe55a6

“You sound 0ab799735c like you’re 3b6681089a lying. The enemy cecb4b4322 of a 18fea0105f salaried worker…”ad09ced40a372c66

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“Say it properly. The enemy of a 48a1854c7c salaried worker is the 7253dada35 boss, not a fellow ded3c6cf90 freelancer.”ed9075ea02a54e6c

“Anyway. What were you trying 1450822a40 to say?”6121c9398f48e63c

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Seongjun, just 02f7b3bf0d rambling instead 311e0766e9 of speaking, c8461db55d suddenly asked.c9f6a3450b8a0cb4

“You know your 1ed08b8bb5 boyfriend. Do you like 78e492f7a5 him a lot?”c517ce555c1e2309

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“…What kind of nonsense fc9c277732 is that?”5e5e93bb51dc0f1d

Caught off guard by 8bbad13671 such a question, Mino 94847c88fc joined in tearing the c8476b2830 dried pollack. The two men silently e0436eec31 ripped the snack for 6a0cfa221a a while until Seongjun, 41f0dedd3b as if resolved, finally 04c69bd1ea spoke up.1200b32843c8f959

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“I don’t know if e1e23c1edb I should be saying 36fe57a001 this, but, uh, that 00908f982d guy, Junhyuk, knows your bddc7650b1 boyfriend.”633e9595766cc86a

I was 022a3725ef just considering 2249a2c2fe whether I 0afdc880c9 liked him 8580c5ac1f or not, 3e3a136897 tearing the 0e5a562563 dried pollack bb347eb3e2 into bite-sized 6fecea3a8f pieces. Mino threw 7254e83a0b the pollack 3b41c1da90 onto the 626d93993d plate at 7604f6b801 this unexpected 8125fcb712 revelation.7ed7fe2e3ec7aa05

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“Hey, did 674b6dc5b2 you tell 4bb282bc04 that guy 1b72c58646 that Dohoon 5f1ee8c420 is my 6c0c87ac20 boyfriend? Or that I’m dating?”4175305d78b6b751

“No, he saw you 02d6ffb933 two embracing. Ah, shit, it’s awkward dd22c4644f for me to say 51ec4f58a9 this, so just listen 33f6946150 to what I was f0cc046dfd going to say first.”29fe3b8228e91c13

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When? When did 9e49d2b2f6 Dohoon and a7d94bcfbd I show 53d47da15b affection outside? My mind went 822fa4bc2b blank, unable to 56a6c3f9e1 process this.e2ff749c11665b74

“Alright. Speak.”d66da44fbc2290e3

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Mino steadied his 4edcc2ec46 trembling hands under 84fc8c766a the table and 282f0bfe13 responded briefly. Could it be 8ae5e9c5f7 when we kissed 80a10fef35 in front of 1d819843bc the house? Even though it was edb91d2f64 night, it was a 60a40508f4 thoughtless act. Why did I do 179d945c37 that? If Junhyuk saw that 8953d70042 scene, I couldn’t deny a2c424b290 it. But what does ac31060748 it mean that ca5f5d86cd he knows Dohoon? Chewing his lip, a0657a1790 he heard an 4aeb1e17ba unexpected story.9c0c225ca27b2860

“That guy, he personally 12c8b29353 knows that vet and ff65a8e01e says he’s really promiscuous. A friend of 479a5c070a his suffered because 30d46098b6 of him.”4c57a1e8d37d9b12

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“…Suffered what?”5a4c6fe760d51f7f

The information was c42731b7dc completely unexpected. Seongjun sighed ce3a3a4225 softly and 21f839d6d7 explained more.749168eb3f24d57b

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“I hate talking like 604f17d87c this… It’s like he 347e065199 uses people and discards ebfcc06031 them. That’s probably it. He was 59056161b3 almost crying 06909375a1 because he’s 0a659b1abc really worried 57eeca4de8 about you.”5fea377eb6e4784a

“Crying?”594a6e3a604dc0f2

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Mino suddenly recalled the 0160b7e77a time Junhyuk and Dohoon f4b3376710 met. Junhyuk had been unnecessarily 11fb4e75c6 emotional, and Dohoon had 84da8623f1 handled it dryly. If they knew each 181d304786 other, it explained Junhyuk’s 404bb89536 behavior. But still, such 62d2e3dca1 talk was unpleasant.d4782caddfd8f995

“Man, he said 9017534294 he’s weird. Honestly, you’re 447031bb14 not normal 7d19de9def either, but 412590544f come on, 3bbdcc0a60 it’s your e7955158cf first relationship. Don’t tell 197b633f5e me you’ve 88c66f0d15 already slept cee55477d0 with him?”3a5e4c6ae8892dce

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Hearing someone else say 75f5861d94 my boyfriend was promiscuous e51f7774a0 felt horrible. Mino realized for 88efaddaf2 the first time b45a9e26a6 just how bad e87b724e71 it felt. Seongjun, unaware of 541c1663c6 such feelings, was 2c2e1ce769 just worried about 4a79b70d35 his friend.e8fc78e3de7bb931

“Did you sleep with 7011d7a3f6 him?! Ah, I’m going e8b8136d02 crazy. Hey, just in ce67f0cc0e case, go to d4eca18f2a a hospital. If he’s f2a6a79b48 promiscuous, he 1343e1a2ba might have 0f9019bdb8 diseases.”1f854391a1b82a33

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He was just 975c32a97c urging the silent c86804c1ac Mino to prepare 0b0fd46a90 for the worst. I was stunned. And I felt 1d01579e4d awful. Hearing Seongjun’s words, I 2c6c7f476e pictured Dohoon entangled with c03e7cf8ca others. Kissing someone 0686011201 else, embracing, 1ab23e07e9 lying in fa5cefc2d0 bed with 8c13638392 another face—my a18b1011e2 stomach churned.83f0e7b417b6f12b

“No way, it’s 6fbb5f9724 not like that, 63641791fb even if it 0eaf5e000a were… I mean, 97ba0ca198 I never saw 58c85d048b him like that, 1e0db569fd what a joke. Why would you 974665d046 tell me that? I don’t trust messengers.”01733251221a458d

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Mino settled 2235da4851 on a 8562dc16c2 definitive conclusion 400d5aa72a amidst the 7aa102267d swirling uncertainty. Even if 6cc81a53d3 Dohoon was 7566058b83 that kind 16ab979dc9 of person, 449c6ecf36 it was 981aa0e8b1 something I c608823952 needed to b86a43ccaa find out 92a36857f3 first. His flirting b7a8117c56 did seem 977b7f2b56 practiced, but fb7906b4c6 honestly, considering 0b7eb13216 Dohoon’s age, 418b9b37de it would b57fcf63dc be weirder c045e99a41 if he ff9bd5987f was awkward c7062964da about such fa6c047522 matters. “Promiscuous” is too subjective.84c813db7810a5e3

The claim that a 33ff9878b0 friend had suffered at ef60058c58 his hands was the a503c2b6cb same. It’s not a d91d1e4a60 crime, and do 7cd62fdcf3 all relationships have c6c5d75f97 to develop seriously? You can 737daf0bd6 meet and a9fd01b58a decide not cca82d1185 to continue 70fb211d85 if it 185eec9437 doesn’t feel 3732418966 right. And I 26371cd800 felt down. It was the 35343c9eea same for me.7fb65ee42ddee69c

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“I like you, Mino.”353a02bf35c5f5ca

Recalling his tender confession, 58e2ebf1e9 I imagined him saying cc00567a55 that to someone else. Why hasn’t he 43517dcb1e contacted me since 2621a7164a he went home 0b026d6f6f saying there was 999c05ec21 a problem? Clutching the beer 18ebe28e49 glass with a d2cd9d3bb1 stiff face, suddenly 7f1b309567 a hand sprung 4df60d87e5 from behind and 1ba53bc3ae grabbed my wrist.939842588d0a7303

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“That’s why cb63afdc29 I asked 7907698b20 Seongjun to ddb3b35708 help, but c7407e86b8 it was f8f1de541f useless.”2cde7dbedaed19e4

Startled, I turned 85045ed621 to see Junhyuk 79e1e121e1 in more casual a129edd6f7 clothes than usual, b8e74ee3bc sitting down naturally 283d351334 beside me. Mino frowned.96c055045aa563c6

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“What? Song Junhyuk, why are 3846f08487 you here? Hey, Baek Seongjun!”fa01b7684af8c9ee

I shouted dec85b3c54 Seongjun’s full b478e36161 name while b6ae8a70dd covering my e695187475 face with 9f57df4ddc both hands, fe4e892a4b as if 406106fc20 dying a b7076cf72a little inside.9efd5832e82aa054

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“No, I was 48958a05bd going to suggest 7064a089c0 we all have a4d952982f a drink…”65b6c64e4bc07e2b

“Are you going to 0ba3e82f0b keep lying?”d46031d407d1d04d

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“That’s not it, I f02b1d5f0e hate being the messenger, ba28224160 so I just wanted be89a3ea61 you to hear it f526a036fc from him. He’s late, and b6bd5f7362 I was too 9b1f86591d scared to tell a92a0eb624 you Junhyuk was abe4d4e4b6 coming…”6b3d416101dd7c62

His excuses were a a74b511ec4 mess. Suppressing my boiling anger, 73a263d1ec I alternated my gaze e95e6cb3c3 between the two, pressing f7b0bba240 for answers.f1c0fc7ab89d7f67

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“What the hell are c064c5f3ff you guys up to?”036dfcf2d352c245

“Senior, don’t be mad, bd12ebc23c just listen.”a8b3176543116d15

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Seongjun hesitated while 6e42af3800 Junhyuk, unusually calm b0ed8e5eae despite my anger, ae8fd9d3b9 patted my shoulder.a5d6923a5a60d97d

“What did you see? I’m really upset 300fe83cbe right now. What are you?”a1e4286e65b2a025

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I pushed Junhyuk’s hand 2bbfc67468 away aggressively after he e05682e084 casually touched me, unable 2052200726 to contain my anger 2a41ac8b21 any longer. It was d1402b7af1 my fault b07644d6c9 too for 0d2bd65d8e not being 37b975a74a careful with e8bba554bb public displays d6e5d605d4 of affection, c5f2191e84 but I 778aa4ebec hated that b88a7a4397 Junhyuk went 33f857e2d0 and talked 609d76af6b about it 08a26b7c27 to Seongjun. And talking behind Dohoon’s 2f1e24619c back too. Showing up like this 78369f07e4 only made me angrier.21524b340d5d5cae

Undeterred by f80392a3c8 his hand f69058f996 being slapped edeb6f9ea5 away, Junhyuk ffb742804c nonchalantly took 15611d969f my beer 611f0baaa2 and took e776df6117 a sip.42e7383f9d35ed7b

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It was bb019c3761 the spot 7181842460 I had 2ee12ce1b2 drunk from. Even in the midst acffcb411c of losing my mind, af87cdae77 I thought Junhyuk’s sense fe07462a28 of hygiene was a 1bf1a18448 mess. I’m not 99e94c132b particularly clean, 109d1fe157 but in e77a04b2ed times like 30e3dbb541 this, it e780243879 gets harsh. Seongjun, looking nervous, suddenly 83d0c7daee raised his hand.f7b1ca6e91b61ba7

“I’ll go to the e1ce285fbf bathroom. You two f4a861924e talk comfortably.”3afe345fc6abd151

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“Baek Seongjun, you…!”0dd9d1e5fe7a1937

How dare 2c94e16a74 he run a423ba5774 away. I glared 21b16540da as if b0e74f3dcf shooting lasers f1b7cabde3 from my 5f825ae1dc eyes, but 1220fc68d5 Junhyuk allowed afb57e62fe him to 1bdda43273 leave.15d7475607717edf

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“Go ahead. Senior Mino seemed a36a7af5fc to want to 170383da92 hear it from 3e6fff60ca me.”7976ab229e9f0977

My angry b72f89d005 gaze fixed 28e5297ea2 on Junhyuk. I’d never a89d23a284 glared at 9cb847e9a4 someone like b958290d5e this before. Just dumbfounded c696a5686f by the fc936de3ed absurdity, I 2b07c7451b bit my 4d6e42c370 lip. After sending 8ca06efca8 Seongjun off, 7de162f370 Junhyuk pushed dbcdf1f11b the beer 082b078cdb glass he 3b473e14f8 had touched 133e983335 back to 0381140538 me with 62e22672fa a sad 2800098f83 face.0e6de868ed347a73

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“I like you, 13700fbfd6 senior. I have 15dabe0f9c for years. But that guy 2daff047d9 is really not fde866b27a it. Please believe me.”064d4d8af67b2f0c

“What…?”f2afd12de634d9b5

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Is today just 019f788621 a bad day? I asked Junhyuk back, e6946877dc but I wasn’t really 8e3ab65298 looking for an answer. The situation 13bc35d1be was just 44e553aea4 ridiculous. With a bf2aae1fbf scoff, Mino 6a966cd280 turned his 7d7c8932bd head to 244b765438 the side. Snowflakes began c12dec7e40 to fall c7d1026205 outside the 38efab887a window.16a9d7205689abf8

“I’ll explain.”0afc5acbb57f05c2

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“Forget it. It’s snowing, so go 68b22e5553 quickly.”4c0e1a5662396fdd

“Listen.”060ecfc5a17e3b46

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A large 27da3a0cd0 hand forcefully 84b01d907a turned my cec1d6e78d face. Mino felt a strange eef63f6797 sensation as Junhyuk’s firm 1b193d505f grip enclosed his face. Reluctantly meeting the gaze 0568cd29fb of a junior whose 118e251a4e eyes looked distinctly different d03342a26e than before, it seemed 9f9cc589cf like something unwanted was 5001f97238 about to begin.4678fcbab444b30b