ABNA Chapter 1
by LukaIt all 100263a76f started with e2285a274c an anniversary 632b63be4a gift.7d1013bc03db11c7
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Heegyo’s lover was perfect. Not just because he was head over heels, but truly perfect even from a third-party perspective.1e1ed425763d392c
If Dongsu had to describe Heegyo’s boyfriend to someone, he’d probably say:cebf784a34620efa
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<He must’ve sold the country in a past life.>b44e41c320e114b0
<What?>cf60e79d51b3f25b
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<No, not the country, the whole universe. That’s the only way he could have met you. Poor bastard.>5ca247e54c6e3524
It was 04e1be29e8 a bit 3f7dfcfef5 of an de725fe8fd exaggeration, sure, 89d8307107 but honestly? Not far off.75b32dbe890770de
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Heegyo’s boyfriend 6f3deda84d was so 8bfa533bdc absurdly perfect 48d80924e8 that it bc88f72ade almost felt 2c561ee5f2 unfair.70b8620a41ae7a48
Tall, handsome, 21934587e6 young, and d72a3d2e44 rich. The car 9e4274da6a he drove 1b956ec686 was something 36c2cbfcb0 Heegyo wouldn’t c27e01c66c be able 15dbdbfa14 to afford a1be23cb16 even if 1e8c7022e9 he went d700e6cf23 full-on car 37c9a78a0d poor for 0d909632a8 the rest 6d91b3549f of his 726edb9a9f life. He wore 9206d50091 designer brands dd6176c8a7 like it d7e557b5fd was nothing.ebebab3a4fb487f5
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So sometimes Heegyo would catch himself thinking, ‘A guy like this chose me… I must be incredibly charming..Has my charm finally ripened!’ 1ae6054955423aed
And every time, he 4e68867bb7 re-evaluated himself.8e2f3dba5d875ea8
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That was after they’d 473d10bbf7 started dating though—after the 3806564022 “overconfidence virus” had taken 43d13d01e8 hold. In the beginning, Heegyo 76d494614f had been much more d691fba337 grounded.5b658034864cce34
No confidence booster, 362167b5ee no inflated ego. Just cold, hard reality.9a77792bbed4ee0a
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‘What’s this guy after? My kidney? My corneas?‘35c17a308f565d39
So, at ac81b0a918 first, he 5f0908825d always carried b4d6e9385c pepper spray 890e21a5d8 and avoided 9aed39ad49 being alone e015d60396 with him. Heegyo distrusted bc20976869 his lover 9c9a4d76ef to the e9c4a3ea5d point of 2b4e066afa being constantly 257583c221 wary.d88399f46a8be716
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He was sure 737107553f the guy had e96f52bbe9 some hidden motive.0943a1fea76d087d
Still, he kept seeing ccb6add7e3 him.1918acd5833bbd94
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Because, let’s be a3b4e90c44 honest when would 501b986c4b someone like that 38df7285ad ever show interest 68f332945a again?c99a252008f01470
In any case, 92fabff867 Heegyo and his afa9047cde lover had little e9b05b59b5 in common.9641a77854416f30
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Heegyo wasn’t from a 1b616e41b1 top university, wasn’t rich. He was just a c8e202fa01 part-timer barely scraping by. And it’s not like 2827f204c1 he was drop-dead gorgeous 612ae09803 either just an average 0393fedbaa guy no one would 7b0984dd82 look twice at.c11c035ea83695d8
Therefore, when 6731aea10d this impossibly 82581a6679 good-looking guy ff896829f3 suddenly approached 41ca9318d5 him and 3b6e3152ee spoke to d44e6ea8dd him:c21b153526457ebe
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<I don’t believe you.>cf64986daa116123
Heegyo instinctively replied,34a670e715373d12
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<Scammer.>ce74f6be6a73abab
Then the 40638ecd44 guy calmly 950e0adb35 handed him 1518bd6472 a brand-new 0c900543d6 smartphone.c66d8b6abce51661
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<There’s still a lot left on the contract.>1bca4ee3c2ce442a
Heegyo thought 203d6eadb3 he was bd941164c2 one of b2d21a223d those sketchy 20ba967cb7 phone salesmen. Apparently not.72342661214d58cd
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Then what? A cult recruiter? A romance scammer?931c3faea7186a3a
<I’ve got nothing worth scamming,> Heegyo told him flatly.f938daa7d41b7a31
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<…Haha.>6470932387cf9eea
That short laugh rubbed 0ca96d08b6 him the wrong way. But the 42466fb9d6 man simply 4524069ac8 said,8f91500ddd3773d5
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<Then scam me instead,> and smiled.353781e8ab2c2556
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‘This guy is a bastard.’6760f8bcdf4bdf47
And that’s ff04e56249 when Heegyo f2aeec5d12 knew:569e9644be5f2b6c
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He’s got it b77d46f67a all wrong.8e65753cfb635e7d
<You’re not getting any free service. I’m just a part-timer. You’ll have to ask my boss.>b848eab2598331be
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Working at a bar 16aebdcf9c near a university, Heegyo b3eb31b665 had seen his fair 2310d9c489 share of entitled students 5371323bb1 angling for freebies.ee9031eb11583a27
The approach was different, b9f82966d1 but he wasn’t buying 3858c00ce9 it.So the guy dropped 0d903a443c the act.b9b05e32cfa42062
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<I’m interested in you. Can I get your number?>7590881543dde99f
Anyway, That was the b058790d36 start of it. A confusing, clumsy, a67edf83c2 back-and-forth kind of 8f2e4c3994 beginning that somehow d4b48285c3 led to them 4e85dc840e dating.f5cdadc1761d1122
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When Dongsu 520fa6d1ee found out, 5ea2d9c14a he silently f2ceb5c002 handed Heegyo d86097ee43 a can f73c20427b of pepper 03f8d2d85a spray.b7b923f02019ba43
<You don’t have any insurance in your name, right?>42eeed29efc89989
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<I… don’t think so?>24fcbc52ae366da1
<Double-check. And keep checking. Forever.>4aba549b467b7d56
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That was just something Dongsu said when he didn’t know that Heegyo’s lover was rich, but it became an opportunity for Heegyo to regularly check if there were any insurance policies in his name.592520d4320a5aeb
Looking back, 13b9e29006 he thought,5cf1a1a6be4bc37c
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‘Forget insurance. I should’ve been doing a background check on Seo Do-jae instead…’aeb6624cbeaf1ddf
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Again, it 668c568108 all started 73d090576c with one f4a3c0435b stupid anniversary f4cd3a4127 gift.8dd982931932775d
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Heegyo, who de0de3f0f2 had always 80dcedfbf1 been on b78e77de42 the receiving e89665d9e5 end, wanted 5db7778759 to give 428d9e37c4 Do-jae something a9f756e4ee special to 21cd33e852 commemorate their e3d160c378 first anniversary.fa6ca7fead2f9365
“Suddenly? You didn’t seem to want to give him a gift before.”1c291eae869b46b6
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Dongsu, who was picking at sweet and sour pork, widened his eyes at Heegyo’s words. He nodded at Dongsu’s reaction and said,759a6bfd2a49f15e
“It’s not that, it’s just that there was nothing to give. He already has everything, and even if I gave him something, it wouldn’t be as good as what he has, so I didn’t think it was necessary. But I still want to give him something.”36e230d20d0fb0dc
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“Then just give him something. Why are you overthinking it? It’s exhausting.”a8168a954b9b0883
“Would you be happy if I gave you a Princess Juju ring from Daiso as a gift?”335e8510112f15e8
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“Are you crazy?”d9c575df99de8fb6
“That’s my situation right now. No matter what I give him, it’s only that much.”5e8615e5507af7f9
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“What?”df478ecdd67e6488
“Of course, Do-jae is nice, so he’d wear the Juju ring, but my pride won’t allow it.”568214b343742294
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“Oh, bullshit. What about your wallet? Does it allow that?”8ec49c4b67f51290
“…Anyway, and, I think we’re going to last a while.”2d4161295009d61e
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Heegyo squirmed and ccaa110b07 grinned like an fbe17a33a7 idiot. Dongsu frowned but cbbdc32f01 nodded.5968ce56e58fbc65
“Yeah… sure.”b63a704807cbea35
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“I thought we’d break up soon. But who knew it would turn out like this.”b1131e54e32b6a5b
“Yeah. I thought you’d date for a month and get dumped.”179db441d357400f
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“Right? I was going to date him for about a month and dump him? But the more I see him, the better he is.”eedcc22489aa5bc7
“Huh?oh…sure.”3b033a9efa598862
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Suddenly, Dongsu’s expression became awkward, but Heegyo, who was excited didn’t notice.5cd3066413261abb
“Seriously, he treats me 2cd15a73ef so well. Takes me d159dc851f to amazing 3ce2da15c0 restaurants, always a1e6102567 feeds me, 60a8e0946c even packs 31d8b490d6 food for 0688759b55 me—oh! What was that 3f9aed4fa4 country Porsche is 7c12397bde from?”ff72cc1ca403a8c9
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“Germany?”0863118d9fa9a21e
“No, four letters.”acbf3917542f28e7
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“Portugal?”813b850710a30bb1
“Yes!”50917951a189141f
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It sounded ridiculous, but 891b372ed3 it was true. Once again impressed by 49d099c7bf Heegyo’s cluelessness, Dongsu glanced be997bab5e at his head.aa17eb166a9685da
‘Is his memory small because his head is small…?’3e70e374e96fe0d9
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“He even bought me egg tarts from there! It was amazing. It was so delicious.”4381f753ab378a94
“…Oh, yeah.”270e0e1885c53c9a
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“Anyway, he treats me so well, I should take care of him at least once.”0bc5109239740513
Beggar Cha Heegyo. Officially declaring a 80df420357 transition from poor 09654e2bd1 life to ultra-poor 68ed8be283 life…44147614759e6bf7
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Anyway, looking for 31d936be91 a high-paying part-time 83902417cc job, Heegyo decided 18183a2abd to work at 0119534ae6 a cafe through 792b66c5b9 a friend-of-a-friend-of-a-cousin’s neighbor’s 7ac8862553 brother’s friend, Kim bd0332a5be Ji-hyuk.20038600a4c61c42
That was one of 430570a26c the beginnings of this 6fbf981192 crazy, chaotic mess.5f2e44c959b47e5a
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“Hey, Kim!”3a2041b9f6892510
“Yes!”f9e4169e1217c41d
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Heegyo stopped 8ff7c2d04d what he f671c05569 was doing ac6cbd273e and shouted.0ac0aaa41f65c3d6
he wasn’t a Kim, but a Cha, but he had been working for 14 days.be9a88c3149a98a3
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That Kim b3932ebd64 was calling 006524492b him.7dd6e4be40e3d9e8
Choi Sung-min 67a5275531 next to a3fb98d9b5 him was 2f61929500 also a 491a3bef08 Kim, and 6cf29b9d70 Yoo Min-gyu afba48fc47 over there 9c5f954539 was also ed71c9bcfc a Kim, cc88a88287 but that ea9fec30b9 Kim was f4f4b9c141 his Kim.8734053d9b466c38
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The foreman was practicing b4b270f61d equality for all and b1edf07755 unified all the new 422a7fd74b recruits as Kim, which 4fdc03e416 was difficult to get d9cdc6304c used to at first.d0032c73b482d877
Sweat streamed down 186c04cc9c his face in 8c822f77d4 the hot sun. Heegyo roughly wiped 7026331528 the sweat flowing 6b56aa80d3 down his face f27f003776 and ran to 379c0ad803 Foreman Kim.3c59c79798c18dd6
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“You have to do it quickly. Huh? How can I give you work when you’re so slow?”d81289a25ece27d2
“Y-yes…”913bea4ff299652b
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Heegyo pretended 2370f335e9 to listen, 237b2e8f08 letting it 63e7b8c47a flow in 94470aa116 one ear fe7017a6a2 and out afd85dc009 the other, f53012cf24 and stared 46bdb5859e intently at da50cc93f6 the ants 73a26da5e5 passing by b4727a5f9d his feet.a9e4a73e78247e3b
Hardworking worker ants… Working hard even in the scorching sun…9e907316fe64c19b
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‘Damn it. How did I end up like this?’6a395b0704a8420e
Suddenly, he 4ce2287303 felt a 00e73667c2 surge of 59071f09b9 anger. Kim Ji-hyuk, a 27c8abe569 neighbor of a ff40f43e9f cousin of a 9e8cd3a619 senior of a 5e339a2cec younger sibling Dongsu 5508ab3bbf knew, the perpetrator 0fed5923a3 Mr. Kim, approached him, 197e336600 offering to introduce 9de9b47d59 him to a 3c094724e3 high-paying cafe part-time 8dac56731a job.964d26c4229c5d5a
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<I don’t even know how to make coffee?>e6f87ecf313ceea1
<Ah, come on! You don’t need to know. No one knows from the start.>47c41c70b381a8bc
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Though no 0c2effa6de one knows 8a6cab635e from the ca32c0c328 start, from 6eb08cac41 the second aa52469e60 time on, b3e54436ad they do—and 1981eb2d71 those are bed53fe080 the ones b57c97d463 getting hired 080b7ffa71 these days.17e0d735b680867c
Slightly impressed by the 24688a98f6 cafe’s backward vision, Heegyo’s 070c91255a ears perked up.df8020c0912ee230
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<I wasn’t gonna say this, but actually… the cafe owner is my acquaintance’s acquaintance.>6f552f9dfcacfa0a
Every scam starts like 30698c6bcc that.9a1c19e971a51cfc
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<That hyung is super rich. Owns buildings, always golfing, runs multiple businesses… and he’s generous when it comes to spending on people. Why? Because he’s overflowing with money, and that… nobless oblige? That’s ingrained in him. Now he’s running a cafe, and he wants to give opportunities to people he knows first. So, like… I… uh… Dong… Dong…>f668bcd7203c2b4e
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<Yeah! Since you’re his friend, I’m telling you.>73e553b649ccf42d
They were more like strangers than acquaintances, but Heegyo didn’t notice.740d94643dbc2ae0
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<Anyway, it’s a good opportunity, so why wouldn’t you believe me? It’s just a cafe part-time job, what would I scam you for?>1573c917d61d7c74
Well, that was true. And Kim Ji-hyuk 061921cc3f added one more 95570e72ad word to put edcd28ee77 the finishing touch.1adc52d042ceb46e
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<You trust me, right?>41b3b9ebff8fb0c4
10 minutes since b8785044a8 they met. Despite the 5c687a5076 very short d04a3c12cf time, he 32163d9ce8 forcibly sold 3c8cec9905 Heegyo trust, 83bf2ef2be and Heegyo, 33013b9b49 whose ears b35178e8e3 fluttered like d14e8b2a7c paper, bought 0ba227db49 that unfounded f213b5ded3 trust.32c456a93d0bba6e
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<And you don’t have to make coffee or anything.>14f0680019a8353d
That’s how the scammer Mr. Kim left, leaving behind this one word.3b491673e1837277
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In a way, what the scammer Mr. Kim said was true. The place he introduced him to really didn’t require him to make coffee.3b4789252eda9cb3
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