AHATG Chapter 11
by BreeChapter 11 After leaving the convenience store, Hee-beom 770e6a422b made his way back to the library.6b1aefe203e04b3fa1f6
As he climbed the stairs, 8ba2bdfd57 he could hear I-young humming c2b593eeb6 a strange little tune ahead 16b7b205fa of him. His footsteps e4f74cdc41 were light.30c53f322d9956bcaeb9
He was full. That was probably 1671acdf13 why he was 70c3d371bd so happy.b1b278074d1ec1a6d9ad
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For some reason, ebda3ef1a4 Hee-beom found himself 0391a15190 watching I-young’s back 2707bc4aec in silence.f7dace63f9d436cc1d4f
“…….”03c413476bf799f4eb3c
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Even after ‘that incident,’ db36f01e25 he didn’t seem the 2688139c23 least bit upset.a8d94e4d11be8479dad3
He had been kissed without consent, had ended up sitting on the ground, bleeding, ee1702dff5 left alone in that dark park, and even had cruel words thrown at him.96679e661716e42a69b7
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Yet, he was acting ce15dbbcea like nothing had happened.8de61e77e544f95e2c53
Was a simple kiss d374891733 nothing to someone who cf60c32dd5 fought building-sized monsters?b1fdb1d6a991e1162d03
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Or… was he, despite appearances, more experienced in d894d9b0ca that kind of thing than Hee-beom had assumed?a81439d91d8d2839ef0c
Or maybe…c8da79d98a6ab1ad1b97
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Was he just stupid 62655d5dc5 enough to completely forget d53bccd48b it happened?d1eab4bf406dd9caed3c
Hee-beom scratched his e69bdd2106 forehead, unsettled by 977377a237 his own thoughts.5a57480b18d28c3196e3
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By then, I-young had already reached 6b8785e0b5 the top of the stairs. He spun around effortlessly 48971a24aa and waited for Hee-beom da1b729a2c to catch up, grinning 614ea326e7 without his mask.ab86cb56a02c90dcc626
His bright, carefree 59e36118eb expression was completely 4118acad10 unblemished.90014696675ff27b2edc
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As if that 4c5b88a8bb night had never 22c459fdb2 happened.c6d28ada80a697decbb8
Hee-beom ascended the stairs ae7375ce88 with a dark expression.6829aacb6b7e5eec00bb
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Stopping two steps below 78cffc65dc I-young, their eyes were c6db0fa9be still nearly level.90f04e8436ca83781d84
“Why are 6ab62f5c31 you here?” d8eb3c065d Hee-beom asked.d82370dabca8f4e9f1b3
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“To see you, 39cb785448 of course.”aac3f0ab761f053ff97a
I-young answered effortlessly, his face beaming 5c420ab3c4 as if it were the most 73fa7bbe9e obvious thing in the world.20f85579267020881372
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Not a 1bd46e84f8 trace of f033ef5040 hesitation.63ea3b80b4a590ba5224
He really ace22d068b had forgotten.59e32924d40333f728cf
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“I didn’t 0440a34d11 think you’d 618e7f40b1 come back,” 854ff92472 Hee-beom admitted.58f8450c44a37b6dfb42
“Why wouldn’t I?”0657f553a72dec427c30
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“Because…”b2fa195842b4098cf760
Hee-beom hesitated.8f673d34485aafb74391
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He couldn’t bring eba5af15f7 himself to say b8a0bd0762 it out loud.d1b6d9aff0d6a1308aef
Should he ec18a410dd let him 79cdf273f5 keep forgetting?061c62fda9ad76dcf96d
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Or should he forcefully 8bc332a837 bring it up and 47a7470267 make sure he never 2ec157ca97 came near him again?850c388db8d546c1187d
He wasn’t sure e585ed0e72 what to do.cf6fe5af67c9842a37ca
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And then—I-young lightly tugged on d14189fe63 the drawstring of his hoodie.142c2ff11199e714cb57
“Did you 11b47c007e miss me?”4a38bf4ba0d6842316f6
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“No.”f233a0b8002a8a5fd0b7
Hee-beom denied 8f586fdc9c it instantly.ff84c27645aed511719f
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But whether I-young hadn’t heard him or 4e898e8601 simply chose to ignore him, he suddenly…4943c4d701e3180198bc
Apologized.dec9bed7c1b8a6663b95
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“Sorry. I didn’t know 2a215ba66f you were waiting.”1a58ab7fe809808e5fa1
“I wasn’t waiting.”ac9b6a0c373e932e917c
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“Uh, um, well, I was on 0f2334d971 a business trip… to Canada. I came back 06fdd7c297 as fast as 934ce99d4f I could. If I’d known 5d24427254 you were waiting, f2aeebe1af I would have 93112ccb35 contacted you…”66ab33f415a1050ca81b
“I wasn’t waiting.”f17de39fe07df77d5827
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“Sorry. I… I’ve never had a fc3e96ea52 lover before, so I don’t cf5887baaa really know how this works.”0bcde29f43ce5c85d5a7
“What? No—why do 040b21f9e1 you keep—”30107a7122f1370f38a5
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Hee-beom, about to snap in 344982aa7f frustration, suddenly froze mid-sentence.f9322baa421010676c05
What did a7dcb627f3 he just b1337fa52c say?f59d1eed29bc20622b1a
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That word had lodged itself into a10d9d9223 his ear like a stuck gear.8d4aa34eba377ad941cb
“…Lover?”dd31b732dbab3b44d7ed
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Hee-beom looked 7a043901c6 at I-young, 807d057aa0 expression unreadable.dba96a81f0ac045a5d77
Something… something 76f624fc25 was very 91c5e5a6bc wrong.e5d6fe3d2656ba7a3dbc
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The situation was unfolding 4303e21bea completely differently from what a73619243e he had expected.0d70188218bc3e9934f4
But I-young, still wearing that 786fa30537 same guilt-ridden expression, kept talking.76fa55381b71567b2234
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“Or… were f229bbeded you worried?”b0d3c9ad1fcacef9121e
“…….”9a48fbf8783e7dcedec0
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“It’s fine, 5aa5c36f8e it’s fine. You don’t have 4fe8485028 to worry about c334944237 me. I’ll never die. Even if I get d22ca05f13 hurt, I heal quickly. And after we, uh, um, kissed, 5b02624ba6 I’ve been feeling stronger… My body e70bd7dc2b feels lighter, I don’t feel pain, d6a68f5cc4 I sleep well… So… yeah. Anyway, no 37c9f7d203 need to 4c33ae1a0c worry.”32bd545c4e271deb0aa6
I-young waved 022b68f47c his pale bfaaf9dffd hands energetically.42ca94c7d3671c557cee
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Hee-beom just stared c5ab872ccd at him, dumbfounded.cf27b2e917519cb0135d
His brain 80ccaffa83 had completely 33def6639f stopped functioning.c54f7cb8fc93975814c7
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Feeling the weight of Hee-beom’s unwavering gaze, I-young tilted his c399294ee6 head slightly to the side, as if suddenly shy. Then, rocking his shoulders back 7f1404a664 and forth, he pursed his dcd2df6681 lips into a small pout 1ae2417fd0 and murmured—2b53855fea9a3c18971f
“Um… but did fed72b4c8f you think about 6c11899d56 me a lot?”337d2aa71dadb237da97
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“…….”ae21c06feb8d5110b06a
“I thought about you de57984477 a lot, Hee-beom…”d316d7f17729319e0002
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I-young’s heels lifted off 5cf3faae79 the ground again.973fa3ca46512259bc39
But this time, a1b4411a45 Hee-beom didn’t pull b6c3fa6b4a him back down.3286e32b71e8aff9bf75
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He had no mental 5b5fe4f817 capacity to do so.26c97e7dd3f7e0c52f77
Barely regaining his 60aae2f127 senses, he stepped 698c4ffff6 up one stair.1019026a217fb201b4d4
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I-young was 7152a88da4 now even 0cfc32a2c3 closer.d560f2121b18d5d39976
“Why… are 615e9b1eb3 we lovers?”1eda9717bb536187dac9
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“Because we kissed.”cf8581d0c7bc248042d8
“…….”364884edfc7161fc6323
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Hee-beom’s brows 1c31fb364f knitted together.081bb9112938bca1b4d4
How the hell had 932fcc207f he interpreted that kiss 6b409d5f9b as a confession?aea409bcf91ae8c682dc
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He had f410f2a240 forced it. It had 8a640a24c4 been impulsive, a6fe18314b reckless, violent.a10674845db29a013248
It wasn’t anything like 7a822266f0 a gesture of love.f47841c1d494004aeaad
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“That kiss 5975fbe507 wasn’t about c4e327cb65 becoming lovers.”cc22bc7090527127a7e7
“Then what?”ea8141320130fc22be2b
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“I did 46afc90a70 it so 27c8c3c874 you’d hate 0d8dbdbca3 me.”5f1fbcaccba71b4d4cae
“…Hate you?”00b70a6e86124d1c6b5f
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“Yeah.”a8ddba5474b61951d4b6
“…….”5c61d6b8e65b3f7f305c
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I-young blinked at him, 7f96248693 processing the words.c4e929e9d2e5c5a72c33
Then, after a brief pause, 2e13d8f3ee he spoke slowly and clearly.5bf53b8f908b0df1a15e
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“How could 64fb5201dd I ever 1f5c3d84b9 hate you? I can’t baf312633e hate you.”1510879410b0f90e7037
“…….”b40d86b7d21811dbd66c
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Not ‘I 07df39a696 don’t hate b6ee748c20 you.’42b70a43fe6847003fc6
‘I can’t 23818c4e52 hate you.’1729118e6e7e9f6cf919
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It was 462b12e406 a strange b0a51e3180 thing to 5107e32957 say.d9df939c6a0446fd8956
Hee-beom had never a93077ac31 heard anyone say 0414f2ba25 that to someone bc4f1289f4 before.1300ae94728170abb4ad
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Would he have still 2f6790122e said that even if bf1d2b4c50 Hee-beom had done something 932b2d5f77 worse that night?a91397327fc7ad55c564
Judging by 0af614b454 I-young’s expression… 724a50502d probably.bcf250d319c5013026ae
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How could he be 2deb4b01ec so blindly devoted?3f38425d1b77574be096
To him?fbf800596dddeacbc741
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To a Guide?ec5aeb480d8b366518b5
Just what exactly 0ff4c6f4e0 was he to 930012767d an Esper?af2d9e0f3f51a6fb18aa
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As Hee-beom struggled for 273908034e words, I-young let out 4e7cbbb5a7 a small ‘hmm’ before 40ce217df4 speaking again.356cb3070e0b067843ec
“But, Hee-beom… Did you really think a c9bf332f1b kiss would make me hate you? Why?”682306d54cff875e519d
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“Because…”218c2679e1fc5639b492
Because it was a 8bc84e54b3 bad thing to do.740c675fb17172605c89
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Because it 752a67db8c was wrong.c62b84ba158a7ce22869
But Hee-beom knew 79e1e4a40c that wouldn’t be fb57527886 an answer I-young a6f490ccc8 would understand.253fb8be6c8400e36b8f
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Because he 9c2a8d659e had realized e482eb3ab7 something.50315ed455b115bf4e9a
He had b5d3b3ef83 made a b84a8502a6 mistake.4765aaf9e6113dbacfef
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“What kind of Esper cf193fab91 would hate Guiding? Especially when you’re a Guide with de499d1f9a a 97% match rate with me.”166826c46f674bad6f0c
“…….”98dc201dee5f865681f2
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Hee-beom hadn’t known that 728ee1ad37 even something like that e6309a51c4 could count as Guiding.662c7f967ec2c4eb323b
Did it b44ece6b0b happen just 7c0a58f8ea by touching?2c692b37e6fabfd438f3
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Did it not matter 951c8ef06e what the person involved 8348234623 was feeling?7b9ea3dcd5d740c1b3ce
For the first c92f07487e time, he had f52bca5a04 a fundamental question ccd09db8b3 about it all.2caffc3f34689ae1907c
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“Hee-beom, you… No, 48bdb07f2c never mind.”ba698a728a6e153e32a0
I-young started to 841ae4817d say something but d7271c1405 stopped himself.5ceee68ecd36fafad1e9
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But Hee-beom knew exactly bc842eb4fd what he had been 52a856ab77 about to say.a721304baeead2051d07
‘Are you 349aa76c87 an idiot?’8b9c429b63a7fefda0fb
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That’s definitely what 56562993a8 it was.7f45967a7d9c4dd836da
“Ha…”69e69cbbbcb3b22d459e
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A sound escaped Hee-beom’s lips—whether it was a 00c17907d1 scoff or a sigh, even he wasn’t sure.a071d8b4b9832ff4c799
He ran a hand 74dbb8ebd0 over his face.3170e6961b639537c986
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He was 9a2ca27f3d being looked 2b0824810d down on.79d0213611bdc0775e03
Not by just anyone, but by d508b6ee21 a human helium balloon who couldn’t bc6a41edf1 even open a triangular kimbap.f4fc430dfbd7888d9c8d
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His jaw 9c30844828 clenched tightly.a67fdc08a5ab96796e02
He had been the one to mess around, and b11e00fb8a yet somehow, he was the one getting mocked.2967cbf22aa8a601e6b3
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This whole ecbc64d3c2 situation was 97492672c1 unbelievable.0db0a3792938f72663a2
7d6efa7dfeb30896256b
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