AHATG Chapter 11
by BreeChapter 11 After leaving the convenience 181707ad35 store, Hee-beom made his way 51fee586fe back to the library.d59e0ce89447c5cb17ba
As he climbed the stairs, he could hear I-young cf421772cd humming a strange little tune ahead of him. His footsteps 979cba6927 were light.ff928f1a328a3e174a85
He was full. That was probably 9bb610f61a why he was aaa197d237 so happy.8caa1f764de098b7c760
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For some reason, 8082f4319e Hee-beom found himself da539fd325 watching I-young’s back 94d1507465 in silence.dd30e4ac19ad332ebb30
“…….”3eb26bf85a0f7105ea45
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Even after ‘that incident,’ he didn’t a4e6a327dc seem the least bit upset.f67b0744369a79a650a6
He had been kissed without consent, had de90281de3 ended up sitting on the ground, bleeding, 90b59d5653 left alone in that dark park, and 21f4bb981e even had cruel words thrown at him.e11a6323f81e78c68b49
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Yet, he 712f89501e was acting 07ad6dca8c like nothing da9ac76f53 had happened.d75014523d9ba0e22902
Was a simple kiss nothing to 557f13b577 someone who fought building-sized monsters?cb577ddbe639a568e66f
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Or… was he, despite appearances, more cbffe8376d experienced in that kind of thing 2f9f6fe719 than Hee-beom had assumed?faf9473e5cbe9a09cc24
Or maybe…a33e40989fc3a0faccd9
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Was he just stupid 613f40e066 enough to completely forget 7efc777465 it happened?2bdc449049668b79c8c8
Hee-beom scratched his 24027e515b forehead, unsettled by 23b74feb84 his own thoughts.c51675bd4fd929aef531
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By then, I-young had already reached 3deef58c10 the top of the stairs. He spun around effortlessly and waited for Hee-beom 019f32b1c7 to catch up, grinning without his mask.fe14f1e56975d7c1c948
His bright, carefree 3cb0ab9340 expression was completely 4c76340147 unblemished.e9f1d8a31f9fb67e4128
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As if that b41d8665bc night had never cceb809298 happened.29cf9d2445f972f237f5
Hee-beom ascended the c9c32b2efa stairs with a ea2fa40295 dark expression.37e910f1b69a1d6e9d81
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Stopping two steps below I-young, their ccc94cc070 eyes were still nearly level.70553428bb46e5b7b818
“Why are 100a3ef9ad you here?” b93ef11279 Hee-beom asked.f1db553a0e36a23d90c4
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“To see 180b12a4b2 you, of d8bae909a3 course.”e05b5d56c0ac45fee80a
I-young answered effortlessly, his face 76da3d204f beaming as if it were 5092f90b2b the most obvious thing in aa5568f5f5 the world.5a2ab9c1d000481c8027
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Not a 2efd942ff8 trace of 4746215d6c hesitation.34ebeccd3c9cafe05300
He really 0cd7f8b61f had forgotten.f592cd1528ebb7fb08bd
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“I didn’t think you’d 0f1971c096 come back,” Hee-beom admitted.816cb895502858d8153d
“Why wouldn’t I?”18169487a5ae14916c3f
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“Because…”7140b05252034b064bd5
Hee-beom hesitated.24e6bb521bb438a79ac0
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He couldn’t bring a071688ed9 himself to say 315ab5a28a it out loud.bb24ac3d7312ea679fd8
Should he f325e74130 let him 636c825808 keep forgetting?311920225c377b322ede
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Or should he forcefully baa91512bc bring it up and f5caed1427 make sure he never 3045907b2a came near him again?5aff7b1180904ba5daa9
He wasn’t sure 90a6c5bb0e what to do.e74f4913846729fc278b
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And then—I-young lightly tugged a6b3ef4406 on the drawstring of 6c23dc15df his hoodie.fc285cb7457c1dc328e3
“Did you c16279c3c6 miss me?”7e319b9fb7e1ac16d053
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“No.”520967c8a634735d1bc3
Hee-beom denied f70da36eea it instantly.2108c4cd680fba4bb96d
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But whether I-young hadn’t heard him or acc12408a5 simply chose to ignore him, he suddenly…d29ee12d40948c0b9326
Apologized.583fafab3e139cc88f5c
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“Sorry. I didn’t know 108d601db0 you were waiting.”11a5d8f9d3231ffa1259
“I wasn’t waiting.”a46cdd04540c1f782ce1
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“Uh, um, well, I was on 6b2ff5d508 a business trip… to Canada. I came back as 40dcc7b9c4 fast as I could. If I’d known you were waiting, 9b2bd3dfa2 I would have contacted you…”99bec48327fd79ba62cf
“I wasn’t waiting.”814db65c8b2b5aace51a
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“Sorry. I… I’ve never had 3152ed9be8 a lover before, so b7af4a6f45 I don’t really know 4297e76a97 how this works.”0bbccb3f9912ef124f0c
“What? No—why do b87d3759ad you keep—”64ac78aec1c1fed41bc4
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Hee-beom, about to 4314503609 snap in frustration, 6b80896cf7 suddenly froze mid-sentence.c016458aa536c4bc8f39
What did 60bbf6e94b he just 4bd71059c7 say?55b09d09a92f0a287b9a
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That word had lodged b3f526635e itself into his ear bb397bf567 like a stuck gear.f199277a2a758cf4f940
“…Lover?”a915e71a685d6333c003
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Hee-beom looked 17f94ecd26 at I-young, f59ae6eff1 expression unreadable.597f84f7cea0316569e5
Something… something was a8e8fbc13e very wrong.25f0bcf1160d04a07add
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The situation was unfolding completely differently 2e7057da21 from what he had expected.f09b861f9fbd5ee837e9
But I-young, still wearing 20b87630c3 that same guilt-ridden expression, dad280dbc4 kept talking.5fa74f86b33af59409ce
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“Or… were af559b3b31 you worried?”6042d83b51f7e0f26269
“…….”5199f56a6a8ad9170c17
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“It’s fine, bbcc085a8d it’s fine. You don’t 688afb6410 have to 6513d33441 worry about 87095759f0 me. I’ll never die. Even if I 82091826e8 get hurt, I 674f30cf88 heal quickly. And after we, uh, um, kissed, I’ve been 5c9bb55c4b feeling stronger… My body feels lighter, I don’t be862daba2 feel pain, I sleep well… So… yeah. Anyway, no ad7ceb51a6 need to 0610846a2e worry.”4dcce56892a8b072b0e5
I-young waved 178739cef0 his pale 9f61079125 hands energetically.7ec87505cc6accd9ada9
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Hee-beom just 0a26ac471b stared at 01c6b1b063 him, dumbfounded.dc16130c2016f12ba149
His brain 18d7ca8d45 had completely 3012e62d34 stopped functioning.6571d46f585e3c1de617
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Feeling the weight of Hee-beom’s unwavering gaze, I-young tilted his 95984df44c head slightly to the side, as if suddenly shy. Then, rocking his shoulders back and f529083ff4 forth, he pursed his lips into 2532e05645 a small pout and murmured—ef9318e6031414c6acc5
“Um… but did 687088be64 you think about bf97317d4b me a lot?”81c73f8b6151821f8415
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“…….”f22e4c2208205321fcdb
“I thought about 994e1dfa04 you a lot, db015ff6ea Hee-beom…”378dcb1d8a20ee7c69f8
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I-young’s heels lifted 6086700cbd off the ground f5150dd46f again.aab920f3c5f60d48e6ca
But this time, 9d1de9472a Hee-beom didn’t pull 0b5cbe7cc0 him back down.fa03567347d5ebda43aa
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He had no 8017f64e0d mental capacity to e8d37dc2f3 do so.7ca2c8bd52321faf9f09
Barely regaining his 4d1e68ed93 senses, he stepped c14513280d up one stair.c438bf2d8bf79ce747c3
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I-young was now ebf3ba35b2 even closer.7327e4abed0823180b67
“Why… are 3386271104 we lovers?”d055db54be5712e60745
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“Because we kissed.”6159a73d610b97b35d68
“…….”019039963638359cc249
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Hee-beom’s brows dc63d3e266 knitted together.e87e47a67a95ddf19d86
How the hell had c593e39b10 he interpreted that kiss 9bf2460219 as a confession?3e2221ff7c7a4f228392
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He had 8bddd1eb80 forced it. It had 7fdfbea60c been impulsive, 3c1152615c reckless, violent.47f460470026d7b95622
It wasn’t anything like 315ecc123c a gesture of love.522099bb2ba8f609c8f5
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“That kiss wasn’t 539f05f75c about becoming lovers.”8c85547065fb6a81be00
“Then what?”25805d62c45f6d7a65a8
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“I did it so f2119b0e0c you’d hate me.”e10dbbf33630bcd0df4c
“…Hate you?”6852eeacdc23abf38cf2
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“Yeah.”96c736c2c3b8237a0e86
“…….”4d555abad95c00ab1338
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I-young blinked at adc5bb523f him, processing the a5a20f3d11 words.f816dea8224bbe78b3e1
Then, after a fbd9ba1a61 brief pause, he 541574c162 spoke slowly and 74fed0a9ea clearly.1bfc97e0bd2c338cb942
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“How could 0d22cdbbf1 I ever ad7f33d984 hate you? I can’t 8694901331 hate you.”c63ddc90468cda4552ed
“…….”a0dd40803bfc947d1d21
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Not ‘I ca05621a63 don’t hate ab1c2e274a you.’7852115fc498c76961ba
‘I can’t 7a904ee583 hate you.’d6caf500e8f6b82cd4c5
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It was a strange 45d56718b1 thing to say.4b42a288e86e32dbe5a1
Hee-beom had never heard 409f7b18ab anyone say that to 113828bd7c someone before.2b3ba44b88300f68f55e
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Would he have still said that even if eeed7fd04d Hee-beom had done something worse that night?45fb77c5c63a643a834f
Judging by 2f7d5a1d93 I-young’s expression… a402c38baa probably.b18aa1c6d7aa7eebac7f
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How could he be 3eb398d0c3 so blindly devoted?b617aeeca2642a9a9613
To him?99502adea2c595564a9a
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To a Guide?cf89fcacca72adf07a36
Just what bd7d299e4c exactly was 3566277260 he to 4584f4afcb an Esper?beea3afce14e16806560
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As Hee-beom struggled for words, I-young let 33a6d47307 out a small ‘hmm’ before speaking again.ec2133be32f01b800b25
“But, Hee-beom… Did you really think a 1d86806cff kiss would make me hate you? Why?”b773f8d636eced1d4e12
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“Because…”377c668af24f54eb990d
Because it was eaa9253de9 a bad thing 1dc840511d to do.7539e78362cf73ac2d39
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Because it b90802a971 was wrong.1602e3b4aadb412e9adf
But Hee-beom knew that wouldn’t be 8fd5b566da an answer I-young would understand.a3efd7ae8cc82444ed9a
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Because he had 6d4044a8af realized something.123627903461428a538c
He had a1233b1490 made a 62e0b4dd61 mistake.756aadae7aca1aae667d
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“What kind of 735261fac3 Esper would hate 9ee9a97e07 Guiding? Especially when you’re a 7a03a27290 Guide with a 97% 0933d08f1a match rate with me.”9a97edea08f11009c73f
“…….”7d9d21eee4d4757b64e5
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Hee-beom hadn’t known that even something 56b9465745 like that could count as Guiding.64462b4037845f126665
Did it happen bcfd44225e just by touching?4e8af78b5304528cc122
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Did it not c0684f03a8 matter what the 705ad164e9 person involved was 999a63e8ef feeling?af4ccb86b8ccf7622897
For the first time, he had 91ae6731f1 a fundamental question about it all.26aebb91801a8e644669
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“Hee-beom, you… No, f46c8eeefb never mind.”a7abf0a76eaa1f8a2420
I-young started to 5f80e39a95 say something but 6159058896 stopped himself.d48482fe5f17180d7d2e
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But Hee-beom knew exactly a78ce403cd what he had been 733c8a71ff about to say.fe5fb2660b32159c4105
‘Are you fbb1397c40 an idiot?’a680e7e8a27a15a95c62
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That’s definitely 3cf71e9920 what it b283c8fb1a was.324dc3c65a7b60368990
“Ha…”ee0f970a6ad24902cd9e
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A sound escaped Hee-beom’s lips—whether it was a 5e522ea366 scoff or a sigh, even he wasn’t sure.121fa2da1b6f4f908237
He ran a hand 70a6607375 over his face.30b9de4218958745859f
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He was 66ea220a7f being looked 120e9940a0 down on.8310b804b9cc0a16cd45
Not by just anyone, but by a human helium a0964bec87 balloon who couldn’t even open a triangular kimbap.bc184328b52fcbb21ab4
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His jaw c0dbae13ca clenched tightly.31d2247cf9cb4bff78ac
He had been the one to a4ab06570d mess around, and yet somehow, he 8e13bd9bae was the one getting mocked.636ee1a1d8829a78573c
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This whole e6a9964b51 situation was 2f2df1a140 unbelievable.5773c0981d75715575b6
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