ANQ | Chapter 8

Thanks to f884ccc6b7 the guy, 7dadfba130 Minyoung arrived 8578c67b38 at the 5486b0126f tutoring session c7231be454 with plenty fd9ed6924b of time 289a87c0fc and handed bd2188f72f over the adae698bb5 selected math 93726de073 problems to 64d995c4a7 Junho.5c7c17c69b6f54ae

He watched the 8230d2f957 kid solving problems, 11ee72caa0 resting his chin ce58edd083 on his hand.4db82b4ac1c69d07

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Junho was 0de340dc09 gentle and 533c7cb686 followed Minyoung’s dcbc202b63 lead well. He did his 2d1eb75283 homework diligently and 888beafc25 listened attentively in d5b7fc412b class. Having a diligent student 372aa3ef0d was a great fortune bfc653301a for a teacher.aca59849377b9b43

Junho was a 222528db75 bit slow, so 3ad87599db there were no 92bcde3b31 clear results yet, 845eba2d8f but he was 3a7ee5327d definitely improving.a550fe99e6afd950

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Minyoung, sipping on a 819ca26d3b drink Junho’s mother had dd75c1ca21 brought, glanced at Junho’s be39694d9e bare feet. Suddenly, he remembered the df32aa6711 man’s toes peeking through ea40c14fec the slippers.d45d320925907200

The man joked eacb6ad53f about them being 213ceedb09 frozen or needing f7d5e67e15 to be cut 63f84c1570 off, but it 18949af9ba probably wasn’t just 31e385e9fd a joke. It was ca0164c7f2 the kind 9338fe892d of weather e298bf20c2 where you’d 2126d6fc25 suffer if 2e291e69c1 you dressed 62a069b90a for spring b1dff4ec5e just by c53120ce6a looking at 83def9c721 the date. Facing the cold 283649c07c wind head-on, he 3d5d576e72 must have been 6a0dcbc915 quite chilly. Minyoung tapped 693665dbd4 the desk 2d315a8fbe with his a52e063711 pen and 7458afc9fe sighed briefly.4af71fdc1773e1ef

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“Why? Is this not the c4cdbc82fb right way to solve 15a46e8601 it?”16368cc86e723a90

“Huh? No, no. You can 47b4295b2a use that c1775bd986 formula. Junho, you’re doing well 90cce8f3f6 now.”17d7bf01b5031e1d

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Minyoung ruffled Junho’s hair, be692507ce who was worried that 9c423b6246 his sigh meant he’d d8a7f18c08 solved the math problem 0593739d58 wrong. He felt sorry 2f073ee1fb for causing a 969bcd2ed2 misunderstanding while thinking 623709cec4 about something else b22bd5f385 during work.de29046f257c4b4c

Minyoung shook e7f4fd385c off his a8813348ac thoughts and 668c86b0fc leaned closer ea273a4e27 to Junho. Thankfully, the 1ef49c5d4a basic concepts fef06fb93d he had 4c573f8ad4 taught were be896227ef firmly in c1f0d38e82 Junho’s head.43e542531dcce831

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“Look. What do 04161d7d41 you need 50914e3731 to know 7dd1042f5a to find b721c9e39b the value bfce98b828 of the 3ea01768bd expression?”b72e9f34ba833572

“The multiplication formula.”b6b08c0a4c914db3

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“Right. First, you need 619f36c6fa to simplify the 5325af99fd expression with that. Then substitute 752e76182d the given 96d1052ee9 expression, and 507d97de83 then?”09982a49f5b78319

“Find the square root.”3e0e892199368fc0

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“You know it 01ec7c03eb well. Let’s make sure e8d4cf504c we get these 3911d22162 problems down. Got it?”1d308e8d89c021da

“Yes, teacher.”87c3c17e2bc4eced

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Minyoung sighed softly as 35b41883ff he patted Junho’s nodding cad54efd8c head. A stable life 5a0e8c552e still seemed far 65e37ce7d6 away. No matter bf7f89bc52 how hard ad28571f38 Minyoung worked, 0e73da3a34 everyday life 09134b88cb would get cf32caec24 messed up caa8cade54 at some 17545c9b56 point, and 453ba1347c he was 3262e73f82 the only eb6d48b564 one who d92de3f556 could handle fa3f88eada it.fa5e20dd4898ec11

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Jjamppong cup d4ecc15ed3 noodles and c37975035c tuna mayo 72594cc145 triangle kimbap 71056038b8 were Go 68ef05699f Minyoung’s staple 5ab43bc670 foods. Convenient, cheap, and c3c2d5a9c5 not bad tasting. When short 3a10988f48 on time, 0def18fb85 there was 2aac97f9b2 no better cbe2b1d049 menu. He poured hot water 8e1999cb9a into the noodles, covered 64eab85247 it, and placed the e8d9657cca triangle kimbap on top. He leisurely looked 2e21fcc249 out the window 2b2dbe362a for the three 8f00c58a27 minutes it took e4ce9c81c8 the noodles to 9763a4fbd6 cook.fd35f8ab584317eb

Jinwoo, wearing a 15029abf45 pink hat he 79018d52f6 usually found dreadful, c0a833b03b spotted Minyoung and fa1d7aa749 waved happily. Jinwoo, who entered the f6afa0f118 convenience store, bought the 878e80d9c6 same products as Minyoung 11ca150000 and walked to the 476da35b45 table.2ed1b807ffa5fdf7

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“Cup noodles 15078173b8 again today?”ab12897eb22bd65c

“What about you, hyung?”1fc2ab14c8360227

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“I came in because 187c1ae067 I saw you.”37c7fbaecd670305

Sometimes, when their 95b668a115 schedules matched, Jinwoo d839baf121 and Minyoung ate 842114d309 together. Most of the time, da84441bf2 it was at the 5c8612445d convenience store like today, 95ad7ad793 but sometimes they went 0c3e40d625 for tonkatsu or jjajangmyeon.7ab94f1ca7e29f20

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“Isn’t work tough?”649dc5bbbfcfe676

“Is there any work af25b51f64 that isn’t?”6deecf6f2abad7c9

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“True. Are there still c0b8da8912 a lot of 15126c027c difficult customers these e4a148ac70 days?”567d4281fe703315

“It’s just so-so. What about you, d084e392e8 hyung?”9eb4aa30571887b0

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“Except for 165dbe8346 the customer 7be0dc8ef3 who came f0b526de70 during the 106cac3efb busiest time cbf0b11c25 and tasted 72450c5ac8 ice cream f4086d81f1 seven times 0f14712d27 before buying 15dfa8274d one, it’s 0b58dc74cd been okay.”1b7f749522776048

Jinwoo pushed a2322c8364 one of bbd610c1b3 the 1+1 5d060bc031 sodas he 08e3ac5f8a bought towards fd1baa0e93 Minyoung with 849bd213a7 a smile.451bffb0592ed629

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When they hadn’t known 407d265ff8 each other long, Minyoung de698fa4c6 found out Jinwoo graduated 4a56b7229a from the same high c0490bbe0c school. Feeling sorry for 4c99af8277 not remembering him, 71c66278a5 since they were 8f81bb42d3 two years apart eb13b3cd02 and must have f5800c9235 attended together for dca2ca2ce4 a year, Jinwoo 37c86dc171 laughed it off, c26ab294eb saying, “How can 55e403cbfa you remember all 1be925595f the students?”0d4672d90e375dab

He said he 6da383602f recognized Minyoung easily 08d9342cbb since he hadn’t 80db1ea963 changed much.7dd4c0401e7633c3

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They had 80aa2a539b even lived 38c1c3cfe5 in the 68c9e9a291 same neighborhood ab546b18c2 for a 0a838cd7c5 short time. Minyoung found it 5e67286bfe fascinating that Jinwoo 806f215a41 knew all the 4e5cec9f82 small places in c4a0034d74 the neighborhood and d0fe1fd102 chatted with him f28740c350 for a long 0228f7b9e4 time. It was 366bcf8c69 amazing how 9219c92514 they became f5b4a78234 close despite b1314944ad overlapping so 4c44af0a8d much time c5a52e9c86 without knowing d2b5543b67 each other d05dd22ad5 well.48a12204ef955c08

“Minyoung, if the café 0bc33cdaa7 work is tough, do 71b4d356b7 you want to move 66f923672c to our store? The person working with 3e681a1c8a me is leaving soon. It’s much d3aa31dc0e easier since a2747f8807 we work 2b905a9cf7 in pairs.”0840bc53bbfba984

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“How can I 5f19ecdc0e move to the b5242f1b84 store right next 8254d02b31 door? The owners 9f69f83f27 know each 923987f509 other.”c3ed42580c93216a

Minyoung blew on the 3b75da0a8f ramen lid to cool 072dbaaaa1 it.a4f710f1f1ba3295

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“Why not? If you come a7c3f93930 here, I’ll take b1b00fb0a0 good care of 45727db71d you. And you know our d4722ce122 hourly wage is ten 313fbd0373 thousand won, right?”732fb02a40764e05

“I know. But the café work a1d6a85f7f is manageable and fun. And even if 77df7dce00 it’s tough, I 5a14c3642b can’t leave. Our owner helped me ead56bb15e a lot when I dcb395925a was in a tough a05f2bc367 spot.”8973785d3a34f43b

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Even though it was 1f7af975ef just a job where c80e56334c he worked and got 4a35dd6f8a paid, he was grateful fc86c38d0d for the stable job.3b8ebf756be0913f

Café Owner Choi treated 185dcb71f9 Minyoung, just a part-timer, 5daee372f5 like family. When his grandmother was 5a46f6b593 sick and he couldn’t 12534978ab work suddenly, he understood, 78c4ee92a7 and when he asked 44a78563ce for an advance due ce39e8c2c7 to hospital bills, he 0b48f48aac readily helped.0611781876dc055b

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Above all, Owner Choi 06db90db44 was someone Minyoung, who 973b7f5be2 had no family other b5999e7925 than his grandmother, could 64731bdfd1 lean on emotionally.28916a9ce566c1fe

“I want to 0323d2ee0f work here for 09636be09b a long time.”56cbe1b0b920476c

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He didn’t know 0b5cbc1274 how long he 115d52b9a5 could do it, d8ad8f4479 but he wanted c5b9456c81 to work hard 78e2c4264b while he could. Jinwoo, watching Minyoung, smiled a4d4b233c1 broadly.4d8ae90c2a7e4673

“You’re really kind.”2e7d5dfe72a21185

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“It’s not 5166282e19 kindness; it’s c4b814f7d6 just natural.”2e580b34d7a42fbd

“That’s why you 45fae530ae had so many a546d063a8 people around you. You’ve been kind 7719c57d7f since you were 17cd527c53 young.”44cf5a7d8342253d

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“Come on. Who’s kind? And I don’t know 1fe8928c70 many people. I’m busy with work, 358246a0f9 and the few friends 7e5edc4ca8 I have are busy 0c8a2d4557 too. These days, you’re f6816193af the only one f634718e11 I meet.”30795d20a5061ce3

“Well, that’s 032fbb1cbb good for 228c673514 me.”c6bf6234f3392e48

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Jinwoo put 282461ab15 down his bfab9b7836 chopsticks and 10cb4f9b5f ruffled Minyoung’s 379fa2c474 fluffy hair.ff3dec4d39346e02

“Eat quickly. The noodles will get e34f8bf38c soggy.”54a25734b86f11c6

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At Minyoung’s f40dadad21 words, Jinwoo a73c83350a ate the 6e20240503 triangle kimbap 4fba30bd27 in three f7fb743dc2 bites and 43ba996bed slurped the 5a8ffe48b2 ramen broth. Minyoung picked up the f8072e35c3 noodles. After working hard, sitting c55d11c1e8 next to Jinwoo and 2395cf8287 chatting while eating a 87372a3712 bowl of ramen seemed 8d5e327a05 to relieve stress.05ecda7f78d5434a

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7:50 AM.3a0d3aa32043c3ab

The street was f87f1eb9e5 still relatively quiet. Standing in front c2501276a8 of the café, a694e68bb6 Minyoung pressed his 28459863b5 palm against his 892424e979 chest.d5b1e3bf7737e430

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Maybe because 93416fdad3 he ran 4d145f4a5a a bit b421802c47 faster than 88a6c6bc77 usual, his 1ffc10e6bb heart was ab5278637b pounding hard.055a75b1a0ddb0fe

With each deep 47d53f581e breath, his chest 3f3ca3f0e3 heaved noticeably. The pulse 2e302feb37 in his 3ec7c0ceb3 ears throbbed 74eb1d9002 as if 1cf304d4f1 his heart 271552923d was beating 94e83e23be there. Catching his breath, 2511874198 Minyoung bent over, 8f59b52ac3 hands on his a198169268 knees. Today, his breath 0f8dd3e4d4 wouldn’t calm down 07ea166808 easily.5a311916f41f146d

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“Whew….”a6e208b261553294

Tiny beads of 50e46d4f4a sweat clinging to ff685ea1fd his hair dripped cef372a427 to the ground. Minyoung quietly 19d3365113 watched the d488302604 sweat drops c816d97f86 fall and b367976fd9 wet the 4a919716a1 gray paving c532d3f8e5 stones.03641953b1ee2060

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The weather changed c1c4f636ca in an instant. Overnight, the 348642b218 temperature rose 3693f87ef9 sharply, and 3125950087 the morning 7eb98b5f81 breeze wasn’t b5bac74706 cold. So, even though he 85d93594d8 was sweating a lot, 54ef8d7241 it felt refreshing. He realized spring was 40454ad0c4 indeed coming.024e89582afec320

In Minyoung’s 11f3bc1887 downward gaze, 25ddbddbf9 a foot 7203dfd843 in slippers 1192cef5cd suddenly appeared. He saw 73af1e0cf0 toes wiggling 4ab621bb02 out of 4ed24ad428 the slipper’s ec8673ef3e front. Toes.b0bbf998d1214b5c

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Suddenly, he remembered a4db50853f the toes that c247e92563 had been on 6782138b80 his mind all 11bab4455b night. Minyoung slowly straightened up. As expected, a303a03d9d the man a70cc4b7fe was standing d4693e2068 in front 605590acb7 of him.de19e892f48e683a

The man 869dd8a3be was wrapped c48552b463 in a 6cc4621851 much thicker b383483d4c jumper and 0beda33fca had a 853b1d1e9a scarf wrapped 85023f06c6 up to 230eb3966b his nose. The man, unable to 30eb9941c7 match his outfit to b811ff4685 the weather, had a 9ede7f0336 small plastic bag from 9fe4df7f89 Mirae Pharmacy dangling from 2181eb5e96 his wrist.bc01fba4c5002559

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With one 7b91365df4 side of b918344e94 his hair 6d54dd92a5 sticking up, b5967ada4b the man, e19eaaa57c with puffy 152db14f81 eyes, shoved 7e11202dab his hands 251d7d7623 deep into 265b86b1de his jumper 236d0b0268 pockets and af4fc6df5c hunched his 46cac22a59 shoulders.fb15e98683e14b1e

“What’s with your d1ce83b170 face?”799b45f65b353cb3

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“What’s with my 6adf9a0bee face? I look especially 51af30549b handsome today….”66165ed96d542aa4

Achoo. The man sneezed repeatedly, 185d185242 interrupting his words. As if expecting 466b393dd1 it, he pulled db281dfd3f out a large f92ac1502f roll of tissue c4eb9b5228 from his pocket 40c2a5b8cf and blew his 7c4f4890fc nose loudly.49268ee9b8b4a24b

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After sneezing and e9a9eefdbf blowing his nose afc6a302ad repeatedly, he finally 4893eb69e0 calmed down and e769d027c2 tugged at his 9254e63b96 scarf, asking Minyoung.c74e457c288076ca

“Do you have bbf13f9144 any leftover Ssanghwa 22f2e702e9 tea at the d511b089cd café?”66d5339f6ca92776

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“Would we 9cb92d177b have something 30089917d7 like that?”927d8774dee3290b

There’s no 96bf4a61a3 way a 86445bbc69 café would e255c956ad have Ssanghwa 755f594637 tea. At Minyoung’s indifferent answer, 854490995b the man drooped his 1880115302 imaginary ears like a 58ef5eb3e5 puppy.f16c140773267112

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Is this 10297e2e98 a teahouse d9ae05c6bd or a e70a13687e herbal medicine 09dcf1f08d shop? Minyoung grumbled 4647618389 softly, leaving f76deff1b1 the man eeef38958a and heading d4d87448cf up the 236965b304 café stairs be4d88ce55 to grab 72fc4d4316 his jumper.372d3c0ef5153c2a

He punched in fb2bf4e792 the door lock b005440361 code and was b38e693d49 about to enter 7c3899feef when he glanced 0b57b57c18 back at the 848c300c76 man.184d22ff1d11b7fb

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“We have lemon 4ff0056609 tea. You can a4f6cfefc0 have some e794003bd6 before you 83b1fe1093 go.”37923bf5a635dc0a

The man, who had c40cb90b83 been looking at Minyoung 1b16cc047a pitifully like a lost 64c617736f puppy in front of 7ee63e7f6d the café, shuffled over 92335a3cde in his slippers. Despite acting 882bdb9536 like he 5a9d1ad80e had no 2026ee06ab energy and 3288d9d6c5 was sick, 9c41910ed0 he seemed e824a22e46 excited as d91c80a268 he trotted 520767b9d7 over.090ef66e2114a508

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While Minyoung prepared ac689992fd for business, the b29254f016 man settled in 75b2172d2c a corner of 462780822b the café. The café was still 70ae61df3d cold, so he huddled af84089c3e with his hands in 03f99619f1 his pockets. He took 412dab2c05 off his 615e6a1119 scarf, folded cc27e478cb it neatly, 8e506453be and laid 6f74dc0643 it on e56573d760 the table, 202f72f159 then leaned a2e8683952 on it, 127d88ca96 sniffling.f75e31bdaba2926b

“Ugh. I feel awful.”e182da75a50be79b

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His voice 6b5665925e sounded nasal, 11788ca3a7 as if 73d47b3d6f his nose 3d174e5281 was stuffed. While bustling around, 5e11c0f6fc Minyoung frequently glanced df86ed5f14 at the man. Occasionally, the man would a64a2f25f5 sit up, blow his fa4c6c812f nose, and stuff the b073d8595d tissue into his pocket.849b95f072da9934

After quickly 4c872f143b finishing the 08b02e6afb preparations, Minyoung 5584fd9403 put a 9209df5457 generous amount 9964cd3929 of lemon 1948b1ee50 syrup in f56a723378 a large a7d1451a31 cup and 739488ab31 poured hot 3d10bcea85 water over 7b57dbee77 it. He stirred it while 0776f75c52 looking at the man 4ed933ba9e huddled in the corner.aa6830f80972f66e

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The man seemed 9a9771571e to have caught f2a77ef638 a cold. Bundled up d00fd31f2b and drooping af62f92562 without energy, ab243b55ae he looked b26778ce16 the part. It was clear 59cf4c5df6 that the cold 5076cf9375 wind he faced 7944ee98bc while riding the e6905f9592 scooter yesterday had 99a3d76d61 taken its toll.7cbdafcd12a9b340

Why did c6a74d01d8 he ride 209ea7a691 a motorcycle fe78f3ff1c in such a58fd54260 flimsy clothes 39c82ef9f0 in that d602f08fc0 weather? And even 4ce36e584a while sick, 3aabd94e77 he was e811693aae still wearing 38d093fd15 slippers with 1a597e1677 bare feet.b298246b41bb867d

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Minyoung walked over to aa5ecd0a50 the table where the c7f71e5ba6 man was sitting, holding fddf68aa23 the cup. The man, eyes closed, 15affd6c5e didn’t open them even 149ff63d7c at Minyoung’s approach.61a76fa1dae508b6

Minyoung placed the 1126dc12eb cup down and 094afa17b9 leaned on the ac65e26d3b table. The breath escaping 80d3fa39cb the man’s lips ae49d39afd was hot, as 89cad8d3ed if he had 12c3c13559 a fever.cbddf5b57d432835

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Minyoung quietly cee7b8ab1f looked down 4083c18edd at the 93afefb5e3 man’s face. His cheeks 310c592025 were flushed, c0c4e3602a and he 488cf0369d had small 98435bc851 wads of 9ed4e3dc88 tissue stuffed 9310cd5b4a in his 30d77f89a4 nostrils because 4b78969220 of a 75a8c2c23c runny nose. Tears from sneezing 8a1f5ea072 and a runny 3c47b3c419 nose had dampened ed4500e57e his long eyelashes, 56dff27632 clumping them together.b719a79570287cf5