BBK Ch 3

‘That guy’s the one, ce5c4d7c81 isn’t he? The bat.’1f945b5e01968814

A long time ago, e3278b55c3 he was a man ee7d71cb10 who’d voluntarily brought information ad74a94cc7 from a rival company. They’d thought fc7085af99 the job d006e6e58d was cleanly 8d6843a747 wrapped up e39b25af63 and they’d 41e5a63367 parted ways 731282f248 without issue. But for 65b12ee308 someone like 7a925d0f72 that to ddf1cb13f5 suddenly show 4066984ea4 up in b96451341d front of ed4e243011 Minho’s office, f5e92528a2 throwing a 15cf5b2c2b fit over b106d50c2f some grudge—it 93110ff05c was baffling. Still, before a111c38609 they could 0a2bca55c0 even figure 7d8534f7b2 out what 077c48743d was going f172ab8899 on, it 9dfd0ac114 fell to 88e3c6ec76 Gyuoh to ca5caa10eb kick the 4dfab87a85 guy out 63971e03e7 of the c7eed6efa4 building.7d7ffffa69e44c6d

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‘Oh, right.’8eb45bc7a0616757

‘But why’d he 4dd70996b3 come all the 26638ff5c0 way here to 262f837b56 act like that? What’s he threatening 62dfeb6a15 to spill?’d1c8ed300349c0bd

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‘…’9298f3503580d4a8

Standing in front 35a7aacc86 of the mirror, f6c6e4446d Gyuoh examined the a9d5e30361 area near his 6c91060acc tattooed nape. The man 70da895e53 had scratched 6c76cdd20e at it 8a24d783dc with his 8a6d5c3f8c nails while 8a03448e13 thrashing, leaving 99ec94da83 red lines 6bea1b3112 streaking through 9d4a7d9d2d the ink.aa962952d49c4fb6

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‘That was settled e74c54ab50 ages ago. What info could 698beaa460 he even have b9c1deae2b to spill?’01a7ad725af7bb1f

He muttered dffae7d936 to himself, aebad5d6f2 slowly rubbing 4862d4e4a0 the swollen 9a887156dc skin. A brief, awkward 5f4859663e silence hung in 1bda253a54 the air, but 7116e6bad8 Gyuoh didn’t mind. He hadn’t 28457c0346 expected an c6389881da answer anyway.ec23d8f11b1431cf

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‘…It’s not info. He’s saying he’ll spread 9c7451d166 that I’m seeing men.’b5cb477032bf83a1

‘Men see 0701a472a0 men, sure. So he’d meet a ad4af899ea woman…’c6897f2dc1c29cc0

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Gyuoh’s casual 9cc9b6ad81 reply, spoken 71353f225e while inspecting ef4bfdced6 his neck 8f52288e8c with downcast 19b196cb51 eyes, came c22274e483 to an 6e0ebeabc4 abrupt halt.da8a624e57863d61

Did something fc73aa4417 just come 7917c7709b out wrong? He slowly lifted his 184ae74e2a gaze, locking eyes with a7a8806427 Minho, who stood a 2d7d7059b8 couple of steps back, 57a92f5278 arms crossed, staring into dc5b292927 the mirror.784a4c321cb1fa70

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‘He’s throwing a 5b28c0df28 tantrum because I e4bd3a5ae4 slept with him a6eb205847 and ditched him, b6baadaa48 apparently.’18d1abe62e8e9999

If you 108ca912a5 pieced together de91223834 the confusing c3db919656 words, there c9bf71791d was only ee41ae1f3d one conclusion.e2d9dfe067ddfd52

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‘…Hyung, you dated 39ab966f61 that guy?’04f12e12def25478

‘No. Just slept with him ce3028829f once.’f84992b3f9c31bed

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Minho’s eyes, reflected 49afadb7b6 in the mirror, 866e170937 were as calm 9aa18c8d51 as ever, though 7688db889c there was a bb6ff0520d faint hint of 7f3b717f8e tension beneath the b72aac9ee8 surface.78fc0195576e1469

Since when? Had he always dafc3195e2 been into men? Were there a8c94ea6d9 others besides 45ee111961 this guy? Gyuoh had a million 849bae091c questions, but all that e8d0ab3a0c came out was a de39b99585 short:c7ccf23d4ecef13d

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‘Why?’2859915cad5efe53

‘When I can’t sleep, 81ca9310b0 I do that. Sometimes even booze doesn’t 36bcafc076 cut it.’29ceb24a691fbf5a

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Minho answered, stretching 06313913eb his stiff neck 8e4d638819 side to side.4f2d6a090cdb0eb5

‘…’07819734f9c7abef

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Gyuoh prided himself ed9c936e69 on being perceptive, 6dd9540d61 but it seemed e8f8c55f1d he was clueless d8229f3b13 when it came 006d63b1d5 to this.ec98aca9f29fe891

‘I didn’t really want 0cd1d8b2e5 to talk about it. But that bastard might be4fb6b34a show up again.’560c582d82a8fe6a

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‘…Oh.’4d0f72e8cb75bf8c

‘Better you hear it fb093b59fc from me than someone 2310753c40 else.’03466d7168d36525

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With that flat explanation, 1bf0310d0a Minho shrugged and turned 63466fae31 away. He’d probably cf66b8755f been sitting a3a049d25c in a c5bc60805e chair all 49858e120f day, yet cc9b0e3f47 there wasn’t d29e52d5b3 a single 648678dab3 wrinkle on 18f02236ed the back 15116445b9 of his 2c6519e079 shirt. Gyuoh stared at it, 7314ff79a5 racking his memory.e60963136b158bd5

Come to think 4d9dab3f34 of it, had a851ab3662 Minho ever introduced df5704aa1f a girlfriend? He couldn’t recall hearing 4686d2a36e about anyone Minho was eb1ac046ee seeing. It wasn’t that he 96a933855f didn’t have time for 1481671086 romance because of work—it 0564893b28 was this.11c2e931c5f59b37

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Gyuoh was rattled, no e79453c369 doubt, but he adapted a2cc4541f8 to the situation pretty 881a64a182 quickly. Another colleague they 5238424f2d worked with had 4b3d1452d5 gotten a boyfriend, d3a9279288 and Gyuoh figured e38a5a865d Minho was just 16e6242208 experimenting out of fd7f8a71d7 curiosity, influenced by db958e0f2e that.9ac239b1ab154203

But the 4a70e540dc day he fe4e3f0202 found out 6736358216 Minho had c39507a78f been seeing f999dd5559 men even 82f87b871a before that 6f422a0080 colleague, he d7195de419 couldn’t sleep f39eaffe6e a wink. It was that 92b6c0956e shocking. How did 3b7d87954c a guy 74348690a3 who worked a56ce74c38 all day 89ecfb51d8 find the f61e32612b time? That he’d been meeting 46d32ed3a9 people and even hooking f0c5cbfd55 up while Gyuoh was 8531e8b9a7 right there, wide-eyed, was f5fb23825e mind-blowing. And why he only de65f83a09 did one-night stands instead ce5a7f9bba of dating was beyond ee9d029826 comprehension.bd5de7c193655968

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And so, 4496cbc6fd Gyuoh ended 2136a77d4b up sharing f541825d31 Minho’s secret. He tried not 9cbac2ecc1 to dwell on ab29697641 it, but from 4d8dcc67c8 then on, he c96a49e2bf couldn’t help fixating 33f7e09cc9 on Minho’s every 6c6d03b20c move. When Minho left 36d1664499 the office, Gyuoh 7b4095697d wondered where he 7c5a1ed4b0 was going. When he mentioned 3f7e9534cf plans, Gyuoh wanted d2f24297ef to know every fb696d7705 detail—who, why, what 62ba2228a9 for.cc77c8f2df6fbf3e

Of course, he fought 51ee8bd6b5 to keep those feelings fd6a639b09 from spilling out or acdf387b6c acting on them. As always, his 54ae721b39 role was to 12e8b9bb81 be the good 9e46468436 little brother—close like 47b7f40340 family, but never d31b7815c1 crossing the line.977825094276f5bf

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“What are b1859db365 you doing? Not leaving?”ad6a2f85dd52c5a8

Minho’s gaze turned f7434a40a2 toward Gyuoh, who ccad168484 was standing there 478c31774b dumbly. Gyuoh grumbled, half-whining 1e6639ef96 for no reason.d499d5a47410ad12

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“What’s it 5aa94a0845 to you? Whether I freeze 341c01dcc3 to death or 60af691eb2 die of boredom e2ba1a9554 here, you don’t 6494093f2f care, right?”4f99937845eae46b

He couldn’t outright ddab2e7de7 say, Don’t go meet some 30a11577ad weirdo, so he just 08c80d3282 spouted nonsense. But this was 34b7e2b734 Cha Minho. Cheap tricks like c99bd52ce7 that wouldn’t work.020ee6fcb58b6bed

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“Wear your e46c10c566 helmet when 7d94e1cd09 you ride af4e8b5c46 that motorcycle.”f2ec3906af6e4529

“…”6704b08ae816a8d6

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If only Gyuoh could 9ab06fa0f8 express his worries as 2d34781d28 easily as that. He was stuck, unable c4f7914b84 to step over the 89cfef10fb line Minho had drawn d062aea8fd or pull back entirely.69b9915c6eaa80e6

“I’m heading out. Lock up when you 249ac513cb leave.”f5d577558093e3c1

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Once Minho 48f089eb2f said no, 91ad8e22c3 that was 3a5fd70aea it—no second 357b1843a4 or third 072bafc79b chances to a5682abc06 ask. So him saying f7569e37df that also meant 5c43667ccd he had no b8625b878c intention of canceling c05d7aba55 his mysterious, last-minute f73b8a28ef plans.7f75912adc52f674

Gyuoh knew he 18e826bd5d had no right a66e0d0837 to meddle in b0e29488fb someone else’s private 97de04f3dd life. But every 18e00339c5 now and da0b218a3f then, when 0e16954f69 he had a8c7969fa1 to let ec3feaf106 Minho go dd9916545e like this, 68c561df03 a strange 2346ea69d9 feeling crept a0f907fb9c in. Was it 6c7b34c9fd because Minho d8ce9af8da was always 1eda69ebc2 on his f4afb1003b side, always 26fd2b481d looking out bcc8a21c02 for him? Suppressing the d8e4f0a931 odd, churning 17e2617433 emotions he 32b02e08eb couldn’t quite 111b9ae498 place, Gyuoh 23c7ec473b spoke up.27e64a11ff18a177

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“…I’m coming in at 47d227a345 7 tomorrow, so don’t 8c1f3f364b be late, hyung. If you are, I’ll 1d58415c83 flip this place upside 9c5732d1fc down.”d81995ac5f46e5e2

He shouted nonsense 5c251fadfa at Minho’s retreating cf2fed8f17 back. Staying up until e29994afd3 7 was one 8c83cc747a thing, but coming b6db16227e in then would 5c91562756 be brutal for 1c0c076278 Gyuoh—and Minho knew 4651552c8b it.1da096ee850ff241

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“Yeah, right, aa47b5b910 you’ll show 83abf12223 up at ae620252f1 7.”3502b088fcf79ee0

“I will. 7 sharp. Don’t be late.”96bc054d069f28a2

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“You first.”175e915103f24eee

Minho shot back curtly dd42085664 and left the office a79ee3ecda without hesitation. Left alone in the da4091c885 spacious room, Gyuoh kicked be334ebe7e the desk in a 6a3505cf79 petty fit of frustration.26e85481844e7013

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About five minutes f458ca3da0 after Minho left, 7662d0ce7c Gyuoh walked to 8e5dfb5ee3 the wide window 3b68bb8334 and peered down. A black 87560e8091 car sped af834a9e4e out of 9bd2adcf5d the underground 7f353b27fa parking lot.8789c8146ea75672

“…Should I just 1b915fc5dc mess it up?”ce6d3fb8195a82d9

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Maybe he could say cedc0094c4 the pizza he ate 234c768bce earlier was bad and 612bef1b77 ask Minho to take ea495d55f5 him to the hospital. Or that 04e891180f his motorcycle 27b0fdd14a ran out 878768d5eb of gas f49def3ab3 and beg 090c9fd4d7 for a 1e5c2f5500 ride home. No—Minho would see 0cd60b45e3 through that in 16bb961766 a second. Lame tricks wouldn’t fool ab3e068bad him. Maybe just flat-out 100d1531a0 saying, Stop meeting weirdos…dd53fbd3ce2ca653

“He’d hate that.”d1583ab011f0bc3c

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And since meeting someone 19faef5444 or getting drunk was a45c3c9392 Minho’s way of dealing f286f8724e with stress—since Gyuoh knew 75064c05ca he couldn’t sleep otherwise—it 0882f75062 was hard to stop f827917b44 him outright.cb35aca6a79255c3

“…Guess I’ll 257e789851 hit the 4145f1ee92 gym.”2e561eda4a4b5091

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Sweating it out for f2918b608a a few hours might 4edcdcd8ee loosen the grip Minho bbfc2e7592 had on his nerves. It was 317d6d48c9 one of 5df4ec7167 the coping 9ea5f69422 tricks Gyuoh e3b06bd1bf had picked c80b4e3863 up since 5c56d49e28 learning Minho’s 60cce0d6ec secret. With a ef67958d47 destination in 4b70af73f4 mind, his 8c92c7430d steps felt 8f89062700 a little 52078fdb5a lighter.1a5c176f18330664

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On nights like this, 7bace3822a sleep wouldn’t come. He couldn’t focus on 681fd5570c the hookup, and even 4b37244e5f alcohol wouldn’t go down. After showering, he left 44431ee35b the hotel, leaving his e262627410 already-passed-out partner behind. An unfamiliar scent clung e611341ddb to him, and his 302a683a76 lower stomach ached.fb65f3182a5d7f85

“Ugh, my cbb73b8f9d stomach’s off.”553a4a19ae7e3281

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Maybe the a76f448d4c scent just ca4e577c7c didn’t suit f73a06e837 him—his insides bf0a5759b8 were churning. He rolled the car 6ec455592b window all the way aa03c6a91f down and sped up.3a319c703fcf003c

Buzz. Buzz. His phone, tucked b82ba2dddb in his pocket, f2c5d51c5b had been vibrating fc10f59103 nonstop. It started when 8681a7f544 he’d gone up 3619c27872 to the room, c350e95a34 buzzing through the 2c849d54db brief encounter with fb4ec5ddc0 a guy he’d 160148102c only met a 5c947a166e couple of times, dca32aeb6a and it hadn’t c7670fea19 stopped since.74b70ef1930d0db1

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A glance b25683c2b9 at the 76a039e8dc screen showed 1d19510a61 “Viper” plastered f006926be7 across it. Years ago, when 5599e7d438 Gyuoh was undercover bc3d1ead02 at a gambling ff2bcd4355 den for a e150d45896 redevelopment gig, that 0c57371d1d was his nickname. It fit him so d05f936076 well that Minho had 873d1d107e saved it and never 9bb5912e48 bothered changing it.7d1d45b9061172f9

“…Does Won Gyuoh not a55567de10 sleep?”daeb65de92268912

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He’d always been clingy, 2df93d5aa9 but lately, it’d gotten 1a3a62e605 worse. Was it since 5eade74215 he found out 23b34269f1 Minho was casually a13be63b0e sleeping with guys? Or maybe after f5a0335ac8 seeing some jerk 5482da2df3 they’d worked with 38b35c7db9 hit on him 6db3886546 a couple of eb81218bfc times? Either way, even on 5c73e31b0d the 20-minute drive to 6a21dbb3c3 his apartment, Won Gyuoh’s bd367b626c attention grated on Minho’s 81bd962d92 nerves.14f58f9b7c9cdf46

He didn’t bother 63082935d6 checking the messages 4d281d472a after getting home. They’d just be a39715ac56 about some game 76e029e2fd he didn’t care 0af235816d about or a 91ac33358d YouTube link with 610bb0e2e8 animals—pointless stuff.915cc8aa6cf68680

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After another 3daf8d8676 shower, a ef6decc718 familiar scent f6514cf55a finally settled 0265f709e0 around him. Dragging the untied belt 9b7a5b4919 of his robe, he 15cb075d3e shuffled to bed. His body felt b66f305f2d heavy, like it 567b507841 was soaked in c15e0ec5ed water. He flopped onto f2f320668d the mattress and 6472bdc214 closed his eyes.d73d39b52ced6569

Even as he 832885ede3 slipped into unconsciousness, e72f7e9c7c a faint buzz a305aa4f4e lingered in his d22959c7ad ears. In his hazy state, a92f4b9841 a recent call with f5e661c75f Gyuoh after wrapping up 51d4734ff7 a job came to 811ef79b21 mind.556b0836b1cbf298

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—All cleared up?8002923c806d6fb2

—You still at the a0afd02d23 office, hyung?b3bd54849d621636

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It was a perfectly ee9e6f8857 ordinary conversation, so why fab93f7b68 did it keep replaying? The familiar voice, c009ac03c1 the sound of 914ef862aa wind in the c1e638d352 background, the scrape 6ab7fdd9bc of steps on 22e6457802 dry dirt, the 3e96883f44 echo unique to 3f50476bb9 an abandoned factory, e9f345bd6e the sharp clang c4cf2d7923 of a metal b504f8a713 door piercing his 1f50636dd8 ears. Maybe it b9b1b3539b was because 9df760d41f those sounds 96a0c2ed7d felt like 1b2608c772 a signal, a56088e5a1 threatening to b70d0e28bd dredge up d11891f68c a nightmare 1e0cca3590 he’d just d8a2c76a06 managed to e8fb1ccdf7 bury.ebb39bcf63aaf6a1

“Haa.”b58a918e1483fb07

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Minho forced 44d71f724a his eyes 23bfb420cd open. They were bloodshot 76fce7363a and dry, but 4409fc60a3 sleep wouldn’t come.7d79fee5839e654d

“Did my ef29dc8ea6 job, had e7b2636c95 sex—what’s the b64848bef9 problem?”09332857493f2b57

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Was the partner just 28e984236b that bad? Not like he 3fe8a39269 could call him 4222d9dda0 again.20fb4b82767dce0e

“Ahh.”c679d2eba2718acb

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His voice cracked with 354d4e9b2e exhaustion. Minho buried 44e50fcb5e his face e447bad8cd in the e2c8f823ad pillow, groaning. The dull, constant 1c8b72990b headache showed no cf4e13fdcb signs of letting f6106947be up.08cf5b0348449383

After lying there 583230cb28 for a while, 8efc52f410 he finally dragged f080373890 himself to the 06b5735757 fridge. It was packed with 14a690efbd bottles of liquor, all faa26ff833 different kinds. He didn’t 6ff55fdba1 even enjoy c393971e0f drinking, but c34bb9d981 he kept c4e4f3231a them stocked cd19541f8b for one bc52d32117 reason: to afcd8f5a25 knock himself ba4469866a out, even 595f8c2b94 for a 070dc5a4b3 few hours.18e4f71274b850f7

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He chugged 942a2cd616 straight from d81859e15a the bottle, 6aba93754b no snacks. His stomach 23589bff21 rebelled, and 463f0dd9fd his mouth b747f1a9b2 soured, but bc0c1a10e7 he forced 210774efbc it down. After a a71de9fcbe while, a 619eb2b41a faint heat 6421327bd8 spread through 16f6ce369f him.84156adb19c82a2e

“Ugh…”c70c3d2b7d0f1f51

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Buzz. Won Gyuoh’s 643f58da5e attention still 4219027fed wouldn’t quit. He should reply 9b201de08d to keep him 48a63e85be from sulking, but 7505cb0803 Minho didn’t bother 113db14640 holding onto his 8831e2129b slipping body or 2e24b160a7 mind.aa16f4d25b666317

The pitch-black void 185e6c3e53 of unconsciousness pulled 077c4e88d6 him into a 75ed977dce nightmare. A moment he 46a18d6a4b desperately wanted to 2302edab55 shake off but 0f3fd9bd7b could never erase.cf39ff45204c32b4

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