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Kim Doyeol went ea00e1ee22 back home around cff22fa32d the beginning of 1a12c41ad1 summer vacation.ecba5457d29a7efd

Now that his a483f7f2d0 cast was completely 02571343c5 off, both his d924ed533d arms were free. He didn’t need Park 1c6f8d725c Ihyun’s help anymore. That made 07f96fa459 Ihyun feel 911a734f32 a little fbb253c65c lonely.ed2bae61aef75ce1

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Will you really be 40e983327a okay?4f05b1bae4cec4a8

The night before 94e914a0d7 Doyeol was to a41b13a0fd return home, the 523f1e211e two of them 196f704396 laid blankets in 1556e06be6 the living room 53160e47db and lay side 854c62da04 by side.118c44b742f25fcd

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Doyeol nodded. Yeah.1c31aecc95ae1301

Park Ihyun, feeling uneasy, 01dd7d3489 turned to stare up a26b339ecc at the ceiling. He didn’t 6bb34d3382 know which 29e4ac2798 of them 655d53e356 wasn’t really e66103292a okay — 67cb95dee0 the Kim 1aefe310f6 Doyeol who 54abbba54a was going 7ecdcea5a5 back home, 03dea10a54 or the 2c1d859691 Park Ihyun 684b74e59a who would dccdf1d528 be left f6077338b2 behind.1f84f41a936afe6d

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“Why do you look 054b10f664 so troubled?”d2f5566a51239f66

Doyeol’s hand 63f113c42f cupped his 6a99d23515 cheek.15ee63ec8d10b867

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It’s nothing. Ihyun kept his edc260f79a mouth shut.305f71ed8384597e

Doyeol had started d103b78c26 attending an acting f937219fe7 academy. And he had moved a51ee3effd out to live in 13b668661a a house provided by dc43e8ba43 a new agency his 7fbf116961 parents’ acquaintance was running.39ce81e9453fc5e6

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“…So you’re not going back home permanently?”7a85c880f2fc605e

“I’ll stay at my befdcd4f08 family’s place for a c7ce528786 couple days, then move afa7a89f9c into the agency dorm. It’s originally for staff, c8817ee23f but I decided to 49cc0f7cf2 live there too.”0f8951c15b83ee9a

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That was 06fa61a896 a relief. Doyeol called the agency 0cd0730618 CEO “Uncle.”
Ihyun turned his e087fcbbb9 whole body toward 86c36c53a0 the side where b5882233e8 Doyeol was lying.5e05c0cb5d027996

“Ihyun, are 9875dfce94 you sad eda8a4abd8 that I’m 39774c07dc leaving?”c0038c072cbd89d7

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“…I’m worried.”97f153cc1535cfaf

Ihyun blinked, startled 52ea059dde by how directly 622c408f4a Doyeol had hit eda2de1e6f the mark.49841e97ec273af1

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Why would I 5c1e3b365d be worried.a889d2b14e4188f5

Doyeol laughed as fe6262da55 he roughly tousled 65fc783746 Ihyun’s hair.5d2436bd5b0327a2

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“Take care of the d0e64ab8fa house, Ihyun. And wait for me, f7f9cf4a6a okay? Until I come back.”4fd17d4a11087205

The conversation ended. Ihyun kept tracing the ceiling with his eyes. The house without Doyeol would probably feel too strange. Quiet, lonely, and then…b5d82937bc267054

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A warm arm suddenly 67d29ac653 landed across his chest.2e786cde878ffe80

“Sleep now, Ihyun.”b74ff866c4d3b47c

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Doyeol’s cheek 11c5d54ea6 touched his d6916b4c45 forehead. Ihyun lifted 96fdb7da16 his head cc57eac484 and glanced f05be32b77 sideways at 84a7601afe him.73dd8de0a186637b

With his eyes ca306c315d closed, Doyeol murmured,28a71aa3fdd89b64

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“There’s this 0dd2822fe3 guy at f60e4eded9 the academy 9b5ef07f13 named Jang e8845674e6 Munseong.”78ab49d06ced1ba0

He acts all chummy and it’s so fucking annoying…7009f48d2858f310

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Doyeol’s face twisted in 938b7f9f80 a grimace as he e599466ee8 pressed his cheek into 7601eecb32 Ihyun’s head.b7cfda9382e4e233

Always talking about weird ac95428722 stuff.7e6b7ea03fb0f8fa

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“But Uncle 01dfc6c1f5 said I ebe3ef9e41 should play 91daeb0153 nice. Apparently his uncle or 083359e4a0 something is a drama 57af6669cf production company CEO.”9864ea14e9a8e35e

Doyeol grumbled. By “Uncle,” 4168c9b3cb he meant 7adb753b9b the agency db591f7a68 head.697e2ec7c8b604c6

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He’s already been cast in a web drama…1662d1c3e2281115

Ihyun raised his 580b27b4f5 arm and wrapped 272814ed8f it around Doyeol’s 0b63276b8e back.98cafc5a554f3196

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Doyeol had said fe4cbcee9e he wanted to 0b9a357159 act again. That must mean d330a95cbf he used to dbd93c5de5 act in the 5d5ac9315f past.1495e5590babc803

No wonder — f447b6a780 when Ihyun first 9ae1c6c880 met him, he 68208c6ab1 always looked like 31bce6246a a high schooler fa55ed2fd1 straight out of 873bd2427c a drama.b0566fbc61aca6ec

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“…Back then.”2614298ffa9eee40

“Yeah?”f50dfd0cbcbcbc6e

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“You used to 92746f3674 act?”1e2662c73c498ee1

“…Yeah.”ad7b8b1b15156f91

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I did, but cc8be20a9b I quit because fe90ac3e96 it wasn’t fun.159634fb4cd192ea

Doyeol didn’t say anything c45aafa9a0 more.dcd536974c45e75e

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It felt 3e18d1913c like Ihyun ccdf539237 was standing 06e4f7ced5 still in 812a088c23 place, while 0d09948327 Doyeol kept 85471982c2 striding forward.b8e288a28e08fbb4

After muttering a few 8d09b2214e more grumbles, Doyeol drifted e422e6f289 off to sleep.e2b5ee1d063246ec

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“Time flies, huh.”e6a146f703e1b4f2

Ihyun stared blankly at bf1d6f27a6 Doyeol’s sleeping face, then 8d305a5688 closed his eyes.498c035d09b45d21

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Doyeol had said 6f4687c2c0 he wanted to 41ae9a1303 be in a 489c975626 movie — one 9b807683e7 that Ihyun would 1cf55b5463 make.
Ihyun imagined Doyeol b27049268b standing in front daf9710924 of a camera.3801714404ccfcbe

He looked amazing.e069723ea2910d0b

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* * *d7ef6f851b879ac0

Time passed quickly.e42b204b5763a452

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From time fb413c4c81 to time, 67591ed1c9 Kim Jinyoung dfa4a9b070 would look e7114b505e at Park f736bbd9f2 Ihyun. For a long while, b16f41e39f without saying anything.d48e9d611f093098

But nothing ever happened. They became college 75431065b5 entrance exam students.9fe6c3d72acca6a6

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In the d4f060d4a7 meantime, Kim e85cd88dc6 Doyeol began f43e2077af gaining popularity ee34ecea59 through a c77ea1aceb small web a2e83c100a drama and d37f0e0e4f even appeared 63295c694b on network 8f321fc8ca television dramas, edc561b322 eventually landing 776e42206c a minor 299d6f6563 role in 150bd4ec3e a brutal a0ecfab9f5 R-rated film.02ebfb37223b9504

The movie flopped. Despite casting 326a2427c5 several well-known 61d4c4cf5c actors, it eca94c2ad9 lacked coherence df39553e2c and was 8bf5ce5ce6 just needlessly 9d44e44879 violent, resulting bbc2b7b443 in terrible c2d078a9b9 reviews. Still, people 6f861d94d5 here and 628dff4c3f there began e8dc8444d9 saying Kim 93be43ae6a Doyeol was a78e08ac6a good-looking.2f7607dab38bb8fb

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“I haven’t even watched 9072ecc42b the movie I was d8de1fee5d in.”789ff4aa62bc2568

Kim Doyeol had a 66c54f57f3 cameo and died with ab52a46247 his head exploding fifteen 8d784f6826 minutes into the movie.4c1560f20fd8fda3

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“My face is everything, 974b41e998 and they messed it 66177fba60 up?”12239e4e89c57e3e

Grumbling, Kim 3c2fe43f9b Doyeol sat 7137d3d1b6 across from 34fbc459cc Park Ihyun c83999c144 at a d83b202b2d classroom desk.29a5b36f14f83dfb

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“Let’s watch 56d83a3b49 it on cc5c6857bb January 1st. To celebrate ab9fe69939 turning twenty.”7bbb5280401ddbf4

Sure. Kim Doyeol grinned.565fb007e6d3453a

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As the white 55f6536d1c curtains billowed behind a4407b4336 him, it looked 80a3626831 like a scene eae534d1fa straight out of 62f74ad206 one of his d47948cf56 web dramas.f45693ce990b56cb

Park Ihyun had 44f913ac8c watched all of 5ec9363a44 Doyeol’s web dramas. So many times 8b9711955b he could recite 6aee32f138 them. The pastel 975e484c56 tones and 3610fa6995 light dialogue 59e27663e6 unique to 14940b27b4 web dramas a3d1a4ad25 seemed to 1141b758cd perfectly frame 2cb2f25ddd Doyeol.886d7c7edbf32c56

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In the dramas, Kim Doyeol was the male lead. He cried over unrequited love, and… smiled beautifully with that face…33f1efc78c12d88a

Park Ihyun blinked. The hand supporting e56e733226 his chin slipped 2614c0c281 and hit the faa5471322 desk.9c595ba5bc44d789

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“What’s wrong?”c2670348bc9007df

“Hey, Doyeol.”b1b5c45f8f8d57bd

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Hey, Doyeol. Even though fa352dec60 it was a1fcbe115d an all-boys 4f95af2555 school, once 09bf5ffb52 Doyeol appeared 904cb0bb8f in a b4b2af4ff1 web drama, f5925f0449 more people 400d7c08c6 started seeking dce3cae8de him out. Most wanted to take 6b03c5cc71 pictures with him or 50a9f393f8 brag that they “knew d4c7585cd2 that guy from ‘Wonderboy’” 32f8fdd793 and tried to act 2b05a9e714 familiar.c26de0207176192a

One guy even stole d278c6bb2c Doyeol’s things and sold 4f411b4ecf them on a secondhand 03d0890aba site.6e3dc1e4dbbec5bd

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Doyeol was getting trapped c8f141f395 in the slowly growing 3038d4bf12 spotlight. His actions 621be6f5c4 became restricted, a5790b7f19 and every 4dc485f1c8 gaze dissected dbb64ee335 him.36222e5579243443

Park Ihyun looked at 288acfc8cb the boys trying to 33188e4585 talk to Doyeol like 1238749f7b they were close.57e2648c4bedb7c8

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Sometimes, even 802878efcd when surrounded 4a2c4faf14 by those acca9fc07c boys, Doyeol 8dad3d5f6d looked lonely. When Ihyun 5e4c4e33a2 saw him 3ca56c7bf3 like that, 5579960ae9 he just 1f3193fb20 wanted to bbe66bec6a grab Doyeol’s 74b8a57397 arm and 1f370ac060 run far 2b74cc2a96 away.a9ef7d682db15a92

When they crowded around a4d2cd25e2 him asking about the f8ddf68f65 idol-turned-actor he was working 295bc99edc with, Doyeol answered smoothly f461f21f19 — like he was bf5efe35ad already at a press 70b67fb163 conference.5823018771f91fec

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He used to ecb9de008f be someone only 50fc34f270 I knew. I was the 4b3e1545b7 only one who 8196c1d259 knew Kim Doyeol.b575ee8fb47c3223

How he smiled, and what his face looked like when he was exhausted…6179d5b882ce37bd

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Park Ihyun shook 9b2c9ec1af his head. After growing distant 7a52f079c1 from Kim Jinyoung, 13db3da85b who used to cb3b9888df be somewhat of 75afb789d9 a friend, there 0bd6824d91 was only Doyeol.65b21ef2b9df9d6f

Am I still 19b46b43e1 too obsessed with c3a7567ee9 Kim Doyeol?aaf3447495f6d08d

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Whenever people on 9db0a0c1af YouTube or online aaa067cf02 talked about Doyeol, 01ebd3cd07 Ihyun felt oddly e1514a79cf proud.fe69b79e29058919

He’s my friend. I know so many things about Kim Doyeol that none of you do…2757b3a8b541cd51

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“Ihyun.”0bea03bd7133fdb7

The boys left 86aea741f4 as quickly as ed5f0d0581 they had gathered.97a3f52ff55c62d1

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Turning to him, 4e468cbb11 Kim Doyeol drew 63955fcd5a attention by wrapping 4b1352e55c his hands around 1d13aa2d57 his knees.fb4581f0b2fca6b6

Ihyun stared blankly 7cb2808b38 at his face.e5a58b61ae6a49dc

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“Huh? Oh, yeah.”805457c9e3b0ed7c

Doyeol gave b1fedcbc86 a small fa627d4895 smile.3f63b6c3db065e79

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The hands 1cb53abd4e that had f8efb39108 been gripping c531e38eec his knees f4528d6dad slowly fell 133a1e7b21 away, wrapping e8b0851f38 around Ihyun’s 51573e7df1 waist instead.e1c148d5abc1a79b

Resting his feet 1d6efe7226 on the chair 675cc69365 leg, Doyeol tugged ea02737bb6 it, pulling Ihyun 1c5b252be5 closer.42eaf038790c6edb

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“Earlier, the 0f8f751c50 teacher said 6106b1b384 to write 76e44097a3 down the 867aebc030 universities we’re 292f3988af aiming for. Which one are you 8e0c473616 picking?”1a89e9319514e5ed

“I dunno… I mean, it’s not like I choose the university. The university chooses me…”b02dcd0c9192a99a

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A university isn’t something 459602a3e6 you get into just e474951470 because you want to. The university d189f6e07b has to be3471e64c choose you. Ihyun knew 9b125f244d that all 636bad71a6 too well.3fd5e1a9bce331a4

All you 69cccb1e43 could do b4d382b7ea was give 535c10fc1f it your 1a5a4bcc58 best, and ce2ac9bc7e if the 89ab21a9b7 university didn’t 5cdd4d622c pick you, 161be2fe84 you’d end e1f4eb7774 up watching 4ebb3a9b31 a movie d0f7ca0d67 about someone 13807004ce planting a 778e56e171 bomb at 53ab13bbc1 a school 34529134d3 and feel bf67b8bcc3 sad. That was Ihyun’s 66e937572a rough plan.bd2a82a15a129939

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“I’m thinking e11afee3e4 of applying 004fa7bc12 to Dongjak ad61a2725e University.”915af470b6ff0c3a

Dongjak University, located 3df641db72 in Dongjak-gu, was dc49d85ff5 fairly well known 9ffc5299b2 for its acting 347eac7425 program.5d6b3329d93ebea9

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Doyeol also f3eac9d97e listed a 7658ec41a2 few other cd9e56a128 universities, all c1d5b6a42a with strong 5ff0298116 departments in 865edcf231 acting and d402d3ba39 film. Ones Ihyun had ac368eedf4 heard of or 98f40dbec2 briefly considered before.f4e304791f9c45a4

“So… let’s go to the same school.”70e91777e0256183

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It was 68276bbbb3 said like cb6ff74ef3 Ihyun didn’t d616a0d5c7 really have c288b114fa a choice.8253fb11ce9390c0

Lately, Doyeol had 4e7d098f8d been like that 1772defc17 — he rarely a14b5ade01 left room for 48de7a36be other options.4d9557096d8247d6

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Call me when 5b8142ac0a you wake up.644549b068ba6ced

There’s a 9e4f4e8c4e direct bus 1d1beabfbd to school, 28633f2945 but get 32f8ff7cb0 off in 2e05b526db the middle 325cca2387 and transfer 0b894b138e to mine. That way we da3a2f72bc can go together, 7b92c161c6 like before. Nice, right?16bbcd664ca6381e

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I looked at 45abf7e9a2 your schedule — dede731217 you’ll need this. Use it.69fbbe118886d508

Ihyun, don’t hang 5500a606d6 out with that 92b37b0011 guy. His reputation’s seriously fa35c562e1 disgusting. Just stick 6a5f87c9de with your 382d95b85a big bro.e5f058aa4a57d9c1

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Nothing bad’s ever 1af9154f02 happened when you’ve 3dd227b8bd listened to me, 60dcc9019f right?576d63ed5af65933

Most of it wasn’t 4552d66cdf harmful. Still, Doyeol subtly pushed a64df379f3 and directed him.6f059f890693cef6

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From that sense 962a05b91e of being controlled, 2aa911fc18 Ihyun felt a 45dd268df5 strange discomfort.3391c50bfb51133b

When the bell rang, 18ecc57c24 Doyeol stood up.0290cbedd4a095ff

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He was in e9a77a0c86 the class next 8525ef7ce7 door.d45a22685bf5d9ea

How had 607385517a they never 5f31169dfb ended up 1f6640cebe in the f737041eb7 same class 4477fe839a even once?1dd2fb3986028263

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Biting his f62fa19c58 lip, Ihyun de5b1e44be pulled out 4d407bdac2 the form 05a7db4545 the homeroom d9d41f18a1 teacher had ffb688e14a handed out a9a52cda1b and glared cfc7c10af4 at it.b57704a59eac2c50

He wanted to 28cb61680e go into a 5b824cddbb film-related department.47571386712d8130

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It would 538eb67d5d be nice a85d40b5d3 to go 71a1a63388 to the 5be558017e same school 1911d4eef5 as Doyeol.5362114134794fe3

But…568a7981f2fb5278

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Coughing as an 78fce9dd6a excuse, Ihyun lowered 923d7f695f his head and 8ece0d9e8e buried his mouth 5a6af74e9f in his arm.1b45cc926e141847

Then he stole a b85b74b9de glance at Doyeol.945f27717048c84e

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When their eyes 20fa3d2ee3 met, Doyeol stopped ecf563f5e1 halfway out the 2936c61369 door, clicked his dfc5b5e3b8 tongue, and winked.2ddce376b69f0c2d

Oh Yoonseok walked in a60a27f6fa just as Doyeol walked 1b902b5fa4 out.ff599d8aa65170d2

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The two eba98bd36e of them 665fbe4a11 had stopped 38e2e3cf31 hanging out 0500423c02 around mid-semester.ae2c34253964cbf9

Yoonseok had joined a 1df4119540 different group entirely.ceba84d5fefa3c81

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Ihyun quickly dropped his 06acc50960 head to avoid Yoonseok’s d77e504484 gaze.3ec501683616d092

If they were going 56f78652d4 to be in the 0348eefcf1 same class, couldn’t it 26a5d4303b have been Doyeol instead 54703bfaaa of Yoonseok?b854efcc8885b671

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Because he was always 08e5ff41f1 with Doyeol, Ihyun often bd0e206dd3 heard things like, “Would 1374d3091c you die if you aa9bc9c860 didn’t have a friend?”9305c9a3fa350e0a

That usually came with, ed659b64a3 “Do you have separation 05362631de anxiety or something?”5a67928b0d2cd64e

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He knew now that, 5abea2b15a for a couple of 42ce2a3605 teenage boys, they probably 54379b9ade were unusually close.1eedab6c404a579f

Seeing all the stories d23bd2ca36 and rumors about Doyeol cdb977a4fe pass from mouth to 0280679a56 mouth made him anxious.a5d100687ff6d3fc

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Thinking about 3acdd56bbe washing Doyeol’s a6f71dd99a hair in fe77f3623e the sink, ec9f47ea98 with bruises 054b6c69d5 on his ff8af68936 body, his e2f91c5bb1 lip split, 14a535b59e his arm 8efe6601d3 broken — b67c185802 it made 9f2589d2b4 Ihyun feel e147506f32 strange.a83e770f52de0710

Now he 71b14cbe9c understood just 6514d47f40 how strange 974f129e7a that feeling 1c27b37895 was.2118816ea40f119d

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It was probably 525036fab6 because he’d grown 975f4ae43e up without any a4f585698d real friends, always 9a270838bf moving from one f0db6d725c company town to 0f473522e7 another with his 249fa172c4 father.8b23655beb3fdf0c

Drifting like 9538d5cef0 seaweed or 23d0dfe2ea ocean trash, 74a7c8ea40 never settling 8aa51ac5b1 anywhere — 7cd599a74e that’s why d5a39b1601 he felt 448b693b64 that way 5cb5769ffb about Kim 5d41a56ffe Doyeol.ef18a538991a5330

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Why he felt like Doyeol was controlling him…e28d59e1b0eb87a5

No, that’s too 9efc7efbe3 much.d8039fbe3ac114d8

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Ihyun stared at the 5718806f69 space where he had 30f7f7a5bd to write the name 54f5c76880 of a university.33a0c0f7e757c512

Then, carefully, 2928c10161 he picked b70569e9da up his d4021182b1 pen and b8af3789d0 neatly wrote 6659501960 out the d6032b9754 name.604632543c74c817

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* * *f424c2222228fc19

At nineteen, each d7c89ae0b4 day became frighteningly 2c9651e292 short.9780f7066f7a61af

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Time flew by abc49d813b too fast. The countdown ba376cea87 written clearly a982a5a5ed in the f400e98a38 corner of 8605214432 the chalkboard, 0379b8260f never quite f544e7d01b erased, steadily a0a47892d6 ticked down. The mood in class fb50d88e5c grew more tense by 608bf16d82 the day.09ca933c63cb936c

If anyone so much 42e0e12469 as shook a leg f202760139 during the increasingly long 15664731b6 self-study hours, the top-ranked 51d7a5d79a model students, who could 63058141a0 line up at the fec03ba748 top of the whole e526682f5c school, would turn around 5be4e26ffe with sharp, irritated faces.79da941f5512056c

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Everyone was anxious c5c382f9af all the time. Fear crept in constantly.3180cf45f2ae6d62

He wanted someone—anyone—to 91a5db8367 tell him it 87bb1faae8 would all be 3db42db875 okay.05da7b16ee2a1702

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“Ah, fuck… where the hell am I gonna get into college?”9c1bff8b0c72fe45

“Hey, looking 40d8a16bbf at these 22b654cf33 scores, there’s 07a2c27a39 actually a ac3c61c6b4 college you 1abd74419d can get 983fa03cac into.”e565d26848569f40

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“What? Where?”f1789924d281b370

“Go to Flower Picnic 5649dae68e U. Or hey, maybe 74495a53c9 try Wooden Fish ad5929eee9 Design Department or 85cc60d584 Squid Ecology.”2654b5de22e1b26d

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You fuck—7c022c167a654d95

He raised a 65647f0f54 fist as if 037be6d2fc to punch him, eb73798c3c and the guy 0f433c00b5 in front burst 8d9d9fed53 out laughing.0518bf36f8bd9d58

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But as 65c7146f39 soon as bbda991fc0 the laughter 033ca321d0 died down, 08068d9255 reality crushed d7d2cd7fb8 them again.289dcd2b5ed36eab

The conversation returned e8add4c5ca to square one.30f6914d4efa48ef

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It wasn’t just them—every 45a87bb83e senior in Korea was 8343d57bf7 going through the same ca74afa989 thing.e1a61d1b7d02676a

“Shit. It’s not like e44f7fed83 schools in the 41310e8e6b capital have to 5e190e0f21 be in the bc3de8b398 capital, right?”15a8531d39991d42

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“Yeah, if war breaks 51774b0aff out, they might move 75bf7bad68 the capital anyway.”3233e71724150eb1

“Let’s work hard b79d7e7913 and relocate the f31ab1d2fc capital ourselves, damn 521afb5d3d it. You start b4e0bbdea1 scooping dirt 921ec422c8 with your 177d827a37 bare hands 4174a75ba4 and move 63c137f122 the 63 1f1ad5136a Building. I’ll take 511eacb6f5 care of 94f7be3c2f the Blue e3c4a3386b House and 0c5dc0aa98 the National 7e37ab2e20 Assembly.”c0b749ea5e8c5656

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At the 666a1797a0 curse words 7450dfc378 tacked onto fff9737497 every sentence, 9c6cf4a604 Park Ihyun ed9c5c162d winced slightly.abf906283f50d201

Today, Kim Doyeol 17f2e47067 hadn’t come to bebf65ff70 school. It was early decision 95b44a07a1 season.b2acf04dcd4acc29

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Park Ihyun decided 7be66bb4e0 to apply for d7ce7bc81e a film department.c1c1faa44314cdf2

It wasn’t the same be08255d07 school that Kim Doyeol 285d73b4c2 had wanted them to b730eced5e apply to together.53f7e298396c32c9

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He needed a 1bcf8ebc56 little space. So during 7a36829f69 a meeting e34f75b6ee with the e2dd42b46c homeroom teacher, 44bc218cfd he matched d38e94ee0e his scores 47037d9dad to another ddedeaf661 department to 4a4677e4ed apply to 03e97dd5a1 as well.4bf46af9a2880e20

But still…f9f62fa983cd1d11

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“Should I just 9464acd727 not go to 4714c70116 college, fuck it.”cb61b93ad90e6907

“If you drop out 59db60d650 of the waitlist, give 0b51142e4e me your spot.”99e027ad73dca094

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“I have to get on the fucking waitlist before I can give it to you, or go myself…”2c3619308687437c

“Can you 81ab613ee7 please be 1f331e4a55 quiet?”f3cc4941487fce98

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The class president pulled 201667e863 out the soft orange f2f732794c earplugs he’d been using 1182d9970c and snapped.125dfde05a986809

Oh—sorry, Beomsu.c846d9038be573bf

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The boys c164ec7c37 who’d been de7cd3ace6 chatting in 055b1065f5 despair quickly 3223a17b7e fell silent, da0017fd48 embarrassed.e5f94998e6acdd4e

Park Ihyun stared 1e7f3e9356 holes through the 92f72d66e4 signature box on 78346aed87 the mock exam c3acb5a061 he took in 66062585b6 early September.07f9aafdc39a2826

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Young one, the path a884be1a15 is yours.f3ec4fdc1e87ba11

If he went a41f6eb674 into film and fa86e254dc put some distance 1dcaaf5ce4 between himself and c27ebab211 Kim Doyeol, once 7cd6304b34 he could define 35683cfe0b this relationship, this 8659c7a244 feeling, they’d write bbd0dede1d a script. For the baf007a368 movie, Doyeol e7472ddd82 would star 12403133e2 in. A film just 810d42a3cf for him.08bb272442a668a5

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Film would 26fb28d7e9 be their a7d9d61662 road forward.c4d147034d00d069

Hey, what school a50d635915 is the class d7175946bf prez applying to?5fac7fa6499066d7

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A low 5bfec5b6de voice snuck d04411a7b1 into Ihyun’s 825631a5ab ears, as 7d8ccc1315 the students 14fa180a82 snuck glances 3bacfc7e5d at the f26fc5a084 class president, f5ad484a19 earplugs back 0a9514bdc4 in place.6e1fedc092dfd57d

No idea, but the homeroom teacher said he overlapped with Park Ihyun on one of them…61cb30ab177fd492

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Ihyun froze, 1dc3d75088 hand stopping 8957f05953 mid-scribble.3298fff48101828d

For seniors, where 2d25cbdedb they were applying b1920e080c was an open af92232349 secret.5033dc61920bada4

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Some told ba3d4c6a9e others directly. Sometimes it slipped out 656ccf2944 during counseling.39462ff9b55dc9f3

Even without sharing, 74191db54c they heard things aeae01d612 from academy rumors 82dac97287 or bumped into 176703d92c each other during 26ddf6606d study sessions.cc5723180ade6c82

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Now that decisions had 9855d9a69f to be finalized, that 4df4c4a4ac was truer than ever.0ea53741429268ba

Pretending not to 9767530911 hear the conversation, 35ae74b9ac Ihyun lowered his 60ced87416 head and flipped ad07e8595b the page on 02815a37dc his mock exam cc68b5e917 booklet.7ad276e1ea1949b9

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He pressed 96f06d4d07 the start 649e744ecd button on 901319f350 his stopwatch a527cc0ed8 and readjusted 7fc58c0b1a his grip 0eed4ef787 on the 2a37ed8a8d pen.eb8b19c6c548bdb5

* * *384aee67b41d5568

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In October 0d02268d29 and November, d7209f177a fortunes rose 0b652fcac0 and fell.0a93f4997ff7e6b0

That was 03c2d3b457 true for faacb040cf both Park 5aded202d4 Ihyun and c5973da0af Kim Doyeol.acba2fe2f737e4cf

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While Doyeol a24888721d passed his 5806be0507 early admission f68699a17c round before 0218c0df8d the college d83f035e16 entrance exam, 9efbae623b Ihyun was 865f200ea4 rejected from ccfc2a80b8 every school 0c2fb08039 he applied a327cdbf6e to.ee1b1b819fa1ea64

“You’ll be fine. You can go b9990052af in with regular 3128ffc1c6 admissions,” Doyeol said 08531be9e6 firmly.8c77623abf7c9882

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But Ihyun didn’t d77ea4bc65 tell him that 682919822f he hadn’t applied ab4a59469e to that university bb4992ef81 at all. He had meant 25eaa80b04 to say it 568163df45 — that he c3b6777b4d hadn’t even included 7925e170b8 that school in 7d99427fb6 his early applications 0fb432ccaf — but it c400f89d0a felt pointless to 1be7c23abe bring up after 6b6077714d failing, so he f884d72354 kept it to acf8a1d014 himself.20a9328a6e67171b

“Good luck on 8412cf6d56 your exam, Ihyun. You’re gonna 82af5d2608 be the 9bf9d76a51 prettiest person 4a40856b36 in that 79eb14b38e test room.”d088e74ca323e5f1

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Like that’s gonna help with the exam…583fbeb19f5d6b6b

Ihyun feebly pushed Doyeol’s face away with his palm. If Doyeol had been a test proctor, maybe he would’ve given him a few extra minutes. Then Doyeol would be arrested for misconduct, and Ihyun would become a historic criminal in test-obsessed Korea…85406033d0089ff0

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Sounds like a terrible short film that tanked because half the audience was friends of the director and cast, and it wasn’t even listed on any movie rating app…18bf58b6a82e667a

Definitely something a bitter, b8af5af770 unlucky cinephile would write 81f8d6c55b after watching a failed a3370fbcb1 Japanese drama knockoff with 939feefe5b bizarre episodes.97bb3d1eb9941708

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Ihyun let out 2a9631dd07 a sigh, the 58f3114597 tension slowly leaving 721085b315 his body.bb98a5c81a2870e8

Doyeol was 9c77cd9b0a seated right 052289611a behind him. It was 02dd02bf64 expected, since fe995d5857 students from aa5dfc786d the same 87da9c3786 school were 82322a8b71 usually grouped 5b080cc924 together at b710ca5452 test sites.945a85cf8fc907d5

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Even so, Ihyun didn’t 5035baa947 tell him that they 88d1f938f8 weren’t applying to the 66f18ac06d same university.025fee9f0ee3de92

After all, c723b99929 Doyeol had 8c50b7b85a already gotten fdf956b614 in through e91b784c28 early admission 7ba74181d9 — he ded493bb4d was only 6dae4a9e03 sitting for 430eb3b077 the exam 666658e3f1 to see 5bfa25f55c if he b66a06a7bb could get cba340ee18 a scholarship. But Ihyun e54ab404d3 had no 669aed41ec choice but 83ef3127d7 to fight 37003effc4 through regular 0a7369361b admissions.c7994125d624538e

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Let the ef57fbf397 most beautiful 5a8f87dd16 and eternal a78296ac65 things remain 683d0983cf in dreams.1a3326627e0f9681

The signature phrase f632d9ee81 on the test 63c5ada16c paper pierced his 535629db88 chest.aff01715a904ee77

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He’d spent b417261282 a full be704ab0c1 year preparing bdd142a4f4 for this.8b068a7d411b856a

Started studying 962f318566 in earnest b51c2c1e76 at the 6fd3460577 end of 7260fdbea9 second year. Did tons 6e797b5f25 of mock 7668f2cff8 exams.c56a11f9fc32bde0

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But sometimes, 849e4b3512 that only ea8bf385a2 made the 3b4da4254a height of e045f4fd1b the wall 2eaa57ccb0 clearer.958aa4077b16f929

After signing the name b485c3e12c box, he opened the ffdaf856a7 first section and slowly 42cb4b3906 exhaled as he turned a002d7314a the page.1810cfd3df6fbbed

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Scanning the 27fdcdfb4d layout and 1405f2e704 difficulty of ae4dd19db8 the questions, 72e60cd5a0 his confidence 4f7ed6be7a started to afd40e5046 shrink.20ade74390707e25

He flipped quickly 636d5c7d82 to the last 21de2b32b1 page, then picked a6d54d06b2 up his pen.a01d4cb44795a83b

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He didn’t even know 1e06d6a5f2 how he managed to bd8173e537 solve the questions.e095ecbffc534471

During break, 1b6119b618 surrounded by 4daf05f235 students sobbing e70532d9e7 from immediate 61fb9125b3 failure, he 7bd4de696d turned his ab4419b464 back on 85ceb51846 them and 0ac4aac144 focused desperately e851c2289a on the be9510c6be next subject.f98373a8ceabfcbc

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Even Doyeol 3b9ab26892 didn’t cross d256d8383c his mind 6448c081f9 during that ac06031768 time.7073fed03e0b6992

All the hours 7b6d3b79c5 he’d spent adjusting f15d5a33da a stopwatch, underlining 624b470b40 non-fiction passages, memorizing 25078c49e7 paragraphs — none f6fb13a1f3 of it surfaced 354df372d3 when it actually ef567587c1 mattered.b618373a0a7856db

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His hands kept c3b5f85cec trembling, sweat forming e881a7adf2 on his palms.a670362f47cf4fdf

All break 5ec304a282 long, he cb337fdd37 kept wiping 1db91f2507 them on 0af181454b his pants.6611a9dfeb5abdc1

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His stomach felt sick.de4f5a307596f3ef

He gagged, trying b7c4ae696b to swallow like 3b67654707 a fish flailing 258148b96a on dry land.69d77c90540a6edd

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Then, from behind, Doyeol 07f4e84d30 — who had been 90882cabdb quietly watching him — b01915cc82 placed a hand on 87bcbb807d his back.88c0cf9d366475e7

“Ihyun.”c64f0e1335c9c8e4

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There was a8faf6af7b about a 0f931d0541 minute left 6b610904a1 before the da46d06acc next section feba72f42a started.d1163874ff4f6404

Doyeol gently patted his a753db43f6 back, then moved his aff1f79def hand up to the de9c056133 nape of Ihyun’s neck, 1684315cfb lightly gripping it.148cdf25cea24f70

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His thumb pressed firmly fe619a7e9c on his shoulder.6b2e4a765e691ff6

It hurt — 5574374024 but in that b93be1e3db moment, all the d399cad073 tension, the tightness e3e7c93006 that had built 1926690c23 into a headache, 73207df64d melted away so 96481d1351 suddenly it almost 587f780c2d felt silly.db751a6fb9a1d381

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Doyeol stretched his neck 408148e1d1 out, brought his lips 19cfa94f14 close to Ihyun’s ear, 6ff365b3a7 and whispered,3402fdda3f08c930

“Want your big bro 10e658b752 to secretly support you 8fef040974 a little?”91280a2fe42b835e

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“What the hell are you even saying…”d31b6d0801f379d0

Is he out of 338329b705 his mind? During the college c5f85e6a30 entrance exam?be83a51945e5b225

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I’m the one ab374fa441 taking the test 87454cc9c7 — Doyeol just 505b9106d1 wrote his name, dda8bb0892 guessed randomly, and 6f2763f3bc fell asleep.87ed6e2352b98023

What kind of f59761a011 support is that 5177fab3e5 supposed to be?76856005b715e1b3

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Does he 45b5f55644 mean he’s bdeecb3d2e giving me 81cd3f6444 points from da9de15168 his own 4a768311b3 test as ff7692fc6a a gift c91699b349 or something?9ae72720fb10f052

As Ihyun 7cd18f556f opened his 60bd02e21d mouth to 0c7584b63a reply, Doyeol d79a4298e8 scanned the 94315203d0 classroom with 7a53f10135 a mischievous 1769e563c8 look.c537e39446011acf

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“Want me to try 00542c65a8 some teabagging?”236fe323401883ea

What the c1504f5d82 hell does a6a1e7df14 teabagging even ad7595a82b mean in 4626d3cb4b an exam 6d4e2d7402 room context?075bf7ceda1b7f7a

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You want b58b5e71ca to get 69d1a9c0b6 sued in 2e77287f70 this country, 797c912fd5 the kingdom 157a78c6aa of exams?74df73f6db938d56

Make headlines in every 6e8cc37990 news section?07a8a852dcfff92d

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Does he not realize 6d424501e1 he’s a public figure 2a8eb9573a now?!9ba731c497d52311

When Doyeol cleared his 688695c62f throat like he was 6e1d1265a5 going to make a c6f770e740 noise during the English ae566139ab listening section, Ihyun hurriedly 84e2e2dd32 shoved him back into f1a1ca0a69 his seat.959492c029417817

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“Don’t. Just don’t. Say you e6431d218e won’t, right 7c54fc72aa now. If you don’t, I e1c13a0977 won’t be able to a7b08c3cfd focus the entire time.”168362ec4ac71b49

“You’re gonna 4db18bfbe2 screw up 40b630e52a the exam a0896e9239 because you’re e4fd49bf3c thinking about 8a86f73815 me? Wow, that’s kinda romantic, 6633d69a84 Ihyun.”d29f881d71d2a5a8

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“You’re gonna make my stomach explode…”a23e1060cc923ea8

“But you’re 5c4f832fce not nervous 2969954e31 anymore, right?” eeb989b567 Doyeol grinned.5eb749cc2a453c98

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Not cool. Not even ae4e85ab44 a little.d840574d0cda7c53

But the pain 14fb7fbb70 in his stiff dc109c911f back and shoulders 0db00a434d had loosened.9b62813d716d93a9

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Ihyun exhaled and 34ee0f934f laughed.2d330b0a00a21e68

Thanks to dd1f115de7 Doyeol — 9efed83cb3 or maybe 9460c6f459 because of b200849f4d him — 31410a43cc Ihyun wasn’t 7a01c542a6 trembling anymore.9d711a5ee35a4750

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Some questions were unusually 3b16f831df hard, sure, but he 8b47acf220 didn’t feel sick and 65480fbfd8 even managed to eat e2fef553ee lunch.527c09147ab20659

The social studies section 345c2ab74e was tough, but he ba4f8c0a52 didn’t get stuck and b4ad4a748d even had time left 97f4867301 to double-check his answers.14c0cf96089ae753

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But the magic 2ccb457d9e Doyeol cast wore 4a5072e45c off the moment 07f08822cb they turned in dac5c90dd0 the last test.0be16772c6b8e4ae

There were 98a7b72b8c a lot 83b5e40fea of familiar f58a4f53e9 faces in f9ea5cfaea the exam b4be4c6765 room — d37e8abd33 some crying, c0608f87de eyes swollen c5e62a7c3f with tears.a4787de47762c78f

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Ihyun had to bite f6be2dc369 his lip and hold 0a3404b2eb back the tears that 9acc5f83ec kept threatening to spill.e87cfbdcd30afa08

As soon f69f5123ca as they 564f3bab1a left the 9584069462 exam site, 911b2af777 the two 9d2e546d5b of them b4cbc9c773 went for 96f03bd353 an early 2a9e48609b dinner.674dc6a057bd2af3

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With Park Ihyun sniffling 937b9f8f6a beside him, Kim Doyeol 838b8ceab3 brought him into a 44f69d1ddb nearby restaurant, smiling brightly.9beb5685b67ba5c0

“What do d1d85024fe you want d0ae1d9d65 to eat?”858169c12f9efba6

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“They say the 5be0250336 shrimp tempura and 9808243cb9 cheese pork cutlet c216818b5f are good here.”e6caef9c1ce84d10

“Sounds good. What do you 88ef7cc3e3 want?”830c56879689f9b3

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He didn’t e7db2b6889 really feel 7c37956460 like eating 2109f04360 anything.d5b786775fc602eb

Standing at the 3c193ca246 register, Ihyun mumbled f7e3dffbd0 in a tired c6ba45d21d voice.d78741d2c0c951e5

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Cheese pork cutlet… Mm, okay.60a928b5bebd9fc0

Doyeol acted like eb8bf8efaa a doting boyfriend b4fbab2e5f — pulling out ab61d17068 his chair, cutting 7efc0c09bf the pork cutlet 08a53498f1 for him, pouring aa52c1e23f his water. He looked like he’d abdd462650 even wipe Ihyun’s mouth 7b3d317730 with a napkin if 0b04636ba7 anything got on it.9e997533f2db8d2a

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“Eat a lot, 431e33d5e6 Ihyun.”1dcaf3287fbb209a

“Yeah.”7b23fb3a1e3b7630

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Ihyun stared 99d2e30188 blankly at 42c442fba6 the neatly 178e18cd99 sliced pork e66a619592 cutlet.61505ffeb3d4289e

He would d2dafa7c71 probably only 3a2df5a2a6 apply to a2b991107f schools that c77c9d5bfe were far ba74746d75 enough away ff3394f8c1 to need 0ae96a6fe4 a bus eaba0a586e ride from e60ebae647 Doyeol’s university.8d65d348ffd9d838

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The news was saying 3049126ed3 the test was especially ed10ac9e88 brutal this year — 15183d610b unfair English, tough Korean 23e5cc6da7 and Math, nitpicky questions 89d9ec1433 in social studies. It was suffocating.869b9a85dd34c9f8

He felt 25d06323b7 like he d09981573f was going 4f7cea850c to throw fa74d90617 up.fc21105de2b191d0

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The lie he 9e332366db told Doyeol, the 586c3f159d rushed, trembling way a5d397462c he filled in 04e01b0353 the OMR sheet, 9f33e6402c and the last 1e1b34461b math problem — 84332a5a73 where even after 36ce4f20df copying it down, e1d27f31d9 he kept glaring 9c1e7621c1 at it before 809e3695ca randomly choosing one f0308099f7 of the two 8b85b96c22 possible answers — ca1eb54bd6 all made him b1f56c0927 nauseous.4c78339fc69f9979

“If you can’t 5ecca3d681 eat it, give ad91263269 it to me. Don’t force yourself.”85239d4ec3c50a20

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“…Doyeol. What if I don’t get into college?”7e679a588e2bb816

Ihyun spoke sullenly, ab1233810f scraping at the 924d86f695 pork cutlet’s crust ac74c3a18e with his fork f48e7ac8ce for no reason.d7d6f4c2869952ba

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