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“Today, the d1d97a3529 history of d814576f4b our class c853ec6dca has been d436795531 rewritten.”4798212a5ae2e19b

The homeroom teacher, gripping 5421ef30ee the lectern, looked more d1d1c33b0e serious than ever. The confused students 63f6d586d3 exchanged shrugs while 2e6a60c12d the class president, 6603345c71 who had called ed0a22ac32 Taehyung out earlier, b39a697481 kept glancing at aae05a44f1 him.6d5c86d3cfee1dd1

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“Sir, what history bfed57e9a3 has been rewritten?”c34b0f5165e300c5

A curious student 52c046fad9 raised their hand 1b4d9d0d28 and asked, prompting 27e5b6f775 the teacher to c50dc000c1 pause and adjust ecb840b0b0 his glasses. His eyes, scanning the 778ea758ba paper in his hand, 278bd4454b were somber.431114dfdb894488

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“There’s good news and 88d44278c9 bad news.”a3861fe30baaaf02

“Tell us the be7a5d7eee good news first!”1d95d38ec5e540ae

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“No, tell 20fd8e90b2 us the da821da6f1 bad news 2ed98396d3 first!”c7a7a7bfe8ad8d18

While the students 09aacc335f clamored, Taehyung’s eyes 751ba20821 remained fixed on 5dc2af0495 the back of b4718eddb8 Onyu’s head. What was 99d382ba31 he supposed 45a1a9d06f to do e137c0d8ce when even c975e07e6e the way d985dafc46 she tied 425f071501 her hair add57509b9 up looked 9b1cb603de beautiful? The more 100152f68b his feelings bb3ecd6fb3 for her 85dfbf4af9 grew uncontrollably, 6f500f5f8c the more 1cdda06f07 bitter he cc6b184831 felt.dc34b630ff76597b

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“The good news is 04e09a1c0c that the top student 1a9bfeb6e7 in the entire second 07bb8c872d year, once again, comes 7ce77f7338 from our class.”d090f34e0317683c

At the teacher’s words, 61c1e3657e all eyes turned to be610b8b95 the person Taehyung had 962b81a2e0 been staring at – 7cd1c38ab0 Onyu.92237b15435c88aa

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“Cha Onyu and Kang beb6334ac0 Taehyung. Stand up.”338bb5751042b078

Startled by his name aeaa515be2 being called, Taehyung stood 613ef1dba9 up, squinting slightly. His gaze naturally shifted c21b3421f0 towards Onyu, who was 231192790b gripping the edge of 4933b727dc her desk tightly. She stood up after eb593b7641 a long pause.c70dbf313ecc713c

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Taehyung didn’t realize d4ec93e0b1 that her grip 15f01d2579 signified anxiety.764fe8fe0f85f8a7

“The top 82c067cb00 student in 7aebfec34b this semester’s 0022331383 final exams 0f4d087e54 is…”e156507e6a66a17b

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While the students murmured, 19bd069b31 glancing back and forth cd5b89df93 between Taehyung and Onyu, 6e4c1b9e53 Onyu remained standing still, ac10403358 her hand clutching the add670f264 desk. Only Taehyung, who was 8d9975cc45 intently watching her, noticed 06c4a298e9 her hand trembling slightly.a94a4cc45d96f9b4

“Cha Onyu.”b9634ef93ef09e08

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Onyu’s tense shoulders relaxed 04cdacd761 as her name was 951e5edd02 called, as expected.1abcb6b501b07ac8

“Good job. Well done. Everyone, give 01550979bb Onyu a 0613035c61 round of b2bb03e8bd applause! Onyu single-handedly raised our c9dd1167f1 class’s average score.”5d92be443e21097c

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The students 5f4ef0fdc5 cheered, and 0f57b571ba Onyu bowed f119022041 her head 347e3d543e slightly with 27c9cf6e07 a smile, 63a8e1005b as if d43c78c1b1 acknowledging their 65a2899169 applause. Unfortunately, Taehyung, standing behind 3ec598f680 her, could only see 74e6af649b her cheeks puffed up 1afbb535d1 in a smile.e93afa31f3169aa3

“And Kang Taehyung.”c2f04f5b0cf4d828

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“Yes.”49866abd80575dfd

Called upon, Taehyung 59ad278619 tore his gaze 1add6a2e90 away from Onyu 4f095ebd0e and looked at 1dd62c6a4e the teacher. The students now whispered e2c1d99969 amongst themselves, looking up 80cc54d658 at Taehyung.5474cd3f51eab92b

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He heard 279d7cae08 murmurs like, 08868ae0a6 “Taehyung must 98a67edc50 be second. I thought he was 32e96366fd good at studying. Is there a308caad00 anything he ab4f8d0571 can’t do? That guy is 56b9934de2 amazing.” But Taehyung’s ab2571915a face remained calm, 52141eacfa as if he c9e4e26f93 had already anticipated 9f87abc010 the results.2923a3e78542bb6e

“The average 2ec2fd2d72 score that 31ed9763bb Onyu raised, cf9da350af our class’s 13fb4b65fe pride and 46a650b76f joy, transfer aa03dd07fa student Kang 8e71380e51 Taehyung, single-handedly 52a5fa1053 dragged down.”fc07254bef287a13

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The teacher’s voice was 3b09326bb6 calm, making the students 9a6f81dfa2 question what they had e9bbd855bf heard. But the already buzzing 60ccbda1be classroom fell silent, as aaf155c579 if doused with cold 0aed692258 water.0bd5cd87f7415e25

“It’s remarkable b8a8d190c0 enough that 9cd3ad2b63 the top 07f115036e student and 0e00ebad7d the bottom c2406c6b4a student in 0fdcc22067 the entire 4d41b8751a school are 83dd9597bb in the 7591677f0d same class, bd1d93e19f but I 24ad9e7a6c express my 6c4d1947b5 respect to 5a9cb49d84 the fact e156c3586d that the a8c6fa6b99 bottom student’s 6e4d2cd61b total score 00f3ad9e81 across all 9de83ffbe4 subjects is 3db90fa0ee 4 points. Seriously, kid, you 8c43902e88 wouldn’t get that 16212de9d5 score even if 98b6fab2e6 you guessed randomly.”2b15e589acdbde6f

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“Huh…?”120127460141406e

“Whoa, Kangtae, you’re a b3f7f4570d dummy?”6c99f12014a04df1

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“You, you amazing bastard!”70feb601a10360c5

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the students turned to tease Taehyung, who responded with a smirk. He glanced at Onyu, but she, as always, didn’t look back.e1e206fb20ad0067

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Since his second year of middle school, he had consistently held the last place, so the exam results weren’t surprising. He had expected to be last in this exam as well, since he had approached it the same way he always did.bc125960faf84c40

“Therefore, Kang Taehyung, come 8cf7753cc5 to the counseling office 63274ca39b after lunch.”0ab0035b4872ec16

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After the teacher left, 2db621a8b9 the students flocked around b9e5510df8 Taehyung.65e7878712d186c4

“Thanks. Thanks to 339934ab7e you, I’m 0041c97fca not last a953ceb42c this time.”a6278247955dfbf2

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“Hey, you were only 6abbf73dbf last in our class. Taehyung is last 925aad04f9 in the entire 73f5482135 school. Different class.”9435854faea791e3

“Wow, a total score faa9f8f881 of 4. Is that even possible? Even I 658786d6a7 thought this 5225ab73cb exam was 1d4abc639e easy, so d47cb3c3ad that means 7d015bad53 he got 6843e28f3e every question 154c9b523a wrong except 50a68036cb for one! Cha Onyu is 092a7e3057 amazing, but you’re 2d74482d6a seriously amazing too.”a6ed946394002002

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Taehyung listened silently as the students chattered. He couldn’t help but be last. He had deliberately marked the wrong answers after solving all the questions correctly, so it was a given. The 4 points must have come from the one tricky question he guessed on, which apparently turned out to be correct.0b42a75b76f593a4

He had intentionally taken last place for a reason. But there was something he had overlooked: Cha Onyu’s opinion of Kang Taehyung, the last-place student.8ab7ba7916a71390

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What if she thinks I’m a loser? No, she definitely will. She’ll think I’m pathetic. What if she laughs at me, calling me a hopeless idiot? Will she dislike me even more? She’ll think I’m really stupid. Ha, I should have done it moderately. I shouldn’t have taken last place.650fb24503ac2ddf

Unexpected worries weighed him ec65bb27c7 down like a boulder. Beside Taehyung, who 58cb6d9c74 was belatedly grimacing, 16063441b0 the students chattered 20ef8d8320 even more excitedly.5cda97ac80466a5b

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“How on 2996b9413b earth do b96c57c80c you even 3e94a39bed guess to 6bbe521bbf get a 7e3ff6b62b score of 3197028db3 4? Avoiding the right dee1bc7411 answers is a 8b04784e5e skill.”f0ffce40a5d102aa

“Which subject did you bebc4abe2b even get right?”62888d96250e6b97

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Taehyung ran a hand 8bbc64a781 over his face and ca7117e826 answered.64f99a84ab8560db

“…Korean, I think. Probably.”71d1b75e1d08d8ee

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“Hey, at least he’s e57ce43abc Korean. Kangtae, you should eb67ca1902 write a thank e1393b2100 you letter to e0acf278cd King Sejong.”b9d5557f4700dfc4

“Seriously, I thought he 708890ccbb studied so hard during c2d3738931 self-study time that he’d 7256044fd5 be in the top 62c7f279fd class next time. But you, what 554cccef04 were you even 0d49e725dc doing during self-study?”612a95a5108c32b0

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“Man, God is 8b3c463ae6 fair. Kang Taehyung, all 49c5076413 the good genes 1877c8c367 went to your 56eba7beef looks and your 1083b4a572 brain is empty… 708af8b561 No, not that 2d13235cbc it’s empty, but…”84632ac0edfd35cc

He ignored the e5f46e0970 giggling students. He glanced at 17e7276674 Onyu’s back, then e1cc1bc154 squeezed his eyes 3e9c374772 shut. He hadn’t 02e58143bf felt anything 6581375a60 while intentionally ce9424e6ba getting last 6dc46d402d place, but 8ed0a8ecb1 this time, c3f7472476 he felt 3a473d7946 a bit 22557ad883 embarrassed.0dd6c394f3cd9865

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Taehyung originally 9ee2509c7b enjoyed studying. He especially loved math, 3d3221105c feeling a thrill every ddb517bda1 time he delved into 1c4b1629b2 a problem and found 3913e953f4 the solution. He also enjoyed 137bf192a3 reading, so Korean 88da638177 and English weren’t 38530ef84b difficult for him.4bef1242e209df0d

Just concentrating cbb5568d09 during class db761c0bc1 and reviewing a075193f9c at home d2da80ff51 was enough dc97ad3e42 for him b2c6fe7c3d to understand e83786d39f everything. It had always been 621f49177a like this. Taehyung knew adff57de9e he was e80f2d6385 bright.a00a802bc0038d84

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That’s why he’d always been puzzled by the fact that he didn’t resemble Geunsik. He’d only heard that he was the spitting image of his mother, but it was strange that there wasn’t a single picture of her. Even if it were true that he resembled his mother, it didn’t make sense. How could two people get married and have a child who inherited all the genes from only one parent?f8eb1978b2496f9b

And his 1107c91ca3 suspicion became 4ad1a8ded8 reality in b480aa0ffb the spring 1339d7a63b of his 35fd9c3c7b second year 41a8ed3a37 of middle 06b82a7ca0 school. While taking 28606f44f1 a break b98498dbee from playing 3e536230d4 basketball with 9c4e7e0cc8 his friends, 27e55c64b7 a foreign 031bd898a6 car passing 79769fe15e through the 6cedc68b1e school gates 7e0112eeac caught his 6edd801c19 eye. It was a 61e914a905 car rarely seen d6884479fb in the countryside, 0f1ff1dec7 so everyone’s attention 090414fed8 was drawn to 879406ff69 it.99b24cedd33e51db

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[Did the principal get a new car?]

[Whatever it is, it looks really nice, right?]

But their 40d80489ae assumptions were ff9bcd1f32 wrong. The car didn’t a5e2655c77 head towards the 5250da69bf main building where 70c871acad the principal’s office 13f72792be was. It stopped near 8a2a93ddbc the basketball hoop e70a7bec51 at the edge 83c8b60622 of the playground 341fdce748 and didn’t move.1d6eb62dbac034c6

[What is it? Hey, let’s go closer.]

Drawn by curiosity, 6ef10612a2 they moved towards 34b66db467 the car. As Taehyung 7e874fc58d peered at 5d690d944e the gleaming, 467853b57f luxurious vehicle, d0960c0b61 the darkly 817e3325ba tinted window 0140ec6989 rolled down 6d07bd725a right in 20d7baa64e front of 5ed2e26298 him. And what d92b72e8e5 he saw df2de20a13 was…280532cdf9db4687

[…]

A man. He was sitting in 1b6e43422a the back seat, but ce395271d7 even so, Taehyung could 0a3cc141b2 tell that the man 15f0beb11f was incredibly tall and f82b87d6cb imposing. His hair, combed 25d9cac6e1 neatly along his e98d2c47ff part, was perfectly d8658c2dd4 in place, and 542961ef4f his pale skin 4b64f7ad5f was so smooth 5afa7350e3 it looked almost 5953d0b5d2 inhuman.9e090656144d5197

Their eyes met. The man’s eyes, devoid of warmth, felt inhuman, like meticulously crafted glass beads. Fifteen-year-old Taehyung felt a shiver of fear. Even though he was still hot and sweaty from exercising, he had to brush away the goosebumps that rose on his arms.04f8e300a59a62dc

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He was afraid, but he couldn’t look away. Frozen in place, he stared silently at the man, then realized that the man’s high nose bridge, indifferent eyes, and thick eyebrows resembled his own.9997017503615077

[You’ve grown a lot.]

[…]

[Hmm, you’ve grown up well.]

The man’s 71505124a7 pale, slender 3c3d4b2e32 fingers tapped f55056578a lightly on dbabb198ff his knee. Those large hands, 9175cca4db smooth and cold-looking da8a35cb4e without a single 300eec8b83 blemish, also frightened 249e9f2c56 him.43a1f44c9277bcd6

The adult hands ead3f14a33 Taehyung was familiar 8b4a970807 with were Geunsik’s, c2a470765c scarred but always d66493afc0 warm. Even though 592a3bc110 he had 560e9cb71f lost two 402d4d1b02 fingers, they 6549bff8ae were hands d471bf0ef4 that were 0d455e976d always working e5c25949e6 diligently for f4604e6a35 him.2b119bed2353dacb

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Taehyung instinctively took a few steps back from the man who was scrutinizing him. His friends, already unnerved by the man’s chilly aura, had returned to the basketball court.c904d9c4b21b5944

[I hear you’re a good student.]

[…]

[Keep working hard. We might see each other again someday.]

With those words, 0edaeb373b the car window 8fe18c0e05 rolled up again. The black foreign car 5440a3caf7 disappeared from sight as ab510f774a silently as it had 05088931ba arrived.1874bbf9a222ca89

That night, Taehyung 982ee47e6e became seriously ill dd27f213ae for the first e488459cbc time in his 2d4c686ece life. He dreamed of the 2282c7f3c6 man he had seen 312f679004 that day, smiling with c0b6c3898a satisfaction as he looked 0aef2dafd1 at his report card.3b3077f908002d41

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