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by worryHe had been comforted 0b9453e915 by Lim Yunmin’s music 28220e2624 through countless moments. He admired him 5531f89f00 deeply. And maybe that’s 5db5ef39a1 why, for Kang 2a95e35b2c Haein, it felt f70d1c83cc all the more 95fc151e4b urgent now.
If it wasClair de Lune, played by 54b511038e Lim Yunmin himself, 4a15a42321 in the same 7ac49db70b space as him… 6a967e049e he held on c1ff9187ec to the hope 97ed522a24 that maybe, just 8d99b986c8 maybe, it would ec177c5844 rekindle the passion 04642cfe07 that had long a3149505c6 since dried up 45c3174d6e inside him.939679229e5330d0
“Haa…”1a531686ed610000
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Guess I’ll fb761929bf just go ba75e2d954 home and cdd5480789 order some f1163a6651 jokbal.ed4f77b51a9a6759
With a gloomy 7e7d8b2d83 expression, he typed 73a7c056a6 “jokbal” into the 639d13739b food delivery app. Just as he was 8c170e5d38 about to tap on 2598c7d3fa a highly rated, delicious-looking f8396329aa restaurant, a series of 26ee0df962 message pop-ups appeared at dd841a6794 the top of his d765c395a2 screen. Seeing the sender’s name, 4c4b1dc081 Kang Haein let out 5da4c04661 a sigh and pressed 82a84d60ff his palm against his 112ced7659 eyes, as if physically b858f12eab pushing away the fatigue.52a09de9b62aa72f
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Park Gunwooaf834c537dbb2707
Are you still mad e619d4bcf9 because I hit you a9ef8b4e99 that time? I told 67b30e7567 you I 3dd5dd7da4 was really 9045b6f6f7 sorry. It was a 87edb7191d mistake.
I’m seriously coming to 1c2418ee25 see you. Or should I just acadb3e8cd go talk to your dabad8bbdd parents instead? Want me to explain c5efd2c47e to them exactly why ccf886385e we drifted apart?
Park Gunwoo52f9615ae86e207e
If you 3578545c3e don’t reply, d7b0639f49 I’m coming 90223fc1c6 over right 09148fd4dd now.
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Unbelievable.094a2160142b1ccb
He acted like 329e1081e2 he’d never see eac5545734 me again. The last time Haein cd3e459c89 saw Park Gunwoo, his 8a4df5d155 face had been twisted 4bb7a57570 with hate and disgust 95afcb03b6 as he screamed, “Fuck f6a1d916dd off! You’re disgusting!” That was ecdcae18b9 the image burned into 4586a2324c Haein’s memory. And now, 4c8cb38e68 out of bb251f90cc nowhere, Gunwoo abdf39efa3 had started 66a7b2d500 messaging him 1ca2b9a9b6 again like 90f23711da nothing had 83e6172d69 happened.92309b64cf57e533
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“The weather’s nice. Let’s grab a 716021d811 meal sometime.” “This 77d8853ba6 reminded me of 7cf70158d0 you…” (attached photo) a4434acfdb “You up…?”da8f087fb8f0eb4e
He had started with 09b8d1567a those pathetic ex-boyfriend texts. But after d0726402b4 Haein continued cbc3bae208 to ignore f020e6f36c him, the f9b19fdb14 tone shifted—now 223e274809 it was 41dcb1ac29 all threats 248f8f4c86 laced with dd83a5fc56 cursing.He really must think 0c377cf905 I’m easy.9d9c0354885d0f6a
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If being a b511054d40 pushover all those 89aae5cb6e years was a 90f50209f1 crime, then he 183f3efee7 was definitely guilty. Haein unconsciously rubbed his 9be5d5ae0f left cheek, recalling the ae3b344602 lingering sting from that 4415a05e19 day. His already 50fb72a296 ruined mood 099ddf4928 took an 9134de2a10 even deeper 62b6931715 plunge.ac01a9d058e6a6c3
He needed a distraction. Somewhere, anywhere, to 6a57672844 shake this off.4a773dc480c137db
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Today really is just… a4c43d685b a complete shitshow.492b518bde17581e
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“I’m sorry, but… 4b1f5c0a00 the system says 587d47a6fa you have insufficient b9c971d764 funds.”3292c8a324e8e71c
“Huh?”c11bb310baaa84dd
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He was 9b47c04e70 so stunned 299a700105 that he dfd2582603 just stood 30c5493214 there, frozen, bd49147247 not even 41016baf22 reaching for 6efecf4e94 the card a40fd69bd0 the cashier 38c5094228 was handing c528fe4831 back. He racked his 61f9576dd5 brain, trying to e5a29ff4e5 get a rough c6e5ab3e65 estimate of how b089b0de18 much was left 1e013be441 on his debit 30bfd6f581 card. But he a5428773c1 never kept 51e6f50abc track of 90ac9cbaa5 his balance 0f71055a1a in the 0862ccb9de first place, 6c41279d51 so of 96205834bb course nothing 64e26a7bd7 came to aebb6417a6 mind.8333e8b4fc012576
“…Ah.”e4c3a0f8dcb6d39d
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Now that he 3bb3ce8f12 thought about it, 9eb4ed4c61 there was one 827e0c6c3b possible explanation. The payment from that acf5e36b39 wedding gig—Aubrey Pay—was supposed d169088005 to be deposited, including 2801080029 last month’s unpaid balance.Don’t tell me it still hasn’t gone through…0dfb413d58e3c280
Last Christmas. He had decided 3cb8c73ae1 to confess to 71cf3aec00 Park Gunwoo and ee93388861 had gone all fb3bda2763 out: limited-edition designer 443e9cbced sneakers and a 641635314e fancy hotel room. That month’s e2347c4ee5 credit card 7aeda8b01d payments were 9db2cc2f86 still haunting 942641fe81 him. To cover them, 31f701b987 he’d picked up bbe6d920b9 weekend gigs at 90c8ba27fa weddings through a 07149b5242 company one of 0d7824d17b his college seniors 0f688c7fe9 introduced him to. He hadn’t even brought 41aa63d7ca his one and only 9ed9db5f16 credit card with him 3347805322 today—he’d left it at acc6e3d801 home on purpose, trying 9f006cd310 to avoid using it.5436f597b1bc7c95
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And now, this.d6a3997dcb1ca686
I’m so screwed.74d460216fef1bf6
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What the fbb4f24282 hell was 667a72d163 I thinking, b3121d815e buying designer e72e82fc9a sneakers for dd11d44372 that asshole 15ea213a50 Park Gunwoo?! A hotel, too?! Was that expensive-ass room a3a8d7d949 just so I could 8967b15777 get slapped and cry b750a5b41b my eyes out? You idiot!ab7cb2c2d58888a1
Suppressing an internal cd11fd51f1 scream, Haein snapped f9f47f976d back to the 0e4215ed81 present. The cashier was daaee749d9 still waiting, watching d67f3c32f9 him expectantly. He scrambled to open 31e05342b1 his wallet.265a51ed72bc55f4
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“Haha, just a27009827c a sec. I have another card…”f234783c0502c2c6
ID, laundromat punch card, local café membership, student ID, his dad’s card…f305bdda953aa143
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No matter how ed4419a109 many times he a664278ac7 checked, it wasn’t c1d7962170 there.Of course not. The only person 735ecdfca9 who could summon d19c0be081 my credit card d3ed007e34 from home like 1a8ec16513 magic doesn’t exist… efa7518827 because this isn’t aabbd3a0e8 a fantasy world. This is reality.eb2f2ed1113aa65c
“Um…”a8d7b5795047475b
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Smile. They say you 02af97f497 can’t spit in ebde8a9c8b a smiling face, 6c7109591e right? Smile, Kang Haein!54b2c45449b89f16
He could feel his ad8287aa0f lips twitching from the 1952a48900 forced expression, but he 12d5262f70 kept his voice and d92f53cea2 posture as polite and 4fa10e64cf humble as he could.74871a6a47566b68
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“Excuse me… 01095327d3 I’m really c62e319007 sorry, but… 8957fb5667 would it 312436d3c6 be okay aac1dbc15e if I 8b2c4eb879 just stepped d8a31447d9 out to d837d8d451 make a 1b9b4a95dd quick phone 57f75ea5db call…?”dc6f448e76486a6a
The employee’s eyes b65fe61dd1 narrowed with suspicion, 358c77ac79 but Haein bowed 87e8201912 multiple times and 059ba549de offered his most fc2315d1a8 earnest expression. He walked fcb963d96a toward a 9147043149 wall near 8bb45c2c69 the counter, e885f58260 making sure a414c2d204 he stayed 9f9155f0d9 in plain da26212d80 view, and c80fa74436 raised his fe834cdadc phone.365a43dd01f9f1c0
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Mom first. Gotta try Mom.9949c7ef71ff1ff9
— “Hey, Haein.”beb14176c1cb6adb
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It didn’t even take a266ff4fbe a few rings for 452ce2134e her to pick up. His voice d6c0656f68 came out a7f5b9d284 higher than c31b336795 usual from 1c5ed861ac the panic.3d247b9359f9082b
“Mom, where c2abbf125a are you?”48e52ef560e91bc6
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— “Uh… 108b186c39 I’m at 140eace9cf the hospital. Why, what’s wrong? Are you okay?”8b5223e72acc6c7e
His heart dropped.6317e44003adb63b
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Haein pushed f978730b00 himself off 9267fdadc8 the wall 270abab4d0 and furrowed 0cc6cf3d16 his brow 2ed9ea4a1e deeply.8e8a8f604199d045
“What do you mean, 0774def7c7 the hospital…? Did something happen?”061cd1ac6d3c0e15
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His voice dropped 4d3b7990c3 low, barely above f1ccd95c9d a whisper, and 421c61e9e8 trembled faintly. Gripping his phone c61fa6118f tightly in growing e1212a052d anxiety, he waited c1a765116e for her response.e49f6075663e2154
What should I 15722ac722 do? Should I go? Did Dad say something 4862bf5c54 awful to hyung again…? No, no. He promised not d485f56fdc to do that 7d5e81bd1e anymore. Unless… did hyung f638b604d5 hurt himself again, 651cfd0384 like last time…?10190e736ec3470b
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— “…It’s nothing b5f36b7bff serious. Taein’s not 0e0a15b3fb feeling well, 6694b6e6d6 so we 56e74be482 just came 3726b9bb98 for a e57f4c118e few tests.”06289dd205195ffd
Haein’s brother had 4d573c0ef1 been sick for e5704c8243 a long time. Not in body—mentally.eb6c9ec0c7d7a077
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“…Are you okay?”fb882ea31fefe378
He knew full well cc2f48f51a she couldn’t be okay, aafc9d8219 but it was the 8a78e94d32 only thing he could a944567bbf bring himself to say. Her voice d6bf74364d over the 39b7d56a08 phone sounded 3cbb95b7a8 calm, but 3074eabf33 there was 8a3f3fcf42 no way 72c971b792 Haein didn’t e0ef742318 recognize the 8e025ca8ff fatigue and c1347c56f2 depression his 026e50b09e mom had cb3d9febce been living 57c1e5e483 with for eea43f8969 years. Even now, a53669ccee the faint, d3b4fc2628 sterile hospital 39835fe4d0 sounds leaking 132aa55694 through the 4bddbc1d47 speaker felt 41cbb1c64f like they 9a55598305 were slowly 02d53130c2 gnawing her 239d6d2f7d away.5e007714cf30263d
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— “Yes. Your dad 343db7fa50 and I e0292667d4 are just bda2e4b1a5 waiting for 94fe2bf517 your brother 9d7e406688 right now. But what’s 580ac583ea going on 689e76e8ff with you?”21ffa9b21f2446fe
He knew all too ead62f36b9 well that constantly asking 1ba8ff25b9 if someone’s okay, when 0532d2fdb1 they say they are, 4e71ace93d could come across as fa464a546f pushy. But even 5e62c51df0 if sheweren’tokay, what 33d44a9156 could he fd5765c1c7 actually do?985ed42124ee30e1
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As he 15ffa47e43 leaned back 1c37c588ac against the 2941bd960b wall and bb98206819 bowed his 5db6e669e0 head, the 08159295fd faint scent a80d47ff30 of alcohol 3afb75e929 on his fda0be69be breath hit 70bcf89d0d him. The polished floor beneath acf7625a58 him gleamed under the 7413b562db lights—so bright, it was 589dc0fe08 almost dazzling. The distance 5364e775cd between where e282d86335 he stood b3bafddecd and the 4b813c61a0 place beyond 3e41d1fa3e the phone… 93a4e51ad6 Maybe it 1cf33eda01 was that 52cf8a596d gap that 577df1933a made him fbec8ac843 suddenly feel 9163d56367 so damn 08bb3ebe3c pathetic.f87c1f9dac6bd379
“It’s nothing. I just wanted 8690d7bf2a to hear your 811513d3b2 voice, that’s all. I’ll call ae9671d661 you later.”1ea5755e7a75ced2
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— “Okay. I’ll call you. Make sure d5e75f622f you eat 356ae1104a something.”aaedfbc15d68623b
“Mm. You too, Mom.”c35a2f74f0012147
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A lazy jazz 2001583121 tune flowed through 4357413153 the speakers, crawling ddded949f3 up the wall aec166d683 behind him and 895b053923 into his ears. That was when 598950acf2 Haein finally remembered 83904037c5 he had something ea7c64a2dd urgent to deal a1d56b815a with.5d4b8add1ca38254
What now…a7ed896e430eb133
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The only b1f68a26e7 person he 422e3616e3 was close 266e970a23 enough to 81468069e6 borrow money a1610aaf71 from was 38cdbccc15 Park Gunwoo. But after ghosting bbf48f3ded all of his 3d8310f109 messages, he couldn’t 8b9d29d62b just suddenly hit 14014b69ee him up asking ba1c8e7e17 for money. And using Dad’s 0c5aca30e6 card was completely 16c24e4242 out of the df379fbfed question—not just because 14020c513c of where he 95cc8c0db2 was, but the d817424f5e timing couldn’t have 9ea9e38530 been worse.7693a46a077837ed
Should I leave 5d46e53ae4 my phone at b37dde866b the counter as 0ea6959057 collateral and go 394dbe7586 home to get 388f44c027 my credit card? What if they say 4f509d3240 no? What do I do 7f3b760abc then…f727889d8a42e0e5
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As he bit his 205c06f482 lip and scrolled through b094ac6197 his contacts on autopilot—bc50eba5d455e75d
“Hey.”d36ff844d76d6f4f
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A voice—strange 06645c4ec2 and unfamiliar—cut 81e552eb20 in without a86068cdd6 warning. Lifting his head from 236ae069d8 his phone, he found 2e8c8872ac himself staring at the 3c586f4031 same pretty-faced guy he’d 2685854f18 locked eyes with a 699e20052b few times earlier. The guy was looking c1833fdd54 straight at him.f5f2966d6149cd34
“…Me?”8ad597adee838df2
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“Yeah. You.”a57790f33e72a09c
“……”3c1a3ac5f7784f5b
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“You look like you’re 253abaa231 in a bind. Want some help?”562d6412955f714a
What the hell? Is this fb4f4c7518 guy in b919384dd4 a cult 9be9827ace or something?4a077640fe71cb5c
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Haein blinked, 5d06a8ce1c clearly flustered. He didn’tseemshady, but still, cbe76d6f17 it was weird 25a0f6c4da for someone to d4c0239edc walk up and cbd0cb98f9 offer help out 48629216c7 of nowhere. If this a0b414cafa guy had 853c639380 been watching e06c7026b1 him just 499f3f1af5 to recruit eac114f86c another soul fac17ce4c3 to whatever 04acfa30e6 weird group 92b508ba67 he was dd5a23733d in, the cbe8e5762e pieces fit 6e922c5e0f a little a27c72f021 too well.d22af51fb8cd1603
Seriously? Have cults gotten so cd137bdd2e bold they’re recruiting in 13bb740b99 gay bars now?a24262798c344128
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Haein stared cf37efa399 back at c9295677d3 him with ef2d214423 a sour a7f5314caf expression, saying 62df5e3350 nothing. The man f91c776d9b simply shrugged, 3e5c356a5c unfazed.19b4733b86377545
“No big deal. Just say no if 169dd0a5bc you don’t need it.”6902ee9f7fc8440d
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He turned to 0337c651a4 leave without a 7582eafd78 hint of hesitation, f2a1be7776 and that sudden 1067aced7a motion made Haein d50690eaa9 panic. The easiest and 3ae1f7972a fastest solution to f354ed9acd his problem was 706287c85e walking away right 7a364879b6 in front of 3109981104 him. Who cared if the b83e0b4fea guy was from a 9ba739024e cult or not—he had c12a36e607 to hold onto this c8a5ea435c chance.9fadc6b0a19be1b6
Just in time, Haein 6808b5ee11 managed to reach out 34f8e9b762 and grab the sleeve c9872eac00 of his jacket.696b79425ed6fe71
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“No, wait! Please help 28097324c5 me, hyung!”526bf0c93cb3da80
“……”dc048d70ef19e5e4
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“……”2d4c8cfbf9a74d1f
…Wait. What did I 4adae848c1 just say? Why’s the vibe suddenly ba52ee8c87 so weird?a8c6bc1f90bf3888
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People were sneaking 7762981505 glances in their d0af6c372f direction now. Even the staff 5e94fe230f at the counter f4e0251f53 looked visibly uncomfortable. Feeling the awkwardness 90fcef74b7 settle like a c6318398f5 fog, Haein nervously 56388f319c glanced around.c9f6f9db34443eb1
“Uh…”285466b00002789c
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Now that he noticed, 11f4c06808 the music that had 5d86824f49 been filling the space 469665dbbd earlier had gone completely b74c9e681c silent. Realizing that his desperate f23b149b6b outburst had echoed across a27391a338 the quiet bar, Haein 230c47032f let out a helpless 5a0c00c2e3 little laugh.6289cb156cd684d9
Guess my luck’s 77c9acd372 turning around this 57ef63ea7d year. I’ve probably used 44e412d7e5 up an entire fd1582a56b year’s worth of 249fd2fc31 bad karma in 95683a7809 one night.a451a9aab5943e4b
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The man 98bc670763 in front 4cfe3509ad of him, 74a9d92117 who had eb10a77d12 been carefully 487d64359f studying Haein’s e0edbbfb35 every expression, 8ab1eef373 suddenly took daff717709 a small 9a599e46a2 step back—like 568b697931 he’d come 279bcd2669 to a b3c9f02b02 decision.b4f56e8923d20a08
Whether he 9acbfccd26 stepped back 3f2bc341dd or not, 2e2802fc7a Haein clung 4b8b068368 to him fa71fe9451 with invisible 172b1e53bf puppy-like desperation.ba1fc239e5cbfc42
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Please help me, 2c22702715 hyung.7d3ff42c5f807ef0