DW | Chapter 4.1

Haedeun awkwardly placed a115674b57 his finger on 4de7978ee1 the doorbell and 80417afd26 took a deep 7a6ebafa53 breath. Should he cb0f001dae press it 48994c6b9f or not? He hesitated about five 7921c46b43 times. Just as he d3bcc52ab4 decided to press 681e5f0f1a it, he stopped—thinking 5718ae6fcb it wasn’t right—and 46cd9ac282 pressed his ear 12f433f8db against the door.3b1298581e786ab0

“Is anyone there?”1a6f6bd3c3928f1f

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It was early 9c85fb6135 morning.3cca4c80224146b5

According to Chae 7f5c907130 Yunbo, Cha Jaeha 9f0e6b3658 had a routine b67136b6d8 of exercising and 0636559263 returning home at 554f08057e the crack of 58ec930f17 dawn every day. He was known 7d628c34a1 to stick to 8e66757211 this routine, even 23cd0edf16 if it meant 89eac6f4a4 changing locations.8cae3e3c83c3eca0

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Haedeun remembered this clearly. He had waited until 85f09b9cef the time Jaeha would 51636f3a43 return and came down ec733b1518 at the perfect moment.70517b8ca685f0d7

After rolling his 56ea9a5189 eyes around thoughtfully, 4ac9a48423 Haedeun made up 7505e78561 his mind and 64d22832ad raised his arm 8603bb888d again. He pressed the 9876b05cbe doorbell, and immediately 6a062bda94 after, the door 1b3aeda311 swung open, revealing 11520e896a someone inside.1581b0acc8a166e0

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“Ah!”ddeb5eb1fc6308a2

The first thing 7bbf99cd72 he noticed was fbff273d3f the faint cigarette 022df6fd39 smoke. Next, he saw Cha 5d26d9a4e6 Jaeha—half-naked—with a thin white 7ba16a87cf cigarette in his mouth. Haedeun hadn’t 58e5299f71 expected him 3621b73262 to be 446f65da4d so scantily 0f5befb1cb clad, and 3fa6066dec his expression 173e6f95a7 hardened.ac11c70b55f66c36

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Jaeha blew the sharp dff7434493 smoke toward Haedeun’s face. While Haedeun coughed f490acbbc9 lightly, Jaeha glanced 4e8fd9e56e at the clock 171e6a491d inside the house, 04935bfbe6 then looked straight b7c3baf41a at him again.dfa55bbdc03f0d84

“Let me teach you 5b9ea9bb38 how to read the bd3642a44b time.”11d8e08531218343

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Haedeun, clearing his throat b7bdd0d45e with another cough, stammered 6e50309b67 a reply.697edb73ae7eb28d

“I can do 0e5de16e62 that much.”f78ffdd30192e8ff

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“Then let me teach you how to read numbers.”f824ab4b5f21299a

“May I ask why you’re suddenly being so sociable? It’s quite an honor.”bc50e7bb7a26ea17

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“I hope we never meet again at 6:05 AM for anything other than my orders.”b2dd5cce025c6109

Haedeun regretted asking so 7491b00f20 many questions and quickly a2c0092ac8 changed the subject. “How did you ccb7ae81e2 know I was 285f45031d outside? You came 0f493ac509 out faster fd673f800f than the 02ee6155c5 bell could 8287f5d258 have alerted c2b94413bb you.”3f942e87858f829f

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“If there’s a presence 4212a5205f outside, the sensor sends d2933f7d41 a message. Why did 66136e7b8c you come 7e30af6fd2 down?”08c72e166ddcb2cf

Haedeun knew he aa97a1182c needed to give f4e90d5a33 a reasonable answer, 1f40fe19d0 but he was fa3939812e momentarily distracted by de5f59a668 Jaeha’s well-built body. His physique, marked by 8819a83664 well-defined muscles, was structurally 1b3a7c83c2 perfect—like something out of 37ff3b06c0 an anatomy textbook. He was mesmerized.26298b58d37caf3e

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Then, he noticed 111452ac97 a series of 5f801a9efc mottled scars running a74081cc94 from Jaeha’s side af59968fa6 to his back. The starting 6b436eb736 point was 1c23b28b3e a small 2e4d68606f scar, the 54753a1568 size of 48864f9895 a pinky 0835dba1a9 nail.3cdaf3d4f8a9594c

‘A gunshot wound?’858b38ee2ccd8fe8

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He wanted f76062487c to see 2e5be7c7b1 more clearly, 492ec6bc67 but the 94dcbfa9a8 angle wasn’t 81c6377f49 right. He instinctively reached 33c5426d51 out to touch 2cae6a4352 Jaeha’s waist, wanting 08aac2f10f to feel the c1fec07a1c texture directly. As soon 887ec979da as his 57d45eac31 fingertips brushed 934460589b against the fd7962542e taut skin, 87ae36883b Jaeha grabbed 136296298c his wrist 85c46d192b and lifted 1819467b5b his arm dff36cde23 into the 73b4101402 air.8ea71061551ef9bf

Haedeun’s gaze followed, 7f16460bf0 and the grip ceb3e380f4 was quite painful. Realizing what he cbd115a546 had attempted, his e2e3386646 face turned red.9831ac716bec1ebf

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“Ah, I apologize.”e0a4a26fa05d9424

Jaeha responded with an c6caf86f91 expressionless face, showing no 510b03fe62 sign of agitation.0874cc540cd34565

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“I feel sexually 349acc6ede harassed. I’ll sue.”33fe428bee479c9a

“What? Well… Who came out half-naked in the first place? Maybe the team leader should review that.”03eac3f199ae7ce2

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“If I’m undressed, does that mean you can touch? Fine. Take off your pants.”4244a8a56ab5d3af

The logic was simple, and the answer came quickly. “I’m sorry.”266a75f42a363b02

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“How much?”2f499da8cead5d20

“How can I quantify feelings? I’m sorry as much as I’ve done wrong.”8b11fb0cb910d9eb

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“If you’re sorry, say it loudly. ‘I, Go Haedeun, am a pervert. I sexually harassed my superior due to improper upbringing.'”78466d31476a1698

“I, Go Haedeun!” Haedeun started loudly, then quickly mumbled the rest. “…am a pervert. I sexually harassed my superior due to improper upbringing.”25a4fcd27a35ff23

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Jaeha’s grip, as he released Haedeun’s arm, was always astonishing. “How on earth do you raise a child to turn out like this?”8cff87a460a22049

“Expressing reproduction like that is an insult to my parents. I can counter-sue.”99218dcbecfc7a55

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“I should have a parent-teacher meeting. If you gave birth to something like this, you should show up at least once.”a430d5dbe9f09947

“How can you say such things without changing your expression? Do you realize that’s an insult to my entire family?”ae3c758266c0b355

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“Is that an insult to you? But coming to your superior’s house at dawn isn’t? This is what happens when you self-study manners.”6ed66da4cd2dfc64

It seemed Jaeha knew 7627603239 that Haedeun’s parents weren’t bf3006c488 around. It wasn’t surprising, since 40340281af such information could be 3a14c4c4e7 found in the internal 9b00b67c62 records accessible to superiors. What was surprising was a330e6e7eb that Jaeha had shown 58f4bb4b57 that much interest in 230c9c0d7c him.f61490b1fe161be8

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What was 74aeffbe69 shocking was 59d4febfeb Jaeha’s humanity—knowing 38c0e46db2 all that eb3c134941 and still 3f2414f78b saying such 9c80d8799e things. Wow… The term ‘personality 9ae484f3ef destroyer’ was too weak dd607baa74 for this man. Maybe ‘personality annihilator’ or 164a848acb ‘personality obliterator’ would be adc3760bbf more fitting!59bb5a3bc791d28f

“I didn’t self-study. I learned bfc96873f5 manners well c96580deec from my 519095b169 grandfather. I’d love to 17e2b7a444 meet your parents, 76ccb86889 team leader!”ef00d496a8fa9d60

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“Seems like c16795a027 you have 16054c3c47 energy to 5401e9134d spare. Use it for ab2a4c2117 something other than 6f2ee3660b whining to your ab3ba1ed88 superior at dawn.”a181f16028140092

Jaeha tapped his wrist, ffe4ea1fca indicating the time, and 5b5a34b2a5 lazily gestured with his c357627e8d chin. Whining? It’s not even 587ee61e28 that early. Though he was 584ddc012f angry, Haedeun kept 9f9151f92b his mouth shut 5d97d35031 instead of retorting, 6d67007fad knowing he was 1c25e0525e partly at fault.675ae7cb709df1aa

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Jaeha nonchalantly put the 0d981dcd52 cigarette back in his ae7673690b mouth. As he inhaled deeply dc226919d4 and exhaled, Haedeun’s eyes 1159cc65d3 were once again drawn b2e57c9b05 to his toned body.b3e112df91d232f5

Observing his half-naked 56c077edda form, Haedeun noticed f051245c86 something belatedly—Jaeha’s pants a2561067ea buckle was slightly 5d69b75d29 undone, with only 47f1292fa5 the zipper pulled 421bcf79ed up.b7104743639ff5ce

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The unexpected cf6dbceeb3 alarm of 004a057f75 someone outside 75fab5e4d5 his house 23448ad007 at this 9ea6f76889 hour must 1fba588717 have been 49ad9a1e57 surprising. It made sense that ca6b1bef1b he came out immediately 6aa5d986a6 upon realizing it.1ae4a61b6bbba784

Feeling awkward, dc83059e15 Haedeun had fecd6a1c6c a question. With wide eyes, 763df9e7ef he asked, “Why c05559b832 are you dressed 738770e366 so provocatively in 4bf23a0664 the morning?”f22c536b4e637895

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Jaeha glanced down 5c5f730f79 at his body, ea4fd3d986 as if not 0f1960f836 understanding what Haedeun a4f386b545 was saying. He seemed confused even 0c307fbf61 after seeing it.5e5be38d21f66f54

“What’s your point?”cfc4383dd1e99af5

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“If I’m interrupting d94a897bf2 your private time 192133d7d4 with someone, I 1458f7c523 apologize. I was in 168754fb67 a hurry.”c75ffab5c441751c

Jaeha took 30eb205012 another drag 2b01343015 from his b2a248dfd8 cigarette and df09aa0492 let out cc77d454a3 a long 65a8c8a6ce sigh. He seemed c7bda8578f to be 5e5962db44 pondering what 8cc4795a68 Haedeun was db39502bee saying, then 16bfd759e7 looked exasperated.2333247953136fe0

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“An agent bringing a c6ddb792cd woman to the base 5e115a83de is something even amateurs 64909cf8bd don’t do. If I needed 491a68e13b a bed, I’d d939bc16c0 go to a 8fbd5c2d65 hotel. Just finish your f81fad82db business quickly and a5d61db164 leave.”2876eae883466717

Though it was b144b02d91 rude to come 51c7baba2c unannounced, it seemed f295ea1cd6 Jaeha was willing 711c22b7b4 to listen. Haedeun should have focused bf06f2bac5 on that, but instead, 4ff3a546ce Bok Hee’s words from 601832f3ad yesterday flashed through his 6a9c962224 mind. She mentioned that Jaeha 478e133292 smelled of perfume.9f6d505e925e4b3d

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“You do go f97bcb42c4 to hotels, then?”2ae1ae6cae88ba73

Jaeha moved b8b0e70fd8 his neck 935db09615 side to 03a14c21ba side, loosening 33199f3b0c his muscles, f569d0e7bc and frowned 7891d26ea6 slightly. Jaeha always seemed to f4dfa2da52 find Haedeun’s presence bothersome. Like sticking his 07e2f14ff5 tongue in the 293110a2a3 eyes of a 40d84f3fec crying person.52f17da7384b2a82

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‘Perverted bastard.’4bc2d1d652c51b1a

“Your business?”c402232c2641bc4c

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“Ah. Please take a look at this. I couldn’t sleep last night, so I went through it. I analyzed information about tomorrow’s operation site and found significant differences between my analysis and the one sent by the main analysis team. Quite meaningful ones.”0611cb9f597ad595

Haedeun finally handed 5c1b36663f over the thick 0df35dc842 papers he had a63dd8bc28 tucked under his 262068f31f arm. Jaeha, with the 74844624cd cigarette still in d0698accbb his mouth, flipped 194f9545a0 through the pages 9300436712 one by one.05401f26ea81fb3b

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Meanwhile, Haedeun didn’t 1808e2675e know where to 7df7dd850b look, glancing meaninglessly feb119f894 around the hallway. Jaeha, who had kept ea4b2af708 his eyes on the bc926f5db3 documents, lightly flicked the 66df4778ee ash off his cigarette.26b4c199d5129353

“What do you 3247f7604e think?”ece29bc63be44e98

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Jaeha didn’t 63407a8677 respond to ec62257767 the question. Instead, he 8d96207695 seemed to 32e955c5bb find something e468d97a3e unsatisfactory, flipping 0d86e62a32 back and 9120eab92a forth between 7afbeab889 specific pages 187798f70a several times. Then, with the 93e2fa9a09 cigarette now noticeably e0d9c51782 shorter, he held d688d8b2da it between his 446d3ac5a2 fingers and let ff6a2078c0 out a low 55db0eeb93 exclamation. His eyes 2916d0a7a6 remained fixed c0c7bc51d6 on the a0cdad2bc2 paper.cb455b8968399c59

“Hmm.”612cb13d43ff3c0b

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Finally, he 0e316836bf closed the 1a88b9c726 document and a92759db0b looked directly 61e07043c9 at Haedeun. Caught off guard by 52679d179b the sudden gaze, Haedeun—who 6cddcf2904 had been scanning the cadcad2efa surroundings—finally met his eyes.aa1c26a74a71591d

Unsure of 31972b1e83 what expression 09824205c8 to make, 1a8bf59955 he stood 152b458d1c there awkwardly 2b381a6b44 until Jaeha fdc5e6975b broke the 1f962d4d31 silence.c96a959b789d41b3

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“So, what’s the conclusion?”c0e1422e7fc04dbb

“Ah, yes. As you can see.”dabeeea7561fe896

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Receiving the 78b97a50fd document back 9f9192297b from Jaeha, d309c3bac7 Haedeun adjusted b3655a0868 his stance 7c38af1c14 to face f8425476ee the same 85080ecafc direction as 4c9b9efed1 him. He flipped 993e55edc0 a few 04f9f09110 pages back 0ac2b454fb and showed cb559998b2 them to 496adb6076 Jaeha. Surprisingly, Jaeha 53e1211f58 stubbed out ca20c243b7 his cigarette 2a8c59e707 in the fe34fffc9c ashtray on 52ed06f0a5 the shoe 7028ccabae cabinet and 533ed50b55 leaned in e2195e232f attentively.fe276aad99bc3d26

As he approached, 63e19d1783 the faint scent c12104b99e of the recently 66c6157ccf smoked cigarette mixed e8ce1d3cb6 with a clean 6d48dac452 shampoo fragrance wafted 206ad3b4cb over. Glancing sideways at 4299fc85da him, Haedeun noticed 06fe1d6312 Jaeha was also f9b113ee35 staring intently at ad81b0f09c his side profile c389109dd3 for some reason.16b5d795a40c4a81

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Naturally, the 56bfd0746b events from d577aada23 the safe 889e3c5a21 house last 665b8f8b9b night replayed 00cf99a0a2 in Haedeun’s 1474b1d6b6 mind.a0e3b6d53b584abf

“…”3c67f24bb54bf252

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Jaeha’s gaze was 214d05d5a9 clearly fixed on 790a580b63 Haedeun’s face, which debad142de was quietly biting 9eb44a89ae his lip. Jaeha’s prominent 0e0f9a97ea Adam’s apple 7131c71b4c moved slowly 9349014e7d up and ca03adff80 down in 47c6ca11d4 Haedeun’s view.a28a5327b85f5a92

After some time, Jaeha 8ed2133a31 lazily gestured with his 2783cd14c1 chin, urging Haedeun to 2989110f1a explain.2c748d5d6e4253a6

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“As you can see?”67821d722c37d831

“Ah. You see, 26986bd36b I calculated b3c36931fa the building’s 7e7b8b0b90 electricity usage, 59fb95c45f water usage, de48a2a8b1 elevator floor e2ac0db1f9 movements, external 9af54de5c6 trash output, 9a4cb7f67b and entrance df69de8954 movements. I think we can 3f9f47c3b9 significantly increase the probability f137c8c299 of a child living cef90b75e7 inside to 89%. And spatially, 6861d59fa4 the operatives ee17201e7a are more c68f0df57e likely to 0a37d2d9e6 be stationed 156ace426a at this 0554acc5f0 exit than c843f0aab3 this one. If you a39fdfee7d enter through c5011bc3c7 the west 80ef6f9649 entrance, it 9b3b248471 should be aab854bcfb easier…”c9a4c9f4cdfbc4c4

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“So.”d001085512893db3

“Yes, team leader.”a097595af24ed449

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“You stayed up all 59d493d612 night doing this.”1f0b7be834858aa7

“It’s better a09e0b6d1c to minimize 849b3ace37 errors.”80b16d366bbadbc1

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“I’m asking cf16931eca why you 0912e22298 stayed up 75e26a1fb8 all night f3dd413c14 when the 81f0271db8 operation is 207a2a635d tomorrow. The support a9da92346b officer is e8f56fdfca the operation e7862c5105 officer’s eyes 394d63d98e and ears 0a2e917176 on the 7db82e0f76 field. Maintaining condition b03c605785 is a 12227a951b basic requirement, 2ab5f008d4 don’t you e136ecd3e9 know?”dcd912248494cd09

It was clear 3a1c731101 he was asking, 494ac8cdc7 knowing the answer. There were several e97c439abe reasons. Firstly, he 85b857237c was naturally 91fddbe6de worried about f6d2c3b80f the operation. The operation 9cd1672b26 officer could 7368e596f4 be in dc50b497ca danger if 7a1429a2b4 things went 6311444e1a wrong.74651fa02ff34b96

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He never 32efdae339 wanted to 93d13d2ac4 experience that 20ac88e2c9 again. The thought of reviewing 99d833d0b5 the materials to ensure df425e0c66 nothing was missed kept 75fd483d03 him alert.dc1090c588358fdf

Secondly, he 76a6c3ea28 was concerned e49b338ee6 about the 7098c6084f child they d94d38de02 needed to 1a4d8d8b6e rescue. If possible, he 73cf113cd3 wanted to increase a484a3dc07 the chances of 8b30445fac survival.9cf0eae0c9c98ae7

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Lastly, the events with 77cfbadb56 Jaeha at the safe 5911442369 house last night kept 14767710cb replaying in his mind.23ebe91c985772ad

While he had tried 47d61444fc to erase the insane a37e3f79b7 thing Jaeha did to e71f6735de him from his mind—fearing b01665947e to dwell on it—he bcf7da7100 couldn’t ignore the fact a09b212f9d that Jaeha had discovered 39ff23bf1d a weakness he didn’t dc5d372596 need to reveal.138396af494a49ac

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It wasn’t a problem 9bcfa30883 in daily life, but 31eb4c0385 it could potentially hinder 05de584d91 his work, which is 70215b6cea why others in the 73d484fd54 field avoided him. He hadn’t expected to e6068539a3 keep it hidden from 35d1399d15 Jaeha forever, but the c32d6ac0d8 timing of its discovery d71c98ca87 was too early.473508a89062985b

Yet, the most 0f2751c42d finicky primate he’d f6aa913999 ever met didn’t b94b5b2742 ask anything, which 28f2f2ca70 made him feel b128d77b6d guilty. He tried 6297198459 to sleep, 2aac4cddd3 but it f472ded1bc didn’t come 8e94526892 easily. If it 864edd1f11 was going 7197a8accb to be 907184288f like this, d123dd2425 he thought 36edbb8255 he might 97355b0e31 as well 2272275e4b do something bb51a350b7 productive.f373b4796e7fb24e

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He couldn’t 3f069c08b3 explain all 274e217147 these circumstances 3495b339d7 in detail.7f596b6e86cfe47b

“This is an operation 940c33121b where many lives are b81912816b at stake. Ensuring the team leader’s ca246de7b0 safety during the mission d0b0cafbd8 is the most important a948a20334 thing, so I was 9592a9d1f9 trying to minimize your 0bd3c6c436 entry and exit routes…”d75d1ff922039301

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Haedeun trailed off b5d0d30e96 as Jaeha just 31d92dc442 looked at him d5ba484c5f without responding, feeling cbc79aba26 awkward and adding b4356c0a59 more without filtering b74273b79d his words.6b3c7129610c6f85

“Yes, I shouldn’t 49d5eff142 have been loitering f499700435 around in the 5cd4bf25d1 morning. I’m really sorry.”168513e4e0366fa4

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Feeling resigned, 639bfd5905 Haedeun slumped dfd8746958 his shoulders 018f7f95af and adjusted 2d1e9676ca his posture. He thought 97babc2646 Jaeha might 0311087f50 find some 50c0520512 amusement in 66aad2aeaf his self-deprecation, 29e7bb6257 but he 368cb06096 didn’t.7123e51b459f5d2f

Jaeha just ded4fb4a1c stood there, 54b1691343 arms crossed, caa5023e5d leaning against c0b9c0efde the doorframe, d7fa30ec46 watching him. Haedeun’s smile 368bde93d9 slowly faded 7d4447ce29 under Jaeha’s 20c041dd26 humorless gaze.0650158522b8776c

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As silence 2333f79a38 lingered, Haedeun 1146a042f7 became aware 4d423031b6 of Jaeha’s 11bcbd5930 half-naked state 870dbd5a15 again. He had 74048631e4 seen plenty e916a6c0ec of men’s 79203fa8ff naked bodies 899161f079 during his 5505c29e22 training days—regardless eb401e6c35 of whether 80610c72ef they were 84d813c6ce fit or b5942298e8 not, they 94c6034e87 were just 53b169dbfd flesh to e156fb984f him.5bc93277e3aa59db

But this 0dc0a507e0 was the 18f8724e05 first time 4f7b205abb it bothered 1737b7050c him like 00766199f3 this.a5755583447781af

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