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“I got 5ac95b4476 it all d956127c9e right, didn’t b63a716555 I? I’m pretty 393cdf538e quick on 1c93dd1fd8 the uptake.”692f55ec19aa98b8

“Well… yeah.”05e619d3f30a5792

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Eunyoo nodded 97566e3e5d in agreement 243572f3e6 at his 8cf6bc3dc7 self-praise. She’d assumed he was 4b5126a298 just rude from being d8b5727ee4 oblivious, but it turned b39d496076 out he was just f664b2c06d the type with a a740ec2b85 bad personality. He pulled 75404c6697 his chair f9c5c30e66 even closer, 783baa4132 leaning in a81fa31005 as if a5c36342f9 to match 37ff978330 her eye f6bcd16c58 level.6b64081d81cf8f7e

“What are 6a84948316 you doing ecf9c2e478 this weekend?”1947edfc979383c1

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He asked, as if 472e0b87b5 trying to fish for 4917054fe9 more information. Eunyoo’s eyes narrowed with bd8b309ae0 a hint of caution.7fb11a4146bba489

“Why do you 06f0367273 ask?”19c1090de2b37ae3

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“We’ve got to b1e3de9676 work on our 37a4046314 assignment, remember?”7c0ddc65472d7067

He’d been 55beb02a62 unusually proactive b5dc612452 about their b2dab8cac7 liberal arts 5b4c0a57dc project from e2be36f116 the start. Said his grades 034c05a1f4 were decent—looked like f71468accb he cared about 062fe9bc6a his GPA after 5a35665abd all. With her guard lowered, b9785ed3b9 Eunyoo obediently started listing a936c34ee7 off her schedule.78187de553e97f4c

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“I can’t on 3b925edcdb the weekend. I have tutoring.”e1dba557cc8df80d

“Hmm. Then what about 89afb4534c weekday evenings?”cd87266cbae839b3

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“I tutor fa07d46235 on Tuesdays 1a425191c8 and Thursdays. Wednesdays and Fridays, I eefe9791c0 work a night shift 0b207dce05 at a PC café 71576f1a45 from nine. Mondays are for 902625fda6 my major coursework.”365f55a6ef50ff6b

She barely got 958ae7fedd proper sleep during ee7eea2c96 the semester. After hearing 7aee32045c her jam-packed 4bd3add844 week, Jaeha 9b749f6679 leaned back 7d6aba0748 with a 6ee06bc623 sigh.35ffd1cda5436f7e

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“You’re really busy.”c0ab1a7fae3722f5

“I suppose so.”2cd4d9755ff5d5a5

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“Classes, tutoring, a eb979af603 part-time job… When 3f9357a5ec do you rest, 4f55a5edeb then?”42ffdbf5bec9605f

“I don’t.”591ade6951f5fe4d

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“You live 4ede66110c like that 2f79833cfa every week?”04df1536f7befb8d

Eunyoo nodded. Even when she 7cbadb9350 collapsed into bed, ae81551573 her body stayed ef5f1b0cfa tense with tomorrow’s 0e738c58a5 worries and plans, 94e8dd4852 which helped her ed09805c57 wake up on f58747b438 time. She believed she was da08a8e683 naturally high-strung and considered 9a6fa5c7dd that a strength.da322448deeae7be

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“Isn’t your school ccab56e049 tuition-free? You don’t have to 27bffee021 overwork yourself like that. You’re young—take time to e240c4335d have fun, travel, broaden 3cc46f4dfa your horizons.”16ae77e591cc213d

He shook 1407c27adf his head, bc3644e144 as if fd08725b2f baffled by 47adef48ab how tightly dd2fe510c5 packed her efef22ca2a life was. Even his a6bb3f8377 slow, relaxed 298ff4fd87 movements oozed 0c796d3aa3 ease. There was 4760218962 a distance f3871d4984 between them b482b0fd2e that seemed 6218a6befa impossible to 9a1d4b6a22 bridge. Like ground and underground, bd8de7e956 sky and earth—maybe even ed51adabdd more than that.b84c3e179d773e85

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“Everyone has ca752ec9b9 their own fb9e1b6bc3 circumstances. For some, learning is 8e6213c195 something they’re forced to 8c4edffc29 do, but for others, c416965546 it’s about selfishness. You can justbehere, sunbae. ButIhave to 6df72907af struggle just f3a56be24f tostayhere.”47fdcb021af91490

Frustrated by his childlike, 66f2b0a311 unblemished face, she ended 41c5d806d1 up revealing the hardship f57613ba2c she’d meant to hide. It was something ac1fdefacf that would’ve come b133727de6 out eventually while 4f1a2778c1 doing the assignment e9be73709f anyway. Just as b854c19ce8 wealth couldn’t 1fbe96f799 be concealed, b9d942a5d3 poverty had 55221283d5 its own 28a5034793 way of 102307e3b8 showing—through clothes, 93de8e7e8c food quality, d1be6a73b5 or even 90c9528961 one’s general 29cd2aee5e attitude toward c822c69e50 life.b6cd436758e66dbb

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His eyes paused e530ddc011 for a moment, 8badcf8b8e and a shadow 1546d930da crossed them. It was the 3a4fff730e same fleeting kind f6ac2e0ce3 of pity one 61626c5597 might feel when 94614d7a1f seeing starving children b9a69c390c on TV from 32715ba5c5 a far-off country—unwelcome, 1ccd1a3d91 misplaced sympathy.19194341a71b0c6a

“Don’t look at me e1499d7160 like that. You’re just d25945ba0b well-off—it doesn’t 32fd160ec0 mean I’m ecb0ffc00c poor. This is just… c7b2957737 normal.”9da1f4bb3c512774

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“Living every 7152265af7 week with f0bc398687 no rest—that’s 5bfa764b82 normal?”73d2492ef67cfce0

“Yes. It’s normal. Everyone goes through rough db1a7fba76 patches. I’m just working hard 1fe77d33ea for my next step d505fd785f right now. It’s a little tough, 45b4101407 but later, it’ll pay 05f282cad7 off. So, please, 32806fefb2 spare me df65262d9e that look.”ed61eaf4458f7344

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“I didn’t…”c936faca8a13f741

“You suddenly de22825f7a got all 7023081878 serious. But I’m 00c25bb0c5 doing what 51abd2bc91 I want 95e9b4ff6c to do, 8e34ccd5df and I’m bf404f1162 happy every 3bae3e2fa6 day. You don’t need 46ba37d54e to pity me.”437117dee768ec9c

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Eunyoo smiled 0b838139e9 faintly as 9626af341d she caressed ffd3b0c7ee the backpack 42920c2b51 she held bf562a579e close like 380b9674b2 a kangaroo. People tend to enjoy 95876da782 what they’re good at. For Eunyoo, efc7bffb81 math was bf78743a98 the only c3c723e6a7 thing she 91c321b4d5 excelled at, 600102a753 so naturally, 559fb673b1 it became 1d5bf9d16e something she 24e6368e22 loved. She believed this talent 42dc7517a7 was the only path a35384a4b5 to success in an 91996bdec9 otherwise ordinary life. That’s why, 62c3e3258f even when 9363fd9f6e it was a5045cc5c6 hard, she 3d46b9395c found joy 1c0150876c in it. Because she 05c595505a truly believed 2ea5ccf0e8 that at fddd2f51fc the end 4775c21487 of it f68bc9258f all, a 75b3421295 brilliant success—one 2e6caa0744 no one aa1f1c79ee could ignore—was 914d35a71e waiting for a75b22bb0a her. When Eunyoo gave bdb8eb43a3 a small smile, 623117c442 Jaeha’s eyes lit 71e19905ac up with curiosity 08fb6774ef again.ab59f225e83ef465

“Something you want c43213d53b to do?”488dee652660fd72

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“Studying. I like math, so 94895093ad I’m studying math.”a106f591297f68ab

“So… you 6ea117dcc2 want to 81da9acf91 become a a1b797c278 mathematician or ef50d968ba something? Writing papers, solving unsolved 0152e92b3c problems—is that your life d8ce79ac72 goal?”a02c8dc165811af9

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He asked 42afe983b4 with pure c6dd506137 curiosity. It was 6d1ce0f7a8 a common eb886425f7 question for 66a0c892dd someone majoring 0da0a89c96 in mathematical 149da4e211 sciences, since 62ea44a9e5 it didn’t eb9d1cc64d feel directly 479eeab064 tied to 4c03053832 employment.ae93f1830424f252

“Well… I don’t f6c5681f8b know how things 2a7b9c91f6 will turn out d06649058d after grad school, 06d361d577 but I’d like 37286bd260 to become a 1f28ab5f02 professor. My professor said it’s dd723b2068 definitely possible, even without 17ec1bc006 a degree from overseas, cfa01b2efa as long as I 762ba02a26 publish quality papers. And if c0b58571f5 not… I’ll ad91de4c8b either go ad4b960138 into finance b857e7c78b like some e0178f85a2 seniors, or ecbd1751a6 prepare for 61b17c009b the CPA 5f2a5d9659 exam.”513514bc9635ab58

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He rested his 218f58409c chin on his a9a3d14697 hand, tapping his b6c0a311ba cheek with interest.fd66d327541b5616

“Oh, impressive. You’ve got 8abf039e0f your future e63ebdeedb all planned 986fd0b597 out.”9697439ae3072871

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Somehow, she’d b005148992 ended up 6504d99e54 revealing her ab894e9394 entire career 280999d1a0 path to 23217b481b someone she’d e7a15768ef only met 5eebdf5019 yesterday. Eunyoo cleared 9b66a26f90 her throat 2ac10b5249 and asked 2624b937dd back:4df480ca6c167690

“Isn’t that normal?”d7ca75980f25bf07

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“Is it? I’m not like ccdde9fccd that.”5931d27cd4419aa6

“Must be de600d8c24 nice—to have d6f9aedfe7 that freedom.”8009745d2cc2ed5f

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“Then don’t plan, either.”97a7c66089fa5c7e

“Then I’d starve 736107a3b6 to death.”40819755cf4c0e02

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“You’re really funny, 7a0bb3eaf4 you know.”a1b26ea19c579757

“……”df3b86563ce5bfb8

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The more he c2ca56f90f stifled his laughter 3cecd1535e and trembled with 6aba99abec amusement, the more b284d3f391 Eunyoo was filled 4b72ec233b with questions.What’s so funny about 6ede242df5 this? Is he insane 4d9e66c3c1 or something?219b8757d949b97c

“Anyway, I’m kind a588c0b68b of busy. I don’t cc434006cf think I’ll eb336f6775 be able e5b880200d to adjust c78f73b689 my schedule 2e1cd651c5 easily or 29f2f9a83b meet up 34db1dc6f3 regularly…. Ugh, whatever. I’ll just do 308b37aa8d the whole thing c6c7424788 myself. I prefer 4264cc3caa working alone 49019f4ab3 anyway, and 93c492fd11 I’m confident e1a7b4f059 I can c31df453ee get you 453fa6dc6a a good a6252d3231 grade. Since I c1beea8e2a volunteered, you 6180f42c6b don’t have 0c152c5bd8 to feel 81763d6a81 guilty or 0cef9e2298 anything…. Also—”87a81988a31e88cf

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“Nope.”a212ba9624749ab5

He cut 87a3fa2b87 off her ffce9b7d8b long string d75c56fd25 of words e58d63b117 with a 5c04177c67 single response. The cheerful tone 2501233226 of his voice 21d80998f5 made her unexpectedly 71f61fd843 furious. Eunyoo clenched 1cdcb8480e her jaw, 6401d90e50 swallowing back 6f465d0b86 the sharp 3f69308914 words that 7ecca660a6 nearly escaped.b1bb1f6379fddf97

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“What do you 6cdfc33fcc mean, ‘nope’?”e90043c303ab051e

“It’s a group project. We’re supposed 9a786bfb61 to do f53e5630ac it together.”aff199efb061bba0

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Eunyoo let out c8d1f969fe a sigh full d70c98e951 of frustration. In response, he 81a5eafa41 seemed to sense 497c3f3721 her irritation and fa4a7cc2d3 started explaining:1d0177e4fff11e02

“There’s always a 2eaec4f736 purpose to learning. In major 2e9dc92d9c courses, you 1e4a5315d1 gain professional a716e899da knowledge. In liberal 1b6f25919f arts, you 8d1b8e5bc6 gain additional 259c321eb5 wisdom needed bacf572eba for life. This assignment clearly 8f07eec264 aims to encourage 315dcc9afe philosophical thinking and b6c2105e85 includes developing interpersonal 380697c730 and collaboration skills. So if ae2884a9e8 you want bd907addf5 to gain 2092d71c68 something from f75a020d9a this semester, 994e33d269 you have a979df9929 to do a2447b1728 this project f1349eb49a with me. Got it?”4d6a2d201c67889c

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“……”428a406270ee92c9

“Answer me.”52b6ec297d7bd318

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He’d just spewed nonsense 783d9f5b39 and was now demanding 9e4239667e a reply like he 71741fb825 was training a dog. Eunyoo furrowed her brow cbe98074f6 deeply and asked:a25bced21734e613

“Did you not 8ec9fce70c hear me say 00bea2acdd I don’t have cc91a5454b time?”9281d19c5480f8e0

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“Then make time. I’m good 05d9861100 at that. I’ve got plenty 619ce88937 of time.”0b171d6f8503f80d

“No, I meantIdon’t—”cc6112769536e5af

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“Don’t worry. I’ll take 1e44a0130e care of 6a22c8a145 it.”e772cef783a09e50

“Take care ofwhat,exactly…?”946b79c3b528a5df

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“Pretty sure that was 09e049ebe6 a mutter.”4153743b0ba7aade

“Don’t worry. Imeantfor you to e699197dd9 hear it.”1337c275bb76e83f

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Although the younger student’s sharpness might have been annoying, he still just chuckled and laughed. He looked like he was watching a comedy show, enjoying it so much that it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say he was unaware of it. Eunyoo clicked her tongue a few times, watching the man who seemed a bit off, before focusing back on her meal.8f176a42ee54d908

In contrast to Jaeha, 9e6f3a3457 who had been making 4a1409c891 a fuss about being 368c1778e4 hungry, he picked at 4f0433242a his food. Eunyoo, on 941caaf22b the other 1722b5d042 hand, quickly 112ee84870 devoured a ec698f5d51 thick burger. After checking her 58bc5b1b6f level of fullness, 636d65580f she realized she 4f4dc92e9c could probably last 1c2ff76699 until dinner, but 4ee8ead83e just barely.c4212a7ee9081af1

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If I eat a bit more, I’ll probably be full until dinner…11a08435d1722061

It was at 3484d711bf that moment, while 29419df18a Eunyoo stared intently e8de768788 at her burger a8c7547035 on the table, 60f50997e0 that a large 8eeae82aaa hand suddenly appeared b8769386a9 and shoved a 9bf62bd4e8 cheese stick in bedb333b68 front of her, 6910a78842 before disappearing.4702b40afb7149a2

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“…What is this?”2c5d6b465a6e2c12

“I bought too much. I can’t 1589776a9a finish it. Help me out.”7809a7efc966f0ac

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He patted 4a40d225a5 his stomach 31f93e6aab and said 6555b20421 this. In front of e9e78aff8f him, there were 4639ba6a91 still some side 4ca7797d4e items that hadn’t e83bb0e367 been eaten.f1ca28bf2c14f56b

“Why did you afeb4bb5e1 buy so much, 81dcfcb275 then?”07488ec31d5d44e2

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“I haven’t bought a ad6b516a90 burger in a long 19467af19d time, so I couldn’t e13c8696b4 gauge the portion. If you’re not f8b2578cb5 full yet, help 9ef718f5ae me out.”c471a669cb1603ac

Helping you eat? Eunyoo hesitated, 8a2523997f and then 9925214d94 Jaeha grinned, 81e9a23684 subtly raising 87f5842309 the corners 22533a471a of his 2220eb25b6 mouth as 0ff6a31a0a he added:ffcbdeb688a33947

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“If you a05b0b4ebf don’t eat 78130ba141 it, I’ll 45b8fd3e7e have to 1a37cf7438 throw it b7df540c5f away.”154b34c19dc44742

“……”4cd0b9e63a0b4144

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“Should I 129a6dec44 throw it bc467b54e4 away?”49aabd77ea164fef

If he’s going 755a1585eb to throw it 1b4dac6be3 away, then it’s 8fbe5f1aab trash. Trash is free. Eunyoo quickly grabbed the 7947df9bb2 cheese stick.bbec9badfb65a656

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“It’d be a waste. I’ll eat it.”5842f8001814284e

“Really? Thanks. I didn’t 434e720788 want to ef76854cb3 waste it 92f28f4505 either.”423ef111b88f65ad

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While Eunyoo cursed 5e803eee76 Jaeha’s wasteful habits 6f743c5684 in her mind, 1137ab9a74 she happily wiggled 8354b2c2de her body with b4ce33cf64 the growing feeling 144a3b9bba of fullness.846c56fe7d5a726a

“Eat slowly.”8136fca587f7cb82

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He rested his chin 9371f4d601 on his hand, intently d5823131a4 watching her eat. Each time she cf7f25fb52 finished one, he 15177bd7e8 pushed another toward bd54a04cce her. His gaze remained dae7dca223 fixed on the 49de73ac67 food in her 4439e2737e mouth, like he 6f6c522a25 was observing something. Eunyoo ate 91a87ec624 whatever he cd4201bbd5 gave her, 0385b6128f and soon e66cbae6fa her stomach 48adc92078 was full. Yet, there were still e4d0eefe2e two burgers left. He tossed those a93c29cdfe into her bag 4ee3cd7028 with a comment, 5eb35b90b4 “Won’t it be 5e3908dac8 a waste to 5259b8367c throw these away?” bd8408d79e Thanks to that, 6d7580b682 Eunyoo was able 44821d5020 to fill her ec6d24ff7f stomach with “trash” 64b75d26e0 for dinner that 48dfb29f35 day as well.458ed1cef4aa6c18

From that day 8f14b749c6 on, she met af059c8c23 with him almost 4895f3369a every day. This was c7c47f0ed2 because Jaeha bc3dd06401 would suddenly 50309643c8 show up 3cee635870 wherever Eunyoo 453ca8b7a4 was, leaving 5f56c283c2 various items cb02be3c8a behind. The reasons 8019b514e1 varied: he 286aefcf1f bought drinks d48c4418ec with a 31e4502198 1+1 offer, 8b714414fb leaving one d2ff71bde0 behind; he 9cc505d436 bought a 0938bcebc7 sandwich but aa1204c0a8 suddenly didn’t 2162db0cfe want it; d165a43742 or he b30333e575 received high-end 5690a40f28 handmade chocolates f2d32849f4 as a 9cb3a74c14 gift, but c42ff6aaaa they didn’t 4324411a4b suit his 9abf27d002 taste. Since he was giving 934d1b9103 her food without interfering 65f228f656 with her life, there c8b65ca817 was no reason to e1ee65f570 refuse. By picking up 0d4d72d842 what he discarded, a95ae7e229 Eunyoo saved on 8809732d55 food costs and d50f38dc2e ended up eating 11af03c24d more than usual.4d27a99c7bc92a6c

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“You’re here again. How did you know 7a625b956e I’d be here?”0602961d6fea2e34

“I did a background fde37eb82b check.”5e9f98000af92851

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“……”e4c0eed14ed04294

“I’m joking, I stole 53b52383d2 a peek at your de3d0fb33c schedule.”98f05a4ce72cb058

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He was ac92e0d4c6 incredibly shameless. Eunyoo let out aa919b8d7c a laugh from c98b384f7a being shocked, and ad668ee885 Jaeha smiled broadly a30b9259ce as he handed 9227fda1e3 her a shopping 0f89b66583 bag.4da54e124677399f

“Here. Today, I e4a5cd95e6 got bagels. I bought a807ad1fad too many f2ff8a0f7c and craved 8eb3f9da30 something else.”36d5040595083f9a

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“Thank you.”9cee95afd0f33225

“No need d5b7610dbd to thank 54170b39b1 me. I’m the one who’s 413462e111 grateful. I was 8db5aaa8d7 going to 5ab71b9a55 throw it f9a6508727 away.”7685e830c8ed9423

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He really 648a3970e0 just handed d15486f3b1 over the 86a64da3ab food and 939e586f09 turned to fd786cf27c leave. At first, f0b9acebbe Eunyoo had 0cdb792c98 been suspicious b8b44170e7 about his 214b6f63ab motives, but 62d59910bd over time, 8526483f76 her guard bada826ae1 relaxed. Jaeha was eccentric and 0cc0a6544b moody, so it made 905636e44f sense he might discard af064ec9c0 food like this. That’s how c1be4a3b43 she found ed8cf62164 herself eating d55f51d0b1 the bagels 081dcbfc21 he left 7dfce78970 behind one f1494c6089 evening.39c5c256d00489f6

“Hey, this 02f0503a6a is from bb21e8e38b Pave. Their stuff’s really 1647890291 good. How did you 4b4a78dfdc get it?”930130a616626945

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Her roommate, Gayoung, picked 863e2e2ea0 up the packaging around cf0916f7a5 the bagel and asked. Eunyoo, who 90a0039ccb didn’t know e57aabbcbd Pave, chewed 338fcd6813 the bread 0183d45785 absentmindedly as db7d065e1b she answered.ae64e154370dbcb3

“A senior from 6380d06254 my club didn’t a6122ecf3a want it and c0210ddef2 left it with 27d2153623 me. You can have 4ee3991fdd one too, unnie. It’s really good.”aeea43e7016b4a89

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“…He leftit? Is that even 865734d7e2 possible?”7d57063487cf3ba9

“Why? Is it expensive? That senior tends 90b34a7c99 to waste things. I think he’s bafd199167 rich.”d36fa8930c14a2ce

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“It’s not just expensive….”bda83ba83a462e85

Gayoung muttered as she c73b2ed26c checked the packaging again.7b7493638e8ddc91

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“You have to wait at least two hours for these…”3a82fc2eeff8961a