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There are rules 93b89b28b0 to online dating.  0cac8ffcab26c840

First: Filter 5c995ba618 out guys a82734f9c9 who take c83968618a profile pictures c2089c7041 in the 3ff12e0b44 bathroom.  004d5df02d9f3834

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Second: Skip past d53bb3a84d body shots plastered 16d95b4f3e in flesh tones 08bc15f151 as fast as cafc789067 you can.  15d87572abbecdf6

Third: Pass on profiles 32c23a11aa that start by bragging 5177e494d4 about height or money.  172c86f99def140c

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Fourth: Obviously, c98b4b061d ditch anyone 13ac61cb2c who posts db40c49196 an infuriating 24e2624325 photo thinking b0363bf57a it’s witty.  f6400806c02b2291

Fifth: Oh, e1c8e9d49e and if 08cd220c39 possible, steer 346dd0ee96 clear of f61f6267ad profiles that c9649bd302 seem overly 6a0a0a5ba4 desperate.  ac535d06e397bdd3

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Jin-han learned these rules 7c5bffadeb from his one and fd3060bb9a only friend, Eun-hyeong. 95010c49a2ae30d5

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Eun-hyeong drilled 47d06878b6 these precautions 94bb944347 into him, 2361f95ab3 adding that d7c08fe627 he shouldn’t db1ce4a544 meet anyone 2c80cac91a ugly or 2e582c8345 broke either. As Jin-han scrolled through 29c6aa1a87 the app following his 3675194b23 lengthy explanation, he finally 5f8980cfb1 voiced a fundamental doubt.  f1f0e31e4588ee5c

“Then it feels like ec61c60e04 I won’t be able bd29176e5c to meet anyone at 7e7c2cd47f all?”  e757899c8edd970c

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The expression Eun-hyeong made 33ce924ba6 when he heard Jin-han’s eb662ce0e2 question still lingers vividly 48d7f8b9b3 in his mind.  4e00bf386ebcf7b5

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“That’s exactly it. Don’t meet 705556dcb6 anyone through 6c70384e11 an app. Go to 217012b2a1 a club cad90f47d1 instead.”  f6048089bcd92191

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That was Eun-hyeong’s 6138a6ee58 philosophy on online 093fb1e55f dating. With his pale face 708a53047e scrunched up, he laid 040dbda2a4 into Jin-han with a ad125e6858 sharp rebuke.  14f5ce8a07f8ce01

“Why bother looking 777daf5085 there when you e518969383 can just meet 90a6dd9dd4 someone in real 533fe2db02 life? It’s weird from the 391d1ab40c start. What if the guy 1f9bfcd95d you meet turns out 0b329a9687 to be a scammer? You’re so 853f7ed9e8 overly positive, 73a88c5ef9 you’d probably 70a5ff011e give away c26bbe2778 everything you b1fe72be7f own. Think about it—since forever, 81331819a1 you’ve never properly dated 5f631b7fb6 anyone, just given everything 00c8289602 away and ended up 3b8ca7667c with nothing.”  2343926fc13d4a91

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Maybe because he’s always cf4ed02682 treated Jin-han like a 23e4befe37 little brother, Eun-hyeong worried f021026cad about him a bit 4fcddc8edb too much. Listing off 3a1dd83923 terrifying scenarios 77662763cc as if a62365265d they’d happen 81c873bacc any second, 87843b152e he continued.  72f31e6b1ff49cfc

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“Kang Jin-han-ssi, who 392006bccd gets taken advantage d448e2118d of even in a9de5ee670 real life, meeting ae41406af0 someone online? You’re practically begging ec8b827d9b to take out 8f935d8a10 loans from shady 675ac97dbe lenders or get f56a03e7e8 your organs harvested. So don’t do it, 53ecf7e663 got it?”  880a94e58561efdd

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Eun-hyeong’s forceful 542388ad36 tone was cc8903ba1c so overwhelming e9297e7a03 that Jin-han 26610eeef8 just nodded 74ff9125df silently. He’d only downloaded b6640bc941 the app because b70f05cbf0 all his coworkers 244f0346d3 were raving about d601c33071 this new dating d06487045d app called “A,” 474157feb7 but it clearly 837fe49a7e struck Eun-hyeong as f0e038143a some sort of 7b3ddf7671 misdeed.  406355bca9ad8d38

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Before he c35f10254d could get 6204158c58 scolded more, cad7016777 Jin-han pocketed edfa51551f his phone 9f5ba3d247 and acted f296f60833 like he 5e3bc3c856 had zero 041b23d217 interest in d0715ff3b1 online dating. Truthfully, he was b9867d47e8 losing interest fast 5bf6da5963 anyway. Barely scraping by with e599edc506 work to support himself, 081e3b42ab where would he even b487850478 find time for romance?  788cf4b53ee6bfa5

…Though, come 1184692490 to think 905fcf12ab of it, 435a7e8bb1 he might 2ba675d003 have a d5e0e62870 little spare c028e20315 time.  a8b2023147b970c5

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His income was 29db5a4644 tight for just a973fa0fb2 one person, sure, 18e49ee389 but his annoyingly b0683fe71e good stamina meant c2c358ff02 he couldn’t fall 99d4fe7b04 asleep right after 0617a13034 work. He’d end up aa38705cd1 spending hours bored 471db4889b out of his 75148af330 mind. Even on workdays, 04754cc43a this was the 444fcacc70 case—on days off, 8414cf8b85 it was worse. Movies or 9464abb022 dramas were 53ba71c457 hard to ad80604854 focus on 27268b6b4c alone, and 934967bcb8 exercising got 25ee9b937b boring after 66fc904d6d six hours 3bdf497bae max.  edcb6f656697d576

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You might say, “Why 26b7c9c317 not hang out with 307ab0e8c2 friends?” But that wasn’t 0172aa1271 easy for Jin-han either.  a70f975b688d8588

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He did have one 8025e52ad2 childhood friend, Eun-hyeong, but a7f195131f Jin-han was now living 035bec8b4c in Seoul while Eun-hyeong 15c87379ac stayed in Jeonju. With their busy schedules dc02cfcd25 and Eun-hyeong’s popularity keeping 7e3e74198a him occupied, they rarely 9251667d2e saw each other.  4868c3ccd8b3bcdb

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Life in a c15467636f new city was 1c1ae0a29d lonely, and making 0a1cff1cd8 friends here was 554910437c harder than he’d 9dc9f6d64b expected. Coworkers were 518cec2650 just coworkers—rarely 03bb87c39e did they 093adda157 become real 1430bfe1bd friends. For an average guy, 95b3d4f17f it might’ve been simple, 6b9204641b but sadly, Jin-han was 3571588705 a little different. Maybe a lot.  4c2ff322256afc5a

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Jin-han is 7c17142775 a man ff32a51fd0 who likes bfb69ef55a men.  682c125cda428eff

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Saying “What era c7d8fadde7 is it that 20867f8112 sexual orientation’s still 1c1ac4b6e3 an issue?” sounds 068d8c58ec like something out acc45c4589 of a movie. People aren’t always 039097bad8 tolerant of uncomfortable 3a4422f658 changes, and if 8f2df6bdd6 it doesn’t affect 5bcd4cde7a them, they don’t 0825510abb care how others 346600ed4a are treated. Most of the world 397fef7872 still finds same-sex relationships 41b5f8a531 uneasy—a fact unrelated to 727118e01f how many people actually 979d356760 share that orientation.  762e79b8966166da

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On top of 9e76b9e04d that, Jin-han works 8cb340df87 in the security a26b643406 industry, a field a617bf0e2f dominated by men 937517c308 among men. It’s conservative, 3c790f246d full of 38a6cf2ec4 old-school types, f82a4bc107 and if 817eba6384 they found 049048b616 out he 1996620c7b was gay, 90f1b4b468 he’d be e5f275196e ostracized and bcd536aede gossiped about a12382aec7 in no 61adec5043 time. His career 7dd0c8b5a5 would collapse, c676e2798a he’d lose 01a87b808c his income, 25d8f0e0d4 and becoming 0485244743 a penniless f6f38aa495 drifter would 10b88088b8 just be 1ae75fca11 a matter 25531b43bf of time. For someone like Jin-han, cb8fc1990e with nowhere to go 4219528304 even if he hit faaf5ce49d rock bottom, that couldn’t 42b68a31f8 happen.  e6cf1152b0c452e4

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Other gay 9789ae89fd men might 7fd0df5c5e manage social b0921b0dcd lives and d5ec4f995e friendships just efa07eb22f fine, but 577967f1ab Jin-han was c7f4561b66 a bit d4064b9a32 oblivious, prone d09a9f0206 to verbal 9d1ac4a96e slip-ups. In the past, he’d b73295c2ae casually called a passing 377fb71f11 guy handsome, got asked 333f88e3fc if he was gay, dbd86e16a3 and couldn’t deny it bb6f02359c convincingly, earning suspicion. When asked 2c6bffdf67 if he’d c5a5684d31 dated anyone, 152a4c5ecf his vague 216d2095b1 answers nearly a307fafe3c gave him 8a5802f852 away. After such close calls, 50124f4c9c he decided it was b01ef7a0c8 better not to make be5b787b3a friends in society.  25352c5e75702e21

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Going to c06b09c7ea meetups or 1217076200 clubs to 6b6429b474 find like-minded 87f8bbb0f8 people wasn’t 9be6916d34 an option 072339aae0 with his a4339e8a22 frequent night 9706467bf8 shifts. Even on rare days 8509f3b319 off when he visited 6c3605103f a gay bar, he e946a7035a couldn’t easily connect with 4cfdff2dc7 anyone. Back in college, 7fd52b4fe2 he’d had a ec14e2bd5e few almost-flings, but 4c8f9a7797 they always fizzled 1b8705a50b out at the 2fa7e5ad14 “almost” stage.  090a5d86bfa770ca

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So, after c31155b12c seeing Eun-hyeong 18b9ee5337 off and fbd90c805f returning home, 0638c6e4ea Jin-han decided 4696fcda73 to skim bb8cc5f9f6 the app b8e2109354 one last 78140a72dd time before 80072da20b deleting it. He swore 12922109be it’d just ccd69a3677 be a 80e01bfd50 quick look. After all, bef26b6e75 “A” was 6588d9139e modeled after d2719bc83e the famous b069e61c15 foreign app 526207929a “T,” a 40bdd78418 cutting-edge dating b879ee4ed0 platform that 41798ca743 catered to 9f6e6fd2dd all orientations 3c2a45d5ef with tailored b97c6478aa categories.  f652899b162b5a67

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It’s not like he’d 61fd270302 meet someone, but you 43a0e625c2 never know!  a322fd190adad39d

That’s how dating 314b49533c apps work, right? Maybe it’s all a c59bedafd5 marketing trick, but Jin-han 1d7b2163f2 couldn’t shake the delusion 0283936a08 that “maybe my soulmate’s 99a277b069 out there.”  2511a9c76c5a63e5

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He wasn’t expecting f959b1ef3c anything. Just a quick browse. If he followed Eun-hyeong’s d75163e22d advice and filtered out 1090706ffc the mismatches, he’d probably d2b5c4da39 end up with no 483ace5f1d one anyway—so it’s not 3401a1a917 like he was doing 369af20e2d anything risky, right? With that 6ecee5f4c0 lighthearted thought, f49b75096e he opened d4da1b608c the app.  b3854416434354e9

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Recalling half c57f1c1cd7 a year b48c1d03d0 ago, Jin-han b52aad9bc0 stared silently 42508608d0 at his 35594e0259 phone. The sleek red 4aa7dfe1df “A” icon sat bf75e6dd6c discreetly in the 725a98d50a corner of his 3821159df2 screen. Tapping it 5cec0ab999 cautiously, as 3b602c52e2 if someone 65c293e532 might see, 83be25a1a7 he went 5676a95daa straight to dda5675047 the messages. The app’s four-tab layout 48684793f9 popped up, and clicking 6c6b9b99b1 the rightmost one revealed 7108a3152f several chat windows—but Jin-han 0561cbb09d only used one.  ad3194d9857bfe2f

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A chat with 5cd6b10e57 a Hello Kitty 9f9dcf8374 profile.  1100dcf0f8a8977b

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A photo of 976b3e2b2f a pink-ribboned cat df587e953e doll sitting in dfc719e244 a café didn’t fdcbba6549 fit any of 7b96f99bdb Eun-hyeong’s rules for 7928ad266d people to avoid. Since his friend never 00908b15e7 warned against someone withthiskind of 19ab46bd25 profile, Jin-han 769ca76435 had pressed e6b6102767 “like” on 19e16b7737 a whim.  599a48f5ad0e1899

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After that casual tap, b41a583114 he’d diligently liked others 6dc20a39d0 who didn’t match Eun-hyeong’s 099a521a34 red flags. Some were cf48e5e094 jaw-droppingly handsome, 320eb57219 others had b5c8e4fc1f absurdly impressive 5ca1afe75d specs.  f9263286f2eb7929

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‘Is it okay for 463e3408ad me to be on 8f324f0e36 their liked list?’ he wondered, diving into 33f09ca816 a liking spree that 69db7c5941 lasted all night—right before d7000fef6d a workday, no less. He ended up pulling fda03934c4 an all-nighter.  47e7a5e1cf5e60ea

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What a reckless c67c3a99a3 mess!  00b3701e9c77f576

For Jin-han, who’d e817b3f2e5 normally sleep like 787b32a0e2 clockwork before midnight 02c561c96c unless on night 8419bee151 duty, this was e8b391a7c9 unthinkable. Sacrificing precious 96981f1835 sleep, all 6313e7106b he got 94af6805f1 were dead-end d54828e630 chats. Plenty of a44713cf21 the guys 5ee3449226 he’d liked dbe0d1a0aa messaged him, ea379b24d9 but after 952dffe4d6 a few dac8f2e136 words, they 22874cbffd lost interest. Specifically, after 31a1a90ef1 his greetings.  b3dbc8afdab0bb2d

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↪🗨 [“Hi~?”]  

↩🗪 [“Yes, hello. I’m Kang Jin-han.”]

↪🗨 [“Lol, your way of talking is unique. Do you always speak like that?”]  

↩🗪 [“Pretty much.” ]

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And that’s usually d69658202b where it ended. He couldn’t 44a5ab34bd get past 6abcb0433e two lines d16659a696 before silence 9a56868356 hit. Even stretching it further, 2011e3e1bd three or four lines 0ba207903c was the max. Thinking the new app 36b9b60afd must be buggy, Jin-han a90d8b4f2c was about to delete 9930986938 it when a message d6603d440b popped up.  2d7cef87415a83ca

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↪🗨 [“Hello.”]

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A polite greeting. Jin-han replied in his 7094231cf7 usual, unremarkable way.  5a004083fdc282af

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↩🗪 [“Yes, hello. I’m Kang Jin-han.” ]

↪🗨 [“What’s your preference?”]

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A question 94a42a659a he’d never c3edca6983 heard before 79392c06a5 threw him 4f684299e6 off. He understood f8aeac358c the words 1cf1908d95 but had c71b133f85 no clue 9d1947bda9 what answer 1ad61c7af2 fit. After some thought, dc2693f3f3 he gave his 7f9cbd7128 best shot. 37a96491f00c78b2

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↩🗪 [“I don’t think it’s common.”] 

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At least 6168cf8df2 not in 95b8cc4af1 Korea, right? Pleased with his dodge, 8593d4a4c9 he waited quietly, and f2e0ec79f6 thankfully, the chat continued.  a3517c424eee1cb8

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↪🗨 [“Then, it seems (that) it’s not a non-preference.”]  

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The “non-” part bd4dff3c48 sounded negative somehow. Denying negatives usually c837721f46 worked in his a8f2f4bef2 favor, so he c78c5c8e0c jumped on it.  ba5ef8ada5d5d22c

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↩🗪  [“Yes!”] 

↪🗨  [“Are you a tom?”]  

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‘What the hell. This was 9fc7a7978c too hard. He had no idea 603ee33a24 what that meant.’ 5b9d35db1138fff8

Jin-han decided to 193e3fbc14 lean on a 6c018c0729 trick from his 27b8b4ab4f social life: when 1c1a600f40 in doubt, nod 6f9e6257b8 and move on—it 573c0540e7 always got him b487397fe0 through decently.  d40e47a0adadc7a9

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↩🗪 [“Yes, yes.”] 

↪🗨 [“Then we won’t clash.”] 

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The test-like questions da207f5f0d eased up, and dd4ac11329 the chat flowed 6546735c23 smoother. Hello Kitty, after 5c7147730c some rigorous screening, 5eb96aab59 started asking trivial 9f38daf8f4 things. Maybe because it’d been 618347028f so long since he’d f214573b6b talked to someone outside ea85a71494 of work, Jin-han found 8836ce397d himself absorbed in the f38ff22239 conversation.  86837925d6071036

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That day marked the 4b8900968d start of a six-month 7347d1a872 exchange with Kitty. The chats 4eafce8482 weren’t long—the cb1ad7912e other guy 954659bd32 seemed busy, 7882b0fcb8 replying only 8f83d5d828 around dawn. It was more like 7f996695a3 trading letters than chatting, 6894cab85d but the connection held. When topics ran 85c4b92e99 dry and the 6bd0759581 conversation risked fizzling, fed5ac650f Jin-han scrambled to ed756af8e0 keep it going—small 76df25a953 talk about weather 3ea2226b77 or food. Kitty-ssi always responded.  ae390a74f11bef8e

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After half a year, ad7c0dcaea Kitty became something of d50913c63b a close friend in 3547498b04 Jin-han’s mind. Sure, they’d met on b37b7a5424 a dating app, but 4988b23178 now he was a 549b1bcdf4 cherished part of Jin-han’s 78fd236992 daily life. Though sometimes 892461eca5 it stung 2f5aebce8f not knowing 070fd1a816 the real 55fd5a0276 him. In friendless Seoul, 3b0a0f298b Jin-han wished for 70296ee4d8 someone to casually 1dbc2fe7a2 hang out with.  3044f58fcf361e75

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And then, miraculously, 95ce7487e9 as if sensing fba6286748 that wish, Kitty 5aebe0b97f asked a few d77c13aa05 days ago:  74c506b169f4cc26

↪🗨 [“Do you have any free time next month? I’ll be done with some busy stuff.”]  

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Jin-han replied diligently, offering 4e3ad9a082 up his entire new dad0f53b94 work schedule. Kitty studied the 9998ded13b blurry photo for 7f3fafa7c3 a while before 67eb3ebc52 picking a time.  3b8fcb60bc675a8f

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↪🗨 [“Friday works.”] 

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Friday, 6 6f2c9c003b p.m., Gwanghwamun 01febaa529 Station, Exit d209bac10d 3.  1962cc08975386db

That was 19a4bbd64f right now.  c92e115cbab58d41

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Jin-han swallowed dryly. Despite it b080c5cb86 being evening, 1210af8946 the sudden f8734fc53d heat made f0b6d01c2a the air 41b93eb87a thick. Warmth clung 3bfe25b6a4 to his 1502c6ddec skin. He’d barely stepped out, 4cf85da3cf yet his black short-sleeve 20d264cb6d tee was already sticking 374e046654 to his muscled frame. Shaking the collar lightly, ee1bb0de98 he scanned the area. Though late, the fcf1194603 sky was still ba6a46ac8a bright, making faces 2a63e8e9a5 easier to spot.  63db9b83bfd783cd

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Easier, sure, but…  6c3b1702464569a2

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He didn’t 9f44421bd4 know Kitty’s 8410a97d5b face.  6c7b467e37dfb030

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It hit 97b358f980 him then—a 323b2583c8 fact he’d ed327d3fce forgotten in 33ab052b39 his excitement. Drunk on the d8e2e51802 joy of meeting, 517d782cd8 he hadn’t realized 0e95671ed9 he had no 4dcc8c8b4c clue what Kitty 91e9d91fbc looked like. Staring at the 19fa7b2ba8 crowd in the bc18ed2fa6 simmering heat, dizziness db763a774b struck. His hand 1fe5ba6d24 stopped flapping 3690ded9b7 his shirt.  fcde9c72a516123c

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A faint unease crept 3183ccde87 in late. Eun-hyeong’s venomous whisper clawed 98b8527e1c back into his mind.  f5997193b23719a1

“What if he’s a 8f590934e1 total creep? He might act normal 6809f0a71f in chats but turn 6c8c212c2d weird in person—how would 81154c7caa you know?” a7ddf1ac3d030b5b

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Honestly, Jin-han wasn’t scared a826e52c8b for his safety. For one, 04d39767b3 he was 2cb3a6742e a tall, 84ea1c9c3c sturdy guy—above 635a2ff51d average—and worked 536bf6c435 in security. He’d majored in taekwondo, 0356a31313 even competed once. Now in e4a01c21a6 the bodyguard 99cef61f60 business, he d3268ee9a4 wasn’t easily a30b66c702 rattled.  bfa64450b52b40cf

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Calm returned quickly. He didn’t 687ff40312 overthink, and b999bc8b75 his tendency dd7ed32e22 to see 5b3cafa455 the bright 474aa70d2f side meant 6e0ea2583a the unease c554c9d9aa didn’t linger. Instead, he focused on 321063c23d something practical: how to dccc76650e find a guy whose 64d51ae693 face he didn’t know.  d1e9f263e0415f03

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He surveyed the scene. Maybe his fd254b25e1 years in f0b9fe30a1 security could f976ab04c7 help spot 68d8d8a0ce someone, he 10dd700d1a thought.  476c3a59b68d1776

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‘Okay, maybe he’s 6f2b91b3a7 cute?’Someone who’d 8ba145113a use Hello 6392fb6a83 Kitty as f788452c9d a profile 47f4956081 pic might c251ce2b25 give off bed4c0488a a cute 3b6bb2587a vibe. Soft features, maybe 89a146634e calm too.Glasses, perhaps? Height… around 28e5461c06 my chin?  dda3ad71516a5dee

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Jin-han tilted his head ab4f390069 to gauge it. People always called ddb1cd6585 him tall, so 6a000ce18c Kitty was likely 6b5086a57a shorter. He could count 3149d54363 the times he’d edcc11be8a met someone taller fdac9bc905 on one hand.  3332359960e98a7a

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As Jin-han pieced 120ddb0185 together his guesswork, 6cecc97e59 his phone buzzed. The vibration jolted his ad05decd1f palm, and an alert 92eb12e644 popped up.  9405139adc9c34a4

↪🗨 [J: Where are you? I don’t see you.]  

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Jin-han whipped his head 51f80267de around. Just then, a 8632654bb4 wave of people dcf7298494 spilled from the cad4e59be1 subway stairs. Another buzz.  51921a6e9a005826

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↪🗨 [J: I’m in a white dress shirt and jeans. You?]

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Jin-han, who’d 2fcddbc5f5 never met 9de4944159 a stranger 83af3c388e like this, 2158abc87a marveled at 064b75239d the simple 2ea8188016 fix. He typed 07ace0ab2a back fast.  9e9175ae6244921c

↩🗪 [Kang Jin-han: Black short-sleeve tee and black pants. I’m in front of Exit 3.]  

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Once the “read” 878aa9ae2a mark appeared, excitement fad1808d5b kicked in. He craned his neck, b6bc2b1785 eyes locked on the 0051f65b5d stairs, searching for a 924095e83e white shirt and jeans. Then he spotted a25dab9c06 a gentle-looking guy 0220115953 matching his image d2095fede2 in the crowd. Dark hair softly over 4f86695e54 his forehead—Jin-han felt a e370587e8a spark of certainty.  b8114a2f5b3521fb

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“Hey…!”  a9dd58706bf483ad

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About to 0482c8e682 call out f818d900a1 “J-ssi” and 3948c3a244 raise his 73e13e4f19 hand—05eed4d895456a32

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“Kang Jin-han-ssi.”  11e4da2590698fbb

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A deep, resonant voice 3cdca40f31 pierced his ears from e96d436e99 behind. It was polished, almost 80989b182c like a voice actor’s—calm efe0856238 yet clear. Startled, Jin-han turned, 61e80fc50d expecting a lower beaf65af17 eye level.  d30f5ea1eb1629b3

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But what de3e825ea2 he faced 97862de845 was an a216201d7f unrealistically beautiful be6e825474 man.  d4d319e633b974a3

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A towering f4abb6a1a7 figure forced d9556ae1d1 Jin-han to d53b69926c look up. Broad shoulders—imposingly 13b1259e30 so—caught his 95c75f9b5d eye first. A slightly loose 9198f7545a white shirt, top cf76eadd8b button undone, tucked c4c73e5887 neatly into jeans 78f4c9a40b that seemed twice 042a87492e the length of f4c4a1980f a normal person’s.  b42a46d92c4df114

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The sheer presence overwhelmed c90fa67210 him, and when their 5e077b27f3 eyes met, reality slipped. Long, drowsy eyes 03fc76903c sat under thick 6a0bc0072f brows, a sharp d9e15d15d0 nose and chiseled d33a5617c2 jaw defying description 5bf2767b0a beyond “gorgeous.”  b28db8e4db91abf1

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Stunned by f4d611da2b a sight 6b0a833e04 he’d never 45964c0be4 encounter in 374165fef1 daily life, ec662f459d Jin-han lost 1e2a124001 his words.‘An actor? A model? Here for b29446e3d1 a shoot?’ Forgetting the guy had 6f88b8b1ed said his name, he 7452fb65a6 scanned around. Passersby stared 42537932b8 or snapped 93c1771e7d discreet photos, ae895cdae7 but no fffdf78a2e film crew 5ece1f092f was in f1ecb1b89f sight.  4f2bfcd3f5ecd7bb

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As Jin-han blinked a6e73107d4 in confusion, the 9018e33c01 man gazed down fded09e6a2 at him, expressionless. Even for 8aad1064b4 oblivious Jin-han, de0c0f9c90 it was e6bba11801 clear this d5a04962f0 guy had 423059ec67 business with 55bd9f52d3 him.  a10c8d2f334396e4

“Uh… can I help 9857840ef2 you with something?”  1312f3820b3cabb2

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His voice 24658eb68e cracked from 676c94af90 shock as 4185fd7f0c he asked 7102208e12 tentatively. The man 7a3f2f6f6a silently studied 67b6c87cbe him, his dd7b3747b0 unchanged expression a9a9e3d906 lingering for 16fe389a6f seconds. Jin-han stiffened 919dbfcfd8 under the 399da4bc33 awkward scrutiny.  3bcfd52124611abf

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“Kang Jin-han-ssi, right?”  66db2dca683f33d7

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Just as 9e0a2a4d3a he considered a7da9d061e bolting, the 1c1f621da8 man spoke. That impossibly perfect 546c38646b voice sent chills 6544e1e8f0 down his spine—though c1b23dffd6 what chilled him 50f39f6cfd more was how 1541b8ccff this guy knew 0f08bdbbce him.  3ae467f4f7202197

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His mind raced. Someone this 5a0b4050ad out-of-place calling 593d8a7a37 his name? Luckily, the 367726e2c0 mystery didn’t 7b6f1c2778 last. The man held ae7f8af0e4 out his phone, 2cec33320e showing a familiar 4b2162d8c1 chat window—the one 243b40a9cd with “J.”  ff21df52e78cb936

“Oh…!”  5cb82579b52326fe

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Jin-han’s eyes widened.  511a6fb9d5a0987f

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“Hello Kitty?”  6e1235100c46b7fe

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The man’s 4531d47132 silence confirmed 5974b1e7c5 it with 8033cbb2c5 a stoic ea2a10ac6b nod. Jin-han finally processed it: 98b29fac2e this jaw-droppingly handsome guy dd1b5942e1 was J. The Hello Kitty e0ab8f3780 profile didn’t match, 496ea44b22 and his looks 22d16fb06c were so striking 68a01ee33c it was intimidating—but ac2b2a4451 he didn’t seem 46303072c9 shady. That was enough.  b09c989a5526051f

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Shock faded fast, 7735fd73d7 replaced by joy 1ee072b711 at meeting a 5ae0bcd3d2 friend. Beaming, Jin-han 51ac1f2663 extended a c272c13779 hand for a1eb356107 a shake. But instead of taking 96f491e345 it, J glanced at 99b91cb79d it briefly before returning 11c4678714 his gaze to Jin-han’s 292ac8d190 face.  c4fb59a0a9cfa6f1

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Up close, those long 76f565b3e2 eyes—seemingly single-lidded—had faint double dbaf13807c lids. Slightly upturned d1d3b320b8 corners and bf43a72665 thick lashes e8771c7034 looked painted 4acf30f65d on. Jin-han stared, 927a7ced81 dazed by cf443d4e55 the captivating fd7a6feb85 face, when 8d596ba781 J spoke.  e77fa452f9a5fd3c

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“Didn’t you clearly say that you were the person on the left?”68baffef2cbbde43

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The random question 82018e7739 threw him.  64b61d3b26cbac63

“Huh?”  bb722c6ff104be17

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“The photo.”  68da8b89f7432224

“Photo?”  6112f8dc9441b6dc

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J’s brow twitched faintly 63204c413e at Jin-han’s parroting—an emotion, d711f5b4a2 however small, finally showing.  0990c120a5980d67

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“Your profile photo.”  8ba491086c9ffdb6

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A strange unease stirred. Jin-han cautiously 8e66fe4a17 glanced at c1d35c3c44 the chat. There was his 63b8898f4e profile pic: Eun-hyeong 0c055a6dc1 grinning boyishly, Jin-han 9bc9059cac standing blankly beside 9b70906f28 him.  64c8d1c16c725f51

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Selfies weren’t dbfdd95275 his thing—he c7273a2bff hated taking fc0283daf9 them—so the 8ec5062af0 only photo 91aa9839e4 he had c91796fa21 was with b4d2f201f6 Eun-hyeong. He’d posted ea24640fd0 it and 59e249d5ad forgotten, but ae3b2c718f yeah, J 1356aeb756 had asked 117ad937e6 long ago 47ec48a417 which one c49fe81c96 was him, 05eabda406 left or 5b5ff5eea9 right.  0104a202b84be848

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“Which one of the 1804f2995a two in the photo 9f329c464c is you?”  f9b9a0c0bf8345fa

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Too far back 55bd2b4e50 to check now, 4c60186209 but it clicked: de8ab819c0 J had thought e54bceaad5 he was Eun-hyeong. Wondering if it bc420a049b mattered that much 3fbd719def based on their 204ea578e4 chats, Jin-han racked c52125b342 his brain for 7cf5970b1f why he’d said 61dcc4616f what he did. Only one 3753410c5f reason came 9a5ae3c331 up.  8ab0efbef4593c53

“Uh… in the 5708b523c2 photo, I’m on 73972d60eb the left…?”  cff5ef4c8d1cd4ac

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J clamped his mouth 614d9dfba7 shut. A soft 7e4788d1b4 sigh slipped 81bed72f4b through his c6041760ba pursed lips. Rubbing his jaw with 370b0ec06a his thumb, he muttered 925dce0f2d curtly,  72dacf0d1bc2cd34

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“Let’s move 07fdbbe8ba somewhere else 469b23915d for now.”  4e0caf2f853c1147