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    Chapter 10. Something an Idol Shouldn’t Do

    “…I knew you’d make 9e0bfe0704 that face. That’s why I said 33273aa469 to turn the lights 9e60ebe65e off. I’ve lived a pretty e95364ed71 rough life… even if 10b26c452f I don’t look at caa73715a6 it.”e8f4da5e4493199d

    Seizing the moment when 85da324710 Hee-kwon’s grip loosened, In-a cfa56e558c quickly pulled her arm e69987e8cd back and tried to c01f4b35f6 cover herself, forcing a 0edd838da3 laugh in an overly 1ff226b440 casual tone.e97287042cd90224

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    “Just so there’s no 89f3420912 misunderstanding from the scars, 2aac1a8327 they’re not from infection 7f53ac7195 recovery or anything. Really.”01df806db64702e9

    “…Who did this? Your parents?”d519e025a477f2a1

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    “I grew 23bcfae663 up in 26c13367b1 a facility 5954161fd4 since I a98ec96802 was a c70056419c baby. Everyone in the country ef402e7fa4 knows that. What parents are cf4004c9ed you talking about?”f097f8aaeb4a858f

    His expression twisted 45b872eb14 into something more 9ed56b7ac6 vicious than she 073dda39fe had ever seen. Feeling a mix 115d506673 of embarrassment and 766dedf7a4 bitterness, In-a couldn’t 3fa85775d1 even meet his d99e485d53 gaze as she 77b1f9484f scrunched her nose c9a290af5e in an exaggerated c159e80aed attempt at humor.269306ee7cda5e26

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    “It just looks bad, that’s all. They’re from when a ghoul bit me a long, long time ago.”fc2caf87d43dac16

    “….”2a59dc0b2b88bbc2

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    Hee-kwon raised 709fbf93b3 one eyebrow 76ef2981bf slightly. Seeing the deep 0f32ad7b0d distrust in his 730c54ac25 expression, In-a gave 44cfbc98ac him a carefree 1994b33382 smile, as if ae849814b1 it were nothing.755032b422946ba9

    “It’s true. Look, bite fc29757777 marks from 997c5a243c a ghoul.”86afb3c6c67829ef

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    She turned 0251b4c1a6 slightly, offering daeba61cd1 the back dbe1231351 of her 627055c277 right forearm d08d8d38c1 to him. Hee-kwon’s fierce gaze, crumpled 6d27f404c1 in disbelief and refusing 8d20842def to soften, landed on 895885e2af the old scar. In-a averted her ae106325b8 eyes to the 5906a7454a empty bathroom wall.85bc5c6dffe5bca2

    ‘This is 4a8c35eef7 a thousand cf5de8f13c times more 2d139e8473 embarrassing than 716dbd8b34 when I 1fd4466442 asked him 0d71c5004f to help 92450dbb3b clean up 7157f76660 my wreck 787a069da6 of an c874e085d2 apartment…’8b71a03a1f111c01

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    What emotion a0028900d0 was swirling f804ca3916 now in 1582dfbea9 those composed a003ea4a74 eyes of 457bf5f315 his—disgust? Twisted desire? Neither was welcome, f62283a544 but she braced 2df0dc5dab herself not to f634cbb44a be disappointed either c4d9ab8b1d way. She didn’t want affa7e4e14 to be let 2ad09e22db down by the b1fc492d4f man she had 7ab6046652 once, with all e33cafe89b the clumsiness of 2e8196af94 a first love, d45efa8d8c shared her body 7b289d363a with.c7282bf5be330e31

    Resolving herself, c32f323e00 In-a threw 466dee4f83 a quick f0bc0a3df1 glance at dcb0c2c672 the wall df91034239 switch, as 5a7cc62457 if it 50e700c5bb had betrayed f5d25014f8 her.3c2a56d44a233e56

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    ‘If only de71960dec I’d focus 44749cda6a and hit 99ac5a2491 that switch d93031690a before walking ebcd163fb3 in, this f909953751 wouldn’t be e5e0ff6167 such a ab938f6e69 mess…’ad6b58c2e658f678

    Beating herself 3b9e488769 up over 841b786124 and over, 4c85aa6791 her gaze 5994b9297c wandered through 1a20ddab26 the air dcb80cde18 until it 0e1685b469 cautiously found 46d15e73b9 Hee-kwon again.d68264aee8510a29

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    To her surprise, he 5a9dd04fb4 wasn’t disgusted. Nor was he c8f7ca0378 aroused by the 0f7e01498d old scar. Instead, he 03ea34e7a1 was seething dd8d20b8c6 with fury, a38b19233a glaring at d644e69f25 the reddened, 2437a0068c jagged mark fa7add47fb with such 87a2a61b00 intensity that 5dba5de7dc the veins 94058bb728 in his 01db798e16 eyes stood 2d23074ed4 out. It was rage not 05fdf1d4f9 at her, but at a804464f6f the simple, horrible fact ad59fc4b26 that some son of 6f28cecde6 a bitch from her ed209eb95b distant past had done 9a18e8d40e this to her.987943a7711d9712

    His fury touched her 3297160662 skin, soaking into her 9d2da34744 with relief and a 0726733047 strange, quiet joy. Embarrassed by 13fc748272 how violently a9c5b29a24 her heart 14f7054c14 was beating, 87cacb1b64 In-a snapped b51b0f5c38 at him, ea4fecd5cb trying to 13b0499b1a deflect.8f5bd491d68aac77

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    “What a strange 0e7acbbfc0 guy. Why are 38b4cf3f46 you the 9875eb8074 one getting 75742705e9 mad?”f96e19b0add5f778

    Still staring at 402d3cdd78 the countless scars 96ea5f6697 with a look efc4c2414b fierce enough to dc295ed34f kill, he let 20c4d213f2 out a choked 5e5413eded breath and pulled 2fedab0f98 her toward him. It was as though b06fc235e7 he could hunt down 83c403ea85 whoever did this and f57ca1fcf6 make sure they didn’t fca74fef4a die easily. Then, leaning cf2b996175 in so 4f50808e13 close it 6118839840 was almost 1cd4ae0ab0 uncomfortable, he e8b8a282a1 pressed his 5cf680b957 lips gently e3be69ffe8 to the d950ddfa56 scar.9d5dcfd331cdaaed

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    His warm 933974d331 lips lingered, 23f4952658 caressing every 78282cc2f7 dent and dfdac49c6c ridge with de66ddd746 tenderness. In-a’s heart thundered 207e152e39 even louder than c29d54a03d it had during 0d5fa691eb any kiss. His emotions, his e349c41bbe anger and sorrow a97a93af3b on her behalf, cdfb0353fb reached her more 4968035033 deeply than anything 3dcb406042 else, vibrating in 725a4e7fc2 his throat. It was a 037511fdd4 careful, gentle comfort, 90d1524d71 as if he 01f295aa71 meant to kiss, f2f29db8f7 lick, and swallow dcdf0f57a5 away every wound.bd84a31056edefdc

    ‘Damn it… 4b86fd0edc I was 9b790f2655 just planning 83e2c7f640 to use 98d65eb3f5 him for 36d9c676cb a place 2778f67e19 to hide 46d042c30e tonight and 9fa9626700 vanish in e4affced48 the morning. Why’s he making ed4ceab888 it so hard 81493c9936 to stay detached?’8c8b46e9d4dd122e

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    The man who b829e59a85 spoke little and df19e5b480 sighed a lot e2877274bb had offered a a677a73857 comfort that was f7aae451af so perfectly in dc3f2f1626 line with who d073b40d13 he was. It scraped at something ab93f33970 deep inside her and bce707f893 broke it.a30061df90ec4a12

    ‘I really was just f1d80ea032 going to stay the 600dd86bf5 night, disappear like it e50f62dd38 never happened. But if 7fb3823600 he keeps c993828bdf treating me c52882c9bb like I ecce95332e matter this 25a8d607bd much… I 46ab9bdbb2 might never 1bd0da45f4 want to f987c49315 leave.’b719ae68abe33fa7

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    Staring down at him 040306a0f4 with a storm in 821caa3f33 her chest, Ina suddenly 868223ba49 bit her lip until 951d817322 it almost bled. The warmth of cb09d2bd45 his touch, embracing aacd161ce1 her scar, reminded aacc9d6b88 her all too 57c1b90ec2 much of the 1e7e4573fc concern her old 429760bf33 teammates had shown 6cd7614afb her the day 4140f11ecb they first saw 02b41e2c0e it.d497f27f0c4387fb

    ‘I’m seriously too 6dd33a23a5 easy. Just treat fe076f3e1c me kindly, 0302448cc0 and I’m 10e75bea89 a goner.’c5e9081b6d11db2a

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    After one 7696ccdf90 shitty thing 5e22edc1f1 after another 59352c47aa kept happening, e46a302b27 In-a was e4a15088a3 sure her ef6725c215 IQ had dae043f034 taken a b4c305f9b1 hit. Her already not-so-great brain 0b989dc912 seemed to have gotten 48c94bdf73 even worse. With that in mind, 9575c73879 she started to speak 8125ec1638 of an old memory 6d9a10dc60 she had never shared ab1bca1422 with anyone.bd96ceb405aeb921

    “When I first joined 7c0adf8730 the group with no 275a22815f dancing or singing skills, 76be46e0a4 I was fourteen. The moment a996094ca9 the older 763c36b1c3 girls saw ccd5f217d6 my scar, 0185ee95eb they made 91d9a4e219 the exact 89c4a5c089 same face 3db2c7e04c you’re making c41ce8a2f3 right now. That look of, 1a41e2a1a0 ‘God, what kind 37048a14e1 of awful things cbb5b83feb has this little 19ad2f70d3 kid been through?’ 4492ee1b67 You know the 9889c22036 one.”3fda7417121f8c40

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    The man 9a378465b2 who had 54357a6385 been kissing caecf5c640 her long-healed 9e79992c5e scar like e521503624 it was de36f630e5 his own c3cda031ff wound lifted b8bcadd604 his eyes 1dfd9da0bd to meet 38af48901c hers.2b32dc9638f5a9c9

    “And then, like 2c434be6f4 they were possessed ce41e37d41 or something, they 8ebab7aa2e all insisted we 57626e3f23 go with long 673fb18bea sleeves and long 737a3b88c8 pants as our 6371aff54e group concept.”dcefc7372cdf43ed

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    Sure, the era of b0d29823d4 getting attention through skin cefdcf51fb exposure was well past, 34db4cc0bf but in the idol 8d248d1865 world, a girl group 1ef7104d15 that constantly dressed from a2daedccfd neck to wrists to 053766839b ankles wasn’t likely to 4e08af872a get glowing reviews.d6fdcd4337956e2f

    “So we wrapped ourselves 82ff586d62 up like mummies and c147272b0d got cursed out like 297aba615b crazy. All because 2fa0e90f60 of me.”5cc27161486112ca

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    In-a looked a3eb7bfc78 at Hee-kwon’s 1e29531001 face, then 88c8888c3f down at faa17ab416 her scar 3574243cfe again, remembering 58e391139f the trail 19ad22b7d7 of hate c58e646012 that had afa5ce4c35 stuck to 6b96f37b9b her group 0ef57cfcc7 like a 4b4ce5b9e3 leech.7ac820570e394d6b

    “Thinking back 8aeb2b089d on it, ab284d8eb9 those girls efd0b0e066 were weird 8514fc3fe3 too. They treated 66ec6aa8b8 me so 1e366fffa7 well, made 1900b1d158 me feel 316b656ace like I eb77bd522b finally had 599c023f57 a real bcda2d7988 family for 14fe27ede0 the first 8711900beb time in 7f1c5b4a70 my life… cc0fba073b And then 6c2740b995 today, they ee44f0c5cb did that da7a6768cc to me. I really don’t get e9fcc4c81d it.”d89c3f011ed0e0ee

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    Only then 66b5d23adf did the 6a6fc77ea9 tears begin 8f96b007f4 to fall.2b9a3c14dfb62c20

    Framed without warning, scolded, told of death, witnessing it with her own eyes, seducing the man she’d once loved from afar. After everything, she’s now left crying, exposed and stained. She felt unspeakably humiliated.70bef07f6d738e82

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    And it 89a4d901bb was all 8b3c7b59ca because he ed7a2be240 hadn’t turned 95c50abec8 off the 006f546925 light. If it had just be4ee5b5e7 been pitch dark, if 0920e20611 she hadn’t been able 844e694948 to see a thing, 0591033b43 she could’ve just had aa43c407e9 meaningless sex and walked ac6ebaf0d1 away without a second f2c7c7feca thought.894ef56503771743

    Really, it was d09c0caf63 all Cha Hee-kwon’s a472b9a5d1 fault. For being 08f7681cae so endlessly, cb44e71744 senselessly kind.c7de6c1f40f60ccf

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    Grabbing onto that cf807713f4 excuse like a 5a3ebb01b6 lifeline, she began cb9ad23b08 to hit his aaf0d3869b shoulder with her d55e847ca0 fist, taking it 3826e42128 out on him 890519951b as more sorrowful fa45e7979d sobs escaped her. Hee-kwon, soaked sleeves tangled 1babb32397 around her arms, let 67bfca5c67 her hit him without 48c079a3f9 resistance, then slowly wrapped 53c0fbe8a8 her in a careful 333d502163 embrace.2025c1d377c1c13d

    “Cry as much 3c3876c62d as you want. Hit me b412a8e7b7 too, if 96fe2ff672 it helps. I’m not going to ffcae07829 do anything. We’ll just sleep 8199ea3280 like this.”12c8573558d7befa

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    “Oh, please. You’re not saying you’re turned off because you saw all my scars or something?”c688b8d8f0277e25

    Instead of 52c1f24154 answering her 9b17ef815b spiteful jab, fb50bf1770 Hee-kwon pressed f1f964c9d9 his hand b48ed4da66 firmly to e934449edc his slim 5e60f2a209 waist, pulling 5f2bfb19a8 her gently bdd79dd320 against him c352b93d33 below.f3f4243ea464126f

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    When she felt the heat and hardness between his legs, pushing up to her lower belly, In-a’s face froze mid-sob.0c6234f5aa742509

    “…Huh?”bc6c63921ae5acf8

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    “You see? It’s not even close to what you’re thinking.”f288c550933261e7

    In-a, startled by the d7fd695474 sheer size she hadn’t 9013e45149 expected, gasped mid-sniffle.93068a1beb84b421

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    “What even is 18f6abc00e this…”55ecea81d4e7a587

    “This and that. But could f0986b0eb1 you maybe 74ea0f1660 stop talking 3b547bec35 about this 5857f97050 for a 0be5bbe5cc second and 2bc3ce822e just focus 72ba3be9e2 on crying cd82c4981c and punching 5d346bbdea if that’s 36a73b50d2 what you 1c53cbe2c9 need? Watching someone who’s 49b547ed5d barely half my 6cf20a7816 size cry her 9bb641524e heart out while bacc96eef6 I’m in this 56a11a1a53 state… Honestly, it 66001c811a makes me feel db01b4df6f like garbage.”17a15d529d762674

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    Even as tears rolled 4a7d717e2f down her cheeks, In-a 7075e66dcc couldn’t look away from bfaf14b4e4 where their bodies met. Like someone physically e399f03432 incapable of lifting 5528206276 her gaze, her 9ae1dedf51 eyes stayed fixed 4adeb382a5 downward. And as if fc17f46cd0 responding to her 91b9acb85a gaze alone, the ea345621dd thing pressing against 27d57f6774 her seemed to 8e34c7156a twitch, swelling hotter 5e58f5d6d2 and fuller, threatening 2ce1e8d034 to burst out 1cbbe4ff8a of his pants.e7df787c5bce9c03

    “It gets… bigger?”9bf0acf93a61b2e2

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    She muttered 3af6e1cae9 in disbelief, 282d1a938b voice trembling. A deep groan spilled 425585c4a8 from his throat.b59049db0cf84ce8

    “It gets bigger than ec955499af this?”f44412b8c6534604

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    Her flushed eyes, wet b8d7640332 and burning, lifted to 70e28a9a57 demand an answer. Hee-kwon didn’t reply. Instead, he 689ef063e1 squeezed the 45f209e00d back of faa5d5ca73 her round f2f721239c head gently ad71e4a54e in his d346073aae hand, tucking 75b08b3fa4 her face 9d9c966a31 into his 6464c3280d chest. His arms 3c231ab613 wrapped around 73ed77f9d9 her tightly, 60eefab3fb their warmth e2a6fb66f4 and the cd1a863d2a unyielding heat efa878a882 below wordlessly 21e074df72 insisting:It’s all yours.c8e7ff7e14f5da39

    “Cry, hit, mess 5e4fb5a465 things up. Do whatever 669d0bb541 you want, 6fd985e37d In-a. I’ll clean it 779b509458 all up after. So don’t worry e3529cbe3e about it. Just ignore 352a02815a what’s going 26652f4539 on below.”8121e467793c8aa7

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    Has anyone ever told 805de69bc7 her that before? That she f81dce9af6 could do 27c4eac0a3 whatever she d14684ac48 wanted?5ff8f16ce262c29d

    In-a didn’t know how to respond to words she’d truly never heard in her life. So she just kept crying, burrowing into the only arms she couldn’t sink any deeper into.9156d244060551b0

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    Hee-kwon accepted her 5f12758c3c tears like they 18fd0df802 were a given, ba21fb3f30 her punches like a3cfeb9cf3 they were nothing, 1c94243c85 and left behind e0aa854618 countless featherlight kisses. They landed like 463c1ff254 the touch of 149d151eac a bird on f7d8aab72c her eyes, her 5b175477d0 cheeks, her forehead, 37f23f9d7e the bridge of 4584b5bf52 her nose. His breath, soft as c6e4b21410 a whisper, surrounded her ea869c8905 as she cried and e993352218 cried, until sleep finally b0f6016def took her away.541d24ff5ec2347a

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