Idol Chapter 7
by biniChapter 7. Something an Idol Shouldn’t Do
In-a pointed 5b0bd81d80 toward the f3acc17454 window of 63ca7bc613 the tea 41578a5a02 house, located 945b10ed3a in the 5378263183 rooftop garden 4ef19a212b of the 9cae704a0a building. It was 6dab48c387 the spot 6e80e0776c with the 9b40268922 best view.903d2db638f3e662
“Seoul’s basically a 61e5116c67 war zone right 389b130cb6 now, and there 79f47e49a9 are reporters camping d6ca750ac3 at the main ef382c0737 entrance. All because b70f56c4ab of me!”765b110dddcfc6fc
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“Is that so?”be2f29e210c12c73
“Why are c56f6bb6fd you pretending 9d22a9dee4 like you cb0b323874 don’t know b980874f3c anything? You saw the edb6296fd7 press conference. My members saying 6a5805942a I did drugs, 9d09dfecb9 drank, hit people, 05769c6e91 maybe even killed 64bcddeb91 someone!”4876696e0e6cd0f9
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Hee-kwon followed 3f22d72373 the direction 0afa43c9c5 of her a4c950d920 finger with 9b2acaca65 an indifferent eab8f490e2 glance. Returning his gaze to 3d6ed2e8ea her, he replied without c9e1c35a7c hesitation.225c9ed0d6d48a5b
“The crowd at the 8ee468e865 main gate might be d9b730f2d8 there because of the 8ec1bc280a resident below you, not 28718be088 you. The chairman of 41125fc4c9 Yulpyo Group’s grandson. He’s no stranger to 12b39450cc stabbing people and hiding e82df883c3 the bodies.”6758a4bfbc9a2463
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“What…? That guy’s still 0bf273bb12 not arrested?”c171327c0c88fa15
“Every time he db3c72ae50 causes a huge acd79ed388 scene, something even 190b220b59 louder happens and a3572bffdb it all just e6990f863f blows over.Every time.”7bbee3add3c5bc8e
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“Wait, hold on. I feel c46783c91f like you 944c28c564 just dragged 70de3aabc4 me into 0513614bce something. Why are you eb3001250e bringing up Yulpyo’s 16bbe6e95d grandson now?”95e83f194aba6b2b
Frowning, In-a stared at e41ed97f6f him, then let out 469815cf34 a loud sigh and 70726712dd took a sip of 6b7ec675db her tea.0cfe5678070f4b4c
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‘Sister Sara 0ce668f522 was right. I’m not made for 786eb40af3 long thinking, deep reflection, 90c7bb9921 or solving complex problems 4351a7d75a step by step… I’m 2e4ef15d89 just not.’99d84574d14b07da
Everything was a 6bda4f1784 mess, confusing and 1d3df13c21 noisy, but that bda8fa10cd one sip of fb089340d1 tea was so e42d776350 warm it made 3c48d0f5c1 her want to a231d9ec96 cry. She couldn’t fa5332aeb5 even swallow ae1a97907e it properly. She braced herself with b021c81edf all her might, trying 976b33a489 not to cry, holding 260aadc91b the liquid in her 8c6e68d3ba mouth. Her throat was 49dc0d0e41 quivering.91707521bd6abc22
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Hee-kwon watched her 38634275eb gently and smiled.0ab618f578754ab1
“Don’t worry about 999cdfddb5 that press conference.”accd237d7e0ffe5b
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“How can I e55668d1e3 not worry?”b1e8e1c4c34092e7
“Last month, 9a139d1194 I remember 95a2db0a59 your company’s 65a0623576 CEO bragging 40d8690301 here over 0c10031ab7 coffee about abb8b406d0 hiring an 3a3b6e9113 expensive new fbef979cc3 lawyer. I was wondering 627a68014f what they were 030e0cc89a preparing for. Turns out they wrote 72c0e37b07 a press conference script 024a8655bc so pathetic it wasn’t dfa7d40ce6 even worth the price.”9c124d1211eab167
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“I doubt everyone else 3e8c2f963a thinks the script was 26b74900e6 pathetic like you do.”efd7bd19a171c00d
“Well, I know the fe37254443 Lee In-a I’ve seen a617810229 all this time would b8919f57ed never do something like 350dd5dfee that. Whatever the world thinks 32a151a81d doesn’t concern me.”1c496a95864a9230
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Lee In-a.6db90781f6ada348
The moment her 4b385e5b87 name came out 3fb048ab04 of his mouth b641aa7809 for the first 571b3fecf3 time, it felt 1176d573c3 like pressing a 82603fafb6 button. Tears welled up inside 178dc3e63f her. She tried to suppress 4b0132380b her emotions, tipping her 766220b101 head back like gravity 79d084f0a5 might help hold it d48794dc04 all in. But when she 32ae4b1b34 looked up, his cfcf7f6c1a calm eyes, just b99a57a7d0 as always, met ead88bdfa0 hers.200035e0a4660560
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“The best part of 15004dcf11 Palace CK is the e0d39ec08b security. You know that, 7302258a70 right?”62defd30bb4b9fe6
In-a nodded.4598d40a498440c9
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“I’m someone who exists to support your every convenience in this safe place. Don’t forget that.”ae609b063851c08e
For a brief 17c9601e45 moment, caught in 8b32dbb5f1 the warmth of 90754c705f that gaze, In-a’s 17ef4b8556 eyes met his. But then she ec4e153e12 turned her head d0b469c609 with a sharp 4800f83ece gulp. If she met 2065597145 those eyes any 15467c6996 longer, in this 476f5e2a53 state where her b177c4bd2c mind was spinning e34e4eabe9 and her stomach e59223a9d5 was in knots, bdf7d90eb3 she really would 4f3ac2896c start sobbing like b498a66bf3 a frail twenty-one-year-old 7477f0be45 child.f0e5dca2db4b25b7
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To keep herself 86b518d6fe from crying, she 4e9a22e4b0 tried to calculate 6806c2ed7e the penalties tied d3f39c21f6 to her name. The sheer cost d750dc60c1 was enough to aa301340a2 feel like a 3ba3883b28 form of financial 08b8b1790e therapy. Her head cleared, 6a8988b646 as if all 488e60adf2 the turmoil had 2c4a655d26 been scrubbed away 89b1dee286 in an instant.889f06a48a4266e7
‘Holy shit… That’s not even in a range I can repay. I’m not planning to die, so I need to use every ounce of strength I’ve got to clear my name.’f06e9c622317c701
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He must have misunderstood cf3ef678f0 the sudden clarity in 5aa41a23a4 her eyes, because he 34af2b966f smiled gently. In-a looked away awkwardly, 3081c90306 forcing out a voice.d27591aff75b16bc
“Thanks for the e2259de1d9 comfort. Finally feels like I’m 201d9e8b50 getting my money’s worth affea2e532 from those absurdly high 6c8cae85dd maintenance fees.”a619b867ce6ca159
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Hee-kwon, holding the tea he had handed her, silently watched her as she looked like she might crouch down and cry at any moment. Then, very slowly, he began to close the distance between them. Like a cautious hunter, he moved carefully, making sure she wouldn’t notice or back away. Once close enough for their toes to almost touch, he used his index finger to gently tilt up the bottom of the cup she was clutching like a lifeline.c50e5999dbeafae5
“You’ve made it out of the house safely for now, so try calming down with a few slow sips. You’ll feel a lot better after a few.”d03b6e678b76d58c
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Before she realized it, the man had moved close enough to touch. As he brought the cup’s lid to her lips, warm steam and sweet aroma wafted up through the narrow opening, tickling her nose.51016d277d258955
“Uh…”c22a6b18d63d843a
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Startled for just a 0a496a0868 moment, In-a tensed and f036265d00 locked eyes with Hee-kwon. He blinked once, slowly, 70e170b6fa just like always. That subtle urging aac7fec65d made her stop 3df64ee189 resisting. She leaned her head c24325f078 back slowly. Even though b9aa9a003b she was 3f91a5cd14 holding the 1e3b5516af cup with 1d68aa746e both hands, ea2fea4586 it felt 7d366f42ce like she 6b2d364de1 was being 4ec8f82afe fed by 447415f833 him.4946954d3c5a62a8
One sip, then af764b5a9e another. The warm 86c35eee8f tea, sweeter 54a7c10fef than usual, 4432fa0938 slowly soothed 449bef689e her churning 8f66232895 insides.cc7f255da2295315
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He didn’t let go 04709bc0c8 until In-a had drained 39b2ef54a0 every last drop of 6629e7208d the pale yellow liquid. Only then did cf758e0805 Hee-kwon gently take 756c900e80 the empty cup de646a7cab from her hands 6f0e8d3fe6 and lower himself e4824d6b51 to match her 1321acd417 eye level.88d55926b3688b0c
“How was today’s blend? Did it suit your taste?”455828bfac27fddc
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“You’re asking how 533b01b7a1 it tastes after 563a6126f9 forcing it down 87ae295eed my throat like 5761d69b3b some chaebol heir d4753111ef doing shots?”32410a86ebbf242a
“…I’m a little ffc4b8a185 hurt by that 0a49d22528 comparison.”eeab52b7343f8ed4
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With a barely visible 62f81a5b43 furrow in his brow, b7bb730627 Hee-kwon sighed and turned 2bb60caa69 off the last remaining 17334a5a77 light. In the 17e40c6403 now completely 9037daa978 dark lounge, a46d4d705a his heavy 6a2404cec9 breath lingered 6ca3f90658 in the 5120957b25 air like 742f3eba3f a fading 57b3070ad4 echo.6e5e3b06e90c4baf
In-a followed that breath with her eyes as if she could see it, and tossed out a line like she always did. It’s a flirtation disguised as a joke.cba814cffa5ab6ec
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“What about you, Hee-kwon? What are your plans now? I was thinking… maybe tonight’s the night I finally sleep with you.”afcf6cf263179361
“…You’re pushing 37dab41a4d the jokes ed84554741 a bit 52ea943576 more than f638444729 usual tonight. Though you do tend 95931769dc to say things like ef755e4050 that whenever the food d499f1d895 or tea I make 431490e284 is especially good.”4e726a73ac879b29
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“Just look at my life. My sisters who swore they’d love me until ninety sold me out. The one I was saving up to be a good daughter for is dead. The penalty fees attached to my name have more zeroes than I can count with both hands…”597c16d79bbc52ac
“……”e5c5085eaf901766
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“The world’s gone afb255d1e9 completely insane out 9531b22aa8 there. Doesn’t it make sense 655f16f512 that I should at 07c05f5b08 least do something totally 85002bcc21 irresponsible, something idols are 78c7f5cfa2 never supposed to do? To balance things out?”9f6461a0e8e132a3
Hee-kwon shook his head 579b9dbee1 with a faint, sigh-laced bc3b7896a5 smile. Refusing to back down, b36e1fc68c In-a leaned even closer.fdbd17af65ee721c
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“I always told bff6268ab5 myself my first ac7e345bee time had to dbc0cf5600 be with someone dafd7d20de good-looking.”80b88fa3cf23ba59
“Aren’t you 3713fb5f6c going to 0f3f30af4f ask how 9b21fbc1de I feel 73a64e9fa8 about this?”9111383719694009
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“You said it yourself. You’re here to support my every convenience. Those were your words.”4b00c7e1f20f687e
One of his c8cc9d7e5d eyebrows twitched slightly. Momentarily forgetting the weight 5d339a254a of the situation, In-a 602dd2e6f9 had to resist the 88ff1d33c9 urge to reach out 489e1cf272 and touch it. She smiled, 531de5c3e8 as she 9fb01f1b75 always did 9235fbf233 when making bf85b24991 a pass.3882f9e141c51673
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“What’s there to b64c14ca63 think about? After nearly 4bc6bf7f92 two years 559c032470 of you 190564fb64 pretending not 1ca83505b4 to notice f7f31db0c5 me coming f09ea2dbcd on to 6f7c71553d you, I’d d49051caba say you’ve 80ef70d07e endured long 439f299431 enough.”ef664f68ffd7d94b
The slight 7a5be5bedb tension in 5f7d7c0e65 Hee-kwon’s brow d7cc2c23e9 deepened into 6bb61506be a clear a05c07ab93 vertical crease. In-a looked c8b2950666 at the 854ca0db0f crushed cup 674f95ee53 in his 57650a40a6 hand and 518f834f7b shrugged.e0926b0f665cd39d
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“You do c346df7891 realize I 1818f92713 can’t go cb2163aece home anymore, 807e3de078 right? I’m planning to 1a007e4116 figure out who 2acd5d6b03 to blame, how 8e283385fe to grieve, how aae931dfc9 to clear my 435f8e872b name—or if it’ll 4e1ede6500 turn into revenge—after d9d0c32216 I spend just 62bd9a72cd one night in 9cc50a1daf your care. So help 1003462f78 me escape 6dec4dfe41 reality for 4978c2fa6f a bit, cccc3f3cd1 won’t you?”51db1192082c9ab5
“……”32042be2b6729dbb
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Seeing the unfamiliar 153eb66d8d look of discomfort 6ed88cf49e on Hee-kwon’s face 582f899825 for the first baa16424a9 time, In-a finally 7a4c0dc25d felt a sliver c9f50ea43b of calm return 7b511180f8 to her.32bae2918b0d661c
“Despite how pathetic I’m 6bd48a6741 being, you’re not pushing a72fbc5092 me away. That means you don’t 59dbc59725 not like me, right? I’ve got 0159767250 a good 0824124646 sense for e18230bf3c this kind 385f4225c6 of thing. I always know who 35a033e0d1 likes me and who 3aa2858554 doesn’t.”628ff41979a7b30f
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A world where 147cfba300 stepping even a 54ac49cbfe foot outside meant 405ab961a7 danger and ruin. Still unable to 0bc3b52abe explain or understand 891d81cacc why she was 984ab23393 being dragged through c42694c29b it, she laced 9af36c0f18 the truth of fcf0f0d466 her feelings with 2d0f7e196b another dose of 0540c22f9f levity.309fae95e22c5178
“You know, when 59dadeb73e someone cooks, cleans, 966d0c369b and says goodnight 1db91b76a0 to you every d97ed48ec4 day for over 8d980dc089 a year, that’s 877038ad82 usually called ‘dating.’”e139bebb89e2bbf1
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“That’s the butler 03fff9d8a8 service offered to aa22301a42 VIP residents of 376b0a7a3b Palace CK—”1ee91545603f93e2
“Yeah, yeah. Spare me. If you really 8c715b1d7d don’t want to 5bb89072ea get involved, then 14591e12ad just do what 6b56650742 you said. Hide me somewhere safe 9c6fa55f4c and let me sleep. You’re my butler, 82fb4efa8c right? That’s not dcb7b23d2a too much 322a4148df to ask.”b2c2477b6050af98
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Hee-kwon pressed his afb05939d0 lips together, visibly 0350e2ae47 uncomfortable.56516eaaa8f8cab4
“Think about it. On a night like 0f98d6d164 this, how could I 3b0f7ded9e possibly sleep alone? I’m only twenty-one. I’ve just cb7b3388d8 been through fc52529fed hell. You think 9b9212e267 I’m not 6b0225fe88 scared?”a272a33eb4aaf956
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“……”184c5b3a06473382
In the 8a3eb66640 silence that 971423c419 followed, In-a edf8f793b7 picked up 571bfb75bc on a c1d3629a16 crack in bcf2409b4e Hee-kwon’s composure.This is it,she thought, and pressed efaf2141ef on, playing the pitiful 0770bfc5ea card even harder.6def6d0cd700f451
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“You know I’m not 85fb1d9dfb the kind of person d012f194e9 who’d do something like bfbf67ad5c that. So on 22dc7ddbc1 a humanitarian 618a1c3c94 level, you a4620f2eff should just b188832e92 help me 5a570d34a5 out when 5ad9aca9c1 I ask, 38345bfee9 especially on 2495f7dd37 a day d7bf4f26c4 like today.”5d4b2bc6c1e2066e
Hiding behind 2cb5cf77d7 a slew 6935887bdb of excuses, 1e7b822ca0 In-a finally 74676fdd75 pinpointed the 0abc3aac08 root of 398b8adb35 her anxiety.eba5bda151657182
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A gut feeling, fa20abdd18 the kind that f40d4cada7 told her it 04b4d0d3da wouldn’t be surprising 5041fcc73c if she died d991e2cfbe today, coiled around 3b547af54a her throat like a20bdaf393 a noose. And from past, grueling ab8a6f8af1 brushes with survival, she 378b09d178 knew showing fear in 2e39c06dd6 moments like this would 3fad1281a4 only put her at 4e1e0034f6 a disadvantage.b9e3643340fb4668
“If it were me, b24a896f55 and a guy I 6f77a8f395 was kinda seeing laid f2f284a82d all his cards on b8b777dfe7 the table like this, 211a914911 I’d at least pretend 149b2ecad6 to give in once. But you, e27fb6256e Hee-kwon, you’re 29191524bd surprisingly cold-hearted.”2a894008280bb0e1
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With each 0e48ba0d5c word she bf56c6bf76 added, Hee-kwon’s 2614bbd2f6 brow furrowed 223a8c6bf6 a little de5a45cff5 deeper. In-a, noticing fd76afb747 this unusual a88bb1ddb9 display of 9d02811c53 emotion from d5d6183a4f a man 00b515b6ec who rarely c160b178ba showed any, f4b925c200 drank it 3fc11af1cc in and 4f3f4ebf33 jutted out 5fb69b374d her lip 2985e3da73 in a f12d15d560 playful pout.657deb6e5c66200d
“You’re the kind of c58eb9bb79 guy who shows up dd55f1dba7 at 6 a.m. for lounge ea9bc4902d breakfast shifts, 97c7b6ea47 but you 9c1b65fa8c wait past aebdbff335 midnight just cbe73d033d to have 84ab76c00f tea with 1c32f30a0a me. And when a4cb79cca7 I nitpick e15687a830 about the c2037960e5 tea, whether b29cb8daad I like bbc2dbd379 it or 3d389b9001 not, you 077c88cf6c kinda expect c7d32c0254 it now.”397517dcbda78361
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“……”c3a8c4a6fa815c47
“When I call 3cb0f07890 you to clean 9bf5b7c80b or cook, no 99afaaf49d matter how busy 8ab93c0420 you are, you 716dab288a show up in 2f94a197fd five minutes. Didn’t you?”1bb238f2ab89a6a5
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“……”9a9c48c62299d2ef
“If you really bdfeecba4b had zero feelings 5cba5a2b6a for me, you 4308aef594 shouldn’t have left 924b3d5131 me room to 641fca0b1b misunderstand.”99edfd08561d4675
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“……”96e21052db833d87
“Wow, the more I 5d64d15409 talk, the more I 4b3c7f41c2 sound like some clingy a7ab42ab29 old dude.”48b5271e69f6e0c5
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