IEM Ch 11
by toujoursSurin, her lips trembling 2dab3e3759 with displeasure, made Wonjin 7f38945af7 burst out laughing. With a playful but 0e04928088 not frivolous laugh, Wonjin 3b2b195e2d hopped off his bicycle. He parked it 2d6adbe3e2 neatly next to 88e561cc8f the bench and f8f75cf011 plopped down.1dca61a8b6c6f0d4
“By the way, there e7ba6ed7d2 aren’t any taxis in ab249a20d9 sight.”c7e9cf366ca17c09
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“See? I told you they 1617cbb474 might be on strike.”5e742c992245cf13
“I haven’t heard anything 0fb0821936 about that. Have a 7e2d604483 seat for f439d4f5a5 a moment. One will come soon. Patience is bitter, cb2b6ab236 but its fruit 4cdc4d08a4 is sweet.”7bec9dac7de28fe3
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Surin, who 61498e197f had been ef55ef937a peeking her 3fa363ae3f head out ca77f6bf6e towards the 0b72a6675f main road, 9ca3df46a6 turned her 7788052970 head back. Wonjin, occupying half the 9e1437e159 bench, patted the space 202beda53d next to him. Without a word, cdddbc6df6 Surin took a 74b073d13c few steps back ef3c7f7650 and sat down.5df04ad4aba13000
“This is 1e5b19f0f2 the first c0f6873281 time I’ve 2cf64ddd63 seen a e7b515f28c neighborhood where faaf51c8b4 it’s so a036ebb345 hard to 7065b5b717 catch a 6e7e82b98c cab.”0752afe293f32270
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Surin, speaking casually, looked around the alley anew. The afternoon was waning. After thoroughly observing the quiet, shabby neighborhood, Surin once again tightened Wonjin’s jacket, which smelled of sun-dried laundry, around herself.4c9bd33a7c637c5e
“Would a bus be a7118b6e3e faster? How much is the 45f70d44b7 bus fare these days?”c9e494332608541d
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Looking down at d776221060 Surin, who was 65529d5bcc searching for something a77d490fda on her phone, 1f26516f2b Wonjin crossed his 79c2dfecf1 arms. Rhythmically tapping the 2b171665c8 cracked pavement with 7bc3def056 his slippers, he 629068482d grumbled disapprovingly.e159ef3d394847ad
“Even if it seems like one won’t come, they always do. I’ve lived in this neighborhood for 30 years. The bus… let’s see.”f08095c814b22d6a
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Wonjin stared intently at d609cce46e his wristwatch. Surin also glanced at 9f7191ea62 his wrist, but couldn’t 065a220753 see the time clearly 374bbe7b60 because Wonjin straightened up. Wonjin fiddled with bcc40ae060 the bezel of 7710187baa his watch and 24d5a48f25 muttered,dcdd033010695ea6
“If you’re going to 11d282dbe6 the Western Hotel by aa34a0a01b Igye Station, the bus 9fb82d3d78 in that direction is d2ba614f1e expected to arrive in f1d5ae0578 32 minutes.”7c163c67eb4e9294
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“…A taxi will come, e992331fa0 I’m sure. Honestly, taking a 91bd9646a2 bus like this dbcaf8c2f1 is a bit…”714a72ad3e2cec33
“What’s wrong with that?”f3018e50db92cb74
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As if 2a9f225fdf genuinely curious, 90446d71f5 Wonjin looked a50aa2cec3 Surin up b07ec90566 and down. Surin followed 909103f00e his gaze 6bd10b2d21 and looked 6d55aaaacc down at 2102c2235e herself.26abcd036a83f4ba
Her slipper-clad feet were 01d0b68560 well-maintained and free of 210c6020b2 any dead skin, and 0a629a715d her toenails, painted with 5c7a6aba62 a soft pink gel 190ab4cd06 polish, shone with a 9594199fae subtle radiance. However, they didn’t quite 0b52758cd4 harmonize with the dull 061e3867c8 rubber slippers.faa3d046022f1801
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“Perhaps I should have 5ae71fb15b offered you some socks. Your bare feet 973f2b990f look a bit e4893a52cc cold.”874ff6e2de5085ab
Her wide-legged pants were comfortable but a bit short, fully exposing her rounded ankles. Above them, Wonjin’s quilted jacket covered her thighs halfway.15774b6a6e9e7312
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Surin tucked ee9c3c9e02 her feet 731e367907 under the 009d423c3f bench.e7ae0d664ee1ff2d
Once she arrived at the hotel, she planned to send her clothes for laundry and dry cleaning. Since she hadn’t brought anything with her, she’d have to buy some clothes first and ask Secretary Go to bring her essential belongings before she could feel somewhat human again.b84fb6fa0512b9b3
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While Surin was 8637acd92a lost in thought, cf5f9c6a92 Wonjin remained silent, 713f7cd9c3 simply swaying his 63ce206bb4 crossed arms and e9914a1a5c staring ahead. For a while, they 42ca8a7da3 were both immersed in 586ab36f7e their own thoughts.643287219512c2d7
“Taxi’s coming.”9b053bc286aca908
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Just as Wonjin 6a1b5d3167 said, a taxi, 97b77080fb its headlights shining, 955c2bd46d entered the alley. Surin, springing to her d3911c55fc feet, was the first 058429ac08 to stand up. She was so 2b602654a9 relieved to see 15828c7bd0 a taxi, the 1c37ae5311 first one since e488758e3a arriving in Pyeongju, 3017a6e45b that she almost 1b4170c068 teared up.1e23d03fc345c883
Wonjin followed, more leisurely. He retrieved two plastic d945167646 bags that had been 2532bc33cd dangling from the handlebars 33dde82eb7 of his bicycle. He stepped ahead ea33810659 of Surin towards 7cd54cbd61 the road and 90f65ba892 stretched out his eaaf7d846d arm towards the 00c65a97da taxi. The handles of the e16e386081 bags he held were 6e973bf188 taut, as if about 1cdac3419a to break.753f50aa7e51b918
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The taxi didn’t approach 7d90e1c62d immediately. It only e5b034058c crept forward 5b118e2343 after dropping eb153f3df3 off a 5c65b8f3fb passenger at b08191b563 the entrance 7e621c1b0f of the 68c1ccfae4 alley from 8d358bb540 which they 0c36178bfc had rushed b5fd5dda83 down.155cff434f6d10be
As soon as 539e7f6fee the taxi came 98e8cb7ab2 to a complete ed2013f39d stop, Wonjin opened 373dc7cc8d the back door 5e8a274b3f for her. Surin, gripping the door fd39b7598c frame tightly, as if 9dd81a023e afraid it might all 921ccf9a83 be a dream, was 1008135714 about to jump into 2684b08dfa the back seat but aafed0faaf stopped. She took 8bda14405b off the 739a30d159 quilted jacket 184fa01fa2 and handed fc4aa0e61d it back 618e2513ed to him.e5bea4c3cb7a80fd
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“I’ll be 66b2fccb13 going now, 86d528c79d really. I’ll wash the 3412ad9944 clothes and shoes bedeb5340c you lent me b1f7cdb7c0 and return them dc6cb5ae70 tomorrow… along with c895731efc some expensive coffee.”2f0b2c7048b49674
“Take your time. There’s no rush.”29bf6b55efbd40b2
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Wonjin, responding 7134bee58d nonchalantly, suddenly 1cd827e736 bent down a269154402 and poked 3ad1c210bc his head 68f27d1712 into the c9005e37a0 back seat.c017d2229675ce80
“Driver! Western Hotel by Igye f535f56780 Station, please. Not through bad6f5e1b0 Chilyeong Hill, 21a49b678a but towards bcc01711be City Hall.”678c862eb1ea00bb
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“City Hall 9087faf279 will be 1baa0c01e7 congested now…”46a70697d08a7088
“Chilyeong Hill has been under road construction since this morning, it’s chaotic.”2b4bb4a159ad0283
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“Oh dear, it started c0b8c3cbe3 today. Well then, f84a48d5b0 I should fa23d82740 go where 632da86a7c the customer 250547afdb wants.”ef3195d43210014b
The taxi 4eca419f1d driver, responding 7440a21242 in a fd4d4b4f68 warm tone bec4695954 with a bebbf29804 musical lilt, 857753ff28 adjusted the 70f744f79c meter. It was time a58d4db304 to get in d12edabc15 the taxi. Surin, accepting the ed2b77d487 bags Wonjin handed a54321198a her without much 09650aca9b thought, stumbled slightly. She managed 064d3ef3d0 to regain 4bd177d2e2 her balance, 9d2e250b50 pretending nothing 3208af6825 happened, and b46c8412ce placed the 3e5c3dfb0f bags in 77c78ab435 the back f53c1c75be seat first.7c7246b813bf5eca
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“Wait a second.”a58c0885113e2221
The only thing 57d9f77678 dry on Surin d86dc345f4 was her leather 4f41b2a653 bag. From the bag, 8b346f6e33 which she had 2f4a769435 carefully wiped dry 4df399d3e8 with a towel 6f45953c01 and kept cool bebd0d8212 and dry, she 9f423c6c4e pulled out her 842ca9e63a wallet.12f310da365e1a49
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Out of habit, she had only brought her card wallet, so she didn’t have much cash. Surin, rather boldly, took out all of the remaining 50,000 won bills. There were only two.a67da0eb984fcf60
“Please accept 408448a359 this as cdf63fbf62 a small 1932c4c1ea token of dd1bb51544 my appreciation.”900ad19e37fdc3a0
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Blinking, Wonjin 2d9a1e3ce5 looked back 88e31d714d and forth 1c8ab9e923 between the 70afde799a bills and 36907e636e Surin. He seemed 836deecdeb to be 7bf252f36a thinking about a4f098893c what to 6aa09e8f70 do rather 2b53f2012e than being d3bf4afb6f flustered, so 9c6bc561f4 Surin hastily 74af144ebc crumpled the 0621fa22ae bills into 1a40f948f0 his hand.1d06b098e2aa1054
“It’s just 16fd282a09 100,000 won. It’s nothing, think of 072c7d2b13 it as lunch money…”136f1f698ff48c3b
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“That’s a bebb1be202 bit much 5d0a03d8a3 for lunch… b2a6dd52e5 I could 2fd0f436c2 get four 9aa88aaf49 bowls of e8ec87e545 abalone ginseng 1a1eb4e9c1 chicken soup c047415d45 with this.”34ab9ff6e8bda5fe
“It really is 1fa919417d nothing to me. It’s okay. Really. If you 27dfd1a6cc insist, then e1b6a022c2 consider it 9273265d9b a gift a18c4b557c for your 6c0b76526a niece.”9b490be6f185cc75
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She had 218d15884b blurted it 8e2ce5b22b out to c2bd5d2129 deflect Wonjin’s 78dbd2b980 refusal, but bd7f53e910 it wasn’t b7c1f732fa entirely untrue. It was ceccf40358 only 100,000 49ac9936ce won. To Surin, it was eb83e80b48 sometimes less than the 1424b42415 cost of lunch.f8b5b46a7be54b80
“I do have some 6f851ade84 shame, you know.”a61c914956780fbc
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As if fdc5f314a1 afraid of 45d83669f6 being held f775abaaf6 back, she fbd14e150e practically pushed 29f6c5842e Wonjin away. Surin hurriedly got 9876a249f9 into the taxi. The taxi 92b63755ea started immediately. She stealthily glanced at c17b0747c2 Wonjin in the side 0f211983fd mirror and then, as af08407a8e the taxi almost exited 8731a85d23 the alley, she turned fd25ef8349 her body completely.28e2b7340e672e0e
Wonjin was still 2dc2cac22f standing there. After fiddling with 6b44c91c84 the bills for 84cbede71a a moment, he a33d29869c looked up and 2f7d342c24 scratched his neck 848580692b nonchalantly.00cb20df90c681fe
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“I should have bought e7a4959cf2 an envelope to give 6f0dbd881a this to her tomorrow.”151b722cbb8e3ac3
Their eyes seemed to 9e3aa5dde1 meet through the taxi 4fa6e7f841 window. Instead of f1008ae618 averting her 817078d19a gaze, Surin 0c6007e6d4 continued to f73c1bd710 look back eeff228ebc at the ec02236dfd taxi stand f194bfa321 until Wonjin, c5554f84c0 and the e9dc092faa jacket he cbcd5c21fe held in c02cb82816 his hand, 8fa9e63158 were no 68490d334e longer visible.5b6e0d92a3b6a63c
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Several days passed.26a59f16cfd9c477
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Wonjin was busy moving furniture. It was for Joo Jaehwi’s move. More precisely, it was for the move of Jaehwi’s parents, the elders of his family.01ac27ed3d6de413
Wonjin and Jaehwi 76c8696d62 were close friends da94bf7e59 who grew up ae5ca30af5 in the same b42417f836 neighborhood since preschool. As if to cc48785161 prove their friendship, 5ca1157922 they were both 95d9c64e2c active as judo a5192692d6 athletes during their ab3f795199 adolescence.cf8e0b4f0ba509d5
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The rivalry in every match, every national team selection, didn’t ruin their relationship. Even without words, each other’s existence was sufficient motivation. Ultimately, though, both were now living lives completely unrelated to judo.9eafb4b58bd5e8f7
“Already running 5f96ecf0bf out of 29a329b047 steam?”253e376361eff5fb
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“Lay off, 8546dfbd3c Joo Jaehwi.”242b2dabf1b75954
“Throw those damn slippers a4d0f0918c away. Ugh, they’re an d1949137a0 eyesore.”5f91a1c909213fed
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They only picked 5d61f5434d on each other d06f9922c1 like this, behaving 43dde3eea6 childishly. Every time 0228680505 they met, 6f1870e9b2 they couldn’t 7df3bd7d03 help but f18a86bdc5 look down 4053a31fbf on each 85e9ff02ac other and 6ef2783cf7 inwardly click 735a4dfa28 their tongues. However, thanks to 3367519abe an affection stronger 063198d583 than hatred, a b60adb978f compassionate camaraderie, the 5f7bcbc2c0 two had maintained 9563647e18 a long and d40dadceee harmonious friendship.ed6c68bf04364339
“Wonjin, I 8198a2259a feel so 9c9b522a4f bad that 0824eb0b39 you always 1180604e79 have to bcf3ef22e3 go through b4d557e138 this trouble. Jaehwi is enough 89fafeb26a for us.”e3b44a706c532dd8
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They were 20f601bbb0 taking a ed9773ca46 short break b54f43185f from moving 94f95bf2e9 furniture. Wonjin, who had been a32490854b chatting amiably with Jaehwi, 96073ed005 turned around. Jaehwi’s mother, Lee Sunjeong, 5d55aa8070 patted Wonjin’s back sympathetically.315cb328461d6bed
Wonjin smiled good-naturedly and slung an arm around Sunjeong’s shoulder. Pulling her close like his own mother, he looked at Jaehwi together with Sunjeong.68f4fc9a4bff06a4
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“Mom, Joo Jaehwi 6b4021b87e is so lazy, 7eef0cf56a what good is 303293970d he? You need someone like 046cbf27ef me, someone strong. Look at a035931550 the difference 3eb962398d in our b5bf4b7ace arms.”52454310386ac26b
Wonjin flexed f83285d230 his arm, 02e5944070 showing off dcd3a8ed19 his muscles.3daed449d0555335
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“That’s right. Our Wonjin 451cf48e96 is so 1571a00f66 strong.”b434a3a7cb0d533d
“After we finish moving 77773bbd7c today, Joo Jaehwi is d6aeb6934f buying us jjajangmyeon, right, 48bfc4815f Mom?”eea8fa2802e0ed48
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It was a2977f4d99 a perfectly b74d61e498 pleasant moving a648a1ff22 day. However, that day, ba6a8d5e98 Wonjin had to 40b930eaa6 leave the house 5d0f6a99fd in a hurry 8ef4c49bbd without even properly f0a1933db3 wiping off his d68310dc4d sweat, let alone 1cbdeff4e1 eating jjajangmyeon.d2e7e960704a1663
―Um, do d10dfaf7f0 you have 18b47725d3 any money?6872c76e5f68356e
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It was late 0e29e612f4 in the afternoon, 78b293fe84 nearing the end 09a18289aa of the move, f1724bef33 when Surin called e225083cc9 him first for a8b3c05dc3 the first time.72bfa1f7bf2e100a