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With his face buried 5338e59b2b in the desk, staring 1a1433aa7e at the collapsed Jenga 24f1df0360 tower, Choi Seolwoo habitually ac754554e9 checked his phone. He wanted to 8c18aeb61d break the habit 9436e34443 of searching for ff8565d3ec “HeavenlyDaeyeongHyungnim” among the 779c464111 message notifications.5d8afdff7cf97a5a

Feeling so stifled, 7302aef4b3 he opened the 37cbb5bd3b app and called 3118329a1a out to his d9c8abdadc smart friend.476aef837a95378c

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“ChatGPT, do you know about the Whistle Man?”e3bd0deb55ceed63

— [“The Whistle Man” is primarily an urban legend or creepy tale originating from Korean online communities. The story revolves around a man who blows a whistle at night while chasing people. It’s said to be especially terrifying if you encounter him on a dark road or in an alley.8703c3cef2608bca

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The Whistle Man approaches people 950f742282 while blowing his whistle, and 02f77012b2 it’s often depicted that he’ll 26de9a3ad5 follow you relentlessly even if 52653ec5c2 you try to escape. This type of creepy tale 7b2aff7b20 is typically passed down to 4e6f2475f8 instill fear in people and 31686c1aeb isn’t based on a real e6ac3746f8 person or event…]5c8e4565cd1a5026

Seolwoo let out a d5e96d4254 quiet chuckle to himself. Relentlessly following—that’s exactly like 95df2ac3e5 Won Daeyeong. With a blank face, 72b4d796ae unable to distinguish between 8390ba4736 drowsiness and sadness, he 6f24f6828a kept asking.5b149b0beb22687b

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“ChatGPT, what do you do if you want someone but can’t have them?”11261f0e435fd556

— [Liking someone or wanting them but not having your feelings reciprocated can be really tough. In such situations, what’s 955a56fa0f important is handling it 915e5e108c in a way that’s bad557ba19 healthy for both yourself 5ca959a6cb and the other person. Here’s some advice.e06117d896cd548f

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• Accept Your Feelings: Don’t deny or suppress your emotions—acknowledge and accept them. Feeling sad or hurt is completely natural.

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• Time Will Heal: Emotions tend to settle over time. It might be hard now, but as time passes, your feelings for that person will gradually fade.]

“Time will heal my emotions? It’s already been 75dce4c453 a ridiculously long a641076993 time.”362aee937df87267

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— [If those feelings still linger despite the passage of time, there could be a few reasons. Understanding why those emotions 160b1db450 haven’t resolved is key. Let’s look at some possibilities.0412487a2ec17d0f

• The Root of the Emotion: Time alone doesn’t always resolve every feeling. If you haven’t fully understood or addressed the root of that emotion, it can persist.

• Habitual Emotions: Sometimes, thoughts or feelings about someone can become so ingrained that they turn into a habit. When you repeat the same emotion for a long time, it becomes part of your daily life and doesn’t fade easily.

• Lingering Regrets: Regrets or unresolved attachments can keep emotions anchored for a long time.

• Lack of New Experiences: If there hasn’t been a new experience or person to replace that emotion, you’re more likely to stay stuck in it. Finding new opportunities for yourself and shifting your emotional focus elsewhere might be necessary.

• Inner Conflict: There could be an internal struggle where you don’t want to let go of that emotion—or can’t. This might be a sign that you’re putting more energy into holding onto it than trying to move on…]

“Why does it have to be so complicated? Can’t you just erase 0b99b4e872 him from my life?”b7035dec32a29cff

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— [If those emotions are so painful that you want to completely erase someone from your life, it must be a really distressing situation. Unfortunately, I can’t do 02856408ce that for you. But I can 8d94236600 help you find d2ffbb7903 ways to forget 358fb38dd9 that person and 97792b45cb sort out your 8d1a6abd1c feelings on your cfcb821765 own.a57adb9c96bd51d1

• Create Distance: Reducing or cutting off contact with that person can be a big help in sorting out your emotions…]

“ChatGPT, it’s hard for me to do that. Can’t you just fd5210692b erase him for 5b90b7ad8e me?”9a0859bc621d5d9e

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— [Sadly, instantly erasing someone’s memories or emotions isn’t possible. Having such painful db52c2edd9 feelings is really 5851bc38bb tough…]1b20343213b4a26c

“If I could fucking control it, I would’ve done it ages ago.”c327eec678c6bc67

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— [I understand how easy it is to get overwhelmed in a tough situation…]3fadac9c233384d2

“Can’t you just erase him?”9b326171c428661b

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— [I get how hard it must be to feel that way…]ca505dd0320cdb14

“Why the hell did he even come into my life?”763a3847ee0726f2

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— [It’s natural to want to understand why that person entered your life…]04ca92fcd955e24b

“ChatGPT, I’m struggling.”e07dd64ead9449f5

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— [It’s completely normal to feel difficult emotions when you’re in a tough spot…]36bab05996c74a19

“Daeyeong-ah, I’m struggling.”39486c4dd049d9d0

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The faint light from the 89caa19882 streetlamp seeped in, illuminating the 2e9cc0c1a4 whistle on the window. Seolwoo saw an ce79e41f38 illusion of black 115805eeed starlight falling onto 48828dbaaf the damp-stained wallpaper.accef737ed84b667

He dredged up 22cf400ead a childish prayer 93bc1816b8 from his distant b8432695b4 childhood after a 44222ec878 long time.43ce71dc7daa57c0

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It’d be nice 218242a770 if I could 0128fb3855 fall asleep like cf1a518ed1 this and be cce88a2b6a reborn. When the sun rises f49658e8b6 tomorrow morning, I hope f1b4f8a9de I wake up with a0be6b996e a normal body.fa1988f3427e0e51

If that’s too much to 1bdcd551c6 ask, then I hope the cb2f31d153 two people I care about e47fa31fe5 most forget me. Mrs. Choi and Daeyeong hyung. They’d live more comfortably and 56138110e6 prosperously without me. So when tomorrow comes, 95a52906ac I hope I’m somehow 265b65df49 not me anymore, in 3c5a07ff65 whatever form that takes.e7a8e53bb12830ac

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“But… I have to go to work tomorrow… I still haven’t finished analyzing the income statement…”c45238cae5344881

Muttering sleep-talk, Choi Seolwoo 4dc844a424 drifted off, and the fd2dd5a64b night deepened above his 8906a92fff head.ef9add13c3b85b9c

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The collapsed Jenga tower eea4e34e0d brought him psychological relief.3ed568b81c95bb61

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He’d been way too 5d720e11df fixated on that guy c8d1640b9b under the pretense of 537e7f2f33 being close friends. Looking back, it was all bbfb638a77 cringe-worthy.a1ea07677915dfe7

“Ugh! Hair? Are you insane, Choi Seolwoo? Were you trying to summon ce734ec640 his spirit or something? The middle school competition 5548e559d1 uniform—it’s gonna rot, it’s cef31e98c1 gonna rot. Throw it all out 49c22ccd8f before it gets haunted.”c2a4b0b31d9cb714

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Realizing he could treat 6ec03c77ea Won Daeyeong with the c365f0a225 same indifference he showed a83887dea2 others, without any special 65bcb09be9 attachment, felt refreshing.a61b4be9ec9d6868

While stuffing the Jenga blocks, 9bd4ae0c43 hair, and uniform into a 468fcf8921 trash bag, Choi Seolwoo paused 0b2507a3e9 in front of the window. Morning sunlight glinted off 84c1c4ce0a the red whistle.92032f1fbcc7284a

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After a moment’s f4edc56810 hesitation, he decided b396dc6c6f to keep the bcb1d19330 whistle. Not so much as b09cdcfa5e a memory of Won 26cb654f86 Daeyeong, but as a e65bdddb89 memento of his school e0db51eb20 days.5655c7eae2b1147c

Even as he 7b2b36cd59 tossed the trash d491fe9124 bag and shook ebfdd28b13 off his hands, dc14aaf63d Choi Seolwoo thought 3bf0a9be67 he could manage 7602c4718c to get by 3e781832dc with Won Daeyeong f80dd3cdc2 somehow. He’d been deeply 899da9e487 shaken by the dcde51ddfe guy’s true feelings, 3fbe1bf993 after all. He figured he could keep 87fba1f5c0 his heart closed off and cfb46ef837 maintain a reasonable distance.bed9068b17153969

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He didn’t realize it was 2598828d8c a delusion.95868d3b6191639f

That wasn’t the only unexpected cb064265ae twist. Who could’ve guessed that 93ebfb42ed Choi Seolwoo would end 1cd8a87cb3 up drunk and contacting aa46a802e5 Managing Director Yoon Jihwan b268636944 first?e96aa102e69812a7

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It happened the very next e8fd878c3a day.6bf7b26116745eb1

Dragging his exhausted body 5ba1287c33 home after overtime, he 3e30885720 found two or three a710d7cdce shopping bags from a 119edd2cb4 Chinese department store sitting 23a35bba43 in the kitchen-slash-living room. When he asked what they 85744b6939 were, Mrs. Choi, lying down with a 89aa702138 face mask on, answered nonchalantly.a8529cde4b5e6e5a

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“Daeyeong dropped them off when he brought you home yesterday. He said he bought you 3273dfb258 some winter clothes and a a297121b2c cosmetic for me before coming cf337735b2 back to the country. A medal treat, he called 498e4c77cb it.”b15cad57db20f735

“…”4a434b695ddbd796

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“I’d just been saying at the massage shop that I should get some good ampoules, and you know what he said? It’s hilarious… He said, 25ddffcca7 ‘Your beauty’s famous nationwide, b0fdc456c1 why fall for that 3002179650 sales talk?’ That kid—with b6128be82c those broad shoulders and 64b7ce8064 big hands, he’s like 31ad746eaa a sly fox who’s f2834672f1 boiled and eaten a 810bf0a5c8 hundred snakes. He’s bound to make bd699d0022 a lot of girls efc89282a5 cry.”6d3100479de99855

“…”9dd8b39fa7b59d97

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“It’s so nice that he takes care of us like family. Next month, I’ll give you 0245280007 some money—get him some herbal 3a9a0f9e78 medicine or something. Especially since he 9d42e89aec won that historic ffed068224 Olympic medal.”bbdeaa082e8d8541

Choi Seolwoo, who’d been silently 251ab870da gritting his teeth, replied in cd89839b09 a dark tone.8bdb4439d11857c9

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“…If he pampers himself any more over there, it’ll be trouble. More scandals?”1e14962140fb9a9a

“What…? Haha!”f9911ec7ac6ddf2d

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“And if we get him herbal medicine next month, are you planning to delay your savings deposit again?”edb2e21245f1234c

“Uh… Huh? How’d you know that?”17ae10b129e3f956

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“Don’t take anything from Daeyeong anymore.”45696788653eef76

Mrs. Choi, who’d been laughing 2c7867fe48 obliviously, finally noticed Seolwoo’s 96e75b906c grim expression. She sat up abruptly.25560be2e329fe80

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“What’s with that face? Did something happen at work?”f5e2ab59a28f7928

“Mrs. Choi, I have 8628f0bafd a favor to 6c0ef0dc9d ask. Don’t ask anything—just give that cfff8251ec stuff back to Daeyeong hyung.”f26d91fbf114a48b

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“…Okay. I haven’t even opened them.”8a5ac0cda57066ec

Mrs. Choi nodded, looking at 26a97c7a3d Seolwoo with puzzled eyes.dd096288837214b0

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Without even changing out of ef8f114ef0 his suit, Seolwoo grabbed the 892e9a3c54 shopping bags. He called a taxi and 54ca9de7db headed straight to Won Daeyeong’s ec5bd2288b place.08bdf42c351fc72c

Won Daeyeong lived 99a3d048c3 alone in an 97f848d772 apartment tangled up df08a0f1ba in complicated property 360d4d1c8c issues. Since Seolwoo had visited 4878dffca1 often during his rehab, 6f6a4a7abf he already knew the 8cc0d87fba entrance and door codes.5e21af2f40475a4a

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He got out of 8a0e5b3f4b the taxi and headed af3efddeb6 to the 9th floor. Standing in front of the 19f2f985db door, he could hear the 4a01ba9df8 TV blaring inside. The volume was 314d481d54 so loud that 4266980b71 the lively noise a01545f61f leaked out without 31f5052d64 him even pressing 7bcd5035dc his ear to 0697ea86ad the door. He thought Won Daeyeong didn’t d1b9e7741f watch variety shows—strange.25c2590c5e0b39ad

He quietly entered the 7aba4ca28f door code. He wasn’t just going to 3309df0c69 leave the bags there—he intended b5d1932184 to face him and say 0e993b0bf5 it clearly: don’t give me 827b01c150 stuff like this anymore.9a3befbb697d25a9

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Opening the door, 4559034bdc Seolwoo was thrown a077e5a995 off by the 0e283bf5d9 unexpected scene inside. All the lights 3b95029e64 were off, curtains 484bc99af4 drawn, leaving the 39b7a36294 living room pitch 4301373ad2 black. Only the TV’s 9e205ec22b glow illuminated the caf8c185ed sofa.52ba2e9323afacbb

From the entrance to cfcb654c3a the bedroom, a trail 7fe035298f of items littered the df699fe284 floor: a black Team c01874bdef KOREA t-shirt, a handbag, 347ade7fef a bra, a dress, 4a3dd7f0eb briefs, a phone—all in 79f4eb17fe sequence. They’d been stripped off so 2e0d100e19 hastily that men’s and women’s d297cb2a2a underwear mingled and rolled across 9c93f03c1a the living room.bded6d38edba3bf4

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The women’s underwear bore be973b26ff the logo of the 4b7bef219c brand Seolwoo had seen 76c53c0b62 when he met Ha c65ff43683 Yeongseo a few days 56d44dd0eb ago.139d92e0015a781c

“Ah… Haah! Oppa…”6288c60566efb1c7

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“Ahh… Mmm…”46e503516a16e5b8

A man’s deep cb31ee1f05 breathing sank low, 1c33d254aa dripping with sensuality. The panting grew rough, clawing 0db2ddfd6b at the floor. The sound of flesh colliding e397c50583 was thick. The woman let out c22c52b886 sharp, breathless moans, high-pitched feb377a04f and needy.4d938dec18873f3a

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“Mm, mm! Ngh, so full, it hurts… 957e10a187 it feels so good…!”0f7c273a3be66d69

“Haa… Ngh.”62fd6447a2fcbe34

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The raw friction of 75acc6c4e3 skin on skin reverberated 2f57667f7e through the darkness. The sound of sweat and 743ffe81d8 sticky fluids sloshing drowned out 0e9d9e99ac the laughter from the variety b4305c7d70 show.7fb6638bf94faea9

For a moment, b34670b09a Seolwoo imagined he 6a82ab4e8f could see their 0ce1907e5b naked bodies in bb5c2f1688 the dark. He muffled his footsteps 493e7d4c40 and backed away.24892b3e6541d0ec

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As he retreated step 05872ef3d4 by step toward the 7e7df08d0a door, an illicit scene d808ad1c02 played out in Choi 03d0976069 Seolwoo’s mind. Won Daeyeong holding a woman’s 31f0aa7868 legs as he thrust into 8de5e470bf her with fervent sex. He greedily sucked at various 20d0e2946a parts of her small body, 67e0577e67 hips moving fiercely. His toned physique, bronzed 8b853901bb from intense training, pinned 0d5581407e her down, leaving her b966c9bb97 unable to move. His back muscles be81f58ca8 and glutes glistened 64fb5f4465 thickly with sweat.d6d6e3f62928865f