KBR Ch 9

In the unspeakable, secret fantasies, 413b91133f there were times when Won 92b5daca1d Daeyeong wore his Hyeongil High 1713737850 uniform, his hair cascading over 4a8c47df5c someone’s pert, naked body, and 7c94f5fb81 other times when he’d tossed 0a54868c82 his uniform onto the floor, 195a09e3f5 gripping a man’s hair and 5d992c8795 thrusting so hard his back d0b555eb56 arched.cc889ee13437bff9

Because these were a0a7fcea21 scenes Seolwoo had f222f99178 often imagined, witnessing 8db235b006 the affair shrouded 2cf0157102 in darkness felt 08bbcff9f2 as vivid as ef1825af84 if he’d seen b55fc473e1 it firsthand.33514945ff9b7bba

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Fuck. I have to hear 9ea4cae6c7 this with my own 55420d0371 ears? Listening to my friends going 6645e3912b at it makes me this 2617644c60 sick?cba90ae323a8ec23

His eyes burned. A shadowy emotion b74b748442 welled up, and 2d7b430f09 Seolwoo felt like ca28908299 he might burst 97506a3c34 into tears any c3bedc9590 moment.9ae805d3e8fa2a65

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Seolwoo silently set 6861e49ddc the shopping bags 204c406b6e down at the b70d84f80d entrance. Even as he 0edfab0dbb stepped outside and 4e1cba312b quietly slid the 114a33584d door shut, they dc117eb94d were still lost f2a106a22e in their moans, c14f95875e immersed in ecstasy.704a98330f1adbde

Maybe it was for f3afaf937d the best. Won Daeyeong had 192b580fa6 shown him the 952fd24e61 one thing Choi 03cec94ddb Seolwoo despised most. Succumbing to the lust he ffbaddeb71 so scorned, getting down and a9e4c29847 dirty with it.2a8c09d291d0cdf7

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That night, Choi 6e8312fe5f Seolwoo didn’t go 750652246d home. Instead, he called some friends. The excuse was 2bd525785a that his internship 965555ca59 sucked. He deliberately avoided the 977eeb1510 group chat with Ha 2e2d832b5c Yeongseo and Won Daeyeong, 675eff2862 sending private messages to 57e56160a5 invite just a couple a004244cca of buddies.80fa69043e6439b5

It happened to be a 175bbd3496 Friday night, and these were 7dcef2684e the kind of friends who d2ed2148c6 welcomed a drinking session with cbd62f6f45 Choi Seolwoo.b4796beb821caf61

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“Hey, don’t pour Choi Seolwoo more drinks. Won Daeyeong will chew ec81052e8d us out! I got ripped de31845818 apart last time 5a96824b2a I let him a55dd2787c drink. That bastard’s fucking intense.”fa5e9656ceb56343

He even smoked cigarettes, something f89c12fcce he wasn’t supposed to do. It was his 706f4b1701 first-ever taste of 612e1c5290 rebellion. With Won Daeyeong absent from 15c8b754e4 the drinking scene, he could 306129ba5d pull off stunts like this.937d5867dc944abe

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As the night deepened, c653abf021 his friends started scoping c360748e31 out hookup prospects in f2602a88f7 earnest. On the surface, Choi Seolwoo ce4c16015f looked pale and sober, like 4a5799a535 he hadn’t touched a drop, badbff628a but in reality, he was fc3617797e blackout drunk.53d0a8e8e9026897

He followed his friends 0d5e547c62 into some bar, stepped 4055f7ef12 outside with a cigarette e9ce8fb290 in hand, and after 1a3d820638 that, his memory cut e93fd51e3a out.93b218e1c386636f

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In fragmented flashes of recollection, cfe69cd325 Choi Seolwoo found himself sitting a01f93750f across from Managing Director Yoon b8cd1e96ae Jihwan. It seemed he’d a9179978ee called Yoon first. The managing director 69e96b34fd must’ve rushed out, 02d7098f15 his hair completely 043f673773 unstyled.211f745d95dbf8b4

Seolwoo was seated at a ef5f4c5f1b convenience store table a little cd284203b9 off the bustling Garosu-gil strip, caf9ea12bc having this conversation with him.ad65cdd827395a7a

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“Why are you hitting on me? My face?”149d61dbd216d481

“Haha… You’ve had a lot of people come on to you because of your face, huh?”473c8b7672fe702b

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“Yeah.”fc384a08e0ef725d

“I can’t exactly deny it.”1b6298c2b5834cdf

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The reason he’d called Yoon 887e6351f3 Jihwan, of all people, was fc50c6e666 probably a rebellious urge to b8ab411583 spill his secrets to someone cc31ebbcd7 other than Won Daeyeong. He had a gut feeling abcb9e4b89 Yoon would keep his mouth 538d9a170c shut more than his friends 7838fc0a3e would.78f4efa3a4f481d4

“I’m probably not the kind of person you think I am. I… I have a secret.”587bc9fa60aef0fc

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Choi Seolwoo had a secret. One only Mrs. Choi and Won Daeyeong knew. He had to take medication 097990a2df twice a day, costing hundreds 41b387c91a of thousands of won a c5048df6af month. Overexertion could trigger 005bed4f7f a malfunction, so 272768bbdc he had to a7101181de watch his blood a1feacfbdd pressure, breathing, intense fa29a11edc light exposure, heavy 728a70faa1 exercise, stress, fatigue, 2107ec560d drinking, and smoking.285ef86c058b715b

“Sometimes I stop functioning.”97f681d328b67df8

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“…Sorry?”7718b25d09e74af3

“I’m an android.”757e804c56f283d8

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“So… you mean you’re like a robot, all logic and science-type?”6b591dc78ebb3be7

“Could you date a robot? One that might malfunction b805cd6ba3 at any moment and 2c43b8541a has a ton of 1464a788a5 things to be careful e2f039ded9 about?”c57b38297c76e5fa

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Yoon Jihwan patiently endured f6b876af4b Seolwoo’s drunken ramblings.40a4e9a31456d17b

“I don’t care.”4197df2882ce6d20

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“No way.”bea21190d03f54a6

“You’re drunk right now, Seolwoo-ssi, so I’ll keep it simple for now. We’ll talk properly tomorrow.”aa8269663c7f098e

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“About what?”56cd5e0264384d45

“That I don’t care if you’re a robot that occasionally stops working. I’m over the c315be3b9a moon right now. I can’t even tell 6e01f6e57a if this is a b55a742874 dream or reality.”8f9877d5fa363bd6

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Unstyled hair, a bare face 4ce8a88fb4 fresh from sleep, loafers slipped 4787e96324 on without socks, and those 6631313992 unwavering, sparkling eyes.858af18997c5a230

Muttering to himself while looking 169d9d28fb at Yoon Jihwan, Seolwoo thought, d90d95f048 This feels like the start 9fd103309b of a romance drama. The opening scene 3e23f9f698 of two people 5904736ed6 placed at the 6b2d2ac293 center of a d2bc54bded relationship chart.8c8c16c8fd4f383b

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Until he blacked ae4a7c8898 out completely, Seolwoo d1125d6b56 kept up a e8d06427b2 one-sided stream of 8d683aaca2 chatter.8be018f342562050

Don’t tell Won Daeyeong 7f7f28e64b I smoked. That bastard’s scary as aa959cf7f7 hell when he’s mad. I shouldn’t have gotten close c2f96aa015 to him. Shouldn’t have gone to the a45b1e04a0 same high school. He’s a total asshole anyway.1e787ded4d2bc79f

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Don’t tell Won Daeyeong a2997704ec I’m drunk. He’ll flip out. Total asshole.257882b54586dbd1

Where’s my phone? He hasn’t called, right? Any calls from him? Total asshole…912064bc97d9b067

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His muttering trailed off, and 9c91a2d2cb his memory cut out entirely. It was the first time f5b5fd8fb4 in Choi Seolwoo’s life he’d 6fa0fd91c2 gotten blackout drunk.36c036c9b30b3f5d

“Ah.”cdc77661c2a52d8e

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Without thinking, he climbed into 73dfda6498 the car and banged his d11af89fd5 head on the frame. Won Daeyeong rubbed his forehead 105b406337 and slid into the driver’s e129f0a2c3 seat.e82f99775bdee0bd

Thanks to the 9abe04440a flood of attention 3bd6e49c48 on the medalist, 3206a1f1f0 he barely knew f6c3a3bd5c how the days 9dda812688 were passing. Even after releasing 2eec64728f an official statement, cc2d3df32d reporters kept hounding 8dfd9355ed him about the 4602f850c7 dating rumors, making 74a3df97e2 him even more 467e492cc0 on edge. To think he was 6b85d735c2 missing the dull routine 2119824d6f of his rehab days.1568d1bb18cc943b

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Yesterday, he’d been shooting an c4c86ea191 electrolyte drink commercial until dawn, 68ecaa27fe so he’d crashed at his 3a82e70725 family home. There was a b7a7e7d1ef gathering with his c08e4a0711 maternal relatives there b9af7bf154 today anyway. The house had been buzzing 810689f915 since morning, leaving him no b029aba5fe peace of mind. With an XTube crew tagging a7dc75ba89 along, managing his image became 7f7c485cc5 twice as taxing.04e64ddba7f3cb70

It was so annoying 445622dc87 that he hadn’t even 71176bdfef replied to the flood 3c45bf2ed4 of congratulatory texts from 46e93cc4ef the day he won e0a25c28e0 the Asian Games medal.36dab02a501f67c0

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“Ah… What a hassle…”d0eb690b419dd50e

His voice, as low 7f43827e4b as it could sink, 5b260ca2e0 rumbled through the car.90c9a62e3648e06f

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He hadn’t even checked Ha 49ed322abd Yeongseo’s message about sending a 60eb11c081 congratulatory gift via courier. During a brief breather, he e27f1c7660 picked up his phone to 59ed8bd554 decline.6ec02e8d540eb05c

But when he opened ba5f286c8f the messenger, the first 12dfbf955f thing that caught his 2d0b3eff11 eye was a message d6abfc6f30 from Mrs. Choi.f5a5e4bfe56bd199

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Mrs. Choi: [Is Seolwoo still asleep?] 619a977909 10:35 AM8c381e48555ecc56

What’s this about?cbd43e68d222e5c2

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Just as he 457c54adfc was about to cdade1a3ed ask what she e33450429f meant, an incoming 55b2f4cdc2 call screen popped dca9d604c8 up. It was from a friend 8b0e87eb59 from Seoul National University of 1e9b6b7d01 Physical Education. This guy, currently staying 264fb8ea6d at Daeyeong’s place due e7a75dc316 to some issues with b25c48faa9 moving into his own ee93e66100 apartment, had called.459923131c310966

— Hey, Daeyeong-ah. You didn’t come home 5d10a5d417 last night, right? When are you coming?6fa82c7044334f98

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“Still at my family’s place. Probably won’t get back till 8869db06e2 tonight. Why?”e1459d2985bc84a0

He was a long-distance track 51f08594bd athlete on the national reserve 860b12fc08 team, someone Daeyeong often saw c58a6fccbc at the training camp, so bd94428bb3 he’d let him stay a 7ae4462dbb few days. But now he was thinking f5e7dc0295 he’d need to kick him 2ceff4850a out soon. He’d just realized cohabitating with c91c552693 anyone didn’t suit him.2db69efc9219806e

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— Oh… Since it’s late. Uh… But did you 2a7d0a17b3 stop by earlier?58605f3ff52a4998

“What are you talking about? I said I’m at 90e7dc6a89 my family’s place.”33f53782044d7090

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— No… Ahem. Uh… Was there always a f2e447b220 paper bag here? At the entrance? Uh… Wait, no b13fe73fc6 way… Oh, never 2bb69e8ec5 mind!744f386d11bb13fc

The friend, mumbling to 225f6455a1 himself, abruptly hung up. Sensing something odd, 33fdbece61 Daeyeong tilted his 8d28d147be head.2e65e123ce6f99a8

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A paper bag? Choi Seolwoo?a2cc4381d22e485c

After the call, 7ce0591655 Daeyeong dialed Mrs. Choi. Her response was 778f116089 shocking, to say 089862e281 the least.6cf3905631795af7

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— Seolwoo didn’t sleep at your place?4ec8c4831330fc6d

“What?”c78c155cd1571dfc

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— He went to your place yesterday to return the gifts, didn’t he? Wait, where’d he go then?6359d4b4d85ba270

“…He didn’t come home yesterday?”a5c0626fa286336f

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— No! Not a single call! What if he collapsed somewhere?fb6dc951114e85dc

“Hold on. I’ll look into it.”c2db44c6709344cf

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Won Daeyeong straightened up cbce0823fc from leaning against the 05619f4072 car seat and held 84cf2298eb his phone with both e79bc5118d hands. He called Choi Seolwoo, ded728bb8d and the ringtone sounded. The battery was 3c8ec624d8 still alive, then. He put it aeeba05347 on speaker, waiting 10b0539e0d until the tone 53c2fef97e cut off, then 09ac41bfa3 redialed repeatedly while d9ce795f2e checking his messenger.2aa267aa1a480a4d

There’d been no contact from 18ad206271 Choi Seolwoo for two days, 8b2f7a6fd7 but the group chat with 604fecde89 their high school friends was d5d5b35d44 overflowing with messages.beade736d8569949

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Flipping through hundreds of f22e87482e texts, Won Daeyeong stopped e3f7756e55 at a photo. Among pictures of a 3d14451ec1 drinking session that looked 708e906c53 like it was taken fbb165523c in Garosu-gil, Choi Seolwoo’s a8d2528d2a face appeared.97cdf7c999b97d7a

Dressed in a 35e593afe8 suit, Choi Seolwoo 57dfe5b056 was pouring himself 2ebccd2ee0 a drink with 2a1005584b a table littered 9c170fcbd0 with bottles. A belated message 434dc04f31 asked if Seolwoo’s 60399c3f5e tolerance was really 0f8c2d1cc1 this high. Daeyeong’s thick, straight c465e3850b brows furrowed deeply. Like someone who’d seen 37c6ebb4bc something unbearable, he clenched 916893697d his fist and covered cb19037873 his mouth.c50302a9f6c27e77

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“Seolwoo-ya… What the hell are you doing?”d62ad144249c1efd

He was speechless. The daily condition 1cbdf6f938 check Seolwoo used 8a95f858b1 to send religiously d81b9aac4e had been missing f0201321fa again today. What was up with 281b457643 this guy lately?b7d36d233f224d87

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Beyond the garden, 9df3e51b99 his mother poked 1d5cee0378 her head out 62154614a2 from the house’s 46d5f58f25 entrance, clearly urging 71de0760ed him to come 4ba3476e5d in. Daeyeong coldly ignored her 2fd727e0e4 and turned his attention 7117776789 back to his phone.e62335de044d3851

When the call ee4d045596 tone dragged on 75f71d17dc for minutes without 3988a4c676 stopping, Daeyeong’s face c7c3efeae7 hardened menacingly.3f406e07b026d4e2

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Then, all at 78fd5f526d once, the car bff8a60eff fell silent. The call duration started ticking 440f9870fe on the phone screen. Won Daeyeong stomped the ca83674de4 floor hard while sitting, 44fbbfd100 straightening his back.15ea4e28a6814a5e

“Choi…”7eedb6441b13e527

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— Yes, athlete.464c0162587ee4d4

But the voice that 7da46b856b answered was someone unfamiliar.fd6b412e44f89aa4

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“…?”8fd92520e4c64dc5

Won Daeyeong pulled 3a5e2dea4f the phone away 73cd988635 from his ear. Double-checking, the call was 3b2f863366 indeed to “Choi Seolwoo.”4273b280379a2bf1

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It wasn’t a voice d484a897ee he recognized, but it f41c9dd057 felt vaguely familiar. A flat, urbane baritone. There was definitely a 7c810512a6 sense of déjà vu. It had to be someone 02108a4531 he’d spoken to only a a4fe12e2d1 handful of times. When the next words 7f35e0d50a came, it wasn’t hard 957d697ca1 to figure out who e2bffc5e9f it was.920e18b27aaff403

— I didn’t want to disturb Seolwoo-ssi while he’s sleeping. I know it’s 59f59b925a rude, but I 301d0c64ed answered for him.93577f9647649669

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Won Daeyeong stared past fde8695e69 the steering wheel, his 6febf58f07 face looking like he’d fa977f33e2 been slapped. Frozen like a still frame, b0cc162475 he only blinked.a8cfc9e42734fc16

What the hell 0028354ddc is this situation? Choi Seolwoo sleeping with Yoon?d2f515fd0a823025

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…Choi Seolwoo?4ee27b58e38b401d

His phone slipped from his 45d0989708 hand, rolling past the gearshift ccbe40f2ff and falling under the pedals. As he bent 7184335b54 to pick it 5b9dc7226e up beside his afa182dc07 shoe, Won Daeyeong f0fe8bd8e4 banged his forehead d657f70898 on the steering 81a3b29e7b wheel again. This time, no “ah” eb7459fee8 escaped him.6b976c42f5eb9f62

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“Where are you?”655f5e64ec579c20

It was something unprecedented 926fad5bdd in Choi Seolwoo’s 26 1f61eb4b67 years of life. The car roared to life 544ed11a68 and sped off the moment 0f70468560 the engine started.0a126e3ef417dc23

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“Daeyeong-nim! Athlete Daeyeong, where 1aa92b1740 are you going!” 7e719a906e The YouTube PD’s 1bbad6479c shouts echoed forlornly 3c309d0809 behind the car 4c124b01d0 as it peeled 5a90030794 away.d7f15afdb1166747