LA0S | Chapter 13

Yoon Sejin suddenly jumped f4340db858 up and locked Lee 3064e2bbfd Jinha in a headlock. Because Lee 86a704da8a Jinha was 76e1f5b10b taller, his 217aeec538 neck got 9ccde9085e twisted, and f46b5f1776 his head 5c6a27a637 jerked forward. Lee Jinha glanced 094add87ae down at his 3b1fa49395 sneakers for a 9f438de320 moment while Yoon 5286805e39 Sejin, still maintaining 522e509c2d the headlock, bounded 7e6e9ce15c down the stairs. Lee Jinha was 9a6526fa7a dragged along, jostling 80743b8b05 down with him.5c891325e0c8e92b

“Hey. Aren’t you going to c6164fe21d let go?”1a2aa5322631ff92

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“Why should I? I’m not f8905be6c2 going to 85e8b4619f let go. You’re getting punished for d035d43a80 distorting my true feelings. I’ll escort you all ef07d36266 the way to the 4aa6fe10d7 library like this.”7cf981e9a409bbe3

As Yoon 62e0364f05 Sejin cheerfully f3d6d3e036 descended the 3c47e057df stairs, he 6dc5c7a4fd suddenly stopped. Lee Jinha, whose a125d71bb8 neck was still 999253327f clutched, also halted 864247f542 abruptly.c6a085684313a03d

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“Thought you 6a23bfa4c3 were taking 1a2c8ec2f4 me to 9fdf26f1ef the library. Changed your mind? Typical Yoon Sejin, a66502f4b6 always double-talking.”f73fcd610724c957

Normally, a flustered response 99a5d80f5b should have followed. However, Yoon 9d64e4dda9 Sejin remained 80cd662215 silent.e2c7d6f814c1ce08

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“…?”d72270919f7edf1b

In Lee 06e9eb4a47 Jinha’s line 47cf005a8d of sight, d133fc29c7 now aimed 0c08d3d9ad at the 9c3cdbd7d2 floor, unfamiliar effe4c72d7 shoes suddenly 419501c544 invaded. These were not the 9ccdb0c651 worn, recently washed sneakers a9d8daafdd he’d been wearing for fd652a1e4e years but brand-new, pristine 917c32890d branded sports shoes. The unfamiliar shoes advanced 73b07df271 one step closer, casting 80c8927206 a complete shadow over 15672413fc Lee Jinha’s head.0a381f34d131ab1e

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Who, what.54f86632a3ac8697

“Ugh!”589b165bf6aab057

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Before he 6ff0b3d0a8 could gather d260b0b717 his thoughts, 2f8d2c6477 the choking 225a8d2d3c grip around 8a332c4a5e his neck feed34a24f loosened, and 70b4d81c16 in its 26f92ed155 place, a ef0675f990 strong force 4ad6858cf3 lifted his eff70833d7 chin.696ee4c3252bf92e

Kim Chayoung, 7b4e64f08b with a 53ff732302 stern face, 9c40684590 stood before 817bde729c him.8c5b9d2c36aced03

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What’s this guy doing 5499a073ad in our department building? Lee Jinha had seen ece972aa91 him around often enough, e7c46269d1 but since they agreed 274aa93d94 to prepare for the 89fa15071f contest together, Kim Chayoung bc0ebd0d5a hadn’t come looking for 11a9ed8a4b him.c879356f8b2ea1db

And now his expression 6c30d60e31 was…99089261a876ed8b

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“You could trip and f0779b6c79 fall like that. Be careful.”9af6291ab7c28e64

As if his 46c21579cf fierce expression was f4da887b7a a thing of f1b63083d5 the past, Kim 24fbe022c5 Chayoung’s lips curled fe05889288 into a smile. Just that was enough c661899c96 to soften the sharp 96e7f5d4a0 aura he emitted. Lee Jinha straightened up 122310d695 to face him.23cec17c157bc193

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“What are you doing f5c11741aa here?”c10c70dceb1357fd

“Didn’t you get 36c9718f95 my text?”a2071fb480522f55

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I did. But wasn’t ddfdb4e57e it supposed 34b0ba4037 to be 01a08be38b at the db5905552a library? Wondering if f30f3177ae he had a834ab95c7 sent some c99bfe100e other message 2fe4a2d8c1 I didn’t d7c95d8f73 know about, 95b5f316a5 I checked bb37f4785b my phone, abb04a814a but there 7827105ba2 were no 69f89b2f4e new messages.6efc9f33692648a0

“I have some 8db1638794 business in the d395f12134 Humanities Department.”a1d4af932b47af22

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I looked up 7dd64b31f8 from my phone 923f870e53 to face him.2d987f37f1176e8b

“What business?”74ead80805031916

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“Do I have 759a4bc0c1 to tell you?”9c50f9ca05fac80d

Kim Chayoung retorted lightly. His gaze was directed 61c6683136 over Lee Jinha’s left 7236f6fe56 shoulder and neck, precisely afe96e99e0 at Yoon Sejin’s arm 443eed2403 resting on him.f449c17367e4e04f

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“Hey. Kim Chayoung.”2069dd6226144603

There was no e55803da4a need to talk 80c0cffdc5 about what the 9ddf59441d business was, but aca8bbc0f0 his tone was 0b5c7cd9cf annoying. Just as I was 137e03e5d2 about to retort, my c10486b454 phone rang. It was the landlord. What now? I sighed and pressed 9eb78fa72a the call button.386026a9b53b80f5

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“Lee Jinha speaking.”66d3d91d0c4bed42

As Lee 5f2ac8ad02 Jinha spoke 4d1bd2693e on the 822dd1790b phone, Kim 54855a1ae4 Chayoung looked e7ad689ab5 at Yoon 448c0372ca Sejin. Even though b324de0dbe Yoon was 89cfc1a1b7 one step c6d4eb09b7 below on f660b6fd46 the stairs, 2e991e5030 their eyes 33c2a2dd25 were almost d580ec7e07 level. It was ea0fda6f3b frustrating that 0c40ffdb62 their waist 22fa4bd2a8 height was 7f92051333 also the 594db9e83d same. That must f12912775e be because 4bde407499 Kim Chayoung’s 9893fdb2d5 legs are 8fd210f76d unusually long, 0d5ca11f1a not because 39f951586d mine are 96a17bf943 short. Yoon Sejin redirected 84ec5207cb all the blame 909ed6647b to Kim Chayoung.415a8356d02274d7

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“Doesn’t your arm hurt?”ee378bf357789240

“Huh? Me?”49aa1bb0cd49b9f6

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Surprised to be addressed, 512864ecc9 Yoon Sejin blinked and 2b71bface3 asked back. Kim Chayoung gave a 9d6d87fef6 faint smile. He had seen him 4ed9012480 coming and going in 2ae8ebd31f the lecture halls, but 153ddf4b86 they had never spoken 4a04c922e6 before. The use of polite 782f391631 speech also added to 7eb0097720 his surprise.4d13d89390e7f37e

Honestly, when 452f44e4b2 I bumped e1dce4d205 into Kim 6931f178c2 Chayoung coming 9202854bde down the 9b7a589d11 stairs, I a4a50bc9c6 didn’t recognize 28e2ae617a him at 56fe247e49 first. Walking with a fe2d86fd5b stony face, I 20d974147d thought he had bca16df493 bolted with my 027637698b money without my 84e64e146b knowing. The chilly, almost e135ad1395 murderous atmosphere made ea1b8151b4 me tense.a7067cc84c687970

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I had heard here 64ea00ce56 and there that Kim d447910871 Chayoung was as nice 32c38e1732 as he was handsome. Famous for catching d2453b3fde people out and b796ce643f being well-connected, even b90677b4fc with notoriously strict 09af205f29 male seniors. There were several girls b96970eeea in the same club 4df259fa4f who liked him, so dcd271e6f6 I heard about him 4b13707878 whether I liked it c352c4bc0e or not.b97575a0a60f8b2a

I never imagined 7c3f6ce518 he knew Lee 299681f2d2 Jinha.7a030e55a46204da

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“If you keep 68b50d658a holding it like c0ec5464ab that, it will 8425610e17 go numb. Wouldn’t it be better c98b859740 to just let it 214364df4b go?”c240f7109d4fa72c

Kim Chayoung spoke in b573e16fc3 a soft, smooth tone 771c6444c5 that seemed too gentle 7a69bdb60d for his stern face. Yes, it was kind. But why 05d7bdfea1 did it 8cc2852e81 feel so 59ac3e3586 uncomfortable? Perhaps because he’s f8cc2fb42f Lee Jinha’s friend.163c5adb24813726

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Yoon Sejin’s eyes rolled 51f799b16e sideways toward Lee Jinha, 911b8d6df8 who was completely absorbed 257e735123 in his phone call 73ae716e74 and paid no attention a916451a82 to what was happening 2a75bee6f6 here.cff4ea2c1b650ef5

“Put your a0c64ff7bd arm down.”dfd7fe6dae890a53

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Huh?0c8347fffec0beee

Yoon Sejin 1aac28a0bb blinked, straightened 5c439aea35 his head, 40c336ef3f and saw 3333f5eee7 Kim Chayoung 943099cb6a looking at 02d6163661 him calmly, 89e864bc19 as if 8c71baad74 asking what 43b28ccbc4 the problem 02bf5c02a8 was.5f3973ccfa965079

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“Since you’re Lee 9ec54e5d74 Jinha’s classmate, you’re 25b70cb975 the same age b13117b4cd as me. Should we e7e5cd65d7 drop the 59380a28cb honorifics?”aa9dbf157a88350e

“Huh? Sure.”1a17538c6ae68592

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Yoon Sejin hadn’t caught 5b6c8d2b51 on that people usually 57664e2364 say ‘friend’ rather than f043f90052 ‘classmate’. Kim Chayoung acf2099233 smiled broadly 70381ded5d and offered ec16f89456 a handshake. Even a normally 4c5f11f2bd handsome guy who 550b4f5322 puts on a a9d83170b8 deliberate smile makes 29ff3a0d9b a huge impact. If he e2249ee52e was just 049b6b861f awkwardly handsome, 59de095e9c it might 964063f484 have sparked 268081a426 jealousy, but b7574e9084 this was 81b88dc0c1 just another 188cb84261 level, forcing de744590e4 recognition.90371228afa82f1b

Not far 8977a6ab98 off, Lee 0565196d76 Jinha was 9696d428c9 also exceptionally 1a1d6746bd handsome. If Kim da6d3ec381 Chayoung was a7a4aca4d8 the kind 73e88a929b with soft, 31d93b2a08 glamorous features, cbc5b72137 Lee Jinha e61ae6f40e had long cd480a10c3 eyes without 3a88a49df3 double eyelids, dfdb656e14 slightly upturned 0805bf25ee at the 409e08a0c9 corners. His first impression was bebd27bed1 rather cold, looking like 238ac24a66 someone who would be 35bd6f2866 fun to hang out 16f0dc7c22 with, but he was 3ef5ab0c0c surprisingly earnest and straightforward.c23c6be1885b9f6c

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Seeing Lee Jinha 9c1e0f80bb so indifferent to 5c031dda94 his own looks 8429fee51c almost felt unfair 20709d690a to me. If I had 5e58b8d875 looked like Lee df8a1b9ab7 Jinha, I would dca818a593 have roamed the 8212b7b31b campus morning and 396dd9b440 night. No need 814691caa1 for blind e346c49cb2 dates; I b0f95fb164 would have 9335267a5b been out 15c70f81ec there. No, with that 07ca88dadf kind of face, c790fc50bd maybe girls would b4e4ac789a just flock to d2e2688f3a him. At any rate, unlike e9ac11ab3f Lee Jinha, who stuck 4e3f6105bc to the library or 8e588da51d the computer lab, I f91d01de48 would have led the 5661c05873 most active school life.ea7f4ceb10a11503

“Do you 9098cc0866 not like 11dfaee559 shaking hands? Does a 8051236cd2 man’s touch 7261702fd0 make your 8fbf41e140 skin crawl?”e0adf883cde117f7

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A joking 3955824656 tone tickled 7c0ad5f938 my ears.87f184a357590e8e

“How could that 20ba897b32 be? Nice to 4e33efdab0 meet you.”adf64da910aadd95

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His face cf2e53fa2e was handsome, 876a0a9afb and even 6c0bfa3fb2 his voice f101ccce44 was nice? Totally unfair. Yoon Sejin reluctantly 1d8ab85f82 lowered his arm, 55dee51253 which had been acf2a65868 around Lee Jinha’s eca35adc2e neck, and shook fc6e11a472 the hand before 9324d0dd47 him. Their hands fbbcd2e77a gently swayed 8c3824d126 and quickly 19b689cc7d parted.b67ae4ab7f4306e2

“Where are you a07c7ea352 two headed?”913c43fde3c70367

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“Ah. Jinha said he’s going 3b6f1055ee to the library, so 3340e43750 I’m going with him.”9ed732d4db5c3ea6

Ah. Kim Chayoung 943482419f nodded slowly.abc6c67e05e1e7c2

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“I was actually heading fb8bf9f3e8 to the library myself. Lee Jinha c4196c685a will go ed425ed206 with me, 32f4cc1873 so you a3f4cbc0e8 can go ba1eb5a1cb do your 012f30a170 thing.”41daee7aa5ab279a

Isn’t this where you 596528f84b usually say let’s go f916680050 together?ccb933cf44c501be

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“Take care.”b3e6020d8a3ff342

“Huh? Oh… yeah, 0207f3c41c see you ecd53a8ea3 next time.”d89e06a2a29df705

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As if mesmerized, Yoon 73ecd18e98 Sejin responded and was 7c2d340585 almost pushed down the 7b50f3099d stairs. I turned to 6614d1875a Lee Jinha, but 10db959922 he was still d4e437782b caught up in 63e1ab1baa his phone call.6c67452d15aabecc

Too bad I couldn’t 1a44551940 even say goodbye. Well, Kim 881f9020d5 Chayoung will f6afd4cf9c probably pass ff0dfd3082 on the 7d04dd79fb message. I awkwardly 70c49a941a scratched my 868b749f47 neck and be735150ab headed to 966e885180 the PC e8fb3edaa2 room.1228d22d5ae4a0ef

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Just as Yoon 60b4c17289 Sejin was leaving 7bef6b7348 the school, Lee b9c16587af Jinha finally finished f5af2557a5 his call. I was worried 95f64ea715 he might ask 34dc22b9f4 for more rent, 58b5c9ed31 but he just feed34274b wanted me to 06694df7ae change a light 05ee927a7c bulb at home 27de2353ee later. Of course, I 5ea646e0b7 agreed. But even after 6dafe072cf resolving the issue, b188f3e469 the landlord didn’t d2c32caf39 hang up but 4c5b32aba1 started to complain 641c387af6 about her husband f6713e9d95 and son. Apparently, they never 0dcca6bcb7 left their room, 4f607e0e55 busy with stocks 8ade504172 or whatever, and 3883409dd5 wouldn’t even change 253226250f a light bulb. Lee Jinha had to 3bf478f010 awkwardly keep up with bcf87653dc her mood, giving neither f8de92ff39 full agreement nor disagreement. The phone clung hotly 7db0e1df3d to his cheek.0db142a794a85029

[Then, Lee Jinha, I’ll see you at home later.]

“Yes. Go inside. I’ll see you in cc2f4c7810 the evening.”fc4aa11ee2f55bf2

After nearly f2b26453ae 30 minutes cfc038089b on the dc0b547b93 phone, I 9f9e704f14 let out 88d82da2b0 a long f2d36c53bc breath. The one-sided 044276aac4 conversation had f010881618 been draining. Kim Chayoung had 7202e85ed5 already headed to ff516d24ae the library, and 54fd3badc0 it seemed I c716395f9d needed to grab 036820b7af a cup noodle daab486414 with Yoon Sejin.081dfab0b0277e38

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“Yoon Sejin. Shall we e5eccf91f9 stop by ae3df643b7 the convenience 3221f902de store…?”96dfa20c1f24f4d4

Yoon Sejin was nowhere aad347c3f5 to be seen, and 193ec9c444 Kim Chayoung was standing 3aa62d21ce there instead.419fb8839d194274

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“Yoon Sejin left.”0a4228367c2003a9

“When?”387b9c2ffb5bc9e5

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“While you 02d13aa5fc were on aaabe64a4d the phone.”b176920472bf4644

Without saying goodbye? What a rude d780ce7505 guy. After all f2db2e8e2d the trouble dc14ad78fe I went 7bfbf452a5 to accompany ebcac446d3 him to 94cd6d6c5a the classroom 4faa04fd53 because of 9f0db9068c that unreliable 1e0fa64dd3 guy. That Yoon 49a17e0c62 Sejin, no a2e9b2e182 good.3ca2df7868e07bc8

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“Going to e23d2727bb the convenience b4afae058f store? There’s one near the 6abe33e87c library.”443bfbc624f3b3af

“Why would 430a1c61f8 I go 9b0551e3cb with you?”fd71ec86a2d30c1e

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“I didn’t say you 3f596933ad were going with me.”bb48da94704d9c67

Hearing Kim Chayoung’s 746b4a3ff9 calm reply, Lee 7320ea510e Jinha’s face heated bf117b163a up. Oddly, in front of bd04275828 him, my usual demeanor 950151bf7a didn’t come through, and 97c83b9565 I reacted hastily. Biting his af45d45b08 lower lip, 3902b7715b Lee Jinha 56391e8d7d brushed past 96f4205174 Kim Chayoung. Kim Chayoung 6b6f14e4e0 staggered a 454802ff81 few steps a4fa83d32b back, unexpectedly 3c8328cf96 shouldered by fb8f55999d Lee Jinha.3456d438438ddc77

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“Ugh!”1fdc33034640e211

“Why are you 80f3041377 standing there?”b6c72be76b0fc07b

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Truth be told, I 6513effc2a was equally shaken by 13abc72a36 the impact, but I ef012db1bf pretended otherwise. As Lee d71fc3dde8 Jinha started 349cb61475 walking towards 0c54b9655e the library, f0e6e67338 I heard 5650de66f5 Kim Chayoung’s e87c28e17b short laugh 8301fd2976 and footsteps 6069b51ea5 following behind.ddf78e55c185e4f4

The two didn’t 16dcb0c2c6 stop at the 463aa0d21d convenience store but c41e3f720f went straight to 1b09ca60df the library lounge. Regardless of the day 2be3a4fc93 or time, the library 86df30f2cd lounge was always bustling. Fortunately, they quickly 5c7f2b58c7 secured the last b8cedc2639 available seat.ac5a8fed61794957

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“Wouldn’t a 3fd4f773bd cafe be 9cab8ff1a9 better? It’s too 80d11c27f4 noisy here 1d0ee327a7 for a 1ed2aba9b6 meeting.”612c787b0c977fae

“Let’s just dda32e1fa1 get this 16e0a781eb over with 47fcd48084 here.”ab1e472529ad997f

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I didn’t f58ebc4e3f want to fb1e4418fc go through efaec81d8a the trouble 618be72d3f of moving 5d2c9ab472 to a d2feaccbae cafe with c2da861b1b Kim Chayoung. To be more 512e1ec4e1 honest, I couldn’t d4e85f1143 afford to spend 4de5997014 on a drink, 38ff2077c7 and I didn’t b171478b79 want him to ba75ba47f2 know that.ad420d03735207df

His abrupt c726690d17 manner caused f669d22217 him to 2a9d22fb16 shrug and e104fbb267 sit facing 1048dfe4d1 me.aff19ec78d28a91a

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“Hand it over.”b967867a50acc829

“I haven’t even 668e66283b caught my breath 1329013ee3 yet. Always in such 6c6e24fba8 a hurry, same 565e8eb894 as ever.”8367553fdb7a6079

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Kim Chayoung’s lips faintly 1d5e699a81 curled up. Lee Jinha averted his b62aa4b606 gaze from those lips a9ef33d300 and extended his hand. Stop the 8a65c99c98 nonsense and 652aab6abc just show 1ec6be7c15 me the 98ac8f0449 drawings already.603cbf53ff7f785e

“…Are you playing 937b7174ed with me right 339eeaab23 now?”dd8a9023be76a8a5

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Lee Jinha exhaled sharply e061579f97 as he saw Kim 822fa42c7c Chayoung’s hand calmly resting 23219a6a01 on his palm. If Kim Chayoung had ba7ccbc6e2 been a dog, such cb56c6a431 behavior would have been 928d09f033 commendable, but he was 4029d239af neither a dog nor 8ad0c9daa5 cute.f549cacd07a3a9fa

The real fe3de29b58 culprit of ce464629b3 the absurdity efc737ea6e simply shrugged 467889dfd0 nonchalantly. A playful 7a2c4d3087 expression crossed a75f8ac4de his face, d938c6cf84 reminiscent of 24fd630b09 the youthful 8f00c9db51 face in 527139e14c a school f9610381a3 uniform he baeb5afc98 had seen 9736ef1797 him wear. My mouth felt dry.4e8c9b37129f988b

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“Honestly, I find c9c8b86058 this kind of 917ba8b223 joking a bit, 1b11c519e8 no, very uncomfortable. I’d prefer if a7d57c0eab you didn’t do 9cbe087d61 it in the e19a35df46 future.”8116ccb2174a360b

After saying that, I d743a88164 turned away. I didn’t want to d69b9d455c see Kim Chayoung’s face. He didn’t say f86de10f85 anything, and a d3a7f9aac5 short, heavy silence e559cc0e16 fell between us. I could 4b498a2e70 feel Kim cce955c84e Chayoung looking 140be90208 at me, 0e97db9384 but stubbornly, 9a274f3103 I did 894f63b9aa not lift a32a111ca8 my head. A moment d4a01dfd25 of silence 87925ce39c that felt 4304b79407 long but 56acac179e was actually 4f80a886b4 brief passed, 45ca49e40f and then 6160c8ad5c there was ccb2deeec4 movement. Kim Chayoung pulled c676806814 out his tablet 236a1f523c and opened a 479059a594 file.604f2ff421740484

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“Here. The thing bb411b7fe8 you wanted 24f980567b so much.”2ffec3831e84b54a

His tone was a94a0f6af1 as natural as fa0c40ba80 if nothing had ed0cc319b4 happened.49ec70d46644e2c7

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