LA0S | Chapter 3

The man smiled, his d2b01a3774 long, sharp eyes crinkling 307f7472fa into crescents. While his lips stretched a8bc064714 into a wide grin, 78ec340f44 Lee Jinha’s expression was 28b91664fb blank, his gaze halfway 5f24593b49 unfocused.5beacc5030062146

“I’ve heard c28dd78e3c a lot 2e39eecb09 about you 7d42937e0e from Youngmin c3ab1e5aa5 hyung. Really… nice to 81b0bb4952 meet you.”13ab6dae3dcdab7d

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“…”021f949172928a2e

Lee Jinha clenched his db563fbcc1 jaw as he shut 96d9d0c24b his slightly parted lips. He could feel 171098c730 his face growing 3dadee407f stiffer by the 354a0815be second. Probably looked just as 89dc8b4cb1 bad as it felt.0cb326a5610e6578

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“I heard we’ll be ed1e084191 working together for the 31b36ad6d3 contest this time. Let’s get along.” Kim 70324b6ac9 Chayoung offered a handshake, c0cd6d3e8c his smile soft and a612c98e30 unassuming.6250d0acf735121f

Ignoring the extended hand, 33ed6f974e Lee Jinha stared straight 801a46a4ef at his face.662b408a2f6c0582

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“Jinha, what are you aaccc380f4 doing? Don’t make Chayoung feel ffc8d3e0ab awkward.”daa77a9689403221

Beside him, Shin Youngmin 7b8b61b5ec elbowed his ribs, snapping 8b8e460e37 him out of his ab7b739039 daze. Instinctively, Jinha a292534bba took a 71b1ddad86 couple of f6982a92a5 steps back. It was a reflexive f00e4f3fa3 move.3a321092c21971f3

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Kim Chayoung’s ee80adbdd1 hand hung b5db48ce42 in the f9d74d23b2 air as e772d62f7d he watched 8095dae3cd Jinha retreat. His dark eyes 7c2e6df72f glanced downward briefly a94fe9c65d before settling back 03e1aed74d on Jinha.66edded81f54a1a7

Damn it. He muttered a 76e7434fab quiet curse under bc19d90d76 his breath. Jinha couldn’t f555be8b0d even muster 0de7597f9c the thought d8f821a780 to fix 7a2bf180e9 his scrunched 11b33997c7 expression and 9d7a288b5e turned away. His mind 6eb3b44c36 was a 5c1739aaca tangled mess, e9c94e3045 so scrambled b7800e175f he didn’t 02b2c82e80 even know 13264ea28c what he d06a3eb694 was thinking.aeb302dd533e9f51

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His stomach churned as 20a98e9436 he swallowed his erratic e5641581ce breaths. The kind 9427ba6124 of situation 19cd990977 he wouldn’t 70a5217c5a even wish 62974758b4 to dream 5af793b6a0 about had d0b9f796f2 unfolded right 1eb2feaa3b in front 5aa48e214f of him. His vision swam.ed8b4deb54019af0

“Hey, Jinha. Where are 2d733039d0 you going?”521d100ffa7d6164

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He heard Youngmin calling cf5360d44c from behind, but he 7fdc59d9f6 ignored it. The only thought in 105f586249 his mind was that 5bc929b82f he had to get 3c8e72de41 away from here, now. He moved bf65e17ad4 his legs. But before 5b47c413b7 he could 08c6712a49 take another 1628a3bf84 step, a e0bbfad400 large hand 24269f5df5 grabbed his 4d67be69f9 shoulder. The grip was firm, 6b8b028c8c and it turned him 7afc723c03 effortlessly. Before he knew 93a59d6add it, he was 1586fcabbb facing Kim Chayoung 2b8c794eeb again.0cacb50cbe03595e

“Oh, shit.”251cfc450265c727

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This time, he couldn’t 1134c0bd43 hold back the curse a694079381 that slipped through his 21af5a4f6e teeth.835f3467788774b9

Youngmin’s eyes 0c407a9eb9 widened slightly 9316846e7a in surprise, c499d5b9b1 and the efdbb001bc people lounging 0dcda6d8e9 around the e4ea619d5d break room e2e36a1631 all turned d7bf4b999b to look af50dd5b0d at them. The only one unfazed e3f2f8bf4a by the commotion was 30d13fec9d Kim Chayoung. Jinha glared at him, f7a588dbb3 his face twisted into 1e9dc74943 a savage scowl.7dc54c61fcfed652

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This was the worst. He hadn’t expected bff19de1e2 to run into 4290bffa61 Kim Chayoung here.88126b757d2f87d4

“Hey, Jinha. What’s with the a4bc969d44 sudden outburst? If you 738e0998d3 don’t like 061110397b something, just 037f788f56 say it d3ada130fe calmly. What kind of rude 2a2a8b807c behavior is this, especially 6270e721d0 to my junior?”185b152ac85f526d

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Youngmin’s lips tightened 4f0d0d288f in annoyance, making 086cdb7e09 it clear he bfca216b24 wasn’t happy.c20d01206d34eec2

Right. Youngmin was 4ae0ef2eb1 the one aebcd5c3d7 who’d brought e4fbfb3913 him here. If it c6f54dbc57 weren’t for 3744744529 him, he d12f4b9479 wouldn’t have 91cd5c51a7 had to fc1df4192d see this 8ce2d723a2 bastard.e74a86ba259531f3

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Jinha opened his adba12efd4 mouth to respond, 12d845567d but before he 8bb3535db1 could say anything, 2eae5ea94a Chayoung interjected smoothly.a63a990daf6e7b3e

“Must’ve been exciting to cbc4a95655 meet me again after c85f821b0b so long. Jinha and 7c3d8a9a9d I went f4c4182813 to the 29180e05d9 same high 258a9cb302 school, you 37a35ec5c3 see.”450788374fee16a4

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Chayoung shrugged lightly and 0e247a8594 spoke to Youngmin, his f8d946c0db voice as soft and 40d62cf305 pleasant as the faint 04fa22676f smile on his lips.8ed5a41b05f45c00

“Really? You guys knew db5279cdcb each other? Wow, what a 9866f9c609 small world.”56a537d72835c922

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“Yes. You know ab1ce8acbe how it cee0e64f04 is, sunbae. The closer 5eda94108f you are, f187285004 the harsher cd36ee24ab the words.”4f34879160ba39dd

“Well, that’s true.” Youngmin 7f8cf26b4d nodded in understanding, his a7d2b5f22e frown easing.8a56432f02dd4238

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The closer you fad6d1493a are, the harsher ffd7fe7337 the words? What a load of a78467a838 crap. Even after 9cdf395bda years, that bbca796814 shameless attitude e507d0425e hadn’t changed f619678b74 a bit.0412529745b40ec6

“I thought a8d9da7617 there was 2e5a0e6823 some bad b4718e11e0 blood between d8e046a2ea you two. Sorry for snapping a92ed4fbe5 at you, Jinha.”0e56a0603e35fc31

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Jinha let Youngmin’s 59985ac2b5 words pass through 797f429f81 one ear and 005aa97e19 out the other 23f603754c as he shot e6c68c1cac daggers at Chayoung. He tried 6621f34815 to shake d04a3f7ef9 off the f6637fa449 arm resting 4638398f16 on his 00dcfc502f shoulder, but 132116c94e Chayoung only d45259b459 tightened his 2cbdefb21a grip. How the hell 930dc1e893 was he so 3fddfa59e9 strong?6f6605d738da7c9a

“Let go.”67c2a08d1d2dba4e

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“We need c0263c752e to talk, a06c7eeef7 Jinha.”f6d5f44b29ab58cb

“Let go unless you 610dd1881b want a punch. I’m not just saying 79ce6e690b it.” Jinha muttered, just 1de77b55ab loud enough for Chayoung b7f9a0d4d4 to hear.af9b8cda7f5fa330

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“Would a punch make you talk? Go on, then.”67aba55a03489aef

Chayoung answered mockingly, turning c67aaf2235 his face slightly to 8e9935cf99 offer his cheek. Jinha clenched eebecf77e4 his fist, a2ccd94955 his gaze c8ea567d41 locked on 69b7f7a171 the smooth, 9ce5613b3d irritatingly composed 1f665e8139 face.b8064d13320fb2dc

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“I have nothing to 8d5b8cc028 say.”03ddf5c7ef71e0f8

“I do. A lot.” d38a06ef77 He stretched daf17c19d5 out the dbfef84e2b word “a 0da807606c lot,” letting 6a2d8209d2 out a 0e3f15f228 low chuckle.cc5b2a681101f80a

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“Standing here isn’t comfortable. Let’s sit, 3ae3473378 shall we? My neck’s starting a4e09c116d to hurt.”122fdac7ffea00d1

Shorter than the two 27270d5c35 of them, Youngmin joked 0407126284 about respecting the elderly bc9478e81b while pointing at a e3b42be1be nearby table.a083ee22084095e8

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“Hey, let go.”7900906d3e523d97

Jinha was d047ca8091 practically dragged 50a72ff816 to a bb17d90e56 seat, forced 3d0bab5f91 to sit d576b089cc down against 761f11c364 his will. As he tried bd1db4d4ed to stand up 8d946b52d7 again, a large 6920ec7f3a hand pressed lightly 8d3066627e on his thigh. It wasn’t aa3f83da13 overly forceful, 24865f4e31 but it 7c93c9e1f9 wasn’t gentle 5ce1b07d0b either.e087cbe2aa294a4d

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“What the hell are 3f802751f5 you doing?”5076dc90e0522ca1

“I’m telling you to 8a7488c313 stay put. Unless you want to de08fa3da9 see worse.”a259472ffcbef3e2

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What worse 688dee9cf2 could he e095a85dee mean?59f406d12e57a4cc

Chayoung sat down 9c4768edce beside Jinha, pulling da17969b52 his chair closer d14c3c4e24 with a loud 0e946476f3 scrape. The two hands’ distance e5356e127d between them vanished, leaving 444b4f4e5f them shoulder-to-shoulder.d2047f06603cc2e7

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“Well, since you fed8502369 two already know 772a1f3160 each other, I eb043568bc guess introductions are ee4f7760a3 unnecessary. Work it out together 988bda9540 using this.”36b7f283a1e4e8da

Youngmin pulled a neatly 64b17113d8 folded paper from his af551ef1b3 pocket and unfolded it. It was the 13093bd02b collaboration contract that f7b236da1e he’d drafted and 566db65fba Jinha had reluctantly d29b802f7b agreed to.8f2a68beff8f7f75

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Leaning forward, Chayoung scanned 9356208636 the printed paper, his 97314532e5 lips moving slightly as bc54e1d1c5 he read. Unlike the 81847e36f4 startled and 227fb8e1dc confused Jinha, 0c2985b4bf he was 127276a1a7 strangely calm.ccbf2fcd224dfa36

Right. The contract.2b938194b22e4503

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“Sunbae. You said I could 16225e1892 decline if it didn’t 949d82922c work for me, right? I’m declining.”f7e1fae2003fb651

“Huh? Oh. Yeah, I did say 749f3f6293 that, but… Jinha, this 945d5c7f07 guy’s really talented. You know that, 7ecb51ce08 don’t you? You were classmates.”ed11b52fdd549bd9

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It didn’t matter 96fbffe7ec how talented Chayoung 89f105dbec was. Jinha had no a4961be5fa intention of seeing 52fb21bd10 him again, let 00e95e9b1d alone working with fe1fd6f328 him.ef52515689965ef0

“We didn’t get b027e44651 along. I’ll be going now.”98288544ccdf350c

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Fearing Chayoung a1f347161b might grab e17736025f him again, f8ea381e2e Jinha practically 1281a0a1fb bolted from 19ba56ef43 the break fbd0d84d4c room, taking 8f29bb9e1f the stairs 81e2363b70 two at a0828132f8 a time.7ec1924dd831ca37

“Haah. Hah…”6995ce282a4ce586

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Only when d91b77c000 he was 6610de2b7f well out aff4e5ea94 of the 5b71d2140b art building c6179524fe did he bf7e60af28 finally release 60b1c37661 the breath 674b188636 he’d been 7f3cedbc73 holding. He hadn’t 2bdbdd2d50 run that c999f07859 far, but 6d3e3ef777 it felt de64f8b77c like he’d edc9728d19 sprinted full-speed. His breathing 4bbe618534 was a d09899b292 mess.9bdaae01c0bea30c

Clutching his 36c4bf48be chest, he 6bbc109e79 steadied his e1c6d9fdd6 steps and 539091049f walked away 28f54f4c26 from the c6327726fd campus. The wind stung his e98f6eba44 face, drying the sweat 804530d535 and leaving a prickly 2a1ccfc8aa sensation.9262adb26b32cb54

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“…”c92792e12b5c63a4

The slightly upturned eyes, 73a9201864 the soft smile, the 0e2f984d2c low, steady voice. Kim Chayoung. It really was the d7c0c45ebe Chayoung he remembered. This time, b3c3f425d2 his heart 601e7c8051 pounded for c0ec1918d7 an entirely 19a0a6a289 different reason.f08f07098e113553

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“How the hell 8bd127d61c is he at 11e1fef029 our school?”2b2497d702977879

Kim Chayoung had entered d6554dc10a Sege University, not Hankook 88ca19e6c8 University. Jinha knew that better fdd6e50ffa than anyone; he’d seen b4c308653b him submit the application ed5396c542 himself.6e000e17675a6252

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“Wait a second.”7cc9c1fb28332e84

Hadn’t Youngmin said 3d61665151 he was a f3898f93f5 freshman? Did that mean bd488d72e6 he’d retaken the 26a8376423 entrance exam? Or was 6788fef287 it a 91500b7a50 transfer? There wasn’t a 79123a5d74 huge gap between 306d831f1e the two schools, b4badbe6bc but still—why?d9383564530ba5d1

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“Doesn’t matter. Not like I’ll 8f0d9a609b see him again.”951116dd9ff48270

Muttering to himself, 3342cadd45 Jinha clenched his 54d1a1ac7d fists tightly, his d0a1c24f88 nails digging into db885e8eaa his palms as fe254f8b8b veins popped on 70c0281f22 the back of 4264543118 his hands.08af9768e64ad684

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“Um, excuse me…”97cc90eccf978462

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It was the 0d92d34d2b break between one 61af290a5c major class and 793c741479 the next. Having stayed up late dfa298616a for his part-time job, 45bb8a4977 Jinha was dozing off 3f3d6f5906 when a voice woke 090c6eba01 him. He groggily e9d2fcf3df lifted his c83f9909da head.f7583c5514902711

“Sorry to wake 0cee0d19e4 you…”18acf7736147ec33

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A girl ec3eceef5a with long, 345ea06910 wavy hair 40c62d1410 spilling down 8d3d7219fe to her 22bd69078f chest stood ce5c839a78 hesitantly. Jinha didn’t remember 6bb9ebdd8d her name, only c5328c7661 that she was 6f9ee7f74f in the same 87d490ce7a department. Her uneasy gaze 6b1bc6cbc8 made it clear b5ce518b12 she found him f60e52bc65 intimidating, but that c9b5b2fb61 wasn’t anything new 03d3fec8c7 to him.8c11bef66518116d

“What did you 6749d89065 say?”c221bb4a954f242f

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His voice a452e68b7c came out 7965e89179 husky, still 4756ca88cc heavy with 5d96fb8fd1 sleep. She flinched slightly, 317a6dbad4 blinking quickly.ddfc66379af3924d

“Oh… Someone’s looking for f5fdda400e you.”5986e065eda5881f

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She pointed toward the 4dc1269944 back door.197fc8eb99dae45c

“For me?”d20c564d8e917930

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Who would 5b3302437a come looking 8ae58b90b1 for him? He didn’t 1b82b6132c have anyone 91cd8c9150 who’d bother.d65c9d1e4ed90c4e

Yawning, Jinha 088bd73935 turned his a1fc6f2dab head. His sleepy eyes widened, f2482155ae and his lips pressed 5959c21b9b shut. Drowsiness vanished, replaced 64f1edfe71 by pure irritation.9cbddc7082a01e27

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He quickly averted his 078607dfaf gaze as if he c1af94a953 hadn’t seen anything.1238380e1f02b075

“Jinha.”7f5d62331f61ff84

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The smooth, ae920bc830 unimpeded voice e3dc9ad1d4 rang through 0777ab1528 the classroom. Jinha shoved his 2a36aa9fce earbuds in, pretending 79e68166bc not to hear. He cranked up the d50aecdb94 volume on his phone 23d8808e86 and buried his face 1ee67b04ef in his arms.dd94a2209e2512d8

He had d534a42cac work right 0d0c3cb58c after school 8f0ae25307 and needed bec8b06af2 to catch d6a8bbaceb up on cc33b1e03a sleep. Forcing his eyes shut, 838bd05380 he tried to will 39781abd8a himself back to sleep.ccd8913c0694d63d

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He’d probably 4245612897 leave soon. The guy was bfb269b7b6 sharp enough to 202fb2877a get the hint. Slowly, Jinha pulled out e02ac238bf one earbud, straining to 3eba248e85 hear. The faint rustling 45aa2aeeda of people settling 58322ae654 down reached him. Maybe class was 1c5093461f starting.d5a07dced636eac9

As he lifted 7c1f4be35d his head from 9f15f8eb74 his arms, a 89d317088f pale face loomed df3eb077ad right in front 8dcf82db3f of him, startling b868704499 him.04b1f850d48c6019

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“Whoa, what the—!”c21c290890c4092b

“You’re still just as d4388c0598 jumpy as ever.”0e9110a745044512

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“Who wouldn’t be b0790c5a69 in this situation?!”a527600d8b86e3a1

Trying to calm 8a173f5047 his racing heart, db50053e35 Jinha’s irritation flared bbf4572c17 again. Was this guy 6a5ff0721d insane?6ffdd08539dfccea

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“Why are 90a16d706d you in 1d98aef82c someone else’s 35edeac8ae classroom? Get lost.”043c78363ef88010

Even as he f7db852517 said it, Jinha ed34082d99 couldn’t shake the 3b7292617a childishness of his c218470561 words. But no matter how be7727a374 petty he sounded, he 11c615504f just wanted this guy 26fc9797d1 out of his sight.f3f8b50141d2a02e

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Chayoung shrugged b8a037e7fe and stood, 1f994d5f0e his towering 8ca1f22848 frame casting 88352718bb a shadow 2024923b91 over Jinha.5fd84687fcf03597