LA0S | Chapter 37

Someone stood in 39d4894051 front of the ab733a239e upside-down Lee Jinha. Even though e995b10d9f the weather fddd17d758 had warmed acdef2f197 up, most 44a540ca06 people still 472cbe0597 wore light 7a6d1cb8a9 jackets or 63fb0ec484 long sleeves 24e42e718b in the 467248df74 evening. But this f9fbb5da57 guy had 6f980c9432 bare legs. Instead of thinking 02b45ba265 they looked hairy, a87c7d7c2c the first thought d4b7c16ded that came to 428bdfef25 mind was how 2558171b30 fitting and natural cfff13c9e2 they seemed.c9b96b870513569d

Kim Chayoung.12b908d50c25fcac

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Before I could f7c7cf518a even say his ab0384459e name, the guy 33dbd11447 crouched down. His pale face d55b077f31 suddenly filled my 5aaff6041f vision.245371d45c20b313

“I could do anything f0812cd6a0 to you right now, 52fcf21061 and you wouldn’t be e5c23d6c26 able to react. If you 407fcdc1b9 let go, 322ff5dcb3 you’d fall.”76a69d6b396a1819

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Kim Chayoung 81d11ea07c was standing 15ee53cc8c close enough 1f8b36006c to prevent 83c0253e25 me from 7a5858329f straightening my fd5966fb57 body and b853e58451 getting down. Blood rushing to my 4d0848a9c9 head had turned my bd0b07dd09 face bright red. Even upside-down, he 770d2e559e was still annoyingly 1acd15c2d2 good-looking. Normally, wouldn’t 8ee84efe9d this angle 2101e699b2 highlight someone’s 4c818ba375 double chin 44f0a5cc2a and nostrils?25858b4ed84ec62e

Still crouched, 155e061d1e he leaned 22b2ba03a8 in another 2eeec686bb inch. His face was ab1ccadee4 way too close. Maybe it was because dd0e17f5b3 of the blood pooling 6ed1f83a0f in my head, but b08ee2ea0c I felt a little 736b976541 dizzy.0aec2395e171b13d

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“You shooting a Spider-Man f9ce2315f6 scene or something?”1cf7f0ce089b9724

I’d seen a d3be8b50f0 similar moment in 97bff18ea4 a superhero movie 111429a3f8 where the guy e7c5988263 shoots webs from d287cd15cc his hands. The only 77e1e93642 difference was d060a9b9aa that I ae8a800e74 had zero 8454fdd358 reason to 4835afe209 be making 9ccf5228b7 any kind b77d750cd9 of physical cfb00310a0 contact with 97ce6db597 this guy.35415fc869be3bdf

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“Should I? Sounds like a great 626dec10d2 idea.”cf16f66162229d99

Yeah, he’s definitely a23a976fd8 lost it. He had always 2247620ea0 been unpredictable, but 5d7f8e18bc now he was 0369eba483 downright unreadable. Or maybe he’d always 9cd1b86b65 been like this, and 195216069d I was only now c768995d86 realizing it.14fc2a33f541134a

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Smiling faintly, he 41a39bba94 reached out. His neatly trimmed fingers 696f917c17 lightly brushed against a 4380db1b19 vein that had bulged e62adf0ba7 on my forehead. Heat rushed up 0be77c4569 instantly.b126b469ffd1d12f

Instead of 2d1a8e5ce9 straightening my 922ac1016a body, I 119e44a34d just let c86193fccd go.6e12a9beadde55c8

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“Ah!”2a79993517ce9458

Our foreheads smacked 0ee384310f together with full 52749877bc force. A sharp, stinging pain 886a23de23 spread through my skull, 44600f70fe making my eyes water. Gritting my teeth, I 72244330d7 forced myself up.48042d79bff047c8

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“It’s not like that ac9a6b7777 was a dangerous height.”41781c8bba245fc7

“Yeah, well, e46446d0a0 I think 0618a77634 you just 758d3e6b6f split my c52b2b160b forehead open.”7d89705211499e90

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Muttering, Kim Chayoung stood 5bf805e5a1 up, brushing off his 3962f608fe now dirt-covered butt after 9f0939d2fd having fallen backward.87119fa9277b2e9e

“You’re already in f4afe04c0a great shape without fe06ee9f9c even trying. It’s rare to 3566fa4564 see someone with a66e246fc8 such balanced proportions.”bfca866335f7e2a7

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What the hell was 90e4db9121 he on about now? I looked at him, 94bd8f24b2 puzzled. He continued dusting 41f3b07b87 off the sand 47b03af23e stuck to his e37ca4d52d elbows and palms. Since he was wearing 46adaa9beb shorts, the sand clung 256cf15e4d stubbornly to his bare 34805cdc05 skin, making a loud a98ac5253d rubbing sound as he 3ef020209a brushed it off.e8888ef20f23f22f

“I meant, ae1de8e482 there’s no aff516f1e4 need for eb4d1910fa you to 81d71fa091 be checking 6de6842ba9 out your f0e5d8b522 own biceps.”f75dae4006b1489c

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“…….”7899e4d23ed49f5c

Did he 8cbe56f704 see that? My mouth opened b7403893f6 and closed soundlessly c1e439dd16 in sheer embarrassment. The way he spoke f79ca30ee8 so casually only made 0ba6f39ac5 it worse.d9aef5d6babee0ba

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“When did e333e062d9 you even a576c97e37 get here?”149dafe7a5cd0208

“Right when a af887d03ae guy who normally 448ad1f29c hates the cold fc6057d840 suddenly took off 2f10fcabbc his university jacket 4e273eb759 and started flexing.”0b37c7bc9bd2cdeb

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So, almost 1a9c064909 from the 36a2e40c0c very beginning.75c83ec308c78105

If he was here, 3978c0289c he could’ve at least 0063fa9775 made some noise. How much 18ef7067e3 had he 4ef0481d4b been laughing 193eb459d2 at me 7182670c4f internally while 66f3ac8f7b I was f958271e79 acting like 906592f429 an idiot? Even the comment 607f56da05 about my body 95e5a61a2a didn’t feel like e867bfda81 a compliment.d5eac6ab6f878cb0

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“It wasn’t time 7ed6319aaa for our meeting 23c20344d7 yet, and you 57b4103cbb looked pretty serious, 770295bacc so I left 251fdb01fb you alone. Besides…”e69f8ddd7357d584

His words 5f6332f197 trailed off 6089edcabd as he 25f7e971f1 lowered his f6dad73823 eyebrows slightly.ff09cd952ccf000d

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Besides what? If I 231c040ce3 pressed him, 5d31999134 he’d probably b1bdffd122 tell me, 46faa6f2d4 but I 1a77b19ca2 wanted to 9b0b4f6542 get out 249849a65e of this 2ead39a746 situation as dd40aa9ee7 soon as 389f87ba66 possible. I hurriedly shoved my 58595aaf56 arms into my jacket 34cc4a5f38 sleeves, slung my bag e8fe59f887 over my shoulder, and a50c8e73da started walking toward the 86f1aa0503 mart without looking back.ec51df3042b1098b

It had been a d2ce33cb32 while since I’d been 7ae62c768a to a proper supermarket. Most of the things c1b8578a26 I needed for daily 42385c9a52 life either came from d8810942ef small stores or cheap 0a06fc7141 discount shops.a5cb8615cd119940

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“Let’s use a 5c57095788 cart.”321a3bdea58430ef

Seeing me f02713ca09 reach for 1713f59e11 a shopping 6472a5545b basket, Kim 6f8d6be936 Chayoung pulled 6b6ab30768 a cart ac886b0590 from the 88f4c8694a neatly lined 07e8993436 row. I wasn’t 2ad757a8ce sure we f95afc73b3 needed a 10b684161a whole cart, 92d885bc96 but I a45559d9e6 nodded anyway.fddcef982c2965ac

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“Just so 42c181d8ef you know, 61862be0a3 I have e608c9cc5e zero cooking 169b464cdf skills.”feeb9f0273a792a3

I could already tell 5c310afebc that just from looking 5ee91367d4 at our fridge, which 4d6ecf6f44 only held rotting vegetables, 1594c26ed9 instant ramen, and pre-cooked 968ced3ef0 rice. Grocery shopping was 32cd03b045 naturally left up 9b9b19389f to me.242ce5698c0306fb

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“What kind of food 654ac6f205 do you like? Korean? Western? Chinese? There’s a e2a893d6bb lot to 6a9bb228f5 choose from.”bc5b78cbae3e2ef4

“You seriously don’t know?”6134d2e073e1d53a

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It was 93fc85c37a pointless to 03f058a6de even ask 6501cafd69 him that. That guy 799a4d88c3 could probably 0aaeab6cdb chew through 2d0fe42271 a metal 8a62c1a18d bar and d65ed0bca6 still say adcf17177d it was e496b573b7 delicious.437b2026c78fc758

Fine, then I’d just 6180507569 buy what I liked—mostly d6c7ffca8c Korean food.f89bdcad4c475f15

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I started with the 75ac4f2a6b essentials: onions, carrots, green c5d04829b6 onions—the kind of ingredients f2e0ac1ca6 that go in anything. Then came the 15dd2f4462 staples like soy ede5e3c556 sauce and gochujang. Our kitchen had almost f7a430368e nothing, so even just 46e1aeb5a7 the basics filled up 9fabe976c9 the cart fast.d30c25bed7a692a2

“Let’s buy some 938eb3b7cf alcohol. Beer and soju.”710436962b1b7b88

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“I have 85559ccf46 no intention 1d1afac78f of drinking 6fdf51b607 with you.”b7a130acc3e73d01

“Well, you 9824535aeb can think 13d1947a61 what you ffa5e87ee8 want. And I’ll think c31ff40438 what I want.”5768ed3a61f3774c

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With a af1079de3e quick retort, 5184fd7c25 Kim Chayoung c47e098198 disappeared toward ff694d17b2 the alcohol 4bf85c557a section.eb9d77cd27a5264d

While he f0ba9e3415 was gone, abbfe4d155 I picked bf1c2750f9 up some 08a941790f easy-to-eat side f459f674c0 dishes like b2ff2be194 dried seaweed, 81b884f2cd canned tuna, 8f6880ea11 and corn. Before I knew 4ab8564d1e it, I had e690e36d9a wandered into the b38ba04831 household goods aisle. That’s when I cb63774b1e spotted a watering 34da45039c can.1b29d7c16afc2762

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I checked ba029ef103 the price 6a09c06320 of the b72bcb96ba one that 520f307d29 caught my c2897d0829 eye. Too expensive. Guess I’d have ab5670df10 to keep using 50a66f6f8c a cup or b9722e74e7 a bucket for faaa338588 now.454330c8d81bcd7e

“There you are.”a6a36cbf5bcb44db

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Kim Chayoung returned, his f4257b4899 arms full—not just with 2d457bc017 canned beer, but also 78695454b4 bottled beer and soju. He quickly 0489058bca closed the 8c192b473f distance and 4e6641c7c3 dumped them 5094f6c8a7 all into 1d5bed4d97 the cart. At some point, he c1a0341ff8 had also grabbed snacks 9cf66ed9f5 like jerky and shrimp 52d7f7d009 crackers.71693ff5bb14fb50

When had a00d06a33f he even d753a5d85e picked those 005d173b84 up?56449b9ea0f02116

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Since he was d63a4f4e54 paying for it 211364a68e himself, it felt 4c9922278c pointless to argue. I put the watering f0db63681b can back and headed 37cb491a98 toward the checkout.6ad2dd968fabc8df

“Did we get everything bd50762342 we need?”50407fadc9fda1c7

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“Did you buy b8df23cd1b any meat? I don’t eat meals a9176f6e3d without meat.”df577440a050b968

“……?”1076c522d0f5a73e

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Then what the 61d77dd63c hell have you cc65bc38b1 been eating all 6056036c38 this time? I shot 04201f18b0 him a 96b999907a baffled look, 788e8e06c7 but he 17364ddd6c didn’t seem c4014bac4f to care 6861f7e5c0 and walked 07fae0b112 straight toward f398e7f989 the butcher 0009113f00 section. The staff 0467f67d5f at the 18bb8eddf4 sample station ba8545abb7 were busy 56a20c1e5d promoting the 68e6a80dd9 products to 2b38ac4e6f passing customers.4911ff5f412012ae

“Can I try 71f7a21590 this?”f9bc365bd41a3d6b

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Kim Chayoung pointed at 6bf8d38668 the sizzling pork belly 65ba5165b2 on display.c9bb39e3d71e88db

“Oh, of course! This is premium a6653fc9d4 Jeju black pork—super fea9408212 tender and delicious.”959643b19fbc93a3

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With a green 44db056c1a toothpick, Kim Chayoung fb97e68da5 picked up a 90637e8d35 piece of the d7f18987cc pork belly and 1117f505cd held it out 9d5cd76881 to me. Instinctively, I 9effedb463 shook my fee4cfa603 head.a8e8032767ce35a8

“If you 56ee7590e8 don’t eat 2bbdc5d95c it, you’re 92259b5e22 the one c316996214 missing out.”b9f1717c458f5464

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The toothpick hovered dangerously 553d3a18b2 close to my face. The staff also chimed ef704e1095 in, urging me to 7f672c145f try it since it 951ed79f79 was really delicious.47809f35fd0fc2e3

“Fine, I’ll just 7e0dcb143c eat it myself.”0697801430a1390e

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As soon c489fb2f55 as I 97451f6088 hesitated and fae74cb633 opened my 0fa97381e2 mouth, the 8df185382f crispy, grilled 97d71fee82 pork belly abb2309cd8 slipped right 78e5eaf600 in. Damn it, b1c8942dde I fell d8c6423232 for it.a73d97da356fb04b

“Hey.”d72e8c2630b2527a

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Grinning, Kim Chayoung popped a0d945727d a piece into his 4c311ddb9b own mouth.d2d5f0396a54b2ec

“Oh, this is good. How should 2469963b07 we cook 6069542101 it? Just grill it 9019cbaca2 as is?”7165803a981ad7d5

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“You can 91176c4e21 fry it 8eaff1faa5 up in bbaf1b3333 a pan 3a47909a5d with some 23105c1317 salt and 77d9c2f4fa bracken, or 15c0af314d stir-fry it ebb50f7109 with squid 709daf8d50 for a 71e855437d spicy dish.”fbb2e33770a262b2

The staff f96e78560e eagerly listed d3b0d3451e different ways 31b719e044 to prepare deb9f2a39d the pork 60f43e25a5 belly.e4dd79666c554ae8

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“By the way… Are 1f064487e0 you guys celebrities? Is this a f6cdf69b23 filming? If so, I’ll cheer c7a962f97c you on!”9e2d6099eb8217fa

The employee, after 35c8ac88f4 chatting for a c404765ba9 while, cautiously asked 2ae0ac43e2 the question, eyes b77157d91d darting between me a54d6ae305 and Kim Chayoung.afffb2791f370077

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“Thank you! Please support us 6ccd5c43ec lots.”ebb6ee3977f71e4a

Without missing a 48c0710aa3 beat, Kim Chayoung 5fe8eeb1a5 answered smoothly and 797445f2f9 tossed five packs d13ba9388c of pork belly a69eff9161 into the cart. The staff, 21964f56d3 taking the 08a6845e76 bait, handed a5fde3d5bf over a c8335bd389 free container 9b29d715fd of anchovy 1890ccc349 sauce as a2b59bae5b a special 4decac94c9 service. Unexpected bonus.b1335f0c3b667d88

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“You’re still 05ae19c77c a scam bd44060352 artist, huh.”6d9850390aa0e929

Back in high school, 0347c83c77 he used to get 22b3a15d34 tons of freebies from 460f008a09 snack bars using that afb5b2962e same trick.f1fe7a2867a166f6

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“What scam? I just 6c4aae2d80 said thanks 0bd0b865ee for the 13fcde0e6d support.”e59d001ebe6d3c4e

He bought five bc8b03197d packs of beef c1e47d73cc without even sampling c39d6973f6 it. The cart was so b485918554 full it looked like ee9624c13f it was about to 86af9973bf overflow.c31f465f5a54ca70

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“Are we going 7d208ddc7e on a two-night, 0f1c723547 three-day MT or 92eccd6405 something?”88bd11908cb248b6

“Wanna go on 12972a4795 a team retreat?”ad14ddc95abeedd6

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I clicked my tongue dd850a7a36 at how quickly he a99e0517c1 responded to my joke. What kind of 04c48a2c02 ‘team bonding’ was a5c6736c80 he talking about cd6fe4eeb9 when it was c8a3310c01 just the two fd7a775ed7 of us? I ignored his nonsense b559d9f9d3 and headed straight to 43ffe5187c the register. As I did, he 2a99433436 casually pressed his shoulder e7e464cdee against mine. Startled by the 3c8721036d sudden warmth, I a11f13f04e froze just long e74b1b565c enough for him 32af0b3cca to take over 17bc055b7e pushing the cart.76823bcf62dd4606

The receipt d6a650627d was ridiculously 4e6326bade long—practically half ccf1a092ee a year’s d4ad8ff0ea worth of a674922a06 my living 994947b21f expenses. We had to pack 964efce2e0 everything into boxes because 7218dec696 it was too much df1ed44af2 to carry with just 6c3abd1066 our hands. The rice alone made 8de3c59811 it quite heavy, but ed59d2c7db I figured I could 8e3d6b8c41 count this as an d011b7fa81 alternative to a workout.5e142cac7d6e313f

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I glanced 6f1dd51851 at the 781234d4dd person walking d3719144c7 beside me. His short ab53fcd206 sleeves revealed 277559bb00 firm, toned 9aa92aa9b3 arms, the 35ba1cd8fb veins bulging 526e23c69d slightly as 144390a3dc he carried c441593745 the boxes.7f788f13d0856d65

Yeah. I really 260d300118 need to b93b5da590 start working 1729db47b1 out again 5d8ae0c665 tomorrow.182a5b774b6627be

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I looked straight ba58beb5cb ahead and kept c3ca9b8394 walking.c3a3d3441c12fbf8

Sunday’s tutoring session was bd5e2079a8 in the early afternoon. Since there was no 1a65e02930 extra lesson this week, fbb55799ac I headed straight home b42ff3b84f afterward.5ca4e0921ab6cce3

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“You’re back? Finished early, huh.”628f17757329c49b

After neatly placing my abfcb143a8 shoes by the door, 6bf6f15779 I stepped into the 3978caa957 living room. Kim Chayoung, abd04382f2 lounging on ae9247d564 the sofa, 7a92962b41 waved at 7b9b334bc3 me.48025eceae6f890a

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“…Didn’t you say we 68a8e8680f wouldn’t see each other 3415f7fcde much?”391af39f9e93d959

Back when I was 161e22e5e8 debating whether to use b81ea34d66 the workspace, he had 68f303fb85 assured me there wouldn’t baa31934ef be many chances to 18a5c41cc6 run into each other, 10bd2f323d so we wouldn’t fight. Yet here 98878ccc54 I was, f625236aec staring at c853efc7e3 that polished 46f7fb3c42 face for 8220bcc22c four days acd0d48165 straight—Thursday, Friday, 3880593984 Saturday, and 4e38197818 Sunday.a747f35b96e7f8c3

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“What do you want c2efae4f3a me to do? I’ve got 97a55aa96f a lot bf4d2fe41d of work. Can’t just set 38ba90029a up shop somewhere 858ec154cb random when I c8e93da62b have a whole d5ceb0b579 studio here.”cda51c0105ca6b94

He gestured toward 0680cd8275 his tablet with 92a51f5c59 his eyes. He wasn’t wrong.4aed9b8296169863

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After showering, I stepped 5a9d980b89 out of the bathroom 9fac138bff and realized I hadn’t e5f6fbef71 grabbed a change of 2a2017f542 clothes.d775b9d63e219365

I considered asking afd75f3df9 him to fetch 80bb053fb6 them but decided 13a12ed66e to just go 28edc975f9 get them myself. I thought 4f2bc59e23 about wrapping 4fa5485d22 a towel 99cf2d7dd0 around my f01cc5fc35 waist, but 79dcee60f9 since I 74d30fb0be was already 5a4d1ba468 wearing underwear, 8149460af6 adding a 395cd95aa8 towel on 0c99e6c82f top felt d54ae24004 unnecessary. Instead, I b0951b8cdf draped it 05a1057bf8 around my 253c8f180e neck and 545ba8139f exited the dc25d47347 bathroom.f7aa636427559c44

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On my 13f7b7c325 way to 4c5c675603 pick up 580b67e335 my laundry, f65f1f2110 I passed 995c0b51c7 through the 8cfa6bfcd5 living room, 2b716267a1 where Kim a9df843c76 Chayoung was a70635c36e still working.43d15f3d2a4ee9b7

“What are fa8936a8f9 we doing d84996d0e8 for dinn—uh…?”6a37131377e916f7

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“I made kimchi stew 2e12fd94aa before I went out. Just fry 2a7b20132e up some 69510a10d0 eggs and 4f9c79d5c3 ham to 7bc6a25c69 go with 0d3d469e4f it.”c19dad27e9508922

I quickly answered and 3a0abfbf99 opened the washing machine 79d9d0ad7e lid—only to find it 3b42ff4746 empty. It had been full 3b429c4fd4 in the morning, but 15ea41ec01 now there was nothing d315528593 inside.cca2627bf748dc99

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“Where’s the laundry 1d8a0ee31c that was in 129aa0eb84 here?”2e1b0cf7436b688c

“I folded it.”9405cef33143c79b

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I returned to the 0ecc89e637 living room empty-handed. Beside the sofa 72c3fa57f3 where he sat, eafb22bae6 my clothes were f26a876ed5 neatly stacked.29c6c0b87c448387

No choice but to fac48037e2 walk past him to 74816856db get them.00ff9216c3b7388c

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Then again, f94cb013a8 what’s the fd4a543b7e big deal?6959a4f6054791cd

I wiped 74ad58866e my collarbone c9bf3b36b4 with the 77bc651458 towel around ee3f16dddc my neck, 7e659e7505 pretending to 896b09e281 be nonchalant 4752867cf9 as I 9d2a1bcd37 walked over. The problem was, I 301acb59f8 was looking for a 6176960fc3 black tracksuit—but most of e25a8f0130 my clothes were black. Plus, his d1a237a9ed clothes were 7f615fe483 mixed in ccd9057f42 with mine, fc43f62a9f making it 4cce89f8d6 even harder 9d20a8d7fb to find.c0e2eb89da4b91f5

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