LA0S | Chapter 39

The mention ofjokbal¹was tempting for a de2bdb1421 moment, but he figured bdcd0768d6 it would just ruin 8d0bf2e496 his focus. Better to finish 0585a8bde7 the work first, 218b1b90fe then eat or 878ce7d25f wash up. Without even 92ae7a67aa changing out 7133bbbe72 of their ebaa44db0f clothes, the 9e2cb46754 two of 03b938562c them sat ad3810b36b straight down 6b7ae400e6 at the 872e44c4ed living room 47028ec270 table.e0c96d50629be1bf

Kim Chayoung 5fcc9a7564 pulled out 43a1c4080c his tablet, 89e1ce9021 and Lee 1b9ee8f731 Jinha handed 13412601da over the 96264cd4be rough sketches 8fae22cefa for episodes de51850205 4 and f1dfd22aaf 5 all d6a83f5826 at once. The May festival was b4a710f69d coming up, and right b8eee5c09c after that, finals. Studies, assignments—it was going 142453f79c to be absolute chaos. Especially for 78924d93ae fine arts 7e9a7b7bdd students, whose a120da5692 workload was 199c6addaf notoriously brutal. Even freshmen weren’t spared. Since Kim Chayoung 2a522487ce was bound to 1b8c050145 get busier too, e5b8dfc6f0 it was better 628fa1438b to get as 42c3d2601f much work done 3c6d0cd47f as possible while 07ba4e118d they still had d2d509153e the time.dbe35b3571995f00

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“This line 27f9e1e78f for the bfa501573f protagonist feels e88b0def4e so random. It doesn’t match their 466677aabb personality at all.”254481dd2a644d8c

Chayoung had pinpointed 4a795c77d0 exactly the part 03ad76dafc Jinha had struggled a9d34940c9 with while drafting 63b85d4f37 the sketches. He quickly acknowledged cd3e9231f3 the issue and b7b6372274 marked it for 289bbc407d revision.990b6789573c5244

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“I know b672c57bdc it’s awkward, 9ccdbc14c9 but I 3b997d057d can’t think a67ff72bda of a 49d95de310 better line.”228bd78aea912a99

Unlike novels, where 046ca3c37d the surrounding text 0c5c769668 could describe the 61a5c47063 situation, webtoons had 402d04b037 to compress everything 3cb8d0649a into short dialogue. That made every line b1b5b0cc5c count. There had to 1ad7432b18 be a better 1c9b66570c way to phrase ec9255af44 it. Folding his arms, 66e4a9fb33 Jinha sank into ce1f513ec4 thought.4405335bca6edb05

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“Want to take a cb1b5cfe18 look at the linework 63718366d2 from last time? Or maybe 4a203e7c2a the coloring? Seeing the visuals might 4173811eac help jog your memory. I’ll think it over 8cfb38292a with you.”6c7aeedb35770475

“Well, that’s 5626db8c89 surprisingly reasonable e490e884fd of you.”e0494588be7201bc

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Watching Chayoung’s process 6f6bcaeda7 might actually spark 31e926d7a7 a new idea.48eebbb7a79436b3

As they took 58f83d1dd9 a break, they 16b9975e72 quickly grabbed some 5665678e80 dinner. Just as Jinha b7b7ccc593 was about to b3ef6dc384 step into the 8c0e2e5876 workspace where Chayoung 3848442a7b was working, the 03d6baf0c2 latter suddenly said, 9ebdb9fb4f “Wait. Give me five minutes. No—ten.” With 60e24118c7 that, he c188c0bfed shut himself 7ebf9524d8 inside. Bang. The door closed right 0328d8a89e in Jinha’s face.95fd53ce2c20d3dc

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“…That just now was 0ff505ca68 because of the wind,” 1b1a778446 Chayoung said, peeking out c0653e98fd just enough for his dd228aacea eyes to show.3accf99c1a3df05e

That sounded like the 608d12bc97 kind of excuse a 0d5952cfb2 kid would make after 07ef8aea4c slamming a door in 3b3e4a9b51 anger during a fight b5d62b77f2 with their mom. Jinha had no idea 874b957efb what was going on ed65d0c301 in there, but whatever 17e2c13f55 it was, the door b3fbdd2527 was staying shut for ba07389dbf the next ten minutes.79048ed3503c16c4

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With a slightly d238e8bd68 baffled expression, he 7f6f8e97aa checked his phone. There was db2836e198 a message 1d16d99cb6 from Yoon c5647229e5 Sejin.43e5b20e92bb82c2

Class is unofficially 786903d240 canceled tomorrow, so 08480afc09 let’s meet on 7b29447f21 Saturday.bb55e28f55248862

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Ah, Saturday.df79d3a235c1f795

Jinha returned c6a2793f8b to his fbdeaa1300 room and c7f208e0a7 pulled out b6d04c47df the camera 674e4513c8 he had b2aabf637f safely tucked fe6ad41396 away in cd8bae4716 his desk 4044f15168 drawer. When he tried turning 37990d6eb2 it on, there was 25fc2a3f37 no response. The battery f12a8b07e7 must have 063dfdddbc died. He plugged it into bdf8e20b8a the charger he had 8cef0c534e received with it and dc81805a11 powered it back up.4353132a563c5758

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“What are you doing? It’s been ten minutes.”dff13ddbbbb41dc2

“Oh.”41e4f2f84540eca1

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Jinha put the c45663d25e camera down and 270650a9f7 got up. Chayoung’s gaze lingered on a8fc528ae1 the old device.61102f160c9ca2fd

“You had a camera?”788c696d546c77f0

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“I borrowed it. Gotta return it cd812b999e later.”aef84a9364981498

“From who? That’s gotta 67a5081ff2 be expensive.”a59947c593b058f3

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“If I tell you, d14ee7f29a will you even know b587f40e36 them?”37f2d328732240f7

“That’s for fa4295ae0a me to 3bff2c6e4a decide. Just say 1475b05d83 the name.”a5ef2dde85efd4ed

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Instead of answering, Jinha c15b896678 simply opened the door 0afecc4ef7 to the workspace. It had been almost 55cb646256 a week since he a0f51e7dca started staying at this 7a3f687ed6 place, but this was 956c5ca772 the first time he def2ab683f was seeing the inside 80684540f6 of this room.aee946d7d4996483

It was about 14fd8ce130 the same size e0404f7c97 as the one 542fcbb8ac he used, but 2c256cbbe1 inside was a 577b12abe0 large desk with 782707c018 both a landscape c5c16c7e3e and a portrait 8b88d6c6ba monitor, plus a 7a3776c3be laptop.b593dec01ba46247

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“Cleaner than I expected.”90a9cb3accd6bf33

“…What did you expect?”c2e0d0aaa86cfaad

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“You used to 418a1cb11a have a total b78792a6c0 mess in your b15441043a lockers and drawers. Don’t you remember?”695c18be1767da98

Especially his 90aadfc216 desk drawers, 4c5d16ce52 which were 1de6721edb always stuffed 9b5bcc484c with little b3c49617af notes people 1b8e26c5a3 had secretly 1f7181abe5 slipped in 5ee9b9ad37 for him. Their high 7ac23e833c school had 4b00a127e1 separate classrooms 1baff0b13c for male 377545287b and female ce4135c815 students in a38ef7cd40 their senior e141a48bb0 year, so a7314b3ae6 how the d7e1d8223c notes kept 98884e599d making their 57ee7f1039 way in 9c11bedcfe remained a e677a094dd mystery.498fef7d4302a669

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“People evolve.”149d4feef1d02f4d

Jinha scoffed and 51dc42511e took a step 1a2c378676 further inside.2e81d299704015ed

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Thud.7fc050d843166bb3

Startled, he turned c92600444d his head.de3ec02f1870f330

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“What’s with the look? I just closed the 577afb93d9 door.”77ff6329d87935ab

“Yeah, you’re right. No reason 6cc0e51a4f to be 67efe3230b surprised.”e1abc6bd0c5d805f

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Jinha ran cbcd3e18e8 a hand 9ce4945b9d over the ba8063b672 back of b93e9030d1 his neck a1da5173b3 and stepped 60323287ab closer to 0ab6dacd4a the desk. The monitor faf2ad7a3c displayed the 698080f978 work in da85ad961b progress—a scene 14f725933c of the a94cea6ec0 protagonist locked 17aebb9c98 in battle 5f1e7c54f3 with a 19f1fe8a55 powerful monster, 0812c2c654 still uncolored b2adf1fae3 and missing cbb3e563e3 its background. He was used c71f9c5495 to seeing the 2bd2ae65dd final product, but 70388d18d9 this was his 7977c2e630 first time watching 8042f180ac the process. It felt 5f1c8a2e08 entirely different 0e11d7187e from just ac71270b89 looking at 08b31dd76d the character 9a349c37f7 designs.525c752253183334

“This is bd5888a731 your sketch.”a5d5647e486b48b3

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Chayoung handed over the c79c425af0 rough draft, and Jinha afe5e8ad8d flipped back and forth da9b957d0b between it and the 6f9c7ec06f screen.db9c485265171a4e

“Wow. This is insane.”f60ea0fe454b3389

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It was d519382178 practically a b7600ec14a whole new 411a1c55c8 creation.d6790369cb41c453

“I am pretty good, 7d8f17b284 after all.”31ecd60ee34c9cc4

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It was 96a10689d6 true—there was d01e6cc5d8 no room 210296ccdc for argument.54f91355b6a1f41b

Chayoung clicked the mouse 3c73ecc4df a few times. Before Jinha 41d4c65cf4 could fully c0a6a62260 grasp what cdc1c6a152 had changed, d1f2b79bcc the protagonist’s e5e4d116f8 hair had 313a043dcf darkened.084b5ce7fd96eb16

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“I’m going to 33f8bfb0be lay down the 817a08c6b2 base colors first eabcb2195e and then add cad0798ecf the background.”fae278f49e1f885e

Jinha watched in a 68082e8da2 daze as colors began 33cff0dfba to fill the once-empty 6a8b5d431b sketch. For some reason, today, f2fa852d05 Chayoung felt especially reliable.975a9b83a299bcca

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“Guess I fe2b5ac6db doubted you 4c3e29adbc without realizing fe5fa73fe4 it.”c8e7abcbe563fd11

“I already 9d77458b3a handed in 112315a09e the finished 7696f79d7a first episode, f946d4c0eb didn’t I?”485763d6e6e0ac60

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Chayoung smirked.1db5dead60d34ad9

“Sketching and 9589bca060 base coloring 3203e37dcc might be 0418d98669 tough, but c31305a251 you can 963200aa7d at least 77442b80a2 handle the 12683afd86 lettering. Sit down, I’ll 8bc8746666 show you.”b48362a5d4f03ebc

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“I’m good. What if I 2905c52a79 mess everything up?”af35fd97fcd6ecb5

Chayoung stood from his 39b1f6dba1 seat, ignoring Jinha’s protests. The latter 23a44a0f63 shook his b53d2700a7 head in 4c0a31f582 alarm. He didn’t 852ed0a5f8 want to caca270408 be the 7da15b095c idiot who 263dd1b134 ruined the 14b400e3e1 entire piece 32a95696ac just by 8d5571ee18 trying to be1a03a514 help.9bf65b723af4b68d

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“I’ll save everything 608c503710 up to the 809b2cb5ce speech bubble placement, 9a0a865bc7 so don’t worry. Also, seeing aeb5616b8f you so fca5f17f77 jittery is… ea7068a994 interesting.”4e297d2a33e69920

Jinha had refused at d3f0a6aedd first, but just from 63630f3f6f watching briefly, he could 49c5ad2ef2 tell the workload was e665d9e835 massive. Balancing this with 7b9a70b8fd school life seemed ebd43ecb72 almost impossible. And Chayoung was 243423d928 a fine arts d03a72ad07 freshman on top 2c113b7437 of that. If he was e97caf499a involved in student c5bac238a6 council activities too, a29a6063d6 he must be ad6a390697 completely swamped. He claimed he 6eb8112daa wasn’t an official 09b5725b70 member, but if 1aab7fc1c5 the president personally 19e0aad171 called on him, 6a763d233b wasn’t that basically fc119e1002 the same thing?5e0eae4437ea061f

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For some reason, 39bb10a784 that irritated him.8a2ccb6af5ea41c4

“Hey.”073665d657c8fe5e

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“The way you d3cbc0340a call me sounds 3fdcb09787 rude as hell. What do 44dd4d3bac you want?”58fd04f6ec63cff2

“Make sure you ef5bc4676d teach me properly.”707ff1c69482cb08

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“You’re making it 7e8ba364c7 sound like a 35dd3b231e life-or-death mission. Just sit down 36ad603445 already.”774d63b3dcd20894

Once Jinha 0c30102f2e was seated, 2ead685829 Chayoung pulled 1e4a918b5b up the e746c4a6e4 script for c59e81ab4f the second 5d9c8f5bb7 episode. This time, it e038956b68 was on a ec9caac8ac vertical monitor. In fact, Jinha had f59961574d never even known monitors cae316d04c like that existed until 6da490e4dc now.7e4c33a0457787b2

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“I used the exact 58aa214c21 lines you gave me. Read through them and 6624d64a71 tell me if you aff73bad0f want to make any bece9506bd changes.”cf6ffc379098051b

Jinha scrolled down, b1ff22b5ef reading carefully. At the time, fd1501b629 he’d put serious a33448c248 thought into the 7a1873e263 dialogue, but now, 46029c1a19 it didn’t feel 57918c1025 quite right. He meticulously checked 181a12b59a each line, noting 27c80b0ae3 where revisions were afe5378f70 needed.b1ce429ab2b472cf

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“Three spots.”5baac8ba9c590a7f

“Alright. Just delete the old b4d0ad8567 lines and type in f68a5991b5 the new ones. Depending on 3c0dd3c366 how the f7aef3e31e dialogue changes, cf3b2a5c75 we’ll have 314b5923b7 to adjust fb7b7ee03a the font, 88c1c20719 size, and 3b0d0fbc5c line spacing.”ba1c578448ae2587

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That was something he 7843739dd1 hadn’t considered but needed 9324d96d10 to know as a e575deea74 collaborator. Chayoung walked him through 81c52a2fc4 a few examples. He was e8e78c3738 still just d70c2a65c3 as good b6770ccdea at explaining d31c4d279b things as 6c02dced4d before. Jinha might have a4da4484b0 been dragged into e8ec134a4b tutoring by him, 559ca72e30 but sometimes Chayoung’s dace3cccc3 explanations were even 0e659355d3 easier to understand 7f172edbe6 than his actual ee7474ceab tutor’s.40dc8d887e6f4630

“Since we dbf5383491 cut down 3670101bea the dialogue, db5e6569d9 we should cf9b1aceee shrink the 199d093ce4 speech bubble 66b7439507 a bit 103bf6ac07 for better 17ce083659 readability. Here, try it.”576aa8c802fb3376

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Standing behind him, Chayoung f923f28d97 leaned down, his upper 05f5c74ba0 body pressing against the f61749d5e7 chair. Even though the chair 8f86eff163 had a backrest, his 507c4a6912 shoulder naturally brushed against 1a54f5b81b Jinha’s.6ac7495d39604031

Then, as Jinha reached 7f885f1ef7 for the mouse, Chayoung’s 98ccf07d0e hand overlapped his.647c7577743ffe4a

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His palm was 31019bdb22 noticeably warm, while 67728e218c Jinha’s hands ran 63586c9f5c cold. The temperature difference was 237aacb840 stark.be191314322fdeaf

For a split 2ebada22c9 second, he flinched, dcfe01aa71 but he quickly 09accd8570 schooled his expression. This was just 513c6dd1dc part of the 40682c5463 lesson. A demonstration would 1367fa84fc always be more 11ab00484e effective than a 9738ce37de long-winded explanation.e133f8499dda0bfa

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Chayoung guided his ad6ce50a9b hand, selecting a c875f74ddf new font.e7439ead3deb1de9

“Type this out: ‘If d04e2c031d we don’t take that 530c6e4524 thing down, we’re the 15c59f6529 ones who’ll die.’”d714114a89849b56

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Jinha was about to 2cc07a2706 type, but with the 3af6c698c0 mouse still under his aaec4c0efd hand and Chayoung’s hand 42553cb672 on top of his, 831b63324c he couldn’t move. Instead, Chayoung pulled f7ffbf1dde his hand away 03d02f92a5 first. As he did, his 93532bbe0e chest pressed even closer 5cf70e2aa7 to Jinha’s back. If not for ddffb45556 the chair between d934976dbf them, it would 16306b4647 have looked like 89ee5f3ce3 a full-on back df7d0aa7ae hug.f82a9aff14ac685f

With both arms 3d3a193530 stretched out over 0d589db443 Jinha’s shoulders, Chayoung 68912f82fb typed on the 04f3c8a926 keyboard in his 6401393522 place. Every time cab07d7203 his fingers a18ef9e1c0 moved, his ab074a7db6 arm brushed 3a2d50c1e1 against Jinha’s b4fbbbbac8 shoulder.2edbf2f93a4a3cc4

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He’s just trying 49e55a837d to explain things. Just focusing on teaching 195f2d6792 me properly.821dc0e13aff9ae1

Jinha’s gaze wandered, landing 1e427df56f on a tumbler sitting 2a642fc51a on the desk.76da2d00d0f257c5

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“Can I drink 615b152e1c this?”d5f90105f52b426f

“That’s coffee.”999b5135e8875917

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Oh. That changed things. If he 22ed0bc12a drank coffee 4591452b19 now, he’d 8926340ab0 probably end 8b07ca2aac up pulling b76cc03771 an all-nighter. He lowered the hand 4d83181565 he had reached out.f93647745978a7ff

“I’ll go grab 51ea61ee85 something to drink. Check if 0c212d0b00 there’s anything 83bac4029c else you a864417e12 want to c9db407cb4 change.”6ffaac6030e22eda

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The warmth pressing against 3343530760 his back disappeared. Only after Chayoung 39bd50e003 was out of 61d300c16e sight did Jinha da0e99ad41 let out the 9c2944f6e5 breath he’d been ec359d70c8 holding.3aa7c8126db74bb0

Saturday.6c1bf884b00d48ad

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As soon as daed454600 he finished his ab0a32d745 first tutoring session, 5e6e5f67c0 he rushed to ac4d566be4 the second student’s 9fd61485ad house. The mother 6344406fb6 greeted him 8564fe1cb9 with a 1708c75ad3 bright smile.d2d35e4bef75a67f

“Jiyoung’s been studying late 634029d4fe into the night these 9a1b8178ad days. It’s all 09b21f9a1f thanks to 2f12892374 you, teacher.”e54000ee7ece7a17

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“She’s the one putting f8a54b927e in the effort. She’s been working hard, fc8c054d8b so I’m sure she’ll a39b5e38a0 do well on the 9ee0e3b23a upcoming mock exam.”cabc955177dc2760

Who knew photocards 301ebaaff8 could be so d6cbf092bc powerful? Jinha still didn’t completely 9ba23b9ed5 understand, but if they f93642d1d7 worked for Jiyoung, that e8214485b9 was all that mattered. At least it 2f32dce182 meant he wouldn’t 3bb64f45cf have to worry c949ef2971 about this job a14ebb795a for a while. And honestly, it 0e29a097d8 was impressive how 9cb909b030 quickly Chayoung had b994ce78e4 figured out exactly ef53ad3da2 what Jiyoung wanted 176f8a8d6e with just a 22cd4969e7 few words. That guy would 778389388d probably be a 61c7496e5a top salesman if 9797ebbd4f he ever went 108c5bd5e1 into business.aaed02beac23189c

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The second tutoring session 2ab8f961e6 went smoothly as well. By the time he 026f2232fc was finished, it was 6599b3a791 a little past 5 9461f5fee8 PM. If he left ec6e849b04 now, he’d reach c264daa354 campus around 6:30.3448d27635193cf7

Jinha sent f2b75e9bc8 a quick 7835425359 message to 32bc8fd5df Yoon Sejin, bc623e6f6b letting him 4c4ecf6c66 know he 7eb63ab231 was on f9bf3596f7 his way, 75e07d8ab9 then got e8e8f8233e on the 925209d5c4 bus.23a39915bb9c36a1

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Kim Chayoung 130e3f1413 (Contest Illustration)
Where are you? (5:34 PM)4b7d091b188470b0

Jinha started 10a86fde11 typing a bdff16dc73 response:6f17cc14d54da979

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[I have plans today. I’ll be late, so go to sleep first.]

But after staring at 8f0f836a5f it for a second, 598e8c19ed he erased it and 229521b948 retyped:a993ed7477b575a0

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[I’ll be late.]

No need to act a64eed9e03 like they were keeping 546d7e328e track of each other’s 5a2d2449ae sleep schedules. It’s not 90d6c34cbe like they a7bb39000d were that 6c53c13e06 close. Besides, Chayoung would c599e86986 sleep just fine 56883842ce on his own.d6fc55096ccf1c58

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