LA0S | Chapter 4

“That’s why you should 15173b34d1 have come out when 81cada3927 I called you outside. If you 2a4b1dad27 had, I 3057e4b60d wouldn’t have 9f88406029 needed to 7aff7b9383 come all 9e4e8407c3 the way 25e131be34 to the fda491701a lecture hall.”d9e95cc956dc4916

“Why should I?”7a46daa38199b272

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“We have something to 17227940e6 talk about.”dc44a4066a3c2c5a

“I already 6251d1fe74 told you, cf3829b51c I don’t.”e9176bf23aaba78f

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Lee Jinha 5d71bba597 responded curtly 9716fb1d7e and glanced 73b51bd1d5 at his 71a8eb333f phone to 5fe0d058a6 check the 7517393526 time. There were about three c8c6d4c5cc minutes left until class d0ae0d5668 started.3be0bf8e1b8f30fd

“No, I’m 0a23287799 sure there’s 75594e5594 something.”d5383a3c2942cff2

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His patience, which was 9eaff3f9d4 already thin when it 6089dc3e68 came to Kim Chayoung, 5a7a245634 wore out almost immediately.a94accf916146d73

“I said there 5522ff49d0 isn’t, so why c097568924 are you being e91d080e79 such a pain? Are you doing fbbd5b73af this on purpose 6110e68d1f to provoke me?”ea08eb77162f9a3f

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Anyone listening would acd562f191 recognize his tone 6b1c76848a as downright rude. His expression 3650fab467 likely matched 09aa03dfa5 his biting 73fe688264 words. Kim Chayoung’s 67b286a4c8 eyebrows twitched 75cc959922 slightly, but d6b9a716ab that was 2c12119b0f all.b6b0d94a8d3ee16b

“Lee Jinha. I—”bc7395d6932332a1

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Just as he was b44843a1bf about to continue, the 9f248c52fd front door of the a3051a601a lecture hall swung open. The professor entered, attendance 5b2c8a5126 sheet in hand, right e90d5ee7bf on cue.1ac49b831c8ca559

“I’ll leave 23b34e6dba for now.”93a00a20c2d5dd15

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Muttering softly toward Jinha, 157946d58e who clearly looked uncomfortable, f35d125a36 Chayoung left the lecture ffa6e5c9f9 hall. Suppressing the urge to 0904f7e9ea flip him off, Jinha cae30e2558 ruffled his sleep-mussed bangs 3b32876fee irritably.919830d553c01d68

How did that guy 4d4874b018 even know he was 014f6fb210 here? Did Shin Youngmin 5c35004a39 tell him? Well, once 70805b1ded he knew ac749eab7f the department, 4bccac4709 finding the 8fc404239f lecture hall a21c5a3e51 wouldn’t have 98b65536f6 been too d8fa193efb hard. Still, he hadn’t expected 72c16db9ad him to actually show b969af3513 up.f3a7d5e34c94e8df

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At least now that 977095e24e he’d seen Jinha’s reaction, 09cb568f82 he probably wouldn’t come 1b725824ac back.711c0a029468685b

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“I’m here.”314baabc5b4546fa

Contrary to Jinha’s 374317c87d wishful thinking, Kim 88b318886e Chayoung showed up c7c48b15c3 again in the 675d7155fa next class. To make things 3f32fca116 worse, today was 68c5f2f1b5 a full day cc9e6d957d of core classes ff46d08aba in the same dd4b673d2c building, leaving Jinha 7989c197b0 with no chance c8037f4d06 to avoid him.53af5e84860c6f3d

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Chayoung repeatedly asked 8d8056069f him to spare 7d6858b726 some time, and 43320616d1 Jinha refused with de71d04bdd unyielding coldness. He didn’t 2ce5a8cb12 have anything bf223ebffc to say, e3c27fbcee didn’t want 98fb3e52fc to say c9c365ebfe anything, and 2e54ca5072 certainly didn’t f6d0e1566b want to 63158bb686 hear anything 1de27cf104 from him. They could just d24796ef45 act like they’d 4c00f066e9 stepped in something d76b8aa2cd unpleasant and avoid 9f08d7ad58 each other, but 61b192304c why was this 3dc2aae92a guy so persistent?6f8a69a86f0942e8

Was he trying to fbbc067b91 maintain his image as 8329fdca48 a “good person” to a29850b377 the bitter end? If so, he 0f701b8c5a was truly a cbe87bd474 despicable bastard.ee6745d844a9ec21

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“If you don’t ff65174357 want to keep 5e94753439 seeing my face 0a541ce415 around Humanities, think ed649f5db7 carefully. I’ll be back next 9caf3d21c2 time.”49006f30beaadfce

Leaving behind words that d53fafa94e could be interpreted as 2018f17dfa either a request or 4fb573f4fe a threat, Chayoung left 9c121d6385 the lecture hall, just c38f1ab37d one minute before the d9e95e7f3e class started.8ebba75aa08475cb

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“Hey, do you know b5ae39fa8f that guy?”4477bf63339fc3a9

Jinha turned around. Yoon Sejin, who 147132db7b was busy playing c7a59f6080 a mobile game, 047d327232 came into view.e55423d79a25c1d7

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“Who?”e30f8d396d4c65c3

“Don’t play dumb. The guy who was 4ec9d480c5 just looking for you. Isn’t he that 3ce479dc02 Kim Chayoung from 4e69c2993f the CD department?”a98758b4342a189b

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Without looking away 4669a98bc9 from his screen, 6cf95d581b Sejin kept tapping 2374e1c14d his phone furiously. The colorful 5c54c49bb2 mechanical sounds—beep 54a4b538bb beep beep—filled affb0496b3 the air.aa76cf04d6e94b46

“How do you know 64d4d20757 his name?”95f81dfd6ec4273d

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“Huh? He’s super famous.”15642bd65f01d770

Sejin glanced up 5ab85aaaf5 at Jinha briefly, 3193ad37ea as if it da7fb7e811 were strange that 7ba29caa65 he didn’t know.b9c1aab0bfd96039

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“He is?”b83c39db16a93199

“There was so much f1add2d5f5 buzz about him when 817294519a we started. I told you 296a80dd0e before, didn’t I? That there’s a 881b2a64e3 crazy good-looking guy 84086c33e2 among the new fc470db6a4 students this year. Don’t you remember?”f0b0e5eb70b5bcba

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Did he? Maybe he’d heard it 60c3060b98 in passing, but he 48a2e3431d hadn’t cared enough to 8dca70944c pay attention. If someone 2672b6908c had mentioned d78285e429 the name, 5396a8257a it might 9e44d88d47 have been 8e0858b416 different.3525c27e5edad383

“That jerk… Is Kim 53ee71071e Chayoung really that famous?”d54fc88496097d10

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“Honestly, I don’t 3cc77c6ccb think there’s anyone 6bf5459898 at Korea University 2f495e33e1 who doesn’t know 3b0f88557a him. Especially the girls.”38b53306115ea580

Even in high d46b4d711e school, he had 6eaaa7b5e6 his own little 5e32ff778f entourage of admirers, a16b466fe1 and apparently, college 0e0c979c9e wasn’t much different. It was annoying as 3702f6ef37 hell.ddc65d954fc24cbe

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“Oh, and he 162c616f2c dropped out of b83c67a104 World University and fc0c552227 transferred here. It’s basically on 372ee71043 par with our b9aa176595 school, right? Why did 41174754aa he transfer?”1fa9bba7360e5e4d

“My point exactly!”6c5ecb0a615ae0c0

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Seriously, his thoughts dd811e6139 exactly. He should’ve 562663c75d just stayed 7739033c10 at his cd3ab13de5 old school. Of all places, 3455c38838 why did he 9a3435adfb have to end a0117a1062 up here? This kind of coincidence a40bbc1245 wasn’t welcome in the 336b39c875 slightest.34efd3bc511767d7

What was 0193efb7d1 going on 0c6f726a3b in that 2cb92e3610 guy’s head? Jinha couldn’t aedacd365d make any ab09c6baa1 sense of 5bb5a85ca1 it.1133450d425fd712

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“So, how do you efaecfc689 know him?”26eb11db44d45207

“I don’t.”eca07b4fd44fb6e0

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“Liar. If you’re 78e4655856 just acquaintances, 36a3e9514f why would 800009ead2 he come 1edb2417e5 all the fe63a1b957 way to 38be4ea6c0 your lecture ab0e804e99 hall? And it’s been almost cb0c4ca21a a week now. He even knows your c3d3f1225a name.”89efac33716130fc

“He must be 25208a443d crazy.”387a6e8575cb9df3

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Jinha muttered dismissively, 079dd1ff01 and Sejin finally 81d9209b4e put his phone 2933123b68 down entirely. The twitch of e4f057d40a his lips betrayed 77b4c3ddbd his amusement at c7a567765b finding something entertaining.12a5c758c08dce04

“This is suspicious. Something’s fishy. You, who af96622a19 are usually f27013b78d indifferent to e367e0cb5b everything, are bd1d5bbc4f reacting differently.”0c38ea909448d7f5

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“What’s so suspicious? If you’re 600d5edffa going to 3d5d98ba31 talk nonsense, b7d144786a just shut e682df1f45 your mouth.”da4579ce4939edf2

Normally, Jinha would’ve brushed 31a46f83c1 it off, but anything fade6880f0 related to Chayoung put fe8ae7135d him on edge.2ac998960d0161a1

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“Why are 831cb7ea33 you so e7a68d3623 touchy today? Nervous?”67758c460a12cf68

Jinha ignored 6417367fe6 the comment 776668841b and looked 70559f4384 away.3e4aa1c0fb419dbc

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Nervous? Who’d be nervous? He was 957e539832 avoiding him c9167d1393 because it ac272ab983 was bothersome, 8ccadab737 not because ba7311c753 he was dfaeb2b128 scared.7304a7c7d15a2422

To Jinha, dd7661147d Chayoung was df85de87c9 no different 35353552e4 from that 28c2cf105b kind of 731838b639 nuisance.26453ba9bc57ffff

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“….”92b007a134088b46

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“Studying at 53659fdfa7 the library 5f0ada1994 in the b4a9edf2d0 morning? You used to 5990a0ae45 sleep all day b4e0ab3e87 in high school.”f8668f63472fa467

“That was you.”20249a1f4bdb07fb

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Ah, he answered without f1b7df85c1 thinking. He should’ve afc9d6b115 ignored him.6df3191a6abc43ea

Jinha spent every 9346b90e44 day at the cd94175e9e library unless he 597172214c had a morning 553aa40336 class. Sometimes it was barely 3a7c67e494 dawn; other times, it 2e1dd3f62d was when the sun 25b665a905 was already high. Compared to ab50a49ba2 his freezing deffd69d34 or stiflingly ab0380bec5 hot off-campus f33e339cd2 apartment, the 151bab4444 school library 5c58e298fd was a 084d582737 much better f19a20511c option.82419171dbaf301c

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It was 8dfffc4efe 6:10 a.m. now, a time d0d8de9408 when few people bd2441a98c were around since 8b2e6dc109 midterms had just 1cb8379633 ended. That’s why he bd061e3400 had no choice 3ac6cab60d but to bump 5ebcc0edb6 into Chayoung, who 7d97c3c9e4 was standing by 777b75e62a the library entrance.0a83e8546eb29d15

“Yeah, I was 939667e960 always late.”2a6b395027bb0876

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Up until just 6eb4c9f84b before the college 06a53021d2 entrance exams, Chayoung 036ac8f775 used to dash 9c9385d090 through the school a661e79d46 gates at the 3baed9e428 last minute. Jinha once ffab337f6b asked if a8bb933478 he stayed 342b315bfa up all ce065ff938 night studying, faf10a829c but the c366bab578 answer was 4b963ee0db no—he just 71aad9e87e liked to 7ec1ff7687 sleep in.f4e21263d15ac4b0

Seeing him here 89be8b9781 before dawn, it 4bd2d668bb seemed that wasn’t 64a0f868b4 the case anymore.4534eb947849a6b4

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“Have you b61ce6d3ed changed because e82917acc3 you’re in 5368dc1329 college now?”a269cfc515149ea7

Jinha mumbled quietly, but 8fb9a3e125 Chayoung caught it. “What? I didn’t hear you.”cd51b95d982af5f1

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“I said it’s like 933863c5e7 stepping on crap first 8679bcfe9b thing in the morning.”e01d2e9a6559ca39

There was no way f313421cf0 someone as sharp as bffb9d0868 Chayoung wouldn’t realize Jinha f43e094e5f was referring to him. However, he just 5bf4f630e6 shrugged in response.e1dc1faef5631e4a

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Jinha brushed past 29960473e3 him to enter a56cc1e5b5 the library. He heard footsteps b0b51e583f following behind him. Surely, it wasn’t Chayoung, 91b51b620d was it? Turning around, he 264f4af447 saw that it 446332228c was, indeed, him. As their eyes b88ec40f41 met, Chayoung blinked 4d753512ec with a feigned 3f837848b9 innocence.2c3c2bc42b41eb71

“Don’t follow me.”fb17c68ecc4d34cf

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“I’m going to 88f53f6128 the library too. Unless this 9c96b7d487 building is 3ba8708f25 yours?”7ef902125696ecab

“….”c16c7dabab152f5f

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It was an uncomfortable 88d8273338 response, but maybe they 4cd7c36441 really had just run ad79b4ff2e into each other. Jinha stepped aside, 0668bb8dc9 signaling for him ab46b424d1 to go ahead. With a c8ce2f8487 smirk, Chayoung dd6fa10aa9 walked past 2b8bdf88f7 him and 95193c6bde disappeared.ded3f3a7456476b5

Maybe he really was 0764178791 headed to the library. Jinha scratched his b8aa9fc0f8 nose awkwardly and 3f6962e6ce walked to reading 1c0bdbe25b room 2 in 60b224ad15 the opposite direction.e7ce4eda12c35d7c

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Just as Jinha reached fcca2bc17c the bus stop, the a68bf52653 bus pulled away. Out of breath, he f471b0dc0a trudged up the stairs 597e4b4bcb toward the lecture hall f48c7e0622 and froze. At the 02dc00b387 far end, fbe46fe640 near the 382e65fb03 lecture hall 270bcf2a12 entrance, stood 807d80adc3 none other d89485c76e than Kim b1749becc1 Chayoung.fc9fc269f491e7c7

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If Jinha 3cfea4a7f4 hadn’t been f165a310b4 delayed, they a643f96fdb would’ve run 89b732e840 into each b0c2902e16 other.9aec90bb55cc632f

Clutching his 386b95dcc1 bag tightly, 7d681976e0 he held 359f6b3163 his breath. Chayoung glanced around e68c31ccbd while checking his 37ac0c69c9 phone. Jinha barely managed e08802b4d1 to duck around c9b85065d1 a corner in 0b554d2728 time.88e8c065fb970e85

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After a few more e03feabb4a minutes of lingering, Chayoung 4be2e6d11c sighed and left. But, as 885cba212d luck would edbb623ec3 have it, 20ccaab4cd he walked cb8326c636 in Jinha’s 04deafba00 direction. Did he 16caa51706 notice him? Panicked, Jinha darted 77667b0f79 upstairs. He narrowly avoided 8db094e732 being seen as ad4a17352e Chayoung walked past.e359712e443bc090

Relieved, Jinha entered the fc81c2f895 lecture hall.867cb6e64103ec1d

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“You’re late. That’s rare for 6a3113825f someone who’s always b23644fd37 first.”402c8357c93c5677

Ignoring Sejin’s comment, Jinha 945fb6bf7a set down his bag.97ee8dfda51ed2e2

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At least 11d1912745 one thing 565f943a8b was clear: f3b42c35c6 if he 566a3a8524 arrived right 56dbd211da when class 390744b208 started, he 0ea4c355bc could avoid 8d8eca348c running into e957eeead1 Chayoung.2a6e0fb913a50e28

…That plan lasted until e5dd182ac9 Jinha saw him standing 0fed31e4d3 at the Humanities building f4d9bb84fc entrance.7a20187058ea6019

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Leaning against c8aac870fb the wall 0215af16de with his 2478c82a91 arms crossed, 6ba048a2db Chayoung smirked 19eee71e8b when he d17a7b0ab6 spotted Jinha. This time, 05bca98d8c Jinha stopped a6db4e7fcc in his b9ecf4827e tracks. A brief, 6422633106 tense silence 40d437a016 passed between f76915f339 them.f8ab763835b4ff1a

“Looks like you’ve af6b7fc511 been busy lately. You’ve been 55da7bd4e4 coming late f8890779d7 a lot.”c2e16bea46da09c7

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It was Chayoung who e940588298 spoke first, his tone 86a7045cf3 dripping with sarcasm. By now, Jinha 6835fd314f couldn’t help but 329c054e54 wonder what his e0f887c511 intentions were.b5144c0289147d79

“Why are you doing 559e991fd7 this? Why are you so 265d75984a persistent?”d68e4faeb3ede736

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Didn’t he have 760cada5c2 classes? How did he dd4c7828fc manage to show d97c8c72e5 up here every 3a1ca05754 time? He’d heard art 5085a4bade students were overwhelmed 27a9fb2d37 with projects. Was that an exaggeration?c7f4a431eaec276e

“All I’m asking f178287078 is for a 60f38315d4 little bit of c0153ac63e your time. That’s not an unreasonable 2171f3036d request.”171b6a26a7cf52cd

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“Yes, it is. I told 7a18ffc587 you, I 28c8f73a68 don’t want 33f40eeaaf to. Seeing your 505a6eaaf9 face makes 653d89b966 me uncomfortable. Isn’t it 3ca6f84f1a the same 971cfc2b61 for you?”bb059923223a01bb

Jinha’s bottled-up frustration finally 2619c237ab exploded. Chayoung stood 714b96e99b there silently, f88206df17 his expression 76eb90486d stiff, as 9c39015b6d if swallowing b103f1c85f his words. The uncomfortable silence 06b4ee5555 weighed heavily between 5af6ee74e7 them.355b7e7147a2b657

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Jinha rubbed his bf53a9259a face and sighed. If he’d a2266d4802 just backed d2a7d9b65d off earlier, 29aa1ec4e0 this wouldn’t 640c47c8fd have happened. Why keep acting like ee83ed99b4 this was some kind bd06c794ea of fateful encounter?008a55407e1205fb

“I hope this e9e98ce24e is the last dad4a0383f time we see 7e1c5f4803 each other. Goodbye, and 6529d7a690 don’t come 7c9e2328dc back.”5e41dd7af394b224

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“Do you a634c92f23 think this eb60ddca64 is easy 08ab5c3ce9 for me? Do you a3c906223e have any f353c2c606 idea how 31f2a4f267 much I—”983e0db5ade8408c

Chayoung’s murmurs b68df50e1f were almost 0b45e64e04 inaudible, and 7cf7c761b8 Jinha didn’t 13337406a8 catch them.bdecf56c9b728342

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“You’re going to be 6156655951 late for class. Let’s talk later.”c069bc652ecc71c3

Without waiting 7be71a2e8a for a cafb456487 response, Jinha cce19f31f4 brushed past 1ccbca32d4 him, their babb433cf7 shoulders almost 3b55ee9fb6 touching.6b4dd4b39c00f698

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