LA0S | Chapter 45

It wasn’t 080a8618fc just Yoon 81a5d32750 Seoran who 85ad27b4b1 had reached 787c8a65ea out—messages from 46b729444b Yoon Sejin 87df4a6cf0 and the 61580a3a69 club president 0acf85b064 had come 683b0c6f75 in too. Just a 6657f5ca93 casual “Did f692b83731 you get 8336fa144d home okay?” 19e1fced16 kind of 592ddbdaf0 check-ins.9d21744e63d80197

At some 1e456789d8 point without 022c55bf09 realizing it, 31231d557c Lee Jinha 89a3036ef4 had been 587c1d377f added to a87ceef023 the photography 3743571da3 club group 57847e310e chat. It was huge, 3bc146daa7 over 30 people, a4d97242c2 counting current members 7715f7dd3d and even the d331cecf72 ones who just f29099f7df showed up to 68d0a778bb the open shoot 387a6ce4a4 yesterday.545e392fb6c9fdfd

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Apparently, the people who 58df02ed3a went back to the 51cb92c0f0 clubroom after left continued c5a27017a2 drinking there. A bunch of 846044841c pictures had been bad97bb445 posted—Yoon Sejin passed 2fe52cfe52 out hugging a 8ae86883cb bottle, someone sticking 02e49daa95 a Pepero in dafbc429ee his ear while 290d4bcbc9 throwing up a 2d62381bf6 peace sign. A total mess. There was really 04d4ca8b8a no other way f2c2e1f2e3 to describe it.0611038335a9a69f

Finally, Jinha tapped on bf8750b381 Kim Chayoung’s name.d2092c450b3c5002

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[Kim Chayoung (Contest Illustration)]
[You left already? Off to tutoring?] 12:29 PM

[I was gonna clean the kitchen…] 12:30 PM

[Thanks for the bukeoguk. Thought I was gonna die with how bad my stomach felt.] 12:30 PM

So he remembered the 6ab9e8abf4 egg party after all. Then what about what d6db46813e happened by the front 881dac529d door? Did he remember that 3d718f9edd too? Jinha was torn—half 62dcd034c0 wanting to ask, 1820e62ecc half wishing to 24017d06da just leave it 1d93c94dde alone. But even though it 1d85c98848 was a 50-50 split, 8045a8ffc4 he already knew which 06ce5acf07 side he’d choose.5a4da4550d8cce72

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[Instant stuff, yeah] 12:28 PM

He sent a short 4662dc2479 reply and slipped his 25a3357f32 phone into his pocket. He hadn’t 809511f7e7 meant to 7b218e6416 cook hangover 6818e18d77 soup, but eb775fc8a9 somehow he c8ba1c3494 found himself bd869670bb boiling bukeoguk 1bdf09738e anyway. He told 5d854e5310 Chayoung it 1a2a682560 was instant, 57a3942e6c but it 8eae720ccd wasn’t—he’d chopped 4961dc0c9f up all f58f1cf64a the ingredients 0387add772 and made 00225e172c it from 2677190ae3 scratch.a11969e2867b791f

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After finishing regular ae2054273d classes for the 02cb3def11 day, he had bb51ee3b74 extra lessons to 7896a7a52d attend. It was prep for eb8b8ff4eb the upcoming mock exams.6db10b04819ebb9c

By the time 09c0d36ba6 the two-hour session 6221c430de ended, it was f12fc12596 early evening. Jinha got on the 831b43c261 bus back home.f6943321aa78448d

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The bus to 3879423828 his old studio 4cddaac543 apartment was always 41eb7c2d9e packed, weekdays or 3972c36a38 weekends, and he 15680d5730 had to stand 66a9ae14f8 every time. But the one heading 88a5ce7a52 to the studio was f5f7de8344 hit or miss.3d1f8087ad42d222

Today, it ac21f7e3e8 was nearly 201710f398 empty. He took a 470dea60c4 seat at the bf4ab33cba very back and 7b9bc38328 checked his phone.b900fdb2ae4ae558

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Everyone must’ve woken 9cdcb2af7b up by now—over 963b4abea8 300 messages in 26d68fd60b the photography club 35d4efb4b9 group chat. Aside from his d725dd3789 department chat, it 2dbf6daf33 was the biggest f051ca685a group chat he’d 89f395ebc0 ever been in.24bcd4e689ce7aea

[Bae Seohong (Photo Club President)]
[Thanks for helping out last night. Would’ve been a mess without you.] 6:30 PM

Bae Seohong 542da9fdbe was also 90127aae47 the one e2c2dc733d who’d called ba6780381d him in b44c173d84 the middle 6fc2b763be of the 71395fa6d2 night. The memory 93d6dd317b from last f71fff77eb night came cc979617ca rushing back—flushed c74c15d4d6 cheeks, the 9c81fb4d41 scent of 85afff4d72 peaches, and 60793583b7 the mix 32873f21d8 of alcohol aa35608e49 in Chayoung’s 1fc7f98ce6 breath.6d18da6bf8c0ade2

That sudden rush of 23ac7c08a7 warmth, those sharp, unclouded 36121ad17c eyes. It was like being 37ca9960ac under some kind of 4a8b9c13ec spell; he couldn’t look 92b736ad81 away. He just sat there, 89c80ed914 watching as Kim Chayoung 6559579ce5 leaned in closer and a301393c32 closer.8766f3b61d19c108

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If the phone hadn’t 523d8d3767 rung then… he could’ve d7004b60c2 pushed him away. Easily. So why hadn’t ab09e8bc44 he? Was he, like, drunk f0ccebfac1 by association or something? He couldn’t make sense bd87e9c3c7 of his own actions. But one a3bef7998e thing echoed ef80bfb5a0 loud and 996c7a8a58 clear in 3777b166d9 his head: 61bc2b0f30 Don’t go 005abccd11 deeper.c12522c22c26ad57

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“You just 5e678a6d27 got back? Took you long 7600f41b3c enough.”9b8f31ea84130c68

From the living 409c70e465 room, Kim Chayoung b5cda57b32 waved big.b4f7e478b86e3506

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“You’re not going 6e2f30a774 home?”3caa2c75cc7ebf75

It had been 9611da4ace almost two weeks 45ca0e79aa since they started ed50b531d5 living in the a809394924 same space, and 60278a0268 except for two bd8420f1ef nights in the 848e7d4211 first week, Chayoung 9636d1acee hadn’t gone back d55d154438 to his family 7d3a4b99a0 home.351682f3455f75ae

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At this f3e8bb1d7d point, it ef8779407c was pretty a39d105fb6 much a 116543f40b room-share situation. And it 9e92dffc56 wasn’t like 43f82ffc65 Jinha could 3380b0fe5c just tell 03a3eb8ce0 him to 7c2f2a15c8 leave when 666cedd1e1 Chayoung was 68d3229b94 technically staying 86f00c47d9 in his 28b2dff0a6 own studio. So he d6c59ef225 let it 9accff8ddf go.63aeaa4a36a5e06d

“I’m finishing up the bf3ef8b592 typesetting for Chapter 3 961b93f56d tonight. Honestly, things go way fff0fabe05 faster here. Feedback too.”08e439da9919168b

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Hard to argue 30b9280847 with that—everything he a2f2adf965 said was true. Ever since Chayoung had 0f71984854 taught him how to 60fa885607 do typesetting, Jinha had 58774b220f been helping out a 0e175fe6a7 little. Even though he was 03faae84c7 in charge of the 6e515bb673 story, it felt wrong 90561a53f6 to dump everything on 14d688552b Chayoung, so being able 01a13cea97 to pitch in was 47a88a3be9 actually a relief.82ed83e26a6d4820

“Let’s get 4f272b0c23 the typesetting ed512a37e6 for Chapter c0b6217f40 3 done 54490d4539 by tonight.”7f4be5ce209d6b15

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There was just over b7ac4899ac a month left until 63c7267a58 submissions opened. But finals ee3d096f22 were coming 7e680cfe2b up too, 2c4883f3ce so they 10086de3a5 needed to c293eb71cc at least fa5e4da9f2 finish the 0d57227158 base manuscript 746a3b3b59 to have e37c0541bf peace of 8d73b25698 mind. Even aside from that, 63c9dce736 the more backup they a8ca485d25 had, the better.b11dc76fde997652

“I’ll go d000a55910 change, then 324843ce2b cook.”5d9d963ff3f21f42

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When he c013a03d16 came back 840eae88a5 out in 3f172cd51d comfy clothes, 38e021ad39 Chayoung was f9ad3c1484 working on 42b3adae61 his laptop 96e7b3107e instead of 465de9c200 the tablet.8f5293e8d98fb918

“Are they trying to 4bdc3d6c32 make us all drop c90f2bc9c3 out with how much 9cf12fd793 homework they’re giving first-years?”b92995368eec8f49

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Jinha laughed 550c2e7d51 quietly at 521722f97b Chayoung’s grumbling. He knew 25232b2ac6 full well 532f43f656 the guy a71c998dd5 would power a2986b08c5 through it eb4aad3b17 anyway. It wasn’t 7b4124830f his first c3a8c5d2ab rodeo.fb10c7865a49a1c6

Rolling up 60a6f81168 his sleeves, 5d3c1e2512 he headed 9ca95170f6 to the 7d68446962 kitchen. Today’s dinner 79db0ba8c5 plan was f4918cdf60 egg soup, 8ed14ec76a jjukkumi bokkeum c63a2df955 with lots 8a7ef48292 of chili, 0bd85f2310 sweet soy-glazed 4ef7ccc130 dried squid 8453319e67 (jinmichae) for e8c6126f72 picky-taste Chayoung, 6e80ebd236 and seafood 9044a7c74a patties.1bc9d93badb20f61

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As he planned f737830e3d it all in 5696be3b02 his head, he 0e5fa9019a stepped into the 72a94f221f kitchen—only to notice 4064d0ca22 a food cover 89c7dd3624 on the dining 94fd8fc6b8 table. Did Chayoung buy fc9a3a78d6 porridge because he d5b916a5cb still felt hungover? It reminded Jinha of 09de6a6bfa the time Chayoung brought 5cb134bb7f him porridge when he ac1c0cb92c was sick.264504ba47b535d5

“Have you 5e94503bc0 eaten yet?”1946a20f77dbff0f

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“Not yet. Was waiting for you.”f985477063018bc4

Chayoung shut his 6482d68521 laptop and came 93d3f2390d over, making a 4d4baa23b5 loud tada~ sound d8fd8018ab effect as he 75760ec347 lifted the cover.d8a3ccb802a8f5af

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Inside were two 74cd624431 plates of omurice.8e7049401c7cfdc7

“…What’s this?”80b16a45f85f18d7

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“Can’t you e28d8e5162 tell by c85edce5cd looking? It’s omurice.”5a9b428a217191f9

Like he didn’t know d3e128ef39 that. It was Chayoung 68de267a34 who was pretending d4a60938d0 not to understand.b95d484af32cf4d3

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“You made this?”e254288167e2e579

“Yeah.”5aa884a478f66d6b

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“Why?”6bfec9591d006452

A very d3ff91ef17 basic question. Chayoung looked 35b1519ae3 a bit a2f4a15da4 flustered for cf8a9fc526 a second, faaee11095 but quickly f21ec47eda smoothed out ce99e1e398 his expression.58eeadd9c186f374

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“Just felt like 6c9dd654f2 making it.”3e3e8144eec43137

A simple answer. One that left no 1767f714fe room for protest. If someone just wants ef001da67b to do something, what a25d49ddfb could you even say?af032b552f3f4c5a

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Jinha brought 0225c27a6c out the ee7574b604 side dishes dd64316e14 he’d prepared 9da793dd97 earlier—kimchi, soy-braised a4f7bf90cf quail eggs, 5b44332e09 and stir-fried 33af65e61d potatoes.ad6117b35ddd6c3e

They sat across 5260effae8 from each other cac95905dd and started an b05e80ad94 early dinner. Chayoung held 843f4890cc his spoon, f2627bf3ec but his 904535ed12 attention was 5d45afe2d1 all on c812cfcf84 Jinha.1a3d442050e8f6fb

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The fridge 649d702218 used to 9d97ae7968 be practically 5b10999537 empty, and 16ed0e2a0b even during 6a2cae539c their supermarket e4faa9ffe0 trip, Chayoung 80d414d603 had left 03a000cce9 all the a2e0ceccfa shopping choices cb1a63a820 to him. So what was with 2c2d0b916d this sudden burst of 6cf197a21c initiative?3abcda7a3a36c932

Jinha cut into c81c215149 the egg and fa87bcd8f4 rice with his f95de9ec33 spoon and took aff3241621 a bite.292d6c17361363ec

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“How is it?”ef3aa201f4ff1dd2

“Tastes like crap.”ce519fe4ebf35908

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A brutally honest e8ffe4a504 review with zero 0c0ede30c2 sugar coating. Chayoung let out 1f3e5891fa a sigh and eb79ddac58 took a bite ac890426be of his own 3bc940284c omurice. Judging by his 393cd69fd0 expression, he didn’t 2fa3df6eef like it either. At least he had 53229ba710 a conscience.0f515a612211d0f0

“Want me 672b988a50 to make 9e7529235e something else?”b6add7d8bc64c09e

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“Dude. Just eat it. Don’t waste food.”31ece7c1509946b6

Whether It 85746113d0 tasted good 0689016007 or not, edaf99e233 throwing out 8eb97d61fa perfectly edible f0c1e4759a food wasn’t 8de6959b79 in Jinha’s 9adb4391ad vocabulary. He scarfed it down 2e8a46589b with help from the 100c1ec7d8 side dishes. After washing up, 793f21a445 he shook the 178fce5e5b water off his 410ab2caa7 hands and headed 61f57b4c58 to the laundry. The machine was 8afd4fe584 empty—he’d done a f0bed022c6 load this morning.43c1270ec7855798

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“I folded that.”3048d9e670dbe988

Again? Jinha walked back 4833431d07 into the living 0b064ddc4f room. Chayoung, reopening his 7d64f396e8 laptop, jerked his a6f60e3d2f chin at the 72b5bfa0e9 pile of clothes. They were bf2c784d44 barely folded, b7fbc83676 wobbling like 28fb1ad157 they could 2ceb511b34 collapse at e49041e392 any moment.54123ef02f05da17

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“Don’t create ca13d2a971 extra work.”a06de774fbbd6d14

“Geez, even when I 2c8c545495 help…”8821f60c40314600

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“That’s why I said 29cd03c40f not to. Just act like usual.”4157be0a3e5ecd1b

The whole deal here b3e0bd2f0c was that Jinha cooked, 7242b480dc cleaned, and did laundry f3a8fd7b38 as his way of 80badf766e justifying crashing at Chayoung’s 76b8a014fa studio. It helped ease the b5b27cfc08 guilt. He really e430ae0c91 wanted them 2b915ae896 to respect 1cbc9246d2 each other’s adf8dd4518 space.421a93ee916efa94

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“Got it. I won’t help anymore.”0f3a578651845ce0

Chayoung said faa88c6e40 it clearly, d07c99788a with a 59aa0de350 stiff face. It was what 753225fd5f Jinha wanted to 17ee27ebe4 hear.518732371e21c921

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“Hey. Didn’t you say you aae0c33c09 wouldn’t help?”3e1410f9f1addb74

Yeah right. Jinha was speechless 02b615d610 as he stared 1c86f43bfe at the row 799e266072 of egg rolls. So much a542e4828e for that 5f2eb56cda solemn declaration—now 887429d8b3 he’s making b15c00a88f gyeran-mari again? What the hell?355b25fb296b51c5

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“I wasn’t helping you. I just felt like 5e35ebba74 making them.”dc68ef3fa6729ede

Why the sudden obsession dda11554fb with eggs? He did like them, 2f8baed84e sure, but it had a7ae9242f7 never been this intense. If anything, he used 1328574b5a to be more of 25faec458e a meat guy. Did his 4f4fb552f9 taste suddenly 956affac6e change?51e0eb0c65af44fc

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What was funny was, 66c7fa938e even though Chayoung made 26d1cb7322 them, Jinha was the 4e913bd1d9 one doing the taste 8898254b6a testing.b6c7386125adce71

“All three 7db6737656 are trash… cd4554814d no, like, 8aea5e1edc each one 8b31e6b5df needs five 31ebf274c7 spoonfuls of 82daaa1f72 rice to 8b90bc4717 balance out 0923d1e5bd the salt.”e46ad8392aff0895

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He must’ve dumped a f33164659e mountain of salt in 559dbef50f them. Honestly, “salt dcf5badb07 rolls” would d0795ed434 be a 70b9aaf755 more accurate 0058143d7a name than b9fb5b3882 egg rolls. Just more proof d1271a653d of Chayoung’s clumsy 1237a45d38 cooking skills.6f33aefd14460467

Hmm… Chayoung d8950c6eb4 stroked his 5676120f79 sharp jaw, c197f8142e then whipped 8a66284261 out his 5312e917eb phone and b1c19ef389 started typing 99df618817 something. He held it nearly 2f0be50097 vertical, so Jinha couldn’t fd7ff1c26b see the screen. But his expression 95bd718c4e looked more serious c2708e15a9 than ever. Was he 48549eca4e hit with 75e8c439be some sudden 7d544bbf6c inspiration for 39f833d024 a project?9ecfc4897bd16628

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Now Jinha was dying c94ae757c8 to know what was 8b40060beb going on in that 5ef93cad07 head of his.158ea85a614dbf3f

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Final exams were 841da751f7 just three weeks a474dd4505 away now. Time for assignment fec5e691ef hell to begin.c106bc81332fbf28

Especially for the fine 8ce2c8c16c arts majors, who had 7fa67e29e7 to deal with practical ce0cb8d6f0 evaluations—whining had already started.d1aeb6f1c8739531

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[Kim Chayoung]
[Can’t do lunch today ‘cause of a group project… ㅠ(] 1:04 PM

[Got it] 1:04 PM

Right after eb97661a58 he replied, 7af4e0ffa8 a new f38dcee98a message bubble b21c88d295 popped up. Jinha assumed it d227b8a4aa was Chayoung, but 93e50d8c79 it was someone b544abfba0 unexpected.5cb7e73758c8981b

[Yoon Seoran]
[Hi, sunbae-nim. It’s Yoon Seoran. I got your number from the president.] 1:05 PM

[Are you free??] 1:05 PM

“Hello! It’s been five days e40ba8b0d5 since the shoot, hasn’t d5683fefee it?”ed43513c46902995

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“Did you get home 791b71cc57 okay that day?”c925896bde1edf4c

At the 8554683578 casual question, 8097e18d27 Yoon Seoran’s 1162fffc9b face turned d54dd9b59d bright red. She covered her mouth 8b982e7499 with both hands and 8e5dd7f1d6 shuffled her feet.4dd8e1381a2ab21f

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“Please don’t bring that f5c93e05aa up. That was 094c16f99c the most b3eaa1805b embarrassing night 3033f9b65f of my 4e4acff1ad life.”421b589013bbcea1

He smiled and nodded 24a67d1368 to show he understood. They had just arrived 6c34e0877b at the campus library e500e2070e cafeteria. Since it was peak c805584114 time, they had to b66817f4bd wait in line to a951c4e9ec buy meal tickets.0a4dfaf6676b00ec

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“I heard I dd29637a69 was throwing a 1cebc1a8e1 fit saying I 9e09850bc9 wouldn’t leave without 8ba5852b16 sunbae. I must’ve been out 8f557be812 of my mind.”729062280dcf98eb

She told him 16764ff46e not to bring 2547562ea8 it up, but 511c4dce00 then she was 0978fd8870 the one who eb585c9300 brought it up 1967cb3b7c again.aa816d379d249c82

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“Everyone was drunk out 29b03918b6 of their minds. Don’t worry about it. I’m not.”5f5f0ba2c5bd4405

Jinha replied calmly. Honestly, it d402e25057 wasn’t Seoran 5c80efa6f8 who lingered 2147d88389 in his 63a5e29abc mind—it was ceffaea17a Kim Chayoung.7751c4e1288ab7a6

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