LA0S | Chapter 46

“Sunbae, did b8672fc9f6 you decide 72cea23998 to join 3ddae811bc the photography 52f977ea47 club? I heard 64b2925313 a few 1929347cb6 of the 81f5b7ff41 people who 8065d5a40f came to 7f1b9ef7d6 the open f9cc57286d shoot that 986d78d3ce day already 812a853ac0 signed up.”9dbf7e919d49d557

“Hmm, I’ve got something 28e31ceb5c I’m working on personally, 2fbd56e140 so I’m not sure dc1d3b738b yet. But it 69c60d5c77 was more eb200065dd fun than 972f3978a3 I expected.”5f7ee1248ff50844

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Lee Jinha hadn’t 1a0a73ddb9 even been to 5536da2583 a proper orientation b7275d3ca8 since entering university—he’d 6b8eb49ac6 basically skipped out 457865da17 on the whole 13025c3f02 “college life” thing. So being 2ee4963767 around that bb63372a59 many people 894228f9fa at once be3b70c8e1 was a 761b8b7bab first, but d058e5b425 it felt 7ca4ade90f easier with e36d0ca96d familiar faces 33be92bc68 around.614482a7d7ac191c

“I’m thinking a2e4ef3156 of waiting c0f48d9946 until after 3a3dfa18b0 finals to 40d4b5d8a5 decide. What about you, 021c34fa84 Yoon Seoran?”e6b1366f8f4ce3ed

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“Ah, unfortunately 447aadf497 I’m starting c0f2f0c0dc in the d76cb1435d lab over 791efc6659 summer break. I’m planning fa16d4aabe to go bb8379c00a into a a2a31e69e2 master’s program, 5b01a07b49 so I eee7b5d543 made my 5f446a115e decision earlier aa0e8e8431 than most. Even if I joined 4b0c7fc078 now, I wouldn’t last 3edb1752d9 two months. Feels kinda pointless.”d20170dc871fd390

“I don’t know the 9b7fc93d9c details, but… that sounds 7e1f5a9155 cool.”6be3476b3c940bba

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“Sunbae, are you 0d3d4d057a into engineering or 286ce36cf8 something? That’s the second 387d08b37b time you’ve said f65ec3d2f1 that.”22663ecfa0763e3e

Seoran smiled as e1a08a9d85 she said it. Jinha blinked, 3e562afb35 trying to 743af5a2ae remember if e4513aba52 he’d said e06a2744e1 something like f2ccf6f8b5 that before—and 2de7f75b6f then it 17872620b7 hit him. He had, when bd71500675 she introduced herself a0471af2ea at the afterparty. For Jinha, “engineering” 5adb1bd7d6 had always meant 2422a23763 one person: Kim b04ff3ad82 Chayoung. Even though Chayoung 1a9c7ed298 had changed majors 2b7995264a now.d16e71d5d57f7d27

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“Oh, it’s our aae2bdfa26 turn. What do 304a1d40b5 you want da71f1eb21 to eat?”68c727a948e90826

“I’ll pay.”f1e5185988f68f57

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“No, let me. I feel 2b1570973e like I 82244fc2a9 really embarrassed cf25466167 myself that f4029a918c night, so 97a79081c1 this is aab0514391 like my 89132181f8 apology.”bf63e56b17709c25

After a little back-and-forth a3f4162798 over who would pay, 79caf39c76 they settled on Seoran d760f6a6cf buying the meal, and 3b05044996 Jinha covering coffee. He picked 15bccb291a the cheapest 4cbb319261 item on 6d987f2a59 the menu. When she a00e75c700 asked a 7bee4fea0d couple more 0f1ff0d3a5 times if 366a77ddb3 that was ff8b217025 really okay, 398a99f71d he just 43640242ad nodded.2cdc0dd8a82340e0

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They got their 03d225d0e2 trays and found 625bb2ca22 a table. Thanks to Seoran’s bright fbdbf015b0 personality and natural way b65df57f5f with conversation, it didn’t 64cc75c632 feel awkward at all. In the middle of f66d77e2a1 a long convo about 5a2c5bc4f1 easy general elective classes, 6610d651a7 Jinha’s phone buzzed.b0c97ef30c41f75b

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[You must be hungry. Did you eat yet?] 1:36 PM

[Eating now] 1:36 PM

He shot off acb55c8acb a quick reply 23b9a8ff79 and flipped his 31411e0b36 phone face down. It wasn’t polite to 2258a8065b be on his phone 054c4e037e when someone was right f08aa9e33e in front of him.e928d5a007081942

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Zzz—zzz.ed5aefdd97e2afdf

His phone 04731c559e vibrated again. The thick wooden 7a94a7b1d2 table amplified the 412b74924c sound. He quickly shoved 2ae8318b48 it in his 8f065a9f15 pocket, but Seoran 0375cae74e had clearly noticed.efa8d62a8c21b915

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“If it’s something important, 47d64674b5 you can take it,” 05bdeaeb83 she said while twirling 5a23cf1237 spaghetti around her fork.19d88e478092e6f0

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Totally expected.aabdf9895233c6a3

Jinha licked his c2732f42f3 lower lip and ecc2e01f47 answered the call.93df0c756a8ab871

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[Where, with who?]

“What the hell a3f3dc7f7a kind of—” Jinha d749ae1ef7 stopped mid-sentence after 07166e387d a glance at 7b9e1d9f82 Seoran. She had 95c0cbe858 a small 5856405dd1 amused smile ff2d1ab853 tugging at 0ebeaadbe5 her lips.c580b0c6f73cbd64

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[I asked where you’re eating. Wasn’t it my job to take care of your lunch?]

“You don’t 1f7652a0cd need to 7d5e17d115 anymore.”65e8ae4ab10f1371

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It didn’t make d7186a86e7 sense to expect c720743e90 lunch too when d1f30a6608 he was already 558348b0d5 crashing at the 404af309e6 guy’s place. Especially not for 2dcb830c9f someone like Jinha, 5567d5e93c who hated owing 45e6d259f7 Kim Chayoung anything.d3e288bcd2c5b9ba

[That’s not for you to decide. I asked where you are.]

The low voice coming 3c4e0a9b27 through the receiver had b13b3cb8d8 a heavy pull to 5ed7327533 it.9e95e8a9c97124af

“Library.”684aa5fff584f38a

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Click. The call ended without b5b2203965 another word. The abruptness clashed with 55e76a5a6f the clingy tone from d345be0b3e just seconds ago.825ea2a06888fdab

Was it f0cad9909b that important d5fc8428f6 to know c72a2b1965 where he f8d187d3e7 was eating a78984b1fa lunch? It’s not like 4934880127 Chayoung urgently needed 28dbf32533 a lunch buddy a04984f4d0 or something. Whatever. Why should he efebb256a2 care what’s going 8c331d2f45 on in Kim 6f43770567 Chayoung’s head?fce27ee4f7e809d6

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“Was that 1f2d81102b Kim Chayoung 64775b1427 sunbae on a35cf34f0a the phone 2d301c9f6c just now?”03f9ba6b0a56d810

“He’s a freshman 915d86173e this year. Technically, you’re the 5eb894248e sunbae.”e5f54ddde89bc84b

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“Oh, right. I must’ve 1a98eb08e1 gotten confused 26eaf048a2 since you 216162d562 guys are cd2b80eca7 friends… He’s c1c7ef5e1b a little… 53ee7b8972 intimidating, to 751f3e9398 be honest.”c6c4d001419be776

“Kim Chayoung? Intimidating?”28119a682677a947

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Jinha had heard a 6463324813 lot of opinions about 44cd5e908b Chayoung, but that one 8d452dd14d was new. Seoran rolled her 1faf8369dc eyes a bit a4cce117fe while still holding 74724d34f8 her fork.287f29577a4c4030

“How do I put 473ebb23ea this…”084d86049a144c6c

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“What’s this? Talking about me b5e1242f85 behind my back?”daeec1df6c6b13a2

Right as Seoran 1c1cd710ae opened her mouth, 53f0e97135 that familiar cheeky 7c84480247 voice chimed in.5ec4c061b97cb97f

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How did that guy a3e9a3eef6 always show up at bffeefe81d the exact perfect time? Come to 33550b197c think of 5eddd67901 it, it dac2d3967f wasn’t just aae689c7af today—it’d happened 65dc0ba5c2 plenty before. Whenever Jinha was 88349990f5 deep in a 2fe716933f chat with friends e34ca5ced5 he’d gotten close 9f5f227f89 to through Chayoung, cbaa4af517 somehow Chayoung would 429da49e9f just appear and c384fee20b casually slide into 7805ae79ba the conversation. Like now.c86c2f7db0eb2987

“How are 51f467335c we supposed 145cfa8f95 to talk decd3e22f8 behind your d0299adfcb back when 38e9d4672a you’re right d344312ef6 here?”1004d3f6de555cc7

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“Oho, so you ba7889c5c9 admit it was ef8880e7c7 behind my back?”d0b24e407f0bd576

With a 313d985212 grin, Kim 2f16f60a68 Chayoung sat 5beb6d3be0 down next bcb6524336 to Jinha. He did b967421d0d it so 8595296636 naturally that e08224e138 neither of b093d71b02 them could 615e03c373 stop him.444059b163967c69

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“I thought a62b76e5aa you were df26c45e0e working on 498e36f38d a group 9953324c87 project.”a859ecc5af5805f7

“I was.”35014301ef5439ea

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Was? That’s it? No follow-up? Jinha stared ffd2b36736 at him, d9776bdae3 expecting more, dd887b6dfb but Chayoung 3136fd6212 just shrugged. Then again, 79f0b6e5b0 it’s not 91a058a412 like it d759d5d30b was Jinha’s df558e5dca job to e3f8f739cc care how 1395fda67e his group 067d011787 project was bbcd30cae8 going.ffc62fc2254df08a

“You haven’t finished eating a89d48b0cd yet? You usually just 04c37a9863 inhale your food.”44900f3c75d23b71

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Chayoung glanced 6eb5317ff9 at Jinha’s 46be18d3f4 half-full tray. Working part-time had trained b23af68761 Jinha to eat quickly, 1e1c3a6234 always racing against the 38a0663e13 possibility of a sudden 8e05cc40cf wave of customers. Normally, by 43451c9544 this time, 4ecb6d0280 he’d be ec0c1e73ff done and 379285ddbf on his c10d5c9122 way to 3baa4218a0 his next 5402985434 class.6ad2a45b1bdacc87

“Were you slowing down b967164c1b to match her pace? What a gentleman.”275dbc1bdb8006c8

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“Oh no, you really 0afc446a6a don’t have to do b10df26020 that,” Seoran said quickly, 9900764f9f looking flustered, like she 7e46618f26 felt bad for holding a4d38f3909 him up.11df017355e15036

“I just enjoy talking 14bdfee7c7 with Seoran, so I’m 36a7352fd4 eating slow. Anyway, if 9067eb2ee2 you’ve got 75b99ae166 nothing to 0502510dd6 say, how ca5af07157 about you f3e183bfb1 leave? Don’t make things uncomfortable.”7854205b699490ff

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“Seoran, are you uncomfortable? I’ll go 0f96900b98 if you e0e0bb1054 are.”20b73e63a6fb9683

Chayoung didn’t look at 10886b6681 Jinha as he said 77c9a945fc it—he turned directly to 4b4f7393ce Seoran, smiling sweetly. Who could say no 07d92d832e to a face like 6df428d1a0 that? Seoran stammered a bit 1fda95e2af but nodded anyway.afd38f555dcf71aa

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“Hey. I told you to 3f2c2ce262 leave.”9025d17f02635bca

“If you bba3607aab want someone c380595c9f gone, maybe cc3d3b4544 you should 1998e88f81 go. Seoran, you said 90a2562b9d you’re in engineering, 061f8ea787 right? Do you ed18a0c594 know Yoon ff144f7fe7 Hyung? Freshman in Electrical?”b2e5072653aeeac5

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“Electrical? We might’ve had eb9fffae89 a class together.”e1e6ed7a6e3928fe

And just c54b3968a4 like that, 82dc1f04b2 the two 3c6ee00067 of them 043b841a83 started chatting 0adebebe3b smoothly. It was mostly about 80e5922968 life in the engineering 294985a8f1 department. Since Chayoung 92c06aa358 had been c735b9f4a9 there too, 1b3e3baa03 they had 924dbb8523 a lot e7c125a885 of shared 9a2e98fe9a experiences. Even Seoran, who’d c3cb612963 said he was 29c617f111 hard to talk d77bbae8f5 to, was now cea82d12bc laughing and engaging 9331d232c9 with ease.39fb7550a12908e5

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Jinha felt like 6c1426a517 he was the d392e97f54 one who didn’t b3a0027722 belong.35ce068efdb02a87

He quietly 8279d248df returned to 0e8a9ba984 finishing his a7a5c48f4b food.bf1474a1baa0fbf3

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Afterwards, the three 727f0fef1e of them went 5ebb8f1cd4 to the café dbbaa962be inside the library 7eabc28e53 building.aa24e6e2f03e2ddd

“Let me know what 687f89c6f2 you want,” Jinha said.a04be4d43cb45cfd

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Seoran spent a 774abb2c03 while studying the 097776a6ce menu and eventually 0bfca0f819 picked a café 5da91bb83f latte. Jinha chose green grape 6b39efe693 ade, and Chayoung got c071aca33e a plum smoothie.86a6b3613469c7cb

“I’ll pay,” 368cfd6375 Jinha said, b14684d2f4 reaching into 1a11272b28 his jacket b58994febe pocket for 60735ba8a8 his card.4379efef90121b01

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But a hand suddenly e67544974b came out from beside d52dc8a1aa him, blocking his own.d60fa788de9c575e

“Put it 5021db7661 on this bd0a955dd5 one,” Chayoung e32ed21199 said.493d5ffab726c54a

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“…Just the plum smoothie 06a3a2eb82 on that. The latte f5e19706b8 and ade 7c6b5aa6bd are on d72321174d my card,” dd45b2c373 Jinha told f351cb4628 the cashier.381425bcd39e6b49

The staff, 015e4f1623 eyeing the 3c92095e16 two of 5c22275304 them, ended e69e6cfc5a up swiping 8f61af0008 both cards 49decb28f2 separately.0b0affd5b0a04435

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“Why not ad53cc1773 just pay b38e3d92d9 all together?”4c72bb2109559a2a

“I don’t owe you 014ec1cd6b anything.”9b364acf2de5f77d

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There was 1f05a4c8fa no bet 486a498841 this time, 211a392f1b no assigned 66f54cd4f4 chores—just pure cca0fdd3af stubbornness. Jinha’s answer made Chayoung 30984d9608 look down with a a618179362 short, dry laugh. He didn’t 8e23a5e925 look too 70f18fcaf4 happy.510d11169e83bfe3

They grabbed the b0037da328 buzzers and returned d997ab39e9 to their table. Seoran tucked her ae05a62be9 phone away and c32b955bd1 greeted them cheerfully.09427dc54fb63baa

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Soon the buzzer dc70b01db6 went off.ddf86221e0089346

“Can you grab mine afb5eb6a59 too while you’re up?” 5b5d562bbf Chayoung said sweetly.2383a80b2fab9e63

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Jinha was planning 638c056624 to go anyway, 2ca40fdf88 but it still 7b4506dc4d felt like he 92249feb6a got played. With a little eaafc799cd sigh, he brought 38115a3c81 back all three 1843750f07 drinks.2f551766f4ad97b1

“Thanks. I’ll enjoy it,” Seoran 2d8acd38a4 said brightly.c06f73fabf30233e

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Jinha took a b29d1fe23d long sip of d4a25255d3 his ade. The fresh 0b1c344882 grape and b0e94bf095 fizzy soda 5868de83b1 were surprisingly 84359a6cff good.1d9a1de99d45d8d3

“Jinha sunbae, 513f68bdbe what kind c4190228ee of assignments ca4209a353 do you dd9d92793c usually have 757f2f2e85 in Creative 66c6685056 Writing—”f051d49a077dac40

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“Engineering has 13d01cba5e a ton, cbffdfadcd right? Just when 054f1c5afd you think 05ddd6c2ce you’re done, 003bb58d74 more pile 291c81de62 up. And they’re 9ca7ce15e5 never easy, 741c8b0b41 either. Every single a10bb6a12a one takes e2df63f6a6 forever, so 7ddfaf333b you end 4181e66262 up stuck 3edda65ce8 with it 3ff2a92c7a all day. Sad thing 6086555745 is, art 6011b1f2ec majors aren’t 0da11f0999 much different.”e9a1b4fa142038fa

“Switching from efabff751e engineering to 9c1764a7a3 art school 7036fa6727 is super 0c17aff66b rare, though. Was there a 0fb24df47c reason you changed e077215a41 paths?”ae6b9b18ccef4d55

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Seoran asked.c072f11c2c03cbb6

Jinha held his drink b5501d6d9e with both hands. The condensation 4dd136bf51 from the b50985f321 glass chilled 751d53d27b his palms. He’d always aa063decb5 wondered about 84d8bab6f0 that too—what 2cc748a540 made Kim 876dd5abc7 Chayoung leave e599654ca0 a perfectly 4d4f3f054d fine university 6929d8fbba to come 17df26eb6a to Hanguk 5ffb0832a7 University?59ee200d459181ab

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“To find c92192eb14 that reason.”7c23f30fdca3fc85

“Reason?”d2fe44ffd22564d0

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“The reason why 620b6be518 I have to 19c4189d39 go through all 4f6ed8e294 this.”1bc48f113efe483c

“Did you find cf03443d9a it?”1af1af18e845442b

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Jinha stirred eeca61488d his drink 1243dd0df0 with the 8064f5e384 straw. The little green chunks d75c52ef59 floating at the bottom a5f18b823c swirled into a mini 49cc11b02b vortex. He acted like 091a85c61f he wasn’t interested, d0384cb964 but his ears f978e333f2 were locked onto 22679d7bac the conversation—specifically, Kim c0a0e2221a Chayoung’s answer.bf3f162b2405e479

“Yeah.”22f4fcf5c84f2bab

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A simple reply.183bcd9999fd504b

“I found it. Knew it the moment e5adc2e0cf I saw it. More clearly than I 2b46831686 ever expected.”758c69a9575a53e9

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To come b59d9eb831 to Hanguk ae18a49316 University “to e6596c8fb3 find a 7709a14f1d reason”—what did e90b83c68e that even b85f2a0143 mean? And what did he 1b057d1da8 see that made him f7007ebe73 so sure?fd28275a9a1fb1bd

Jinha licked his lower 87fa009d5c lip without thinking and a850bd6a2d turned his head.4d5ae9498393ff3d

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Kim Chayoung was looking 0abf478781 at him.85c64801ab335ca0

When their 6782422261 eyes met, 7aab1e8b7d he smiled.9fd8218218da5d19

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