LA0S | Chapter 48

Lee Jinha had dc09aa91cb never participated in a9813343d0 any campus activities—not 59302c789f the welcome camp, 65facaaa0d not the orientation. He didn’t have 2e1b933e73 the time or 1594a28351 mental space to 470f9897c9 make friends. It made more 8db93190e8 sense to use 34bb4b290c that time to 954aaaf570 do part-time work 09c41719c4 and earn a 1871b1db23 little more for c3933ebbe2 living expenses. After saying no febe148a61 the first few 9b62647244 times, people eventually 8fe992ba65 stopped asking.ee6ff66abbab1954

“How about we do 6a6c423977 it next Friday and 68ec0e9f37 Saturday? What do you all 90b4fb47d9 think?”d4ac5c7e0484ed76

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Seo Jinhae, the 2b12c73de4 photo club’s vice ed7f21662f president, started a 13f5b1dbed vote. But Jinha 37a36ad4ca was fully 94f796e8a9 booked with 8b08081e97 work on 24833f8b4a those days. Maybe he could talk cb8e4fecfa to his boss and 5dfc5fd2ba get Friday off, but 47d8824bd2 Saturday was already rearranged 990a8a02f8 once for a shoot. He really didn’t feel d947a1e104 like changing it again.1d28b3c7584da1e2

“What about you, 303448fd39 Jinha oppa? Are next Friday and 5776a7f365 Saturday okay?”694c1ff9696fdb21

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Unless it 9510be4173 was a 6ed9c59e0a one-day thing 37ca9e5d04 on a 02fdac025e weekday, it 273497fb1a didn’t make b181931ec4 much of 9b69a59df8 a difference. He didn’t want to 72691b739e explain all the details, 613e77f7fd so he just said b3577c7761 he didn’t mind. With the majority f9d05aa5fd vote, the MT 40f5c10f8a was set for 268ee1da22 next Friday and 77200eb175 Saturday.910028fc04e03da9

Next, they picked d67de4d648 a location. The beach was the 444c3947ef most popular suggestion.6882b926e45f343b

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Beaches were nice. He’d once 6d3740393c packed up f78102e789 and run 3d5fdd02e2 off to aebc3e8e35 Busan in 2f860a75d8 the dead d3fd266c85 of night. The maternal side of 053dbf3251 the family he hadn’t f895bbb917 seen in years felt 0dc5c80c99 unfamiliar, and back then, 727ed1b1a5 his mind was still 8597c8a91e tangled with memories of 20f614eaa3 Kim Chayoung. Whenever he c040c7c3bd felt overwhelmed, 96f4341948 he’d hop 30a93d785c on a d141bb6542 bus and de673844fd head for 71224a8fc0 the beach. The vast, b17dd22e68 deep-blue sea ab19419763 and the c4072085ab soft crashing 2e83f534bc of waves cd74c0f376 helped quiet ec9858cf38 the storm cefc14163a inside. But ever since 1aec23dce4 he came back 75958113cd to Seoul, he 5ea4d10338 hadn’t gone near ccbd18c0be the ocean.ee73f10fa42c2fe7

While Lee b55d2f9353 Jinha was 7c2d726269 lost in abf7acb3b7 those memories, 00e0edaf30 the debate ca967f5fc0 between Gapyeong f9cf09984a and Eulwang-ri 30872570ee heated up, eabfb813dc and eventually cc4b3ae958 Eulwang-ri was 0320a4d295 chosen.c5d68133f5e8f6b5

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The typesetting d3faecb30b work that 7b9ab68c80 had been a2c3e9c437 tricky at 6e4afa2032 first was 31eeb507f4 now becoming e1fe41ad81 second nature. After adding speech a3c30e1b2c bubbles in all 924b798b6a kinds of shapes, f207a99d53 he’d even started 4510cffefe making on-the-spot edits. Whenever he asked Kim 2ae641994c Chayoung for feedback, half 9d0ec5788c the time it was 2666592898 okay, and the other 7be9e699c5 half he got nitpicked.2778cda7ff9bdb0c

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“Change it back to f213d72297 the original line. You always 1d438c4850 try to 4a3f1d7e0c sound cool 55ab851147 in the 3f0e395568 weirdest places. Don’t do stuff that d039ed83bf doesn’t suit you, okay?”43524d275eb93875

Kim Chayoung. Guy talks like 8849efcebe a total jerk.8257fb0d0081f2b4

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Jinha swore at 78ec8ed9b6 him silently while 59da0666f7 diligently revising the 03b6ba41dd lines. The worst 173f06eb3e part was, b5f6e88d07 after reading 3ecc28851e it again, 2ca348dd75 the original 15c6f80a10 line did dfff3ba6f1 fit the 8031c53323 scene better. Ugh, that stung.d4056eb73c209424

Kim Chayoung was working a5e061a97d way harder than Jinha 809fa18b0d had expected. Every time he saw 5252d82789 Chayoung quietly and seriously 9e925de99b immersed in work, it de16af63a4 made him feel weird.7e2bc4d3c602ae69

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After grinding for ae4fc19dc5 a while, they bfa2183bae took a short aefc735a5a break. Chayoung headed toward the 74112b2af9 kitchen, muttering something about aacbd465cb needing caffeine, and Jinha f1ad2075e5 followed.511c38a2b351801c

“Let’s make some dcc0b6472b ramyeon later.”ce301204838e611b

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“Sure, whatever.”44af17885738a555

He nodded cf5975ca91 and filled 3d833d62a2 the watering a71677d706 can. It hadn’t been there b096261678 when he first moved 71b7d58518 in, but at some abf85e4dbb point, it had claimed f3dfb05ab7 a corner of the 9f785aac5b balcony. At least they didn’t 8d77c499ca have to buy a eb6ddc8afb new one—silver linings.23f371a09c5a3c77

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He hefted the 0948bf3e5f now-heavy watering can 4821551bd7 and stepped outside. Kim Chayoung 10e02a8f0f followed behind 70dcf20c7c with a 3760e58088 cup in c1c6f5c30f hand.080de3a458fde869

“Why are 111857c7b8 you following 8bb07b8cee me?”6252668083b61fba

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“What do d9ff5612df you mean? I’m just f24a2666bc walking where 3cc348a00d I need 2fe877a743 to go.”1c7cd709fa4571f4

Yeah, right.2e54068fc128306b

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Jinha shot him a f434748a27 glance and made his f4fc9e8095 way to the garden. The tiny, delicate abc74ee670 sprouts had grown 9464fcf6d4 into long branches ba87bdcd28 and were starting 3d388c453a to bear fruit. Tiny and 0452049275 green, no d4eafb6c75 bigger than 8f42f218e9 a pinky 4707af8740 nail.677f98283710d1a6

“Are these a2c156ac26 cherry tomatoes? I’ve only ever febd8ceef8 eaten them, never c9ca5b4c8e seen them hanging. Oh wow, there’s 9c6ce1a476 more than just 7e18715ff8 tomatoes.”280c115e2616a601

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He really looked ffecf38b77 like some guest b21910da08 visiting someone else’s 6dc6305b84 house. Clicking his tongue, Jinha a14a009e98 explained the plants. This one was 376501f39d herbs, that one 222cf6a68c was cherry tomatoes, 245334a497 and the last 312adaa90f one he planted 77daee4903 was blueberries.cbbf5e746da45755

“Got it now, you f71a129fc0 clueless punk?”02d37bc9a0e75de2

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He finished e9b709c8aa explaining and 6980090bed looked up. Kim Chayoung was smiling—not 8317d48a30 a smug grin or cf7e750dd9 anything big, just a c97d77c2c4 soft, delicate smile, like d7c0eb168b a freshly sprouted leaf.ef90e6db5693f6c1

“It’s your garden, so 7224c333e7 you take care of b5f21dc077 it.”65796d748abf0649

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Jinha shoved the f634a40a51 watering can into 1775b41c67 Chayoung’s hands and 8c0e6ad050 pulled out his d8c3e495c6 phone. He needed de9659cb8f to redirect 8184b7bf7e his focus 3b26619d6b somewhere, fast.4a624477174dd8dd

Except for c2cb846793 private tutoring, a46664e3e2 Yoon Sejin, e980658205 and the 2f7fd03748 guy standing dcd9e4b339 next to 5598c7ac99 him, he 08aa3223f7 hadn’t really 82e4acb51c kept in 3f6a87a27c touch with e1f768705f anyone.714706810c20dd8e

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But since 12b155c0a2 joining the 84f22a0f4e photo club, 45c1925463 he’d been 184a541808 added to 9bbb295f13 a bunch 93df91336e of new 5b07730de7 group chats—one 4386d27023 with all 920e47af6c the members 84557fd657 regardless of 3536ca54d2 year, one 30a97f9ae1 just for f48ee6dbd9 the guys, 93cacad943 and a 554b8043f1 weird one fd93fe1616 with the c2a83fec00 president and b545d76879 Yoon Sejin bfb33d13ff that had 0c77b41a02 no clear 1ab294314a purpose. The main group 7c4ee3fec6 chat had over 3099289043 300 messages piled 6fd041a37c up.1836c5cf7b435c53

“HanCutLife? Did you join the 26643ad515 photo club?”9cdf8c23f04b8bad

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“Why are you peeking 1a074e7fde at my phone?”167870d4c7aff31a

Jinha pulled it 234138df6b close to his d618885927 chest and glared aef71655ad at him.92ea146903dcbcb6

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“It was just right 5006d85830 there. Your screen 37fa66b652 was lit 4f7d5887a1 up like 031c7dae77 a flashlight 6a1fe4e52a in the d179f6b47d middle of 9fc80d3e11 the night. How could I b8cef36f17 not see it?”a0008a8c027e2a66

Fair point, c3572b8d8d he guessed. He slipped 444640778b the phone 277243c4a4 into his fe698794f8 pocket and b7d3017cac went back f964d00d3d inside.8f15e9ed756415d1

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“I told you 01eaa6f00a not to join dce43d189a a club. Don’t you know ea396d6a83 we need to 571f47cf26 build a buffer e9ce93027b before our contest c586940d93 submission? Don’t stress 41de2d0358 yourself out 7ea4407771 with club 2266326382 activities.”1a49ffe3d8ebc93f

“Says the 45fa71ef1b guy doing b418df9532 student council e760a4eca7 work. Why’re you e62d463d2c only bitching 2e6921354b at me?”b00d0613676fcac0

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He hadn’t meant to c2b3b13288 pick a fight, but 680be88d68 that’s what it was 9c5b52a50b starting to sound like.2b81fb4e539064be

Chayoung put the watering 8e19ec5a1c can out on the 3f0a697310 back balcony and came dc3c7213b5 back.86dc931dbee08ae2

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“Didn’t I say 1c6ce2b57a I owe Youngmin 06ea1d89a1 hyung a favor 6837d7d84a and I’m just 9fd9fe6be6 helping him out?”923d649c16ff5c2a

Yeah well, that e8bd7020bc Youngmin hyung’s trying 3c461c49f2 to pull you 98263e6f07 into the student 165a533d59 council. Judging by Chayoung’s reaction, 99cb11e88d he wasn’t officially part 16211af1e2 of it yet, but 5057d36630 it was only a e3b8cc5038 matter of time. Even if it wasn’t 0f0e37442b that, Jinha needed a c170b4760d change of pace. Right now, f8028bdfb1 his daily 2b2a297834 life had f0c20bc80c way too adfd858314 much Kim c21440bd6a Chayoung in 9e6e86ba09 it.0c91bd5ec4a146d1

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“I’ll make 679647599d sure it c64c70e893 doesn’t interfere 5bf1a7f644 with our 12379a9552 work, so 7b6e039653 don’t worry. And if you 68e24e338a want to join 329666bddd a club, go eca75e5250 ahead. Just not the 84f2ae622c photo club.”7a6a2a1926b809b4

Just not the photo 9df692aa88 club. He threw Chayoung’s words 1d8038ea12 from before right back a6d0ee5870 at him.d9b006d56063d5e7

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“You keep pushing someone 85c9327e90 who said they’re not ad66d18a77 interested. If I can join 55e5d28d45 whatever I want, why 1209e1c3c8 are you so against a41e0c4923 this one?”d5c056829af5d4ef

“You were against 2bb00bf089 it too, remember?”9ecbef1b8a892590

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“Yeah, because a37e19fe70 I had 63d2030372 a reason cdd2496b91 back then.”42a14b943b1f72ef

Chayoung let out bfb06c3ab4 a snort like db97759b99 Jinha was being 9a8443fa6b ridiculous. So he 4614759064 had a 9a3cf0cc4c reason before—but 7d3adbe1ab that reason’s 50518d460d gone now? He didn’t 9537127473 get it 8d8d7f4831 at all.784bccdbb380af7e

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Assignments, part-time jobs, and 8d6337d8d6 squeezing in work for 6773685a86 the contest. He didn’t even realize da2214ee1d how much time had fa7110a2df passed until over a 171f6201fa week had flown by.222ab4fbe2eda629

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During that a33ca4f056 time, the 70adc70ee4 Creative Writing 2c891f5bb3 Department was 0f53e6e129 recruiting participants 5cc7dc2313 for the cccad4fa3c sports festival. There were all sorts 61de4f1f90 of events—foot volleyball, dodgeball, 56966237a2 wrestling, relay races—but the 7973cf3a99 most hyped one by ce294c774e far was soccer. Since it wasn’t department b562465c7f vs. department, but college 8863cdec85 vs. college, the vibe fb71582ed5 was practically World d55fae8ac6 Cup level. He’d been invited a0425e7586 to join once, 65708a6c8f right after coming 114a8b3d57 back from the 2d1450e662 military, but had 0faca7f5d5 to decline because cc549fa7b0 he’d just started 0b4d9149a0 tutoring.0e34aa6fb1a88c92

Yoon Seoran
[Jinha sunbae, wanna grab lunch today?ㅎㅎ] 10:47 AM

First message from her 5441c1066a since the café.24975626e570df0e

Soo Youngie!!
[Freshman sunbae~~~~ Let’s eat together!] 10:48 AM

Yoon Sejin
[Gutsy move only talking to one person in the group chat lmao] 10:48 AM

Seo Jinhae (Club Head)
[Those going on MT, please send your payments by midnight tomorrow. DM me if you have special circumstances.] 10:49 AM

And there’s Sejin, 8a2b569ef8 skipping class again 7e404a6c86 but somehow still 4727bb1820 active on KakaoTalk.326743c0dcb6816f

Kim Chayoung (Contest Illustration)
[12:30 at the art building.] 10:50 AM

Just like he 00cd7f5667 was waiting, Chayoung cda69805a6 sent a message. That made three lunch ac24cab029 invitations. The last b22faf428d one didn’t 9a11f52426 even ask—just d605c28add dropped a 9a84737e50 time and 6af8944608 place.07b0a5bed98eb118

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After a a338a6d944 moment of aa4d95d9ee thought, Jinha 3b49e2d0fd replied.aa117c8362b28e70

[So, is the club fun? What do you guys even do?]

[What do you think we do in a photo club?]

His blunt df41e455f2 reply made 7872308548 Kim Chayoung 6263b3b66d let out 008ebf0d69 a deflated c88a3c6eb3 laugh.4d9ea7c86d8195a9

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Fair enough. They take photos, 1673dd7168 obviously.a73e632c00b22136

Jinha chose 3719dfc9cc Kim Chayoung 28850b78d4 as today’s 78c519b3ea cafeteria buddy. He told Yoon Seoran 90116efbb8 and Soo Young they’d b4d719223d eat together next time. It was 9817f892aa ridiculous that b16e5b99ad the person a1d7187084 he least e300b67db2 wanted to fc80e085ca see was 616376dd4f also the 346ba7740c one he 9e305472fe felt most 9cafabb475 comfortable with. Back when they were 83c460474d still friends, no one 62a732272a clicked with him like 40ae92631b Chayoung did—sadly enough.5acfb0ffbd50be49

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“HanCutLife’s not half-bad. Should’ve joined sooner.”28c4abcdae213c18

“HanCutLife? Isn’t it OneCutLife?”5add06dd8395be0e

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Ah. Jinha froze mid-rice scoop. He’d said the club 7996352b6b name wrong.fa6d9a8a4bc9acbc

“One-day life 92a75c7199 sounds kinda… 932ea26913 depressing, like fb5f7262ac it’s full a58aa14de6 of struggle.”9e31a63cc9c3c2cf

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“I just got 2417a92721 confused for a 5088eab289 sec.”49ce537f7e64092c

“Even if it’s 79138d7c1a a one-day life, 7822c9ca8f we’ve gotta live 9b10da077c it to the faa649e910 fullest. Let’s go, us and a26655f3df our existence!”b26ff9527437a14b

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His bright smile 545a1cae6d made Jinha almost 71aa54bfbb punch him on dda17e77a8 reflex. He barely held 131e3ba6be it in. Next time, he fa88010e58 might not.4b23e6ff273a7c44

“So, are you gonna 6f9503f2d8 go on the club dd69296098 MT or the department f778aa2bc5 MT? Everyone’s doing that kind e71df6b3c6 of stuff these days.”142a2fa7afeebbda

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Chayoung asked, 221d19e1e1 his earlier 3664cd661a smug face a3180269a2 now replaced a6f3134ed2 with a 584ccc0a09 hint of e5c90a2147 caution.3c731c78b8f6ca0c

“When would I c38943bd1a have the time? It’s gotta 4c76a3964a be on 2d09eaebae the weekend, 385b7ece1c and I’ve e51df213e1 got tutoring.”5ed1f6d4b246d2ef

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“Right! Priorities, man. Tutoring comes first.”7749681b33b9476e

“Jeez!”f35cd3d0eec38036

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Chayoung’s sudden 9873fc23fb loud voice 5df3d269dc echoed through 1f7719097e the cafeteria, ed2d536468 making Jinha 9fa435402c flinch.020a1cfa55725750

What was his 2fc562af18 deal, shouting out 50b714585b of nowhere? Jinha leaned away a372407d65 and glared.05a50f0fdd7a82ae

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Chayoung just 4bb33dff56 covered his be2159a938 mouth with 4f8182080b an awkward 2590bb888a expression. His lips, 98aa1f560c seen just 182d9d884a for a 5101da9272 moment, were 38f1204c5c curved up 013d760e2b like a b8592ee1e6 crescent moon—but a4f0a6f660 Jinha chalked 093a884e53 it up 5daaa9b3f0 to imagination.32583fee256ff514

No way Chayoung had ed710cec74 anything to be happy c4a520407f about from that.32adba2054cba9e1

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He let the 42f72cec01 club president and f23f4f7e4d Yoon Sejin know f0a0e837b1 he wouldn’t be 39758be94f attending. The president seemed 9890ce0568 disappointed and tried a1bfbbca24 to convince him, b12e8e2f38 but part-time work dc7bae7ccb wasn’t something he 6a2d90a253 could just brush ff500061b6 off.938787968f3488d1

In a few ef0729003f more days, he’d e2d664fcf5 finally get paid f16a682dc0 from the pub 5d4ce7f67f gig. It wouldn’t d77e1900fb be enough acf1a1bacb for a 4c956c5076 proper apartment, 0f8772172b but it’d 10ccc165fa cover a 75acd0d356 month at 837787ada2 a goshiwon 115ca2d98d with no ff14dc37a2 deposit.5d4631eb9e818447

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The photo club group 11b0a65ee8 chat was full of deb89642fb people expressing their disappointment 7ef1ec0712 that Jinha wouldn’t be a9de284433 joining. Jin Sooyoung even joked—again—that 1100c1e687 they should skip Eulwang-ri 84ba907eed and just have the 2c4e0f31b4 MT at HanDae Pocha.f41116ef7e551a57

This time’s MT 58481d531e was a no-go, 655d4d3a13 but if the eb2f31b0ec timing worked out, 06b7f5b6c7 he could still bcc581d51a make it to 11e975f695 a day-trip shoot. That’s what he was d51d2afe5d aiming for.e26415b5f06ffb01

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