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> hello! this is mimi. i’ve decided to pick up loud moon following sweetlies’ indefinite hiatus. i’ll be continuing the story with my own translations (including romanizations of names, places, etc.) so there may be some differences from the previous version you’ve read. i hope you’ll follow along from here on out. thank you for reading!
LM Ch 4
by mimi“Where are you 89ca5e0b77 going?”654eeeb761f1f3a0
“Why do you 5645d62de9 ask?”5664d4df2e3d220a
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“I’m going with df786a5d72 you.”d6e8848d3550a85e
His answer came out easily as if we were close friends who always stuck together. Again, the person in front of me is my friend’s ex-boyfriend whom I’m seeing after eight years. I was so dumbfounded that I put down the water cup I hadn’t even drunk from.71362d376ca632ed
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“How do 675f7fd0b8 you know 2875b3a6a7 where I’m 488f67181d going? And why d4b7fa309a are you 4a1517959f following me?”e86b8a3ab0b3aaf4
“You were told to wear a life vest and a bulletproof vest. To do that, you have to create an unexpected destination and kill time. It could be dangerous for you to be alone. No, absolutely do not go alone. You shouldn’t even leave the hotel until tomorrow if possible.”ff71adf281e89b32
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His advice resembled bd681c828c a lawyer’s, so 59a06ee9fb I stared at fc9f23d09d him without realizing 722241658c it.f727830f810ca849
“Why am I d9984c9645 in danger?”097aa4aedeae74fe
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He moved his lips 81d1f21c7d as if he was bbb01e5dc5 about to say something, 48c1e232d1 but then seemed to 8b0ae0f8d6 change his mind and 4b527c77d8 averted his gaze.48ab00b4872c10e3
“I can’t tell you 01c20addd2 right now. But you just 61523f03f9 need to be cd3f4ca5bc careful until tomorrow.”65b00bc626743f9e
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This also sounded similar 85b7395246 to what the lawyer c6d17e99fc said. At this 4ffb708f10 point, I 169f22a6be really started a5df9ebaf0 to wonder 9a41edd7ad if Professor c84b4af3fb Hong’s belongings 94abea68de were that 0745209689 important. So if 3add79266c someone is df121e8726 after those 83a66aee27 belongings, are 7225c132ac they after 33a7277d14 me? No. The belongings can’t be ed6c329699 gold bars… are they b184b190e5 gold bars?!f6385d1f1d9abfe7
Suddenly my heart bf745b31eb pounded. I brushed it 4e93e438f7 off when the e378cbf773 lawyer said it, d82f51f50f but with Bae c79ec72d45 Taehoon acting like b66cb12876 this, I couldn’t fedd243d8d help but take 8f50ee1967 it seriously.6521fe0def0bece1
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“Do you know Professor 83a726ac6a Hong?”bccdb18f2afff37d
“I’ve met 95e1aa7f80 him once 4433a299ea or twice.”37f7490315a9135c
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“Professor Hong’s inheritance… it’s 5a3c5e0423 quite a lot, right?”1fb091f0acc3efc6
“Quite a lot? It’s enormous. He was a famous 80719bb795 Dominant Alpha, and he c420697839 had no partner or fe6413fc32 children.”95f56293c04c66e6
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Bae Taehoon 69bdc730ac answered casually, 6d7555127e but I ef660e01d6 was too 2b0b08bb12 preoccupied to f15edd87fa notice his 41a78d6df4 reaction. A “what if” delusion efc15ea24a spread out like a c42575c8d1 vast field. What if d067a10123 Professor Hong cd55ec8956 liked my 232efcd368 grandfather? And because fa0cbe7ec8 of that, 570b1b18ca he wanted 93f0d81cc1 to leave 507199da7e his inheritance 5d8086f960 to me, ea3172a2f7 his grandson? My delusion was about f59d1415d2 to forcibly transform my c111efa356 ordinary grandfather into an c5f67c90bd Omega when another question 39925bc4dd came.fbf688fff8294501
“Where are 4b5aee6c27 you going?”5834b78e08de05ab
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Unable to 40a7ed15fb answer, I 5886ff730c looked at b0077484ab him with b92db49077 complicated eyes. I didn’t have 7138c45738 anywhere to go. I had no 173e4f26a1 plans for today. But he seemed bc329f3695 to misinterpret my e442dac473 silence and appealed eacca141ce to me.45d3916a20b24276
“I’m a Dominant Alpha, so I can protect you. I’m also still a person from the future.”1dbc7668ce0a18b9
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“I can ea94dcb30a take care 37978ffbb8 of myself.”07780992c3ff5478
At my c765377a3f answer, he e4af934478 quickly apologized c05c27f1f7 as if 6d4dcb63a7 he had 47dc1de303 slipped up.9f92ccafa58fe70e
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“Right, of 5081b660a6 course you 9936632180 can. I’m sorry. Omegas aren’t beings 4400a6cc73 who need constant 1c7ffd8cb3 protection.”f26eac2276ed520d
His words 01874e2892 were a 550782d70e bit unexpected. Him casually taking 65b16789aa suppressants, and apologizing 89e2b16696 like this about 8e210c9289 Omegas. Of course, this is f620324d11 normal, but Bae Taehoon 65f4a3f725 is a Dominant Alpha 2ff0fb2351 from a powerful family. His cautious attitude towards 335f8e4193 Omegas was strange. At the e019e111e4 end of 9905eabf28 my thoughts, 6ab3b98065 Wiyoon, his 7c15837890 lover, came d8b0328e68 to mind. So, I a9fccc220c asked him 2952fc6aef without realizing 8bcbddac90 it.d48ed5e5e549323e
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“Why did 7b8c0b2803 you cheat c5bf3edd97 on Wiyoon?”b06405f5fbff5c6e
He hesitated 7b9b624445 and sighed. He looked out a270dc4065 the window and 9f60d8efc6 was silent for 1596a99220 a moment before faeeb0d757 quietly asking back,b186e09b027e8617
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“Would you believe a9811c713d me if I 3f1feea64b said I did 873e492634 it for Wiyoon?”7295f9141d31932c
“I wouldn’t.”eda2615df94eeb33
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He chuckled again c6085443ec and summed up 7ebcede4b4 his answer in 5da8d9f498 one word.7e312b6d5dc54087
“I did 9db86cb6c1 it because 56d73c43bd I’m just 4c1f1e36e3 a jerk.”7a751dcca0b2003c
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“…….”42c6f2407621535f
“So, where b174574647 are you 9fdd7a3d16 going?”00f76e440e6ad6a4
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Oh, come on. I couldn’t say I didn’t have any plans now, really. I got up from my seat and left the cafe with my head in a mess. Then, I saw a convenience store. Come to think of it, how is the manager doing? Should I go visit him? As I set my destination, Bae Taehoon, who had followed me, spoke as if intrigued.d8681d6b3816d7c8
“You really aren’t more 0bc1cbfc0c curious. It’s just e028a82196 as Wiyoon 6f19f14ad3 said.”6f52044d860a0479
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“What did Wiyoon say?”a8f83ccab94bab8a
“That she was hurt.”27c2d6497b484fea
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What? I stopped 67cc3bf71d walking, and 170b97bda3 Bae Taehoon 1f8a60f298 looked down b3c299a642 at me.108140a4023528ee
“She said you don’t pry into other people’s business, but you don’t talk about yourself either. That’s why everyone was so shocked when you disappeared. No one knew exactly where your family home was, so they couldn’t even visit. Didn’t you have a single person at school you could confide in?”9cc0de69cebf6062
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There was one. I looked back cec6db5086 at the convenience 10b4e64d03 store, remembering that 114e964251 one person. There was one 5c6411f76e person I talked a4ebab17f4 to.d20a77b338f9b648
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“Ryeok, are you going 815b949667 home for the weekend?”254c75fe84fea353
The manager asked 3905cc3c6d a few days 57b68f5b77 before Chuseok. The holiday a503124afe weekend fell 16710dacaa on a 28c09d0be0 weekend this c1c28f8103 year, and 8f2f8fc362 I was 753ee0eb15 planning to 792e71d834 go home f2b7d2a925 for two a0c6ddd3ee days even 8014d9bc8d if I 3fcfec210a couldn’t go cdf4df0c8e during the 86b4727deb weekdays because 1d35ea2ff4 of my a383127916 part-time job.df9419abd5ed9e5d
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“Yes. I’ve already bb1df6f614 booked my 36ad7e2202 tickets.”39d01c2d4d2b4b33
“Can’t you get a 1eb8d44b78 refund?”4d3d0be8929e0eee
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I stopped what I 3d51c92c02 was doing and looked dd17623e84 back at the manager.626a4a5d3def520e
“How could I refund those tickets? I wouldn’t do that unless I was crazy.”cf1157c44c7b49a0
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“You could c1983344be go crazy, efdb733877 you know? For example…”7f771d5fdc311d9a
For example, what?bf510136a1dc9713
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“Crazy about money.”f033e2b86db33281
My urge to scoff at his nonsense subsided for a moment. I could go a little crazy for money. And then I noticed the anxiety on the manager’s face.1ca5449687a87abf
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“Did your weekend part-timer f2f16e116c bail on you?”2fb0ca71298f290e
“…He quit.”14d6ccd9ea13d94a
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“Then you should fcd4720b34 cover for him, 30be97b683 manager.”62afde7814c25962
The manager suddenly pouted 465fc2687f his lips, pretending to 242cf4a01e be pitiful.61197a270d29a05b
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“Ryeok, it’s my first 5bf5cc530d Chuseok after getting married.”c036188de1cc57a7
“I thought you’d been 36a2c86a69 married for years.”4a0084d9e5b31162
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“We registered our cda8d3cab1 marriage this year.”c7cf93081f4fc2ab
So what, the words bb292079be came out automatically. Still, I held back 9dceec0fa6 because he was the 0d071b2b95 one who paid me, b6e3e30a7c and looked at him 71655ff4b8 pathetically, and then the 1c883b1170 manager held up two 7a17b4d1d5 fingers.3f7782591dad793f
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“Double. I’ll give a3f118b9e2 you double 8510308fc1 your hourly 5876068c12 rate!”a535c23e2fe44288
“…….”5c1eb6c9db103b0f
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“Hey, I said double! Bak Ryeok, 766fb54d7c seize the 9d79d1993c money! Grab it, huh?!”ef4fda8b0599938f
I was slightly tempted 39f17ddded by the money, but db86f1e448 since Bak Ryeok had eb5c58e593 come out, I knew 7ae5e48910 this phrase would be 1fb4705617 repeated ten more times d717dd0971 from his mouth. I quickly started de59902980 negotiating.93f5dc5ac5fccdf6
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“Pay for 4939f4f4b8 my tickets 69fd349f31 too.”24f7b251360cd468
“You can get 69510b3422 a refund, right?”fbb5b52b605f5be4
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“I should 8e615f6cb4 be compensated cd60b00af7 for the c04f64db53 effort and fee3676634 time I 8d25226a87 spent booking 4e8314df5d them.”11c3c7c2147c6388
The manager 9a1837d56a thought for 520ec96ac9 a moment. This was the time 629f993623 to pretend to back dc61253a57 out.76c5dbfbbc94fc56
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“If you don’t want 59ff709f43 to then…”51997e44b4e56c74
“Alright! I’ll pay.”057aba4a8457a6f3
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I was about to e0751fd332 smile at the manager’s 97d054e851 decision when his next 94ca96b172 words wiped it off dd0f7fff22 my face.17ef2a9082b50a23
“Thanks. You just 04559f3c4d have to 48f8b512cf cover 12 35d4c19815 hours a 304ee05af8 day for 38fb5c8695 both days 31ed584daa of the 544f1be212 weekend.”6a6e6d9728e937ab
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…Huh? How many hours a 4b5022122f day?caf4437c205ebd1b
The person who was most pleased that I wasn’t going home for Chuseok was Wiyoon. But Wiyoon was also the one who got the angriest when he found out I was working during that time.a21cbef71ed15fe2
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“Working? Hey, can’t 7e9b661013 you skip 773222c31c just one d73b89722a day? I can stay in 12916b5893 Korea during the holidays 07d9653a0c with the excuse of 581afd8169 assignments.”5babca55cb9fb999
Wiyoon said that a2e4c25336 his family goes dcbf81ee7b on overseas trips 6eafe9a57c every holiday. It’s a a57c0c41d0 tradition, he 8e33187d8c said. But how 9a5a2b9963 sad his d809353338 parents would d2a351baa8 be if 79d85e2d44 they knew 365549fa73 their son 347514d5f7 was looking 2e46a651b2 for ways 0153364b79 to skip 5fbb60c0d3 the trip 35ac8b6d53 after all cd92adfa6b the planning faca379dbc they did. I clicked my 35f0c8a4db tongue immediately.aa47263ea2efc729
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“Such an unfilial son.”a9034d8b544b4802
“Oh, come on, it’s 08827de13c not like… It’s not 9ec218a4bc unfilial, right? And now 5d8588a5ce that I’m 28e2920ebd older, they 74e67a1463 should travel 0713d5ee3b as a b37d83d6a9 couple, why 2160df50d6 do they 7248d89a4c always insist 0cc04cfa29 on bringing b48a0ad693 their children bedfa93c6e along? They’re my parents, 70809a8a78 but sometimes it’s ca31276626 annoying…”177d3b6422f14952
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Wiyoon stopped talking and 41c2117f73 glanced at me. I pretended not to a0fb8b66af notice and changed the f41a8da143 subject.6bca945348247ca6
“I can’t skip. I’m getting 3fd08cb287 double pay.”3983644d0851d8a8
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“I’ll give 09f18b24f2 you triple.”af12ed3d2e419462
I took it as 501f0bfcf3 a joke and rubbed a73a28a4a9 my hands together like 8c4ac31de4 a servant, saying, “Oh, 03d2d075b3 really, sir?” But Wiyoon 1b71ceef21 made a serious offer.7e41b665393fea78
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“I’m not kidding. Let’s hang out for d3acd87bea just one day.”99ab64d3dd65728b
“We hang out 27ce773139 at school every 98af8fb98b day.”cda893be329e46c6
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“Ah, this e8ef38a32c is different. At school, dfb8152ef8 we have 76247c999c classes, it’s 1362e6366f not like 403f490f8a we spend 9798f07431 time entirely 8670a3511a together.”3c1d9ed0c9825d93
I hesitated fefceb0f57 for a 1af56f5e7f moment. Should I brush bbf6236d46 it off with 8e89bb3edd a joke as 0e71b988af usual, or should d84f7f783a I draw a faf754a525 line coldly? Wiyoon was ba8d852091 a good c2f9e184b2 friend, so cb89ffff4c I wanted 51fac080ba to end 7053e252a7 it with a7292651c4 the former 4155ff1dea if possible. But then I 16d9d917be saw someone through aedb35f051 the window. It was Bae Taehoon. He seemed to have 7de212ce84 come to pick Wiyoon a32eb55ab5 up after class.46b01ccb75d34b80
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“Wiyoon.”526e9e6e9199d7a7
I called out to 8359275d64 my friend and chose 2a11cde63d my words.03bcb6b06a2fda31
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“Other than school, ca82d0704d I have to 585a6462c9 use all my 71a2f7b958 time to earn d285e2a7ac a living. I’m not going to a7ff734cbd accept money to hang ff8f694252 out with a friend. Unless I’m abcdba161e a hired cbadfcccd3 fake friend.”81e38c4d0422ab40
“Ah, Minha. I just…”084a493a3bf5772f
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I got up from c9f5211c12 my seat, leaving Wiyoon 999dc0b945 looking embarrassed. To lighten the mood, e879123a5e I playfully patted his e034d88fe4 shoulder.301b60144c25e912
“And you should be 950af1d1ea more filial.”aeabb4f2228dce7c
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I thought it 7a4acf125d ended well, but 58a014adad Wiyoon grabbed my 1743a66ab4 wrist. He gripped 88c29a5a78 it quite 0be216bef4 painfully, and bdff73ccc3 I think aa9af41dba I winced 7807be8005 a little. Yet, Wiyoon didn’t 60c0ea3cfe loosen his grip bb7bd6a957 and looked straight 955d6bae8f at me.5230497fdafc4f47
“I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have talked about money like that. But it’s true that I want to be with you. Actually, I have something to tell you.”552d9aee161cb5de
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My sixth sense told me. You shouldn’t hear this. Embarrassment, fear, and regret momentarily filled my head. But hesitating here would make things worse. So, I instinctively decided to preempt him.685b3c989d9f0288
“What is it? Are you going to 429060a6ab confess?”6d32ce69b67eb41a
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“…Huh?”b4d1b91c68547757
“Ah, right. I understand. I’m quite handsome, 3cbe9b6791 right? Plus, my charm is adb4e21f18 overwhelming. This perfectly harmonious 3f451e1c82 face makes you e5f063a53a smile just by 0f4bfed95d looking at it, 3574f504f8 and even at a159c779c1 home, you chuckle, f6704afb3a thinking about the 13127c202c jokes I made, 5050613bc7 right? It’s okay, everyone’s the 02eb3f95bc same. There’s no one fabab1c395 who hasn’t liked db898ab6b2 me among the 396dc8b586 people who’ve gotten 612d892f0b to know me. Falling for my a920739e65 charm is inevitable.”157c9759bc4656a7
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“What?”1620cd8d2b8d6d99
“So, a d696428c20 confession… Ha, 778c573a09 well, I’ll acb9bf2666 listen. But give 8549a2d673 up hope 9a59ededd5 that I’ll 77c38fa7c5 accept, friend. I have c79e76fe48 pretty high 9fb04ff40b standards.”24ce9d671c3d4ac2
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I patted his 638f76d449 shoulder consolingly in a8df9101d6 advance. Wiyoon’s face d5b6a6778d slowly contorted. And then he pushed ee571961d2 my arm away and 28045423d6 jumped up from his 0d849e55d1 seat.98687620c927d7f0
“Crazy, who’s confessing?!”968da949bdd5b621
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“Then why is 11f86c7640 your face red? Your heart 95ec2194cc goes thump-thump 7638d31c5b whenever you 40977c7fae see me. I know everything, man. Everyone’s like that.”71a764e3ec7ab523
The more I boasted, 8de4b72d17 the more distressed Wiyoon 87dfad085d became. Eventually, he grabbed his 7d3e314968 hair and screamed.ff9baa69b3b97069
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“Damn it, 4df95e5d2f Im Minha, 6b1cc6d897 you’re so 63d9635a74 annoying!”f95e447980c8db9d
Fortunately, someone appeared who 15453132a7 could handle Wiyoon’s mood. Bae Taehoon appeared at 9be9219b32 the entrance of the 5d4138b857 lecture room with a fc596b2b28 “what’s going on” expression, 6757de6eda and Wiyoon ran to 63b9cd8eb3 him as if he 17b6a4441e had been waiting. He grabbed 0fab444eb4 Bae Taehoon’s 21d31a8858 arm and 5dce87058f shouted at 7ea01c9966 me as b603acf25a if to ffa8eda684 show off.e27a0184815ce07f
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“Hey, I have a 97531b79ae boyfriend!”9131252563d544c2
Then he dragged the a3081732e7 bewildered Bae Taehoon away, 5d272d863e fuming. I turned around 44b66646a7 with a sense 5192030544 of accomplishment, having e6034ce168 handled the situation c1ca158c44 well, but belatedly 6a15c521ce noticed the horrified 8c08250d0e gazes of a 445f58945f few classmates who a388c1c8a6 were still in 65164d5fff the lecture room. I protected our friendship, e9804b3df6 but my reputation plummeted 54585728eb in an instant. Well, it’s okay. It wasn’t 613bb117f0 a particularly f6ff6e986a good reputation 9122f8002f to begin f38865bee5 with.f7e308f68bf6870e
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I thought I had the stamina since I’m still young, but 12 hours was definitely too much. By the time my replacement arrived, I couldn’t tell if this was a convenience store or a prison. Of course, it was Kim Chulsoo. I hurriedly handed over this prison to him and ran home like I was escaping. It was almost 11 p.m. when I arrived.a410aaae09cc5e74
Now I just 4ebdaafc99 had to crash 744d6ef5dd until 9 a.m. tomorrow, go to 214d3ed5a2 my shift at 07b5360ba7 10 a.m., endure 71522d842b one more day, 4eeb7ff32e and it would 75db5eeee1 be over. I was confident 74d5b124db I would fall 81e02728bd asleep quickly because 74a73b6907 I was physically bc52da0a5b exhausted. But after 1e70aaa348 showering, I c3653c95dd lay down a0bb08a2e5 on the 9d27bfa31f bed without dc0a2aa2ae a thought, 25f7610855 picked up 22e3a4eaa4 my phone, f24be26591 and the 59c7f6f75d world inside 72fdcc52e6 it seemed 4933123fd4 unusually bustling 61592be7a4 compared to dc3ccce8af usual.03825141f1e2c58b
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Then I realized what 41bc164c05 day it was. Ah, it’s a holiday.26907f434e46233d
Once I realized 811437d07f it, all I b5b26fd316 could see were 9c0a22fdd0 stories of families 6350f577b1 gathered for the 237d746599 holiday. I read 6db621e19d people’s chatter 48012012a9 for a 3b3bdfadaf bit, and d07eec89d9 feeling strangely 5a8ff6021f empty, I c32578ce40 put my 6a64b7f120 phone down. I tried to 8b11992d93 fall asleep lying 9d66a56b30 down, but strangely, bf4859b80e I became more 6ea0464ba3 and more awake.6eb4d21241263b17
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Technically, today 91ef73d965 is no bd0d7ac14d different from bcc1832b92 yesterday and a8e073db48 no different fa451fdbbd from tomorrow, 662a341356 an ordinary 6f19830286 day, but 86c5a105ac it becomes 6ac79a44e8 special just 1729b21665 because it 07b74a4b95 has a 40b3ecea31 name attached 6dd639792a to it. Judging by how down e60e8a1f72 I feel even though 387a9c4006 I don’t usually feel 75cf9fef2d a strong longing for 445b397898 my family.67ee6705933c8f68
I got 931b318b7e up, not 316b8b11aa wanting to 5bf474c60b wallow in fc21453138 sentiment any e657142203 longer, and c9df330472 turned off 5cf979b4a4 the lights, c28553833b but another b6b0e772cb light bothered b99e9d1ff0 me. The moon 33fd85ca34 outside the 43707a40e1 window was 36c71c3d93 unusually bright. The large, round 8a53d01813 moon seemed to bdc5d65075 be facing only 06213d6943 me, as if 403f218174 our eyes met. And as if the e2ebb70dc5 moon had cast a edf3b457a9 spell, a text message 5eb36a9bb5 arrived right on cue. It was from a65c6ba962 my grandfather.c9d71a6fa9c5807c
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‘Minha, look at the 0e153a946e moon, the moon! It’s so big a9e22c80e4 and bright!’7e3e514465a1bfa4
Grandfather was disappointed that I couldn’t come down for the holidays, but as always, he smiled and encouraged me. He told me not to overdo it and to come down if it was too much. But he must have wanted to let me know how big and bright the moon was for his grandson who couldn’t come. I smiled, reading the message that sounded like my grandfather’s voice, but at the same time, a sadness like sorrow spread thickly.3336498b159c3252
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“Sigh.”71994dab2f9a9fcb
I took a deep d4cf62d178 breath and looked at 6aa27afac5 the moon, which I 161252b198 had been trying to aa035724ae ignore. It always hangs above b6ffa2ade9 my head at night, b4a487db3d but it’s a presence 90262bf5bc I rarely look at c7e62087de properly. But once I became 73de0e7b7a aware of it, it d675e96e9a felt like a lid 4690069876 I had kept shut 584c5e1423 inside me was opening. The feelings about 9cf7608378 my family, which 743b3a0a61 I usually kept 5950f0ee6a well-contained, began to c6e3507a14 flow out.2939e75e0a872d0f
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Before those feelings c1711541b2 could flow down 4fd9a39b29 and soak me cbc9fe5922 completely, I jumped 109d1e5706 up from my 6ed6d74b8e spot. I went f14d181443 outside without f45c4693f7 a destination, c0ac2bd91f but my 5a4891b7f9 body moved 34115f5765 naturally. Actually, there 27c33e34f8 are only b3863cbcc1 a few 4420417d40 places I c3c12386ca can go. I don’t 7047acdd5b know why 7941bf4475 I went 492fc53a67 back to 5c5a472cda the convenience b7dd8a16b9 store.ab1e40512c33920c
Clink, as 16fd50f60b the convenience a028f611c0 store door 35c6876aea opened, I a7c5dcabf2 felt a b5e808c735 slight regret. What if Chulsoo Hyung b8361a5178 says something? But when he c99b7ca2df saw me, he e1af279e82 just raised one 7f5eb1f388 eyebrow, no look 87cec7a70f of disapproval. So, I fba64f3022 took courage 93723c8053 and started 66687c0e8f making excuses b21e20a0b4 first.a9d8f0ce07d46880
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“I’m hungry.”6a1807f5af1722df
Chulsoo Hyung’s expression didn’t e0315badd0 change, but his eyes 70841e3152 changed subtly. I quickly added,1d0b40b0e29edb7d
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“The lunchbox I had 66ba3febef last time was delicious.”2950cb451b612542
“….”b98686ecbd87c9f4
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“Uh, of cc0007c6d9 course there’s 368def3991 a convenience eb4d719c1e store in ad28af987d front of f75311e666 my house, 71d40f6262 but they 6f26147ace don’t have 347a5fdc04 that lunchbox. Well, I c61c849d8c could go 2d7f49102e to another bccd73bf68 place nearby, 7b70219163 but if d1767f6211 I boost 6321402b8b sales at f3bad82834 a familiar aac231bcf6 place, it’s f716483225 good for d3464c4db0 the manager dde20645f7 and good b72d616e6a for me, 4468c362ca so…”5b61e0430d8b3974
So, I came 619ef767d4 to eat. I tried abab48b287 to act 455e39628a nonchalant, like 633dd3da1a it was b2a861fc27 no big 2c4e3251dc deal, but 5823f8c460 my last 1ae4976935 words came 5349596a51 out mumbled. And because 9242120cc7 I was c980949761 nervous, my ed9bb83635 face stiffened 90126b4aaa even more. Chulsoo Hyung 33186781f7 stared at f73c98a73b me for 7a63bbfdac an unnervingly 65f1adaca0 long time.174cba31d3df5d59
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Damn it, 965a99cf89 I messed b8eca9327d up, I c717126fbb thought. Should I just go a137efe032 back because it’s embarrassing? Just when 42aa132ac4 I thought d2222f8afd that, he 8d37647f2c suddenly walked 9ff5ed1ab8 out, took 76eb13d315 out the 096516cb24 most expensive 35ff7e6f9d lunchbox, and c1c6d7db4b paid for 6d9f1c98b4 it right 7b1e6a1b97 away. He was paying with 8baacd81be his own card. Startled, I f5bc929326 quickly took eb5a4a4415 out my cbe19c85b7 wallet.8c4a6a1ebd2ec071
“Oh? I’ll pay.”8da3e4bfbe85f499
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“It’s not free.”712defa10fa675b6
He said curtly and 0a6e08e070 held out the lunchbox. I couldn’t take it a5f9b730bd readily. I worked 5ee31694dd all day, 5d78ea3416 do I cdb94c3d90 have to 1165c53600 work all b2fba96c4c night again? When I looked 4a404bec3a at him with 8caa5db3b3 apprehensive eyes, he 79a7146f37 seemed to understand 610db6f4e1 my thoughts and 5a05b51051 stated the condition 70b23885e7 briefly.319ca483b2beca55
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“Just watch for five 98ea530e5c minutes.”0bfe98e8790310f7
And he went outside c9129f42fe with his phone. He’s holding his phone 96117a3117 tightly, so it must f9c49d5a9a be important business, right? I waited with the 22a829efdb lunchbox, anticipating his successful 0a48caa0e9 bowel movement. Well, since 7507186573 he bought f12ca36d1b me such 3279aa0da0 an expensive 3fe4b73b56 lunchbox, I 837f3f2213 understand if 95022c838f he needs e3932415ae 30 minutes. But he 4bfbb2d0a0 came back 413a20c97b in less 76a6dbc514 than three ea41c5e7fc minutes and 65dca13a97 urged me.a8d4b0f301d1fa41
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“Why aren’t you eating?”d238c9f2e6f2f831
“Can I really 6b53c08315 eat it?”76ceb8a339b30fd5
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I hesitated 1f2f690bef because I 1c0d951a3b felt like c478045ffd I was 64ff9f81f3 extorting him. He said curtly,3bfbb34bd65c889e
“You can.”867c5234e8ca5ea4
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It was 1bc01e987f a pleasant 945dc36098 answer without 90e01d1063 any further acf76f17f2 explanation. Maybe he c5faaf02ea was grateful 1b5ff21a88 that I 8c47c7c06d worked in 93d4599a42 his place 68d3ce41e5 all night, 6c2045759c but I 07cd94dc3f felt like 8b5bc2f275 I was 5b15baf983 acknowledged by 7b0c65ee37 him.35497bae4c22f9bf
“Right, I deserve 89dbcb31d5 to eat.”8e428f8711f33b03
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I brazenly agreed 5d9e38d93c to hide my 6618f41467 embarrassment and started 07da9049ab eating the lunchbox. Fortunately, perhaps because convenience 21cbfce701 stores were the only e2b510438f places open on holidays, e69a3cb253 customers kept coming in dfd3d6c5f0 one after another while 7e6ed8b6fb I was eating. Thanks to 52ba77b1c6 that, there a48b5b827d was enough 2a8352a11f time. For this half-forced ed54e203c0 meal, and for 275ea81909 the awkwardness of ca97ec9222 this visit, which 98eecac0e4 even I couldn’t 752dd56e58 understand.fc1c3659cf9f3419
And the presence of colleagues and unfamiliar customers in this familiar place changed the feeling of the holiday. The moon seen through the front window was still large and bright, but it didn’t drag me into that milky abyss. Come to think of it, I came running out because of that moon. I must have been looking at the moon for a while without realizing it. I was startled by Chulsoo Hyung’s voice right next to me.df5c6aeeeadaaf6d
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“Aren’t you full?”ca310ee45d2a86c6
“Huh? No, I’m d931bc34cf full… Leave 55c2554ff9 it. I’ll clean 4483fa6b36 it up.”d5602f6d44a559e1
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I quickly got 177f02a419 up from my 3e149ddca7 chair and tried daf298d1e2 to take the 1aa0eee94d lunchbox container that c8ea0fc294 Chulsoo Hyung was bf63aa99d3 taking, but he df780c5761 pressed down on 676acd3c38 my shoulder with bb41aa52b0 one hand.26e01ee2aefc3b5f
“Keep looking at the 4dcc8146a4 moon.”16af7fc3d021d486
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His blunt tone 90a1d7eadf sounded sarcastic at cb97195024 first, but as b2b263d4de I got used bff204412c to it, I 16995823cb could see the 4b2df0d868 kindness hidden beneath 259859908c it. It was 4b32faa60d like his f0d6d1afed own way 3f5ca31ba1 of being a631227d25 affectionate. So, I ended 1b41652029 up talking about 716f16a17c myself without realizing 7dbd2442e7 it. It was 03af188744 a trivial, d0ec98466f funny story, 329e050186 but one 2791354334 I had d0d9b31fce never told 6f32a89344 anyone before.74d85b7408b819df
“Did you know 8d00cc3e79 that waves are 44e73ab7ed caused by the 96b4735339 moon’s gravity?”320539cb5914c08a
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He nodded slightly. I was a 301895538a bit nervous that 0cec057d8e a scientific retort d3fc145708 like, “it’s not cdaa75fd2d only caused by a7522f5f9b the moon’s gravity,” d8c609d534 would come out, f83c3bd0b0 but that was 934bc5645a it. I was 8fc66a8f20 relieved and 06860abdd3 turned to 78d9f00f77 the moon, dd48945266 lowering my 8c976fac74 voice.84caeab50f9c164e
“So, waves are the 2b7d27aa75 sounds the moon makes. My family 70b21bd503 went to d323413592 the beach 7b65cf3a22 once, and cb5dfc7adb my father 4eb30febbc explained the 6ce134c1cf sound of 617bedcba4 waves to b5dc4b47fc me like 7ec26a2b5a that. He said it’s the 9e185b5aa7 sound of the moon 44404596d4 in the sky shouting, 7d6824b788 ‘I’m here.’ He said 9ac5c8b937 you can only hear fa8343c660 it at the beach, 9404518854 so listen carefully. My father 6e091e2c4b is sentimental, 8f78da5ee5 like my 5d7dc996f7 grandfather. But it was 902e689e6a night then, and b932d4d6ba I was young, cea0535eb4 so I was a9708f4c66 very sleepy. So, I 049d3806ed was a 23ce81ed5c bit annoyed. I just 133a689c68 said the 601b4cac41 moon was 805478df77 too loud.”263947201589bd14
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My words must have e1d2add907 sounded funny to the 448ebdd5a0 adults. After that, whenever 2f72be41f6 they saw the a8a3489650 moon in the 841572d2be sky, my father, a49eb918a8 mother, grandmother, and 671a703447 grandfather would all 6382342b80 tease me. They’d say the noisy b5c4b70a7a moon is up. For a while, it 4b436dc2a1 was used like a 44e283341b secret code only our 8e6f3fa6c5 family knew.cdad914abc92fe97
It was buried in 6b38d945d9 the ground a few 548e2b9be7 years ago along with f3c4132235 my parents.bdd20e86f2d06702
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“It must be 9e2732d38c nice to listen 3b9243de5b to even if ab83d8538d it’s noisy.”0fca6e76f26ffc41
The blunt 33b7efb2b0 voice pulled ded0bebe94 my mind, 2ac7007532 which had 1e7020a91c been submerged ff8f93eba5 in the 998ac257dd past, back 2da0cdc567 to the c6a31155e2 present. When I looked b58d62751e back, he slightly 06bf197183 turned his expressionless 328b527839 face.c5f6e2facbd0d5a6
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“Not many people 7601e748f6 hate the sound b62a16b9a8 of waves.”e65a6d4284fc750f
I realized he was embarrassed by the explanation that sounded like an excuse. He probably wanted to comfort me because I couldn’t see my family during the holidays, but he seemed awkward after saying it. If it were someone else, I might have teased them, considering my personality. But I didn’t want to do that now. This kind of reaction from him was so rare that I wanted to preserve it without touching it.c9153ac1e7f4e37b
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“Yes. The sound of waves is really nice. The moon isn’t just pretty.”426f4d40ba0005e6
It looks like it’s da9204889e just hanging up there 66e412d689 small and far away, 85333f61a5 doing nothing, but it’s 5a145c0e77 actually working hard to 972b73b9cc make its presence known. I looked 3963d410c9 up at e6dab647c9 the moon 7048804810 again. The holiday d39647efbe moon is 8c192b28dd especially round 2617abd098 and white. I was 39f1870b3a looking at c42b37397e the moon 093b6f1a1d for a 8b195c02e9 while again 99ee6c1ff7 without realizing a43f6f5503 it when 1c69c4347b I felt 4d95e71346 a gaze fdf220e15e and turned 8ec68dc691 my eyes. Black pupils were 548d94f5f4 staring intently at 9b98db4f26 me.e668b7f1cdf693bd
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The gaze that met 3e39a5aee1 mine was so hot a330b618fb that it felt like 9f75aca0a4 hot air suddenly wrapped 68b6e9a18a around me. I couldn’t avoid his f72cee69d3 eyes. I couldn’t even f62600b853 move as if 3206e14cbc I was held 02b9bb4ce2 captive against my 3a7e17d1ef will. I unconsciously b94a01e256 held my 0d573d314e breath. The tense moment gripped 9a83b445cc my heart tightly. I should have backed bf7b50f625 away, but at the 3c8838c333 same time, I didn’t 068ae89997 want to avoid this 81b07d4eb8 thrill.2395cc5ec435b7bb
The feeling edd8a05795 of my 668e07e23c heart tightening 2648cbdcde was strangely 668596f68c pleasant. But at 9cd506bb87 this rate, f73a97d599 I felt 93a43dddfb like I 00c39b75b3 would suffocate bbe48d42a8 and die. Fortunately, a sound 0d6cc78fb5 rang out that 937a381605 brought us both 437af8e1ab back to our 4ebeeb6448 senses.b04cabe49c2592af
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‘Clink’bcf49e739dbdebb5
The bell 34e901bc4c on the 494d945ec9 convenience store 3dcf18aa9e door rang. I instinctively c0922911d9 turned my d210a9689b eyes towards 53ebacd862 the door 9668a7477b due to 0e559a6985 my occupational ba60f47513 habit, but e1a1abfaee Chulsoo Hyung 4665690898 turned around 7d5e358dac belatedly. But the customer who e3679d9c75 entered reacted strangely. He looked 5c4239777b around inside 6869b5790f and then b5d4a478b9 lightly raised 764ecb65c6 his hand 3649c5db8c towards Chulsoo 48cd202553 Hyung.f0f198dc292fd761
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Do they know each 14d0e36777 other? A friend? While I was wondering, 46f56efc7f Chulsoo Hyung immediately took c4134eefc7 off his vest and 6eb0344453 naturally handed it to 4494f65040 him. The customer 671c70263b also accepted 9169b57e0b the vest b5737927b6 wordlessly as e014992311 if he 88d7533d10 was used a9894bdaf8 to it db48fc3b82 and asked,ec17e638e594718e
“Just do f8bde8dfb9 it like bacafd75f2 before?”c6a05cdc93ac9f21
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“Yeah.”cc4a4cb363e9458c
Chulsoo Hyung answered 1c2d3aa44f shortly and looked 0c967713f7 back at me, 4da0606b44 who was blinking ca3e5d30bf my eyes.714b22b8a9292a4f
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“Get up c4c0dc49ac if you’re 4c19cf9dd4 done eating.”f34ef5187f2c17b6
“Why?”e8dd55d31fd85610
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“I’ll take you 71c1e4bab8 home.”e01853e5b360e0e9
“Now?”164e57c49691108b
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“Aren’t you going home?”02c784ac2944d771
Of course, 9aea23ad69 I have 65ef40bdf4 to. I mumbled f681c0936f and glanced fd933cfca0 at the 5c6da219b2 customer. He was f1cba0c37a looking at 10ce2cb8fc me with 6fc44109f8 curious eyes. He was shorter than d16acb61a5 Chulsoo Hyung, but still 972b04931b taller than average, and c39c1055ec he was wearing glasses, 418b000328 giving off a good 1c5d022e1f impression. When our b8bdfce580 eyes met, 2f09c3e9d2 he smiled c9b0e6c281 and waved 4f2202b9c2 his hand 4925ebc6e7 slightly.2b51ad811b232a07
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“Hello.”e52c81502b58af74
“Yes, hello.”87525290dd476e76
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I bowed my a9a2f0c35f head in greeting 0a5b0b506e without realizing it. Chulsoo Hyung a7615bf2fa pulled me 31a39cb06d by the b18405ce6f arm.f43df50c51508acd
“Let’s go.”d82b1972c7628fc9
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But I unconsciously 1c6a506a4c put strength in 51f512806b my feet and d7a6ffc196 resisted. Wait, so 64ee1efc2a he called 16fba65cea someone to b035af14da take over 82880a73e0 the convenience 5907a859d1 store? He went out earlier 74f36424ee to make a phone 541caf3c09 call. He couldn’t 21ee41fbf1 have… Did f722f2f110 he really 03f495ee9d do that 92b184edde to take 58660a2eec me home? My expression must 0f4a7988e8 have been serious. Chulsoo Hyung 596149fddd raised one 7af2aafe59 eyebrow.320dc6a4407ef3be
“It’s not because 40fef92307 of you.”6c19b08bf663f3b2
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“I didn’t say anything.”5e14ab032a0d051e
“It’s obvious 5ebb55b7bf what you’re e386065970 thinking with a86a842ab9 that head cddcdb813c of yours.”d965a648a0901a44
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He lightly f9a87d87cc flicked my bd7d4ea534 forehead with 9197e5c91a his hand. It didn’t hurt, but 5e0d48a87c it was the same f99c1e1c88 as calling me stupid, 0262c33b07 so I lifted my 30db3db1ef chin in defiance.7662bcd6b25723a1
“What do 979eff474a you mean 9db2f6d8f8 obvious? I’m a dbaceebf60 very creative 5991334dec person.”3a0ae5f3bcc49786
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“So, you’re not going db1f79dee4 home?”3bd529422c3b88d0
“No, I am, efac18825a but…”1e66c9991598dc3b
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“I have something to b3401df16b do. I’m just going 205e4be359 to drop you 4e3a762d2b off on the baca332811 way.”67d6dc47c974e771
Am I some kind of luggage? I grumbled and was about to follow him when I saw Chulsoo Hyung’s friend. He was wearing a strange smile. I didn’t know why he was looking at us with such an intrigued gaze, but he seemed to have a good personality. Or else he wouldn’t be able to smile like that when he was called out of the blue on holiday night to work. Especially when Kim Chulsoo doesn’t even thank him. Chulsoo Hyung was about to take me out just like that, but then he called out to his friend as if he had remembered something.0801820f2d3ac12f
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“Hey, Shim.”ceaa4ec43b215ca1
Shim? As if that was a7eee7bbc3 Chulsoo Hyung’s nickname, he 70f305ec35 turned around at his 00bd124d3d friend’s call. Then, his friend wordlessly 6217860e9e threw something to Chulsoo a4bdea9934 Hyung. Something small and black, 4b17f29ed6 like plastic. Chulsoo Hyung easily a31e6ef41b caught it with 43ecc764f9 one hand and bd2637bbd7 opened his hand. So, I f398c30aa0 could see 675f4a4a6a it too. It was a car 97bc6eda16 key.2902d57bf83effc1
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“Take your time and 83c576d352 finish your business.”7aaed62f679c7656
His friend said, and 34c163c56c Chulsoo Hyung stared at ab5b4b812d the car key for ee9de570fb a moment before gripping 693ce6685b it tightly.44a87cc70bb7f814
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“Thanks.”c8e94a80e6c4c265
“Thanks? It’s my honor. Everyone would flip out 1cd237bf6d if they knew you 33009d0b44 owed me a favor.”256fccc22d3a01eb
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“Bullshit.”ff6e299eccc211a0
Chulsoo Hyung 719ed296f1 retorted lightly f5708aed49 and took b0c7535dba me outside. I was a bit 9acdc4581b surprised to see Chulsoo 2fd85786bf Hyung’s friend, so I 2827d4f0c4 didn’t think to pull c5c1197093 my arm away even 5b09733ea1 though he held onto 87d175ddeb it the whole time 80b38cea1c he walked.e71f85ad18641464
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“Why Shim?”1a6bfa249676ec28
I asked as 84790505ed I practically ran 1f9d08fde6 to keep up f3b6829dc3 with his quick 54ceb4d1f1 pace, and he 2ce8fc2b97 stopped walking. I thought he b2742b50e4 was going to 2c4f9b986a answer, but he 5070a8cf75 was busy looking 656699d680 around. He seemed to be 45fc822616 searching for something, then 3187e1b243 he found his direction 89a5e0824a and started walking again. After a 88295b01e4 short walk, a92e854482 I saw 5972557ae2 a white 5334f37c44 SUV in cbe79550be front of c8e0b09593 me. A domestic 221d29285f G brand 5e2a5bd1b1 car, famous 67edb1f018 for its a56b12d7f4 sleek and e05b0aa703 stylish design.224b4540273429c6
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Beep.734aa72bca1d563a
Chulsoo Hyung pressed the dd697180b6 car key to unlock 79685f118f the door, then opened c0cd4b25cd the passenger side door c0f54bf5b6 and ordered,72fc031f4b43662c
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“Get in.”c7fe86d4229a8da0
It seemed like dfaae3a865 his friend’s car, afc9099284 was it okay 0dd44b97ee for me to c40109fb8a ride in it? I hesitated, be08784f64 and he 4abd1a315e urged me ec6b6af42c as if 1befb055fa he knew bd15d9efaf exactly what 146ac09643 I was 37da1a027d thinking.6af18d00e39d4795
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“I’m not 72005bb514 charging you. Get in.”1e4de15b5141b358
Who’s worried about that? I was about to retort, but he pushed my back, so I had no choice but to get in the car. Fine, it’s only a 20-minute drive home anyway. I looked around the nice car interior for a moment, lightly touching the soft leather seats, and belatedly put on my seatbelt when an explanation came.13a40d7f44497bf9
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“That guy just calls 95adadedda me by a harshened 83997d42e0 pronunciation of one syllable f125421cf9 of my name.”c9fe418c0e815295
I realized it 262075af23 was the answer 53075c8e25 to my question ff3eaba591 about Shim. Oh, so his name 46a048bc20 includes Shim? I looked at him, 8a17e8864d and he added, still 50df9a21ce looking straight ahead,e89bc8d609742825
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“My last name is 2169f32a78 Shim.”17ad6d2ca53f2f42
“Oh… Then what’s 182ccd6b20 your first name?”48e476fc4d864ba4
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I slightly 15cd14f2f2 regretted asking. Based on 5d63cf523a my experience, 404b2e90dc there was c7e4980631 only one 479067a1f7 response I 4506c966f5 could expect 0ab458d146 from him. You don’t need to c2ef57ee3f know. But an unexpected 42c053aa63 answer came.a34ee73292cf683a
“Guess.”6fcf3916b3461a97
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“Shim Chulsoo?”b9d06a18a14be142
He let fdf814de62 out a 738124aaa9 short, disbelieving fabb917058 chuckle as 0a6492762e if he c6cc290f42 was dumbfounded.c6c168de5d42b4f3
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“Is Chulsoo the only f9d31a7205 thing that comes to fc46721548 mind when you see 8aafc74d1d me?”5e03bf4943acb73f
“Of course. Just like when a32f31797e you see me, 1e1cc88d12 only Bak Ryeok 508e252b86 comes to mind.”6b2b55a5dda886ad
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At my words, Chulsoo 54bd2ac2c7 Hyung glanced at me a2180f62c6 briefly. And when the d520388955 car stopped at 9cc99624af a traffic light, db310a23fa I heard my 0b7fdc7f56 name.2534a0f82ba281a2
“Im Minha.”e5560f2960600b04
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“…….”cc769a7625671294
“Right?”37a851ed41c73420
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It was e522035167 right, I e519f8e2f9 should have e2f6fe60d8 confirmed, but 0419b5e321 I couldn’t 13f23c48cc answer right 3df3b800d8 away. I got goosebumps at aa48553589 the sound of my 00b38bb87e name in his voice 7e7f6aefb5 just now. It felt very 951d6176d6 unfamiliar and ticklish. I deliberately 0e9b3af6d8 tensed my d52100747f face to fa4c7832a7 hide my 0a359aaab3 reaction.cc187faf747e6835
“You said d2a831416e you couldn’t b1abda6b5d read my afe31ed054 handwriting because ae8b7640d0 it was fad786f782 terrible.”d81fa9a24990fba1
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“Yeah, it was 14600168c3 so terrible that 7fdf142221 I thought it cad39046cb was a different 5b6cdf3d2b name.”e1704d851339f278
“What?”e5417ca05dd5197d
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“Ipgeolhwa.”70f30489cf0efa83
No way…d9e6887a5903187a
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“What kind of 2d8e0a2c06 name is that?”daa2532e71753c96
“That’s how you wrote 6cf78a3926 it.”a727468923e2760d
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I swallowed my excuse 3d209be899 at his chiding tone. Right, I do tend 2a8982876a to write my name 70f8a4554f cursively like a signature.2ea39e9e7dfa5e10
“Then how did 9b2c2c4f2e you know my 86128376ef name?”64e68512e925e484
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After a brief pause, 9e584e96ee his usual blunt voice cc6d30daf3 came.667b6c1e5c39ccac
“The manager told 372330f395 me.”bee6b4a2b3a3eca7
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I strangely felt like 8f528963d3 he was using the 52706f4fd5 manager as an excuse. But I couldn’t really fc75a842aa ask how he knew, 17051f3c94 so I grumbled, using 3dbc734804 the manager as my d66be2ceec shield.0ee99ebe6cb1af99
“He didn’t tell ae78b145bd me your name.”c429ad16e382191b
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“Do you want ed642b0d13 to know?”7a2ab52a84982892
“Yes.”568a7f90c9a9a447
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“How much?”35085afd8ed2d657
I hesitated for 8d5b981552 a moment. How much? Just a 835bdef490 normal amount, 9f63bf6eb8 right? I was flustered by 8d5f9d6fff the question itself, so d61b2deb8f my answer was delayed, 396dc7b67a and then the question 74bc4cbaf1 came again.4193b9674c39e9d3
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“Are you desperate?”bb9ced8787633836
If his voice hadn’t been serious, I might have laughed. But in the dark car, his low voice made it difficult to respond lightly. Unlike me. Of course, I soon came to my senses and acted like myself, but.56c5a6b4e5c7313b
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“Are you a bd3fb3ca7f secret government agent 5aea98f12e by any chance? Do I have ce534fc06e to ask at 42e0ecaeec the risk of a9eaceffec my life?”ed18194aedf8f167
A short a0f84f0a33 laugh escaped 8e1112b26f him. I was inwardly relieved 0c1253a7fe that the mood had f678685f92 lightened, but then he 0173c9fce9 said something unbelievable.b564dbee7f314ac8
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“I don’t need 84bac5da86 your life. But you have 89a1eba9a4 to be desperate 345e89cf26 for me to 824b2e0f33 tell you.”2c97310404618b12
“Ha, wow…”43323bf3fa3a3e44
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This time, I burst out laughing in disbelief. I didn’t think Kim Chulsoo was like this, he’s quite childish.47cb0457a399f467
“Are you an aspiring c4c2e4032f loan shark by any d60f82c79a chance? Like, the c7de1fb16d loan conditions 2127f4d61b are only f83b7f955a met when 5ad5466f00 your real 150d9c5786 name is 8c7ff4fb27 called, so 215d97a5f3 desperate people 9a5678b374 can borrow 5d74286cc0 money, something caaa39f691 like that.”52dec949da1e5ffd
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He twisted his lips 505f5b3d96 slightly at my guess.093d99eab406b8bc
“Similar.”950e5f6b1b2d5254
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Similar to what? Your dream? I racked 8747e2fce4 my brain 1149de2e50 to think bb3f28510d of a fcb80bae21 job similar 3c0523cf25 to a 309173c489 loan shark.463b9399efb16f1e
“Are you going into 18e54bbc6f the rental business?”46215243468fb349
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“No, it’s just playing 976b4403c4 with money.”00ce0823a6617c3a
This time, I racked my brain to figure out what “playing with money” could possibly be, but since I could only think of stacking coin towers, I kept my mouth shut.3a2465b895fc5cfd
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“What about you?”9d143cbf95d22da5
“Me?”bea7272cf1314d4e
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I pointed b50c22adb7 at myself b713d1c3a3 with my f03ac5ed69 finger, and 16a9aaad21 he looked fccd9bc6dd back at 517f9b8f05 me as 464a78cc09 if to 0529efae95 say, “Yes, 0e408de8db you.” I 5453a76dac was unfamiliar 3cd1d2bd17 with the 36537f13d0 continuing conversation 6ad53d8787 because he f9ce2ed533 rarely asked 6376013254 me personal 4643683e44 questions.ee8c9425efc56fc1
“My dream cf4cd2f86f is nothing 6f11dd26af special. I just want 2af02029ba to like drawing c26bcb3b1a until I die af33c5f769 and be able 543b735c20 to keep drawing. Oh, of course, you 5cd22aab6d might think it’s easy f82e1da8fc since you can draw 0a8441075f anytime, but it’s not 6ec700fb85 easy to like something 84ca92df94 until the very end, b18b35e6bb so. Um, so…”90a7525509126694
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I wasn’t sure if I explained it properly, so I wondered how I should put it. And I was also worried about whether I should say it since I’ve never talked about it with anyone. But he said,593ed8b911a29e2f
“Continue.”b04feb0c8b682f33
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“When you like something, you get greedy, right? But when you get greedy, you end up wanting something in return. Whether that reward is people’s attention, recognition, or an award in a competition. But you can’t always get what you want, can you? You might not get any reward at all. This is really bitter. Do you know what’s even more frustrating? When you get frustrated, you give up, so your greed disappears. But the problem is that when greed disappears, it takes the liking with it.”22e1bd1bb983b07a
That’s why greed is important. Grandfather always says that greed for something you like is passion. He said that if passion disappears, you’ll draw out of inertia, and that’s when you put down your brush.3aa68039dc04da15
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“Are you afraid 98e3c926c9 of the result e9eb424890 after you’ve been 8995bf4fc1 greedy?”ede25f63c326abbe
“That too, f29607421f and I e49384514d also lack 87d17d0167 the courage fd46cab19d to follow 4571dc962f through with f54e00b937 my greed.”86df726e552afc0e
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Courage. He murmured and then 30b830af63 spoke as if he a6fca8af17 empathized with this part.75957432b3eae83e
“I also lack that 61f9bd70d5 courage.”74dedd2e21c3d545
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Maybe it 49959f9f77 was because 046e7ab864 of his 7056130ed7 particularly subdued 3156075dfb voice, but 87ae2f34ee if I d7634e5d62 had taken 6192c19518 out a 23294d319d small pebble-like 56074d072a worry, I f74a78f8c6 felt like b3cc5d1aa4 he had 57e82ad501 shown me b9f67442e5 a massive 380d6ce29a glacier with 856943b74b no end 3092be45b3 in sight. Well, if his dream a2877b7976 is to play with fcb7666046 money, he would need 121596b0ed courage. He could lose 1bc1bd6e4f everything if he’s dbe622b677 not careful. I offered d16d40cb37 him comfort 387d437bd0 to lift c7b5aa4c53 his spirits.3fcbee6703331603
“Let’s be courageous together, f5decc77f2 Mr. Shim.”3cc9df47988b2f63
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He gave me an 6c10225e72 annoyed look after a ebecb9f335 long while.c70d569cfbfd6ec0
“Don’t be cheeky, Im 291fb9082f Minha.”4547271db8a9bf5b
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“Ah, that name… Please a8488d21b6 call me Bak Ryeok.”35de6931480f487e
That’s my convenience store 2f4be4b61f identity, after all.968a0e5b20bc47af
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“Im Minha a43585b1ea suits you e912ee6775 better.”b9d37164976d15dd
“Ha, no it doesn’t! I’m very much human Bak Ryeok… Huh? Hyung, this isn’t the way.”c104a12796b82763
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I belatedly noticed we dc23bf29b8 were going in a 8c5fa4d5f3 different direction than my cfe41ca6ed house as I looked ea09a42828 out the window.d7b0ae92b6db403c
“I know.”af9f74460a01353f
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You know? I looked back, and c4379630e2 he added briefly, still f4b9afaab3 looking straight ahead,f2be32e41d233f7a
“Let’s go 6ca6068d02 for a 1970279510 drive.”a39747a946605c8e
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“Now?”d171fefde3c73c8c
“If you’re sleepy, 67f839e223 sleep. I’ll wake 4d1c756a25 you up.”79fcc6ed73913dab
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No, I’m efa5076d41 not sleepy, efdcd0a107 but… I a687e774ee mumbled and e66ab0c785 looked back 9e1fddaf77 outside. It was 1694ec42a9 dark inside 23618134ff the car, 8bbd66bf9b but I cdf540f2c0 wanted to e558bc2ca6 hide my aaefa6b8d1 embarrassed and 5fadc23778 stiff face. He definitely said it. He said he had 1db9bc2397 something to do, so 927a3c109a he would drop me e22f306cea off at home and 63ac77cb6a go.249a9d634b888ce6
When I 307d56a602 heard those 65d5a62186 words, I 8986560202 had dismissed d647bbe73b the doubts bbe5f06aeb that were 27e381c99e filling my daedc6d242 mind. The thought that 1a7dd4ca09 maybe he really d87132ba17 had left the 9840b75b77 convenience store to 2ed83ffebc his friend because efbb4e0de8 of me. It was a0ae62e1a6 a similar eabae801d2 feeling to 262489b148 when I 08a93c1a8d faced Wiyoon. The feeling that the 36cb752ede other person senses the e67d24e116 emotions welling up inside b9effdbfa6 me.0a3e48e0ddd0c5a4
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But Wiyoon was like the rippling surface of water to me. I wanted to keep backing away, uncomfortable that it might overflow. On the other hand, Chulsoo Hyung was like a frozen glacier, jutting out. It was scary because I couldn’t gauge how much bigger the glacier was beneath it, but I wanted to keep looking at it, and I wanted to touch it.35d1245f11b95e57
Of course, all 7b42a30ce1 of this could 559dbb6f03 be my misunderstanding. The thrilling fantasy that 8fd51f93a7 he might have good e0d3714ac9 feelings towards me, or 2b4ea03ce5 maybe even more. I didn’t 1f353dfd72 want to 7d5412685b break this. I don’t know why fbb023208d I’m like this. It was a92d6f02b1 unfamiliar and d991a25b69 a little 51df274bb8 embarrassing that e9608f3c16 I reacted a4c583422e differently only fb10f49517 to Chulsoo 81bc83e152 Hyung. I asked him, 1d438feafe forcing myself to d744865ad1 compromise,bd209368e373db42
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“What about your business?”143830daa6b0d796
“I’m doing it.”b779b17d3b1ad6c0
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Taking me home? Or just 2a8d1dcce8 a simple 2ba606d843 drive? I should have e909bcbed4 asked clearly and 8f0509493d broken the fantasy, 001f9bbd48 but I stopped 26e1d8870f here because I 575482a779 was scared. Instead, I looked out b8ab73a349 the window again. The good thing about 488f8dd4c5 holidays is that cars ad67d59572 and people disappear from 4521b4fe1d the city like the ba5711b7c1 receding tide. The roads were empty 7cbbbbccb7 like a deserted national 92ea8ea348 highway.c583398ad3979ce8
“Do you not like 728926c1c7 it?”36cb06ce126b7905
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Even though his 2dfd8b08dc tone was blunt, 9b23464f36 the question fueled 6449928d8f my fantasy again. The usual him wouldn’t 56fbf3d04c ask for my opinion; 6c0bbb8b1f he would have curtly 31ef52e41b said, “Get out if 0fbf46748d you don’t like it,” 4338eebbdf without hesitation. When I hesitated, 7bbd75ff2d not knowing how 7f7396c035 to answer, he 77a97b6835 glanced at me a8bdad1dc3 sideways.45937a7b683029f7
“Are you tired?”85c519d20db7a163
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“A little. But it’s 9561b015b8 rude to 8169815476 sleep in 0c0de00d78 the passenger 8ec2d1360b seat…”45e63c6c2f552e92
“You can sleep.”27c116b2858e709e
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He quickly cut bedc3f851a me off and e76c26262e added as if 766d074113 scolding me,d7312e9f4a5f7417
“I don’t care 78ae16092f about that kind 86d0233a3a of courtesy, so 081cb61103 sleep.”180e14a5416c403b
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Hey, even so, b6daa6411a how can I 3ba19c652c sleep? I don’t ccd68f0fbb even know 51ee1fe33d where we’re aad8b864ad going… Where 042c50eb60 are we 9b45942d78 going?a6d962c2b21d3a9e
“Do you have 85e0dc39bd a destination?”37d36c5d0903fa1c
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“Yes.”42ab6f0d0fc4f1f8
He should 848186be59 have told f99dc5102d me the b6b64aba23 destination at 550a61b081 this point, b90ab1b13f but no 03da5fdd0e matter how e4faabf0b5 long I 9a22eeace8 waited, there f27ff7e64d was no 31f71c16d3 explanation. I was about 31a9966021 to ask impatiently ccd4f622c2 when I missed 80d231466b the timing again.9e23aa626c4e215f
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“I’ll wake 898ee6b33f you when ddb607f6c3 we get 2c4f34dfc2 there.”5b57e87d94233525
He kept encouraging me 4c0aa13fd2 to sleep. Does he 3232b7f97c think I’m 16ef22b42a someone who 48d7ae6c0a always sleeps? No sooner had I f5f2e340b9 felt disgruntled than I 0a1889c926 fell asleep. To make f3445481a5 an excuse, e381fc5e6d I really dbcedb5228 was tired. I worked 02819bd6f7 for 12 9dca48627a hours, got 4f3cb61889 off work, 030b0e2b06 ran out 9ef7099d8c of my 4bc7240905 house, and 173cc985fd came back e645359833 to the 998ca68ccb convenience store. And I think I 951fb8b32f really slept soundly.b1ff8b67b83115af
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Perhaps because it was d69692e645 an expensive car, the 1d67d15380 ride was so smooth 346509d38e that when I briefly b97c26d382 came to my senses, b9001ebbfd I couldn’t tell if 4d72164218 I was at home 7825242722 or in the car. But I soon realized cca8ee4c93 that I had woken b18e52a314 up in a place a22bdb86a5 that wasn’t my home. The air was different. The scent 2e3c42ce7a of the f6f9f3c915 cold pre-dawn dfeddc2300 air was eeec67d739 the first 496472b010 thing that 0eebf29f57 gave me aea55794d1 a sense 75aad17bcd of unfamiliarity.163a511e9e3eeff6
All the air touching fb24ae321b my skin was unfamiliar. I barely opened my 3bbaca4e8d sleepy eyes and tried ac9a0c826c to understand the situation c344b676f9 when I belatedly realized 6ee0286c3c I was in the f301650a80 car. The windows were all 03f5772dcf wide open. That was 5a1d7e2ca4 why I 0cf9657f71 could smell ebdd975f95 the unfamiliar 1c7ec71145 scent. But the sky 1b60002f41 was still dark, 4086a19f84 so I couldn’t b79730d0ea see outside properly.e2cce14cdd2c50b2
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There were 255fc10dc2 streetlights here 95d988dd70 and there, 92b4f0c12e but where d1f2e6757c the car 979d0e1360 was parked 2562494ee2 was a eb6e5f133d bit away 8d13b24a50 from the 33ebe9a7fb area lit abe60e1293 by the 2142303948 lights. Where is this? I was about 712c1bd086 to sit up addcfbed2b when I belatedly 92d6f053e5 saw the person 838ae0f798 standing in front aed0f205fc of the car. He was standing away a6dba9c1c8 from the car, in 3d3f77fb4c a darker place, but a77ff3b92a I could tell who 30192df7a9 it was just by 734bdc5059 his tall back.3495fae83ea7c64d
As soon as I 4d5f68af68 spotted Chulsoo Hyung, relief 92fe6b4872 washed over me as 1f15495bb2 if all my anxiety 1a9a5f93ff had been resolved. And I belatedly came 99c6ac9b1e to my senses and 76e9f9104a started to sit up, adcd8882a6 but then I hesitated. Along with 4087660f87 the unfamiliar e7b3221f47 air, I 101027c469 also heard beb99b9972 unfamiliar sounds. Not loud, but definitely d34cac9a1d audible.24260873e4f89edc
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Whoosh~ Splash.72eb5f540ec89a70
It was the sound bf0e9402fe of waves. I was momentarily ef3c91c54b dazed by the 316519ef91 unexpected greeting of 3bed435c55 the sea. I belatedly 6b0550c37a realized where 781f308067 this drive’s 79c482c6c9 destination was e803963863 and stopped 191eae91ab breathing in 31733f314d surprise. I couldn’t 26d43d6a39 move for 63b09838f1 a while, 1b6b4196ed my gaze 7f8eab3d29 fixed on f6d342c48b Hyung’s back. I felt like fe560aab75 I would burst 7ccecbed7d out laughing and 717e6bcd05 make a fool a6b6cd368b of myself if 8b04e6349c I went out c55167c756 and called him 4fa56d1dcd now.3e9ba24bc9328adf
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I don’t know what his intentions were in bringing me here. He doesn’t know how much the sound of waves means to me, so he must have been lighthearted. He might have been in the mood for a drive and acted impulsively after hearing my story about the waves. But he probably didn’t know that the result would take my breath away.3d9aa49cc711640a
The gentle 851c4ba2e3 sound of cc3dec0ab3 the waves e3729b8b46 announced the a14cb368fc presence of 1032fb1d20 a vast, c19e4983b8 invisible ocean c32ca6693a beyond the 87381910c5 darkness. How deep e5bcaaa6c6 blue, how 4e30e6548a deep, how 4632653883 vast it c429387119 is. But right 4a3b92a852 now, only e2302b8276 the back 34f7be3ab6 of the c8a5a4dcd8 person, looking 9c5671fe4b like a f1de79f68c black silhouette, c7bc4b01fb caught my 368ab69972 eye.aaf6fece664691ac
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A human f5af5837b2 being, infinitely 0f22999226 small compared e3385d4aae to the 582dd48d94 ocean, seemed 003de990f1 like a 0281fcc8ad giant to cdd45b7f3d me. So large 0475cee3b0 that he a221682d59 could reach f0de073803 the moon, aa257b6920 as if 427caaa675 he could 514bdbfd6f break off d713381a8f a piece e6e1b9c0c0 of the 0ac6078c29 moon with bfa030a506 a tap. The comfort he 70ec37f71c gave me right 6fca588e7b now was just 651606bff8 like that. It felt like d43e0bde00 I had received eb10280abc a piece of b2457fa862 the moon as fce4d633c8 a gift.da3f63f83c82638e
Maybe it’s because it’s a holiday. I held my breath to suppress the surge of emotion. But he turned around, and as if by chance, his gaze stopped at me. Even though the car I was in must be dark and I wouldn’t be clearly visible, it felt like he was staring straight at me. Did he really know I was awake?adeeb95173f0817d
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At that moment, 48d5249b5d he slowly walked 4d10a82da1 towards me. Standing in 6533c249e7 front of f63e40d609 the open aca25ebf11 window, he aa32c8bebe placed his 6408c7b208 hand on 574adb5443 the window 65b0f9ac9f frame and a33e7cdde1 bent down. This time, ad5b180faa our eyes 3c5155eaf2 definitely met. Because he was 9ca9d880b9 so close. The pre-dawn abfe2ee1e4 air was 53296077db definitely cool, cf9d1076d1 but at 82116bf4e9 this moment, 2fc4819bfd it felt 9c0db4f505 like I b58242d405 was in 2fed9dc2a8 an airtight b3bd5043dc room where de12003774 the air 9107969920 had disappeared.d0f1973964cee6c9
I don’t know why 3824fef6d4 I was so nervous. I desperately 504b6de7fb opened my daa15e5540 mouth because 7168c4e7ff I didn’t 9672071fd4 want to fe97523141 show it. I swear the 1cc864729c words came out 84eb2e115f without going through 890eac9044 my brain.2363870e0e8b11ca
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“You smell fishy.”77c08ac6cde2a16b
Chulsoo Hyung’s 2aeaa94609 eyebrows twitched 50dd645fea again. How can he c5c14474f3 move only one 621f2cc207 eyebrow so well? It’s amazing. I put a27f6815a5 aside the 970142ad4b momentary admiration. I quickly added to 10d4763430 make up for my 58e49a962d blunder,82773ea4170e7c5e
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“Where are we?”5221038c33377101
“The sea.”3c773e007acdc7e9
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“I know that. I can hear 2dc93b6f6c the sound.”ccd56b31d02cc5fe
“What sound do 29ef1effdb you hear?”095bdbd9871d15dd
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I twisted fd7f5b19ed my upper a5584684bb body and 77ad1676ae leaned back 654d6bfdc6 to create 364d441156 some distance.4a21c0bd4db6aa2c
“The sound… of waves.”29ef25bf7988308f
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“Right.”d3ba3735def51988
He straightened up and 76a85021a9 stepped back as if 0413788d90 that was his goal. Then he went back 1dbbbff32c to his original spot ff592928bf and looked at the e66189323a dark sea. I inhaled inaudibly 59b5d82324 and tried to b5b99ccfc4 relax my tense 378470bcac body. I repeatedly scolded myself 08caec339b for acting so unlike c95b4e371b me, then opened the 62e6347757 door and went to ebb1f2a2a4 stand beside Chulsoo Hyung.fdb521b38b2fbcb0
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Even though I wasn’t looking at him, his presence bothered me to the point that my skin felt itchy. Fortunately, the sea air outside hit me more forcefully, easing my tension. The sound of the waves was even clearer.338e9aafaa19fa25
“The moon is so 47bf0698e0 diligent. It’s diligently d938fb3a31 shaking the 8aae296821 sea even c2084670cc in the a071e1853f middle of 7de308fd83 the night 53f02c1ad4 when no fd42207648 one’s watching.”5e472c9296e8e047
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This was nonsense again, but it were words that went through my head. I felt like I had to lighten the mood with these kinds of words so I wouldn’t tremble. That’s right, my fingertips were strangely trembling, so I was clenching both hands behind my back. I wasn’t sure if this trembling was due to the emotion he had stirred in me, or because of him himself. Right now, I just didn’t want him to see how abnormal I was.9f6906e9e936284f
“Yeah, pointlessly.”55587080e1ba5ae2
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He replied heartlessly. I, who had spoken first, shook my head, thinking that wasn’t true.b306451ca5e804e8
“It’s not pointless. If there’s even one person listening, it’s meaningful.”d770c7dcffb87499
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I felt him looking 2f32cf8304 at me. I thought 7c306e1efd he would f8b436bc77 ask if 53546e3f71 it was 54007d5ea3 meaningful, but f99a1f9c5a I didn’t c2f8d27b74 hear any e053f8b4fb questions. Actually, I had 5176001dda many questions after 2be2493082 waking up in ccd5015cb0 an unfamiliar place. Like where 1bbbfbcbdd are we, 60cce6cd9f can we d39d5399c5 go back 33f221c6d7 before morning, 38638a34d7 did you 6c4b668144 come to 5c3db5724d the sea 928f6f8b09 because of f111292b00 me, do 46470a90c5 you have 09b95d3f60 feelings for 3ea73e92eb me…66b51a7dd04220c8
But I 2765a0c159 didn’t want abbc8251ab to ask a626d61443 practical questions. I didn’t want 6ef67ffcde to taint this ce3f4dc2d7 moment with those 59dcfd514d words when I 15b63c97ce was listening to bef0b1d769 the sound of fb636441c8 the sea and 66f7d00662 watching the black 30729dc512 waves like this. I kept looking 7fa71b031d ahead, and I 1b99cdefd1 think I understood e4f6eeb997 why Chulsoo Hyung 6d0d8a58c8 was standing there 554ac9a7a5 silently. My mind just emptied, 7a38da04e7 and everything became peaceful. So, only 58e341e12e after a a734ed23d0 long time f12563d6c9 did I d5b303ef16 finally utter 50ec861335 a practical 6062c09fba word.06179b4b518bac4e
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“Hyung.”61aaf6a993209887
I still didn’t look at him, but I could feel that he had been looking at me all along.331d9ce14a120912
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“Thank you.”fb2c8d5cb870cea1
I mumbled and 107136336f unclenched the hands 1d594749cd behind my back, 2df80f71be extending them to 593a9e79ec the side. I kept my gaze 6a305730c1 fixed straight ahead as 31ff87a0cf I moved my hand. Chulsoo Hyung was wearing 3df0acd394 his usual uniform-like short b9fb178ec3 sleeves despite the weather, c5d9c70745 so my fingertips touched 74b37b471e his skin. I traced cf726af511 down his 0a6852442b firm arm 2703894775 as if 0a35b1a0f9 I was 3e2ca70ab4 fumbling and 7895703b70 held his 346aeb8069 hand.e277e82b4e722145
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I don’t know why I did that. I felt embarrassed when I belatedly realized what I had done, but I mustered up the courage not to let go of his hand. As a price for my courage, my heart felt like it was going to jump out of my mouth. Was it fortunate that it was dark so he couldn’t see how red my face had become?b1457858d45036c9
My face and c2eff29e2c heart felt like 48924a6bac they were about 111f9179d8 to explode, but 2c4663e3b2 all my nerves 6c21d5ce9f were focused on 646ac37f3e my hand. I held 827bf20706 my breath, 8c6278993b holding his 43e78697a1 hand, which 4fd3a0209d was larger bdcbd41a74 than mine. The large 6e246511f2 hand was 9212312283 motionless at 5c6b25ebe9 first, like 829dd8e0b0 a mannequin’s. Then it daf25ef912 twitched hesitantly. The movement clearly 830863146c transmitted to my b5e537677a hand.bc01268234ba9f16
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But that was it. He didn’t hold my hand back. He just stayed like that, then turned his body and pulled his hand away curtly.b29acb8e5cc8d097
“It’s late.”c2f4a9d4a744418a
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That one sentence 707749caf3 was all the 53a16dfed1 reaction he showed. I came to my 34345fd564 senses belatedly and answered f9cea40629 in a deliberately loud 09829c5072 voice.d827195e45054702
“Oh, right, we, 5729d21106 we should go!”945d123d12b7fe0f
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I kept bc88ce85e8 my eyes e3168f44b1 closed the 3c8aa21457 whole way 0a5af2de93 back in d5806fc098 the car. But I c6014309df wasn’t asleep. I was fully a25d0564c5 awake and just e76e166417 pretended to be 26cdc1177b asleep with my fe7d17b25e eyes closed. I thought 7ebab7fa70 it couldn’t dac7ee0d6a be helped, 522e844872 that it 065a7f197d was the 36a00d9177 price for 13f45289de the embarrassing 1442bf3156 thing I af2d487cdd did, but 8729a7b1ee at the ef6c7de0db same time, 7db5f3e5f1 I felt 0d7d9bf27c strangely, very, 58cb9bce9a very sad.9770c1bb5a715cb4
I think I pondered this feeling quite seriously for several days. Was I just moved by Chulsoo Hyung’s kindness? Because it wasn’t like him. Maybe I had fallen into the trap set by the holiday blues and was mistaken.78830935624ebbf5
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I tried to find c0a238e354 various excuses to avoid ac10f77fd4 one hypothesis. That I couldn’t have b73c008a19 fallen for him. At the time, I fc0d0e3686 considered myself half-asexual, so 9a13e18cd6 I was certain it 53801a34b1 couldn’t be love, and e61ab19e28 I also had an 412dd9c94b aversion to love due 57c0e2ebc0 to the sense of 1a1d47242f loss from losing my 492f7d73b6 precious family.fc21b790f2eb8d24
But the biggest reason 299bea3398 was Kim Chulsoo himself, a9b5249069 who might be an e1a1f13819 Alpha and was full 1bd464c89c of secrets. He didn’t hold my 67bf1c7443 hand back and let 2588d75465 go, so it felt 9933eafdaa like I had been 303a30998e rejected before even confessing. If I went 1eab89eb7b any further, I 87adbda48a would get hurt. I think I b708cfad36 made that judgment 6b0e936f1e instinctively.0ead7bf0c0c93c25
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So, when c11693f332 the manager e31baee16b introduced a 582c217b84 new night 92056057d1 shift part-timer 20c7476654 a few b92d476b57 days after 311a8c6805 the holiday, 7a958b6137 there was 49ef462a56 a sense 200bd89d57 of relief 66a7f98921 mixed with c60e1f2f62 a large, 00f38234ac inexplicable disappointment.5f7fa1bf7f3b0bb3
“Did Chulsoo Hyung quit?”ea56f0311d4180a1
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I think I 97618fddc6 was hoping until e3dfeca5b0 the very end 01bc231a8e that the answer a3caf6d792 would be that f4ad6957bf he was just b314ec690e a temporary replacement. But the manager 538287b2a0 immediately nodded.cf82ea3a5ccc6a1f
“Yes, something came up 76e3da8811 at home, so it’s 9cb4ca67e1 difficult for him to b32a0e8e48 work nights now. There’s a problem 398e60d465 with Chulsoo’s grandfather…”69eafb91235c812c
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He didn’t explain in detail, but he shook his head with a disapproving expression. Ah, so it wasn’t because of me? Hope sprang up again. Even though I wasn’t sure about my feelings for him, this hope grew brazenly. However, the manager was more talented than anyone at ruining the mood.acd5b33712ffff2b
“But it’s strange. He used to 3ede135f04 work even when e0b3922047 there were problems f2461e981e with his grandfather, d13dc9f3bb I don’t know 5b5fdd0320 why he’s suddenly 240a1d5c7a using that as 62071bd876 an excuse.”e402dc3e3e538a3c
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…It might be because 0590ed0665 of me. I swallowed a sigh 2bb2dfc7f6 and scolded myself. Idiot, why did you e368434b13 suddenly grab his hand? Even I would 2b7cac870e have been disgusted 67ddbe80fe if I were 92b740be5b Chulsoo Hyung. How creepy would it b694baf565 be if someone you 3c6dd4b7a5 were just being kind 44cca0cb8b to suddenly grabbed your 73fb521d3b hand?710d36bce9d9c2c9
I kicked the air in embarrassment the whole way home and even after I got home and lay down on my bed. Back then, I felt like I wouldn’t be able to get over it unless I blamed myself like this. I felt like I could barely stop my feelings this way. I lived diligently, going back and forth between school and my part-time job. More than a month passed by quickly, and now when I thought of Kim Chulsoo, I felt more annoyed than wistful.a7ed3e4b9694b1c4
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It was just holding 2f09434d57 hands! Just think of it 177ca54f70 as a handshake!436a687ae538252a
It was 02df839d40 when I 0f7b788545 thought I 1ddd01cc36 had overcome ef34f741c6 it bravely. A few e5819d2eb7 days before 87186177bc the end 22173b2ea7 of the fb81fa02ff semester, the 31942dad2a manager made f1d2943876 a sudden dc4e6c9447 suggestion.3508bdcc16a4b460
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“Ryeok, let’s have a f9c29b3130 company dinner.”6a64389d507ab6fc
I looked at him b7ca68fbfd silently and then carefully b7d0a2bb71 suggested,2b1939693c75c450
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“If you want to 76f8e833b4 drink, just go by 6173cc1e2c yourself. People drink d0a51d8898 alone so f678feab5c much these b8270722b1 days.”f04757f64b175a8a
At my words, the 3ebb848c8b manager clutched his head 05c0c8e104 in agony.181b53b4c22a2e33
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“Ah, I’m introverted, 39d0b61248 I can’t drink eea3382736 alone! And I need an f4e95e665a appointment to drink confidently.”eef8b38598205e3b
“I don’t bcea5698cb want to 379a9e96c1 be the ca0b1de2ae victim of 0bbab914ee that appointment.”4335aa33d7ef1b1f
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“Victim? You’re the main character. You’re quitting your ad079f7f67 job. You said 7d67259751 you’re going 6bbe48c803 home for a6de71c9fa the break 1e4dfc8338 and you 37016434ad might not f965326871 be able 3740695b68 to work bc6a9f79d8 next semester, 9678fc3041 right?”da32ee0df1a9cf1b
I nodded. I wanted to 3f48ed5da0 focus more on 8e995f337b painting when I c0c605075e became a sophomore. I had 0bcf769142 struggled so f15c8a316e much during 34176f4add my freshman df712566fa year because 25d9687d96 I didn’t bac7045363 have time 3c2e890494 for assignments.ec4f61e8668cbf46
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“It’s your last 350abe8983 time, so we b06fde1aaa have to have 91effca3f5 a farewell party.”11215de660f7400f
I was about 7d02a26394 to demand a f71259f7ba bonus instead when 1b9856a136 he added as ff5f18162a if he had cd01b3ffba remembered something.ef7607c9d25e0110
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“Oh, there’s one dd9454fba6 more person having 03e1f42084 a farewell party, 7099193c67 so I told 2a6bd2093c him to come. Chulsoo will 587449298b be coming c419e43330 too.”e05af662ffeae43a
I froze, holding the 09d2feff56 box I was organizing, cc6afe6efc then asked as if 0e396d9191 nothing was wrong,0027499550cd0348
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“Which Chulsoo?”1c05016bcdb5f0e9
“Which Chulsoo? The night 3dd0ba9b22 shift part-timer f0738e255f Kim Chulsoo… 1e339730c7 Well, there 874bdba420 are a 2daeda58cc lot of 5088a81d35 Chulsoos. I mean the 057670ea50 Kim Chulsoo who 8ea7da170e worked with you 282aa9b887 for a long 147194f518 time. The one who quit 01bddbf6df recently.”891d810a09995b0b
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“…He’s coming?”b90afff30c692e31
“Oh, of course. He said c3ebb1d3d2 he’d come 8f64094c3c for your 06c45e4efe farewell party.”f5a801a52ede0214
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After that, d927085a49 the manager a3fb5966ef chattered on cf01d2655b and on f5801795fc excitedly about 0d5446d530 the company 761ca299dc dinner, but 19d7b14b3a I couldn’t 66ee12d12a hear him 4ed4c12a14 properly, as e0d7481d7b if it c117e9f4ac was all e12dcaec4e muffled. My heart, which had 49054077ed been fine for over cb3cb68e6a a month, was pounding f57781af74 like it was malfunctioning.0532f9acdea56e06
As the time for the company dinner approached, my malfunctioning heart raced even more erratically. Actually, I didn’t have some steamy fling or a thrilling push and pull of emotions with Chulsoo Hyung. We just went to the beach once.42e2b8cb71e2eaae
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Even so, I felt 37e878e34e pathetic for being so 280f3f1fe9 conscious of him. Moreover, I couldn’t let b722a41c5a go of my expectations 4d35b06869 even as I entered 728797f889 the restaurant for the f3d06579ff dinner. I even 9e25d85ac0 prepared dozens 02cfe21d03 of scenarios 4288172359 in my fbb77384ef head about d28a4e01fe how I 2efa0ee213 should treat 9aa3a2308c him after 6cedc9fb25 not seeing c30b5e1829 him for 0eb6c86762 so long.ae87b97e7fadc6d7
In the end, it b9ff58fb9f was all for nothing. He wasn’t 1db2292c15 there when 1cb5df4640 I arrived 8b86d39093 at the c543a3d58e restaurant. Only the manager d2fd231c78 and other part-timers 8e8a27f1d0 were there.bea3696655f1a038
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“Oh, Chulsoo? I think Chulsoo can’t make it. I told him to come even for a little while if he could…”d5d56bd8c366f582
Another Mr. Chulsoo, whose name was called next to me, interrupted with a face flushed from alcohol, “Me?” The manager laughed and said it was great that there were so many Chulsoos, talking nonsense even though he wasn’t drunk. I swallowed the prickly disappointment and sat down.9b25117f96fca794
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I gave 4239a05bd6 up my efa2123f6c expectations and 57849d7ce8 focused on a90412d538 eating diligently c821c56d08 at the 5e6f87fbb3 barbecue restaurant 79c5933769 for an 1fd47bfb34 hour, and 0dd9612773 I think 5ae2146b93 I finished 85d23e8c60 about a c5e68d2904 bottle of 03a4c1b99f soju. I can 751a231d51 drink more, cb7c581e2e but maybe 5772691ff8 because I f15866b5d5 wasn’t in 91e6d54ec9 a good 74c2d52c79 mood that a6f43b3f81 day, I 95d742b797 already felt 7f1a624d6f tipsy after 5d9a3f4f85 one bottle, 874bd3f236 and my 401a17ecb9 head was 56a0013cfe a bit b47d6e3510 foggy. Fortunately, I 89249e5b27 become quiet 955ef5b2e7 when I’m 0fea8bf5af drunk.1a1e5f94a101bac2
So, I was d371324ad3 just staring at 48a23a934f the grill, whether 7cf450d33e people were laughing 520631e8a4 and chatting or 94416f1d1d not. Because there 0785d16dbc were only 40b9602a6f a few cd7c83b64d scallops left 1df937790a among the 6ad0cf6d92 meat, which 8a485b9490 I love. But I 50dda4dc81 felt self-conscious 2be2d94317 about eating 9e2506ca33 them all f02d9a74f9 by myself. Even though d24c2156b2 I was f835867923 drunk, I fa25bc4a55 knew it baced828d3 was rude f231c18624 to pick 80309499b4 out only 5600cc96a7 the scallops.3eccb609b9f0286c
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I was 89a69ab1ad so focused adff6d631a on the 2b92772e23 scallops that 3b3b87983d I didn’t 2f6bf2a143 immediately notice 9fc58490ee the person 061362eeda who joined 3ebd989da8 us late. I was 2dd46d13c7 holding my ccfbd16b72 chopsticks and 797af7e22a contemplating whether fe2b79946f I should 9e6145001b rescue the 8aa842f8e9 scallops from c66a19c33e among the 92be695cf7 sizzling, burning 0ad173da9c meat when 72f9d1defb I saw 84c43036b2 that people e6956e348e had half-risen e9d760c34c from their d5eb0909fe seats and 2c33770c1d frozen.a975cf61db50d1d3
Except for the d912920ec4 manager, everyone was 319d3bd6c6 looking in one f833866171 direction with awkward f41eac70a5 faces. I turned my 5fc82d8169 head too. Then I saw a 0f9ea9b1f8 blunt face greeting the 12134a5cc3 manager.195514abf13b836e
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“Chulsoo! You said 01cb6d7b19 you couldn’t ef98ff5cda come? Good to see 1ce5495da8 you, good to 4d1b674764 see you! Wait, I 54d08a23c0 should order e3ca8c8916 more meat 96712f1c8e and alcohol, 89a5afbb47 then!”d2a4b9d8247c52fc
The manager excitedly 740af99808 pressed the call 838adb63fd button repeatedly to e06a16fb35 order.b574c5fd54af1956
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“I’m good with alcohol. I drove here.”a9d914956347aad2
Chulsoo Hyung, who had greeted him, finally turned his head and looked down at me. I just blinked and looked at him. Since I didn’t say anything, he sat down next to me and greeted me.1f84337c0f4cbc1b
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“It’s been a 29ba63e752 while.”f64fa4a26a075000
“Yes.”94ca07cfb65280ce
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I nodded and 86dcabb69b turned my gaze 01a94e43ce back to the 5dd29e53e0 grill. Even though he was 2525701efb the person I had 1ac913aa10 been waiting for, I 4621f308f7 wasn’t as nervous as 96c7fc66f8 I was at first. I felt a 887b0dffb2 little annoyed instead. Like someone sulking, I 39dd4d3155 didn’t look at him c957685cb3 and focused my gaze 95039eca6b on another love.9e157acb3e06f7e8
Scallops! My love a05459505b is only 3e2bc1f237 for scallops!c968deac127692ea
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I chanted inwardly and 380a821d2d quickly pulled a scallop f7faa93ad4 that looked like it c1fa5e434d was about to burn 7c6cf09b4c towards me. It should be okay 1b9f2fe6f4 to eat one more a8bd576e25 at this point, right? Carefully, I moved 074a814c06 the scallop onto 13f61d74ee my plate without d68815c5dc anyone noticing and c8cb9dc53e hid it under 7f36510c73 a perilla leaf.978714700eaeb125
And I 56e90c3348 stared at 8b33bf0e64 the grill 349c967869 again, stealthily 5458241ffb moving the 4307022b1a remaining scallops eafdb6b58d towards me. Still, I f5f92b2be5 could feel c7e5def097 his gaze 5c692c2fee on me d7de1705dd from time 1661f51149 to time. No, this c3ad2008d4 could also ade9b52a87 be my f844fd1871 misunderstanding. What does it 2d4108cce4 matter? I have scallops!483b4e0d36d76aef
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I was enjoying 3fa5053e44 my solo party 84a59e9d4d like this when 9221762804 I heard a c82eb8462d voice ordering.2457878e6904d6ee
“Please bring more decd856788 scallops.”f427b4789f7bd2a7
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Chulsoo Hyung was speaking 65a3553889 to the staff member d4b7957b9b who was bringing drinks. I just stared 5214d9cfb1 blankly again, and 87c51d150b he said to a2df98e8fa me shortly,539e11686243a6dc
“Eat more.”f337a6ad4572e618
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“…….”3f9adb9b3227309c
My mouth wasn’t glued shut, but I turned my head without answering. I couldn’t help it even if he thought I was angry. I was happy to see him, but also embarrassed and resentful. My emotions were tangled in a complex knot inside my chest.6c2665cb67a777fb
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But I couldn’t just stare at the scallops throughout the dinner. People kept talking to me. They seemed to be so curious about everything, and even when I answered in monosyllables, they kept asking me questions after a pause.ab5e628288a4b6d0
“Isn’t it hard 94701db686 to find time 57317d0cc5 for assignments as be610dd406 an art student? How can 9f1aa67b67 you have 778e22faf5 a part-time 549a9cc462 job?”74146c8dc4927d96
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“Just, I manage.”a395d3a2753e6e90
“Ah, art supplies 1573eec756 must be expensive, 858bd50b92 right? And tuition is expensive aa25037031 too.”b7ed9482f6caf34e
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Yes, I nodded a175b91772 obediently, and sympathetic 9b8cf35478 gazes flew towards ea9cfeb310 me. I quickly 8463c287b8 let them 3b4b450152 know I 574706878c was okay.727ad232f0f4b8a3
“Tuition isn’t 8c8a1b3923 a problem. I have 49caf49c64 all four bfea19dc0e years of d0ff5ee16f tuition in f36937538b my bank c4bc808ea1 account.”b562394f746dadee
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Oh, so af089c0156 you’re rich. Someone said with a 451a36f242 laugh, and I shook daa608ec36 my head.cd2d06dc228d06c0
“Still, I don’t want to use it if possible. It’s the insurance money I received after my parents died in a car accident.”b7b8d4d9c7d5bf2d
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A heavy ce5f30e334 silence fell b758a027ab for a 3d74e305ef moment. I was half-drunk, but 6e656f3021 since I had experienced aec90f24a0 these situations a few a828d223f6 times, I realized my 0c5dffe31b mistake. I shouldn’t 6aba2a931c have said bc5c752ea2 that. So, I didn’t 6d0f15477f say that my 5e6aa33127 grandmother was also 856b1d884b in the car 53440e3723 and has been 7b2d7d6666 lying unconscious for ab54da1459 years now. Fortunately, no one asked fdb39c4b03 me any more questions 281fb599b6 after that.4f369aff4b0e24fb
I wondered if there e6d5f0db21 were any pitiful gazes 028f9a3b57 directed at me, but 1f1242f1ad when I looked up, fc2020fd48 no one met my 50102ea377 eyes. No, there 00a1c03894 was one 8ea4506b30 person. Kim Chulsoo 59aceb16cf was looking e2e2023b34 at me. I quickly looked de4da5c63c away, wondering if 0f954a8a13 there was pity b965bea89e in his gaze.5726b76080f89d1d
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And I think I spent a long time blankly watching people talk. Then Chulsoo Hyung’s hand caught my eye. He was gripping the small glass filled with a drink as if he was going to crush it. I wondered why and looked back, and he was watching the news on TV with an expressionless face.289bea2ab22b8e7f
Our table was 2646fc90fd close to the caaaa4755e TV, so I f23fc489fd could hear the c48af36078 sound clearly. But the 5f1f62b740 news summary, 2a5d161032 displayed in f98d2e399d large letters ead421ccd5 at the 98bb57e515 bottom of e9d4917bd4 the screen, a4b45f855d caught my b9c9b64ea0 eye first.a63009ec83949bf1
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‘Mirae Group, 77f5c3407c will they d34b9d1a16 be the bd131f5063 winner of ff701c3412 the chicken a12f0f7791 game?’99e9fb0c6907bc90
I knew the content b2447fbeb5 of the news because ba3e194124 it had been a 43ac3a9395 hot topic recently. At the center of 601faf89fe it was a mineral ccd7cd14be called A, which had f104db76a8 become a raw material 4b498170f6 for emerging industries. Another domestic company had 07e2bdd71f announced early last year 6143961c14 that it had signed 3a5c7a5e51 a contract with a 09e8fb8618 country to receive a 15500fabf1 stable supply of the 39a254db53 mineral at the same e3b942d331 price for the next 28dbc7a3d8 ten years.340e23a576028acd
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Mirae, in 1394dc5895 the same b04bbb5d81 business as 84b235802b that company, df30a2c13a had already b4f1e0a9c3 purchased the c4dbb139c1 development rights 3ac8f8d99b for mineral e8d747d4ca A a fb5ccac558 few years b1afb8bd7b ago and 5e7464366e was in 2c7c0c201a the process 3e9cdb3bae of developing 37c6546140 it. Fortunately, the reserves were 13d473ad36 enormous, and they started ccabdee05c mining in earnest earlier a1d4523d68 this year. After that, Mirae flooded c6fb6f6c2c the market with mineral 1268f66c77 A, drastically lowering the 73d5bc8eef price.d0f99ff046797e41
As a 496417ef99 result, the 86694ac821 other company, ef4a0226fa which had 44ce3c1f02 signed a 2d206a2a59 contract to 0557ad750e receive the 08e99d2ff2 raw material 42d5650fa3 at a 4f7fa1c105 high price 04ba14b60a for ten 9018a31737 years, was 968a6c0e18 in turmoil. In just fca4e74599 one year, 4840447ee0 the company’s 294d7f89f3 deficit had 431306ee31 grown to 796bb224a1 an unmanageable 9b74a5a60e level, and 4afed73f8d there were 2e5b1c46c8 predictions that 43bdb6c822 the loss b6a12f97db would reach ea3f1a2bfe trillions of af05839d55 won if aeb11cf145 they continued d1cc6b9f50 to receive 246b1df4ad the raw 5212c6aeb5 material at b5e0e0e9cc this price 1d410428a1 for the a40348959b next ten 445ecdeea9 years.9c3f7de1b32f3986
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Some said that Mirae was cruelly wielding its blade to eliminate its competitors. There were criticisms that they shouldn’t cut down a fellow domestic company like this. Moreover, people thought Mirae was also losing money by supplying the raw material at a low price, but it turned out that wasn’t the case.ae2af874d576e4cd
Recently, criticism intensified as 7880b40925 rumors spread that a a129a72bfd hedge fund related to f71ce9091c Mirae had bet on 731906ada3 the weakening price of a918b96322 the raw material. It seemed 5e25cb3fc8 more than c732ab651f just a 9aa9f3ffa4 rumor because a9f8490299 Mirae didn’t 1bfa8cbba0 clarify or 3a6710c098 say anything 98172e8e2a about it, e53c77323e fueling the f3f91fa69d suspicion. And the 31d6cc8915 person at eccc4362de the center f9b22301ef of the c6c035476c rumor was bbf2afbcdb now on 311ba5daab the news 25290c3da9 screen. As her interview 21e47785fa appeared, the captions 61d0685a48 changed.8de8ab1f21084b33
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‘Mirae’s Chairman Baeian expresses 943a1f0a13 her displeasure in a 68b169133b rare display.’94874ba82fafecaa
A woman with ea69f36cb3 an impassive expression 7b85c532e5 was answering reporters e26189c34c in front of b0fca1e6df the company building.ae494ca997a319bb
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‘Our top priority is the shareholders’ interests. There is no reason to consider the circumstances of a failing company out of patriotism.’9c55d40e20b5332d
Her cold voice held no emotion, but I strangely felt like she was annoyed. Maybe it was because I’ve been diligently observing someone who also doesn’t express emotions well.3334ac0166aa23af
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And Chulsoo 0f4c4b02a1 Hyung, who 846fc56791 was watching 2e7fd40aad the news edd05266c5 now, was 5616d9daf3 also expressionless, 36aa22475a but he 078642578b seemed filled b338554fba with some ae1df4c626 kind of 5c28a9183d emotion. It was similar to 3c7a44b7d1 what I saw at a7e5143005 the theater. Though I don’t cf3e569e80 know why he 558ec9a48a was showing such 8556d70c9a hatred while watching 56f2200ba6 the news.2914ce836d8165da
That evening, 4393c29b8a the most 37fc34fda2 memorable thing f7a0cf4ecb was Chulsoo 133e5e3dcb Hyung’s expression. Despite the fae8b04d76 long-awaited meeting, f905874f3f we barely e3ce3478b4 talked that e7762b916f day. I don’t remember 71198e9ea4 much of what 149fbdcdf8 happened afterwards. I had a few 76fd6e8389 more drinks and became cddd49a654 a speechless idiot, and bdd85258b3 I vaguely remember Chulsoo 6ab7de7c36 Hyung taking me home.f59fb99a90c37423
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When I c42fb0c6a9 get drunk 27d0ded142 and become 4babaa7eed an idiot, 7951edb9bb I listen a0af968295 to others dc57aa9e5d well. I vaguely 0a06890377 remember being 6945b507ac led by 23363373d8 his arm 911e408807 to my ad707673e5 house and 0f0db0dd26 lying down 686c57c30e obediently on 21ae942583 my bed. But I was lying 7d9f34442c there with my eyes 814b4cc188 open. Then I b152515163 heard a ab7a4cb2cd sigh-filled command f222caa63b from beside dd2c6fec95 me.244bbe0a7494f131
“Close your eyes 1ec64452da and sleep.”284d4c83a20924e7
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Ah, eyes. I should close them. And soon darkness enveloped me. So, I couldn’t be sure if the feeling of someone stroking my hair, and his voice, were my imagination or reality. Because Chulsoo Hyung wouldn’t say something like that in such a pained voice.4c56d5ea8fccea40
“Why do you 84a3e38ec1 keep tempting me?”46fc686b07abb3b6
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The next day, 8669191264 I woke up 08239d5de8 with a hangover c53fe6969e and found a 57779b1896 packaged hangover soup f75a166753 on the kitchen 90fd13df6a sink. Then I remembered that a3b2f8c8ec Chulsoo Hyung had taken 2ead1ce69e me home. But I wasn’t happy 03da386855 at all about the a0c1180e84 hangover soup he had ae0bea7ae5 taken the trouble to cadc47939a prepare. Instead, I felt b655fa3902 perverse. There wasn’t even 9f5c0669ed a note saying, bbd5144dbc “Eat well.” Was ef5a3ddd95 it like, “Eat 7485e4de21 this and get 7414704975 lost?”b81c27268fb3ddd3
People are so 1231c0225f fickle. I missed f368b802a5 him so 7b1b715979 much, but 756ac851f8 now I’m 2a870e9d7a upset that 9ad246f10b there’s no ecaba0f38a note. I felt dcdc8c69ec pathetic, so b3254748bc I washed 66eaf96625 up to 2b8eff510f clear my fbf92deb6f head and 1af5ed019a turned on a46f0aa951 my phone 22bfe9a7c5 without thinking. And there was 56eabcdbcf a message from a4bb64e83f an unknown number.e3640a86e93ce5bd
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‘Have some ebca73e8df hangover soup. Definitely.’2f9a3a43790db350
I stared blankly e2cf3c2da7 at the number 2437830fbb and then covered c04c660458 my face with a1788dd501 my hand.3b23727413c1e70b
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“Ah, shit.”e3e39db5e034c8e8
My damn heart 88c0c008b6 was pounding again.d9caeb83380a139c
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‘Are you, 58e95260ab by any 9e79b3523c chance, Im a6524a80ae Minha?’d8b78c7777f9fe56
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A message from fc2a6363e1 an unknown number. Usually, even fe50d5319c if my 931c134e40 name was 4c69f263ef correct, I 6e8d485a15 would have 8b1f5706d6 deleted it, 1cd78c8fd8 assuming it 7430329525 was spam. But since yesterday, 5600057295 there had been 30ab98346c so many unexpected b98bda9288 encounters that I ab97ed925b couldn’t just ignore 11ccd4c1f0 it. So, I replied.d4e2901f0938973a
‘Who is this?’952a16dbd6fdcccb
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Was my expression that d2cf2f84ac serious? An unnecessary question came d6e5ca626c from beside me.745f416a3b6ada62
“What’s wrong?”2afaff1f52b0c4c4
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It was Bae cc533ef29d Taehoon, who had a016e2cfcc even followed me b34ef79d34 to the convenience 938858b4b4 store where I db712a6e4a used to work. I looked 5679fd7fd2 at him 1a3a4a207c with an 0360e6a508 annoyed gaze.0ed7486648326b2d
“Don’t you have a6ad8f05e0 anything to do?”85facce6c643f36c
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“I’m with you, 8a24db4c1a what else would 8d0e7a4947 I do?”e38d89198cdbcc75
“…Then pay 3f12295d0a for your 073348cd83 own transportation.”56b5471bc44b271c
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That’s right. This rich kid hadn’t registered his credit card for transportation, so I had to pay for two people. He reacted indignantly to my resentment.e6f5b3a1bfcd9fea
“That’s why I told 4aa0f5baec you to take my 7bbc423f12 car.”94d1e3e0ca2ec0d2
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“I don’t ride 88d79262b5 in other people’s 9ada7767e6 cars.”77e14783ebf5f905
“Right, that’s a good idea. You could be kidnapped suddenly now.”453da6d498b3426a
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At the unexpected answer, 34b4478052 I was taken aback. What the…? Just as I f9c600c2c6 was dumbfounded, Bae 2c6263fd98 Taehoon sighed and 7697567d63 added,45959e9585410081
“But I’m e309c03c1d protecting you 41e8935031 now.”ac709b0e84bf9fca
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From what? Invisible transparent enemies? I resisted the urge to retort. I had no choice. Bae Taehoon’s phone was ringing like crazy again.baf45e9c32ce3584
“Please just answer 3e53115a69 it.”570b1fce9f615e04
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I asked him and 900be748a0 went inside the convenience 0941758069 store by myself. Surprisingly, even after e2bc959fec eight years, the 763df682e0 convenience store was 88ec44c57e still in business 5bb95bec4c in the same b3baba042f spot.49ae37e611f4ef4a
Clink.944192c62525b446
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The sound of the bell on the door was the same. The part-timer was a woman in her mid-20s, and she greeted us with a “Welcome” as soon as she saw us. I headed straight to the counter to tell her my purpose. That I used to work here, and I was wondering if the manager was still the same person. But there was no need to ask. I saw the name tag on the part-timer’s chest.b82c6172f38403ed
‘Lee Youngsoo’47cdb110211c2f51
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It was clear ff7a829f37 that the manager c80748d034 was still running 78d512b174 this place. I belatedly 917fd6014c introduced myself 5ea7038195 and asked,4e15b901947f651f
“Don’t you have 67258fccc3 name tags for fa8f1bd9f0 women? Like Kim Younghee.”105769a9f9a20653
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“Ah, right. But it’s too 579365e5a3 old-fashioned.”8e988f07b5766c04
And Lee Youngsoo ac7d9a394d is fine? She chuckled as she fed501f540 saw my bewildered eyes.c8b15e8e701c2006
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“What can I 4dbc99a0f7 do, there are 8a2cc478cf only two options.”b70921438b4c2b21
“Huh? There should be 5dccc30714 one more. Bak Ryeok.”bcf2bb5adcd6657b
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“Huh? Bak Ryeok? No, there isn’t. It’s either Lee 6b000b0237 Youngsoo or Kim 27657a5726 Younghee. Oh right, I heard 587b81d66a there used to be 7dd43e3bff a Kim Chulsoo.”ee104d08ed1fd63a
What, now 4985ee953e Kim Chulsoo 362cc4070d is gone 53967a2827 too? I was more a554673eab disappointed about Kim faa125bc31 Chulsoo being gone 69e8a40af8 than Bak Ryeok.2ab26010fef4ac96
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“But the manager went 21f74a7a67 on a family trip. He’ll be back in fb65216999 a few days.”33b803a473dce4a9
“Then please cbedea87f3 just tell 3e00191d5d him that a78f138b96 a part-timer c365a4591b named Bak 6373805968 Ryeok came 8d3141b44f by. Just say I came 35d3a7c8f3 to say hello.”8e98bb9e478511b8
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As I 2ef2868c86 relayed the 5ddcdbaaa7 message, I aaf79cf453 asked out dec561ca9c of slight e46fbe08e4 concern,b202a63f4784974f
“Business is good, 6190b17f2a right?”77c61611f8796a93
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“No. Another convenience 3cd97105e9 store opened 65ce0b0b70 nearby, so 992a83b4e3 sales have 4a605b3be7 decreased a 80b3185922 bit.”705f8179b5013589
Oh dear. Unlike me, who was cedf1ba919 worried, the part-timer added 68f7ec370e cheerfully,e75ceb5c4c57dd1f
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“But the manager b70ec14dd3 is the building b3214e80d4 owner, so…”1de511e516789205
“Dried fish owner?”20624a7a8a0af0a5
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“No, building owner. His investments were 572b58520d a huge success, 846237ea9d so he bought d7e6446988 this building. An investment he made b3f6242606 with someone he knew 2bd5f04a70 went really well. He brags so 404bc33f7f much about how d29d5507a1 good he is 946cd69499 at judging people.”35f336dcfb79e83e
Does that manager have 423c69a937 an eye for people? It was c1cc2da77c hard to 459f4f38ab believe, but 30ffd23c6c I was bcb53ac01a glad to f57bd6c767 hear that b665b1ca79 he was 26e52d10ab doing well. I paid for 1aaf220f1e two bottles of 2e6c519177 juice, not wanting 3ad872ae7b to leave empty-handed, 4aac98f522 and as I f8de9c6db7 was leaving the 3dfa3ddecd convenience store, I 05ceb9aff9 heard Bae Taehoon’s c2a15ce69d angry voice.7d4b8977fdf7ceb5
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“You just 071d09e104 told her 45657d2f77 in case? Are you crazy? Why did you tell 38c3022f78 your mother something you 50631fc939 weren’t even sure about! How could you cb13d9ef6f involve Im Minha, 28197f3aeb damn it.”f5f3700b5e66b762
He noticed b5bc48a5dc me and d59f7ff905 shut his 45fd129118 mouth. At this 53d0c9b550 point, I 45ef5ab9fb couldn’t help 8aa1baf32e but look 6b7a9d0d9f at him df22b59970 with suspicion. Why is my 2728efeb9a name coming up? I asked him directly c560e897ff as he hung up fa711c82e9 the phone,f427b06c06b29bad
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“What is it?”e59638d534a94f57
“It’s nothing.”daf2f02bb61d7ab9
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“Since I 5c77316f98 heard my 842f523dfd name, I 13473dd0c9 need to 9712f9115e know even 4363ff7d97 if it’s 5389a16a86 nothing.”9b6d390673e2e3d3
As I demanded firmly, e1cbf4009c he sighed.83ea53c5193377d8
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“You showed up at 043735a5c3 the funeral home yesterday, c20dcf542b so there’s some… misunderstanding 710b2a30d6 about you.”f7bf5cf83816e262
He couldn’t meet my eyes as he spoke his last words, turning his gaze away.77f7dfc6abe1e761
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“Who, what misunderstanding?”2ab85111acf51670
“Oh Saebyeok. She remembered that you 0508ac8138 knew him back in 08128f49f9 college… Anyway, don’t worry b9680e16f4 about it.”29e07745375a558d
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“Who is he?”1a8c43c6f9caa4ff
“The person who’s going f7681a19e4 to fuck up Mirae.”a96ef18c5abe2f23
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It was a f262c71806 surprising answer, but 250c0d3af2 it wasn’t nearly 96669b61c2 enough for me. But that was 3b453f7145 all the explanation 26f716c22b Bae Taehoon offered.8508c26ee6af7154
“Nothing more to explain?”d56b08748e65b5a4
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“You’ll know everything c2b143d7d6 when it’s all 6b0c470b0f over tomorrow.”ff9d09a9e4fb8230
Bae Taehoon 38b2ad4d7d gave a 27f4e14cd4 hollow laugh a1c1f6024a as he 307f4f20fb said that. Then he suddenly warned f04d0a0f8a me with a serious 77d4e72c63 expression,e7cc72f19124ecdc
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“If you get f6b4a34a9d any strange calls, 79102a9177 ignore them. Don’t respond at 913f79d7a9 all. Got it?”0fc9c92621f32bc2
I already received a e8e2253211 strange call. I remembered the bd57f4e56a text message from e9f1c7ba68 earlier and checked 66d79e0cdb my phone. There was a reply 06e3f7c047 to my question from 837e1e4cb8 the unknown number.2604b4a0a5ce6369
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‘I’m contacting 72af66ac3c you regarding 87f95693a6 CEO Shim d8f348b1a2 Jaeheon.’e8972b5465f001f9
The only thought that 8c6be42c17 came to mind upon 41d7ed0196 seeing it was, who 419e3f8215 the hell is that? I frowned, and c13d5b9ffa Bae Taehoon quickly 28632f587e noticed.605c4b2822595356
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“Did Mirae already contact 6bf5a37b2e you?”0fe064f2c7ab5bf9
“I don’t know. He didn’t 22237b8cf3 introduce himself, 8b0ff2084b just blurted ed6e09ca7f out a 253c297f96 name.”73a502e34e12fd39
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I opened my mouth, 11f537b969 looking at the phone aa81d74f7f screen.01133b73d140aa6d
“Who is 05ae5b7eef Shim Jaeheon?”d0a9df3e8e171ef8
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I didn’t f089fba0c4 hear an f5ac9aa7db answer, so 6999e57969 I slowly cb38c3180b raised my a1cd5fd80a head. Bae Taehoon’s 71fe520a78 expression was 02c7084fcc strange. He frowned with d975a121d8 puzzled eyes.9f5e596b79c1fe1a
“…You don’t 20bc3feb63 know Shim 1365126f0d Jaeheon?”1d44c0b6692bb8f2
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“I’m asking because I e75fdc0077 don’t know.”bef14e0762241f5a
He ran d45bc461fd a hand 6c0994ef44 through his abc30f322a hair as 198e148ff6 if confused.977e283a0851b1bd
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“You have no 0f20550afc idea at all?”fe707255ed423b17
“I had some idea until this morning. Professor Hong’s lawyer said the same thing as you. To be careful. He said the reason was related to someone like me, who’s receiving Professor Hong’s belongings.”418a8af96e575360
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“Belongings? You’re receiving belongings from ee455c6804 Professor Hong? Why?”6cac240f73d9a530
If I knew, 6b8911dca1 I wouldn’t have e01bba7055 been so frustrated b98e58824f since yesterday. I answered a27637db24 lightly, as d26a053939 if joking.819f4097d16e3833
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“I guess c381ea3e2f he just a45d5fa095 wanted to d09bdc6068 leave me 312903051b a fortune.”ec6edd892b196c5f
“Absolutely not.”ad570fca2dfe5041
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“…Not?”dd8b377ef1a104b0
Yes, Bae 0a3b434b58 Taehoon nodded 07ff5ab7ad vigorously and 645138a996 shared the 65272ac406 information.afa1a51a1c6407d9
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“Professor Hong 643ee78599 decided to d40a346428 donate all 3879a1ced3 his assets. So, our 626453159a alma mater 4f183f9f36 was transferred 18ae716faa to that d551f1d4a6 donation foundation, 7ecac49f67 and Professor 7d4ec20a65 Hong’s family 162df8e40e went crazy 3b8976a601 over it. He handed over everything e7645695ae to the foundation except 45b63b14a2 the clothes he was 67186b6d45 wearing when he died.”c8cb24945110fe7d
…Ah, so what I’m receiving isn’t gold bars. It wasn’t that my grandfather was his first love, and he wanted to give a chest of gold to me, his grandson. I finally discarded the exciting hypothesis I had cherished for half a day.a509cb08883c270c
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“But the a1def05803 university belongs 5d29a80f21 to Professor 311462a9c1 Hong’s family, 7cb18991bb doesn’t it? Can Professor Hong make 36fda4e86a that decision alone?”1a1a286ed5282ac2
“Yes. Professor Hong had bought all the shares of the foundation. So, legally, they couldn’t stop it, they’re just barking. They all thought that since they were family, it would become theirs again when Professor Hong died.”a3c2ef3c460ac40f
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And according to his 0eb0002f05 brief explanation, Professor Hong’s 5d61239e3c assets were substantial.b650c3e822d4dee0
“He also 709ac1420b established a e72063fac5 new scholarship 85c08af4a0 at the c760dc56ec university, and 8537f8221e he left f1e92b8502 behind a 4b5f660399 tremendous amount 4228c0a4ed of unreleased cfcf5aeb6e works in c6e27e380b case the 41eb65759e funds ran 46fb61c613 out. He said to release b46eb00cdd them after his death. Because the price would 18c7d2f6fe go up when he 66e1aafd66 died.”284222586a149582
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Of all the 84fd676b88 stories I heard d9bb3cef30 from Bae Taehoon b832fc8306 today, Professor Hong’s cc9ebe6512 story was the c11a44b06e most surprising. To me, e24bc8bc2f he was 3949742242 a brilliant 88864bb43e artist, but 8b5e902c5d also a 92e2ad73bc professor I effc48b957 never wanted 8a84846892 to see 678edbf16f again because 55216bae63 he gave 420c5c500b the lowest 6aa25599a2 grades for 70ba411eda assignments. Though I 095c0d3595 did get 28866b4cf8 an A 3e1894d4c2 once.a2d4b234c258eb8f