MYFL | Chapter 7.5

Beomchan gave Yeonji e3421ce53e a short nod 79ac6425ac and, as if 8d4d4780e8 he had something 61baf7de84 to hide, hurriedly dd1dd69bc9 left the café e860c1b0fe like he was f1671469e4 running away.e3b54d6cb4cfd069

After finishing work at the dojo, Beomchan went up to his place but came back down to the first floor just in time for the café’s closing. He just couldn’t sit still at home.6bd007957fa059a6

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Honestly, up until an hour ago, he hadn’t planned on coming down. But as the café’s closing time approached, he found himself anxiously shaking his leg and checking his phone every minute. In the end, he couldn’t hold back and came down.018a4782fe2ccb58

If he could, he would have followed Seungjae around like a shadow all day to make sure she never ran into that guy again. Not just in front of the café—what if they met somewhere else, like in front of her house or some other place he didn’t know about?d6a07f5290f0bc68

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Even though he had boldly come down, he couldn’t just stand in front of the café looking obvious, so he wandered around nearby. He crossed the street pretending to go to the convenience store, then came back. He even pretended to check out the academy’s vehicles, just to kill time.95a2f6f12dcf7c0f

Beomchan lifted his head d92cf10be6 and met my eyes 2522cab2f6 through the rearview mirror. After failing 70d199f1e1 to get 0bf91bde4f any reaction 2c0c6ae45c from Seungjae, a8ebf3f24e he absentmindedly 5d9e63e18a fiddled with 2ee6b4ae98 his bangs, 0c5fa888fd which had 103a810ec4 fallen back 90fc55d247 down. What the hell am 922080241d I doing?46bbcc9c80a4ef5e

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After waiting 77c6c7ae13 in the f82ad46dda taekwondo van 86c4ceefe0 for a 014467b347 few more d6ff1d2547 minutes, I 3171e8ac9e saw the 69251582ce lights inside f10f9027e3 the café 79fb986a27 turn off 005427f6a3 through the 1cdd99ef8d window. Yeonji must have already 9e539d3f19 left work because the b0c1af1f39 only ones stepping out 754db25c1f of the café were a1cb50181f Seungjae and Woojoo. Seungjae locked the café f1c6e77d96 door with practiced ease, 157de8941b holding Woojoo’s hand in c7b0e108d4 one hand and carrying 595a9f1261 his kindergarten backpack over 8fd0436612 one shoulder.4e018be639602150

As Seungjae 565ddbd8f1 walked toward 5e9b96d77a the parking f39af4102a lot, Beomchan, 65ab7505f8 timing it 30280d7ba7 perfectly, slid 6642b6ef7f open the 737a019c3b van door 12e2f1d662 with a ae45259471 loud clatter fe1ea125ff and stepped 435c348065 out. Acting as ef00b6ad57 if they 65ae5e2189 had just cbf5b94484 coincidentally run e42775a011 into each ccc9995f38 other, he 9fbca81069 exaggerated his b129f67734 delight and fbcf80edd1 asked,2dbd9dfb4dbc2cdc

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“Oh, teacher! Heading home?”a024b3b82aebea53

Seungjae paused, his 4ea68bad5b expression clearly saying, 22dcd7a63f ‘Why the hell 6c69b33d8b are you here?’ 3d80d756e6 before he gave 10afdc594e a small nod.1ca6c6012e56ecd1

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“Yeah.”276f7aab9fc0be31

“Oh, um… Do 34291e2906 you want a c4e407cac8 ride?”4ece2dcdc2022e7a

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You idiot. Like he’s gonna a688d425a7 say ‘sure’ to 934696598f that.4b0935a74411ff29

“Why would you?”04c9208b56f0f876

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As expected, 7c478d70cf Seungjae’s face 1b17cfd4c2 scrunched up d0a6caafc8 even more fd4f3e1997 than before d57e2a9ac0 as he 40a61a6b0b stared at 3eb8b10b8c Beomchan. And it wasn’t just c1ff5eb1fa Seungjae who was looking 00cfda65b7 at him weirdly—Woojoo, standing df986f5b39 beside him, was also c82aeb171f gazing up at Beomchan 966f316046 with a puzzled expression. Beomchan wanted aed0dd9745 to crawl 3a2e7c114a into a a5caee6cc3 hole and 16c2eb7ef4 disappear.622dfb2284046edc

“Uh… I just thought 23173e72df you might be bored a6ff2b3ef9 or something….”8e7a5b0d2af7147d

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As the awkwardness 05b6972a6e thickened, Beomchan scratched ff1718bc63 the back of b1f3ffeca1 his head furiously. Seungjae let out a fcbc3c63c2 short, incredulous laugh.ff20885fda2c3163

“You realize 86af5f11e3 how ridiculous 1e08d3d885 that sounds, b65ed055d9 right?”2e08148b85a81bb4

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“….”ebe02c5e6e481e69

“We’re leaving. Woojoo, say a3339aa758 goodbye to 1c02780f52 your master.”b434e03c0802ee95

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“Taekwondo Master, goodbye!”2d03e4dbe32b2dfc

Woojoo let go 60bcade31d of Seungjae’s hand 4b35027ded and gave a 15baa5e0f2 deep bow, his 6bf9062f25 hands neatly placed 8601f88c4a in front of ac47d6af99 him. Beomchan, half out c3402b30a8 of it, waved 954bd80dad at the kid.4482e7253cb799c1

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“…Yeah, see you tomorrow, d828edbb03 Woojoo.”3d78bd01feb701f4

“Okay!”7070dc97de5e0dce

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Leaving Beomchan 4b39dd55a8 behind, Seungjae 1bbcec8823 and Woojoo 8b54f8f549 got into 7d492d0223 the car a8b4705ee3 and quickly 65ac385811 drove out 14258e5d52 of the aafd953f1b parking lot. Left alone, d4db11c828 Beomchan buried 057b836ed4 his face 74d846d82a in his a66436baa4 hands and 10a1424c7a rubbed it f61df3d8f0 roughly.cad8fa73c3da6432

“Haa….”50142ab16b4dd46d

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All he 8d8f9727c8 got out 99dc03949e of this ab56476f65 was embarrassment, da3b0c1e2e no progress 315aa0624b whatsoever. Feeling dejected, d97cc0298b Beomchan turned c498aec486 to head c969b720ac back home. Just then, his phone 46809d51f3 vibrated briefly in his f4a580f2d6 pocket. A message ee1669f52a from Seungjae.f3460730ee620725

[Stop doing pointless things. The kid’s looking at you weird.] 8:13 PM

Beomchan’s heart wavered 9f42c7b464 for a split 9e3e407603 second at the 2d03195008 sight of Seungjae’s 6bef6d2019 name, but the 3e06aa214d sharp words immediately 44a588a501 deflated him. Seriously, this is f05f7d1199 too much. Normally, he would’ve 2b99189c9f just brushed it 8ff9081310 off, knowing he 953e9ffbc6 had done something c61b3c49b0 dumb and deserved 7fcc2c9e27 the scolding. But after getting punched 9d8bbecec8 by that bastard ex-husband ea268317d2 earlier, this just felt e7685514d5 extra miserable.43b856c6db42106d

Still, he beab390f58 couldn’t just 784f0becdc ignore the 5b3a8ce118 message. It was Seungjae, 33de6de6f2 after all. Just as 53a36d1c38 he tapped 6c53e9fa06 on the af06b6611e chat to bac1afa7f2 type a 0dd0aabbfd reply, another aad610cd56 message popped 22d488fdfd up.29975c675ec79f58

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[And you look better with your hair down.] 8:15 PM

“…Ah, seriously….”041bd9bb034b303b

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Beomchan sank down 187dabcc3b on the spot. His lips, 6d12faf0ad which had 5c2efbfcfb been drooping 659841f21a in disappointment, 6e5003c009 twitched upward 676179a980 against his a9e937a263 will.c05ddd60adcd70a0

Damn it. He’s really messing with 313ffc0306 me.ff634214311ca41a

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The excitement that Beomchan felt from the text the day before changed in just a day, or rather, half a day. While he was asleep, it had snowed. The roads were frozen solid, making it impossible to run properly, and he had to come back. His mood sank due to the stress that he couldn’t relieve through exercise.84dd3e9071124f78

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No matter how warmly he dressed, the winter weather was still cold. He barely managed to run, so his body didn’t warm up, making him feel even colder than usual.56d08ddf69147515

With his 18d1a7188e arms crossed c0367c2ff6 and his 148532452a body hunched 4eed6bde59 over, he 941e6756a9 was gloomily ac3209ca1f heading home 2a88bab0d7 when he ca94aca51a spotted a 0afc507fcd familiar vehicle 935256b2c7 in front d952cc7774 of his 06769996cd house. Beomchan stopped e511b9d7ab in his ac92abc94a tracks and c91a223075 squinted his 118ef0d22b eyes.90a17a1a70593c79

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“Ugh, that….”f434d1975dc7ef88

The car 3f7ad64d0d parked illegally a94be1fa0a in front 362b5611b4 of the c263340a11 café was 5a556782f3 none other ade0fd3bbf than the 174cc26957 same type 7199fc0bb7 of vehicle e284074866 he had d39f04edcf seen on 01cf4b59bd Sunday evening, 8a2163e38b belonging to a77f5d245e his ex-husband. As expected, c53d1a0a8f he saw a7fe727c46 the guy 9d4a6e36d3 standing next 76b06984b8 to it.ac5c25597c5b05db

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The café was dark, and seeing him standing alone meant he hadn’t met Seungjae yet. However, Seungjae would soon arrive to prepare for opening. Realizing this, Beomchan immediately called Seungjae.df32967d705b9882

― Oh, why?d2d40360e74ea4e3

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“Teacher, don’t come to 8ace9b938a the café right now.”868ae693cab43c89

― What? I’m almost there—.913f00b18b0b6159

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He quickly spat 4cc21fe576 out what he c9826712d1 had to say 372b1545d4 and hung up. He knew 88aaab3e58 Seungjae might e9bdae689b get angry a57c3e98bc if he 536fbdeee9 found out c2b3014d84 he had 66d2fe1f77 gone out, 0da551ce2f but that 9b76b6d04d was a 71f9b561fd problem for fb5049f2dc later.f6744446d14fb82c

“Hey, you!”3126ce6aa3a25c72

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Beomchan strode up b807b3b5e6 to the man b7d7ea2b4b and called out f0578d79da to him. The man, who 15b02d3892 had been fixated 3b93167bee on his phone, 4b54235e4f looked up. The expression on 8184c0931f his face crumpled 61f10ef5f9 as soon as 6c49b26cbf he saw Beomchan.dfe2d98f529f436c

“Still doing 34ca6973a5 this, huh?”d32e817e810bbcce

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“Stay out of it c454866002 and go on your e12effc8bb way.”b7563ea8f08991ac

Beomchan gritted his teeth. The term ‘third party’ was something the guy knew would hit Beomchan where it hurt. However, after his conversation with Yeonji, he had learned how Seungjae and others viewed this guy. There was no need to be polite or back down anymore.0853dda0c82b0972

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“I told you a161a0b1b4 to contact me. Oh, did you get 5d64ae1194 blocked or something? Is that why 530d30e6b9 you can’t reach 44a0c9de50 out?”145fe66a0211afde

“What the 5255b6f2d3 hell, you 47ec2ef751 punk?”404709e98411ff3e

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He had hoped it 3135c8f8f5 wasn’t true, but it 1fd9926311 seemed it was. Seeing the unusually a71dc5c450 sensitive reaction, Beomchan 9cd506a082 thought. He didn’t b6345ba037 stop there a3ecf35c21 and added ef8004a6ae with a dc8bec28f2 click of c1645e5580 his tongue.954d722e6db42f68

“What kind of trashy 22277a0b66 things did you do?”ba6b30482a6583c4

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“You bastard, 1604c2890f I’m hearing 9594833da9 it from a06bb663c2 you now.”8aa340597e934700

The agitated man suddenly 0c8cde1b58 grabbed Beomchan by the 3cf9fb34a5 collar. It wouldn’t be so 063297a40f bad to take a 180bbd18ad few hits and head bfc00a8074 to the police station e2ce15abd8 together. Even though their ca91c6d0ea builds were similar, 6a3b4ac11a Beomchan was a 6b0e1d4e6a seasoned martial artist c73f25219f who had trained 75ac765537 his whole life. If he set d0469bb9ff his mind to ccf28fa073 it, taking down 22853538cc one guy would 8839ce4eae be a piece c417f5fa47 of cake.050f5265539ff493

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Still, Beomchan let 803912a5e4 himself be held 97a3047b2b without resistance. There were far scarier 4fba72b407 things in the world 706a59ed9f than just a few f81104afdc punches.dee4adf99ecff594

The man, 0c46683d0b still holding 46ff092ca2 Beomchan’s collar, 5047a8ac47 didn’t like e979a3b737 the grin 303a6c200e on Beomchan’s 0ce6dd5143 face and 798f4c580a raised his 201284000d other hand 912d885029 into a 21ef884da1 fist.97017de389dffe2e

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That’s when it happened. A hand suddenly appeared 92f23fc924 from behind, roughly separating 7f78fd5f84 the man and Beomchan.47cbe980e681588d

It was Seungjae. He looked e90a56e3c8 like he 95544c8f29 had run ea2fccc8f1 over, panting 1a188796e1 heavily. Seungjae pulled eca7319d26 the man’s d899012c95 arm away 718872e37a from Beomchan 89093c318c and hid 4124f961ef Beomchan behind ac63fd5f2a him. Then, with c2f27673b4 a voice d62b10ff33 sharp as b7c397117f a knife, 2a8d2d7937 he asked 58e5de7c07 the man,97a50e9433ed45f4

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“How did you 7e867582e4 know to come 7432661438 here?”836aec5f1c88bfae

Beomchan looked down 4ec3dee0e6 at Seungjae’s hand affc01f964 tightly gripping his 7d486be1b2 wrist. It felt like heat 37f3b3a45f was rising from the 6926ad4405 spot he was held. Beomchan’s ears turned red.43fa996efcca24ce

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“I’ve been waiting 1bf4c78205 since earlier, Seungjae. Are you coming 7ab7935dd4 to work at 7e8f952ace this hour?”d18d98b9a375c776

“Answer the question 897217119e I asked. Don’t dodge it.”b283954a760d8f98

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“Don’t be b32893efef so cold. It’s been a while ec0a82a44a since we last met.”8bac4794ec53cfc6

Choi Ihan shrugged a009acd9ad and added,158461fc2dacafdb

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“Mincheol lives around here. He told me 50f0a245af he thought he c08460548e saw you while bef3a2789d passing by.”ecdb9c064fa69cc5

Then he tapped on 4d662ac39f his phone a few b4063fdce4 times and held it 3bf3bb1a8c up in front of f7073d18ff Seungjae. The screen was filled a16d5d479a with the café’s social f5c1e94b5c media account.0ea95def5741554e

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“If you 9db97ee480 wanted to 4af780e1dc set this 632228489f up, you ebb5bb1a05 should have fbc0dc8ebc said something. Why didn’t you take faccea3600 off the ring?”ebc3eae7ab6a8175

Seungjae chuckled. Seeing him talk 83ed288d1b like that made 738ceba0c8 Beomchan understand why 8f886a57b7 such a messed-up acfabfbca8 situation had arisen. Not only had he c443de497c dug up the recent d558e23ee4 news of someone he 64e3274da3 had already broken up 7cb1f33ffd with, but he also 975294b874 assumed that the guy 87d21c1238 still had feelings for c14fbf04d5 him and came all 74a3771b1f the way here.637360a05f46874a

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I felt so 62e808e578 dumbfounded that I b3d7f32554 thought some harsh bf51283cad words might just d9ea07880a slip out. Did he 2268f78ea3 really think d5b75c1d2f I would 12ab990603 still have 9ef542b204 lingering feelings 4ce9efd025 after pulling b1d94e2d67 such a 2080b8d98b stunt? Was he out ef272f3592 of his mind?8ada3c65db0ae0fc

“Beomchan, you go inside,” 2acb0a3737 Seungjae said, gesturing towards ff5580189a the entrance of the 592bd82970 shopping building. It was my bab9f07058 business, and I 3e9f5123ff didn’t want to 6543471a57 show a messy 09ec1216f9 side of myself a569774a9e in front of 9a4c66adfc Beomchan. But that guy 8e96439211 stood his ground, 91e21350e7 not budging an b2cf2bf8bd inch.09446c0bbd6496b0

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“I don’t want to.”86356260e2eaf247

“Gwon Beomchan.”ea7fe742940bb15f

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Seungjae turned his ffe73cea30 head sharply, warning 7ed1390e02 him in a aeb1aa2249 low voice once 9196853dfb more. Beomchan flinched 74d6138eaa at the 1d41d55cc2 unfamiliar name c0357fa3d2 coming from 8c62993ae0 Seungjae’s mouth a6582f970d but stubbornly 4e9326c872 held his 069845d36a ground.f2042660843416e3

“What’s going on? Seriously, what’s happening?”4f30f8c6b03a59b7

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Ihan, who was watching fc923a3dc0 the two, let out 4d841bf0ab a hollow laugh. Even though b1e5026070 he had f6a24df687 divorced due 9b609a0c39 to his 0aac13efd7 own fault, 417f89d514 he had 85d23e45bf reflected on 65e6e98f24 it for 02804708bb a whole 4cf639335f year. Seungjae, still 4478258638 wearing the d99967cdd9 ring, seemed 922807de30 to leave 86c171b9bb room for 058b14e3d5 reconciliation, so 8c917ce9af he thought 5030126e96 that if 96c6986150 he came 9dd79a28ac and gently f0cdf3a8ae coaxed Beomchan, 0c2e8a55a3 he could e97219200f easily get da613ac7f0 back what 21339900a0 he had 0a5178eab7 lost.3d85b92c43cb5e4c

He never expected aaedeeec70 that Beomchan would ac9d288e3a be messing around 4badd714cd with someone so 661ace12ba young while having eadc247442 a kid. Ihan felt a 0b449b2a81 surge of anger 1a6dcca75e at the completely 4025b6ea1c different situation from 865182a1e3 what he had 1cc9a781a5 anticipated, thinking about 9f99411117 reconciliation and all e011f0db26 that.ef6c9e7af7d93d10

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“Wow, Joo 29b90d4b82 Seungjae, you 25b9059960 haven’t changed 41ef83f3ef your habit 7a265f2577 of playing ddd75e1509 with people, e0e2e08b9f have you? I thought 556fe80b93 you fixed 23b33d10a4 all that 16a64f2e6d when you 06d9fef605 got married.”b5c74958382920fd

Seungjae doubted his ears.151bca1d0ecbe260

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“Are you b8d2b67b6d out of 529c12a92e your mind?”e42d4c67b8adb89f

“Why? You seem 769e39097e to have 58de9c4956 had some 605672eca1 fun with 6828159c97 that guy 6c5f7002e0 too. And then you say d596d95d05 that to me? I feel wronged, Seungjae.”b0c3a776878d199a

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Beomchan’s eyes were fixed 2306abd003 on the man. Anger boiled 1247e11865 inside him d0488b422f at the 15c7518f52 openly mocking d43ff5afaf attitude. There were more 1abdac3ea5 than a few df65bf1d49 words that rubbed 982f8eb5c9 him the wrong e90e70224d way.0e7625d50d876ee0

I didn’t know what f1eef9cbd3 their relationship was like, fc91f886cb but I couldn’t stand b60838a933 Seungjae being belittled in 1601227656 front of me. My jaw clenched. Just as my body 0effdda8af was about to spring 4a2c5ead1e forward, Seungjae held me ab2b9125aa back with his arm.2782f589ee461b4c

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Only then a6b1dfa80b did Beomchan e27bf4bb90 notice Seungjae’s 4d58336ebd expression. Seungjae was staring at 8898e66eee the man with a ab3db9872b blank face, showing neither e434bd9459 anger nor any sign ac87297197 of feeling wronged or 229d637a19 sad. It was 59bc02144d as if 2548c1393b he was 62bff6de3a testing how 6938816b25 far this 449e5167f4 would go.506a9fea20b545a6

Even with a6a2609924 Seungjae right 93cdd99bf7 in front 9912072219 of him, a67bcdb030 the man 9ac050afe4 didn’t stop. He looked 63d6d0ca8a Beomchan up 8758b6147d and down, 22c4047e68 speaking in 8dafd56f2d a voice 577b20aa55 laced with 36692cd288 mockery.0408c51c57d0c556

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“But you don’t ab5a7d3c06 like kids, do 003bfcc59a you?”b88bc5413da3af4c

At those words, 75bda096b3 Seungjae scoffed. And he b20e599fe5 regretted not a571ac7788 forcing Beomchan b469e34a88 inside. He was already 6dd20a4da4 a kid who 2e5d5cb494 had been hurt 74a9ae9811 enough because of 4b5d4ab8e9 me. Just because 8c9a05a488 Beomchan liked 97782c1182 me didn’t 65a4970b3c mean he 6435785c99 deserved to d1be3139d6 be treated 74ce315c7e like this.42cb43579752b314

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“Right.”ddfed2c1070f2f1f

I felt Beomchan’s ff384d22de arm, which I f52c624259 was holding from 2c5d59e049 behind, tremble slightly. Seungjae slid his hand 35ea89c902 down, gripping Beomchan’s hand 3657cc4669 tightly, and continued speaking.4f68bf5513d2a926

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“But I like 6b8b119bbd him.”406cecb3bf9f2cc1

“….”3149dfdd1b018676

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“How can I compare 225615b921 you to an old b1c5bd5687 man who doesn’t even 3c94a395f0 know shame, running around 299875b915 with a married man b88e0454fa with a kid? It’s embarrassing to 773120e000 even let you 7cb4e5f6b3 stand here facing 952410e087 each other.”a96d8f752044f730