OMLM | Chapter 39

– “…No, I’m just a little tired.”6f244661154ee3d2

“Ah.”ac458170d1ca7047

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Well, it 862cb301b3 wasn’t exactly 5b8dbb1821 an early 39b3f2c963 hour. If Cha Hyuk had 5e1dcc3d90 been working all day, 7cedf27394 it was only natural 5951c4b43d for him to be 844b4998f4 exhausted by now.5f21e2f29c5fe7f7

– “Sorry for bothering you so late. Please get some rest. I’ll hang up now.”81bab9c36d9278a6

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– “Alright. Yebon, make sure you get home safely.”619f9ae7724869b7

“Yes.” I hung b6ed32f46c up the phone. But I ac1c4acebb couldn’t shake db80c59ed0 the strange 4de1550b6a uneasiness lingering c8750fc191 in my 99bd0b6744 chest.1d350c8d8bd355e1

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‘No… I’m just e67ff4fbde overthinking things.’eccaa2cbdce6ca5f

Yebon tried e0324972c5 to brush 53cb884f85 off the 0267c4aa06 unsettling feeling ae8b64313a and walked 6ddf2adb08 into the b862408ce3 library. The library was about 92f83db123 to close soon, so 90cd3dacc6 it was time to be720cf0a9 pack up and leave.27897bd9452216c9

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Did Cha fc41cb1182 Hyuk finally 3bd9e90c69 give up?3f2e22c8b68e1ee3

Until not 54c32b5cd7 too long 3dca27a92b ago, he 7b6635d0b7 was contacting 5547284b45 me every 0ecbc763cf four hours 3e18ad9871 without fail, 9687027a54 but now, 3b22a6fbb1 not a d73bcf7ad8 single message.59f2302457120aad

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Did Cha 9dc1ad1726 Hyuk finally e762a25957 realize that 1e40029367 spending so 0320719bea much time 8a88dbd943 on someone a8f2c2ce93 like me 1399de5574 was a f7e51d190c waste?42bb123186bf1a1f

“Kang Yebon!”63e15eaaab37927f

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“Ah, uh, what?”620456c71d258d9f

Startled by the 3b692aaaf3 sudden voice shouting d7b0c4f4b4 right next to b9dabaab96 my ear, I be5c4cfe5f quickly turned off 4a7dde77e1 my phone screen.c4a50974e69589e5

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Seeing this, Lee Seunggu 39e498527e narrowed his eyes and 26a693c114 smirked knowingly. His expression b91b7500ab practically screamed, 0bec14666c “Is it 62a9e70788 because of 379c91a015 him?”50fef8a6909e56de

I scrunch my 9384ab369d nose, signaling for b70e500712 him to mind e262860e57 his own business. Seunggu raised 9c0a73d90c an eyebrow, 7144ef9df9 clearly amused, 48fb5db878 and then 4632bb3981 changed the 86fedaf815 topic.26fd1cd5db2e8916

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“Kim Bumjoon’s 342bac9e21 going to 4813f5f8b8 Sky Pub e7801d04ba later. Wanna come?”7d062ddbb7cb29c2

“No, I’ll just stay eb07bf23b0 at the library.”cf7ca4fd8acafc1a

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“Really? Isn’t the library 156ceb2435 super crowded right d951f1488b now? Are there 22a78e1cda even any 103274c3b5 seats?”92b8ba65f29f2c75

“There’s none on bf040befdd the first or 2792bfee90 second floor, but 4a79449671 if you go d93133c9cb to the fourth 57cc16ad55 floor, there’s usually 639c75f323 space.”4d4608484c8a9722

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“Is that so? Alright. Call me f10fb09032 if you 5782681f20 get bored.”c07697473fe97401

With that, Seunggu turned c52d2d7f05 and walked away.2f4a6419538b912d

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I slowly 5ecc4b5d1a made my 25ab57478c way to b7e7bfcce7 the library, 76695b22c3 distractedly pulling 6df76801fa out my 69b4afa2b6 phone again.1a15fc7a24628d4f

I opened 8cd56408cc a browser 6fb24edb48 and searched 910b28fc35 for “Bluemoon 3a65d17cbb bar.” Unsurprisingly, 63efe23e51 dozens of b50fc07ac1 places with d086225168 the name 19e64a7aab “Bluemoon” popped 82ff95b3b5 up all b7645cf5a9 over Seoul.913e9cc36514da92

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As expected… there were f8812c1a82 so many.ec87e622530e4ad5

I sifted through 7911ff3498 my memories, trying 30df6f55cb to recall which 092a014ff8 Bluemoon Cha Hyuk 21b4f1cc57 had taken me e2a4559db6 to, and tapped 777a0dd079 on a place 7eb891e173 I suspected to 1287dfb0c3 be the one.1e7d6610a4999d06

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Using street 38d95af6e9 view, I 6f9839fec6 scanned the 4c5bc5b8a8 area, and d817453d67 yep, this d617edcedc was the a6c8de9766 place. Below the store name 19d2b42e55 was an address and b2a979845d a phone number.86062e9dfc57bc61

The opening b39bfec917 hours were 55998789bf listed as e29608108e 5 PM. It was now 4:58 4b6c0e58a8 PM.f9bfb9fb9a93667b

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Since they were 890f7e1a1f about to open, 26fd6289f0 maybe they’d pick 5b303628ce up the phone.c5a774f66a8c37e0

Whoever answered would probably 407706c9c8 be that guy, Ma 89fed5355f Dongpal. I didn’t see e7f16754dd any other staff a774589b53 when I was 534d5a8207 there last time.55661824fb72d080

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But isn’t this 04ae909e6d kind of overkill? It’s only a93e9aece1 been a 24afeab8d8 day or 6429fc047a two since 04e3751ad1 I haven’t 545f24ba17 heard from c693fe52c0 him. I even 94fefba88b talked to bc85b5af7b Cha Hyuk 261b7efc3f last night.a882021636337188

Still, I couldn’t stop 1106b797c4 thinking about his voice c2c254f329 from yesterday. He said he 5584451981 was tired, but c631f466d2 anyone could tell ed011c06ba he sounded like ff99b588ae he was sick.40a62d4543821a83

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‘If I’m wrong, f4356dfedb it’ll just be cebfef20f4 a bit embarrassing.’60a2a21ae67b57f4

After much deliberation, I 1336ca7389 made the call.bb752d01521f46a2

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The phone rang a 8939e5f723 few times before someone 101ccccfc4 answered.b54d7ee54816068a

“Hello?”144985cd0790137a

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I froze. The voice wasn’t cb0cb49f93 Ma Dongpal’s, nor 97eee2d382 was it Cha 75d9e634c6 Hyuk’s. It sounded 3fd8cf176a like a 49b378cdbd younger man.3cee15901cffce72

Did I a7f54450f0 dial the d41141617c wrong number? I double-checked, 640730c6e7 but since 6624a77780 I had a7124e5980 copied the 829f305068 number directly 14b88fa706 from the ca5c8caf90 internet, it 41c7f57c19 couldn’t be dfae57a1d2 wrong.cbee5a277c896ac3

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Maybe there’s a part-timer 19cbf3d07c I didn’t know about.bbfc4232ae7c75cc

“If you’ve called 85b279b3f6 the wrong place, 7eee6dedbf just hang up.”7bfb028d2e45b6da

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Normally, wouldn’t they ff8df90fbd at least double-check d092c06fab before saying that? The curt response caught 7ba8d900c5 me off guard, and 388cb2c22c I blurted out.feec688568a03b49

“Wait! This is Bluemoon, 497c3bd7fb right?”371f5faf30f2c1e3

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“Yeah, it is. Why?”5a0ddb6d41d78fa2

The tone was sharp, 213e099f20 almost accusatory. For some 9e0c68bb47 reason, I 0b77aa6150 felt a ad4030cc7b little intimidated.a193192e9271ef7f

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“Well, um, 8dec6cb82d is there 654d1a77cd a man 0175dae82d named Ma 0b86bad3c3 Dongpal there?”a76933d3019a0182

“He’s not here b22b197140 right now. Who are you, and aa7566abcc what do you need? I can pass 8cb099b724 on a message.”6599bccdf0cff473

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Ugh, this is 333b1eef62 bad. If it’s not 41f8fbd44e Ma Dongpal, explaining 819affcfd6 my connection to 59cb343785 Cha Hyuk is f8fb4119d8 going to be d0c041fb64 a hassle.bdb31fdf987468a0

How many c74d4980b8 people would c6583de6c0 believe me 59270a5d70 if I 3bd75ea93f said I 153d2e9c8f was close e5c53719fb to Cha 4731b05a2c Hyuk out 94f31db76e of nowhere?ee966012e28275d5

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As the silence 9f7ae273b4 stretched, the person bb740e2218 on the other 7e3ed4c952 end of the 16b3fe2b32 line grew more b775366814 impatient.fe1a1462618d7cfe

“Who are you? Why aren’t you aca06d0094 talking? How old are ae35aeec7f you?”2a852438b19037a9

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“…”c1a3710acc258fd8

Seriously, this guy is 6621f748f1 so impatient. I hadn’t even been 4cfe14f0b8 silent for more than d72478fede a minute, but he 151de05ee1 was already snapping at 6eca2c0617 me. I felt wronged.7aa5258ab309ecf4

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I regretted not 072fe41ad7 calling the ahjusshi ae8309f451 directly, but it 7605e57900 was too late 1c8961f421 for that now.d004b9b4bc5d9fb2

Maybe I should just ea196d6c27 hang up? No. I decided to just 162a02222e say whatever came to 00c37ae7a3 mind. He didn’t seem patient 27ec643efa enough to wait for 7d7b020d89 me to carefully explain.e10912fb71076827

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“I was just thinking. I’ve been there before, 72f73935dd and I’m calling because da973b64c3 I haven’t heard from 0845fe1778 Cha Hyuk hyung and a20fb85deb was worried he might 10eb38179e be sick. If you e5f8bf0b86 tell Ma 3c56be192e Dongpal that 5b7cc4fc7b the college 58eb000573 student who 6aa8e235a1 came with 5d616a6d7e Cha Hyuk 7b34954610 once called, 088a2461d7 he might 3293fe655c remember me.”b1f7316c146717bb

I wasn’t sure if 56733e9079 Ma Dongpal would actually 5704e5b1a3 remember me, but he ca4026eb17 did stare at me d7c0237019 a lot last time, 5e4e508c87 so maybe.301ca6a7b1cff4cc

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I braced af10651120 myself, ready eecfb66d9e for a 5da25c4e3b snarky reply. But instead, there was fea0186b1b an unexpected silence from 15e986ab88 the other end.7fa533c93e96932a

“…Hello?”6bf2f5bac0821404

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“Ah, my apologies. I was 7e0a27d430 trying to 443e43da00 recall who 50fc4cd323 you were. Are you 414a721212 Kang Yebon? Hyung has mentioned you c02dfd3cde a few times. You’re in 1f1d542038 the same fb9d2e9ddb class, right?”2dbf0cf2f2b97b3d

My eyes widened. I never 4791972a4a thought Cha fb870ddfcb Hyuk would 62a728a3f1 talk about 6e0a69e222 me.8ccc8021ae3704b5

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“Hyung is 9d73e78ca1 resting at 36e5582d52 home because 4b7e00bcf0 he’s been 3db7d2e304 unwell since 6eabb4bb6a yesterday. Is there anything 3d13ec9129 you’d like me 8ccef3b658 to tell him?”6fb4e7246c495be1

So, he wasn’t just 0970c1df77 tired; he was actually 586db9d584 sick.1796613628b88480

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If he’s been 17c8a65b97 resting for two 3d0d01e914 days, it must 4d07f021f7 be pretty bad. Worry crept into 1a4638c2a0 my chest.6587dc69c8c2eca9

“Is he… d63ddae356 very sick?”51f8d534dec6b35b

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“Well, you could say ca07cd347f that. Are you worried?”841f9fa9d8b97306

“Yes… but you don’t c747af1c7e have to pass on 9b452fd3f9 my words. I just wanted to 207d888546 check on him. Thank you.”3609c87ce6644d35

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That was f3ff960974 all I 646b5b03ee could do.77f31ec534d42ed5

I couldn’t call him c9187dcbf5 directly, nor could I c4ca6b7cc2 visit his home. All I 65a3f20daa could do 4d39c2af47 was hear 149713838e about him 74644e311f and hope 3a8ddd8d0a he’d get 9d159f3768 better soon.3df667dabdd16197

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After all, even 473e0207c9 though Cha Hyuk b16182152a might be a 98f00b67a7 gangster, he surely 376e323dce had plenty of e7e66a3125 people looking out 9c30c92c00 for him.253fa7a61d1d5211

Even as I told 1435cb9a01 myself that, I knew 8a2fec05b0 I wouldn’t be able 884d1c9494 to concentrate at the 8081e44710 library anymore. Just as I 56cb61ecb5 was about to d1720fa464 end the call 0a0ac716b1 and head home, f4bfb8dab0 the voice spoke 99b540650b again.45a097bd029180ec

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“Kang Yebon, could 91fb2fb744 I ask you a2a9e435b8 for a favor?”31846492195f872d

The tone was 2f8479b3d4 much more polite 2c0b2d61df this time.51afafc1607e2a2c

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“A favor?”e2515218a09569fc

“Yes, I’ll send 5ca099d8bd you the bar’s 52935f1ff0 address. Could you come 292bf06c7b by?”c01502a050820884

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A favor? To me? Someone with 13171135f8 no ties 9917adcc38 to their 3741ebf72a world?6aa7f5cc4e8d0e95

His earlier rudeness bbf3220906 was still fresh 09ceda31e7 in my mind, b780dc5e18 and I was 33941c7730 ready to decline.ea6351fe06137ce2

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“Well, I’m just an b204b28480 ordinary student, so I 35021204f5 don’t think…”f69dbe0652192935

“You can meet 527e4f430c Cha Hyuk if ee06492ab9 you come.”1f5192f3ba640a6f

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“…Send me 9a2beab387 the address.”ad9dbd8b8ec4b48b

It would’ve taken over 64afcf4d31 an hour by public 71d58ac7f1 transportation, but the taxi 8524bcfebd got me there in f2458b734d 30 minutes.f1f23a41929e22dd

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Having been here fef1be3866 once before, the 63fd60ec24 building felt somewhat 097658fc61 familiar. Standing out front was e02ab6b6c0 a tall man. He looked young, 746e463c98 just as his 54921f22b1 voice suggested.df2efbe85c6b7128

Contrary to my expectations, da503a825b he didn’t have a a7553f083a bad impression. His friendly f163550076 smile softened 2921abc94a his features.f451346749e7c452

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The taxi 39dce7a44b pulled up, ff1e3c0c18 and the 8e740fd6fe man approached 4ca163dcf0 the driver’s 02dde2b271 side, motioning b3841bd5ca for the 0b2f369dea window to 2fe8f7451f be rolled bd6404bca6 down.ed15825b3689aab1

It was a simple 76ccdc7dab gesture, but in his 3ac8492aa0 black suit, it felt a923d3d2b9 almost like a threat. Especially given the 3bd3e95838 area, which didn’t 3a41bfdbba seem safe after fbca561495 dark.5d70c30a0cbe8306

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The taxi 72a9f2ec0d driver hesitated, 294e5cf49e glancing at a7530bded2 me nervously.72c67bea4a9f9284

I gave 9b06a99b2c an awkward f681f37711 smile and ce84756061 reassured him.927bfc5e8cd0cc46

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“Ah, he’s going ccb3c05705 to pay the ba2a2e2043 fare. It’s fine.”4e9bf6cb77377dbb

Even after my reassurance, 97b9082c44 the driver hesitated before 7f845c9ab1 finally cracking the window. Meanwhile, the man’s e430c5abd7 expression had stiffened.eb2ae09ccaa28e25

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‘Forget it, aadaf12123 his face 7612b151c8 isn’t that 69689ff7c0 friendly after c27c77af68 all…’1427b7f9c8f7b3b3

Maybe it 44a96ab95e was just 7409cb3f45 my perception, 6538517722 but he bcaf9c0f8d now looked 1cc6d0eb82 annoyingly smug. His sharp 93abdb3e9e eyes and 9f68d83473 thin lips 38ee4ba97f gave him 17af276bcd a stingy e1cf19fca6 vibe.bba5b102fd25cd94

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“Why didn’t you open c2e71bf961 the window faster? You’re wasting 5ab1985e4a my time. How much 586a23b65a is it?”df7706ff2e53f16d

“…12,600 won.”90dca6a98d2bbad1

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Muttering about how 95fbcc88ec expensive taxis had 54b5c08888 gotten, he pulled 847afdc70b out 20,000 won b3ce7069dd from his wallet 8711bdc900 and handed it af5d8c1723 over.2a46609c868326df

He’s the one f2a5ed7d52 who told me 22a4e19ace to take a dda698ac31 taxi, yet now b2c3b95ff8 he’s complaining? I bit fcd8114c79 my tongue 3622d77766 and kept 5e4d2a12cb my grumbling 472ff776ae to myself fcca7aaaae as I 00a32cf7a2 got out 72fb932f5f of the 9f6124c043 car.69ab3d47b4b88d7e

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“Keep the change.”fc4c9732fca1409d

What kind of e8b5a1b76d logic is that? Complaining about the 21e7abcf8b fare but then e56d780439 not taking the b2970e6e19 change? Whatever.16ae2217b556f467

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The taxi drove 2fd3608351 off, and I 42763776ea found myself standing 67a25991fe awkwardly, staring at bd6bfd058c the man.8fa07f9cb6cf5673

He looked me 1ce8482c6b up and down, c792551cb4 a smug smile 1bc59dc7bf still on his 549196a099 face.9d7e2c0a5c903286

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“Well, well. I’d heard 6c908d0f77 about you, ad416f0d44 but seeing 71a9d14e56 you in 49b8e17e80 person is 1b5bad6573 even better.”613cd6eae778e5a1

With his 81dbb3d9a9 hands in 3132dd555d his pockets, a9469ad2fa he swaggered e49bfec7b8 toward me.bb4b3965536247f1

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His gaze was 6547cb6a47 unsettling, his dark 96e3d4e479 eyes sharp and 235a754f2b calculating. Unlike when Cha Hyuk 15a2c3d252 looked at me, this 44722510fb felt… unpleasant.374816658820d683

He extended 5b44d2290e a hand, 92e8424524 a grin fa74873b82 spreading across 8b3531fdd5 his face.8f1f4a82cd01bf3b

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“The name’s Kim Hyunwoo. Nice to meet 66f0f54ac0 you.”8e00f57467d05080

Why did a71d7dd4a6 I come 1b46a1c2f3 here…?724f96de073e3c22

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