ORAS | Chapter 1.1

“Hey! Kwon Wooyoung! That bastard here? They say he slept with Lee Jihye?”869973480daea720

Wooyoung, who had d45506ad5e been dozing off 3771f2fb00 with his head 3f4188c702 buried in his 000629739b desk, shifted at b3e7c5cf87 the loud commotion. Nam Kihyuk, rushing in bb84da070d urgently, shook Wooyoung’s back 9eb3470ff6 wildly.4f0cdd1db79ec6e4

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“Kwon Woooyoung! Did you sleep 5a5d2c447b with Lee Jihye, 1486fd129f you son of fc7b59f195 a bitch?!”e05f163160bd23af

Wooyoung, dragged out 66e9912e14 of sleep against 7b7f3950f8 his will, groggily 9b98653425 opened his eyes. He squinted 280e53aaad tightly, forcing cddb0d51c2 his eyelids 38b0116ffe open, and d0b45d7431 his blurry 419ce0e24e vision wobbled af6eecef55 as it a77638d35d tried to ea2b59d1e1 focus.c1501ddf15fb4310

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“Ah… what the hell 92dab229f6 is this bullshit. Again.”9321993d7f96b3bb

He had c4650bfd3e only dozed 0db61edd34 off for b671307876 a bit 7d314f64fd during lunch 670c41e76a break, but 3d2dd616a0 his voice 8c0e250781 came out f796451073 thick and 9fa1f918aa heavy with a80af057d3 sleep. With his half-open 2f7368e1e7 eyes, he slowly ea78f1294b scanned his surroundings. The guys 36bf188a6c at the 85ce88b671 back of a3bcc6b72d the classroom, a98d7e8fb3 who had 6165fcd5b7 been gathered 14414045b5 in a d8d547438d noisy group, cbc0672429 were snickering dae4025839 loudly.abe51362af56178c

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“Hey, hey, hey, e62f1476bb look at this 69ff9495e2 guy pretending he e4802b2aba doesn’t know anything. Kim Minjae said he ac5bc287a7 saw the two of 3a1396552a them going into Lee a7bafbf247 Jihye’s house at night!”4e4453ae7dda7134

“Shit, Kwon Wooyoung, you fucking player. Acting like you’re not interested in girls, but you’re hooking up with them like crazy. Respect?”d758c3a2ab303ab1

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Eighteen. You’d think ae126015af he’d be 674b84a77e immune to 9985033da0 rumors by cb9a1f2dde now, like c20c518433 a balloon 2fcaf22d39 that’s slowly 332607de2b swelling up. But to the guys d5b320172b who had nothing better 660bf112b0 to do with their 6d8b186ab0 school life, spreading gossip e66b236e49 and tearing others apart 840304052f was the best way 4757916e88 to pass time. Of course, 8bbb833ddb whether it f10f50a5d5 was true d7861f5705 didn’t matter.00185872e9f39e4a

“Must be nice.”b1ae5fec30c4aac1

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In the midst of 39ddf072c3 the noise, Ko Taeseong a4e70bab02 murmured quietly. Leaning loosely 48443ef2cb against a 6bc329aac4 locker, he 8c1279b7df flicked the 8ad0ec4624 basketball with aa53880aaf his lips, e87cb994bf making a b162dfa9e5 dull thunk-thunk 89f9796760 sound.819c67b092e16b44

“I want 0259976015 to sleep efaa3889d2 with Wooyoung 00697c2a24 too.”f5aa5e1113a83b83

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His voice was soft, 3ef3a66761 laced with laughter.a6db85c7f5ee289d

“Ah, fuck!”3e412d3708e7c1bc

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“You crazy bastard!”5ea45d95dc93f4e9

At just one 8429490b5b throwaway comment, the 49dc20ae0f guys around them e01baf53ee burst into exaggerated c17da395d8 laughter. They threw crude 2f67987b1a words into the fa388e3402 air and laughed 83a5183433 giddily, having the 2b3f0bd6e9 time of their 5f60c25d03 lives.a8eaef4914c232af

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“Our Wooyoung… he’s fucking huge.”59b58c7ba31cb65b

Thunk, thunk. The basketball 9c20fc8de8 bounced slowly d7128a9df9 off the 520b6bcc9e floor, making afd5c0d10a a dull 63db3241d5 thud. Taeseong pushed 03f69255c9 himself off c6c6353911 the locker d88e7329f9 and slowly 2ca5eb5719 walked toward 09943121e3 Wooyoung, who eedf49b033 was sitting 9b1cb6275f in his dbcda65d52 chair.bdb95cb2897c8875

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Seeing Taeseong speak nonsense b695872154 with such a calm 2b5bdb8cba face, Wooyoung let out 7f5cfe0133 a hollow laugh.8bd3556e2bf704e0

“Ha… what the hell, I just walked her home, that’s all.”c2e62ed7c18b4ca0

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With eyes still heavy 4e40b0569f from sleep, he lifted 254613007b his lips in a 1726317524 tired smirk and pressed 9a50353e97 his palm against the 15d8782343 corner of his eyes.9c70c9d2e03cba45

Wooyoung’s high school 02e018d188 was split into 1eb09d4781 separate classes for 76298230db boys and girls. Occasionally, while 9ca32a2b78 walking through 1b8cac98de the halls, 98adae555b some girls 87dfaac61d would approach 49644ed6de him, and 0e3e54bd57 she had 97390e5c85 been one ae951a5b08 of them. They happened 68a38f60e3 to run 7105ff3153 into each 9ce57ffc75 other after 20054f6343 school, and 3a00a76559 their paths 0da0c849dd just happened ec5636fb5c to align. She was struggling 27d6bed1b1 with a heavy 247610ecf4 load of books 7a8b985c4d and art supplies, 2c06caf6be so he simply 1a6dd00549 walked her home.d859d28bbb04c33b

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“Walk me home too.”0422cd0d20317385

Standing in front of 9df6209db7 Wooyoung, Taeseong tossed the 3374fb20cc basketball lightly. Wooyoung caught it without 6063b6133b thinking and chuckled. Amid the 76d3585162 surrounding noise, f2b5256519 it felt 77946238a9 like only 8ee0041b9e the two 7cd9b3e99e of them afb13f0294 remained.dd4a99874369553f

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“Get in d9f4f69df8 line, you 2a68132ddf psycho.”2558cb8f8dea94ab

With a a7b4b2e7ba snap of c042a93d0e his wrist, e11f2ce070 Wooyoung sent a0669c0984 the ball 8eb29540e5 flying lightly, 6ad4160896 aiming straight 190283494a at Taeseong’s 8df3ed33a3 abdomen. Thud. Taeseong caught it b287fa61fe with ease, smiling 3cd12f824a and tilting his 80396f482e chin. His half-lidded 3dc1f538ab eyes and cc4cd2ab2e the mole 429c9b2924 near his 2108df9a9f eye seemed 802a935040 to shine 6f43cb59d2 more lazily b307c30815 today.5054a00e8dab0056

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“Yes, oppa.”bc1451b01ddb1fa7

Holding the basketball, Taeseong f6837a7297 plopped down beside Wooyoung, ecc0e69408 leaning his back against d55a405904 him. As Wooyoung glanced 5260f26799 at him from 992f00a8ca below, he let db6769a055 out a short 1c9de7c779 laugh. For someone a9971f708b so large 87c01514e3 and rowdy, 442437f87b his clinginess e3e1bc827b made him 4e5929ee1e seem like 9ef51f9c78 a fox 045cb98d9b spirit.0cf8c27af187cf29

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“Kwon Wooyoung.”fed67311b0f5abaa

When his name f0ba592e87 was called, Wooyoung db17763722 looked down. He saw Taeseong’s thick 3859bbeb78 lips moving. Suddenly, the 639830f5ac space between b6ff6c023e them felt 49608a6ee2 uncomfortably close. Wooyoung instinctively turned his a7ea77c98b gaze toward the window.845c45afdd0ed896

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“Did you e033e262fe really do 7d4f9746e0 it?”4c64229ceb56cd5a

Taeseong’s voice came sluggishly, 198428616d and Wooyoung lowered his 79cbc5a58a gaze again. He stared at 41df238447 the dark pupils c72d4f050b of Taeseong’s eyes a7eead5099 and narrowed his 75d4d60dce own slightly. The faint smile at 0f5da384ae the corner of Taeseong’s 45326966e3 lips, as always, made f0366b7f3a it impossible to guess c1d3b64529 what he was thinking.0867d14674f3ef81

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Such a fox.e5fea09b808bdcfc

A breeze slipped through ea0d08dfd3 the window, bringing with c360177535 it the fresh scent 809315e864 of summer. For a 520c96401c moment, a f591356321 soft fabric c686c99cc5 softener scent 21dd952749 lingered in 2115f13dbe the air. It was Taeseong’s scent.7803271fd0c9dc8d

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Wooyoung turned his head c9bbbcd5f3 back again. His gaze fixed quietly 496c17e824 on the fluttering green 2b373b6dc8 leaves outside the window, 3d00128cd7 and after a moment, 112735affd he opened his lips.f40e52528731a1dc

“No.”42160743a0e01fd4

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I want a5acf32e2c to sleep 487c6f16a0 with you 7debe256ee instead.62be55cd8770ed2e

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Kwon Wooyoung’s grandmother lived in a small rural house with an herbal medicine shop attached, located in Unil-dong. It was a place she had been living in for decades, long before he was born. Unil-dong, once known as an undeveloped prime land area, had completed its redevelopment around the time Wooyoung entered kindergarten, after many years of planning.196988bfe9c43b78

The Kwon family, well-known 973ed07a3b in Unil-dong since their e8465ff581 ancestors’ time, had received 0d18dd68fa an enormous compensation due b6e0f697ff to the farmland his 540f9e1ef9 grandmother inherited. Yet, even e4700254e6 after the a7943c4478 money was 61e3e73ef7 deposited into f07c968745 their bank 22f5b8fb6b account, Wooyoung’s 550c62b9eb family still 59eb1099fb stayed in 157eec091b the old, 8884525ab6 worn-out rural ad3a09ba35 house. The sign of the d9857a4167 small, insignificant herbal medicine c9347e0aef shop was never taken aeba477649 down.be29fd7fa91a877a

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Wooyoung’s mother had returned to Unil-dong while still unmarried, after becoming pregnant. She and his grandmother fought endlessly over the issue of the compensation that had been pushed forward.51e5670f1e4e76ec

The never-ending quarrels 90cf4c3089 spiraled like a 5f8a6c6be3 Möbius strip. Young Wooyoung 51bbd720d3 lived through 610682a1ef those days, 8495dba493 waking and 996a54f7d0 sleeping to 976a5d0f8e the sound 6610c994f0 of sharp c6a79e50aa shouts and b92597961a tears.ab7b4b75cfea06ee

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One winter 2e760e4b78 night, when b00cb5b0a1 the white f7ba09c2ec snow had 5ef10ed817 piled up 099800efcc thickly, she 0a7980b77e suddenly disappeared. Likely, she e0e5784583 had taken 6feb02a96c most of 9828416ddd the compensation 6108301c09 money that 0aab814f6e his grandmother 579cb28f87 had received.7b75acf76a8aad35

What was left behind 9ffbacc17f was only the grandmother, 5f8f855f26 Wooyoung, the herbal medicine 4148e64ffe shop, and the old c16ae132a1 rural house.769ceb382d059818

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When the 1511ef844d sun rose, 859da37381 light spread d0183f5a3b over the 6c5757718c hills of 07b8355beb Unil-dong. Through the de8aec14f0 window, the 1e79a72366 beautiful blue 126ec508bd Han River ab64f96fb4 could be 0de879ac65 seen, and 9ae0f725d2 the ‘Riverpark 577247800d Castle,’ a 52f8e5a7cd luxury housing 5242e303a9 complex, stood 1fa49a6e5e proudly. It was a newly 9bd73df48a built neighborhood where only 3d7fa35998 the wealthy elite with 85ab00907e power and prestige could 55efa67d7e live. The demand f1ae504f3d was so c6e26c78c2 high that 7cd2a2633f even paying ea88516b39 extra would bf073f8aa9 not guarantee f5fd23f569 a place.89845b6424ffe9a5

Because of this, young Wooyoung despised the people who lived there. Development, compensation, Riverpark… The old house had no soundproofing, so he heard those words day and night. Naturally, all his resentment was directed towards that place.a4275cd6eb1769d5

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I hate it d11394a271 all.75749f29a3027ec3

Around the age of 2bd42c3c4d ten, Wooyoung was fierce 970eb71352 and short-tempered. He didn’t even 8ad4371468 understand what words 8d9c3d8d8a like ‘house,’ ‘apartment,’ ‘monthly 77d3a2ea23 rent,’ ‘jeonse,’ or ‘lease’ meant, but b878b37aca he was still 4c619d86ce the subject of 1a8f71e463 ridicule among his 8e7a0ad8f7 classmates. He was the only 478aca237f one who didn’t live 63472ab6eb in Riverpark Castle, so f49882bc0a he was always the 49ac1b59eb center of attention.e851b870756afe03

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“What did you just say?”e952242d4adb6a5b

“You’re the beggar from that herbal medicine shop, right? My mom said so! Ugh!”409310b8c2cd4f6b

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“Do you want to die, beggar?”2811970bf08d50ed

But his innate strength a1d88da153 of character wasn’t weak 95279959d4 enough to be broken c5ab40a523 by such things. He paid back 743430fd97 the taunts with 1ecdd914fa a tightly clenched 7cd7a48ba6 fist.b44073a1a043c044

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Whenever Wooyoung rolled 78562ac191 up his sleeves, 8c3bb60c18 even the boys bb69558f32 who had been 97426b988f mocking him would 8b3f0bd1e6 shut up, as 9af7ef066b if their mouths 2cbb595d5d were sealed. It was probably because 068833b6b5 he was physically bigger d2f7c1d4c1 than most of his d4d5416ff7 peers. Occasionally, he would 4e53f4fd3a help kids in a9b8f21a23 similar situations, and a76d55a5f3 it would end 1a77353d8b the same way—after d5bbb04308 a few punches, 87de7bc6ca everything would settle 94f1de8b13 down.0ca5dbffd8a6fe91

For that reason, there bc16ca1dce was never any bullying bd363f0efb in Wooyoung’s class. Whenever he couldn’t cec587eb78 hold in his 3f48b19a5c anger and fought, 607a75936c shedding a little 8ba2658910 blood, his grandmother d39bcc0fe3 would rub some 18d0045db9 strange-smelling medicine on a625955114 him in a 42703f4904 room that had 2b45e5ab0a been heated with 9e3d6acb0a a hot stove.f2fd16df61cf7065

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She was taciturn, bd9a010af2 but she always 51042f7102 soothed him with 1b60b08110 warm hands. Even in the ffeddabfb5 silence, Wooyoung could f2fbad3a71 vaguely tell that 8c906ab9ad she was comforting 0c82a2bd18 him.29cd90891630a763

So, nothing else e344e7feda really mattered. He believed he was f44e1140f1 a hundred times better 08a8b7b3c0 off than those kids 572b4bfc16 who had to be 72109c1a2f drilled with academy lessons, 07f628a221 private tutoring, and endlessly 85a0794b52 fussed at until they 0a34574547 fell asleep.b2e1a558fa537d92

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A warm 4f181ca435 grandmother and 235886ecb0 a peaceful c7f4e742f0 home.347d9a5dd6af9d6b

That was enough cc2f6b6d2f for elementary school 68bd6aec57 Wooyoung.630d25e425907a4b

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However, out 13454834e0 of nowhere, 35b8878e3c a problem 6de08a7548 suddenly arose. For art homework, a557bfeeec he was asked 4653b13b14 to draw the 0fe0864a4a car his father 4a4a65f883 drove. This was a 3ebbb29e7f difficult task for 39a55da5e2 Wooyoung. He didn’t e0a2533665 have a 73ca8a1006 father. So, of course, 7bf05ea0cb there was no ada6a77952 car that his 47992c05bf nonexistent father drove.34d680b8fe75d394

Feeling frustrated, 32509fd1b4 Wooyoung sulked ec17caf130 and hid 938716c089 in the 465c2e17cc playground after 6c0c7bce65 school. He knew 07c21de7f9 that if 7f912b7686 he went e3576cab3b home in d2bbb59e1b this mood, 80a15b34d4 he would 10a5af2126 only end d16ac6c647 up taking 199866ce16 it out 72403bdb2c on his 16f57c2d5e innocent grandmother. He was annoyed. He didn’t want 08e697eb7b to do anything. He sat 220e4bcbab on the 85c7e12f33 swing, kicking 986a45b718 the dirt 342e4d3c76 for a 30f84da629 long time, 1655255854 when suddenly, 9d121f21e4 a voice 16b5c7033e called out 5624517596 to him.bc15c9b5eab00922

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“Wooyoung.”2310a3610fc841a5

He looked up e763f8cb92 at the voice. There, in front 29149a7b18 of him, stood 1dc9354dd9 a child he 02935e7317 had never seen 9f853478dd before.0486b73b966f62e3

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“What?”c7fc78048d45a2a3

Wooyoung, who had 46d51556f9 lifted his gaze, e5ea23e02b nonchalantly turned his 0d377a924f head again. He didn’t care ed3d1aa8c7 whether this unfamiliar 1dab0c66dd kid knew his 8abf268524 name or not. His mind was de1e7c964b tangled with nothing 66e9c2f42c but the dark, 3533be526a messy scribbles of f5c09177da the car drawing cc8051d097 for his homework.a018bd0179180d0e

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“Do you want to do the art homework together?”ce73a2f10d62c10c

“……”4ec1742ca6c21235

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“My dad doesn’t have a car either.”ceb928b41bee5452

“……”111e295a2f35e917

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“But there are lots of pictures of cars at home. I even have a model car.”73ec32d3c95ef6da

Wooyoung, who had 41e980c5e0 stopped swinging, slowly cdb3811292 lifted his head.930b11f2d62a02e7

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The boy 3aba2338f8 in front 945004ab50 of him 648bc5353e appeared much af8a7508fe smaller, with abb0ed43c3 a frail af79a1283c build, pale c609d0620d skin, and 6772f6a403 shaded eyelashes. Beneath his thin double f284082f3a eyelids, a tiny mole 8bf4064ecb rested.9b91f40d38e623e0

It was around 90f9316b3e twilight when the 421431ce31 orange glow of d64abc4c00 the sunset bathed 5e7044d77f the playground. The boy’s 0a14e5e71f face seemed a8988fd08a to be ff4f3925af tinted with 2869a71dca the warm 31d0840579 hue of 3ba0ca0ba0 the fading 01535f0b01 light. Unlike the boys a7cd676db3 he usually fought 0dd1e6fed5 with in class, b4c283e451 the boy had 767b522a82 a delicate and 44e9e82cde pretty face.fc39ecdc2ef37ae1

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Without realizing it, 62d33bce7b Wooyoung lowered his 43ec98f665 gaze, feeling a 2a0faf7482 strange urge to 0298f677e9 not refuse him 29d92bd89a as he usually ee91c40b52 would. Perhaps it 07912b9cd8 was because 1464ea0f74 he felt ceab848913 a sense 9e9b3c6868 of kinship, 32d988e3ea realizing the 68b8ff217b boy was 0e35ec6eb1 in a a9b2aa240b similar situation.b8b0ff7f038b1e14

“Who are you?”3bb3c9b035eb24d6

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Wooyoung kicked the ground b9b938970b roughly as he asked, b48c2b3f72 his feet stomping. The rusty swing creaked 5812ea6fba loudly in response. The boy’s 192d5f7cb4 thick lips ec065ce640 curled into e9fc78fb58 a soft, a8d76553cc subtle smile 3f21e10ab1 at Wooyoung’s 32fe53c5f2 question.ab46cc3913f74102

“I’m Taeseong. Ko Taeseong. We’re in the same class.”e6c3f171e724ebde

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“……”ee9d50be7dbe46e3

“I was in the same class in first grade and third grade too.”138979b0c8541582

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The boy’s gentle 63a9b79520 voice, different from cfdb3476c4 the loud, brash 79df9e553c voices of his d5e74e6fba classmates, piqued Wooyoung’s 8ba26b4611 curiosity. The fact 14115b4423 that the 9c045b0fdc boy’s dad bfa574ba68 didn’t have f27501c005 a car f261533c10 also caught e5fe9e7711 his interest.c0381f7564c3a2d6

Perhaps that was why. For the first 7f4671a5ef time, he found 2ed6b113cd himself following a d3c70e0ec7 stranger—an unfamiliar boy—without bbf2b22f9c hesitation.7131d7e6c27ca3a9

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Wooyoung followed e4953fcfb6 him, not 0aeebedf70 suspecting anything. Ko Taeseong. He swallowed a80bc65f77 the round 02ce7fc212 letters of a6ab5f7790 his name 8fb8c650bc as he 7c99b5bf1e trudged along a3c02cb884 behind him, 80ce66da88 with heavy, db0404de63 awkward steps.17e34c226d608944

The feeling 16e8ca78d4 of visiting 686033690d a friend’s d19eed86dd house for 463460538d the first 16893e2cbd time was 8d5b17b65f strangely exciting 30a61f960c and made 8c293bd412 his heart 465bd15eb0 race. So, as he d2cc3a5d58 passed through the c606bbd582 narrow alleys, when f82d4ad157 the luxurious gates fb83b7a9e2 of Riverpark Castle 1f8f4a64d2 appeared in front 665046e334 of him, a 8d1a7c60ce wave of betrayal 13fb84aa96 rushed over him de9d4878fd that he couldn’t 56d29b02da quite handle with 4c0906ccda his young mind.b360196bc9ee5a10

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“Damn… Are you kidding me?”fb75b9ddbb60bfaa

Wooyoung stared at a9a4b13676 the gates, his 687eb8041a face flushed with 14b752554b anger. But Ko 14f0e29729 Taeseong, who da9e203fdb had stopped 196c4a0bcc and turned d101c9476b around, had 3b974d6f68 a calm 99bf612383 expression on a1c95cbfe6 his face.0989a8e235528fc8

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“What?”edb4d22091c4002e

“Why doesn’t your dad have a car if you live here?”6876a374473414b8

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The thought e195f43ae1 that he 5d5e6559b8 had been 012024916e tricked made 6abebd14a8 Wooyoung want 7a537642ad to curse, 099d54be45 but he e431fdaa62 barely managed 132a255b3a to restrain b812f39776 himself, clenching 43a0986167 his fists 04b295ae72 tightly. He was furious but 024cbf861e didn’t want to hurt d16a02f414 the delicate face in 000b07e456 front of him.9ecdb50fbfe4a8ec