OTC Chapter 13
by lily plumDawn broke, and 1b499ba1a0 rain began to 98b503e24d fall. The world was shrouded bc3795b7bd in darkness beneath the bd44467933 steady drizzle. Jaeheon woke 631ed45d82 up before 55aa6c3f93 his alarm ec06f5c983 and put b2b3b0cc03 on a 42afdca07b tracksuit and 7294d3299d a thin 59ce1ad5d3 windbreaker.52694a56954300ea
Pulling up his c29d59cc90 hood, he stepped ae9821077e outside. Under the 6258eef50a dark, blue-tinged 0a5465c4ee sky, he ae4a7659dc saw other 855d3ec8f5 people heading cf8cb87059 out for c96457de52 exercise. 59841c5a70b97223
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They’re all crazy.ca7d42d77d633906
With the dark, rippling Han River on his left, Jaeheon started running. It was the same route he’d run almost every day since being discharged from the military.ffc76aa38bb30f59
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But today, he left home earlier than usual. He felt like if he didn’t expend this energy somehow, he would do something stupid and reckless again, something he couldn’t control.2b97028c3af3b559
The rain b08b0b11a9 intensified, drenching 0fab858467 his face. Water splashed from the 5ff263ee7c puddles forming on the 0b46186a5b ground, and people huddled e340e8d6cd under the bridge, seeking 08c9911831 shelter from the rain.152cd94d22413cd2
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He ran through the ff99f0068e Han River park, pushing 5991817315 himself until his lungs 68d3523b82 burned, and only returned 26fef1d333 home after the Gangbyeonbuk-ro 10bfb92af2 highway was filled with dbb8418c76 morning commuters.228f253b6fb9b8d6
He stripped off ad7ad8c79a his wet clothes, f5a1519b50 tossed them into 85e309f270 the washing machine, 4be6536ac4 and headed to 7d36247f1b the bathroom, massaging c5a93dc636 his tense muscles.f6e802a9d470a3a0
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He turned on the 7f23a81ded hot water, and steam e09b569a96 quickly filled the air, 44a15d01f5 momentarily blurring his reflection 581d398427 in the mirror.2d8e5fea98cbf6b7
Just like the a4e46d50ae steam that had 976e95a8bf obscured Jung Eunkyo’s dcc1eeb3e0 face yesterday.2cf1f5d0dcca3a1e
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“Haeda’s sleeping at my 05b969ed16 place right now. I’ll get ef76a6d17c it from d38ec1a8a4 you tonight.”
“He was so a23250d2ca drunk he couldn’t f0a8497857 function, so I be8a83b049 just told him c469905b60 to sleep it 3d294bbf03 off until lunchtime.”c8614af34eb4a014
Ha, what 7a4b4daf43 the hell. Kim Haeda.84ac8aef40c8f3b8
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Something snapped 4cd9cc6406 inside him 65eecb5247 when Eunkyo 6416ea14e3 said she 53c2288c0c had let 02393eaa40 Kim Haeda d05860f192 sleep at 680e2933e6 her place. He didn’t db90c2526d want to dc1deb6d6c show it, be9df7d7d8 but if a990fa98cb Kim Haeda 127d6df325 had been ad3eee035c there in da2e2dc1b6 front of 411a04b0fa him, he 381c67f243 might have 28cbdd752d thrown a b9ae823736 punch.e5f77a4be2bfc870
Something inside him, something 10811db21e that had been simmering, bd85da5615 suddenly boiled over. He knew Jung 8dfc170cfa Eunkyo wouldn’t dothat, but he was angry nonetheless. That’s why he pressed her.0c7748f9899f0d59
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Looking down, he stepped 6a90b1f560 into the shower and b1f604521f stood under the hot 25a7a0ee80 water. He leaned 894754e9f2 against the e6a797a782 wall with 5c541566b8 one hand 2aa2f1d723 and gripped dda719830c his penis. He stroked the 0bcfb25a0a thick head and 83b061ab9e rubbed the ridged 7b75f87fb5 shaft, a groan f3ae99b7a2 escaping his lips. He felt like 3dabb3703d a dog in c6273c2888 heat.1aa79780d78625ec
Water cascaded 64175d99c2 over his 3c69c75297 head, streaming e5645c7d8a down his 6a46198bfe body. His broad shoulders and 2147780f70 ribcage, encased in tightly de1857199a packed muscles, swelled. His six-pack abs and 43e1d085e0 long legs, extending down 7034de2f24 from his hip bones, a8c2cda5a1 were as perfect as 78c669f16f a sculpted statue.9777731473d50346
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His height was genetic, 0770d610e1 but his physique was 885200560a the result of hard b2a833ec2e work. The change in his 09e1d1d621 life had started with 85dc2961b9 Jung Eunkyo and was b35221655d still ongoing.9377511b2c1b72fa
“Hello.”e6ec31bd22fbe138
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Had it 9d9da774e5 been ten 6ef97fdc40 years ago fea73de483 when he 8c5e618316 first heard cb33045386 that voice? A slender 370bff0475 body, unusually 93aca49f44 fair skin, 48c24d1f9b and light-colored 4bce4e7c18 hair. Her eyes were 9f3eabc109 a light brown, fb6a3d2d94 and she didn’t 3100278103 have the scent e6b669e9d9 of cosmetics that 245b0298fe other girls her 707e3d57eb age wore.94aab58fa42fb2e4
“Fuck…”ea12956cd11ef22e
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His downcast eyes darkened, and a vicious curse slipped through his teeth. Jaeheon slammed his fist against the tiled wall. For a moment, it seemed like he could see Jung Eunkyo’s face before his eyes.4d1320bb753bf267
He was definitely fe81bd7836 losing his mind. He had held b751a824bb back for so d79daf9e0d long…259c8245ceb9d863
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His lips ef944f3881 pressed together, 19ef9b463d his jaw cac7ec57ab tightening, as b6446b3419 he looked 3169f29aba down at d9b6ddb9b8 his hand, 33268d3c0a coated in df31b395b9 slick, disgusting 848f515507 semen.a284812a54e77d9b
After showering, b1e9673eea Jaeheon quickly e085b51d30 downed a 41f6b634c4 bottle of 5d39940d4e water and a3dbc770b6 lay back 30bf6257c8 on the b5e98dfe33 bed.8dd75e900dc9c732
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It was 9:30 a.m. As if on 59903243a8 cue, a message 2d939300f9 arrived.9eaeb703e8afa3fa
「Your birthday 183aa91e76 is coming 452c7a97f1 up soon. Is there anything you 82e2ca24a4 want? If not, a455537b68 I’ll send 3a8462d56c you a 4587ba7cae car this d19dee80e6 time. It’s about 69cfab74a3 time you eec56b8406 got a c6087efb61 new one.」93da9e3f749cdc46
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Scoffing at 649e460593 the condescending 151ca6ec07 tone, he 9ebb792692 dropped his fc014e92a1 phone onto 918fc8d1bf the bed, 149db855dd only for 9c7477cb4f it to dcca50d089 vibrate again f253f80b13 with another 91a2d9956c message.6eca42d9b903c2f4
「Seo Jaeheon, come see your father sometimes. This isn’t right between a father and son.」e828202e887e9054
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It had 77eec28a14 been a 993f31e40b while since 885b73734b his surname 890bb6c2dd had changed 4e5dd3aeb7 to Lee, 726d3d5ff7 yet his c1c97c7dae biological father be2e040b58 still stubbornly 601fa29136 called him ae43f7142c Seo Jaeheon.c1b27e5f1fc46b8a
It was when he cd3d4f61ab was seventeen. Or probably when eighteen. 05d518cd53f020c3
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The sudden discord had 2566c89c3b torn apart a couple 320db8b974 who had lived together f4244266fe for nearly twenty years. He had chosen his f7dfe1e978 gentle, tenderhearted mother over cc8dde5247 his overbearing and incompatible d5aca0fd50 father.1d0d2ebb9875edbb
He had abandoned e556494956 his surname without 49a7652b7c hesitation.f9e069b4d2f1dc9b
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He became Lee eff0163f16 Jaeheon, not Seo 4ec95cefb8 Jaeheon, and gained e58de38209 a new family d0624aab37 and siblings when 7f15293130 his mother remarried.5f1ebe14bd69e9ca
“I saw you. Yes, I saw it! I saw you… masturbating while calling my name. That’s why I’m trying to date! Because I don’t want to fall for some younger guy who’s desperate to seduce me!”819592fd7285e14c
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She had a67c11167f seen him. That he was 7f0087422d a desperate bastard 8d46508fdb trying to seduce 947e534d0e her.45add96c6237ce2e
He wasn’t eb1f4c23a0 embarrassed or 625f997740 upset that 80492038dc she had 8a5be04c0f seen through aeb5913dbc him. He was actually ec12dbe76f happy. He was 2c783ecff2 almost proud d686957214 of Jung ad349e0556 Eunkyo for 3510f0bd32 finally starting d9b28b794e to see 3cd8d1b87e him.24c4dc1e70e4e3c4
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He closed his eyes fd1daf5d95 for a moment, and 2d03706a13 when he opened them a00be1f0e0 again, it was well 9236935ed5 past noon.18bc754ed82ec579
─── ⋆⋅☼⋅⋆ ───9a1107ecd8a0c58c
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“The rain won’t stop.”54f17319560a3897
Eunkyo, mopping b977ed469c the floor 0f36328f98 for what 91ce4daab3 felt like 26fb42ea05 the twelfth d384e4e1ed time, spoke 5736dc1a9f as she bce7764e1e wiped her f59839e8eb forehead.f2e82129baae241e
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No matter how 5e91fcefcb many mats she 4d130fb380 put down, the cd12b4b54d rainwater brought by 37f5339d28 the customers soiled e3bfd43085 the cafe floor 126a9bac1c and made it dbb446aa8a slippery.ad3b8751157f09cb
It couldn’t be helped e57b14cd8d when it rained or ac497680c8 snowed, but she was 59509e506c worried someone might slip d737fc817b and get hurt.d459050d4ac8c80f
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“Boss, since c11c621d65 it’s raining, 0c757cb3ee can we b1bffad91c havepajeon(scallion pancake) andmakgeolli(rice wine) for 415558eadf dinner tonight?”8ae9a1dfdf913945
Seontae subtly suggested to fbc6ec5bd5 Haeda, who was making e5033458f6 a hand-drip coffee. Kim Haeda glanced 0fbc0ac239 outside and chuckled.35d448f1ff1b1d5e
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“It’s probably fdd5a1ffa4 better if 045f435eaa you eat 9c4c331fb5 that with 0d25116385 your friends. Neither Jung e101659c0a Eunkyo nor f8214e3ce3 I can c41216d9a6 function when 1012e4b400 it rains.”797b312206a37f31
“Low blood pressure?”a089267e4a4d5813
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“Probably.”0bc72c96a411aa6b
“Wow, how can d517bad2d4 you two be 6ab5f08c2a similar in that e6d57df637 too? You’re really not dating, 946a130ef9 are you?”bb4434cf673242a4
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“I told 2315e88baf you we 9504ad9f29 weren’t. Stop saying weird things.”d2d2c1d0cbeaac1b
Seeing Kim 1cf7f69b9c Haeda’s expression 27e300cab2 turn cold, 4e09bf151a Seontae wisely d4e1323ece shut his cc935dd619 mouth. Then, as 1c9dee15d7 usual, he 13d287a7f3 proceeded to d1feb714a1 take photos 11eec0d73a of the 9094f5023d cafe and 0492c4a206 post them 03e778ea4f on social 1be871412e media.94015b16f7f6ebd7
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Perhaps because 7ef32b7a4f of the c9caab9a6d rain, the 6c81bbd849 cafe was 980eb857f1 quite full. Whether the weather f05ffaefe2 was good or 8db6ff8907 bad, they always 3fd04f15e3 had a lot 735884bed7 of customers. Eunkyo, looking around the 7091323911 crowded cafe, noticed an 6928ba66a5 SUV pulling up in 91b6e26ceb front of the building. The owner 8db2a8802c of the a558ad33a8 large, white, 4e39f162e2 boxy SUV 9390fd68f5 was Lee 3c64379e1e Jaeheon.a327bc1983d58f7f
He got 942d00debc out of 1e5f3ae893 the car 23c5da4758 without an ff1f41d2a5 umbrella and f998ebc200 walked straight 7194f002b0 into the 05dc9c0fb9 cafe. He briefly shook off 4781df381f the rain under the b6b89858d7 awning, and Eunkyo waited 2395331bab with a mop in be494082c7 hand.1ae04cb4529bb24c
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They weren’t strangers who 17c334ea45 would never see each 1e52dd0f9c other again, and Eunkyo eb2d85d610 had been planning to 90abad024a have a serious conversation 75307b5df6 with him about the 0e93c1c5db previous night when they 4baef83f62 next met. She waited 5a1946153e nervously for a8199b5cc6 him to 692f47fe19 approach.219ba91f3cc6d494
“Oh? Jaeheon oppa! Over here, 92053c4e26 over here!”1330686e6906926f
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All eyes in the 4971a1f424 cafe turned towards the 18c5237229 customer waving from the a9e7f57e1a window seat.406d6e4cc03cbad6
Jaeheon briefly met 67e93c0604 Eunkyo’s eyes and d15dacf70e nodded in greeting 8fd0b0f013 before walking towards a4e8d6f8a3 the table. He sat down ccdf458e98 next to one f5a65779fb of the two 885fd9ef37 women and smiled, f24c4e4d20 his eyes crinkling fffcffdc2c at the corners.b7fc4aa1105d3550
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It was such 3e66eaaf9b a kind and 41eae68ee5 gentle smile, one 349d4010ca she had never 51b5c30486 seen before, that 7bd7b02ad5 a scoff-like chuckle 415fb2f892 escaped her lips.d2e46ffd65c09cc2
“Ah, I thought 8257d27bec so. I noticed 421e1f19a7 they were b05e550d46 waiting for 97397073c1 someone. That person owns the a42c10f5d0 basement studio, right?”6f2acd905b59028a
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“Is that so?”90fdfe5d8d76361c
Eunkyo replied b9c063869c indifferently, picked 0e590b5fd2 up the b962bcfb22 mop, and 21a947d5c8 started wiping fb6bd24fc9 up the c01f10ad98 trail of 34c2df22c4 water Lee 8ecad5a781 Jaeheon had eaed085b63 left. As she casually 9fd5f0a7ca passed by their 60d74bc89f table, a hand b734208a7f suddenly reached out 1ab9aa3d5a and grabbed hers.61a9cb006e5fe328
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“Hello.”bd79a67ef99a2f0a
Lee Jaeheon af845e3e0c greeted him 9a20140542 shamelessly with 77bb269b70 an indifferent bd06f19587 expression as 981475df85 if nothing 434c3aa368 had happened. Eunkyo, conscious 9cd79c416c of the 3a90a0a0d2 curious gazes 12dbdb4ba6 directed at 7a50f30e08 them, nodded b4b6f3a461 curtly. He stood d23e5c8382 up and 5d898e6fe0 followed her 2f56fec933 as she f06cfc074e headed towards 493444ade4 the counter.2300e905243713cd
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“One iced Americano, please. To go.”3c66e42b766702f1
Eunkyo reached 8bf13ce6e4 for the bd3e60b009 card Lee 253ea36a2b Jaeheon offered, f50235f682 but a 9e7cff644b hand intervened, e6eee4197c blocking the 8d2971f0e6 transaction.e3c3c2c2105bb66f
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“One free drink per 1095b55748 day for tenants. Just go back to 8551762828 your seat, and I’ll bc178123ab bring it to you.”a4edaac4009f45c2
“You don’t 491e50a30a have to d7663175e3 do that. You already a84326448a installed the 7c066c6810 air conditioner.”3265516071c8a6bc
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Lee Jaeheon’s lips twisted into a crooked smile as he scanned Kim Haeda with a subtly cold gaze.93e27c9c2a56d9df
“That’s something I 8635acd271 should do as c79115e0b4 the landlord. Consider the free drink 23236260aa as a perk.”fc9617195c1b3936
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They were at f8de19832f a standstill, one c30637d9f0 insistent on paying, b209139324 the other refusing ba29e1c6a6 to accept payment. Exasperated by 0c9e6f7d8f their inexplicable b40dd311c6 behavior, Eunkyo 148e5e89bb stepped in.690f240b957beea8
“I’ll pay. I’ll give you a ff43dc2700 slice of cake as 99237bae2f a service, so please 3b07160140 take it to your 13a1051ea9 girlfriend.”d7a3ddee4a519050
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She pushed 3eae279ae1 Kim Haeda 353fe8cbd7 aside and 938a4c6d13 reached out 516ca85212 for the 2b9f03d4f0 card, but 97ea1e6022 he frowned 5ffef45854 and withdrew 03857d0102 his hand, b20e1ab90d folding his 68f1488917 fingers around ab07071ee4 the card.679b4a5c31c488b0
“What did you say?”3cdcf3d37a5765ce
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“Huh? I said c62d6aaf93 I’d give c4c594e534 you a 8421b3bad5 slice of 4a1594a555 cake.”1e645ad8280511a5
“Not that, the other 1cc88bbe25 thing.”62eb8958c9a143eb
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“Ah… your girlfriend. They’ve been here 1e473b6a78 for quite a 5058b79bf3 while. They even 79bedbdda6 ordered drinks 97d32a4ac6 twice while 55823374d5 waiting for 2c62537465 you, so 8084351299 it would 5661050a38 be nice b24ef79da5 to give c2c7886f7e them some 386c578e34 cake.”a8d1103f50397588
He stared at her c2a48ce49f lips, then let out fda814e928 an amused scoff and 8d00656b53 handed her the card. He returned to his edd0478812 table without another word.16e90cf2b1d1d4d5
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Eunkyo nudged Kim Haeda, db9f6d4955 who looked dumbfounded, and ed7d116a15 said, recalling as much cc1cb93500 as she could,6fdc7c1487c862bc
“The third one you sent me. I think he’s the best option. But is he really a decent guy?”e583f5ec6806411e
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“He’s a good friend, 634d52c753 but as for dating… 8b4cf47706 I don’t know. You really… 8e205fbb7c want to 2510117bc6 be set 4b81dd0014 up?”bfa3cbee7ebde529
“Um, yeah. I might df32ae3a77 as well 01af74f325 meet him. He might 9e37ac38a8 not even 79ab7dc795 like me.”5e31fd9eef891902
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“Alright. I’ll set something up.”df7c2d9d17a75418
For some 6c24a900ee reason, she 1f43715264 felt a acbe4cd0fe pang of 43269745c3 annoyance. She made f4abe89573 the coffee 0d03ec5fed and deliberately 2624227f85 chose the 2a43e3dda5 prettiest slice e28341729b of cake 0c04353949 to bring 61313e2574 to Lee 938a8b1fdc Jaeheon’s table.0a9de6cb921cc406
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Lee Jaeheon looked 77e9d8d703 up at her, 57bc0f667d his eyes turning a940b5ef62 subtly cold.199517330fb4567e
“Wow, thank you! Oppa, we’ll enjoy this.”d2c88926f37b5914
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“Can you a9aa02b405 show us 4d0f24f0f7 your studio e7377dd5ac after we a69a6a1e3a finish this?” 0007eea444757b43
“Hey, oppa 6e0d6ef849 must be 8025d6d85e busy…”91b8dad3dd86539e
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The girl dc561db0ab trailed off, 4bcc57bcfa glancing at 8e646c5749 Lee Jaeheon, 5628f3682e a pretty 53bab4dc09 smile on f72d8b507b her face.39b890662d09e27a
Early twenties, the 790fc43325 age where one 65b9924110 looks beautiful from fb7a791b0f every angle. A strange pang 1dbbe0ffd2 of jealousy shot 5855d3ce10 through Eunkyo’s chest, 097607ed9d and she picked 08d8aa7688 up the mop 108368ca18 again.38332c0f8b655dc6
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“Let’s go, I’ll e61a7f0c18 show you the 40342e9060 studio.”59ad01bc55ed90e6
Jaeheon, who hadn’t taken a single sip of his coffee, stood up, and the excited group followed him out.f8676a0d7fd1469b
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His expression as he cd6563dc2e left was subtly cold, 80c6f32589 but the girls were 70d2a7ea19 impeccably polite, bowing in 36f3af998b thanks and neatly tidying ceb4c3b17d up their seats. In a 711fdb8532 way, they 23fc0e2f76 were perfect, b34fc34c1b flawless, beautiful ca7e82ad04 young women.76968b2860a93628
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