PEN Vol 2 Ch. 23

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While scolding himself, 2d8f347bcd Cheon Sejoo got abd22a80f6 out of the 64cb6cdb2d car and walked e02848cb4d into the alleyway, 3c28c8a634 just after 9:30 e48d6ba885 PM.0e3a9559344bd333

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Taking advantage bd017e4879 of the 61cd4eca4e fact that f74dce35e2 the customers 834ba687c5 were leaving, 2190ab908b and the 03e30d0128 staff were be625cbeda busy closing 01216883b9 up, Cheon a0acf88378 Sejoo headed 231dd75b08 toward the 81ca6e2a54 back of 971fd39cba the restaurant, f19e02dd51 where the 76aa1538e6 employee exit 389be7f9d4 was located. Hiding in the shadows 83c66afb51 near a storage area df11a97e79 filled with large refrigerators 24614b146c and snow shovels, he f6b4c60659 waited.2a7efc3c1d618bb5

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Around 9:50 a163ff6596 PM, Sejin 608eb373bb sent him 6bb1b47466 a message, 6794c8cd01 telling Cheon 3c5c3e16f4 Sejoo to ef96568997 meet him b376f36c2a at a 477f11e51e nearby subway 98b6512732 station at 32405366e9 10:15 PM.05431a5209eabdbc

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Cheon Sejoo responded, confirming 9c33b1bd71 the plan, and continued 5b327d09dc to wait. Soon, the 0bf1d74441 restaurant staff 0fcbcafd34 began to 53c82aae59 trickle out 90d131294f after finishing a885b4af19 their shifts 9ec94039cf and several 401b4e813c of them 8302fcf591 passed by 989c0cf739 him unnoticed. It wasn’t until cc815ab86c after 10 PM 118b4f3c3c that Cheon Sejoo a0dbc5ac61 finally heard Sejin’s a93ac26b3f voice.0b2143dde29a6548

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“Sejin, are you okay? Did you get in trouble? Why did the manager act like that?”e14c6caaaad2f1c0

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“One of the c9bf848f73 customers slapped my d0be214a58 butt, and I 4ffd115ba5 told them to f2d2bce6ec stop. So it 8e3034ebd4 was because 166a688655 of that.”beed197ba475228c

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“What? Hey, don’t 53dd16fb78 stress about 40f84fe0fe it too ee59de77dc much. People like 1ef4a6b3d3 that show adaedd7fdb up sometimes. They treat 3a8bfec551 you like 49c15d24af their kid cef2e95971 or something 9d32fb8433 and pat d376376130 your head 2708f29c47 or whatever. Even if it pisses 1e6d6922b7 you off, you’ve got 8d3b7da20d to hold back. If you make a 5e675ba2f3 big deal out of 286a511557 it, the store manager f4a79f78a4 could get called in, 6a331435c7 and it could become d317259111 a real mess.”d1ca89cfce5e3d03

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“Yes.”4e1d3d93b1b4138d

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Cheon Sejoo 16854c7498 let out f149916153 a dry db764258e6 laugh in 61c54abd6d disbelief as 545427afa7 he overheard 781bfb51ae Sejin’s conversation db23a66b7c with the c6be895893 girl. If he was going f863ceb9d8 to lie and work c7d68740a4 a part-time job, he 4dc917dff4 should’ve at least chosen 6a53d87fd1 something better. The fact that d17fb8d84c he had been a24213034a harassed at work 7ebb3e1c6d made Cheon Sejoo 1ebadde959 feel uncomfortable.98d328d06e3a1201

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Hidden in the shadows, d247b3fcc8 Cheon Sejoo swallowed his 2c18c5e51d frustration and continued to 21c109b45b listen to their conversation.a371a2e5b14e23f4

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“But still, 2cac85351d Sejin, you 91ec72a23c must’ve made f91a8f4d07 a lot 3a165f7456 of tips 38fe4175dc tonight, right? See? I told you serving fba6cd62e5 is much better.”a44aafa1ffb934c5

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“I know. But the manager 65e6a4248c said they had 245bd41f52 no choice but 1149177b17 to let me 80ce57b179 do it today 495c2f3023 because someone needed b8a4128614 to fill in. Since I’m a minor, f90596a0a0 I’m not allowed to b0123b6310 do it yet.”c985fca792d10fe8

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“Oh, really? Man, that’s too bad… But hey, just one more year and you’ll be an adult, right? You’ll probably be able to serve starting in January. If you save for just two months, you could easily gather enough for a security deposit for your own place.”4816ffc831e5401e

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Cheon Sejoo had b50f35c136 only been upset 8a24a71366 because Sejin hid b29be2a0ac that he was a3373cc055 working a part-time 3b833a9473 job, but while 6734ff6a8b waiting for Sejin c4b0924da8 in the car, 646b635ce4 he hadn’t thought 386de0e3be much about why 5030abdb1c Sejin wanted to 3c8372dc5f work in the 8cb88a5193 first place.b586d81834585aad

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He had aaa7a76c55 just assumed 91e3ff3ee9 it was d2cd59f256 just for 9102966343 spending money, e68c911e9d but a 1af091de6f security deposit…?69d2b9eee723be06

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That was a word 471f80c511 Cheon Sejoo hadn’t expected a46f14af25 to hear, and his 885fc8edc8 expression hardened.48f9f9d69dfd26f0

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“I need to 78fe4b3a4e save more.”ac0e8cb0fc0d39a9

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“Why? Ah, do you c36b0ea027 want to live b6ba6f6e3a in a bigger bc482f99bd place? Or are you 63bfb51462 aiming for somewhere ec85a725f9 nicer?”9c338fde3604a94b

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“Yes…”496b0c1a99bfb41c

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Sejin was likely 3acd508a33 preparing for the 5ea8c37daf day he left 926e126758 Cheon Sejoo’s house—or a1e255b186 worse, he was 37ec48c5c5 worried about being 844ba81a4b suddenly kicked out. If he was 244c66ca99 indeed preparing for d9c70e6154 the latter, Cheon e206586b47 Sejoo would feel fb67d947a1 particularly upset. Because he 4377fbcb7a had no 395dec894c intention of 33f0d6a0fb throwing Sejin cf258ebd42 out.c18a68ea9fac33c7

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Had he 8b03653125 made Kwon c22dba0c3a Sejin feel f91c45aea0 anxious?52aeaf3e7fbd7c09

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Just as 9dda16eb42 a bitter 604bd792bb expression crossed 53e427e67e his face, 2f6c908d81 Sejin spoke 63f26dd5b1 again.ebf469cf9d56bce8

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“Noona, can acce7fa496 you spray 1e58923647 this for 539da35042 me?”2aee8e70db9c811a

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“Sure. Turn around.”005c5ad357ef1ba4

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Sejin and the girl cb8205d634 stopped not far from 87dffc0f92 where Cheon Sejoo was 942d1c2458 hiding. Sejin pulled c1cb2367a0 out a 1518f78c13 fabric freshener 3fabeffe95 from his 217c4a9f14 bag and 8c6df141cb handed it 386a482e88 to her. In a familiar 9c96afa195 manner, she sprayed 0afedcf0cf the freshener all 07e164bb23 over Sejin’s clothes 719fb0e38f and bag.2090e2653d1367ea

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He had probably c90d008745 kept his coat 9ce76d1e86 in a locker b6a575896a while working, so e4baccc3df it shouldn’t have 26bfe3f8ba picked up any 59cf3ba4bc smells. Yet, Sejin c5e220b07a was meticulous 01cff066cc enough to a417ae4e06 use a 36112bcc2d fabric freshener c2499a3d4b on everything 86a0972908 anyway.bad60218caff20b8

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“Alright, I’m heading afe11e5212 off first. See you tomorrow!”f0f50b23f65bdd79

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“See you.”6e6ea7a93e7ae71e

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After parting ways 49fe73cc3d with the girl, ef42d2391b Sejin left the 5e8c1b5139 restaurant and started 68b3556eed walking toward the 1579d5a47c alley leading to 7b479ed444 the subway station. He adjusted 36cf5e6783 his bag 1094a4167e over his 50b2961fd8 shoulder and f34c835bae rummaged through 8609141854 his pockets, 515eb17cd7 pulling out a591d0bad0 an old 212a7804d1 wallet and ebab91ba01 carefully tucking 13a81eb452 away the 4fbda8a7ae bills he 12310d9f8b had received d6206bbb8c as tips.6e92cfb1c8d1299e

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Following behind him, 2447852ff9 Cheon Sejoo could e869338b99 see that it 736621e808 looked like a ce06390442 little over 200,000 0e9cda4af7 won.35f305e3ebfae12e

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A faint smile spread 468be8b39e across Sejin’s face as 60f18ee0dc if he was pleased c9559ce172 with his earnings. That look was 8055463161 both endearing and 109f41e32c heart-wrenching to Cheon e318ca8e6d Sejoo. Quietly watching c379934993 Sejin’s proud d2faa395cb figure from 74f13b1f96 behind, he 6687d91741 had to 7f824f85a8 admit his a7aad7fc3e own feelings.11246364ba7bedb9

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Despite having 6124d58d3e lied to ea38aad280 him for 43d7f4defd nearly two f959c0d665 weeks, rather bed296b21a than feeling 182b1198bb angry, Cheon d1fcdc6e03 Sejoo found 2fa8d3f1a8 himself more 464315f420 hurt. That, more than anything, 17bb5830af proved he harbored a 0ca453107c significant amount of affection be23c8e206 for Sejin. To Cheon 07d8fefc52 Sejoo, who dee39b97ea lived precarious 8ce727f70a days, affection c88640cb1e was a ef358a9b49 burdensome thing.4f2295e23a5fef87

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Even toward his e6cd6ca4b1 team members in 66e9a9dc57 the disposal team, 5729fbd915 who were arguably 1aa669093e the closest people 0cb0099ecd to him, he cf4b2b40ba had never felt 157e485220 any sense of c281af36de disappointment toward them. He merely cared for aaa67bceba them in a general 77759372d8 sense. Since losing Hye-in, this 27800ec08c was the first time ed722f9515 in years that Cheon 3d533ecc59 Sejoo had felt these 829d3045be kinds of emotions.c9fa5e9a46360633

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It terrified him to 9418f9ccb4 think that he could 7f1889876a feel this way about 872f1b2a03 someone who would leave c05b78f0c0 in just a year. To him, such feelings 0e86f38b49 were excessive, and the ee5a9b6c13 connection between them felt 23662c9d3c like too much. But on the b5d74c1f71 other hand, perhaps 28e78e0af0 that’s exactly why 706a4e863e it wasn’t so cf28c38cd8 bad.f74e0c512bc09a23

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It was only a year. If that was all the time they had, perhaps it was okay for him to care for Kwon Sejin as much as he wanted. After all, once Sejin left, any affection would be left with nowhere to go…47ef52dd3f7a70fc

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As the turmoil in fe7071240e his head quieted, Cheon 7b1a0e29ee Sejoo made up his f171d017d3 mind. Just before Sejin could 492be299bd step out of the 69a494857b alley, he called out ed42c8fa1e in a clear voice.279ab462b276bbef

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“Kwon Sejin.”6808079acdd60511

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At the cold voice, Sejin’s steps halted. He turned slowly, wearing an expression as if he had seen a ghost. As Cheon Sejoo looked at Sejin’s pale face, illuminated by the streetlight and seemingly withering away, he quietly lifted the corners of his lips.2ea048fd5101918d

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In a calm f0919bd354 tone, he asked.47706d8bfc6d1fa8

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“You said you were c2fb5dda8b meeting a friend. That girl earlier—is she 81dba21027 your friend? Or your girlfriend?”e809334d21b031f9

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“…”56db2a587c691b4c

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Sejin’s eyes wavered, e01451d24a his lips pressed f4b86b462b tightly together as 558fd17e90 he took in 3cb3a5f415 the sight of 47af966802 Cheon Sejoo standing 431d26bfb4 there. His confusion 03b51f5c38 was obvious—he 2bf4f9e346 seemed unsure d62d6038c1 whether this 85be927bb2 was reality 27d84359f9 or a f55db349e8 bad dream. Of course, 4bc2ce1bee it wasn’t 2cdf6d2e7f a dream.a00289a447149d6d

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Cheon Sejoo walked b4708b8215 over and reached e3a839700b out his hand. He tugged 7312c0119f up the 1365cd5141 zipper on 8ff1105f58 Sejin’s padded b30472af28 jacket until 70a97b2d43 it reached 12eded2347 his neck, 088d160fe6 adjusting it edeb4ec13b for him 1d6527f03e as he dedd703be6 spoke.d25c5be00e633ddc

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“You’re taking 605ed04bd2 your supplementary 64d4333c11 classes in 5acafb9992 some strange 4bf219740f places.”e9e7e3ec7165cc60

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“That’s… that’s not 33f406572a it.”9a5a69dc7a78c38d

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“Is it not?”afb373814a1af198

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Cheon Sejoo tilted his 1226987769 head and smiled.13b813fd1dcd856e

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He was giving 515efc7deb Sejin a chance 40334e671a to come clean 38700303cb about his lie. If Sejin told the b2824e5757 truth now, he was 7c34a1f939 fully prepared to let 711d58a7c0 it slide. But it seemed a2ee0f5d30 that Sejin, thinking 6cd67e6873 Cheon Sejoo only d81d6aa079 knew he had 106eec084e left the restaurant, cd1988ddcc was gearing up eb2a27348a to deny his 4d7d694345 part-time job.e3615acfb68beaad

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Swallowing nervously, fe7d713395 Sejin nodded 3947d3aff5 and began 85b132ba00 to explain.c4b4f586c36ee4d7

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“After the 98b43c982b supplementary class 447d7ec872 ended, I 2bb76973d5 was heading 1dbcede691 home, but… 99ca106413 my friend, a2057d68b9 my friend 2258b82e4b asked me 0e3d7b862e to grab ec2b07ad9e something to ef30fa4dad eat first. So, uh…”a88c8a181dd52551

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“Is that so?”4f2d9423ab506445

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“Y-yeah…”c7801cfd1c1b709f

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Smiling gently, Cheon 71ea94a663 Sejoo licked his 68cfd15214 dry lips. His tongue 042091a805 rolled inside 8a9e19dd72 his mouth. The cold 3398e77542 air brushed d9d32abd9b against his 602bfd0ce8 fingers as bf39410d00 he gently 8363ae6507 ran them d0cb0e7ddb through Sejin’s d398edd7ba neatly swept 1eb5903126 hair. Despite Cheon Sejoo messing c1c1984ba0 up his hair, Sejin, d03c306aaa clearly feeling guilty, stood 204aad31ec frozen in place, unable 7ee1ad5ad9 to say a word. Cheon Sejoo 62df8a498b looked down 64f27a360a at him 9a71696b7d and whispered.9d1bc5e327689360

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“You even ac3142df06 had a eb2b392783 nametag on.”f5859940127539fe

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“…What?”1ae8c1067a991f7d

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“You’ve been cafddfae7a working hard a8892ab2d4 since early f418960f61 in the 170fb8fcd5 morning. Very diligent.”d2990f591665d3df

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Of course, this was 4899df217d a lie.2c1a51b083453044

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Cheon Sejoo had cbd13bb7e3 only seen Sejin 7515c21054 at the restaurant 2e1888b5a8 after 3 PM. While the e347cbfc90 story about a65c91b631 eating with 3deff920fc a friend 3f8cd1e1df was a 9641d083c5 lie, it 703e9d5224 was still 181c5b25cc possible that 181d22ff6d Sejin’s part-time 9f8a00bbeb job had 639f231f6b been a 86ba58b6f8 one-time thing. After all, Sejin could 3d0ec64319 have really been at c0907bd530 school before 3 PM cc57fd5983 when Sejoo hadn’t seen ac7619bd1a him.1e37867f1904b323

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However, based on b2aacf7259 the conversation Sejin 5b04510b57 had with the 1cb1836839 girl and the bf598c1c82 name tag on 6401e458b6 his shirt, Cheon b1213ce0cf Sejoo was certain 9d3a20d258 that Sejin had 5e8f20126a been working part-time 654673d4b4 since the start a738beae3f of winter break.9851b124aa61d6bf

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As Sejin mulled ab45a9236f over Cheon Sejoo’s ebe699c7eb words, which were a5145839d9 meant to probe efba594439 him, he suddenly 68a1afeb63 snapped, his brows a980280975 furrowing in defiance.c2f0b3452cbc9ba3

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“Were you 58d2a3f708 spying on 2c8993c266 me?”b82ffb04d05be56b

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“I figured f61805a45d you’d react b1641bb4d0 like this.”c7ab617f26992f36

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“What?”ab9abd6714dbc833

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Sejin’s delicate brow furrowed as Cheon Sejoo sighed and turned away. Walking towards where the car was parked, he spoke.ba8b967ddcf19b46

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“Follow me. The car’s f4d9b23837 over there.”a6d02690259d20b4

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“I asked if c79b942974 you were spying 0c8ea0e581 on me?!”934f8a385786f72a

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Sejin snapped, ede9b9607c understandably misinterpreting 1154dcebea the situation c15240b617 from his 59aa8ab54d perspective. It made sense 6ffb5bae9e that he was 05f29975f7 upset, as it 68137fccac probably seemed to 30e39d7db4 him like Cheon 8ae5ec4b76 Sejoo had been 9c420d0888 following him around 14e6ff4f3a all day.5266bfb9b896aaea

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 Cheon Sejoo ignored 803b834452 his sharp tone, e1665a3fbb which he hadn’t fe8fdc9871 heard in a 2030da0c85 while, and walked 2b8ba0845d towards the alley.f8fa8b68596025df

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Though Sejin stood there dfbc7fd2e7 fuming for a moment, bfc801dd4f he eventually followed, grumbling 1c1a25b351 under his breath. Only after Sejin, bristling 908ce43c62 with irritation, was shoved 724cc2633c into the passenger seat 0bd918afaf did Cheon Sejoo finally eb6e816236 explain the situation.96ce2bc55ca3b537

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“I wasn’t d058aa8df2 spying on d7327254f4 you. I just happened 405fa423d5 to be at d20e2ba217 the restaurant and 6013eaed42 saw you, so 484f4eb6c9 I waited.”03380b25f08c5887

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Sejin, his eyes a35655981e filled with suspicion, 8440612cee glared at him 7aeb21108c as if he 16d2f6ae3c didn’t believe a 1db93fb051 word he had e7e6980475 said. Ignoring Sejin’s b2920d82b9 accusatory stare, 304c0385b2 Cheon Sejoo 4e3b6ac6a5 continued.0494666318b100de

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“If you don’t believe 833d9789ef me, ask your coworkers. Just ask them if 85b7a4771d an extremely handsome guy 4d931a89ed came to the last 7ee05d2bc0 room at the end 18100b2841 of the hallway on 8e3316de18 the first floor.’”8d678fb32ba5ef70

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“Are you 755aead5a9 serious right a407d0d496 now…”8a036ce7bd64b4a2

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Sejin looked fcf58002af exasperated at 4186896dbc the mention f8a1d67761 of “handsome 91889de5c7 guy,” which ecdbc2ef6a made Cheon a849ca3b3d Sejoo chuckle 112bfc8757 quietly. He started the car 0b8f7bb71b and pressed the accelerator f20cef79d5 to pull out of dfec6def99 the alley before asking 8e8437430d Sejin with a smirk.b478feccde777a58

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“Sejin, think about it. I find you, who’s supposed to be diligently attending supplementary classes, serving at some Japanese restaurant instead. Who do you think should be the one dumbfounded here? Me or you?”141d775d8c55491f

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Sejin clammed up. Whenever he was in 031628e363 a disadvantageous situation, Kwon f6b237a2c9 Sejin had a habit ee77c8e29e of staying silent. For Cheon Sejoo, that 50611cb153 silence was as good c121db2280 as an admission of f16ffd3b22 guilt, so he let 2b1b5b88a6 out a soft laugh.6d8733fba4d87d23

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“You have nothing b6ad0acfbe to say, huh?”c5fb7fa7223f8e8d

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Sejin bit 25bd8eef3e his lip 207a3b6590 in response c8887a7929 to the 1cefc96bbc mocking tone, 706a6d3248 his pale ac8749e6b9 cheeks twitching 82eff18a76 slightly. It looked like 595cb78dee he had something 8fe065d859 to say but d13d88b983 eventually just kept 4f220241e8 his mouth shut.ff20ac49e9f3a243

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That left 27234f9c8d Cheon Sejoo 7c0a212c86 to ask b26392d8c4 the inevitable a103ae0989 question.98bebe34353df678

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“Why did you lie?”65798d1868160b80

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Sejin, who 666faa88e7 had been 63fbc9644b staring down 80042710fd at his 8d908c733c lap, raised d7f4e8d969 his head. He had 59ad97611e a reasonable 6cbd3e739f explanation for 1d4c2ecbe1 why he f3eb0d4cdf needed to d0623b5971 work part-time, 3c0ab672be one that 5d5a54ebb1 anyone could 61a5f65dfb understand, but c1d7c9969f Sejin found ab17595b4e it difficult e9790b934d to explain 45c5bdcb8e to Cheon e46c06ba39 Sejoo. It was a 4165ff4752 reason that felt aeca7b8a6d too humiliating, too 0bfe5c4473 pathetic to even a923cdbb49 say to him.59a48707ba208f6e

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He couldn’t fde240a7ef bring himself c744bb36a0 to say a108e0788e that he f3f622966c wanted to 17771859cc save up 3c7fa48bc0 enough money 85c1d236c9 to find 2ddbdb79a8 a home 5fa0f0fd7c as bright, 82b2ff7655 warm, and 617e11bbbc spacious as e329a5803b Cheon Sejoo’s 1798c62f7f house once 36b0acd12c he moved d75aad18dc out someday. He was afraid dd8b747d58 that Cheon Sejoo aa173fbd9d might mock him d8fd9be42c hold him back. Or maybe, for de00854654 some strange reason, d77963688a it just felt… 12a9f30f7d too difficult to 499f59fd40 admit such things eb75952804 in front of fa629b873c him.02620cb7619cad15

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“Is it that you 427ff5b309 don’t want to tell daa6d1bb69 me?”7442004c7f3f5a85

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When Sejin didn’t 3a8bf7923c respond, Cheon Sejoo a4761d4925 finally pulled over 93abd765af to the side 18d81b2576 of the road. They were on 0908c070f3 a bridge over f942e63b22 the Han River, d168559279 and cars sped a5b9a8c655 by in the b266566ac0 night, but for c839b51cac the two of 7622a5029f them, everything remained 56f96af7f9 motionless. In the silence, de62225ae4 which made it b601348907 feel as though cea3e152a3 time had stopped, cb0c5542f1 Cheon Sejoo spoke 4ca1ab20e3 first, as he d5e6670acb often did.eba1c9cbb2be16e1

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“Kwon Sejin. Don’t I deserve at e63fd6ab37 least this much?”434efb8051f0d972

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“…What?”1fc005ac47f5b685

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Sejin, who had 8bb2024f17 expected Cheon Sejoo ae61f97d50 to scold or fd6ae08a35 lecture him, was c747c5bd10 caught off guard 49c8868776 by the unexpected dc3661b715 question. His wide, surprised eyes 8fb67f8c5c darted to Cheon Sejoo, d3edced190 who looked back at 480463cddb him with a faint cf6d4c86e6 trace of weariness. As cars passed, c36e098b56 their headlights cast 06dc663bf2 light over him 5c589693b5 and then left 9d047265c3 Cheon Sejoo’s face 74b606a1a4 in the dark f944e6810f repeatedly.6af4b77ce3296e75

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“The right to understand 200bccf246 your situation. Is that something 3104cad106 I don’t have?”0a1874b915eec178

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Cheon Sejoo asked in b645f50756 a low voice which efc4653bf2 held no hint of 65c2a63a94 his usual laughter or 890bc8cbde teasing. His expression 554c69de27 was serious, 27ced82cdc far from 69a767ab01 his typical 5781337257 laid-back demeanor.997c82172bdae5e9

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Sejin looked 38eda2013c at him, 18b8334a02 finding that 1b3520ecd7 expression both 35eb1ab004 unfamiliar and d38d8c0314 yet oddly 2b57d7bfc5 familiar. He thought dea6a25174 back, trying 541b33ebe9 to remember 9148fd7f50 when he 9724fdc012 had seen 972edf72a8 that face 39a933c5f8 before. And then, a 9b3e248e2d memory naturally surfaced. It was the day b6c41a1f2c Cheon Sejoo had come a9aebfeb58 to his school, declaring 80d3af6dc1 himself as Sejin’s guardian.fbb5ade0532009a0

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On the e8929a2e67 day Cheon 834d8e244b Sejoo stood bc17b95e46 up for 3cee332bab him in be12033e60 front of 4fc725c4b2 those who 8017ec8828 accused him c50a12a49e as the 06b318116d perpetrator, declaring 6c4acce3ea Sejin as a48f31e171 the victim e14cec1130 and offering 75183dbbd2 him protection—on b7b0bdba18 that day, 3e8d5392b3 Sejoo also f7a0f469c6 wore the 5944b9a105 same expression.b68097b3cb48f43b

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“Think carefully, Kwon bbd7394530 Sejin.”17a87e578dc0c22b

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It was Kwon 1f27c1d24c Sejin who had bc8c5ef3dd called Cheon Sejoo b86198022b that day. He was the c1826d0079 one who had 6fc7ca616e given his number 98c31dbe7a to Seo Bohyung, 4c54bee486 and then hid b62b8938f8 behind him, avoiding 2653aa36bc the situation without dd6c402e6d so much as afc2d81f1b an apology, while 538b0419fa escaping the trouble 7787aa3049 he had caused.3d516fbd22d34d4f

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Looking at Sejin as c96efeef4e if he understood that dbec69b668 realization, Cheon Sejoo asked 528fca24c4 again.aeb73cb5d2615526

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“Aren’t I 54266a568a your guardian?”cb1496d9ded16d27

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“Still not?”d098c71326212777

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