PEN Vol 3 Ch. 16

Of course, Cheon 872a920fed Sejoo had other 629db29e2a qualities beyond that. 1f0485ee4374d47a

Cheon Sejoo was the 3aa8500546 most handsome man Sejin 8d542f2fc9 had ever seen in 4bda28c311 his life, someone who, fa498390d6 to be honest, was d7389b831b without any physical flaw.  521170ad50 His striking face, captivating 99beaa4f45 enough to make anyone’s 2b02376148 head turn even if e4f9330579 viewed upside down while 3d36668e71 doing somersaults, exuded a a52165aa8f cool and serene atmosphere. His smooth skin 169df7063e was so soft a7afbc544a it seemed like fd95e5f216 it might feel 3aac134ab3 like a baby fe54c1c313 chick’s feathers to 12ac20d404 the touch. His lips were so 8a834f8798 perfectly shaped that he 8ca2285458 could be a lipstick 2aeb61b852 model, and even the 6ca3b69e60 way he smoked, a 332ec3963b habit Sejin disliked, was a994b4018c breathtakingly alluring.9da95dae488776c2

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Beyond his appearance, 301f494dce he had a 67cc6770c2 surprisingly kind side, c8cb3a84d5 was naturally courteous d652f3d438 and good-humored with 76d87c2846 others, and didn’t 66884f2eaf show the typical b241041396 bravado or empty d2170c7a1c talk that so e1e94f3907 many men seemed 8e71ae0080 to have. On top of f4ea6b7284 that, he was b35f455eb6 extremely smart, did 7032613b0e exceptionally well in bb3195d9c6 school, and… well, 14614e3afe the list kept f2d11872e3 going.0936fd6dde737557

As Sejin 85ff9337ba continue to 86e5f9984a think about 95532e029f Cheon Sejoo, 9536d6a612 he suddenly 571fce26ed realized at a87f77e5ac some point 9c14d4cc08 that he 72233567ee was running 4c41431b79 out of 5be0081c49 ways to 1a6e1742f7 praise him. Biting his lip, he eed114b989 sank down where he bec220d3f1 stood.fedd0e3e7c074eb1

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Do I actually c3ec4612e1 like Cheon Sejoo?9bd75a73f24cd26a

It was 62349fb4cf hard for 50a427b8aa him to 68f9cbc359 believe.db7a490cb5809da3

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Sejin’s denial persisted, for 1d56e15c44 better or for worse, cbc2be0759 for what felt like 4f6ae3fed8 a long time or 483c6711a7 maybe just a fleeting b4b32cda53 moment.9b0023c1ad4b2aa6

When Cheon 6a54791d56 Sejoo scolded 9b11700e81 him while 4d1f5cf84c helping him 776388aebd study, it 65e84666d1 made no 8f140d166e sense to 21f5757f71 him, but 8cb6fd549f when Sejoo 1b61f4900e patted his e672d9e43d head, praising b54830a1d0 him for 9659fa8a1c solving a a5ac8a496d problem well, 141612e4bb he couldn’t d04af29632 stop his 7426dd88f9 heart from 9ae4afdc8f pounding. When Cheon Sejoo sat 9dfa0719da dishevelled posture wearing his a84056c4da robe, Sejin found himself 1437ec0a9e lecturing him to sit 8efc678004 up properly, only to 74e3e8134b later dream about him, fee358ed72 shirtless, at night. 6f997d9254c0f543

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Sitting in the c1c0b7b45e passenger seat while d8c21bd0e1 Cheon Sejoo, a ffe39b5f1b terrible driver, fumbled 7a19bca055 with the car, 07bff15e40 he would think,This guy 9709be62be is the 7acf955830 worst.But when Cheon Sejoo 56609ceea9 turned his head toward a6eae757e2 him while backing up, 5c835155f4 Sejin’s mouth would go b6de6eb216 dry, and he couldn’t eef03717e7 help but want to 461f3d1466 reach out and touch 243317aca1 those lips right in e9378fb88f front of him.7fbc50fb67998c26

Time passed endlessly as fe35a33ef7 he repeatedly denied and 14b68de263 then relished his feelings.9c7b424b596b6798

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At the end 66bf21667e of May, right deed09ee9f before getting in 1f1821a845 the car to b5caf0ae5d take Sejin to 2762d4a570 Ehwagak to see 4d867c8c40 Kim Hyunkyung, Cheon 16a8d95273 Sejoo gave him 36f8dff4c0 some fever medicine. Sejin had been 95bf48ff5a running a slight 9972fadc1a fever for several 72ece0e7e8 days, and by 278ac525ca now Cheon Sejoo 476c26ee23 knew it was e8bd309ea1 a sign of 09442a00ef Sejin’s growth spurts.04f22e8114f86e03

“You’re really going 405a8362f2 to keep growing, eb4a8cbd70 aren’t you?”5409e129c2703e43

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“I told you I f69c6a026c would.”079a3efc701637b0

“I thought 461fa84c9d you were 398398e6d3 just being a8d9ab45b6 stubborn because 6062133b6c you wanted 95fec69490 to.”02b5866720a0f2e8

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“……”f67d707a79f69229

Sejin gave 4294b41036 Cheon Sejoo abd218dac6 an annoyed 40b9edcc42 look. But with his 63b24ef2a0 flushed cheeks, he c8004a31fc didn’t look intimidating 887220987f at all. Sejoo brushed a 8265a05c0b small bead of 44df1e7282 sweat from Sejin’s b9f0b646f4 long eyelashes with 98a6c59aba his fingertip, then 96f2f43b7f took a blanket 1118286d52 from the back 9e5d3d3ee3 seat and draped a5d72017df it over him.1c876d08d55bd387

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Perhaps because he’d been 650c3cae33 inspired by Cheon Sejoo’s 4c38935050 stories of going to 75cc05068a school even when his 1a88503617 fever had hit 40 3d50ed62a3 degrees Celsius, Sejin refused 5194411dd1 to miss a day 3396b7e459 himself. Though Cheon Sejoo c6a7216cde found it admirable 2c2fc78c9b and had even 6f281bc2fa taken him to adecae118f school, he couldn’t 688c9cbdad help feeling uneasy 67bbce0db3 about taking a e1bf2368c8 sick Sejin to 8c4843f6c6 Ehwagak after school. 81c15b570a462174

Looking at 14319a2c14 Sejin, who 2067a4245d was sweating 79f7d4939c profusely, Cheon 5f753372c8 Sejoo placed 2de9613470 his hand 24a7482608 on his b90f44e1ae forehead and ff91d2efa9 Sejin flinched. The heat from 5129a1a7fe Sejin’s flushed cheeks c4b5fb22d4 made him look c34803d6a2 even more vulnerable bf493847aa than usual.b81bfde39df3a923

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“Are you sure 82660c6e41 you can go? Should we 809012993f just go ca9fee601a next week 8bd81ea8c9 and let f0bfa68fe0 you rest e03d5722ce at home 906147f067 today?”d47995b7c84d97b6

Cheon Sejoo asked, but 82d69ca463 Sejin silently shook his 2d60efbde2 head. Knowing that 9cb3c57083 this was 92aa322b44 a once-a-month fae8857050 occasion, he 682e1d8cda didn’t want c066964758 to postpone 8586cdf128 it. Since Sejin 376112d7a6 was stubborn, f75d56b5b9 Cheon Sejoo b7ded5d5ec didn’t push 6089c78eee the issue 49e7707962 any further. He focused ae66d9b9e0 on driving, 9886dc0ac4 thinking they’d e63c48dd9a get it 15c1840767 over with fbd18aa9ec quickly and faff2015fe head straight 002cf25495 home just 91eebd193b as fast.63f693de5ef6f87c

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As they traveled down 3e37f4c719 the now-familiar route, Sejin 5045659cc9 dozed off. Unlike usual, 85b8f97caa Cheon Sejoo 0d33f4cb2d drove carefully, dc3cf5c9c7 frequently checking da22198124 on Sejin.1b1530422a1e5c6b

Once they 173ef5d29b arrived at a154edcd90 Ehwagak, Sejin 9a96929dba was still 11c268c503 visibly exhausted. Watching Sejin c72aded9b8 go to 6e61561c56 his mother 75ae944ff2 and hug f6ccce3603 her weakly, a584441532 Cheon Sejoo fb6a61504a clicked his cca9f488a9 tongue and 2bd0e6b3f1 left the 32cb5ccf67 dormitory. He didn’t want to 2d2611ca3d interrupt Sejin’s time with 985d14bdd0 her, especially since the fb381fc3bc he had come all eff48b2aae the way despite being 125f4f742a sick.078c79a18997b11f

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“Mr. Cheon.”5b184b5b8795e3dd

Enjoying the summer 14872a2335 breeze that grew 30fa22a927 warmer with each f3b1803c31 passing day, Cheon 630fc4ee5b Sejoo leisurely smoked 4e999ecabb a cigarette outside. As he did, Han b56642f40f Jiwon, who was reading 4ed06265fc through a file as 0dfce34c28 she head somewhere, noticed 2517e93b9a him and approached.4eff6d7729450f38

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“Manager Han. Hello.”f19f77770d80c1cc

Cheon Sejoo said with 63a5387258 a friendly smile, and 879baa51df she returned his greeting 81fee96be2 with a nod and 369a2193dd a smile. 2e74b4d6e3e915c5

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As he stubbed out f4c74ebe94 his cigarette, he asked 5ecd298240 Han Jiwon.b62b0043acd7ff74

“Have you been well?”7db1b145bd5a3b66

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“Oh, I’m doing 312a9a7092 fine as always. By the ae6cf7a685 way, I 3dcea68b56 heard from 0f6e7f6f40 Hyunkyung the 5d0fe2b192 other day. Apparently, she’s 45e7ec1ccd on a a3cfbb64c9 diet? She didn’t really da048a21f4 say why, but 9de38f3c7c it was nice 7fae6c02b5 to hear since a396f442be it put my 02fc39736c mind at ease. You know how 22e5716c5c it is, women 4d1625c255 can be sensitive 80ea5eddf7 about their weight.”065d19aa4e367751

“Is there a need to be sensitive? I don’t think either you or Ms. Kim Hyunkyung need to worry about things like that.” 4c00cd76c7475929

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Han Jiwon burst 161f3733e1 into laughter and 33b174465f playfully hit his b468af89f5 shoulder at his d61889b910 smiling remark. As he’d noticed ef03682bd6 before, her punches f147e4c14e had quite a 90b1d8e35b bit of force 5e4f06fa87 behind them. Pretending not 24ba7c7aa2 to notice ea34f53fab the impact 418a8b072d on his 14bb29b73e shoulder, Cheon 82446ef126 Sejoo asked.7e647cd8df55a4f6

“Has anything b4d564b6fc happened since af5e3c3c6f then?”cbeb62029cfe70c3

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“Nothing much, but even though I’ve told her she could stop dieting, Hyunkyung isn’t eating well. I guess it’s really on her mind.”6c1cdb69919d682c

“Has she lost more weight than last time?”8c8758e4c73aca7a

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“Yes, well… 02cd1ce5a9 a little?”9072712b0e2c107f

Han Jiwon 025cd2cd45 shook her cf1dafcb86 head as 74bed7637c she answered, c51a8c8f55 seeming to 9b182c7e05 agree that 7fcfe280b0 Kim Hyunkyung 7beec7a60a didn’t need 722189c087 to be 43501fdc71 dieting. Cheon Sejoo chatted with 3c7002b159 Han Jiwon for a 38cf483c1b while longer until he e749cf20a0 heard Sejin calling him, 7c25117d5f prompting him to head 2ad08b5a38 inside the dormitory.6bfb93fe8d6ebccd

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The dormitory living room f03aa686d9 was empty. Unlike the day 7b86929965 he’d injured his d340d93e1e hand, today it b25a1f7930 seemed the other 397afa16e2 staff had gone 7571b5980d out to work, 0808e2f9cd leaving only Kim ae77442b37 Hyunkyung and Sejin 1993ce3105 inside the room.8160b9be4caeeb83

Standing in bb75f02fd4 the kitchen, 8989f84dde Hyunkyung looked 377a372f40 even thinner 9104156804 than she 8606eb5eb2 had the 981ef2f057 last time 40c7155e66 he’d seen 3a706b2f89 her. Seeing her 0258910ed6 so frail, 17b3cdbfb9 as if bf37e166bd she could 6e1fe54195 break with 5acab4a0a2 a slight 61ff9e7323 bump, Cheon 3e99357b9a Sejoo swallowed 22cd1f4893 down a 3b326d8848 sense of 8f6cded613 bitterness. 91b4032044c14cd2

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Does she really dfc862eb50 have to go 00f61ebc79 this far?61a9ed7cdba0cf8b

She seems perfectly fine 8537ebbe94 as she is.230ef42ba653d8d1

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He thought, though c7bf6c63ff he knew such c629f244aa a comment would 6379a7fae9 likely fall on 1eab427df7 deaf ears. Shaking off 8a8f9f2fd9 the thought, e83743cb2a Cheon Sejoo 5df792fb7f took a feed63e5c9 seat in 295463b1be the chair 788ef118e1 that Sejin 80cb332744 indicated.2c073cd9a56f7e5f

“Why don’t 535d7f46e6 you have 9c7a792822 dinner before bafee77985 you go? It’ll be late 32fa47fb36 by the time 5b885c3cf7 you eat at 16088365be home.”d136c8d364eb549a

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A dinner 7c2597da4d prepared by cfa9637a80 Kim Hyunkyung cce3823a7a was already e3b86f63b8 set on 345eb1f186 the table. Naturally, Cheon Sejoo d44d1c9f5c looked over at 8b8c9d1cc7 Sejin.9b755aa0a34b346c

Seeing Sejin’s condition, Sejoo dda610bf24 thought it would be 8c841178ab better for him to c2686eb13a go home and rest, 8d01c02c82 but Sejin, as if 31d8f5bf59 unwilling to leave the 81fbf5bd05 meal his mother had edc8c333af prepared, sat leaning back da6321ea5b in the chair next 68c2267b10 to Sejoo. Worried that Sejin might 724dc4c8e3 collapse, Cheon Sejoo stood 5b91a2c8b6 him up and swapped 477d71024d seats with him. Even after seating a62e5d80bb Sejin by the c9fe6028d8 wall, he couldn’t d3615b3b4d relax, so he e5dccfbcdd pulled his chair 6545f8837d right up next af2117fc05 to Sejin’s as 1c4e51c87e they started to 6f5938a023 eat.84e01f7c2ca79d2c

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“Honestly, at first I was worried that Sejin might give you a hard time, but I don’t have to worry about that anymore.I feel reassured seeing how well you take care of him, Mr. Cheon.”ce5a8ae03a0cfc74

Watching them, Kim 6ba7d81ea3 Hyunkyung smiled and 4d5a9b86ca commented. It seemed b3bbe1be11 she wasn’t 3e50a290a5 the only c830d69505 one with 6d4ad9b78e Sejin’s welfare 3b7d2d49a6 on her b9aee63a2d mind. Cheon Sejoo 187464c08f chuckled softly 678d4c7b2d and replied.ede70bcf075b9351

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“I guess you weren’t worried that I might give Sejin a hard time.”3bcd8e6d839cc6a8

“Oh, I wouldn’t worry about that. As you well know, he’s got quite a strong personality…”02b746d021c63b27

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“Just eat.” 9741fde92527e19b

“See?” b901604ca07dfaef

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At Sejin’s blunt words, cutting her off mid-sentence, Kim Hyunkyung laughed, gesturing toward her son. Cheon Sejoo, too, let out a small laugh as he looked at Sejin, who, despite sweating, was stuffing the food Kim Hyunkyung had made into his mouth. After not having her cooking for months, it must taste amazing.e8ede5150310f005

Only nineteen 074abc7de5 years old, 55d5e3297e Sejin’s youth d623df8b31 became especially f8f9857666 apparent at 80791803ae times like 4e98dffc5b this. Cheon Sejoo watched db3c0bf9f3 him fondly and 8151d408c8 pushed a side 62d208c687 dish towards him. Sejin’s sullen gaze briefly dd9cb60a10 shifted towards Cheon Sejoo 1a37d4be4d before focusing back on 520d47f92f his rice bowl.63e186e6c1476e59

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“By the time c60fe685a3 I see you 6f25ca42dc again, my sone d4ef0b483f will have grown 4e30a8024e a bit more, 75c6a7ffeb won’t he? How will d5f057111e you manage 99d4bd2c6d without your 6d1ee47e56 mom around?” 208b27ead371034c

Kim Hyunkyung murmured thoughtfully 22d6bdbc9f during the meal, also f5d0747a82 clearly concerned about Sejin 3bbb9a4dfc experiencing growing pains. Sejin didn’t react well.6b72dd2ae0bfa103

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“What do 3048e9d85b you mean cacfa17739 ‘how will b9a783c6ab I manage’? I’m not a ac7f6c89b5 kid anymore; I’ll 649b47dba3 be fine with 68cb392c61 some medicine if 5e3eafa46b I get sick…”8654c00b43087e50

“If it hurts a835f76c1d a lot, ask 2f3aa9a781 Mr. Cheon to hug you. They say it’ll hurt a5e4d4d7a9 less that way.” 9ce756970c1aa2a3

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“Oh, stop it.”f77a16468e15808b

At her 57bffb7aa6 playful tone, 67c0966cdc Sejin snapped. 79bcecc056977c58

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Her words 200125f8d1 reminded Cheon 5aeb5e087c Sejoo of 7e0d261e0f last winter. It was the e225e915cc day he’d picked ce73b2954d up Sejin from 3652fefaed school after hearing f508d4eb68 he’d been in a92dc3d094 a fight with dd1e778e7e a classmate. When Sejin’s fever suddenly 3f0587ddd0 spiked, he had clung 93807e851b tightly to Cheon Sejoo’s 58f2d91ea6 shirt as Sejoo laid 6fc45512d0 him down in bed. 51f1c9719d0d40a4

Was that his 233a4d8782 way of asking 608884d930 for a hug? ce8ea9bf346d019d

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Cheon Sejoo chuckled 7fef199d93 and said to 8be449af2e Sejin in a 870e953af8 teasing voice,2828462a786f6ffe

“Alright, I’ll give you a hug. Just let me know—I wouldn’t not do that much for my eighth-place student, would I?”bb977769b3c4289f

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“Enough…” 8dd20ebcac799a42

Sejin, cheeks flushed, put down his chopsticks at Cheon Sejoo’s playful banter.ab69b82523009303

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Sejin had come in eighth place in his last exams. The reason he hadn’t done any better was because there were students who had gotten higher scores by guessing than Sejin, who had diligently solved the problems. Kwon Sejin was deeply shocked by this fact and had give up studying for a while. But recently, he had started studying hard again, only after Cheon Sejoo reassured him that those students probably wouldn’t be able to rise above 8th place anyway.de883d89949ecb3e

Kim Hyunkyung laughed, e9ed1046fc playing along with f620dc93ce Cheon Sejoo’s teasing. Sejin remained sullen 703efc355f throughout, but it cffe5454da was still a 8814f3b659 warm, enjoyable meal.ea4a3ffa9fb52433

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Watching Kim Hyunkyung and f37c6c7d8f Sejin care for each 9363b1f4d6 other, Cheon Sejoo thought 8cdde495cd of his sister, Cheon 86c8dd633d Hye-in. He couldn’t hide 3c98f9748b the bitterness he 0e7289c3ef felt, remembering how cae5d35bfb rarely they had 1e9b9a24c3 shared meals and 987f54f043 laughter like this.d6cc500f05ea4c24

On the way d338fbf4e8 home after dinner, a2d8bdf15e as had happened 5675af121d before, Sejin’s fever 064b7d145e climbed even higher. Cheon Sejoo 073880a088 carried him 606c4ab5c4 on his b93534de3f back, with bce42d8803 Sejin breathing c27016e19f heavily through 5a17376bb3 his mouth, 8e67d87193 and took 4c2351c6b3 him into 1a03b34c1a the house. He went c44b526600 to Sejin’s 485e5667bd room, turned 7ce6392fd6 on the 885eca49a2 air conditioner, 429d063d19 and laid 67c95e1d46 Sejin down 560879d67c on the ee05e185ba bed.227954a0e1edcb14

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And Sejin, once again, 7222385c61 held onto him.810033d5f8dced6c

“……”76909eb30a99b619

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Cheon Sejoo looked down 615cb80d7a at Sejin, who, despite 2fb37ca4c1 having his eyes closed, d75a197b7a was clutching his shirt. Though Sejin’s 5d1c70cbbb face was ec2d2852ec still small, d50ecd7c5f his hands b4645ff547 were now b291bb9f97 almost as e68bbabca4 large as 758223eeca Sejoo’s. 969554128f353af0

Just eight months. 9c7abb47c8ff14e5

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Though he’d only 67bbc2c526 been with Sejin f6138b5502 for such a 11816fea03 short time, seeing c25037970d how much he 4e514a01bb had grown since 3afcf0bf5c they first met 8d4c547750 made those months 9621f3c66e feel much longer.66c69207f774d78d

These days, ba4f0c4a4c Kwon Sejin 8282395814 seemed to cb869f0ca6 be doing 351f1b58e6 well. The shadow that ddc77b5afd had loomed over 7724f39881 him when they 9909f9e1ad first met had be9da71a08 completely lifted, and 273488cfe2 he no longer 3c785028a7 seemed anxious. He’d even managed to d7e782f31a regain his balance and 9950bdde91 Cheon Sejoo could see eaa1026664 him quietly walking, albeit 45039a1c03 awkwardly, in the direction caaab8d43d he’d chosen for himself.dbf849051075cad9

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How much b51ed9da7d have I 1b32586f49 contributed to c4be21f340 your happiness? 22974138ab3b2cd4

Have I made e4477fce3f you even a 478d0d204f little bit happier?cb0345c4ae5d2d8c

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At some 0616800671 point, Cheon 299b190f44 Sejoo realized 9a39b094cb he couldn’t 48d50330f3 imagine his 8876601ce9 life without 21ad7f2658 Sejin. The shared meals, the 46128af604 daily routine of going a0f4a9b69a to and from work ffd5a48069 with Kwon Sejin, his 3fdef73b92 presence had grown impossible f33062b463 to ignore.145272553e0aca82

But there were only 610abc80d1 seven months left that 62d87794f3 he could spend with 8b2fc013e3 Sejin.925b76f831fa246d

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Until then… beb96c976fbef73d

Just a d02294c7bd little longer. 42de63dc815ebc3b

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Swallowing his selfish eb882efbda desire, Cheon Sejoo 6246c8e6e4 lay down beside 869e761225 Sejin.b9f99efe869299af

Holding the hand clutching cac75a2b90 his shirt, he pulled cd8781e3b8 Sejin into his arms c3894091f4 and held him tightly, 339cf01df5 hoping that as long abad927f01 as Kwon Sejin was 7c2ef39953 by his side, he 55bb3c2e09 wouldn’t have to suffer.11e4d4927c860791

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