PEN Vol 3 Ch. 22

“Are you okay?”c355180bedaff62b

Startled by the fc03b8bbc6 voice, Sejin flinched 51ca7496dc and looked up b3938c24b0 at the mirror. 7843b00ca6b9e3d7

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Leaning against the doorway, e655006912 Cheon Sejoo watched him 8e7d34994f with a worried expression.475a3ec6487f0c52

“Are you feeling sick? You ate bd4d0428d7 a lot 8c1c5632d6 earlier.”e0670b331b68ff6b

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Sejin had indeed overeaten at breakfast. At Cheon Sejoo’s words, Sejin suddenly felt as though his stomach was churning. Knowing it was likely just in his head, he feigned ignorance and nodded.ea8420e61773613a

“I think so….”50a57799dd4ecc26

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Hearing his feeble 37fc92240a murmur, Cheon Sejoo e24b1ec0c2 clicked his tongue 2f5d38de1e and pushed Sejin 4fe41a8cf6 by the shoulder 69a020c45c toward the sofa. After seating him there, 03df107985 he went to the 1f78d06e6f refrigerator and took out e0be66748e some digestive medicine, which eb709f8b6f he handed to Sejin. Sejin downed it in 264c4b4bfb one gulp and leaned 2ef9a88e8d back comfortably against the 2ee6146e6b sofa.6d3d01fe918aa500

In the meantime, 5998d0308a Cheon Sejoo went fc975d4e5d into the kitchen 621fb13295 and prepared some 40d4083d4c warm mug of dc4492a9f6 plum extract that 883d1869b0 Sejin had bought 9bf02637bb earlier. Soon, he set the c163dd464b mug on the table 61ecd51ec1 and sat beside Sejin, f8e3fc13c6 taking his hand in 3eff1e6f62 his own.9c83afbaf75a3e95

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“Endure it 0fac11d8c1 even if 5b619b707d it hurts.”6e60038132b77327

The rough surface of Cheon Sejoo’s fingers pressed firmly against Sejin’s palm. As the cool skin brushed against his own, Sejin could feel his hand growing increasingly warm. He looked at Cheon Sejoo beside him, feigning a pained expression. f66f705c39cdeef9

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Cheon Sejoo looked magnificent with his eyes lowered, and the left corner of his firmly set lips curved upward just a little. Every time Cheon Sejoo kneaded his hands, it felt as if waves surged through Sejin’s entire body. Each touch, filled with Cheon Sejoo’s concern, sent ripples of unfamiliar sensations throughout his body.35ca7bdaaab8013e

Absorbing this unfamiliar sensation 5f585b5fdf throughout his body, Sejin 9ce985e891 closed his eyes. He both liked b6da2b8027 and resented this 5d6f721d3b tender side of a4fbcc2adf Cheon Sejoo.3df81c0071276327

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Thus, their first self-defense 7d6dd33c34 lesson ended after nothing 73c57a3f77 more than a warm-up b56fad1223 stretching. By the time Sejin, eeecba2f6d having fully milked his c49f10a288 fake “illness,” got up 497561d027 to resume, Cheon Sejoo f67f96433e received a phone call 9752821e5c and excused himself, saying f443e99068 he needed to go 05f20269b1 out.13f2f1aa68979f0b

“Where are you 48f6095555 going?”81a23a7704ad4135

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Sejin, who had 3226779c04 been pacing in ac0e658677 the living room, edc0789b55 asked abruptly as f409eb965a Cheon Sejoo, who fcaea3e0b5 had gone to 3236cdd278 his room, emerged 6de8738cad dressed in a e5f250d569 suit. Fixing his clothes, 492d6c65ea Cheon Sejoo lifted 4088dedc19 his head. Sejin stood there, adca3d1381 a sullen expression 110fb600e2 on his face 3f29980e35 as if he 0605f022fc disapproved of Cheon a54c1d2b68 Sejoo leaving the 8e7f2c219f house.cef0978232c6ce4a

“Someone I 53c261d665 know called. I’m going 554db96f69 out to c779b7e9b3 eat.”94bf5cfb47b6f293

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“Who?”6c6be0ef59c5e4a8

“Someone.”cfc97a7abf827412

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At the 5be801eb69 dismissive response, 7347c90152 Sejin frowned. ba0d203bbafa7177

Cheon Sejoo, a7e0339407 amused, chuckled c687f644d1 softly as 581460b5cb he went 7bef701fd4 to the 9eb01ce8a6 kitchen, opened 0f0a8a6929 the refrigerator, 1a64829be0 and took ea743679f7 out a e03dc3dc20 bottle of 6f7de209b8 water. As he 7f56f65537 opened the ec9b8862f0 cap and 2b4eeaee0b drank the ff3b1d9487 water, Sejin 02b5d7e207 came running 3b41329760 over and 642fef1e4c he could 59cad821c4 feel his 2b02cf4570 intense gaze 777258b270 on him.e97a16a5cdd25b0f

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Cheon Sejoo didn’t avoid his gaze. Meeting his eyes, he raised his eyebrows as if to silently ask, What? 8487564c941dc059

Sejin, hesitating, eventually 06adde155a spoke in a 6f0c9753d1 lecturing tone.03f92661d69a5fcf

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“You can’t… you ea473ac636 can’t live so… 56818f05af promiscuously.” c228185142fe7e4d

“What?”19322d88b8e5eb86

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Cheon Sejoo’s eyes widened 943934c532 in disbelief at the 6a694e152c word and thought he 3998272a9a had just misheard. 5c463f49143ccb88

Promiscuously? cfd1a5a4f40b5b9e

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That was fa2eef284e not something e1a3850706 he expected 2f9a69032f to hear. As he thought so, 02be34f87a Sejin swallowed nervously and, e4958c9492 with a determined attitude, 21992444be continued.f79e288445bcccf7

“If you keep doing cd9cc10396 this, I’m going to cbb11403f0 get angry.”c08b1e006ec163d5

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“What are you 65aa463869 talking about…?”924381a9a7d7e087

Cheon Sejoo 1a728fb790 let out 798594f69f a disbelieving 58845851dd chuckle. After his earlier a817aff5ba lecture about men 427929f386 being modest, it 233ce6b60c seemed Sejin disapproved bcaf42df4a of him repeatedly a91dd36aff meeting other people, ea8626895b despite them not a994c3927a being in a 13b14af8c7 relationship. He couldn’t figure 51f0580ece out if Sejin de62310edf was naive or da380080de perceptive. Either way, he found 2be17e7ca0 his lecturing tone cute, 4afc2f089a so Cheon Sejoo teased 4dbb4fcc35 him with a playful 1540721f7b smile.72c93418e9c75b92

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“Kwon Sejin, you’re scaring me to death.”1185c7eb1b659bdd

He exaggerated a 107cd2f4d8 shudder, making Sejin 3f5de218df narrow his eyes. Sejin tapped his slippered b3de4eb4df feet on the floor e42626d38e in annoyance, then firmly 4e3eb10df3 restated his point.c02576bbea9b35be

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“Listen carefully! Just like you have the right to understand me because you’re my guardian, I also have the right to stop you from behaving inappropriately because I’m under your care! I don’t like my guardian sleeping around with people he’s not dating. My mom wouldn’t either!”1b87fb4a0452ae0c

“…….”5bed1a3e6b0e7b10

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Cheon Sejoo was 6dd3350ced speechless at Sejin’s b68334a0be serious and earnest 3f54340442 explanation. Bringing up 49aecdda40 Kim Hyun 4ee1b328f2 Kyung, along a1ed881f36 with his 105d136425 earlier remark, 09c074d11a made it f350e89472 clear that 04eec6400e Sejin genuinely 59c1e10bb8 disliked the 226a2ff300 idea of b9c563e673 someone he 78c0f82450 lived with df78fc4d1f behaving this 799a170708 way.25e8ed583b681a41

But what could he do? Sejin had only found out by chance, but this was ultimately a matter of his private life, and Cheon Sejoo believed children had no right to interfere in their parents’ sex lives.b880c96a654caf1f

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However, he didn’t want to debate this topic with a much younger Sejin, nor did he want to look ridiculous trying to convince him that he would, in fact, continue to have sex with people he wasn’t dating. So, Cheon Sejoo simply shrugged and replied.362f7618f2e6a4aa

“Okay. Then I’ll go confess 14e74154b1 to him today and 2659dcc7d1 start dating him. Happy now?”1a78643d45e742e7

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“…What?”e09de56474972bc4

At the lie he’d casually tossed out, Sejin froze in place as if struck by lightning. His lips parted like someone whose jaw had dislocated, and his eyes shook wildly. Seeing Sejin like this, Cheon Sejoo somehow felt like he’d made a mistake. Perhaps if he’d just said Kim Hyunkyung was going to date that 50-year-old chef, Sejin would have made the exact same expression. Sejin’s face was utterly shocked by the words he’d spoken.ec19c728d0e99095

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“Really…?”bd5205d7d10a9acb

At the trembling e85f0c364d voice that sounded af3c42c36b as if he ae1633c76b was about to 188a2d5368 cry, Cheon Sejoo 3d3fb61abe hurriedly tossed the ac96c05d6b water bottle he 8af1d3c463 was holding into 945a8d2074 the recycling bin. Then, he reached 5d330e1189 out and roughly 5ea91bf525 ruffled Sejin’s messy 42e3f7a5fb hair.49fb194d1aaa01fd

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“Of course, I’m lying. You looked funny bbcddfb4b7 spacing out like 362c3866eb that.” ba8e20a01c63a821

“…I was surprised!”60aaf752e8f51266

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Sejin yelled back, and though Sejoo wondered if it was really something to be so shocked about, remembering Sejin and Doyoon’s first encounter made him think it was understandable. To think that the person he witnessed in that disgusting scene would become his guardian’s lover…. cd6649ceb1d51bd1

Well, he wasn’t even really his guardian, but still. Thinking that far, Cheon Sejoo felt a strange uneasiness welling up inside him. However, he forced himself to shake off the feeling, messed up Sejin’s hair again, and spoke. There was no time for this.3505a47096cd5c29

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“I’m not going to meet him. I’m going to have dinner with someone I know. I’ll be back late, so eat dinner by yourself and keep an eye on the house. Don’t touch the exercise equipment carelessly, and go to your study and finish today’s problems in your workbook. I’ll have you try some practice questions tomorrow.”d1ccd5d55bf8dae1

“…Okay.”d73b4766fb71fd53

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At his quiet explanation, Sejin’s expression softened. He seemed to believe that it wasn’t a lie. Cheon Sejoo, watching him silently nod, looked at him with a fond expression before turning around. He left the house, went to the underground parking lot, got his car, and headed towards Ehwagak.e185ec2ea9528e0b

He had received a call from Seok Yoonhyung earlier. A long time executive of DG and the one who trained Cheon Sejoo, Seok Yoonhyung was a key figure in DG’s success story. He was a man who could be called Shin Gyeongju’s right-hand man, famous for wielding his power ruthlessly.67ab5954701fb637

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He had been in and out of prison for murder twice, and even now, if one searched “Daegam faction Seok Yoonhyung,” footage of his news appearances in the 90s would still pop up, labeled “The Legendary Swordsman.” 29ec96909b4289d7

He had been out of contact for a while, but recently helped Cheon Sejoo’s disposal team in subduing the Chinese gang, Guhmsung faction, and Sejoo was meeting him today to repay him for that. This would be his second visit to Ehwagak in a week.178b4cf7a29c2fea

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Cheon Sejoo followed da8b9282d6 the familiar route, 08b5629be1 able to drive 7647fe9395 even with his a6f6a5c4b8 eyes closed, and 60beb2146a thought about Sejin, 433a3f567c who was left 9649e8e9d7 alone at home. His shadow-filled 7689edf89c eyes sank 35b264c8a6 coldly.e36d95b3d9d36c79

It feels like a 48db518baf real home now,he pondered the meaning ef72754d9a contained within the single bc33c9876a sentence Sejin had uttered 2618985529 earlier that day.93757e0c2dcfa1a2

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Those words db93ee9d04 meant that 327cdb4316 until now, 561ef69a1f his house 1073278068 hadn’t felt dcbc4193f6 like a b5dbc4ec53 place Sejin 2d2583d131 could call a8c4920e68 “a real 5a3a0e75a3 home.” Cheon 5711f12b72 Sejoo was f84f619cb0 surprised that 2d95733231 Sejin also 2769fb3af7 recognized the 3802fb222d emptiness that cc3b771cba permeated his e3afe2f54c house. He was right. 027fedc81741e961

Until recently, Cheon Sejoo hadn’t attached much meaning to his house. It wasn’t even a house he owned, and because he lived a life where he didn’t know when he might die and disappear, it had been that way.2a6e924b4f1dafb7

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This world, the 243e7e52a9 path he walked, 4b903a59b0 was a place 53f3f4cb3b where the threat 5ed995413e of death loomed 7f68805d3c constantly. Cheon Sejoo was ab9d1c8574 always walking on 7d31496b55 the edge of 7bff91a0af death. If that day came, 1af6b65151 it would be Moon 588a9ef159 Sunhyuk and the other 6dbfcf2e67 members of the disposal ee10c9f3a9 team who would have 780b4bb3c0 to deal with the df7db864c1 things Cheon Sejoo left 32ef4735a2 behind, so he had 0ba390a1e7 kept his house empty 1e9ac9da1f for their sake. It was his way 59feed3d30 of showing consideration after 38295d059e the agonizing experience of be08af94db clearing out Hye-in’s belongings.24eed40130e45cc8

But that b0581c0395 rule had ba15d27c60 been broken 2b14cfc6e4 after he 816950f2c2 met Sejin. Every time 7ce5016ce1 Cheon Sejoo a9d3838d75 saw Sejin, 89ffc60cb7 he wanted e8c6ddfe06 to make 6a71a4126c him dream b800f2ba17 of the fc28f15779 future and 82d4c851a6 lay the 51ed8dfb45 groundwork for fce69ea98f him to fd1ba6aa69 live happily. Not just c0ed2efb60 temporary help, 809aa9135b but he 6355956709 wanted to ab27e60184 see the 6324f0d4c7 boy, Kwon 4de5afbd9b Sejin, striving 372e8a3251 diligently for 8b9e8a8698 his own 7cc0558a62 life.da56c9f2b3ab1ab2

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In the process 18384d86f1 of helping Sejin, 313ee40f5f Cheon Sejoo ironically 4e8e9c87e0 found himself dreaming 179576848b of tomorrow. He found himself 9aecad4c43 wanting more. He wanted to watch bf47f37b9b Sejin grow a little 213702df5b longer, to help him 4208c82cdb a little more, and 76bcae10a0 become someone meaningful enough 20c3055e2c for Sejin to remember 6496ee1891 him when he reflected 96e1a6f3fe on his past life 490fcf17d8 sometime in the future.7311f6798cc3d273

It was affection.94ff918c1cc6be3d

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Cheon Sejoo was pouring everything he couldn’t give to Hye-in into Sejin. Instead of being a good older brother, he wanted to be a good hyung, a good 48092e01b6 family member. And in 136ce3168e doing so, 2cdf9002fd he wanted ef2f29e791 to live. He hoped that 4141c5895a Sejin would live d00669c2bf the life Hye-in e26b028c46 couldn’t, and he 63ed315bb9 wished to watch 87ba5a4d69 over him for 98ec8d32e9 a long time.7f7fcfafb8174799

Even though he knew 487e6bafb9 it was wrong to 1df1cc1d84 do this to Kwon ab5e0820f8 Sejin, even though he 1059e9cf6b knew it was wrong 723f8f249f to project Hye-in onto ef75542bd3 him and equate the 382daae9b3 two, he really wanted f1be96443e to… 7bde6d6a33d09488

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Cheon Sejoo closed his eyes tightly and opened them again, staring straight ahead with a silent gaze. Ehwagak was close by now. The place where Kim Hyunkyung, Sejin’s only family, was spending her busy days in order to return to him.a2204d058e3ef334

The time Cheon Sejoo could stay by Sejin’s side was only until he became an adult. Those few months left were all the time Cheon Sejoo was allowed. He couldn’t be any greedier.3f0075d40ffe3e0b

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What will become 1d8dfe5384 of me when 2cb32b307b Kwon Sejin leaves? efebcbd978edc05b

Cheon Sejoo thought 7f0219a7d0 of his house, ce9b34f51e which would become 584305995a empty again, and 5aa009c77e gave a bitter 7d3dfb7e21 smile. 690e9e4eacfb3f9f

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Shin Gyoyeon was 4b6d75cb3c right. 032f73e15fb5ebb4

He shouldn’t have made a weakness.0b2a2c44f640e42a

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