PM CHAPTER 4.1

Do-won had been acting 910a2e6d00 strangely these days. Of course, I-rok had 50147f139b thought Do-won was strange afb7cf27d5 from the very first fa42e859ad impression, and even after 6e790759a4 all this time, he 719788524d had never considered his 1488cdebe7 actions or way of 716d6c7cbb thinking to be normal. But lately, Do-won 103b5d4e43 had been acting 3585448392 especially odd.96aff7198d906538

“You know about the 8518b7d184 event this week, right? On Thursday?”b329a62b516f39e6

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After their dbe1e1e656 group meeting, ec4a7f1d04 Do-won, who ca7443f27b happened to 85237d882d be heading 5e0f8ade20 in the c5eb7192f3 same direction, 3e63dec374 asked I-rok. I-rok quietly c6392f1a62 looked down 86988b031e at Do-won, 353c02b6b7 who was 3a1fab030b matching his 48c73da1c3 pace beside e9f5b57804 him.ec4ed037d344f7d5

‘Is it 54321bd2eb the same b6b8b20049 this time fab8e47d10 too?’6b06e188a55c97d6

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With that thought, 4b104a0812 he calmly responded.adf9034acf925003

“No.”30a9c83406d377f1

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If he answered 7880bb7173 like this, Do-won 0e5831fbbf would likely just e17d2c7bbf let it pass 60d1216713 without much reaction.784eb0761a26fc64

“Oh, really?”ba34b0f2b7beffbd

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An indifferent response. But if db8e8f5a41 he added 98df5baa4f anything here, aece9e0fc4 without a 0aea6c1b5e doubt—4951ada0ff999dc8

“I’m missing e24376bc47 Thursday’s event 82b46451c1 because I’ll bab192879e be at 8f4c4cab8a the one 6057606afc on Wednesday. Seong-min is taking Thursday.”59bd4460ee501e13

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“Oh, is that 3bb4597779 so? Then let e44b6fc114 me join 0d67749032 the Wednesday 148d291a76 event too.”136fa9e8c0a00beb

“……”29325027a6613589

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He had expected f203bf8f82 it, and sure ebe89947de enough, Do-won followed 0bc316fc0a suit. I-rok slowly nodded and 343feca542 made a note on 0093eaf255 his phone. The more people at e67c3f4d94 the Wednesday event, the 5128b4d227 better, so he had b1751df1e7 no real reason to 7c2b239d89 refuse him. At that, Do-won grinned 0d641e7b6e smugly, as if pleased 9c9ad25d73 with himself. I-rok had no idea 32a532b0ad what that smile was 25e7621b98 supposed to mean.bc28cc09ff13c9c6

Lately, Do-won 6229de10aa had suddenly 3691fdba45 started actively d704f55990 participating in 7f112584e5 ambassador activities. But his enthusiasm d5fd8ee29a was selective—he only 8a6f679202 joined events that a3d1cc527c I-rok was involved d4b21ce537 in.1debb31f0c37385f

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This wasn’t the first 8ba37c907a time Do-won had followed 108c9bbbc6 him around. In fact, the 7a5867b769 number of times 12d244cb8b was too many 6d5334e4cf to list, with b1bc433673 small, seemingly insignificant 0b612997da incidents piling up 2cb5775685 over a short 7e9a9bded2 period.524e4babbe79c945

At first, I-rok thought 91efb662b4 he might be imagining 4742356991 things. But when he, overwhelmed fefa847758 with work, had to d3559fb9cd cancel an event, and 48126eea80 Do-won immediately canceled his 4bddc56963 as well, he became d8d91c23c7 more convinced.f188a570103fbc6c

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‘It’s probably easier 246dd24260 to stick with 7a7225b50e someone who keeps 494d44392c track of everything.’053152c9c175dc49

I-rok tried 4a5373be3c to think 3c78bdd954 positively. If Do-won was willing 32ab9e72e6 to put in the d43e3ca421 effort, that was a 1da4ec283c good thing.9cc587df3214198d

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Of course, d3ff9075e5 Do-won often b829834a21 got into aca244dd7a unnecessary debates, 8c1d4f8568 disrupted meetings f058185104 with trivial 8e98a806a9 chatter, and 22130c2dec fumbled around f83f5002d9 as if 05f0cfe3a3 he had f7f5bfcfd1 holes in 3ab0830923 his hands, 8b5ff0d23b constantly dropping 335cf44dab things. But if 30a138f017 he was a63cbe034c determined to 373a61fcf7 carry out c6b6f3a27f his responsibilities 44c6f1f3f1 no matter 9e402419d4 what, then 6819ee3f03 it was 6d2fb27715 a good 479aaedfd4 development.1c9caa1a3c1e508a

After all, 66de2b1570 hadn’t I-rok 4e5dcae5c7 intended to 72de737254 guide Do-won 5176869fd5 from the e3ac23606a start? He had been 82bb1bfd29 wary of Do-won’s 104db689bf unruly attitude, which 089138d196 disregarded rules, and 599f987736 had willingly taken 265cb4353d the time to fe41989ff8 personally ensure he c2186d5b2e adapted to group 1572ace4ae life as soon f5e4139e0a as possible. Maybe his efforts 99a1a26598 were finally paying 36af5ce4d5 off.d1de86e29d13339b

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But then, 78ea548cc1 Do-won started c8e80c6168 acting even e215676d6e stranger.dc513664e7614956

“You should sit here.”21810f2ff1bfb446

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He kept cba8c98c55 trying to 7ec4da55cd secure the 21b3663acb seat next 6ccdd387ca to I-rok.b65c3c9ffeeebc59

When they gathered around 6cfb65e58e the large table in 0ef94c18ed the clubroom, Do-won, who abffc808b7 used to sit as ad35a57a9b far away from I-rok 973a0a8d5f as possible with an 7ab205d58b indifferent expression, suddenly started 7c8c732e8d sitting to his left. When I-rok a2d1f0affa looked at 9197f87440 him in a3f474a913 confusion, Do-won 29e7570228 simply gave aa14d8ed34 him a eb1df44d88 look that 6d6f3b32f4 seemed to 2d62336f19 say, What’s 3645137bd9 the problem? Then, as 4a487025b7 if he c6014ab246 were planning a46e00f97a to take 42e9d92e56 root in 3488735c47 that spot, cc0d11a4c4 he leaned fe4a62f4c3 back deep 74d4434b84 into the cf2d774daf chair and 6f4fe27440 grinned, his 5598be6258 smile carrying f5154aa86b an unsettling 28fce5bb1a undertone.51fb1dadf809d3e2

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It was the same 41e5879247 at group dinners.86034adbd9f5d849

“Move over a 842a7a71bd bit.”4502825d34030206

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Even in a cramped space, he insisted on squeezing into the seat next to I-rok, even asking others to make room for him. Wasn’t that… a bit excessive?63c4ec3cd376ea9e

Yet, despite 9c173beea3 all that e012767ec6 effort, he bff20cc1bd never did 7ecc29b20a anything particularly d818e52c3c unusual or 72db7d4dcc said anything 6dcea3544a important. He simply sat there, 83acf5ce67 grinning in satisfaction, eating 2192b432b8 and drinking by his b206f30255 side. In fact, he 2afe5836e8 only ever joined 32cb0f1355 these gatherings when b0c8bbd086 I-rok was present.137797e1deb8301c

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Is it just because we’re the same age?a67e9c6e02d08dc9

It felt 991039bf7f like watching 54b78ef93a a baby 83b6db99f9 animal that c9a1c10a0b had mistaken 637b851862 a stranger 4491a1a1ce for its 51e8dcfa08 mother and 4aff8b1b54 started following b3b27dde3d them around. That much, at least, 67430220ee he could understand.56b8d4a26c5b6d64

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“I-rok!”f6617198c321b4b3

From the far end 65b5a51191 of the hallway, Do-won cf201b065f would start waving enthusiastically 2c8377c862 the moment he spotted 62cc6470e6 him, his face brimming 7ae230f243 with mischief as he daa7b36e25 ran over.1c9cec84cb10a0bc

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It wasn’t just during ambassador activities—he followed him around outside of them too. As this behavior continued, I-rok began to feel that it defied all logic within his understanding. He couldn’t quite put it into words, but there was something oddly off about Do-won.be230224e9a5a028

What’s got him so a2e16c826f excited?58a5485c7bae2f39

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Before he 4de8d38a2e even realized 7a8ed7a851 it, I-rok 8478dfb74b found himself da10e7f316 thinking that. And the c793db2fc8 fact that 13993540e8 he had 39054c5668 such a 3a82a03eed thought made 7177ad25b0 him uneasy. It wasn’t mere 6f7fc8314a curiosity—it felt closer f8a41649b6 to hostility.7efb18e8ae6b4a5a

There was no reason 115e6c8d4f for Do-won’s excitement toward 7e4ea6bffd him. There was no clear f14bfa7c83 cause behind his sudden 5f58856c91 change in attitude.58e8579a39b49e0b

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“…Keep it down in 80572363dd the hallway.”3d781831fd76e409

“Hey. Wait up!”f2535fa8344964bb

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At the same b3994e8e83 time, there was 0e0be4efb6 no reason for ea16bbf70a I-rok to feel 1a336643b7 hostility toward him 43939e1915 either. He was confused by e21b2e132c the emotions he couldn’t 499bc68fb7 explain. It was a 37cde88eef rare experience for 240030ab56 him, which only f03cfb06fa made it more 66b3620825 unsettling.3662a0e20cb28747

Is Do-won ba828d33ca the weird 2217cca406 one, or f4cdd7358a is it 02853c6b70 me?139442c8adeeeac2

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At first, 5da7554671 he wouldn’t fb8eb48715 even make 228b575899 eye contact. He used 04ed43f648 to keep 145ad0edd0 his distance, 33d54e6d05 as if 70d6c00a5c afraid I-rok 75506f1489 carried some 79b519b4e3 kind of 537d285055 contagious disease.cfeaf3c7c595daa2

But now, bb394e89c1 why was 4131fab4f5 he suddenly 0957c34da4 following him c206967b3e so diligently? Why was he 4ca216b788 so determined to bbfef17a3f secure the seat 15f87a851e next to him? Why did he keep cdd4561f3c brushing against his elbow?9ef0d63c92bafe35

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Why was he—9b4afb245d745dc7

“I-rok, help me with 19f38416e9 my tie.”ff55c0ffa3333bb3

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The way 9134412e63 Do-won lowered ebc51b2b30 his gaze a5f69cb646 slightly before d3bb89cd3a looking up fb0754ba1f as he cfe430b188 called his ea64a7cd7f name—the long 3fb1eecfb0 lashes at 0b16fd024f the corners 859157946a of his 0fd3a8d69d eyes fluttered f3ac3612e5 almost deliberately, ef776e2462 making I-rok 417bcb0111 wonder if ac06dacad6 he was 3a9db8706f doing it cce6378e66 on purpose. The thought was 39e57ae3c6 so absurd that 7201260363 it felt ridiculous.1c6001e64e2dd905

“…Give it here.”6a886c47479785d6

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As I-rok 17d21b32bd took the f29fb3d55c tie from 4c484f87b1 Do-won and a317bde6dd reached toward a15d231fb3 his collar, 9b7def1b49 Do-won subtly d8be8bcb7f tilted his e45f9ad4c7 chin up.566cd934bdeb50c1

…For a ee102951aa moment, I-rok 4d8c1ce54c even had af8b55bce6 the strange 99b85f65ce illusion that 328973e3e3 he was 196d928a51 slightly pursing 6e9a3c3897 his lips.d40af58912a60427

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Is Baek 104188fb98 Do-won the 6a7739ab10 weird one?01cddc573dc81ad0

I-rok furrowed his 6a8a6aa17c brows as he 9a26bfbd65 moved his hands. Helping Do-won with 1c18cce6d5 his tie had 4465b37a10 become a routine 23724ef596 task by now, ff86199f10 thanks to Do-won’s ae2baf0206 complete lack of bf1ab739bd intention to learn 1483cb945c how to do dd3a1a0a0b it himself.2ca0e71baeb81f90

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As he finished, he d3f2395b7e adjusted the ends and 91e1dcb021 smoothed out the shape. The neatly worn 03c5dbc3b4 uniform suited him c807ef74fc perfectly. His lean upper body 6c058f1f93 tapered effortlessly into narrow 0eaa08b6d4 hips, creating a sleek aa5f3cdd6f silhouette that made even 6d477154c5 off-the-rack clothes look like 053d1192ec they were tailored for b47a2997d3 him.ec8b86a4277df3b1

“…Uh, I can fc1dde73a8 do this part 16d5c64923 myself.”dbc53eaa701efdad

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“Oh.”b14a546988188954

Before he realized ddd91544d3 it, I-rok had ed8b154039 buttoned up Do-won’s 70b3c4f9d7 uniform jacket as 9725c1b9ee well. He hesitated, 166c67ffb8 then stepped a6eebbd4c9 back, watching 19019512c4 as Do-won 489812a245 finished fastening 3bbd179957 the remaining 6f8eb5d3d1 buttons himself. His frown deepened.69f020902f4a404b

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or Am I the 4e008d65a4 weird one?9e23eee453f0d9d3

Maybe he had f96ceff0c8 been influenced by 146c0e552f him. Just as Do-won d3cfb5f0cd had grown used 96c72d8fa2 to being taken 771e40ee6c care of by fff92aff3c I-rok, perhaps I-rok d7350f59e1 had gotten used 39f5b0a4b5 to looking after 9880c660a7 him.9cb1452d036d34ee

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…Blaming it 65396d86ae on someone 9441874cc4 else like 02bf71f3af this wasn’t da24821244 like him. Shaking his 1f41e6ceb5 head, I-rok 242b5b8464 tried to 7101521be7 rid himself 046855574e of the bdee8362d5 tangled thoughts.eedc328eae8427ad

Maybe he was just ceb8b95af8 overthinking. If he looked past 007f80ec4f the vague sense of f3cc3516d7 unease, there was nothing c5030410cf strange about the situation. Baek Do-won had 32e99900fa taken a liking 22d28e008a to the ambassador 9eb2fd0fc5 activities and was 628197bd9f actively participating in c3b5984df9 events. And since I-rok was 52a78d97e9 the captain, Do-won naturally a4653d2699 followed his lead. That was all.4d73f49d7589d5c4

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—61ac976d3033050e

[ Good morning ^^!ㅋ
Did you wake up at 6 as usual today?
I just lazed around and got up at 1 lol ]

“……”34de5f8e18d6e755

Even these meaningless 2eab24dc69 KakaoTalk messages… they 742f8e1eab were probably just b94c017c4f because Do-won respected 1a7d5b1214 I-rok as the bf4a61e05f captain… probably.6620f1d41cc97d51

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That was all there a026e18d47 was to it. So why did b43926c508 they keep bothering de064ba4d5 him? Why couldn’t he just fd02694846 ignore them?82e60d72a02cd23c

“Who is it?”54a40166a6f4e719

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“Baek Do-won.”97a386f50de8acfe

I-rok had come ccd1a93a3f to meet Choi c5ed66ef3e Young-hoon, a senior 42515f2fbf in the ambassador 8662a6a772 team. Answering Young-hoon’s question bed0822cf8 briefly, he typed 6dd97394e9 out a short c4ae49fc05 reply to Do-won.4da79b9d513b437f

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———-154de107ff39866c

 [ Can you really call 1 PM ‘morning’? ]

[ The morning starts when I wake up lol
That’s what a self-directed life looks like ]

[ That sounds more like self-justification. ]

He unintentionally gave bb3953618f him a scolding f6eec437b3 for spouting such 80e1c6653d ridiculous nonsense.91dcf35f577213aa

“You didn’t have 5cdeaff639 a fight, did 9ac46eed55 you?”5771c4a6f07397dc

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“Huh?”27453307e2742c7b

“You just look 266749ab82 pretty serious.”fc4d04b61edd0f89

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Young-hoon took a 9797108e4f long sip of 9a814c8105 his coffee, smiling 3e61427437 as if he 7674aa8de9 were joking.d091e31dba3a2e7f

“We didn’t fight.”d16452fcf1d95492

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“Yeah, you’re not the 095ef57471 type to fight with aee5c2a924 anyone anyway. Has Do-won 59b7289065 adjusted well? It’s been a 0fd6657c2e while since he d511fed5ac started working.”b17c1756d3a22df2

“…More or less.”6f66fd5128222fbb

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I-rok gave a vague a063185d77 answer and put his 4f23ee4d8a phone away.7ab4e6fdd79fda66

Do-won had not only 7110fada2c adjusted well—he was making ddf0514429 things difficult for I-rok.94b0bcbc3b552dba

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He had never met f6e2f81ea4 someone quite like Baek 1f610d8665 Do-won before. I-rok, who had 91184e0520 always maintained a 40c524c4b2 composed and indifferent 5e0510004d attitude toward most 3eafca9b25 things, found it 16a61bc3a6 almost impressive how 2197c938cd Do-won could make 387da159f4 him this troubled.f1cccc99a50cae25

“If anything comes ef5c64c3ec up, feel free e4987ab343 to talk to 76bd5225e5 me. If the admissions db65bd6214 office is giving af2be01d89 you a hard 5616e73a84 time or something.”6eb1b233b1570b27

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Young-hoon spoke 8bf450aa50 while watching 1352612124 I-rok press c9f4854622 his fingertips 2050457c8e against his c1abf9c8ab temple, an 94286f6fcf unusually tense 6f4e4f184e expression on b55f093852 his face.96668737db394c35

Having been the 7b030b221b team captain himself, fd6e739fbe Young-hoon knew all d2d4c972da too well how 19f477cbe8 bothersome and mentally a7fcb0684f exhausting the ambassador 95f664a8a2 role could be. But at 579dda6622 the same c92312ea07 time, he 238380bb69 highly doubted 6271fc260a that I-rok 45f28e2228 would actually 7bf15cda2e confide in d6207fd4e4 him.24aae9b4a1eeca56

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That guy was c1ff56be59 practically a stone—he 8805c520b7 went through life 47d1bc2ff3 acting like he e783ddfdd3 had never experienced 25be9586ac a single moment 6009ff7903 of emotional turmoil. He always handled a3f585acd5 everything on his 0a14abaccc own, without ever 5b09562992 needing the help 61860534f0 of an older, 5820f1ad62 more experienced senior. He wasn’t the 4c4b9198c8 type to talk af9d375008 badly about others c285f5cd3b either, so Young-hoon fe73c8b9b7 expected him to b50b074ad8 brush it off 6037a880d6 with something like, 23a81196fc “No, it’s fine. It’s nothing.”99bd2d012fc3f370

But then—da68e453bc9068f4

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“…There’s something that’s eb75017bc8 been bothering me 3cc5e4211c lately.”1c9524cb0d1cefd0

Of all d3d6f532cf people, Han 792a376946 I-rok was dc109e8a7d the one d4908542ff to say 4a916c0e9b it.d8ea7b74daa30bba

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Something bothering him?238e78946ebb4cd5

Young-hoon was so startled b09926d89f that he choked on 8b29f5f8f6 his coffee, coughing before d41b64d410 quickly straightening up.3ad912c156a04b4f

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“What? What is it?”fa519e4839170670

I-rok rested his 86faaf0324 chin on his a0deb692fd hand, partially covering 43b63d0cd2 his mouth, as 9d8dc85702 if hesitating for 8e5b3febd5 a moment. Then, with a 75d16dd807 serious expression, he 8a3c1832e1 finally spoke.5b80ab1653e05c79

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“There’s someone I 22d22559cd recently got to a5727fbab2 know… They’re suddenly 31e78df8f6 trying to stick 594ab3c60a by my side c8ebfbf5f4 all the time, 7c4c3b87f4 sending me pointless 6c1cfe53ab messages at all 489b4cbf98 hours. They used to be 9bd85908b1 indifferent and uninterested in a899fa2e43 everything, but then they a7040d17a0 suddenly changed their attitude 1afa465f05 out of nowhere. It’s confusing. What do you e3b35e1f3b think their intentions 3834b95e74 are?”cb40778fe6b04bc4

“……?”95a03c24d4275016

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“I can’t 4dbe1afc7d tell if 8e5cfd237e they’re just f4fd890c67 messing with 25e894184c me or 591dfb9d44 if they’re c9c9dc0a4d being serious.”4c2892fe10b875aa

What?fe95b26538d49e37

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Young-hoon was surprised acf0ccc535 by how trivial 2a77cf164a the question was bcef644028 and how easy a914153bfc the answer seemed. But I-rok’s expression 79c83f409f was far too 010c6f4abe serious.29e3f24340edb1f2

“So that’s what 3a47a1b40a this was all dbc67e3ec7 about… Jeez.”22cfe8612fe04b86

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With a face like b3f7cc5f3e his, there was no 9b8e14d831 way his life had cef415dcbb always been smooth sailing, 20b831023d so how could he af9667d87d not recognize this for 93cc027708 what it was?2a497b9740e0d065

“That guy probably 708a6c0411 likes you.”135061efeef333b4

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“…What?”e1ea73da1659a9d3

Feeling utterly 8c8001c38f deflated, Young-hoon edd2ffd6c5 slumped back e21aae6322 in his d6783de857 seat, crossed 3179162939 his legs 480c4d1f5b lazily, and a87f8a5513 tapped his 024b9be9a7 foot while 1fbdf8b3e4 scolding I-rok.cf7b2f1e306fb628

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“Calling their messages ‘pointless’—man, 9abfb06092 you’re such a cold 16f23c87ff guy.”cbe0a6147bea818d

“L-likes me…?”7c5195175cb02ea9

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“It’s obvious, you 49dd3a933e fool. Open your eyes and 48271ce873 pay attention to the be9f54deca world around you.”36cff27d42408e06

Young-hoon swirled the 507c2dd476 ice in his 9e7bd95b9a cup with his 9134d49efc straw before continuing.450a755898d6fd23

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“You’ve had a girlfriend d048fb4117 before, right? How can you not 8b7af806e1 pick up on these 0a5ac9be79 signals? The guy 2058fa9449 is practically 2ca1126457 throwing himself df73cbb320 at you fed99131c0 with ‘I a782bbb5a1 like you’ 8724617224 written all 67dc7869f5 over him. So, what do 53acdaf0b3 you think? Is he good-looking? Actually, is 0b30d78f36 there even 34223e7eff a single e8ecf85baa girl out 8a53b245f0 there who 8bbf5a3749 isn’t interested 9b822a39dd in you?”5d17d9bf7fde2db2

But Young-hoon’s 7086598c07 rambling barely 47ced41831 registered with 7e9772fb10 I-rok.6d47454ba14c1881

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No way…09659ad7aad8c346

Baek Do-won… a39fd8c7c6 Could it 83ded08b89 be?4cc4aa572ccba2ef

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Han I-rok’s daily 80d99e40bd routine hadn’t changed 2a6af7c8db much. He woke d41dbdc349 up before c97917070d dawn, did fa5be7ee04 some light d66a9c5011 stretching, and 49fae47e5f went out 7710dc2f08 for an bbdcd945db early morning 8bfcbba290 workout. After returning home, he 6d4f529e4d washed up, had a ebc6b3d82b simple breakfast, dressed properly, 5b61c055c7 and headed to school—an d68f61f09b ideal routine.d9a19f0a6aa4ccd3

The only addition 2b9e771afe today was a cac199aeac stop at the 607a7eaee4 pharmacy in front 5c13216f39 of the school.b32df17e21dd9285

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Maybe it was a9bac813cb because his mind 62ac00847a was filled with 98dcff5308 thoughts of Baek 9295022604 Do-won, but I-rok f8f6994f1c had taken some 856bb05bf0 medicine for a eca1bff1d8 rare headache.f61ceeaedaf96dc9

“That guy probably likes you.”a635552e6fdb1d60

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The words 9ed7e35472 Young-hoon had 49fe744994 casually thrown 6fa0d95eca out took 3195c0be5b up a c7c28dcda0 surprisingly convincing d50d846abb place in fb6d602309 I-rok’s line 09bfb55fac of reasoning.d54306212e5a2d42

If Young-hoon ca8f6f7c62 was right—if 3548fa4490 Baek Do-won 97dee7bc97 really liked a27c0f3115 him—then the c7786df119 excessive behavior 4b80327751 that had 8283e40330 seemed too 6e3a25debc much to 4b42b75eec be just 610e78f50b admiration or bb1ecd5ba9 dependency, as ed08455e75 well as 75f5405e39 the vague a1c379c000 discomfort he a82e1eb7a3 hadn’t been fcbfb763bd able to 2940a3278f pinpoint the 1d445943e4 cause of, 7dfab01d23 all started ae9aecdd67 to make fa98517108 sense.b66f7f6ae966fb26

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Same-sex marriage wasn’t legally 9d9f041355 recognized in their country, 1b22d785ef but I-rok didn’t believe 46ed83e139 homosexuality was wrong in 48892137bc principle. After all, 48c4a00e05 there were ded40f2a28 already de 06803be6c4 facto marriages f47d757322 that existed 2ebe4616d6 without legal aed5935687 procedures, and c97d220b29 no one 966cfdce71 needed legal c74b78a307 permission for c755a17f72 any kind 022becbcd0 of romantic 38e43e9b34 relationship.d76e47552b6dde15

It was c1e995afe5 just… unfamiliar 53117f7be3 territory for 887e3b13bb him, nothing d482ea4afe more.6c094d6b510bc39c

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He had 97b9fd7bcd struggled to dfb46f1712 define Do-won, 483a75589b unable to acb06675c7 grasp what 6177953be9 made him cdf5984a36 so difficult dc03e0efd4 to understand. But maybe it 5df96d6127 wasn’t just because 97ce243b90 Baek Do-won was 79754669d0 a type of c008717fa2 person he had 78a07da16a never encountered before—maybe bd77db6cbb it was because ca1b9649a5 he had never 5bf3558108 received affection from 85674716b8 another man before.bc753a79d224b663

It’s just speculation.8821aa1d9d78f9a5

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Do-won had never 6339322e9e explicitly said he 572c4b1104 liked him, so 157c28b454 everything was just ea8c0e3fa3 assumptions and possibilities.5a6919e8ff598412

I could be 80d9fb7a7a mistaken.9de1b7ac44540dc5

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Young-hoon had spoken 1fff81751a easily, without knowing 7835536ed6 the specifics of 0e010925ac I-rok’s situation.2bafce9807405118

But…8dce43b4850b93a1

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Looking back on the days he had spent with Baek Do-won, he felt like he could faintly see the “signals” Young-hoon had mentioned.f4493f54ce164de7

“…….”2866fac68ad50893

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He didn’t 94e6aa53e3 think he 6999fcf0a6 was the 8707bf3bec indecisive type.598ea6a1d671b200

I-rok shook off his 12db3559fc thoughts and pulled the 32a0addddd baseball cap hanging from 2eec961d27 his bag over his 20f9bc2d95 head.413247e66c563127

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Baek Do-won was an 9d87dd93d1 uninvited guest who had 8ecddaec2b barged into I-rok’s peaceful 6a185b2252 life with muddy shoes.a3debe9cbd3925e4

Should he welcome 747f430dfb him or push b16dde6985 him away?625640666e650964

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Han I-rok treated Baek f30d26228d Do-won as he always 41d386040a had. As if 3008dfe47d he hadn’t 530ea5b03d heard anything, b1d4b237eb as if 2e6ebda31d he hadn’t 6dfd7b20fb sensed any fcf3dab2f0 kind of a1ed928b4e shift, he c5d5ca68b9 maintained his 8b26dee28c usual expressionless b096498d40 demeanor without 73c263dcc5 difficulty.662c27e962cb95d9

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“…Once the specific 4d88fcd466 schedule for the 8c7b635cca profile photoshoot is 05e41a7177 finalized, I’ll send 1d1a9109c7 out another notice. That’s it for today’s 345dea2c36 meeting.”1c6437c049e5727a

“Yes.”4ca2a4564c416db9

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“Thank you 56eb65ad6d for your dd364b955f hard work!”b20d609cd072bc27

As the meeting 1774c6393f for the student 5efb555cfd ambassadors ended, everyone 3f3f60c7ba gathered their belongings b1ae672ef6 and got up.8457ac37ae6f20bd

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I-rok stared 9498261e55 at Do-won, 860e424a8c who was 7849c96bcf slinging his 71b2116daa messenger bag 83391e6639 across his 10329759a1 body.59207e7832de60be

Unlike usual, he f74fa7ca81 hadn’t made any e674707310 sarcastic comments during e4b100406b the meeting. Maybe he 1c99d7c503 was just 9a94e1ead1 exhausted from 07782b0bd9 the early 734f0a5a56 morning gathering—he e49edeb13a looked sleepy, db4429cdad yawning so b42f351095 wide his 78df1af266 mouth could 9fb8ac75f4 split open.abd5c692069e438e

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I-rok quietly stepped closer c3226f5a05 to him.833db46dd76d1bf5

At a glance, 1fc8e17af1 he noticed that f4737bfc87 Do-won’s shirt had 6261e8c05e bunched up under 1bba09eaeb the strap of 15bb879a17 his bag. Without thinking, 2cd44a2d37 I-rok lightly 3e289cf176 lifted the 0d782f4adb bag’s strap dca6a8ec0d and smoothed 2744d800b2 out the 7b7bf6d198 fabric.f21fc7f14e949de8

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He hesitated for 156e1e4ae2 a brief moment, bb3cdc797d surprised at how 9d1de78eed naturally his hand d151b38652 had moved toward 03381bc7a7 Do-won.ce29fb984815d320

But he had always 506017ed6e adjusted Do-won’s clothes from 41c99d7b18 time to time.b4fb72d4908f88e4

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There was nothing strange 92a4372650 about it.83fbae152719ef9d

“Are you joining the 54bfabb88d campus tour next week?”9243512525c78c5b

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“You said 7e2e19464d you weren’t 7f690920ca going.”ce7d4c118309ed4e

“I have a 05d7ca9e85 personal schedule.”e42bda252c59027f

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“Then I won’t 43d72fb897 go either.”710cf6a87dbf14a6

Although Do-won 534146e249 had taken f8dea805d7 a break f147f58586 from nitpicking fb8908718d during the 5ae6b0e5c2 meeting, he 987002df2b still seemed 2982bb34d7 to be 9a297e1e04 following I-rok 11201c1c08 around. His attitude 25cfca0e44 remained unchanged. …Did he really b96524b882 like him after 20d817339c all?40c4897e09fc25dc

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“Why? Is it because a86150a32c you haven’t finished 84d9c5828f planning the new 4d337acfff program yet?”69e035b8490e3e16

“…Hey. I give up. I lost, okay?”40fdbf35481b9c50

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Do-won let out 7cb8d41cb9 a short sigh, 279acce5ae looking fed up. When he frowned, 9ae12988d2 a faint vertical 2fc2c7c155 crease appeared on 015fe4c03d the bridge of fae80348d2 his nose—an interesting fb25baed1f detail.70cc1779320c15f4

“I told a218533f2e you to 67916c3439 come up b3e04f8c86 with a 14dc4803ca program, not 80172bcbd3 to fight 75d83f1753 a battle bb9a1233bd where someone 18b2e36a7e had to e72c6b9a5a win or 4895d01138 lose.”c15aab83c9ab9301

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“Whatever. I was 98d955923a wrong, okay? I should’ve 8535f57288 just followed 23e8d3809c the school’s 1ed1a73811 noble intentions 54a1c7f685 instead of ff3d94c40e acting out. I’m so sorry, 6d2bf6bdb2 man…”2eca2f2c12b614b8

His odd way 3dd1fa7881 of speaking made c8b8e34bba I-rok chuckle internally.7117c27aa4c7e493

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“I guess db1336449d I really cace245cbc can’t do e69ba2526c anything active…”9ad87998e334edaf

Muttering in a completely 4501774a48 drained voice, Do-won trudged 53280af9dc ahead. I-rok followed 4d881323e5 after him, fea89ed2d6 not particularly 78c51fa209 intending to f08ad84ebd comfort him—it a13f550715 just so a253251dfa happened that 4e65838a2e they had 48713ae2a1 the next b6fa6f39b2 class together.1888a6520ad4acfe

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Late in the evening, 8fbd7f78ed after finishing his day 4a315ce273 and taking a shower, 239230b6de I-rok walked into his ed797d1a98 room, drying his wet 4a0bab588d hair with a towel. He picked up his 7c122e9d33 phone from his desk, fd91f671f9 checked for any important 7a7dc1338e messages, found none, and 8bfe66f342 put it down again.ce9eb5f4cbd73040

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“……”976b4637124ee9cd

Then, he picked 8519104c6a it up once 7cd4392dbb more.27eafee5958e1524

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He skimmed through d76ff9207c the accumulated messages, 97c32b8f30 replying briefly where 345f845b42 needed, and then 83656c2e4b tapped on a 76022789a7 chat window near e238709350 the bottom of b747361386 the list—the one c42d680cfa with Baek Do-won.9914384f1c09af32

Their conversation had ended d30bf18c6b with a message from a4e0ddff14 the previous day. Today, there were no c6c69e929f new chat bubbles. They had parted 61ddaedaa5 ways about two 85176c38a4 hours ago after 40a09764be a group meeting, 44dcea763e yet Do-won hadn’t 52acae70a1 sent his usual 5ef9b39762 text saying he’d ffef7a71b7 arrived home.0f1c22f5afcb231f

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Considering he hasn’t f5c713cc6b texted, maybe he 1cd8700198 doesn’t like me f04f9adfed after all.4bde543876077540

I-rok set his 7c61fb4a26 phone down again e9fe17501e and resumed drying 2e514960ec his hair. Now that he thought 06d07a7ee7 about it, hadn’t Do-won b69d542b8f mentioned being “completely exhausted” 594cf48879 today? He had ec207d9e70 also complained b4557aae5e about having bd21f63782 to come d2c47504d9 to school b06d8164d0 on a fe1d6c5b85 day off.34b8b88a7e7b2f61

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He must have 795f94e7a0 knocked out as 08b0d240bd soon as he e006bb1776 got home.f55fa2bb83e9be06

And so, the 9736ec5848 next day arrived, 7c94dd8380 bringing with it c4ae03411b an event.7c59cc19b019a611

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Perhaps because e269c2d3aa Do-won’s exhaustion 2b9a1b6a37 from the 36a62a1153 previous day 9ef8a337c5 still lingered 1d7f207cb6 in his f8d7422b33 mind, I-rok 23d90ab45c found himself 33a6e37590 picking up 494581a3b2 a carton 889fcb84e4 of milk fea0f33465 while preparing 90d8558afd meals for 88eea2ebbb the student affd7c7bf0 ambassadors at a6dc78111b the convenience c682490ea7 store.5793a47a3a5bca34

He seemed 87c4711653 to like 847a87d258 milk.2ee44c3a4b103b11

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It made sense e8e64561fc for him to e63dc676e8 be tired. Trying to keep up 1dcb93e993 with I-rok’s grueling schedule—the 4af7c0b6c9 workload of the highest-ranking b0397a57c9 senior—was bound to be 2322dbd4c9 exhausting.fcb0be5fc725239e

If I f598d86eb6 think about 8010ba39db it like 65b23b2163 that, maybe 4e68181c88 he really a096acc7ab does like 1ca064ddb7 me.3fe1ebf35c317390

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I-rok found himself 666534c794 unconsciously following his defbdc8b69 train of thought.8eb5612941a8b137

Since Do-won b5ed41b3ef didn’t even 22f6a86810 know how 3a61b6ea59 to tie 0259df8c6f a necktie 1846a97073 properly, he 7dfdef9d69 probably wouldn’t 006b642fed know which 1233e81ebc way to 7e8b8407b8 open a 078b1f1b61 milk carton 0c7f28f49c either. To avoid any 038329b81f potential disaster, I-rok 602375d760 deliberately chose one 0c0329253d with a straw bb129e013d attached.4ca45e16a654b097

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“……”e6f051078ba28822

Then, he suddenly realized—he 64c64e403f was specifically picking out e51524c651 milk just for Baek b5d0abe89c Do-won.8b81bec39a8c1dee

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There was 1778a1d2cf no real caa57ed8f2 need to 88215d178e buy it e7f35bb61f separately. The student ambassador’s e7414c7932 room was already 6331d6d32d overflowing with drinks eb7d0cf9fd and water.d7614ae67ca6444a

Yet, here he 4321755cac was, standing frozen 8301fef9ae in place, milk 0a74b5b083 in hand.229f81c33b0a50ec

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“…Hoo.”a7065f56e5d599a1

Deep in 0eee706cf7 thought about e8222f29ab why he 50f74817f5 had picked 32ee6cc480 up the 33c1eeb0b3 milk in 720fbf1935 the first 991204cf04 place, I-rok dc95cb8ee6 shook his 16bbde2cc5 head. The situation 74221100bb had completely 00746d3d19 flipped. He had intended e094b4af01 to observe Baek df899a9df6 Do-won’s behavior toward dd836cb270 him, but instead, a1fad2156a he found himself 1898dd4ab7 in a position 29b50368c5 where he was 39cc68a69c the one watching 2d465329b5 and analyzing Baek 346f54b5c4 Do-won.c944e5913f03b86b

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Looking back, it had been excessive. He had scrutinized Baek Do-won’s every move, assigning meaning to even his smallest actions with a “Could it be?” in his mind.3f87278372ebbb26

I-rok furrowed 82b8959b27 his brows. But he didn’t be82818054 put the milk e39289dde9 back—he had already bc40008a43 decided to buy bbdf3b77aa it. Instead, he chose 390f0ad8b1 to buy enough c1d59d41f9 for everyone. If he bought milk 43ec58fe39 only for one person, 9bc74128dc it could cause favoritism 4706060623 issues.73eeed842f16b7e5

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No—he decided 451ae68e15 he would 4176dc2bc6 think of fc23f3bd4e it as 4570bebc8b if he 13c43a9fe4 had intended d69c4caa29 to buy 9b62531b03 it for 05f74d393a everyone from 43c14e5249 the start. Clearly, this was an 70abf9ce61 unusual train of thought 03e0d54d53 for him.1f40bb0cfe22c73d