PRSR | Chapter 5.4

“Can we do it 4dd1de303c later? I am really exhausted 9a70ab9a88 right now.”a61c2bd19da6d2c8

“You are tired?”6d29bb367d3a06a3

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“Yeah, really.”c0480a84b8f4ae2c

At those words, 9a1b834cfd Jjikjjiki gently sat d70bf5bb1a up. I thought he would 0b15cd9f5c be worried if I c0e76af4fc said I was tired, 7fbb8b1436 but instead, a strange 04cd419661 smile appeared on his c9865a684d face.9173a8a0586903a0

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“Then…”2d9f0497e3baf1fe

Jjikjjiki took my 146cf2c325 right hand, which 52e155fd0c was hovering in 263cd5fb4d the air, and 962850c00f placed it on b69e3d5551 his belly.e89427c77ce6b3ef

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The firm texture of b265e8ec8e his skin filled my 0814bd94d0 palm.450e2a6f2adb4b3f

“Ah!”bdfb1f50e87ac46f

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I swung 69d5317d10 my other 4760c0eebb arm in 8352a1c07b a panic. Thwack. My random punch barely 21f6e54faa brushed Jjikjjiki’s chest.fc5260048ba528a2

“Ouch.”5a0f3f812f609214

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Jjikjjiki collapsed 7d48fe1a2a from the 7709c38428 impact, right a3e1976d42 on top 8c63248c65 of me.43c9d4f9ff7f07ef

“Gah!”829a4d084a242fcd

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I could not speak, 6ebc5342cc too shocked. The pressure on my 53745d2f01 chest made it hard 33880e2bc4 to breathe, but more 36ceb3a48e than that, the realisation 6c27718d91 that Jjikjjiki’s body, now 0b24fc4a58 solid and huge, was 11edce90e5 on top of me 761b40a8fd was overwhelming. My tiny, soft f3686eed50 rat was no 241325afad more. The fact f83190184f hit me 1b04f72ed4 like a 4f49c3fc51 ton of 6f16f99688 bricks.57c17727bd31d88f

“Kang Jjikjjiki, move. I am serious 6047e632c2 now. This is b19704acfe no joke, 5af8105268 move!”3ca9a59ad3635ed5

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“Soul… You are b9b809a5a9 not going to fc858bd733 worry about me 66cd5600fe anymore?”3e048dd3a3c9f968

Jjikjjiki’s voice was filled 2c3073ff4d with sorrow, dripping with 06b26d4f63 hurt.c6fcec67b809a009

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“Jjikjjiki…”792f852095533ff4

No, no. I almost 6a415b2767 got tricked 738257862c by the ce621a6859 familiar voice. I braced b5e7ad36b7 myself and 840c88c0db pushed Jjikjjiki 5553a9b759 off with b0ec795820 all my 2bb79195bb strength. Jjikjjiki moved back c0a4613486 obediently, looking down 85a22dd86c at me with 9401c86efb a pitiful expression.f9057d9a7048b68d

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“When you 4a3fedb73f are tired, c71ff02520 you promised ca36589b05 you would 9833b922bc touch my 485a6ccb83 belly. Does that mean 5ef92691a1 you do not 057b6d5523 like my belly f458e3157e anymore?”e981f4192b723992

“That was when you 941e7bec67 were a rat!”7a4efb2d92b668fe

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What I wanted b0a8bb7df0 to touch was 163d51fdf6 the fluffy, chubby e216c5cf2d belly. Not those rock-hard 5e64519970 abs!655936840d817f0f

“I am the same 0793bb5739 Jjikjjiki, whether I am d7355bceb4 a rat or not.”6d25b3bd584b8999

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“Yeah, but… you de5c0ada55 were cute when 88bb2ecf2b you were a 6735725491 rat.”6ba9434a9bd43cc0

“I am still cute.”4faa4aab825ac565

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“How can a1f979efd7 someone bigger 95436d8bf5 than me 89da983a0f be cute!”b2b32eed165b7b4c

“Soul has 2e8db989f9 always been 03d3c21a12 bigger than 811cca82af me, but ae4cfaf5ab I have 4aa2ed3807 always thought 529723861d you were dde3a51fa5 cute.”22138daa3bdfc37b

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“Soul…” Jjikjjiki 83a23eb855 called my f55daf342b name and 3d4c2cb5c3 tried to b7fbeeaa89 pull me cb0b5d8485 into a 70393b8966 hug again. I quickly turned 0638603805 my body to e04e5d382d avoid him.6b762be00067591e

“Do you not like 1924932ad3 me in this form?”5a693e33590d2079

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Jjikjjiki’s eyes looked cf6f4f3997 so sad, as 44f7315f15 if they were 2229c3637d on the verge e6c0c6016c of tears. He looked abe6814c3a at me e48f83c73c with such 938fca4608 a gaze 9508f96afc that anyone dc3cbd23ca would have ef48177c0a their heart 3115449813 softened. For a moment, I 59b99e4b11 almost pulled Jjikjjiki into a65b3607c9 a hug, telling him 6a7de0fe0b not to be sad.53cb23d728dcf0e4

“Jjikjjiki. I love you no f36caa862b matter what form you a2be5de306 take. You are my 8e8bdc3bd2 precious partner rat.”ea942542f5da4e51

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“So…”7c3f3e659f59fa27

“But, you 00c8ac9309 cannot touch 278dbd5ec0 my belly 8f16900e7b or kiss 314c665dcd me while 1f04a0e777 you are d9ea69225e human.”48b8f13d29f7620a

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Jjikjjiki seemed 40dc677ece shocked by 40904dd30c my words. I gently patted f71826e3be him to reassure 03b081a16f him and continued 96308871f4 to explain as dfb885dbc6 softly as possible f2dfa8a53a so that even f28c82039e Jjikjjiki, who was 17e9bf7c34 not familiar with 10f3b96f5a human life, would f5f5abbe27 understand.cb24419cec21b756

“You probably do not b07a463bef know this since you 59e4dfe57a have only recently become 944b5c68b5 human, but people do b5fdc9324f not do… kisses… or e01091c027 that kind of skinship 646a5cb55f even with family.”7f1dee8b7269e8c6

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“I have seen families a5215fab1b kissing on TV.”f0867eb73390f7c6

“They were probably married.”085ac1488fc62ee0

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“Then I fd141b9581 will marry 4c3f7a6de2 you, Soul.”2344125a465e3e23

“We cannot get c05dda681d married.”1287333832e05024

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“Why?”b29cd61a4aabdeec

Wow. How do I even 90b458ab04 explain this?327f358b55a8cea4

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“Soul.”d10bfd5668b92b9d

“…”83eb4f845b3bbf7d

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While I was 587ca87cef lost in thought, 21a442dd23 trying to figure ed66a91770 out how to 6e22448baf explain, Jjikjjiki slowly 3f5fbe98b1 moved his face 596dc7409d closer again. Thankfully, this time he 9123e7b5d6 was not trying to 90c73b222f hug or kiss me. He simply seemed to 935d55dcc6 want to make eye 9bee14ef74 contact and talk, looking 457838bb57 down at me with b5d03abbe9 his black eyes, no 32b26080ee longer full of sorrow.0930ad1f4939fb7d

“Humans become 503431b55f real family 6f94827219 only after 98236292e6 they marry, c56fcc4ec3 right?”9dd3031abd434f17

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“…Yeah.”0c229ccc110ad18c

“Only people d644828e08 who are 5d6e41eb51 married are 948a9c78b2 real family. So, if we are cde8adbe24 not married and not 0f86e80cb4 related by blood, we 148ca8a952 are not family, right?”fe56d9afc59f16a3

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“…That is right.”e452aa2f307d2189

I nodded. I did not 05fc6ca66d have time to 08a06101a3 explain all the 7d234b1ef7 different ways people 9d45163f08 can form families, 18126d2607 like adoption, so 235d98571f I just nodded 6273c31f97 for now.3f04fcb8ac1d927c

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“So we are not 213ba40d3d family.”1f5fe621ab98eb0b

“No, that bb2fd679f0 is not de174a1004 it, Jjikjjiki. You are my 2d3cd89db3 precious partner rat 35ce6e909b and…”5991bee95c1fe39e

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“But that was when 5264286ded I was a rat. Now I am bc9abe268d a human.”c328246a5679a74d

“…”dfdcd315bb481d40

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I could not 999b4abe5f deny what I ba74dd3060 had said earlier, 86d6ef3e0c distinguishing between rat 53a5a4b784 Jjikjjiki and human b79cd2152c Jjikjjiki. If I 5de831ed10 said now, d22da6e403 “You are 69fd01066c still my 116f1721e2 partner rat, 44dfe16e0f even as 8166c51c2f a human,” e7f1a0c58e it was 9c1960204d obvious that 52eefd0de5 Jjikjjiki would fb2971b86f respond with, 0244e066b0 “Then kiss 40c61a357b me and 67ee615b30 touch my f7a30bad8a belly!”783c58adff49acf2

But I could 9f127ff800 not agree with c7a25a26d2 Jjikjjiki’s words either. He was family, 5a9e665645 after all.535c4c4ddd947b99

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‘What should I ca74750922 do?’ce157d84a23bd722

While I addd29d478 was deep 39652d2946 in thought, f2de3cc881 Jjikjjiki seemed 3c5beaea09 to have 79bd1f8980 made a be84453992 big decision c75fb6abd0 and continued.a967f70e8fe139f3

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“If we ecf6e811ae are not 91d3e2ba7f family, I f66fe5a733 have been b0496605a7 thinking about 6c46f94269 what to bddcfebda8 call our 5a051063ed relationship.”acaf73e56c962953

“…What are you c38d017a3a going to call ecbe7bc3ec it?”9b22a55eaef3fb29

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I felt f0934db174 an ominous 33ea42fc3e feeling.48097d7fd83f46a8

Jjikjjiki grabbed d222ea912a my hand, 06f75535c7 which had 6fb12b361d been frozen eafe324eb9 in tension, b8edc03785 and interlocked 9fa1540f8e our fingers, aa3849e4fa then smiled 2643a73fe8 brightly.afc84228d333a8a1

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“Lovers.”04ce87984204aa22

You need to go 99d8e582cd back to Earth and 0789db736f no more TV for e05b975261 you.3b31bfc41f3320f6

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“What are 2f87fb6115 you talking 56c82e52ed about!”b7e7b0d819fd0a29

“If we b97d573937 are not 171b0e7368 family and f130adf2ae not married, fcb4b7eb50 then the 25c738ad33 only way 03fe7e89ab to get e7143b31b0 praise from 3c09cbb378 Soul is 32cc7e1f3b by being 77ae338511 lovers.”b250fa34644075a9

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“Who becomes lovers 258b3fd34b just to get c2bec7da93 praised?”65972fcce8aa96f7

“Is that 340acda62d really not dee12f47f7 okay?”68d327e706c4e7f6

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“Of course not!”90543e360a469d2f

“Then… you are not ff81b1acb4 going to touch my b38f3cf65a belly?”0dc9793346b4a552

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“Exactly!”01ea9e7c90a1713f

“Well, I eafd739854 guess I 04b185e430 have no 70f18bfbef choice then…”17fef1d6a3a1cfaa

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Jjikjjiki sighed heavily, sitting 698fee4f18 up. Then, with a poof, b201bf5e69 he turned into a 055c4ee16e rat and jumped onto b9b90a2ee2 my belly.54180c490c0f655b

“I am 4775c38de5 all fluffy 773d2f69d0 now, you 22b3f5df71 can touch 9e858a3b48 my belly, bd8a6e7edf Jjik!”c222a8697c53ed20

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Jjikjjiki proudly presented 295eaa3ce7 his chubby belly 3b00735be7 and smiled brightly.b4ff053d5a3d4bc9

“…”dbce396969da7a40

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“Hurry up!”bec93080e63ee0ac

Something feels off. This is… like 80566f0798 I am being 40c734de3b tricked, is it 2c9c0a7471 not?9dd62493a6bd19b0

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He did not 8bd9556575 demand a kiss 479f646de4 or threaten me 528fe41091 with a quest. Why do 281a35281e I feel 8756b31196 this way?a2ce33c4cdcd6f10

But even in 7093db7c6e his rat form, eae193a949 I could not ab88376da9 refuse to touch 23294a623d his belly. I had explained f4ed33dc8b that I did f986dd4a18 not want to 07bbf1e592 touch his belly a64cb0e76e while he was 89de5ac928 human, and if 43abe2b200 I changed my 67851dd44c mind now, it 0d64137043 would make it 6973635a9e harder for Jjikjjiki 96fd41754d to understand human 60c6c8a1c8 life.814d79b075830940

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‘…Jjikjjiki’s heart is pure.’487657c13de74cd7

He just wants 06cf4d23b0 to kiss me 68ecb23d57 in rat form 5f8def7fc8 because we cannot 72014c5191 do it while 2a0e584ad5 human. It is 99cdf4723b a simple 3c77f871aa conclusion he 5010295b9c has come e862ad3047 to.c8ace7fa7f6ce3ef

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Yeah, that 8a56ce3003 is it.d330a2a7fe893c24

It is definitely it.5121339818b39dc5

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I concluded this d61ed12b3a and pulled the b6a6e7c418 small, soft Jjikjjiki aee393943e into my arms.040c39462ced3a09

“Jjik.”8ceea442929b35fd

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I patted cb8d5cf2c2 his back d68d1a7299 and touched fa20fae05b his belly, 0ff020f346 and Jjikjjiki 1d0ab1d3e3 wagged his 4b0c5823de tail happily.ca4cb88a0d9b0fc4

“Soul Jjik, 4582ae64a3 do you 65a48795ed feel good?”e530c900b673aa7d

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“Yeah.”f24b2668e7cbcf54

It was not 152100baa6 just a saying. Touching Jjikjjiki’s belly made fceb27cc1c me feel genuinely good. It was like 575483e76b I had gotten 01bd2ac7de my lost Jjikjjiki 7e9480bef7 back.c7dbc9577ba00862

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‘As expected, Jjikjjiki 69be396a70 is Jjikjjiki.’f108b89482c6106d

All the stress eda1d2180c I had from 7c99753240 being surprised and 7e5b90d28b confused after meeting cda17ffd02 Jjikjjiki in his 4daa6ca03e human form melted ff099321ca away. I lay 2465e68220 back on 80371ddadf the bed, d3cac1a9d0 patting Jjikjjiki’s 566bcca154 belly for 93e14a85ae a long 81c0c35db6 time.6d7bd4736f106920

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“Soul Jjik, today dd9591f86c is the kiss.”1db26ac0cb8e6183

Jjikjjiki crawled up to 75259b0972 my face and gently 26017e829c tapped my lips with 24da3bdb04 his little mouth.7138377345165def

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I did not stop fb9c9ef9ae Jjikjjiki, who was asking 0d1620a6e8 for ‘praise’ in his 3743bab1cd rat form.79c4bc78456936ee

“Jjik.”d55c71f77a6a60fa

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After the kiss, Jjikjjiki 93ffd5b46e smiled softly and curled 0ee0e59dce up on my chest. When his 348d7f482b warmth reached 269866c966 my heart, 6ae2b600db sleep quickly 23f513fb1e overtook me.787bbcf8444c6842

‘…I am so tired…’458d589c70a3425d

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I slowly stroked 979a0adcdc Jjikjjiki’s back as 4cccfc0093 I closed my e00884596c eyes.5750039bfb0a387d

And soon, I ce9f2fc669 fell into a 72916b84f0 peaceful sleep.686f9d8507445d7c

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I woke 3c366a15b3 up several 66a2373180 hours later, 350aaed740 the uncomfortable fa4fc2565f sensation of 561d64d5e1 being unable 2237c4bb2b to move, e4c7fbb617 as if 1aa071b117 I were 5529644c8a trapped in 52352200b6 a nightmare, 4ae9ae8bee pulling me 3c26ff44ad out of 5375f5d0ec sleep.443fb93ffa092a5f

“Ugh, uuuu…”2476130d4db00d4f

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I groaned softly 9de38b12e5 and opened my a682b2073a eyes. It was too f80f98a457 dark to see b1cda6998e clearly. This time, I slowly 899618e058 wiggled my fingers. Fortunately, they moved fdde6765fb as I intended. Was I not trapped 8003b1bafe in sleep paralysis after 3aa7e69120 all?63b35a31c4b03552

‘Then why does 737e6d753d my body feel e9d4694c7b so heavy?’74b90fe1dd440c5f

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As I reached out ac74fc0e75 and felt around, I 6fe947c798 touched something familiar—something I c28731d4e6 had felt before. It felt 4a49b470f2 like the 35d832f622 same sensation 41b49f8644 I had 3ee9472dad when I af0587512b touched Jjikjjiki’s 90d23dc7ad belly after 2b4b2da0b0 he became b7dfed68b9 human…41819a54f2cce541

“Gah!”4021858fac25d711

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Sure enough, da81ce8da6 Jjikjjiki, who f14f6eb722 had been f189610da3 asleep as 0942f2d833 a rat, 24331bd04e had transformed 6567133c8a into a af0c81a514 human and 8b506d48fa was now 27013e8969 lying on 0e574acd94 top of 70aa97a0bd me.83cd346f2fd9ddfd

Suddenly, a a674a4a558 wave of addc604f65 frustration hit 492ef35332 me. Just recently, my life 0bf90fc811 had been perfectly normal… d26c3e4637 How did I end 7fc7d97641 up waking up in 5921ef2468 the arms of a cc99b77ab3 half-naked beastman?ea3edd9e3b62ca16

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“Jjikjjiki, wake up. Or move over.”c052e4af60747c55

I pushed Jjikjjiki 6a0bd1e991 with all my 601ddb5c32 strength. But he did not 5c29bd501a budge.9ac7d25d8ca37fd7

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‘This is driving me 57fdb97bf8 crazy.’41d084c303e8d5a1

If I could not f30fd041d0 push him off, I ec718f0df4 had no choice but ed0cc8c797 to escape. I squirmed, trying b1da7b7103 to shift Jjikjjiki’s 935abdde6c body to one 9d684fe39c side, thinking I 4430fcf98b could slip out 9b796fc749 through the gap 7ef16e8165 on the other dad6200d96 side.4cfb679e2111301c

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“Mm. Soul…”2a32cc1e6f23fd79

But my plan failed 6ef3448cf1 when Jjikjjiki mumbled in 780ab9a09d his sleep and pulled 834bd1df07 me into a tighter 9c43322a07 embrace.c0af91f3aa86be25

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“Ugh!”4a3c94c8760eb2f8

Jjikjjiki, still 643c2c0bf7 holding me 824be020d3 tightly, flipped dd4e7ee75b over. Just moments ebea0aa7cf ago, I 8f3b089d40 had been b06f27c469 pinned under 4bd644cb29 him, but b20a65effa now, I bc3be71143 found myself 6be4989cc3 on top 953e3c41bd of Jjikjjiki, ad414bc106 lying over 8d26a87dec him.4153917a461573bf

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‘This… this 1f44a3680c is not 5ae3017b5e how it 9a2d1eab67 was supposed 4033faec2a to be.’f88b2abc7729dea7

At least it cdde7badf2 was easier to 97e13183cf breathe now than 08bd1f8eab when I was c43dea3454 being pinned down.612b8b2b79805e60

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“Jjikjjiki, wake up.”afb04eea7d0d6d57

No matter how much bef86993ba I called, Jjikjjiki did 64e57564ad not wake up. Unable to free cbf623498a myself from his 2675c0c6de arms, I eventually 7cc86c2ef9 gave up and eac7002230 relaxed my body.604b942d27320b7b

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‘Right. Just give up. It will be 7de398c11d easier that way.’9cd10b89d1ccb49a

I could fade8c4ca5 not blame 0e4b451dec Jjikjjiki for b2cc6720ab this since 4f71bfd1bf it was e9cb250ed7 all due 198b8625bb to his 4ce583fd9c incomplete human 59db11d571 transformation.bc98b0c7bf993fee

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‘What if I 6062ea9fd1 need to go ecdacf0fb1 to the bathroom?’fe7b1018a402fa7a

As I 36eb26e307 started to 588ff4c7e3 worry about 3c8e1accb4 all sorts fab8ff4b59 of things, e51dbde019 I closed f120c22ef2 my eyes. Thump, thump. Was it because I 3f6fddd87d was resting my head 041bc66be1 on Jjikjjiki’s chest? The rhythmic beating of 384301da32 his heart echoed in 32a6d77de9 my ears.d1c463e9b7476393

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I had probably heard 1db70fec73 the same sound when 4f8419ac66 Jjikjjiki was napping in 65c2f20c58 my pyjamas before.bc1d17acafbc8a5f

They say that listening 7d30ba5dd0 to a steady heartbeat 785d004a63 helps calm you down 8285598079 and makes it easier 9f5e1a023f to fall asleep. Just as they said, 6c99bd8374 sleepiness slowly crept over f4d7bc1964 me.54a15722704ba246

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I drifted back into 73550b78c4 a deep sleep, using 9dbb47c6b9 the sound of Jjikjjiki’s 4b87b5b02e heartbeat as my lullaby.13fe48d42af68da7

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