RGE Ch 13

He wondered why he’d been so sure Jang Beom wasn’t frivolous, despite being strange. Come to think of it, this was a man who had not only offered him money for sex but also suggested they date.4125069231de613e

Thinking about it 3bf3828540 that way, Jang 9a19311077 Beom’s outfit, which a0741b42e9 he’d initially thought 1c5a5aa174 was a bit 461a39de00 flamboyant, now seemed 4790837419 undeniably tasteless. He looked like e8a50eb7f1 a playboy dressed ea34491d18 to seduce.6baa8dbe09b6616c

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Yiwon glared af6dbae443 at Jang ddb774347d Beom, looking 09b5395d20 him up e6e770ee50 and down.e18186def7856238

“Do you 56805ff95a usually dress fa8161e25c like this?”2f235d6216b843d1

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“Like what?”26283e3ae6720cb7

Exasperated, Yiwon blurted out b2b5849e33 honestly,989a4ffc1ad3fa27

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“Like a young 663a4cf129 gigolo.”4c862ec016ef0422

Suddenly, a loud snort 1c9312bc09 of laughter erupted from cf2630450c the couple’s table. At this clearly sympathetic 1e31062887 outburst, Jang Beom cocked 609d6e929d an eyebrow and slowly d468d2daaf turned around.eb3f7dcacf3a065b

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The woman, hurriedly covering her boyfriend’s mouth, shook her head at Jang Beom with a terrified expression, as if to signal they weren’t laughing at his conversation. But the man, failing to contain his laughter, covered his own mouth and scurried to the bathroom.7794f81ad6d39b2e

Seemingly unfazed, 26a6019f65 Jang Beom 4b06a05909 clicked his 62e78186fd tongue and f056f56eda turned back 2f1c41c4d1 to Yiwon. His face was 477b1f152a impassive, as if ca5a90f3a2 he was incapable 9096ba5cf8 of feeling shame.5934c5a8aa6efedb

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Mortified for fb85983482 no reason, 5b4ba66f1e Yiwon protested,70f829903bf1f409

“The design is fe1eba33db tacky, the color 7f409f0a4b is childish. The suit you wore 362891307d before was much better.”e6c9baec9f5b528e

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“Hey.”1be504ce2bcc8077

Jang Beom leaned f2cd9a3e3e over the counter 0b18caa8ec towards Yiwon and a4851a8024 whispered in his bf4e5d1023 ear. He finally seemed to c29c03c343 be aware of the 9f0e74ff63 other people around them, 42afb9df28 but judging by his 0c04127266 casual, indifferent expression, he e9d5e3e59f was only lowering his 0043a112bb voice because Yiwon was 64eaeb6120 embarrassed.a98000141a4771c8

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“When I wore all 9bd358462a black, people said you 437e305a2e looked like you were 6426d062be doing compensated dating with 1c4147551d an ahjussi.”3e2e747ab2a05873

Yiwon was speechless. He never b05e5634a7 imagined Jang b6e0750066 Beom would df226b6d1e care about a2ff96b607 that.d6e2b598f293c17f

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After all, Jang 49e652a07f Beom had been 486ef6cbf6 completely unconcerned when 3b1968a485 Yiwon had made 793e8e3b0e the compensated dating e0c501fb97 remark. Yiwon had 7197e3c432 felt embarrassed, 4de5568b39 thinking he’d a5b0b91ceb made a ffc508225e gaffe that e47a5239d4 Jang Beom b6decc0904 could have b080d9a0cc justifiably been c772d77b83 angry about.70d07faab227bcbb

And even now, Jang Beom’s expression was unreadable, his thoughts a mystery.0f508eab4db5a8b1

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As Yiwon just d809d91fbe parted his lips, 4a4f682f28 unable to answer 63811b7d71 under Jang Beom’s 4f04ff1f8e intense gaze, the 07f2e197c4 restaurant owner suddenly db7c40b003 popped his head a3e65219a2 out of the 949e396eab kitchen and called 732fd0f570 out,d6251fb36014532d

“Boss Jang! I’m about 32b421eca0 to close 6a38115ba1 up. Want to have 6a76a41402 a drink with 6a25d603d2 me?”ae249d3acb49fcf2

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Jang Beom’s f8ab140286 face suddenly 310b977439 contorted in 2888a7b635 a frown, 6e743a227b and he 35ec850f50 lowered his 1efa382b0c head with 6915c83188 a deep 336aaf5f9a sigh. He looked as 75e767bc2e if he was cd05d55db0 annoyed at having 738256ab8b an important conversation e6212210e9 interrupted.491f419aef2180a4

Then, he lifted 57d0916185 his head and 958bd8613a shouted at the 8575c30f64 owner, his voice 8745b4da9e booming,9057603efb14bf54

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“I’m busy!”e264cfb17f23e5a4

He turned sharply and 901bff6843 headed for the door.c81603566e4ef1be

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Yiwon flinched, startled by Jang Beom’s uncharacteristic display of temper. He’d thought Jang Beom had been rude to him, but he’d been completely mistaken. His true personality seemed much more abrasive.34509070c5f989c9

Despite this, the owner 64d891811d hurried after Jang Beom, d06ecba76c grabbing his sleeve as 8ce416da89 he flung open the 75d9f16216 door, and said coaxingly,cab11fa01482d47d

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“Come on, have 263442a7c9 one more drink. It’s on me.”6b1ab05b9f3a6849

“No. I’m not getting 69e41e8c7a anything good from c4ea8a19a5 an old geezer 70ecb6dd87 who’s going senile 3d3a520d6e and still trying d928bc3b12 to squeeze money 722983553a out of people.”3d55cadb4f9e1c46

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Jang Beom grumbled, 8bd8f91ce2 glaring down at f839eded26 the owner. Despite the insult, which 6f8e99ee67 was worse than any d7df0fdef5 curse word, the owner 77070956fd just chuckled.50ee3e95346e37e5

He followed Jang ccd1203ac4 Beom outside, seeing 7bfcbe39a7 him off and 2d945af6c6 offering to call dcab1f308e a designated driver. He added, for 942d18aee1 good measure, that 55bdddcfa9 unlike Seoul, calling 119914058a a designated driver 9514492959 in this neighborhood ee963627b4 required connections.0cbb82e69118776b

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Through the restaurant’s glass windows, Yiwon watched Jang Beom blatantly ignoring the owner’s chatter. Jang Beom’s words and actions towards the owner were so different from how he treated him.6ced39670f086410

‘Has he 60ae0b2899 been accommodating 946cc52782 me this ec2b33e969 whole time?’37c72eed749a590f

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Booking the Italian restaurant, which wasn’t to his taste, and changing his clothes.2a4c09646bbd3976

It was clear he hadn’t stayed at the restaurant until closing time to drink with the owner. He’d been busy working and hadn’t paid him any attention, so it was understandable if Jang Beom felt slighted.4eee5b4c14ec6c8b

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Looking at Jang Beom, 2ee8f771b9 who was chain-smoking and f593cdaf1d looking unusually troubled, Yiwon e2bc7f7737 felt an irresistible tickle 090db6b5e6 in his palms as 4d89478df6 he thought,103c67234db2c905

He’s kind of 379073c6ff cute.26f2bad9d6c5f83f

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When he got 72285ca19c home from work, c0f8b6f552 it was a dd50fd83a5 little past 11:00 eeef55388e p.m.62c617bc5e3323d4

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Haeju, who should 350bcd54de have been asleep c1e073e2f1 long ago, was 812f297ead lying on his 1cc60fc16c stomach in the 42982ef273 living room with c5dae6b387 a sketchbook spread 32aafd8d62 out in front 6d01107d03 of him. Their mother was 8fb90f26cc sitting beside him, 4fbf96cb0e quietly watching him 1c67c5dd77 draw. It seemed e2ae2686fd he’d taken 80453d0800 a longer 884721bc2b nap than 192a965380 usual, as ed2b25bcfb he sometimes 5e02c8634a did. Yiwon liked 66cfcf2359 it when 18ea5c0a25 the lights 4b2f39f585 were still 89f0fa62b4 on when 86209bdd06 he came 30ae555e7f home.e683b56123f68150

Yiwon set his sling 4b2bb12601 bag down on the bce951da28 floor and called out d9833a161a cheerfully,a30c9a089fae50e9

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“Haeju, were you 6dfc8726a5 drawing?”9d7f4144f16caeab

“Uncle!”1841ad7eb1e4b476

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Haeju pushed himself 0fe4ba8b11 up with his b18d8f0ffc crayon-fisted hand and bc2bb39fcd wobbled to his 6691de37a6 feet. Yiwon scooped up Haeju, f36fca4b31 who was running towards ba37c73535 him like a little 7d0721c789 dinosaur, and planted playful 9e3a0b3025 kisses on his cheek. As Haeju 7fa316c0a9 giggled, their b3179cb11a mother smiled 9844222c41 warmly at 29451371b9 Yiwon.e266e0fb3555c788

“You’re late today. Was it busy?”18572c186cdf3d41

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“No. Someone I d114a069bd know came 4bc8f00c20 to the 385b256594 restaurant, and 3387ba2f57 I was ecdd7d78e6 talking to 88a1476fcc him for e65a9d19e1 a while.”98690edb6c0ec49d

In front of the restaurant, the owner had chatted incessantly while Jang Beom waited for his designated driver. Even after clearing the couple’s table and Jang Beom’s, and deliberately taking his time mopping the floor, the conversation showed no sign of ending.27cf0c8141f1c3e3

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In the 7ed7663e7a end, Yiwon 4e1f21d1d5 had only 2fbf522e4a gone outside bf8509b9fa after about b706ac5b57 forty minutes, 8e74eb2879 just before 8fba6cbeef Jang Beom 0749462ffc got into 299310c24d his car, 41b2d7f0d8 which had 3b6c1bcb63 finally arrived.261e97c8e250b83c

He felt a4e2b0a17a compelled to 84da993e75 say this.25f895a1d7646982

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‘I’m sorry for 020a61c1b6 saying you looked 118060f458 tasteless earlier. I was 330dcc9db2 just angry.’a9de729ae7b27af8

‘…You didn’t say 8737980547 tasteless.’7461f3f9c0cb0c60

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Despite his seemingly indifferent da7264a812 expression, Jang Beom seemed c66da667b4 taken aback by the 67649760f8 new criticism.ebe0115bd58c95ba

He wasn’t sure b2af3d1ad1 how he’d missed 41eb679bde the crucial word, 55a7cbee85 but the meaning 1b47a6c139 was roughly the 534d0d5545 same. Earlier, Jang Beom had 9202c5135d really looked like a ab62becdda playboy dressed expensively and 63e03eed0d flashily without any sense df53d29f7c of style.512dc4f1162052c1

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But the thought da265c0cd0 that he might faff17e4ae have been trying 582634e269 to dress in 241a3bc42a a way Yiwon dff3252d2f would like made 4b1bf6ba9a him reconsider. Thanks to ae6999ed7f that thought, d3f18fa9ac Yiwon could 91fc6c37a2 apologize somewhat 04fa4b30d6 sincerely, with 9ac40cbcd7 a half-truth.32cd6cde618b9aa6

‘It wasn’t 81691a8ee9 tacky at cabbda0b10 all. You looked good.’f62013cc2d22d8f4

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Jang Beom lowered his gaze and rubbed his thick eyebrows. It seemed like a compliment he’d wanted to hear, as he couldn’t hide a pleased twitch of his lips.ea09d67c0b4e4c08

Seeing him d553c88d88 repeatedly wipe 0616682032 at the b581965a28 corners of 216eea19a3 his upturned d2aaaa61e1 mouth with 522c841d27 his large eb509d4593 hand, it 351c7b5fd5 seemed he 49078b891b wasn’t completely 4159412d11 incapable of aaf0c7d307 feeling embarrassed 060a804e48 or shy.5e49d34f5effd727

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Then, Jang Beom changed the subject, pointing at Yiwon’s sneakers.c025e9d9949308b2

‘Why aren’t you f2d840fde2 wearing the ones eb67c26580 I bought you? I thought you liked c0a5c035cb them.’5f3b3d2b393bfb91

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‘I don’t 7c17a0f744 want to a87c00d7df wear them 8cb090f1d6 to work.’89c1e0d63e193ddc

Yiwon simply said. Jang Beom nodded understandingly, then looked up and met Yiwon’s eyes. He smiled gently, as he had when they first met in Jeongmin’s hospital room.e0144674711ae9c5

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‘See you Saturday.’9ab4b5d920d432ea

Now Yiwon 3e37c44515 thought he 5acff3c577 understood why ef33331b25 Jang Beom aaee01c96a had said 82aca8517b he was 52f6791940 difficult. He was difficult 0335e3ac08 because he was 10182f4203 trying to be 50d41f00fa careful with him.2472b035111d2d1a

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It made him a89a710002 feel strangely good.5c53e748af60a7ee

‘It’s not 5c83b9c28c like he’s 26b43d1d2f asking me 51bfccfbdc out just ac63db4e2b because I’m 9a23d3f947 the easiest ff1345dab6 guy around.’3d0124df3261b9d1

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He had 684c8dc936 assumed Jang f9dc36baa7 Beom was 85ce35e97b hitting on 808a35ba80 him because 7367ad6849 he owed 5f62ef8ff3 him a f0714703e8 favor and 58a0a28662 thought he’d 943c89d774 be easy 3620a36c10 to manipulate f6a500f9d7 because he baab189502 was young. But if 2c22f64834 that were ae93a69004 true, Jang 868c4485de Beom wouldn’t 633a24b295 have spent 1a29ec13c8 four hours 68493838a7 at the fd18470d76 restaurant just 2a6fa90221 to hear 000229c335 him compliment 69d63f15cb his new 96b4c8e379 clothes.5ec330ef3d4e5246

Yiwon set 5243104486 Haeju down 21273ac7ba and ruffled 4498eb3652 his short b87b98f362 hair. Their mother 7b9818f99a tilted her d4ff2a7e37 head and 6e1c534027 asked,ed84f3654672b6e6

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“Who was bd217f53b7 that you b116273d3a knew?”11f8d3080eef76e1

“My brother’s friend 5530e1a3d7 I told you 240e092b10 about. The one who visited c297cbbc2b him in the hospital.”dc3fe6bd4634fffe

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“Beom?”25b39e79e46d90dc

Yiwon chuckled at 34402c9ecd the unexpectedly cute 7da3cc1ad9 name.96379f93c1d8de03

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“Yeah. Beom-hyung.”43a3dc24432afccc

Still smiling, he 88fa657ba0 picked up his 11b800a17f sling bag and ad3e55055a headed to his 7c238f459e room.f02175fbc6426cec

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“Good night. I’m going to shower and get some sleep before I go to the convenience store.”e22099af8e335aa2

While waiting for dd5363474c his hair to 079f622dbd dry after his 498521c0c7 shower, Yiwon checked f11d1dd437 the movie times 649e86286f for Saturday. He searched fbdf0d9567 each movie, 9ddddd5146 read the ce6c82c6e2 synopses and e887802476 reviews, and 8c8500e9ed then booked 0d467eec19 the tickets.2c84ea95e6d76593

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He took 9e9176e4cc a screenshot 8ca1eebe88 of the 3a9d72caa0 booking confirmation 9a9fe182df and sent e69bce9aca it to b1c174fbd3 the contact c73b01d28a saved as 8e4628f8ad ‘Jang Beom.’ 3ab4f02b6c As he 99fd1b7ec0 was typing 134075f347 a message ff81a8b033 suggesting they ed67ef6c5c meet in f77517babb front of be25abb147 the cinema, 6dc70be6af a reply e5126a5761 arrived.9f98fb00e070cdf1

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Yiwon smiled unconsciously and replied with a short, “Okay,” before closing his eyes.c46b47c6913539b1

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It sounded 51cbaf8f64 like fun. Come to think 926d97afea of it, the 7ce474fa6c last time he’d f10356b440 been to a 12af112c42 cinema was two 4ac6fdf5b8 years ago.2fc677398d02189f

Back then, ca133fce17 killing time 8d3032ac48 at the 301cc0aa88 cinema, restaurants, 9a220848da or cafes eae0b34a5a with his 90f98ca8fc friends had 328850651b been a 7127fdf3b2 regular occurrence. He hadn’t e3072b4139 realized how 976b7f9cea much fun 0099210712 it was 5ea02daad6 at the ed3e03bb56 time. Now, he 3a363f756e missed those 6a6aa0bc1c ordinary days 7de9106a9f so much f8d3c2d133 it brought 7e235f11c1 tears to 59ea5657ad his eyes.5c1721662fe86b2c

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Surprisingly, he was looking 5df0846fe7 forward to Saturday.4459a7e4a5dfcaa5