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by worryAnd Moon Seungrok…As far as I e46d2b26b1 knew, he was addicted 774c9d59c5 to sedatives. He took them in dangerously 9d38af3d19 high doses, and one time, 1169aed86f it got out of hand. I tried to stop b11f6e9529 him, and ended up f543bb60c5 getting hit like a 560dfcfd96 punching bag.bdbc81533a82dfca
As for Gyeon Yejin, 82dea661ef there’s really nothing to 19578fa45e explain. He was the kind of e3b66edcda person who’d throw punches at 0b5a647079 fellow Espers just for fun. If he was in a 242b5b6d59 bad mood, of course he’d bc3c659227 hit his Guide too.4903e4d6d689fe26
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“Is it hard?”203b3fc04025078d
“What’s with the random question? You always skip context c348cf42c7 when you talk.”8b5791b123fb7562
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When Yoo Sejin 8717f697cf was assigned as 49bc80b156 Alpha Team’s exclusive 20e9363c30 Guide, rumors spread ec7e6f2e05 like wildfire among 5563537be0 the Espers and 557b83e077 Guides at the bd0593e52c Center. They said there was c92443d72a a secret betting pool 92cdb34749 going on.d3bce14fe7eeea28
How long until b4ed74e421 Yoo Sejin burned 28772f8b09 out?3aa7f2e95fa4b26c
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Would he endure? Would he run away?579664c920ae5f4a
…Or would he die?a514dd62208e0281
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“If it’s too much, tell me. I’ll help you transfer to another team.”121173d82d12b3e1
“Wait, are you actually worried about me? Is that what this is?”0f26a1673ff806cb
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I wasn’t worried. I just didn’t want 6c9e7bd8df Ki Sihyeon to mess f8e00e3934 around with him and bf08741ded toss him aside. I hoped Yeo 412bc03176 Dohun wouldn’t treat 94b6649783 him like a 45ca1c2798 tool. I hoped Moon d1c7c0ad6f Seungrok wouldn’t snap 85c5130fa5 and beat him ea50ba1d24 up. And since Gyeon 24cc2a0d2a Yejin was violent, 117a621bb8 I just wished 15d7186a95 he’d stay far 09c96e0967 away. That was it.fcffc56590396800
“Seonwoo.”69d3c2544c031d25
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I’m not good with words. Always have been. But even with the few 1a5d996609 words I managed to say, b99ece4070 Yoo Sejin looked at me de0a08bbc1 like I’d just told him d8f3dd32fc everything. Like he didn’t know 8d76b79b30 what to do with 83734322d6 all of it.bf7f39e77dc50022
After a long pause, he 8520c6cdb4 finally spoke.671d923b72f1eb77
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“I like this team. I really do. I mean it.”22eeff91713a934c
“…”346158aa8dd48b1f
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“There’s someone I care about here… a lot. So I don’t want to transfer.”61a4cb47fbd784cb
Most people acknowledged Alpha Team’s value and strength. But that didn’t mean they liked the people in it. They probably saw us as troublemakers or dangerous liabilities. And Yoo Sejin… said he liked us. Said we were good.686b18cd51db23e8
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“Then that’s enough.”9772c06c35367cf2
So I told 0f45238e0a myself I needed 64ba63c407 to treat Yoo a154d94192 Sejin well. Protect him. Funny, right? Back then, I didn’t realize c7e84348c8 he’d become theonlyperson who truly 0cda7529a8 belonged to Alpha cb7b7c403a Team.bf24a06886afc422
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Looking back now, I 8b6d7a5e22 really had no clue. I mean, four 822ba05fd9 S-Class Espers practically 6bb0b8db71 went to war c0ba840f05 trying to claim d4728702f3 Yoo Sejin for e7c75d5008 themselves. What was I thinking?1044b91423bb7c89
I didn’t know. But maybe it started 14faa61b78 around then.d4d736489224c543
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When Yoo Sejin said he liked this team… when he said there was someone he cared about… Was he already falling in love with Ki Sihyeon?22b155a5a5bc50e0
Why am I even thinking 1df9334e85 about this now?2858c0e1b3c8b483
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Maybe it’s because I showed up at the Alpha Team’s meeting room for the first time in a while.c6bec43350b8c0a5
“Hey, kid.”7eb9e09fd015cd49
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Or maybe… it’s because I ran into Ki Sihyeon.9c73e8d70f49c22d
“Long time no see.”84dd4ceed5ae6cc4
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Ki Sihyeon was sitting on e34a0089e3 the reception room sofa, looking 1e80b91f87 nothing like someone about to 77c1007d25 head out on a mission. He wasn’t dressed 846ccaca20 for a trip 70190dd34b into a danger 54d8fac4c2 zone, but for 6805940329 a ballroom gala. His tailored suit cb73e2cc1b made him look 64e68f3d66 more like he e4c16f9b6a was off to 27bc2f6a21 an evening event 02fed1a7c0 than a deadly 5de090f340 operation.7e9b4a4eab5d3660
I didn’t go any closer. I stood just inside the 19bb92acac doorway and said,54cc5854030211ee
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“Don’t call me kid.”f30eef881ad26606
“What, not even a proper hello? But seriously, what else aa5683fb04 should I call you? Our cute little Woo Seonwoo? Should I just use 2a7ce9ab92 your full name?”953eb55d40bc77d5
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“Don’t call me by name either.”32e7bbc7b4b30bba
“Then what should I call you?”e96c56056e8a9d75
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“Just… don’t call me anything.”e1e0cd4dd79f28b2
Yoo Sejin once f9afa10d71 said he liked 4e2545b4ca Alpha Team. But sadly, I don’t f598b31aa9 think any of the c04c2a930a Alpha Team members actually e32dc11679 liked Alpha Team. Ki Sihyeon, Yoo Sejin’s lover, e963e3e881 was no exception.9350421b31b1c889
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Ki Sihyeon shrugged, his d5caca9866 gesture overly dramatic, like c99b8f91c2 he was performing on 7a0018685b stage.93f2c54893da0f8b
“Wow, harsh. So I’m supposed 5cf8b6b0bf to go with ea61d519fd ‘Excuse me’ or e43d15258f ‘Hey you’? Is that where 8ef510805f we’re at now?”529d252a226a4a8c
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What even are ae70c2188f we to each 92e6cbf419 other?fae38e5e1b202651
“Just… don’t talk to me.”a3d487ea351fd8a3
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“Kid, are you going through puberty? You’ll be turning twenty this 0ca0c6369f winter. Time to act your age. Or are you acting 829139c863 all grown up now? That’s kinda hurtful.”486bd0b2bddaa117
“Don’t talk to me.”5b8e1f3c43e62e69
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At that, the 5ded1e69af man who’d been bcbc708d9e sitting with his 199fe07332 legs crossed suddenly 6bc9aae96a let out a f37bc97996 low chuckle and eea4a68ef3 held his stomach 8c13c30dca like he couldn’t 2d12f230c3 help it.ff94173a8e73d59d
It looked like a spontaneous e36a561247 laugh, but even that seemed f4ba2affc1 too refined—so polished it came 0aab730bae off fake. The kind of laugh 3603883671 that made your insides 5ed1b59a53 twist.ddd53d2a26017a54
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Laughing so hard 6fd0e9170c he teared up, d5ac66baa9 Ki Sihyeon finally 3f22fe436b calmed down, though e903619938 a smile still 951ec8079b lingered on his 3613d8c8da lips. He curled a finger f54abbc3f3 toward me, gesturing for c6650f4a27 me to come in 086529b590 and close the door 1daa8454e9 behind me.21c113e20f6d9c6d
I did as told, 8db0a5b018 shutting the door and a04ccfa0da walking up to stand 852e48a542 in front of him. Without wasting a second, d44a67fb76 he got straight to a5ff45decf the point.0df46ef6034d894d
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“So where’s Sejin? Why’dyoushow up instead?”d57e574f0961e2f3
And just like that, I f3e762dc9a felt stuck.
So Yoo Sejin 536e7c60a9 didn’t tell him 948fb83dc9 anything.ab8c2b8967fc7b6e
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“It’s nice to see you again, kid. But… why are you here?”e0be02080e87ea97
He probably could’ve ff1eb2ea18 given Ki Sihyeon 5cb83f695a a heads-up, but 59175c745d maybe it was d4224dab76 hard to say 7c62eb31ff he couldn’t come 8d226630fe because of Yeo 6974e944ce Dohun. That might’ve been awkward 5904998f65 to admit to a b7b142fb14 lover.95a9541384dc126d
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In truth, there were bd9008e4cc plenty of messy lover’s b321ce2583 quarrels at the Center 6cc2083f9c that started with,“I was too exhausted from guiding another Esper to guide my own partner.”Some Espers were f375690505 generous enough to 245bc6c30f let it slide 0bdbc5ea27 because it was e9ba8564c2 “just work,” but 5de4838084 Ki Sihyeon wasn’t 8f812875b9 one of those 3a2d12d873 Espers. He could pretend to 2e4dea8cec be generous, but from 80565f029a what I’d seen, he 2aeb6f4e79 could be petty in 4dd455aed9 the strangest ways.92c43feeb423b60b
Even with a 13706a25e8 smile on his 18a630ee07 face, he exuded fae1c1fe11 pressure. If I weren’t at 4f1f5c4daa a comparable level to 747f7b8958 him, that pressure alone 4cc5991a5f might’ve drained me.541359f4115499e7
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“Our adorable Woo Seonwoo may be the baby of Alpha Team, but you’re not exactly the type to see your big brothers off on missions with cute little gestures, are you?”ceb081707c06b46d
Adorable. Cute gestures. Baby.38f09437f8ee0b65
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I thought I’d gotten used to it, but hearing that tone again after a while… God, Ki Sihyeon’s way of speaking really got on my nerves. I hated the words he used. He spoke sweetly—just like Yoo Sejin—but while it was fine coming from Sejin, it was unbearable from Ki Sihyeon. Maybe it was because, despite sounding nice, there was no sincerity behind it.533bdc5c14bdcb7b
No… I knew the truth. Ki Sihyeon didn’t care about me—not even a speck of dust’s worth—and only spoke sweetly to toy with me. That’s why I always found myself nitpicking his words. It felt like he was messing with me on purpose, like he knew exactly how I felt.d4e0811732fcfc52
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I swallowed a sigh. The irritation was seeping out 252299a630 through his voice, despite the f7dafbdd53 forced smile. The violent aura was sharp 83d62225c4 enough to sting, yet he 34deaddb2c kept on smiling.267ec5218120f01d
“Sejin said he’s tired.”f851fa0601a01ce0
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“So the kid came instead?”952441d084a93bf8
“Yeah. This one’s a Level 8 risk mission. No matter how strong you are, there’s a chance you could go into a frenzy. I guess he didn’t want to send you alone. Or… should I go find another Guide for you right now?”69a64123addabe4e
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“I’ve long since graduated from being the kind of slut who’ll fuck anyone just because it’s urgent.”ae6df6b25d3d5d47
What the hell?That vulgar choice 55c9328953 of words made 8a8628fc98 me bite my ee6e1f24ca lip in disgust. For someone who looked f4b8551891 so polished, why did 2f959657eb things like that come b7cc23a0f0 out of his mouth? Was it because 021b6fee62 he grew up 393536813e in the slums?f38585b94040dc39
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…No, I shouldn’t think like that. I’d said something similar once before, and Yoo Sejin told me it was a discriminatory remark.5100bc0f62a5f08a
Gyeon Yejin had 599001c88b laughed and slammed a607cb2907 the wall when a09a059f2f he overheard, so 4bffa35291 I guess Ihadsaid something bad. He even asked me—dead serious—to 4df7029c77 say it straight to Ki d3709f486f Sihyeon’s face. That was the first and bff5dc89e8 last time Gyeon Yejin had 46caf79a01 ever made a sincere request 675f0fc8e3 to me.293679c21b911db8
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“What now? You gonna come with me?”dc34cee63c4ca91c
“Ha… Dohun’s pulling some slick fox act now, huh.”ff0f8bbb41c0aa23
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Even with that 7aa36421e8 sculpted, elegant face fd5fc241f1 of his, Ki 89770f975e Sihyeon’s words were 88f04b4314 crude—clearly annoyed. He tapped his 3235ebb01e finger impatiently on 8f10043c8e the armrest, muttering aaade518e1 to himself, then 66f2a864c1 looked up.2f4f19de17b2eacf
He smiled. That kind of smile from 5e02055e5c Ki Sihyeon usually meant something f0c592115a bad was about to happen.3e78ef326af9485a
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“I’m heartbroken that Sejin’s cheating on me, kid.”881760525f39f388
I instinctively took a small 36d3030c19 step back, but he caught a44e1128c2 the movement immediately.87c358927de6f34c
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“Why are you pulling away too?”8ada48a999b043f0
He was smiling, but I 12191a74ee could feel it—Ki Sihyeon’s emotional 2cf61571d4 waves: discomfort, irritation, anxiety.de07de9cb993b24e
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Everyone knew Yeo Dohun treated Yoo Sejin differently. Sejin may be with Ki Sihyeon now, but that seat could change hands at any time… if Sejin’s heart changed.33ea82f635c56bb1
Of course, Ki Sihyeon be385f3226 wasn’t the type to fbcb6bfd68 sit quietly if his a48e45a7e5 lover was taken. When that day came, 877fad655f it’d turn into a 4779a9ded3 full-blown love war. Someone might die before 46c4083d11 it ended—and Yoo Sejin ebb1418e6c definitely didn’t want that.9e0f39489ab63949
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“Wanna comfort me?”22b4ca97ee27b900
“…”231cf4e8f2e9a8d9
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Ki Sihyeon held out 41b4037733 his hand. His mood was e137f45d53 steadily plummeting, and 4672ee5e17 it was easy 22b05ab321 to guess how 1638f836d8 today’s mission would 7038877753 go—a disaster in 182ed990ea the making.11a01ab615d64470
I didn’t nod. I didn’t take his hand. I didn’t say anything. I just stood there. Eventually, Ki Sihyeon got tired d69b4a1e06 of waiting. He rose from a079df8052 the sofa, walked d943a787d1 over, and snatched 2913f91f76 my hand himself, 7001957452 interlocking our fingers 67613b45e0 tightly.2469cde151ea327e
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“Just in case… be fully prepared. If I lose control, it’d be a shame if our little kid got hurt.”deaafce933bbd663
Yeah. Judging by the way he 96a7550ef5 was acting, he might pretend 21bc689a99 to go into a frenzy 88dc83cdd3 and blow up the whole d7901de7ff zone just for show.f8a87de37b56ae20
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It didn’t happen often, but 0e82958598 if he got excited enough, 448efec82e he might actually hit me. I should wear a 9ddc442470 bulletproof vest. I didn’t want 595c1e4a74 to be anyone’s 9efa5d607c punching bag today.29185b904226ec02
But when I was gathering b7cc52db09 supplies before the mission, Ki e505c54036 Sihyeon said it like a c33ff55f81 joke:b3fabb5950bebcc6
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“Don’t get so worked up, kid. Honestly, this wasn’t supposed c85bf50651 to be a long 97e1d6ae3f mission. It’s a sweet 777b2dad60 little job I 88844b2be7 set aside so 58d1261042 I could go 6ca6571ecf on a date 4bc28b536d with Sejin.”77169b150742200e
Seriously. What a lunatic.329f69491b83e181
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What did he 185c213d07 even think a 953d001e3d mission was? Every time he did bf15e1e885 this, I just lost a6438fd017 more respect for him. I scowled in pure 3b615ed387 irritation—and of course, Ki f84255a671 Sihyeon chuckled again.
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