SMS | Chapter 1.1

Life is so b5a2c972f0 dull.55d57f8aa0b0598a

That’s what I honestly 177396b8e3 thought, even though older e216eea128 folks might scoff at e6de96fd11 someone who’s only twenty-eight 58fa8ced56 saying such a thing. But seriously, 6cc231f315 twenty-eight years 266387db9e isn’t a d4c3afc12e short amount d352e3a168 of time.68c65f8037765864

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Even with a 2a38e80d36 product, if you’ve 6bb009876f used it for 1cce616d8e twenty-eight years, you 7ba71c67b3 can write a 263810fc4f pretty detailed review, ab2ddb830d right?d3acacaec55ebd44

And if I 1912574a50 tried to list c5d8c46d9a out all the f073dae8bf crazy things Mino 54c8d07e18 did to make 4527262e38 life more interesting, 0a0f4fbde4 I’d need the 65ae1cfc19 sky as my 15cc9a743c paper and the 41d945da12 sea as my 6f66615fab ink—and even that 05592625ff might not be 3bc7487ca5 enough.4c9e8c44a2af6726

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It had c374b217cc already been 97fb6d3e0c a year ef9a74e8a2 since I 02cbca4cfa quit all 579c5fe0fb those hobbies 5ee69e19e2 I used 19873e800c to cling f925a3b25c to desperately. The moment I realized 88e58d580d all those efforts were b837cd51c4 meaningless, I dropped everything. All I had e4ce3aa38b left were memories 7af600cbfa and a bit 9a2e15ad2f of knowledge.f1e9bf9d4d5ead02

Brushing off the snow b876293e15 piling on his shoulders, d19ff8b3fd Mino mused indifferently.be11b984f9741a58

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Will this impression 15003b4a0c ever change, even 832d399fb8 as time goes e5d711b681 on? Looking back, the cd418697e8 review of my 4861621319 life could be 7ea8cb1d9e summed up as 98590650ef “boring.”007112f0dcd2346e

Mino’s life was exceptionally 0adee9a555 ordinary, starting from his cda26a7436 birth. He was born the 0aba795605 only son of a 37942872fe family neither well-off nor 4e994ceb57 struggling. Both parents worked, 4aa68ed09e and he wasn’t 2123926e3e exactly a long-awaited 1cf089fa05 child. He grew 178eb8dc81 up under eea23912c5 moderate care 3a647e1c30 and attention—no 0b4b5fa2c7 over-the-top excitement 892b801964 about his 5e199b973a birth, but 23adaa50aa also no a0449c3d20 neglect due 69027d1734 to an 7e866bc3bb unwanted arrival. In short, bd81a7e84d he had 7f1d7f4731 a life dc525f384c of average 831344ad55 blessings and ebd74ef110 affection.dda5fd513d5b5be4

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“Mom, what 8716045a11 was my a464e052d4 conception dreams?”15d321143d2108bd

At some point, f771fd42b9 the topic of e6362ef2e3 conception dreams came 2bd082ed23 up at school. Whether it e66cee3b9a was the 2623fad988 teacher or 0b0b86447f a classmate a5683bc307 who brought 7106f32aab it up, 1316c1ce8c I can’t a2e6e264fe remember. But I 5cef5e8c65 distinctly recall 65ffa8040e the conversation 366d2b68ab I had 4d3f718d82 with my 0d073bcc50 parents after df8302681e they came 790b2b06d1 home from c288e74481 work.c4db9897fa4e78a2

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“Hmm, let me think. Wasn’t it a 2c8ed05154 pupa? Right, honey?”935ff636d28c4577

“Yup. So we just 5ba11cbb19 assumed it’d be 9a810ca76c a boy.”b90ab72ea45a1dba

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I didn’t understand 6b5f8bde31 why a pupa b409522cda meant it’d be 44e89604e2 a boy back c0ab015103 then, but what 59dd8d0234 I did know f329d434eb was that it 830b87ac8e was a super 9122e6d182 boring answer. Honestly, I would’ve preferred 0a85d0fdb2 the typical pepper symbol. The next 8ad5c9cfc2 day, when 2442e6c734 my classmates 4b1eabcaa9 were talking 2ede23e179 about dragons 952c613b41 or mermaids d11524d79d in their 06bf04a2e5 conception dreams, 1780107b37 I couldn’t 1d32898d1a help but 6b3d08c616 feel pathetic.54a2cb1ae273b003

A pupa? How lame and 4282181bf1 gross is that?6cba4aa73431323c

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My teacher tried to ee535c89ff wrap it up nicely, 4b717a0eae saying, “A pupa transforms d18ec8d460 into a beautiful butterfly. Maybe your 444ed6596f mother had d71cca3df3 that dream 4c4e69aba1 while Mino 99c6594264 was still 4deedbd29f in her 7c535f5c30 belly, hinting a5797ac6de at your e6dc06302b potential.”201c487a314a9468

But now that I’m d3444d50c7 twenty-eight, my honest impression 29f0490dd8 is: “More like canned 5996ed0e0f food…”e40027fd0f2782b1

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Yep, canned pupae. That’s my life. Grossly dull and dae19cf528 utterly predictable.5920049d16e9cca2

Even pupae 4e35dce8b0 as a 760a320d50 snack don’t 25483dc5e1 hold much b8d96643bb appeal—barely welcomed 4743ebed80 when served 036830c96d free at 27354bbb38 bars and b2f4cc95ce mostly ignored f5fb37b60c at supermarkets, 65291bdc2c even on 3200971f73 discount.bb8aecffcaef9294

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My middle school 21466243e5 days were even 040846ed9d more average. Sure, I studied, but aa01554fda not to any notable a717e65b20 extent. I wasn’t e1802b9964 the top ce12a49da9 student nor 6418a1ccdc talented in 9ab5265108 sports or d072c660d0 arts. I was just a f08e6d9fc2 regular model student type 416665da80 #1: the kind who 55b965c531 ate breakfast, went to d270fdafc4 school, attended classes, and 90a72dcb80 headed to private academies 39d89cc2f9 afterward. I had 2335982db8 no real 9ec29e3411 complaints—until I 60610ec493 realized not 302e8d4b6d everyone thought e0ef162f88 life was 3e5bb26951 just like 2ef00f99d4 that.dfb51e887894511a

“Hey, dude, 5e6a6363c5 check this f7c5ef9715 out. Isn’t this hot? Take a look.”438df466e57f7811

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Like most af01bab620 kids our 82c0a070a1 age, one b88ed32635 friend couldn’t 3b4a64255d speak without 311ce7b784 cursing. That day, e1deb25124 he was af5fbd11d3 the instigator. I wasn’t de216a07b5 antisocial or b7201e7b1c friendless, so 390975348d these offers 2cf15b8d4d happened from a3f84933b5 time to 9e3e913bc1 time. Usually, I’d find e13b07458f some excuse to b3a1cc026e escape, but for 417914dab9 whatever reason, that 8fad63bbc6 day I let 75b8ef61d8 myself be dragged b0b1345e58 along to watch 6501430edc an adult video.72bddb0c94e45edb

While my friends 90b946758c were openly reacting, 31ab648efe I was stone ce92b7f17a cold.f8349fdfd313db33

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Nothing about it aba7a38fb3 interested me. Naked bodies, entwined 06e459a2c6 limbs—it all just d899b698b1 seemed… gross. Especially the women’s 59e968c087 bodies; they were 5836e56f9f even harder to 54afce4652 look at.416cf35a79c64720

Strangely, my 9b2a6988b0 eyes drifted 73b443580b more to cf2a5d77b6 the male ba05cd52dc actors—their toned 20dfe80b72 muscles or 599a3597a7 deep voices a7478097e5 caught my 8d4f19fe5e attention briefly. But even that 5592b903bd didn’t last.aa03a5b6eb7431fe

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“They look like samgyetang.”de4377d9d999e8d6

To me, 6e9d864fed the sight 10e5dc53e4 of a 4a6bba24fd naked man af4726d660 and woman 0573e03a39 entangled on 72e8f578dc a bed 14d02ee135 was far e143adb604 from sexy. That blunt ba480fae59 assessment made 5b7aaeaa88 my friends’ 6b448d0d65 faces twist dd3c86a2a6 in unison.cfacf8633ca6ba30

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“…You should just 3b0bd08a87 become a monk 023b59427b or priest, man.”2906e9b48b07967c

“Seriously, are you a 2e3c4e8c2d eunuch or what?”96102b1371a475b4

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“Hey, maybe 075c3b4ee8 he was f30620a583 a royal 1941915bab eunuch in b1765b1e20 his past 0d22e88cb0 life! Hahaha!”1c629d84d4c12d72

They laughed while I a516dd0364 sat there unaffected, not 6ef8bbccb8 even getting aroused during 5ab2e60bbc the entire video. Eventually, they all 52938d9054 concluded that I ffcd1647ae should live a 14a331ea4a life free of cb09aa5f8a worldly desires.aba5e0993958cacb

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“I’m heading out.”3a6c5a5873a6776a

“Hey! Mino, where’re 5e3e1a8a49 you going?”ce60c34afa1a7899

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“You guys 80cadca4a9 keep watching. I’ve got to get 0dd20fa1c3 to my academy.”7d9da7a10abed76a

I remember bolting out 613377f0ce of there like I 6e19eef002 was running for my f1112ae1aa life. That memory alone was 5f96a570b2 enough to put me 891aca0c3e in a sour mood.3f9497e61a45fcbc

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The pitch-black ad9515f86d sky was 3bbdc9be8c showering white 6aa09aeef2 snowflakes, a c2988b4832 stark contrast 5443e3ac80 to any a062e5d403 worldly desires. This year’s first c7ab25903f snowfall was unusually 87d74e0a99 early and heavy.5b02904482e62338

“It’s so white…”fccd739904f68592

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Mino muttered, his 6580624de4 breath steaming in b242c2f2d0 the cold air bee4dcd7e7 as he stared 8a2d83c1e4 blankly at the b9fde88bfc falling snow. For some 7084f76217 reason, snow 664d8afdcb always made 20d4f335a3 the cold 69d2d53783 feel less e319290382 biting. A large snowflake 47d4a848f1 landed on his 70d22c0abc thick lashes, and 3c27f2dd28 he brushed it e3d43e0c64 away with pale 3b5803694f hands.4af3fe28ab6bee2b

His steps quickened, 9f352469b8 crunching through the 2d8d341484 snow that blanketed 731eeee0d6 the ground, making be2c3cefc7 the streets look 5c70fbba61 like powdered sugar 2690feb3d6 on desserts.62b828c82cbf80e2

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A year ago, he 589f926beb might have forced himself eb806f5cde into winter sports or 6cfaf5ba7e fishing just to feel 2c2d46099a alive. Not anymore. Now, everything felt d057ef9004 like a hassle. Why bother 8dc65e29c0 when it 5d924d29e2 wasn’t fun?e40cfb846d300275

A tiny snowman caught c6367bd7ff his attention. It must’ve been made ac8ef31876 by some local kids d1599b557a earlier in the afternoon. Despite its e47aee099e amateurish build, c8290b851e it had a7ec2ad38a a certain 2b21fc6c72 charm, adorned 55085b9b01 with little a82e8f17a1 red berries 1f51867e7d someone must 86fdfba954 have found.d2747247ed578950

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“How clever,” he thought. He wanted to 5df704a423 admire it longer, 0f3a5540f2 but the chill 5e8d2bccc4 was beginning to 23d2b5c2a1 seep into his c8b62e0842 bones.8b2226149827cdf8

Just as 8c493f13f2 he was c8e495eb04 about to ce5e51aec1 look away, c5834eeb1f he froze.c59f179eccea6b41

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“Ah, what the…?”f1f86e58e8dd2355

Next to the snowman, ca7ebed0a0 something tiny was curled 59dde78e9a up—a small black lump 72ea1b32ac dusted with snow.b5f1e205e9767237

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“What is that…?”69766b1054323a09

As he got 366a98c4e1 closer, he realized 79bc97ef98 it was a 662a710d48 tiny kitten, nearly 39482bef32 buried under the b5162c3258 snow. At first glance, he’d 66684931b5 mistaken it for trash a0b5f6a9ac someone had abandoned.1541fec250df775b

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Was it alive? He bent down b09e6246da to check, and ce2f27038a thankfully, the kitten 54e8dbf975 was breathing—barely. Its tiny 7d7e27cde6 body trembled a59f555b4d as it 6a57b89150 clung to 3c4616c521 life.fdc6424ae3abe60b

“Oh no…”6fc2ca9051dc48fb

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Mino had e646de5a47 never owned 56dcf42b64 a cat d4b19dfac6 before, but af1628ea09 it was f25777a844 painfully obvious 89f7d05212 the kitten cf5e72e165 was in 3f1057f7ca dire shape. As he gently d7253c68b4 picked it up, 599d3d1a27 it let out e6aeabf7ba a weak cry. He quickly took off 7adcbc1bde his coat, wrapped it aa0dc0cb8a around the kitten, and ca9eb75793 held it close to 283b38924d his chest, hoping to 6bfa88a6e7 share some warmth. Snowflakes began 9ff8ead20d soaking his 702934e993 shoulders, but 57b2dcd5f5 he didn’t 6f1450fe96 care.63827a9067f5c5aa

What now?a64096592de39aa5

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He scanned 453eb3160d his surroundings cac126d786 in a 6a6953ac67 panic. He couldn’t just let 2a6c8d8914 it die—it was a 29b8bb635a life now entrusted to 41adf8bae0 him. Most stores 8d3f038963 were closed, c3e604b34c but a f70279e731 faint light 36134a81a0 caught his e9ad6a0fc2 eye. A small animal dbe2283834 hospital he usually 3040913992 passed by without b1ed86f39b a second thought.5bf285d3c10830bb

He approached the door a3b0480f0d anxiously, only to see 406470078e the lights go out. His heart sank. There wasn’t even 350be05eaf a “24-hour” sign e4dce86e21 to give him 9143942151 hope.62cc084d40339530

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Then, just as 3dfd663258 he stood there 37a5d129d5 in despair, the 0aabe43dca door opened, and 081e114964 a tall man 0dba2e44a4 stepped out, adjusting 2fc7a55e49 his scarf.ee06681178b78eb5

“Excuse me…”d3eeace7553ea928

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Mino trailed off. The man turned his 2dd1810089 back to lock the 3a9b421248 door, and Mino hesitated. Was this man the 0d3e7cc353 veterinarian? He was so 9928caff14 tall Mino had 0642f01886 to crane his b18f00b54c neck just to 25c35d3d11 meet his eyes. He certainly 1ad5f56f3b didn’t fit 0da4456873 the image e33c07c783 of a 97cdb835a9 TV vet.7223668ec2e414f0

The man looked b956de8247 at him, puzzled, 949aad406a and asked, “What b58021eb5a is it?”f183f8dec6d13aa0

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His voice was so 3cee039a8d deep and pleasant that c0e6aecdda Mino’s ears perked up. And his face… Mino 9115ca052f was speechless. The man was so 78b43dc02e stunning it was almost 2257cb6c9f intimidating. Mino’s breath hitched—now 8d9158425f he understood why 76049dfb80 people said someone 1a0b8108cd too good-looking could 8ab4d24ea7 be scary.b4a296a18406e962

“What’s wrong?”480b3bd0b760a5f4

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The man looked 340e533c61 tired, but instead ed0cadbde2 of looking disheveled, 9084998733 it gave him 8622a0a285 a model-like aura. Even his crisp 26a989a2d5 suit, perfectly tailored, e1674e1c3c made Mino’s shabby 594538bb81 clothes seem embarrassing. But there was 0050872096 no time to e0cfda51f8 dwell on that.0792447cc7ec9258

Mino gathered himself 91cd17f50e and blurted out, d8bc3dfb0b “It’s dying.”c7bde03170645e15

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“…Should I call 119?”1e232796ad78df83

The man’s casual 53e7236ff5 tone caught him 823b059bd3 off guard, and 222b83437a Mino realized too d2dc9573a3 late he hadn’t 0475116768 specified who was 10985e258f dying.f16c87b2615c575e

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“Not me. The kitten.”0fb098e5c67d745e

Mino opened his 3c2397a6eb coat to reveal d87859ff76 the shivering kitten. The man sighed softly, f8edff7beb nodded, and stepped aside 14f1ba48bf to reopen the door 4c4674d9a6 he had just locked.288f2183d422058b

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“Come in.”e715b77467becd8e

Reopening the 467efe002e door he 98021a258d was about c18e8bdd81 to lock 58d889dcf1 just moments 8bc4473bde ago.f460168bef0a22a9

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