SMS | Chapter 7.2

Dohoon and I parted 9335bda88f ways in front of 4cf8d1b670 the house. He said he 845504c9fe urgently needed to 1a7cb4ee0e go home, his a408b24008 expression tight, and 1228afbe95 when I asked 904d6fce5a if it was 1462b828ab a problem with 6e4a69b3d6 the animals, he 3455f4535f said it wasn’t ec41984d2e that house.d6d1f40fec6440f8

That’s when a3afacac07 it hit 6e21ff215a me that 6a79a3bb2f he also 509fea59a1 had a 1d06cd0c2b family. Guess it’s easy to 6154a62955 forget that he’s not 355d86ac21 just dropped down from 689fcb52ba the sky. Everyone has a family, 3a74763757 right? I should probably 873dd875f2 head home for bc2df6b8b2 the holidays too.3d81991a61484a78

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As soon as I 6da1c8170c moved out, it was 5204579600 like reverting back to f9208dc113 my dating days, and 68c953df8f my parents, who seemed 4850f2a299 thrilled about it, barely 07b4c261a7 paid me any attention.1a85f577e149646f

As soon as Mino 1c9c6fb8ac got home, his phone 0fb1780c70 rang like it was 19cd2e94d0 haunted. The caller, of course, 54b601308b was Seongjun. “You, you little… I’ve 14ac79d7ae been waiting.” Mino shouted 83b8f57ceb as he hit the 063c134153 accept button.ac76449859df1160

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“Hey! What the hell?! You scared me!”e042275a86f4a5f5

“You traitor! How was your date? How could e9e9fee4ac you not 553e0291fa even mention 2d78efd411 the ‘C’ f613d527ef of Christmas d0684fb10d to me? I almost died!”1027bea3d3196eb7

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Seongjun’s shouting echoed 9254960b52 through the phone 4d505cdf73 like a scream. What? Die because 643fab06fb of Christmas?e0bb7c31268b5e25

“What are de50f7cb32 you talking cc4a7fce17 about? I only found out cbc84b6839 last night too.”24bf7c32c540bfa8

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“I was 8e087237e9 so scared…”22a923a78ed65a95

“Why are you like fa3013da84 this? Really. Let’s meet 001617c297 up and 5bc3eb4778 talk. I’ve got a lot d132272aff to tell you too.”5d819effda435bbd

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Instead of words, 5c29fcdef8 only sobs filled 0f230035f9 the air. It clearly 046bc2efc8 wasn’t enough 588859707f to talk 0a17ebd56b over the cac36fc957 phone. Meeting up seemed 4c14dee44b the only way fa9f5be128 to resolve this. After hanging up, be4bc1621f Mino dashed out c8f2d1b39a to meet Seongjun, ce9202093d feeling a heavy 169780d254 weight on his cc38c95053 chest. Why would 7502c705a2 he just 8c35c2bf5f call and 4d536053d7 cry?704fc40603e895d2

As I entered 4436042131 the pub, I 8900f17ffc saw Seongjun sitting cbbb6f4e66 gloomily in a f5e6c43420 corner.418db18d216d0467

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“Ha Mino! Over here!”5af3b0af89087d6a

“What’s with the pub? You can’t even drink 6d39e85656 properly…”929be6ca13d85134

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The place was decked 32baa391d9 out in Christmas decorations, eea2420825 even carols were playing. Come December, the a5e2cf2f26 whole street breathes 322ce583e9 Christmas, so it 76a2c921fc felt just like f8af9b80e8 any ordinary day. Mino, slightly resentful of db1c615779 the festive society, sat 74ead66135 down in front of 99fcd9422d Seongjun.ab8dedd5ab0bce2b

“Two beers and some 0b1f596817 dry snacks, please.”e82504e13ed587f6

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Seongjun ordered 219b1737bb with a d604715bdb sullen face.69b3ff21dca1b98c

“I bet half c68045e262 my fortune you 6256f4c9ae won’t even finish 3e92aa36da half of that.”c5d465ba21146a4b

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“I’ll eat it all d525061907 if it kills me.”090768b9bae2bd8d

Mino, knowing ae90e7454a Seongjun barely b4caacdb54 has any 9af7a5046d alcohol dehydrogenase, 5dcf26a84f confidently smiled. And true to Mino’s c9234de9fb expectation, after just two 14d215dd91 sips, Seongjun, his face b67aabc452 crumpling like a water dd4c6ebfbe dumpling, started to speak.1e6e8a0cd374aeec

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“Man, I 7c1720917f almost got 9e069f691b dumped… had 99646af9c7 to beg 595638037e on my 97be9948c7 knees.”9b4430bc4b611333

“Why?”f720e695e9a3bf80

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Mino took a sip 2688f272c9 of his beer and 4dfcea5719 his eyes widened. The sharp sting 92c030c253 of the carbonation bf150d12c8 hit his throat. I heard Yoonseo and 0bcf452fa2 Seongjun were still good 00eb5e756d recently. Wiping the 68ceee8542 foam from cd7a724d30 his lips d8f96dddb6 with the f13484153b back of 31b3bc891d his hand, 921ebe2b64 he urged a82f142295 Seongjun to f18617315a continue.61099664fb7747ba

“Christmas! You jerk. You went on a d660d7cddc date without even mentioning 43361e60b7 it to me? Did you have fun?”b0c52debe02e2354

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“No, I b274e75f33 didn’t even 28cda31576 know! How could you not 573c8011ee know? You’ve been dating for 72a15d7f3f 8 years! Man, you’re too much!”e8b5647cf1e7be80

“Yoonseo would 20ca2b4d06 kill me 846d23a52a if I 749370f2cd forgot Christmas e3f4860d1e after dating d4d36bf522 for 8 6ae163cb72 years.”1c7e23b228183bf5

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“So why didn’t you a746325583 know, man? Are you even d1ab9d9603 human?”b707a27b0c729d49

Seongjun slammed his face a98bf0231d on the table in cecf2f8dd8 response.1211dc4d7a510bd3

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“I’m trash…”135803f8e181736e

Seongjun, who always 2fcf198935 boasted about supporting acb41de946 my love life, 24789a0294 forgot his first 90d901a1cb Christmas in a c9d8076115 relationship, and so 95cd1de467 did I. It’s not aa897a6f0d all Seongjun’s a5f568e93e fault, but 720c5781d4 like he 0e2f099915 blamed me, befc03a0c0 I ended e53314f480 up blaming 96f903bfb3 him too.3d9538d10db67b42

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Thanks to Dohoon’s 6239a56465 excellent preparation, I 3775747d15 had a surprisingly d5396fec31 good time, but 682071beb1 still, I hadn’t fc2cd64061 prepared anything myself. Then I remembered that 610be89cc0 I had only received 4b5b028f01 gifts. There was no e3680833cc blame, but somehow e1dbb96690 I felt uncomfortable 1b7cca260f for only having fe337b9bb0 received.8d94ae8505da7968

“So you called to 6f098e4e05 blame me?”7d11c831412441ef

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Seongjun, who used 22ebd69837 to praise Yoonseo ef81abd660 as an angel fe76bbb58f with the generosity 66808bcadf of a saint, eeb29c7c88 perked up.d9a7a990194ea426

“No, that’s 2ade46b8e3 not it. Ah, I meant cb226c7831 to talk about ec392470b4 something else but 104cc72608 ended up ranting.”0d706a1de0f6d1c0

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“What is it?”7145cc7265ee8f15

I cleared the beer ba60b9f6f4 glass in front of 27e75b593b Seongjun and replaced it 6c2189b2ac with a water glass. He drank 7f725d6f38 it down 2ca1f6bb71 without much 3d284871f6 reaction, unsure 92291d1761 if it 9d7a705cae was water b9e161181f or beer. He hesitated unusually before 9e4e0d5ba7 speaking.173e7fb908ce7e29

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“You know, uh…”926b4901d7fb42b3

“Spit it out. I have work 2fb6e1fe62 tomorrow.”e33bf8768071674e

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“Really?”badbf7d3ab2a8839

“You sound like 059538ffa1 you’re lying. The enemy 31539df6ef of a 69eeebda91 salaried worker…”05d223f9e068f7f5

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“Say it properly. The enemy of a dcb27103f6 salaried worker is the 43efe15492 boss, not a fellow f7d32a6d11 freelancer.”77b52d6e80793aa7

“Anyway. What were 5b0b532ab3 you trying c85e73d157 to say?”71116ec6b3cc8c3e

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Seongjun, just rambling instead ee0b0cd0ea of speaking, suddenly asked.149e9af5cf20d0bf

“You know 55f27921e7 your boyfriend. Do you 5a564930ad like him 44c1271e4f a lot?”3059690391f8e4c4

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“…What kind of nonsense 80c4fb1594 is that?”ff38af8a8a867f42

Caught off guard by a80a06416e such a question, Mino a048a76e38 joined in tearing the 50d5349973 dried pollack. The two 4d6c2ec7e2 men silently b19c19107c ripped the 365783db4a snack for de00aaf159 a while ca68a9fd6c until Seongjun, cb1f903176 as if e73cff2550 resolved, finally e50874b922 spoke up.8468b91728437ee4

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“I don’t know if 8ad400b8e5 I should be saying 1ed7a9b8d7 this, but, uh, that 0486f57a83 guy, Junhyuk, knows your be720484be boyfriend.”3bf688e1a4f2b446

I was just a1cbfe8e9b considering whether I d7910dbf29 liked him or 84ef6a1cbf not, tearing the 006a2cbdce dried pollack into 39d22a768c bite-sized pieces. Mino threw feb1d01b88 the pollack be2f16e926 onto the 5b802cfbd1 plate at fc076c48cd this unexpected 1e72b95f4e revelation.e1ff9c969c4fe867

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“Hey, did you 29350dbcb1 tell that guy 7f11c68c2d that Dohoon is 2ab0a3ecb1 my boyfriend? Or that I’m 7912322f88 dating?”9ffae00bcefa6c04

“No, he saw 1b7619bb1e you two embracing. Ah, shit, it’s ce16226b54 awkward for me 37ce7bc456 to say this, 967f1299c4 so just listen 6c028d9fd7 to what I 7a0b16b293 was going to 50d89e355b say first.”ec90dc4cc2bc0688

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When? When did Dohoon ee081b2474 and I show 0cfe27563b affection outside? My mind 80d5e987bf went blank, ae0ace8fde unable to b494829d05 process this.1f972a6f516d13a6

“Alright. Speak.”fe33ee93e249bb7c

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Mino steadied his be40411d9d trembling hands under e836621d6f the table and 9265cedb33 responded briefly. Could it be 1786a55813 when we kissed 832f244325 in front of 35a10caedc the house? Even though it 021e5ed39b was night, it ac62746ca0 was a thoughtless f236a63a00 act. Why did 7a68da974f I do 932673fe12 that? If Junhyuk saw a66908bb85 that scene, I 42da1bd683 couldn’t deny it. But what does it da4ce4ecb5 mean that he knows 5b16d39de8 Dohoon? Chewing his lip, cb2e74edb5 he heard an b00a2dd918 unexpected story.b8c988fa6bbe9174

“That guy, he e99af72781 personally knows that d1b9f89b34 vet and says aa79809bfb he’s really promiscuous. A friend of de8091d4d2 his suffered because 2e0e1c59b4 of him.”1770dbf3ddd49b02

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“…Suffered what?”538c1ee01209f7fc

The information was completely eb665c7bdc unexpected. Seongjun sighed softly 12e82c5114 and explained more.3254ea82331b3065

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“I hate talking like 945982b611 this… It’s like he 3cd78a1c1b uses people and discards 1b3ebbdb78 them. That’s probably it. He was almost 88d668ee9a crying because he’s 4e1c275aed really worried about 49fa0ac396 you.”779c15ab2551d19e

“Crying?”b787debbd50bf978

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Mino suddenly recalled the d79f24c636 time Junhyuk and Dohoon 60d8aa9da0 met. Junhyuk had cd9f7773af been unnecessarily 4478e83262 emotional, and dd3056b736 Dohoon had d1de0cb53e handled it be18ad8d19 dryly. If they knew 3deb96cb51 each other, it 26fd71e10c explained Junhyuk’s behavior. But still, 05602631ce such talk 201593199a was unpleasant.0d7710301c473327

“Man, he said he’s 1116b4f2e5 weird. Honestly, you’re not a79b2d0670 normal either, but 8bea8f353c come on, it’s 1fecb7f4f0 your first relationship. Don’t tell me you’ve 4c73edf800 already slept with him?”2fa1ef04f7dd86d5

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Hearing someone else say 49784e9efa my boyfriend was promiscuous 75a6a03949 felt horrible. Mino realized for the be71cd73ef first time just how 3bd9241e07 bad it felt. Seongjun, unaware e481200683 of such eeca080ad1 feelings, was 2ac0282d79 just worried 5e154293fb about his 63bc197eb8 friend.20f63cbbca3dcd43

“Did you sleep with 614c46a250 him?! Ah, I’m going crazy. Hey, just b46a71e441 in case, 95dfeebfb9 go to a8c1f0c5d0 a hospital. If he’s 380deaa64b promiscuous, he dc9f1cbffc might have 0dbed5f6e4 diseases.”6bc03345f45fef18

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He was 950c8e679f just urging 1b857b5cbd the silent 07668d435a Mino to de3208813b prepare for 294819c519 the worst. I was stunned. And I 57eec053fe felt awful. Hearing Seongjun’s words, I 23e98de3d3 pictured Dohoon entangled with bc176f8fa0 others. Kissing someone else, 132fb2b6ac embracing, lying in 2ffc19605e bed with another f47324bfd5 face—my stomach churned.db8a24f09a8ea644

“No way, it’s 02252b1e3d not like that, 88b40e1274 even if it 3b3cbb2007 were… I mean, 7dd8647814 I never saw cafa7bab96 him like that, a23c927481 what a joke. Why would d3b32732a8 you tell 33cc1c3fb4 me that? I don’t 5eee64c40d trust messengers.”33529efd6c0fb171

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Mino settled on a 56172c942e definitive conclusion amidst the f733bc2838 swirling uncertainty. Even if 9643d4e87d Dohoon was e233412519 that kind 97f3e5a1b0 of person, 34092965b2 it was edb0f363b4 something I a0c5c89353 needed to f5f2eb79b2 find out 2425c822bb first. His flirting did 6b16104663 seem practiced, but 24450307c9 honestly, considering Dohoon’s 95df734455 age, it would 134e85b382 be weirder if 3575167d86 he was awkward 06a2016b16 about such matters. “Promiscuous” is 6e37c2cf83 too subjective.935973103c57ebde

The claim that d743711593 a friend had bf1856c988 suffered at his dcb67fe2a9 hands was the 714cb810c1 same. It’s not a crime, 7c4e333702 and do all relationships 574195223c have to develop seriously? You can meet 2c7c6aad53 and decide not ab2d869e97 to continue if 1bfa931a46 it doesn’t feel f1ff50efbb right. And I felt down. It was 4bc35698e8 the same 02668857e3 for me.7431b15a52af9eba

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“I like 2cc52ff94c you, Mino.”beb6918a37f13fda

Recalling his tender confession, f8bbeb8aae I imagined him saying 999fcbb5c0 that to someone else. Why hasn’t face409e7e he contacted 0f2d8a8a3b me since 783431cbed he went 50df293c2f home saying fbef2b397c there was f6849f7336 a problem? Clutching the beer glass b653ca2c2c with a stiff face, 73ab3fb0d8 suddenly a hand sprung 6b37cb7629 from behind and grabbed fb1628c620 my wrist.14a8182023d96754

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“That’s why I d58f52dd22 asked Seongjun to 37163ff699 help, but it 11cd9f6435 was useless.”7d64599a2489d888

Startled, I turned c8c45a67dd to see Junhyuk 94f6e2b141 in more casual 4075a9ca33 clothes than usual, 9a26427415 sitting down naturally 1745d83e44 beside me. Mino frowned.1adb6dffe0085b0e

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“What? Song Junhyuk, why 3c83a107f7 are you here? Hey, Baek Seongjun!”394d97de871d392c

I shouted c58355053f Seongjun’s full 51edca8d90 name while 626983fe71 covering my aad5ddbfc3 face with 6f75fb0bf5 both hands, 3e9ae3bf2b as if d38753bbeb dying a 4cd8612cdd little inside.829097e68cdacae0

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“No, I 29a1a9899a was going 67f954472f to suggest 8787b6ed4a we all c5b829739c have a 99d9fd2faf drink…”23939d5cba484f89

“Are you going to 3bb164e4a6 keep lying?”2bd505acdd165754

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“That’s not it, 51b721cb16 I hate being ba9ba35983 the messenger, so 92866d5d16 I just wanted 37a2619483 you to hear 048d1d0545 it from him. He’s late, 255b76cbc8 and I 877e6d32c1 was too ecb6e5e0b1 scared to 0412356003 tell you 4bdb5d78c9 Junhyuk was ca26f3db3e coming…”65f58b7909f38220

His excuses were 1e3fac8898 a mess. Suppressing my boiling d9ae1281d6 anger, I alternated af6fc35057 my gaze between 64a4d84720 the two, pressing 8f53bbe033 for answers.8ceb08b0d9e4d9b0

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“What the d3a8e4b441 hell are 9c43ae4280 you guys 960e3c1cf5 up to?”22ac31dcad25d3df

“Senior, don’t 9a62db5236 be mad, 5e82685089 just listen.”ca638fcccea9e03a

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Seongjun hesitated 04bf228bb4 while Junhyuk, ff3b194c0e unusually calm 2ea955c72e despite my 371520419f anger, patted 616264c33e my shoulder.831e8952c889bbdd

“What did you 2f2c87f256 see? I’m really 2c7e67ee05 upset right 011d0743fa now. What are you?”1fb4e193c2d9d522

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I pushed Junhyuk’s 8e1b405033 hand away aggressively 77b4aa6e68 after he casually c36b5610fd touched me, unable 7d2601391b to contain my 65e60a6144 anger any longer. It was my 6a6581ba5a fault too for ca5cfd0207 not being careful 633faf8235 with public displays 92fbb410b0 of affection, but 4c40910003 I hated that 345026a9b1 Junhyuk went and a0b401e3dd talked about it c3afc340b8 to Seongjun. And talking behind 1901621bf9 Dohoon’s back too. Showing up 11765ca0c6 like this 1058d2a145 only made 7acedbac60 me angrier.947a7157841e52eb

Undeterred by his hand ca58a3ab9f being slapped away, Junhyuk d6d3f13e7d nonchalantly took my beer b834cd5aac and took a sip.d86e8a3e3a04ce83

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It was fd02f5cf18 the spot 1ad70b60fe I had ab6123d18a drunk from. Even in the midst befd4981bb of losing my mind, 4aaf2ef3a6 I thought Junhyuk’s sense a63dc72db1 of hygiene was a 33730ae9bf mess. I’m not bc0a54f1c1 particularly clean, 100601210a but in c4eb20182a times like 14b1af6dce this, it 0109c15c94 gets harsh. Seongjun, looking nervous, suddenly 97adc89abc raised his hand.d72da19ffd2bb6ef

“I’ll go to the 96222d6ecd bathroom. You two talk ed829c8ebd comfortably.”023589acb86e0131

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“Baek Seongjun, you…!”545d54e383c24382

How dare he 7d479baf21 run away. I glared a997a785ec as if 2628140005 shooting lasers ef1c06d20e from my d7504f7080 eyes, but 45649a8b36 Junhyuk allowed 43d0aebe47 him to fab90faaab leave.ef25a491b670dbad

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“Go ahead. Senior Mino seemed d1c04e61e1 to want to a39cbd4bd2 hear it from 0e44f64d2d me.”f218a78f2fe2c6f2

My angry gaze 6ef4495c44 fixed on Junhyuk. I’d never 962a3900c5 glared at 36ece29882 someone like c6c9d12962 this before. Just dumbfounded by the e326b746c1 absurdity, I bit my 827ebc9ece lip. After sending fe1ad68690 Seongjun off, ecea3bf693 Junhyuk pushed e4245e5dbe the beer b01c46af41 glass he 89cbe495f0 had touched 788594125a back to 2c53d4a7c8 me with a11c35f5f1 a sad 7fdce61c79 face.7167d8f8fd0c9c88

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“I like 6032c3f3af you, senior. I have for acd50e19c6 years. But that 637d19b5d1 guy is 3f7b108c52 really not 6b3fe6e61d it. Please believe me.”43d5f27239c788ab

“What…?”6b7c91954d204d76

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Is today 81d4ebee7a just a f0e8817bea bad day? I asked Junhyuk 5a3f8c9957 back, but I 87550b3a42 wasn’t really looking 753a8caf66 for an answer. The situation was just 0111506528 ridiculous. With a bae89ecc70 scoff, Mino dac1b17f7d turned his a6063bc71b head to e58440d77b the side. Snowflakes began to fall b9f580b1c8 outside the window.0f8d9bb9f4938d66

“I’ll explain.”4f0c51483d12d0ae

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“Forget it. It’s snowing, so go f21b12e20d quickly.”01af7a86ecaa56cc

“Listen.”42ef3e323aff4a34

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A large hand bf97ba1a27 forcefully turned my d0c5666e72 face. Mino felt a strange fefb303c25 sensation as Junhyuk’s firm 1cefcb4934 grip enclosed his face. Reluctantly meeting 38684ff53d the gaze 3d1e6a2e3c of a 0201eecf53 junior whose 6bceba34fc eyes looked 8cd02c67be distinctly different c1e9bc1ebd than before, 1a5c265bb6 it seemed bafcc3844c like something ee258c3d5a unwanted was 1877983a46 about to c47fbfdb32 begin.96b595240347291a