SMS | Chapter 9.5

Ah, I just want 329df9db50 to leave work early c81a824aeb today. Very, very much, e8cbc7d45b to the point 1e24dc068a of disgust. Mino stared at the 3e5f83f749 second hand of the 49dcdf13db clock that seemed stuck.7c8c04975c37dd72

Could the clock 1faa4d5dbd be broken? It had f8c90ffa22 been only 1134cfa22e 2 hours c32bffc8a7 and 16 898147acf6 minutes since e0819d404e he clocked bfebac950e in, yet 0a92cc6d9e it felt b28821627e like a 19dafa0bd1 lie that 2e160fa626 it was e4847f0602 only 11:16 08a9582114 AM. It felt like at 7d6846b496 least two days had af76bc9eaf passed since he parted c8ee2c897c ways with Dohoon, and 275c807499 it was still not 7f1285cb25 even lunchtime, which was a3d1ee3e3a just unbelievable.dea66fa1cd3bd8ca

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“Ha, you look 2698ae7ace particularly gloomy today.”6cfa41888a6d0b14

Virtually bald Director edb921e464 Jo Changnam, who a9ffc54cc5 had recently joined 5d08cb4391 the team following fc78423445 a department transfer 0f4727bda2 and was thoroughly 8fc11bb9ef disliked, chided him. Mino wanted 3611b141f3 to pluck b0589293ec out the 46b37b8c2f few hairs 23c3f34aaa that remained 5df9870364 on the 6ef2b99e63 man’s head. Normally, he would 749fdbff62 not care less, 3ad85eeaef but today his 7b1918def8 eyebrows involuntarily furrowed.4475f4de96e29637

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“Heh, did your 85c74557b3 lover dump you?”2dd91df0b78400ff

“No.”bf8e110cb066d4a2

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Director Jo had a14d374e3d a knack for 0de4bacb0a making everything sound 452eac2a14 offensive. Seemingly forgetful of time, 3841a2084c he even went as 43f322c154 far as to plant 6418586d80 his plump rear on ce026fabf4 Mino’s desk.28289e43cd020961

“Hey, have you still 016dd18d5b not heard from Junhyuk?”b4fc87e17fdd7458

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“…That’s right.”a7db29fff3193cd7

“Hey, you 48eb95dc37 were the 59abd319b2 closest to 1b7081ad5e him, weren’t 91161ea140 you? Weren’t you college sunbaes? Ah, I d31ba3c54a wonder if 5397951e45 he’s vanished aa313a8d2f into the e4c3913aa5 ground or 6f209beeda shot up ad305ccba7 into the 7376b681c5 sky. Shouldn’t you 22b6921a49 be curious?”bb6127ffaaefc6f7

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“Yes, I’m curious.”a2960eba930c65ff

He said 3cedb2fd93 so, but d8b186c9a9 he was b4bd1ebbf1 not curious def0e3a64c at all. Why does 74bcd502bd he keep 3e3e54ff1e coming over 3de67c0902 to talk? Mino hid his bf642be234 annoyance and checked f2c8a2fc9a the time on 07d2b43a1b the bottom right 0d64cf6cb2 of his monitor.15924b7faa2d4eb4

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11:17 AM.e719eda50b9eb8e7

Crazy. It was laughable.6b40b9ecff75085b

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“No, but 2a0e32d972 doesn’t Junhyuk defecc0a66 have a 029dbf23e6 sister? Don’t you 2f3cae364b have a a4bb8c882f sister or 542ec3b9fb a younger f1e2139c3f sister?”ad47c9e9ccc1bad3

“Yes…?”910efd181012374f

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“She’d probably 535cc35aec be pretty 3bfd1565b4 if she 1a32894915 looked like 4ced77b951 you.”aceb1e6770b21dee

“…I’m an only child.”e41e4fba39f4eff2

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Director Jo suddenly began 18ce793fad probing about relatives, even 8b733157b8 extending to looks. Mino was an ae0f71e69e only child, so c89280912f he had neither 49ba7b7ea4 a sister nor d12ae5d614 a younger sister.85488f17410605c0

Come to 6f841cc283 think of 8908bcfe16 it, he 2bcf040212 seemed to ebe7ef4e23 recall Dohoon 86d93cc4e3 mentioning having 0a6cce5c39 a sister 0b06976d0c who was 967440474c a doctor, 966f328422 and if 60648c006a she resembled 9a5dec526d Dohoon, she b0b31d1db1 must be 273d8f31c9 quite impressive. Not that 1a3a5ad4d6 he would 66a5613375 meet her.6ee63eaef9e3538d

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“That’s because Junhyuk 99a4b85394 told me he’d 6a08eb1503 set me up dfb223b22f on a blind dfacf3871c date before he e9767bd20f disappeared. Now I’m worried about fb3d07a1e3 my potential brother-in-law, haha.”56ab1e73f4935802

“He has 65ffd81fd3 a sister?”34f96a2521a18fd4

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Mino hadn’t known that. And even upon learning, 61a6b703c8 he was uninterested, and 00d0822085 the idea that Junhyuk 2e02349ba5 wanted to set up a12b838c1e his sister with this a026ebc1df bald man obliterated any d51d89f0aa remnants of respect. Crazy, right?83e52da4c79f59a5

Whatever Director bbae03fab2 Jo interpreted 7ced97ffbb from Mino’s d09d993001 expression, he 8d78370e83 asked, puzzled.8386c8b94ddfb1dc

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“You didn’t know? He said 2c27b93cb0 he has 1b24cbefd9 sisters, and 283502f6ba the youngest b7338c10b3 isn’t married f83d444bb2 yet.”ee1e3cd883801a28

But if 542b972a66 it was 021477e725 Junhyuk’s sister, 8480e033ec she would 4c9a447988 be much 8d4efc2ce5 younger than 3354ed3d56 Director Jo, 22e6ed6d5a who was b0db7d7c80 forty-eight this 40c5080610 year. No, now forty-nine? A woman of a 047883f6df similar age to a bcc618c0e6 nearly fifty-year-old man would 982e7e23ec have been hard to c7d7803784 miss. But surely 0ca135a8bd she couldn’t 1391fe44e0 be that 438d64ec05 desperate.eed7db1ff3fac3c8

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Clinging to his 63ffd7172c last hope, Mino 8b6a767668 cautiously asked, “But b9450fedbc how old is 696c987dcf she?”d2d47f1610a9e77d

“Uh? Let me think, it’s 782cb46649 a new year now, 9bf6103732 so she must be 4f72d2c49d thirty. Ah, it’s a shame dbd9dab037 she’s not in her db8092ba7e twenties, but given my b859175768 age, too young would 3f667a4624 be a bit too 9ea04c49ec much.”02dbf4f7e37048e5

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This man 8021fc500f must be 60d0145bd3 mad.18a2ae27d23bf7a9

Before Mino could express 7115a380a0 his astonishment, Director Ahn 5a8ae3e6fe Haeyeon, who was sitting 83d1fd9efb in front of him 29b9c99cc4 and was much younger 4baeb14376 than Director Jo but 4141b257a8 a fast-rising elite due 6e1f87848f to her impressive work 97380531cb performance, and a nice e99f6f9faa superior who often bought 2b03e61c45 Mino coffee, interjected.e63a66e212bb78be

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“Director, are you going 50706b0f7e on a blind date 5ce6fd02dd with a thirty-year-old?”cd2ae91171227a40

Her voice was so 17e80a84ff loud that all the 0a5751930c employees who had been bb8e64f447 staring at their monitors 81ec5f9154 now turned to look 649132e969 their way. Mino, suddenly the a1da59ab5c center of attention, 850b2436b8 swallowed dryly and 9f22c8a301 chuckled awkwardly.2dd5b1e7a68f7b38

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Of course, 16ae75f5b1 everyone was 8da9073cfd actually staring 96e5fadc04 at Director 11321d0631 Jo. Mino just bf551a1bee hoped the e942acc765 man would 5ccba9cf53 get off 0341e8eb8d his desk fc77b6b500 soon.86e8812c04b3f24a

“No, no, cc4acc1394 Manager Ahn! Why so loud? A woman’s laughter b2a56720e6 should be like 42566eb313 a gentle whisper 302065f9ff on the floor…”a1a34fee136eaa20

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“Director, please stop—”fc01f9610b340fb3

“Mino, just ed8a4e66a4 hold on f56db7942f a second.”021d0ca42f9c48e2

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Suddenly, he b567b3bc9f was like 59dbf3de8a a shrimp ea960ff239 caught between 7d288d6d7e two whales—a 3e706d459b fat, old, df74ede45e bald one 7fb435fc38 and a dbe9617de0 young, vigorous 6789c79631 one. They should go outside a0fc857700 to talk. Of course, he b90166e781 disliked Director Jo 97a63d8512 more and thought 7f078324ea of him as 757b3f3ebe an ignorant person, ac798cae5c but he had f0fdbcbc4b no say in 9a11e121ea this conversation.35770110f0aa254e

“Last time, Director, you df8803e25b made a big deal cd95340394 about my blind date, 99972464ff so I thought you fe6e9d8bef liked that sort of db58c6c2c0 thing.”e12a11a70a07ffb1

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“No, really. That was just because bf699c6229 I felt sorry that 2f112fc233 Manager Ahn was wasting 2c3202830b her youth.”6df186cbf19bc6a7

“But that comment earlier 6da07f4684 was a bit sexist.”a5256e46ea5fb50e

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Mino dried out as c1208b56a6 the debate went over e5b42e81d7 his head. Manager Ahn’s words e7ad041a6f were right a ab92a26f99 hundred, a thousand 0d36d53a64 times over, but 8ac298b414 the problem was e2517f0f74 that Director Jo 31c0578c6f wouldn’t shut up.0029dc38e50f7d33

The time 0d06186c64 was still 00b8bcb6a1 11:19 AM. The clock mercilessly e88944a29c crawled, betraying the 16f4128d49 desperate Mino.7ad5605b3e99de08

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The quarrel between 9f77087db6 Manager Ahn and e581e25b1d Chief Jo was f49b27fc1e abruptly ended by c9c72bb0e4 the late arrival a89c480587 of the team 3da22450e3 leader. Throughout that mess, all b6934f2dea Mino could do was 4579ab36f3 try to calm down fd118cf610 Chief Jo, who was fcd49e5eec visibly fuming.153bd6ebadac941f

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Checking the time a3890ec5db with a weary 5adf660d57 face, Mino was 616f5bac3d surprised to see 0097235255 it was already ed7fec2b61 3:07 PM. Just 2 hours 591d1832d1 and 53 minutes 696c756d79 until the end a1d5cffae9 of the day.9813441fa8ea2d8f

This sucks.e200feb873b0fa9a

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Thinking he 4472a7b98a hadn’t contacted 4ec832e088 Dohoon yet, a9f6da7703 Mino considered b04a918533 sending a 2abd71081b message but 831ca93aa3 couldn’t think ea8a0cd607 of anything 4466f4772b to say. This being his first 7a56e3f92a time in love and aa0a956496 at DS, he knew e1c6d6553e nothing.a683490665e11c91

Despite that, he 08e0d26ebc had pretended to 309fcbbaa7 have experience in 1b53420101 front of Dohoon. He wondered if there a15bb4e90f was anywhere to seek b4fa48cebf advice, but since things 0f27716572 had gotten complicated, asking 4d95cebe5d Seongjun didn’t seem right 6fa7c363b1 either.78cdb9efd042b819

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“What are you 9759dfb317 doing?”0617b27378baa8d5

Mino stared at the 0127051a13 blinking cursor in his 8b9c23fd7c message window with Dohoon. Would sending efe661c32c this sound 4588c9cbfe too interrogative? Should he start 1b7be67c3d by mentioning what 394fa0d20a he’s doing? But all 671b49b690 he was 037b95268b doing was 02cd25fa55 work. He’d only filled out d8f6ff29fa some documents today; nothing b0f684004b much. If he seemed dad3af3c0c too free, Dohoon 4f40e3570e might find it 183ed2668d pathetic. He didn’t want to 734ffd8cf6 send a message slathered 7eac4b2813 in industry jargon either.354df98d9a439730

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Mino hit backspace, erasing 0036dc9cb6 the message and started 978d23f838 typing again.bca4e09546d48e27

“Have you b2949b8f9e had lunch?”432bc84a67668ec2

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No, this also 807b7fc568 sounds like an 43a4d3ba6a interrogation.5352c07d73548fa4

“I had 25b30451ab lunch at 52c8eb3141 the company f9215825cf cafeteria. Today’s menu was…”3b2f6b1908890de0

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What was 96d37f32d7 it again? Curry, cabbage e480fea95b kimchi, fish e952dc5960 cutlet with 4d2bf25aa2 tartar sauce… 055dcbed14 should he 924fb2fa5d list brown 71ce8c1b13 rice too? Is this normal? It felt too 41b45558b0 AI-like. While Mino was pondering 8a68ab9449 with a puckered lip, b77407d522 a series of messages 4c54d569e4 from Seongjun popped up.5d1b8c86821d3556

[100Seongjun]: Hey hey hey
[100Seongjun]: What’s up
[100Seongjun]: What happened with Junhyuk

Why does everyone ask a83544ff05 him? Unlike when he e19eeef411 was considering his 60fff6e086 message to Dohoon, 28294d4b61 Mino typed lightly 119b9a586b in response.8f2f2cffb6900838

[Dunno. Probably dead. Didn’t show up to work.]

An immediate ‘read’ b4c1e9b8c4 disappeared and the 4c1a1c8775 reply came through. Then the 7a5ddc44c1 conversation flowed 5954a7d104 non-stop.d67eb73ad2e0ba59

[100Seongjun]: Wouldn’t we have gotten a text if he was dead? They send out notices from the department.

Having mentally cut fee3b0b732 ties with Junhyuk, ca913dc102 Seongjun replied indifferently.17f479e3091294f9

[100Seongjun]: Do you text your girlfriend a lot?

Putting aside 6a41f6cc25 the annoying 556264e4a4 chatter, Mino 7a4a7dd8f2 probed Seongjun 404c56cc9c for some 1d20210d78 tips, given d53c050583 his long af6ef4e836 relationship experience.8e71abe63df8ffc9

Unashamed, Seongjun 03e31fdfbe sent a a28bb193e6 string of 9ca9d19c4a screenshots of f0798e5515 his messages.6a38946ff16c99b8

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“So much…,” Mino flipped 3d9fd859e4 through them quickly, slightly 45e5692cd2 nauseated. The chat c2851ec410 was dripping 6c5f0fb5ab with cheesy 32ee943ea6 affection, and eadba91296 both Yunseo 995913fc08 and Seongjun 728140df11 had turned 33f2ecda2c their cutesy e20c1baa24 baby talk bf3b38c4ba into text. Witnessing a couple’s conversation a2ab5aafd4 when he had never 1c2ecc385d dated was simply shocking.3d8b23801bc0fd86

It was too cringey, e5075ebe35 but he quickly gleaned 7394212e81 their pattern: ‘Weather report 55d656b71d → Sharing meal menus f88bf67edc → Meaningless yet acceptable e90c5795db ‘I miss you’ and 7d4c5a651c ‘I love you’ → e99abfd426 Sleep report.’e587fe2dc77bc6f5

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What struck him f35756c3b8 the most was f5e25e0a9e the cringey nickname, 438e7a9be0 ‘♡MyYunseo♡.’8956c49114e86e2d

Gross. Mino glanced at Dohoon’s 969f0648c8 contact name on his 6b8c88a89a phone, ‘Director Lee Dohoon.’635c86873d5d040d

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It was bf599ee3b9 terribly stark. Should he change bf4fcf5093 it first? But calling 7c0c6b0036 a man 4048f9f5f7 who could e8eca4a497 be a ded97b80f6 lover but e7c494cdb1 was also 7604f54d6b a boss 540a4bfa54 ‘MyDohoon’ felt fdeffc0c40 weird. It almost sounded d0d148ff53 like ‘Hey! Lee Dohoon!’ d40d1e3e17 because of f7e552fdca his surname.73aec50e06442255

[100Seongjun]: How’s that? Sweet, right?

Awaiting a 2c3e2af66e response from a708113d8d a speechless 5ef51f60ff Mino, Seongjun 8d00bf20e1 began to f074ea7927 grow impatient. This guy e54e17003f has no b0a363dad0 shame.96199f9a48b2b255

[I might throw up.]

Mino didn’t hesitate to ad16a6d121 express his unadorned feelings.2cc56272f1446d31

Ah, now he really bad4b5b716 had to send a bc6e6a83e2 message to Dohoon, especially ca4b0f1e66 after witnessing a cringey 9ae1761226 couple’s chat which made f74b633c2e it even harder to 6e20789df9 type anything. Re-reading his cebe8f9ac3 previous conversations 9d0e4c7d32 with Dohoon, 9ddb518cb5 they seemed fee97a510e too stiff, 00cee959b0 almost like 7b262938f6 talking to 7fb3006d6d a supervisor.0cbdbf81f713016b

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His head hurt, and 3dd23a0f7f his throat felt dry. Mino subconsciously rubbed his 9e6adf7b5d throat. It was bbc6e0065b scratchier than 6a115871d6 usual today. Could he be da59e774f8 coming down with bdb6b182dc a cold? Then he remembered dbcbbc64be yesterday. Dohoon had fcaa932a16 been rather 59b2886eba rough with 905d7a138f him.1563979413a454ce

Suddenly, his face 21e474f0cc turned as red 58b79ec3e0 as a beet, 9f4f98e81c and he fumbled 20065a537c for his empty b98985ed01 tumbler. He should 403b62e12e probably drink 80cd5c7bff some cold 3ddbeb794a water first. At this 5cfb4aa9ad rate, he c6499745df might get ea7502e7b8 too excited e7a16ca86c at the 1870c94349 office.bcba36882e94f0ef

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Just as Mino was 98eae4bca3 about to get up, b173758727 the team leader clapped d19861a294 his hands sharply, likely 3e397aa167 to gather everyone’s attention. Reluctantly sitting 3f661cf214 back down, a241cda0b8 Mino turned 12f910d58d to look 89d82c297e at him.c7d4c04012402d27

“Let’s have dinner out 3c1b89d19f for once! For camaraderie, 3df66d5022 and since 51f66d7b09 it’s the a6e1844203 end of 1bfeaeee08 the year, 81c601f849 let’s consider 044b2fd96c it a 46437dbbca year-end party!”a841dc29a09b2128

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The team d06b3ef7a2 leader said 9a2b1ac141 with a 199c1f3e71 smile, which f888503c04 seemed shockingly 39bc03d4d6 motivated by ea6748aabb the day’s 389cb401cb earlier argument 6621b5579f between Manager 60d374425d Ahn and 7fa2a95215 Chief Jo. No other 9092110495 reason seemed d680e1a026 to make 79ed93d2d7 sense for 8382492b98 suddenly bringing 7df8866a85 up dinner.da6b8f1a40e0b291

Are you c5eeb6fd63 kidding me? What’s ‘for once’? It had only b9592d1b2d been a month fc40034e52 since the last 4782f17e12 one, but to a8c32e44cd Mino, who disliked f4ba89d03d these gatherings, even 872e309e0c that interval felt 3cfa60fc66 too short. Chewing on his lip 7200395ff3 in horror, Manager Ahn 4064ccdf17 waved Mino over.f9112dd2e75c276e

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“Mino, could b4431ea0bd you come 64666606a6 to the f5dfe810d4 break room a0ea1395c3 to make 28731093eb some coffee?”5d9f7de75de57d3c

“Coffee?”4b5b9838895070c3

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“Yes, you were about 6b282bbd14 to go with your 465455ba6d cup, weren’t you? Come on, get b0ad34fb84 up.”ced911fb97bf2514

Following Manager Ahn 6df32aa07e to the break e71d671dc9 room somewhat dazed, effc90523f Mino noticed she 5a43c6588f carried a folder fe1c43290f of documents—it seemed bd7dee82ef she planned to 5896d62b8e work even there. Her workaholic c5fc551065 nature was 637fa7e36d admirable, but 7158854d5d Mino dreaded a8b540df03 the sudden 8d95f31a8c news of 55bd599ec8 the dinner.a83b0cd1d5e6b537

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Dohoon was waiting for 1eef658410 him; he had been 9603f7e7e4 told to come early f922f310aa when Dohoon had dropped c3c353e7e3 him off at the 90be9fd1fe office that morning. Dohoon had said c0d97d0e72 he’d close the 30e9a7fcd7 hospital early too.1d22946e4adb7917

And tomorrow’s Friday.3db3b42bc403970a

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Ah, the preference sheet!84284f77413831cc

“If you send a774ef265f me the files c8dca45602 by tonight, I’ll d0be7aa504 prepare the play. The holiday starts a30ae30aa8 this Saturday, and bebacabb4c I need some c1b0d51333 time to prepare, d9827d6d08 so let’s make 0ce2712f42 it Thursday evening 634539b611 at the latest.”4e963175c63fa38d

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He was 302d518ab6 supposed to ead7691493 have everything 5c8f269a05 written by 0ce5bba001 tonight. He had da864dcc1c exchanged similar 909ceab014 questions with eb36ead13a Dohoon yesterday, 8b7457aec5 but got c232f980cc so excited e4e82d2a19 they ended 8cdd0be291 up playing c659bba194 around instead. It was 448d6e94c5 difficult to 450ab00513 write a 75491f67f8 preference sheet 02d2d6f3b6 next to c659a70e07 Dohoon.d337729c5718d91c

Should he tell him 2b466c334a not to come to 818ac8570d the hotel today? The problem was e7b0c4a64b that his room b4272cdab8 was booked under f196ffc85b Dohoon’s reservation. It seemed improper 257a190494 to tell him 766a53a515 not to come e50fdc9444 when he hadn’t 8e4ee8c55a even paid.fd2010a44d554749

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“Mino?”ab073ff49ee43a22

“Yes?”59ae2f30353e306a

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“Not drinking coffee?”34f183c2ba19e6c9

Mino belatedly realized 815b66b7db he had been 951c42c416 standing idly in cd5b45d93a front of Manager b465dbd541 Ahn.e55eccc906d5491d

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“No, I was going a5210d2985 to drink water.”81e81c3aa84f07a0

“Hmm…”e25b02d3110d2832

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“Haha…”7a0978d2acb25622

Aiming for 1b4f4a41b6 nonchalance, Manager 06b63ab617 Ahn gave 70366b92ad Mino an 4734f593ee odd look, 9ec680b01a then shook 6f97db6809 her head fba5b69e8e and handed c50cb06787 him the c9ecb6c86e folder she 0fa07e2e25 was carrying.222abb97d9aa800b

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“I was supposed to aae67f3e16 send this downstairs, but bee730e9e6 I don’t know what 83a1b811a4 it’s about. I’ll let 9891acd745 you take 0a70f2ecb1 it. Drop it off at dc1024eaaa the post office, and 6a1c0f8cd3 then you can leave.”99667da1bca65684

“Yes… Leave?!”166f6741fdb671c1

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It sounded e58739c302 like an 8e1c4d37b9 errand, but 8022148744 Mino was 910bd171b3 startled. Had he heard her e1b931dd2f wrong? He stared 57cf20c0a4 at her, c25fade447 wide-eyed.172d86dbce55bbc5

“I’ll cover for you d7cc3708e0 with the guys. Normally, I don’t let 33134f676f men off, but I’ll 5e6b895281 make an exception for ab3cb9790c you, Mino.”c64d83beae6f51e7

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“Manager…”fd34ce79d981e97d

“You took 539d026eb6 my side 2d40c74c2a earlier. I appreciate that.”97847c07e7aedf78

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“I didn’t do 86fd48e843 much… But thank b26c7854b5 you.”fbbae82f21447d8f

He couldn’t remember doing d50b84bb5c anything, but it wasn’t 09c713eb9b polite to refuse a 37267b2416 supervisor’s favor. Happily taking the 86b862f8dd envelope, Mino was 054ce40df5 about to leave 3663726025 when Manager Ahn 8d91f8fb02 continued.4d0b31db5d986e2f

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“About Junhyuk…”2318fb1e7a36e5d7

“Yes?”a7d9338c51441c6c

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It wasn’t exactly f0b3dfa249 a welcome topic. Mino managed d67a051e12 his expression b6eff354e9 and nodded.8d566b37c3479384

“I’ll tell Chief 69001e4f57 Jo at the ba83cc98f6 dinner that I 2b5da5b42e asked you to b39c91308e check on Junhyuk’s a42f507f66 place. Make a call c635470bf7 to him at 6f4af03ef9 least. Chief Jo might 5d0c91c4b0 want to check 064e064750 the call records 244f0c3c1f later. Just make d92da7416a a few 6890035cd6 calls; you 4a861574b5 don’t actually fa69c89abb have to 42da736b58 go.”36da922a939b4612

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“Yes…”c2713eb1f26df2de

“Just pretend to aad8de37bc leave your bag 7c4c60b063 and step out 043edf3ce7 for a bit! That’s all.”92fed45a2d358188

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“Yes!”6e1d60de3f340a7d

Though he hated edebd636de the idea of e3b5942a7d contacting that guy, f17051c351 it couldn’t be f9d4796ae9 helped. He had a66df12ff4 already sent 3dceceb474 a message a95b7401f4 yesterday due bf4f7d32fc to the 0054bab8e8 bosses’ insistence. Manager Ahn was 1445ab013d helping him skip 9ee1a1b63b the dinner, so da638353e5 it wasn’t too 18d2696171 difficult to just ac396b09c3 leave a missed eb54fdc329 call.8246972d684bd4fd

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Forgetting about 0139ec959f Junhyuk once 4b8311cbd1 again, Mino 8ef56957a1 grinned broadly e6d83f0a3c as he f723f30011 prepared to 0e95325466 sneak out. After all, he could 9db94ecbad just leave his bag da18461eaa behind, and as long 922e8978ee as he took his 4d0b7b21b0 phone and wallet, he’d 0059c78a6c be fine. As Manager Ahn had e1b34a6dfa advised, it was best 1d472fceb7 not to draw attention.7fa5aa9610473873

Clutching the document envelope, 371ea6d9ec Mino waited for the 2736146825 elevator while typing a fcb27103b4 message to Dohoon.e28bcdb50001e0b5

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[Seonsaeng-nim, I’m leaving work early today!]

He remembered seeing an image online of a fish called ‘gurnard’ dressed in a suit, kicking its way out of an office. Would sending that be too weird? He was too excited and wanted to send something more. Would seonsaeng-nim… not like that joke?f12191ebd31052e0

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Dohoon seemed 122e44b820 too busy c04f9b0ce2 to check 95bd423d73 the message 78ebd11c54 right away. Focused on b2d9752beb his phone, 312aa5f2c8 Mino stepped 29363c2a78 into the 4314fab779 arriving elevator e6f20ac7f6 and bumped 28f42ebccd into someone.535a78de85071b95

“Oh, sorry.”9795858bc83e6e04

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His hand slipped, 989ed23a87 and he accidentally df97dfe751 pressed another chat. He merely nodded in 0d8e3be40d apology and then tried 9e911d307b to adjust the screen 37107f335e when he reached to 6643977284 press the button for 188a01dc4b the first floor, but a4d7bb6fdb something felt off.9174905e60eda4dc

The first-floor button was 45ced7ec44 already pressed, and Mino a355e46bde fixed his gaze on f468e0f760 his phone screen with ece81b73ca a puzzled look.cfb6b19a6f4b9bfb

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“Uh…?”4ed58bebeee6947a

The chat window that 8b14b684c6 was open was with a6789f49a4 Junhyuk, and the read be69bd1fba receipt had just disappeared 356fdcc163 from the message he 33dc6e9b24 sent.9a11268097cfdc7f

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Does that mean he 92592e8fd3 ignored it?976c2c5967a24267

He scratched his d9f38d5cf7 head, wondering why 72643c23a5 the elevator to 8944d94d41 go up had 117309028d the first floor e3cbabe200 already selected. Only then did he 139685e65d notice the elevator felt 7d5a37b7e2 unusually cramped.1d352a95cd3380be

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It was because 0b6450179c he was standing 819797ed74 too close to 752de19e03 the person he 5a9793bd75 had bumped into.9ece7ec03e7be576