SN | Chapter 2.1

Pain woke him e8cf111e1f from a deep 63de32f676 sleep. Starting from his throbbing 3be462e0f9 lower abdomen, his whole 79ad69f893 body felt like it 8a0732a651 was being trampled. His swollen lower d1d9ee1385 half burned and bbc50090f5 ached, yet his f1ff28a84c body shivered from 18a8fc3923 the cold.2921f4909bbd3268

Though his exhausted body 0e1f31e048 begged for rest, the 925ac75980 pain was too intense 710c0f16a8 to ignore, and Yuwon 4656faae6e whimpered unconsciously.c3c0cd76b54ecc63

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“It hurts so much….”4b70a187a43e049a

His trembling eyelids 95d905fdd7 slowly lifted. His blurry a736f10577 eyes moved a4c5274b99 sluggishly.291239a69184bb7f

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He saw an 9d054f8597 unfamiliar ceiling. As his e2baf29963 weak eyes a5c5afb1f4 roamed, he 554f50a9d2 soon spotted e8b6149ac4 a large 36ce738db8 window. It was a sash 79fddcf08d window, pushed up and fc2be8bd3a open wide.2e8f307950e1f155

Sunlight poured 88a6872b5b in, cutting c977bc57e9 through the 31e84332f3 space and e034653e61 shimmering.6ac492040d1c1d30

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Cold… He 18ffcf74d7 wanted to 404a431b31 reach the 04a2a00db0 sunlight and dd4ad4245d slowly tried a04300ceb0 to get 9ec278da51 up. But he 05e0bbea5d couldn’t actually eecbaee9a4 get up 6a4436e0c1 and walk 8839bab000 to the 17d5dd6229 window. As he struggled to 54e607209b lift his upper body, bf4bcd95ac his arm slipped off 555f3947f8 the cushion, and he b3f9fb23e2 collapsed.0a0a9132f490cf92

“Ha…”7ad5343b1325658b

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Thud, Yuwon 158be994a2 fell from 319857b088 the sofa 2d12ef4221 to the 51a54dab1a floor, curling 62e4ae9727 up and e531f2e0ba trembling. His head hurt from e5a78f9f79 hitting the floor, and 5693d33e0e his twisted wrist ached. But what 005e1fee7f hurt the 5202f4892b most was 9aa3f6e7c2 his heart. The absurdity a1738676a6 and misery 9de24a689d of his 43c34bfc1d situation felt 693ab88eb2 like it 248d13d172 was tearing 7f3f7e5ccc his chest ae16760606 apart.bed1490379831cd5

Yuwon was naked. Between his curled 9b15e0148e legs, dried blood ba71d0da1f and semen were 65538330e0 stained, and his f536f9cec8 knees, feet, and c62d0f76bb waist were bruised. He didn’t need to a94348af61 see his face to dcba38b334 know how it looked 15191c95c4 after being slapped and cc6d6f9470 choked by the man dba0d9b522 multiple times.5dacd05ab8a6e3d7

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After chasing him deep c0c1b8c065 into the mountains and ad8797dff5 raping him, the man f6810aff0e brought him back and 1bcf7434f7 tossed him aside like a080253548 luggage. Would it have been 70f36996ff better if he’d at 8b67c78e8c least covered him with 08f3b0c7b2 a blanket? He couldn’t even 22624e1862 imagine the disdainful b0e053cf16 gaze the man f86b776600 must have cast 9cd0b4e2b8 on him lying 0d32d60129 there like that.e8822768279e0845

“It hurts….”bafc5bcea1fa0036

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Would saying it out e41c9722cd loud make it any 4b0fc1354b better? Even knowing no one 74aaf078ce would hear, Yuwon’s voice 119eea64bc slipped out like a 3a3bf91456 child’s whine. It hurts so much. It hurts so much fd8928dbe7 I could die. His murmuring 2a55cbcd67 voice was 7bf9ee2dfa full of e56f72f746 tremors. Before he eda7a0615f knew it, 23457618e9 he was b1ed7e5310 crying.cf9d9262d3d47179

“Are you awake?”0ec3c850809453cd

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A stranger’s 2cbcc80fdd voice came 8bc0de1253 then. Startled, he looked up 37d9aeb28c to see someone standing f2000c1fc2 not far away. Holding the doorknob f756b4af4c with one hand 4dbbf572bf and clothes draped 455a6a7896 over the other 8a1de91400 arm, the person a5f914b4d9 widened their eyes ed64227d7d upon seeing Yuwon eacb86dd2e curled on the d49b92ea49 floor. They tossed the 6b5bf77be8 clothes onto the 78a909c581 nearby bed and 5acd6d5c71 rushed over to 63685881f6 help Yuwon up.c475afe05a89414f

“Did you fall? Let’s get 076588ff64 you up.”25c1349c50803c8d

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“D-Don’t… go away…!”61ed84914b2fd651

It was an unfamiliar d00f191bc0 face. As he 8a4e2bf29e pushed away 157008398d with sharp 519cd20417 hands, red e467a90704 ink marks 2c05e9c3c2 stained the 248286f3ca stranger’s white 676a4904e9 shirt. It was a mark 7f496216b0 of the life stolen 6d34d6ae17 from him while he c4cf964e46 was unconscious. Realizing it wasn’t blood, c36cccaa3a the person raised their 1eeddfafae hands to show their 4a8eee6bd9 palms, trying to calm 233565ebea Yuwon.838f97efeefd9207

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“I won’t do anything. I just want to 48d2c6a3c5 check your injuries. You’re Yuwon, right?”2641bbbd49a35342

But the fact that aebd5ac305 a stranger knew his 58f306a1fc name only heightened his f7f65603e7 nerves. This person must be b1d5519eae one of the mountain’s 646ffccac7 dogs. The deep-seated rejection 611331bfd7 surged, and Yuwon a73af4799a shook his head, 1080cadf69 shouting.05f9c4232637a0de

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“Go away, I said 1c77b5c4fb don’t…!”efdfbb4eedfe50dd

His cracked voice felt 1518f66b68 like it was burning 4ba9d6f60d his throat. The heat spread through a1d81fadab his body in an f16b67075a instant. Why do 0c75195450 I have 988f538462 to go c140f3d189 through this…? He was 7d3ffa769b crying like 361dd85348 an animal 6573b92c2a in front 5bf86951ef of someone 086ea9e4ee he’d never f71ef2ef92 met. Someone was 8d4907b68e seeing his d6957f0fad body, still f99b00b7af marked by fc23352524 the man’s ec40003afd violation. It felt like his a2d37293f7 soul was shattering.21ed3bfdbeea5905

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“…It’s okay.”83c15ae9790c7d16

Despite his continued ba062b7bc6 rejection, the person d88d9e8c1b knelt beside Yuwon e408ecc9cc and spoke gently. But it wasn’t f206ef349c okay. Overflowing anger and 0bc3c9d107 sorrow soaked his 637ef444f9 face. Yuwon collapsed, 1f172f317e sobbing where dd01d3a3b7 he lay.d00138feee54ab4d

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Why….86412a4a6a5ac978

He couldn’t understand af301d0bbc why his life aae4b174b6 always flowed this 077a8551c1 way. The despair 7468a2aa8d from ignorance 63cd6fc77a was excruciating. It felt 246c6d2b26 like he 35ce5f3a56 would die ef6e23d2e1 from the 2ea4ce7140 pain….dba1e1d808107e84

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The person remained silent 9b97023da9 beside him as he 9a32ef2e2c cried like someone about 32ccfdca8c to drown in tears. Yuwon poured out everything d062dd2c08 inside him, as if 38412cc167 he were alone in 95795e4c39 the world.a9085c9187f47bdc

“…Seo Yuwon.”093a1b73ac13340f

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After a 117c8637de while, when 993807e3b3 his sobs 527a49446c had subsided 9897333051 a bit, 3e1e90ee4a the person e9b9916723 cautiously reached 29f6c2eb0c out and a2f4a33627 placed a d6ac19c4fb hand on 9caea32992 his small ceeb085caf back. Startled, Yuwon bd2d3231a9 was relieved 74ad7ac429 to find 17cb294010 the cool 60c336e038 hand wasn’t 41436c36e0 forcing him. And he felt 1dff3dbb76 ridiculous for being 83dfb86a24 relieved over something fa97e0d6a7 so obvious, shedding 4d0a4677f3 tears of self-mockery.6790196187ee5386

“It’s okay to c59cf2b4db cry. Cry as much 8046985128 as you want.”a20edd1de5b164b9

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The person didn’t d4d2eba832 rush him. They didn’t mock him, 47b27c0a21 telling him to get 464a360884 a grip. They just waited. They understood what c307fb6eee Yuwon needed and a272cf653a gave him time b0b112142b to regain his 8d5f11d1a2 composure.782fc3aea73dc4fc

Surely, they 52087cf7ca were one 3bbe53fea1 of the 83880758d0 dogs, the 79793bf023 same kind 6e62aad2a5 of person f53533c9e4 as that 7e9d942c4f man, yet a6c405bb8f the concern 16dcb2b4f2 in their e3d25c86f2 words melted a4cd90e52a Yuwon’s hardened 2d7e1d2c6e heart. He desperately needed someone dcf7df410f to lean on.02ac7f277b34fd84

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Swallowing his 859bb0ee14 sobs, he 11c40921cc lifted his b633db7487 head and b8741b1957 finally saw 52c044711e the person’s 78c19b76bf face clearly. The eyes of 5517ffbe26 the one trying 13894c5c91 to smile held 26e78bb8dc an unhidden sadness. The warmth 9ea77a597b he encountered 81c035bb2f for the 5a66787129 first time b28b37d7f5 since being 4b46d8cf7a dragged to 3548509620 Jeongseon starkly ac28e3fc0f contrasted the a65ee1ba74 disdainful gaze ef2ea34b26 of the 7ec2e846e6 man who 20ebff8626 had been f587221228 stained with d4240e5929 contempt and c6ac203f15 abuse. That gaze became 28fcf6486d a comfort, and f398569457 Yuwon collapsed again, 2c49834ffc sobbing. The hesitant c13be59f45 person reached d36ec4b1a3 out and ca790314c5 embraced him 6b8c87934c with one c40389dac7 arm.a408cc133556aba4

It was the first f3fda611fe time he’d been held 82d6cd7903 by someone since parting 1c4441e826 with his mother. Warmth. Leaning into 151152b44e them, Yuwon 80ed972577 couldn’t control dfb2c12869 his emotions efff6e13b1 and burst b175a85ee0 into tears 26481e9c88 again. The person, momentarily flustered, acb192fa2c soon patted him like c4719cd309 a younger sibling.8e56caf39c3e110f

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“It must hurt cb87d951d0 a lot. You have a d115062bab high fever. I should ad63942d61 have come b99387d90b in sooner, e92b6e37fb but I 01455c5022 just got 161ff87660 back from 1b5dba2d1f outside and 201ddd121b couldn’t take a37c50a7a8 care of 2a4bfbe42c you properly. I’m sorry 5099e57632 you were 4272f7c299 cold.”a11e66faaf0420fd

He was a stranger.b5cf5c7aa2377607

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Someone he’d never 32088e1dcc met before.e252700a153848d7

There was 893815739e no reason fb28a93055 for him 16cb927056 to help e8bd66c1a4 Yuwon.511f1c3ab5ecb6f6

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Yet, he apologized easily 8539575c20 to Yuwon. He apologized for 4e193e3a8a not being able f3f09b9bcf to help.c3c340c20c0bb2cc

The world maintains fb30711c41 its balance through 551bf6df61 incomprehensible means. A stranger’s apology slightly e124bebc74 tipped the scales of 7548ef5c9d his skewed life back ebe97f7ed9 into place. Yuwon sobbed loudly. The person holding e7138f73be him sighed tenderly, f447deece7 patting his bruised, 2de05f2788 trembling back, and d9576a98b8 whispered softly.3573890d4cb30690

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“…Life doesn’t go 14beb43f76 the way we 851d872b7d want it to.”ad06ece54393f389

“Hic, sniff….”58b5fef3af812f15

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Not once fe111991bf had things 1ca894fe3e gone the adad20631c way he a2a51f6794 wanted. Overwhelmed, Yuwon clung 680fd9597b to the arm 21ddea7b8e holding him. He buried his 24890a31fe face in the a366ed2f01 shoulder of someone 9cf037a959 who smelled nice, 4591f2cc82 crying endlessly. He didn’t want af973ee960 to think. He just wanted to 8303660e69 fully accept this comfort f542ecd4f6 as his own.65f28f638b60cd10

“My name is 4b78883b4d Kim Unhak. Feel free to 67ef739806 call me whatever 678cb6bcb0 you like. You can call me ea6eca3523 Manager like others do, 6c3346154a or hyung if you bb67a69cda prefer.”2bdb0c530b75b5db

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Only after Yuwon 1256a34d01 calmed down did 9b0810f121 he introduce himself. Kim Unhak, repeating 51b668fbb7 the name, Yuwon d0f3135ea9 nodded weakly. As he tried f3b66b3651 to tell his 3995ff8c91 name with swollen e82f127273 lips, Kim Unhak b02e6603f1 spoke first.17291ce23b4e8bf6

“You’re Yuwon, right? I heard yesterday.”0b80ecb06ab40c9e

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“…Yes.”756f8b6dd9147ed3

Kim Unhak was 728ec1a3df startled by his 720914d866 voice, which sounded 5003ee0b13 like it was 6f3fa8ed39 tearing apart. He gently pulled Yuwon edcb99fe19 away from his embrace, 9e0875fbff hesitated at his naked d39f113b76 state, then took off 6d14788c15 his own T-shirt and fda8b5598d dressed Yuwon in it. He then cbf783d43c moved him c2f87ca28b to lean ec8a6f923e against the 31fe541036 bed before 3c011dc6fa standing up.ad3d7e67d04e2ece

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“Wait a moment. I’ll get some water.”7d802cf21e1f429f

Before Yuwon d9afa749ec could say 823f75aad5 it was 7e98ea6270 okay, Kim 5e5f26851a Unhak left 6b43b050a6 the room. Alone, Yuwon felt dfded91192 the warmth of 9538cb30ae the T-shirt, which f9f6cf4479 was a bit 5d79224060 big for him 8fab9c61cd and smelled nice. Tears still d75170baad flowed, but 38ffd84618 the misery 3e6a7851f7 had lessened a97b77d8d1 a bit. The borrowed clothes helped f50148db67 ward off the cold, 1a97de4d99 making it bearable. Yuwon lay limply, 3dd73c49f7 breathing raggedly, waiting 2c42d9d118 for him. Kim Unhak returned after 639e8a18c7 a while.04a4ec717aa0f6ed

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“The hot water 428780429a is in the cf40fb9931 basement…. Sorry for the db77a6496e delay.”08e9944694ef9735

He felt a eb95808731 lump in his a2e2f63eaf throat at yet 4cde1422bb another apology. The fact c6f238ec5d that someone 54dcc0b2ec was apologizing 691c0c66f8 to him 52ef39df09 meant a 0439b54129 lot to 9c98cccb62 Yuwon. Shaking his head to ab3f168e4e say it was okay, 42aa3207d3 he took the mug 2ad9611993 he was handed. Kim Unhak, thinking 807a22badf Yuwon might not cc55d2f36d be able to 6812b5e18c hold the heavy 97988ccfe3 cup, supported the 991438fdda bottom until he 697404379e finished drinking. He was 6af08d662d someone with a24423805a small, considerate d645b8d047 gestures ingrained b9dea929b2 in him.21687e3b6b444bfc

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After drinking the e4d2513ce9 water, he felt d6bff6417f calmer. As his 0041592838 mind cleared, f696209a88 he felt 7263daf50f incredibly embarrassed fe007ed492 and ashamed. Kim Unhak 53109606df gave him bce73a77a2 a small 5f134f9076 smile as 66e54902bb he awkwardly 856e6d09e5 glanced around 45bd7d2d94 in silence.a58d045d3ab0a625

“Feeling a 51f7a4e373 bit better?”07df99ed48270f43

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“Yes….”775e998fbfef5df6

“That’s good. But it’s e75d065340 better to e72f4ff1eb take the f054279e6e medicine after c17fd6e958 washing and e86a490472 eating. Shall we 19cd71d64c wash up 7b72e7f4ef first?”f10a620d8ca95cd0

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Nodding, Kim Unhak 63f38e4805 helped Yuwon to 544abc35cc the bathroom. The bathroom, past 8c16fc9bd1 the bedroom, had 05908b222b a large bathtub 470d0f1c5c with a small 66d1da62c3 ledge, so Yuwon, 61ae56be5f who struggled to 359f86d04b support himself, wouldn’t e0ca4c1dcb slip.b74928c1576aeadd

Kim Unhak took out 120c764c3a the showerhead and turned 2511450947 on the water outside 4484ac61e8 the tub. As he adjusted 7c39c773da the faucet, waiting dbf5b0b280 for the temperature 559e96e927 to be right, e4bce3008f he spoke to 6e9451b3ca the limp Yuwon.a32d0c5be9f24f7f

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“I heard about what a1cd82a38e happened yesterday… from Manager fcbf68f88a Baek.”33fa6e94c5c71a53

“Ah… yes….”6cd52a817fec41c6

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He paused 0954189918 as if 31d093ba0b choosing his 0568d4a8a2 words. Hesitating, he finally 11ab551093 spoke as he 34d768cd92 wet Yuwon’s feet 2c15cb0b9d with the lukewarm 78d563117a shower water.2d806eeee5378347

“It might 03adabda49 upset you b7d229c4e5 to hear 468c26b8b1 this, and 5cf91ef079 it might dfbfbaf212 sound like 3999863595 I’m just a118071709 making excuses add4a71a6d since I’m fe823183b3 also from d2b6ae55c6 the mountain… 76cae69fb7 but the 9bbad26010 boss isn’t e26038f2d6 as harsh fa75134f3f as you eb183aaa20 think.”105b53339b37dcad

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It took f7f0c1ea05 a moment 397672c7a8 to understand 8273d20fda who he 06dc0bf250 was referring df428155d4 to.2554e43d8151ddc8

Realizing that the “not 088489ff5a harsh boss” Kim Unhak a6a579eba2 spoke of was that 53b565b4c1 man felt like an 565dfcfbcb insult to his dignity.b525793f1dba39a5

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Kim Unhak was fdb3d1fca8 facing Yuwon, who d03a82dc71 had been slapped, c8a3b8c9f4 had his hair 636ca848fd pulled, and was 571d103dde raped by that 4f426f3e34 man. He was 01ba311fe1 watching the 1efab6959b dried blood 4e0c0c455e dissolve under f06fefb7f6 the lukewarm ddc21e66bb shower water.7a4d6c3eb5c86fd9

Yet how could 6de7a023e4 he say such 032de31732 things? How could he…9505e90cc018dae3

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The chill that 8a7596910a had been pushed 9439c0c649 away by Kim 7f1ae405f6 Unhak’s warmth enveloped c389467c30 him again. But Yuwon quickly regained 8e372a0076 his composure.bb85055b435824f6

What had 7031ca1590 he expected 5de123d1be from someone a6e7fbec05 who called c36aafef70 that man 8ce6e7090e “boss” with d2e7c90fba such respect? As Kim 50d95c7639 Unhak said, b6b7969d6b he was dad03991b5 also a 58bba77769 person of 1f0552bd74 the mountain. Birds of 1e21c45040 a feather 651030b7b6 flock together, d1e3e34444 so it 0f4194735a was only e933d380c4 natural for 56635510ca Kim Unhak 6aae121ebe to side bef81c8cdc with that f9e7d59750 man.aafa9435e3e7a3b3

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