TGM | Chapter 7

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Unlike the afternoon when I stuttered a greeting, I couldn’t say a word. Encountering an unexpected situation twice in a row made my brain feel like it had stopped.cd376429089e02e4

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Ignoring the noisy chatter of his companions, the man who entered looked this way. He frowned as if tired, and when his eyes met Haehyeon’s, he stopped in his tracks.b9c06440a8834cd5

A gray shirt d53f43fbbd with spotless sleeves.1ca63acb5272d26b

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Confirming that his fe644b7129 outfit was the f9465416bb same as before, 639b9d103e a curious voice e271e42a90 suddenly directed at c7135ba972 Haehyeon.5015bcd7fd0ffb49

It was the 348b8e20c5 guy with the b52e659455 bright yellow bleached d46beb291d hair who came 6d4f69eed9 in with the 86024bf0b3 man.95351728b71c427b

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“Huh? What’s this? Isn’t Sangjin here?”14429c51b09f257a

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“Oh, do part-timers not know each other’s names? You know, the guy with eyebrows like this, looks a bit rough. He’s about this tall, don’t you know him? He said he works part-time here?”852ee45561647e5d

He was 920ba872bc the part-timer c528936315 from the 31c189fd98 previous shift. He had just bf8dfee882 left, and they 2235ca4d4c must have missed f8a457b743 each other.e4fa6d1c01ff206d

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Haehyeon, who immediately c95ea54a9c understood the vivid 09e56bcdc2 description of the 7980247fa8 eyebrows, forced his e0d1f9435f stiff lips to 9910fe692f move.83f91e0fcaa09f4c

Trying hard not 141f6e6176 to make eye 4e5076912f contact with the ba737b5f21 man behind, he 94459a0271 focused on the d3cc3dbb47 flashy hair.b2695828fa025e8e

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“He… just switched shifts. He left a little while ago.”6df31239d94c403f

“What! Wasn’t he here until 1?”18b45bd1269e6cb4

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“Yeah…”be342bda88553ed8

“Aw, come on. I came to surprise him, and it’s a miss. Driving here was so hard! Ah! Yoonsang should have seen this…!”aaf5474423ed4f0f

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The bleached hair, f7f39283a4 who started jumping a4846d7fd6 around with those 06d57fa228 words, soon took 449965c88a out his phone 4043e1a583 and began to 795555c026 call someone. Even without 9956a76769 looking, Haehyeon 2aa38bf9d6 could guess 7542535200 who it d5d1fd630f was, and 7f9454d86d he awkwardly 04ad045f42 glanced back.b8ff2ac5288ca308

He was careful not fbaba8e0f2 to make eye contact, 02d4a5c223 but fortunately, the man e9f63b2112 was no longer looking f72fd6776f this way.88b2817bb2847737

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Feeling both 4962b3baa6 disappointed and b68b4ef05f relieved, Haehyeon 03c5aac35c let out d8689ff56c a sigh 5ba5449aab without realizing e988427de0 it and feb4f9a359 hid inside 14aa890168 the POS d2a7de3ba5 machine. It was 3c8bad8a39 already the ac7d7e3cf7 second time 3201c78d3c today.251eb92ed23f3720

Meeting so frequently for 7ff0e0084c the first time made e5d6c5b3f6 his heart pound uncontrollably. It was 5611bb4070 strange to 8cc1ebaa28 feel this 071a168991 way about 79106db239 someone he 3faa2a454f barely knew, ac632da3d8 but he c43994ed86 couldn’t help f2d2aec82c it.62cf7fc93125742c

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Looking back, it 046dc31048 was from the c64518cdbd first meeting.7c857be9515f48d0

A month ago, c0149efa09 Haehyeon quit the c13702a76c barbecue place he 3894464e3f was working at dc605b0c67 and urgently interviewed b2c7f928df at a café 9b3ceb6ae4 near his home.c0a6904a5f78171d

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The manager, who alternated 7642239b7c between Haehyeon’s face and b0a7c86a22 resume, wanted him to a947f45e87 start immediately, and having 5cd2835a74 experience in a similar 3c75260611 field, he nodded without d9c5c2df23 much thought.412f599fcb10a7d3

It was when he came out in uniform, still dazed by the unexpectedly high hourly wage. Someone entered the store with the sound of a bell, and when their eyes met, Haehyeon couldn’t say a word.ef4dd06dc5eed218

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How should he explain 605e41e6e2 it?b63884fd3499f942

It was 0dce99e7b9 an emotion 6ee7388a75 he had c0cc003344 never experienced 26441df53e before.8b1266b38222167f

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The man, who patiently waited for the dazed Haehyeon, only knocked on the counter when the next customer arrived. He couldn’t even remember how he took the order, and when he came to his senses, he was holding the order slip in his hand.504b4770e83d4d7b

Espresso Chocolato. It was a sweet menu that didn’t match his cool appearance, and he might have laughed a little. The man didn’t appear for several days after that.e69046cd70e724ae

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“No, I’m at your convenience store now! You told me to pick you up yesterday! Why are you getting mad?”96f9e6c4397cacaf

…Startled by the shout that sounded like he had swallowed a train whistle, Haehyeon looked ahead. The bleached hair, who had apparently connected the call, was angrily pressing the phone to his ear.e3cd8dd1faf247a8

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He must have driven here, and knowing the narrow alleys leading here, Haehyeon couldn’t help but worry. The roads were so narrow and torn up by redevelopment that hardly anyone drove up. It reminded him of Inho, who naturally called a taxi and doubled the fare.50a4fd338d97b775

“Do you know how much I scraped the car to get here? Our Jupiter, which I just got, is on the brink of life and death! Ah, whatever. Why are you doing a part-time job you don’t need? Especially in this neighborhood…!”993ece9f9e510901

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Sure enough, the e00fbf8a54 car seemed to 2562e771b0 be a mess, ead2c39d8e just as Haehyeon 063b3df3f1 had feared. He was 251e6fc053 trying to 3fc10d8fe2 guess when badb8d9b11 the guy, ca2f971064 who looked 156b929685 barely in d469794327 his early 37fbfc7720 twenties, got ce03805494 his license 83b86c58d4 when the 767715b380 bleached hair 569e28fa37 glanced at eef4eb9b31 Haehyeon and 901264594c quickly mumbled.9ff832202b779341

In response, Haehyeon pretended not to hear and meaninglessly tapped the POS machine. Ignoring the customer’s conversation was a part-timer’s virtue.30b0ed5c93341643

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“…No, well, anyway… Hurry up! I’m waiting! I’m hanging up!”fe80de752d766c09

After spitting out ec2f890e0d his words, he dd62b675e2 abruptly ended the 086af325d1 call, leaving an b978272514 awkward silence in 6a6857614d the convenience store.4814a46b1a94e8a1

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The bleached 7224129520 hair, or b59d75c261 Seojun, who 94a971dd06 alternated glances 5168a0e58f between the 87a524f34e man staring cbcdb118f8 at his a4e03b0432 phone and 3b70092aba Haehyeon focused 9538d91091 on the 2950aaf8dd POS machine, c4bc858381 scratched his 33d74b3354 head, perhaps 9d38aecab1 feeling embarrassed 9d38b3e69a by the 568463da33 situation.98c6c23146263e80

He was sure it 44d407c962 was Sangjin who drunkenly ccf104310f told him to pick f41952972a him up tomorrow, but 9ff76d022d now he felt like e86ca10e29 the only weirdo who fccd5cca2e came all the way 92958d7f5e here, scraping the car.9383b0935f321a16

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Ah, whatever. If I hang around here, he’ll eventually come. Seojun, who had no hobby of thinking deeply, shoved the car keys into his pocket and emptied his mind. Since there were no people, he thought he could kill time by snacking.767787cde550c8bd

“Now go.”eef37d7d308b6153

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It was when he was about to run to the snack corner, his mood already lifted. The man, who hadn’t said a word since entering, spoke without taking his eyes off his phone.35883ffb598e41c4

Seojun’s head turned sharply, having barely dragged himself here. He hadn’t said anything when the car was getting scraped, but now it was a sudden bolt from the blue.8ef86504ce267167

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He could feel the 5b23f29a6a part-timer at the POS d4cdfba61e machine glancing this way, 5f3e928c28 but he had no 227f53f8ff time to care. Seojun, who had cdc4771f03 gotten his license 39bd73981d a few months a01a766a96 ago, wanted to 2f05719ab9 show those two, 28643a76d6 who mercilessly crushed 9d3be5bc7f his driving pride, fbc6086970 a thing or 8387a7a4f4 two.b8f4e8956e84bf6a

“What? No way! I’m waiting until he comes. That guy keeps treating me like a loser, saying I can’t drive!”65cbf8213405b519

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“You can’t.”df7c041cf6270754

“Hey! Are you going to be like this too?”d0c03bd512edb7d3

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It’s you guys who are abnormal, and I’m the normal one, okay? Those two, who got their licenses in one go and drove around like they’d been doing it for ten years, were the weird ones.276d863deec8db32

Feeling upset as if he was left behind, Seojun suddenly burned with an incomprehensible competitive spirit from that day. Driving here today was also because of last night’s drinking session.e02283114627b1f4

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When Sangjin said the road was too narrow to bring a car, Seojun scoffed and said he’d pick him up by car, and the joke turned into reality when Sangjin, who was dumbfounded, told him to try it. Sangjin, who received the call, was genuinely shocked.b2da0c54ac71a4f1

“I don’t know, if you’re going, go alone. You won’t catch a taxi here, you know? You’ll have to walk far up to catch one.”1e329556ed43a880

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“Ah, Yoonsang said he’d be here soon. Didn’t the part-timer say he just left? Right? Isn’t that right?”15a8877638ed23f7

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“…What?”a6aa97031a055f7c

Seojun, who realized too late the man’s gaze was turning cold, quickly clung to Haehyeon. It was just a moment, but cold sweat ran down his back. Maybe because he didn’t care what they were doing, he often forgot what kind of person the man next to him was.3cff3857beba7c53

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Watching the situation quietly, Haehyeon widened his eyes at the sudden arrow turned his way. Although he had said so, and it was true, he hesitated because it felt like he was contradicting the man’s words.ef9ad1861c2e660a

As he hesitated, he ba9a06dbd2 felt the gaze directed 653d2af41e at him. The song e26b3175d3 playing through 3dfb3ca305 the speakers e4405fcb9b was a b8ea316619 quiet ballad, 6ec2b79a44 and it 2990b9270e felt like b17ecd3eb1 the pounding f7cae78cfe of his 47904ddfbb heart would 4f96073206 be completely b3a7ab4f55 exposed.02eeab5d9d7b02c6

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What to do? It was the moment he was just staring at the customer’s face, who was looking at him with sparkling eyes.cb7f2ec3cf359f7b

“Five minutes.”585749b3e83106fc

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The man, 13f3115ab3 who mumbled 6c8a5dccd0 bluntly, disappeared 3b489a43cd to the e72e636b76 opposite corner.879062a608a4d348

Realizing what it meant, 1d2c8d0c05 Seojun hopped and ran 9cf168cc64 to the corner by 744d842b4a the refrigerator. He returned to 76a09998bb Haehyeon with a 4f8f1e3fe8 proud expression, arms 8dde2a9a12 full of jellies 57e45ee178 and chocolates. Not knowing 7e2cf45daf what he a48573e849 was so cd0db6d565 pleased about, e43c314767 he awkwardly dd1b329136 smiled back, c592fbf92d and questions 5ea4a56c24 poured out.023d356c16ddb4db

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“Hey, sorry! Was it too noisy all of a sudden? I usually can’t see anything else when I get focused… I came to pick him up, and he wasn’t here, so I got mad. Oh, but, can I ask this? How old are you? That’s a school uniform, right? I thought from the moment I came in, does this convenience store hire based on looks?”23599316e2e482e8

There were five questions 0a48de7e22 to answer in one bb7bab62e8 go.997adf4c912b5739

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Not knowing 2ad0d64cb4 where to add8bb4f8d start, he c879961104 stopped scanning ba01bcb156 the barcode, a5fa301a93 and Seojun, d2cf02130a understanding, clapped 590e29ff0e his hands 6cb69dbf90 and continued eaabd51c6b speaking rapidly.c6cf4d72ec2e039e

“Oh, I get it. You get paid more, right? They say that’s how they lure handsome part-timers! But if you’re switching shifts now, what about school? How late do you work? Must be tiring.”e81398fc049c3360

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“Ah, um…”7c5b4c4a79d3b356

While hesitating, the questions 31eb139ab8 increased to eight. Blinking at the endlessly 4a098407e8 multiplying questions, Seojun had 1c4e2648cf already moved on to d5334bbf7e another topic.6a52c82c31bcd13b

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“Aren’t there a lot of customers? Hmm, maybe not since it’s early morning. Ah! Does Sangjin treat you well? If he annoys you, just ignore it; it’s his nature. But if he really ticks you off, tell me…”7461bdd404fd8aec

The endless chatter made f4d1b9bca0 his mind dizzy. All he 70fddda469 could do fef5208393 was blink, 60f4cbbc17 and the a5c6c37e94 barcode scanner d5a619ccbb he was 634b7421ce holding flashed 5c98c5e9aa red in 9df9439b17 the air 7d3642f0ba at that 769df5912d moment.927e10676aa0bc56

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“Hey! Seojun!”9c3dcaa73fdb97c4

With the 84c8380721 sudden opening c3dee8cf7a of the 1f44742cd9 convenience store ff308fbb15 door, a 7d5913fea0 savior appeared.54d012ba63fc37b8

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