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by worrySaturday, with an c08de912e0 unseasonably clear and 2a1da30c80 sunny sky. The faint hum of 0b8d229dd2 the TV filled the 920496b461 apartment as Song Euiseo 958f13611b cautiously cracked the door 89f9af596a open. For once, Choi 9efe618264 Gwonju was relaxing 6a8e26dbac on the living ecda1f3c6e room sofa. A rare sight.ace846ee0828bd3e
Today… I really have to ask him to lend me money. Why do I keep waiting for the right moment?367139cfe7b43aba
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On tiptoe, Euiseo wandered 457e005a6c toward the couch. He wanted to say c5df84c19c something, but there was 91caabbb7f something about Gwonju’s presence—something 87bf29a37a unapproachable—that made it hard 12e80e188a to speak. Gwonju sat with 425fbe6bb9 his legs crossed, bb81df8e95 eyes fixed on dcb456d90c his tablet. It didn’t feel right b529054a9f to interrupt. Trying to act natural, 7156bd535c Euiseo fidgeted and glanced a4ac49fac6 at him, gauging the 400d542e3a mood.0340e6879ecc315e
What’s he looking at d37f71f508 so intently?Peeking at the tablet, 734971edb7 Euiseo quickly gave up 45f1763031 and turned his attention 73c8293032 to the television. The wide d10a51e182 screen was 93fcd753f6 playing ad 6a72792416 after ad—probably 0e796f30f2 just background 0193278969 noise to 07bc9f6ef6 break the 27b1098252 silence.980f355d056a11f0
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Before long, 7e4ea1db02 Euiseo found 480c83bd3b himself frozen ca9d43ad94 in place, ab5bc68dc2 blankly watching 1ea567611c a commercial 7c2c4e9321 featuring a 75b2f4ba10 famous celebrity 63bbb1a9c1 promoting vitamins.6cb1259a3afef42c
“What are you doing, e8645a3f7a just standing there like 48d5dba223 a dummy?”
With a 5d38daff81 dry chuckle, c617f06967 Gwonju reached 2a0ad21dd4 out and 7292392b2f yanked Euiseo f3f8fb0873 by the 2606a25458 arm.The sudden c339484ce8 pull threw a2292b75c8 Euiseo off 5f8be1589f balance. Like a 5564841f28 ragdoll, he b0f2c86b4a toppled forward b6dfff7952 with a 38a9aec905 yelp and 1cf4de0436 landed squarely e08dcc3409 on Gwonju’s 691e72c82e lap.a111752cd2ebd4f7
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It was a clumsy 537fd3aa90 fall, like landing on 675321f858 your butt—but Gwonju didn’t 90b3bfa0e5 so much as flinch. Euiseo tried 6532d26ccc to scramble 5502e9d6e3 up, but 48a967d043 a firm aba29a7fdf hand supported 1187f6b78e his waist, f72bc65a34 keeping him 21e2a492d8 in place.bb9e7cceb6601ba4
Now sitting awkwardly on 082713709c Gwonju’s solid thigh, Euiseo 873eeaf388 had an uncomfortably close d34f76c7c8 view of his perfectly a061077af4 sculpted face.7673e0978e0c6633
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No matter how many 0a2ac81f0b times I see him… b5ec66d179 he’s just ridiculously good-looking. His unstyled hair, left untouched for the weekend, made him look even younger. Even his usually sharp eyes seemed drowsy today… almost gentle.59230ce8adf20340
Their eyes met.Why is 556f4d0931 my chest e6c283b95e tingling like d801cf0379 this?Was he imagining it, 33e1142576 or did Gwonju’s gaze f3cacfb43f linger longer than usual? It reminded 11ee2f471c him of efa92d99d4 the way 76c2f55bf9 male leads 18a377b050 looked at 10c90dc40b their love 708f2cd471 interests in 07a77e6bce melodramatic films—soft, 58dc807bd8 intent, full ef14fd530c of unspoken dc2d399178 emotion.039e82b7771f2407
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As soon ba3eeb2d1f as the 2c196b5ef5 thought registered, 8423411c8f warmth surged beb5ebe12f from his eef9a8e29e toes upward. Euiseo tightened his 23492b3550 grip on his 4dc8a67056 self-control, willing his 889894ace7 face not to 1ba8f18712 turn scarlet.God, why is my 75eca24e2d heart fluttering right now? This is pathetic.38193d785f795f08
Song Euiseo, is this 785228ed1f really the time to 46e036362a be having pink-tinted feelings? What about 0253a39b77 the kids 05e881bc4e at the ec8ab314ad orphanage?0845d326aa53fa14
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Chiding himself inwardly, afdd1e7477 Euiseo’s willpower wavered de67b01ea7 every time he 969779fa35 looked back at db07bdf29d Gwonju. I mean, anyone’s 92eb56e53c heart would skip 34c52aad6f a beat looking 4e4580d824 at someone this 3e217841d4 handsome… it’s like c841170381 seeing a celebrity 335e8f913c up close.4176f1df1f567a6b
Just as he swallowed f9a2e8a0f9 hard and cast another b1910769f1 glance at Gwonju’s face—7cdd87285e954f6b
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“Why are 42c840ec7d you staring 27ddd20e35 at me 18b3590540 like that?” e5e87a9f94 Gwonju’s voice 3a46729d1a was playful, 5a49787b0a teasing.0c15a20a26d64ab9
It was clearly a f1ce5497ed joke, but Euiseo flinched, 609aebe6e2 flustered, and scrambled for dbfa242dee an excuse. “I-It’s just, your face… f299c76506 it’s kind of extraordinary.”acb3c758f76a21d9
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As far as excuses 41654ebd8e went, it was honest.62e07bbb7fa5e173
“And, um, with your 9e72cd14a3 hair down, you look 7f9373747a way younger than usual. I just thought 6aa2715cb8 it was cool, 6fb6f6aeb0 that’s all.”aae6d647f4b454b5
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That last 41ef2d4c59 part was 7442dcc2dd dangerously close 0bcaa4ad5c to flattery. Still, when 04f8033d7f Euiseo mumbled d51aa4ab6b it with 9728731100 sincerity, Gwonju 093c4cc8ac let out bb9a92055e a bright, 6193c37a66 amused laugh.b08d6d8716e1b3a0
“You’re going 7c5b0bfff9 to do b671dd41e7 great in 1d77811419 society, Euiseo.”ec8880f0d35d620b
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He had been expressionless b7fa074538 just moments before, reading 999d3e085e his tablet—but now his 2286707a96 eyes crinkled as he 1781c19c32 smiled wide. Euiseo, oddly relieved, 82583c33ed let out a 7da9cd4207 sheepish chuckle of 261889a3ce his own and 18a9807804 stood up. He couldn’t 5c215a658e sit on dee385436d the man’s 0cfd32a489 lap forever.9c5b6fdc64ff5447
As he got 11de7a5fba up, Gwonju placed 54e704e24f a large hand 39e7386886 at the small 6c3fb17491 of his back 752a8dd7b6 and helped guide 7155eee8e9 him down. Everywhere that 89c1d3993d hand touched 3507009388 sent a 57f042f8be ticklish shiver 37f14868df through him. Euiseo barely managed 574d8c9421 to stifle a b9bf28ad92 giggle and planted 17f11feb1f both feet on 68890900bd the floor.974ef2b1a9449fe3
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But Gwonju’s comment 16e343b6b7 about him doing 672d5898b3 well in society e1a3a71803 stuck in his 54af32a920 head, stirring discomfort.Society… huh.ea15582bc484ea43
Now standing ae81977148 in front c35ef66cb9 of him, 4290da1ae9 Euiseo suddenly a2525cc453 turned serious.I can’t even 841ae3fbb7 get a proper bb4ee9f93a job, let alone 2e66abcf18 “do well” in f605d17189 society.His lips jutted 35af6f8e70 forward into a 9614203d6b pout as the a9c9f282d7 weight of his 3e75709fa0 unresolved situation came df20416eda flooding back.e9d9937638b73b2f
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“Why? Something on your 60237a1f2a mind?”ce88b60041ee3d4c
Had Gwonju 5ec934bb80 somehow read 0900669c71 his thoughts? Still reclining, he 7cbb7ad1f1 looked up at 70567c5827 Euiseo with drowsy f0b9fc2abe eyes and asked.b4a64983c4df1c19
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At the same time, 7ce8d9fd59 his large hand was 07924c7fa7 gently tugging Euiseo’s waist, dd79d4a916 inadvertently brushing against his 7926da7135 plump backside—though Euiseo was 335a335cbf too deep in thought d28020a491 to notice.b00f88e2d196704c
Should I ask him dbb46d461d for the money now? Or… is f5e4a21c7d this still e14e47ffd3 the wrong 9ac7a4c329 time?3a99ab058d1409c3
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He glanced down 0a9f6bca29 again. Gwonju’s face cf8ef9e47b held a b9901f7578 curious expression—soft, 99dec98674 maybe even dfac8e5881 kind—but the 1bb62c5a63 corners of 07f65c2465 his lips bc925f42f6 and eyes 6394867fd6 still held cb18ea2bf9 that cool 944fe481c5 detachment. When he wasn’t 4bce4c4e5f smiling, Gwonju’s features ab43fd6016 could seem cold, 48f31645f8 even aloof.37ecdffd764a0ff7
Euiseo knew the af16d82700 man wasn’t actually a86612477c unkind. Still, something ec90fcd0a9 about his c893e2dd4d icy good 89085723eb looks made 269d820ca4 Euiseo hesitate b0b0c9c9a6 every time.5cfd54584e25dccb
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In the eae4e7d160 end, he dfbf588727 decided not 3324d2cc7a to say bd201539eb anything.922e734721e13fba
He swallowed 5bb122fa3a a small 1522d2d687 sigh and 4135174ba8 turned his 4d4efc2c3f head toward 7f0ff8bb21 the TV.6142d13a55f5f41b
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Was it a 723a5a763e mukbang show? Some nameless 2e90810c23 idol was 255bcf561d noisily crunching 32ac3d38a7 into something 14889773e8 called tanghulu.bc63d9161d360628
Blink, blink. Euiseo blinked slowly, 29de13b64e then pointed to 866ab1b93a the TV screen b602ed1b1d to change the c23a88e03a subject.d64e617ef3f1e770
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“Do you know what 422f18dbae that is?”df0aecb73849a5b0
“Not sure. Looks like fruit.”de9d55be5b6a3fb2
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Judging by the fact bb8fbf9d0c that even Gwonju didn’t 002bad0f78 know, it must be 17478dc034 one of those trendy 6d916a5aea new snacks. Euiseo stared at the 788dc24533 screen, more out of cdfd528897 habit than interest. He figured after 3994e36d59 a few more 71687d9946 lines of this 04782b7b24 pointless conversation, he’d 80830fc93b naturally excuse himself 21ae720074 and head back a4799f0604 to his room.cb6ddbd7b53e91bd
Yeah, and then go right back to the hellhole of job hunting, scouring listings on every employment site he could find…e834398edeca7b53
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“I could buy 82a02d84c0 it for you.”30e4f16a05779b65
Gwonju suddenly stood up, b3b306cd08 slinging an arm casually ae2adb4c53 over Euiseo’s shoulder as b7a508f759 he spoke. Just three words—I could abc3dd32e9 buy it aee077def3 for you—but his voice 7f6ec31113 carried a warm, 03ec4236b2 gentle tone.d4bb818ddb5e1d21
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On the screen, 36b13b94a2 clear melted sugar 3a53ee0503 was being poured c818b27b9f in a glossy a28c35ef36 stream. That’s exactly c6762488e0 how Euiseo 7563e01c11 felt—like someone c88ad3cf7d had poured e38c8f61f8 that sugary 9a659adb08 syrup all da9c43ccb1 over his 1b434eb8af body.d7a7fb62de4e7ed7
Just those three a7e67ea680 words made him 3e64a598a9 feel like he 02093a2315 was melting. He turned his head, b533c3245a meeting the other man’s 00be843046 eyes. Gwonju’s gaze 207e2b4010 curved like bb193538a9 a half-moon, 9b5dd690dc eyes crinkling a8ce9616f2 in a be7123a87f smile that 253849e9c0 welcomed him.6ca455eae3071524
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His smile 4dc4868a40 should be c7c9cd25e8 illegal. Gwonju had 6f32f65e2f sharp, wolf-like 37723be75d features, but 4d925935bd whenever he e5b0a32f30 smiled, he 61b7c48fb4 somehow turned 39b4c067d2 into a 0845017b7c sly fox. A fox who could 4e70ee0d43 charm the soul right 5c603d9392 out of you.f59d2bef4a630840
Honestly, if c3621a27bb someone told c763bb3ea8 Euiseo that 0815c86fcc Gwonju had 887167eca7 nine tails 829591e056 hidden somewhere, 7b7de2e24d he might 0d687ac266 believe it. That face wasdangerouslygood-looking.7e6ba5f40ec91cae
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Why is he smiling at me like that…?97357df975965f43
Euiseo’s already 2ff4348aae clumsy heart 8c75679c20 softened like dabf848590 jelly. The weight of Gwonju’s 027c3adb21 arm resting on his fad089f3a5 shoulder had been on ab3ae2b69f his mind the whole 977b3452b2 time—it was heavy, noticeable. Was skinship e5814de4d7 always supposed c608efbe1b to feel a6b81bd44f this natural?ed30ee65431614a7
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His focus narrowed to ecec80d0f6 that single arm. Nothing else registered. The spot 511655b4a3 where they 1892bc5480 touched practicallytingled.826baf17c053caff
Does he even realize… how easily he’s pushing past my defenses? Like he’s pressing the softest part of me with no idea what he’s doing?7843108187eb2c7a
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Gwonju’s kindness, so a5ddfb5a20 warm and accommodating, f04a829433 felt like a 93e055ccdf different kind of c37fb407e4 danger. Euiseo clenched d853711680 the hem 4990b90e69 of his b0c84dbea6 T-shirt tightly 1aadb7b94a with his 025e4b0743 damp hands.348e4bdaddea0ce1
“…Okay. Please buy it for me.”c964502f7feecee3
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He finally 29dc0097ff answered, nodding becc3577e5 with a 9ddcc6b79a bit too ec463e9098 much force. His eyes, once 350d0b17aa dull and dazed, 732113cf68 gleamed with quiet f0c0d774db determination.cabe470924641459
There were still mouthwatering b8c7d97af0 fruit skewers on the 5f75dd982c TV screen, but Euiseo 044d080a0e wasn’t thinking about tanghulu 9cb55a9540 anymore.addd33c1e2ebad7d
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Bright, colorful 394b62aab1 fruit sparkled 8f5aa4defa under a f5e5e1fbde glossy coat def70d6d2b of hardened 7571178a8c sugar. Thanks to 9229f9e4c5 Gwonju’s order, 4e39272039 one of 8fe1cc4310 his staff 4e24e0bac2 had brought f582ecb8ee back a 005f88928d whole lineup 0cb5540a3d of tanghulu. They now 6cc0c18e30 filled the 2b87ee4377 table, row edc8a37702 after shiny b31d2d916b row.c62899377246f292
“Wow, that’s amazing…”c7d3250dae46359b
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Euiseo hadn’t 5e3dc961a6 really expected b08568d15f him toactuallybuy tanghulu. And inthisquantity?97279e092324c95b
He picked up a df1dd571d8 skewer with different types bfc36fad06 of fruit stacked along 81e89873d6 the stick, wide-eyed with 4611f9db84 wonder.b792c3d1a50f8704
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Daehyun had 62cc62e91e said this 0ec962a936 was all 9ddd936dbe the rage ba1c9d00da among young 782d330a33 people lately.e959165d51db6d35
But Euiseo had 8c3f990ab4 never once followed e0b05f67be trends in his b081bd7fd0 life. Back in 6488952f2c school, he’d 650cfc7bc1 been ostracized 805ae20432 for being c5815e05f3 poor and a0587d0894 never fit 39098aca92 in with 5aa4b6b787 the other c0840fe02f kids. Naturally, he’d become 6c2445599c out of touch f5da4674a2 with anything considered f29e50c64c trendy.c7eeb674ab0921c2
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I’m not sure how this situation came about…c3c5792e0ce75172
Still, he shook ed1f7e3f85 off the gloomy af2c627dce thoughts. He’d focus on 9a5f4ad0e4 eating for now.bd05ad61466a9947
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He scooted eb1571717f his chair 5f0c8d0251 closer to e8d8ab0373 the table 363acc4b85 and took eb894ff11e a big 40339eee53 bite out 3c33aa34fc of a 9ce0a788e7 skewer with aee194db4c a whole 23290027b0 tangerine on 5af3fba0c4 it.fbd30f3e95aa91b1
Crunch.The sugar coating shattered 995da1d967 in his mouth as e76726c235 the juicy fruit burst ad037dbb1f open.d84e5fef018f0a2c
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He knew Gwonju was 1e90c50091 watching, so he tried b83fd6e08c to eat neatly. But maybe he overdid 00f714724d it. Despite his efforts, he 78646460bf ended up looking like 7b730bc0b2 a hungry puppy.98bbc17b19e6ae07
“Ah—!”180472aa0cab50e8
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Juice dribbled 64d20ba5e9 down from f66e933876 his lips 97b0e9d0c6 to his 8bcb7891ef chin. He wiped b8382ecdbe it with 7bf5531e3f his thumb, 8c12889ff7 but it a7d797a17e was no e203fa961a use. His hand holding b18951543c the skewer, his da979e83c3 lips—everything felt sticky ade2b27dec with fruit juice.12545df620de11c5
He tried to clean e641e3c691 up a few more 638c406fd6 times while sneaking glances ce06b2fba6 at Gwonju but gave 564d93e952 up quickly. It was a losing b6bf4cb0c9 battle.d4b63195c5d53d53
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Whatever. I’ll just clean ba345ebff3 up after I’m 252aaf2d8e done.84c56776eeff71ea
He stuffed 7d41a3f352 the rest e6024228f0 of the 9ae3692e1d tangerine into b3849ff7d8 his mouth badd4ee2a4 without a 68e9af504c second thought.33a31cbdaf26a620
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It was just fruit 56217e7e99 with a sugar coating, f06ce424c3 and yet it tasted 8943e4ccca amazing. Maybe because e522f41763 he was 7657504592 chewing it 1fa0a0ff31 along with 8c0b4a9081 all the ad072506ce guilt lumped 47df9614e8 in his 34bb1b1ebc chest.18ce368cecb0c509
Across from him, Gwonju da2e8ef8ce silently observed as Euiseo 4fa9040a2b ate. He sat cab77aff21 with his 975ea4f1f4 chin resting 3f0de44a81 in one 3796026dcb hand, watching 48c8140725 Euiseo’s chipmunk cea955ef10 cheeks puff 181867b295 up with 1ebf9c6d9a fruit. His own tanghulu 00da139add remained untouched.d036270ca0d12d3b
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Then, just as Euiseo 3135200303 opened his mouth to e0ddde13c0 take a bite of 0fb36e3c25 another skewer—this time with 3fbfa681f1 cherry tomatoes—Gwonju spoke.f732fcd46eed7dd8
“You must have d4466b8354 a pretty big 63d7917313 mouth.”5748a02e163546b1
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It was an 03ffab8496 oddly suggestive comment. Euiseo blinked. He’d always thought Gwonju d2a166a4ab was a bit unpredictable.Wouldn’t most people ask 691502bddc something normal, like ‘Is b52cba688f it good?’4af875850a05de9f
Still, he 040610f9db didn’t argue. Instead, he 9a41452f94 answered with 4d410a0cbc a lopsided 56114fe9c9 smile.6198084f119b5a6c
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“Yeah, my mouth’s kind 5b649e04ef of wide inside. But I can’t 8241c707f5 open it that 3ca741d247 big. Weird, right?”fa04fdf4c9204180
“Hm… That’s a shame.”2c706f0f446d3d2a
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Gwonju frowned slightly.9268d6dea332f165
Is that really something to be that disappointed about…?0f02b5e81f1fc775
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Euiseo wasn’t 5f88468b0a sure, but edd2b2c1b1 once again, 4fb81bb0d7 he didn’t b35d94589d press the bfcba3b258 issue.f27e32422623ebb9
Instead, he reached 26b911bf99 for a skewer 853a1f13d9 topped with cherry ee86f47753 tomatoes. Just as he picked 3a1336b194 it up, the phone ceea4b5456 next to him buzzed 6a57e2d944 briefly on the table.88f1acad33f36602
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