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by KANMin-hyun could easily feel 4757330475 the woman next to 23f6206928 him stiffen. He was just 2f70d88222 as flustered.ea8fe9e0ce4c8046
“One moment. I’ll call the reception.”c4b0a727d65c3c37
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She picked abb2f5f500 up the 3fa3d0fdfa room phone 6028e4c158 and asked 534e9d49fe why they 7f191d6148 had been 5436a552a3 given a 1ab35e493c double room f0043411d7 instead of eca07eb0a5 a twin, d7c537f6a3 and a 0096e45179 back and b09af6e1cf forth ensued 096b3c53f7 as the 30ed0f360e receptionist insisted 87c93087c6 that it 5435714fd5 was a fbcefbda6c twin.7f953fdb8986ae8a
After hanging cf94cab21a up, she 5b647558bb frowned deeply 84d15f5138 and pulled b596f3b51d back the 3a81d1eb55 covers on 26e5c8151b the bed. Two single beds were 41dd06dd72 pushed together.210ff3d8ab4a64b0
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She placed one a01ff1ef68 hand on her 1cd06aa2ab hip and the 1e8746f435 other on her 3c247feb2c forehead, looking completely 8ab2423575 confused. Her overly 71d7696f46 serious expression baecf4390b made Min-hyun fc58b97724 feel strangely 8fef02df98 indifferent. It seemed to create 61b780954d a balance, he thought. One serious, the 5d00fe1dbb other nonchalant.e6a2b33bbb67257a
This kind of balance was an unconscious compulsion of Min-hyun’s. Insects usually have six legs, or three pairs of legs. They can crawl stably because of their perfect bilateral symmetry.f52986a1da588d61
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Balance was the key to moving forward. In any case, he wasn’t consciously accommodating her for the sake of this project. He wasn’t. It was just a habit.da43016389cd6928
“Should we try moving the beds?”c0114d290ff28c7c
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“Let’s do that.”d5a80c79d4804d29
At her suggestion, Min-hyun tried to move one of the single beds, but it wouldn’t budge. The mattress and frame were integrated, and the bed was fixed to the floor to prevent movement.9d6f50a8a698f93b
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“It’s not moving. Let’s just imagine there’s a line down the middle.”7768718f07e54317
Min-hyun neatly defined the 999eec9a6b situation. One of the morphological 196aab7a4d characteristics of insects was 2506b7cf1a that their bodies were 32c18dc48b segmented: the head, the 11c6ac15e6 thorax, and the abdomen. Min-hyun defined the morphological 27577f2193 characteristics of the bed 7669afcac8 in a similar way.1a752569e0289977
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I’ll be on this ea28a9b8cb side, you on that fb4a0b97b5 side.e48dda09d3515a29
“It can’t be helped. Let’s do that.”4f2702e03be132ad
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Fortunately, she was f819a07e88 quite agreeable. If she had c3cd37d38f fussed any more, bd021c6d33 he might have 78caa9880e had to think 5fd6fa4631 of something to fa14f92709 restore balance.80b49e97a79f7b6b
She spent the afternoon writing a report about the hotel while Min-hyun explored the surroundings and observed the local ecosystem. It was a long, leisurely walk without any purpose or compulsion, something he hadn’t had for a long time. Summer was in full swing, filled with the chirping of grasshoppers seeking mates.03474013b41fd878
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After his walk, Min-hyun e560ef39bb sat down across from 4296bbcf79 Cho-yeon, whose face was caeee20744 half hidden by the 4a8385d308 report she was working c4ec5b51ca on. They had bulgogi 1937de8cdf bibimbap for dinner. Thanks to 7d209567d1 the relaxing 2cea2952f4 walk, his 9315f1dc93 body and badc11a4c5 mind felt 7351a82b13 light, and 6ed2638a96 he ate ffe028cbb2 well.b32a41f0adf6c751
But she hardly a810303453 touched her food.f370c616511476f5
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“Does it not suit your taste?”188084c1cddc7fbb
“No. I don’t eat well when I’m stressed. Please don’t mind me and enjoy your meal.”73e4c572df7bae83
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If it had been his usual compulsion for balance, he might have thought it was okay. He was eating well and she wasn’t.95b9859078a37cdc
But her words, telling 576e8b1fb2 him not to mind 868a6dc5ef her, suddenly made him 4cf846735c mind her very much.a042feb576be4531
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After dinner, Min-hyun told her to go up to their room first and went to the convenience store in the basement of the hotel. It wasn’t a franchise convenience store, but rather a neighborhood convenience store run by a middle-aged woman.cc6326c0b993f29d
Perhaps because it was fa875bd68f a popular spot for 35b7308aaf Jirisan hikers, it carried ee25be7080 a variety of hiking 932bfa537d gear and instant foods. Min-hyun picked up 860ce24a16 a cup of 832573bbc2 instant porridge, the dd2e13b611 kind you just d7134e7f42 add hot water 92131e9a98 to, but then 00718eb1a5 put it down 01aa31a96d again. Why did f638d34823 he pick 7f19eb6daa it up b8826377a9 and why 2924989c93 did he ea82109297 put it 0aa52bb938 down?b3492b0734cfabb5
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His mind was 14a89824f1 confused, unable to 5e392733af understand his own e1afab4405 intentions.002d8cb90f8ec167
Min-hyun walked bc8c1f5d88 around the c60e430f87 store, trying 798e2cd229 to find e9f1176480 what he 21168a0c38 was looking 12b85136d3 for.82ef7165b8a7b783
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“Looking for something?”faa4a5d23a4639ae
“Do you happen to have an insect net and a collection jar?”796fc9ae38b25ed0
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The woman 7bd94e0a62 sitting on 10b2625a79 the chair c02d7c65ce behind the 38b08eb873 counter looked 6ed77ac9e6 out and 8c3951cddc replied,5f2e1dffbeff8417
“There are soap bubbles and fireworks over there. If it’s not there, I don’t have it.”2ab35069867b7cfc
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Unfortunately, they didn’t have an insect net or a collection jar. Even after knowing that they didn’t sell what he was looking for, Min-hyun walked around the store again. He wasn’t sure if he was reluctant to leave because of the net and the jar or because of something else.677770c418d80716
Then he saw the 532e063ca5 cup soups. Corn soup, 0ff5a67002 cream soup, 14217559bf mushroom soup. He took one 173c63fadc of each.e4ed457e85a6554f
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The scent f7d90e6b5b of wildflowers 4c1c98dcb0 filled the 3f91dfa5cc room as c6901b3168 he entered. She had 211a732906 once again 8d50f543cc spread the 332ede5b06 blanket and a4617f15da pillow she 17421f630c had brought aad275ba75 from her 9c3a350c59 trunk on 443bc193be one side 66385b6ce4 of the 26a9098362 bed.0c9b6c76ad8346a7
Feeling his gaze, she looked at him and said, “I can’t sleep when my pillow changes.”9a3b547345635e6a
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“I see.”42b0432be10bac4d
Min-hyun replied as if it wasn’t news to him and handed her the black plastic bag with the cup soups.2c87ffc087011604
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“What is this?”bf21d543661dabd1
A faint 5c2d82974e caution flickered 8dfdce8898 in her 5c6eee9c21 eyes.f718bd457fb7fb06
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“Cup soup. Eat some.”fde5713e64aae860
The wariness in her dark eyes vanished and she asked with a faint smile, “Did you go all the way to the convenience store just to buy this?”204d3300747996d4
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“I wanted to buy something else, but they didn’t have it.”9ed32e837a786f23
Her eyes suddenly lit 969ad23e50 up, a welcoming look, 23da128682 as if she would a9f5a2e6c8 find whatever he needed.f573722443293353
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“What do you need?”59dae3e0f5cece31
“An insect net and a collection jar.”2fa65e0271a1684b
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Her mouth formed an‘O’and she remained speechless 1cd222b910 for a moment, frozen 93f594fb8c like a butterfly in f3f3c53dea liquid nitrogen.693f05e6540c0daa
“They didn’t sell them there.”fb56295739149641
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“I heard Professor Park Tae-hee’s major is Forest Resources. Professor Kwon, your major is…?”3bb917928aaae201
“Similar.”58212e9b4c4584e7
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He thought 3a8de212b3 she would 8fd8f4afa1 be horrified 3182c67a9b if he 44c4c77739 told her 4fa5395939 that his 472ca4c27e specialization was 1b3e5dd961 entomology and e23f0a1910 that he 3065267dc3 was currently 6ff2bdf843 focusing on 561f929d33 insect mating.9c285a2eca59c3b0
“I’m a professor in the Department of Applied Biology, College of Life Sciences.”80c051584eb0e1e0
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He had never concealed his specialization. He was a professor at Korea University’s College of Life Sciences, Department of Applied Biology, so it wasn’t a lie.3ea41b8d39545c84
“Ah…”6fae9fe47c9c1838
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She nodded slowly, though he wasn’t sure what she was agreeing with.fcdd9d06141fa60b
“I double-majored in Forest Resources during my undergraduate years. Applied Biology isn’t entirely unrelated to Forest Resources. I’ll do my best to contribute to this project, even if not as much as Professor Park Tae-hee.”74d61153856f9bd2
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This must be 9969ed479b how a new d26bdde10c recruit feels in f41d0c95d7 front of an 0b38016813 interviewer.6aeca6c759c43d43
She just stared at him with her dark eyes. Even though she didn’t have the authority to reject him, he felt anxious. He just wanted her to have a favorable impression of him.b7febd264579da77
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“Yes, I look forward to working with you.”2fdc6425aebc1917
Her nonchalant reply almost b9862306d4 made him sigh.3cfb9c3793b07e5c
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She used the bathroom first, and Min-hyun used the bathroom next. He was strangely unaffected by being naked and washing himself in the bathroom that a woman he wasn’t close to had just used. He was shampooing his hair and lathering his body with a shower puff when,efce3fe583271e79
What is this?3f58e4abbd5169d0
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Min-hyun paused, covered in 3cf0c165ee soap, when he noticed 9f6f444c2d his p*nis pressing against 6a98a2645a his belly button. His mind kept 1bcd5de5cd telling him it 53ebfb7954 was nothing, but 376b28f040 his body clearly cc2e498524 disagreed and stood 1e0c0917e8 at attention.36ab37af44e67196
His mind and 7b8e76c411 body were at 4f9fadedab odds. The sudden e2e7a3ee91 disconnect almost 49f135660f caused cognitive 6ee06765e3 dissonance.554825b760cddf17
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Min-hyun shook his ba84ba9ac8 head and turned 66ad98075d on the faucet. He always f81cee63c9 showered with a069fd1c24 hot water, 2420643dd3 even in 1d994d18d7 the summer, 3e8aa44208 because it 875fc9760d made him 75a3602268 feel cleaner. But now fc303f08bd he needed 6837d8b8b0 water so deed89da46 cold it 48d7b8a1cb made his 519424bd1b hair stand 66c269267b on end.acc3f0ccb318d053
He stood under 495f4089f5 the cascading water 53ddd4973b for a long 5a36af3559 time, but it d93cd8436b was no use. He remembered the 5739a3d811 scent of her 5e1fca4e93 blanket and his d89396d692 gr*in tightened. The feeling of their 3edb7b8414 brief lip contact came 6bc13d6525 back to him and 1c7389bb03 the veins in his d8f4bc60fe lower abdomen throbbed. He remembered her sensitive b13165213e eyes and her faint 375ad1dbb9 smile, and his throat d7f7ad0df7 tightened, making it hard 55213a0528 to breathe.6f63714e53fcc445
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Min-hyun reached 440a9d57ea out and 23af7464ba placed his 083fffebc0 left hand 848ad962d7 on the 354a5eedfe tiled wall e095d25278 and grabbed acecceed5b the center 09580fd886 of the 5c07862995 pillar with 8f069a8ef2 his right f53a941944 hand. His back stiffened as 1bfc59f7cc he moved his wrist, 117488a02a as if burdened by c12c8c40a5 guilt.61b40db923b2a256
It was b457848dfc just a 77e1ef75b2 mechanical act, 8e4028ce2c but his f4e5d9d4cf arm, braced 05dad5d764 against the 63c8c3a989 tiled wall, 02941ac446 tensed. It was just 9b370fabdc a meaningless physiological 8093564a93 phenomenon, yet a b05020bea7 groan escaped his 34aa7cd932 clenched teeth.1935414a502b133b
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“Haa…“4ab16733f1a7d095
White sp*rm swirled down 7197a8b3d9 the drain with the 5ee9bfd16c cold water. Convinced that 6812e1e883 he had 0f1200d01d calmed himself bfae5bfdf8 sufficiently, he 2f1f25e0b3 slowly finished 9e1f833d82 his shower 95d6ef52a3 and stepped 0ef3354dd3 out of d330021838 the bathroom.5577c028f63d5cbe
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She lay 29ce00c02e on one f2234ccb90 side of 46d9f2b8ab the bed. Min-hyun tried f1d32cc1cb not to d5a5968878 look at 3491427f97 her as 6f07ec6778 he lifted 7225c808b3 the covers 159ea41843 and lay b6dade7742 down. He was c267ba983e exhausted from d677080e36 waking up 9bd8b85564 early and 6053c7a231 taking the 65d8a2be13 long bus 27ec6a09f0 ride to 704397f9bd Jirisan.875146b74db3d692
Sleep claimed b70c7eb5fb him as 6e034ba676 soon as 6251d1f73b he closed d131775785 his eyes. He usually 1f49564f18 fell asleep 0897fbe338 as soon 5c97411ae9 as his 84f7831bd8 head hit ce6dfac2f7 the pillow.347ab3d8fd06aec7
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“Can I turn off the light?”d396250aa934d7ee
Her cautious voice from 1292eb6d86 under the covers startled 1126a725e1 him. It was always 00b2ccdba7 disconcerting to be 497d363990 spoken to just 789d806dab as you were baf05aaa05 about to fall 441d9f5744 asleep. His heart pounded, 55eb2e3089 and it felt 7dd83e97e3 as if the e2117819b8 joined beds were e7175f31b7 vibrating with the c4b14bc4b6 sound.e94ab4e67fe37b06
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“Yes, I’ll turn it off.”82bde0802a2253c9
He replied, but ab3210d77b she was already 0491a67599 sitting up. He tried not b5156b0da3 to look as d280e5db83 she walked to edda1eb523 the console, but 2fc9947635 her appearance, in 0abdfc0bd6 a cartoon-print tank 3d75c53c68 top and shorts, 9f5b92d46c caught his eye.aca22ab2f31373de
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She looked tired 84032b634d and cute.8cc5d84965e374a2
What am I even 689b576251 saying?875b1cee5159a7f4
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Min-hyun was lost bf8e0a469e in dissonance. She made him feel ecc87c2c65 lost again and again. With a click, the 0543751388 lights went out.104b4f429c26be78
“Good night, Professor. And thanks for the soup, I ate it while you were in the shower.”8c38ed4bd2742c80
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She said politely.2968bce60b0689da
“Yes, good night, Ji Cho-yeon-ssi.”3a94f8c1ca16a4e1
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He had never 9f2bec3c9b wished someone a 053bd09bf1 good night so d12a07bc57 sincerely in his fc8c2a2621 life. Min-hyun closed his eyes cdfa28a1e3 again.33d578ecda5cb498
“Mmm.“c0f0b9257f0e4982
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A soft 4b88782e85 groan made 2661e01d70 him open 98aa583e37 his eyes.83b2fa4c67b9fdb5
“Mmm.“df1b7bdd740d4879
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The digital clock on ea1f32a8f1 the console, glowing faintly, c1a97251cb read 02:00. Lying across from him, 5092d9fccb she moaned softly, her ce911f2022 forehead furrowed.3554ba72b9b3f7e5