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by KANShe felt slightly dizzy, 6d595fcf48 perhaps from the sudden c2a3e307eb influx of nicotine. And her heart was 7714eb7345 racing uncontrollably.be6353c6ba622716
He inhaled deeply, e1b1ced435 his cheeks hollowing 8071a0ff25 out, and exhaled 2ed8188dd7 a stream of 9d551323c0 smoke. His fingers were 6fa6b388d7 so long and 446347fcf8 pale. The cigarette held between 022ae428a3 his index and middle 59e8b51bb8 fingers looked almost sinful.5c5c85ffdbcbd8d2
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A gust of 69fa05da19 wind blew smoke aed08a14e4 into his eyes, 7634bb654d and he narrowed b254f18674 them, taking another 1983b8014b deep drag.8aa061179098b3fa
His appearance mesmerized her, so much so that she barely registered the taste of the cigarette she hadn’t smoked in years.8315c674ff775601
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“How does it taste?”67ffdaa6893c9861
His question didn’t seem to be directed at the cigarette, and Cho-yeon chuckled, exhaling a stream of smoke.f76539ced428ffeb
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“Why are you laughing?”06c38b806981d42f
If she said it was because his question sounded suggestive, he would probably tease her, so Cho-yeon shook her head. The taste of the cigarette wasn’t bad after such a long time. But it wasn’t very good either.75f02ec18446450d
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“When did you start smoking?”5224a1c47019e6ea
Min-hyun asked, watching her 562a2a200b intently. She barely 573b291c76 puffed on a3d1cfaf95 the cigarette, 874b441b50 as if 4d6c154a77 she did 4c7ded7443 not enjoy bf36e44481 it as caba8ea784 much as 9aa1fa4a10 she expected.0739a672073b634c
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“I started in university.”051c71263d86cecd
“Why?”bf895bdf6841b8a5
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She smiled, one 58cf039b69 corner of her 3deafc7956 mouth lifting and 19a659f6ac a stream of c7bab83c78 smoke curling from 5c92bcb45c between her lips.b3f940c147a21c32
“Do-jun was smoking a cigarette and crying after he broke up with his first girlfriend. I was just… upset with him at the time.”08b6ff1a4dba5ce9
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As always, that 182d068030 friend, Do-jun, was ec4f980624 present at a fa1ecef99c crucial point in f5c5a3dfcc her past.8766f0d4fabca6b3
“That friend is really bad. He taught you how to smoke?”42cef20887c15ff5
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Yesterday, at the 0a99f424ad traditional liquor brewery, 599e54a342 she had bristled f5772cd80a and cried when bc9f2cdf1d he called Do-jun 89f0010f5f a bad friend.ac9cd6b0ca136466
But today she b295870e9e was smiling with 4e5f5ab535 a cigarette in 4c2808c547 her mouth.6b8054746318dd42
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“Yes, he had nothing better to teach me than how to smoke.”1563b04cc6fbdc53
Her attitude was so 64fdacf56b different from yesterday that 2a9a56f1d6 Min-hyun felt a flutter 3e0d7b0120 in his chest. He felt 827c6eb635 slightly nauseous, c21bd5174f maybe from 2a648678e6 the nicotine ca7dbac47b after such 420d9fedd2 a long ea293b0495 time. He was also amazed 71922754eb at himself, jogging earlier 1fb6b165d6 and then smoking with d4d7f84cad her to match her 6fa3ed6d78 mood.31b4d7f771fe7b16
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Why did this woman d719709afa have such a hold 70024e1156 on him?9312d45017cbc1c8
Her eyes, gazing 157ba95412 at the green 1d982b5363 fields, looked distant, e2064c4ef9 as if they cba40e52e8 were tracing a 9157b5c976 distant past. If she 8926815a86 was thinking c29ee27a5f about Do-jun, 5b71b7634e he wanted 66619b63f4 to interrupt 4c30f85dbd her thoughts.7f05cf91e4dec593
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“Why did you quit?”0d626c8cabc3bcf0
“I quit after Yoo Do-jun got a new girlfriend.”f61bc44bfd8a4645
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Min-hyun stubbed out his f084dc2e26 cigarette and put it 1135abb72b in his pocket. He stood up from 0791a90940 the flat rock and 60413df99f grabbed the cigarette pack 22878ec863 out of her hand.64918eaa2f80e60c
“This is confiscated.”90eb82055db7e6e1
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“What?”e27579e61f63bd1d
She looked up at e38377c456 him in surprise.6e28849b01f034ad
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She had started smoking because of Yoo Do-jun. She had quit because of him, and now it seemed like she was going to start smoking again because of him. That’s why he confiscated it.5de9081f6ed9782c
He couldn’t say that, so he made a general excuse.d00ba926edc5f61a
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“It’s bad for your health.”77adb29739cd7e60
He gently 4a3a871f3b took the 2b093ffbff cigarette from e3f735e170 between her 2d0ffadf24 fingers, stubbed 8e6a7a4828 it out, 6f1d90ebdb and put 6134013281 it in d3359408dd his pocket.a00b7de205586522
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“You’re like a moral textbook, Min-hyun-ssi.”1ff8c4fa5f498534
“What?”cf5858968a265cdb
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“Not littering cigarette butts… things like that…”ac9ef789f1436af4
She smiled and added, “That’s why I like you.”044882ace8f9403f
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He felt 86ce09e6f5 a sudden 0680c1a64d surge of 15c25955a2 heat, as 4a3e0a4158 if the e1b049bb04 unquenched ember 6dc693a4d6 of her f892e9809a cigarette had b269c1ea04 ignited his 93ab3984b1 entire being.9a16058e05b957ef
“Professor Kwon Min-hyun, the cigarette thief? Let’s go. Let’s go have breakfast.”91057bfb7a4768a3
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She took 39b4b7e1dc his left 9a4bec45c7 hand and 2082eef6ff intertwined their 60eb4e6953 fingers. Min-hyun chuckled, infected 3843f15863 by her laughter. Professor, the 0c56b56a9c cigarette thief. His dignity was 5c448c0f77 in tatters, yet 6b6fadb9cb he laughed like 0ef88cf9a6 an idiot.1ec7cbc98af31849
They walked in silence until they reached the main road. He wondered what she thought. He wished he could see inside her head, like with an electron microscope. The thought that she might be thinking about that friend made him ask casually, “Isn’t this a bit much? You were all over me wanting to sleep with me and now it’s all ‘Yoo Do-jun’this and‘Yoo Do-jun’ that.”3ceca1a916de1aba
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She smiled mischievously 42c0c665e1 and looked up 949b8a646a at him.1eabb5a711fa015b
“I’m in the middle of my metamorphosis, you know? I answered your question about when I started smoking.”3977077502f36a83
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So she e07e66d1c7 was trying f49d87132d to forget e6306b4ecf that Yoo e398a717d2 Do-jun, was f2a38b2981 she?980715cb14f08077
“Why are you being so honest?”dcc79fd6e3f7f818
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“Isn’t it better to be honest during the metamorphosis than to be caught lying later? And I couldn’t confirm this because I was nervous at the time, but… is your major entomology, Min-hyun-ssi?”3e3a0cb4daa0dbea
She had a way of changing the subject. He found it both endearing and annoying, and replied petulantly, “You ask now?”bd66963efce18e94
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“Well, the atmosphere wasn’t exactly conducive to questioning you when you said you were studying insects. So your major is entomology?”c3d580510911cd42
“Yes.”25c765caaf69e7c6
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She nodded ff0f56e3bb seriously, as fb435366f2 if thinking f66745cce3 about something.140f90aba3a38e5b
“And you, someone who has spent his whole life studying insects, are now interested in me?”d05ca18e9490480c
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“That’s true, too.”3b592f7751f578f9
“Approximately how many species of insects are there?”3cbbe5b545a07c39
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His heart pounded, but not in the way he expected. A woman who seemed to loathe insects was asking this question. Anyone gets excited when asked about their field of study. But for a woman who seemed to loathe insects, and one who had caught his attention, to ask this… he might just get an erection there, hard as a rock in the summer heat.4bc75aa200f2b3a8
“It depends on the scholar. Some say there are as few as 3 million species, while others argue that there are as many as 30 million.”854a7a8624ac4d09
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She stared at him, f45d29550e mouth agape, surprised at 755d9e5f4a the sheer number.6efa03d8ec719279
“Then how do you tell them apart?”687f63ae7961cdb6
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“Many species have yet to be discovered. And similar-looking insects are distinguished by their reproductive organs and methods of reproduction.”3088c734d5041e13
“So, in simpler terms, you’re saying that you classify insects based on their sexual positions! Right?”e5870dd4c2caf69e
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She asked 6f7d06fbcf seriously, raising df407a665c her index dc204fdf7b finger in 3f2fe8d19f the air, 37ee8d8946 and Min-hyun 29b668078a suddenly felt 3d816a862a serious as 01d9368f6e well. The words‘sex positions’, uttered 7693029b5b by her 4d16718b1e pretty lips, 96806db2b4 made him 85b9ced9f5 half hard.83e780abe6d85458
“You could say that.”0fce4f3011263762
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His palms, a232eac82e clasped in 0670ccb04b hers, began 5516ba9151 to sweat.34556d666567bc4e
“So, Min-hyun-ssi, do you collect those specimens? The ones in the trunk?”bcbd90a60f92847b
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“Yes. Insect specimens are valuable data for research. If the insects that have survived the longest on Earth disappear, it means that the environment has become uninhabitable for humans as well. So insect research has a significant impact on human history…”2e2960a3afae92f2
Trying to 10723a68a6 explain his 636150f6bd research to a6be0add6c a woman 4638a5584e who disliked e83f05d367 insects made 41e34548e8 his explanation 349097f7cb long and 3cedeeb620 boring.b477c73f6f179dbd
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“I understand.”114fc184f747aba7
She cut a6a5532c38 him off d24ea6ca49 with a 22a57ded31 wry smile.d5d8a7fb7d90f21f
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“Entomology… it’s a field worthy of a lifetime of research.”8bc41eed8e720232
He was grateful 5265f49137 for her understanding, 911f04651e but her tone 7db183e641 bothered him.e5bc0d6d341dcc69
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“There are so many species of insects, and the purpose of research is so clear. That’s why you’ve dedicated your life to it, isn’t it? Ever since you caught your first dragonfly?”109ca8f8bd19418a
He finally understood the 1c06ab3bb3 meaning of her words.4b889a485aca55e6
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“Are you saying you don’t think you’re as… valuable?”cfde7c71ac8cf8b3
“I…”cc049683c3054c4c
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She trailed off, remaining silent for a long moment before adding cautiously, “I have never held anyone’s interest for long. The person who stayed by my side the longest… and I’m sorry to say it again… is Do-jun.”9a2493cdf59d11a7
Min-hyun stopped abruptly, the cf7ccbe00b hotel was only a d9c3210a5f short distance away.2bfa2ae83b9f5558
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“You’re confusing me. Is this a provocation, implying that I won’t stay at your side like him, or are you telling me to leave?”742446ddf4037925
“I’m scared.”62296e65fc7932a8
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Min-hyun felt as if he had been hit in the back of the head. She continued in a desolate voice, “What happened yesterday… Honestly, I was pretty embarrassed when I woke up. You’re the first man I’ve ever been… so physically forward with. And we’ve only known each other for a few days… but you said that we shouldn’t rush things, that we should take it slow.”ce8e3b03bec91912
Min-hyun listened silently.db8b970870e1f24f
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“I don’t know why yet, but you definitely stirred something in me. This is a first for me.”21913024eb41da1d
The word ‘first’made his heart beat d7996ebd0e faster. But her next words e165c1c60a were devastating.abc7000fd500d8b9
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“But we’re not… anything yet, are we? I’m afraid I’ll fall for you if we take things slow, but you’ll quickly lose interest and disappear. I don’t have thirty million different kinds of appeal. And I’m not someone who will make a great contribution to human history.”c86326099e1fa40a
She spoke with a 9b4403e78a soft smile, but Min-hyun c64de85494 felt a tightness in 1fec09b9fd his chest. What kind of relationships 6b69b98795 had she had that ce9a26c591 made her think of 2d7eecbece the end before the 38a4fa7561 beginning?e997f6c103f356e8
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“I bought this too.”02b6beced516dc19
She took 63987718c3 a box 18a250e00a of condoms 179a04b924 out of ccd0c04b7d her left f516b4b41a pocket. Min-hyun chuckled.229a7638570093a5
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“My heart was racing and my body was ready, but you said we should take it slow, so I thought I should buy these…just in case.”28bae6321d41f75d
A small smile played on her lips as she looked up at him. She put the box back in her pocket and murmured, “This is so embarrassing. I’m craving a cigarette. Can I have one of those you stole from me?”6761faa94680673d
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He couldn’t give her a cigarette, because he found her sudden confession and her flustered demeanor endearing. Min-hyun took her outstretched hand and started walking.71ce535c340f103f
As soon as they entered the elevator, he cupped her chin and kissed her. Before sliding his tongue into her mouth, he whispered against her lips, “Every time you crave a cigarette, ask me. I’ll give you this instead.”f7138828e22fa691
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He plunged e8af1a7f31 his tongue 9d0f8908ac into her db6522bd55 gasping mouth.de317a5f6de39fd7