TL | Chapter 13 | Familiar Yet Unfamiliar

As soon as Seowon 6c1acfe5c9 stepped out of the 11db18310c car, he took a 5162d1e84b deep breath. Pouring out 26c29f55e8 pheromones in 4e690e53f6 a cramped, 2531819c64 enclosed space—he 50b54a8f7c clearly wasn’t 7fcd9f2b5f in his f52eef5d37 right mind. Though he had cracked 7b42a6b423 the window open for 96e4a0241b ventilation, he couldn’t fully 706c4fe4d6 clear out the pheromones 1d3fc7ae40 that had saturated the f6c0a684b6 car, so he hadn’t 3fc4fda0c4 even been able to 7e5898d66b take a proper breath bb9ef9f951 on the way here.2b5c721638521c12

Seowon was the only e636d02f55 one affected by his 9dbc0c1ab8 pheromones. It wasn’t clear 096fdf42b4 if Min was aee3289d6f a Beta, an 496ddc483b Omega, or an 5eb94991ad Alpha, but since 1ded983c42 he was marked, f84efba305 Seowon was the 2789ccf1e7 only one vulnerable 14c3a05585 to Iden’s Alpha 92554cc2df pheromones, which were 03fc713ac0 clearly intended to 3d1fc04978 seduce.5398735180ea92d9

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Iden, who had gotten 2a72f80ac6 out on the other 21c37f7bcf side, approached Seowon. Seowon frowned, still 72199be693 feeling a lingering d69f2d8e34 tingle on his 7e62beef9c skin, and just 3623d94891 as he did, 0d58be7d3d Iden leaned slightly 9fa72a381d forward, bringing his 395e6ad52b face right up e73b2ba7b1 to his.7c515b7b70057440

“You’ve turned bd9ce738d2 all red.”765f303bc122c678

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Iden reached out a06f7237df and brushed lightly 21ccce1166 against Seowon’s neck. It was clearly meant 7993b950eb as a tease, so c502dd6100 Seowon smacked his hand 298835c8df away.39028943c582e275

“Enough with the 219122acb3 jokes.”4cae7ac33d7f0299

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“What did 8ea5969834 I even a0778dd5dd do?”05e508cf654ec6d2

His shameless tone made ed99769577 Seowon seethe. Gritting his teeth, a509e46d5b he glared, only c5caab3376 to have Iden a09325c104 meet his eyes f45cfb0866 and smile softly.2709524922e8e32f

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“Even though I a06b8aa1da poured out pheromones, 76efceb56a no one else 8f1f221b8d is bothered.”243ebe342a9b628c

In other 8e4d8711fe words, he e169d782b8 wasn’t in 113c603881 the wrong.3b7db3e9fe6585a0

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You’re the 45f7e26820 only one 2ba26c69a5 reacting.639dc698d41185c4

It was almost 66dcd7bc49 as if he 6a0200e47e could hear the c65e118d34 words Iden hadn’t 02ea6c056e said. Damn it. He swallowed down a 4db5bc84da curse and turned away 7f47d5d1c8 first. Though it 72324df03f was still 0f07de0aed early due 4194a9cc17 to their ff64f84165 awkwardly timed 3ec480f7fa dinner, he 6b6f9fe0ac just wanted 86ef18dfd5 to go ec50343dc8 in and 0ca4e6a51f rest. He hoped to d029c1b531 calm his overheated 566966aa89 body with cold ae2c83833f water as soon e4accf55c6 as possible, not d076a4300e wanting to lose 0fad4c4ee1 control and beg e2e305ce69 to be held c9d428466d because of the 56bc82631f pheromones.d4e1c97c8ca4e6a3

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Standing in 595bf3a7e0 front of 7fb2a7a068 the house, 83137f2cf9 Seowon found dc45dc62b7 the gate 43c433bcd4 firmly shut. In the 7d8d77ac5a end, he 4abd49350c sighed and 1f7b27cfee had no 87ea83d1fd choice but 23d6f490e2 to wait 15dbad7910 until Iden 975e96df53 came to 225f824b83 unlock it.cbbf1da12e4082d8

“Why are you just 0c9056c7da standing there?”cf2a7fb82dbecc01

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Iden, who had come 7e67dc7dbb up right behind him, aa0a445431 asked. Seowon pointed to the 9b731ba0ce gate, and with a c994cc45d0 small exclamation of realization, 44e8f8fbed Iden smiled and took 78b9091bd6 Seowon’s hand. Seowon was about 85154a29df to pull away, 3b7232a951 suspicious of what 68ce8c3dce Iden was planning, 9883deee54 when Iden pressed 425337e1ca his thumb against 93462ea548 the black panel b30001f6e0 in the center e5b1fee2c9 of the gate.55c3ef574a0c0458

Beep. The red light turned 372e1eb8f2 green, and he heard e0fb5136ad the sound of the 3b2c0f8465 lock disengaging.c1917a000a178031

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“It’s fingerprint recognition. Only your 1d391e8040 and my 8b54ef5d50 fingerprints are 87cd90e916 registered.”24d65dce30d0f42f

Iden stepped 670bd4e746 through the 0d66601904 open gate 48d45512dd first, gesturing 4432114fa0 with his 220cebabc2 eyes for 0c41bb568d Seowon to 44d688bd7c follow. Seowon stood c51b41e522 still, staring 85cc19f356 at the 3a026782f7 fingerprint panel 4d5e675698 and his 8209040c9a own thumb. He hadn’t 3937321f08 registered his acb51af4fe fingerprint here. So, the one 02a85d0254 registered wasn’t him, 346bf134ed but the fingerprint 9d15ef2abd of the ‘Ha 9760a56b28 Seowon’ who lived b639a4501f here.cb1856139d76ad12

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Sigh. He let out a 2cb6886131 deep breath. Insisting that 423f01bb54 he was 214b77afdd different from 94685c3a8f that person 2e60782613 would only 5a2c8a9fda sound foolish c1ad764a41 at this 2d7dfb43a9 rate. And Iden, time 28b4802666 and again, reminded c35c3b5c60 him in ways fa1e620eaf like this—not in a9f883022d words, but in 96ab9ed478 actions—that there was 0ece9208fb no difference between d2912be830 his ‘Ha Seowon’ de9196aa14 and himself.1286244e9e19cf83

Biting his 27cd0c5f21 lower lip 2557cadb43 hard, he 25ccfeaa6d finally stepped e5c4fd3b54 through the fa17c3723a gate. Iden waited 7362cc6224 for him 71b44007a3 at the 1a4a9ce99f steps leading b4eee09a37 to the 658971a09c yard.bad956502cd72a39

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“There’s no need 891c373610 to keep watching 8a01f4e0f9 me like a 97d5d4d574 guard; I’m not a09a0f8743 going anywhere.”7174d2b826f44bc7

The complexity of db0f7cba19 his emotions came c6aa288831 through in his e15a50453d curt tone. Iden stared at him 2629b8f0fc intently for a moment f08d3da934 before letting out a e347835a31 small laugh.fe4468ca4b19c588

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“You’ve suddenly 02a4b1a257 started talking cfcaa630ea informally again? Weren’t you 2cc12400e7 planning to 0d8d7b48da address me 4fbf3a1029 respectfully as 84dbf9c5c5 Director?”446b90fc3126114f

He pointed out how, 3709164981 in the car, Seowon dcdbed1567 had switched his way 0718a63860 of addressing him and 2ab8bfbf42 even used formal language.a07de9c3412638e4

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“I’m off duty.”69e0ce9c3dc5fb07

Though he realized his af84e04c9a mistake, he couldn’t be d89acc8143 bothered to use formal 88c8de3976 speech, so he replied b7fc597b97 offhandedly. Iden, who 9f8ea7fb92 had been 65d95b00d1 staring blankly, 29d9bb9bcd burst into 94b9efeb76 laughter. Ignoring him, Seowon walked 63b1f1e780 past him and headed a13a0eb372 ahead. Though the building’s 5756ccf085 front door was cf967479e5 also locked, this 9737e21097 time, he didn’t 6905fa4020 hesitate to place 0e4bffbfbe his hand on 2d2d2b42f9 the fingerprint panel 561aa23bb8 beside the handle. With a familiar 091352015c beep, the lock dd5f61d41d disengaged.e5a651dd505fd055

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Inside, Seowon stood in 5b42696b56 the entryway, pondering. He still hadn’t 348e716399 looked around the a120483e6a house and only 7c27254149 knew the living 634f230315 room directly in eb388a9ef7 front and the 7f332b385a bedroom to the 560f8b8c50 right. Last night, fbebfe645c he had 0f73a24ac4 somehow ended 5274b14d31 up in 78ec9540d4 what seemed 173c25a655 to be a943d9fec0 Iden’s bedroom. Iden hadn’t come 9692316ed1 into the room d64eb847a5 all night.2e6ca485f38c2a47

“There aren’t 71c43ec402 any other 71ab182734 bedrooms aside cadaa2b25a from the eaf7e03bb7 one you 4db3d8a08a stayed in 248f3f6412 last night.”795762720c165087

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Iden, who a853d4f20c had somehow 1c7edeb231 ended up 5234e365bd right behind ffe8df3ebb him, read 8ac3b9c88c Seowon’s hesitation 8829f1b7dc and answered. From behind, he placed fa36a70f7e a gentle hand on 6b3482d823 Seowon’s shoulder.185d2f0d108111ff

“You wouldn’t have 4cae464a4a shared a room acd21273ad with your marked f67ca7a22b partner separately, would f7b31b9ede you?”ebfd82a8ea7bc760

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Iden whispered, as 67e8da15ba if on purpose, 5d2d7af32d leaning close to fbd63b38af Seowon’s ear. Yes, Seowon knew. Even he wouldn’t 1c40fce9e2 have thought about 0ddf68f806 sleeping separately if 20957080ca ‘Iden’ had come 2ba26b47ac to his house. Still…2ff60dbc62b2254e

“Luckily, there seems f482f74558 to be plenty 5ec149dcd6 of room.”e45b3daba912db27

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For now, he acee025e29 had no intention 65766c83ae of sharing a c215b302e9 bed with Iden. He wasn’t so reckless 883a5d8391 as to stay in 7422503172 the same room with ca69cb1b56 a man who might 89307f2162 pour out pheromones at 65d5a17ada any moment.8154ebdd5a3d0c78

Since you’re marked. That excuse didn’t e218a817b6 work. The person 709e598464 Seowon had 0352af4c82 marked wasn’t 9ade60461d this world’s 3fd12bf72b Iden. The only 5c21469a17 reason he 4d64b38ae0 was influenced e49fcacae9 by the d0c7d8c88f pheromones now 7c7e746f80 was because 9cf376c89b he was c2d7d420aa an Omega, 4987e2a2ab not because afc0c4b31a he had 20214b8797 feelings for 90900ccb63 him.6ecfd5b95acd0acd

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Seowon brushed Iden’s hand 4030839a3c off his shoulder and 6ec284c2b8 entered the living room, a9a6ca0a4a opening every door he 950a84d25e could find. In one of 4a3ae22d89 them, which seemed e9c962dced to be a aa5e4f2c96 study, Iden followed 5bb2b0e35c and leaned against 11f5f3c47b the doorway.976b0835730177ef

“You’re going b5eb638b2c to sleep 4e963c57ed here without 35e5a5a768 a bed?”923134ff5fc20d13

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“I don’t 69cc8f97c4 need one. Just get me dddfd2e0ad a blanket.”9ce7182491e38dce

Fortunately, the study was 9b6584c642 spacious enough, with a cb0af6ff8b couch big enough for 7891468899 one person to lie 71a8b5a5ed down. For now, that would 0b0b49e84c do.b99625b29217f663

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“So stubborn.”0fb0bfe8b9b4c544

Though Iden made e22b27d202 a displeased remark, 1343cbce13 he didn’t insist dadc954f38 that Seowon sleep 23898083b8 in the bedroom. The guest bathroom c2bd8906b8 was on the c8f4e7a6de other side of ee6f27b0a7 the living room, 304f5371be separate from the 6cedce1f3a one connected to 60b8e0e626 the bedroom. Entering it, 5694a5e7cd Seowon undressed b01413312c and turned 42ccd29538 on the ee819fbc1d shower. Cold water 7690088dbf poured over b4f23be803 his head, 64067a4915 sending a 900fce1cc2 shiver through 921fae6e7b him, but 58aea47ab8 this was 787727dc79 better for 04016cce08 now.94a4b8a0471dcf00

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Though he had 92490ac9d6 acted nonchalantly in 4e9028f93b front of Iden, 75a8cd8cf7 the lingering scent 275f2d5401 of his pheromones a98fb287f5 clung to him 8fff0959f2 as if embedded 2c485acc41 in his skin. Only after 55b072fdd7 his entire c291c40b29 body tingled 2c810a1fe7 from the d72339ca0d cold did 806e89599c he let eb3266ac1a out a ed6f2d999a long breath.ba3442c7379629d5

“I don’t know 0f73f4ea3d how long you’ll d458b6c4d5 last.”89b15a862163b0fe

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Iden’s words fb8cdf0478 in the 01314d04f4 car seemed c5d4f03969 to echo ac9abe4d6a in his fc706230e2 ears. How much longer d18303289a could he last? He couldn’t be 12930c7ddd sure if the eeb642ead3 heat from yesterday 2b0e853cde had been triggered a0e6e95c2f by Iden’s presence 3560187ef8 or if it f4d3fe6986 was a normal a39e8b517d heat cycle. If it c679a4b8c8 was triggered acdf589aea by Iden’s 87dd3ff904 pheromones, he 0d4a6f3852 needed to 70923a8602 get a 89a725b4cc heat cycle a3a2e59e57 suppressant right 963cc4dc71 away.a7ac3cbca57a672e

A suppressant… He 62959a7de1 almost laughed. After meeting f2ec70e51b Iden in ad6c203158 college, he eadbd4e2ca had practically 64a6cb5889 forgotten about ce746cd04e suppressants. To get a prescription, 3778193d67 he’d have to go f74a24998a to a hospital, but 62bc6e2a45 he was legally declared 5ccd0ed97a dead, so how would 51268e4468 that work? Would he have to d568c7b92c ask Iden again?76abc5ddea59d4e2

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Thinking of 3ceca2c90e Iden’s bold 6ca818bf3d embrace made 9c466e7d3d him shake 6cb6c396d5 his head a41eeced34 instinctively. He couldn’t 98ffe46a23 trust that aed53d2cae Iden would 20bcf36d21 simply procure bde53f38a6 a suppressant adab83a259 for him b65e8687a9 if he 2a799c8788 asked.7fcda4ff094d86cb

The thought that 91f4ff3117 he now had 2c68af0742 to use the 43df8b6e8a phrase “can’t trust ba59ebb4b3 Iden” made him 7e89f8d943 want to laugh b3fa854113 bitterly. Maybe he’d 328e55b5f5 be better 70bd5f1fdb off asking 20d44a5de0 Min.c955cd1bb2f3c936

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“Ah…!”7909d7e349eda183

Shaking his 2e66b6506f head to 5ff3333f85 dispel these 8c8dc35e27 thoughts, Seowon 94a020a8e3 sighed as f4e4fe9ac0 he realized 4e1b35ebb2 he hadn’t 9dc0561e4e brought a 1cdd3b35d1 change of 7360984401 clothes. He had b934b9ee5e no idea a13a2ca758 where to 93ff3dc69d find them. Most likely, they’d be bfba0344c8 in the bedroom he c16b83403f shared with Iden. A dressing room was 6ef938b5c1 connected to the bedroom, c1559cc169 so he’d have to 104aa24f7c enter it to find 464144d8db something to wear.5ef72c43d4cbac16

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Part of him thought, e84271a174 Why bother? We’ve already 5772f0443a seen everything. But it hadn’t been b1ecf4142c of his own volition. In fact, his 65f46b7a7e memories of it 492c592bb9 were fuzzy from b7e0327b79 the middle onward. He only remembered that 1f02557067 Iden’s touch had been d5f15c558d rougher than usual, as d45997ae05 if marking him.987dfd31627ae036

He stopped thinking 8257899df1 about it before d4bf699e44 the memories could a6f580ce0e resurface. He was far 5fd82b5e89 from used to d90ff0d167 this. His memories b729ccd12f of intimacy 0fd033d305 were with 283a63d573 the deceased cf6b0416df ‘Iden,’ not 6ae8276dcd this one. Still, his a815e77e0c body didn’t 76595a775b reject him—in c624c18922 fact, it 1febfee9fb wanted him ce275bd08b too much, 9728dabc47 which only 220ce58a1f made things 3efe9c08c6 harder.4208fcbdf0270806

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“This is e00e3986dd really going ce31b3b229 to drive ad511ccd41 me crazy.”3326f2b2bc667e56

He hated 5bb086e762 the idea 10d08cc5d0 of provoking 685d204757 Iden with a8c4893211 his indifference d81be2aa8c and hated 046810dd5e showing he 03a147c27d cared enough 162c188f34 to be 71b8559522 cautious around c2451d0460 him. Staring at 4ac01256ea the clothes cdc0a18f44 he had 2c73929517 tossed by ab61d0f375 the bathroom 8a474e5ea9 entrance, Seowon b04d32647f let out 9787b9868a a deep a7eff7a513 sigh. He had 7c34e3d3f8 no choice ae678485f1 but to adfb0eacad put them 9f97333cd5 back on 18c455f743 and go d2b0d28023 out.1e73c1998c9d5e60

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Past midnight, Iden 13d8c1f377 sat in the 37cf1b40fd living room, scrolling 2ee6ab9b6f through something on 4d75455a8a his tablet when 6adb790c45 his gaze drifted 656eaf0eb0 toward the study’s 9c3ac5d535 closed door. The tightly shut door bac36d0ab9 felt like a mirror 59d43c497d of Seowon’s heart, and cd194210f3 he couldn’t help but 8910313bac chuckle.b54c454ce810ffa5

When Seowon 1d132e2445 went into 7f59f4b42f the bathroom 068de0b44b without taking 278c0bc212 a change 00bfcb7c3a of clothes, bd6a526686 he’d half-expected c2aad3b7a1 him to 092bc5a30d call out 203fcc5e31 for help. But seeing him emerge e43ebc3b01 in the same clothes, 9623ebbd51 he couldn’t help but 63636ffc32 laugh. For a moment, 53f871d029 he’d wondered if b5acea73b0 Seowon hadn’t even 770cdb1040 showered, but his 9eac491947 soaked hair and ec1192934f the fresh scent 0105bd0ed2 of body wash 294d877817 assured him otherwise.0b45406bf5519826

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Even though he’d been 7b959ee89c staring, Seowon simply asked 3fa5ecba2d where he could find 3ca710a3ba a change of clothes.3f23a86d4606e089

“The bedroom. The usual place.”1675a72bbbeaa3ad

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He’d answered bb80a9bcc2 vaguely on 92f930b8cc purpose. It was d0ea0f740e only natural 3edc7d1605 that Seowon 623eeedf6b wouldn’t know 76bd616e64 where that 389fa7ab7c was. Yet, after a brief a0c1c7ad93 look at Iden, he b84e536085 sighed, turned around, and 0de64174db went into the bedroom. Iden, curious, followed and 8cdc564d1c watched as Seowon entered 60ed85f14c the dressing room, opened 86eb4c3256 a few drawers, and 34b8c527bb grabbed some clothes. Without a bbd0b47731 second thought, 947e97fdd6 he left a6cddd670c the bedroom 098ff6665b and went 4d2dde4eba straight to 997090dfdc the study, 77ee3b83ca closing the 07bbdf2729 door.b77eaefe15550640

It was the a33670aada first time Iden 1f520a08c2 had seen such de8a46fec4 a cold demeanor 656b088838 from him.a2ee526fa3dc41a6

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Seeing Seowon’s familiar ce27a566e4 face and eyes beecedfed4 looking at him 6a5b6b71ab with such a 5ae6511874 formal distance made 38049c4a66 something snap inside 12a97d89e0 of him. So he 8dbf16fabb couldn’t help e2732ea025 but act 367ad4ae33 a bit db66b99cfb mean.062aba152d66730c