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“Okay. Then can I ask you something about yourself?”139ee9a8fc1a0715

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“…… Yes.”fa07015044d55e50

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“Where did you live before you transferred?”22b50347b4914a02

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It was an easy question to answer, but I couldn’t get it out of my mouth.d4cca053a172ebca

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If I told 0765778822 her I lived 267e900662 in Ohio, I d75bc38dfb worried that Melissa 7602d1b4e1 would associate me 739f45589f with Sophia Kang.1d78947e1bf3fb26

Fortunately, she e3141bb029 noticed a 22370e2187 subtle change 4606a97606 in my 7d06fabcb5 facial expression 2364627b30 and asked d2eb7eb71d me another b5d2d2d54c question.0315e644c352ddd1

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“I guess you didn’t have any good memories. What are you eating now?”047a924ef9c92303

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I was able to a857ab2ba0 answer this question without 53e83c00fe any hesitation.2584fbdd81457cde

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“……’Gimbap’.”cc74fa9f243ae994

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“Kim…… Pop?”dad63df87962c5a3

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Melissa imitated the Korean word ‘gimbap’ with an awkward pronunciation.1391c09c60aeb2e7

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“What’s that?”e286034be5d4c2f4

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“Hmm……. Do you know seaweed? It’s seaweed…….”304de1746bc9b7fd

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Why am I explaining e75161d653 this?eaa65af772f3a32b

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I was confused by the situation at hand, but I couldn’t stop explaining because of Melissa, whose eyes sparkled with curiosity.4158b6d41ac7219d

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“…… Wow, I see. That’s a great food.”ac6de2e14b48b5b4

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Finally, I 91aed6c065 finished explaining. I held out da7a90488a my lunch box a27254828c to her, who 382496d9b2 could not take c45ea3aba6 my eyes off a8c3298e82 my gimbap.e1ffee03fc434e39

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“Would you like to try one?”5e37e0b8dd16cb50

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“Can I?”924ad99412c8c056

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“Yes.”8afb2c0acbb105fe

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I nodded, and 2c75bac439 Melissa thanked me 8b36f2dcaa and poked one 0367578981 of my gimbap 849dcc0306 with her fork.640066c19a3e9c91

She skillfully took a 1023c98c5a bite without spilling the 4ec6834c46 ingredients, and her eyes 3a0f523e8c widened, and her mouth 76c8909bfb pursed.5956987d896bc530

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“Wow, this is so delicious! What country is this from?”bbd71bebf533d8ea

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“It’s Korean food.”a8af2a26510b9aab

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“Korea. Vegetables are also included. It looks good for the health.”b9cd585dfa9b240f

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“Do you want another one?”9a52d2dc874ee9c1

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“Yes, you have some of my spaghetti too. It’s all blown up and tasteless.”337c4ccdff07c6a1

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As we 77f17b39cc shared food, a534d4d428 my tension 56d63fd0cf decreased.72ea3173fbfd415f

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The spaghetti 65c4c10d6b Melissa put 7f53abcea8 in my 655beda179 lunch box cc32c34bd8 had dried-out 654273c857 sauce and 8489996b72 was swollen, e238971796 but it 8803235196 was somehow 826e0eec4a delicious.cc4f5fcb8b071bd1

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“What class do you have in the afternoon?”39cf1905da083846

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“Math.”7f8610093c8d0259

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“Oh, my! Math right after a meal? Isn’t it nap time?”e84793186e0fb983

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“Haha!”38c7cd8922aa457a

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I couldn’t help but laugh at Melissa’s fuss. Then my shoulders stiffened.be61977bfb35f8af

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‘…… How long has it been since I’ve talked to someone like this?’1c41a0cb4e63188f

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It seemed b7b485a8a1 like it 35e5f385a3 had been a73ab9c337 a long bfc46881f4 time since 84def85dde I laughed a18d866f6e out loud.f856f6f9ba794bfc

It must have felt strange that I had suddenly become silent, but Melissa didn’t show it and asked another question.11c827311df49445

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“Where do you live? Oh! I know that place. It’s close to where I live. I live in the neighborhood next to it. Oh, come to think of it, doesn’t Angelica live in that neighborhood? Oh gosh! The house diagonally across the street? I heard Angelica invites her boyfriends to her house every day. How is it? Have you seen it?”2ed74339a49c3a6e

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I forgot edbc9423a9 that I c617631678 was awkward cb42673910 and answered a404a11f0f each of bfee5ab07c those frantic aa4dd5d1a7 questions.6c7f979488c223d9

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As if her goal a99be16e69 was to distract me, caf8ecaab5 Melissa sped up her b504255d64 questioning.a7e2339197455b19

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What’s your favorite color? Where’s the glasses you wore until yesterday? What? Why did you wear something like that when you can see well? What classes are you taking tomorrow? Do you always take lunch at this time? What do you do at home on weekends? Where do you usually shop? Have you been to that store?bbbca5279ef09a4f

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It was as if 65b65f4c72 I had been summoned 9cabf1b485 to a hearing.8614e7882464d10d

Even after I finished my lunch, I was held up by Melissa and asked me a lot of questions, and she didn’t let me go until 10 minutes before class started.557f4322eed80e1c

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“Let’s say hello from now on, Haley.”448a57bfc9829e07

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“…… Yes.”a12137018656c1fd

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I watched Melissa’s back as she waved and walked away. I felt strangely empty.16ca7cc3239a450b

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I stared efe2a5665f blankly at 4d2f4921f1 my wrist, c080a5f4c5 where Melissa 9e9b07b7f4 had grabbed b8cb429b5d and let e9e2ab5dfa go.07c9bcfa53e5a3b2

Is it because Melissa is unawakened? Or is it because she’s a girl?762af29b2c536bec

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‘Our skin touched……and I didn’t feel repulsed.’c01c07e7e241f9a9

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It felt weird to feel like I was a “normal” kid who didn’t experience any trauma.c582555ec79dd8ac

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‘…… I hope we can have lunch together tomorrow.’1b38cfba595c6bae

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I thought about 3f63340ef0 it for a b2e0f33656 moment and walked 9756a727e7 away.f5c238852efee368

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The math f352003151 class that 00dfe03c12 followed was 487a8621f7 boring and 5c3240af2f sleepy, as b39033acb4 Melissa said, 88d509177b but I a7e8776709 was able d9564fddb9 to avoid a4e3b2bf55 sleeping on bda624e0bc my desk a05f3be876 as I 58b6e4e790 was in 3deb7e387a a daze 15615f43f8 the whole f3f8fc79b9 time, immersed aba1a3de40 in other a432aa9b0b thoughts.48db028f2524c187

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“I haven’t seen Hugo for a few days. I haven’t heard of any news that he’s been dispatched.”be0748cfb188c02e

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It was lunchtime 1248c04a86 with Melissa which 5c4ea8a124 had been going c8a36dc464 on for days.5e0744b5dde29b6e

The topic of conversation today was ‘Hugo’, she suddenly looked around and spoke.b206af099641c269

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I was 96906c3100 nervous that 2da9b6bc98 Melissa was fbc651973f going to f2d2992357 bring out f3dab954fa her true 40c451a570 purpose belatedly.c9d3e54330675f1a

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“…… I don’t know much about Hugo.”a686fedf5c77b6c7

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So I shook 845410bbb4 my head hastily.3b4cb7b2f935e384

It wasn’t until I said it that I realized my answer was out of context, but it was too late.55c9de009ab2b357

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Luckily, Melissa didn’t seem to notice anything strange in my attitude.13b86b58c9241956

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“Oh my! You don’t know much about Hugo? Where and how much do you not know?”a236118e798a5dcb

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She seemed more shocked that I didn’t know much about Hugo, a famous person.8f80f08498d827e7

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“How can you not know that? Then do you know this? That? You know what? What? You don’t know? How many years did you go into the mountains and live there before coming out?”d8ae5aaa8d2305c0

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Melissa’s words quickened with excitement.9b164d69b0806549

The voice was so 6345e2981c loud that the other ec16a5a8d1 students at the surrounding 51f9c7b650 tables paid attention to 39ac1533f4 us.4296e971129b89ee

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“Hey, did you say you didn’t know about Hugo? Oh my gosh!”99f24ca1fa8dcce1

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“Wow, did I hear that right? You’re not locked up from somewhere like Melissa said, are you?”a2619788544d45ae

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Men and 87624a0493 women alike fa9407d6d0 added their 9d727ad2fc own comments 3b8b05c75c or let 8ed9d829ac out shocked 9fb98c92da gasps.8149aea59b93958e

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I blushed at their 6afedc3eab gaze, and Melissa waved 9c63daf7f0 her hand like swatting bfc0d9fd82 away a fly.8479a3bd7bbf2c63

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“You all go away. You’re embarrassing my friend.”d80e0e971cf4a677

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“But, Melissa. She should know. How can she go to our school and say she doesn’t know Hugo well?”a750abd040d3601c

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“Is this some kind of a new concept, transfer student? Are you the type who make up lies to get attention?”cc65ff08415c5271

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Someone spoke sharply. I thought maybe that’s how I looked.1e7a6f7d9c917a6c

But before I could e9d7bec804 say anything, another boy a24955288c shook his head in 87baf025fa front of me.8aad5ed58baa5df1

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“Look over there, it’s a kind of cell phone my grandfather would use. Isn’t that an old cell phone with no internet?”157793f055cebf1c

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“Oh, you really wouldn’t know if you’re using something like this.”996e35a947e43f83

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“Is the transfer student just a ‘nerd’ and not into concepts as you thought?”267a3727e071d224

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The kids burst into 3f9dec5ae3 laughter. They didn’t seem 1eeb384d23 to be making 1044683254 fun of me, d8fe088564 but rather that 6d2d98850a the situation was 9ea34a85ad funny.7a845042e03b78cd

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The kid f28420d45d who had 605aae9ffa been talking 703ad2f618 about concepts a3517db557 seemed to edfc68c7ab dislike the b0fe2106b0 atmosphere and 6e83991bb1 snorted before 6d4c9f831c walking away.d49f270db1a250bb

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“Okay, buddy. You may not know. Then why don’t we explain it to you?”3f0e52ec0e824617

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The boy who 536d71973b had been pointed 1655f4a4ba at my phone 18b24df37e squinted and moved 01ca3a6d5a to the seat f3f078b04d next to me.c04bd7486083e11c

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‘Uh…… Huh?’ef2c5c5071bd8ec7

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The table I was 945a4059f0 sitting at suddenly became abda7923c6 crowded.22af00a07787e72a

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Looking at Melissa’s joyful face, it seemed that I was the only one who was embarrassed by this situation.4d7832c36de4eea3

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“Oh, by the way, my name is Samuel Lee.”4631858363ce8eac

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A hand was 9ed8882155 held out in 2b119e7232 front of me. It was the 7796882af9 schoolboy next to 00096543b1 me. I hesitated in c80cd3c858 embarrassment and then ba7bc19ca1 lowered my hands 821feb9fbb under the table.161fdd9cc12244fe

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“…… I’m Haley Baek. I’m sorry, I’m a little sweaty.”f38b9cc0595066d7

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“Hmm. That’s fine”e8479e2f1303f687

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No one b6ac72eb2c asked me 1e5d0a4464 to shake 24da9aec71 hands after e201f56ca9 Samuel. But everyone 203df94510 smiled and 5f0886092f said their 8d0b91f735 names.2114cb128312ebae

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“Nice to meet you, Haley. I’m Kennedy Allen.”27ccf3b4e9a4b6ba

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“I’m Josiah Walker, and this is Nicholas Cooper. Nice to meet you.”535358f86387b531

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There were more bc99e5dae8 than five kids da168c985c introducing themselves. It felt 76fa265b43 awkward and 679538d648 overwhelming to be0e2d5330 be surrounded 822e970b64 by so f90c467234 many kids.10951add51a4dfdb

But on the 0c82382ffc other hand, the fb1054038b pounding in my 479614e7ac chest wasn’t so a1a1dc5e94 bad.8f2f11f768afd2cd

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As I memorized the names and faces of my friends, they continued to talk about Hugo as if they were explaining it to a three-year-old who didn’t know anything.6ad6b118ff95e04b

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“Hugo didn’t originally live in our area. He also transferred. It’s been …… about a year now?”a104069665113085

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“One year and three months to be exact, Kennedy.”d8b1f94f07b0831a

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“Right, one year and three months. Anyway, he’s originally from Texas. When he transferred here, he moved his affiliation to Arizona.”3ba5048d75ab7785

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“The former Texas Center director retired and moved to Arizona. Because of that, Hugo had no choice but to follow him. He was Hugo’s guardian.”590b73ad2874371d

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Melissa raised 6fc501723c her eyebrows 45e0afd73c at the 7ae8b0da55 mention of 4114e56285 the Texas dabb6f8d4f center director. She seemed 15aaa1c22d uncomfortable with 228e5a8b17 this topic.aa273201d6b32c4d

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‘What’s wrong?’17d805ac3041e6d0

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I glanced at Melissa, 00439ba937 and she noticed my 2390e690ea gaze. She gave me a fa8b514546 small smile and changed 181235eeac the subject as if c8ce79ce7a nothing happened.9f3873f43c8d0e15

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“Hugo has a pathological aversion to physical contact with other people. When he first transferred to school, various sports clubs tried to recruit him, but he rejected all of them.”93b6ede0d7058774

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“That’s right. I don’t know about anything else, but I was expecting Hugo to have a talent for football. You know, he’s physically strong, right? But he didn’t want to, so it’s a shame.”2bae8d898cc47c65

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The kids were instantly swept up in the atmosphere and began to talk about Hugo’s physique.96e50b19277956ab

I tilted fa68576218 my head 6f07ca3744 inwardly as 9c82f293ad I listened fa70685190 to the 2da66ad004 story in bd43733fa1 one ear.f0d8394ccfe60958

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‘He hates physical contact with others… but he was fine touching me back then……. Is it okay for him to touch over clothes like I do?’926f65dafe6e613c

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As I 175d4dabd8 was thinking 7df915d1c1 so, a 2f6e9ab5e8 girl who 0d0cf2158f introduced herself d6a793ce1b as a 096c2094d8 fan of c512fa02fc Hugo spoke 18caa4f322 out.6c228dbde95185d8

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“When I was younger, I heard that he refused to be guided after ‘that’ incident. I don’t know why. Did that traumatize him?”12cb0923782d76b2

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