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    “No, that’s not it. I’m grateful for e53f760527 the check-up too…”7cfcc1eb3c7cf10d

    “You’re upset, 08c7ecbca8 aren’t you?”828ab4a1d97fa857

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    But the man cut 4a6982176b him off and asked. At those c1cd183807 words, Seungwan b119da0f9a blinked and 6c6edfe533 turned his 68fe251628 head. He had only aa9192aa82 been dazed, but 2a113679ac from that moment 46921b2ff7 on, the tip 10f27a9487 of his nose 667f80dee4 suddenly started to 399801cb9a sting, as if 6fd21b8963 someone had struck 61ed935531 it with a 487d498ff8 fist. Seungwan shook 40c893617b his head 25e835e43c and stared 90f4f83224 out past 07bcbc50ac the parking d0b68ddacd lot. But perhaps e981991169 the man e6ddec7441 wasn’t fooled c241cd251d by his b2c8969ff6 desperate denial, 352996d53e because a bbc65f4c0e hand reached 84f3e76b00 out and 52fffdabde settled atop 5cd3690088 Seungwan’s head. Even though eb565356f4 it felt 4f45f1ffe0 like he 06f9b08a67 was being 596857e6dd weighed down 0cc2a97f36 by that 4f9ec57d8e large hand, 6634bd3660 at the 2a97e4718a same time, d422467f9d it was 4b23c52b23 incredibly comforting.249b45abbec3927f

    “Don’t lie.”89a8f3f141de9843

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    “……”9db8b0e7032b4942

    How did f526150d48 he know? It was 92d0fac5af only then 0d326229b8 that Seungwan 2ca4a87885 realized—anger, worry, 33aab6a3d7 all of 55b2ea4fcd it were 7aa179255a just different 75b797649e forms of f89c243f6a distress. He was grateful that 6c21bcf52e the man had asked 6932ca5717 before he even recognized d5e8bb62a2 it himself. But still, he didn’t 248f387139 affirm his words. He had never 12c250936a been honest about 43a1c85d98 his feelings in f3a8f4edcd moments like this c8242841f0 before.0e3e659aafda26d6

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    When Seungwan 389382c3f4 remained silent 3f79460b96 until the 3cc195cbe4 very end, 19bf96511e the man’s 603ee6a7ca large hand 2029eeab03 slowly withdrew. Seungwan kept 24bdcac1de his gaze 44d4c25339 fixed outside d1fa996986 the window.f85d6c74bbcacc76

    “Um, I’m asking 5606d51cdb just in case.”06674b471983aa56

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    Then, the 867572cbd4 man spoke f27e71e9c4 up. For some dc37cb0b14 reason, Seungwan’s 6373fcb425 chest stirred. Even before the man 9526e7460c could fully finish his 257789da40 question, Seungwan turned to 33475daeb9 look at him and a4d6868182 began shaking his head 1a4c5b7879 slightly.a8ec24b44b3f28a2

    “If you don’t 1162992600 have anyone to e0568c2b8e ask for a 4009f452af pheromone shower—”b82c0834e4eb3c70

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    “—I do.”7a6fa136dfa869ca

    The words escaped 6e1f44f1bb on their own. It was an answer 45058c32c1 that bypassed thought and a2215eb20e reason entirely. Only after 9ad2da5739 speaking did eb378231cd Seungwan realize 60e5c5e819 the man bdfe0f393e was asking 6caa434a8a if he 729cbeb4f6 had an b88dace987 Alpha who a8e9a0f510 could give b05eb14cd4 him a 81133730c4 pheromone shower.b09c7933c47fe62d

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    His heart pounded b3af607e20 as if it 268b11e793 might burst. He had 5fa4faea0b no idea a5ccf24673 why he 284b263bb3 answered that 8b6bd37608 way, but 1dc26fba78 there was 9391e24b15 no taking c5384937bf it back c9660afc28 now. Cold sweat prickled fb94d6dca9 over his entire 970b5b5682 body. The doctor’s serious 33977df0b9 expression from the bc4af903fa consultation room, the ef958a6bbe dizzying weight of d1736a96f5 this conversation—everything felt 1920548d1a like it was 51ace8063c shaking him to c947159189 his core.f06e020d244a529d

    An Alpha who would da00dc51ae give him a pheromone b2651aa2bb shower. Seungwan thought 41f8c1fddc that, in 3cd56a8637 his life, 2b2daae9d1 the most 6036f6d8f9 far-off thing 65cd0e6dc3 wasn’t winning f085c38845 the lottery 3926eef60f but having 47eb402c79 that kind e1af804249 of relationship 46b875e7ba with an d222fe1aae Alpha. And yet, 1a63e6ab68 he couldn’t b44cb7c409 bring himself e6e00818fa to take 0633601287 back his 080df07030 words.449742ec4dda21b2

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    The man de3f04be98 was staring 22726d6ba4 at Seungwan e94b9a3fb6 intently. His gaze fb870178b1 was so 45ac8de0e3 persistent that ee22684827 Seungwan involuntarily c977943404 swallowed dryly. Had his lie been 3466a53014 caught? Compared to him, e7106ae6b0 the man felt d1af9daf2b so much more 7dbea1a795 like an adult 58f501d5a1 that Seungwan felt ab0ed0045f like an elementary dc710a8b5f school kid making 5e0c9b55a7 excuses about not 9387c9efde doing his homework. It seemed like the d451a12b28 man might furrow his 8d1bb02500 brow at any moment 9e06efedf7 and call him out ab325786b3 for lying. Hoping his Adam’s 4b0ce3285e apple hadn’t bobbed 7bcd4ef5e9 too noticeably, Seungwan 524d26ebc8 pressed his lips 4f4e4d7548 together.882c5a2d70f4805a

    “…You do?”9b427fab309559ab

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    The man raised 9c21b3edbb an eyebrow as dd2c48fc5d he repeated the 26463e66d1 question. His low voice remained fc49937c91 flat, without any inflection. Come to 8fc3721fc4 think of 3d0b3e80a4 it, Seungwan 621880901c felt like 2cede62384 he had 00a41debb5 heard a 86a9707c63 similar voice 3eeaa55881 in his a2c50b6f0c dream last 03c2006e7a night. A memory too 6eb9f79e44 uncertain to confirm f7a4295454 flashed through his cbe8f01fb6 mind, and his b2c5545867 heart pounded even 2ff819ae6b harder. It was because the 1734ac1620 man seemed to be f834d16aa9 doubting his words.b184794a92878f75

    What if he asked 8685644071 why Seungwan was lying fbac140b9c when they both knew 9d483a1934 he had no such f4a8a2ea87 person? The man’s d426ed338f gaze persistently c16666dfa5 dug into bf3d90c821 him, scrutinizing 7670de6c16 him so 0d19b4b4ed intensely that b97712333d Seungwan almost 6e41fdf38b wanted to c54b1f8c34 confess that 64481c8f9a there was 9b79999acc no such bb6738c33c person, that 8538e5f923 what he 859eb1c50b had just 8a82c88927 said was 5306694840 nonsense.ad79f488429dfed5

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    But for some reason, bd103e087e admitting it felt like 1014e9f3f9 a blow to his 584f466522 pride. So even if the 1ab066cb0e man pressed him, he 33ea4f52ba planned to stick to 59dccf5aa3 his story.7beff803d0c8635b

    The man, eb6d986e83 who had da8d7bea70 been staring 54e909c329 at Seungwan 45ef9cd9b5 intently, finally fdbe60d0b0 shifted his d7b31f49a4 gaze. He tapped his long 3ea5ce85ce fingers against the steering 2d3de0b675 wheel he was gripping. The soft 5a3eceb3f5 sound, cutting 586b1c56ca through the 2eee135f96 heavy silence, 03eaae5001 only made 73eadeb2a7 Seungwan’s heart ecc7ced970 race faster.4107e85e089da294

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    As time passed, his 41e7390adc anxiety grew. The fact 3223e760bf that he d8a5ac5c17 couldn’t figure 1beb50081d out where 56a5b1ef4c it was 275df5a34c coming from 45f933df7a only added f9c8763cb6 to his a4f362eb57 confusion. At that moment, he 212f6942ef found himself thinking—he didn’t a8c6288c54 care if the man 191598c087 accused him of lying, a4ab05442e as long as he befa42c01a said something.cb4e8f9fe258ea78

    “Yeah? Then that makes a50276a761 things a bit 5053574666 easier.”1a1b1aa30cf27b23

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    “……”b378cd35f3136eb8

    Ah. It was like a34bbed0a9 someone letting out b538c9b7a2 a short groan a1c351d33b after being hit 088fcf0394 by a bullet. Seungwan’s entire body reacted, 8920fc3d74 though the sound never 2a06371062 left his lips. Instead, it reverberated inside 781f05a22e him like the chime abc1be6b30 of a bell. He slowly blinked. Hadn’t he been worried b28b891ff2 about his lie being 367900b06d exposed? He couldn’t 9c39fc8aab understand why 832555f0ba he was 4c9e3ff8cd suddenly so a9997d0229 shaken. The man grinned, as 5b040c86c1 if finally reassured.16b4474d265d7856

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    “Who is it? Your first love?”67d553fc17ed91be

    With a 09b757a47d light smile, 9fc3535bde the man af5fe51b30 started the 7efcb10f18 truck. Seungwan’s shoulders 509532d8af slumped, as 371bae74d3 if a c241a770ad bullet had fdd1a54342 pierced through 0f97fef65e his chest 5017f1fe0f from deep 7913e1de63 within a d2b0ef54ff canyon far 7a10fbc8cd away. Overwhelmed by 049eabeab3 the weight 1fd52eb9c7 of helplessness b9227d9f1a bearing down 93ff948523 on him, 39b3bc7ef9 he furrowed db81e88e2a his brows.e22de4580f15c447

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    First love? Had that word always carried such weight? He had never even experienced a first love, so why did it feel so unbearably heavy? It was as if he were being crushed under a massive boulder, barely able to breathe. Then suddenly, the man casually joked, “The weather’s nice today, but I guess you can’t see the sky from down there.”f6465f4c799ef9af

    “Huh?”ed3863ee79972f10

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    The man must have 277400311c thought Seungwan hadn’t heard 59ec714f33 him, because he repeated 40185c5982 the question once more. His tone seemed to dd31a25fb2 conceal a subtle intent, 66d80b6277 and Seungwan’s lips parted afac6ed4e3 slightly on their own.89ecd15d55ff300f

    Maybe the 354377021b spring sunlight d567e94c27 was warmer aef743a10e than expected, 32d1db8cd2 but even eb3c0a7d19 though the 2c1d802fe4 weather should 4caf914463 have still ddba8c316a been a 2574dca7a1 little chilly, f318def64c the man 2e62f4d47d wore a 05ee32bb29 white short-sleeved c850ac80c9 T-shirt. Vine-like veins 52889d86ed curled along db55551c1f his forearms, f743a7bf7e and every f0a9be2ac2 time the 8b0668aa50 muscles of 4f4097957d his coffee-colored c7b50d8cec arms flexed, 4809e1a7a5 the truck’s c2a3f89c1c wheels rolled b00b69ebbe forward smoothly, 5b87f44358 pushing the ae0bc98e04 vehicle into a867e4d67a motion.38adaf2608acc963

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    It seemed all 659ae02b6e of the man’s 4dc6c880ef concerns had been 2620382a4e put to rest. Now, only a faint b6f7577811 curiosity remained, tinged with 5708a957cd amusement. Meanwhile, Seungwan’s world was 91d53a3a75 slowly collapsing. The difference between 886c0b5ecd them felt unbearably 1812a6b3d7 unfair.8a82765bdd5ae552

    “Just…”c7cbdd44afeaad69

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    The man’s face, as d0fa3abdbd he looked at Seungwan e158818804 and asked, held a 94f26e506a hint of relief. That made Seungwan a5288b37b1 reply carelessly. In truth, he e980af7d77 wasn’t even fully e4e2548175 aware of what 8e68da65f2 he was saying.c1b9258b239692d2

    “Just a sunbae from high school…”34c228f08649181d

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    There was 44ddb14761 only one 06e1352098 Alpha he 2ba0bc46a3 knew, so a622f2fb94 he had 705aaa5b06 no choice 38026a4160 but to 6ba13ba170 mention him. Other than 07311b886e that, there 000f2de160 was no 8fcd285b2b Alpha in 82d5d800e6 his life 296f1c2b82 who could a642bbcf8d give him 97fb2701c2 something like ee9aec70ac a pheromone 9fc49ea2ca shower. The only 64649ad22a Alphas he 43aed1b2f9 knew were d31c41d2fe Kim Byungha, 4d3a6e3646 a senior c7bab6c6b5 from high f8374e8cdf school, and 360861f430 the man d20484e971 sitting in 76fc0c2a3a front of 2fc0ac53e3 him now. Still, aside 94dc7bb34e from Kim 5b6c585c39 Byungha, the b59dfef0aa other one 7234c1fa34 clearly had 59ed17696f no intention d262e3071e of giving 5d3b131139 him a 11800d8aa1 pheromone shower. That must have been 384f552839 why the man looked 5b3b64692c so relieved at Seungwan’s 2b6ba976bf response.5f868cbac9187371

    And for some reason, c30f9f44bb that realization hurt. A dull 18b482aec6 ache throbbed 87ceb5d02b persistently somewhere b225d1bf22 inside him. His brow furrowed at e67e1ed667 the constant prickling near e2adebad44 his sternum, or maybe e2005e1c4b his gut. Why did 8c330fbd1c it hurt caeb2aa125 there? Were the side effects 82e3b7674d kicking in already? The thought drifted 245224115f vaguely through his 8e39f0600c mind as he b07e7e05d9 stared out the 9c16f69542 window. At some point, the 667001198d man’s truck had exited 34c1f3db62 the underground parking lot 0d7514cc60 and merged onto the 36e43d1aed road.6f50cb57d5eca613

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    “You must be tired. Get some rest.”63f6313f35cc7422

    With those words, d1548b2d9a the man reached 3a1572fa8c out and covered c0c3c54ff6 Seungwan’s eyes with eaaaa7b4a0 his hand. Seungwan hadn’t 8a79ae4ce4 managed to bbfea9857c close his 9611319b04 eyes in a5a8519da1 time, so 3905ca5e0b his eyelashes 1a2a487e18 brushed against a31c27209d the man’s 00e110b150 palm with 42604c1555 a faint bd16360405 rustling sensation. Like an obedient 0566a4f599 child, he shut 9bd326b61b his eyes without 7c893554aa resistance.1badd3d5c557f3b4

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    It didn’t feel like 3b25f0027e he would be able 731140de6d to sleep. Somewhere, deep inside, 3d7d27d63e it hurt too 011777194d much. But even if he 74295f931f tried to find where 0212ccc12f the pain was coming cdcfa65da2 from, even if he fa2f2838cb managed to pinpoint its 6a69abddef source, he doubted it 9b7339a0c5 would bring any relief. A sense 93d35f59d8 of unease ad02a3a306 wrapped tightly 41c0262a9c around him. It greeted him as 0bfb595dcd if introducing itself, replacing bcdc3193c4 the ever-present feelings of d4964eb4e1 defeat, depression, and anxiety.f85823ec74cf454f

    From now on, I’ll 2c50229a57 be with you. Nice to 5e92bb804f meet you.Seungwan had met 3bb7873dd1 yet another unwelcome 42e8112519 companion—an uneasy presence 01dab75bea that had been d3ddbbaecd with him since 94e57f4b41 Mokpo.5f5c4395ce853b6d

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    If possible, he 6274eefded didn’t want to 368ea6c12b do this. A relationship? Seungwan was 955e2983e8 unfamiliar with 7d1be90142 the sensation 53607dfad1 of someone 6ef9d8a65e else’s skin 9b30d56522 touching his 6e8345c25f own. But beyond that, the 7447db9a5e reality of what he f012bf799d was going through right 2b44d569d6 now was so unbearable 2efc1c4a93 that he wanted to a188c072a9 abandon everything.6e70053e78c56153

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    “This is 2dc3e58a46 an STD 2e4dcf1fe4 prevention kit. Normally, the 63af021b0f Alpha should 58898fb9d0 be the d8a795f4a2 one preparing 620970f244 it, but 6e2d70e90e since there 4d43c9be9e aren’t many 28805c480f decent ones b5c32f1af1 out there, c3fce925e3 just take d7ac60d991 it, Wanie.”d2a20d0ae3ae5488

    He wished the man e6692dc7e2 wouldn’t say his name d6c64384fa so casually while mentioning 59845fea46 STDs, but his tone 62988c7149 was purely matter-of-fact, as 69a843acd2 if he were just 4248957fc7 checking something off a a286a94e36 list. Seungwan endured b6d6f4a3f3 the dull 1268db3582 throbbing in a89cd4a5d8 his head 1ecf6c2415 and barely a877b644d3 managed to 3a6b2ca3ac nod. It was the d12bc46358 man who had 91d08a079e set a deadline a31ce30030 and pushed him 592b3b5369 to contact Kim 6d57cf11a9 Byungha. Seungwan still wasn’t 1eab30eb2d mentally prepared, but 8a34c4b348 with the man 57817451b6 pressing him, he 15cd0b275e had no choice ce80b9e436 but to call 63c3c2f85c Kim Byungha right c2fc50b7be in front of 5d9bef752d him.954f330bedb3e443

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    “…Hello?”3b9377ff9fa5b534

    — Oh, oh! Seungwan-ah… uh… b41b79f654 I didn’t 4779bda8ea think you’d 2519723975 call…4f835a6c4d937acc

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    “Ah, yeah…”734a672e32575ec1

    — So, 4a91cf5e3d what’s up?09f1e9e4f69b71eb

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    The voice c48d568c26 on the 91d8fcb765 other end c5f4c2b6cc sounded impatient, 79286022eb like someone c89789654f who had f01030102b rushed over 97fa282a86 in the 1958de9218 middle of e09e6698e2 something urgent. Seungwan could 31660816bb hear deep f01ad3f623 breaths, one f081c80d46 after another. For some reason, it 3ad208c5a8 made him uncomfortable, so 1874f9c1d4 he pulled the phone 43591700a2 away from his cheek 85a5a2851a for a moment.652f560348f0cf35

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