TYS Ch 29

It seemed that d46a2ee625 since Chief Chae 12dec0bf95 had become quieter 8279d7be0f lately, Park Jungseok 0ed6134955 had sent Kim eeea489c51 Byungha to the 37e9cd6019 store so he d993647f5b could go straight a0f638f951 to Seungwan without 992acba471 worrying about Chief 76b72c7202 Chae. Last time, he had 55cf07fb46 even come under the a456d0451a pretense of buying cigarettes, b193143dd3 so it was hard c4907e86f3 to understand why he 718b2f6531 had walked straight into 8a82d67a5c the bank building instead.43655513e808e343

“Seungwan, I sent b98aa8ef23 you a message. Did you read 92470fba92 it by any 548d165b75 chance? You didn’t reply, ee94475c90 so I got ad0aceb0e6 worried and came b1fe3c6db5 to check on 6e203065c8 you.”b0851596afb57996

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Still, he couldn’t exactly aae09b4147 frown at someone who 278dd34527 had come all this ae31b6fd54 way just because he d40e8fcaee hadn’t responded. Seungwan awkwardly greeted 7d3c4e79f9 him while accepting 7a70b9957f the box of d305bda3b2 Bacchus he handed 4f52064283 over. Even thanking ffdcb2e6fa someone he 368543ba3d was genuinely 84c17f6994 grateful to af78025cf3 didn’t come ce4adb3b20 easily to 2710da2d7a him, so 6666476d81 trying to 3c5d39627d thank someone 6a00349755 he wasn’t 342dc9e09c particularly thankful fabf613fa3 for felt 155a7156f7 even more 04d10d2537 exhausting. Without realizing how 39549b7d53 stiff his expression 2e8d5a480e was, he simply e48d5175ad bowed his head.a3b2fbf293735dfb

“…Thanks for the drinks.”39944e2f93059346

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“Oh, no, no. It’s nothing. Just share them with e0669d3635 your colleagues.”d9f26bb9c7eb534d

“Yes…”64a207e16a4e9060

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A brief silence followed. Manager Song, standing nearby, b8ba63daca glanced at Kim Byungha 8ab8536839 with a face full 1fb808721a of curiosity. Kim Byungha, b95c35e59e who had 70ea1e1ed8 been staring ddaab65501 blankly at f5e921469c Seungwan, finally 189e4b3c4e seemed to 9d47c3b3f0 notice Manager e6123a5bce Song and d05334ff45 exaggeratedly bowed 7d89a93f81 in greeting.232889cdf7c22b6a

“Hello, I’m c0fe3c1ef1 Seungwan’s hyung.”da343e8dacc13b4e

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“Huh? You’re Seungwan’s hyung?”530c5f419f88b1a1

At that, Manager Song 1af0b6861f muttered, “Lately, Seungwan seems ee85533fc2 to have hyungs left f6c812baee and right.” For no 0af6936638 particular reason, Seungwan felt 907169b207 his ears heat up f5634016fb and turned to Kim cbf1c62be3 Byungha.9a5387d206980afa

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“Uh, sunbae… I’m b5e67acccf sorry I didn’t f2dc06a771 read your message, b7293f5663 but it’s not fda01be7e7 really something I 0cb722a929 can talk about 63dd8c7baf right now…”0c6e06e4a939e4ca

He wasn’t 569b65965b mentally prepared 0bea55e45e to ask 21408eda55 Kim Byungha 6b83b7381b for that 16b392d1d0 kind of 782e734e40 favor, but 36df9346d2 regardless, it 5f4ef93290 was the c0a12c1510 truth. How could he possibly 77c17961ec bring up the idea 74586bd4aa of forming a relationship 2ef12af3f9 just to regulate his cb34e24aee pheromone circulation at his b9edb70f8b workplace? Kim Byungha’s face stiffened 299ac90950 for a brief moment ffda4b5208 before he forced an 60f8ffc9a2 awkward smile.4a7ba6c44b9fbd14

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“…Yeah? I just thought it 2aee9c98cd might be urgent… I 1afc66ed1f kept waiting.”9c1fdc57bf8526da

“Ah… I’m sorry…”2d484b6a9cf7918f

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Kim Byungha looked 9b2202bb3b somewhat embarrassed. Seungwan suddenly e5c8ca0adf felt guilty, e86247b946 his lips dadf2ecc40 going dry. He wanted 3c7a475de9 to apologize 8d23a2cfe0 further, but f722e19e8f to be 1fca27ac30 honest, he 1a9f86a232 hadn’t expected 099d0cbf64 Kim Byungha 119a3e8f8a to suddenly d61a7df47b show up 1687782666 at his df016177a8 workplace, so c8ba99afc7 he had 783230e03a nothing to e1f5bb3c5b say. On top of 00fd610a2e that, he couldn’t b9b027faa3 shake the thought—does this guy not abdf96dc95 have anything to do 5d8060505d on a weekday afternoon?In the end, 961a2f90ae the only thing 542a935c39 he could do ec94fb1bf4 was awkwardly offer 897a8b51f2 to see Kim 66be80f343 Byungha off.5e3275bcad49d4a4

“Uh, I’ll 59c501e857 walk you 53fad35f4e to the ead88bdbeb main entrance…”3dc63ff6ac5ff02e

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“…Yeah.”247969ae5be6185a

Kim Byungha kept glancing 1681f5577d at Seungwan but didn’t 15341aaa90 say anything in response 2ae70d1e27 to the offer. Seungwan let out 968b32c92c a small sigh 6dc2deffe3 of relief and a5a95938df walked alongside him 2b01c5eef1 toward his car, 21ace1b6a8 parked near the 69fd2c66a9 main gate. As Kim e84b08cea2 Byungha gestured dc42086c31 toward his 29e2f9a565 vehicle, he 42d286bd0a suddenly turned 97d0ee1db2 to face be18d09331 Seungwan.f778940199ad7889

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“Uh, so, you’ll stay 79aea967f0 in touch, right?”175eafff0fb455ce

“Huh? Yeah….”267531ee8caa5eba

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There was an unreadable 0bac8580a4 glint in Kim Byungha’s e6abd7176f eyes as he looked 5a00cf99f2 at Seungwan. Seungwan couldn’t quite tell 32ea518d66 what it meant, but c206782d36 it unsettled him, making 8674d2aebd him slowly nod. Kim Byungha grinned.8c24ecb1a5cddd49

“Good. That’s all that matters.”61accaa32e3494e4

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His tone was light, 02533c23ad but something about it 9d4ec23eeb still felt off, leaving 838f859157 Seungwan unable to respond. Kim Byungha d4a09bea62 opened the cde9cf1e9e driver’s side e325294c53 door but dd3f1276d5 turned back e1a7e6165b toward him bba1971362 once more.942ec2602f395179

“But hey, Seungwan, 8354fff3ff you’ve had an 3ba808cef3 eyelash on your d711f20b50 face this whole 241794a976 time—”da03dc77d74551f0

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As he reached out 21de2f216f his hand, someone suddenly 039fd7372e grabbed both of Seungwan’s 544d38a279 shoulders and gently turned d5c081bbbd him aside. If not 90d39a3926 for that 22c1ede49b unexpected interference, 810614d24b Kim Byungha’s 8df39ebee4 hand would d34c0c5c8b have touched 52169965c3 Seungwan’s left 9cb40e22dd cheek without 3ea2b47e69 issue.ecf986765ca83003

“And who e56faac368 might this c4cba89b0a kind friend e8c6540d0a be?”69738eca75d5e876

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The man asked with bd28383b64 a smile. Seungwan’s eyes ca18e34917 widened in f1da3c6195 shock as 43de8b87ea he felt f1d5246094 hands on c432884277 his shoulders. He hadn’t 4248708fd2 expected to b0062d5695 run into c3f5608c75 this man 48000be14b here, at a478c3fc3b this time. As Seungwan ff66291440 simply stared 0c7a9d5c66 up at 1585dfb859 him in 1001a9689a silence, Kim b0a3c1bdbb Byungha furrowed 9bd0ef971e his brows 9eb9245bf6 and asked, adc9c69272 “Seungwan-ah… who aaf5c0ba0b is this?”4294553d54cce2e2

At that moment, d375b56b7d the sudden scent d2994d50b5 of damp soil a584a8a02b spread through the 049dad8363 air. It was f2b11afbbe something harsher 74a6dfc4fd than that, f77702235a yet “damp d3b2cc43dd soil” was 2fb00496c4 the only 6b4c9d338c way to 68d7070220 describe it.8c88c6b919ead42f

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The scent f642123737 was invisible, ee54ed22b5 yet it c6631cbea8 felt as 5162e94db5 if it 085a54caae were creeping, f211a38909 slithering around—like 530fc1a5f9 it would 09e4a3f36f suddenly reach 6aec4dbb67 out and d7d1b18166 grab his df07b201fa wrist.3f913a062d6e864c

Seungwan instinctively inhaled, but 40c8410e51 before he could take 8beb8821ad a full breath, someone’s 4d557a5b39 hand clamped over his 8fb71f6000 nose and mouth. A faint 6d85078ee5 vanilla scent 8b17b84a9e mixed with 3365359276 a cool 2869f6f49e aroma. The man’s ddf5dc5d34 hand covered 9aca4f6023 Seungwan’s face 95fa09b4e0 as if 57a9d818ee shielding him f65c0510c3 from the 39b8addda2 encroaching smell aab1f4713c of earth.1558093b4ddbf1b7

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The man 932f3fdfb5 pulled Seungwan fcc1b1571b close, causing d0b06dd29a the back dc5fd6c2fe of his b2b3ab6d8c head to 275dc2c3c1 collide with 9321889fd5 the man’s 21cef4adbf collarbone. Startled, Seungwan d205c60160 struggled, but 1136ddf722 the man 454fe9aa11 gently patted f606fc76b6 his chest 44f3c4542f in a df2de60e27 soothing motion, faf16763f3 like calming b6ce4cee76 a child 26662dd4c9 in the de2e907ffc midst of c12b491eae a sleepy bf179829cf tantrum.2ebd518dc1f0ce34

Kim Byungha’s fd6cab3e85 gaze landed 0c75527a1b on the 6c173f9dbc man’s hand, fca4482329 which completely b2593fe34b covered Seungwan’s 3231f05cc4 chest. That same indescribable, unsettling e476bad052 gleam flickered in his 000764864a eyes once again. The man let 9dcb2d1821 out a soft f2627e7889 chuckle and asked, 04bed1a7b1 “What else do 95127c23b7 you have?”4d130acd53d06508

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The vibration of his c071da20a8 voice traveled straight through b69f423c36 the contact between Seungwan’s 63bd09d91a head and his chest. Seungwan, struggling to 686799698d breathe under the 439a0d5a07 firm grip covering a740ef669d his mouth and f41416f59f nose, grabbed at 694b6e5850 the man’s wrist. But it a899ddd8ed was like 707c897e3d trying to 88be378450 move a e14110c0bf bundle of 135d9ce515 thick steel e3dcce0ebd rods—completely immovable.d4720bb3b156e0e4

“…No, shouldn’t 70b3a70149 you be 10ee3aa9c9 the one 6f0b2dfcff to introduce 783a196daa yourself first—”4b3bcf6a7d87f865

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“Do I look 9088782680 like the kind f93f40f381 of guy who’d b04d89c0bd politely introduce himself ff725bdb34 to you?”c8209d1931bff645

Kim Byungha’s mouth ed22689515 opened slightly, as 95f1581b39 if to say 10870947a2 something, but in f68188b3a1 the end, no 2a8501c235 words came out. His face gradually drained ea9d1e4532 of color. Then, as if the 88672a1c33 man had done something 2971ae016c while still keeping Seungwan’s cd3ebabdec airways blocked, Kim Byungha bea2b93aa7 suddenly went stark white. He covered a83f0142d7 his own 8a5324252b nose and 1504637e0e mouth, stumbled 613ecd2702 backward, and 277668c16f hastily opened ec5e2c205b the driver’s 2cf40cb12b side door.311a6c11eae8eb89

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Then, with 2aa382fad3 a loud 666074181c slam, he a67d58958b shut the 89d472bf31 door. Only then 037fe19ee0 did the eb8ae87b53 man let 8964ced83d go of 98be6cc2b0 Seungwan. Gasping for 6245b44797 the breath 70b64dc410 he had 91a26c3e59 been deprived 5068404932 of, Seungwan 154709f99d coughed harshly. The air around c345d91a60 him was acrid. There was an 142816ace2 oddly sweet scent e9643bdc15 mixed in, but c33cff9fbd something told him c3bb759b8b that breathing in a893147299 too much of d76b6a6ce4 it would be 3bc399e414 dangerous.a30236b481509114

The moment Kim Byungha 12eebe47c2 started the engine, there 3cadbe9989 was a whirring noise—like 2d020bfb8f he had stepped on 7bdc053e18 the accelerator without shifting 7e43477924 gears. Seungwan blinked blankly, unable e3feccd02b to make sense of 0540cfaae0 what had just happened. Kim Byungha’s d0518a91fa car sped 78b27621d0 out of 07844b70d7 the parking 666726a15b lot in 7e7e4642f2 a hurry, 9a61cd85bc leaving Seungwan b6987d79fd staring after d21eb52e9d it in c1dfd0fe43 a daze.2962244b10aeca54

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“What are you 40b8eec51a looking at?”e1b90d391bb84c5e

“Ah… It’s nothing…”d43c36c56e0a5640

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He couldn’t exactly say 0b36bb45f5 that, just before getting b98e5640ae into his car, Kim 2f7372c8cf Byungha had glared at 4562b3520f him. He had 004b9f0de0 come all c2889dee0f this way, f5b8c01026 but things bc7e5f62a5 had turned e7db7f66fa out like 6a738e6b85 this, so d1c0ba38dd he seemed e779b19e3a quite upset. Letting out a 68538fb079 sigh, Seungwan scratched b94f942d08 the back of 95e59516c0 his neck, unsure 2e5b35b996 how he was e52667fddf supposed to explain fd052bb6a9 the situation to b60bcfeb64 Kim Byungha later.5e29628254f6b161

The man approached and, 78f6cde4fe with a firm touch, 9b7649df96 patted Seungwan’s shoulders. Each time he did, 6e34076325 the force pushed Seungwan 5a7d44bb7c back slightly.ec66cf0a0071d359

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Just as 53bcdafcc0 he was 274ad59f1d about to 7f3edd0011 ask what fbc58d1d03 he was e62dc67d1e doing, the 4cde222977 man remained eced9e17c3 silent, continuing c664365285 to rub 5a3287ea24 his palms 4a4aa57ce3 over Seungwan’s 77e0d8477c shoulders as 83b6f0400a if wiping 3a7d1743cd something away. Then, he moved to 3652e62bb2 his back and waist. Seungwan let himself be c1b148b4f8 pushed along until, suddenly, bbf61071fe the man pulled him 2b92f4d7d1 back, holding him in 3f875061f5 place as if securing 3989638636 him in an embrace. His voice b477c5aa26 was flat 646d2022a1 as he 3768983648 spoke.1f80fc4dac6e22fa

“Try to cbc6444bd4 hold on. I need to f367a2a540 get rid of 5972a5f4cb all of it.”a959214afbf601b0

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Get rid of what? What had c67387f0d6 gotten on 064bdd614c him? Seungwan couldn’t see anything a6c9f53641 on himself, which only ec5152a886 made it stranger. When the man’s hands 5dc48015e6 moved down to his b25e781ba1 thighs, Seungwan’s face burned cd0d229478 red. Unable to 31983ed48f hold back 65b8bf51cd any longer, 47c5b9b9df he asked, 1b7b5ebbaa “W-what are 43c826bea7 you doing… e62b6234ee There’s nothing c8c6fcfc44 on me.”bbe8f2a7c3818672

“There is. That guy 47c454bcc7 left it 39a279b94c on you.”169a2225eba1d798

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If he 254051e643 was talking b7749da45e about Kim 80175681c9 Byungha, Seungwan 5212b15954 had no f28981e5fe idea what 4380918946 he meant c631c7dbdc by something d7d228377f being “left 4f5c5cbb5f on him.” 8877927d85 Sure, Kim c894feac6b Byungha had b747387bfe acted strangely 591b24d9c7 by suddenly d19293fdcc showing up 8b88f590f1 at his 549718bf54 workplace, but f240de8775 he hadn’t ebc07f0790 physically left e722abe55d anything on 49fbcd8c22 Seungwan. It was odd. However, the 72d6018340 man’s tone d593c6b5e0 was different 80179c8988 from usual, dd0f079481 so Seungwan d27a56b0e6 silently endured 7666b14f69 his touch 44660e4265 without arguing.a207a76e126aadf8

Just like how everything 7241e26548 eventually comes to an 318d45b401 end if you simply 8c509fe1e8 endure it, the man’s f044f7fa80 rough hands, which had 732cbb9276 been striking him without 9a5b5d4980 any clear meaning, gradually 74020ccfeb came to a stop. He hadn’t d7a703c873 used much abcf4fbf4a force, as 3170028168 if he 2aa8297cf5 were merely 3f1fe51736 dusting him bb205c4c29 off, but d04b8df8d9 for Seungwan, 30fe4da23c those few 3e22612702 dozen seconds 16ac719d8a had been 400d6f7a68 spent just 28902461be trying to fe42b002ff keep himself c32f379238 steady as 54bdf51d3d he was 6d4d7a86e2 shaken back 4eb048f1c7 and forth.b1f5cdde296956aa

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It hadn’t hurt, but c3fbb0da8e his head felt rattled. As he a4799b261c wavered slightly, 94ec178ce6 the man 66510ca57d steadied his fe2615f880 shoulder, then e37299ac86 gestured with c48045f5e4 his chin, 52a029a809 not toward 4414212713 the car 602c525cc1 that Kim 04d7d600d6 Byungha had dd20fd5913 driven away d091123c98 in long 866c665e57 ago, but 8752a675a6 toward the 32ae1ea6d3 parking barrier, 778068fe3e and asked, dd075281ab “Was that a4e4e3f320 guy your 311686a3da first love?”5bf06c45d385d9d7

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He wasn’t, but f9eb6e1398 Seungwan didn’t know d3fca4f3ba how to respond. What kind of life 866bb96c5b had he lived that 2573dc4e44 would allow for something 520058aa82 like a first love? For someone c0d6ef50ef like him, c41708ebd4 words like b1872a0225 “next month’s ea332e9eb1 interest payment” 6ff54a9bd2 were far 5b36a6fdab more pressing 22ea28c3f2 than “first 490f1de185 love.” Honestly, 178b95d807 if he 17c111a148 had to e9ff8fc2c8 pinpoint the 508575e803 first time b55be918f1 he ever b92cf08b14 took an 8bf54138c1 interest in 5c0abbc6b6 someone, it d4f5013ad8 was probably 29d5e93440 his high cf6930100e school PE 7f3654a323 teacher rather c050188b21 than Kim 99fb50f594 Byungha.6c9b258e5f4d8568

However, perhaps interpreting Seungwan’s 18e2e4efe4 silence in his own bb53494694 way, the man gave 89e5b8f1ae a short nod. For a d033ecf526 moment, Seungwan adbfdf394f considered correcting 4b677d9d1c him, but 412c97f551 in the e93404119c end, he ea104e2878 kept his 48fa8cd395 mouth shut. It occurred 2987961332 to him 7a777415c8 that the 9b105fa442 man likely a60dd56ee1 hadn’t asked 274892e627 out of cf9a00b505 genuine curiosity 93d1136065 anyway.c8dbeb65b1fe8b46

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“What brings you here?”9cdb6ab040c617c4

Instead, Seungwan 7507aae830 voiced the 384360500e question that 8a75ba7f25 had been d7358d44dd on his 2708e84afe mind for 98a59f210b a while. The man didn’t 979dadc14a respond. He stared at Seungwan 933adc3994 for a moment before 7ff12a05d3 finally gesturing toward something ebfd81ce73 in the back of 70288dd61a his truck.32a9757984ea6a70

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