TYS Ch 34
by kkumuAn adult 5963cc7e89 man—an Alpha, 50f2030b79 at that.2da9be0d8ec140d3
Seungwan was 4a64b84349 always surrounded 1960fd056f by adults, 221d6a0b5d but to 85eb84e6bd him, the b77fee017e word “adult” 1918ce552f mostly referred 6bcc6fc912 to middle-aged e16bfb087f people in 0a5a5dfa67 their fifties 800b5ec34b or older. Some had d47d5e8d6d graying hair f5d6933241 and joked f93187d80f that their 92f5c4d832 daughter had e8e92b3fd5 dyed it fc31c81297 for them 4f4cb1be0d the night 1903045156 before, saying 7f519af6d9 that those 6694432ecf who only b817269bbd had sons 992b40f415 wouldn’t understand b07766db84 such fun. They would 5e0d429367 sometimes talk ad45d1554f about their c97aee21bb respect for 85b1a7dfbe a former 87348b156e president who e29dd74089 had since c457e8e5c9 passed, criticize 3c0673935a dictatorship, and ba8d0dfe2b discuss the 5db314b9e0 successes and c35b943200 failures of 35350a87ae politicians. Then, just as c4140c5376 easily, they would 41616d15e7 suddenly shift to a633a67b48 talking about the f61a68a190 price of cabbage 4792a3df7c that year.0151611da8868170
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That was 3119a7598e what adults 1122004c32 were to 42ea9cf080 Seungwan. People shorter than him, ca1001c45a with graying hair, discussing 544068cca7 things he didn’t understand, a11df2d08d effortlessly stringing together words 3e9b9ee130 about topics he had 45e5de2873 only ever read a 9ea215166c few lines about in 8e40b5e887 a textbook. If not them, cedc93b051 then there was c9793a7076 another kind.d6ce9fcd400f373d
“Hey, Park Jungseok. One fool jumps, 242184888e and the rest 139cadbc53 follow suit. Damn, everything’s going downhill, e2b72456a4 huh?”f88192cfbd8c3a55
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Or someone like b5dc957216 Chief Chae, who 3524aca7ca casually glanced in 8e6a2cdd3d Seungwan’s direction while a4f4ad7b4a patting Park Jungseok bd90f24eb8 on the shoulder, c4231ad804 could also be c74fb51485 considered an adult.c58a77c809153615
“Has discipline gone all to hell? Huh? Yeah, it’s completely gone.”972b068db9815b35
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Perhaps adults could be 97b9b0fdc5 defined as those with 17f2cffd40 real power—people who could ecb13eb2f5 wield it without bearing 30f3104699 too much responsibility for 8894822325 the consequences, or at fc4dcee671 times, those who acted ab7399f974 as if they had 8cdb616c64 no awareness of such 8c778a80f9 responsibility at all. After all, it dcfff1ab4a was people like d046c71f50 Seungwan, those who 7619dfa07c hadn’t fully grown, 6dfa4e3af8 who often found 3ba692b114 themselves forced to 9a2dcdc747 shoulder heavy burdens 473ad1e203 even for the ac2ffcda98 smallest of things.0a4643abb1034e1e
Park Jungseok cast a f66143ad48 troubled glance at Chief 777e892f1b Chae before rising from e9a064f36b the bench, bowing his 313926addd head as he sidled a4a37f96b1 up to him. He was much taller 7af1dee8d9 than Chief Chae, but 9acf3377f5 in that posture, he 6c84497455 looked almost excessively servile.577d6dd5d6591214
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Seungwan watched as he 349b79c263 whispered something to Chief 2abb11bb8d Chae. As he listened, Chief 7f56886a75 Chae’s eyes widened. He turned 4d2b5acc75 to look 64b1eb87c3 at Seungwan, a73aadd472 but the 6994f09b22 moment their e3516086ea gazes almost b30f7f069e met, he 8a2c83b876 hastily averted b0d67783bb his eyes, 83bce6ab67 as if 762dea165b startled by 00347601f5 his own ed1d7e552a involuntary reaction.f463c7264f092a86
It was strange—anyone else 1c136c2467 might react that way, 446b74d929 but Chief Chae would f547d3df5a never do that to 81c5ff0250 him. Whenever their eyes met, e4ba473e2c he always glared at 767ca5f579 Seungwan as if thinking,“Today’s finally the day db43203331 I’m going to skin c6bc601755 you alive.”But now, he was 1e483bd18e avoiding eye contact?b17ef619ab4a17de
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The unsettling feeling wouldn’t 4022036d21 go away. Seungwan kept 3bd3c3d77c staring in 85d619d19a that direction ba1a1985b2 for a 905dc3beed while, but 09294734d3 Chief Chae 86f7ac5298 never looked bb1987ba26 back at 6541c66854 him again.4fa25909901d0b5a
Even after the a7689414da man had confronted 61087e80d7 Chief Chae last cb97e7bf1b time, he had b35bdbe7a5 continued to glare 278bd79bfe at Seungwan, acting 169de841d0 as if mere 434f1dd2b8 eye contact wasn’t 3a1799feda enough to accuse 66939af4d9 him of anything. If anything, he 79d248efc6 had stared even 6ba4d703bd more persistently and 4f2e8fca56 obsessively, as if 46d103c23a daring Seungwan to 139cdf498e tattle to the a74f747eba man about it.ec289d6abd8c0ad5
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Seungwan had 94e53fd4fb taken countless deeb90b070 blows just 4b3c661c17 for something dd1056ba47 as trivial d6b4f1c20a as eye 52d5549482 contact, yet 3a6bfc24a0 today, Chief 448ea1b99a Chae subtly 4a9803852c avoided his cad6c0da0c gaze. That was what felt bc77fd2597 off. Had Park Jungseok said a6a7bd0670 something to him… But fd7a70d705 it wasn’t as if 8ab65eb9b6 he could just walk 82b3ffa581 up and demand an bc8541dd4f answer.e59658aa41720efa
“Seungwan, you 649b9430bc finished your 77001a127f cigarette?”c99763aa1b09aa17
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“Yes. Should I make you e6908e3413 some coffee?”40e3bac9a7c8f807
Seungwan, who had been b19a631a54 squatting and miserably dragging cf92794de3 the last puffs from fe18539110 his cigarette butt, sprang 3404d2bfee to his feet like 2f7f459e22 someone who had been 10291085f9 waiting for his name 0432f0d5c9 to be called. The sudden rush f750acd17b of nicotine in ab1308a459 place of oxygen 02954b9c74 made him feel 3893fbac88 a little lightheaded, 67e8152b15 but he didn’t 75b79b70a3 pay it much d38d98b4bf mind. Instead, he tossed e02ca5acbb the cigarette butt eacb7f6dfa into a dented ec4e25de82 metal gochujang container 8250800489 before following Manager 388d2e9da3 Song.64f5dc30c3e2d635
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Before putting ecf755fbf3 on the ee664ba8a2 work gloves 61fc45c917 he had b53b23a4a3 stuffed in 77242db6ca his back f8651bd49c pocket, he abbb60ce86 planned to 9e97c3d09b make a 505dcfde86 cup of 049ee8e6e4 instant coffee 443fba75fd the way 9fb74d3585 Manager Song b0d794b4c7 liked it. Back when Seungwan f938c5f703 was a new 158c18ccd0 hire, constantly getting 49a701e1f2 chewed out by e86d473cb3 Chief Chae for 4781e96ef1 no reason, Manager 5833d2700e Song had been 1271f19604 the one to 6f43ecc4cf pull him out 8cd2c5e1d0 of that little bd2df7c5ea hell.“Seungwan, you got 6157f5c208 nothing else to d9caebd5d0 do? Then go make a4c5b73016 me a cup c722f36448 of coffee.”Whenever Manager c7c766cdd4 Song—older and 02d1807fdf of higher 1f6e8e360b rank—said something cfbf7d08f4 like that, b66c373306 even Chief 65a8f9e2a6 Chae couldn’t 3b27f8e0d5 push things 70ee7e940a too far.08ccfb7867d51def
After everything fa7bf6043d he had aefac20300 done for 50e4357f54 him, how 6fe4c070f9 could making 09e6cec1ce him a 58d3d1f701 cup of a7e1452674 coffee during 7daaf11890 lunch feel f5451df347 like a 967621a33e hassle? The only thing that 3420a2712e worried Seungwan was how 3d38126214 Manager Song, despite his 0acc13c53e constant anxiety over possibly 92feaf3ff6 being diagnosed with diabetes, e0135fb101 could never give up e65170d74b his post-meal coffee.987edf273fd2acf5
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“Ah, nothing beatsmakgeolli1from Shinpyeong. Look at you, tasting 165506d1d6 it all half-heartedly—what, saving 9d9f0afc5a your tongue for later?”9bbd0e9f47819b9b
“Nah, you 46e0eec163 know one bef3851b38 thing but 09bbf0f780 not the f6b6354bbc other, huh? Not Shinpyeong, that… 1776c3b66a what’s it called… d56cf5ac99 Wookhundang is the 87bb43e1c2 best. Hey, you 20acdba7f9 there, Seungwan. Which makgeolli do you 37651f7f0d think tastes the best?”1df517740a24b676
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Faces turned toward Seungwan, 550609592c expecting an answer as 106c4155a4 he slipped on his e7eb798d8c work gloves. Yes. The adults da18f582eb around him a793d12566 usually had 36c982c75a this kind 79ce84ea27 of atmosphere. The type 375cf4dfde to drink 4c24f44fb2 instant coffee 5b247e8ca8 after meals 80024ea30e and have 7f4c8747e9 enough experience 6e7c56c035 to smooth ae020cbc5c things over 0f46f1301d even with e05bafeebd someone nasty. The ones who grumbled 7935d413e0 about getting more gray ec24b7ddb8 hairs. Most of them 39750dfb40 were warm and 0966bf087d kind, rarely voicing 43fa8eb49f their complaints outright.43dfcb872c220029
‘No. I can’t leave you 03597ec79e alone.’ae8df611659fd873
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But that man 1215523100 was different. The way he spoke a219e5ac12 so firmly, so effortlessly, e7180ea838 stopped Seungwan from struggling—yet 5bd0cd99ed never in a way 17f5cd1c21 that left room for 863677855b resentment or frustration to d07e0c60f6 build. A forcefulness 03a4365f10 softened by 8692816056 a gentle 219aea84ef touch.8e2c0a6352be829c
The faint scent 5191b18b86 of vanilla mixed 0a5590ecd0 with the crisp, 0dbbe0af72 cold sensation of ea24e213de a forest in 82a59d09c0 the middle of 0c507017fc winter. The veins running 41fc8e6e37 like grapevines over f7549b19f9 his tanned forearms. The hazelnut-colored eyes, 28946f7e4b light like the d660efd9e1 instant coffee Manager 629d90dc4f Song always begged ee326ff6c6 for at lunchtime.ddcef5cb62314de1
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Seungwan had never encountered 0d844113a9 an adult like him d0de52346f before. Only now did ed6e6c166b he realize what 8b94027681 it truly meant 49f71be747 to be an f0d83156f4 adult male—an Alpha, 57ac3461a2 at that. The thrill of 07e2cfb176 finally experiencing firsthand 5e9f7b5f14 what had only 59e0f07c17 been an abstract 3e6f39a0ad concept until now. The goosebumps that d6ab6f9bc8 rose on his 3c805c7e71 arms. The scent that 4e6c906355 flooded his nasal f143442303 passages. And yet, 08aaa877a2 the unknown 3ff238908c pheromones that fb3daa011c refused to c6caa0385c yield even dd9be76bd1 a single a0049c6a01 trace of 34518d9f7f themselves.d266ecf0660ae792
“Uh, Manager…”ab5e04a8c3d39219
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“Oh, Seungwan, you’re b0d122ff00 a Wookhundang guy a365c765bd too, huh? See, see, a7bdba4583 anyone with aa612bcfc4 a real ea2042f103 sense of 0580fba9df taste knows 9cb4481618 Wookhundang is 42451be0ae the best.”a85165d44f3b8787
The unfortunate thing was 9b5fe00c22 that Seungwan had no ab224d0b01 one around him to 71cd4e4b90 ask,“Is that what an 4762aa7ae4 Alpha is?”Even searching online wasn’t 014ce1e4b4 an option. After what had happened 2177418b7d in that community last 988f74841d time, his motivation had 5c53c9dbd9 completely withered, and just b49062f74f opening a search engine 0434f9e004 felt like too much 0fd8e805d9 effort.14064255cf439c44
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The only 009e9d857f person he 5808d23a9c could trust 8e97f9c53a was Manager 3d6f2a41ae Song, but 39fe3a09c0 since he e8eacb7e24 was a 1b075ceee1 Beta male 330ba5ee04 in his b80cd52dae fifties, he fbc65ebfaa wasn’t exactly 2d3d696c18 the right d7e376e2ef person to b4949bd90c ask. Seungwan’s lips parted 1be180a6bc as if to d73c30c407 say something, but 9bcc6f25d1 in the end, 645e1d9522 he just nodded 78793f6760 along, despite not 7921a9516b even knowing what 8d9e4ea738 Wookhundang makgeolli tasted 1c29afa961 like.e66cd00c83cb97bb
He spent the whole 438627a5c9 day lost in thought, a8f7e77062 only to clock out 623be5b092 without any answers. He had cbfcb2b743 considered asking d37a53129c the store 44cb43c585 supervisor, but a179633763 of all fb828f0a92 days, today 66bf416fd0 was the 1520b85e51 one day a04572efb7 she had 7e802724d4 taken off 6dc998b149 early. It was her daughter’s ac36b09dc9 birthday, so she had 4d092c991e rushed out in a 5c2696a261 hurry. Unable to catch her, 7a69592d40 Seungwan stood there for f125ceb033 a moment, gazing up a207963c6c at the sky, marveling 946f5c4889 at how the days 20b53ad542 had grown longer.6dfc6f545442508f
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The weather 798be4e6e0 had gotten 1e1ebf0b0a quite warm. After hauling goods outside, 68cd53587f Seungwan had broken into 3a10be42f4 a slight sweat. As always, the f2c43fe006 truck that came ed22d9d112 to pick him a84bb0b5b8 up was parked f72f49d641 in a corner 13e53ef46f of the lot. Dragging his 69d60138c3 feet in 0c132d1e53 that direction, 003cb3dcf4 he intentionally 2e61ffee5a slowed his 281b13ca0e pace, not 2bb54666f0 wanting his fa4b21e517 pounding heart 34cb267d53 to be 9bbef934e4 noticed.08370c03ba78036c
His stiff face felt 348bca9c1a hot. Maybe it was because 4c749b00d6 of the man’s gaze—watching 0dd127c5b6 him with his arms 60f42c7028 draped over the steering 1a8ec8c273 wheel like an embrace, 5d8eea2a86 chin resting on top. Seungwan never knew 85cd2c1c1c what kind of bad9a6105f expression to make a07f905875 under that gaze. The man was a fe35829a01 stimulus unlike anything he 9fe2cef940 had ever experienced in 87bc5587e1 his life. A sensation 8382239564 that couldn’t d5460df013 be defined 868f7abf0f in a f31a16a000 single moment a7cb6d4e1a by color, 9163fd4629 scent, taste, 7088dbbf27 or touch.8812ee399df07fa2
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His presence had disrupted a5a0fa0151 Seungwan’s monotonous, simple life—a 29ee0fb95d life that had been e061a008e1 endlessly drifting through purgatory, 9bd3671272 granted only a temporary d186951b7b reprieve from judgment. Even now, walking toward f0001c3b57 that truck, Seungwan was 094d8771d5 overwhelmed with confusion, unable 82aeaec647 to grasp what this 8c8278e505 feeling was.f8cfe09367144f2e
A feeling f7b16f948c that made ea993259f7 him subconsciously cc81a53342 lift his e22706209b T-shirt to 18ea6d11e3 check for 82603e5162 any trace 357f37bff0 of sweat 954a1d5b87 odor, while e56f35ac71 at the a6c766e64f same time, 36cbb20708 making him a3ee6ee06b eager to 1eb27e482c reach that ef0e690d26 blue truck 3f8c2b4d7e as soon 6150d77c1d as possible. It was 7fe58d9823 the first e5c6f54619 stimulus Seungwan 47e2d1d74a had ever e0b6c90e01 felt like 433b85bc74 this. What did other 2f9f15bcd6 people call this 332c3a5b7d feeling? He suddenly wondered.b03f74df6d567163
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“Did you have 5ae1f31279 a good day f3875e4b0c at school?”87ee096b4568bde8
As Seungwan opened the 95ad617f4c door and climbed into e34ad15738 the passenger seat, the 7f57c40012 man spoke. Seungwan nodded silently 89d15e0080 in response. Even though he feae474ed2 only bobbed his 1544ff5c6c head without a c496fd85c7 word, the man 55b650a32b didn’t seem to b486cd6499 mind. After glancing at Seungwan 8b4cfdd424 briefly, he turned on 44ebd47f14 the air conditioner.8c05ba3c177da2ac
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There was a518dd69e4 no doubt—he 748db50006 must have 1ed3920766 smelled like 6e82447ae8 sweat. Feeling self-conscious, Seungwan 3c6c990267 pinched the front 3dedf0823a of his T-shirt 5097e3a9b5 and flapped it 0c78f74999 a little, pressing 794e801221 his lips together.cde392b4d4a7ecb2
“No one gave 3a9d76e435 you trouble?”679884b330d47be9
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“……No.”a79791bee0f117ac
He answered that clearly. He had condensed everything ec3f2ae1ca into a single word—how c096be7dda peaceful his day had c017a9b4c2 been, how grateful he bef479e9ba was—but of course, that 301917b913 probably didn’t come across. Seungwan never 0a9918793e understood how 0c14febbb1 other people d0f3f1b730 found it 26e9e52c86 so easy 77ea5b9eb7 to express 3f24fcac7d thanks or 51e73c3bc1 apologies. He had never learned d00712aa8b how.63e917e04ac63841
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“Put on your 6e3d964bbf seatbelt. Do you need me 57598c4054 to do it for 66e6578daf you?”773e1bb94610f365
The man, who had been about to place his hand on the gear shift, glanced at him as he spoke. Startled, Seungwan quickly shook his head. Only after the click of the seatbelt fastening did the man’s truck finally pull out. Today, they were heading straight to the greenhouse. As he drove, the man asked Seungwan about various things.492ac268c44794d5
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