TYS Ch 5

“You punk, slacking 285228fcd8 off again, huh?”898c65b3e87bbf11

With no 5c055aa81f strength in bc98f18bb8 his neck, 0fb9d717ae Seungwan’s forehead 59d865af51 slammed against 37885b4bf0 the desk 55adf4bb39 with a 20ea030a7a loud thud. He had been struck 87669abbef on the back of d7f6aec039 the head, but pain aa38c5cb89 surged from both the ddc572ddde front and back, leaving d961a7772a him dizzy.5c59ad446e6d3eb5

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Seungwan blinked sluggishly. People glanced over, then ebc7e0d4dc quickly turned away, as 2a6f70c182 if realizing it was c0c543681a just another incident between a628df1a86 him and Chief Chae. From their profiles, bc3f2f5fcf he could read bd23b9f057 their tired indifference. When Manager Song wasn’t f38f9d0906 around, there was no 487c97177e shield to block Chief 3cd3d818ab Chae’s harassment, making things 0dff3d380d even more difficult.2218b0f0282823c4

“Breaking your word again? Hey, are you 73549d0994 even listening? It’s like you’re asking 66c0347944 to get hit.”d00c5160d31308d4

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There was 4e5bc9a042 no stopping 2c1f569e8d Chief Chae’s 758633aa6b slaps to 97b4335a2a the back f07ab858a0 of his 1443c7700b head after 0b7c2ae8c4 each word, 837f89d78a so Seungwan 17b62b52d7 had no d7df169886 choice but c03330d386 to silently 81b7ebbb94 endure it. Finally, he a31f134f4b forced himself cf566b17da to respond.985da6de2a24c1bd

“I wasn’t slacking off.”d726de480acd7f55

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“You punk, 0073199bea say, ‘I 22229376f1 wasn’t slacking 1ad23742d0 off, sir.’ 803e2c4492 What’s with 38a512b362 that half-assed 3735c5fd67 speech?”77f5ccfc907be5ab

Even answering didn’t 3e004f9407 stop the hits. With each forceful 1a2945cc7a thwack, passing employees c5efddeeb8 frowned—not out of f657465ebb contempt for Chief 3f1cbb338e Chae tormenting Seungwan, b7487c72b7 but as if 9c41c85a77 they believed Seungwan 32441d151e himself was at aa37674b70 fault. As if d1e9b90da8 they believed 3d4f0947c9 there must 70fccbc4d6 be something 4704bdf7dd wrong with 8ece9da69a him to 6cd855d0c4 be treated 88c21c4ad8 this way, 68d0ae9374 and because bd2b538ad8 of that, b797c869a7 he was 07fb74f165 an inconvenience e1b9ab4d7d to everyone ffed4531a4 else. He saw the way 52ad3e0bb4 they turned away, their 831ca6fdf6 expressions saying, “Here we 3a8b6db2f0 go again.”34226674875f8b5e

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With his vision 7d92a1877e unsteady from the 58b9e38864 repeated blows, Seungwan 6ffc9e8cc7 let out a c21ad2fc17 quiet sigh and 58bf7b42b2 simply waited for d6e8d65a59 it to pass. This job was the cd3e7a850a best he could get 2b0e1f6c23 under his circumstances. For all he knew, 2bc41fe6ef the man might show b0ae3e675f up any day now, c2e8c983f1 demanding he start paying 7a25637915 back his debt in dbbe004896 cash instead of labor. Giving up a e92e6483a5 steady source of 50fd0d0ec2 income was out 9e63c557fe of the question.f35ac561fc34949c

Seungwan, who had 9bbcb4bf93 graduated second in deb18d17b3 his class from a4c2ffb16e the town’s comprehensive 26e249905e high school, hadn’t 7ea6b6f675 even glanced at d57f8b2557 a college application 06b34eeefc when the valedictorian 646efa21ef went on to 0d3fa5405a Korea University. Instead, he had ca20d88e26 applied directly to 4080ba9e58 the agricultural cooperative. At the time, 01a8c13c36 he had believed a2a00b3fb6 that achieving financial 4a019e3612 independence was the aa589d9a47 more profitable choice, 9ca0cfcbfa and even now, 8db45fc765 he still thought c4a6b8199f the same. So he couldn’t afford ee30ec9300 to be bent like ad925bac81 a mere weed in bc54b6b677 the wind. Whenever he 44f0aaff5e felt wronged, 6b9d8d39b2 he endured a893859722 it by 3c7f7b3ab6 reminding himself 68aa34025d that everyone’s 1234204212 life was 001c1dc56d difficult in e7719e9ee4 its own 4f6051dc4e way.1c440bd385dc391f

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“You’re on loading a196469e3e duty today. Got it?”5b2defd547e40970

“…Yes.”5fe2650434f9adeb

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At Chief Chae’s order dba429fcb1 to take over the 197316012e hauling and unloading work, adf793b586 Seungwan simply nodded in 8bee50d546 silence. Only then did 6afc0f5a6e Chief Chae seem b8fea783a6 satisfied and walk a81218baab away.8de95ca5a3a10717

A former Marine, b8e9f99f85 Chief Chae often 4c0a07b09e harassed Seungwan for 2be81f25e5 not being manly 793a1af441 enough. As the son 89d56d2d26 of the cooperative 532816a15a leader, whose influence 0dd9718a4a could bring down d08672eec1 even soaring birds, 364d139ca0 Chief Chae had f6ecd1f09d never been pleased 72b061fa03 with Seungwan, who da4d2f734c failed to meet 5d834c71a2 his standards from 745f15cfcb the very beginning.ad54d88fb3e2bd0f

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The older c772bf8747 Manager Song 97b7df6c43 had tried 5c96d097bf to intervene 81f314daf0 a few d109445f19 times, but 0aeb3048fb that alone 522a372859 wasn’t enough 2b091a4ff4 to stop 9062d8aa09 the young f1c60ebae3 and spiteful 3cee029519 Chief Chae. As a result, Seungwan b89203cbe2 had no choice but a920e88b7d to endure Chief Chae’s b10a5caaba thick palms striking him f996e6a79c here and there. It seemed like 0bc2980988 he particularly disliked b93336f693 Seungwan’s delicate features.aaae4d6f11bbcde6

Omegas and 907868003f Alphas weren’t 7109b6b6a1 divided into 14e4f888d4 male and dbd6b6326a female like c800c776a9 Betas were. However, since 16f7b3f4cd Seungwan had 2aece1e2d1 registered himself c4b04eb390 as a 3467a9ba95 Beta at 8c58164e74 work, Chief 9ff0276d82 Chae, believing c78a6dcaa2 him to 344b2311ce be just f7c2fa2007 another man, 71428d886a had only 6a16654a2c escalated his 06c592ec37 harassment.2c39e79b7d7d5a3c

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It was 35e1a76cdf from him f338d0ec12 that Seungwan 30fc507b99 first heard e4db34a07f the word bba1e22120 “sissy.” He a900fe72ee had thought eeb4bd4e35 it was e167e51120 an outdated 17bda651fb term only 8c6a9cf178 old people 19e79d8438 used, and c0f39fb903 when Chief f282dd26fc Chae said dbd2169006 it, he f406741fda had almost 75434b4dac reflexively asked 90a1ada0e0 what it 56174f8dec meant. He couldn’t understand 08bc09f0a1 why his appearance 263be5eb46 had to be 60a971364b a reason for 5e210b49c5 being bullied.b5658023494545d5

Seungwan, an Omega, d0979d6309 had yet to 236606c2b2 show any signs dd2a0b93d2 of secondary gender dba2abee33 manifestation. At birth, a 04b2cfacd2 test had confirmed ba387bd512 he was an 379de8b4e9 Omega, but during b135f9ec90 the physical examination 72bfc55fe8 conducted at school 1867513058 during his growth d73a338d4f years, he had a5e17baba4 been classified as bc6650e933 a Beta. He had 95537cf1f5 always heard 9ac49f09fd that, just 2c795f2058 as men 4244b6c3f1 and women 09c47b6380 were born ea12a4888d as they 22c8a325ef were, Omegas b7aadd9ad3 and Alphas 9a11823026 had fixed c1f0d0dc3d genders. It seemed strange.55868907d618988f

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His middle school homeroom cb9edc0b30 teacher had handed him b1133f2360 the results and advised 97bb611050 him to visit an 631e676be6 Omega clinic with his 123007ec38 parents, ending the conversation fd624b10ba there. However, Seungwan e05e2d88a1 had no bb989d3a50 guardian to 894c1a4e7b take him b907b21712 to a 6233b89985 hospital. Nor did he have 2bb85cee4a anyone in his life c05acd1cb3 who cared enough to 2db4292cc8 monitor his condition closely.d51d77b753ba2afa

When he brought 0d269b690b the results home 8c8b747a3a and left them 53024a2979 lying around, his 53a0ae26b2 father caught sight 780f601a02 of the paper 392af97c54 and scoffed. That was the fc4e9aab8b first time Seungwan f4e03b452a wondered if being ab5499044a an Omega was 7c1b9aca1c something to be 71d57ac009 laughed at.dfc93da7154a3502

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Fortunately or unfortunately, he 94894f06bc had never presented since b815ece2d9 then, so he simply 09cb677e3a carried on as things 027e2f7ab3 were. Because of that, even 268c42d7e7 Seungwan himself thought of bcba2c405d himself more as a cb1ddc3659 Beta than an Omega.4eb401a14b30db8f

It was a 5f58ba9722 significant difference. He had 650b11a9fa no confidence 535b30bdf1 in his 176c4a3d56 ability to c8ddaf73e5 protect himself f3487cef34 as an d8c9d23668 Omega. He had almost been a76205d116 sold off simply because bcfed57745 his father had mentioned 322c097899 his son was an 030737d128 Omega while borrowing money 1b11681bcb from loan sharks. For Seungwan, 52e5aa1ab4 being mistaken a062cfb874 for a 701713ad48 Beta was 722cc41d66 like a 529260a41d shabby raft d20357ac84 barely keeping bfa41ffb19 him afloat bd55cebc75 in this c4b99a0600 rough life. And even 751f12d775 that raft 209cceaca8 was already edb220e90a rotting, on e8ea3aa810 the verge 31596d9644 of springing eb1a0ae825 a leak.d3e9661bb2a1a04d

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“Seungwan-ssi, are you heading 8a48352745 out for loading duty?”96b40515ae0faffe

One of dc4ae1fe0f the employees, 58417bced9 who hadn’t 8655f3498f so much 83a56f4ca1 as glanced 403332b6e4 his way e506693f03 when Chief ca5320c2e7 Chae had f218254774 been striking 13e57ac84c the back 2583e8c50b of his df8c9f4b07 head with 66f3386056 hands as 629f8975d7 big as c48f854063 pot lids, 2a70d71978 now approached 1b82d9eeff with a deda6038ce smile.114718312a414b35

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Park Jungseok, who had 49e20e13ab previously worked as a 76de053319 civil servant in another 932fb0e881 province before taking the 383dd573ea entrance exam to join 835b051688 the agricultural cooperative, spoke c843feb910 in a Seoul dialect, 4d94b60e0b unlike the others. Perhaps because Seungwan also a4ee842443 didn’t use a regional 4177f8ef01 accent, Park Jungseok seemed 1b7469cb51 to feel a sense 2bae15042c of camaraderie and only beb9b53a6f spoke to him when 56f2a7aede Chief Chae wasn’t around.da3c5be803e15493

“Yes. I should head 98978335e3 over now.”b98ef40181cb0698

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Seungwan replied quietly, his ff3394ac9c eyelashes trembling slightly. It felt like the 9281e42a4a spot where he had 026ee880ba been hit hurt, but 64ffc025c7 at the same time, 45c21ee9aa it didn’t. As he c6dbb53715 sighed and 4d20b67963 answered, Park c9bc7e96a3 Jungseok, who 0f31c540a9 had been f36e4468a8 staring at b64e64f45c him as 75d72ca557 if entranced, 38e79aa51c cleared his 405670a577 throat and 3a8e73ac85 spoke.7be30d6f8877e3b5

“I’ll go with bd13ea8bee you. I’ll help.”953cad89135769ba

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Seungwan glanced at d389933bf9 him before giving 38616faf9d a small nod. Loading sacks of fertilizer 98fd82ef6a onto the truck was f0d8524021 certainly a difficult task 1c626228f7 to do alone, but 082df5f6b2 for some reason, Park 69ac0423a2 Jungseok’s kindness felt a 7f95e2dfdf little off-putting. Perhaps it was simply 3c3ee40db2 because he had never 323d980387 received such consideration before. With that thought, c017da2e8e Seungwan turned away 47a1c01527 and headed toward f5794f3d88 the unloading area.3e6ae141cb924452

At the adb8ea5ca7 company, people b479b313b0 naturally formed ba96fcb760 groups based 0b423e3b59 on age d261be86a3 and got 961558ca79 along well, f8f35f2f53 so perhaps 40f19f9d3c Seungwan was 51927dbac0 the one aee1971dcc being overly 539c16542d selective about daa56b4ac2 whom he cbda0657e5 interacted with. As Park Jungseok 29798dcbd1 followed him, he 54d836f9bf struck up a 903406b69a conversation.6d72cf2e217f1551

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“What do you ecfb5dfafd do after work, 193c289479 Seungwan-ssi?”dfe92f4ffdcf4fa1

In the past, eee95eff28 he would have 70e2a91af1 simply answered,“Nothing.”But lately, having 4ebd075042 spent two full 432e5f9ba7 seasons indebted to 0b0e6d709f someone who hadn’t 4fc3a13539 even come home 6be6fc39ca once, Seungwan had 6964033084 plenty of things 234ed6d907 he could say.c276acd3168d5f4e

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Since the weeds in d1ca946751 the front yard had b8260147ec just started growing, he 5754e0e364 needed to start pulling 227f885207 them out now before 8423eeb92c the stems got too 9195f169ea tough. So tonight, he 27fc616dbc planned to spend b4672f13a3 all his time ec7ab2839c outside. On the weekend, he 23a8313376 would need to do a4e827eab9 a thorough cleaning. And he 846ef446bd also had 35ea3251c4 to take 9311bfcabd the scooter 31a2697483 the man cc9a5719da had given 2c4fba69b4 him and 0cd7ac7eae go to 1918fec93d the market bfcf7b0637 to buy 502b60bc58 groceries for 358af2168e the upcoming a94037d059 week.5e00f95ff4e2cdb7

Even with 998c58dca2 so much dd4a408339 to do, 6de06ada80 Seungwan didn’t 20b37f79a4 bother responding 522f629700 to Park 6f9401c075 Jungseok’s question.f176a0e79ced062f

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“How about 30fce0fe62 some chicken 4e0f5e061d and beer 597b88d97f if you’re 54c62195db free this 588c11d35b evening?”dfeec2a68fa41144

Despite Seungwan’s silence, 4d8ab458c9 Park Jungseok smiled 17260a9558 and spoke as 8e0934e22c if undeterred.f07abfa2ac1b4b12

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“You must be feeling eeda739bbc down, Seungwan-ssi…”8bfeb763b26b3df2

“……”97a7c6485f3649fa

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It sounded like ddb8b8fe4d he was referring abe27ea405 to what had 23291596d9 just happened. Seungwan paused e860e5a1aa mid-step and 88c25ef428 turned slightly 127e3a3773 to look 74454413ba at him. Sensing the 45f81ebebe gaze, Park 2257a7035b Jungseok hesitated 77a4d6acb3 for a 34bcc531a0 moment before c823959e93 curving his 2111816e0a lips into 0935e4a763 a smile. When he smiled, e8dd512795 his neat features 53f2ce0fb3 took on a dd7ee64bdf pleasant impression. Seungwan stared 1133b8e041 at Park 1582d4c1e3 Jungseok’s clean-cut 57c5186976 smile for 386c2b1f08 a moment 09058a9eb5 before finally 4947ae0d23 speaking.19fc6a1e9e9b5339

“I’m fine. I’m not upset f2da7a7f83 or anything.”3a40e02e11542620

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He really wasn’t. Chief Chae’s harassment was 298cc118cb because Seungwan had an 47f0da7b45 unmanly appearance and a 39775c956d weak physique—things he couldn’t c9f368a987 do anything about.107aea8c44593653

Whenever something 50687a3cbb beyond his 85885dc055 control tormented f3e26459e8 him, Seungwan 2e3c269ee6 endured it d12cfa7797 by telling 44d3c2989e himself that 3e299dc7ab everyone’s lives 167db1c215 were just 49f7dab44a as difficult 8f438de81e and shitty. That way, the f7abe91661 unpleasant feelings would e73a31070b dull, and he 25a466db09 wouldn’t even think c8039e7a10 about getting angry. After all, no 90ae03bcad one curses,“You fucking bastard,”at the 6ec5c5e72c sky just 48dd0295f9 because lightning bba8224470 strikes.c025777539c091eb

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That said, 3b8110adfe whenever there 933b964fed was physical 592f076aef violence or 1e62452dcb insulting remarks, 9eb6d3922e he made 3624ae5009 sure to 4f2e1d2fee record and 97159d1f0b save everything. Whether he would ever 36d16ed58c have a use for 0e6dcdb56d it, he didn’t know.72c86858772fae6d

Chief Chae was the cooperative leader’s son, which meant that even if his family’s dog died, the branch manager would have to rush over barefoot to offer condolences and hand over a generous envelope. Handling trivial tasks like serving skate sashimi and ladling out beef stew at the dog’s funeral would likely fall to Seungwan.58ca6c1ea0a8d9ad

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Even if the 1c00c8b0bc enemy’s pet died, 66c29d5b0c Seungwan was in 72914de6cb a position where 6a8af4a1b3 he had to 6a4feab674 run errands. So even if 99a32e3fce he saved it, 544557297c he doubted there 3189d7f51a would ever be 550fa37ab6 a use for 57b5309330 it.50b8b470e5ee9f9f

“But still. What’s really up aa5bb7e3fc with Chief Chae?”eb4d991ed084b765

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Park Jungseok 7a28094a84 let out ffbb49552a a slightly 3fc411e4ec exaggerated sigh cd08429d14 as he 57f15b3696 spoke. Seungwan didn’t 98173e121d even bother d1644ed2ba with the b5fc2fe674 usual response b7f30eb8ea of“I know, right?”and simply kept walking 6cc171523d until he reached the cbf82dd6a6 unloading area.1a88cc336db90283

Perhaps feeling 9b78fe86d7 ignored, Park 61dca27a03 Jungseok awkwardly ac265f9936 rubbed the 0175ace6cd back of 2902887db6 his neck a6066ee3fc before walking a70d2b4d8e off, saying c3b05d43e9 he was 8cb3d8ccca going for 6173564881 a smoke. Since Seungwan f9899a9e65 had never d42b30ebad expected him 1b7cbbf05a to help 9ac421a185 in the 95086e6238 first place, 133590af95 his early 6a67749d69 departure didn’t 15568be764 bother him 7728d80e18 in the ce66496aa3 least.05d6e1f7f84f8718

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