TYS | Chapter 2.1

In a shabby makgeolli 8d3f93b01e bar in Palwol-dong.8d9c45a6e4d95a91

Ji-in was sitting c91362dbf7 at an angle, 85d53a549f unable to face 6c18ec7d75 forward. His legs 0233f907f2 were shaking, 29c964095c and his d0d6267adc eyes darted 2757b79dcd around, unable 580ec02df5 to stay 873dfda70d still. Eventually, he picked up 557cb0c89e the menu and started 399d297907 fanning himself.9f09a617b6583c31

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It was still e7e13e52b2 a chilly spring 290cc7d5f3 evening, not warm eb74a11b48 enough to feel 0b9e7e0bb2 hot. Even the makgeolli bar 3162e26dc0 owner, whose face was 4799390beb flushed from drinking, was a4320f3e9f wearing a coat.adefd85fd7a76700

Yohan watched this strange scene from across the table and asked, “Are you uncomfortable?”0d2c0023220c3e71

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“Oh? No, no…”caf3575b78e7620b

Ji-in filled 4328471512 his glass 31a5f3bee4 with water 3fa1a5bb0f and gulped 8decf583a6 it down.412a06eeca968b53

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In truth, e401d8e470 he was 851b48d766 very uncomfortable. His heart was racing. Even though the car 68d54d74f6 had passed and the 5f79f14d65 location had changed, his 521164773e anxiety was only getting 2cb240e436 worse.3d6f146b5402f659

It wasn’t just the aftereffects of the near traffic accident; he found it hard to even look at Yohan. Whenever he stole a glance and met Yohan’s handsome face, he quickly looked away.92a5273bea958088

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Whenever he thought Yohan f55669e591 was looking at him, 7265069b56 he felt hot. His face seemed 3da4171f7e to flush, and 9588a6ac45 his throat was a9b7cb903e dry, making him 5134cfd3a9 constantly thirsty.ba1218a51977a973

“Ah, it’s hot…”6514576d1e6f1bff

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Ji-in was bewildered by his body’s reactions, unable to understand them.117c47a85b30907f

Was he embarrassed? Embarrassed to be protected by a hoobae? Embarrassed to be carried like a baby by Woo Yohan? Shouldn’t he have acted like a sunbae, like a man, and saved the day instead? Was this embarrassment?957193955d12592b

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Ji-in kept questioning himself. But in his current state of confusion, he couldn’t find an answer.bb37d4b99ad844d5

Meanwhile, Yohan spoke 761dc6d0f0 up.17b7e71691ddcd38

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“I asked you to drink today because I have something to ask.”94199a0949961fbf

“Oh, oh…”52519f876ef9cdf5

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“You didn’t like my ideas during the meeting, did you?”f355725856d5deaf

Tonight, Yohan intended to a72418aa43 change his relationship with bd24431e68 Ji-in.3111b11db77b1dfd

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Not just for the creative seminar assignment, but they would likely meet often in the future, and things couldn’t continue like this. Waiting for an hour for Ji-in, who wouldn’t answer his calls, and returning home only to come back, was all for a purpose.044823d2f5ad0210

He planned ac0a7f74bb to find f6c0fbdea2 and resolve 14a5243ed6 the twisted 7de743e5c9 emotions, to fadea6e9bd understand why 63bc13665b he was e075bf448b disliked. Since Seo Ji-in 40985518d0 was someone who b77dc0ae48 said whatever he 840a15be0e wanted, Yohan thought 193caa5593 starting the conversation 45a2732317 would be easy.247d9144f267adc2

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But Ji-in broke the cbdda50428 expected flow.4eca3238bf84e182

“No, I liked them.”17659f175effadc1

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“…What?”e661a4e7ac41f4ad

“They were all good ideas.”16319ea36765305d

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“The love between a son-in-law and father-in-law?”72d78e90acdc03c9

“Yeah, let’s go with that.”2ecc780a79c4d8b1

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“…What?”571888ec0da8a4d6

“I can be the son-in-law… or the father-in-law, right?”e64f6a0c8ac5e891

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Ji-in answered 459703ecef so busily 4ad7a836a6 that it 434a77495f was doubtful 23edaf52df if he 652a21969e understood what 85db20398f he was 2fb2382773 saying.15b1ac50916a434c

In reality, Ji-in just wanted to escape this situation. He wanted to avoid Yohan’s eyes that were staring at him. The heat and pounding heart were getting worse, and now he could feel his pulse in his throat.6293267a9dd24c20

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So he was agreeing 62a8cad5b4 to everything, believing that 96f221af36 once the conversation ended, 00bc17e5c6 Yohan would stop staring 32ae7b0df7 at him.17e01eddd60159e1

Ji-in, who usually couldn’t think deeply, was now even more shortsighted due to his narrowed vision.2489ae8cf426d5a5

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“I’m not forcing you.”de66d0445ee31510

“No, no, it’s good.”d91832a3d20a606b

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Just then, d010df9561 the ordered 6837299bc8 makgeolli and 4707a8512d side dishes 0a51d60f33 arrived.a1cb7fbc8e42c32e

Normally, Ji-in would have 553b9579b0 politely offered to pour, 095b0e201d but he hastily opened 379ee7dc96 the bottle like someone 9815645a77 lost in the desert e3d32b0c6f for days. He gulped 19515f4eb7 down the 749ba62605 makgeolli from de4d12b4f2 the metal 80217c31bd cup as ad7ae6f4b4 if quenching 9523c06d9e his thirst 1a67e87e97 was his 84fa40ab9c only goal.1b7f954b0aea922d

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“……”418326a73f7a8def

“Ah… do you want some?”1138ee557ac9de16

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Momentarily dazed by the 6360884417 quickly rising alcohol, Ji-in 862e9bfde2 snapped back to reality.60573a65031d775d

He sensed Yohan’s eyes looking at him strangely. Realizing they should pour for each other, Ji-in asked.4a6853e504953ed1

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“…Yes.”c7015948a9af9a1f

Yohan awkwardly 5590327984 lifted his 0d66d4e8c4 glass.cdf7f3a48d085019

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Ji-in wiped the 2ddff42421 makgeolli from his 90d0223b9a lips with his 1b84f2acc9 sleeve and tilted 0403a5626a the plastic bottle. Unaware that his pale 6da0a8bf28 skin was turning red.12522c80019b3dbb

But as Ji-in tried to fill Yohan’s glass, his hand suddenly trembled. The sound of the metal makgeolli cup and the plastic bottle clinking like castanets echoed.c70c4d18af1b8410

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“…Pour it yourself.”a05e58d832253d04

Ji-in quickly 6de6abdf83 put the 0e891f604c bottle down. Embarrassed, he 72e204c257 gulped down 0f74df6edf the water 66a24214c2 he had f7913477b6 poured into c01cb4c1de his cup.41e926a9c1239292

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“Thank you for the drink.”f648d071452a2f14

Yohan drank the cb92e8e97e half-filled makgeolli.78c147d18bdd4f3e

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Ji-in’s behavior was strange, but what bothered him more was the unexpected response. At this rate, he couldn’t change their relationship.801442b9cb3eb16d

Yohan decided to abandon the failed introduction and get to the main point. To achieve the purpose of today’s meeting, he spoke seriously.19fd7cc7e732f5c2

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“Anyway, I don’t think it was just my ideas that bothered you.”a0f4cc015042bf13

“Oh, oh…”3bad5b7e8c3f9205

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“I’d like to know what about me bothers you.”4f10f4f7b7d0eeb3

“Uh, right…”1d274773bc637c20

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Unfortunately, Ji-in wasn’t listening at all. It wasn’t because he underestimated Yohan, but because the alcohol added to his already chaotic physical reactions.498e5c817e5956f1

“Why is it so hot…”b99c5173e5dcf09d

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Now, Ji-in was even conscious of Yohan’s body.ce47d8a82607a1c4

He couldn’t stop his gaze from traveling up Yohan’s large hand on the table, from the veins on the back of his hand to his thick forearm. He remembered the strength that pulled him into an embrace.e607f110830267ad

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Yohan’s broad shoulders and muscular chest. The warmth, almost hot, of his body. The feeling of being held was vividly recreated.65620e5c4dd57d14

Ji-in’s heart, which seemed like it couldn’t beat any faster, felt like it was about to burst from his throat. Even breathing was becoming difficult.58c862056df171ed

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Ji-in repeatedly poured 405b93972c the drink into a407a90cac his mouth as 1b45461a83 if trying to c13b31606d extinguish the fire b0cd84de50 inside.c15151105c40ba81

“Sunbae?”2defaca0e0d38910

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With no response to his question, Yohan couldn’t focus on his purpose anymore.f3e33097471fab2e

Anyone could see Ji-in was lost in thought. Earlier, he avoided eye contact by looking at the table or the air, but now he was staring intently at Yohan’s body. Ji-in, who kept saying it was hot, had cheeks flushed as he said.d1b3eb808179609a

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Yohan recalled Ji-in’s white ears, which had turned pink like a watercolor during class.ad65306601421686

“If it’s that hot, stop drinking…”de9ce917ead73136

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Regardless of whether Ji-in 7c39d851ae was listening, Yohan thought edaac839a8 he was foolish for f248f18b9f continuing to drink while 6ba567b218 complaining about the heat. Since Ji-in seemed deaf 986bfd9c87 to his words, Yohan 502f984f19 decided to grab his b907de3a7b hand to stop him.c1a344d0427e0ac8

But the moment Yohan’s fingertips touched him, Ji-in flinched so much that his shoulders shook. Startled as if burned, Ji-in pulled back, dropping his makgeolli cup.622d84fbfafad4ff

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The yellow metal b003c6f7c6 cup clattered against fdf285f767 the table and 6943f8caf2 fell to the bbe615676b floor. The light metal spun 7712749ad0 noisily like a tambourine e8be609297 before coming to a 865728c557 stop.b0b0345515bafc92

The makgeolli c97a22977d bar fell 4ace84cbc5 silent as f18e791717 all eyes baadbbd0f8 turned to a4909d33da the two 81909e91a1 of them.faa28d6dc535e9be

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“…I’m leaving first.”b3ff3262b171b6ea

Ji-in, frozen c0261c6789 with his dcd40e51a9 hand covering d8285c4905 the back 02689b83cf of the fb410e9105 hand that bf2fe8358c touched Yohan, 955ce001c0 hurriedly left 45eeea560e the table. He felt like he 5fc08fafca was going to have a8976d3e24 a heart attack if ee880a182a he stayed any longer.89712ed507b08764

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“Sunbae. Sunbae!”6ea8ce25f0dadbe9

He heard Yohan calling from behind, but Ji-in didn’t stop. As he left the makgeolli bar, he pushed off the ground with his feet and ran away at full speed.f3d4d46d0a4cb749

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A dawn with a b8f463ea35 moon like a disc 9f574f782f in the sky.e816fbd78450d55a

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Lying in bed e107b1774c with the blanket 99ef71bc60 neatly covering him, fd1065ad61 Ji-in had been f9cace3f2c tossing and turning 33d53e9533 for hours.901ab1c23d45d81f

What was that trembling d5ef97b696 that felt like a 71dc73db9a heart attack?5df27afd4d21f759

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After parting with Yohan and entering his home alone, the strange symptoms had mostly subsided. Ji-in couldn’t sleep even when lying down, but he wanted to find the cause of those inexplicable symptoms in a more stable state.6f9de5a199f0a502

“Come to think of it, the photos too…”c9ef8f2cae5b4537

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As he pondered 04bd630919 over Yohan, Ji-in d9ec27ec55 began to retrace 6caacaa332 the strange feelings 1875041489 he had towards 1f683d9edb him.01ca9d0c91ddf208

The surprise and discomfort he felt when he saw photos of Yohan’s female friends on the school hillside, the lingering images of them…6e648fbbe2506365

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He also 776ef8c8f0 reconsidered his e638ffcba8 feelings about a7d525a3d4 being in 73da9c3f33 the same 3c02e352ec group as 7d7645d7f3 Yohan.dde5a18d84ab92b6

Was it bd8f6d03bf really just 76c9cd69f6 dislike? Was there f001b87037 no contradictory 089a80302a feeling that 2c346ec9e9 made him 3fe9a7cb63 keep calling 70e2edd711 and talking a34fdabaf2 to Yohan, 0f9556df4d even though 851ff27e2e he found 0904744336 him annoying 449869184f and unpleasant?c674036f7e2e7042

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As he thought and thought again, he suddenly remembered that he had felt today’s suffocating tremor before.448a0d505afab0ec

“The person I mentioned is him.”91842b466eb71ef0

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“This year’s rookie?”a25918654ac9a466

The moment he first 54eb8bdfe3 saw Yohan. The memory 2f82c7e147 of being 90ab67caec unable to fc50d784c0 breathe.22b78027404fdb35

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At that time, the 42nd class, including Yohan, had passed by without knowing Ji-in was a sunbae, and it was only the next day, when they saw him in his jacket, that they greeted him. Ji-in’s heart had raced when he saw Yohan, but he had interpreted that strange sensation as anger because he was annoyed by the juniors who didn’t greet him without their uniforms.fd5c01f9de6b3a88

Ji-in, who was inexperienced c5a3453b58 with such feelings, had 4debc92c62 clumsily interpreted his emotions.fee1e4b7059427c2

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“Do you greet people selectively? Didn’t the sunbaes teach you to greet everyone near the Art Hall?”0d4cd1ee3c3ee5c2

He had insisted that today’s kids lacked manners and common sense, especially Woo Yohan, and had acted like an old man.3b75ff0151599bf1

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He thought it was all because Yohan was annoying…2256890409286927

“Could it be because I like him…?”26c917f9f3de4406

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Ji-in accidentally blurted it 414e90a0dc out and was startled. He was eb192b7dc4 the only 21fd76d8cb one who b66f6636e3 said it 325e1912d9 and heard 23b8388e3f it, yet 34314cad27 he kicked 9cb52f7f3c off the 6f481f1d32 blanket and 50a43c8999 sat up 24b954299e abruptly.55b499fae8d4b57d

“No way…”fbd0b125439771f3

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With an 2b65aa772e incredulous laugh, 3d5f8d3581 Ji-in shook 405e599880 his head.28f6938f9eef4c18

But as the laughter 3fccdf4c8a faded, his small, round 6b29402c10 face grew serious. It was hard 508a524898 to deny it ac03c82f51 outright, and the 1307f99106 strange symptoms he 696bb67d13 experienced were too 5d5d42d924 significant to dismiss 1d68abb3d9 with flimsy excuses.a5ed582ebe0b73d1

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“Sigh… What is this…”61f3350fb709f34a

Ji-in got out of 03f697f736 bed and walked to be98a0e645 the window.2b1a02dc8a9de4cb

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He leaned e9424ecfc8 against the cea651963f window frame 6bb2496be2 and looked 4f8cf932f5 up at 74a78af65a the dawn dfead4a535 sky. As he took in 76efb29916 the sight of the 48b5731e6f obliviously beautiful moon, he 5e9561966c reflected on his past.7c6072ab8bec9062

Ji-in had never had 1cf561f5dd a first love.01001a9687ac7e1d

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He had never 24d5f0280f dated a girl, 10929cdf0a nor had he 73993c2cd5 ever liked one. His only 0035cf1f79 life goal bda91b4b45 was to c084ea3b46 be loved 92d06d2a51 by his 4f4429812e grandmother.4676adb97311988c

“They say his mom and dad abandoned him.”f1e7da5fa1027181

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“Why would they abandon him? My mom and dad like me a lot.”f37d229dafd8ae28

“I don’t know. Maybe they didn’t like him.”16fef5368b32c066

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“He must be a really disobedient kid.”e58570192c981650

The neighborhood kids’ whispers he once heard were Ji-in’s first shock in life. The aftermath of that was that the biggest anxiety in Ji-in’s growth was the fear of being abandoned by his grandmother as well.432363491e5ff888

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Ji-in’s desperate goal was to be a child who listened well to his grandmother, and this goal unconsciously oppressed his entire life.e17599db676480d9

For example, there was this incident. When Ji-in was in middle school, he and his friends went to a classmate’s house and watched porn for the first time. Unfortunately, they were caught by the classmate’s mother, who came in with fruit. Not only were they scolded on the spot, but it also reached his grandmother’s ears, and Ji-in was severely punished.f88fac7de1bfdf27

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Since then, Ji-in had never watched porn. He could count on one hand the times he had engaged in such acts. It wasn’t that he refrained out of fear of his grandmother; he simply had no desire. His grandmother’s influence on him was that significant.1665a8334104e7b0

Ji-in’s first dream of becoming an actor was also because he wanted to be a character in the daily dramas his grandmother loved. He thought she would be happy if he appeared on TV, even in a small role. She never missed watching them at the same time, in the same spot.8347872dd31b696e

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But now, e101b08f26 with no 12c092828f grandmother, no 7b9b38e924 one to f60d6ab55c love and 24b54e1bfe be loved 147270fc3b by, he 56f4959934 wondered if 64728d1ee1 he was c718989d25 seeking someone 05deb8b261 else.4c1b36f2f413612a

Ji-in, reflecting on his 033d865b9f life that revolved solely b24d15a667 around his grandmother, naturally e8e63b9b5f reached that conclusion.a85ee362f714393f

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“…And that someone is Woo Yohan…? A guy…?”811eeee662340348

But thinking that the person was Woo Yohan and a guy made Ji-in feel immediate resistance. He couldn’t tell if it was shocking because it was Yohan or because it was a guy.8454aac67e5491e3

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