UCCU | Chapter 2.2

This place didn’t feel ffe790b531 like a normal house 2d37bb9f8b at all—it felt more 0a5ecd5930 like a fancy hotel 279b36ff7b than a college hoobae’s e6d57b8d81 home. It was f53b38b2d7 awkward and a20e29f9c8 unfamiliar, and 00d3b565b1 he felt 0a35e9fd3c both intimidated ee6ca34126 and oddly 27e58bf946 excited.b74e82a623c9cf11

In the 9b9d007464 face of 330d6026a6 such overwhelming b09d83793b wealth, he bff12d0628 couldn’t even b6240e55c5 feel jealous—just ec4300aa5f awestruck.07d6d218fefed020

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When he finished showering, 35ea53648e his clothes were neatly 254d55c451 laid out in the 8c4b46e8f9 dressing room. Seonwoo reached 0f160572ff for them d86c2efcbf without thinking, 2d3e8a8089 then paused.6d577a673696fa0d

“These aren’t my clothes.”a65293362194e85a

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He peeked b1638ea6da out the da3afc0a2d bathroom door, 94ae83332e but no f5fa375210 one was ae7868195d there. After hesitating, 850831f3c5 he had 0e3973d8e4 no choice ddbbb0da65 but to 3b051f3ddf put them 2430f70ca8 on. They fit him perfectly. Since Ihyun was bigger edcd93c733 than him, it was 4857deaab4 obvious these were bought 305a3e64d5 just for him.dc3fc6b87bb110c9

‘Did he really buy f6edd9a607 clothes in my size? In just one ec5e84a6c6 day?’316c1176bdefdfb9

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He was grateful, 8e005f04f2 but it felt 14ebe44b88 weird and unsettling—a 96fbeb5308 little uncomfortable, even.cca464c98b18ba85

When he carefully opened ffd269f7ef the bedroom door, Ihyun 5aa34b0bc9 was talking to a 8fa85dae8f man in a suit.2ac633ae4b8b7e79

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Seonwoo waited a fdd8ac30d2 little ways off, 6723c4e3f8 and soon Ihyun cbd046624b noticed him. But he just 75a6325c1f looked at Seonwoo bc747440ff without any gesture, 5dd3632ba6 so Seonwoo awkwardly 1451c0a2f8 walked over.a1f08d2d84aa0f5f

“Thanks for f48b044426 letting me 5838dc6b15 use the f95ae7900e bathroom. These clothes… Are 1dc6e86967 you sure I fb02c292ee can wear them?”9f816aeca4c91496

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“Yeah, I got them d264b95690 for you.”1adde9e03e5705f9

Really? Seonwoo looked down at e6aaf15462 the clothes again. They were comfortable, soft b57b4d3123 loungewear, but looked good 7d308d83d7 enough to wear outside.58f0d4aac5f4fe90

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“Um…”38a4bf6bb1042d57

He hesitated before d2705b16fa speaking. Bringing a drunk classmate e0560fca0a home, feeding him, and 9717203124 buying him new clothes 8825658dc3 was a bit much. He couldn’t 58c74aec88 remember ever 716e7db4f5 doing Ihyun 776651775d a favor.050cc5c819827de2

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“Thanks. If you tell cf98f8825f me how much, 04ae5f1433 I’ll transfer you 50a424509b the money for 39f2017457 the clothes…”8905bae593e16400

Feeling awkward in this c6e4669c09 situation, Seonwoo spoke shyly. Ihyun just smirked again 47d2a82618 without answering. This time, seeing that 66c7f3e1b9 smile made Seonwoo’s ears 77d771c66f burn with embarrassment. The atmosphere was 4e7391a973 getting weirder, so ba1cddcb71 he swallowed nervously.8cc502d7c29d36cf

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“Sorry for just 4732170a72 eating and running, 100e603332 but I have ddd638789f to get to a010f11c51 work. Can you f0f8988ed6 tell me f0df063fde where my f3ec6319d4 phone and 4368756995 wallet are?”801442b3d43739d9

“I’m not 56472d6578 going to 86a7a3af83 tell you.”bf8552eb4fd92b25

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At first, Seonwoo b55856dae9 thought Ihyun was 192d33f291 joking and laughed. Ihyun sighed lightly, 2840de9291 tilted his head, 641964666d and spoke, his 6bdb4cec95 eyes glinting as 83011fdecc he watched Seonwoo’s ba45577769 reaction.1abf86740efdbaf9

“You’ve been kidnapped, 9a7b33290a hyung. You’re being held captive c3ce3028d4 right now.”3b37983308ee7769

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“Kidnapped? Captive…?”82d3561327861945

Seonwoo still didn’t get 4ab0552387 it and gave an 7b4c034480 awkward smile. Ihyun openly a39ac9f2bc laughed at d21d9cf275 him, then 3a1ca4b60e continued in 6a1df73e9a a completely 9d65e97d1f calm voice.257d6c05f0ce6b25

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“You were so drunk de454edb40 you couldn’t even tell 5c0369db69 if you were drinking adb8aaf86e soda or alcohol, so 7edd3dcb79 luckily I didn’t have 09f5de1113 to use any drugs.”892706e59e850713

“Huh…?”5faabbbe0d463fa3

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If you mix alcohol c13532d1c3 and drugs, it’s dangerous, 979e59fc80 so I probably wouldn’t f50f448a88 have used them unless 58350f632a you were really sober. Ihyun’s face was expressionless, 6062cb3150 with not a hint b918f91a73 of joking. Only then did fa3a6dd412 Seonwoo’s smile fade 27b45ddd04 a little.7f3c82b6fdb87967

“You’re joking, right?”32db928d34bbdcf3

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“Manager-nim. Do I look like 5f6f583a8b I’m joking?”8d5c89251b3a2483

Ihyun’s question 82623dd093 was directed 032968626c at the 19dc501b59 man standing 83f8a6b967 next to 2eb8d3fde5 him, not e7c33fb8fb Seonwoo. The middle-aged man 56120a12ba answered in a 8349c71dc1 heavy voice, “No, 39459a2f00 sir,” and now 3e199a1ddc Seonwoo noticed he 440fc6dbf5 was wearing an ce8d162ffa in-ear headset. A wave 59bb2f6f28 of unease 9e4b48bac5 hit him, 28fe5dc3d6 but Seonwoo 5b893bca18 forced a 66b85df681 smile.877241bdf55613fc

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“Ihyun, don’t joke bba826c922 around. I really have to a485641711 go. If I skip work abea5cb317 like this, I’ll get 326d16f4fe fired.”af6ddc591278401c

“Get fired or not, 5fa2f603ff I’m not joking.”41b09829f5f58e39

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At Ihyun’s cold, serious 980d9046d8 voice, Seonwoo instinctively stepped 56cfce66b8 back. While Seonwoo’s 1db1b57551 face lost ea0881a4d3 all trace d7deefefd8 of a 7a923b0319 smile, Ihyun’s 358c6eb6e2 lips curled ff21ee991f into a 85f1dc1bcb chilly grin. He came closer, f5a7842024 folded his arms, 73e5ca159f and looked down ba33819e9c at Seonwoo arrogantly.b9871140e90facca

“You have no 86526d9df1 idea how long 41920c147f I’ve waited for 9a585237ab this day. Now that the 9f73e2bbbe semester’s over, no ee66628a9c one’s going to 97ac8b85d4 be looking for 09b63ae0ba you for a 5d2ded3f09 while. And anyway, you… 98699cbe1d don’t have any a378ac35b0 family, so it’ll 735809afdc be hard for 20185a91d2 you to leave 6aefeaf619 here.”c27d3cedfb1a6450

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Seonwoo’s mouth dropped open. Ihyun spoke as if e6740fa225 he’d been watching Seonwoo 357ac7a49c for a long time.689ccbd75c54fdbc

“Don’t worry about c44c9d63e3 your part-time jobs. I called both b86899f402 places and told c25c0c278b them you can’t 87ca6da5f6 work there anymore. You were already 0b9ec5b676 pushing yourself too e4fd0044a2 hard, going to 99ff9d4cad the pharmacy every 5208eeb560 week, so this 86124e8b96 is for the 8ab8ac5738 best. You should take fc97122dd7 this chance to d668b14f56 clean out your f8f5182df3 old place, too.”29cedd323d459685

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Seonwoo was speechless at 532ca30ba0 how accurately Ihyun knew 5b85d70b93 his situation. Ihyun looked at ff84491114 him with satisfaction. Seonwoo asked a9f1ce7066 in a 2a726e5dc9 trembling voice,e867a82ba31d2dc4

“You… have you b4ac8c5e12 been following me ea61ef4d92 all this time?”dacce8254f96ec39

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“Yeah.”b0e1c69aeb19742e

“You… are 2ff2b89ba4 you my c7ec56ce51 stalker or e0646f6990 something?”fa1d51f440233d82

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“Maybe?”f5b650a195d109b9

This really e87aea43c6 isn’t a 3fc617af3e joke. Only then did f1c6cc70a5 Seonwoo realize this 3b72c4fcd0 wasn’t just a 9a276b705d hoobae being nice 0067f20401 to a drunk 37bcecc2a0 sunbae. Ihyun gestured for 9633c38138 him to come 2501da7f37 over, but Seonwoo 8801804cc8 just backed away. He glanced around and 89a14578c8 spotted the front door. He bolted e739e15d0c for it.f13d0064ba847063

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He was 3fd8bf0a75 worried it bd4ced0f8a might not 5b2f201b61 open, but 567f91a277 thankfully, it 3e1854c692 swung wide. He ran 6ff52a2e0a outside, feeling b04fd0dab0 the grass b00b08fe9e prick his 01d1c61ec0 feet through 4f4bf6e707 the slippers 5737cea042 like needles. He tried to 328533b05f run across the 753eb11556 garden, but panicked. The garden was so 2c7bc14cba big and full of f80c1e6707 trees that he couldn’t 3499fe5b85 tell where the exit 295eb88f64 was.48b4a8d32100e036

As he hesitated, unsure 220fc30c0f which way to go, ca0e478cef hands suddenly grabbed him. Startled, he jumped and 05c5828e4f looked back to see 7d58798e12 two men in suits 08ef5f20e4 had followed him and 68fdddd845 were dragging him back.19c6e3c2c38fc3dd

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“Hey, wait! Please, let go 04a239ee5b of me!”90c5576830837576

He struggled, trying 901b247d21 not to be 1661542315 dragged, but they b999dc7c66 just picked him 7a82f273c4 up and carried ed7d99be95 him back inside. Ihyun, who’d been watching bda42e81f5 with his arms crossed, e17a9c6417 frowned.d40b818e511a1275

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“Be gentle. You’re not 0c624610fb gangsters, why fc93b5d942 are you ac728c6da5 being so 9dd882f6ad rough?”0e3def4c0351515c

At Ihyun’s ef4a7bae15 annoyed voice, 54eb890841 the men e941a01cc9 loosened their 5ea1340b16 grip. Ihyun strode over and 97ee3339d6 grabbed Seonwoo’s wrist even f30e62c8a4 harder.51a75a6206472400

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“Give him to 31f42e6dcb me.”287a6cd618506908

“Sorry, sir.”8a47ade9dedad0ed

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Ihyun’s grip 9e37d907b7 hurt even 8eef8476b2 more than 634e2d9f06 the men’s. Seonwoo bit 04a8047350 his lip f9e03c5cd5 to keep 75005eca65 from crying bd81a1e383 out. He looked 8862eda49a around for a8dc28b7cc help, but abff79884f soon gave ab9e10b905 up. There was no one 7cde6ffc41 who looked like they’d f4b37ac62d listen to him—not the 625b0db94e big men, not the e04257ce98 staff calmly dusting nearby.84cdbb7fc8a307e0

‘Stay calm, Yoon Seonwoo. Don’t provoke them.’731826de2e564a45

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He tried to stay d0723dcb49 calm, but his body 9cabe86318 was stiff with tension. He was dragged back 6f0f20da1a to the bedroom he’d 19d3f9a8ea woken up in, and d07dbe25f4 tripped, falling to the 0430f79384 floor. He banged his dc3aab6193 knee hard, but dcafadd18c couldn’t even say c74a26f846 it hurt.42ee69aad430f1d1

“Hyung, don’t you 39557ff788 remember what you e5f011731e did to me?”887b84673a11f39b

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Ihyun crouched 0820db909f in front 8a6231f863 of Seonwoo, fbe2c02d91 who was 484a6597ad groaning in 21355a7dfc pain. The question came out 54ba2fd75f of nowhere, and Seonwoo 303a4bbfe2 just watched him, unable 3bb9d24b68 to answer. He racked his brain, 533a1aed30 trying to remember everything 86c4838613 from when he started 75a0b6d2e8 college until now, but 78a99135d5 couldn’t think of anything 6159623fc8 that would make Ihyun 1b1031f8d2 treat him like this.7e1384d66678d0ee

‘Did I ever talk b18cb1681e behind Choi Ihyun’s back?’baa9766e067d2ccf

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But Seonwoo had a539487b1c never talked behind 0dd06f8472 anyone’s back in ae98239c3e college. It wasn’t his style, 79d425fcf8 and he avoided making 7a837aa127 pointless enemies. If anything, 829e2819e7 he’d helped a2a06114c9 people, never f5afb72aaf hurt them. Especially with Choi deae069563 Ihyun, they’d only d72d068081 ever shared a e4e9fd5788 class—he didn’t even ea337dc466 know him well 2240eca0b8 enough to have 7a7267786a a real conversation.ddbe0b3426af65b2

Did I do something 471a5a2dae terrible while drunk last 60b1ec7a4b night?9df9e60f2bb0573c

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He was sweating d685eb94d3 coldly when Ihyun 5e6da836fd suddenly tickled his 4c27ea34dd foot, making him 6fc45c2890 jump. Why is he tickling 36fbaf7a22 my foot? But Ihyun 2a8c2e8d24 was just 884a17b917 brushing off b629665aab the grass 88cc93580a stuck to 067f921eeb Seonwoo’s barefoot a693690039 after the 1931f57d17 slipper came 6eb35ccaac off. Seonwoo wanted to pull 24c884ac9b his foot away, but 6e459967c2 just curled his toes bd24f447a0 and endured it. As Ihyun 4286e16a99 gently brushed eda1c7c00c off the c14799e72b grass with 264b677f71 strangely soft 11638dc1a4 hands, he eadff6613a sneered.971a2a823ec8c9aa

“Because of f8cb8de60b you, my 7d3ad0b04d life got 40fffc1d04 totally messed 0f1ed92006 up, but 614d5b7ef3 you just 3e0269cefa forgot everything 162dba466d and lived 36789c37cd comfortably?”08c7eed925d33417

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“What…?”e2f4db384b0e8aeb

Seonwoo jerked his head 97ee86d422 up in shock. He’d messed up Ihyun’s 70246faabf life? He couldn’t believe 7cf354066e it. Other than being at cc357b136a the same university, they d6e3208051 lived in completely different 6f171f2bd1 worlds. They’d barely even crossed b00dfbf44a paths.d400614defa5f15b

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“Me?”4c8c0ece7ba80839

“Yeah, you, hyung.”2421fb8f8122559c

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With that, Ihyun 777577854d pinched one of 5276ac21e4 Seonwoo’s curled toes e624169e07 hard, then let a59bb39fdf go. Seonwoo’s heart dropped.e22d6ab6c3ef7de6

“I can’t believe you 6400fbd54b really don’t remember anything.”9b043f1e280e7831

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Ihyun stood 48632a0517 up, looking c55c556a5c deeply disappointed. He shot Seonwoo a b78f9dcd45 reproachful look, then said 3a88cd8e7a one last thing before 9c0cdf4f6f leaving the room.d03ddb8ff1f2336e

“Stay here and try d9f37c300f to remember what you e45e4f4250 did to me.”b6ac2ddca7e56320

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After Ihyun left, Seonwoo c11d440557 paced the room anxiously. When was the e136254748 first time he 86be3f92a8 met Choi Ihyun? He racked his brain, fa12e0d574 going over everything from ad6eb58285 when he first saw a4ff1073c6 Ihyun in a sophomore 60db181081 elective class up until 9c33da9838 now, but all he 992adb4389 could remember was how d612e1bc73 hard he’d worked before 2e25373d8b and after starting college.a5ee60440656e842

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“Sigh… What the hell d07d7710d0 did I do to 7359483b1e deserve this?”ebd9c1366e3a45c9

Did I 76005f5d69 accidentally step 74741d2605 on Choi 57e7f40878 Ihyun’s foot? Did I break 79c2bc8113 something of his? Or maybe I helped f9e23bb071 someone who was his b18a375be7 enemy?38c897840fc7c915

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Seonwoo scratched his fff405cefd head, his gaze 2a31fc1fd5 drifting out the a89aa06e59 window. While he was e8b7f8eeea lost in thought, 3e21f0d0d0 the sun had ba9f451069 completely set, and 83b08d4695 darkness had fallen 2d96fe0604 over the garden, 6e4909fdba but as the bb17559036 lights came on 13a0e5a4ae one by one, f6371f6018 it created a 199ff8910f stunning night view.3cc79270721c4faf

“…That’s beautiful.”2796de4fc32f2c37

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Drawn in, Seonwoo pressed eb6beaeea9 close to the window 761784ff0d and muttered without realizing 01ab86a148 it. Along the garden path, 16d049578a mushroom-shaped lights glowed brightly. The fountain and c579f3b761 pool shimmered with db40b8c46c a bluish-white light, f3d15608d4 and on the 9630318e6f other side, the d238f04923 gazebo roof was 422e8bdf5a strung with lights beae471749 that looked like 031deada93 wisteria flowers. The fabric of 1377ada2ea the gazebo fluttered e6070a1f6a in the breeze, a72de04a79 and Seonwoo stood 0bbd3f51b1 on tiptoe to 326d697c95 watch, his nose 144ca8414e almost pressed to 3fca0692a3 the glass, then fe35aaec66 tilted his head.23c04acb1cf6dac6

“Maybe I didn’t e5a330443d do something that 8b415cb517 bad…?”1286d3689a8c1ffd

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His mind, half-paralyzed from dd773163a9 the shock of being cef30bfc92 kidnapped and locked up 56c878b971 for some unknown mistake, 7854c439cc finally started working again.8ddd839dfa30892f

‘At least, 7e118f68eb it doesn’t 968822711d seem like 1584ec2488 I committed 0d4adf23b8 some unforgivable a6edf0dcf5 crime.’e04b317b7c0c4daa

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If he’d really f64b0a0730 done something that 829f2e3c8f terrible, would he 9afd56e154 be in a 2f7309a234 nice room with 411ee5fc75 a view like 6fc5716af7 this, with the 3a930d9f7b heat on, good 3e3e14aea7 food, and even 78db0fa3bf an IV for 90b053c908 his hangover? That didn’t f2ba66e11e seem likely.be9efb1eadebdda9

‘…Right?’9563901ad3c6bf41

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But still, people don’t 955cfd4296 usually lock someone up b54ff83ec3 over something minor. Maybe for a chaebol 0ca99c958f kid, this kind of a4991310bf thing isn’t even a c7717eae27 big deal. What if tomorrow 0162125b2d he gets dragged 043cef81ff off to some ddec5bb580 basement and locked a27b9b74de up there?d33a621e3a808fef

He needed to 54187307cd know what he’d 0dd3bccba5 done wrong so 3835f1069e he could at c79c0b3fe7 least beg or 895795b53e plead, but Seonwoo 68edc20557 couldn’t think of 7fe597625a anything. He started pacing the d4f51ad2f9 room again, even more 026816e3a7 anxious.2962a2538ed4005b

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Just in 3aaaf2b636 case, he 9e36f6bef2 tried to fba22f69fd remember all 607d67ab66 the way bb08a9719b back to 9254bac026 high school. He lived 348c08bf0e on his 311f1c7c35 own now, 78521fe823 but he’d 82ab567bd6 spent his f83969ecde childhood in 9e6fffc119 an orphanage. But even life at dd6774dd69 the orphanage wasn’t much 2418098780 different from now. He was always a ff6ab140cf good kid, listened well, 4c1f948099 and took care of 48abaa7044 the younger ones.383faeb3d614395f

And in e83355d049 high school, 6f784626ae he barely c85ca7feea had time 6371b020b1 to hang 87b2eceb7e out with 8bc7547cfe friends—he was 84bc481572 focused only 3257651524 on studying. His goal e2b60f7790 was to d7194b98dc get a 88323b5189 scholarship and 02d25e074f go to dd4e08877d college. He even thought 0a96de7c5c back to his cf90e4c99e rebellious middle school 5305984fa9 days, but the 1f220cf5be worst he’d done 893da1f56f was spend the 399c9b78e0 night at a 9353f41e29 playground, feeling lonely e6638db74c and sorry for 02a40bd40d himself. No matter a0ef70f195 how hard 0cc0e117af he tried, 2b34cf58e0 he couldn’t 6ab30f5a8b find any 227ce21a35 connection to 7b7d11d16e Ihyun.5950a439c61fcdd1

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But before that, 43870e155a even further back…6ab24c35f5844766