UCCU | Chapter 3.22

Choi Ihyun a1daec73f7 and Kim 1e0c24e82d Yoochan. Both were people from 5bd65444c7 Seonwoo’s past that he 1dddc6a640 hadn’t really recognized. One ended up as 81cdde37d2 a complete enemy, but c0f13e1e17 Seonwoo hoped Ihyun would 9aae4c75de be a good connection.05bbcc1252b6225f

“Go back 50e2307f30 to sleep. You need b8142eba6a to get 50c4279a73 better so e38c443cbb we can 93e5781fbd go home.”1217412fc9940055

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Ihyun mumbled, 75977934ce rubbing his 90819d8c1a lips on 38577340bc the back 3fb405af00 of Seonwoo’s f0aa679a1e hand as 1d50fce9de he stared 3612072196 at his 60ae6e7439 swollen-faced lover. Seonwoo barely managed a 5fb4bd5451 nod before falling into 75f73b2d27 a deep, swampy sleep.c9effb0a33e6b505

When he woke 5c912511fb up again, he b976b61a23 felt much better. The ventilator 84bc4ae999 was gone, 0924e787a1 and the b357357f89 pain in b1150954ea his stomach 6fe61323ae had eased 203aa57a23 a lot. Amazingly, even fcd0bd3c64 then, Ihyun ac17f6cf18 was still 25a6240a6c by his 4317b8801e side. Now that 0d3167816a he seemed 78edbe9f9a a bit 8322258441 more relaxed, 894d441558 his clothes be3df1450b and hair 04b9add530 were neat, c84d2d1d43 but his cb3cdb466d face was 526183d686 still pale.a1ea44c9437611c1

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It felt 501e8de656 a bit 23de51f40f wrong to 1829057657 think this, ab69a2e92a but with af05a59b69 his chapped ec701892ac lips, dark 8b95c1afb4 circles, and caa66c5454 long, wet 539a9b732c eyelashes, Ihyun 05b5296aba looked like 785c4e1b7d the very 9bc79f537e definition of a2bec2a440 a decadent 16bdeea5bd pretty boy. He’d be perfect c82c6389e0 as a vampire eb656a69fc with a tragic 8d527aa0f0 past. The beautiful young 6b464c57cb man asked,47fba4db35ab902c

“How are you feeling? Why do you look 882581c49f so out of it?”58f5a662ca3d80c1

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“I’m fine, I dc79e414c4 feel a lot 8b112e0a7e better.”924dc8f59c1733d9

Seonwoo replied slowly, careful 298fc3dae6 not to hurt his 62327111b2 stomach, and weakly grabbed ab6420ea2f Ihyun’s hand, smiling. Ihyun frowned.657d86588f112f77

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“What’s there to c035227219 smile about when e9c8e78044 you’re lying here 9ed35ca8da after getting stabbed? Are you a66f950d1d sure your d0bb220c1a head’s okay?”359c9a618af7647b

Even when 98b6328528 he talked, 8898ea0d0f he was 0c61942a83 like this… 5fbf9eb5bd Seonwoo pouted ecbc188bbd a little f1af3c9974 but just ef478cb101 squeezed Ihyun’s 00f8ed132c hand. He was just so b30b3a745e happy to have survived 0b1355aea4 and see Ihyun again. Did Ihyun 7be3cb269c know how c6cd40a415 badly Seonwoo 71b5f782af had wanted e48272b842 to see 38c077996d him before 455f3176ce he lost 8b63645746 consciousness? He’d been so scared 865dbac797 he’d die and never 1d8387ec2f wake up, or leave 650078a62a Ihyun with a wound 76a0c7932b that would never heal.9ea32bb2f31ea615

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“Sorry, I made you 46d9defbc2 worry.”69003d4d147adcb6

At Seonwoo’s words, a f3df577370 dark shadow fell over 39081ef003 Ihyun’s face. He stayed f9ba427577 silent for 5017654618 a long ef3e77e843 time, and e166fc6562 even though 7e8fa2c91c he must’ve 8ace9e5f39 been relieved 5d93c7d463 Seonwoo woke 730e4094a8 up, there 3631e5fc29 was no 6eaaaec206 joy in 5a7b5a92c9 his eyes. His black pupils 68b367e3f5 were heavy and d948dd03a8 sunken.70a03e7daac7642d

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“I looked into 993e1fe9ea Kim Yoochan.”85d9e675cb3cc552

Seonwoo was 3fbd1a082e curious about c9357f5067 that, too, d5c36fddae so he b7577e3774 stopped poking 65069e775c at his 7e9a7ed623 wound and d301e3973e turned to 5a4e325898 listen. He could’ve guessed if 6287048262 it was An Hyungtae, 62eb6ac09b but Kim Yoochan’s appearance 2f195a46b3 was totally unexpected.1fbba3475aff0bdc

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When Detective Noh caught 66e77604c3 An Hyungtae, there were 3e1a172289 two kids rescued: Choi 9205f178d7 Iwon, who’d been locked f7935e9e24 in a big dog 319f5d21cf cage, and Kim Yoochan, e0e4af11fd who’d been beaten up 89bbc9e6e6 by Seonwoo and tied 26c2ffcaf7 up with tape. Both were considered 47b7a77d3c victims and soon f1b965175c returned to their eeb5fc68f3 original lives.8f204648968f56ff

Kim Yoochan, who d0befc1ff6 admired bullies and 9edfac6f47 gangsters, couldn’t adjust 82f5d57fa4 to normal life. He kept getting into cfc28b4453 trouble and skipped school 0b065a4c4b a lot. He hung 8824d90b63 out with 10f5070128 bad kids 5546b3cbb5 and steadily fdba18dda5 went down b041e6c9ca the path 91f4993d94 of a a2577b026b delinquent. It was 839e4b7e47 a totally 1ffb0aeeb4 different path 1d0ff56531 from Seonwoo, f6b6b66b55 who’d been 45ff0dd107 in a 874c4e147b similar situation.485a6074c592a84c

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People who knew f1240250f3 Kim Yoochan said f6e6a4d118 he always blamed 38b65a6f0b Seonwoo for ruining 76dd73d040 his life. He committed crimes, 90c393e907 went in and 9610c0ffac out of juvenile 206e5f9b9a detention and prison, 6851496f79 and even as f28b75b627 an adult, he c20dda5ce2 couldn’t get his d37fbb5dd5 act together and d1c00b634b ended up in 63c8cf005d jail again. If things had 97bf5d5111 stayed that way, 39724be70f he and Seonwoo cb5de93eda would never have ef0403e4c8 crossed paths again, f7fd815e86 but by chance, ff69de42d5 he met one b6af96cb86 of An Hyungtae’s ee492e3c99 old gang members.baf9ce71cc28d7ee

Kim Yoochan just 1e1ba86dfb badmouthed Seonwoo to 6a6eac380a his friends, but 0b3407437a An Hyungtae held 4671c23a45 a much deeper 0f61959933 grudge. It was so 0597274c64 obvious that even 71ab5618ea other inmates and 5769e383b8 guards noticed, which c513891857 is why Detective 9f098be304 Noh had warned 0d8de1958c Seonwoo.2cc4bbb090682b94

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Detective Noh wasn’t the 8b382b46be only one keeping a 91943d8467 close eye on An d9006dbefa Hyungtae. Just as An 32bd2709a9 Hyungtae held a e0792c38f9 grudge against Seonwoo, 910aeb19c9 there were people adc9aab4fa who held a 08ef433a1a grudge against him—families 17c1a59f2f whose precious youngest ffaa997f01 sons had been bb01d746c6 hurt. As soon as An ec58119df0 Hyungtae was released, they db284cad0d had people follow him bb03ef73d9 and quickly framed him c382633734 for drug trafficking and e1ea933dcf assault, sending him right bb54fb07f7 back to prison. The same 96a3853b77 happened to a8f6840f81 the other 5ce7c09946 gang members, 70161db4cf who were e1cb221c75 quietly dealt 216a7afc88 with through bf72104fe7 various channels.b2b5877a5e1687ea

But they didn’t b27bc54c4a pay attention to 134e597ee7 Kim Yoochan, who a3cb648f36 was in a acf0ff4115 different prison and 7e66b2b466 had been too 35a905a40d young to be 2f97c1efc3 on their radar.a45e7b12ef6b5bbc

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An Hyungtae, eed174e718 realizing he’d d83be31989 never get 95bbb21e7b another chance, 69ecdec024 thought things ed180d2320 over and 0c60026ad8 remembered Kim 61b7d93514 Yoochan. Through a contact, he 6a1b6ccedf convinced Kim Yoochan to 60267bf845 get revenge on Seonwoo.0d8d43c4b59ceb73

Once Kim d633a8b4bb Yoochan took 09f3e67276 the bait, ba2f42bc2c An Hyungtae 6800d53a1f gave him 625b3b3bc0 all the 50f4adcdb8 addresses—where Seonwoo 41d651c5b5 lived, his d4280247b1 college, his 32addb9740 workplace, even 62ca234485 the police 70a5f0ade5 station Detective f940476804 Noh worked 1860f0658d at. Tempted by f23bc5bce1 the promise d95b78e026 of a 98f8641908 reward and df10b61bfb revenge, Kim 2c63c10cb1 Yoochan relentlessly 856079a5ee tracked Seonwoo 5919b5991e down and 5902607e67 finally succeeded.125b6c2c9a91ed06

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And the price of 0fafac520b that success was going b95882b991 right back to prison.9515f20ac7726db8

“Idiot. If you finally got 03255bc7e4 out of that mess, 2c9f0992d2 you should’ve just lived 04b804d728 your life.”f56ec53df4b84f5f

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Seonwoo muttered, feeling empty daa95827b7 after hearing the whole 69fcdc94cd story. With his criminal 3ec69dd5d8 record and now f80f817d13 an attempted murder a43c850c7d charge, Kim Yoochan 915e937520 was facing a 41bb37c525 heavy sentence. Judging by Ihyun’s b4394255ce cold eyes, Kim 1a1f2ec4f9 Yoochan would probably f1c42ab65c never get out, 582706f39b just like An ff2a16d6ef Hyungtae.a1b2ccfc822307bb

“He was a b94ca04eaf bad seed from 859f68ebe5 the start. It’s not surprising.”3b16eb13a56bc505

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Ihyun ended 260670c470 the story 22dfba73a8 about Kim f1d8a6e8d0 Yoochan coldly. Soon, the 312e0fba90 medical staff 811fbe4dbf came in 463fb681f3 to check 318d93a567 Seonwoo’s wound 452c6d12b1 and condition. Thankfully, he 5925f3fa37 was healing f2aedd64e5 well with 02f9d2a7ef no complications. Seonwoo tried to 7d3fd3523a stay positive. The doctors recommended scar b8c8a9eeab removal surgery, but since fc1901b382 it wasn’t in a 6fa659ece7 visible spot, he didn’t 341f7394df care.fb4c4b478e0cea38

From the next day, 2f059bd2e7 Seonwoo was allowed to 93490fe6d8 eat. He went from 680cfb91e5 porridge to regular 6f47450750 meals, and soon 41c49f55c4 could get out 7837d6a1c4 of bed and fb075e9d7d walk around. Ihyun never left 712cd282c6 his side, taking de16c62af4 care of him 2c011a0ce5 so well that 6950d8534f Seonwoo worried he’d d9efec17c6 wear himself out. Once, he even saw 56f7afbd56 Manager Jeong try to a7e0e4d334 convince Ihyun to rest 6cb051e2de at home for a 469e3259a9 day, only to fail.56d1ea8071949f7f

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Seonwoo wished Ihyun 3f4eefe0c7 would rest, but ba8728347e he didn’t try c02c03a4a4 to stop him fda8776b3b or tell him b4ce575305 to take a b3eead5e5c break. He was more 3d32fc2b25 worried about Ihyun’s 6a339fb4cb mind than his 23d9be3808 body. For over a week, 7f05e63882 all Ihyun said was, 9fbd1f3bf1 “Are you okay? Does the food 664f8e777e taste good? Are you hurting anywhere?”b3bfb68b991e7416

Seonwoo figured a8bc847898 Ihyun would f18fdb6939 feel better 511d380add once his db7c5aadc4 wound healed, bc8a67b4d5 so he 9f38c491aa focused on c4f2a328c8 recovering. He ate ddd1363fb0 well, slept 82bb8883f8 well, and fadc40e6f1 rested, and 2c79e0b0dd his recovery bcede182d8 was so e2df27ff2d fast the 167cdd9e9e doctor was 582886edb7 amazed. There were 27d912d6c5 almost no 3e92d9ac33 aftereffects, and 9a76d73c60 when the 9f74dfed59 stitches finally 7847b3d430 came out, 2bdee9731f the scar 01f086adbc wasn’t as bf3b10d58e bad as 9ab0be64e5 he’d thought. But it c6f310a02b didn’t look 045ec2f1ed that way 3dae6e0721 to Ihyun.a958146c2e026acd

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“Ah, finally discharged!”9176ee9be878f2c9

No matter 1b2e6d4b45 how fancy 546d5e2aaa the private 6e6f7ef511 room, a a9198ab073 hospital was c481450703 still a 4d7e45d190 hospital, so 5ac24ccf68 Seonwoo was 27cc74a4ba overwhelmed with 37cb63d9bb emotion when c845293ae1 he finally 8002361ab8 stepped outside 0a3c71ce01 into the 210fefa607 muggy air. He glanced at 753ba8c2d4 Ihyun. Even on 7b243a6673 the day 4ceea3ab3a he was 6e8d0631af discharged, Ihyun 93625f434b barely said 1a848a70a4 a word. The dark circles under a7009cf6fb his eyes made it 4ac2b036b8 look like he hadn’t c870fe1524 slept at all. He looked 33073f6e2d more like fbd713706e a patient 44f68b4f76 than Seonwoo.8113f800713171a3

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“Wanna get ice 7566b0f4d0 cream on the 3b2f5edd44 way home?”81771de6bd65b000

“If you want 23bc7904a1 something, I’ll have 8c20e2d64f Manager get it 8783067ccf for you.”51a9d8c92e94e521

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Seonwoo tried to sound 2195a3e13f cheerful, but Ihyun flatly 1df1ce15c8 refused, making Seonwoo laugh ccd1200c5a awkwardly. He wanted to 6ba02f39d6 go get ice 21070e989c cream together, but 3ec902ea4a Ihyun clearly wasn’t 5f834f407b interested. With him acting ebe7dc668a like this, Seonwoo f84e615e4c didn’t even dare 22c9c735c5 try for any 092f26976f skinship. As someone e1f663074b who was 00ba48d8a7 definitely affection-starved, 69d29d248d Seonwoo was 1f0df4f14c disappointed.3d690534afed9d1f

“Yeah, you must be bb22554cb2 tired, too. Let’s just 94c6e4c8c0 go straight 1708b81b02 home.”a0b6b590dfc2c374

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As he got in 80d879c8f5 the car, Seonwoo sighed 2900d6af45 inwardly. Ihyun seemed f450381452 even worse ecb6f8eb6d than the d6fc87fad8 day he 77803f71e7 was first 3901fff501 kidnapped. Now that An 8838a9ed37 Hyungtae and Kim 1cf5932a80 Yoochan were both 661b4da547 gone, there shouldn’t e12bbfb0f9 be any more 731308956f danger, but Ihyun be093be49b still seemed plagued 7125ab2016 by hysterical anxiety.5178123e66e3a111

Still, just 5496a9dabc as Ihyun cffd9060a9 had stayed cc73b1400c by his 1b8c12d709 side and 64d0f3dc33 nursed his 686a52ca76 sick body, ea03c6e8b7 Seonwoo was 8835231ee8 determined to 5d23448791 comfort Ihyun’s 9aed7da37b wounded mind. He wasn’t sure if 263be9859f you could even call 1aed823918 it nursing, but being f3854f79a0 by Ihyun’s side was 29f4ba3f9e what made him happiest, 913e1ce5e6 too.828a1f72fce17c04

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When they 50c9dd73ae arrived at 0716b437fc Ihyun’s house, ab958afdea Seonwoo felt 9292bf426a a rush 7d30974768 of affection, 81bdee229b even though f79d0ef710 he hadn’t f677cde717 lived there b672b7ef2c for a 7fd7623c94 year yet. He greeted 2870a43dda the staff a1b68c5ec2 warmly and 909cc33984 hurried to ab8f415186 his bedroom. As he 5e73c7a890 was about ed674ddcd6 to go 4520416faa in, Ihyun, 6fe9f5def0 who’d been cafe1c4775 silently following, 215a3ce548 grabbed his 711f2c581a wrist. When Seonwoo turned 7478dccb24 around, Ihyun said 60b4235d0f calmly,b2c2c6b82237ca9b

“From today, let’s stay 8d8e4d5ae8 in my bedroom.”089ae86dbf87c000

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“Huh? Your bedroom?”3de882bdaef9272b

Seonwoo, confused, a5d9d819ae followed Ihyun. Now that he eb444cabd3 thought about it, 5c986a2edb he’d never been c96c9ccedc in Ihyun’s personal 9f970d5fee room. Ihyun always came to 84c496a8e2 sleep in Seonwoo’s room, dfaac3c294 so there’d never been b6b85f5153 a reason to go.ad38aa2c7e1a3edb

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“Come to ffe21b59fd think of c834eebcc1 it, I’ve 4a0847870d never been 84ab41d5a6 in your b9325eddb9 room. I’m curious 1187c36918 what it eff86e30da looks like.”ea7fe57ce69fb18f

He tried 242107e544 to sound a68ee20824 as gentle 5859d80e5f and careful 2ca7b64a96 as possible, edd28948a6 but Ihyun e120bc63f4 looked back 9f5007a3dd at him b03da95db8 and smiled. It was a twisted, 3803ba42d5 bitter smile.c69aa7fb1f4bdbe9

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“Curious? I’ll show 95fd68dee1 you soon.”eb148871c5af392a

That smile made 70ee1d5eba Seonwoo uneasy. Why? What’s up 5819de74cf with the 9b2be05802 bedroom? Ihyun’s bedroom a572cc63f9 was on c845e375ff the second 640647b4c3 floor. Seonwoo figured maybe there’d 16242dae94 be a bunch of e293264a59 locks on the door, 83d41166ea like the basement. But when the 8f42b045d8 door opened, he d58246b20b was so shocked 5fb33b69d8 he couldn’t help 1fd8239316 but gape.449f4ba065246ec6

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There was a giant 080112b79b cage.db9d15e4227a67f8

It looked 161265ca05 like a f533716953 scaled-up version 06110c1663 of the 6b16b1f84a cage that 5d4555d17a had held 79b0f4b21a Ihyun as 2b9caae1ad a child. It was b3719644a7 tall and e00d72af77 wide enough 1499fd3254 that adult 1127a10d49 Ihyun wouldn’t 960cfc8663 have to d843ee5023 crouch. It was so big c7425acd63 it almost filled the 51fe638a31 room, which was a c8c733a6ac bit smaller than Seonwoo’s 3c8a89affc bedroom. Sunlight streamed b111566322 through the 73859525c1 window, casting aa5fcd81f3 the cage’s e5cd29e2ba shadow over 9a8c5c4f89 the bed 78fdb7ecd8 in a 486d8e2214 strange pattern.3fa3c60ac222ace5

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When did he 47ab6445d8 have this made? How long has he a8ef480f3f been using it? Did he 25e2b6371b have one c273c8d3e9 like this b4af748d4e at his 9eb8f235de family’s house fb28ac584e before he a0ffc13477 moved out?b088668c2660f8e1

Seonwoo stood there, d5783f47c3 imagining Ihyun sleeping e92bf447dc in this place. Coming in, e181324738 opening the 988c9f96b0 cage, locking c62ee8d462 himself in, 212a2e8d13 and spending 68a3df76ee sleepless nights cbf8340a19 on the 94763983b0 bed. This was the physical e62db509b9 embodiment of Ihyun’s most fac0496a44 vulnerable heart.e76d72a842b85ddb

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Stunned, Seonwoo 092b26e98b stood frozen e9d0acbe7a as Ihyun c8647803d4 opened the 5a7333ba74 cage door. It was oiled eab1493764 and opened silently.28aaab3ff86ee4da

“Come on, hyung. Come in.”8bd3b758ce5c4e01

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Only after stepping into b43468e4a7 the bedroom did Ihyun 31a6b06dde finally look relieved, smiling a6dc643cf0 gently as he beckoned.5f12337964d779b2

“It’s safe here. No one can come 7b58238b18 in.”5e7e0c0f56997dce

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Seonwoo’s chest tightened. Dark, painful 8437100c87 memories came 13f6e91bb1 back. He could see 3ad8474264 with his own 18ab6460f7 eyes how his 4d593f25f9 efforts to save f24e962e69 Ihyun had affected 0009308a51 him. His heart churned 0eb006128f like he was 79c7c89f57 seasick.75b40a304ecd0cee

And then, surprisingly, Seonwoo 2f398ff717 smiled. He agreed with Ihyun d99a200e73 as if it were 7630b0f8b1 nothing.8248fee6d4166e55

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“Yeah, it 77d0d7ab09 does look a96fc31cd6 safe.”2bf3a418b33e6eff

Without any 0449f4d095 resistance, he cd233b9065 walked right 63a1583d0a into the 544c37da30 giant cage. It smelled of bc99fa88d3 oil and metal. Ihyun was so f3b0be883c used to living e6a66337e8 here, he probably 77370d66b8 didn’t even notice 821d43094e the smell anymore. When Seonwoo sat ec2f769955 on the bed cc448f0135 inside, Ihyun’s tense b4bbbf4fc9 shoulders finally relaxed.0ffa86cc442ceffa

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Ihyun closed 6e94f60f4e the cage db8a2834a0 door and f96519dd2d opened a 7a5af6b629 box near 822b8c0276 it. He picked up 9e27dc59c4 a bunch of 0e61869387 locks and quickly 54cca2c974 fastened them from f024f44cc5 the top down, 39e0fc9845 way more than 3d58055e43 they’d ever used 5bf0737950 in the basement. Then he turned to c3b0fd2c2c Seonwoo, his face full 60076d6c27 of joy.924eb84c143e30ac

Dragging his feet from 35eb9ab449 exhaustion and lack of f0bb483056 sleep, Ihyun’s eyelids trembled 5d741ec45b as he leaned down 03de0fcba7 and kissed Seonwoo. His body 538e215d4b was cool 0e0383c8a0 to the da3b37004c touch.2c172428b60d0512

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“I’m going e28de63ca1 to sleep. I’m so… tired. I couldn’t sleep at 98392cd5ed all because of you.”088f34a7d02ee694

“Yeah, get some rest. I’ll stay right 49d033e3ca here.”c6d013544e7294a0

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Seonwoo covered Ihyun with ffa2dd566e a blanket as he 9d7a9eab45 collapsed onto the bed. He gently closed Ihyun’s 7fad898085 eyes, which kept twitching d4b0d69762 as if he didn’t 121c575630 want to look away, e25813d6b9 and stroked his hair. Ihyun tried to stay 3500a4a209 awake but fell asleep 0bc6e2ab36 instantly, as if he’d 8788cf95d5 never missed a night’s a1497e8416 sleep.34e88dd1a847c5a6

Seonwoo quietly looked d8daf172f8 down at his 94e1924c99 pale, exhausted face. Then he stared 6a71fe87c4 at the dozens beb0dbb34d of locks, lost 482ce36441 in deep thought 1f199ce32c for a long 629faae8ff time.ab21ae51a6eb3ace

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