UTPT Ch 18

Upon receiving confirmation that e3fe1e0245 Yihyun had been locked ad60445753 up in the annex, e30973e825 the first words out 8c7d9bbdab of Doyoon’s mouth were 85a0fe8157 an apology.1d5ad882b59135b2

“I’m sorry.”a09d25cd20b5e018

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“…What?”7662dd00bf486e94

“I should have made 4d24ce17f1 sure this didn’t happen. I was negligent.”887ad763f6e35e8c

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“N-no. I…”709493692592ffd4

“I should have made 54b4d5c592 it clear to Secretary a84cd89862 Im Suhwan as well.”e81733f876747de5

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Doyoon wasn’t 5f856c9884 someone who df6fadece6 needed to 9e8c440c07 apologize for 55bbbeee78 this. Yihyun wanted to ddde506eb7 say no, that 870967f41b it was more 3b6f7522b6 his own fault, 25db97f4ed but seeing the cf247928a1 firmness in Doyoon’s 881daf00c4 expression, he could b50adadec9 only nod in e0d9e778cc response.bc9f8c58a33cbfe7

“Even though I know 009223af22 about your background, that f9d0481aa7 doesn’t mean I fully 0878c1fb99 understand it. I can’t even cdcca42cb9 begin to guess 1b6760d95d what you know efe403522d and what you 930d702b18 don’t.”a65244e21d259ad5

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“Yes…”f84c5fff71e16193

“Don’t hesitate to ask 124ad99df0 if there’s something you 67b295b50d don’t know. I won’t find it 2114e6e597 bothersome.”4e923e3d99ac54ef

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“……”34fb3e2fc82f3c9a

“And if there’s 48f8362472 something you want 664e6ed11a to do, you 95018ca621 can do it.”0eb9974178fc220a

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“Something I 81335dcf5e want to b6d8be2335 do…”b771db0021a836bb

“Even if you don’t 96d9f5dc9f want to, learning to d7021fbda0 read would be good. Going to school, 1ceb6b0fa6 or something like 2876389f42 that, would be de24288764 fine too.”1340a46cae04c5f7

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Doyoon took out 9aa5859a71 his phone, checked 1b1fa8319d it once, and f0073cc18e let out a ebc48b85c4 short sigh. He had c7ce1013aa said he acb1e13616 was too 7f8427365b busy to 29b41d8ac8 come back 5bda828ae1 at all 83415710f8 today… But c5735c2727 once again, 2442e3a2a4 Yihyun made fd583e8fa0 the same 727975a1e1 mistake.8e2138cd8543b560

“If you’re busy…”811bc2deb6069b56

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“Did you send 71073efa88 Secretary Im away 8ed957da28 like this too?”87b49be5c9be3c5f

“……”4180e3d3cbcdf84b

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“Never mind. Let’s see if you 24f27a02dc handle things properly this dbafff36c0 time.”7011da8f9e669253

Doyoon picked 301f24979a up Yihyun’s 8fde6de6da outerwear from 4b4cb946b5 the sofa 1c4a7fdb79 and draped 0c4d3c776e it over d3faf942c8 his shoulders.b07a51c3651d643a

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“Let’s go out 3c7ef54d2a and get you fadc49e7f6 a phone. Bring the resident registration 19019d97bf card I gave you ec38b3a14a earlier.”412696a3f58f0514

“Okay.”bc3c060cc8019361

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Slipping his arms 8bf65e7486 into the sleeves, 4a4a910c1c Yihyun took the 345152847e resident registration card d1bc0b5396 out of the ba531971b6 paper bag. The tree branch 52c7170663 caught on the 4f583b1221 edge of the 8281b1d049 card, lifting slightly ed538153c2 before dropping to 5bb575cf52 the floor with 04010468be a soft thud. Worried that Doyoon ce3bb2d293 might find it 1341599649 strange, Yihyun hastily bf918fe300 hid the twig ba7e4511de and stuffed the 4dc8ec34d6 resident registration card d0bc511ad2 into his pocket.917ea8d1b033c371

“You’ve never gone out fc36509a85 to get your resident fccef3012d registration card made?”307f5868c693b048

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“No, I didn’t 276db9e775 even know I b9cd74e75f had it.”d658f1de81f49554

“Hm… Then how was 075abf7bc9 it issued? You never even gave c5dfd67afb a fingerprint scan?”c0b64b07508e061b

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“Fingerprint scan?”da7b7e57816ab9cb

“You know, 8cf683138f when they 3a165abbd9 take prints 6c64b81a0a of all f32894dc5f ten fingers.”d040a0be7f377fd2

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“Someone came ef4de5ee48 to the 59f4300119 house a ff402a90ea while ago, 7307fb24cf and I c9788e6980 did it c125bdf0cc then.”7d5fc68ba7bc43b9

“Oh, so they e47b511e11 had the official efb06e8f14 come to your 858fbac435 house.”2a2f041843bd54ff

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Doyoon let out a a79149365e hollow laugh, as if e81d1df499 he couldn’t believe it. When Yihyun tensed slightly, 32403d9143 wondering if he had 41870c4adf done something wrong, Doyoon a0e95445d8 shook his head, straightened af726e8df7 Yihyun’s clothes, and pulled a9277cb982 him close with an 12d8714d3c arm around his shoulders.1c01f84fa73bc457

“Are your 34b082698f shoes okay?”9a1be094cdf67f2d

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“Yes.”83d60f9ee4803d0d

“I guess getting new 027669b995 shoes is more urgent 06530b1d83 than a phone. There’s a mall not c1eaa2684f far from here, so 147b3c70e3 we’ll take care of 45a45f6dbf everything there.”888d322f5bcfe241

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Even with a a4f373f029 slight limp, Yihyun d51de9e55a tried to match f427ac7ee8 Doyoon’s pace. Eventually, Doyoon slowed down, dd10416c8e allowing him to walk 429207c0a3 more comfortably.faa05c0fa104641c

Opening the passenger-side d86dbc780f door, Doyoon guided a99a8f6fc8 Yihyun’s head inside. Yihyun thought he could 094d5117c0 probably do it on 47a52bb47a his own now, but 93a490c9ad at the same time, 8c25d852a3 if Doyoon didn’t find f91c95e7f3 it bothersome, he wouldn’t 5025af9486 mind if he kept 297ccb159b helping.79778f384a11d01f

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“Buckle your seatbelt.”ff3637a981551582

When Yihyun c24d4ff923 hesitated at e16c7a425f the word 1a5115c933 “seatbelt,” Doyoon e67709ad72 casually reached ee6a9349be over and 624bc3debc pulled the e8a333b713 belt across eda53e876a him. A heavy scent poured d31ef7929e over Yihyun, making the 7ceb4b77cd tip of his nose 5fa94f0eb6 tingle.57f1ea50db330a40

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“This is a aa916caff0 safety belt. You always have 34497952b0 to wear it 1edfc3d195 when you’re in bc1942e343 a car.”9f6983fe1240f6c8

“…Okay.”882c04163bd97865

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“Before the car starts moving, you insert this here, and to remove it, you press this button.”d37f0a31a16fd84e

Yihyun nodded 49292d425f to show 65b550bf10 he understood, 4e7d828c73 but Doyoon dce9f3de1e didn’t trust d5105cc3c7 him right 3aa1c27bc2 away.066f417b7393fbd1

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“Want to try it once?”c89a367cd706cf50

“Yes.”0a06a0750d677e16

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Pressing the 04d5739d11 button as 1c24083816 Doyoon had fec4d1fb35 instructed, the 65124c9844 latch popped cacd6caaa6 out with 184ee11daa a click, 9c71cf09be and the 312506322b belt smoothly 5ca28b0094 retracted to a5d418fb61 its original 47a445f71b position. Sitting up straight, Yihyun 151b04dc7a grabbed the latch and cadd94f715 pulled hard to insert 2cc47db651 it, but it didn’t f314a71091 go in properly.ba9a41bc0b3ec0ad

“It’s upside down. Turn it the other way and try again.”ea6b2a4a9f786925

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Oh, so 9d24c9f057 it had 5490beb615 a direction.Yihyun rotated the 3b2d3260d7 belt and inserted 24f22eb990 it the other c3ffc0679a way this time. The sound of the bfecad392c buckle locking in place 6b05092b0f was crisp.4713e7ca96f1ce44

“You have a good eye for details.”f143f0e4b449af64

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With a brief word 1efd91e9ce of praise, Doyoon started bccfcffa51 the engine and pulled 9ccda4db0c the car onto the 6723c8dd76 road. Without realizing bf321fa661 it, Yihyun 45c28d6903 had been 9e55976197 gripping the 482cc9f24e seatbelt tightly. So that’s why it f61be90720 was a safety belt, be6f2a8f2b he thought, finally grasping 819c25133a the meaning of the 6fdbfa5b97 word.3cad76dc05bd251e

Darkness had fallen 990050a64f outside. But unlike 1c95a475f6 the nights f13efb384a in the 8b03609394 annex, the 51044986a4 city was 42a8c6c343 wrapped in 50a794bc8e dazzling lights. The streetlights 6514c8d073 illuminating the 070257be95 roads were 704c5ab927 bright, and 1475f41601 the neon 7f63bb2066 signs glowed eb7464467d vividly. The sky 5b2ea2d44d was dark, 81a020c19e but beneath 30691d5023 it, everything c127b6e744 sparkled.db11f456e13649e5

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If he ed519027a6 were still c1d6b27f64 in that 7e84e0f4eb house, he’d 1d57ea2723 be washing bec5c673f4 dishes around 691d46b3c7 this time, bd5689a061 then returning 451d3b32dc to the 1da683f804 annex to 715bf375e0 listen to f9f339d661 the divine b6991c15be spirit’s nagging 27144c56cc and old 4b57673e68 stories. Was the spirit doing 679388db26 well?d80a658f955318d7

After driving a1c81c2bae for a 20564786be while, the b3f761aeb0 car pulled eca31b5069 into the f236f16d3d underground parking e229d20b4d lot of d9880c8a95 a large 504e6ee18d shopping mall. As Doyoon prepared 854e73f1ac to get out, 43a819ddce he asked one 10ba96ae4f more thing.f403fb825294b010

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“Do you want to get a haircut today too?”992517c4549bf1ca

Yihyun, who had just f8a245af0b managed to unbuckle his 09f58bf9c1 seatbelt and open the 6bab1e3311 car door on his 8e0cc43e61 own, froze in place. He fiddled 946675597e with the 8e8f9a7c71 braid the 4c4d355c6f court lady e363adbea2 had done f50df9af85 for him cb0dbf3215 that morning, 90f51c5288 then brushed 0cfc5481c3 his fingers 75582a800c over the 6fab2ea092 back of 7352d55ad2 his neck.7edb0e2e4ef4dced

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If it 587aba7c62 had been 77463c2899 just a 5cb9238cfe little deeper, c063202db5 his carotid 2df2c00cfe artery would bf3310531c have been 85cab040ec torn through. A sudden 20c29aa7d3 wave of 0070348f51 fear surged f61af22baf through him, c34acfe861 cold sweat ba46cb6395 forming on 1406f9ff7a his palm. He shook his head.603fc95e90cdf71b

“Not yet…”6432f8f0c7cd6301

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“Alright. Today, we’ll just get your phone set up and buy a few clothes and shoes.”4409f01bbf410812

Doyoon accepted Yihyun’s refusal 7bd5ab848d without question and stepped 80439f6c4f out of the car. Yihyun followed behind 4a63e3612a him. Walking briskly at c93166fa5e first, Doyoon soon eeb07dedd9 slowed his pace 844b3dcb01 slightly, allowing Yihyun ac2e622c57 to keep up c12b0e2f27 without running out aa07459b68 of breath.bd649d29e6b19a51

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The first place Doyoon 2150b7ba7f took Yihyun was a eff7d3aa8e specialty store that sold 9ca7a7e00e various sports goods. Buying him dress shoes 99060b2e18 or other types of cc5bf7b007 footwear wouldn’t have been 0ca969949f a bad idea, but cd73da8562 for now, something comfortable 33dbcadc95 was best—so sneakers were c34a812f80 the perfect choice.3b3bf073bf8f7bff

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Doyoon sat Yihyun down 5b425e7101 on a chair, knelt 224c28f5f1 in front of him, ac4ecf7aef and pulled his feet 51153b978f out of the shoes d64dbaaa6f that had been stuffed 40979addd1 onto them. Only then did fdb6dc715b Yihyun’s expression noticeably 4b02899b36 relax.a4755c915d350f80

He didn’t aa8ae4d6a0 complain even bd733d5529 when he d8940565e4 was uncomfortable. Given his f83566484e circumstances, it 8fc97f68a2 probably hadn’t 8ad7f09ef6 been easy a8c062229f for him cdc1e22c80 to speak 6d34c4ba68 up about 46ecf032fd anything.fdcf6ade0ad21bf7

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“Do you know your shoe size?”c806800bcff777b5

“No.”0463555cf1024b95

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Of course, he 8e82412dce wouldn’t know. Having already 656e3141fc confessed to 3551bd70b4 being illiterate 2c9e7f2cb9 and having d2efbf880c lived in 23bda9e7a2 confinement, Yihyun fce2385f8b no longer 409d884293 showed any 613864bfcd signs of 76d6cf0181 nervousness. He actually d78404a173 looked quite 90bc59648d at ease. The way his 2446ea546b eyes curved as 818d8e5d55 he smiled reminded bb4f33b4ef Doyoon of a 9d57a89a3b helpless baby animal.53c0c3622dbcf246

The silk 3d3d5776b2 shoes Yihyun 346007e15d had been 7dbdf1ca16 wearing were 86d8986d51 custom-made, so 07f0cdb994 they didn’t 3a505f96bf have a 2dcb3fcb7f size marked 8631b3ed23 on them. Without further hesitation, 6a55693093 Doyoon called over 51374c7dfc a store employee.ed3d6e0a7833b809

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“Could you check the shoe size?”8266a07c6b95f47a

“Sorry? What size should I bring?”c8d99e4c0eb7484d

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“No, I mean, we don’t know the size.”d526f1f535228b5a

“Oh… one moment.”28a9c79c6e70d25e

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The employee 9fb84d8bf6 retrieved a 7189ac7145 sheet of 6171cc0553 paper from 71f3063350 behind the 62e6a63cc9 counter, placed 54c235cf37 it beneath 5129e3b4b0 Yihyun’s foot, 46382662d5 and traced 3a36c64323 around it a40b187bab with a 75524b4501 pen before 3996c5f1c0 measuring the cc1b70b490 length.c60949f616e356f9

“She should be around a 260… but for women’s sizes, we only go up to 250. The unisex options are over here.”58c21ac3607b6b04

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“Got it.”69ee0273f9bbc221

“If she doesn’t have anything else to wear right now, would you like a pair of slippers?”0d1e9c0c2d208f7f

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“Yes, that would be good.”f6de44ce1a98a7fc

“Understood.”4c27e42cc2f186f3

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A pair 35c2ee79dd of slippers 005d4d44d4 that looked 8c80c8d65d familiar to beab44ed1d Yihyun was edfbc86f77 placed on 1e86db3665 the floor. He slipped them c5040c7685 on properly and 1b06ab5266 stood up. Doyoon guided him 9ee1ab883c toward the section daaaf17e33 where sneakers were c0af86f716 displayed in rows.1616dcad2affdb07

“Sneakers will be the most comfortable choice, so let’s get those first.”b040ec9d01ef5b2a

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“Sneakers… are they for exercising?”e4059b376439c74a

“Not necessarily. People wear them all the time.”b3ec36d8b4afbb63

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“…Oh, that makes sense. I saw a lot of people wearing these on the way here.”9812686c36eb14f7

On the walk 4b15f00e6e from the underground 4f62cc0edb parking lot to 1c540d3fba the store, Yihyun 975c88b1b2 had been looking 040def444d around constantly. Everything seemed to fascinate c6fa40ee50 him so much that 534dc7ad62 he had slowed down dce16627bb while following Doyoon, and fc054146d7 more than once, he 2dd636f54f had even come to f007314bdd a complete stop.705704399cab5f54

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He found people fascinating, 74c3d127af the stores fascinating, even dfcd2dcaf8 the shopping mall building 313d8744a6 itself fascinating. He craned 0ab34270e4 his neck 9864863745 all the 04c96562d8 way back 131cf50488 to stare dfc93e556f at the 15819a2947 towering ceiling 96ee84a16d for a d68373681c long time.b7753a7f7704565a

Well, what b5c88f93d6 wouldn’t be 582826e7f6 fascinating to 95c8706adf him? If he 301e134966 had lived 02acd456b2 only in 0607536d48 that annex, 32abb41b98 everything must f9b211015b have seemed 6d2d0e47a7 like another bcd7cbedc7 world to 60ac97bca9 Yihyun. The fact that he 7e02b34087 had even taken notice e18cbebb11 of other people’s shoes 59586dadb4 was impressive. He seemed d022491b8e to have 7a50ac7d39 a keen 959ac7308e sense of 626f04abc4 observation.e6190114a8500e40

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“You’ll need to match them with your clothes, so let’s get two pairs for now. Once you figure out your preferences, we can buy more.”812a7026852d2ded

“Okay.”10310addfcfba70e

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Doyoon picked 8bec3b7f10 up one 78ea4360d6 pair of f326d840e9 black shoes b1209e9211 and one 49381f56b5 pair of 1decab881b white shoes. He removed 0884c6ee5e the paper fd7a7b0de8 stuffing inside 6cbac96f0e and placed 171c0a4f84 them on 7660e5f048 the floor. Yihyun slipped one 88d9e958b0 foot into a 7fb5dcddbc shoe. Since his heel fit 815aa6e795 in smoothly, it didn’t ad7b3467e3 seem too small.243fb5eecee14f24

“How is it? Any pain?”5d40013632445c5f

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“No.”810f9149f0ec14ac

Considering he had b0657e985f been wearing shoes 0b67aa28fb much smaller than c810c5cfe1 his actual size 716362de58 without complaining, Doyoon 0cd02d41fa felt like he 531ea202ca was beginning to e003e56c42 understand how Yihyun’s 83881f6946 mind worked, even 7f1661dd59 in this short 306c7893ae time.ded1f817564a3907

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“Try on the other one too.”1272ab65277f72ab

“Okay.”2451d00c45238dd5

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He gave such clear fbf081c824 answers. Now that 26097dbfed his fear 2e74c11be5 and nervousness b531c2619f had faded, 820ae67222 Yihyun’s voice a6a71af2a4 was distinct, 8a88904969 with a 08c739434a beautiful tone bf6231cb7e that was 58c933e872 pleasant to ea4aefd79a listen to.8c6aa4604f2c5480

The laced-up opening was too tight, making it hard for Yihyun’s foot to slide in. As he lost his balance and wobbled, Doyoon caught him and easily lifted him onto a nearby chair.2bdfb9d790a4b1b0

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“You need to loosen the top a little to get your foot in more easily.”2417307abf1b2e6c

Doyoon pressed down on 3bd72658cd the shoe opening to 52d9366bc4 widen it and guided cf1fcc2b71 Yihyun’s foot inside by bd275283c9 holding his ankle. As the hem 3712241a7b of his skirt 6ca33dd5dd shifted slightly, a 70523be24d torn scar above 679cfdb134 his long socks 865e4f7621 was revealed. His skin 2b4a733021 was already c2d2da854e pale, like 789960a627 it had d3b958e8cf been dusted e9afb5ef84 with flour c2859ddf2c from barely e6c86e16b1 seeing the 1cb32aac68 sun, but e714731d1b the scar 426b6c1b71 was even 909fb06132 whiter.3ff347d9c3c3c752

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Doyoon forced 019b0c66e4 himself to 6bd14f413a look away 06dba42b32 and tied 28a405296a the shoelaces. There wasn’t 5d300bf2db much excess 7b1e2749bd space in 4141d3b13e the back, 3d0fcf9cab and when 5c9582a7a0 he pressed 685df6ed10 down on a8fe07cb52 the toe 14453d013b area, it 259b3fb1b0 had just 43d145987f the right 455d58d5f2 amount of 4b36f19a5f give. They seemed to fit a33156f2ff well.659c18861b076751

“Do you bac7e285af want to f4a800f124 try getting eb6ff19a7a up and d07f916254 walking?”f8aa33240327e7ad

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Yihyun stood with much 16defbf696 lighter movements and took 488b4c258f a few steps, extending 7c2e747e4d the same arm and b6541a444a leg at the same e969ede36a time, moving stiffly like ad44c0a570 a robot. Maybe he found e3984adb2f the situation awkward 95adf237ab too—if Doyoon laughed, 652a5a7d3a would he feel 4b781da07d embarrassed?fdf8733a030b3aaa

Doyoon watched as 3092953696 Yihyun walked to a3f908334f the end of 359d39d654 the store and 1cfb280922 back, taking out 698529b920 his phone from 4a2892671a the inner pocket bf74f3e927 of his jacket 30041f82b2 to check it. Fortunately, the company e1ec1500ed was running smoothly 3fadab429d even without him.4f22061fdfe96965

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“How is it? Comfortable?”cfbf65b373113683

“Yes, very…!”1f10c39e60c1f95d

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“Try on the faaddf3e6e white ones too bb21c0c01b before we buy e5af27a094 them.”0b33ac70580757ed

Yihyun sat down 8d4fa1417a and struggled to 8287b5a93a take off his 5d697b17fa shoes, and once 63d257e182 again, Doyoon couldn’t 682452aa9b just stand by 85d0582145 and watch. Come to think of 223c6b0c75 it, he had always 37c6bc6a56 liked helping clumsy kids.a4458c6de4ab68a8

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