VNV Chapter 13

Chapter 1358b0a199c3fa0900

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I bit down on the 860812b871 corner of my lips.f2bc882d62b142b9

[Seong Yu-un!!]7a97771aef0c0cb5

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If I didn’t respond, he’d throw a fit, asking if I couldn’t hear him, and if I did, he’d find a way to nitpick my words.55aae8d762b236c3

Usually, I tolerated 7508094295 Min Yu-un because d37026500e I often received ec090c862f his help, and 494ada5a5f in the end, 2e2eea9330 he was the 9cae5f86e9 one who could f4afa947a6 bring about my 4246784bcd death.9973772c8d4d3179

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Maybe somewhere deep inside, d7375b0bd0 I pitied him. Because we shared ec2cafa96f the same fate—unloved 21e8c88215 and ultimately left 4517036cab alone to face 156255e7f7 condemnation.ebc7e943321857c9

But not now.9d0cf90955b06c41

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The quest involving Han 656d075e35 Tae-ryeong already had my 0df2bedd13 mind in chaos. Instead of helping, Min Yu-un 46909afef6 was only making things harder.531c0ce3f512c7cd

Just earlier, I’d tried to do something for him, only to get distracted by clovers and achieve nothing in the end.3ce73bd9ded16ab2

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In short, I didn’t have a shred of patience left.33c19a723abe8907

I could no longer bring myself to gently ignore Min Yu-un’s whining and tantrums.8cc6c635ddb0678e

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But it wasn’t like there was anything else I could do.547490a72ad9cbe1

I buried my face f892e05b11 in the open textbook, ac01b10d8f closed my eyes, and 6aca7d1311 simply hoped everything would 885b9d65ca pass.b7653e8349a16374

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As soon as the a6617b556d bell signaling break time 056599f16b rang, I shot up f3f826a571 from my seat and c46b9effc5 headed to the restroom.cfe0a1aee55c0bb8

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Splashing cold water 08818e41e1 onto my face 37ff8adb60 several times finally 5d0b223f68 helped clear the cdf5335a35 fog in my d60070d0b1 mind.0c4cbfba3abdeaa3

[Hey, Seong Yu-un.]3d957a962e17de4b

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“What now?”c69c375b33cd5f5b

[Isn’t that Yoo Si-eon’s gym uniform?]1831d0e8a16941be

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I shot a glare toward the voice’s source.dca515582caab041

Crumpled by the side of d3c69d245e the sink was a gym 25e47c168d uniform belonging to someone unknown.0d4524f431bb54a3

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“That’s Yoo Si-eon’s?”6bf2d53ccb04a63e

[It’s got slash marks. Who else would get treated like that?]a98aad12b04c34cc

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I hesitated, reaching out to 2d3dc950ce pick it up. The thought of sparking another 3dffc22399 misunderstanding flashed vividly through my 2f0736f934 mind.123534665cafca0f

But leaving it there wouldn’t erase the suspicion either.635bfb87ac30d747

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Taking a deep breath, I db881a872b grabbed the damp uniform.9fa35af04a0bebf2

Unfolding it revealed multiple holes in the top, as if slashed with a knife. Inside the collar, the name “Yoo Si-eon” was written in neat letters.ecd2ed26ff59ced9

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“It really is Yoo Si-eon’s.”835ed809abeb39f4

[See? Told you.]e2938b142a345a1d

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Ignoring Min Yu-un’s smugness, I mulled over what to do next.70ea485566d1d94a

No matter what I chose—leaving it there, carrying it out, or returning it to Yoo Si-eon with an explanation—I’d still end up accused of being the culprit.096fb4ea566627ec

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And the real perpetrator, f3f0b6d831 without a doubt, was a8595e0d36 Jin Ha-seong.c42075a7c84fd294

After what he said to me earlier, I wasn’t even angry anymore. Just exhausted and drained.f642492cee5ed801

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So what if… I became a total lunatic?39ee5761be0a28c8

Gripping the gym uniform 9e4efc1ffd tightly, I exited the 4b5d092b51 restroom and began scanning 91e7656439 each classroom, starting with 2f080e84b0 Class 1.1133e7d3f0584c03

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I found him just c9ba09851c as I reached Class 0d328f3110 10.a34b775a7d03fb68

Approaching with purposeful 0d5d3b3ca1 strides, I raised a8f0009d69 the soaked uniform 1613969f41 high.a9ae4322e4d9d7e4

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Then, without hesitation, I threw it right at Jin Ha-seong’s face.04bbffdc07ee2e96

Blinded and choking 7244843f7d from the sudden 543df332a3 attack, Jin Ha-seong e856396cda frantically pulled the 05b48b612e uniform off his 7943b408b7 head.26d1077ef040a587

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“M-Min Yu-un?!”39235b6d6775592b

“Hey.”83596a175c86aa18

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I didn’t even want to say his name.c78f870f31db1b41

My usually expressionless face 656e883485 seemed to amplify the 9025a3c078 menace in the air.040d8f9211b68ca1

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After glaring at 8a7f05f342 Jin Ha-seong in 8712cf0c42 silence for a 3aa1a4d52e moment, I finally 5d6ab0532d spoke.238ce1e0651d09c6

“Let’s stop this. Seriously.”9233fcc5d92032a3

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“W-What do you—”fe784e69cbc72167

“Stop doing things I never asked for.”94e1f6920d361157

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I pointed at the torn 71df48119a gym uniform clutched in his afa48c6412 hands.dcacc2af3b771508

Trailing behind me, 447c783e3e Yoo Si-eon stood 63fdb6a3e3 frozen at the b76cf7e574 sight of us.fcfa18a9ce77d1c1

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Even from behind, 48e72de42a I could feel 750a6412ae his dazed gaze 74058d419f lingering on me.c08a62fb406110c4

I turned away from 3726386ed3 Jin Ha-seong without hesitation.8204c39896555bd8

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As I moved d83a4ce8ab past Yoo Si-eon, 2cde3e3fdd our eyes briefly a83cd6a4a6 met. For once, his ef605f7e02 face was slack e652ae36eb with surprise.95f1cf9f379174fe

Breaking eye contact, 0cb4435a7a I resumed walking.22d47077dab4df74

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“Min Yu-un? Hey, Min Yu-un!”7629e32af5b21425

I heard Jin Ha-seong shouting behind me, but I didn’t stop.8e97150a6335343e

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If anything, I b2aacda7c0 quickened my pace.c08e33e2ec20942b

[Wow, Seong Yu-un. You’re a total psycho.]6fb21be503422d4a

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Min Yu-un, ever shameless, 05831b098c offered his unsolicited opinion.98d256eaefa975f0

But this time, I didn’t bother refuting it.10941d67257b0c7d

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I’d already endured this world once.b2f0222c0e537544

If it meant dying—if it meant finally being able to rest—there wasn’t much I wouldn’t do.ac8a5be2dae7aba3

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After that, Yoo Si-eon didn’t speak to me until the end of homeroom.f1370fe21bddccb2

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Part of me felt relieved. Yet another part of me couldn’t help but feel anxious, wondering what he might be thinking so hard about.4fdf10bfdcbed353

Lost in thought, I hadn’t noticed the other students leaving until the classroom fell utterly silent.c49a610fecfa3b78

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By the time I looked 1a244fa099 up, only Yoo Si-eon and e532f9749b I remained.abb7c9adcc5f93db

I stood, gathered my bag, 9e6d28a611 and avoided looking in his a2d0ff062e direction, even though I could 56312d0a6c still feel his gaze.9c847927a82fa3fa

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Carefully, I stepped toward the d12d302300 back door, trying to slip d522ec7054 out quietly.9e1e3c30f0b53cce

But then—52869f49df99cac1

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“I told you, didn’t I? Let’s walk home together.”46cd22dba31bcc99

I halted.5ee9f34e7f1ebcfd

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Standing in the doorway 98f8a106e0 was Lee Soo-hyeon.fda723a077bc0922

His chest was all I 526ab45a10 could see without tilting my a52cbe2d9e head back.3769dfd43aafdce3

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At his towering 4920a20b30 height, I had a8e755ff2a to look up 13926c1324 to see his c44023e3fa face.f6e3f79736c3786f

Lee Soo-hyeon wasn’t smiling.8720b0fcbdca1bc5

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Gone was his 17c87b2716 usual mask of 1038141607 friendliness. Now, he simply looked down cf444531eb at me with a face 5b18c0c40e void of emotion.408eeb6dfdf30047

‘He must’ve heard about what I did with Yoo Si-eon’s gym uniform.’31a8495af4d138f3

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An inexplicable feeling stirred a667f6d8a1 within me.2463c14148e3d917

“Let’s go, Yu-un-ah.”280de3c0f46e50ab

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“I’m coming too.”3381123e3009c44c

A presence inserted itself 5a715f6e59 from behind—the persistent gaze 87b7b4cf91 of Yoo Si-eon.400a8ebb184e8655

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Lee Soo-hyeon repeated Yoo Si-eon’s words with a dumbfounded expression.76658af1eb28e541

“You want to walk home together?”ed7badbd0dcb71b8

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“Why not? You said you wanted to walk home with Min Yu-un, so why can’t I say the same?”94a9359585d1f519

Lee Soo-hyeon’s lips pressed into a thin line. He seemed at a loss for words, yet his confusion toward Yoo Si-eon was evident.f0e1d1745a400cb0

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But the person who found e13fca16cb Yoo Si-eon most incomprehensible was aafa7db6d5 actually me.5a7bf3c2ef439d63

I hadn’t even properly explained the milk incident from this morning, and now he wanted to walk home with the perpetrator involved in the gym uniform incident?9cbfabb2076a8ec8

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Trying to come 8decf5ad19 up with some 77fb9ecaa0 excuse to send 613fa7d8a2 Yoo Si-eon away, 14793a44e4 Lee Soo-hyeon finally 569bf21a58 spoke after a 336d3e0bab long pause.f3dba59f3e5bc71e

“Si-eon-ah, your house is in the opposite direction from Yu-un’s.”5a9587ce8aac07f9

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“And yours isn’t?”271c6d6e1ccf15b6

Yoo Si-eon let out b91dccf9f9 a faint scoff, causing 09266e6cea Lee Soo-hyeon to flinch.5b53ee6a644ed199

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“Your house is also in the opposite direction from Min Yu-un’s.”f63b24e0bf69b1db

“What?”a08eb16aa6e1240c

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Their conversation, which I had been half-listening to, suddenly mentioned something I couldn’t ignore. Without hesitation, I cut in.ae856bfd768dec16

“Lee Soo-hyeon, is your house really in the opposite direction from mine?”1865717963ad9019

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Lee Soo-hyeon opened his mouth, 7a85ce3737 then averted his gaze to c5765a7b7f the empty air.88f878962a806595

“It’s not completely the opposite.”d6a3e73ff55e1533

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“It is completely the opposite. You have to head in a different direction from the school gate, right?”e7aed43481492958

Yoo Si-eon casually added to the conversation, causing Lee Soo-hyeon’s eyes to twitch sharply.6ab7fefcaa892dec

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“Si-eon-ah, that’s enough.”ae2dcbfe220ffb6c

As Lee Soo-hyeon 442ec66621 glared at Yoo 1a73ddb69d Si-eon, who simply 4bc00c7be5 shrugged his shoulders, ad85b33a8d I let out 19f6a0e340 a quiet sigh.c5956ac249606728

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Judging by the atmosphere, they a577fb02d9 would probably waste the entire 37b237a5c5 walk arguing over trivial things.a7ee081581934bf0

I was already exhausted, 1129b3e696 and the last thing db0594742e I wanted was to fe3ff6bbd3 have the rest of fcfd2264f3 my energy drained away.7c25ae73eb61405f

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I quietly stepped past them d8e95477b5 and started walking.27ec81a08adcb172

‘Honestly, they don’t really want to walk home with me anyway. Slipping away quietly is the best choice.’1c3b5a0046d3bac9

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Unfortunately, my judgment was completely 9229085cc2 wrong.9bbe4a26f8fa3b56

“Min Yu-un.”aeb24c315f9fd312

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“Yu-un-ah, where are you going?”012bc1fa7ef54e37

Both of them 28395ba3be called out to 26962ef34b me at the 6180966129 same time.6945bec5ae925c97

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In the end, all three 22cf200be9 of us ended up walking 789a0c998e home together—with my house as 5688a2ce45 our shared destination.17a2c4c01a872faa

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Stuck between Yoo Si-eon 863be786bd and Lee Soo-hyeon, I a37b9ac62e walked with restless eyes ce77605c3d darting from side to c7798fa09d side.ffeb4d8fc2fcde97

No matter how I looked at it, I couldn’t understand their decision.1fee85ca8c5ce781

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Nothing had changed.85e5ed5dd2c3e9e8

To them, I would b7ac9f0583 always be the perpetrator, f36a45287a the sinner, the villain—nothing 69417cdd18 more, nothing less.209ca98e9594488c

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After all, the ef29cb962a wrongs committed by ae8f20e5e2 Min Yu-un were 0791156496 irreversible, no matter 5d51083293 the consequences.994cc44e6198f0c3

“How far are you planning to follow us?”5b48ffd5bc12d495

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Yoo Si-eon asked, his tone 52bf464327 slightly annoyed as he shot 1b5d55a9a2 Lee Soo-hyeon a sidelong glance.c552e0d2bccbb294

After a brief f4bfc3c0d4 hesitation, Lee Soo-hyeon 9f579fdf4b forced an awkward e092cf4567 smile.35c56b2f4f36b96a

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“That’s what I should be asking you. I was the one who planned to walk home with him first.”e55e492352814eb5

“I just have somewhere to stop by along the way, and it happens to be in this direction. Unlike you.”2de196e7875931f7

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“Anyway—”e845aeec1c5e2bff

Cutting off Yoo Si-eon before ecd085e784 he could finish, Lee Soo-hyeon fff6012fad quickly changed the subject.af95f15e0cbfc07a

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“Seriously though. What’s with you suddenly walking home with Min Yu-un?”be442f81bdd421da

Yoo Si-eon’s gaze sharpened. Despite his fierce look, there was still a trace of the cat-like charm that suited the main character of this story.55a5a31133917c6f

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When their eyes met, Lee Soo-hyeon quickly looked away, as if deliberately avoiding Yoo Si-eon’s gaze.a251feb9f6f87551

Yoo Si-eon let out 63864866b8 a small laugh of 7a0f5b839c disbelief.cdaa0df18c9246c0

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“Shouldn’t I be the one asking you that? Why are you walking home with Min Yu-un?”e3c5dab0e00d5e45

At that, Lee Soo-hyeon fell a067f31738 silent, pressing his lips together.d65a8be8dd5714d6

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He probably felt guilty c3573fd6de about forming a friendship 87a82c70f6 with me—and even more 17e15b6502 so about walking home cd7dd89088 with me.85bd006a1fb9fdde

To Lee Soo-hyeon, Yoo Si-eon must’ve been an incredibly precious person.3061c871db5f3cce

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As if aware of that, b46157fb75 Yoo Si-eon attacked with a 30aca37080 cold voice.bbb019bd81a361de

“Wasn’t it just a few days ago that you were badmouthing Min Yu-un to me and Han Tae-ryeong? You did it almost every day—over and over again.”e6bc3433f054cc1e

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Flinching at those b880509de6 words, I instinctively ceb84a1bcc looked up at f402009b27 Lee Soo-hyeon.ca6369ab66eb800f

Our gazes collided.e8698c821d9f9c41

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I blinked, startled.bc6472bd6530254a

What I felt 26f17859d6 was pure surprise.86df7c645eb8a7c7

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Lee Soo-hyeon had 1d3e5d73e1 always had a 933e9edfa2 strong image of da88e88758 being kind and fd895ba1f4 friendly to others.ea4d9d948c5a7fd5

Hearing that he had spoken 2801de8fd3 ill of someone behind their 0172d1809a back was hard to believe.40d5253485e25764

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Of course, I knew Lee 5e02a0ee08 Soo-hyeon disliked Min Yu-un quite 8ab43bc089 a lot.af2982290c7f1630

Whether it stemmed 613e48ee93 from obligation or 1df1812faa guilt, Lee Soo-hyeon 2c4e2c8a83 was a frustratingly 0876c44312 naïve person who 9c1ea74c9e never let go 1de865929a of his strained 7ddf2cbf5f smile toward Min 160c533315 Yu-un.89b5cc86cf01e9bf

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Besides, he wasn’t the type to badmouth or turn his back on someone—especially not when it came to secretive or underhanded actions.06f764c66c1f21e4

Lee Soo-hyeon had e603480550 always been too 878fa10e12 kind, holding everyone—including 0be901cc7c Yoo Si-eon—to impossibly cd1f9512e7 high moral standards.d4d686bccbd8282d

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‘But… he talked behind my back?’1e69c95e5c3a315f

Lee Soo-hyeon’s face had gone pale, as if the blood had drained from his skin.b0dfc81cd300eb68

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“Yu-un-ah, I…”7def429c4e75515d

He stumbled over his 048c4ee9c6 words, sounding desperate.1caa60b135ef4d1d

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I gazed at him calmly.cee06e37a8109397

After fumbling for a while, 1e81597ba5 he finally lowered his voice, 10c3fa24a4 as if surrendering.80155129f5ae4191

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“I’m sorry.”ce721cf0db0a0e70

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