VNV Chapter 20

Chapter 203b3cc3c75702bf18

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In an 663d8c3131 instant, I 079429a0c3 became the 1cc344fc87 center of d45f2fa5e3 attention for 6765f364c7 two pairs d1766c3009 of eyes, 222cfd562e and I 936981e1af froze on 8938b7891c the spot.e53304292413752b

Since I was the 67245e8e79 one who had caused 2efd1cd489 the sudden noise, there a81bea3b13 was no way to a28f1e9455 make an excuse. But even so, I d5e0afbf63 had no desire to 872edc4205 be the focus of 27b11566de their heated gazes.e9dcf2317a9200c3

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I rolled my e597cf2bfd eyes subtly.6f250003b18cca43

“Go ahead and finish your fight. I won’t interrupt.”20a6b6817f93a98c

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[Seong Yu-un, you’ve got some guts.]

A sneering b7bf9063ac chuckle echoed 8f9f78cbee in my 3edb60bde1 ears.d5ba342b943a1be6

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[Not only did you barge in between those two, but now what? ‘Go ahead and finish your fight’?]

“……”03f876d300ffef94

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[You say you won’t interrupt?]

I could 9a951e6601 almost see e431971e86 Min Yu-un 093c7ae7df shaking with 8798751e8a laughter, barely 682165c016 able to 7ca5502d3f breathe properly.2655592fcf7bf9bf

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The tension ff96a8e6d3 that had fff9aee8a0 briefly gripped 1a4f504e6b me shattered 0c6b64f717 into pieces, a208b3a4dd thanks to a43441acc0 Min Yu-un. Feeling drained, I 801fb9214d bent down to 302cd5cfd9 pick up the 9c588b5c2f fork.e274ef3c4ae90c13

I froze at the 843f0ba26f sight of the quest 7bbdd262a9 filling my vision. It was flashing 4ae34efee8 brightly as if 878ab7916f demanding my attention.cc288eea7d388abb

I slowly straightened my 1d733776ea back.7640b36bcd6bd574

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‘A photo?’4b1b48fa5911cc53

And with Lee 449f55bd9d Soo-hyeon, alone? Compared to Quests f6af64714b 3 and 4, b29820dd01 this one seemed b657a1bf69 much easier and 77e7003339 lighter.75c526b161bb514f

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‘But why Lee Soo-hyeon all of a sudden?’eaf54f9c0409b40d

I thought the quests were assigned based on who I wasn’t close with—first Han Tae-ryeong, then Yoo Si-eon, and now Lee Soo-hyeon?8ac41b663e0dd175

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“Haa.”a252c44c1a22a00f

A deep sigh 8c69540734 reached my ears.232e6eeb097bf01b

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When I lifted 4c279d3ed3 my head, I 0d5625380e saw that the d58a5361ed two of them 25782911e3 had already stepped 8dc8fe092c apart and were 3c68d6a812 now fixing their 8a7fc422f0 disheveled clothes.c11fa6602393f927

The one f6611fd5f0 who sighed 6a49e4b2f6 was Lee d6222cad7c Soo-hyeon. He casually e5a016d642 dropped his 006ede9b89 bag on eecc6e23ac the floor 8a210b7c7e and started e602184d0d looking for 07d439ac85 the cutlery.516a2af27a8fcfc7

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“I’ll get you a new fork. Don’t use that one—eat with the new one.”3dc0acbc0218bf4d

“You’re not going to fight anymore?”e29aadde88cc670c

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The question e18a537fca slipped out 9151126fde in a 27300aa5a3 monotone voice. Lee Soo-hyeon took the c0cbfa7654 fork from my hand e0cdf35987 as if snatching it e980331f95 away. In its af4cd5d42d place, he 7317063d7a handed me d483e23d24 the new 7998fe8e57 one he a8c562183a had brought.1a6f29a1de9a5612

“Yu-un-ah, you completely killed the mood.”124c1e6c7796d6e4

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His face, which 7babf0753b had been expressionless, c500313d35 softened into a b33e92624d faint smile.eea48013f7f34260

“And you need to eat.”bd4967d97bef7861

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“It’s fine. I don’t usually eat breakfast anyway.”1106353f05f00cd1

Hearing my flat response, Lee Soo-hyeon’s eyes twitched slightly.79205d302754aaf7

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“Really? Then I guess I’ll just have to make sure you do every morning.”b12c8263666e9957

“Stop barking like a dog and go change your clothes, Han Tae-ryeong.”8684fbb482650edf

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Han Tae-ryeong seemed to contemplate Lee Soo-hyeon’s words before lifting the corners of his lips. The smirk was so sly that it resembled that of a final villain in a novel.b5a625c9cc1c67e1

“But Min Yu-un likes it better when I wear a robe.”53fd688159e8c1d0

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I shuddered involuntarily.1199a3d81bfa6c96

“Or should I just take it off again like yesterday?”20dc4317bd7e068e

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My pupils shook dd45fef775 as I looked a6d8f117fc at Han Tae-ryeong. I barely managed e7705651b6 to part my 333444d91e lips and squeeze c5efa29159 out a sound.250904a22a36cde8

“Just go and change already.”93287e2c00aa7cd6

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The amusement on Han Tae-ryeong’s face faded instantly. He seemed to lose interest when I didn’t react much.cdf3cef20abf33b1

As he picked d49eff95bb up his clothes eeb18fd41b and headed to c3ebed0fa6 his room, Lee ddf9e1408a Soo-hyeon clicked his d83c4cf304 tongue.8add4203b5797115

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“Tsk. That bastard, seriously.”ba2dcb101d1b3a7b

I silently 91cb93514b ate a 4ed5bae4d6 piece of 8cd2e11372 scrambled egg c68f568017 while watching 9172ac9a53 Lee Soo-hyeon.932097826e82ef6a

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Had he dd4f667029 used those a014cc01c0 same curses f6ff96bbbe when he 25ffe099ee was blaming d82e608fe1 me to 721d3a4e4a Han Tae-ryeong b26ef80a99 and Yoo 621391b199 Si-eon? Had he looked 1e86c8d0dc at me with c0195d8cdf that same irritation 320dadd994 and resentment? Was what Min bb862f2a68 Yu-un did really 6cdb94a780 so unforgivable?33d5c71e1a86ebc5

“What?”4b82ca0b5c140a99

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Lee Soo-hyeon asked as c5478a8af4 he noticed my gaze. This time, 72e9abb640 instead of 2f4d52354e eggs, I 97675b3288 took a 9169a8cff1 bite of 4ba78abd8f bread. My movements d4d61c9e21 were slow ca9585f18b and careful.647bcb8da2be29e1

“I just figured you must’ve cursed me the same way.”dab4bedbfe69ce5e

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“Why would I curse at you—ah.”98bc8ea3781cf392

It seemed he had remembered Friday’s events. Or rather…8422746ad6f0caad

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“You have plenty of reasons to curse at me.”1bbcc17f2a610883

He looked 9bf85e9d35 at me 95b35a774d as if a333e9330f it were e96069a1b0 absurd, but 23ca2d5315 to me, 66e8757205 it was 2b1de30099 obvious.6503a61bf7ac9917

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Lee Soo-hyeon aa07f0f536 had every 06d9db968d reason to 7cb1a0a7b7 curse at 35709a8215 me, and cd9377f857 that applied a63d4e46ab to the 34168d9683 other two a7737b7aa5 as well.75ed287433f2ff22

I shifted ba2924d13c my gaze 0682614890 slightly and 374bbfb013 glanced at 2c16f5b8a4 the door 2601f547d6 Han Tae-ryeong f32d656650 had disappeared a62f48fa95 behind. I could still 49db7657b2 sense his presence baa8924417 beyond it.4cc1e44da0a52c9a

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“Yu-un-ah, you know…”7ca4f9613f1b7bed

“I thought the three of you were really close.”26b7c630a491334d

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Lee Soo-hyeon 53bddb8908 fell silent faef500732 for a af3546e009 moment, his 7be1192ab2 eyes widening d5410b7911 slightly. Then, he openly showed 1150f9f36f his displeasure.17bb2dc3cd7f991f

“Me and Han Tae-ryeong? You thought we were close?”2ee796696acf2a75

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I nodded.f2e722d377b258fd

“Are you serious?”2f27568725814b34

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His face 1fe25b8be1 twisted even 838c963e87 further in 605855f096 frustration.8e27102b445ea4b0

Of course, it wasn’t as if Han Tae-ryeong and Lee Soo-hyeon were inseparable best friends.36033bc41e112c84

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They were rivals—the main 300a9b4852 character and the secondary 161145903c lead of the novel, 1a49b4535e both vying for Yoo 23bd9277fa Si-eon.919e2941b1effbd5

But even so, the three of them often displayed a deep bond that others couldn’t easily interfere with. Some readers of the novel even joked that they might as well be dating.d0e80301a2ced2be

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So I had fa657e18d7 assumed the same. I never intended 0b724f39aa to interfere with e280d01017 their relationship or f492527c2e analyze it too 6b1fc9fbd8 closely. I just 4ab7faf6be wanted to 38ca809364 stay out c3bf068e88 of it.909c297a70021023

But I had c21c71072b no choice but 57b2f695d6 to get closer e188a7b04a to them. And in that dc7fd8f034 process, I discovered ebaa036bda something.1a0dc48d24ca432c

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Han Tae-ryeong, Yoo Si-eon, and Lee Soo-hyeon weren’t as close as I had thought.fa1d6bb0b5df6626

They had something that a92cce4b05 resembled brotherhood, but there 204029ba9f was no deeper affection ae3074fd5b or warmth beyond that.652217e493acc64f

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‘Maybe it’s because I apologized.’26f83d4dec5e2a6a

Because I kept appearing e7634a0bdf like some unpredictable natural a3262db0f0 disaster, disrupting the story 098a724fbf however I pleased.3f62888afbf7fe4d

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But it didn’t matter.dc543f4458d77355

Min Yu-un wanted 94bedb4f8a an apology, and cb4136fba3 I had to 7d3d12b534 obey in order 2e946a14db to die.c9383032433f72c3

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“We’re not close.”9dfb97acd5c9006a

After a 54751926f9 long silence, 44db4b3aa1 Lee Soo-hyeon 3bf91eedcd finally spoke.b7bbdf6cc6d47f99

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“I don’t know about Yoo Si-eon, but Han Tae-ryeong and I? Never.”9a831d9c921d1eab

He took a sip bc9ad02717 of his juice, swallowing 8f62f03078 it down.9ed2f3e61f1f5c76

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“I mean it.”41ca9e2862976972

“Got it.”815a1879e01fe29a

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“I really mean it.”3481184c5e7415a6

“Yeah.”26df035b483326ca

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As I wiped 500e6f7c32 my mouth and d10be960ad got up, Lee 9cd67a6af1 Soo-hyeon followed after db5b7f2b02 me, as if 57a3eed262 desperate for me 263f0fb5fa to believe him.e9ad8c11a67bf93e

I could already 3abe1bac06 picture my future—him addf43bf76 repeating the same 086ce00258 thing all the 1bccd38ec4 way to school.71266f26991ff7df

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A wave of exhaustion af3d06e7e9 washed over me.fee9e588f6f161f9

I shut my eyes c99eeaa034 tightly.94ab1d15a90274a9

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Before opening the classroom 446d6233ab door, I turned to 8605d5bb0f look at the two.55e5cc6c9ffe9b2e

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“Aren’t you going to your class?”30266e4f8947bb2d

Since we had waited for Han Tae-ryeong to stop by home and change into his uniform, there wasn’t much time left before the morning assembly.83b8887c2a31472e

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“Of course.”4ddb733f7fc48db7

Han Tae-ryeong replied 3226a25189 and moved toward f95f3f2722 his class without 4ba0deda67 even saying goodbye.3c5d2302a647c7ba

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It seemed Lee Soo-hyeon had been waiting for him to leave first. The moment Han Tae-ryeong disappeared, the burning intensity in Lee Soo-hyeon’s gaze vanished. Then, he let out a small laugh.c2ea6e49249eaa97

“I’ll come by at lunchtime.”bcf31b12083656a4

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Before I could even b63d5c5e59 form a response, Lee d60164a2a3 Soo-hyeon was already walking 060e77a8e7 away.4734ce6ab494fa00

[He said he’d come at lunchtime! He must really be falling for me!]

I ignored Min f13c78ea4b Yu-un, who was 370051535c bouncing with excitement.c0fed24b25c38c10

A strange sensation 481ddb1d52 welled up inside 4115a50008 me. After confirming that no b802aabd6c one was left around 854ea116fe me, I pressed a 3ece4c32cc hand against my chest.4a17bc441e6aa662

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I had walked to a2e78fd8c3 school with them. Just for a e46cee32d3 moment, I had ba973d36c6 forgotten about paying fe9f0a55da for my sins. Today, I felt more 7d91b35a37 at ease coming to 0d6905a67b school than before. 95714edd8a2f3517

Was it because I a3d77b7676 was getting used to 7b380074a7 it?cc998d01ddc647bc

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After only walking ec00b29ce6 to school with 3f6a6fda4d someone twice, after 2b45da42f4 just a few 823f9f1998 days of talking 9ef8db378c to them, I ad831ab45a was melting into 7d70c3b155 this world far 622f29ace8 too quickly.6caa70dc682b8bdd

‘Get it together, Seong Yu-un.’f82c302591499bf0

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Don’t sink any further. Don’t expect anything more, don’t ask for anything. Just complete the quests. Do only what you’re told.7f27fb75f4129c34

‘And then, die. As soon as possible.’803e8c7ff21f3b06

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“Min Yu-un.”c3695ff02af1d75f

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The classroom door af68ee2f84 opened behind me. Snapped out 164c627be3 of my 09983ce1bd thoughts, I 7b3a972104 turned around.247c433cfffca601

“You came to school with them?”dafb054eb9261100

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Yoo Si-eon’s voice was unusually subdued.f25df08130431aaa

His dazzling appearance hadn’t changed. In just two days over the weekend, it was as if he had found some shimmering powder to dust over himself, making him even more breathtaking.aa2cc0fab667d286

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I stared at his 7c45291fa3 soft pink hair.34473bd877599caf

“What? Are you going to say it looks like coral again?”d3e15e81c65b9479

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Yoo Si-eon suddenly leaned ea6c2e0db0 in.13f345eb2f171e00

Since I had already experienced this several times, I maintained a calm expression. Compared to Han Tae-ryeong, who closed the distance without warning, Yoo Si-eon’s actions were still relatively gentle.951a08119c44b948

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“Sorry if that was something you didn’t want to hear.”e858e0e0f98d4aee

I walked past 531e721f99 him toward my 02f36abf12 seat. He followed close a4a6ea1b3e behind.a19d3b59b6702799

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“I didn’t say I hated it.”cf67525ed0b18481

“I wasn’t being sarcastic. Sorry.”9b75ba39781ea1a3

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“No, that’s not what I meant—”61aab146cbad114f

Yoo Si-eon, about to 5c58b13ea8 get annoyed, took a da199ff38c breath and swallowed his 585ac1d998 words.78d59ca86d282a9a

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“How did you end up walking to school with them? Did you just run into them on the way?”57a26250880e784e

I set down my 784397865b bag and opened the ca44de1025 window. A cool breeze 2ae8bd7b80 swept in, rustling fb7e8abc1c my hair and 222484cd13 tickling my forehead.9c8bf26d9d14a5c6

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‘That feels nice.’1d2c4409052ffe71

Once I completed 7e935ff32f all the quests, e79564da51 maybe I could 44f787d764 roam the world a742f17849 as a spirit 809775733d before finally disappearing.fc8a23d70481ce45

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The ocean, the mountains—traveling for the first time as a wandering soul didn’t seem like such a bad idea.55f596814f25f5d2

“Min Yu-un, did you meet them on the way to school or not?”35d0a68638b0dc9d

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Yoo Si-eon placed both 3899b2afc3 hands on the window c8597d125b frame, trapping me within a963ea9574 his arms.7a42a3f589dbcb23

There was only a b1f31703ca thin layer of space 3bb6a1e58b between us, but I 2defd22dc3 could feel his warmth.5d3440c2cce5cf5c

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Even though I was aware of it, I didn’t move. I was too immersed in the vast world beyond the window.f19ce724f3aa3170

A future where I had cleared all my quests flashed through my mind. A quiet eternity where I wouldn’t have to hurt anyone. A world where I could finally rest in peace.c33b8f98c03351ee

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“Answer me, Yu-un-ah.”c11522bf3cf30ea1

A low 2fc9a496c4 breath tickled 54f01718f1 my ear. My eyes widened slightly, 4b0e7c9df2 and my body stiffened.802fb0f4cfb9430c

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I forced myself to focus, replaying Yoo Si-eon’s words in my head.5b0a9e063be3789a

‘Did I run into them on the way to school?’c8c480fa83d19bdc

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Tilting my head in thought, I didn’t realize Yoo Si-eon was carefully watching my every movement.a84a8b4a43041f85

“Yeah.”818e75598968ffb5

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My answer was cccc6bdec7 short.039fb624ec04aefa

“No way.”34a144bb472c52a4

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But Yoo Si-eon didn’t believe me.3b8905fa25689752

“Those two always get to school the moment the gates open. And now, all of a sudden, they’re barely on time?”e7697cf5f09aa96d

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“…..”a2da112a7df6d100

“On the exact day they came with you?”06d229145193ab84

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[What’s it to you?!]

Ignoring the now-familiar 7cc7882ab0 angry voice in 4bf929dca3 my head, I 62a035d3a8 turned to face 6be653a046 Yoo Si-eon.ab3a2708dc8c4bcb

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“Sorry.”4e9fc7c8024c51b6

I lowered my gaze 5fd7c9d263 and muttered,3e53cad070f14130

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“I wasn’t planning anything against them, and I definitely wasn’t trying to do anything to you.”a42c9f36d1fdf27f

Yoo Si-eon ad40390da1 pressed his 24e4cc95b3 lips together.9ce971b3edd6a3c0

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“I know you don’t hate me. I know I said I wouldn’t get involved, and yet I ended up walking to school with your friends. I’m sorry.”18cc3d2775ee27d5

Yoo Si-eon didn’t say anything.964458ac37447cb3

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The background 000228e1e5 noise of 4dd0975335 the classroom d25cd86738 seemed to 292e5acf86 fade into 0927134a4e silence. I slowly d2c3b3a9a5 lifted my 9ed0f8b688 gaze to ab11828025 meet his.0db89ed045138eeb

Then, in an instant, my eyes widened as I grabbed Yoo Si-eon’s collar and pulled him toward me.c05029cbc6c26a91

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“You’re hurt?”4a36a2fcbd670010

Our noses nearly 3a1c00f538 touched, but not 6482ab30de enough to hurt.3676b3c2cf09ddb3

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