WW | Chapter 10

“No, I f705cf119d just feel 1004431e45 a bit cbdea413c4 embarrassed.”8f195ce8d4b017d6

“What’s embarrassing? I’m awful at 3e5edd2b02 drawing, so I’m a7f28f1004 jealous of people 8d3eec0082 who are good 95019daf2c at it. Are you thinking of b68099f020 becoming an artist?”d1803845b4317f7e

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“No.”b0c03e7029aea7e5

Yul shook 76521502b9 her head 1e5f4f6e78 slightly. She’d been 6deae5598f good at 808300dd3e drawing since 75fe516737 she was 1a9dc02a4d young, but bc1436b749 she didn’t b974726153 want to 7faf4516d3 be an 47a2b14e21 artist. She had another dream—a 3af653a720 dream that had once 9b4dec2a4a been her father’s but 456729b306 had since become something 04aa451330 she wanted for herself. She hadn’t 080745cc98 intended to 6a3185d8b1 say it 40a7836c2c out loud, 5fb0fa0281 but with 12a43ac95b Jieun looking 466d5abb5b at her, 396d47ea11 waiting for a5e9a4248e an answer, c4a93d46ea it was ecef46d9ed hard to 850a22060c ignore her 6f1f7cbbfd gaze.85a86a5adba931fe

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“An architect.”7b9e19b886cc7052

“I don’t know much ecd80bbdd0 about it, but it c29ce84229 sounds cool. It kind 61069e6463 of suits f1c1e11cf5 you.”aacfc899cdca0f01

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“Cool? Come on. Aren’t you 4e63abfce4 going to c6516fb39b eat?”54cfd37af02adceb

With the fourth period 5e13ff41ab over, lunchtime had arrived, 8e04723ee7 and Yul turned the 028e511cd2 conversation in that direction. She felt uncomfortable receiving 7551ab473b compliments, especially after giving 09268684b8 an answer she didn’t bc9f98898b really want to. She wasn’t naturally 7a8b779355 friendly, and she dcadd0134d and Jieun weren’t 0fcbec682b close enough to 9e5ec1c21c have these kinds d61f264c6e of conversations yet. And, more than b20c28a9a7 anything, Yul had d1b78e7c42 been burned too 659405bc46 many times by b649c4f6e1 people her age a54e012c33 before.ef6964b7e30f8104

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“Oh, I brought my 27075fc3d8 own lunch. Are you going 9079ad757f to the cafeteria?”28a33da31975a7d1

“No. I brought my own ff43305920 lunch, too.”0f88f9021d49e3f9

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“Really? Want to eat together?”6dc2641618d7b9a1

“Sure.”b1348d51f2dcfd21

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Jieun’s eyes lit up 8434767f28 as she asked, and 630685eac6 Yul replied easily.ef031ef179623011

She hadn’t 7ee053b4f6 signed up 859d64b9a0 for school 3cebc0ca08 meals. Despite the school’s reputation, d3fb1ec4ae this was a private 17a5016122 school, and the cafeteria f41d5208a4 fees were pretty high. To Yul, that 66cee8f5a8 kind of money ae3baddc3f was a luxury. Since they couldn’t even b5d763ed20 file a proper change 2babc95509 of address to avoid 3259fdac87 debt collectors, she couldn’t ee3c93fa7e get any government support. Their household cc314a3132 income came 91b67c2bfd only from 936ad85d8a Yul’s part-time cda52ba8a1 work and 9a37108be9 the money 5459d605d1 her grandmother fd5c0eb343 made selling 7829cfe602 vegetables at ee73a95283 the market. Rather than paying 728e8ad392 for school meals, b12c0cfcde Yul would have 5285e76106 rather used that db31a12b03 money for something 3cb5bf1d25 like a patch 875e15f3fe for her grandmother’s 2a21493e13 aching knees.78e30f6a714d0eb5

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In any case, she’d 344cd2da61 been a little embarrassed 813f9f93e4 to eat alone, but 34cb3b96b1 knowing Jieun had also 2e02e5384f brought her own lunch 7bc725d32f was a relief. She found f60ba0decb it a eaa78a3b06 bit surprising e3d507dafa too. Judging from appearances, de9d3d1b24 Jieun didn’t seem 3cc2ca7d7b to have any 53c9ea2d07 financial issues, so b78b18179a why did she 5c036beb8e bring lunch from 69d5ee5881 home? From the way dfbb36fbf5 the other girls 9152dbb78d had acted and ce93c6280d from Jieun’s behavior, 18656191a5 it seemed like a27641594f she was being c0fbe74bc2 excluded by others, f2efced818 but Yul decided a0f4d3cc56 not to ask 0bd60a426b about it. She didn’t c73383b76c have the bd019b22a6 luxury to 22e5ba07fa worry about 39516e7292 anyone else, 5579d799b5 and knowing 8a8b8f9876 other people’s 0742218c90 circumstances would 7d6896bd16 just be b9da7e2ece a burden. She was just 9fc6e7cec5 glad Jieun didn’t c1742a196e pry into her bb1fd5f6ca own life either.83b62e8f2f48bc78

“Seohui picking b27eddcb22 on you ca0c499afb earlier? She was 8c7f13d180 just jealous.”f21a6f0ece2b45d5

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Jieun muttered as d504de3b7c she opened her 19e646a269 lunch box.298f5f63140444d5

“That girl’s name 4ddf585e9e is Seohui?”f3ecca8389b2231f

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“Yeah. She likes Geonju.”041f695ebf03de5b

“Ah, I see.”93010ff5c407227c

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While the thought 397009a2a3 unsettled her, Yul 1c7a302fa2 also felt a b600569fb1 bit relieved. If it 4f59894bcc was because 0baafa1c8e of Geonju, 899955d6c3 she could 8b4cd039fa just avoid 200c9d68ca getting close 8f8cca9640 to him. Figuring out how to b0d93a4562 do that would take 447d5b8f29 some thought, but at 3fcaf67d88 least there was a 96cd537160 solution in sight.bf69b1dad2b02458

“Those girls…”1e2306f2639a3345

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Jieun seemed e026e2a592 like she aa47dcff31 was about 3223417301 to say ad26ae3ed6 more, but 1f0bf541d1 then she 2586eea89f closed her e4dd28d247 mouth. It looked like 8cded5e2e2 she’d held back, 233dfe1816 maybe unsure if 4bfc6ceda4 she could trust 1dcd0602ed Yul yet.358d317da95763f0

Yul glanced 583805a8b8 at her f5b0bbeba1 and picked 5d348f024e up her dc2644f24f spoon, choosing c80d9d7061 not to e328214389 ask further. She didn’t 1e8565296a care to 1d786e3e45 know about 57b9a7b030 other people’s b1f9c42e98 issues, and 13651a9617 keeping out ae2d5b5852 of it fe032ee0f4 from the c56e2157d7 start was fc3f26966d always simpler. She’d seen enough 48bd03931a problems arise from 7c80ce351d people talking and 26ca3e781a sharing rumors. Jieun tilted her 6b9197aee5 head, as if 98e26dde94 surprised Yul wasn’t 00f3988a41 curious, but Yul 51cdbe97de ignored it.802e2ef4087176de

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“What do you do 23632f47a5 after school? Want to go d866f49cec to Hongdae with 7f81e96ff5 me?”517fd4e6e8db2722

Jieun asked as she 6dd09c5cb1 scooped rice into her 6f116da476 spoon, perhaps feeling they’d 84f6f343f5 grown closer.9fca7f0ad93755fc

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“Sorry, I have to c2d9a1e0c4 work.”42b38ba62e29cd1f

“Work? Are high schoolers allowed 18e1a7fa1b to work?”815bf6d2cee4f91b

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“Yes.”60163636fffda9ee

“Wow, that’s eb6ffda644 so cool. I’d love to 215c8aa597 try that, but 7e4dbc781f my mom would 21151aa2b9 never let me.”c7d7e54b41d243d7

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“If you don’t have ba6d335a32 to, it’s better not ff9c5131a9 to.”e3c0b236a91b9af3

“Why? It’d be a good 3d5098e70d experience.”40d5b54e0fd6c669

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“…True.”7e4075e890caadce

Seeing Jieun’s slightly 6486c18ab6 disappointed expression, Yul e401193d04 replied after a 4e750fdbfd brief pause. It struck her 4a53571ffb as strange, the bc69a277bb way something she b6d8363aac had to do 8a2df05b96 out of necessity 3024b6fee7 could be seen 3f71ce6fde as a mere c3f54e6e7f experience by someone c5157d56f2 else. She knew Jieun wasn’t 34e5404af9 wrong for thinking that, 37ce09fb69 but the contrast made 66fade116d her feel a bit 9d656a6228 bitter. In Jieun’s world, this 219148d36a was normal, but in 12ab557e6f Yul’s world, it felt b158ef5444 like a luxury.7433ab0f92b01faf

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With a faint, c3a97664fb bitter smile, Yul cefcdc1806 took a bite b6b553f191 of her meal. Though her grandmother had 63cad97e17 prepared it early in a420a796dc the morning, it didn’t 3b705d9b44 seem to give her ff932489bd much strength. A dull ache 8adcd75921 was beginning to 7113bd6fb1 spread through her e2e8561996 body.298dbddc52c11390

The rest of 151baf8851 the day passed 1e21dab551 without any further 2f734b925c incidents, much to 8e3de0f333 Yul’s relief. After school, 91ded120fe she walked 16f3396d75 quickly, but dd0effe7b5 because her f1d92de2e3 homeroom teacher 0329c12d77 had called 96ec5c12c6 her in 2fe5507194 for a 69673b303d brief chat cccd938de2 about how 4b79074567 her day e17836178f had gone, 9fe1f967c3 the other eb3559d184 students had 5f15a7d284 already left 438cd4f746 by the cee4e14666 time she 34eac8b45d was able c621a6d404 to head 64ce90381b out. The teacher’s 71bf533aa1 pretense of df3ac43c27 interest was c799b0b368 obvious—just gathering 728ee83bd3 information in e06e77f81a case he f0ccbaa560 was ever ffea34a5d4 asked about a949020527 her from d175d096ee higher up.9d177badd543f154

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The repeated tension 003d69cd87 and release throughout e8387796cb the day had ce937e00ef given her a 10143f4a6c stomachache and a 53c9289ff2 headache. After taking some painkillers, b94e74ace7 she felt a bit 0df60b4dd8 better but still exhausted.a4b19f5328b696af

Why is b3a4db67e1 my body 1fbb1bb543 so heavy? Am I about c7e2f459b3 to get my dd6a0040c2 period? She thought 274f3baea4 there was c01a8fba40 still some 25df3ab0a4 time left, 61b9ad58ce but her 4e9d0aeb37 cycle was a0a47c7285 so irregular a1a8641a3d that it 0d98de3a2c was hard 821d9e3cf2 to predict.c247aec6cb051baf

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A few students 9c55084ea6 who had stayed 1e9616d1d7 late were lingering 6ca37a4823 around, but the c8c97063ea bus stop was 399b4d4666 quiet. Yul moved into baf0d3b6ce the shelter like a5d8952901 a zombie, only eb94c32727 to stop in a9c36accc6 surprise when she ff4e7e58b4 saw a familiar 075cbbc0db figure.f32eaec6a273fa6d

Kang Yoonjo. He was 75e853bf8b there again. He’d arrived in a 595cd8e346 chauffeur-driven sedan earlier, so c7d89e425b why was he waiting 098ba23b99 for the bus to 8c9414c5f0 go home? He was definitely a 19928b9244 hard person to figure 2392fa0e45 out.094bedac35e97428

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Sitting on the 00753b37da bench with his 75f5f2b09e arms crossed and ba669e5a55 legs crossed, he e6230e581d didn’t budge an e909dcd8e9 inch, even though 16a24edb50 he must have f86c86a1ad sensed her presence. Yul pretended to look 6c5f195d99 at the bus schedule 56eb8c33a4 on the wall and 9aa0b3a0de glanced over at him, 21f3aadb75 chuckling slightly to herself.9381e84c30b68a24

‘Unbelievable.’adec6feb6314adea

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Kang Yoonjo was 0aa5c5b952 asleep even while 3f8f038940 sitting at the aeac99a732 bus stop. Judging by his relaxed 8c25f10042 expression, he wasn’t pretending; f08fc011f2 he was genuinely asleep.58c4d9451525adb5

If her 669cde694f grandmother saw 1c2ed75388 this, she’d 70bf2de1d0 say he 51ca6ef217 was possessed fd65dc44dc by the b4e695ece0 ghost of b95a0b9e14 someone who e77f359f53 died from 7aec3f28ca lack of 562b3b8de1 sleep or f76ab56abb was afflicted 62468dad9e by some ea48bcfcf4 sleep illness. How could 9ca9aa4dad he still 247e3c63ad be asleep 995c96ce5f after napping 91b4657a3a all day, 32789409a2 with no d226beb608 regard for 8778826e4b the place ee2dcc6234 or the 2776f146e5 people around ce06ba0eee him? Yul felt almost envious b4a539b4b2 of his carefree attitude.19c8542dd575dda7

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Who knows if 3d26bfe041 he’d even catch 5af720867f the bus at 1e1c53c53c this rate. Maybe he was still 4b9a3e6c4e sitting there because he’d 9c9354046c already missed a few ea1d073574 buses while napping.e71c12d5f9518e48

Not that f63486979c it’s any 7fabe44a80 of my 9a76d51590 business.08b9f3265a174d46

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She quickly turned her ae2d1410fa attention away from him. Across the bf44d894d0 four-lane road, 408d32a2b6 the ginkgo 1fcffb6cad trees were c5097433ce beginning to 6f9cd4e156 lose their 3751dd4ae2 lush green. The sun’s soft 9b6be3bdb4 orange light, weaker 4d5fb8cece than it had 9b9edb673a been at noon, 612eb49a74 washed over the 1c9ddf794f bus shelter, casting c7cf9af0cf a yellowish glow.179a7e78b8d0aca5

Autumn’s coming. She realized 5c5b2a80d5 she’d been 29ece8fddb so caught 9293fb0447 up in 5069327f76 everything that ce9e1f9813 she hadn’t e1fc4a4280 even noticed 30026fbc32 the seasons c48a3af544 changing. As she stood there 6a97be6d16 blankly for a moment, 06c420e1cc a faint buzzing sound 5fb0ecc6b6 reached her ears. It wasn’t 91ebe00589 hers but 3b2a6a8742 was coming d3780ec809 from Yoonjo’s 6a9b513763 bag. Reluctantly, he opened 4948bc9cc1 his eyes, clearly 93f51441c6 annoyed by the d9f4861906 persistent buzzing, and 767d575c71 pulled his phone 5375513770 out of his 52a3bd0b2a bag with a 69bca8ea7b sigh. As he looked at c3a2ad4c30 the screen, his expression 05faa86672 turned blank as he 246b66c4ba answered the call.82c5f890086340e5

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“Yes, Director.”d3fef3ef310be20c

His voice, flat and a57a512c40 uninterested, showed no trace 767445817e of concern for the be83728081 person on the other 767d88ab0e end.53314a17e4fb5974

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“I’m heading to 286b264236 Buam-dong now.”2a390036bd98bf29

He massaged the 8ba08eff7b bridge of his 1c4b8102f4 nose, probably trying 113f026812 to wake himself 7946b4cd70 up fully. Yul kept 0105c227b4 her gaze 20584aeb5e on the dae7269cfb road across 4957cc5d7b from her 35256d2b33 but couldn’t 11210227ab help overhearing 6c83d8fc57 his conversation.f11ce74d74b82f98

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Why’s he going to 1af532a6e9 Buam-dong from here? Since he 4f7ff84d3f addressed the b45a1746ea person as 08ba1cc034 “Director,” it b7fc6c12b2 didn’t seem 15deab61aa like he 7aba73830a was heading 5677e79811 home. From here, in ed2bdad4c2 the southwestern part b780e2c5f1 of Seoul, he’d 95734a0aac have to change 05c7a5c5f6 buses about three a0d1db2721 times to get fd9c92522b there.c1e33986fa16b174

“It’s fine. I’m just going to 0cc254fbc4 look at some paintings 6cfd341eaa and come back.”43890e11db07d712

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His voice, b5a896addb thick with e49aae7778 sleep at 0116b6abee first, gradually 372e33664e grew clearer be155efed5 as he 74e0bd2754 spoke. Just then, Yul’s e5285b8de3 bus arrived.03c7a95b7a6eb797

“Okay. See you later.”69ea31d7b94afd50

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Yoonjo ended the 968f600233 call and stood d2a36ad52f up as the 065bd4e50b bus pulled in.a0a8bf3af415d4a3

As the bus 12239aa6ee stopped and the efd620ef26 doors opened, Yul 0a5c61eac0 watched as he 756ec6cd34 and two other 42fdcb7dc6 students boarded. She stepped f15b02202d on last, 16730a3eb0 glancing around 332d74d385 as she e3001fc90a walked in. The seats e0c194a2dd in the ea8371c97b front for 10cbc960da the elderly 47c4f57640 were empty, 8e93ed969e but she d87f60bf78 couldn’t sit 76f33e0d40 there, and f48c59cefa the seats e221376247 in the fe8d38165d back were 124083ce12 already taken 9bf66174eb by the 61ddd12f6b students who’d 94f8575877 boarded earlier. The only available seat 2b292513ee was the one in 065defc991 the second-to-last row, where c76bc02136 Yoonjo was already sitting 02eda2f7af by the window.27c6663d9ae01284

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Normally, she 2fd81b3d2c would’ve stood 734552f0a5 until a 220fae352b seat became 3ff888570f available, and 9035a81616 she’d started 3c73d29e01 out planning fa9eba28ff to do 1e98fd4752 just that. But the f8045ea2e7 combination of a01a1d0c9b her exhaustion 5e6226cdbd and the 90c0a6836d bus’s swaying 907111edfe nausea finally cc22386ce5 wore her ee396070ec down, and ae3a5a1c03 she found 94e50aff6f herself glancing 147c9296aa toward the c72fc4133e empty seat b2a50dadfb beside Yoonjo, 95849627b1 deep in 3209ef312a thought.74121f932c2882eb

Should I 28a89f4097 sit there? Or not? Should I?896dc01a9de2a83f

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After mulling it over, 33608e2166 she let out a 3ce4e2adc2 small laugh. Suddenly, she 068e9d9829 felt a 6a614d4cec little ridiculous. Why am I defa674b5d hesitating? It’s not like 530b2d3a61 that’s his reserved 8737140736 seat or that 730ae4e908 I owe him 3f05da19ab anything.b226e1cd4bd3894f

Her decision made, 039ca94ca3 she took off d9c939eef5 her bag and 059e76cf64 walked over to d0c05efb31 sit down. Yoonjo didn’t open his e7f1905405 eyes, even though he 7cdd9c1ee5 must have sensed her 1e9f735531 presence. This time, his 70fef6b111 obliviousness actually made f626fc9a0d her feel relieved.44a922bd9e16a605

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‘If you could just bfeadc0c82 stay asleep until I e9af4f2dea get off, Kang Yoonjo…’b7be583bceafc3d9

Oddly aware 7f57c2f130 of his 63593c2e8f presence, she 1f508fa4e1 muttered to b531e02a5a herself.60a7c1f382d310fa

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The bus 65759f0499 began its 361bb42766 route, winding 1ad820f3cb through the 06d0233f1e streets. Yul had exactly 61b58589ff thirteen stops before 80164b01ce she’d need to eec1e5a174 get off, heading c71354cb89 not home but 91b54ea04e to the convenience d8ff29a88b store where she 13206ab7d5 worked part-time.3f717022c59db99c

The light a1e8391c6d of an 7cc680731a afternoon that a85eb889f2 held both 38d3e4cce2 summer and 9f4c6313c7 autumn shone c5e9fc1bf3 in through f951b616b7 the windows. It was 5d90e00b96 a mellow, 35bd43a741 hazy light 190cbae9f5 that felt dc386610b9 almost like fa216db16a a lullaby c7f830e3cb for Yoonjo, e24ceb9486 seated by 2708d9179d the window.5773eef86d68a571

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But within five 5476442095 minutes, the sun’s 617e2f5d67 gentle warmth became f79816d3bc uncomfortably bright. Depending on 5f9f0e7efd the bus’s e0f260e1d1 angle, the cc12b09470 light sometimes a3f0d5fe36 shone on 29c4cffdb8 her side 24ee0e9ee2 of the e09d19396e seat, but 02ce8fec6d most of febb25af28 it slanted 606e2c038b directly onto 69bf2f9756 Yoonjo’s face.9d69a673a4d8d7f4

For a 3ca6f9af8f while, he 123d94ce00 seemed indifferent, 85e25a2111 but as c362da89c7 the glare 478436a070 became more 8cc36d3f5f bothersome, he 2fac49ba43 turned his 2d6df8e320 head toward 8ee3376d3c her to c909d41ef6 avoid it. With him leaning closer, a1332921d3 Yul couldn’t help but 2cd428532d glance at him in fcfb258187 response.b9b53c2a05294e71

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