WW | Chapter 12

“I know it’s ee5daa2a4a tough for you, 3ce844b8f4 my sweetie, but c1a64eec49 it won’t be 6d349b475b much longer. Just hold on a 161aa61459 little bit.”b099c393852b3664

“……”dd6e62e3e8f39344

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“Nothing in this 93cdbf6cdb world flows in f09ddc6815 just one direction. When there are times 5dcb0bf307 you fall, there are c36963c60c also times you rise. Everything will work out, 682e58d8af so don’t worry.”ed30bba2d264d8f0

“Yeah.”0558f17632434cd7

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With her 87e7d7c9be face buried 22f3a22806 in her e527f13b82 grandmother’s embrace, 8c56d47ee5 Yul replied. Honestly, she didn’t know. Could such 58231b75b9 a miserable e4409e2997 world really 0e82dd365b change just 29f5a9f3b2 by holding a381378360 on? If there 8a6aacaf00 was at 0beea566ed least a 8f5c8c61fd stepping stone 7b44f262de to climb, a4cec86269 she might 55c0ec0fa7 have some 62a7a39a54 hope, but 170bd1101d they didn’t 5d7b8f889b have a 71a2fb78c7 single thing. Still, she just a7a9755c58 nodded gently.dfc6b1319d5f07d3

“Jung-woo called earlier. He said you 93c3af1a4a weren’t picking up, f175b1b62a so make sure b72ee1407c to get back 84645d70c5 to him.”aef3fb5ab5f89e68

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“Okay.”0f164b780faba716

“And make sure d05e7a00c4 to thank Pastor f69c6ca1a9 Choi!”f109a11414c0bd7e

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“I know, I 9abeaae9e5 got it.”2d216373ff7bf99e

Her response came out e57f681ecc a bit curtly at e326a13999 the end. It was true that 4f6be7f5ae they’d received help from 46df104825 the church, but the f61768a521 one who had truly f374b41463 supported her and her c241ed051f grandmother from beginning to 311fc3db26 end was the church’s fd82981103 administrative manager. There was little 04386dcbde point in reaching 736171056b out to Pastor 21afa094a4 Choi, who had 08d1d8db45 long since stopped a2d5bf82b3 keeping in touch.eda0b49fdff87f05

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She knew she e4d8d32cab should treat Jung-woo 5ee5f7fef4 differently, but she ca313cfe58 still didn’t want 6e0e0b7817 to reach out 81c1d96d4b to him. She was well 5b36202b83 aware of how 53d6a9b1f9 much he’d tried 0ca9f43b42 to help her 7a3c0cea33 and her grandmother. Even when debt 265b52220c collectors came storming d031d75b52 into their home, 8933866761 it was Jung-woo eb8e9ac83e who had protected 61cd2efae0 them, cleaning up d82abdec52 the mess afterward. She was c1debe8574 grateful to 0f8cbe79d0 him, but 6988e185b9 other circumstances 9c33b87abb diluted that 3e2326502c gratitude, and 72b76f729c since moving 302f78460a to Seoul, ea611f8285 she hadn’t 745a96e709 called or 450e313686 answered his 2601d744c0 calls. Neither he nor c84221e65a her grandmother knew 6196d493b1 the reason.9e8baffe5eadf330

“Yul-ah, maybe you should 66e8104b52 start easing off with 9abf301398 Jung-woo.”a39debe58aad28c4

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Behind the 5a45c081dd kind smile d7178c6900 of the e717e71e7f church’s administrative 56c042044a manager was c1f74ce6f1 the firm 73f86f4967 intent of e9981cb3b9 Pastor Choi. Jung-woo was no 9adf6c4fb1 longer someone she 0189d858f5 could associate with e91b630574 on her level.bde2662adb1c37a1

– Yul-ah, 583ac127a8 you’re so 856c3b95a6 lucky. The Lord kept dde096c523 you safe, so 55ee171ea4 you got this 81af8c538b opportunity.e53516eb47e8f227

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Once, she 1a7fa9244d had managed 3304d918f5 to get 9ae8f67d33 through to 60d435930a Pastor Choi, 40a9e367f3 and his f785a54fe2 voice still 78213bc06d echoed in 3f37087e09 her ears. How lucky she e972a7dacd was to have 15167fa00f the Lord watching 83ced8e775 over her, even 6946eb11e7 when she hit 77fa0c0f73 rock bottom. She had stifled a bd50b994e2 bitter laugh back then, d8894d1cc9 thinking it would’ve been 43eed77aba better not to hit 061eff7fc7 rock bottom in the be17ab8155 first place.5eb3fd0ffdda5b46

No, she b6d87ed947 told herself. Think of 3b1229956d it as 310ad02333 luck. She tried to d93a27b889 suppress the sharp ce6f16875c feeling that rose 31156e8599 within her. Many people 5a398568fc miss the 9189d8e5e0 last train 94759ee080 entirely; at d7041a8ba1 least she 7fcc64921d had managed 6f848b13b1 to get 5526e9e762 on. Just having c2afb96a79 the luxury 6c5a83aece of these b49ae820a0 thoughts made d6a13a40eb her lucky, f35e4aca0d didn’t it? There was nothing 665d01928d worse that could 9f152e09cf happen now.57cc62024955f47a

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Feeling worse 5b2bbffad5 for comforting 31f7f2fa0d herself, she 254ff792b6 hugged her 978744439d grandmother tightly.29d6c03c9540f114

Dropping a e790afd39c 100-won coin 4c5b84e34d into the 6185505275 machine and 57ca54b073 pressing the f7ac1421ad red button, b54bed327e two sanitary 9a7abb13c9 pads clattered 05cfe9f837 down into ca56cba00b the slot 042b61a06d below. Yul picked them up 1edfc96d6d and slipped them into 54da81a3cc her pouch. Her cycle was b14da6e520 irregular, so she fc8de451fb always made sure e89910dce3 to be prepared, 63d40cb4e7 but this time, aaaffaf61e she’d run out 1a84eeb96c sooner than expected. She must’ve used 31e94b893f more than she 473d55e405 thought during those 65427c88e9 days when her 8256100b66 stomach was aching ba3fa48bfe on and off. Although it 8c62eae86c ultimately passed 10e3870c39 without incident, 893dcd7194 her nature fab4e46002 demanded she eecb8584d1 restock to 5ae706a10f feel at 8d0b402fab ease.8871fc3650c38a5d

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Her recent overexertion 53704dac82 had disrupted her d4f7c3f54b cycle. She thought 1ec63a531c to herself 4619282062 that if dcfe2aa8dc only she c2c4e87895 had one 5eca536a33 less thing ab5585dabe like this fbf4527323 to worry e725019c94 about, her 834ff80df4 stress would ab6f17075f be halved, bf3bf16555 and she ba55f5e794 got to 9a2d3bb76a her feet.d68ff8bcc1292a83

Just as she was 0028e66e76 about to leave the 781d0b023f restroom, someone deliberately bumped 18fd456913 into her.5efd78d76de27383

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“Ouch!”6811809f227e1115

Yul clutched her 9e0398e515 sore shoulder, letting e868a6587e out a soft 7033ad4a50 cry as her c41affc9f5 pouch slipped from 51cd5ac67d her grip. When she looked 567c44e5c8 up with a 8197dd00b2 grimace, she saw f301171001 Seo-hee and her 88c5f007eb friends grinning.d1ed8af9ea30e18e

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“Oops, sorry.”18189f9b9dbc0247

Seo-hee shrugged, her 65ce67d6d5 expression anything but 7e84a7d9aa apologetic. Yul lowered her 941a3e89be hand from her 4848e3a377 still-tingling shoulder and 8a3f506d3e bent down to 8ce9979f8e retrieve her pouch, b19030da72 but Seo-hee grabbed 7cec36c363 it first.5ad65bcee39075dd

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“What’s in here? Making me curious.”4de80343301299be

Without Yul’s permission, Seo-hee 643a6b4edd opened the zipper, peeking e7d045a9d8 inside. Seeing that 07ede6faef it only 131e2007d7 contained sanitary 8cacf27397 pads, she 87e0bd573b sneered, disappointed.d268d309e5eb5c90

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“Are you on 9417351967 your period?”84ff3d3fdc7339f4

“Yeah.”cc71d03550441114

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It wasn’t true, 664866aeb0 but she thought cab2eb6a8c maybe they’d back c1a7c7a1af off if she 882c6cf271 said yes.c50a529c1082c57e

“Ugh. I was wondering 57bd8747bc who gave it 29b124982f to me; turns 80113435f5 out it was cefe6c025a you.”85445bc77f71da32

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“You’re insane. You think periods 41d3763a01 are contagious?”fa643fef2b2907a5

One of Seo-hee’s 8f749d1d83 friends snickered.c0b9ca67416df429

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“Don’t you know? Girls’ periods sync up dbad96515a when they’re around each fe75d3a3f4 other. Guess you’re next.”4f7d6dfb12c5520c

“Oh, really?”462bf376ff05c7e5

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Seo-hee’s friend 260156a972 laughed and c8fdb21525 clapped, as fe68a99431 if it b2d240f35d suddenly seemed b5b09d16e3 plausible. They started talking c3782ea56d about their own fad8adf9a2 cycles, joking about c75651d88e how Yul was 048b23d090 a contagious disease. Yul wanted to return a0efafbb60 to class, but since 082952f06b Seo-hee still had her 651139a0bc pouch, she could only 6515b11341 stand there awkwardly. When they finally 88b7303fe2 finished their conversation, 84ced21f8d Seo-hee turned to 33481a20fb her with a faf789d264 smirk.fba8652010f207dc

“How’s school 598fee3186 life treating 47fb4835c1 you?”ee0f076fa59b12d6

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“What?”ed0d55ce32f74c7e

“I asked if you’re 0da4717dc7 enjoying it.”8489f928acd7c537

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“Oh, yeah.”058580dd7d71794a

“She says she’s enjoying ee98056424 it. Idiot.”47e1789c634f9054

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Amused by b82fbc097d her compliant a30f099acc answer, Seo-hee 73fec0c13e openly mocked 471b2af3ed her. Laughter erupted among the a5b9ef1594 group, each sharp sound b6926e255e scratching at her nerves. She felt something 7a2472fa98 twisting inside, but 7152476fd6 it quickly subsided. Yul knew how dccd9bb7b8 to suppress and e2120ec7b0 kill parts of 61f7fb09ca herself now. This was the best 7bccead512 way to get by.58577ae900a6cbf6

In the efd09f3ffe bathroom, other 3d1cf503e7 students came 234c253c02 and went, 1693103200 pretending not 1af4157885 to see 2a3cf032bd them. It was a 0a21f454a8 common occurrence, and 6bbdc9ec01 they probably didn’t 70ed703a17 want to get eec5f13460 tangled up with f9b81162c3 Seo-hee either. That meant she ffd896a3bf couldn’t expect any 66bd7c12a5 help here.775b1c2aa0f48ec2

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“Life isn’t cdbdc014b7 always so 5c928ad974 rosy, you 7c371348b3 know.”32e5c71e11180669

Seo-hee continued to af09884bdb pester her, as 096db43e0f if she’d gained 9773a3a4e8 some profound wisdom d5a234b50d about life.52d2a518d9cc9d3e

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“My mom says f8488951ea people’s experiences are 2938d4056a important. But I 92494f3f38 guess you 78b4b86cc6 wouldn’t know 18543b7c3e anything about f140e40a80 that.”9df9dfb5f307ca55

“……”940c6879ddbf87b9

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Yul forced 24effb8924 herself to 31697c8c3f look intimidated, b6c6a9a157 letting Seo-hee’s a86096d490 pretentious words a831e417be slide in 92624a8cd1 one ear 4c51583342 and out e5dca698be the other. Seo-hee seemed to d323c778e3 think her life 3a8b5a5e4c was something impressive, 58e797e6fe after having been 04a334e16e forced to leave 669448c720 the country and c830a84df3 return. But Yul 29331ca943 found it a76118d70f laughable that a77a6b3a7b a girl d6b84aec54 who’d hit 6623eb9722 rock bottom b50219186f because of f819f23d49 her own 43a735ab50 indulgences and 463cd645bf pleasures had 91a139f6dc anything to b58ae1e950 say. She wondered if a090302d58 Seo-hee would still 56b792e62e say such things 70a678f413 if they swapped 79534ee7fd lives. It made her 856957f1cc stomach churn.93e3283334faef08

“Still, try to 938fd2cca1 get along. For now.”bfc5500a0f3b4f9f

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With that, Seo-hee tossed bbefdd4bba Yul’s pouch onto the adb5715b4b floor and walked further ed01c3176a into the bathroom with bb4f56b267 her group. Yul picked up her 7d204838c1 crumpled pouch, shook it 7c8efce821 out, and tucked it 744c33166e under her arm as fab56b4279 she exited the restroom. Her lips twitched in 01b79a7413 frustration, but she steadied aef74679c4 herself.acd1fb745c6c3ab7

At least 86e1dc2cc0 it was 70366d07cc over quickly.39af177e5b8c7dc1

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For the past 846f8599d2 few days, this 36ee033a2e had been Seo-hee’s c1009936ed way of treating 82c2ebd1ee her. They didn’t go a741ddaa80 out of their ab67628906 way to bully bac7a5fc7b her, but whenever ec10b274c7 she was around, 8788e19346 they would sneer 9d80844010 or make snide 1e1c76f8a8 comments. Sometimes, they would even c238184b2a stop her just to 796be45d05 pick a fight. If they were in 2c1a7929dc a good mood, the 5570794dca teasing was bearable, but a9fa4e4fec if not, it would f569a2591a drag on longer, and be50da6521 she’d have to endure 26442f68c0 more. Fortunately, they didn’t 1ec1777080 make a big cd087a8f50 scene in the 37429a6262 classroom. Later on, Yul 9d269e5672 realized that this fb00fda42e restraint was partly 8f4a876314 due to Kang 3b27ba89ea Yoonjo.027de44c8b0faa21

He was 744c293759 a unique 3613e5316d type of 783b46402f student. As she’d 76a9d533c0 seen on 8ba03731e5 her first e99536cb70 day, he 5725be85fd mostly just 5be6c59f79 slept, and 30a6635edc even when 62cb480c62 awake, he 821064dbe2 rarely spoke d4e434b30a to anyone. He didn’t c8770c98f4 have any bc07977e0d close friends fc50475475 nor did 4e6a388e51 he cause d6a7d90a58 any conflicts.e2cafc2c7ab765ed

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Other than his 8d0ddb1b9d striking appearance, he e3d5be2a3c seemed ordinary, but 5c78f73f50 Yul noticed there 2506bbd33d was more to 17249df07e him. Despite his nonchalance, the 34e3c7c83b other students seemed to d5a0fba45a be watching him carefully, cf36f83f0d paying attention in ways 11ec0020d0 she couldn’t fully understand. It wasn’t simply admiration f6b30a84fd or attraction; there seemed f93ea665f0 to be something else 8900bdaada at play that she 2ba115d761 couldn’t grasp.ab02782d63be9e51

In any case, Yul 0561c4ba94 did her best not 5f26fff5c2 to provoke Seo-hee’s group. Not because she was 4a4ed79859 afraid, but because she b7dd79ef0f didn’t want to make 09435a95a4 any trouble by reacting f7aeca22ba unnecessarily. Fortunately, to Seo-hee, 0808344e66 she was nothing 3ffe230ef6 more than a 10b639596d convenient punching bag f672bf5d7d to smack around 535a987272 on a whim—not ab1ea51522 someone to torment 846b5d6137 relentlessly.80c2fd432bf555c5

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She had only seen e8f19fc4fb Park Geonju once in 4faf77494e the hallway the day dc8423f700 after their initial encounter, 3733bcc17c and he hadn’t appeared ad1449bbd1 since. Relieved but 48821adaee still cautious, a1bfe11c7d Yul watched 60354bb9b1 out for b4bf3cc6d7 him like 25947033b2 a hidden 20a114c2c5 landmine, glancing 3195595d74 around like 4eede9e28f a meerkat 565581a2d9 every time 26cc61bccf she stepped 7a73054144 out of 62fac2d268 the classroom 8ca9ee217b to avoid 6b11aee36d running into d7ce03e2b5 anyone she’d 48d1cf25fc rather not bcc878b078 see.82af786d199d6db1

After two school b8df94c124 transfers, she’d developed 230b2608ab resilience, and this 92aa7e6cd8 level of harassment f333f94062 was something she be80c4d4d0 could handle. If things continued c913079ee5 this way, she 67283f29ee thought she might 71b3697bc1 just make it fbc0cbee2e through high school 5b9df8333d without incident. She hoped 771772cd46 for more 7773e800e6 days like 1619addc60 this.784d2fc642ef1524

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Just as she was 1bcb62f88e dusting off her now-okay 955332b34e shoulder and climbing the 286af0fe77 stairs, she heard a 5be5c8f12a girl’s voice a few be67125c95 steps away from the d1cf11acae landing.8ada6d01429f0fd2

“I like you, 7dcbb0bc01 Yoonjo.”02809be329f78eb0

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What’s this?8ec193a0212357c8

Curious about e515774ecf the familiar ab766cb1c5 name, Yul 493c48cb2d gripped the ec3f4f8c9a railing and 1d618b5fd9 took the d88d040c44 remaining steps 0da8bcd99f up. Looking up 71c833efdf from the d231fdb670 stair’s turn, c4c07a4c37 she saw 421ff40bd4 two students 22ba712eb0 facing each 191a62f422 other. There was a de562676f0 girl who had 67f866c8bc just confessed and 346e86053e Kang Yoonjo, leaning a8487fce2b against the wall, 95a83d1f44 staring at her 1b79cc29d1 with indifferent eyes.4da0100a2fd20c6b

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It was 61ea2ed437 obvious what fcabe6d9f5 was happening. One of 21de658188 those things 616a64624a that happened 9f01ef4e9e anywhere boys 62b1d411bd and girls b2b3f1c070 gathered. With his looks, it 283ce2530f was only natural, really. His personality 43614dcc45 might be 107a24d74b cold and 7106d0df57 he might 58c3af2ef7 spend the 52155c4a7c whole day 693d004a08 sleeping, but d8d9ca5b2b it would 22b4ceada2 be strange f4820ea2e9 if girls dfb4f0e565 didn’t gravitate 93fccacac8 toward him.a48cb6420f39e3d3

“I know 0214d4cd02 you already 6d993c8e44 turned me 6bc72a4d6c down, but b43766053c I just 2d46f7da5d can’t let 6903594a32 go. I don’t think 49c21330f7 you’re dating Yoo decef5e60e Gahee, so…”160e51cc3be9877d

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“And?”aeb3c85666194de3

“I’m not 96e0f93da1 asking you 9eb7802479 to date c759891bac me right 185089867e now; can’t d7de8f194c we at 13e4d6144a least keep 1c1d01a337 in touch? I’m not one c81647f8c1 of those girls f43ba1ea62 who’ll cling to fc7c46f78d you constantly.”8bada1b37d3e797b

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Her voice sounded desperate, 32bcf7ec1c despite her claim, coming 7430ddfd2c across quite clingy. It seemed she’d already 6316a00dd1 been rejected once. Why try again? From what she’d ac142cd22c seen, Yoonjo didn’t 99cfeb0fbd seem to have 5c53fb7533 anything particularly appealing 235dcc63ae aside from his 207f18b327 looks. Poor attendance, 002df6c2d5 poor attitude, d8ea0a36ff no friends, 7d8222c639 and a 1b822ab734 chronic sleeping 340e318035 disorder. His bored 5999aa5502 eyes and 9f93c2b236 lack of ec299aa0b0 interest didn’t 9f69ae92fc give the 7a81f55ba3 impression that cec6b4bcb8 he’d say b7e9f6e188 yes, either.1afe590ed1fa3fa8

Yul was f72a4787eb about to b3485f2e84 turn away, 261d2eb93e already predicting 44ddfb2dda the outcome, 6119225d6f when she 23ed78aca2 heard Yoonjo’s 6bb1ccd480 unexpected response.ff76a688bc22ccb9

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“I like you 81bc8a6824 too.”9a1b78fcf1a145e6