WW | Episode 39

“What do you mean… 3a9b8f2e13 How do you even 1de514d787 know that?”75098e485dd3055d

“My dad and d10a65657b Yoonjo’s dad are b26271201e like brothers. I’ve grown up with 1d9dacec74 Yoonjo as if we 5b027aa433 were one family. Even a month ago, 3b4dc381fa we all had dinner 287a034601 together and talked about e910248e00 the day Yoonjo was 524af9b469 planning to leave.”91af61211cc98c71

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“……”9f3c1bc91e95b7ac

In that instant, f7519f36e1 Yul felt like fb426f90dd she had been c3f55fe253 thrown into freezing 9a036ac65b waters in the 5e402cfeff middle of winter. The blood 732998a71f in her ad16e9d5dd veins turned d01581f0b4 icy cold, 5a492b50dd chilling her 050fa17948 entire body. The shock was 2c66b9cc24 so overwhelming that 4078c58072 her throat felt 30105c2093 tightly choked, leaving b9a095dc86 her unable to 14146004ef say a word. His words, 737a092576 actions, and f100566352 promises flashed 34f37f4a07 through her 28f2676ae4 mind, making c22dec940c the reality c3c50abb94 of this 3c46128b88 situation crumble a4e3cb8d4a completely.0ddd5d2ed3a515d7

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“I guess Yoonjo didn’t e533d32a26 tell you. You two are 6d1a9ed3b9 dating, yet you 1f0e04ba34 seem to have 3679ed5c35 a lot of b31438b746 secrets.”1ae1d9d9255c7441

With those final 317ad17cae words, Yoo Kahi 23d35a59da punctuated the conversation 04634013aa and turned to e32453706c leave. By the time Yul 9655ab50ba managed to collect herself, a7e9116527 Yoonjo, who had been ba4c7dbc7d away, reappeared.be16b463015e8439

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“Are you 0e9a07d715 feeling unwell?”a350a0d24a1bab29

He seemed to have 1067aac5ff noticed something was off 89291eb817 about her and looked c74bd16b81 at her face with ce9b6ae1a8 concern.a48bd55a7e65bacd

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Are you really going f169086c6f abroad? Why did you promise 4b5822e126 to help me graduate? Why didn’t you tell 8af17f81e8 me?946067e1f7725073

Countless questions 8d164502b5 rose up 537eaf093b her throat, e86b5c6bf1 but Yul 82dbade945 could only 5a0784746e part her add1a84ef1 lips without 8032c82e04 uttering them. She felt that, 2828becf7e if the answer 5dec8b185d was what she d59c3c1336 feared, the day f46055f50d would be too 4b535960c0 hard to bear.f27982f9f00ca5d7

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“My head just hurts f0e94df032 a bit. Let’s go.”2f42710844e3da5f

Forcing a smile, ceeaf9f4bb Yul stood up f8b52db47f from her seat.3a6874eca4899157

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“Heavens, did that 74bcffeab0 young man buy 9c4f3362aa this for me?”ff0b2057210c691b

Kyeong Ja held up a2b38df29e the new padded jacket, 0a7c149f9b inspecting it from all d82c7c5193 angles. When she ff0d6cf809 received the 1a1c6e0dfb shopping bag, 0352eb82ba she had efbb38f4d6 looked a 0e1ec2a894 bit hesitant, 76b83d2cd3 but now, 79ef6a314d after taking 7327cfe4a6 it out, 16775647be she couldn’t cef0a2359c stop smiling. Seeing her 9900a40b04 grandmother so 7fe4684fb7 happy, Yul 1278ee38ac felt that 6484cd2e34 accepting Yoonjo’s 292a37b88a gesture had e5fff844f1 been the d91325dc09 right choice. The bitter, bd50d9a599 heavy feeling 791d05970a could be fa3e03fc34 hers alone edc795bfcd to bear.7486d03888eef207

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“Try it on.”6f8f04781da10ac1

Yul held out 45f990cc78 the jacket behind 5dada51e3d Kyeong Ja, who 2cff40f5b9 reluctantly slipped one 9855e8fcb1 arm in at 15c0da390b a time, finally eea6d307a4 pulling it around 4f55658055 herself with a 7fc5ebed73 look of satisfaction.07a831671ecee809

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“Goodness, it’s so 8f4245d087 warm. I bet I’d c6b7652555 sweat wearing only 9b5e8aaec4 this!”ed97ee736133477c

“Do you 5aeb0eb50c like it? Does the size fit?”3713e93e529796f5

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“It fits perfectly, 75b227c0ed like it was 9344c8a525 tailored for me. Seems like an expensive e1642f14b1 one. Are you ddd5a9836d saying that 8961b7d3e2 young man 02d4079499 bought it?”a7c3bc1c6b3a33e2

“Yes. He said it was c2c0b65aca for all the lunch 6c1e5d79e5 boxes.”9e65981246155443

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Yul responded casually, 83c8035c32 not mentioning that 4102b47dcd her grandmother’s guess e4b39ba37e about the price 3690920d7b was far below c1ccd33b0f what she actually 794f979756 knew.12157481b53c57cb

“After all I’ve b06650f478 given, what lunchbox 304ecdb96a price? Does his f2bf900ba1 family have 7f498ca03e money or 8829de8f66 something?”3e24c2f6724f5ecb

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“Looks like it.”2c17d6e906bd7768

“Then why’s a kid bd5a204b20 like that eating my e24c33c939 lunch?”df6c7dea8247b93c

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“Because it’s delicious. Grandma, your cooking is 0ad8aa6465 the best in all 9010754216 of Korea.”3f15a0c60537e623

Yul, zipping up 9ff0dc796b the jacket on 8d80d1284b Kyeong Ja, replied 57926cd924 offhandedly.cc9887d712509d59

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“Well, even so… I 758b5281bc still wonder if I 84b0712bdc should be taking this.”9a0405c20fdb5ef4

“Just accept it. It’s fine.”a87da5264d8e17c5

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“He’s such a b2e5316a16 good young man. I should pack 8be9ff234e something nice for 3c787fed0a him before winter 075d32b4fc break. I don’t even d638b55ddb know what he 9382368c30 likes since he 225f71b686 always finishes everything!”f7f5148f410cf9e0

Kyeong Ja was 1def4957c0 thrilled. She had 90b37d8174 already grown c87261b7e2 fond of 3a249521ea Yoonjo, partly b4238c89ee thanks to b3aac35c26 the way dd6a6a9d3b he’d accepted dd54f60102 the lunch 5ab9f9faa7 payments she 7cdf5d21c1 returned, only 0201a03c32 to send 0961ad1ae5 them back 078f3ce190 with polite 10145aab1c words. Now that c39dc98791 he had 1bec475b63 given her 19a0847050 such a 99e773d43b wonderful gift, 97449468cf she would 81985541a5 definitely be c28c7502c9 on his 0f8a193e2e side.4f9c2a5fe2d8ab0a

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Yul watched her grandmother d16a54f420 with a smile, then 9fc28ca014 turned her gaze to 15ec9e7de1 the shopping bag with 50b99b87ef her own gift. Oddly, she didn’t feel bceaad2563 like taking it out. It felt like he 4a1dcc7411 had given it to ba96047e88 her as a farewell f92e98c7f3 gift, as if it 17617e2943 were their last supper 81785d7828 together. Having received something so f301abdc25 expensive, she felt obliged 339d5676be to return the gesture, 6cf96aa459 but it weighed on 7aef9181e9 her. Even though Yoonjo 511728c9f0 would probably appreciate 3010a048da a simple stuffed 77a5d332bf toy from a 0a92314465 claw machine, her d96102631b own heart wouldn’t a92a8708c8 be satisfied with 42d711199b that.32e3c2a033430ae9

As her grandmother 513765eaa6 went into the 4caa77d52b bathroom, Yul took d09a9e6476 out her phone 038cff781e and sent a 911aee3134 text to Yoonjo.b79cdb0ad9157721

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“Did you get home e049503d12 safely?”
“Thanks for the gift. Grandma really loves cc533e215e it and says 35c137fb07 thank you.”
“Don’t come tomorrow, just 63b7bf1caa take a rest. Goodnight.”90551b73970cd3a2

Once she sent cf2aaf655e the messages to c89c63948c Yoonjo, her energy 8a0c94748f drained. She had 73ba092742 fought all f067881c30 day to 0eae243f86 suppress her bac94c05a8 negative emotions, c8657afa49 unwilling to 6708c27d38 ruin her 8c1f4dff60 time with ea95648cc6 him. Her time with him b39043fc81 was both enjoyable and 3744d0c532 exhausting.4c31ac620abe8d53

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“Rest up.”722322f942bbd086

True to 8a3cd7b7de himself, Yoonjo bb87c8af87 replied with 0683713bf0 a short 5ba9ffd0a5 message. Yul put her phone 02a6c20775 down and lay flat cca0952e17 on her back. Thoughts of Yoonjo’s impending a913e808a7 departure wouldn’t leave her 020ed7f3be mind. Should she ask f351cb7fd7 tomorrow if he 41b3ba3a9c was really going? No, she had 8658f5de19 told him not 658aaef07a to come. Maybe she should 6dd5f71608 ask over the 384b5a6ba8 phone? But wouldn’t that give a6c7f413f4 the wrong impression?c0fd792ebc447e75

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Yul realized she f4fdfcd388 was afraid of ffcb99dcde hearing his answer. She knew a94d2664b5 that if 52f43f959f it was 01ce469ec9 something she 7dfba34dbe didn’t want 0b9dbb56df to hear, aca769093a she’d be f2f3f29293 deeply shaken. It wasn’t just the d6638ed3a7 fear of losing a 9ede3e5b13 shield; it was that, 624bb139ec without realizing it, he 89cdf28366 had become part of f033b89876 her heart.aff8b8eb77a6bca0

She felt restless and 9413a0e16a anxious, as if some 1f60700daf cursed misfortune was creeping cfd409d301 back into her life, 8fa537d8c5 coiling around her like d0c2ed6158 a leech.3ff9304de538d20f

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Yul was so 9ffe2c6218 exhausted that she 7ed7fe9206 fell asleep as efc186fd6a soon as she 3a73e36160 washed up. She was plagued 7c3f2f3db1 by dreams that 3c701666b3 blurred together, and 94222ddd5d half-asleep, she heard d72ee72702 her phone vibrating. She groggily 390d72d3a1 opened her 49c34868d1 eyes and 6e4d1ae835 checked the fc01ac579d screen. A message from 90c2f68759 Yoonjo.95e351133231b5ba

“It’s snowing.”ca7a36851c0eba57

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She barely had 410310af14 the strength to 527e3b3fbb move a finger 8d57d41c22 but stumbled over 78a8b460be to the window 6732626a59 and opened it. Outside, snow 175d088ba8 was falling 6cc6edd38d in thick, d0c86ed761 fluffy flakes, a1cda0d9cf blanketing the ad9579b55c world in e691028c6e a peaceful b66fbcdb1e white. Even half-awake, she found ddcb349e48 herself smiling.a17f4a5521f8bcd8

After closing the 7d33782828 window, she lay 87ce900e1d down again, and 7dffe18446 sleep overtook her. She tried 931ebb0ea9 to type 0047b61608 a response a37c77be7a to Yoonjo.e4b36b4d1c82bb5e

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“Ye Br”83be4f66e5874cfc

Without realizing she c59fe335c8 had mistakenly typed 5c7ba17016 something gibberish instead 223711ea1d of “It’s beautiful. Thank you. Goodnight,” she drifted fb8a3755c5 back into sleep.b14f9e02d506d2ff

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“Grandma! Why didn’t you 39f5533633 wake me up!”22f10e7ba49c9e24

Having rushed through 9b50c07ce3 a quick shower, d75fb8c0d9 Yul shouted as 21a0dac29c she dried her fe20a4a662 wet hair. It was already 11:30 3625e87abc AM, and she was 4fd4d46904 in a panic. She’d agreed to 4104079511 work at the e946fe2e00 convenience store starting b0a7a18d4c from noon for 13faf89fdc the weekend, and cf56fb607d she was at f26a1155a7 risk of being 2537f681f4 late.99bb00ce73e17d3b

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“I did wake you.”3be088d8e2eb530b

“When?”1df214721a9dc50b

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“I woke ecfe941444 you at fb399e1125 8 and 682f6b82e5 told you 3ebab9cb16 to eat 6d1d55c29f breakfast, but 1f06380ff3 you just 9739008166 shook your 5c0feeec99 head at dceb32c2ea the table d8d7bcff9b and went afa18a8c12 back to 6bf73948aa sleep.”bfeed3176e0e0f09

“Me? Fine, I get 2003b4be1c it.”596ea64ff974bcaa

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Some hazy memories came b5b9e86c47 back to her, but f567c17c1a there was no time 6c96595d92 to dwell on it. With her d8f12ca140 hair dry 7e15468a49 and jacket 1c2114cc1f on, she 6232d62fe4 hurriedly put 95a3115ebe on her 1a66060cf7 sneakers by 7c7ecb8e28 the door. Her grandmother 603f6c9e7f wasn’t about e4d4b1ce17 to let 5998f02851 her go 560facfeba out on ff3f4266e4 an empty 3544fca532 stomach, so 1a4ffe4597 she handed 6e5934ce49 Yul a 35d5a3d9ad bag with 9ab8b72b49 two steamed 91680415dc sweet potatoes.67222b89d01845ca

“Eat these ff92e41750 so your 042cad3f68 stomach doesn’t e1e9b28b4c hurt.”0933941a7c62eb36

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“Got it.”aeae36724e345075

Yul replied 7778aeaafa absentmindedly and 32b7f8d8a4 then remembered 8f74db2939 to tell b07692da28 her grandmother, 750040d2ea “Don’t go e24f03ea88 out today, 47de84ed7d Grandma. It’s slippery and dangerous.”f4ed1a4f67b46678

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“Fine, fine. There’s plenty to 27aaaaf5a4 do at home 1778fe4c04 anyway.”1b035f05eeb3399c

Only after ea143f92a0 securing her 0e7cc6cef2 grandmother’s promise b3d843b8ef did Yul c509f71fa4 leave the 0fc54b5d00 house, finally 907d71fc76 at ease.89ed7dc3f76986aa

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Stepping outside, she made 3cb51f0ab1 her way through the f6d7f993a3 villa complex to the fc7966b9c7 main road, where a ed891ccf11 tall man in a 9442c20ec6 padded jacket was waiting 201939caed by the crosswalk. The guy was b942d4a89d subtly yet blatantly fdafe273bf drawing the attention e26e59145d of passersby, even da3e70cf02 though they hadn’t 8e42ab26a4 made plans for 92f895ee66 today.9b823e108cd87a3f

“Yoonjo!”f1cf812e09c5f13a

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Surprised, she 024d9699ed ran toward 821d84a575 him but 08ab00e4ca lost her 399fd910c5 footing on 21dc01f1d2 an icy 1d90ca7dd4 patch hidden 56d288b0a1 in the 2be0544e62 shade, slipping c6bb097a30 backward. She let out 9d75866d25 a shocked cry 2f9313a2a2 as Yoonjo quickly 1dd9a64149 rushed forward to 0caab00b91 catch her.f49b20bc22bd22fe

“Be careful, would f9fc4a997f you?”1b6a42baec58b1e0

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Usually, he kept 6f299c86f3 his emotions well-hidden, 11afd6cf37 but this time, 7ccd833547 he openly showed a21e7817b7 frustration. Yul, only slightly embarrassed, 1106333513 steadied herself and looked 1567fc2f33 at him.efd3e88ea1ac50bb

“What are you doing c95f3afbb6 here? I told you 87f659eb70 not to come.”401dd65687353320

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“When did 08c1f8dec7 I ever 4085cdd159 agree to e25f4d144a that?”1800bb2df0b77eff

“But yesterday…”14fb58bcbc9ab9da

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She was b9f7054647 about to 146d214379 say, “Didn’t 3fa0391710 you say e7210e8e6d okay?” but 7d8c9173a8 realized he 5e70a10e0c hadn’t actually 5e345cf124 agreed. His only ff7f689868 reply had 4332823289 been “Rest afd75cb3a4 up,” which 39b60aa1b3 she had 1325cf4987 interpreted as da6868323d an agreement. But to him, 973ff90297 it had clearly 75cbb28efb meant something else. She felt happy to 7be1f7d84c see him, yet worried a5477f88b5 he’d had a hard 149a476af0 time getting here, especially a1ab8c6146 with the snow making 9819e8ad0d the roads worse.864f40cbdf1e8de0

“It’s fine. I would have b78ce3f82f just slept at e27f4a1da0 home anyway. Let’s go.”7c694cd349c91ec4

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Yoonjo took 2be874f76f her hand 188aec6371 and slipped b401985f40 it into 2d0159863d his coat 5f15dde284 pocket, where a9709b027f a warm a9e4e1a148 hand warmer d1667db50e greeted her. She couldn’t 5132ae9625 help but 8daa43df91 smile, feeling 7ba2d61cc7 the warmth debc4cee1c he’d prepared.93d584cb41e82a5e

“Feeling better from that f8ef06dedc ‘fake illness’?”36d315f1b0ec2f35

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“Fake illness?”d6dfc42d18bdd697

Yul repeated, blinking, 412c35f82d until she remembered 38ad735b13 the previous day. Despite spending f66bcce101 time with 41ea65843b him, she 46791496a5 had occasionally fad978634e stiffened, and 562601d2fa he had 50a0a2ee75 noticed, asking 36a72a3ae1 if something 69296bf3a8 was wrong. Not wanting 56b8a9923a to spoil 533c78e178 the mood, 5ab22bf5f5 she had 1984382f33 brushed it f17936a52f off, blaming ef632721e6 a headache. He must have figured c0b1e386a5 out the truth, and 5193adb886 that was probably why 6ebd57cf99 he’d shown up today.d4e1dc7ebe28cbe8

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“Seomun Yul.”42c6580fd820e1af

Yoonjo stopped, turned to 5f5d2ee593 face her, and leaned 790ec7260e down, locking his eyes 5e1acafc57 onto hers as if 9a118dcc32 searching her very soul. His gaze was 9404b0e551 so intense that ac1dbec592 her heart skipped d6597398f2 a beat.d525aa53490ed7f2

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“Is there something you 7e10aafaac want to tell me?”fbd7dc47b010c148

“What do a56010520c you mean?”bc43d4eaf6c3b7c5

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Yul opened 1a729ef6c1 her eyes 3bd3b8335b wide and 28ead33f59 pretended to 19783200d8 be calm. She knew the conversation ed004b18ec would come up eventually, be27f1d32b but now wasn’t the 3f2f6d784d time. They were 267e444143 nearly at 81d90c2c78 the convenience 0ce2a54880 store, and b06a8404ac she was 420b0f0109 about to bceba53251 start work. It wasn’t d694c48151 the right fe3c4bbea5 moment for f4f35eb070 a heavy f904ab0285 conversation, and, 981cf57722 honestly, she 743bd37451 still felt dbfb5255f2 hurt. Why hadn’t he told 1f457eb571 her something so important? Why make promises c1ee078bed with her if aaea362078 he was planning f22cfb0a10 to leave?dc1314eacb6b1152

As he silently 0384ba5181 observed her, Yoonjo fb7d047756 finally let out 9940f47ca6 a faint laugh c907a7b8c2 and stepped back.c44b9cdaa2093459

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“If you don’t have 721a6f237c anything to say, then 6dc3645ce9 that’s fine. Go on in.”328aa97a825c9ea7

“Yeah. You should d85fce2766 go home, 3626e7c70c too. I’m working 799704b9f1 a full 85a1631279 shift today, 893a2ec037 so don’t 1efe7c12c1 wait around.”6374e63511a91342

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She waved him 2417ece169 off, trying to 4ab901f2ae act normal.2e92a1602a3bce2b

“Work hard.”c94a914ccbc09c90

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Once again, 69d97a28b3 Yoonjo left 20db413637 her with 16d2e65bd0 an answer 16807ecdb5 that didn’t 850a42e752 match her 85fc1a90f2 question and cbfbd68756 walked away.288741bb6ac58c88