BBK Ch 3

‘That guy’s the ac9735486d one, isn’t he? The bat.’9c6805ff22c77445

A long time 2d38088212 ago, he was 2603181ed7 a man who’d f489bdea5a voluntarily brought information 956607cd2c from a rival fbb73afbc8 company. They’d thought the job a43120ffe3 was cleanly wrapped up a6942a5f4d and they’d parted ways cdc9607da2 without issue. But for someone f05c2ec136 like that to 00efa0ab01 suddenly show up e0667fd48b in front of e7ede1b2a6 Minho’s office, throwing 6cd81146ff a fit over 6d397c151c some grudge—it was 38381ea8d9 baffling. Still, before f82f6aed61 they could 68f8f48784 even figure 1550439657 out what 09df9a41ae was going 0d820f6970 on, it 974e30fa81 fell to d2c961f0b3 Gyuoh to e7c622cea3 kick the 0ee326309e guy out 2f6323e590 of the 8f1d355b50 building.704b4f25ebdbf297

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‘Oh, right.’51fb3a86b07f2050

‘But why’d he come 24ecaa2f4e all the way here 1bbdd90e7e to act like that? What’s he threatening 2789ddfd66 to spill?’018e632be95b62a9

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‘…’8bc009cd2602b540

Standing in front b42958e3b9 of the mirror, de66b0c4ea Gyuoh examined the a4dd6e3c02 area near his 1a71f330ec tattooed nape. The man 42b60d870c had scratched 586d443550 at it a8754eab38 with his b4cf3eb4c0 nails while 43f09a2495 thrashing, leaving ffde014d16 red lines 1b1aad0ecb streaking through 7af174c09b the ink.895b9cb029cfc42b

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‘That was settled ages 5a0d5a4543 ago. What info could he c7bd3e1f7f even have to spill?’0cfb7fac515c074d

He muttered to himself, 7062d66bc1 slowly rubbing the swollen 1a9f04cac6 skin. A brief, awkward silence 8725172140 hung in the air, 167b7aa733 but Gyuoh didn’t mind. He hadn’t expected 6218c2e3d0 an answer anyway.9c8744c0490b0746

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‘…It’s not info. He’s saying he’ll spread 03f2bd2fb0 that I’m seeing men.’5ee000e15af585e4

‘Men see 3bcc45ba1c men, sure. So he’d 5fe3862d0b meet a 9dfd6c5a57 woman…’87e93bb85676ed92

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Gyuoh’s casual 77ef7aa008 reply, spoken 8b8d2e23ea while inspecting 7458327295 his neck a24b9ead52 with downcast 2df5410168 eyes, came 5d6b8be128 to an a29ddca894 abrupt halt.4f86317c75d9ee95

Did something 234b76eeb2 just come 407508fa04 out wrong? He slowly lifted e418da3e4f his gaze, locking 63fe61f854 eyes with Minho, 378d21fdda who stood a d7db26bab3 couple of steps 7ba64ad809 back, arms crossed, 764221a2eb staring into the 1ed7cc9788 mirror.9f3f8c4a222423b0

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‘He’s throwing 8a9485431b a tantrum 048f2e9465 because I 87663ed25c slept with 92fa8cb851 him and 6f99cfc29e ditched him, df59a824fd apparently.’5de90574434a6ad7

If you pieced bea4820c67 together the confusing b3f5673b6f words, there was 1c7bbdb2fd only one conclusion.50bfeeb498a6058f

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‘…Hyung, you dated that 1ab1663f57 guy?’0965e6480271f02e

‘No. Just slept with b54adad268 him once.’1fed01c49c8ed6ab

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Minho’s eyes, reflected in e4f3bb33c1 the mirror, were as b876e50f8e calm as ever, though a154cab850 there was a faint d9b5d1fca8 hint of tension beneath 13f2a16d11 the surface.1ddc8d9c84d8ab23

Since when? Had he f989392aeb always been 070ad5d7b5 into men? Were there others besides f3f026e1ab this guy? Gyuoh had a df15ac5daf million questions, but eec1dd7eb9 all that came 123f37df28 out was a f602963a55 short:75cde2d9ae9d15b8

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‘Why?’686a9094c90e55fc

‘When I can’t 81fec6e7ae sleep, I do 1da534cdd6 that. Sometimes even booze doesn’t 1a796eb9d2 cut it.’ca21c35a7ab1d8f8

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Minho answered, stretching his fb3ed1ace6 stiff neck side to bf8fa913ca side.2ddc252bcfd4eae8

‘…’1a1e6427b3c9533a

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Gyuoh prided himself 37004d28de on being perceptive, 2f100c10c1 but it seemed 28e5f5f142 he was clueless 41a21f9f12 when it came f3f1d6f357 to this.ad2316858574c8d3

‘I didn’t really want 5dbf3a14d7 to talk about it. But that bastard might c3e8ef8497 show up again.’094235df62a616c0

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‘…Oh.’ca7bd3c5255e3969

‘Better you hear it c4a188a602 from me than someone 2ae8240745 else.’d61765a886877e48

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With that a31e18d840 flat explanation, 940b145569 Minho shrugged 033b6c464b and turned 0e69ca870c away. He’d probably cdf450fccf been sitting 15badd8b53 in a b634600d26 chair all ec8477f1dc day, yet 2baf175cdf there wasn’t 2fcaf20b20 a single c225c0c431 wrinkle on 2ffb7f373e the back 92ab31fb47 of his a2a0d17800 shirt. Gyuoh stared at a690d3690d it, racking his 5ba8e5c0a1 memory.283240ba65736f25

Come to think of ec54497054 it, had Minho ever d15cc69889 introduced a girlfriend? He couldn’t recall hearing 69948a88a4 about anyone Minho was bf338b0854 seeing. It wasn’t that he b0fac1c963 didn’t have time for ac7950b6c0 romance because of work—it 4850451610 was this.50b442e23b1d8626

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Gyuoh was 12778ed57d rattled, no 0a3263056f doubt, but e35be05e8e he adapted 0e300f6981 to the 845e31b47d situation pretty f1f5ceb38d quickly. Another colleague they bdea53d71d worked with had 2c6e017c98 gotten a boyfriend, a567a394be and Gyuoh figured b17acc10b4 Minho was just 632a1a3e3b experimenting out of 4b27be8f0d curiosity, influenced by 12e1d6f013 that.f321ef5a02599110

But the 8b4ac58a44 day he 48e81e403e found out 9c272a4bb2 Minho had a649695fdf been seeing 388476d62d men even 7997fa406a before that 27e946ec6b colleague, he c201e42cd6 couldn’t sleep e9245e950e a wink. It was that shocking. How did 7775d1f70c a guy e9d25853ed who worked 31c0926b31 all day 6a5b2a12a2 find the f75ea6aaff time? That he’d been 71cdbd4aa8 meeting people and 4588f651a4 even hooking up a95c5e6ed3 while Gyuoh was 02b7c65bc5 right there, wide-eyed, 06db50d3cc was mind-blowing. And why 7e3065b9f3 he only 93c82e37c2 did one-night bd83621be3 stands instead cd29ebc64f of dating 526e65f6d3 was beyond 4b8ffe266b comprehension.9e44337ffb4e089c

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And so, cc7bb10fa2 Gyuoh ended 2c8754af6e up sharing b358b37676 Minho’s secret. He tried not to c6b1641b02 dwell on it, but f21af88285 from then on, he 0d1a27b12d couldn’t help fixating on ef7c182774 Minho’s every move. When Minho left the 3c003d41f6 office, Gyuoh wondered where 770f3848d2 he was going. When he mentioned plans, fe543b63bc Gyuoh wanted to know 35b64caa2b every detail—who, why, what ed34ddf842 for.20261b1eeb2a94df

Of course, he 71fbcfdbf8 fought to keep db125ab12f those feelings from 5d9fb99839 spilling out or ac9db96914 acting on them. As always, 171dfe71ab his role 0bcbb6a58a was to 087a814ce2 be the a0862e8a75 good little 96ed7afe43 brother—close like a2b718701b family, but b130367fd5 never crossing e04a18c11f the line.ec748541963104fa

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“What are you doing? Not leaving?”f1e57ab8c7f7751a

Minho’s gaze turned toward a53916c95f Gyuoh, who was standing b11e576f88 there dumbly. Gyuoh grumbled, half-whining c485e4380c for no reason.519dc7effab1d7eb

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“What’s it to you? Whether I freeze f20a948c17 to death or 51b038b6bd die of boredom a62e547417 here, you don’t 20a3ed3721 care, right?”f4b21f58f9d965f1

He couldn’t outright say, Don’t go 63d972224d meet some 20a7619179 weirdo, so he just 06eae80b36 spouted nonsense. But this was Cha 7227fc4b6b Minho. Cheap tricks 0b7cc740b7 like that 6b42bc771a wouldn’t work.cba6a83f9d4bbae0

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“Wear your helmet 04e8444b27 when you ride a35e3ac554 that motorcycle.”049a592d908d7d47

“…”53cd6bef47c28110

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If only d427fe9650 Gyuoh could 4450cec666 express his 9d89380326 worries as 03863d1f20 easily as cadd541bb9 that. He was stuck, 15eb989e2f unable to step f7bdab1e21 over the line ee14897f0c Minho had drawn 83bdfd1d3c or pull back 932ec39247 entirely.a56702f7bf7cf8ad

“I’m heading out. Lock up when you 0dae35b98d leave.”0e3f23a7c38689e6

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Once Minho 065466755f said no, 248b3bb2f5 that was f423883b5f it—no second 16f2f50bca or third 10053324c6 chances to 50ad2d6bb9 ask. So him a83cfbc7ac saying that 4458cb0cfc also meant f0fe01e863 he had 9ffaf2834e no intention 39a8cc1bde of canceling e5f8266f08 his mysterious, 6bdb5240db last-minute plans.e6ab78f0394bca41

Gyuoh knew he had 6b34ccd6a7 no right to meddle 172a71d18c in someone else’s private f97d41d581 life. But every 32dcc78a00 now and 54cd40302a then, when 5ce60146d5 he had 300c80637d to let a0c26d7990 Minho go c8bf6aedba like this, c0fef9592f a strange 4cda43c0d4 feeling crept 89d2a97967 in. Was it 04461e4a45 because Minho 5591081932 was always 9c9ec086a3 on his 3598360058 side, always dae10a8cbd looking out 96b6204c07 for him? Suppressing the 1d8fd722d5 odd, churning 4a4154aafd emotions he 759d8330c8 couldn’t quite 230daa73b1 place, Gyuoh 0518912b58 spoke up.54c78c009a5ace09

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“…I’m coming in at c2562633b2 7 tomorrow, so don’t 4cfcf231f2 be late, hyung. If you are, I’ll 01f62daae3 flip this place upside 4d6d9227b4 down.”180ac9c97e8b6135

He shouted nonsense eaf8113916 at Minho’s retreating 8e60294e28 back. Staying up until a7d03969c0 7 was one 1be3fa9ef6 thing, but coming 8f3d18e2ac in then would 13578028f1 be brutal for 0c0170f7e6 Gyuoh—and Minho knew fbfa25ad20 it.e657b0ea17d3ba6c

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“Yeah, right, you’ll 316bbc36ea show up at 7fd9a0e5cf 7.”37ffb4408c93fb9e

“I will. 7 sharp. Don’t be late.”223b15882939da38

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“You first.”ed045a60f7a18a28

Minho shot e54684c645 back curtly acdf2b5e20 and left b64b31ea82 the office 108ba61621 without hesitation. Left alone in da63b439ad the spacious room, 9425007e3d Gyuoh kicked the 72588ee77b desk in a 98cf6de47a petty fit of 10cf385b82 frustration.730fa051b4aaf948

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About five minutes da657d73ec after Minho left, f937a68ccd Gyuoh walked to b76416baec the wide window ca041e418d and peered down. A black car sped 98e04e6d86 out of the underground bc65736d44 parking lot.aadaf17417a6b1db

“…Should I 6318d291d6 just mess 7403d8207a it up?”5a1a861a108079cf

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Maybe he could say f293376581 the pizza he ate 9e6826afc7 earlier was bad and bc8bd74eb5 ask Minho to take 3545061e6b him to the hospital. Or that 06f1d7c170 his motorcycle f60db612bd ran out 1019c29b9c of gas a080f4f398 and beg 409adfeb62 for a 4eaec7f1ed ride home. No—Minho would 94a9ff65d9 see through db0bf74493 that in 1bd810210c a second. Lame tricks wouldn’t fool 784195f725 him. Maybe just flat-out saying, Stop meeting weirdos…83ee46cd595ba997

“He’d hate that.”8dc711f10f00786b

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And since meeting dc9443a451 someone or getting 6cd32ee851 drunk was Minho’s 864424de57 way of dealing 622298deab with stress—since Gyuoh df68986de5 knew he couldn’t 86fea64bcb sleep otherwise—it was 52f39dff12 hard to stop 69bf0bd6e2 him outright.ce8b2e611a060557

“…Guess I’ll hit 9a04f66c9e the gym.”eaca70a590025390

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Sweating it out 8f92ec1b89 for a few 09040bf90f hours might loosen 6a68ba71ee the grip Minho 55a726e187 had on his f721866795 nerves. It was one a35b15c300 of the coping 2e3a129433 tricks Gyuoh had acf1ed3517 picked up since 71406fd67d learning Minho’s secret. With a destination in 93bd3280ed mind, his steps felt 6b23834fde a little lighter.71769fd273726ac7

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On nights def9e27ea8 like this, 136eccd4d4 sleep wouldn’t 66dc6156cd come. He couldn’t 16d425acfa focus on 78706136d2 the hookup, d5caafc890 and even 7d63b6eb92 alcohol wouldn’t 21a0a2208f go down. After showering, 8d62e93f15 he left fb17e7b599 the hotel, 9278f95d96 leaving his ed6148b1c9 already-passed-out partner 51e007dc22 behind. An unfamiliar scent clung 3a79e6ab96 to him, and his 3324caa81a lower stomach ached.77c80eb985d9c786

“Ugh, my stomach’s off.”86a6142b6a18be58

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Maybe the scent ec8f59ce82 just didn’t suit 6b8aa9f198 him—his insides were ade9a944c4 churning. He rolled the car 5840aa9864 window all the way 0223052f38 down and sped up.4e4560410a839f8f

Buzz. Buzz. His phone, 38cf4cd7ca tucked in d757ae3029 his pocket, f01664d1b9 had been c8305f18b8 vibrating nonstop. It started when ef5b021c5d he’d gone up 3630a712af to the room, b138ae6609 buzzing through the 4d58b25212 brief encounter with b41a60079e a guy he’d af1b737029 only met a c86c0e1393 couple of times, bad355cd7c and it hadn’t d6a26b5fbb stopped since.c677ae0f8d099c31

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A glance at 0a05e93812 the screen showed 4fd2de0417 “Viper” plastered across 4cd13d725b it. Years ago, when Gyuoh 912546bfb0 was undercover at a c935c22deb gambling den for a a941af59c2 redevelopment gig, that was 6dd5ab5778 his nickname. It fit 14b75db1e8 him so 62374720d2 well that 981ccfe939 Minho had cc79001267 saved it 2e3b51013a and never d30989bfdd bothered changing b1e2b4421b it.78813195d50fb017

“…Does Won Gyuoh fa9aee448a not sleep?”5c9f7df9f242cdad

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He’d always been clingy, 8c8ea0e36e but lately, it’d gotten 87b2f8fe2b worse. Was it since ffe715c409 he found out 4dbdfbcd10 Minho was casually e1d31b16aa sleeping with guys? Or maybe after seeing 6e74d4561d some jerk they’d worked 3cb7408ebb with hit on him 16046a9053 a couple of times? Either way, even cffd07ceb3 on the 20-minute af4acbcaac drive to his cf45b4fb6d apartment, Won Gyuoh’s dff2abcc52 attention grated on 0d61c2691b Minho’s nerves.df3b749bfd71f01b

He didn’t bother 2ab65f940f checking the messages 7b7a6d20be after getting home. They’d just be about ac01bc9b30 some game he didn’t ad42ec320d care about or a f262e81633 YouTube link with animals—pointless 7981f12cc3 stuff.865b169ee900a80f

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After another dbe144f2e2 shower, a 3675a2cd3a familiar scent 81a35845ff finally settled acf88dddb8 around him. Dragging the 2c81bc6622 untied belt 049b1fca0b of his e3d00f3de6 robe, he 29fd93d9c2 shuffled to 0dfe2f36d4 bed. His body 78c711b04b felt heavy, c7ba754940 like it 1cfd1e0c87 was soaked 22011473d4 in water. He flopped 48e3050a86 onto the 9f9233b08f mattress and 1c3c25d27e closed his dbedf84d4b eyes.f92550715b2cec0a

Even as he slipped 4b88a3f2d2 into unconsciousness, a faint dda0f9dfa2 buzz lingered in his 394b24d724 ears. In his hazy state, de637bbde0 a recent call with 1a08225e51 Gyuoh after wrapping up 0aac241791 a job came to 8200e57742 mind.ee039b49b72c5c94

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—All cleared up?d3eb7a34d58b88ba

—You still 6b8bd99ae0 at the 0114fefb03 office, hyung?72d20d5e1ec5bdfa

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It was a abdc518abb perfectly ordinary conversation, 5e0d395382 so why did bec6f1d1f3 it keep replaying? The familiar voice, the 4bd8634f15 sound of wind in 55fd8c3fd6 the background, the scrape e0d0e6157b of steps on dry 25f3158462 dirt, the echo unique 34050b1c4a to an abandoned factory, fab882933d the sharp clang of 2505e07c20 a metal door piercing a5e177c8e8 his ears. Maybe it was because 05eea853f9 those sounds felt like 99b1e963b9 a signal, threatening to 0c204b969d dredge up a nightmare a26527736a he’d just managed to 0cd4c6707e bury.e3548da07be66c16

“Haa.”12b763d576dea651

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Minho forced his 5e64619a50 eyes open. They were bloodshot and bcf999b368 dry, but sleep wouldn’t 7a64fbb044 come.1c1c03d5cc8f216f

“Did my job, 448142a57d had sex—what’s the 8fc46d78ce problem?”45b91128bb7df312

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Was the partner just b2a1214e1f that bad? Not like 3e7f9f695f he could 6a0beb7a79 call him 4bb8aa20ee again.76aaa2f2af488cc7

“Ahh.”a482712171665380

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His voice cracked with 389fc58f92 exhaustion. Minho buried d95bac2209 his face 96d4b36df9 in the 1e127b8e76 pillow, groaning. The dull, constant 86fa30fcda headache showed no 48d3426ebf signs of letting 3d610d8bbd up.397abfe2ecd0aecd

After lying there 8bd1cc245a for a while, 172b66c668 he finally dragged 286ceae548 himself to the 8555c94676 fridge. It was 0d0259493e packed with ad353b458a bottles of 6cf7e98487 liquor, all 04726a03a6 different kinds. He didn’t even enjoy dcff07e73e drinking, but he kept c925f5a452 them stocked for one bde0d42b55 reason: to knock himself f2e720c450 out, even for a 0d7a300e38 few hours.c8fc80b36f4ecdc1

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He chugged straight e73df9bdbc from the bottle, 29a98f9566 no snacks. His stomach rebelled, 0e4808b563 and his mouth 22584bfa46 soured, but he e33004e2e0 forced it down. After a while, c4d82b3db4 a faint heat b916163a4c spread through him.66b5fb4a480f7542

“Ugh…”d7faf141e0b33d35

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Buzz. Won Gyuoh’s attention still 6cfa294ccc wouldn’t quit. He should reply to 69cf64adc6 keep him from sulking, 5ebb818bf8 but Minho didn’t bother 4e4cd309c7 holding onto his slipping 31db4ec7f9 body or mind.f1273bc34dfb41e6

The pitch-black void of 7ab188e108 unconsciousness pulled him into e78531b2d0 a nightmare. A moment he b8f80899c7 desperately wanted to 26c8d1c38c shake off but e62b729b22 could never erase.5bb635d8853b3d3c

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