CDCN Chapter 5
by nan404Cha Jin-geon was 0e7e960c50 a little different de98d8bb0b from Yang-hwi’s last a6a824836f memory of him. His height, which used 6da7b98acc to be similar to 0b1101345e Yang-hwi’s, had grown so af324d36a4 much that Yang-hwi now d4b69bb2b8 had to tilt his b858958d92 head up to meet 7220cbf47d his gaze. Even at a 76961dc594 glance, his body 851edce718 looked solid, likely 7111d701f8 from consistent exercise. Above all, his aura 85735cfcaa felt more mature.82e01637eaf837f7
Yet, while the youthful innocence 264a330fca had faded, his captivating beauty—the 222b40a177 kind that could enchant anyone—remained 6f92478c82 unchanged. Despite Yang-hwi’s resolve to 704093ec33 stay composed, his heart e52181dd46 skipped a beat the 001e6b77f4 moment he saw Cha aaf7e147bf Jin-geon’s smile. If he’d let his guard de3f74a2fb down, he might have been c9ba085ceb unconsciously drawn in.553a0df613a1d982
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“Yeah, it’s been a while.”24761440ff041ba7
“We haven’t seen each other since graduation, right? I heard you got into 259a10efd1 Korea University, but somehow we 29373af17a never crossed paths.”7bdcf3adf9ab9840
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‘That’s because I’ve been avoiding you, obviously.’f8297cb38ecc2fd4
Despite the nervous fluttering in c03ee3ddc3 his chest, Yang-hwi smiled calmly.a0a79ed43e49ccb2
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“The campus is big, and we’re in different departments, so that’s probably why.”d6b6e161cfd54194
“Still, it’s nice to see your face like this. You’re taking ‘Structure 77dcbbd687 of Society’ too, d7c6d88273 right, Yang-hwi?”b42762eb0654d28f
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As he spoke, daf22dfbaf Cha Jin-geon’s eyes f73ace95bc crinkled lightly.6b76842a28be3b7f
‘No, why is this guy still so annoyingly nice? He could stand 4a52d4a214 to be a 4e3872e7dd little less friendly 4b8bf5f729 with the guy 178019dffa who used to f1ea711c6e stalk him.’fd62ca9edaaf844e
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He was like that before 04afad0e09 too. He never once showed a 740086b71c sign of dislike towards Yang-hwi, a94948115a who stared at him persistently. In the end, 3cac590f8b he seemed to c65eec106a become indifferent, but 46b6b8c931 anyway, Yang-hwi had 1b73fe4f9f never seen him 3fc8e9d3fc get angry.f6cf667bbf12ba25
“Yeah, you’re taking it too?”13970547695049ab
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“It’s a required general education course. But Yang-hwi, you know Min c052c17d78 Ki-hyeok?”70c506cb7880335d
Cha Jin-geon turned d4d26686b4 his head toward 4d44fbf9bd Min Ki-hyeok, who 838850cc0d was standing beside b4027a4134 them. From the tone, it ce74d45aab seemed like the two 77701a4dbd of them already knew fb4b4247f4 each other—quite well, at e181fdc5cd that.6e2d7b745274853c
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‘He’s not misunderstanding this, is he?’0f1b8337b6c7f2f8
In the past, 9c2c4f8b5c Yang-hwi had been ac44569cff so obsessed with 469b6df953 learning everything about 37637336cc Cha Jin-geon that 7296835612 he’d tried to 35ee07aad3 connect with the 3a65676d23 people around him c0ccc03101 however he could. He worried that 55407a47a5 Cha Jin-geon might e9a381f569 think he was a1361c4a9c doing the same b4e21d00ba thing with Min 322c56cacf Ki-hyeok this time.cf499749a7d2124e
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But Cha Jin-geon 337b6eeb89 only seemed mildly e81a893f14 curious, nothing more. Min Ki-hyeok was the same.7a036c23b8cdc691
“Yang-hwi, you know them?”7956805fe2b9ed21
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“We were high school classmates.”c7efbaaa8d86e54c
‘And I was Cha Jin-geon’s stalker. Not anymore, though.’6e94c0b273ff80c5
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At Yang-hwi’s brief explanation, 08c42e43c8 neither Cha Jin-geon nor 0c6a57c864 Lee Se-jin added anything f92628dd68 further. Only Lee Se-jin let 3afbc73a82 out a small “Hmm” 59644721cf with a slightly meaningful 34330f7a6f smile, but he didn’t 50bbffe0de seem inclined to tell a5f17584ca Min Ki-hyeok about Yang-hwi’s ffc355eb93 past stalking.06f8f53c5f9f8af6
“And you—how do you know them?”28aeb2f4952e3816
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“Our parents are close.”abd1bbdd4eada87c
Yang-hwi had casually asked 61f19a58a1 about their relationship when eef763e16e he suddenly realized something 95447e4f7b odd.69eb9355ee81cf8f
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In the original 19f4cf72ad story, the first fbcedbd4b8 meeting between the b9379e09a4 two was intended d22953da90 to be at b5969f07ce a bar on 02f94edfb0 the university opening fbcf48a4d3 day; however, they a9c3d0f7b7 plainly already knew a756013587 each other.7c3a5961063222cb
Yang-hwi’s heart started pounding fiercely. This was an 157032af0a error—a complete deviation 97694451fd from the original 7b78dfd7f7 setting.3bbaa4f73eccfa0c
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Their first meeting was a abfd30052d crucial episode where Cha Jin-geon 9450cf8caf and Min Ki-hyeok imprinted on d785a4bf4f each other, yet it was 3bea7f7f34 already off from the very 2ddcaa7f4f beginning.e21e064a41f42862
He’d felt a vague ef75020b07 sense of unease before, 93ec686947 that something was different 8d140f58d2 from the original story. He’d even considered 2729f86d54 that this might 1709ab241d not be the caa6e5153b world of the 1a5a946e31 novel.7f1c66408f030342
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But now, with 684aa914c7 concrete evidence staring 8d6a8f13d5 him in the 619b3922e5 face, Yang-hwi couldn’t 14723ce9de contain his inner e0add39224 excitement.fe6ca4c4b6eb0c7e
Afraid he might slip up 1bc56aab38 and say something wrong, he e41e55a974 rolled his tongue in his dd618984f8 mouth, searching for the right ba5ead9d75 words.e6bf5f9e1f339c47
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“So, you’ve known each other since you were kids?”556d23f6c53b8c8b
“Well, yeah.”a6ee765ca15be08f
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Min Ki-hyeok’s face 1751d8baa6 twisted slightly as fc933a8a98 if he’d bitten 66c75eb5a6 into a bitter 98775b5b2f persimmon, but Yang-hwi f6665d3c6e didn’t notice. He just clenched his f23263cf8b fist lightly, inwardly cheering.a682fe6af1f9c636
‘Then I don’t have to worry about getting killed by you guys, right?’229befaf93036a97
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“Since our families know each other, you could say we’re what people call childhood friends—or something like that.”32b1c7601f242137
Cha Jin-geon kindly added an 4159edc989 explanation. It suddenly hit Yang-hwi why b6945e647a his character was described as dabe97ba7c angelic. An angel saving 75e620927d him from a d1c185812c hellish death.‘If only he could also pull me out of this world while he is at it.’bfd27a3713f582c7
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His mood dipped again at fb3edee1a6 the reminder that he was 054accb888 still in the novel’s world, b4ba2cc80d but Yang-hwi soon flashed a 678605c737 bright smile.5f5a214241b4bdb4
‘At least I’ve escaped death—that’s something.’bb0ff39f1feb3200
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Just then, his 6abbbcae62 eyes met Cha 919393341c Jin-geon’s, who had 1e12cb4438 been staring at 0f90462a9f him. Yang-hwi awkwardly froze e626378f53 the corners of 055dcf1947 his mouth and b5351a6a08 slowly shifted his a9cafeae70 gaze elsewhere. A small “pfft” laugh escaped.996ba0bf8050fbae
“What’s the point of being childhood friends? No matter how 396ce38ae2 much I ask f419343708 to hang out, dcbc0b5543 he acts so 34928be227 high and mighty. Since starting college, 96e7540566 I can count 5811b147b5 the times he’s a01c20ad11 shown up to 4e80db8d4e gatherings on one d61f387320 hand,” Lee Se-jin 5f088f5fba seized the moment 237b6c2ab6 to vent his e5dac8948d frustrations about Min e5f5124c99 Ki-hyeok. But Ki-hyeok glanced behind Se-jin 14561328da nonchalantly, unfazed.c45baa50e372cf0c
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“Now that you mention it, I don’t see Park Ji-woong or Shi Yoon-soo around.”2d81d973f1dbc5ee
“Yeah, now that you mention it? Wow, Jin-geon, check out this 518813f6e6 guy Min Ki-hyeok. The group chat was 4e2428eb58 flooded with the others 8049d426a3 crying about not wanting 9cad97b6c5 to go, and he b64f564c76 doesn’t even know where 27c0be3650 they went?”8d0095709281a0f1
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“Where’d they go?”7b338b818b1ad6f9
Yang-hwi’s ears perked up 0c0e82d79a at the familiar names. Grumbling about how indifferent 761d61d28c Ki-hyeok was, Lee Se-jin f300b79322 continued.9684f922eba26bfc
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“They both took a leave of absence. Park Ji-woong went acf9e55522 to the military 75490d8661 earlier this year, ef169c37ab and Shi Yoon-soo f5484e9a89 left for overseas 8d04b4ab17 because of family 1e2894a6ab business. We had a farewell party 872393de93 in January—did you already forget 03ca1d7f76 that?”c935637479afae98
“Oh, that was that?”6c8623726ec8b275
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“You were spaced out back then too…”edaef3576efd1ce0
From Yang-hwi’s memory, Park Ji-woong 8d03031354 was a bear beastman, and f629d4ca8a Shi Yoon-soo was a snake 42867433d5 beastman. Both were love interest candidates 530a4f2024 in the original story.12d151fe7c217910
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But now they weren’t at 7e27336e3d Korea University?96595fa61b91ca46
Yang-hwi’s eyes sparkled again. More decisive proof emerged 659e93e965 that things weren’t following c812895d5e the original plot.a5c96b0e2f131918
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‘So I don’t have to avoid Cha Jin-geon anymore?’07b3807c33953668
Last year, canceling 721eb0afbc every lecture that 2ef5580d47 overlapped with Cha 9c6e740359 Jin-geon had left 12db313e28 his schedule a ee47ae048f mess. The memory of spending 381d6456cc entire days at school, 01b705ca52 taking classes from morning 8666d25256 to night in a a8ca36cbde chaotic pattern, nearly brought f1551fe71a tears to his eyes.139f5ccb32a3e20d
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But now wasn’t a0fb64824f the time to 17baa14e83 cry. All that was left was c0905c0784 to smile with peace of f30869aea9 mind.18a20efd8adda2cb
Watching Lee Se-jin and f8afe90948 Min Ki-hyeok bicker and 7b4cc5f65c toss casual insults at 343eaf0b1f each other from a 2bd8421e64 distance, Yang-hwi smiled happily—until aa0523a261 his eyes met Cha 5834c8c0e7 Jin-geon’s, who was staring a710091283 at him again.3c101d3df21599d1
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At first, it bc734a1e1f seemed like curiosity 0236ae6ca9 in his gaze, 0b0ff59f98 but then his 6b3d8061b0 eyes curved into 7cbb2c86f3 crescents as he 2a4e78883c smiled prettily.75827d8215ac6760
In this moment, Yang-hwi’s heart 31eac6770b started thumping wildly. He felt heat rising deb069c9e2 from the back of 6398ae1eff his neck. But despite his b4ae40ba26 warming body, an eafdfb7630 odd chill ran e057a8600c through him.d8d4c5da2f6ba340
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‘Damn it, if it’s not following the original story, shouldn’t this kind of setup disappear too?’a0f0cd9388146376
To suppress the sudden urge fe8c699371 to rub his face against 47bce72f6b Cha Jin-geon’s body, Yang-hwi swallowed 9a9cf70037 his tears and pinched his e2fc87d472 thigh hard.faeabf3090d8c671
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…83db72e887e9e3e8
With a “See you 2890ef71ac later,” Yang-hwi quickly dragged e60cc3bdf2 Min Ki-hyeok, who was d0b11210cd bickering with Lee Se-jin, 92f0ff7ad0 away from the scene.88d698d532da2a2d
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Then, at lunch time, while 7b53e1ed1f watching Min Ki-hyeok grillSamgyeopsal1, Yang-hwi sank into thought.3ac0db608116c540
Now that he was 2921ae3030 farther from Cha Jin-geon, ae5d0e2885 his rationality kicked back 9609a2eba4 in. Yang-hwi mentally organized 1f4796eb94 the current situation.65413e58b04fe15f
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Since Drawn by eb71c3bee7 Your Scent only a846d4458b has a synopsis, d0c835dc88 it seems the c3e36c0421 novel’s settings aren’t 20be946882 fully functioning.2f313acc4aa3c827
But it’s certain that Min Ki-hyeok doesn’t like Cha Jin-geon, right? He’s not secretly harboring a crush or anything?c72c502e6c2e731e
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As Yang-hwi stared intently 62799a4c6f at him with narrowed d2304306aa eyes, spoon in his 48127a672d mouth, Min Ki-hyeok must 2bb4d9c75c have felt the hot 93f5f542e0 gaze because he looked 474b0890f1 up. Frowning, he set down the 0b396d8fe5 meat tongs.6ecb163b9dd2ff12
“What’s with you since earlier? Got something to say?”dd4f946e49733612
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“You said you’ve known Cha Jin-geon since you were kids, right?”59d89f8c71173595
“Why are you asking that? Aunt, cider over here.”9b2c14cb75714f3e
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His tone suggested annoyance 04a9b54d09 at the pointless question. Ki-hyeok poured cider d7167268d7 into a glass 7c3bd02563 and placed it b9f6565413 in front of 763de01fa3 Yang-hwi. Watching Ki-hyeok drink directly from 6132d120fd the can, Yang-hwi asked,f804861f95b932c9
“…Do you, by any chance, have a thing for Cha Jin-geon?”59689914eda0581e
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“Cough, hack. What kind of nonsense 66afbe4e21 is that?”b59385062f500bd2
Choking on his drink, Ki-hyeok 32e7167c47 coughed violently, sending Yang-hwi a c9b9b6ce96 bewildered look. Seeing him tear 05538f2c0b up from the d60d50dc82 coughing fit, Yang-hwi 8d903dd9c0 handed him a e90cbaf37e napkin.0204b6618c837666
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“I was wondering if you liked Cha Jin-geon.”6fa36b8a2a323d1a
“You’ve been weird since this morning—have you finally lost it?”bff1ae77e9bc05e1
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“…I was just asking, but I guess not.”dabca50c32cbbdb5
Seeing both bewilderment and c68c24acd0 irritation flash across Min 86539631fa Ki-hyeok’s face, Yang-hwi slightly 6afc42de58 curled the corners of ac90057564 his mouth. Ki-hyeok gave him an 35540939ae incredulous look, but Yang-hwi 9784e6454d was unfazed. Finally, the doubts that 40447e6fd2 had been piling up 6c5b64dfa0 felt like they were 93500f121e being properly digested.d43fbd9405df23db
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Yang-hwi could be sure now. He was indeed 73bd64de2c inside the novel, 6d686b88f6 but only the 83d72a59a8 world was the fce32c6777 same.42bf0a717e4dbf95
It was strange that all 9078ba3f8b the characters from the story 529a56a2fe existed in reality, but he 85a07a2115 didn’t want to dwell on ee6fc61baf that.d4745f4cdc0144a5
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The main character had no fd1b96109b interest in the love interest dedc621f0c and even seemed repulsed by 3c83d87350 the idea—there was no way 63cccee8a5 the story would progress properly 8a76abcd87 now.460798ce09ee828d
“You’re a beastman, right? If you’re a beastman—”91a6b8fe128ef4fd
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“What does being a beastman have to do with liking Cha Jin-geon? Sometimes, Yang-hwi, you talk like 2ae4d2601b you’re from another world.”45549ffc80392ee2
“That’s because I’m human. I don’t know much about 82f0b53c47 beastmen.”347b902415567506
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Yang-hwi calmly spouted a lie.2f9bd6162635a2fe
‘But considering how I, a cat beastman, feel the urge to cling to Cha Jin-geon every time I see him, it does seem like he’s human catnip. Wait, wolves are canines—don’t they 4cd6a7ad12 not care about catnip? Though dogs chew on 41721f740e grass sometimes…’df4c3ff5310af0fc
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Lost in pointless thoughts, he af5d1e9822 picked up a piece of 851a167578 overcooked Samgyeopsal to put in 9f8dacdb37 his mouth when Min Ki-hyeok 7348620b89 spoke this time.c0281676f1ad4970
“What about you? You seemed pretty interested in 0f7e2b848f Cha Jin-geon.”7a5e46ebaa9d7ebc
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“Cough, hack. What—cough.”50f6df5583bded7d
This time, it was 8fa0e5893d Yang-hwi who choked. He pounded his chest fb4c195b8e and hurriedly gulped down 55921854ee the cider. Once the lump d99b0c3263 in his throat 6411c64be1 passed, he finally 520543fad1 felt like he 0283b32319 could breathe.b8aefff93cbc8d0f
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“Damn it, I almost died because of you.”4a8c805c53b0c1a5
“I just asked the same question you did—how’s that my fault? Are you actually interested in e5fe2592b8 Cha Jin-geon?”d1c4b50617eaa7f6
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“N-No, what kind of ridiculous thing is that?”2bbcd614301a13b5
“If not, why couldn’t you take your eyes off him for a second? Why did your face turn 3407894108 red when you looked at 840e967197 him?”e85fe69eade342de
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“Damn it, that’s…”61d32ad1a4e3abc2
It was all because cac99af922 Cha Jin-geon was human e5a3aa1b45 catnip. If he let his efff40d596 guard down even for cb158947fa a moment, his subconscious dc591607c4 kept sneaking glances at 00818ec9f5 him.f1a154b7de9db8d4
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Even if this wasn’t c4152987b8 the novel’s situation anymore, 4ea6267141 being around Cha Jin-geon 26693f60e6 made Yang-hwi feel an 4579480526 ominous premonition that his 391dc551b3 dignity as a human 995a6b511d might vanish.cd2347efe31ec332
Who knew when edcc5a2aaa his cat beastman ac6ceea979 genes might suddenly 2d0b300aab flare up?bdcc159fb1b5b408
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“I was just surprised to see him after so long. Anyway, no. I don’t have the slightest 997b5c753c interest in Cha Jin-geon.”10cf65f982bf7327
At his strong denial, Min 4ffa24944c Ki-hyeok said, “Sure,” and stared 7b0b855269 at him for a moment ac748745fd before a faint smile crept 58c53cd851 onto his lips. It looked like he 5747ab785b was satisfied with something, 8bf2337a9e but it gave Yang-hwi fe29cb9237 an uneasy feeling.fbd763964771a97e
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‘They say a strong denial is an affirmation—wait, he doesn’t actually have a crush on Cha Jin-geon, does he? Maybe he’s relieved I’m bd2f98f84d not a rival.’6e363eb466afccb1
A sliver of suspicion crept a76612630d up, but Yang-hwi shook his 71f1975c16 head to dismiss it. Thinking like this might actually 29e5dddfb8 make things flow according to c309c8728e the original story.05548f68ce8bfbaf
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Instead of these thoughts, he cc713df9ab started thinking about how to 70e9ae8815 live from now on.24fc3a5c97c4b099
‘Still, to avoid being swayed by Cha Jin-geon, it seems best to keep some distance from him for now.’70647fa4ee395cec
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