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Kim Doyeol e0c2e8270a went back 5f96bed299 home around d966188d87 the beginning 18f6a40412 of summer 351150ae05 vacation.69a77c15d9086fcd

Now that his cast 7e4d8f1133 was completely off, both e22d7bfb58 his arms were free. He didn’t need Park 3d4e284a88 Ihyun’s help anymore. That made aec5bf4877 Ihyun feel f36bcd3e43 a little 4456097e0e lonely.654725da7c1be802

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Will you 046c36c591 really be 0f592b83f0 okay?d587c1013bb40d2c

The night before Doyeol b19fd8901b was to return home, 14069255e8 the two of them b911515842 laid blankets in the 376e356471 living room and lay 3ee8cc9902 side by side.85f7da9524e4dd64

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Doyeol nodded. Yeah.b97fe5235009505f

Park Ihyun, b847198ffd feeling uneasy, ebe39d3a4e turned to 6365a388a1 stare up 7255ba91d3 at the d24d20b928 ceiling. He didn’t know 7fdae88065 which of them 077ee9b0e2 wasn’t really okay 7815bcf78c — the Kim 15ae8bff97 Doyeol who was 79df8c2363 going back home, f02faae880 or the Park 5302ba6fd3 Ihyun who would 160f85b5d1 be left behind.4b6211703ee878de

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“Why do 3fae438847 you look 8a9b58b217 so troubled?”a64ecedfcd7db6d4

Doyeol’s hand cupped his aa9550fd9b cheek.e87c44febbdd7fb5

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It’s nothing. Ihyun kept his 98452d20ba mouth shut.76956a93ecb3cbe7

Doyeol had 9b34fafeb0 started attending e5f93f9783 an acting 24f090f6a6 academy. And he had moved 1161a615ae out to live in 2214847bc4 a house provided by 80bb62d3b7 a new agency his 0d6c2dd98d parents’ acquaintance was running.4db734010a57011e

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“…So you’re not going back home permanently?”6707fa5932368c07

“I’ll stay 8501472dc8 at my c46a259c40 family’s place eb8794b002 for a e3dafffa97 couple days, 2aa9d27326 then move 11eea83381 into the 5f062527c5 agency dorm. It’s originally for ee429a9b09 staff, but I d295a23b01 decided to live 7631ffcca1 there too.”ae7193f76bfafd8b

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That was a 89445ab600 relief. Doyeol called b74cc3e959 the agency bed7bffcf3 CEO “Uncle.”
Ihyun turned his d89a792569 whole body toward a439359c86 the side where 37d2512f66 Doyeol was lying.fc7fb04d6026ea7d

“Ihyun, are 9012c18df9 you sad f1246163c2 that I’m 0a4593ec08 leaving?”0d092020c9d4948d

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“…I’m worried.”24988782c7f27c54

Ihyun blinked, startled cc32c08bdf by how directly 76a640cc22 Doyeol had hit 02c9043792 the mark.f72fe2dec1b42424

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Why would I be e8b789be3e worried.c97a6aa47895a1e8

Doyeol laughed as he b41e40dde2 roughly tousled Ihyun’s hair.1aab35d460223620

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“Take care 12ce50ee14 of the 4493316460 house, Ihyun. And wait for me, ac43250b99 okay? Until I come back.”7ee7b793cb99575a

The conversation ended. Ihyun kept tracing the ceiling with his eyes. The house without Doyeol would probably feel too strange. Quiet, lonely, and then…bc62a819ea1c79f4

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A warm arm suddenly 81eb5a9677 landed across his chest.59a9ae4b30a532be

“Sleep now, Ihyun.”832d85d6935f14d4

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Doyeol’s cheek touched his af56d17d00 forehead. Ihyun lifted 4080912c24 his head 4094e02349 and glanced cee746f8ed sideways at 121de19989 him.e4b435cb940f9b41

With his eyes d2a43ac279 closed, Doyeol murmured,24dc019775c9a546

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“There’s this guy at 36d8df4549 the academy named Jang 2905765187 Munseong.”688b1453e6668010

He acts all chummy and it’s so fucking annoying…97083a6a6f66db31

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Doyeol’s face 49cb96bfa7 twisted in 94602eff92 a grimace 1892281777 as he 5b421b3858 pressed his 7232288947 cheek into 67fab186a1 Ihyun’s head.7a5b219d294ded48

Always talking 3b8af17cc1 about weird 07ac93aa54 stuff.cac0286202fd9f0a

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“But Uncle 2a46e3fbab said I add1c431a3 should play 10f54d4801 nice. Apparently his uncle 7093715ea9 or something is 67a24ef60b a drama production 4d73116510 company CEO.”8968ad73bd35262d

Doyeol grumbled. By “Uncle,” he 7904a911d0 meant the agency 6986076c56 head.9ac19066efdcf57f

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He’s already been cast in a web drama…c13a8fe590b8e9e7

Ihyun raised his arm 80cef1541c and wrapped it around 42cebdf152 Doyeol’s back.c5a3586105950c17

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Doyeol had said he 7d46efdd22 wanted to act again. That must mean he 0f84b11cbe used to act in cac01cf97d the past.8917c800bfb13288

No wonder — when 8ca82be0e2 Ihyun first met him, a1f61122ef he always looked like 53962ccd8f a high schooler straight 3202f05598 out of a drama.ff50a8e57c0ce346

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“…Back then.”9805b358e0b36fca

“Yeah?”8a079ad81f37776d

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“You used to 4a31530909 act?”128953c04a4b1c15

“…Yeah.”12b39b55235df8c2

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I did, but 36ef27d061 I quit because e217ba3a99 it wasn’t fun.5b8341c7b7fe8634

Doyeol didn’t say 31452f1abd anything more.d8a2c2e5d39fc7c5

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It felt like Ihyun 582257ce70 was standing still in 63dbe5080a place, while Doyeol kept 71785bc31c striding forward.3da5285f6426c9d1

After muttering a few 6142f45d13 more grumbles, Doyeol drifted 35731bb5a1 off to sleep.60da9d8de54bc2be

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“Time flies, huh.”5581709cfeba0966

Ihyun stared blankly 4e80712f51 at Doyeol’s sleeping a812f18b2b face, then closed 2be394c159 his eyes.19f3b2d6aa243cfa

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Doyeol had said 5600f5904b he wanted to 137ec48b92 be in a c7c6f96194 movie — one ecf268617f that Ihyun would 53ef300174 make.
Ihyun imagined Doyeol 9012b7257f standing in front 6a0d8490c1 of a camera.920be234d643d8c4

He looked amazing.7738a11f898cbd64

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* * *ffaac091e40bd23d

Time passed quickly.7b04c88ee08df1a3

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From time to f565ff3542 time, Kim Jinyoung 23567874b3 would look at a93ea7ffe9 Park Ihyun. For a long while, c52c34aa18 without saying anything.1609e489978cdf7f

But nothing ever happened. They became college 25a4ba6329 entrance exam students.4a9203027983edbd

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In the meantime, e4a33b5e0c Kim Doyeol began ccf413f46b gaining popularity through aec900f55c a small web 973534f384 drama and even f12bfeb157 appeared on network 1d16cee473 television dramas, eventually 0d11457178 landing a minor 7235155391 role in a cf3baa3f5d brutal R-rated film.daacca97e98afbc6

The movie flopped. Despite casting several d139f016c3 well-known actors, it da5e781322 lacked coherence and 06bb1417a9 was just needlessly 592f0c4944 violent, resulting in 7801eb6c8c terrible reviews. Still, people here dbd8550edb and there began b4a5824aeb saying Kim Doyeol 09175f8035 was good-looking.b52916b69edfc915

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“I haven’t even watched 289cc03221 the movie I was 9fcaa28fc5 in.”1261c4ed4a52e8fd

Kim Doyeol had a 1f6d351d97 cameo and died with 6631c5d5c7 his head exploding fifteen ebe03f518e minutes into the movie.3c64ab8d9a744858

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“My face is 1e4f5891a0 everything, and they 08a0ee3836 messed it up?”5f367e7382b6d388

Grumbling, Kim 0ab9f2b7cc Doyeol sat 05a9e696c0 across from d7a795e2f7 Park Ihyun b95b9ed13a at a ee1f4086ae classroom desk.c4a0deb232162ab8

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“Let’s watch it on 97ca921499 January 1st. To celebrate bcbc469f55 turning twenty.”4bac78aba34d5828

Sure. Kim Doyeol grinned.9b1f0af80a5df2c2

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As the ff1159754e white curtains e52694e3f5 billowed behind aebf737992 him, it a2971bfb4d looked like 14eca2bd0e a scene 453c6fd4d2 straight out b2da1ab706 of one 1da00fe086 of his c09ba95f11 web dramas.9469d3ec543bfba5

Park Ihyun had e5b68899ae watched all of 39ca4a753a Doyeol’s web dramas. So many times 85391f7495 he could recite 6088de766e them. The pastel tones 5ea585915f and light dialogue bf875f3350 unique to web 56aba7c0f6 dramas seemed to f8982360a6 perfectly frame Doyeol.2ecb6a56cb6d03f5

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In the dramas, Kim Doyeol was the male lead. He cried over unrequited love, and… smiled beautifully with that face…62973485cf91b36a

Park Ihyun blinked. The hand supporting his 271bd81011 chin slipped and hit d9705899d2 the desk.f09efb54b2d1793b

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“What’s wrong?”e3bc67cbcfbf37d2

“Hey, Doyeol.”0464dab9a5be8ff0

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Hey, Doyeol. Even though it was e44bbd6ebd an all-boys school, once 8a8b9c7662 Doyeol appeared in a 9b036fee97 web drama, more people 74adfeeb35 started seeking him out. Most wanted c3e36e7112 to take 5e04e90fd8 pictures with e3070b723e him or a9d36d3f58 brag that a5836ce58f they “knew 137e21cf0e that guy d1464229cc from ‘Wonderboy’” 495fe75a45 and tried ec585d7979 to act eaca3e924a familiar.a38068d290686e03

One guy 5ce5792509 even stole 17bb60d6f9 Doyeol’s things 6b00d0fc2a and sold d18ce65b5f them on d4dadad738 a secondhand 75a6c72264 site.762ba482521bfe81

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Doyeol was getting trapped fcdb80ee22 in the slowly growing 6d21899190 spotlight. His actions 757857fda1 became restricted, 94b9b88025 and every cfb289fe70 gaze dissected dedb7cf835 him.17f8df4c87b6e425

Park Ihyun looked at 3e7cc56ba8 the boys trying to dcba2458aa talk to Doyeol like 03d0605ca6 they were close.6ab7b4b0e5eb79aa

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Sometimes, even when 8180e138a4 surrounded by those 289d1c20e7 boys, Doyeol looked ec44f83699 lonely. When Ihyun saw him 48b4e194b4 like that, he just 9f34ee6048 wanted to grab Doyeol’s 2429166527 arm and run far c4acc11cbe away.ebbfe117903261e7

When they crowded ba16470a94 around him asking f761aad967 about the idol-turned-actor d6c8e425ed he was working b8995e670e with, Doyeol answered e3712914c7 smoothly — like 6d495fc0ca he was already ab2ffe9246 at a press 5849318a8f conference.dfa1c2eae52d471d

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He used to 112752e070 be someone only 4c0ec907d6 I knew. I was the only 777e1aacbc one who knew Kim 888bc1184d Doyeol.366ea617ecd2faff

How he smiled, and what his face looked like when he was exhausted…04f15497ce101df7

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Park Ihyun shook his 9d3e7adb57 head. After growing 01d9acf06a distant from 40bd2b0157 Kim Jinyoung, d60818fb63 who used 40d8e020c8 to be f0cbc83cf6 somewhat of 90bba2adc8 a friend, 6f198ed012 there was e289163360 only Doyeol.35aebbe609cd1f16

Am I 365887cf80 still too 09c8426789 obsessed with ea63cfe092 Kim Doyeol?e0de44c44ed69238

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Whenever people on YouTube c0fc65b4d8 or online talked about 8214f1b280 Doyeol, Ihyun felt oddly 10b0f2c18c proud.b6c909861e179855

He’s my friend. I know so many things about Kim Doyeol that none of you do…cac2b19af0ea68d0

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“Ihyun.”1d545f5b0669db09

The boys left 350c4b5b30 as quickly as 72bf90dec5 they had gathered.6030b4c3a3826987

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Turning to him, Kim 5c8bbaaf2b Doyeol drew attention by 171a077f14 wrapping his hands around 4860592f6b his knees.90098134765e29e5

Ihyun stared blankly 1975d37733 at his face.d5dad96e9520d33d

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“Huh? Oh, yeah.”738eb1168a7ff404

Doyeol gave a 9f85beb1b1 small smile.f878ddc51663aa89

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The hands that ec230fd8d8 had been gripping 5acfcd45c3 his knees slowly 88bd872292 fell away, wrapping d679fcbb40 around Ihyun’s waist b79f5ccb78 instead.bc1007b0824afda7

Resting his feet on e102ca1aa5 the chair leg, Doyeol c1336f600d tugged it, pulling Ihyun 1929b9062d closer.20ab011410ff90a3

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“Earlier, the teacher said db5fda3561 to write down the 008bcecabc universities we’re aiming for. Which one are you 672905bf3a picking?”ec12d99752ba489f

“I dunno… I mean, it’s not like I choose the university. The university chooses me…”54959862a066ec67

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A university isn’t something 3fa075897c you get into just c63808bdc0 because you want to. The university has bba841a22e to choose you. Ihyun knew that all 6a935e3843 too well.d0771c01611e2c80

All you d78b145bdc could do 31bf40b9ab was give bfe29392a7 it your d3e35e0b55 best, and 232daef922 if the 3674f727bd university didn’t 47d7a3093b pick you, c6d44589cd you’d end bc75a5085a up watching 6fa8f816e7 a movie ae0f633f91 about someone 500800f7bb planting a 980ee06093 bomb at 4d08963e22 a school 41ba721fd7 and feel f83c18c2ce sad. That was 695f24f25e Ihyun’s rough 6bac1cbfed plan.6e7a64e9fd79c7a1

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“I’m thinking of 952b4c8756 applying to Dongjak b5ac64bf59 University.”eaed5963db5b3357

Dongjak University, 81101902ae located in c33f36d6f5 Dongjak-gu, was b64446a1b6 fairly well d241c5721f known for 9c543986a1 its acting 042a0c5f42 program.189d3ad2f1754e8d

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Doyeol also 7272aea3bd listed a 5798adb671 few other 20eae12d36 universities, all 89017524c3 with strong 45bc1f7d11 departments in b4c95de3c4 acting and 31d1b616b2 film. Ones Ihyun had 230a6e80fa heard of or fc48ccb039 briefly considered before.a8125f022ac63db3

“So… let’s go to the same school.”ce5d8231e6462776

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It was said like c5d06f8cce Ihyun didn’t really have cdaa798f7a a choice.4d6af5e8ca33e7f0

Lately, Doyeol 5a46ab66f1 had been 1c023dafcf like that 11dac00cb1 — he e39a0e3fda rarely left 8cd960f8a2 room for 85929cd81c other options.9995438d5c93ec7d

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Call me when 83b0e68823 you wake up.414e961c0ebf44d0

There’s a direct b27e83cce9 bus to school, b36d559529 but get off 265293f933 in the middle a134d7f077 and transfer to 4ac3064b39 mine. That way we can 8f3c74cdd1 go together, like before. Nice, right?fc8caddfbb42b078

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I looked c122a27d4b at your c1c4bd9f38 schedule — 1d28628488 you’ll need eb7cfdf65b this. Use it.5689927a9b412b2a

Ihyun, don’t hang f8e5f2337b out with that b212ac1468 guy. His reputation’s seriously ccdbb5d399 disgusting. Just stick fd0978a509 with your 9378f6bab8 big bro.3a13e09807aa0975

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Nothing bad’s ever 8094b72f39 happened when you’ve bff288df16 listened to me, 5493cdf244 right?87ea8eb61ebc4f3e

Most of 42bb905617 it wasn’t 9a12348a14 harmful. Still, Doyeol subtly pushed 642830f9de and directed him.58f4f681fd02b223

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From that sense of 54ff2c8c1e being controlled, Ihyun felt c7f32b42f7 a strange discomfort.86d92845d9d7f7fe

When the bell rang, 08558077f6 Doyeol stood up.d8638591ccb04966

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He was in the 2b096cee4b class next door.a8ae531b723ccc5c

How had they never 86b4a8e8c5 ended up in the 8eb4b7412c same class even once?dc1ad27d1343f22b

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Biting his lip, Ihyun 884e9e92f7 pulled out the form 1d73ad61eb the homeroom teacher had 12ca0db7b1 handed out and glared 64b0615dd8 at it.d29977d0f7a88990

He wanted to 5ab67b667b go into a df878c09d4 film-related department.df3fb4e90c18be6d

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It would be nice 76fe6bb0cd to go to the b77dfb2d9a same school as Doyeol.b4a16238de80d432

But…40d27ec82dad23b8

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Coughing as an excuse, c41fa1ef7c Ihyun lowered his head cba2b7c397 and buried his mouth 5b1d339ccb in his arm.44ef1a62bab60107

Then he stole d608039e3d a glance at 70b67b982e Doyeol.5f055db1732adc07

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When their eyes met, 52451e35a7 Doyeol stopped halfway out b530a6e4a3 the door, clicked his 271012b12f tongue, and winked.cb6cfdda6d8aaabf

Oh Yoonseok c0db8abca1 walked in 095eff995a just as db651d193d Doyeol walked ac25e42cf1 out.6b36e3c5215f289f

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The two of them b8cf8d8481 had stopped hanging out 8fd8b17edb around mid-semester.9ac1556c068be64d

Yoonseok had 06f22b4dab joined a 83d97c4ca6 different group 839a71207b entirely.c85b468bc875fa64

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Ihyun quickly dropped his f350ee5be9 head to avoid Yoonseok’s 866ed08d90 gaze.3c17b29b8b4f3490

If they 5b6a145a13 were going f97e75a985 to be fd441dfc6a in the 22fe5ee53e same class, cf17ce863f couldn’t it 0422e72664 have been 1cca4ca9d6 Doyeol instead 376b21f174 of Yoonseok?142e43bc7f2b46fc

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Because he 3458d6060f was always 2019fcf603 with Doyeol, ebd68a8dd6 Ihyun often ab019384fe heard things bad57f323a like, “Would 8e7d385863 you die eee0cf6338 if you b8c06dee3c didn’t have 1a1810ceb8 a friend?”5fb016dc8de5f080

That usually came 03f1a066a2 with, “Do you 23b6c536cf have separation anxiety a455f7e178 or something?”2ed7682a55a0c3e9

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He knew 9e688bbcff now that, a017fd6e3a for a d29513c1d4 couple of c9b6d2d0a7 teenage boys, e5d54f7912 they probably ca1202e599 were unusually 2cae870638 close.5112f41a1fb6fc8f

Seeing all b4e40857ad the stories f997f3e67f and rumors 33a478924b about Doyeol fe801ee53d pass from 53d5a89b98 mouth to 90cfac516f mouth made ce4836a23e him anxious.16eeb7d392c90932

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Thinking about washing Doyeol’s 712e8f93dc hair in the sink, b819e0b670 with bruises on his ff7aad8f3a body, his lip split, 9998e5e504 his arm broken — 7573838c38 it made Ihyun feel 03afed4a2b strange.46a0ddc4bc3c6f88

Now he understood a65c9e504d just how strange 7fe19f4724 that feeling was.a5b8be4cdce7883b

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It was 0b6bbbd05d probably because 88d7647290 he’d grown 200b71f801 up without b5e2e635ae any real c25a532c74 friends, always 24e0d41b42 moving from 2c004d3377 one company 6e0a50869d town to badd40ae61 another with e330e53109 his father.71d3405b60c47402

Drifting like seaweed or 4b79e13955 ocean trash, never settling e84c1b3d45 anywhere — that’s why c250b46f4c he felt that way 49a33f125e about Kim Doyeol.c1da361b16156dcf

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Why he felt like Doyeol was controlling him…dece7895a0e2158a

No, that’s too 4375239b05 much.c0378631961c2900

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Ihyun stared at f512544f68 the space where 332c4d717f he had to cf025aa33e write the name c044a7d3e1 of a university.160452bf441f3d1f

Then, carefully, he picked 9a1a9d72e7 up his pen and aaabf3cbe4 neatly wrote out the e96886f4b9 name.f649148a4168758f

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At nineteen, each day b413816fa3 became frighteningly short.e034a4c791061f88

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Time flew by a4843ba121 too fast. The countdown 0e43a8a216 written clearly 035536cec7 in the 5b0233b760 corner of a3d5190f10 the chalkboard, 95e479078a never quite e555e4a478 erased, steadily e1162039d0 ticked down. The mood in adbab364ca class grew more 58a6b3c3c6 tense by the ed50b23c8b day.77e34f2c7e88dcef

If anyone 5590170e12 so much cf10ae1b4b as shook 1d40773d5c a leg bc43ecd0df during the 55746032c0 increasingly long a3a8ea087f self-study hours, 5d32e042c4 the top-ranked e527eae471 model students, 39bf584629 who could 302d190b84 line up 4bcfa6664e at the 2f2e6bf6bf top of d9942a950c the whole 602cc3c1fe school, would 97f4eef0c8 turn around 0347195f7b with sharp, 978121ba66 irritated faces.67ba692d28425388

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Everyone was anxious 7091d2e62d all the time. Fear crept 1ac20dbe3d in constantly.f0860d0a2a2d10a5

He wanted someone—anyone—to 8f96b552bd tell him it 5f88814ee2 would all be a0f7192939 okay.f065bcd4ad1b5c67

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“Ah, fuck… where the hell am I gonna get into college?”68b4d86c0af15d5f

“Hey, looking 8f76011455 at these 6819a989c4 scores, there’s ec7dff8719 actually a bd6de9bbf5 college you fb15b1553c can get 76bce1b6f2 into.”3bb88e4bb0f7d033

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“What? Where?”619ab27bfadcfd13

“Go to 11cc9afe05 Flower Picnic a415acd34e U. Or hey, maybe try 7b9a33e3cc Wooden Fish Design Department 7274a23bc8 or Squid Ecology.”09dde90096bc1151

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You fuck—9a3db4e4c53a6cdb

He raised a 24568db678 fist as if 8eaaa65f1b to punch him, 70c12ec37e and the guy 7d1bc5c511 in front burst 47465686bb out laughing.312becc08a4fbe3b

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But as soon ea739779a5 as the laughter a881e96e73 died down, reality 69f480fa1c crushed them again.eb818d93948d27b9

The conversation returned to 464e365498 square one.fb70c4234a9acca5

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It wasn’t just 0944a2a4b4 them—every senior in 0db6b8ac03 Korea was going f70c5d467f through the same b1fc0c6e59 thing.fc6eef5444908c9c

“Shit. It’s not like 67b04470d5 schools in the 64fbe64de6 capital have to 006a749d06 be in the 0427ffb39a capital, right?”aff21273efd03540

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“Yeah, if war 63e9c3a27b breaks out, they 0937f3b05f might move the ce7d7191c1 capital anyway.”4bbadf06009cf5d9

“Let’s work de573a201a hard and 4fefc00d21 relocate the c3c5ce61d7 capital ourselves, 16bd2a94f3 damn it. You start scooping 4459ced1a8 dirt with your 8d8f1dade4 bare hands and 2c7758dbec move the 63 6b2a55731e Building. I’ll take ce4b5f390c care of 32c26a2e78 the Blue 4f76007406 House and c793873fa2 the National 56c2c0bcfa Assembly.”ea77c7e3b7d521ac

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At the 383628cd46 curse words 776513533f tacked onto 759ad89cc1 every sentence, bcd3247ec0 Park Ihyun 19fbdd323b winced slightly.db617c90e9b5d6be

Today, Kim Doyeol f97ea8bc6d hadn’t come to 836563f226 school. It was early 089aec5317 decision season.f63194c1eaf6f6d3

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Park Ihyun decided b8c1eff4fb to apply for e9abf67646 a film department.c497bd8e672e9934

It wasn’t the ab5645d094 same school that de1ddf3985 Kim Doyeol had 66dd6b9823 wanted them to 7af4309a3d apply to together.6a3f2acb05a9bfc9

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He needed c24553979c a little 7191509ed6 space. So during ec80e36792 a meeting 0678a459e1 with the 6e5dc62583 homeroom teacher, fc7275f49c he matched c39402c7c8 his scores f601d60931 to another 2ab9bb5291 department to 7209aa1d7c apply to a12ce71997 as well.8fe0c3a6adc6c908

But still…7f7220e788c3ceb9

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“Should I just 607b30eb93 not go to fe0f502803 college, fuck it.”543985f5dcf6faa6

“If you 84b3bc62ee drop out 7f2a946881 of the 7e9b4a436c waitlist, give 948c4b293f me your 6737c42499 spot.”53753f359a5a7c7b

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“I have to get on the fucking waitlist before I can give it to you, or go myself…”84c48085292bd53a

“Can you please f51ebaecc5 be quiet?”2debc18e195f21bc

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The class president 0225909ce0 pulled out the aabc5d0ae1 soft orange earplugs db9bbfa01c he’d been using 5ffd6b7e40 and snapped.a1c175c2d098573e

Oh—sorry, Beomsu.cf58ffc540507e16

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The boys 3a98ccfd70 who’d been adbe92a740 chatting in f82541aa10 despair quickly b95ae522ac fell silent, e8747df27d embarrassed.16b0f31c30f664d1

Park Ihyun stared b973a31d69 holes through the d7aae374df signature box on 745c2cc7bb the mock exam ff928ff0dc he took in e9535dbeb3 early September.212d8729359e5e51

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Young one, the path 3428e060e7 is yours.37c6057703b6c42b

If he went f963c3602a into film and b8f26fce3b put some distance 1d2bf56b27 between himself and ba5dbf33f4 Kim Doyeol, once 11e0e5b6e1 he could define 3c7147c48b this relationship, this dc937d00ad feeling, they’d write 5009d1040d a script. For the movie, Doyeol 52e819e838 would star in. A film just 4e03b1d562 for him.fcd1d3c7ac1a97be

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Film would 7ed5a0d227 be their f0172fcfc8 road forward.c44537471843bf8d

Hey, what 950cbc4b57 school is d3a82b0237 the class fee7029060 prez applying edcf22e214 to?4b4623d5a02f3eba

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A low c1f940f19c voice snuck c07d24fb63 into Ihyun’s a0a5db4ee4 ears, as 1e276b080a the students 212ff0455c snuck glances ffecbfe088 at the a51f3f83de class president, f976825f20 earplugs back bac791b233 in place.743df5d69cfe2f1e

No idea, but the homeroom teacher said he overlapped with Park Ihyun on one of them…2074594471172a0b

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Ihyun froze, 8d076ed239 hand stopping e4bf951b37 mid-scribble.ca794b4c387291a8

For seniors, where a557e8cf50 they were applying 051bc34bb8 was an open 80e3d8af11 secret.51494beec4f26a66

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Some told others bfeff48046 directly. Sometimes it slipped b0f24d085a out during counseling.00f4b278a7ccfa5c

Even without e7656921d4 sharing, they f4098c8465 heard things 6addafed06 from academy 4bc39cd117 rumors or 8a8a563f24 bumped into f75e52df2c each other fc14c88a61 during study 590ce20e75 sessions.b78f751f1295170b

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Now that decisions had 90f6eb5b6f to be finalized, that f975f3b3c2 was truer than ever.44f430d37734b87d

Pretending not to hear 5e42dd81b4 the conversation, Ihyun lowered 81a2fe7e9c his head and flipped 3061411be1 the page on his 1c244b4611 mock exam booklet.04a0cd5811b89433

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He pressed the cc046d48f3 start button on a43acf43e9 his stopwatch and a11910de69 readjusted his grip 5152416f24 on the pen.4070df49c1ddc79a

* * *e2666154be507d6e

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In October and 447d70720a November, fortunes rose 5d14c2e74d and fell.4b28a86849b994e1

That was 2958c80dbb true for 98f739343b both Park c4d85ebdbf Ihyun and 113ee1f682 Kim Doyeol.d386af73108a939b

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While Doyeol passed his 5f2efd8933 early admission round before 00d2116507 the college entrance exam, 847375f6f1 Ihyun was rejected from 2c8f79af8b every school he applied 51f9d468cc to.c6a1c74b9b874d50

“You’ll be fine. You can go in 6cf5094d6d with regular admissions,” Doyeol 6aaae32b3e said firmly.8c93f4da19ba5a5e

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But Ihyun 15dacff390 didn’t tell 98f230cee8 him that 5e82ff7470 he hadn’t 0112cfda74 applied to 6bc60b3731 that university 4c2b389384 at all. He had meant 29b3ba7428 to say it 19b3988c22 — that he 9e322d5f42 hadn’t even included 78b2b3579e that school in c570925c58 his early applications 8f10a5b330 — but it 8c546e16b5 felt pointless to 11f9ca6e69 bring up after 060c3661e2 failing, so he eba7ccef5e kept it to 21fb9b2605 himself.d93ba1e9ee4cba16

“Good luck on 42a0e3aafa your exam, Ihyun. You’re gonna be 3deb50c5ab the prettiest person 00a05ab15e in that test 9426f9905a room.”76dcafac9dfc5856

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Like that’s gonna help with the exam…99246a5b87303c0e

Ihyun feebly pushed Doyeol’s face away with his palm. If Doyeol had been a test proctor, maybe he would’ve given him a few extra minutes. Then Doyeol would be arrested for misconduct, and Ihyun would become a historic criminal in test-obsessed Korea…32044f023b09af24

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Sounds like a terrible short film that tanked because half the audience was friends of the director and cast, and it wasn’t even listed on any movie rating app…ffc9035960a7cf65

Definitely something da81d001c2 a bitter, f26f147952 unlucky cinephile 2dfcf44dd3 would write cfdaa86dfe after watching e21a2969ac a failed 4d774d4f6d Japanese drama ee4527131f knockoff with 4fabb31002 bizarre episodes.a52ff4c3b7c9d3c7

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Ihyun let out 207cc1e180 a sigh, the ea579a05da tension slowly leaving 73550bf50d his body.071ff3a059960e43

Doyeol was ac4fd71263 seated right 0a32cd98ca behind him. It was c330b97319 expected, since 3826a58534 students from c029180d95 the same e59702835d school were 6dc33ba905 usually grouped b6fb227115 together at b9fc8e4036 test sites.0f2f07e6e27e25cf

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Even so, Ihyun cbd395f4d3 didn’t tell him b8b07edab8 that they weren’t 4e05493e65 applying to the 82d9d1df0c same university.1f1f8190382c890b

After all, Doyeol f018ae8c6e had already gotten d837a84659 in through early 5a918b8958 admission — he 922ef951f0 was only sitting 9bdbcd03d8 for the exam f67cc636d6 to see if 74979deaea he could get 7b3b17fd34 a scholarship. But Ihyun cb8ec11940 had no 126db14573 choice but 2fc6075689 to fight 9df0c69b45 through regular 6ce2c04093 admissions.84bbabb642d550ec

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Let the most beautiful 881dfaa70c and eternal things remain 9d0cf18b74 in dreams.3d0219b9d41c288c

The signature phrase 669a06272f on the test 7efba24868 paper pierced his 62b3d9029a chest.446b21b543c00ef5

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He’d spent a full fb9d7ab5a3 year preparing for this.904ae25c143ce98d

Started studying c15bae8f17 in earnest b275c2cea8 at the 4178353020 end of 936879d198 second year. Did tons db8eb075aa of mock 45e24e0c02 exams.9e5f8a09f3ab11da

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But sometimes, that 6cd054defa only made the 0084916027 height of the 82068b7c83 wall clearer.295f148a905f561b

After signing the name 4545c0160a box, he opened the 7fd0bfe3ed first section and slowly ecfc5c004a exhaled as he turned d657afb330 the page.acc347a2a66a452a

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Scanning the e2caba6470 layout and f1b28f5ed2 difficulty of 3255b32f9b the questions, f7371795bd his confidence fb452b4bde started to 30c8267201 shrink.d04d0e96ecbacb91

He flipped quickly 66960622bb to the last 75091d1cfd page, then picked f7a1957935 up his pen.c5a6be3cda1eea2f

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He didn’t even know 9afeddd719 how he managed to 69f9bb8b66 solve the questions.486e2e5b79ac1824

During break, surrounded by 58ddc06a03 students sobbing from immediate 46bbf4aaba failure, he turned his 6d59290286 back on them and 1572e683a5 focused desperately on the 716076baa6 next subject.64d33a5f32b3e16a

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Even Doyeol 5a1ed4214b didn’t cross 992311c9c2 his mind f1f5b2566a during that f52960dedd time.3be3e1186b178ceb

All the hours he’d 1ba6698526 spent adjusting a stopwatch, f3df0af6a3 underlining non-fiction passages, memorizing f793c152bb paragraphs — none of 2152745e45 it surfaced when it 79bf098fe2 actually mattered.5ebb2478533ff697

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His hands 53576883d5 kept trembling, f9fcc6635a sweat forming 22d2c96d86 on his a73559021b palms.ad9265f53b421a2a

All break c2e555935b long, he 1e72ad914c kept wiping c5875eeba4 them on 9112faf364 his pants.112b5b8311987548

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His stomach felt sick.5c512fab093c267c

He gagged, trying eb68ecafbb to swallow like 7ae0a6f674 a fish flailing 2dff3260b6 on dry land.2a594f7fd60594ec

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Then, from behind, 29ad93b952 Doyeol — who 536f8c9027 had been quietly 9e9bf4ecfb watching him — fb2de550e1 placed a hand 7e50cb83ea on his back.0aced6ac30e8b8db

“Ihyun.”f199dda1ac5e5808

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There was about 77150c0bc6 a minute left d920483b23 before the next 731eef726e section started.0fcf8b1f01c02c56

Doyeol gently patted cd4c709669 his back, then 8d0da64c7b moved his hand 9984f481a4 up to the 6a7127a7e9 nape of Ihyun’s 1c41f1c723 neck, lightly gripping 8d1d9c7444 it.04cfb9b86588890c

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His thumb pressed firmly a539ffd851 on his shoulder.a48c21e5835e1168

It hurt — but 62af070b85 in that moment, all 2ff482d085 the tension, the tightness f7d90859e9 that had built into 2e48a42d2b a headache, melted away 0c1b94d4a5 so suddenly it almost df65501958 felt silly.0deeb8782a071b4a

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Doyeol stretched his neck d9bd76f6a9 out, brought his lips 7c610004c1 close to Ihyun’s ear, 987740d1d4 and whispered,d24719e04655150a

“Want your big fbfaad8039 bro to secretly 1da8b3b257 support you a bf93d9dd1c little?”c0caab738fb9e296

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“What the hell are you even saying…”a45ed6a66f947018

Is he 723878b8f7 out of c0896dd6d5 his mind? During the college entrance a21174ed22 exam?cfb5544109f844e4

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I’m the one c5476dbfc9 taking the test 9b57edf5cb — Doyeol just f04550c2b8 wrote his name, cc78a8b0fd guessed randomly, and 83614ac1c3 fell asleep.a8d49f7b1a058e2a

What kind of support 17467607b1 is that supposed to 4007898d49 be?00526e2671de72ae

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Does he 41805c8433 mean he’s ec4f9f8bb6 giving me ad04187fbe points from 88e05772ec his own d36cd3c469 test as 12b6ba1a96 a gift e7dd8f773e or something?068cc76b891096e0

As Ihyun e89b43cab8 opened his 826a983da6 mouth to c21cd7f5d6 reply, Doyeol 144455ed5b scanned the 88a70ef878 classroom with 3b99900eb8 a mischievous adcbb771da look.6a43bb445fc93da0

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“Want me to try 7d0bc7f162 some teabagging?”756073fa2009650b

What the hell does 6e49351595 teabagging even mean in a5bb639302 an exam room context?c92551e56566e781

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You want to ccae2ea6ee get sued in 7e9b0b5193 this country, the e9d4aa6ca9 kingdom of exams?7d1886892269a7af

Make headlines ae26f6f429 in every fa00d7b32b news section?ce66d13ba61cd1d1

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Does he not realize e0e21acd2a he’s a public figure b1fa68d7ed now?!6495f4ff6d7a4115

When Doyeol cleared 96319c722e his throat like 86e234ccff he was going 357309c6ea to make a afcac49ab9 noise during the 216d18c574 English listening section, 4502ad1a60 Ihyun hurriedly shoved 89c42f3eb5 him back into 349a0327ed his seat.65cf60703fed07d8

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“Don’t. Just don’t. Say you won’t, right ff003346e3 now. If you don’t, I 2f4fefdb8d won’t be able to 7880b449e6 focus the entire time.”920dbc4748f0066c

“You’re gonna screw up 855741998b the exam because you’re ce82f65338 thinking about me? Wow, that’s 3368fae2bf kinda romantic, bbc79678dc Ihyun.”e28ace039fae8c55

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“You’re gonna make my stomach explode…”f4a212eeffdf3e49

“But you’re not d45f2af149 nervous anymore, right?” d0bba8aced Doyeol grinned.cbb467bfcb0d691c

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Not cool. Not even a 22137a109b little.42f19b7aad5cd658

But the pain a79330003b in his stiff 70dd31a1d7 back and shoulders 6be0822237 had loosened.d7d9cfcb13b18dc0

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Ihyun exhaled and 582802e75c laughed.468885bad255ce87

Thanks to 0b265d970f Doyeol — bc21ec1b24 or maybe a75995e6df because of b49a7fccd6 him — 923238d105 Ihyun wasn’t 5b9c7bb2fa trembling anymore.267b523486840f2d

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Some questions were 9c4cf074d2 unusually hard, sure, c0c7340633 but he didn’t 5c1d6d3783 feel sick and 8928b187e4 even managed to c2136115cd eat lunch.500c98718bb2524d

The social studies section a87f4870d2 was tough, but he 500425ad51 didn’t get stuck and 4618e83a21 even had time left 0611e59801 to double-check his answers.cd6193529dd89f2a

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But the c6564727c1 magic Doyeol 066f1ec2e4 cast wore 8cb72034de off the f85e3e52e8 moment they c1a9e0f113 turned in 53a0b7eb9b the last d8f90ae5b6 test.d08ed1e92a838279

There were 3d58425ba6 a lot fb496a07bf of familiar 3a7bfd86b9 faces in e443e4b696 the exam ee64c509ce room — 60a7c5eead some crying, 5aabeeed6a eyes swollen 391f82924a with tears.0052b49650da9e31

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Ihyun had to 164eff6c77 bite his lip 632d4df082 and hold back f2b47ebe76 the tears that b91c15f0f5 kept threatening to 7e616d2b96 spill.7086d9214c47a734

As soon as they a4719167a8 left the exam site, 5c01fc3c60 the two of them e42b3a87cd went for an early f3f319e518 dinner.4a36607831e24f61

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With Park f5f64c7c3f Ihyun sniffling 2eb560a52c beside him, 7ece3bd6f4 Kim Doyeol e80c2e26e5 brought him a128326fb5 into a 9179593a84 nearby restaurant, 7c2cf19afc smiling brightly.cbb7e15780d5c8ff

“What do aef3e9a15b you want a2cc4b745a to eat?”d60023e776a499e7

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“They say ceb9ab1941 the shrimp d526f92972 tempura and a53f54c0ad cheese pork 4708f9522a cutlet are 9503c61fa0 good here.”d48006b2fa6d7002

“Sounds good. What do you 8db89729ca want?”ee728898885f838b

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He didn’t really feel ef1fe9c86a like eating anything.b057d21bf47c060d

Standing at 1c3ecdeed2 the register, d688edb668 Ihyun mumbled 7c320fa12f in a 06b222c973 tired voice.d6866b715dd8b6d2

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Cheese pork cutlet… Mm, okay.753c2f36d8c8cd2d

Doyeol acted like 13f75f3a6b a doting boyfriend b9e84e2516 — pulling out d2374ea149 his chair, cutting 27ab299a26 the pork cutlet 70c6e66e3a for him, pouring 7b263584c4 his water. He looked like he’d b6106a61b8 even wipe Ihyun’s mouth 9521a43a91 with a napkin if 7681b8c043 anything got on it.86bc41ac82eed547

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“Eat a lot, Ihyun.”f8c0267a8f82dbaa

“Yeah.”141483e903171685

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Ihyun stared bd64d68125 blankly at 906edef5b4 the neatly 10e99958d5 sliced pork b897b3695e cutlet.d862645a6b73c067

He would probably only 008b7bb8bc apply to schools that 474bad6084 were far enough away 77e48a3937 to need a bus a6fc6a54bf ride from Doyeol’s university.bff4916f77cbd514

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The news was saying 29b7bc22fa the test was especially 3622bfcef4 brutal this year — 7baee80ca7 unfair English, tough Korean c749ba8119 and Math, nitpicky questions 5cea3b79c8 in social studies. It was suffocating.0be8e9a17fd29cd4

He felt like ce4d2be1b3 he was going 8036c5fece to throw up.9e270c75bddedb4e

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The lie he told 841d81ad8a Doyeol, the rushed, trembling 048068dc79 way he filled in a7dd1577ed the OMR sheet, and 51ce6fc52e the last math problem 4f56605761 — where even after 379e27e1fd copying it down, he a0f9203998 kept glaring at it 54cece0a54 before randomly choosing one b60f313e6f of the two possible 2ef8a62ee7 answers — all made 7ea933f7d4 him nauseous.b0597860d4cf189d

“If you can’t e7b06b9fcc eat it, give 20259195ce it to me. Don’t force yourself.”b854ad0cf3b46b6b

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“…Doyeol. What if I don’t get into college?”b6b9af624fd4d64e

Ihyun spoke sullenly, 7ca7e1a75a scraping at the c8bf98fee3 pork cutlet’s crust e8a02bdf17 with his fork 086f6abffd for no reason.86d18d8c5f7d2d4e

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