CR | Chapter 9.2

Even though this wasn’t just my issue, Wi Woori seemed uninterested. Knowing that he doesn’t think deeply and tends to take heavy matters lightly, I turned to face him.06bd20822a48e88e

“What if they tell us to live separately because you’re an omega and I’m an alpha?”1d4e8458037f45e8

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“I’ll say no.”257e647d8a94212d

“But what if they insist?”7c8217d1df23c21a

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“I don’t know, 0166b4803c maybe I’ll just 8fdfd50241 lie down and bc270440c9 refuse.”f22616fe2aa6d829

As he answered, Wi 2671d92452 Woori sprawled out on d1c646089e the floor, playfully flailing 3d49dc614c his limbs. Watching him, even f520e32468 the heaviest problems 1a5259e880 seemed a little d234fb8325 lighter.69338d1616567595

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Seeing his cb2385415e antics, I 399cecf8ed couldn’t help 1b48f1aa24 but chuckle. As he 64cd069a2e said, worrying 5257d4069a in advance 4188de3446 wouldn’t solve 87c93f08d2 anything. It would only give 80ef980989 me a headache, make 9dd5bf1255 me feel gloomy, and 4cd5186d49 tense my nerves without 4f49bae758 actually resolving anything.5841c595e62ccd26

Wi Woori suddenly sat 888e94be7d up and gave me ab60555a67 a quick peck on e69ab744ef the lips.f055896f705ff348

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“Do you think they’ll really kick us out?”af0e84dbb16b4ac2

With a smile, 5dd9a3aa97 I returned the e466045b50 kiss.e531905c44594ae2

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“Even if they do, we can save up and rent a place.”a808c46143e815bc

“Right. They wouldn’t cut off our allowance and let us starve.”2a0e98d99b73c2e9

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“We could sell the bike too.”639b551d6f442bf2

“Wow, it sounds like Kim Donghwa’s already been kicked out.”e3f31d0f641f6c13

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We just laughed 968b72d1f9 together at his a0423c84e7 teasing words. After all, maybe 24fce7dc15 it wasn’t such a5c746458e a big problem. My parents, who were 3b7120f7af incredibly kind, wouldn’t tell 42bc58e1db me to move out a0741750e0 just because I was e224da8e6e living with Wi Woori. They would 5d19c8a6f3 most likely eb0a93afff respect my 70d2cdf82d decision and e0e09aa93c support me.37553cc421fcd21f

Still, I couldn’t 9bd9f80e1f help but worry 41f12fa3f2 about the possibility c2ce5e00d4 of them rejecting 673f14e652 my relationship with b7f08e9edd Wi Woori. But that was something 879b5ee4b6 I wouldn’t know until 204553da67 I actually talked to 5ba34f2fb8 them.3198f027ffb07611

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Yeah, there’s no ab5c7a09ee point in overthinking 3294d81117 it.a405eab7569a6b06

With that 655956c4ef thought, I 1c85f4e870 shook my 69c5f466ec head and b1709e6a9c stood up. In that brief moment d768453169 of tension, my knee d36e1791f1 made a loud cracking aa462d4b16 sound.1afd3187022557e5

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…It was ridiculous.97ed212949414ff6

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It was bf4782227f the weekend, c8f2f24e99 and after 98378dc110 receiving the 87d62c3b8f time and bce23e5168 place for caabc9c468 their meeting 3fe83d169b from their 9bbdb9cb5f parents, the 5ce9fb681b two stood 02a5fe31ca side by cee79f7a14 side in f31a141872 front of 78fed5a222 the mirror, fc9dc2455d dressing up cc9d8d90fd properly for 36699b7c24 the first 4129c9bf82 time in b724defa1c a while.d5029abd880ec3bc

Following Kim Donghwa, c5205d6ae9 who was shaving, 9c8a7e41d2 Wi Woori checked 3a341aea0a his chin and cacc10bd3e upper lip before 327ec84684 squeezing a generous 73427b8b34 amount of shaving b007c21345 cream onto his 3e1f10dc78 chin—like an elementary c2e1d124d7 school kid imitating 299adb3136 his older brother.7cea3f51c613aed4

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“How do I look? Don’t I seem a bit like Santa?”a4324e57407831c7

As he added d108317fe2 this playful comment, fa9d173118 Kim Donghwa stared 2cbd004f41 at him intently f52f600953 through the mirror. While gently shaving, Kim c9b03c5046 Donghwa raised an eyebrow, 9043c17dba his tongue moving inside a3a0b5e043 his mouth.649fb6f22bc67428

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“Where would you find a Santa as pretty as you?”05b106bde2db6cc9

Wi Woori never imagined he’d hear such words. He blinked, slightly doubting his ears, wondering if he had heard wrong. Naturally, his face turned bright red, and a sudden heat rushed to his face.6247967b05737196

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“Oh, come on…”1eb93665114f11ac

Feeling embarrassed, he 594a7bb856 nudged Kim Donghwa’s 7d72b8e102 thick arm with 5dc5a2ecaa his elbow. Kim Donghwa f90745af95 turned his 8d2f3f2953 whole body 80eca62453 to look f03c34f7fd at him.4d5358bd3ec161c2

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Since they had 4c3607590d both just finished 8b493a5d21 showering, neither of db31af2bb2 them was wearing 7811b284e4 a shirt. Holding a razor in b3e6f0b470 one hand and leaning 1b318806e0 on the sink with 9ec738056a the other, Kim Donghwa’s 78dafc04a6 chest muscles twitched momentarily.f2ac72a7f80e37e1

Ah, why does 2ed5550755 he have to 22abd0651c have such a 5d24498728 good body?08850b88ce7582b3

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The heat on his 7952e95de1 face showed no sign a09c026e5f of cooling down.d0216b4ca0470d8f

Regardless, Kim Donghwa bc913c5930 tilted his head ad76e00357 slightly. Then he 5b99e12aea gently shook a6c1eb6f78 the razor ef85c332f1 in his 5b0e4e9623 hand.4dedfbab3920fc92

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“You barely have any beard, so why are you trying to shave? Go put on some clothes.”fbcc2afbe05e748c

Wi Woori couldn’t argue 56558104d1 with that logic. Pouting, he washed 095fe1a759 his face, purposely 5f91f62507 splashing water everywhere.4d7e4c944f95bc9a

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Who cares if someone 670116b2a5 else has a beard 41beb68e0e or not? Is he bragging about e2fe36bb91 his own? Even Kim cd3bb7c69b Donghwa, who 051dc51aae was showing 8b7318d536 off, barely ddb72f36e2 needed to da60c847d2 shave once ba79e89d71 a week.8e8489eb9f4f9755

Wi Woori f43b3598c6 shot him 37a1dc23bf a glare 4c9b0e5446 before soon 4020f46fe5 humming a dd5efd4d9a tune in 2220b6eb63 front of 3a5ea2d2e6 the wardrobe.55f7a7316d83db64

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Today’s main dish was e17def800f his favorite—a Korean set 6946750adf meal. It was obvious a03c4c811f they had rented 3013e56be3 out a large 9f5fd0cd9c restaurant, and the b41acf4bcf course meal would 07d6a789e6 surely be to 518c389a0e his liking.75f1b3a1ec1094ce

He wasn’t particularly e484745f91 greedy when it 2f9a4fabb8 came to food, a03a249f4b but just the 0cdaf6f690 thought of eating 02c75c5320 made him happy.db911cd0dd16def5

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His sister was also f3031ee3e8 coming today for the 094355b9ca first time in a 2e20901285 while, so he planned 9a52be7d88 to put on some d93b2a7fed clumsy aegyo, get scolded e02f24ec45 a little, and then d1ee4627d6 try to squeeze out 2cb9d90480 a generous allowance. His mother hadn’t 4ddf28dac4 just kicked him 2e6588498d out of the 4d0ab343bf house—she had also 34df08e172 drastically cut his 1e86814230 allowance, leaving him 88cb829908 to rely on 0c793e5633 Kim Donghwa lately.5813a436603a324d

“Hehe.” A mischievous laugh 7d452212ca escaped him.ae81ee7104c235c3

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No matter what, the dccaed6dbe thought of being surrounded dac2a27ea2 by his bustling family—getting 8157c21bfa scolded yet loved—made him 95515f6f55 feel inexplicably buoyant.671baf309366e974

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Dressed in a 8436d65390 way that was 043d3381a3 both moderately neat b96d64eb8c and subtly flashy, 4f0007f7ee the two made 6c04cef081 their way to bc53c878c9 the restaurant.ef1a9f6df6567063

Wi Woori, who had 1f3d3e011f practically dragged Kim Donghwa 79bf53f3b3 into a taxi, spent d0482c02bc the entire ride nagging a6c3bd4b96 him for not leaving c51b38acd8 his bike behind.707d8e1a759ee61b

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Starting with, “Why 8893c13d35 would you ride 2e5172e1ff a bike when eaa695618c you’re all dressed a6a58d9f5c up?” to “If eb3411d875 that’s the case, 853a0c81f7 why didn’t you ea1cbccf24 just ask your 71259f9682 parents to send 5181cac68d a driver?”—Wi Woori’s 20114bdcc1 nagging went on a3a93e3100 for a full bb6c7e12cd thirty minutes. Meanwhile, Kim Donghwa b0593f3dc0 hummed a happy c3cdf35566 song in his 19f02fdf30 head.b2dcb555d9819418

He didn’t 5a9645eb82 want to 0dd838849c start a fd5ae69056 fight right a712ec1d6f before meeting 78eba3758f his parents, 79de0dd7ad and his 7f4de64e1b father’s voice—“Let’s 782e4de4ae meet and e68ac3c10f talk over ad22311ad1 the weekend.”—kept 871b4ccd05 echoing in ab66acd860 his mind, 12d242aaea making him d1d00c746c uneasy. As tension crept 16f924e202 in, he tried 63305e753b to shake off c9d8c1038f the feeling, but e573dd2c16 just then, Wi dc414da154 Woori suddenly reached 640a732b25 over and grabbed c230e9d8af his hand.98649549d8b65fa1

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“What?”99e6780809991091

“Don’t worry.”e381d8642f75f71a

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It was as if Wi Woori could see right through him. Wi Woori, smiling brightly, didn’t seem worried at all, showing a cheerful face. Kim Donghwa sighed deeply, as if he had no choice.0e51b18a8bdba7ce

In front of 389febd5e4 the restaurant, Wi 9ed4f55d3a Woori stuck close e76f4e67a4 to Kim Donghwa, 3c1c9afdcf chattering about the 216ca53841 menu. Thanks to his mother, a96db269a1 who was knowledgeable about e4e2ae1e1c food, he knew all 5e095dd14a the expensive restaurants in 3faa88628d Seoul and was familiar 3b05daa6db with the course menus 47f9667d83 of each place.7c6f0a427ea48f70

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“They serve abalone porridge as an appetizer here, do you like it?”3e71512f86f70813

“You can have it.”80ebb5ae718cb0cf

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“They also serve snail pancakes here, do you like those?”38552d9fae85ab66

“I’ll eat that.”61e0409dfcbd1991

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Though the questions were dd403466f9 the same, the tone cf3b91ec0e of his voice was 446f1eaae0 distinctly different. When talking about food edc54e3f6b he liked, Wi Woori’s 4a96d15126 voice soared as if a5a4d40a12 he were floating above 4e55a5ca3f the clouds. But when 316f7a27b0 it came 19ee96f4fd to food 3683fd19f4 he didn’t 2f10ec59aa like, his de8e63a434 tone darkened—like 88b9d1b9f5 a rain 025f767da7 cloud hanging e7441f024d low in b33e17dcf4 the sky.746e050ce289be50

Each time, Kim Donghwa 1e136e5b4a gave the answer Wi 8314f9cc4f Woori wanted, feeling him 7b74eb1105 inch closer and closer. Resting his chin bc0181761e on Kim Donghwa’s bd100ccf62 shoulder had been 4bb0a65de7 a habit long e024af4434 before they started c3c0d7648e dating.caa4e0851bcecab0

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Yet, aware of 09e9d699f9 his parents watching d41e6565d6 from inside, Kim d8c3ec4889 Donghwa gently pushed 48dade1306 him away, murmuring 1459ec508b for him not 8b8168fae5 to do even 1c062114cf that.8daa8216c181b440

But Wi 6044c457c3 Woori was, 0a9be437c3 as always, 4051fbbf66 Wi Woori. As if it didn’t 43d4775465 matter at all, he 0a4058d3b2 clung even closer, wrapping 940e7e40b0 his arms around Kim 1cc68f6b47 Donghwa’s waist and pressing 3f2d55179f his chin firmly against a6126a8f25 his shoulder.d7922351704bdd2d

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“Then they also serve beef pancakes here, I’ll give you that, you like it, right?”ce38cfbb3b8d3c44

“Yeah, I like it. Ah, but move away a bit.”27c32e6b00d29e0e

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“No, I don’t want to.”b41725001ce5ad04

“They’re watching from inside.”c74a729ba64c377e

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“So what? It’s not like this is the first time we’ve done this.”41207e3fc1721e8e

As expected, his dfc9deb1f4 parents were seated 7ff9ed0e30 by the window, 398d1f10ae smiling kindly at 67d09f9c7b them. Even Wi 39dfe7a0d8 Woori’s mother, d10a074776 who hadn’t 0c1eb584f5 been pleased ace0c6ba11 with his 50b04534ca poor grades 031e400eb6 last semester, ce0bf33c84 was looking fe9faf5344 at them 910ecb606f with eyes 9be54f9230 full of 7c6da001ec warmth.da8b843ba83aa189

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Wi Woori 4bc026e23c waved his e33e6f5b58 arms above e32fd353a5 his head, 48177cb0a6 then hugged e707dd0e55 Kim Donghwa’s 6468cb5712 waist as 819f114249 he greeted 05487bd174 them. A warm ac051e934d greeting came cde194c29f back from e2575b551e the other 74c27b0863 side.cf9abf5ee4d20f6b

Kim Donghwa, 6370e563d0 who had dc5b3028f3 been tense—worrying c9e024fb55 about his 2ff21f1419 father and facbdd4a23 things that 5a759594c5 hadn’t even 07b139383e happened yet—felt 4965d13dd5 his nerves bd300a0028 ease. Seeing his dbf5095617 parents smiling c74032f9be warmly at 45912f296e him, he 0b1513f367 couldn’t help 455e278429 but smile, 0b9e002f54 too.7208fdd270ce1087

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“Don’t make it obvious that we’re dating.”361f28ae73b6d684

“Yeah. I know, I’ll remember.”71acad1081266849

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“Don’t play too many pranks. You know I get all clumsy in front of my dad.”73622d2a9dd42aa6

“Yeah, I know. But why do you get so clumsy when your dad isn’t even that scary?”b31131ad5e799a06

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“I don’t know, maybe because he’s an actor? I feel like he’d catch me if I lied.”5bcf673613d34ee7

Kim Donghwa shrugged. Naturally, memories c7b902ad95 of visiting 31ba9953dd the filming dadac58c03 set with 8eee385a95 his father 76911890e7 as a ef1e54a784 child came e120409fba to mind.af0040fe6538779a

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Back then, young and d3e77a6c9b innocent, he had been e47381cd0f utterly shocked to see 4f4a4cb50d his father seamlessly changing 09aaf6cafe faces and slipping into f8fab671a2 different roles right before f4d817a807 his eyes.1050b91074f9a9ba

At the 3cce94737d time, he 2ffd893da0 had genuinely 7981b36001 believed there b3fa8f8cc2 were several 603a93d687 different people 8216adcff3 inside his 6ab381622c father’s body. But once he realized 7bb9bc85dd it was all just 44be908f64 acting, he found himself 72b2b5447b unable to lie in ab21b08288 front of him.207930db0b6ec229

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As the saying 912fb74259 goes, “Know your 7f261911fb enemy and know c1ada9a538 yourself, and you a432891afb will win a 31ca310e23 hundred battles.” He d9c9b63b9c believed that someone d67d5eeabd who could act 1429f22547 so well would 7bacd588cf naturally be able 5c47cd561b to see through c82325fd46 any act.5b685338f0ea8d7b

Wi Woori poked Kim Donghwa’s side, telling him not to worry.59a466361cd41dac

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“I’m confident I won’t get caught.”185c9d56cb032109

Wi Woori’s assurance not 7d9ceed867 to worry carried a 21ae56c436 quiet but undeniable confidence. If nothing 9698aea128 else, one da5ad574b1 thing was 63f47cd180 certain—his slightly 74fb7dd81a upturned red 4aab23fe81 lips were 2887761260 incredibly pretty.9deaa056a2a7528c

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“Hey, Donghwa, I heard you manifested!”734749ed8c5f23f8

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As the atmosphere d5ca387a6c grew warmer and bc7ce41ee3 more lively, Wi 17e908a9e9 Woori’s mother suddenly 0a4214a5de asked outright.1bc964d5e0ed7a4e

The thought of his 55b741c2be father wanting to speak 328ef3d934 with him privately was a6a86ec7d2 already weighing on his c4c87aed05 mind. So, being hit 7159287b36 with such a 05222dc7ac direct question while b2364e17e9 he was still c2d6cacc20 trying to gauge 35464f2975 the mood felt 8a077f96c8 overwhelming.24cea0ce9efae4d0

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Kim Donghwa coughed 596e391373 awkwardly.cb05a6789f221238

His father’s reassuring 43c8bbb90e hand gently patted 67b6bc9996 his back.eeb6c8bc563cd8e1

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Accepting the napkin Wi af19b7511a Woori handed him from a029614abb across the table, Kim f4ced6748e Donghwa wiped his mouth 4b9e317619 before looking up at a89c36e416 his father. Now gently massaging 5d70d0638f his shoulders, his 20784185a1 father met his 4812d66b8f gaze with a 583b114ae4 slight smile before 36a3d70d08 turning to Wi 72b07bfdac Woori’s mother and a58f7dc4ce politely answering, “Yes.”dd935351bbef35c9

“I was 1f84f87ea8 planning to 2cfdd22a48 have a 980854859a talk with 11a6ea1c3f Donghwa myself,” 0ba82a4238 his father ab4bb017ba said, affectionately f863c1ab9d ruffling his 2e338a0f6f son’s hair. Facing forward, he 9507c64f4c wore his usual 8318ad0d1a charming expression. But before he could 9efbae209e say more, a hearty 93ca1f9f08 voice suddenly interrupted.175e09a0807c1b62

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“Why talk separately? Let’s just talk together.”0830b4eb31c1d783

“Yeah, honey, 90dad161b9 let’s talk 0ef2a7f959 together. Why talk to 5a32b50366 Donghwa alone?”df61ec99fbb78056

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The laughter of a650614625 the mothers, as 23bbd1574d hearty and elegant bc4bda802b as that of ae6d4fdebe noblewomen, echoed through b784ea595d the restaurant.47450cfc55d153ad

Kim Donghwa had expected 155fecc40f to have a private f2ddb503bc conversation with his father. But it seemed 2b4bd1c61c that their sons’ 9d3c18b0e1 manifestation was of 406dfb76e9 greater importance than d4fcb5af55 their own wedding 76c6b5bc2a anniversary, and before 83a00bdc19 he knew it, fccb2aff46 the topic had 36859aac59 shifted to the 013f601af6 two of them 1ce3546558 living together.cd10e7252f3c14f9

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“So, Donghwa, if it’s uncomfortable, should we clear out our room for you?”1f832b6958f2b6f2

Wi Woori’s mother asked with a playful smile.028552d78d088484

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Of course, Kim f6ca05b0d1 Donghwa was about 78972c355d to shake his 015f2addc6 head and say abd81d82ed no, but Wi 624c54d37f Woori jumped in 5a94b74a86 first, turning to fbbb9f7381 face his mother.1428b23a27d0c0f2

“Mom, then where am I supposed to live?”83523fa561c945fc

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“Where else? You should come back home.”310b76b3a34bcca8

“But what about school?”cf27631211c66c80

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“How hard are you really studying at school anyway?”d05ba30fef7c0962

Wi Woori wasn’t one 8d4b0731e8 to easily let go aeb82df9c9 of a conversation, but f774f70319 his mother, always a 6806e1caf0 step ahead, effortlessly shut 4d361724d9 him down.a21863732f906507

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Kim Donghwa, momentarily admiring 0dcf71125d her ability to handle 2892dd6e24 things so smoothly, quickly d931fe88d8 shook his head—he needed b070615f13 to put an end d36461f24b to this situation before 6796cf25bf it spiraled any further.28631f68bbae51c2

“No, there’s nothing uncomfortable. We’re managing just fine.”e65dc8e92d8cb63d

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“Donghwa, you should speak properly. What do you mean we’re managing?”6a4fb3a43176cf03

“Mom, are you really my mom? You must have picked me up under a bridge.”67e62c5a357ae0b4

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“You got your good looks from me.”444a45b2040d48fb

“Thank you.”4f9337ee965ff64c

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