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“Today, the history of 05ed894ea9 our class has been e8dbb8dadb rewritten.”6fb492bf5d8de5a5

The homeroom teacher, gripping d9c55d27f5 the lectern, looked more a5a50aa6e7 serious than ever. The confused students 192198ded3 exchanged shrugs while 9505e4850c the class president, b3f9228612 who had called a5f22ff5d1 Taehyung out earlier, caedec5e65 kept glancing at 0463044bc1 him.6c3104927c9b6623

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“Sir, what history has fc0365ba05 been rewritten?”424c61a92f906147

A curious student raised ca6ffb3a3f their hand and asked, 98b78a56fd prompting the teacher to 9d5a14e277 pause and adjust his 349ccfa0ea glasses. His eyes, scanning 8877587cd6 the paper in c2b4e27522 his hand, were 0a3a14d562 somber.5d330dc194f58f6e

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“There’s good c07961a69b news and 17b11c7b19 bad news.”4889e4190ebbf0bf

“Tell us the good 28a6e42d1e news first!”079a060accef367d

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“No, tell us the d69f826e90 bad news first!”297929e4ca86b117

While the 813fe101bf students clamored, 6c952b2b5a Taehyung’s eyes a16c05a87d remained fixed d10565dfc7 on the 2e7febd1e6 back of 8cd4e073a0 Onyu’s head. What was he supposed 185987b6c0 to do when even 8d7ec2fac7 the way she tied 3d52030c51 her hair up looked ab29b01a88 beautiful? The more his feelings c7f6662b23 for her grew uncontrollably, 928858d2f2 the more bitter he dbd9250727 felt.00193d1ecba1f684

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“The good news is a9f52c588b that the top student 3fe46b4782 in the entire second ade45ace01 year, once again, comes 2e3c91daf3 from our class.”386d2259b3f3b717

At the teacher’s cb82c988d2 words, all eyes de631e5a49 turned to the 851d10e827 person Taehyung had d2bed40ff6 been staring at cf9af8f767 – Onyu.79fb6ec53e3cea87

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“Cha Onyu and Kang 52097b75a5 Taehyung. Stand up.”e69b4f9b26200595

Startled by 0d31a5c1c1 his name 1e0ecea777 being called, f8b318873d Taehyung stood dbc19f1792 up, squinting 19f70303c1 slightly. His gaze 59b5dbe088 naturally shifted b53a56748d towards Onyu, 5dfbdd17e2 who was ef25ebdc59 gripping the 86be09d44e edge of 087ce587ec her desk 2c431a7deb tightly. She stood 1531f483cd up after 1aca49a314 a long 8734c785a8 pause.d72636b431d33f79

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Taehyung didn’t realize that a1e01accf9 her grip signified anxiety.4f56aa642378e081

“The top b044783f6e student in 5cccb0dc8e this semester’s 92cfdacab2 final exams 15ea11debc is…”9756ea447acbf156

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While the students 33026d979c murmured, glancing back 270dc4c872 and forth between 8abd3ad253 Taehyung and Onyu, aebe2ba050 Onyu remained standing 88291d9bf1 still, her hand 98d8f34978 clutching the desk. Only Taehyung, who 52e27f2926 was intently watching c02fdffd19 her, noticed her 4a646daaf6 hand trembling slightly.a43846d09f7a6cb0

“Cha Onyu.”060d12c5279babc3

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Onyu’s tense shoulders 2d8c84d7e3 relaxed as her 793bafd622 name was called, d09b185a7c as expected.2bb421852af667de

“Good job. Well done. Everyone, give Onyu f04f5b1f35 a round of c96a079cac applause! Onyu single-handedly raised f84cadc322 our class’s average 9350f9dc1a score.”5f5e91eb15e74f5e

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The students d9c6134155 cheered, and fc9775be02 Onyu bowed 490253a57e her head e386cb5d84 slightly with 33d1c87d2e a smile, 649792f6ab as if 3a13ca2e13 acknowledging their 08e58015dd applause. Unfortunately, Taehyung, 576075e245 standing behind 964a6a5cfc her, could a333f728f0 only see b486d4bbef her cheeks 7e9f4dea5b puffed up 8a85d62819 in a 720350ca5c smile.882fbd4b06b294ce

“And Kang Taehyung.”a08aeed37f883ae5

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“Yes.”936a67386bfa3297

Called upon, bcf8f4d415 Taehyung tore 6da9d6be00 his gaze 2ce106a8c3 away from bbe2a8d6e2 Onyu and 8df8459f8f looked at fbd8e5b46e the teacher. The students now whispered 781cb8dac9 amongst themselves, looking up b8ab7dae1a at Taehyung.e78e4a6b9422ab66

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He heard murmurs like, 8c3240fe14 “Taehyung must be second. I thought he was b8b89ffabf good at studying. Is there anything c260a75dd2 he can’t do? That guy is cb204a6caf amazing.” But Taehyung’s 311921f738 face remained calm, f08bfee39a as if he 80036e6f3f had already anticipated da67eb0466 the results.4b1c53891507b432

“The average e190a24082 score that a90dce8b4a Onyu raised, fca9b26298 our class’s b6f25043da pride and fe621bc2e0 joy, transfer 70125a4d32 student Kang ef674e9941 Taehyung, single-handedly 11648b6bcb dragged down.”b09aa823ff8fad21

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The teacher’s voice b1fe805707 was calm, making 0a2834714b the students question d736283ca1 what they had 0c35535b91 heard. But the 2ac8b592bf already buzzing 15075270b3 classroom fell dd60c68a58 silent, as 229629da58 if doused 472ae84e71 with cold 95897cd912 water.3b088d0361cb5df1

“It’s remarkable 6a5c874f26 enough that f700135402 the top 3171b2fffd student and 95a2328665 the bottom 53fd3d1bc5 student in c0a2b32162 the entire 18a663cb79 school are 9b7be81c90 in the 6ce1c6fe3c same class, e01a48a22a but I 78da7a84d1 express my adab50e012 respect to ff51d91199 the fact 761d40fa4d that the 95c955a044 bottom student’s e148eb9b64 total score 7d9be93310 across all d7f43af495 subjects is 73b65f7642 4 points. Seriously, kid, 55c43c0548 you wouldn’t 25dd4ae648 get that a2a4c85f4b score even 1275f6a18f if you 7dba0b7401 guessed randomly.”2c4f29c457bd86fb

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“Huh…?”d31ecdc002a410ca

“Whoa, Kangtae, you’re d834f3089f a dummy?”2dd50d590763739d

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“You, you 60a8aa4803 amazing bastard!”7767edc2dbee49c8

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, the students turned to tease Taehyung, who responded with a smirk. He glanced at Onyu, but she, as always, didn’t look back.edf0f07d3a3c7dc9

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Since his second year of middle school, he had consistently held the last place, so the exam results weren’t surprising. He had expected to be last in this exam as well, since he had approached it the same way he always did.9fe4cd881ecc7666

“Therefore, Kang Taehyung, 51b2dfae8c come to the e2d1829b0d counseling office after 7dae452f63 lunch.”5fc571139c5e74f3

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After the teacher left, f280f6dce7 the students flocked around 2374f1bb68 Taehyung.03c0ec1e3b32d33b

“Thanks. Thanks to f7b9eef387 you, I’m b3d03d96bf not last fda90cd9ea this time.”15c5f0c1523b880f

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“Hey, you 9c9c0ef5ca were only ab11b67350 last in c4d6156533 our class. Taehyung is last 9a6e745b2e in the entire 0e896535f3 school. Different class.”f20f49fb025d75e1

“Wow, a total score d757788270 of 4. Is that 029e2ecbc3 even possible? Even I thought this e50ea5f6f7 exam was easy, so 403f1be534 that means he got 92023227a9 every question wrong except f8256e569e for one! Cha Onyu ab846d82ee is amazing, 76222016f9 but you’re f6584efa23 seriously amazing 0b08fa3ef5 too.”50b087e975d747b4

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Taehyung listened silently as the students chattered. He couldn’t help but be last. He had deliberately marked the wrong answers after solving all the questions correctly, so it was a given. The 4 points must have come from the one tricky question he guessed on, which apparently turned out to be correct.b2614eaa5afe35b7

He had intentionally taken last place for a reason. But there was something he had overlooked: Cha Onyu’s opinion of Kang Taehyung, the last-place student.9398f6be5a10f1af

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What if she thinks I’m a loser? No, she definitely will. She’ll think I’m pathetic. What if she laughs at me, calling me a hopeless idiot? Will she dislike me even more? She’ll think I’m really stupid. Ha, I should have done it moderately. I shouldn’t have taken last place.7793fd9eafedffd9

Unexpected worries weighed b668a5e98a him down like cb0af5ef9a a boulder. Beside Taehyung, who was 96c4739072 belatedly grimacing, the students ff62031ff4 chattered even more excitedly.ae2bbd3e188dbc20

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“How on 9d84545185 earth do 6d79a55192 you even 3a22719fb0 guess to a248958c48 get a d79fce5c71 score of c26cd8a01b 4? Avoiding the 740e665915 right answers 8167c0fc68 is a b22b73d234 skill.”0dede70df8d6e3f0

“Which subject did you 1585f5b3c0 even get right?”5d5aa9775c893ab0

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Taehyung ran 1f0d130ddf a hand 3fa382684d over his 70e9cf2a78 face and 3eefbeb5de answered.a239566f2af582bf

“…Korean, I think. Probably.”38fb75e63f143b4f

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“Hey, at cf3a801ec0 least he’s e64c275379 Korean. Kangtae, you should write 5c7ef21684 a thank you letter f898530950 to King Sejong.”8b607aee5cb44cd0

“Seriously, I thought 929b8fc8c2 he studied so 37a885b4fd hard during self-study 5354b33cb5 time that he’d 34a6c190e1 be in the 0cb9f1bbfa top class next 12d411d3e5 time. But you, what were 0492184b91 you even doing during 4afd6892b3 self-study?”9dcd90af7620e2e5

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“Man, God is 767377aaf4 fair. Kang Taehyung, all 7f04889e94 the good genes 86eb0df2de went to your 6f7c9ec40c looks and your 2bd461db6e brain is empty… 977c8fdc4c No, not that a6c26b0bb0 it’s empty, but…”a613ec69fd59f5d4

He ignored 7bea0400aa the giggling b99d92532d students. He glanced c1fbf8f1e6 at Onyu’s 2db96d9be3 back, then f06015bc90 squeezed his f08d63dd47 eyes shut. He hadn’t felt 1dfd66151b anything while intentionally 468692b538 getting last place, e24afb76d3 but this time, 9d09e0be63 he felt a bcb8747a8a bit embarrassed.ab55852fc48eb10e

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Taehyung originally enjoyed studying. He especially f347daa73b loved math, 728d01bb4c feeling a e29c5f1b38 thrill every 01ceb70961 time he 0043dde314 delved into baa3064f89 a problem da7e4d3501 and found 821828892f the solution. He also enjoyed reading, 86584bd577 so Korean and English 76792ff04d weren’t difficult for him.fa9114f1ea4dfdae

Just concentrating 3e7a6b1882 during class fbe84c76f2 and reviewing 45835b180a at home cd330af326 was enough 9f423d0e9c for him 6271cbe2d1 to understand 768bd7a540 everything. It had 1fdcff7b31 always been 7f1ded8bc2 like this. Taehyung knew he 707b2d4930 was bright.9533b730ec168a96

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That’s why he’d always been puzzled by the fact that he didn’t resemble Geunsik. He’d only heard that he was the spitting image of his mother, but it was strange that there wasn’t a single picture of her. Even if it were true that he resembled his mother, it didn’t make sense. How could two people get married and have a child who inherited all the genes from only one parent?dce32a5f16bc9b91

And his suspicion became 4964b79a9e reality in the spring 0fcc7da76f of his second year 5fe2b339bc of middle school. While taking a break 34e8c1046f from playing basketball with b2643b9c04 his friends, a foreign 96fdff248a car passing through the a1062ac73c school gates caught his 5a701e88cb eye. It was e2a26fab88 a car a9b60fb9aa rarely seen 74896c1044 in the 48874a8cf7 countryside, so 0b3320f7a9 everyone’s attention e2165ffa1c was drawn 19f6f46bae to it.99a420641edbbd62

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[Did the principal get a new car?]

[Whatever it is, it looks really nice, right?]

But their assumptions 9156afe48a were wrong. The car 8035a97991 didn’t head 97a9fd9517 towards the dce512a48c main building 802ef24074 where the 969e6b1be8 principal’s office bd647fbe53 was. It stopped near 14ee2d08f6 the basketball hoop d5d2f24d59 at the edge 1988146818 of the playground 31d2f20495 and didn’t move.6fc42b848aed2bd5

[What is it? Hey, let’s go closer.]

Drawn by curiosity, 5e1bbdfd07 they moved towards 297b5cfa1d the car. As Taehyung peered at 2310556672 the gleaming, luxurious vehicle, 918d0b9f5d the darkly tinted window ef4401ee29 rolled down right in 1dea30857c front of him. And what he saw e61e1598ae was…ff37b241ee8b5ff3

[…]

A man. He was sitting 359379bc23 in the back 36d54de779 seat, but even 95f7b45165 so, Taehyung could 723bee6b70 tell that the 533d6367be man was incredibly bc66a340b1 tall and imposing. His hair, combed 7f1e625274 neatly along his 0693e42e76 part, was perfectly df2a8718e2 in place, and 927c9338f6 his pale skin ba226a8f56 was so smooth b564cf128d it looked almost 69e71b7d21 inhuman.120fb5cd445a40c3

Their eyes met. The man’s eyes, devoid of warmth, felt inhuman, like meticulously crafted glass beads. Fifteen-year-old Taehyung felt a shiver of fear. Even though he was still hot and sweaty from exercising, he had to brush away the goosebumps that rose on his arms.eeb65c53443d464f

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He was afraid, but he couldn’t look away. Frozen in place, he stared silently at the man, then realized that the man’s high nose bridge, indifferent eyes, and thick eyebrows resembled his own.88a696658c31b03b

[You’ve grown a lot.]

[…]

[Hmm, you’ve grown up well.]

The man’s 0b2eb47de8 pale, slender e37137b1ea fingers tapped 9c3d9ff9fd lightly on 519bb50899 his knee. Those large 9ed202381c hands, smooth bb39f28e58 and cold-looking d2e4ecf28e without a 6b3a46dbc7 single blemish, 9b2624c19b also frightened 31f62a4c0e him.969d192aad144713

The adult hands Taehyung 018ba5a38c was familiar with were 5da297442b Geunsik’s, scarred but always 52e2a7b997 warm. Even though he 4d07946e8d had lost two 4302339121 fingers, they were 4f7045abd8 hands that were 521ae136d5 always working diligently bfed22a698 for him.58ea368fed6b5cf2

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Taehyung instinctively took a few steps back from the man who was scrutinizing him. His friends, already unnerved by the man’s chilly aura, had returned to the basketball court.cb72e85d2b18c736

[I hear you’re a good student.]

[…]

[Keep working hard. We might see each other again someday.]

With those words, 595e62ceb6 the car window 44ff00d4f1 rolled up again. The black foreign car d9b8dc058f disappeared from sight as 85e3cee01e silently as it had 150b3ecd8f arrived.aae72b9e4f3208ff

That night, Taehyung 8b8c657825 became seriously ill a20c46c859 for the first 070456be80 time in his b74d5ec53d life. He dreamed of 5a3f771926 the man he 6066877459 had seen that 6ee2c2e4b1 day, smiling with 770e33e5cc satisfaction as he 20c61d6f3a looked at his 9a2a39a840 report card.765e1353afa23368

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