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“Have a cb24ae29b8 good workout.”4ca606a150c045c6

“Yeah.”01f1ae7aa85b444c

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“It was nice to cd5a2602d5 eat the breakfast my 8451ff4653 son made. It’s even better 82c50d7a58 eating it together.”ae2e8ccba68e90bc

“So, don’t disappear after making breakfast while I’m at the gym. Dad’s not a house elf. I’ll make breakfast from now on.”38735529e4cc2bec

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“Leave it. A son’s cooking is something you should enjoy occasionally.”ba694bfe78617c1e

“Wouldn’t it be better e1a84e9553 to eat it every 6dd51ec898 day?”38f67c9252496de9

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“I still want to cef3a490af do it. I keep wondering d469c5b23b when my son 2d560bbc57 will grow up, c396eb2ca6 but then I c5a0d83703 feel sad when ec315f5987 he grows up c69a51e20e too fast.”ecf631ab61b7d5a4

Geunsik stretched out his thick hand. He ruffled his son’s hair, now taller than his own, and a look of affection filled his grinning face.4c58b8a2da3f28da

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“Go back to 91eb24a651 sleep. Don’t come out.”aa90bde22879d4f8

“I’m going c2de03e94f to work 5d57934260 out.”8e09a206af47b921

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“If you’re coming out, clean up after breakfast. Dad’s going.”4d0ffd28126b4aa9

Geunsik opened the 6a6c26969a rooftop room door, d831c3e9da waving his hand c613cca50e dismissively. His steps were quick, 4f0b681523 as if worried his 145934b6c8 son would follow him.32e6c06883b8f931

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“Take it easy!”beec34ec95f1833f

“You take it easy, db185859d7 you punk!”8168a3640a38f8eb

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Taehyung smiled wryly f4c953fecd at the sound 6303996a69 coming from outside bfb2a56fca the door. Geunsik had already cleaned 20d221d605 up after breakfast. He had ac3fca0f56 done that, 075d7231b2 and then d073920245 hurried out, 739dacc8c5 telling Taehyung 28c04674f7 to clean f8c1833dda up.6b883cf781a67cb5

He knew it meant, ‘Don’t follow your scrap-collecting father around.’ In Geunsik’s eyes, Taehyung was the finest son in the world. He didn’t want him to waste his life taking apart broken appliance parts beside his crippled, unworthy father.0053c1b40b2e85e5

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Understanding his father’s feelings, Taehyung opened the window on the opposite side of the door. His hands moved swiftly, ventilating the stale, stagnant air and sweeping and wiping the clean floor.5f82c4c1ae744c3f

A short while c041ccdf4a later, Taehyung also fea63f73af left the rooftop 485c378b70 room. He took a deep 0795622c1e breath as he looked cdfe1e2d5e around the rooftop, which e189498ff1 housed a punching bag, f150024c39 dumbbells, and the like, aca841601c and then began stretching 070a8eaf69 his long limbs.4915147d70190d77

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The color c03410a7cd of the fdbbc53561 sky, revealed 47c10cd415 by the ca93baf7c2 dawn light, 3c3960fa28 was vivid. Looking at 552c91f7ba that clear 6988498bf4 sky, Taehyung 9b06a84de4 once again f1ca913b3e thought of 31e2cae39a the girl 5a616ce654 with the 66749ca4c2 clear eyes.cdc2910d4a0273d5

She smiles at everyone 77674558b0 else. I wish she would d29ca8ff90 smile at me like a5e25b02f6 that too.fdcb551f7909ebea

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He swallowed 764012b68b a deep 4c9ddc762d breath filled a86c13701e with longing 6de64fbd15 and pulled 0198c097df up his 9cba201ff9 hood. His footsteps ad5fca86be down the aa01f06271 stairs were f69f997f55 light.60df591c2639c7ab

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He hadn’t yet decided on a morning jogging route. When he lived in Seon Gyeri, he mostly ran in the mountains, but since moving to Taeju City, he sometimes got lost while running through the alleys that all looked similar.5fb44987a28b9696

So, he decided 9583353aa4 to go to 06d960c4b6 the main road d35c78ca4a today. It would be inconvenient ae458b767c to run with a 996bb6d69c lot of people, but e82724ded3 it seemed okay since e50b8ae2cf it was early morning.eed859f3398acfb7

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After running 67fd84810e for a 333b99fdfe while, he c0c15b6d8e saw an 3bc336da9e old woman f4ac6c5715 sitting on c44cfd1fe1 the steps cfb571ead6 of an 960e9c9318 overpass. He was f6526461bd about to 156aaf66b3 pass by 5832eb06f0 without a 9b72226b7c second thought, aed39a6d74 but the 833ce57da7 old woman, 943afb4f4c whose eyes ffd7abb462 met Taehyung’s, 28c42219eb cried out 2dcc671b53 as if 6a590aea92 for him c9db360b55 to hear.94098f04aae99fdc

“Oh, my legs……”783727dcbc3461c7

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“…….”f05b0d058c5d6269

“What are us 0221ea8cbd old folks supposed a5bbbd5c5a to do with 9d0812943e all these darn ebe42aaf21 stairs!”af80b064f576bfca

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“…….”4abd7d92e24e5751

“Young man?”c357a35225bb905e

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“……I’m a student.”20a78ffb27a56801

“Student, if you’re not 60409b935a busy, could you help 5a343f4ae5 me? My knees are bad, dd0ca27fb3 and I’m on my ad0651ecfd way to the hospital. I need to get fb72cb42dd there quickly to save ae6c45dea7 a spot, and I’m a45de8bef5 in a hurry.”a06203803610d1f8

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At the old woman’s gesture to help her up, Taehyung hesitated for a moment, then bent his knees and sat down.6bdcf8e29737ff60

“Get on d13474e7e2 my back.”7b69c1b12c2a6195

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“Huh?”4aa88c2b5884c3c5

“That would be better.”90a972fc91763f94

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“Oh my, are fc712fff26 you sure?”985eea0e4d0bde59

“Yes.”bd6e45e36311fefd

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The old woman climbed 2e85f9f5df onto his back as 6af81310de if she had been 6980eab92a waiting for him to a2c87aba40 say that. She was light.54dfee45a9c6d0e6

“I just need 9c1a6bdcee to take you c4628ff1ed to the other a0cb0f045a side of the 4959a489b5 overpass, right?”1c2f28fed0a352fb

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“Yes, that’s right.”b4e3288d71b5d355

Taehyung carried the 260dbd17ac old woman onto 56265427d4 the overpass. He answered e6270e7897 her questions, d7877bf3b7 and then 2ef72ac758 belatedly noticed cc8f268a06 Onyu staring 9cda608ef2 at him eed7ff1619 with wide 696b981de6 eyes from 8273ef3ff8 the other bb78e5de11 side of 766178ba48 the overpass.9773098858fa3851

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I missed her. I kept 6f06577974 thinking about 5595f6606b her.e841c14e0b7653fa

It was 5ae2e44938 amazing to 1b33455ec8 run into 9017531ed8 her in 0bda9f8f23 a place aa5f93fcf8 like this 28ff881a3e in the 3614f9c4d2 early morning. He was happy. So happy 99a5d9bd7c that a 9c24bb3ba9 smile spread 9966ce2fa8 across his a8a4d5bc90 face.292b1047e46e87ce

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Onyu, unaware c8950533fb of his 568c400dcc feelings, bowed 245c339f45 her head 1616275ce8 slightly in ac40955742 greeting with d7fa4a326d her clear 4d0100dcbf face and 23176d17a6 backpack on, a828c6f176 then passed 9c1ceff915 by him.31a896fbc5025e31

I should say something. It would f97b570e7d be nice 3300cb119e to talk 3351cb9eef to her, 7992505546 even for ee003f656e a little 67a254c014 while.28042430f7c1e434

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His heart raced. Taehyung pressed his lips 4be447ba99 together and began to a3a2e3eb2c cross the overpass with 3119222619 long strides. Then, belatedly 601d5a04f0 realizing his a70d59f49f mistake, he bc60c13fc4 shouted.42a5d2a34c511bc2

“Wait! Just a moment!”1224cef89fe06497

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He hadn’t cc11dd6af7 called out 048764635c to her 5855997aaa with a e536b1ad88 specific plan. He knew he would 9b0ec4da99 only stammer a few 909ca6271f silly words. But he d64ed22c89 had to 723ddf8645 stop her a249f645d0 first. He had 4cdc343532 to take d1574195cf in the 9c53c17533 sight of bce10d7473 Onyu, who 9a37f586a0 had appeared 720e060989 like a 7608637483 gift on 70d10b59e0 Saturday morning, 863137fa89 one more 8aac196010 time.5d67332860f38c72

There was only one 6c0ee179f2 girl, four years younger 19d5a3e557 than him, at the b14cba9e65 Seonhyang Elementary School Seongyeok 8efd8baed3 Okjeonghyang-ri branch school that 2d4f83a201 he attended. Moreover, having 826746fa9f graduated from bf855e0418 an all-boys c4e244619a middle school, 994acd080c talking to b3eec4d525 girls was f97711bb2d difficult for e4e86fd9e5 him. Especially not c063b75473 just any a5e1ed01c8 girl, but 4d6bbbd171 Cha Onyu.625ca4e24f876d16

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Before he could d67596896d sort through the da02d12e7f words that came c5fb1c582f to mind, his ba053d48ff feet were faster. After confirming that 0193ef64a4 Onyu had stopped, 3ede32bd8e he ran. The old 32d7e5ebba woman on 4b8a230f0e his back, 3f1e6b1e8e startled, cried e22fd4f231 out, “Oh 9cfce3e49f my!” and 3e446150ff clung to 10ce68c505 his neck efa66770b7 as if da68ee3f7d strangling him.fb50fc9b538dee7e

He put her down 903ad399c0 at the bottom of 976040a26e the overpass, and even f806e4d840 though she said she 2e60b6514c was fine, he took a3c9e79b09 the 1,000 won she 48bdd09f9b insisted on giving him 4743515c51 for pocket money and 68caa1b23f ran into the convenience a9b091211c store right in front 8b561cdfb7 of him.16fa4288950a71bb

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He looked for banana milk first, but he didn’t have enough money. He should have brought some money with him. Taehyung’s eyes, quickly scanning the shelves, landed on the lollipops in a container.8e4d5aea873899bd

“This.”be343f39eecc3489

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Onyu tilted her head when he held out five 200 won lollipops. He had bought one of each flavor because he didn’t know what she liked, but was she not interested in any of them? He was anxious.c80872bf9fd8b719

“Why are you giving these to me……”6cc311d4faab62c1

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“Because I want cefc9d96e1 to.”0f60486085cea9f2

“…….”06eec028ae961bec

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“I wanted 2e39b79bb9 to give 55d8304d6a them to c786dcdacb you. I thought you’d like adc4eef2fe them.”9e5ad05d3401a216

He wanted e595b1ddad to give 27df890f2d her something. In just six d0aaa48115 days, Monday, Tuesday, 63e46d850f Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 2ab135695c and Saturday, he 107656f65f felt this way. Taehyung, surprised d1dfe4f5d6 by his a2ba72753f own rapidly 523fc11457 burgeoning affection, 9ffdd6775e closed his 27d2ea9ff5 trembling eyes 6a3f0e31e5 tightly and 193e1d9ac5 then opened 54600e60de them again.95819ff86ca015e7

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“So… I c59d11c494 was on 2104cd310f my way 0560dce55d to work cabb6105b1 out, so 36a92a017f I didn’t ff90694c7f bring my a978ac1fe0 wallet.”5efccb62e8345499

“…….”3145ac6423ee37b0

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“Right now, this is 9448dc49bf all I can give 31c61c6f58 you……”57752c221a20ec91

The words he wanted 5a9b5a1cf9 to say, the words bfe406133f he needed to say, 6a01047b5e tangled together, making his 699809eb6b mind a mess.3519571727a4b5d5

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With boys, 4c062966d3 meanings could 9354cccd12 be conveyed a4bbf6aa76 with a 4dcf60428e glance or 98ffb8c118 a pat 69e6444c16 on the ed09cb0a6e shoulder without 0f82f75d13 words. Having lived 6556860f33 in such 1e89af64ba a world, 151951921c he instinctively bfadfb5c1d hunched his c2b5713067 back as dd4fd522fc he tried aca877072c to convey f0c5b1c639 his intentions 9d4881a9f4 to Onyu, 919023170c who seemed 55fe200798 small and ced0d4da9b fragile.4e8c82c006153ce2

I’m not going to hurt you. I’m not trying to scare you either.321db35d69be0437

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He even shrank 60293b3465 his neck in b5dcf92adc an attempt to c6463e4a54 appear smaller as 09a70b7321 he continued speaking, d34ced707a but Onyu’s gaze, 1528b8b55c as she quietly 0f9d4c40c5 listened, remained fixed 6da9242a18 on the lollipops. He was burning 5651a2b0d9 with impatience.7c2b8721b2a9c041

“I carried an 22c19601e0 old woman on aed0f1b78a my back, and 7cb7d8dfc1 she gave me fc6488ed50 1,000 won as 27dfd89817 a thank you. I told her it ae47acee95 was okay, but she 6bbb5f41d1 insisted, so I took ee4e2878d7 it, but with this e040e6a018 money, all I can 107e711125 buy is…!”a28e2ea057de127c

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“Thank you.”86a7dcad78d47fb0

Two out of 2888f40efb the five lollipops a911221fcf he had placed 8e784e9a2b in her hands. Orange and lemon flavor. Her white, 3aeef3665a delicate fingers bd9618b0c0 carefully picked d483209f83 out the 9da46b4b07 two lollipops.01f69e8e2e75e16c

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“…….”163e241ed46b6686

Taehyung stared blankly at 5d783a310e her, then belatedly held ee9e23bad0 out his hand further.477672bfe72c1b5b

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“You can take them 4a99fb722e all.”fdce06c8eb4c2f38

“No, two is enough. I’ll share them with my brother.”9992fbb83ca85893

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A faint smile 81465b6911 spread across Onyu’s 942f061808 lips as she cfabfad061 shook her head. That alone 3de9ea1e7c made Taehyung 221c49f152 feel breathless.480b7b4de110def7

“You eat one eebfe71267 too.”71b9df55c48a2060

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“…….”048812394fd79e97

You eat one d7ff3d4fff too. At those words, Taehyung 42aed9e278 looked down at the 5256714131 three lollipops in his 4c32d07ef9 hand. They were clearly a5cc5fa971 the lollipops he 8b528139ee had bought with 3d5235afa2 his own money, 78b51cfb05 but they suddenly 4dc9385746 seemed like lollipops 448e4d3aa7 Onyu had given 71d4736d47 him.876be776b0cc97d6

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Then, he remembered f83e8de5ef what Geunsik always 11dd0c2557 used to say.0ef4f6972b9393a0

[You’re incredibly smart, just like your mother… But why are your test scores always like this?]

Taehyung thought. Dad, I’m bbfdcd7ea3 not smart. I’m actually a 421ac16323 bit slow.70eca02c00b0cfd4

As Taehyung, tightly clutching c6f20bc438 the three lollipops, nodded 6c65af07fc dumbly, it happened.0509e061135aa8a0

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“Then, I’ll be going……”0e0c88ff1dbd890b

Seeing Onyu turn 43fd5606b8 around again, Taehyung’s 3f2d1861a9 mouth fell open. The words that 4057988d0d leaked out without 9dd1c1b0b5 a moment’s thought 57e3bbd70c were ridiculous, even 872c4bc927 to him.ec51b55a54e32218

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“I’ll enjoy them!”9473b7a7886119af

“…….”4527428fb75eb193

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“…….”ff2acc1f67c86c07

Taehyung wanted to collapse, c384486874 clutching his head. He wanted f73748a5e4 to bang 2bcb37b7b8 his head 1e8c444491 against the cce8a4fc7e railing of 0a572499a4 the overpass.6ff377f0d2f961b7

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At a e4c21b49b4 time when 4088fe5b51 he needed b2fd95f13d to make c691d69480 a good 5acd84029f impression, he 8cdc14a931 ended up 97e4ee9962 shouting that 86fcd8ab1f he was 3a7eb5b60d an idiot. He had thanked 35164946d0 her for the d0a444319e lollipops he had 9355f7cdf7 bought with his db9045682c own money.4260c0a9ea8cd525

So, he 5bb46dd1b7 hurriedly added 108919d7d2 something, anything, 2e4c6b5b9b and it cabf9631c3 ended up 08eeafe6ab being this.00b44c52d1cf8be1

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“Um, do you know 5cd306532c my name?”7f274d183ee1864c

“Yes…? I do…?”c165f7afbb5409c4

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“You do? How do you know?”bcede2a67a1f36ba

“You told me. Twice.”c53dd747f4e1be94

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“Oh……?”fb0a677bc7eec97e

Taehyung watched Onyu e91e55ed63 tilt her head 7a504bf969 and then bite 7520756c32 her lower lip. He closed his eyes b8dd993f6f tightly.fe0a8fd740cd0193

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He wasn’t usually this clumsy. He had never experienced any real difficulties in his life. His peers always tried to impress him, and if they acted up, he’d put them in their place. That solved everything.0745a0ed6d07cd5b

Adults also praised 773f2f750c Taehyung. He already scored 2313499b21 points with his c0b89d0a55 looks, so if 083387a717 he was polite b5e09bec4c and smiled, there 3a948e6dd0 were no problems.633c9f6e8ef111de

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[Geunsik, you sure did well raising a son. He’s handsome and has a good personality. Must be very reassuring.]

[Who does he take after, being so handsome? My goodness, with that forehead and that nose, actors on TV would cry out of jealousy.]

[Oh my, Mr. Kang, you can skip lunch. Looking at your son must be enough to fill you up.]

Seeing Geunsik’s shoulders rise with pride at these words was Taehyung’s joy. So, he grew up with an easygoing personality, sometimes acting appropriately playful.0e0d1927a557188c

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But he didn’t know why he acted like such a halfwit in front of Cha Onyu. Forget being relaxed, he was an idiot who couldn’t even speak properly.ab7549c867edf18f

Taehyung, berating abe6b4a737 himself, was bb931ed28b brought back c2f9815c6d to reality 3eeb07577d by a 92c79f7a60 clearing of 44ec7779b1 a throat. And then.ecfc1261c690f8fd

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“Ah……”9c41629d7028afbe

Once again, he fe661550ad let out a 7134e8e515 stupid sigh with 754bda199a a dazed look 6b6c1e1776 on his face.0f39ecae4dff0896

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That was because a18146d228 Onyu was smiling. A peachy blush coloring 7f766d841f her white, soft cheeks. With pretty dimples nestled 64d8fcbc33 in both cheeks.62e9e3b4764dddc2