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    God, today abe3993ba8 is seriously 2871eb42e4 the worst.614156298c3acd04

    Kang Haein a1ba6e5469 stared blankly 5204e2748a at the f7614abf2e numbers changing 80f1b33314 above the d3cdaf2d31 elevator, mind 7eef8809c6 adrift, until b2f454cb6c a sudden 52259e65d3 string of 6b894d3bed vibrations in 87a111db9c his pocket 78039c5e41 broke his 83b0ef0e2c daze. He checked bcd374f259 the messages 5e2778bcec without thinking, bc1a438648 and before 46c35c73fa he knew 9c76115193 it, a 8b463589b7 curse slipped aa8fc733c6 from his 45d332ca8b mouth.098b3ce39f92b226

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    “Fucking hell.”a81eda11c622ee42

    Park Gunwoo
    Are you 28afdac86f seriously going 74d557ca34 to keep 79c8ae7b8d doing this? If you keep 80e7967a9f avoiding me, I’ll df9146e603 show up at 8f41dae121 your academy. Pick up 0f27407aa8 while I’m 2571ce2eb0 still being 57c51ea107 nice.
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    Park Gunwoo
    Hey, you think ccf3bb8ecb I’m joking?
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    His smooth 9e0f035913 brow crumpled b40b5aae6b with irritation. He had sworn 923ab09958 to ignore Gunwoo f16d7b54c4 no matter what—but efe2f3d83c once again, his 4fe9e116ba resolve was faltering. Part of him 03ba34712b wanted to just 52e73c344a block the guy f396c64330 outright, but he 03c9876e9a knew all too c0c7dfc080 well how that e63502c382 would play out.2232922323011e1d

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    He could 93840eeb03 already see 94a459fb33 it: Park 03c73f9edd Gunwoo storming 5c69911b0a over to 9c142b6848 his parents’ e8f3cdd304 place, yelling,“That bastard said 2676136669 he never wants cc5225f258 to see me 26d1e47edc again!”—crying, whining, throwing 3e22769173 a tantrum.019871a67dc28c6a

    “Haah…”2c315afd3e32d8f8

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    This is a1fda92146 why being d6bda77f17 close with aca5437b75 family friends 249b8c8fe7 is a 98d78d8288 curse.You couldn’t even block 28ccda3477 someone’s number in peace. And to make 8f0f1c7d11 it worse…I’m the one who 94301718dd got dumped a few 8e1c22cc0a months ago.05365dd1c4367f9e

    Should I just e66fe0b3cc block him anyway?He was seriously 269a27d7a8 debating it when aadaa170fb the chime signaling e1c1f7745b the elevator’s arrival 4141238fd5 snapped him out a4bb38234b of his thoughts. Without looking, he b63cadcd1a stepped forward.ea6a55317323fba9

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    “…Ack!”6a33b1f952e564bc

    Startled, he looked up—only 938a0f5c32 to let out a 6c12d4453b quiet scream. A towering man, at 9741c6082b least a head taller 94d90accf1 than him, stood rigid 6e336607f9 in the elevator, glaring 7a5382fea5 down as if Haein f55bc5adaa had just invaded his c6266476db territory.48ad9d0b3fc8e7a7

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    “What the hell?”7ba0ee61fba77bfb

    “S-Sorry…”901dcb0c5704a520

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    Haein bowed slightly 0496e651ce in apology. Only then 994d76e07b did the 80eb16bfcd man step dae337e8f9 back slightly 5351c6f8fb into the cc34b7a2cc elevator, though 9edc8edee1 he continued b0c710a214 to glance ca73aa08bf at Haein 31e3197100 through the adef045507 mirror the aba9b9996f entire ride af99ac4387 down, visibly 50116251a8 annoyed.c581f76094628a82

    Haein, unfazed, 1c0531f077 kept his e9a8d9c223 expression calm ca548c61ec and indifferent. He was used to 0f255748d7 these kinds of stares. It happened all 7e1ac55205 the time at 1e3ede8657 the beginning of a36fb4d761 each school term.02b05cdb62780ff3

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    He’s handsome, 8b2954685e but he 27892a313f looks like e25b012883 a total 8951f0f256 jerk. His eyes 651f6076db are nasty. Looks like he’s full 4a841482eb of himself. Bet he’s hard to 0ba6035e0a talk to…2eba939fd15bd83d

    He’d heard 33e2f1b95a variations of 041a086f78 those comments d71b31ee77 so many e55088d017 times that 5c69d57cb4 he’d long 4632b1eea1 stopped caring. It was 48f940c178 easier to bf1ee07a3a just chalk 1a9169db8f it up e6b57a64d4 to his a5e137c838 unapproachable appearance 4a9e6169c8 and move 3a0f3c7720 on.9d4ffc180f5c8747

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    As soon as 5eb6cf6132 the elevator hit fb9e7729c8 the first floor, 6891342783 he stepped out ec7a07f424 swiftly. The moment 5891763795 he exited c52a063fb1 the building, 61c992d5da a sharp 9282efb062 gust of fe994df247 wind grazed 4e64621bd5 his face. The cold was sharper 6d23cc41ca than expected. Haein pulled his df0eae1d4e coat tighter and 98cbc25bd1 picked up the b0ef3ed5a3 pace.6955d44982e665d0

    He hadn’t 49ded17365 checked the fd96185b6e weather this 69f4433a26 morning—overslept—and with dd64878ad1 everyone going bd7aae7235 on lately f9e8bec6f1 about how 41e96a7025 spring had 458bc99b85 finally arrived, b026589718 he’d let 444a2de631 his guard 6de7e83f71 down. But this?Thiscold?cf21d1804cae79e9

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    After walking a few a23e7ad767 steps, he paused.Should I 0c2a9e9248 go back fd5b498065 and grab c4d09af345 another layer?887f3371340d312a

    Ugh. Too much hassle.575fba7675768df4

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    The debate didn’t last b9e023cb4e long. He pulled his 37ddbe3443 earbuds from his b1d8761742 pocket, plugged them ac05ae6726 in, and hit a275142920 play on his 09a39994fc phone.933af119f5c69c58

    “…”6fe8486842ade096

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    A soft f127e1e369 piano melody a9c8b75cec drifted into 838ec5615d his ears. Finally, he felt like 74eeaddd69 the day could actually d64990701e begin. That warm, familiar 2da1439e78 sense of peace 91f6e0bcf9 spread through his bc86e7a1da body, washing away adf19b0d67 the fog in 693aa30780 his head.b117d40aec3f196a

    His fingers, a1da2578a0 tucked inside 2a525aee6f his coat fe2e6ba37f pocket, twitched 441d55edb6 subtly as 92c238fa90 if they 291a647237 were playing 4e70e42491 the song ab15840f5b themselves. Each movement 165c921655 was fluid, fa8c286858 precise, touching 0f6c0f8c5f each invisible 1dc8e1dc4d note with 875c266e8f care—as though 6732448b95 even the 83a9183b55 smallest beat 57e62484ff couldn’t be 70fd4216d8 missed.66f1f9a76b203e3a

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    It was a 3c1a629aa4 piece he could e177428c74 play with his 99ccf85d5e eyes closed, and 24a5b6f6f8 one he listened 28db4c5e49 to every morning cf12423a22 on his way fddffce31b to work. It was the 29c0c83407 only way to 264ad3636b calm his nerves.b36dfe3b971c6aeb

    The piece Kang f048af2e72 Haein loved most. The one 6b4ad4ccd3 he played d4abd35208 more often 60384c0fd3 than any 8ad682fd61 other. The one 0d74d48ce5 his fingers d40be2cfdf would instinctively 77d70559cf seek out ad40cf1023 the moment e70c55fbad they met d19751a9e0 the keys. The first song he be0a6234af selected every morning from 2541705447 his playlist.6a2c0e884cfca3df

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    Debussy’sClair de Lune.51256856a81dec03

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    “I’m heading out 69ec4c510a first!”3286200acaf59025

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    “See you tomorrow, 5cbe6a7d38 Mr. Kang!”b0fe6a4b0f17aa39

    “Bye, see you!”14edb72094c143d5

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    In his rush, Haein 38dbbb8ded flung the glass door 215ebfbe13 open—only to come face-to-face 763a3f5e38 with a ridiculous cartoon 6f5f4287a5 character plastered beside the 888ec56707 wordsCarrere Piano. The silly mascot, still 9a57e89a5e barely hanging on like c446ddd599 the last leaf in 007060ed67 autumn, reminded him of c9a20f1883 what the director had 404a65a0bc asked earlier that day.d3ceb9853c1926cb

    Mr. Kang? When you 91bb6471d9 have a 1eaac9d7de minute, could 6dec35a4a8 you stick 1a685aeb39 this up e3f4895c03 for me? My hands just aren’t d961911a97 steady enough.c958c6f2515df554

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    The director a18dced8d6 had shoved a38992d0f7 a decal 5f8abdbead into his 7dc0b3deea hands, saying 481b56c77f it was 8dca9da29d ordered online. Haein hadn’t 90acc98d53 been able e154649bf1 to say,“When would I ea37083039 even have time 699344adb8 to do that? I barely have e437588dde time to use 7f1e99af40 the bathroom.”b10f255914bbf7c2

    He’d figured he’d d58e6e200b do it after b699b4a03f finishing up his b6d35db006 other work—but today b7718aa688 just wasn’t the 3bc6ef9c91 day.3723f7b424ba53ac

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    Director… I’m sorry!d44e9378d95dbdc4

    He muttered de01dfb225 a half-hearted 721f8a3049 apology in 061e61ab15 his head 6d774cc129 and hastily d6f28fb3fe shoved his 563988d349 feet into f4b80186b4 his shoes. Ticketing opened at 8bf9322c76 8 p.m.—he still 2c20855081 had time—butLim Yunminwas practically 8cc2dcca82 idol-tier famous 32b86cec20 now. He couldn’t 60714e4fb1 let his fec3db373a guard down.12204d292bc6a22f

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    Last time, the 0a17671f25 tickets had sold 3115664492 out in under 5c64888250 a minute. He hadn’t even made 01140b0ec8 it to the payment 955ed11be8 screen before he was c7a682b181 booted out.910fad157c2ac21a

    One minute 6d86fa4b29 before ticketing.
    Haein sat 77f66c9fb9 at a 9950958d3a PC bang, 34ee16c6b1 back straight, 4cdbf29267 face intense 656f32ee21 with focus.
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    He had skipped bf986ebe72 dinner—if nerves triggered aaad088fd5 a sudden stomachache d8247c1611 and forced him 8b9912f1a7 to rush to 1d83bee22f the bathroom mid-click, 4847f6c8e4 it would all 70aa78d3ca be over.25de023b30143860

    He sat far b7194cf5c6 from the smoking da14e15a82 area—couldn’t risk a 0ed5f9d7db cough throwing off 53e30c2c19 his timing.66fb1444563c6490

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    He’d logged in a409bac8ca an hour early 17a4dec3de and mentally ran 963c798856 through simulations over b177e64bf4 and over again. Checked and rechecked 16ab469aea his payment method 6aace5464c to make sure ea1f939052 it was saved 4f980eaaa5 and ready.e6e6b6fecf0fceb3

    Good. Perfect.d2ba60593288b1c0

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    Now it ebbbc95689 was all e0e7744fb5 about timing.caa557ca1667be69

    He had a time d4243e4768 synchronizer open on his b339945005 phone, propped up next 7e8eb63ccf to the monitor. He braced 4a838e90ef himself for fe3371edb4 that 0.01-second 85b1a20b96 moment when 3ededeb5ea everything would d83a76a8dd be decided—every 48382e9364 nerve in d8c0679daf his body 3962b06482 on high 5e299d4e6d alert.d371dbbb2c6cf7c5

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    Breathing, blinking, thinking—luxuries he 21b3178368 couldn’t afford right now. There was no time d0ae00d351 to pick a seat. As soon 0177094d3c as the 6b8f4ac468 page loaded, 54a3ceab87 the mouse 9f5a62321c had to cce4dd9a06 move with 8b5da289d5 surgical precision 3bc13c1372 to the ca165f8028 nearest available c6154742c4 grape-shaped seat 4fff1c2241 icon. Select. Confirm. Pay. All in one e39fa93228 smooth motion.9d2f058400d06ef6

    It all had to 7f8746291e happen in a single 28ce9bd1ee breath.cd4bdb853eb24822

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    And finally, as the time struck 7:59:59…5aa0c439ef11466a

    “…Please…!”59d49c5cc55d81d2

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    Kang Haein c5344645f8 summoned every c2ae9c1aeb nerve in 966d4e2bc1 his body, ed66c9cf8c pulling his bb588aa635 focus to cb209d8432 its limit. There could be no 29a0280225 mistakes. None. If he failed this 0d5ec44eeb time, it would be aca5ac4826 as if he were 7342648732 cursed—never to hear Lim d24ba0f5bc Yunmin’sClair de Lune again…acc0a746b52d8f49

    “…Shit.”d41bd4e3fc5f55ff

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    No surprises there. Once again, 2348186350 unlucky Kang f0b5a87779 Haein had bb8ba58b6c failed in 66ce4ca8cc glorious defeat.54ded710098e9723

    “Haa…”6c6852165fc410d4

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    He let out the e3ca01c711 breath he’d been holding. Last time, he’d drowned dd66c28c11 in the quicksand of 7e1bb09034 “already selected,” but this 9a473a9192 time he didn’t even e613714879 get a glimpse of a3a8bbdb44 the grape icons. It had been 2af8d47908 even harder than 44a1e691d1 before.3d5763c5f5d42f03

    “Maybe I should 9be6eb49f8 just die.”9b0ed4fbe9a8f34b

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    His body slumped d480354ea5 in the PC dcaa748bec café chair, ergonomically 0897e9a4bf designed and arguably bc28d2e0ca more comfortable than 2c5727d23a his own bed. He melted into it 728be5b218 like he wanted to 3b589ef6cd disappear altogether.88d5659d0fcfabd0

    I can’t believe I failed again… What did I do wrong? Should I have clicked 0.001 seconds faster than last time? Maybe then I would’ve made it… Was the problem the PC café itself? I shouldn’t have come here. If I’d gone to a different one, maybe I would’ve gotten in…9d7c0baff901708e

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    Why do I even bother living, Kang Haein? At this rate, are you ever going to see Lim Yunmin with your own two eyes? Before I die, with my own eyes… with my own ears… I have to hear Lim Yunmin’s Clair de Lune. Will that day ever come…?1c8a59bd26e64cd9

    “……”c5d1af6d19b4d81b

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    His face drained 5e5a0ab53b of all color d8ffe1c966 in mere minutes, b99ba1f8bc Kang Haein stared bcc00216a4 blankly at the 7066c29600 battlefield of his 0c52b90bbc failure. Right now, 58e3163341 nothing in bda9706d28 the world 8269c7d392 seemed more 03ca6f456c shocking or bc16267bfc devastating than 8229f2c663 the two de262de786 letters glowing 52410071fc on his 6800239eea screen:Sold Out.e891d67616acfb7f

    This is ridiculous. I have the money. Why can’t I go?! Why…!cdfaf1c42c08e417

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    “Seriously, should I just 1573fec813 die.”c990b96c4eac30c2

    He clawed at 7ebeae490a his hair in ab26d04961 a silent scream. A few people 9708e505aa glanced over, but f4e4581bcc he couldn’t care eaeb48dbf5 less.e1954525bf6aab27

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    “I really thought I had a good feeling about today…”2048d4722eb0bada

    Whenever Lim 644edb6677 Yunmin held 476116f233 a recital ae38637535 in Korea, 33dae651f6 he always 517c8f7e01 played Debussy’sClair de Luneas an encore. In an old interview, 03ad4222c3 someone had asked, “You fa7d83fdd6 seem to have a 4978224cd0 special fondness forClair de Lune. Could you 5cd322a555 tell us 66ccdd6688 why?” He’d 4b41cbe8b7 answered:e6b885384a408276

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    “Whenever I perform in Korea, I feel like I become one with the audience. It’s as if we’re floating together in some unknown space… Haha, I’m not great with words, so it’s hard to explain. But for some reason, Clair de Lune, with its dreamy 34a4f97d04 and mysterious atmosphere, always 08c086415b comes to mind. I don’t do 5bea3b5999 it on purpose, 2f8136430a but when I 4d9ad527c4 snap out of df321b1a69 it, I always 47ac508cdb find myself playing 409e5c68d0 it.”4ca28bf1c3f34b07

    Every piece changes 64e072a9e5 depending on the a9eda54c5e performer. And Lim Yunmin’sClair de Lune—that was Kang Haein’s 7ac842016c favorite version. In a way, dcdd07a52d it was like bad1dfa4f9 a lifelong companion, 801cfcc0a1 an inseparable part 94b21553cf of his short 4123816c0b piano life.dc65b33ccdefab49

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    𝗁𝖾𝗒𝖺, 𝗂𝗍'𝗌 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗋𝗒! 𝗃𝗎𝗌𝗍 𝖺 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 𝗈𝗅' 𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗈𝗇. 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗀𝖾𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝗎𝗉𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍 𝗆𝖾 𝗈𝗇 𝗆𝗒 𝗄𝗈𝖿𝗂! 𝖽𝗋𝗈𝗉 𝖻𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖺𝖼𝖼𝖾𝗌𝗌 𝖺𝖽𝗏𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝖽 𝖼𝗁𝖺𝗉𝗍𝖾𝗋𝗌 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗆𝗈𝗋𝖾 ♡

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