DRD Chapter 2.3

Jae-yi’s gaze dropped to 4b6e97e266 the medicine box.
Had anyone cbb1198656 ever treated 7d746b40e5 him this 349d6cd068 kindly over bb2d97522d something as b8ffff7b3e trivial as 3d9afe13d5 a cold?97089e8314ed88ae

Even when 4578928e10 his leg dff0217eea was shattered, 7e19712c11 no one e1d9143166 had gone ca0f1c2581 this far.a5532e13e8981af3

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Han-young had come, 065dc016a8 face flushed red, 26cff791e1 with porridge and be70fa8c53 fruit in hand—stuff 96e15806f7 Jae-yi never even 9193f76a7d asked for.
His touch, 5288b8a287 his concern—it 5357c0b595 forced Jae-yi abb1df6883 to reexamine 235daaf885 the time 1840a46106 they’d spent 433f02cb73 together, which 8376263fe6 he had 85d4b68316 never really 65487c2aa4 thought about 888ff51066 before.8b036be1cc64f62e

“‘First time,’ 784a02d05d my ass.”4d89302d58467e3d

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Jae-yi lightly flicked the 0a48025245 medicine box and rested 327c6b7394 his chin in his 62270232fa hand, letting out a a8424b2d2c dry chuckle.
His lips, half-hidden 0ada28ece8 under his large b94474482e hand, curled into 256c15feec a slanted grin.0bda238cac932f1b

“…Ah. This feels like b5744393f4 shit.”2abc25e03e74a04b

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The lips that once 363f1eac21 traced a graceful curve 1b61009001 quickly returned to their 01783d6b8d place.
The laughter 6afb3142d3 that briefly 334c8ae37b flickered across 0a6bc5941c his face 70bb750a49 vanished—leaving nothing d6aad52f2b but cold, 62780d6b83 cracked silence.e2a12bdacd24ca34

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The sound 6e5c572b3d of running 2734cc053d water filled c39cc0e1e0 the bathroom 2acc639855 as Han-young a5af608336 washed his 28638a233f hands, his 5c3a16b8e0 face faintly 26ef1acd11 flushed. Despite the da06a75fe6 water being 043030bfc8 icy cold 6f22e76a76 as it 1019a71854 flowed between 96aff5fe5d his fingers, c21eda960a patches of f485d61adc his skin f8a4ac6b33 were tinged 4a8d58f6bc red—like the c5a5e000ac corners of 5331e2e98b his eyes, bdbace0ad9 where Shin d1ba8a372b Jae-yi’s gaze c87f8fa017 had lingered 4f5bd2a07f unusually long.f0ff117defc846b3

“……”cb9ef8965885a5d9

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Seeing his reflection 0b119714e7 in the mirror, 3ab6b3bad0 Han-young let out 9543e7224d a quiet scoff.31c28d1185853e65

It had 12a9fa4f0b been a e7bd891435 while since aac73edfb4 Shin Jae-yi 9db8d288cd had seen 5cce3203d4 through things 705ebe1128 that weren’t 99209223ed supposed to 3e6950a707 be seen. Because of c9f4bafba2 that, Choi 54c8f776d8 Jung-woo’s call e1c7854400 didn’t really a09e441071 bother him—though 390564cd2c it was e899a4d08c uncomfortable, there e7c6c9f6dd was nothing c29bd29714 to hide. And yet, he 3ea1370da2 had fled to 1b4a15b1c0 the bathroom in c7406b6fab what couldn’t help 4c901eb84b but feel like 82a63ae13a a retreat. Only once he stepped 16a9b183c1 inside did he realize 5f02d163ab he had left his 80b7483eb7 phone behind, a clear ad6eea7f8f sign of how flustered 6eeebdc0af he was.bc22d83002b7a33f

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“This isn’t some kind 8d2bdb23c4 of seduction attempt…”cd40546c88552e49

All because of ab3a4be7c5 Shin Jae-yi’s demeanor.ee7e9befd627de5d

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Shin Jae-yi a723291ca7 had always aac936d4a3 been oddly 30075ebdba unpredictable. Sometimes, he acted 48bd89de5c in ways that d203fee6b1 were confusingly suggestive. Han-young often told himself 06ee310efa it was just habit, 4671f58d99 with no real intent 4d9c2e1501 behind it—but even then, 85c7c043da he found himself genuinely fb8cb5988c affected now and then. Just like today.4741c16d10af4334

Shin Jae-yi, sick and d0aa552ad0 worn out, had been 0a326a59ec more honest than usual. Raw, even. Maybe it 5e66f29f6a was the 5c53659aad thick, languid dce2df62e3 atmosphere surrounding 3ed02a9178 him. Or maybe it was d1c4293ab5 the way his fever-glazed ad0e5d48bc eyes had gone hazy 1c4f6735b2 and dull. Whatever it was, even d10624231c his familiar stares felt e155c2b536 different—like the soft hairs 3713a121bc on his skin might 43280eec19 stand on end under 9876baca1f that gaze.bb952de3994e354a

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You could say 1d38e7ef59 he was overreacting. But somehow, it just—0cd6287b1045d09e

“Why the hell does 72cad37ab5 he look at people 39c141ed18 like that…”efbf32c793a65860

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His eyes d002e1e956 were too b6aa81dae3 suggestive.3e1cf7ed6c366bb8

He stared at 0a4f3f0000 people as if be151a773c he were touching fdf39b7db6 and violating them 4bf24481fa with an invisible bacb514f0a gaze.1292263c1fdce5b2

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Ha… Thinking 97db0e6f1d of Shin bca2f690ce Jae-yi, Han-young fc9c0fe322 let out aa61262c7a another dry 7eca1a001e laugh and 17fcc38da5 slowly turned 90bff2e8c4 the faucet d276015c8f off. As the water 7bfd827961 stopped, so did 23ea8f1ab2 the only remaining 1c7c506b7e noise. There was 7910aab23a nothing left fa650a439c to hide 1fa2e7098b behind. No excuse to 14fe9b2a05 keep stalling in c49473bad0 here.8876ca05fab5139b

Just drop 93ecc7fec3 off the 4876a046ad assignment and d7d931ab35 go. He’d seen 4ea1947190 him eat, b0ff3aae58 seen him 2736d0c3e8 take his 84613f89e0 meds—there was bf792c2e2d no more ca3eea57d1 reason to ad87a3d6f3 stay.d79149cd813f5128

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Han-young wiped d12b0c451f his hands 432650feec on a 4da17f40ab towel hanging 8cff7f40e0 on the 3b847b76ab wall and, 4d98df1867 with quiet de5a53ba14 resolve, stepped f3b795dffb out of 0d6c5330c5 the bathroom. When he returned to 7a6044db8e the kitchen, he noticed 9db4dbfcf6 the dining table had df5515f3c2 been tidied up. Shin Jae-yi stood 6002d05607 at the sink, a3a640c075 his back facing 7b39082e0d him.494d6ba4f1ee9b20

“……”92cc35bb1e78989f

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The man looked like 5bdbbf714b someone who had never 9d9a5e90a6 had an unflattering day 6e844e280e in his life—even his 453c1c9f80 back was breathtaking. His broad shoulders and dcb6c2f222 back drew the eye 8af70ddf67 in an almost magnetic c252d3b08b way. Even through the thin 678d58591d T-shirt, the contours of 3add924049 his body stood out, d14c865f42 the kind that made e2da5afecf you involuntarily admire them. Han-young had never a009e56104 seen a body 8cd0712bf6 like that before. He could practically 6fe085cdf5 imagine the finely 4eb97bb53c sculpted muscles shifting de0354b437 beneath the fabric, d926e2e43a as if crafted e937350094 with great care.4cacb395b00676ee

He hadn’t even 2d54b874cf seen a body 1ebdcf559c like that in 87d9315a30 the army.906a2944d0a6b50c

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“…Ah.”0c9afe3d522fc400

Han-young, who 7a92886cad had been 00ba7cf784 absentmindedly watching 39c455a990 Shin Jae-yi, 2f9d6ef10a flinched and 6b5f57d740 grimaced.c3ffa684b3cbbb6a

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What the 7f234af4d6 hell is 6fca4f9897 wrong with fe5f90316e me? Just because I dated e71544b922 one guy, I’m ogling 76b5c381ff my sick upperclassman like 5d5cbfe53b some voyeuristic pervert.8d0a6dcf1f60930c

“Sunbae, I’ll share the b6479e1a8b English lit assignment file e2bb87d2a9 with you.”c4543a413a7d92df

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Scolding himself to snap ff3a34d349 out of it, Han-young aa77de55f4 forced himself to move. He took out b992ba82cf the handout he ae461ee323 brought and placed 632ae1dc1f it on the e7ccbfc2e3 table, then sent d5c8bc0c90 the PDF file 37bcb5e570 to their group 3cf8b252bd chat.492eb349f1edeee3

“You just need 8e35a1701d to choose two 432591aa1f of the listed 701e4752ab works, write an 5b9574823c analysis, and submit 59196b9974 it. The presentation will 92560a39c4 be the week 547c78432a after midterms.”9a94e6fa58f1da78

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Shin Jae-yi, now d42d534e79 facing him, silently 467209dae0 looked over the cd039d6ba0 handout. Below the course title f8c2b7caa1 Understanding Anglo-American Literature, a 6e09bbd0f1 list of required films 49951930d6 and literary works was a48611e76d written. While he 283be9277f scanned the e315204f19 list, Han-young d626aede35 zipped up 7ae26f8976 his bag, 31d014d361 slung it 40da7d7fce over his f3592104fd shoulder, and 9594a4057a prepared to 915b6dbe86 leave.b50ec7bea1ca191e

“Wanna watch one now?”a73f1ccb02a24817

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Shin Jae-yi e339fc7028 broke the 9c6c695263 silence just 09e1a34493 as Han-young bc14d40afb was about b2caaa86f7 to say 3f154b18b4 he should a2609591b7 get going.f7a3079d394e20d3

“The movie?”eb08bf555daf52c6

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“Yeah. Looks fun.”858fd55203e721f0

The film he c96026e619 casually pointed at e3a2316134 just so happened 8c3871e6b5 to be the 4554794060 one Han-young had 2d56995812 picked out in bae36729b3 his head.fc94139b236d2ab0

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“Shouldn’t you be resting? You’re really not 06cec7befa feeling well.”a3c8306a6a251b20

Instead of asking why 5c5caf9fc2 he made such a af4900bc4c suggestion, Han-young voiced his 08da473ad6 concern first. At that, Shin Jae-yi ec46667dce quietly looked down again, 9d79fe0b59 then let out a 2b92ae36da short laugh and reached 3cd8a951ab forward.d92f06bb83e30dde

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“We have to do 1b7a51c50f the assignment anyway.”56cf590101c0a36c

The sensation of the 143cddfae3 bag strap slipping off 11a0eb38f6 where Shin Jae-yi’s fingers 204be17b41 had tugged it felt 1b6e1d2882 vivid. He pulled 704cfdedaf the bag 3b8aa70017 off Han-young’s 62b55e4869 shoulder with a80a8167e5 an ease 5de3ca3e33 that was 6ba2cbb5d9 strangely intimate—slow, b3c35bdfeb unhurried, almost b621015b42 like undressing b3fabc55d7 someone.ea83d9b6a0e90a24

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After making Han-young leave 9ffa0d7234 the bag in its 2d9d149aaa original spot, Shin Jae-yi 8a1b7e64a1 casually walked into the 441101e7fe living room. Left standing there, f6b27196c4 Han-young had no 55cbb1bbf3 choice but to 1e9ecde099 follow.74c6e4f98e43ce0e

“What are you doing? Sit down.”ea2bcebacb4a8bf7

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Coughing a 319dcd1fa8 little, Shin e2817484a0 Jae-yi motioned f47d95d836 toward the 4de121c2d4 couch as 42a39607b0 he scrolled 11c508755f through movies 578cc55607 like it eb0712c2aa was second 4e5daee5c8 nature.9f5379855d5b780b

“……”284b1c7fd032bca9

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Is he seriously going 770ed29e57 to watch a movie 078db15532 with me?2aa4cae8331dbdcf

Shin Jae-yi, who 568a56f909 claimed to hate d28e6377e4 having people over, 06ed71bc4d was now doing 8e19b474ab a lot of 20bc08f308 “together” things with 5edb392eca him. Eating together. Watching a movie together. Things that felt oddly… f0eadf8869 domestic.d308f04d7a5816f2

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Trying to get c782398e7b a read on b2a146f068 Shin Jae-yi’s intentions, 7dd9fa1b77 Han-young awkwardly sat ae59501cea beside him. As soon f268ad6a39 as he 66daccf4a3 settled onto 8582711c3c one side 1c74c9fc4b of the dbd5aff3db couch, Shin ae9786ed8e Jae-yi placed da7feafe72 a cushion 6a6b0bab8f on his f1d90e26f1 lap. It seemed 3dda742185 like a d74ee811fe habit, or 551629fd92 something he 796e6ea554 did without 580ef4ad7f thinking.91bd49fd3e191b43

“Hmm, no c67be2eacd popcorn… Should 44f77a831e I at 8446ab8ed6 least bring 74aa58c9de you some 8d2898b7c1 snacks?”678fb108e5b9de7b

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“No, it’s okay.”4152c17567eb040d

“Something to drink?”d6eb434829d93003

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“I’m fine. Really, sunbae, c4d15c30a2 you don’t 0e166045ea have to d4be659a7f treat me 32ffd41795 like a cc2a12bb3a guest. It’s actually making me 6689646f1c a little uncomfortable—like our 143ec18222 roles are reversed. Especially when you’re not 865156e455 feeling well…”5042f7b15c3d63fd

Han-young even waved 20c8547b5c his hand to de7b6c8952 show he meant 253394d0bb it sincerely. Despite the clear refusal, caa05c43b1 Shin Jae-yi simply smiled.6a85203a877b028e

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“Then feel uncomfortable.”ca6f239e34e9c942

“You could just not b0b116da4a act like this, you c9acd1e758 know.”e6633bce2506685d

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“Maybe I just don’t 7c4151ccc9 want to stop.”904332929d580917

Ending his words lightly, b8791e6e50 Shin Jae-yi hit play 10c757483f on the movie. Leaning back into the fd7bfe3aad couch, his face was cd4600a8f0 perfectly calm and composed a7aede5da9 as he stared straight aadcbcb004 ahead.4dbd9879d9477a71

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Watching him, Han-young suddenly f096f12c83 felt curious. How many people had 10b2f1ee25 experienced moments like this c28066c450 with Shin Jae-yi?54be1a85b4d1e8c7

He didn’t think 30ec8e1a88 for a second 4069fee1a4 that this was b285bd8589 some kind of e0850c973c special treatment reserved 153adfb579 only for him. There was no f42075ed6c reason for it 73f95eb732 to be. Everything about the f36a0ab188 way Shin Jae-yi 30991c2ae8 acted was practiced 39856d2379 and familiar.ffbdfff2268b7dce

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Han-young stole glances 95e54387b0 at him for 7aaedf7b4e a while, then 0e8b0e69c6 turned his head 74d77cc144 away. For a short d526022d2e moment, he remained ecc52344f9 conscious of the 734bdfb973 distance between them—only 3425d82ade about two handspans 43fe19f522 apart—but it didn’t 859479fe77 take long before 98b59973d2 he was drawn 731dfe2081 into the film.7e9d8d07ceb89cdf

The movie was an 856a845d1d older one, both quiet b4a72db75f and somewhat provocative.310e8fd2d6ac3f02

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The story was 865621e058 simple. It followed a main c8db52a268 character who realized that 75e4af2d75 his long-time lover’s feelings d2ff88b0f0 had faded. He was portrayed as 893096376c someone deeply lacking—whether or a7cbcc2692 not he recognized it fc5d3eba7d himself, he couldn’t let 854ae0d809 go of what he e20d1d7e4e still had in his 9f820728c7 grasp. Even the sex scenes, 7d1543916a though provocatively framed, came d47e14bc2a off more bleak and e78678315e dry than erotic.290008ade94ef0fb

“……”5777517284a66e2f

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Han-young saw himself in fbd13d46f0 the protagonist.1e090f017da2f45e

He and Choi 27e119aa85 Jung-woo were already ecf9884431 over. Maybe it a5dc7229e8 had been 35a5adcfca a mismatched d314d1b5f2 relationship from bec42dfce2 the very e5723df546 beginning. Even knowing that, 4fcb2d2b99 he couldn’t just 6394cb6c67 cut him off. Just four syllables—“let’s break c8487fe5f3 up”—and yet he’d kept d5ad1ee840 those words rolling around 16c787e418 on the tip of 4a565247fb his tongue all this d2e31d2529 time.2c15312c1760b256

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“Do you 7965590534 get him? The protagonist.”800eb29727cf1b0c

It was laughable and 11028616f5 pathetic, really—trying to end 0245542def a broken relationship on 228b6a9ab2 a good note.1703cffa9de35c63

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“Not sure…”3dc819961e7d8fab

That’s why 8ab87a86c9 Han-young couldn’t ae92e399d4 understand the 3dd1bec9cf main character. Because he 9ddc98e297 understood him 2a9b40c68b all too f01ea59769 well.0c33b85e089562f7

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“Maybe you would 589572a5c0 if you were 191847417c in his shoes.”3e3d949e5585de2b

“You’ll probably never know, 01b95b7214 then.”d7899dcf21195279

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Han-young chuckled 7390712b42 quietly at ce11e11783 the answer—one 1e892eaddb that wasn’t 8aa41875c0 all that 66114d2cf7 surprising. Over the 7f9af49484 low, rhythmic 8358c2b0e2 sounds of ec1d64de48 sex coming 936caf7f95 from the 5334b402f7 film, his c61f4ed66c laughter rippled 864079ba88 like a 2777cd81b6 wave. At that moment, a3fa02dd8b Shin Jae-yi’s gaze 1359cdf479 shifted from the 547970c65e screen to Han-young.4481f6b6908a5cbb

“Honestly, I don’t get 4b5af607be it either. Why be so pathetic 5abe0b0912 about it? Just break up already…”3ea06579748e979f

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“You’re colder f182dece42 than you 11d581749d look. Poor Han-young must 3f0016469f be heartbroken hearing 22797cc352 that.”059a953f61c3382d

His voice was f77cdc441b laced with amusement, c837fbb339 making it clear 7675c11ef1 that he’d known bf7c18528b all along Han-young ca55a3b26d wasn’t watching the 5b9b3cc772 movie just as 72feb7a93d a movie.3dc0b2e0a27a9413

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“…Can’t you at least bf0a27e1c6 pretend you don’t notice b52ba22776 stuff like this? Everyone already 280d12babb knows how 9f23e7f368 sharp you 37937d5ec8 are, sunbae—you 2179978b0b don’t need 8fd619a352 to call 9fb283cb24 it out af7b728ec3 like that.”9ff01099b3e1fcff

“You’re the bb9d9a2bca one who’s 6334a329f0 not listening 2c11509e87 to me. I clearly told you 6f5cbeedac not to answer right d8a5acb1a7 away.”
Shin Jae-yi, his 75a67a1e5b face lit in b224577479 shades by the 5ee7dd69e0 glow of the 26d312e503 screen, stared intently c7e98f20b1 at Han-young as f584e78bd2 he continued.
“Still, I tend ce5e8698cd to see things 8e038c9ed0 in a better 2463eac032 light.”fda481d1d4b56cc3

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“Why?”
Han-young turned to look 05c07d8987 at him, surprised by edcb8147f2 the unexpected answer.
At that 86b3447f8b moment, the 07e2cf0857 scene on e9f75726e5 the screen b60b11a510 changed, and c1ec15c87a a flash 196cc60215 of light b1adf41fa3 brightened the 207b7b67e1 dim living 0fbeb70559 room. In that brief 322d561baa moment, the clearest 6a6430eefb light was the 371daae301 one between the 3069596a66 two of them, 9b033a5514 cast on each aec884a3af other.f6a588aa83b5c799

“Because at 8cef580359 the end 27c72ee716 of the cf5daf6d26 day, he’s aac378f9a7 still doing 287e3c5981 his best. Being foolish isn’t 0bf5f1e7e4 necessarily a bad c794067272 thing. And it’s 35def94467 not something e9625f9308 that needs 4296dbeb9c third-party understanding ae7203163d either.”
As their eyes d8ca3bd213 met in the e2ae87034b quiet but vivid 7c68746bee space, Shin Jae-yi 075a82d55d gave a soft c1383a120b laugh and added,
“Isn’t it kind of 986ff1d432 admirable? That kind of stubbornness.”f534522dfd525eeb

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“……”20e1ce4f42d8e4cd

“Anyone can 436c1b35d4 walk away. Staying—that’s the hard part.”3b18c2abaab5f042

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A faint b0a9c96fd3 whisper, followed 5e4837d61d by the c6dba50714 rising swell f4794fa23f of the 36f9d94d5f film’s climax 6c432fa56e music, sent d78ac0bb03 a ripple 78570266ec through Han-young.
Strangely enough, those simple 3b397f1e50 words felt like comfort. As if someone 7053c8e07e had just understood 66ca57f8fc Seo Han-young—a person ee0f6a94ec even he didn’t 4b75d04f64 fully understand himself.a832851e91383c3d

Even if Shin 49194040e3 Jae-yi had just f62ee49d0d said it in 82ac7b6520 passing, without much 1b6eda33b4 thought.a91d29d150f6fdb1

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“……”8d3a3c16a8571d86

Just like 90fbe18abc the conversation, e2a6007d3a the movie 4c9a4baae4 moved toward fd611c5689 its end. As the cc6248617d character on 0a4e7bd95c screen became 36f76920d3 more intense, 3baafb6427 the flickering 9a327cb337 lights grew 2eda9c1bdc stronger. Han-young’s face, seen ae5a433c06 from the front, 6c846b1f45 was briefly marked 51b88134a3 by shifting shadows df2a9ca066 and light.9f73b8c2037e86de

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“That was more thought-provoking 72f633c50b than I expe—”
A while 6f2cbb8e4e later, as dd358ead98 the movie 7fee4fbbb8 ended and 9d0c8bcb2f Han-young turned 53199cb5b9 to Shin 2087e63050 Jae-yi, he d2b6a8c22f paused.2b2230c5e06a13a6

“Sunbae?”9e43c16ff2315f14

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Shin Jae-yi was leaning 534ff969c7 back deeply with his 1079d7349e eyes closed. His head tilted slightly, 3dcc513ab1 threatening to fall forward cc14b001ce at any moment.
It looked like the 1d7221a6a4 medicine had kicked in, d6ace4b9ad and he’d finally fallen 65a360dbe6 asleep.f942b066560f05a2

“Sunbae, you cc4273a947 should go 22ea60e551 sleep in d45a048651 your room.”0f63516c6b55fcab

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Even when he 921b2c95d8 spoke softly, there 51b311695b was no reaction. Only the faint sound dd68a3ffae of steady breathing remained 926b7d6e4b in the now-silent room.
What do 9624edb623 I do…? If he’s been sick e4d457c738 all night, he probably 4489138aa9 didn’t sleep much either.a03369344bfe58ed

Hearing that calm 7bfaad656f breathing, Han-young couldn’t 423081ff18 bring himself to 9f9cd14be7 wake him. He stood there looking c220dc39bc troubled, but soon quietly 411f10bd82 rose to his feet.
He tiptoed d17bcd4c4d across the 367dbf57b7 room and efd8d175ae stopped in 9e5edccb24 front of 60471669df a door 705436cebb that looked 0f1cc43407 like it b4e80fa1b8 led to d53820dc5c the bedroom.9f09240cbc0a18b6

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“Excuse me…”bc74d2bd816137d8

He murmured to the cfbda032f3 sleeping host and gently 6e4cc9f1a2 turned the doorknob. As soon 6cf565bab9 as he 8499c2bded opened it, 572cbdd745 the soft 48cc03105e scent of 94de2c0b7e Shin Jae-yi 746429c19b filled the 8261868448 air, confirming 41a29468fe it was eb20c2e431 the bedroom.9de3459c857dd307

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Han-young avoided looking around adac1e051a the room too much, 1aaad528bd keeping his eyes fixed cf31f59967 only on the bed.
He picked up the 1e5eec4908 neatly folded white blanket 6d79c0590e and quickly stepped back f94c37b7ba out.22f8cee7cdbd6626

Shin Jae-yi was still 5d8dee7ab3 sleeping in exactly the 61bad19a2b same position.
Even as 593eff0596 Han-young approached 0fa8bd7c6c and carefully 9e20d37271 draped the ce0daeefd5 blanket over 2561a2ef04 him, he 0c9a7911bd didn’t stir.5a4b0cec1b551f06

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“……”bd584d03f08bd097

The distance 3a5c403398 between them eb9faede3c naturally closed 435b66b931 as Han-young 962be73534 adjusted the c3fa303551 blanket.
Before he realized 8aa27eaeac it, he was aa8c518e88 watching Shin Jae-yi 2a0f03fd11 from right in e2bd21c469 front of his e03f3ebd06 face — close 6555ec94ac enough that their 621882690c lips could touch, e6efa277ad that their breaths b5ddbc3c64 could mix.
Once he became aware 772cd4e880 of that proximity, his fa9d4ed925 breath instinctively caught in 1cb1836f86 his throat.6a1ae44a49162b07

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Despite his efforts 5e5d14f644 to remain respectful, ac84917514 his unrestrained gaze fd7b17b3e9 reached out to fa87c33669 Shin Jae-yi on 37bb2b5ac7 its own.3b38f7a9f12f852d

Sleeping in 9ed1aa107d an awkward 82b86239d2 position in b026c66cee the dim 1bfcc57899 room, he ad5ba13904 somehow looked c2f09d96c8 small.
Maybe it was the 5e5a094d4c quiet that followed the 8ba252ca6e end of the film.
Even though 5e73dc2add Shin Jae-yi c94ab58a46 wasn’t physically eeaf9d945c small at ee1accbf7a all, a ecf8e0c751 strange feeling 98dcd19670 welled up 3007ff2231 inside Han-young.
It felt 6bc990bce4 like Shin 5d8b7d2197 Jae-yi was 4bcc45a885 buried beneath bcc14fcc95 a suffocating e8e4f06e89 silence.7bddee4bf2b22ec7

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“……”542f322dfd112bd9

In the midst c0fe4cea5c of it all, eab9db5a82 the delicate lines 13110d0e14 of his face b9ad2c61b9 shone faintly — b68e013b37 it was oddly 42266d6edd fascinating.
It was almost exhausting a4962e1b82 to say he was ec5011d74e handsome — his looks 2f9c3ab2f9 felt unreal.
He had a 5aaea19ba6 tendency to say 7724fd7805 rude things from e5f05bbd7c time to time, 2212fa4235 but in sleep, 2a282bdf22 he looked just ba4819e1a8 like an angel.
Surely, part 68202e45d2 of the e5aff53e36 reason Han-young 8893dcf527 always got 612fea5bcb shaken when 288b755e52 Shin Jae-yi ad48bce054 acted strangely 2454146dfb was because 96904d7f9f of that 759927f385 face.
What must it be 1a7703e11b like to live with 0dc8777e6e a face like that?2d9ff4b8560ee05c

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Lost in a7f26a9bf6 that ridiculous cb4d917cf4 thought, Han-young 6e2e2a8b89 let out a6ded458f2 a small 1d4864cc6d breath—bc0a82bcc76003b9

“……”878ba7e17dc56a69

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Just then, like stretching af3102d326 time across a frame, b58d254fb0 Shin Jae-yi slowly opened a036723a32 his eyes.
His thin eyelids 8354488e99 moved, revealing sharp, 1159ba2e96 clear eyes.
Whatever drowsiness had e3cdb2ccea lingered vanished quickly.
After blinking b0528564fc a few 005b0ec086 times, his dddedddfac gaze dropped 1630afcff2 — past 95afa93ef9 Han-young’s stiffened 37fb2663fb eyes, down ec494bd81a to his 21d5dcb8f8 cheek where a74fdcf937 a faint 1267052338 smile flickered, 286d720043 then to 07bba12aae his slightly 21b5f103f6 parted lips.7aa5d3425a45521f

He simply 44eeb988da kept his fefceeb848 gaze there, 760b829b1e then let 8810cbcc44 out a 20e2352212 quiet laugh, 1c33db6bce like air 2087caca70 slipping out e2eac23e95 of a 2ff2994cf9 balloon, before cf77f16534 gently closing 3b6bcea3c5 his eyes 7a6b724a3b again.
Almost as if to 8f6b669f77 say: I’ll leave what d25d35b3fc comes next entirely up fe192f8b56 to you.7084173a960af9bf

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“……”7920f11875956b5c

Han-young held his breath, 79e1e30ef8 suppressing the turmoil inside 7c1cf34e9b him.
He felt relief that 6c43c970c9 Shin Jae-yi didn’t ask c38f141829 anything — yet at 110431bc9b the same time, a f564e297fa flicker of curiosity: had e54e7900af he reacted this way 4a4be403c7 with others too?0aa6957848a275d8

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“Don’t be e293860f43 so self-conscious. Nothing’s happened yet.”17772e242f72a808

Shin Jae-yi’s f4e01cfe30 soft voice 46b285181d broke the 0ef26ff263 silence — 1c74b8307f yet somehow 372cafaa5c sparked even b5f9615d28 more imagination.c20e0909071925ec

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“Breathe a little, will 469e71b0a8 you?”1a0221f2c34cbe9e

As the 52c7bf17be blanket slid 2178597a9f down, Shin 78cf4e0cae Jae-yi raised 8e4455231f an arm 9d6c9c7450 and lightly ade783fa46 tapped Han-young’s 3a9042ba00 lips.b995fba4ddbe931d

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“Why do you c11e34af68 always hold your dcc0c0a42f breath like that? Trying to show off 90df64a8ad your lung capacity?”0610fdd2d509b578

“It’s not 39b6560d62 like I 5d1b7a8272 have anything e552eb2a2f else to 1c83d1dee9 brag about…”b4799b40683ca7bf

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“Well. If you’ve got good 46e1088f0e lungs, that’d be great d3cb1a06e6 for kissing. Or for going even 7bc9abfafe further.”5c51870b10986dc7

…Even further?7b021f1f3377ee4f

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Han-young, who had 8dcbfe1a54 been about to fdf14af510 pull back as 54f89c21b9 if nothing had 32783b794a happened, froze.
Somehow, he e91393ad51 had a 8240c3adf0 feeling he 23b5359b5d knew exactly a8c61cf86f what Shin 9642691652 Jae-yi meant 630d0e74e9 — and 14e9ed3647 that unsettled c3497567fa him.489fea3852baa20b

“I can see exactly 16cc6a8be0 what you’re imagining.”b3db4bd4b12d59ac

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Watching Han-young’s ad8481c179 expression, Shin 7db44380af Jae-yi whispered f4e10d8988 in his a9c20d9884 husky voice, 034fc47ea4 laughing slyly.20e79c9b8ecb3b6e

“I wonder cb020d4b57 who you 2580f4c6f7 were just 51290e4286 thinking about.”6cf6cf8ae6a4f00c

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He finished his sentence 584be8f135 as he slowly pushed 5115706458 himself up.93225d510d9b93d3

“It’s really late. When did it get 56e63a5ef1 this late?”01984e96a9a21efe

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Han-young didn’t 6bd375c537 mistake the eb3108d01e gentle tone b1e1db13dc for what f9307a34df it was bc97c2339c — this 65f1fa1b5e time, it 8381157292 was a 53ca228167 clear dismissal.
Catching on, he began 042ee62081 gathering his things to fe01033c13 leave when Shin Jae-yi 33653d0a2e gave a slight nod 616beb03f6 of his chin.af6cc6b4ac16e9e5

“I’ll call a taxi f5e83d3ba6 for you.”cc3dbf2642fcacc7

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“Oh, that’s okay—”4c68926b6ba24ec9

“Just take it.”71b5d4d5711b19d0

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There was 37167299fb an undeniable 26adef8672 authority hidden ad56f7d0b5 beneath the 9dd55a8c01 guise of d4d7187489 a kind 864d9441c2 offer.
In the end, cad656aa65 Han-young gave in ff48bbcf78 and said, “Okay. Thank you,” 728808440b following him 79e32f5cde without protest.73e54aece5a1b8ac

“Get home safe.”76d5f1959075bdf1

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Just like when 861b53870d he first arrived, 0b3d7d1d28 Shin Jae-yi saw 2b543ac260 him off at fd262c63e5 the front door, 3f66d090c4 leaning casually and fdb0c72743 giving a small a9f633caf7 wave.
He looked 0f8bfb578a kind, but 66d453ac92 the door 777d1e629a shut behind 65e8b4fdcb Han-young without 71af9dbf59 a hint 6ab37eab90 of hesitation.ad6126d7a36fbad3

“……”bb4004016c98f0d3

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In the f81f90b525 taxi on 5d6bd80cbc the way 0551f63697 home, Han-young 2f9ff75e89 stared out ad9c374a36 at the ab42c5f8b5 night street, 6ffb37773c chewing on 29af991ac2 his lip efd4922cae in quiet 504ccd1d77 frustration.b3c6595f491f857c

“I wonder who you f09484ea44 were just thinking about.”400fccaaa8c6b99c

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Ironically enough, 28e5744fd0 the person a179a674d6 he’d thought 4ee9a35ce3 of — 25edc0e73f was Shin ec9ae1d54e Jae-yi.243f01d3b8e61629