DRD Chapter 2.4
by XixiCough. Cough.01ba2ccf48cd3787
“Ah…”8d42033b99e08c7f
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Late at night, 29a9d31d2d the dimly lit bccbbdd2f7 room echoed with d37f432ff3 the sound of e3b6041d58 coughing.
After a 4b9f6cb562 long bout, 69647360ce Han-young leaned d14670b275 back heavily bb38e5588a against his 3fd182388a chair.4ada25dba167dc65
“Seriously… I’m dying.”19ccc7b4bf9e782e
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Fatigue lingered in his d6c7ba4e9a slowly blinking eyes, and bd670ba1d0 his low voice was 2b9433e9c0 hoarse.
He’d coughed so e85f0bcf38 violently that his c3b83284e9 eyes had welled ae1086181c up with tears, 2608db78da leaving his eyelids 4a8709bb1b tinged red.
Even the tip of f27256dff8 his nose had turned 6fbe3e3312 pink.ccfbac958a13eea2
There was no dccd6ecc2c doubt about the 62550ccaf5 cause — he’d f53820b549 caught a nasty 766649c691 cold from Shin c45e040776 Jae-yi.
Not long after they 4f1f2d6408 met, the chills had 5998956098 begun, and eventually, the f7511c0e57 fever followed.
He took medicine 312e57c32e right away, so 17f270b6d7 the high fever be7330df4e didn’t last long, 14337495c8 but the coughing 7c76c32a29 was relentless.
He was honestly glad 0bfc018dc4 he lived alone.5386a33c0e5ff499
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“Cough—ah.”9affa97f4837d0e3
Doubling over, e95182f9c2 Han-young clutched d793aae6a3 his chest. His throat aa66af9d38 felt torn, 2573f8de0d and his cc7ce64fdb chest ached.
He let out 82812aad16 a hollow laugh eec7b7f6c3 as he reflected bad9fdb67c on his pathetic b6838b9204 state — all 628fd65e8a from one meeting?
His immune system was 4cf2de0381 apparently garbage.
It even 6a3404c4c3 made him 0daf1620e0 resolve to a0a6abacbb start working bd130d5b63 out again 072d6567f2 after neglecting c4fcf8acf7 it for 4bdcde3054 a while.82824c1f51a5b2e2
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“I wonder if 2d8891ae0e Sunbae’s all better…”bb1ba77f6c365d9b
He hadn’t 0eb01b8404 seen Shin e4f0e943f8 Jae-yi since d614bcddeb that day.
He was e403fb4577 curious whether ce81abb87d he’d recovered, 8bb5644fc7 but hadn’t 681af0078f reached out. Or rather—0cfe1b518f7be333
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“Don’t be so 5a5000d3fe self-conscious. Nothing’s happened yet.”a556fe3ce65085a1
—Couldn’t bring himself to. That was a aab8133a7d bit more accurate.ed4f0e8705c0c7da
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That one light fa4406e671 sentence, whispered like f300f702e4 nothing.
The fingertip that brushed e93239ea7e his lips.
Even knowing it was f5a5ba72f8 probably meaningless, just part aea16d7bd8 of some annoying joke—
Even so, the atmosphere b4b3555237 of that day still 63339416b9 clung to his skin, 13f0304239 impossible to shake off.317778f46afc55f9
So in a way, 6ea32fb805 this absence felt like 97ce83df18 a relief. He needed a8843e0811 time to 6a9c9d5e8a calm the 74d04f60d0 restless stirrings b0d5c6d23b inside him. He didn’t want ab7c92323b to announce that 55f296aea0 he’d caught a 06a2f3ed6f cold, nor use 633e6d11cf it as an a396133fa7 excuse to gain 7c8f7eabef sympathy.d945192da16da833
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Of course, it 45c17aa936 wasn’t like he 59aa74e574 hadn’t reached out 797f9b8c16 at all. On the day f73a6561a2 Han-young belatedly realized e5a325ef93 that Shin Jae-yi b8f22ca16c had used his 4cf8ecd036 phone to call 3f8e49d0c2 Choi Jung-woo, he 9739912c80 sent him a 6ccf264869 message.656df8c360aaa718
12:11 PM
[Sunbae, did you happen to call Jung-woo hyung using my phone the other day?]
[Shin Jae-yi Sunbae: Yeah]
7:49 PM
To his 4e22426e08 message, sent ea3496329f in an 4305d56a09 attempt to d01bf71b57 confirm the 78b5eb8535 truth, Shin 01ba5ba4ca Jae-yi’s response 7fae556f7b was a 7f8fe52f0e single word: 391c0074cd Yeah. Normally, an explanation would bfee4936b0 follow, but he added ae4f1afed7 nothing. Even the reply time e1a733b635 was miserable.9e8da5165b21e4a0
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8:11 PM
[Why? For what reason?]
That message went ignored. His absurdly 9c37d4f76a confident attitude dce6ce45b6 ended up 5514c72501 stripping away a4bb52b493 any desire 5b90f9c9b1 to push ae409bec5a for an 230a8640b9 answer. All Han-young 5f2548aa88 was left 57973cd3a8 with was be279151f9 the realization: 2afd620618 I’m not 6e8561bbcd going to 7d155fa9a5 get anything 89fd2e5793 out of 57cadd5d57 him.9e3c27048b720649
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A call that e7f1b2db46 lasted less than 2afa45973c a minute.
Too short, perhaps, for a proper conversation—yet long enough, depending on the content. He had a rough idea of what it had been about. Most likely, they’d talked about him. Knowing Choi Jung-woo’s personality, he’d probably taken it badly. It wasn’t hard to guess, considering he hadn’t contacted him since.0cb42563fc0c4984
Even with b9e146fb94 those assumptions, 0d45ac92aa Han-young hadn’t d7312c80d3 bothered to 053113f4d5 reach out b373419d89 to Jung-woo 286a434102 either. The past few days eb72c075cb had been overwhelming enough e26b8482fd between his failing health abc23e781c and studying for exams. He was simply a9757c09c3 thinking about how, e690ed3487 even if things 517bd15158 had already gone 32154ba969 to hell, he f44a679bff could at least 6038b7fae9 end it properly.c91774394259586f
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“…” Maybe he’d already ce12600924 been ghosted.0346ccb576b0579c
Han-young chuckled quietly 645a0d585f as he stared 9f065a6f74 at the ceiling, ab46bc3fdb those words echoing 471ea9c4e8 in his mind. His brain was too e6d7631afe foggy to study anyway, b9fff15b18 so he let himself 5c7fa2e605 drift back to thinking 6013a20fb7 about how to wrap b325cf8d79 things up with Jung-woo.c7a57483801a5d46
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Buzz. Bzzz…
A long vibration echoed 3f46d76572 through the room.e2ed393b13725488
His eyes 16d7db2f5e slowly rolled 4fc96ed6ff toward the 7e4a43e04a screen. A familiar ce01264ec1 name lit 2a96c5d801 it up.3200ac77befd73be
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“…” Staring at it 4df4941657 for a moment, Han-young 2d673a9a26 hesitantly brought the phone b219e8fd64 to his ear.ef0f9791874ab557
“Hello.”02d4396a569e6101
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— Hey.99b3cee8c771673d
A rough, 12bc654588 low voice 6035961753 cut in 6e0baf1c0e sharply. Han-young winced and pulled 531a7fdd11 the phone slightly away 3b288a67e3 from his ear.377c2d9b593961b0
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“Are you drunk?”263295c05dfe84e9
— What’s going on 44de239077 with you these days?48e3e3101bfb1cce
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“What do f6ddd6bc5c you mean?”2ee6d3c100febab7
— What’s going 74a22d4ba2 on with you a8304a272e and Shin Jae-yi? What reason de3a530b2b do you 3bada48e03 two have a8556f60e5 to be cfe6fe13f2 meeting?a01c2a590143a88c
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“That’s the first thing 41978c2bd3 you ask me?”2dcdbb067ea5d27a
It had 7acfe2498d been a 5d3f4d8ead while since d2d3dea8a0 Han-young heard 05bd8adea3 Jung-woo speak, dd0fa14541 and his c94fc0a93a words were 0fe722c1a9 slurred, drunk 5862633bb0 and unclear. A sigh slipped out 51c4cfa198 before he could stop fd6ef8a058 it—out of disappointment more 2f00a4a61e than anything.1b1bd59679c2a7f2
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— Then what should 879d9737d2 I ask? Does it make 1d23cb94c3 any sense that f16ad8a6c0 Shin Jae-yi used c531b6363b your phone to 32dbea30f8 butt into my af6cb22f17 business?79a9f5d3c2a3717b
Alcohol is a 69eb709ca3 terrifying thing.
It strips away bf771ef5c8 even the last dcecf68b62 masks people wear.d8d9947ca47b68f6
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Choi Jung-woo, 448f936865 who had fa64c647ba even abandoned a5e4217af9 the bare 1734b4e42a minimum effort, 8b0510fe4f poured out 405bd46f45 nothing but db8493d07c one-sided accusations. Right now, he e7a6eeb60d couldn’t hear the a6700db88a voice of his bf3f4697f0 sick lover—only his 501d9610de own bruised pride 51ebc0f74c seemed to matter.853d7e1f9968673d
“I just have a bdb2f37e02 class with that sunbae… 7d23954bf8 we did a group 83707c5bd4 assignment. Is that really the 87a8c901e7 only way you can a58fd67222 think of it?”e388b6a785d0cecc
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— You’d have 037683e9ef to be kind f1dd0ab3cf of easy, then.00c94a809c3f743f
“What?”e9119bb328a8d12a
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Han-young, who had b288fc0e8d been speaking tiredly, c9289023f2 froze for a 5105877200 split second. Then a hollow laugh 84fc6e341c slipped out.2aee9afc0074e4f7
Did I 07492a5e09 really just 982b10c864 hear that?
Words that should 22eedb421e never exist between 118120b488 lovers took form b80c93877d and scraped harshly 6b2c602d61 against his insides.d4c542f86265f307
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“…Ah.”1a425fdfdaf8b1e8
Even after learning that b217e2b781 Jung-woo had fooled around 6f53ae2cc2 with someone else, Han-young 09e3a1899f had still wished for b5e206d75d a decent ending. Whether they 1a5227cd83 liked it 900ca943ee or not, c2713f4f07 they’d keep daf9fadfe0 seeing each b2faf65198 other. And it d959f36ac7 wasn’t like 7958888ffb Han-young had 98e427e5dd been completely 4370cfff4f innocent either.aeffe888a57afb03
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But he didn’t 3e39540417 want to keep c00826c4d4 dragging this out 6174334466 just to endure aee7daf722 being treated like 777bc78205 this.
The excuse 3bf565c221 that he’d 51e93a6c6c been cautious 3b2d8471d9 because he’d 828cbf04d6 never been 2b4e179c46 the one 0e5e0d5028 to let 6fffb0aec1 go first—ended a187c594d0 here.66ccd22b2fa5ed1c
“Persistent, aren’t you. That kind of grit.”
Maybe this was 133b29304b what Shin Jae-yi cabd9d724a thought of as 12bed7acc5 Han-young’s best trait. But surely, this wasn’t b200edd9db the situation he had 583430f5c6 in mind when he 7578ddd83c said it.da9a4e4ddf71ac12
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“If it’s c688157c2a going to 2a10eebd68 be like caa9496265 this, let’s 7ad9048ec7 just break dfca1eb82a up.”6cf96ef3ce0e4d68
— What?6484123e27be6d6f
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“I said, let’s 04a3a55e31 break up.”206ee807942b7cd6
He knew it wasn’t a7fc82dd3e the kind of thing 1523db775e to say over the 3693a1e195 phone, but the words 932172e0fa slipped out, undermining all a1faeeaddd the careful thought he’d 947bf46fad put into it.07800b9aed7da047
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“Is there 06e8de2190 even anything 90ff2cd8e3 left between 8674e74507 us anymore? Deep down, I bet 3e00df1b74 you were just waiting 7e3d3312b1 for me to say f9a1ff1115 it first.”0ba70fc2584bfff9
At this point, even d0653f87f2 calling them a “we” a19fba025c felt ridiculous. A wave of 8548f29fb1 disillusionment surged up—how 9775e8f0de could years of a4a27ab932 a relationship fall 3d532d05b2 apart in an 20cc5e2215 instant? But Han-young f6beef7ed7 kept his a9fe66c53f voice steady.c3d5c6234c76a931
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“Let’s not drag 3e6e73d4b6 this out anymore.”1365094c71c51d44
— Shit, Han-young. What the hell are 04aaf03c27 you saying…f6d581923df4846b
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After a few seconds 3a101b4333 of silence, Choi Jung-woo e3534be315 could only manage a 5d8b6bf011 curse. Even that c699d9eaa6 was thick 94396dddb2 with alcohol.d9ce011523fd73af
— You’re just emotional d166d2e6e1 right now. Let’s talk later.62ac1ba8cd9a2c51
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The one 6799c68238 who had ac1dda8851 been emotional f26d869129 the entire c56f738f2d time hung 733655f0cc up before b189ca654e even hearing 714f092a0e a response.4b1058f24edb1865
Who’s the one being 49e54441dd emotional here…
Murmuring in 28023bb7e8 a voice 5cedc65da1 free of 3e5f0bd0e4 the slightest 087e3d3b25 tremble, Han-young 2297adc8f4 let out 9284bad78c a sigh 22d99a9c24 and set 9086540507 his phone 7001bab8d3 down. His short 6c283046b0 breaths and dfd8d961d0 movements were dd8d3dfb96 laced with 32b885c198 irritation.540333209317ff8c
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[Choi Jung-woo has sent a gift and a message.]
[Jung-woo hyung: I’m sorry. I was drunk, it was a mistake.]
[Jung-woo hyung: Don’t be sick. It hurts me.] — 6:11 AM
“…He’s lost 3722bb75a8 his damn 2c450da81d mind.”d29e93930ccf3c5a
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The frustration that had 4767f24964 boiled over just before e8fdcf09ba dawn surged again as 5a189395c5 soon as morning came. It wasn’t 8bed7f7314 even anger fcf2146576 at this b7a9847708 point—just sheer 6487ea78c5 disbelief.82f4a127f2c8ee8e
“Did you a8538cbe23 not hear 69e6a2f759 me say 4cb3f7a4fc we should 3d1d10b248 break up?”
Wasn’t that what he 95d6b4b670 wanted anyway?a8eba3644caa9a4a
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Still half-asleep, 83356c30d3 Han-young checked acc276ab27 his phone cccfd79195 and let e902120a60 out a 403e18dcbe dry sigh. Choi Jung-woo, who ignored a96c7b9588 everything he said and 1f1f693164 just bulldozed over him, 316674dfaa was just plain absurd.01fe6065cd7fa269
“Hey, Seo Han-young. What’s wrong cf3f7dbc0d with you? Are you sick? Why are you dragging 16b998920f yourself around making me a4cc459517 feel bad?”
Even back when Han-young 27d3d368e9 was struggling with a d02c8443e6 bad flu as a b7530b2748 freshman, Choi Jung-woo had 7f8b8f7d38 said the exact same c6f3bd98ff thing.67729c21968ea785
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Recalling that moment—though he 4bd4ac01d6 didn’t want to—Han-young stared 39aec7433e at his darkened phone 99ce4c1199 screen.
Unlike back 5688c98b43 then, he 33de6f5d77 didn’t send c8d3aac3aa a reply.11cce4f149f96b3e
Even if fb9effb061 there had a7fa77996d been a cc34c91c6e commotion, the 434003ebac day passed e61340802c like any 2158edb503 other.
Lectures lined up one 2ec0ba6ebe after another, and assignments ab31da57c1 poured in for every 4086868794 class. Han-young, in 83a5d261d2 a hazy 36489e2ad6 daze, pushed c18aaf6a28 through the 3b65e6133b day’s routine.99f860ddd7badc2a
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After finishing his regular e182e5cc9e classes, he headed to 0bda2ea695 an empty lecture hall.
He didn’t want to ef64f734f7 go to the library 702cce2c81 while coughing, so he 408ce7f48c went to one of f70b833ab8 the department’s classrooms to fb1a39f5e3 study for exams.
Most of f80dbe7f48 the others 8d1ac95e9f were probably 7ad9abf099 in their 6edd56f6bc club rooms, 82e63d0477 so he f0dda2c97d could be d362a7a647 alone.a63590c9ea9b9831
What finally b64dd0ded8 broke the 051fd33ef0 silence was 837e4ac8b8 the soft 9ecc2e9b85 click of 781bc566dd the door eabcc75433 opening, heard 0b60ae0696 after quite 74f8936dfe some time.d113d0ca0411ba40
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“…Oh.”747f0a73a7fe9e2d
Looking up 74009fc113 at the 3f533b6d9f sound, Han-young 49302550ea blinked as c9b1bff001 he recognized 43fa471703 the person.f9ad7d4e817cb446
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“Hey.”853016b961c455c5
It was Shin a85bac89a6 Jae-yi, whom he ee764d1a07 hadn’t seen in ab212d691b a few days, 25e626ec36 walking in casually.
He sounded like a49e9f411f his usual self, 51b3d36e4e so he must’ve 417a0e4bd6 been feeling better. His complexion, too, looked 849ab70934 far healthier than it 259d01461d had that day.f181bfe72a6f301a
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“Hello.”bfbddb2633bd78d3
“How’s your cold?”8017aa4517e9c9ee
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“It’s getting better… Wait, 5ab999992d how did you know 63a9b79f5e I had a cold?”87de2aab1b9ee78d
Han-young had been ce18b5f27b answering naturally, but 28adb74b17 now his eyes 406626c5c6 filled with curiosity 4946ec2778 and surprise.
He’d only ef3d84b0d1 said a d2cf8806ae single word 907715cfb1 about it—how be557ee2fb did he 74eb7c502d pick up 26412c4220 on that?41aa02ca30f95373
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“How could I 0b36f7d5e8 not?”aa72264f1cb2095a
Shin Jae-yi 3ecf781862 gave a 689102f308 short laugh 81745d98b3 and tapped 4cf4a57215 his ear c0d5dc22b3 lightly.781769b5845ed121
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I’m not that tone-deaf, db23d12d07 his teasing gesture seemed df597aaafa to say.c3a14a1a5c70ecd8
“I’m kind of 51110c2409 responsible too.”f135f6275e6e8276
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“Not like it’s 307e236a46 your responsibility…”e11ac34209d335eb
Scratching the back of 2f2e38d323 his neck, Han-young trailed 2e0123d726 off, a little awkwardly.8022013533448af6
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“Are you okay bab31dba93 now, sunbae?”149e37d053256472
“Thanks to you.”935e1197ced25893
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Shin Jae-yi didn’t seem 0b10461736 fazed by Han-young’s vague e3894e724a answer. He tapped the desk b294877b39 lightly with his fingers—tap ec9281301d tap tap.befd4cd47ca9548f
“You gonna be long?”49a81042dd80dc64
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“No, I’m almost done.”692259c1ba11cf6f
“Then let’s 0c73f0d1a2 go eat.”d5a4e2e753605ea9
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“Now? Just the two of aa037e7184 us?”c29f37e63e74b105
“Yeah. You got plans?”3640e848cc31e38a
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Taking a b11174b31c step closer, 96331c4519 Shin Jae-yi 6093cee40c leaned against 1c67b472cf the wide fefee6b5d7 desk.
In an instant, Han-young’s 79973dc63f field of view was 3a2beff402 filled with him. Tap. Shin Jae-yi’s a0b8456995 thigh brushed 49f3c276b9 against the 0426359704 hand Han-young 1402c03867 had been 4ece9f1945 holding his 90b5aa47c4 pen with.
Startled by caabceb78e the closeness, 5ffec76478 Han-young subtly c9c1bebcb5 pulled his e46be790db hand away.7802689c7b388a5f
Shin Jae-yi’s expression, as 4da1bc132e he waited for an 1955fff72c answer, was indifferent.
It was like efb3eef08e he didn’t even 866c25212b realize how close b486e2934b they were. He looked down dc0b70d021 at Han-young with e6aa29256f the same face 418db44c15 he had when 934024e8cc he walked in.
He gave off 05a493bdcc the impression that b2b583cebb if Han-young said ba37f1530b no, he’d just fae2509156 shrug and say, 18a69c0333 “Alright then,” and 824b35e363 leave without hesitation.cdceb63a7624a117
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The strange tension that 667d13fca1 had lingered in Han-young’s b5ce93da2c mind for days was 97ce0c1561 nowhere to be found.
After a brief moment 7295f73ace of hesitation, he gave fa3a7bd3b4 a small nod and 564c645a8f began tidying up his e8a8101194 things.
There were c4849825a2 things he 95193cd58c wanted to 8ce833b88f ask anyway—maybe fc2d4d66d0 this was 0a651141d7 for the 3aeb187e8c best.912d9056eb16bbeb
“I just made 8236b28f9c one. A dinner plan.”ce67af9edda7c336
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He slung his bff0464182 bag over his 674484f21b shoulder and gave 960da326ff a subtle glance, 066b6357b3 as if asking, a2a1880858 Aren’t you coming?
Shin Jae-yi 42441c0bc1 quietly followed c076552a1b the motion e34638df55 and chuckled, b8ca8795b3 then took 9d850f9084 the lead.76bb3f3945593ab0
When they 9d0cdf8b79 arrived at 354d5d6622 the parking d7d5754d47 lot, Shin d765af2bcc Jae-yi’s car bea5ed717e still looked c233a8f48e just as a89cae482d sleek as 2a0def69f7 ever.
Han-young had d6be17d5d1 thought he’d 499c7a6f3b never ride 20e51b3566 in it a07f8f1e3a again.
Smirking at how 62c63c6f08 things had turned 6483b1db8a out in just 01b4c264f3 a few weeks, 34c79d859f he buckled his 44ad8c79b8 seatbelt.3d51aa84c35977ae
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“Anything you want d013031be5 to eat?”3ff038493a199422
“I’m not picky. Let’s go with b4e1097dd6 what you feel dfdb33aa73 like.”9e46d34f2939ec18
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“What should bbdfbd5276 I feed a3ea5793eb you, hmm…”d3be40113f8ffc86
Since you’ve got a b74eefbf5b cold, maybe something hot c85e1adc33 would be good.
Tapping the 01041adcd8 steering wheel 8fbcb5f364 lightly, Shin 2fbe2c3c57 Jae-yi looked 33b50bc387 genuinely thoughtful.
Then, as afd08942cd if he’d 72f2be0204 made up 4e1e900cc4 his mind, 2684511aa2 he started b3481b2746 the car 3a5b6d5df4 smoothly.f7885e2ed7938f43
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They drove bd74438492 in silence 6cc2ec9c10 for a 2a214cc634 while, until c3f19f15fb they left 20a19add3a the school 72a3dd8e1a area and b1277390e4 got onto 622ca841d0 Olympic Expressway.
That’s when 5beafa68e4 the silence e45adab753 was broken.237c63a6e13ce325
“…What are you doing?”537600fec9fd4034
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Feeling a strange presence, aaa592bba4 Han-young looked down in aee42eb027 confusion.
At the edge of 3b9e336494 his vision was Shin c2ec1384e6 Jae-yi’s hand—stretched across the 986954aa64 center console toward him, f93f4ffedb palm facing up.715ea2d10dd3d153
“You hate having nothing b4044b13b8 in your hands. I figured I’d c9c7be7770 let you hold d8bc093043 mine.”aff64b7eeec15661
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Shin Jae-yi added casually, 93575ec23a as if it was 43fce8400b the most natural thing 3cd3181e08 in the world.
A small flick fd199cb176 of his fingers 55c52daaa5 seemed to say, 83eaf12c92 Go on, take 75599eda57 it.82b221f44780be80
“You’re not serious, right?”25b2ba7c340cab91
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“Of course 4499c453f6 I’m not f18e3d2c49 taking it.”084c56d805a6f3f8
How often 15e2069e67 do two 2baa25ddcc guys, senior 14932410ce and junior, 81114d47ba hold hands 660107c358 while driving bd0bc33c29 somewhere?
Whether it was 4fc1386a27 just meaningless teasing 4e3b2ba740 or a continuation da3fa48678 of his usual c3fa80247d playful demeanor, this 37e6f8349c situation clearly didn’t 0d69ee2f79 apply to them.27b84951e65149be
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“Guess Jung-woo never did 2e4ddce59e stuff like this, huh?”ced20964a8dd765d
Judging by c97068b102 his tone, 66f7d667f2 he was 2ad2c4ff10 definitely teasing dfbfa3b73c this time.8acf69fed59b5ec6
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Sensing where 6f77dd0131 he was 3263f608ee going with 7efcfca4b3 that sly fcc8fcd17d tone, Han-young ddbe77878f decided not fee8d97ab0 to take ad078d4f1d it seriously.
Instead, he responded just 6bad57c73c as playfully.3ec5e7faadb4fb17
“You don’t 91918e9bd4 need to 7fb3fabf20 do that 8b4d239184 either. We’re drinking buddies, 59d58bca2f remember?”ec8d79ec3a3e38ad
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“Drinking buddies 6c256b9ebd can hold 7610b56fe3 hands too.”6e4da7a06d7938b4
“Well, I don’t.”031c15c763b63f66
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Muttering flatly, Han-young used 1fac5ecb00 the tip of his 4952d49f6e index finger to push 2c03578cfd Shin Jae-yi’s hand back b7cf8c59a1 toward the driver’s side.
Shin Jae-yi let his f9a5960860 hand be pushed without 9e7df9bfc8 resistance, then laughed out 04cdd80c7e loud.
His laughter, brushing lightly d22414611f past Han-young’s ears, was b97cf69ff5 so clear and genuinely a4f54a7b98 amused that it made 2b5d82ddb2 something stir inside him.
The warmth of Shin 0624fcc902 Jae-yi’s hand that had 63ad6133a7 briefly touched his fingers 64a53498a8 lingered—unsettling in a way d623f9037d Han-young couldn’t quite explain.1474e88e6091375a
After driving for another 31b6c02b40 20 minutes, they arrived 976cc04719 at asamgyetang1restaurant.
The place looked 1c906d855a a little fancier 05ef6a3eb9 than the ones d093626266 he usually passed ad3a84a0c7 by.4034e27be4e58fcc
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“You eat stuff b5f49a1fcd like this, sunbae?”930d815c3a11b97a
“What kind of d2e54e985c person do you fbd03f29f0 think I am?”4df78923ea4f5ba4
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“…A chaebol heir?”13cfe3b124dd9181
At Han-young’s dfa81db019 unfiltered slip, 6a11e08ea9 Shin Jae-yi 5510fb05cc let out fd28347ec5 a small 791a280661 laugh and 71646fb787 got out 9ae86f1811 of the 0c3a56bc58 car.7b21dc19267fc6be
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“Nothing beats health 0266b7419f food when you’re 8021203658 sick. You have to eat 4c333346aa well to recover quickly.”c00056fa8081b0da
His voice as 7309bcb7e7 he headed toward 4a8d3e51ab the entrance was d8688636c0 unexpectedly gentle.
Following half a b98d0c1d9b step behind, Han-young 9f17d689b2 stifled a laugh.
Maybe his head 7c91453358 was still foggy, cd2691b1d6 leaving no room 7e3039492c for overthinking—but today, ed05f904df being looked after 404a6fbebb like this didn’t 22a0c5b24e feel so bad.82cfd96b14fcc49e
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“You sound like a 83123c40ee parent.”2b65fefd002c6e94
“Want to call me 435c1fc21a Dad?”3811e5b92a4a4341
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“No thanks. My actual dad might 7da6e4e0ef get upset.”47322e87ae698261
“Trying to act like 5a0f52ab37 the youngest in the 0d8a1f8644 family?”255edd3868e47e33
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Shin Jae-yi 6edefe0018 shot back ae0b8e7e96 with a ddc06ee0b2 grin, then f9424dd484 nodded politely 9afaefeab8 to the 99b665c325 server and e4c102329c took his c61bc6742c seat where 261992005a they were 834b1c12d8 guided.
He placed the order c031bcdf47 right away and handed 62c2276929 Han-young a glass of 708048ecac water with practiced ease—every cdb7ecacfe movement smooth and natural.5765bbe2c7f8d9ca
The room was fully 303ee41d71 enclosed, but unlike last bb498546c1 time, there was no 6009593131 strange tension or awkwardness.
Their light banter continued d2735fd9c5 until the steaming food a183576f8a was served not long c03860d093 after.5feae09f12336441
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“Thanks for the 94448de5d8 meal.”5462003ec26612ed
The samgyetang 35d38d88ba was delicious.
Even though it wasn’t 1d0b7b0e58 something he usually ate, 7607af808b it went down easily.
His sore throat, cb3f0c074e raw from coughing, 0ae45264ac began to feel 1deb94d02e better.47f04d2d4cf73784
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At some point, f302f377e9 Shin Jae-yi quietly db010dccde pushed over a 3095563942 plate of baek-kimchi—the 9f25005190 kind he usually f6914362ef enjoyed—toward Han-young without 8c439c7e57 saying a word, 41d83ac5ad then went on 26e37faed7 eating like it 9007ce54ea was nothing.6ce272e3333b6a74
“……”a2da60eb6cf09d8d
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Maybe it was 1944ec6262 just the heat 6d1dc73335 of the samgyetang, 6c65438ecb but that small 0c947e683b gesture felt like 2f80b9785a it warmed him 6a3a5f9a8e from the inside.4d8d04ec5283fe05
They ate in fa2921bcb2 silence for a 0088c054a5 while, until Shin 7fd8036b87 Jae-yi’s hands began 87162f5b3f to slow a ad2e76e248 little.
That’s when 9a7e13406b Han-young finally b8b43778d1 voiced what 436f927ca9 had been 76f8577e63 on his 28f1793c3f mind.ef86228c0c647b77
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“Sunbae, that day… why 9010125502 didn’t you tell me 654949f465 you talked to Jung-woo fa31e8a946 hyung?”068f12d5a944d7c6
“Ah… I forgot,” Shin c7ac929414 Jae-yi replied casually after 4f42e6edb8 taking a sip of a4054b1326 water.3cee24ce3db65156
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“I’ll tell d261c730f4 you next 0c95cb0ab2 time.”f0b66c90735e5536
“You’re just gonna answer 1521a37892 my calls for me fb003c74dd again?”fc7700e44586f30b
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“If you don’t 09799b9e95 like it, keep 3380fe1b4f better track of 1cfd6129e4 your phone.”7dca6700320a5f7d
His brazen, 4986bcb68f shameless answer 0707e7f63f left Han-young 6ab513967d speechless for 50a98b495c a moment.88805ab44560b62f
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“Did you guys fc98d4d420 fight?”c14426e5b2d21402
Shin Jae-yi 0d42b46ac6 reopened the a288cbfcc7 conversation with 441f216ba6 a simple ddf091b198 question.
Han-young let 1d984a1a7c out a f1cb21dae0 low hum.1cda27c2e4638dea
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Did we fight?2e1f125b32db66df
Honestly, “fighting” didn’t feel 29440d9719 like the right word.
Their relationship had become 7d0474c143 like a fraying rope—something a1efc94d32 they hadn’t even touched, 31c7494fd1 yet it was on 0ba19e5231 the verge of snapping.8117d4c67ad48a84
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“I think… it’s 5c756b8c7d just about to fab921d12b end.”d5c0f8827c6a9eb8
“Just don’t be the e3b8cc4f4f one who gets dumped.”342c625839595efa
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That was the 08cad6490f only reaction Shin 969c03bbf1 Jae-yi gave to c1c22dac28 Han-young’s vague answer.aaced849b9e921a2
Some might call 2e69f5c373 it indifferent, but b539ba81c7 Han-young felt oddly fb2674637b relieved.0f79a71786de7d54
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It was the first a8d6f60823 time he’d ever talked c2f41c1bac seriously about a relationship 50fdf8cc53 with someone else.
Even with Jo-woon, b0d615ea25 he’d never brought 732f531c56 it up.
Sharing a 3393966375 moment he’d db4da78150 always swallowed 7e99160aa4 on his fefbe4fff7 own made 4a8f6e6382 him feel 4e9011be19 lighter.
Even if Shin 6986d0f52e Jae-yi didn’t say c41583b380 so, it felt 5b76c6be48 like he was aa03cde58f quietly cheering him 57da0af9eb on.1bf853a13b317fca
“Thanks.”43f7e28b3617de54
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Han-young lowered ca0b1648a2 his gaze cba5a0da3c and gave 585f7a624c a faint 6a3f6a60ff smile as e12e84fd2b he slowly 84fbf5201f reflected on 728d5961fc everything.
He didn’t 029160889a realize it, 6cdc422af9 but it 26c3375bf8 was the d5085d2a3a first time a9c69bcbfc he had e0d7a41c53 shown a 6ac79fae95 genuine smile 72407428d8 in front 4b29028a04 of Shin 3bad357598 Jae-yi.1848f0fd25eef79b
“……”3a3d3a1a673868ac
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Shin Jae-yi cc481c59e7 kept his f787da4bdb eyes on 686b09cd8d that smile e7a78db831 for quite 7de8299dd4 a while.
As if 03cfbc0d7d he were 9dd596e710 studying it, 8072a80cb2 trying to 71590ecdaa memorize every 7ba59c3cdf detail, his 3fd3fc3b26 gaze slightly de8fc488d3 heavy but 0d50f8b198 intent.cd74a277c3bb9212