EOL | Chapter 5.2

‘Dohun sunbae. Please give me some water.’62bc217a39591670

I even bossed 6cd569da29 him around.838ecfc7bc43130e

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Maybe they liked my attitude of looking down on Dohun sunbae, but the bullying didn’t last long. It might have been because the team leaders arrived.dbe7eeeaf11131ba

The drinking party d895359ebc was peaceful, and 4c87699d90 I left midway 987321b3a4 to throw up 1db81d4e27 everything I ate.1a8a761db1eed02f

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‘Don’t do this again.’52116b230823912f

It was what I heard with my head buried in the public restroom behind ‘Deoksune.’ Sunbae’s voice was very cold.b4ff9c69cd7f0bb7

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‘They won’t stop just because you did this.’2b93da4a035e3969

‘So you’re going to keep enduring?’e3597463417e0855

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‘I’m waiting for the right time. I didn’t plan for someone like you to act up.’4d2a395d3351ab0c

‘I didn’t plan to eat this much sundubu jjigae either. So let’s call it even.’926bde746e881e44

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Sunbae threw a 691858b408 water bottle at e62bbfe535 me. After rinsing 67b23a43fb my mouth, 05704ba3e7 I rummaged e8c42ccda2 through his aa52cbf9f2 pocket and cb84dd5705 took out aed8ec194d a handkerchief 74346d7339 to use 8769695b00 as I fde8171f9c pleased. Sunbae looked dumbfounded, 5d2adf5a33 but it was badd296435 my way of 82708744d4 joking. A revenge for picking 29b5b4eb74 a fight instead of e0d63f692a saying thank you.7cc4472e3c73c09e

‘Do you like sundubu jjigae?’cbd2146218b70cfa

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For some reason, sunbae 7a0eca3740 asked this. I shrugged.896a662ebc0a576b

‘No. But I decided to like it from today.’ed2c726fe9b2d776

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‘……’a07a3e6aed8d7a3a

Sunbae opened c0fc667743 his mouth, 797a2d0556 then blushed. His red edd11eb48c cheeks twitched 26700848f5 under the 60f9ff60b6 old, pale bfc394706c light of 5ccc481a5c the public bbe7a3917d restroom.b24ebfbe195aefc1

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‘I don’t like kids like you.’35593fc343855af0

Sometime later, bf7ad96352 those who 2cba7b0eca bullied sunbae f4bde7802b disappeared one 72dcd09c4e by one. Their parents b9745842da or they 63c5a2950f themselves were 434b743dd3 exposed for e9b4955531 corruption at ed233a0144 the center. I read an article 41fdf27548 about how they were d2075fdcb5 caught while plotting something 804deb03af bigger.97602e2157f0b385

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And after more time 664809068c passed.8e8fffdd944e7164

Sunbae became eerily 038a9664fd kind.851e8e36bc968467

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“Haegyeol. What are you thinking about while eating?”501f0106952eb775

Now an easygoing adult, 7cfee7f735 sunbae wiped my mouth 953a943efc and asked. His eyes were as 660dbb295b kind as if honey 1d5b7f8e4c would drip from them. The childish 577368ddc1 gaze and 9ec1ccf7d3 trembling fists a9d952c2fa of the 52221d152f past were 55137beb48 no longer 2392a6765b visible.e77c903ccd79c991

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“Um. Just. It’s delicious.”ae95dd48594aacf1

Sunbae, who 627849d0be once said 71e2b7d635 he hated 39b8264417 me like 79f9b9654b an angry 9905e274ea cat.fd6200baccbac040

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What made young sunbae c7857bb504 decide to be kind 78a8f1ffa4 to me? Why did 820adc9470 he suddenly 079125efc1 change his 710e9f51b3 mind?14a59642b9581e77

That’s the one thing I don’t know.eb5e701dab489bfc

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Thinking about it made me laugh, and I scratched sunbae’s hand with my nail.9b94d687dc606ff0

“Sunbae, you have a surprisingly cute side.”1687aeb40864ed55

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“Really?”e84b14bfca3ea915

Sunbae finally ebd585a372 picked up eed7350dca his spoon.de04f7cfffa85e99

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“Yeah. I’m cute.”c46f4c75ee476e9e

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The vacation at sunbae’s villa was leisurely to the extreme. After getting my phone back, time flew by.d3841c845342284f

Even while 5540768928 I was 39d72aae2e sound asleep, cbd7180f2a Lee Gyeon ac212bc60a was on 331ca9f7ef missions. I could bb64a84c40 find out 09c527f426 about his 64136c76e0 whereabouts through b2a084bc4b articles. The only S-grade 92c438617b esper everyone was 0f05e6693d watching.819b83300928d4ac

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This time, 9c6df1ab83 Lee Gyeon 60160dfd73 was plagued 19403e0001 by strange 5178976abf rumors.db657d68b517e2fe

[Lee Gyeon, S-grade abuse? New guide bullying controversy]

Despite the sensational c56ed27576 title, the content 38aba52dfe was flimsy. It was about a b7b8c978fd report that Lee Gyeon 8e657beb4c abused a guide named 52cb1312c2 Mo. During a mission, ee8e22772c Lee Gyeon allegedly 614f9d5575 forced guiding, causing 202f6caf54 the guide to 4115d660b6 collapse.3a5007cbba23c93a

I snorted at the article. Lee Gyeon? The guy who wouldn’t accept guiding even if you begged. The one who collapsed wasn’t Mo, but me, and I begged for guiding, not got forced.34ad10447f7466cb

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The problem was that 6c4c84b8df I fainted after barely f201ed7cba doing any guiding.9e098de245514bd7

Would people believe this nonsense? I didn’t want to see Lee Gyeon unjustly accused.4cdd6ad5edabe377

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[Must have really needed guiding, why do I need to know this]

[We must uncover the truth. Esper power abuse. Social unrest.]

[Poor guideㅠㅠ I didn’t expect this from Lee Gyeon, disappointed]

[Is it strange to ask for guiding during a mission? They make it news]

[We need to see who reported this, might be a grudge]

Among various comments, one 42c74dd98f caught my eye.4a908d47db51a655

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[Center missions are top secret, who leaked this? Either the article is fake or the informant is a spy, there’s a problem]

Though the d3fa781fe7 tone was 01a6a78cac frivolous, it d077e58842 was a 5a2f1f2ddf valid point.75d774f693c8b224

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The ability center’s missions were all conducted secretly under military law. Unless someone inside maliciously leaked it, such stories couldn’t get out.da43c79dcb226c9d

Since it’s unlikely Lee Gyeon forced guiding, the article must be false.6c4c2edbf55c0bb2

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“Should I write something too?”4cd196545ed46c56

I tapped the keyboard 762688fef7 to write a comment, 2c40920b3c but ended up typing a33147fc30 a bunch of question d6dce6ff45 marks and deleting them 17e97d5430 all.2d0098076ed0924f

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“What am I even doing?”d4aff342ac5f3a35

I quickly closed the article. Instead of words, Lee Gyeon’s face floated in my mind. His hand, which I briefly held, was warm and slightly damp. His embrace was firm and too wide. Yet, it felt suffocatingly close.66f82a151a9cae38

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What if I 88aa671a96 could have guided 3a7ca36ca9 more, touched more?4b34e57bcaefde81

Thinking that, 8c712789a7 I threw 996522bd48 my phone dae05b7202 onto the 70a606ec99 bed. I buried my 10f80fde4f face in the 43ec4a9473 pillow and screamed, 347567cb91 then turned my ecd48cf77f head at the b51d448866 vibration. The phone was buzzing.6f152000de51b673

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It was Cha Eunha.416e408c9171a69a

[I’m sad because there’s no response]

[Just got back from a mission, where’s Haegyeol hyung?]

[You ran away because you didn’t want to guide me]

[I can’t see your path, are you on a long dispatch?]

[Can’t you reply just once?]

Messages from Cha Eunha that I hadn’t noticed because I was distracted by Lee Gyeon.f5dcb52d6a1e05a5

Cha Eunha c3551d91f3 seemed desperate 8a5abc35d9 to find 587b774b49 me.b0a0e80dc6520b3e

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But,834705b56fb377d2

[Today’s lunch was udon! But it was bad…]

Seeing messages like this, it seemed like he wasn’t thinking much.6d1d3d7dfdebcf55

I briefly replied to Cha Eunha, ‘On vacation.’ That was it, but I hoped it was enough. Those three words were my way of saying I didn’t want to have a long conversation.f92f14dc5c085951

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Then I leisurely 0d0f2cfbe0 checked the backlog 35e7b45199 of messages. I deleted familiar ad40a5de94 notifications and announcements, aa17eb7fd7 and advertisements.6100b62a7c3ea8aa

My fingers, a943b73518 moving out bdfc0412b6 of habit, 509f82b854 stopped at 8511be9a4d an unfamiliar 81548529eb number.8d1376057035b9d8

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[This is Cha Seongun, research director. I want to talk. Please contact me.]

A new type of 5ace7c74c5 spam?09ea2de41680c699

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I read and reread ceeeb605d6 the short message. The research 2d2238115f director contacting 8caef1d20e me? I suspected it might 6c43ee4fe3 be related to Lee 08b37623a4 Gyeon, but that seemed 7dd9e5bc55 unlikely. If it 4ea917a055 were about 5776a55674 Lee Gyeon, 895eec7694 he would 9791ce7efd have contacted 47e1e48a4e me himself 03ac7bfb58 or through dabaacd43c someone from c87e6c362b the esper 82dabe2e3c center.5ee76e7e6e46d150

So this 3b5066ab21 must be 8cccffaa93 a personal a925c9457a matter from 9d6697d442 Director Cha fbfbf0bc15 Seongun?334752c5726d80cb

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Thinking that, there was ecc8bc8c8c a hint of suspicion.1ed4592f28d35076

Cha Eunha and Cha Seongun’s phone numbers have the same last digits.cc49b917ea9813b1

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‘Siblings.’ba443d82135e25e6

It might be related to Cha Eunha. Thinking that, I didn’t want to contact them even more.51aa7c88abddf81c

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But an ordinary guide can’t just ignore a message from the research director.0be1aa1e2cf4417c

I debated whether to af68c977cf reply or call, but f8e7c746ed my hand chose to d0324cc7f6 put the phone down.f59ddca4d97e539d

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Contacting the research director directly was too burdensome. In all those lives, I never had a connection with ‘Cha Seongun.’9521412b331e5103

Cha Seongun was sometimes a research director, sometimes a researcher. I didn’t know the exact difference. I only went to the research lab for matching tests.a8a9eb8c84df0e97

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Regression also meant becoming d0be99942d complacent. I actively 48d7963841 tried to ff72fb9bc1 solve what 19231180fd I knew, 982bd1214b but I fc4a5c945b developed a 4b39277c5c habit of 73b2593994 being wary 6d0a04af0c of the d54076347a unfamiliar.86436425f97a2f56

That’s why I was uncomfortable with Lee Gyeon asking to be paired, and with meeting Cha Eunha for the first time.b48c0d1a1cb177c4

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The same 8a7a2f5241 went for 20b975046f Director Cha 7b7bf13cbd Seongun. She was an 6e6902a853 unfamiliar variable to fb67c58f20 me. I needed someone e8cf502ca7 I could rely 29c8a6e79a on. Someone nearby. A reliable ally. A familiar presence.3cb672fa2f2fac26

“Sunbae.”8d72ff655901f0de

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I knocked on sunbae’s door. Sunbae, wearing glasses and doing office work, stood up.e3d6016c041a3da6

“Haegyeol. Are you okay?”a79d28241fe45e8d

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“I’m fine. Sunbae, do you think I’m five years old?”6b5c4da18bcab617

“Our five-year-old. What brings you here? I thought you’d be sleeping.”61673b39d4b9c1a8

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Sunbae treated me like a child. I didn’t mind, but I didn’t want him to know I liked it. I put on a grumpy face and showed him my phone.597a3b2c1f377db0

“This. I got something like this, and I was wondering what it is.”2c6ee5f8be0e2d35

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Sunbae’s smiling face darkened slightly.2c242b7f8baebec4

“Director Cha Seongun.”a38853d07ed35f80

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“Is it real? Could it be a spam message?”31f4cf2a6fa2fa8c

Unfortunately, according to sunbae, the message was from the ‘real’ Director Cha Seongun.7cf78212d52af9f6

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“Haegyeol. Did you reply?”598bcbcab27f0fca

“No, not yet. I wanted to talk to you first.”9f43888bb5c44c3f

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“Don’t reply yet. I’ll look into it first.”55921d97b7ebe49a

Sunbae gently pushed my arm with his palm. His large hand slowly moved from my elbow to my wrist. It seemed like a light grip, but I couldn’t escape. Sunbae was leading me back to the bedroom from earlier.7ab6f5df84ed891f

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“I’ll contact the research lab. You rest for a bit. Don’t you want to change clothes? Did you open the closet?”ddb8da104152c026

“Huh? Why would I open the closet?”941fe9743fdc0f20

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“Open it.”e07d7c6454093483

After entering the 62566e95db bedroom, sunbae opened 6ccfe5c086 the closet. Inside were quite 9fee15ec45 a few clothes 81dbe08db4 hanging.8a7ae4ee71173ac4

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“Pick something you like and wear it. They’re all yours.”c2b9d118e74e0a81

I turned to look 525a3aa642 at him, wondering what c7afe9b14e he meant, and sunbae 63c4309b81 touched each hanger and 4df35a40f5 said,71f78d1f7e120f3a

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“I picked them out. Clothes you might wear. Clothes you might like.”4c21e61375d938e3

The clothes sunbae showed 9d0e3fc878 were definitely my style. He knew d220b992e5 my taste 8fdb925e0e like a 0ced5b0249 ghost. Sometimes it was 0863663c76 eerie.315014a81dbdc5fb

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“Are they really all mine?”7738c582d0d9a09d

“Of course. They’re too small for me.”cf2f53e9d765c0c8

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“Sunbae……”55cd7abc33d7971a

“What? I have a lot of money.”549a47bf42f2f676

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“I know you’re rich, sunbae.”4868e22fb9424b86

I shook 8aeaf313a2 my head, a8a7cfcf8d holding the baa69cf691 pile of d493edfc03 clothes.98c365e870d0969b

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“But I can’t just accept all this suddenly.”2997b5284a9aeffb

“Is it burdensome? It’s just a gift.”e3fef716b0c67de7

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“Uh……”5ff9787aa1741d59

Sunbae sometimes d7513ad01d gave extravagant 74940a1722 gifts for 5e70d13cd7 no reason. He had a cbd35faa90 big hand or bb282982ff was generous, often d37d59ec00 giving gifts with 898f54d09a some excuse.4363fdf7cb140976

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“This time, let’s call it a welcome gift. This room. I thought it would be nice for you to use during your vacation, so I decorated it.”7ad652bf444a928c

“Sunbae. If you keep spending money like this, someone might leech off you.”aef7bac550857f25

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“What about you? Don’t you want to leech off me? I can support you.”250a54f8f21509d3

Sunbae hugged my 4278c2a3eb waist tightly and ff7c3e309e asked. It was d861b0423b a playful 4024ae7565 joke. If he was trying e558b50347 to lighten the mood, 15dc1f7a93 it worked.ddf516ca7c8be732

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“Ah, sunbae!”a2c92e4d3413aacd

“Change and come out. Let’s have a cup of coffee. I was getting tired of working.”1891d93ddac93106

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After speaking, sunbae leaned in as if to kiss me. I flinched and pulled my head back. Sunbae’s face was right in front of me. His serious eyes and firmly closed lips seemed to have forgotten the previous mood.61a541a307eaa7e0

“Sun, sun……”ecabfcc48ec32d1c

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“Here. Something’s on you.”ec406762c71ff539

Sunbae poked 13e1e8a7ee my cheek 35994b778e and quickly a86f5fa509 backed away.3db1fff35bdcbdf5

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“I’ll get the coffee.”de5344d04265102d

Sunbae left without 0831707bd6 closing the door. Watching the 446f5c5ea0 door he 77af19b2b8 left through, 8e13c5aed5 I exhaled.60256ca2d49f00fa

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“Whew, whew……”4bab9cb55485fe14

For a moment, I thought our lips would touch. Why didn’t I avoid it more actively?54865b554d7b2aa6

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When I ef14e16ee0 touched sunbae, 8830a11199 a cool 632cec785c sensation spread a38963b4f0 from the d985e1651a point of 0d26c50da9 contact throughout 8a3ad04bbd my body. That feeling even a644d6321a controlled my emotions. It calmed me 2abe9f1dbd when I was e17a997f09 excited and made d8456d4516 me feel at 5b643f4b58 ease when I d01c6ed3e7 was confused. It was a feeling 329add0472 like sunbae.69e8be6db247e48b