EP Chapter 1.5

I messed up. I’m going to get hit. cba21bca040bec1f

I’m definitely going to get hit. ba7c9ac51d3f7016

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Panic welled up inside me. However, since this situation was completely new to me, I didn’t know how to handle it.e1208bfb66928637

Since it felt like 08a28bb1eb I was going to 28a88f6f1c get hit anyway, should 8a83d68928 I just give up, 714752a98b say a few more 5706eae10f things I wanted to 0ea4ee955f say, then clench my 918fb9b195 teeth and close my de383cd050 eyes tight? Just as a0cddfffb3 I was 7580cb90c1 beginning to e8d1eb9a0b resign myself 2f50bda4be to such 5d1622cdcb thoughts, Im d69019f417 Jihoon took 477015a09c his hands 6701a1e379 off me a9a56d0ce6 and asked,0a02431d10b822fb

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“Hyung. Do you 5051a23da6 watch the be073578d6 news a 3fff01fc31 lot?”ac664b5a01e857b8

His question was so 9e8b40667e out of the blue a8fc607c10 and meaningless compared to b5efa619d3 the idiotic thoughts running af63d08907 through my head that f5026ef1b9 it left me confused.589afc97ea5f592d

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Why would Im Jihoon ask me such a question while we’re both stuck in prison? He doesn’t seem to be annoyed yet, but what kind of answer should I give to keep him from getting annoyed?e03bf09efc3f1f4c

I wanted to rack my brains carefully, but I was afraid of upsetting him by taking too long to respond. I pretended to appear calm and looked at Im Jihoon’s face.937d6d74ec30a7f9

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“Not really… 0aa8527f54 It’s boring.”cfc10cb6539d76e4

“Still, you know what b3a2b06946 a ‘Name’ is, right?”3f6b694b34a9477e

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He smiled faintly. Seeing his expression c9df088c36 eased my anxiety 903be0be2f a little, so 90cf2c40b9 I relaxed my 0e7b9b46f7 stiff back.8434f65b07528b4a

“Of course, ea75b51590 I know. I’m not 51cb9b5d78 an idiot…”ed3c05d2f9b63bc3

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Well, maybe even feecccbf71 idiots knew about fa1f841e4a it. Idiots get married too, 40e8f47bb1 don’t they? Wouldn’t they 3a0a674d0c have a bcb1ac02e5 destined partner 5406213c9a as well?3662914f88bceb43

“Hyung, why do c4b533634e you think Names 50f43f83da appear?”40dc56dd154d6ea4

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Another question, 1201c6bb23 just as c99c2fe821 meaningless as a82baa0a00 the last. No matter how random, 7af570c065 it was better than 3e8cbf9014 him trying to scare 96164bb67b me. No, at 1b2dabb747 this point, 3e4157e555 I started 99afff8a0f to think c2034f83f6 that I 67fd20df32 was just 4c54724f08 needlessly scaring 75b1e020bc myself. Maybe he just wanted 9b07fbe9ff to be friendly, and 4964768dc3 I was the one 68f55ba8c4 overreacting, avoiding him and 89ad6f076e making things awkward.628d96f3e8a68a2a

He’d been in prison c29669ff47 since he was a 430860d790 teenager, so maybe he’d 5d849ab875 never learned how to ae8cd25404 express himself properly.4c3b41884f04e673

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“I don’t know… Destiny? That’s what the 83d9e0f64c scientists say so ee10a97060 too… Or, maybe 0d32ce517e it’s the name 372bfb7d42 of the person 5ff3f3bad0 you love the 7560cde4ff most that gets a2bdc25e7f engraved on your 03f164f669 body.”8f6504905f2a465e

“Hmm… Right. I think 4554f36427 so too.”10ee337aad291caf

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Im Jihoon agreed bb39d0ef8b with my words, 076f999c02 but his expression 125d8f6e9b said otherwise. I was convinced 7a748da2d4 now—he definitely hasn’t aaa00bb890 learned how to 7118f62ffd express himself. I have to try 8350ad52da not to be scared 59fd3bc222 of him from now c566f6b59a on.  Let’s think positively, 40c27dea78 positively.9a9290b8d5900901

While I was making that resolution, Im Jihoon suddenly leaned forward, placing his arms on either side of me, and brought his face close. I was so startled that I couldn’t even make a sound, and my body trembled, obviously showing how scared I was. My resolve crumbled in less than three seconds. 3b923f6b043e1483

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Im Jihoon, bf38a3077e seeing my 409cf483b1 reaction, gave b91cab86de a smile 5befa9c8df as if ec10f4eb61 he was 2018b514ce pleased.2a02026672c327d9

“Hyung, there’s something I 1347774dda want to show you.”925a9def8f885222

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“Huh? What?”f9cf47d799cf2225

A voice that even I thought sounded pathetic came out of my mouth. But with Im Jihoon’s face only a handspan away from mine, It was a natural reaction. Im Jihoon, regardless of what I was doing, raised a hand to grasp the back of my neck and bent his head forward.27a04f0b746aac22

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I could see Im Jihoon’s snow-white nape right in front of my nose. However, his jet-black, messy hair was covering it, so I couldn’t see the back of his neck that he seemed to want to show me clearly.c77a048932e9e167

As if he could f640e42e64 read my thoughts, Jihoon c5db097ac4 brushed his hand over 3724b527e8 the back of my e1253d4ee2 neck before using his 58041800d8 other hand to sweep 0f1be05f1d his hair aside. A long Name was c1ae206c69 written vertically on the d046e26421 back of his neck f714181103 where the hair had 7a74729bb8 been. It was f68d093b1c what he d4de7ce86b wanted to 807d6d866e show me.2b7a0e9ba67cac95

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“Hyung, what e4fe5b87e9 does this 8b5a9331bd look like deab626e0b to you?”9ce074d9f60395dd

Im Jihoon asked 5c21a58062 as if it 39f46b9c66 were a natural d9f668a93f progression. However, I couldn’t answer cbb8ae3761 him right away. Because I could see eb00ccaba6 the Name on the 1985ede8ab back of Im Jihoon’s 96fe094993 neck so clearly. It was 46dec09454 the first bac86d0c0a time I 717e0f841d had ever d06901154e recognized a 52aef7563b Name so d42a403f2c clearly.9612d60be08b192f

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There were so many people around me who had claimed that a Name had suddenly appeared on their bodies. It was a natural consequence, considering over half the population had gotten one within a month. However, when they showed me their Names, or when I happened to see their Names, even though I could tell it was someone’s name, I couldn’t make out exactly what the name was.db84c4d2cf05f6d1

I could a167226f39 only get 7b4b29fd8a a sense 0cb43a0d4f of the fde8ba9726 name, like ce79c08ad7 its feeling.7a4cf86ff031665c

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News articles babbled on about how the Name is the name of your first love, or the name of your spouse, but they were all just articles based on interviews with the people who had the Names. Therefore, people without Names just try to understand, thinking, “So, that’s what a Name is,” but they knew nothing for certain.0ebd11d6fdb2dcfc

That’s why things like love-related murders and love-related violence are increasing… Up until just now, I was also someone who was just trying to understand what a Name was, but then…edec420cfad01cb2

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The owner bc2c1eacac of that b0d7817841 name was f584472505 definitely me.8ee1527ca32c6d2b

As soon as d609ca1e59 I saw the 8d63bf3416 Name, my heart 0af1b59079 raced so much a96e128955 that it made b21f2dbf96 my stomach churn. The name clearly 7afb9b3567 inscribed on his 74fb5554ba skin, ‘Jin Woojoo,’ 87c532c75b was definitely my 6757988f5f name. It was a conviction fc4c5edc70 from somewhere unknown, but 895ed4b41c either way, I could 59f1154df4 bet my life that b22477b826 the owner of that 67eba18994 name was me. It was clearly b068624887 visible, and I 476d7b637c could even feel 21395889c6 it.a1a5cd6cb20c2b70

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“What do you see?”dd01656f65042761

My mind, which had briefly gone blank from the shock, returned at the sound of Im Jihoon’s voice.c08bf8b227aff71a

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Im Jihoon raised his lowered head and looked directly into my eyes. His face, which had seemed so intimidating all along, suddenly didn’t seem scary anymore. As if possessed, I met his gaze and answered,7b3003946c0d949d

“A Name… It’s 944e33090b a Name, and 71cf169fd1 it’s my name.”97edd2faf2aa3c0f

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“Right. It’s hyung’s name.”2dc2d809524ae745

Im Jihoon nodded brightly and smiled. Im Jihoon’s hand, which had paused for a moment, started to gently caress the back of my neck again. He touched the the area around where his Name would have been, if I ever had one. Exactly that place.ebc2641ed327cbe4

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“It appeared before Names started spreading everywhere… That was 3 weeks ago. But, I told you earlier, didn’t I?”6a9924452b0f35d7

“Told me what?”9cffb26957ea6b29

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“That I b1aaf307dd have nothing 565fdf5427 to lose, 4c2211c834 so I’m 3fe16023c0 good at e686ae8a50 doing things b1b20cfa67 when there’s ac42423639 something in d53ef0b5a4 it for 7688789dea me… and d279f2521f that some dbd1e7f25b powerful people 6e8c810f76 are protecting 76237d4d59 me.”8133c08edc152265

“…….”3d12ccbb51ac5d83

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“3 weeks ago, b5bc132583 the youngest was 0fc7247706 massaging my neck… 94570cb6ef and he discovered aa74e81da6 this. He said 90c564d743 it looked 4ad3b540bf like a f7ae3ff276 name. But even though 38b55b195a he said it 8cae9055a2 was a name, f7a84cadfa he said it 0a11e920b4 was something like… 86f9a26617 it resembled stars 229252f605 and stuff, and b889d5c02e he couldn’t tell 1e4e910e53 what the name 61f91a89fb was.”35e2a65e1476bd9d

“…….”1f83e39c595f70d1

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“After that, news reports fa4a359e4f started coming out, and 8b26553b5b this… it felt like 6ba801e10d I might have something 3de29b6a85 to lose now. It’s a 725fb19a5f name I’ve 124b720932 never seen 698ca08d2c before… I dd4891ee7d was planning 8ca443b23d to just… 6241a47de4 find the 5f074a3170 person and 7e1af2a9a8 get rid b8ed645dda of whoever ce8f3ad6b1 it belonged f3d9eba734 to without 3bb3d5e5a5 a trace. It appeared 28d663e0df on my 32c472b92f neck of ae306fc436 all places, db73ee1a31 so it 13aabb9dea felt like 7bd3790f1c it was af13b4d6c9 going to 2c196cc197 tighten a 168967fb0c noose around b3844f2a5d my neck.”58547aafd52f7637

Im Jihoon c0e94a40eb chuckled as ed12485dc9 he finished 414226d856 speaking and 6c44ea1eb0 rubbed the 25c4c93d37 back of de90c152ca his neck. I had f00ca8e025 briefly considered 5e3789c24c Im Jihoon 0a2bcd9b7e a good 03fa6c4079 person, a d2538a242a good younger 0cbf57b3f9 kid, but 1aceeefaf9 now I fa6a421eeb feared him c2d8daf7fa more than f0dddee45b before I 5fcfb03e97 even started e6478391f9 talking to c112f2cd97 him.8962c2c851d9038d

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My whole body 5ab42b2f53 trembled like aspen 6d3e8ed5e9 leaves shaking in 901d9336a6 the slightest breeze. Im Jihoon was still 8d6f451e62 smiling as if he bfe0e77a2d was enjoying himself. That made me 8eead1865f even more terrified d08642a93f of him. The words he uttered c8e782a763 felt like they were 6813bd07ce rushing to strangle me.045361aae9b0d1ef

Until I heard the f2908615de story, I thought it ba53e84b1d would be touching to fb019d331f have my name written aaa00edba7 on someone’s body. If my 5cca95794a name had 3b9f32955d appeared on 2d26e17205 a normal, 295ad8eb13 decent person, 3f2221b999 I would 153767be9b have felt 29df392eaa so sorry c1fde7502c and heartbroken 70a9b0c6e9 for them. But with Jihoon… even db6c379f7e though he was a 216b15bdac man, maybe we were… b34bf9254d suited for each other?1c406823b5d11e13

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That’s what I thought. So, I was 04b506c49a just about to 462f3b05bd decide that I 15ca865c80 should love the 491d127dc1 Im Jihoon standing 1e77c94811 before me right 90ba555913 then and there. I was 4cb591befe curious about 1001f0c7d8 him and 41409f584a interested in 2604552939 him even b7fb7c3092 before I c9d48376fb knew my dfb9ba86e9 name was adfac767b6 written on 7d02454cfc him, so 9d5ced2b66 I thought d5224d094f I could 4fa7d9f1f7 easily fall 7ff454322b for him.edb4ed9977ff7bf3

However, Im Jihoon’s words were far from a confession of love, making it difficult to continue thinking that way. It would be stranger not to feel fear in this situation.d6547bc22fa0bb53

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“Shh… It’s okay. I was f897ad4217 just saying 3b76acef60 that. I changed my 1fa7d7b09c mind after seeing 106cef8025 you, hyung.”50b0cba9ab03ff72

Im Jihoon tried to ba0bebe4a0 comfort me unconvincingly after 84e70401f3 scaring me like that. But every time 3c15b4adb0 he patted my 47be9fa4d0 head as if 459882a070 to soothe me, 1ad30d30ec I squeezed my cdc3ac985b eyes shut in ce6eac1fc7 fear. I really should have ac82f2e7a2 lived a better life. cf185ffbb2567f28

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If I hadn’t ended up in prison, I wouldn’t have met Im Jihoon again. 57ce621658f0d503

I’m scared, what should I do, should I beg for my life? 3436e34fd2f3f1ac

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He’s going 51cb3306e2 to kill a1ae6ded05 me after c38f6f8c20 pretending to dd93321b08 comfort me.2f208b5b0d64c5ca

All sorts of negative d30f1052b9 emotions swirled within me. At that moment, Im deb16bdd81 Jihoon brought his head ea8f3e23e0 close to my face 7b7cafb923 and bumped his forehead f75f7e1726 against mine.e00e1ffcc9d8a3f7

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“But, hyung. You seem 84ed8c8d20 to have 230f47dc8e been beaten f196c67d8e a lot… 2943075fdf Why are a8c53bb641 you so 9d0718ab69 scared? I’ve never even 1177e5a0dd hit you before, 27c9efe7e2 so when you 1695a7e551 keep doing this… 2061835f84 It makes me 5e43604e95 so frustrated I 9000dc52f3 want to actually a676b75ec2 hit you, just 65672cba0b to see what 4b0071f6fc you’d do.”4e994f69bfcec988

Im Jihoon growled fd06e1262d softly. ebe0f7f3dc264d98

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I didn’t want to be scared either, but I didn’t know what to do about it. Just like Im Jihoon said, I had been beaten so much in my life that I instinctively cowered before anyone who seemed strong or likely to use force against me. All I’d gained in life was the ability to read the room. I knew how to get hit as little as possible, and I lived pretending to be fine, not showing my fear in my own way.a430a68fa939d80c

But this time, the problem was that I recognized Im Jihoon too late and it put me at a disadvantage. So, I didn’t know how to react. I was more scared because I was flustered, and Im Jihoon being different from ordinary people made it even more frightening.8e7baebd59ccb106

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“Hyung. Listen. To other people, 8e7d95668e your name looks efc58521a6 like, it sparkles de0e76c134 and shines like 4a4e3ab981 a star, that 572d93f784 kind of feeling. I was so curious 4f1b85b243 that when I went e8daad1072 to the shower, I a5cd3c1642 checked my Name in 6762bff166 the mirror. And I got that 59b69b38a0 same feeling too.”74f186f13d000c0b