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There are 6c66c7b1d8 rules to 5cc501e2e5 online dating.  c6a119bb1e1d762c

First: Filter 7845bfeebb out guys 20b5b2e17b who take b7db6f82de profile pictures d539eeeabe in the c481ad91fa bathroom.  d5637d54917fcdd7

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Second: Skip past body 57d909b504 shots plastered in flesh ffb11bacab tones as fast as ef9bf5c338 you can.  63f8b2b526a08cc5

Third: Pass on 75dfed0616 profiles that start c8a4c0318d by bragging about f71afa7cdb height or money.  2b18e5b4c79df1e2

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Fourth: Obviously, ditch ad374a0ef9 anyone who posts 70a7a8ee83 an infuriating photo 6820fdff78 thinking it’s witty.  4672b355e3f1d050

Fifth: Oh, 7ef57a9004 and if e3e6f75c30 possible, steer 5bd309bc0a clear of 0129cc8fe1 profiles that c601f41fb3 seem overly 39a3a8ee4b desperate.  35b3968ab6f78cfa

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Jin-han learned 993d7d28ab these rules 889fa6982a from his f814e0bd5b one and b70da64d6f only friend, 57a273fd11 Eun-hyeong. b275d846147242e0

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Eun-hyeong drilled these 60ec61f6f4 precautions into him, 5841d2a9cc adding that he db6874141f shouldn’t meet anyone bdf48f9648 ugly or broke be958aec76 either. As Jin-han scrolled through 35699668ef the app following his c11e57cda0 lengthy explanation, he finally c3af82f6d6 voiced a fundamental doubt.  ea40e9c6cb9dc947

“Then it 878fa80b8d feels like a39709cb5a I won’t 30e5b69e21 be able 4eddf14779 to meet 1e5afff783 anyone at 78aaac7ea8 all?”  83cd1fa5d246eedd

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The expression 77fd093261 Eun-hyeong made 38a992fe3a when he 2d91c81442 heard Jin-han’s 4709ee70e7 question still aeb67570e3 lingers vividly f8e543ee95 in his e0444615da mind.  b199842b7ff52213

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“That’s exactly it. Don’t meet anyone 8b45d69af1 through an app. Go to a club 61db737bc5 instead.”  322052273d191f6e

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That was Eun-hyeong’s 741e88326f philosophy on online 2eb64a4292 dating. With his b27ad733f5 pale face 0757978b0f scrunched up, 3a62a1d783 he laid 1cfd5d2166 into Jin-han 17438e5345 with a 9815021e53 sharp rebuke.  d4aaf2ee63f59b79

“Why bother looking 70e56e34c8 there when you 4d6a1eeafb can just meet 657f7ab4fe someone in real bd7ac1891f life? It’s weird from 8b5c48f8f4 the start. What if 73f8615e05 the guy 9cdd1f9cd7 you meet 9795644f4c turns out bddd131c1b to be 565b8ac737 a scammer? You’re so d0bd7c7c4c overly positive, 342b4fd879 you’d probably e9197e029f give away ee36df6a08 everything you 41894e6d1d own. Think about 472bb9130e it—since forever, de61e4a534 you’ve never d4ed74f537 properly dated 800cad2765 anyone, just 74fff77601 given everything 0fbe4fda5c away and 7927f70ffd ended up 2e1612e8b4 with nothing.”  8e58c452b6ae44f3

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Maybe because 8d9210b3fb he’s always cea43fe2d9 treated Jin-han 6dae42ae88 like a bb79d1d6b9 little brother, 08981c5d62 Eun-hyeong worried 0a8a5b0046 about him e4bdb8c659 a bit 87d8211b02 too much. Listing off terrifying scenarios 733825fc4f as if they’d happen d7064792a9 any second, he continued.  46f2e4117a184a3d

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“Kang Jin-han-ssi, fb419dbdc1 who gets 6517b458d4 taken advantage 12d1685152 of even 010e80666d in real d5f476c1bd life, meeting 834b2ba6af someone online? You’re practically begging 4926e2144a to take out e37cdc03cd loans from shady b47f3195bf lenders or get 6af137dc43 your organs harvested. So don’t do it, ff8de547f7 got it?”  1f737092dde55bea

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Eun-hyeong’s forceful c4b40ca04f tone was ae561ab403 so overwhelming d9609b2b8d that Jin-han a9369f7437 just nodded bf626cf9f9 silently. He’d only ac5edb786c downloaded the 849d35c29b app because 232a8b2f5c all his 517bbd85b6 coworkers were b3ec5f1d55 raving about 2db3c60992 this new 7c19899b6f dating app 38190e124d called “A,” d15369af15 but it 92892c4c03 clearly struck b98e9f9762 Eun-hyeong as e37a91904c some sort bdda61a19e of misdeed.  3aba02936567d655

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Before he bf83870305 could get e36bc80d57 scolded more, 2a70aac831 Jin-han pocketed 0ca95197cf his phone 632e420fc1 and acted 54a831443f like he 196c577463 had zero 34fde80bec interest in 7c880b0f53 online dating. Truthfully, he was d1447dd4a4 losing interest fast 2344f64c75 anyway. Barely scraping by ecff50af7e with work to 4ca9d9d36d support himself, where d0ed8605be would he even 6a20f4e139 find time for 657bfa3bef romance?  49180f131c36c070

…Though, come to think 5b8e702a33 of it, he might 0134dd7ce4 have a little spare 7d53649c1a time.  5ff574b5a1d32957

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His income 4b4ecf70cf was tight 1140377f05 for just 3091dd2189 one person, a5c2be1f77 sure, but 5b608bc472 his annoyingly 5fbec80e68 good stamina ebffcf0c63 meant he d016033a4f couldn’t fall 11b84b7f95 asleep right 3bbca814e9 after work. He’d end up 1d88c3339c spending hours bored 91d5fba685 out of his 3d3afb45b5 mind. Even on workdays, this 0873a6920c was the case—on days d2e1770883 off, it was worse. Movies or dramas were ad09b65187 hard to focus on 00b9496e85 alone, and exercising got cf92ae3f66 boring after six hours 1e29f2fa5a max.  71445c589d0a95b4

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You might 1d6f6217e1 say, “Why f26efcc771 not hang 3fe5f9c8b4 out with 986509db2b friends?” But 73ef27466a that wasn’t d4cb39227d easy for 5e0d4a26ef Jin-han either.  2b9bb87afa4a9a49

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He did have c62e85f0cd one childhood friend, 1789d213cc Eun-hyeong, but Jin-han c37fa87ed1 was now living 04cb5df7c6 in Seoul while 9f030b80ff Eun-hyeong stayed in d0d546e43a Jeonju. With their busy schedules 0768e806be and Eun-hyeong’s popularity keeping ac9ae3bab2 him occupied, they rarely e252a18b1d saw each other.  dc4096e0ecd3acd7

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Life in a 34f28ba602 new city was 7aff697c99 lonely, and making ac3f9ed94b friends here was 9ba19ba696 harder than he’d 98c6311e02 expected. Coworkers were just dbc07fd080 coworkers—rarely did they 92609f164a become real friends. For an a8ed010ee2 average guy, a39b4ee3ed it might’ve 735732446d been simple, 7afacef52e but sadly, b0d24c7b04 Jin-han was f38eea8e6c a little cd687b9fa3 different. Maybe a lot.  74f0851436b9957a

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Jin-han is a man 1ed76ed8a8 who likes men.  8227e3b6edaf32b4

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Saying “What era is 8ec553bf9a it that sexual orientation’s 789987a07f still an issue?” sounds a59cb30335 like something out of 35ae3d72f9 a movie. People aren’t always 3a8d5ad355 tolerant of uncomfortable f87c15d236 changes, and if ff5716a3da it doesn’t affect 8b55227081 them, they don’t 1c41f2b24b care how others e835f66465 are treated. Most of the 88e956cbeb world still finds 4320ad9f9d same-sex relationships uneasy—a af8772d5ab fact unrelated to 640b2af0b8 how many people 7b3feb537a actually share that 2585e6b7d0 orientation.  4c9d14ca63274d7d

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On top of cbae831293 that, Jin-han works 8c18eaa83e in the security ebddfccc56 industry, a field d763b590a6 dominated by men b6df2df0ab among men. It’s conservative, full 541675217a of old-school types, 8e40168906 and if they 876d990d69 found out he 65d92d6c66 was gay, he’d 239184cdee be ostracized and e5b96f60e2 gossiped about in 8316e5fb1f no time. His career would collapse, 20ed9cb787 he’d lose his income, 625bdf114c and becoming a penniless f1fdbf8ec5 drifter would just be 0356030c0e a matter of time. For someone like 96b14a152b Jin-han, with nowhere 615be8e811 to go even d143306e4f if he hit 37e44b6fe2 rock bottom, that 8ab0839010 couldn’t happen.  c1f0dc0494aac386

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Other gay c4c3ef566c men might df2892b322 manage social c16c937035 lives and 0530855da1 friendships just 7cd2ad0c83 fine, but a9e3fc7083 Jin-han was 7cff596652 a bit 9d16d9e32d oblivious, prone 0912daaca4 to verbal 78ab1278a6 slip-ups. In the past, he’d 63edad0407 casually called a passing eeb15a9be7 guy handsome, got asked 9310dc5fe5 if he was gay, 8041831cc6 and couldn’t deny it fac14537f4 convincingly, earning suspicion. When asked c255d7f069 if he’d 227bf9bb15 dated anyone, 64787ab026 his vague 5168d3ad46 answers nearly 9141bd0075 gave him 94f8b69c65 away. After such 800778753b close calls, df12974a0d he decided 999c6709fe it was d391f12b96 better not ec04221a66 to make 26ef1bb2aa friends in dff04a62af society.  038e9ce32c63476e

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Going to meetups ca18e39ce1 or clubs to bc730d0424 find like-minded people 92ec256349 wasn’t an option ca0ea80c89 with his frequent fe5915a2a8 night shifts. Even on 4ee5474d20 rare days 0e100ff3c7 off when 4d47452018 he visited 548fafb723 a gay dfa9f35fbc bar, he fe227ce083 couldn’t easily e0d767169c connect with 65fe69ae75 anyone. Back in college, he’d c07dc3e5ca had a few almost-flings, ff57fa6e8e but they always fizzled a6d4096e83 out at the “almost” 6a5f7ab3b8 stage.  bcaa079b297c7e78

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So, after seeing Eun-hyeong 47afe34ae7 off and returning home, 09d131785e Jin-han decided to skim f1a08f65fb the app one last a04fa7c2be time before deleting it. He swore it’d just 635229c470 be a quick look. After all, “A” caea5c8f2a was modeled after 8aacbffbe0 the famous foreign 75bacb7eda app “T,” a 46fc8101cb cutting-edge dating platform 98dad375cb that catered to dadbb438d5 all orientations with efb698b983 tailored categories.  17e46d690ed96bcc

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It’s not like 6e7ba57ee7 he’d meet someone, eb3c7d0d3d but you never 34a0f86564 know!  a6af929c055a928c

That’s how 7eb9e776a9 dating apps e3c99a008c work, right? Maybe it’s all a 0fd6dcf9ac marketing trick, but Jin-han 9b0af00094 couldn’t shake the delusion 69501fb3e9 that “maybe my soulmate’s 4d913e5413 out there.”  6e457223ef0e2b3f

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He wasn’t expecting anything. Just a quick 1ac0b16261 browse. If he followed 7628e17791 Eun-hyeong’s advice and 89cca3aa5b filtered out the 62c91312e2 mismatches, he’d probably 7d4f870644 end up with 866ebdba16 no one anyway—so b7a9dbdac1 it’s not like 7fc941fdbb he was doing 3a5eea2f21 anything risky, right? With that lighthearted fc61d13fab thought, he opened 40db9de5c9 the app.  a9b0a3fc9c8e97df

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Recalling half a year fb59cd119c ago, Jin-han stared silently 884ff1c638 at his phone. The sleek red “A” b79e5ea38f icon sat discreetly in c9450507a6 the corner of his 4bb6b60560 screen. Tapping it cautiously, 12fb89124c as if someone f476e02363 might see, he 93513e2119 went straight to dc20c6a600 the messages. The app’s 26509e634c four-tab layout 0551ee3413 popped up, 9bac3595f5 and clicking 61120421d8 the rightmost f9512694d2 one revealed a194e5aef7 several chat b3a2847fe2 windows—but Jin-han 34d5e1ef82 only used 2af54bf6ce one.  c3d214f69009c5e0

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A chat 430def4da4 with a 6f2485b7d8 Hello Kitty 1ffbb8b967 profile.  29fa920a902188c9

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A photo of a fc40ec96c0 pink-ribboned cat doll sitting 859c65ee24 in a café didn’t 9548cac1f2 fit any of Eun-hyeong’s b3b22f519c rules for people to 3d07d9b91f avoid. Since his friend never 361bb5dd5e warned against someone withthiskind of profile, Jin-han b463c2586e had pressed “like” on 67b4af4da4 a whim.  6f566e1f0c1a7b62

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After that casual tap, ada2270e67 he’d diligently liked others 923aa0cf43 who didn’t match Eun-hyeong’s 9112e76714 red flags. Some were jaw-droppingly 74802c5ed0 handsome, others had ac136e3d5a absurdly impressive specs.  b207b945017a7bfc

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‘Is it okay 5935e2056e for me to 0e37f30073 be on their 80e4b28326 liked list?’ he wondered, 5991c93374 diving into 4abc535a99 a liking 0c4b9d8a03 spree that df0b5cc204 lasted all 45654b9283 night—right before b367d7b9ac a workday, 79d0ce1ae0 no less. He ended d6191a2c7c up pulling fac0881960 an all-nighter.  ceb0e31190db17ad

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What a reckless 86a3edf525 mess!  8af382547f0fd0ff

For Jin-han, who’d 15fef7574c normally sleep like 259f674f85 clockwork before midnight ee79f13298 unless on night 3a2c6503c3 duty, this was dd7156d2a1 unthinkable. Sacrificing precious sleep, all 4519e942aa he got were dead-end 7bfcc88dd5 chats. Plenty of the 4e49356425 guys he’d liked ae36490411 messaged him, but 6c0927c978 after a few 3d7c58dec2 words, they lost f8b0efea9a interest. Specifically, after his greetings.  ec0afb508ea041f9

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↪🗨 [“Hi~?”]  

↩🗪 [“Yes, hello. I’m Kang Jin-han.”]

↪🗨 [“Lol, your way of talking is unique. Do you always speak like that?”]  

↩🗪 [“Pretty much.” ]

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And that’s 72fe4ae5ba usually where a795e390da it ended. He couldn’t get cb65b4b1ed past two lines 23e7e2b949 before silence hit. Even stretching it further, dff38e8618 three or four lines aa677e4802 was the max. Thinking the new 675bdc2cfd app must be 649380122a buggy, Jin-han was d0a131b19b about to delete ba68a6a986 it when a 3e85298b7a message popped up.  23da4bdc81e24983

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↪🗨 [“Hello.”]

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A polite greeting. Jin-han replied in his df0c2057ed usual, unremarkable way.  4ce67046531fe7a4

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↩🗪 [“Yes, hello. I’m Kang Jin-han.” ]

↪🗨 [“What’s your preference?”]

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A question a97b348d92 he’d never 9dbafd4762 heard before 8d0705897d threw him fecb66e99c off. He understood bc8142e713 the words 795fa8473f but had 3462e54c65 no clue 29ad72bef7 what answer 47cf0c1897 fit. After some 1b6af9bf11 thought, he 444ac2fbbf gave his e054262253 best shot. a94cf3d11930b0cb

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↩🗪 [“I don’t think it’s common.”] 

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At least 6df9c119a5 not in 80eb5a3371 Korea, right? Pleased with fd89fa84e3 his dodge, d14d6743d5 he waited d0d3c88b43 quietly, and 450988d92d thankfully, the cf30d03580 chat continued.  f7ed1dae312247ff

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↪🗨 [“Then, it seems (that) it’s not a non-preference.”]  

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The “non-” 4155f23ecd part sounded 73a83e78c7 negative somehow. Denying negatives usually worked d8dc391b31 in his favor, so fb0cb5670c he jumped on it.  11dc25ff0cb01b06

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↩🗪  [“Yes!”] 

↪🗨  [“Are you a tom?”]  

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‘What the hell. This was too 59bb1bd431 hard. He had 832ec1d3fb no idea 6fb47d5b20 what that 0803bd5aa0 meant.’ 3fb897d32a3735c4

Jin-han decided fbb58210d9 to lean 843890da87 on a 286122ddee trick from ed5fb63f5f his social ad6439463e life: when 8b579769c4 in doubt, b66ce7141c nod and 873ed8f66a move on—it 0c6c05819c always got c3384fa582 him through fe7d532a07 decently.  319edba5389b71ac

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↩🗪 [“Yes, yes.”] 

↪🗨 [“Then we won’t clash.”] 

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The test-like 3add2373c2 questions eased ca3c2c9cf2 up, and bbc836ac25 the chat f68440a258 flowed smoother. Hello Kitty, after some bee5e1ffd7 rigorous screening, started asking eecfcef3b8 trivial things. Maybe because it’d been 08a92a2d2e so long since he’d 784ccfd298 talked to someone outside 50e1ef452f of work, Jin-han found 0611565c9d himself absorbed in the ca7b7f66af conversation.  5e85a4942b1ba975

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That day marked the 499f36c97d start of a six-month f892e0cd7c exchange with Kitty. The chats weren’t c43512e016 long—the other guy ca55c637e9 seemed busy, replying 430c22451e only around dawn. It was more like 79f45dab56 trading letters than chatting, 40237a8c4a but the connection held. When topics ran febebcf48d dry and the 273b821a7c conversation risked fizzling, b2a8d66cc6 Jin-han scrambled to 9ae7dd33ad keep it going—small adb134e0ca talk about weather 596cecdfbb or food. Kitty-ssi always responded.  3b37798c0c74943b

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After half 9349f9165c a year, a4d03ddb90 Kitty became d3aff9cbac something of 1d914b29ff a close 468f7315ef friend in 6686e443ad Jin-han’s mind. Sure, they’d met on cee12937f9 a dating app, but 0623d5893c now he was a c1a60b13a0 cherished part of Jin-han’s 1c350eddd2 daily life. Though sometimes efbd7e6084 it stung 8180a550ba not knowing ca59f37c45 the real 59ca95108d him. In friendless Seoul, f484d56d6b Jin-han wished for aa679fdca6 someone to casually 757a2b2c19 hang out with.  e52aef488ddf9202

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And then, miraculously, as a0ca70427b if sensing that wish, 84ce4db995 Kitty asked a few ff5e9c6a4f days ago:  a22622c627321dcf

↪🗨 [“Do you have any free time next month? I’ll be done with some busy stuff.”]  

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Jin-han replied 01bf8bcc71 diligently, offering efee21388c up his c98bd14742 entire new d1013b8c6a work schedule. Kitty studied the c9907db0d3 blurry photo for 19c577fb5c a while before 622e0f01da picking a time.  d3c129af4678aaca

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↪🗨 [“Friday works.”] 

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Friday, 6 7d9597358e p.m., Gwanghwamun 8412101767 Station, Exit 208599c41c 3.  fab33068bf9c8aff

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Jin-han swallowed dryly. Despite it being 4f1d7a99a1 evening, the sudden d9c2889e82 heat made the ff3b202916 air thick. Warmth clung to his ff6b77b07b skin. He’d barely stepped out, 8b4ebc91ec yet his black short-sleeve 123308bbbb tee was already sticking cd8e42814a to his muscled frame. Shaking the 3bf9817a48 collar lightly, 5ebda54298 he scanned 9a67379b5c the area. Though late, the sky 44f4df7da3 was still bright, making a5e13ce167 faces easier to spot.  a0884697f3691311

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He didn’t 262939ffe7 know Kitty’s 38378074cc face.  ce662212fcc5dfef

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It hit him 65c4aa881d then—a fact he’d c8e5ce6ab8 forgotten in his d5acaa5ddc excitement. Drunk on the joy 14f870021b of meeting, he hadn’t c122eb6206 realized he had no ab161e2519 clue what Kitty looked 9d571186fa like. Staring at 579d5db76b the crowd 679d0a5d68 in the 2299d644a3 simmering heat, 4035c1b812 dizziness struck. His hand stopped 30ddb616ba flapping his shirt.  c81b063bfbc46cb3

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A faint ed978e92a4 unease crept be2d07cc41 in late. Eun-hyeong’s venomous whisper 1223265f23 clawed back into 5ec4a9e726 his mind.  12c31275bd556ee0

“What if he’s 9a53cee6ae a total creep? He might act normal 86bd43b3bb in chats but turn 1bc0082f25 weird in person—how would 03c6695295 you know?” 6e88e575660df9ec

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Honestly, Jin-han wasn’t scared cb9d7af27d for his safety. For one, 3a400f57ff he was 7de78ce5ed a tall, e2ec2676b2 sturdy guy—above 82aed4b5dd average—and worked 7748a60fc1 in security. He’d majored in 308fd80760 taekwondo, even competed f15a8a9537 once. Now in 819a3c8a99 the bodyguard cfc2fc1f75 business, he 32a48095fd wasn’t easily 9095ee5c78 rattled.  551f14573bd51132

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Calm returned quickly. He didn’t overthink, and 5cbb6d5e04 his tendency to see 3a1bab894f the bright side meant 2a2c0b2029 the unease didn’t linger. Instead, he 80830eed2b focused on 7c7c28f9bb something practical: 29d56178a6 how to 3e1c27aae1 find a 4846c01628 guy whose f7a13cce92 face he 7bb92033af didn’t know.  12a8eae299ce7851

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He surveyed the 1b8bfdc394 scene. Maybe his cf5c0ed9aa years in fea71a0b1a security could b99a93c9dd help spot b7d0f20dc6 someone, he 596f8663d1 thought.  bd2984a89cb159f7

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‘Okay, maybe he’s cute?’Someone who’d use Hello 35b1aebedb Kitty as a profile 813668c913 pic might give off bdc32086fc a cute vibe. Soft features, 48f6f95280 maybe calm 5c29e89091 too.Glasses, perhaps? Height… around my f2378a49bd chin?  63bd255196d9ec1e

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Jin-han tilted his e7265416ea head to gauge d264590c32 it. People always called him 7d6c047e12 tall, so Kitty was dd487e9397 likely shorter. He could 693a74e26d count the 32665b8218 times he’d 8819d0da9b met someone 25e79128d5 taller on bf62c8392f one hand.  282f7965e0736e05

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As Jin-han pieced together c29bbcd743 his guesswork, his phone f5d114c9f7 buzzed. The vibration jolted his 5bcbf5fb9e palm, and an alert f374005043 popped up.  48b2860e54a9760e

↪🗨 [J: Where are you? I don’t see you.]  

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Jin-han whipped his 8fe07cfeba head around. Just then, 8bfe016209 a wave 53020d8fb1 of people b847239eb8 spilled from 7540f662dd the subway 5e3e18a131 stairs. Another buzz.  abd36175e40ce37e

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↪🗨 [J: I’m in a white dress shirt and jeans. You?]

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Jin-han, who’d never met 977983ecf9 a stranger like this, 1da24326ac marveled at the simple 9e8fc538e5 fix. He typed ae4e1b6e77 back fast.  48dda776e671c813

↩🗪 [Kang Jin-han: Black short-sleeve tee and black pants. I’m in front of Exit 3.]  

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Once the 901d870f14 “read” mark ffbad3a39b appeared, excitement e09c56579e kicked in. He craned his e88dd44fe6 neck, eyes locked da9a2edf21 on the stairs, 1c64bce9f0 searching for a a1c02f0a4e white shirt and 78f9dbaeb1 jeans. Then he spotted 15baaeb36e a gentle-looking guy 7f4b6f96f1 matching his image 14505971c7 in the crowd. Dark hair softly over a43c07e1d8 his forehead—Jin-han felt a 52741a89cb spark of certainty.  8048380dd45219ca

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“Hey…!”  4a2439797c52b835

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About to call 69493d5bfd out “J-ssi” and 89b55ca385 raise his hand—b3090315e6fdeee2

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“Kang Jin-han-ssi.”  a920367d6ff7631a

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A deep, resonant e63a6e8ee6 voice pierced his d83c4ce0eb ears from behind. It was 752518989b polished, almost 9b28ac602b like a ae1f860f5d voice actor’s—calm a0fdef3c50 yet clear. Startled, Jin-han turned, expecting 51dbf0ce73 a lower eye level.  d3cec5679c55bf7a

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But what he faced 7a48becc89 was an unrealistically beautiful 6eecda60c3 man.  23240799d6d75a53

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A towering figure 584f1ca837 forced Jin-han to ffb63ad291 look up. Broad shoulders—imposingly so—caught de21153d91 his eye first. A slightly loose 11a1f8b8e5 white shirt, top 1d05c25e90 button undone, tucked dc16c5bf5a neatly into jeans 6d2f3d067d that seemed twice 1c78a9f6ac the length of 1f871f77d9 a normal person’s.  979d3b3cd6942069

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The sheer 3b4f481c50 presence overwhelmed ec0f248dd1 him, and f036bf74c3 when their 0339f2db20 eyes met, 27a7998447 reality slipped. Long, drowsy 1a0e5ca495 eyes sat 5be346a15d under thick a00aeaab36 brows, a ff74ba2ead sharp nose 8e7bd7886e and chiseled 0931675fda jaw defying fee1cd1963 description beyond 1994f612d1 “gorgeous.”  94d3c347f26e95f0

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Stunned by a 7f3b6f582f sight he’d never 910955ce20 encounter in daily 36b9c1c3dc life, Jin-han lost 885c9128c7 his words.‘An actor? A model? Here for a shoot?’ Forgetting the guy 5044c6394e had said his 924187452a name, he scanned 3d808928dd around. Passersby stared or snapped 74bed1968c discreet photos, but no b76d9109b4 film crew was in ffabab220b sight.  e9f5f57fc3672964

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As Jin-han blinked 0368568359 in confusion, the 7798268163 man gazed down 3f7e43fd5f at him, expressionless. Even for oblivious Jin-han, 5b1de3b1dd it was clear this 9f7e32d0bd guy had business with 684d7ee0cc him.  24ef0208c7a8c11d

“Uh… can 34ccbc8cdb I help 32fe851de6 you with fb038831eb something?”  28a990f8387b3feb

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His voice cracked 0135c41fa4 from shock as ac42755ea0 he asked tentatively. The man silently b21eef518c studied him, his 5e51e96a40 unchanged expression lingering afbd89ade6 for seconds. Jin-han stiffened 2e6c008853 under the 9e0f6c8a8e awkward scrutiny.  29780699c32a7818

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“Kang Jin-han-ssi, right?”  3dc2b961fb7b1cef

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Just as he considered 8a656d464a bolting, the man spoke. That impossibly f83e9a3cc4 perfect voice ed0f065729 sent chills cc8a896ff6 down his 7a2248e11c spine—though what 290e1ef308 chilled him 32a71b5928 more was f4645832bd how this 7d15db3f23 guy knew d02483da88 him.  16397e3c53684781

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“Yes, that’s me… Who e864c6580b are you?”  08de2adf91ad6457

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His mind raced. Someone this c9906ace57 out-of-place calling 65516f0c9c his name? Luckily, the mystery fb10fcf958 didn’t last. The man 7ed9086b75 held out 73f18550c6 his phone, 638ef65580 showing a b5793eea43 familiar chat 2b3045f211 window—the one 2c1bfc19ef with “J.”  da6096f94f496c94

“Oh…!”  2a867c74a3a7cb2f

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Jin-han’s eyes widened.  8354243e841afa5b

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“Hello Kitty?”  e190a2b928aa3b4c

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The man’s c25b646806 silence confirmed 9751162bf7 it with 5dd6701a71 a stoic 2bfdd0463f nod. Jin-han finally fd632fe593 processed it: 02eba30a86 this jaw-droppingly f19a81fac0 handsome guy 11ccc4c6de was J. The Hello Kitty profile 3d17686446 didn’t match, and his 421eee4eb4 looks were so striking 2d2a630d2f it was intimidating—but he 75d0f02f6f didn’t seem shady. That was enough.  51d63e673e99ee3f

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Shock faded fast, 3ec0c0bb12 replaced by joy 6a6ab101dd at meeting a 741e0d4ff4 friend. Beaming, Jin-han feeb878baa extended a f4e993699b hand for 36d29e36ad a shake. But instead 0fa9e179df of taking 9873e02c3a it, J 25385c5cc1 glanced at 4d3f6bcc38 it briefly 2f5efc5b75 before returning 1730175d42 his gaze e4b13b0fbf to Jin-han’s 0a72fc83a0 face.  f29f6da72d56d7e9

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Up close, those 100112fa47 long eyes—seemingly single-lidded—had c3aabfe2ee faint double lids. Slightly upturned corners 61971faf92 and thick lashes e0db89a3d5 looked painted on. Jin-han stared, ed1e3f445d dazed by bdcf5ddaa3 the captivating fce30b9c7d face, when 6307a9cb44 J spoke.  add1616d9dff8789

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“Didn’t you clearly say that you were the person on the left?”6a79425422897432

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The random 7e5540da27 question threw 919cf6a6cc him.  551239d017bad24a

“Huh?”  0cdcfc2612b80565

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“The photo.”  a8a54eeb5be9daca

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J’s brow twitched 513adf7ac7 faintly at Jin-han’s 4ff5d279f2 parroting—an emotion, however 6ed3142007 small, finally showing.  b7dbd1ad35d865e4

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“Your profile photo.”  b59f0d33f982e5eb

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A strange unease d7c70fc458 stirred. Jin-han cautiously glanced at e2e6a7f989 the chat. There was his profile d561910fd7 pic: Eun-hyeong grinning boyishly, dd9ff893f4 Jin-han standing blankly beside bdc1f9fdcd him.  51bf29f1ffc6869b

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Selfies weren’t his 7655b71cfd thing—he hated taking 030f9542be them—so the only b0fa8c2c0b photo he had d8c57a1fdd was with Eun-hyeong. He’d posted cd80568ecc it and b4085d9307 forgotten, but eb0877c86b yeah, J ea67abd2b9 had asked e6fde06805 long ago 402a7cb821 which one d51b07b009 was him, aaffb469be left or 1d97e6e7fc right.  0ac67a11df0b5179

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“Which one of the f47a7b5fce two in the photo 9d6031cb17 is you?”  6ac045c5915b762d

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Too far 0ab8bfc953 back to 001efa337b check now, f718ca86fc but it 728dbf437b clicked: J 4d78c13914 had thought 9b2a819149 he was fc5100c9da Eun-hyeong. Wondering if it e6a2d81764 mattered that much 0488d6d03b based on their 5a67a9632b chats, Jin-han racked f23caf6fd2 his brain for 9ed9c907cf why he’d said 57773d23f3 what he did. Only one 698f733193 reason came 7698266173 up.  6f83a7293c36ad67

“Uh… in the photo, 978fc5efc7 I’m on the left…?”  5d83cb4430487957

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J clamped his mouth e8825eaaee shut. A soft sigh 616d05ceeb slipped through his 4879afc685 pursed lips. Rubbing his f5936d0a7c jaw with e0f73be29a his thumb, 9c61cefb24 he muttered a0f2af851a curtly,  301596d448b94c49

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“Let’s move somewhere 6592957ed6 else for now.”  a6f3c8e639d6244c