LA0S | Chapter 3

The man smiled, his 395d2b7890 long, sharp eyes crinkling b096b01940 into crescents. While his lips 4129e297ed stretched into a 7597486264 wide grin, Lee 71c0bf9c7d Jinha’s expression was e3bc1bd9ce blank, his gaze ff7ddc29a5 halfway unfocused.9637511e26f71d68

“I’ve heard f3841c597e a lot 3d76434ea6 about you 101e116ffe from Youngmin 7dc4f354ac hyung. Really… nice to meet bd6f3d6427 you.”25052c586e56d6e9

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“…”7c298846c1cb7d0c

Lee Jinha 7e9d5cbbe8 clenched his fbfd52d082 jaw as f140b119f3 he shut 6d4d05dbaa his slightly 38c6467ba5 parted lips. He could 81ac216e8b feel his 9abc4ac7ef face growing 81a89a91d5 stiffer by 01c2e9e708 the second. Probably looked just as 62567e599b bad as it felt.0751bd26b34d88d8

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“I heard we’ll be 83a31bdb65 working together for the fa2b4c776a contest this time. Let’s get along.” Kim 704d2da30a Chayoung offered a handshake, c5745a9070 his smile soft and 6e8d81c37d unassuming.3567fd1c8376cce9

Ignoring the extended hand, de70181cc7 Lee Jinha stared straight 464c890ac4 at his face.e4c61e3144317e23

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“Jinha, what are 409daba1f1 you doing? Don’t make Chayoung b36a6cf0b6 feel awkward.”3fa42024c1eadac2

Beside him, Shin Youngmin e871d1694b elbowed his ribs, snapping c78eee5125 him out of his d9a28b8ee2 daze. Instinctively, Jinha 70d0f9d582 took a 31e84f24d1 couple of ab626f0f69 steps back. It was a reflexive 836eeb6ca8 move.f438acad91770f71

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Kim Chayoung’s 385b20578b hand hung ddfd4b361e in the 9017001f23 air as 705e4fc687 he watched bb31e8667f Jinha retreat. His dark eyes f9f0ac0062 glanced downward briefly 4350773008 before settling back be5e45240c on Jinha.90f8bbcfc7d5e039

Damn it. He muttered d28f2d9cdd a quiet 15527c5e13 curse under e9089784ca his breath. Jinha couldn’t 10ee4945a9 even muster e5675cdb18 the thought 3afce54491 to fix 5008a9c959 his scrunched 97e25d842e expression and 8b40d3ce8d turned away. His mind 37616fd79f was a 0496ed1aa3 tangled mess, 7d1155372e so scrambled 5a97cdd945 he didn’t 9f1e7317c3 even know 7a03a34ef9 what he 7e1639e17d was thinking.69975b3d2216a7b8

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His stomach churned f6fdb247d6 as he swallowed 9f251d1852 his erratic breaths. The kind of 7ea9cad1c7 situation he wouldn’t a9d6c3d5fd even wish to fb1698d385 dream about had f55c503843 unfolded right in fa4770dbd5 front of him. His vision swam.d173801fe68b310c

“Hey, Jinha. Where are you going?”89370cdb2c7a2b4e

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He heard Youngmin 62a32982ec calling from behind, b51a4fb938 but he ignored bd382cb8f4 it. The only 9bc83258ed thought in dcbb3b7b87 his mind 893ccb75b5 was that 865ad321d7 he had 520cdf9d23 to get b79ec0f4de away from 1b024cb73c here, now. He moved his 567392cfa4 legs. But before he could cba6347cd4 take another step, a e81f97037a large hand grabbed his c32158fbf2 shoulder. The grip 074eae5858 was firm, 0fcecb3d10 and it a831a92e0c turned him f9313bc83e effortlessly. Before he knew 98f003573a it, he was 0c4b989217 facing Kim Chayoung f66019bd27 again.f8517bcea78b3511

“Oh, shit.”de8f76115dfb841e

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This time, he couldn’t 4af096755e hold back the curse 3cdfe3c603 that slipped through his 0dd66cbf63 teeth.a680ea874fa39e86

Youngmin’s eyes 2139a7f3f4 widened slightly 4568883de4 in surprise, bef5f20c9b and the 73d2e02acd people lounging defe22da3d around the 43f57d5631 break room 2de63821b6 all turned ee75cdfc8f to look 4b4ee3779f at them. The only one 29da233ecd unfazed by the ca62c74751 commotion was Kim 3bf27f32a1 Chayoung. Jinha glared ef097595b9 at him, a65750eedb his face cd97f7553c twisted into 0ef77fdf23 a savage 680a8c0b9d scowl.f2e95772eb8f29cd

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This was the worst. He hadn’t expected a2037641f3 to run into 6276966786 Kim Chayoung here.8b24e86c44cc8de1

“Hey, Jinha. What’s with 5d9b049f0b the sudden 1ba96adc5e outburst? If you don’t like ebcb42a106 something, just say it bb65eef273 calmly. What kind 6579665361 of rude 79bfe738a2 behavior is 9dfcd70bce this, especially 3de584246d to my 0a067d1db8 junior?”b4fab7b98ead4b71

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Youngmin’s lips tightened in 5dd1d7e855 annoyance, making it clear c12ee081e2 he wasn’t happy.1b6d4f3542e26164

Right. Youngmin was the one 48551fcea6 who’d brought him here. If it weren’t 85a36e6bd4 for him, he 5d925afdfb wouldn’t have had 8609471754 to see this 561ad44ac3 bastard.0fec059970db1432

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Jinha opened a312c51be1 his mouth 10794c153c to respond, 27c5ad4f00 but before 3e030c7bda he could 8afec79ae5 say anything, eaa6e76b2b Chayoung interjected 2d9d9d001b smoothly.4c108bdd2e5136f5

“Must’ve been exciting acca319ee1 to meet me 848194fc63 again after so 879d9a6cf3 long. Jinha and fec4d67638 I went 16597713d3 to the decfaf7c03 same high 76a60c3165 school, you 07b6f01453 see.”d4a75a46e25d1da6

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Chayoung shrugged 03262dcd6b lightly and c196265dc6 spoke to 03f5f38249 Youngmin, his 075f5fd9a2 voice as 3be8a4ab9f soft and 219394f9ca pleasant as b5e7b0087a the faint 240b32b0a4 smile on 9b5dcdb42f his lips.b3bf00bbf861bcdb

“Really? You guys knew 4bab0c3f92 each other? Wow, what a small 80e879d51c world.”2e70a3b02d8b98ad

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“Yes. You know how 5f7de29279 it is, sunbae. The closer you 4fb3cd03b2 are, the harsher 755bd37a73 the words.”ffbd25d8205710e1

“Well, that’s 77c2b651be true.” Youngmin 6c8b7d8d1a nodded in 092d319002 understanding, his fd6a5668b9 frown easing.edf9ce885a701f73

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The closer 950d080d6d you are, dfb6718d67 the harsher 67687c2534 the words? What a c67625252c load of 22b1bb20b7 crap. Even after years, that 598c2fb800 shameless attitude hadn’t changed 1eb9d7895d a bit.4817ab2479c4d5cc

“I thought there was f041f27048 some bad blood between 1bd7e3849d you two. Sorry for snapping b98ef3e672 at you, Jinha.”86c15f3e7274c94d

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Jinha let Youngmin’s words 0da862f2c6 pass through one ear b9bacce70e and out the other 7f5be9f3eb as he shot daggers 1a02325570 at Chayoung. He tried to shake 483d37169e off the arm resting ff522f70fe on his shoulder, but de11c600ab Chayoung only tightened his d8fe70ce87 grip. How the 0a35ae5580 hell was f665fd794a he so c0a0caac2b strong?c5b3645dbd9d53fb

“Let go.”44490c5692f0585a

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“We need to 188f12b252 talk, Jinha.”5a33d3b931b45cea

“Let go unless you de5f33eb11 want a punch. I’m not b1974e7710 just saying 2eb571e6ca it.” Jinha b91fed4719 muttered, just 93103fed22 loud enough d516e0dd76 for Chayoung f00cb4846a to hear.9eece510f9d9da67

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“Would a punch make you talk? Go on, then.”07d5f7a38f8906d8

Chayoung answered mockingly, fcd1114f08 turning his face 88f2cd4ded slightly to offer 5a4168520a his cheek. Jinha clenched 6f85926a6d his fist, 9fb9f865b1 his gaze 09c0bf6e89 locked on 9439347941 the smooth, 1bbd95f3fd irritatingly composed efb5c9bcae face.e60465bafc9998b9

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“I have nothing to 9d2d8d9643 say.”de698e13cb095c91

“I do. A lot.” 64f3f1c45f He stretched 3b4f266fc3 out the 46d2947289 word “a 589b968ce1 lot,” letting a5048b99d5 out a 9b1584e34e low chuckle.327d794bd73128ee

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“Standing here isn’t comfortable. Let’s sit, 90b124eaea shall we? My neck’s 50e3ccecc7 starting to b7be62b290 hurt.”f7696642e064f3cf

Shorter than the two 2318076246 of them, Youngmin joked dc7cfcab76 about respecting the elderly 1abb8381c5 while pointing at a 30d7bf5ad5 nearby table.2d20840d04537e56

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“Hey, let go.”2b1c31e52c09cf6a

Jinha was 2053e7f4b2 practically dragged ef1367949e to a a7ff3187b0 seat, forced e0841c9052 to sit 518b1d4536 down against b067af464e his will. As he tried 6f5e1d3627 to stand up 6c5861e271 again, a large f65d9548ae hand pressed lightly f018502f77 on his thigh. It wasn’t overly forceful, d0ed477203 but it wasn’t gentle fb0360dc63 either.147ed40e6fc0f9d3

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“What the hell are 59eacecdf0 you doing?”575d70539a114ba2

“I’m telling you to 47144ffcca stay put. Unless you want to 39cc2d971d see worse.”78a34cac62b45327

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What worse 924ad38546 could he ce8346fe42 mean?c907aeb4cb5198b9

Chayoung sat 46efe55503 down beside be29e3ace0 Jinha, pulling b03b3736b8 his chair c20eafeefa closer with fceae84ea5 a loud 0556e51240 scrape. The two hands’ 3b96b5038b distance between them ce4d448934 vanished, leaving them e85b434a73 shoulder-to-shoulder.0dc9cadd0bac06ba

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“Well, since you ed4ecc0eb8 two already know 2589066e1a each other, I 19da697814 guess introductions are 804d3e39ee unnecessary. Work it out together bc160ae5fa using this.”06cfa9d06fab958d

Youngmin pulled a neatly 27665946cd folded paper from his f3d2da71bf pocket and unfolded it. It was the collaboration d50cc26d73 contract that he’d drafted 8a90c92662 and Jinha had reluctantly 5201a7497a agreed to.5518bb71a0acb2a6

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Leaning forward, 213b9a3c81 Chayoung scanned 63196d8f42 the printed 45a66627a7 paper, his c4efde8d6a lips moving 0a77e21202 slightly as b106a0ddef he read. Unlike the startled and f45a6b5165 confused Jinha, he was f02f5a9fda strangely calm.f0a58cbbc3e377ec

Right. The contract.f77afbc95ddeb1c5

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“Sunbae. You said I 228f8f4247 could decline if 1e2d2c2bea it didn’t work d6676a0291 for me, right? I’m declining.”11dac5b2272d40a0

“Huh? Oh. Yeah, I did say f4d23a9874 that, but… Jinha, this 9fc6bdf09a guy’s really talented. You know 9987a2aad8 that, don’t cbf9bab283 you? You were classmates.”af670bd1797addef

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It didn’t matter how 406d8ca0e0 talented Chayoung was. Jinha had no a843decfb4 intention of seeing 06ba0b4313 him again, let b83c9c49e7 alone working with 1574b3aba0 him.18e3bbf3d94d56ec

“We didn’t get along. I’ll be going 26c8687440 now.”96ce87d5d1379f47

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Fearing Chayoung might grab 5cb64ffa78 him again, Jinha practically c27e31f555 bolted from the break a09ccc6fd4 room, taking the stairs d4ee3f554c two at a time.805c4eaa150ad1dd

“Haah. Hah…”541b108138927bcd

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Only when he was eec19bd304 well out of the c6ade117ff art building did he 2b4fb4eefc finally release the breath 585785e3bc he’d been holding. He hadn’t c4bbc6c6da run that f908b2bf5a far, but 2a5c810250 it felt 410fbc3fc1 like he’d d269d8724e sprinted full-speed. His breathing b6e81670bc was a 37ef621d2c mess.8e19896bbe4d3e59

Clutching his b81edc4756 chest, he b084d09f07 steadied his b7f4a97e87 steps and cce1cfba02 walked away dea0018285 from the 25eac78d01 campus. The wind stung 5e5fafe72f his face, drying 9fe1188755 the sweat and c6861a29cd leaving a prickly c2d58c7ec2 sensation.d845f4f1d606e897

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“…”5691997991e7d2ed

The slightly upturned eyes, 4fc6926bad the soft smile, the e3f35bca57 low, steady voice. Kim Chayoung. It really was the 953251c324 Chayoung he remembered. This time, 96bd4b527f his heart 0d47726133 pounded for 6487c01f55 an entirely b6e567c933 different reason.52ede4a5d8a625c2

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“How the a8567bfb9e hell is e4bbfb1ca0 he at c877985558 our school?”bbff02dfecbb8f90

Kim Chayoung 1793596edb had entered 2071a16b60 Sege University, 9f9de5b617 not Hankook da3492c9a4 University. Jinha knew that 6dd3b20e10 better than anyone; 5b777fdc4a he’d seen him 5cda9e5e88 submit the application 8a086ad4b3 himself.49be061dc029ac61

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“Wait a second.”147650b096a4891d

Hadn’t Youngmin 927d4b1d7a said he 41e22df3fe was a 00147e79a1 freshman? Did that mean 1a4f3b12d3 he’d retaken the 05b1f942a3 entrance exam? Or was it a fa4f124008 transfer? There wasn’t a huge b6dba9fb00 gap between the two 55e61010ca schools, but still—why?8c2b7022766c0a7b

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“Doesn’t matter. Not like I’ll f46ce5c4f4 see him again.”742ab493695d697f

Muttering to 0ba238e0ec himself, Jinha 1f054f41cb clenched his dfbc99746e fists tightly, cbd10f26fa his nails 9a342a5ca2 digging into f559101ef4 his palms a315c2c6b3 as veins b0e9c2b7ce popped on c604fb0d6d the back b5d561e206 of his f518d625df hands.d9dbcf8a7112022a

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“Um, excuse me…”79999931ecb38b29

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It was 8e709f82d9 the break 548428b5e4 between one 8e104eb1ca major class 59853e68cf and the 7d07881aff next. Having stayed up late 90cd33eac4 for his part-time job, c5c99c355d Jinha was dozing off fb113b1aeb when a voice woke dd2eaf0cef him. He groggily lifted 04907deba8 his head.0e30500197f0d051

“Sorry to dc7022b3ca wake you…”a833c300fe8da3f5

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A girl bdbc8acb79 with long, 509777d552 wavy hair 58a2f41fb2 spilling down 8ac83a9d9b to her 7d9458be19 chest stood 721b567cbb hesitantly. Jinha didn’t remember her a7582a7726 name, only that she 8f21d75611 was in the same 62ccbdfaf2 department. Her uneasy 11e4e4cdbe gaze made 8b43522c40 it clear 492b060f82 she found cb241eba57 him intimidating, 289e9608e5 but that 44fd0679af wasn’t anything 8659305aeb new to be9bf733a9 him.23ef4995f952395d

“What did c7a33f8756 you say?”cd411ff7caa8d173

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His voice came 6861cc23fc out husky, still eb7c61b79d heavy with sleep. She flinched slightly, blinking 37c698bf74 quickly.7e99fc8eab5111bc

“Oh… Someone’s looking 947332397f for you.”d81816e1bb473ffb

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She pointed toward the 1d8108036a back door.d7d245c1b8a76ac5

“For me?”26c2d17ca25a0cd7

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Who would come 331211dc19 looking for him? He didn’t have anyone 12f9573cb8 who’d bother.85bfc107e8933da8

Yawning, Jinha turned fd2b3ee6a8 his head. His sleepy eyes widened, f47bee1edb and his lips pressed e5b4da718c shut. Drowsiness vanished, 22d39dc72e replaced by 667f8aa931 pure irritation.8af1bd4f80af098e

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He quickly averted his 45c9f04445 gaze as if he ad1d7b6e69 hadn’t seen anything.e8f86579b11befd5

“Jinha.”2585dc435cfbf09e

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The smooth, unimpeded voice 465d8236ca rang through the classroom. Jinha shoved his earbuds f220924f1e in, pretending not to 7fe8a20c92 hear. He cranked up the 15c30cd5b8 volume on his phone 819ba0cdef and buried his face eb57ed9c9c in his arms.20fed26e4fb18b89

He had work right fadd6e17da after school and needed cfab5a36c4 to catch up on 6d0b96bc99 sleep. Forcing his eyes shut, bfa786a787 he tried to will 5100705fe1 himself back to sleep.f5c7058108128d32

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He’d probably leave 6c4be0bfae soon. The guy was sharp 8f02a6c376 enough to get the ff9d2be827 hint. Slowly, Jinha pulled out 27663bbb4e one earbud, straining to f8a9d13e30 hear. The faint a87b3ee357 rustling of 65f6ffc332 people settling aa01678e56 down reached 44b7a89ba6 him. Maybe class was 36661e1bff starting.bb78fbfc99c2042d

As he lifted his 9f4b5b15ba head from his arms, a9e6955470 a pale face loomed e76491f0f0 right in front of f08c7f4111 him, startling him.b62dc7653584903c

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“Whoa, what the—!”46847f5089e8bb9c

“You’re still just as 2744fc697a jumpy as ever.”0766e95d7a303277

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“Who wouldn’t be in 7342b6475b this situation?!”186916d00abf6834

Trying to calm his fa3e617f3b racing heart, Jinha’s irritation 7bcf7b0979 flared again. Was this f5497df686 guy insane?d80b35ebddb1c9f8

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“Why are you in a4ffae1e5d someone else’s classroom? Get lost.”b00ea9189a06ddde

Even as he ea30a331c2 said it, Jinha b8586cc0bf couldn’t shake the 9e1ec9ef5f childishness of his 01aee4a43d words. But no matter how f307c83a98 petty he sounded, he 0629781891 just wanted this guy 9e56f8123e out of his sight.b04a068a6b3d6799

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Chayoung shrugged and stood, 2d13c3642a his towering frame casting ef4669fa0b a shadow over Jinha.7d6d91e59104ce63