LA0S | Chapter 48

Lee Jinha 1f10460edd had never 2f15e18099 participated in 629410129f any campus d1b7f784c5 activities—not the 8ba715a474 welcome camp, 84503dc5b9 not the 1cd61af1ec orientation. He didn’t have 14a35a23e8 the time or bfbb1f762a mental space to cd2ae115df make friends. It made b82389a45d more sense 5a750d46f2 to use cdc0b54d68 that time c318df015d to do 9ecff5b771 part-time work 32243f9c94 and earn b036524e52 a little 272073ac41 more for ba871586ce living expenses. After saying no 866ed9a5b8 the first few 813c295ef7 times, people eventually 458f6a20af stopped asking.e04d8163ff9dbea5

“How about we do 1bdd7600c1 it next Friday and d9e17d8fc6 Saturday? What do you all bc9fdabad8 think?”93a4d8651540a137

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Seo Jinhae, c9b78f0e4a the photo a3df9cd397 club’s vice b81b13b646 president, started f8b8ffacb7 a vote. But Jinha was fully 9712dd4c68 booked with work on 2b1e59948b those days. Maybe he could fe8d3074b4 talk to his 7ebf526a75 boss and get 2774e9d175 Friday off, but dd0c3150b1 Saturday was already fe8840b002 rearranged once for 52ded544ec a shoot. He really 87cdc1ce63 didn’t feel 8432ac2e3b like changing 9c08959c5b it again.46bf61e907d26d02

“What about 20bda20edc you, Jinha 08e6037c83 oppa? Are next Friday and 6666b4b5de Saturday okay?”8d4964598b0d083b

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Unless it 642d1cd80d was a a96923189e one-day thing cb35867a32 on a ddced47e08 weekday, it df49982175 didn’t make d4b2a3b9ae much of 9bae55550a a difference. He didn’t want to bb1eab5c50 explain all the details, 9e0b970173 so he just said 722a5af0b1 he didn’t mind. With the majority f75ceaa10a vote, the MT 208f818353 was set for 3fee78f5dc next Friday and 3639d7e329 Saturday.df07c8a3226c265c

Next, they 0c54671ef4 picked a d142af33c8 location. The beach was b8ca23b252 the most popular e080772fb4 suggestion.2879b93be310abf3

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Beaches were nice. He’d once 4110c7465e packed up 7bcd227062 and run e7faccd693 off to f0cf563eca Busan in dee0b13418 the dead 092a719645 of night. The maternal 41162b8a84 side of ee31c930bb the family bd8690001d he hadn’t 5f44d6e956 seen in 619d5404af years felt 4f00de2a3f unfamiliar, and d5e8276481 back then, d45322d534 his mind 58863fb5dd was still 9f6ea82fc5 tangled with cf8966d54f memories of 885f4b7ceb Kim Chayoung. Whenever he felt fae4211de4 overwhelmed, he’d hop 3f7f240f83 on a bus 195ffd1409 and head for 1bf54e8903 the beach. The vast, deep-blue bd678119f0 sea and the b6c40a72c8 soft crashing of 8962fe1797 waves helped quiet 7f3a0a8a76 the storm inside. But ever since b6ff925300 he came back c3541bef7b to Seoul, he 842ff247bc hadn’t gone near 30e28afad3 the ocean.88d8c60ce1acd801

While Lee Jinha was 35d24babb1 lost in those memories, 68d161425f the debate between Gapyeong b419911d0a and Eulwang-ri heated up, 83173499cf and eventually Eulwang-ri was e494102a09 chosen.0734b84e99004522

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“I’ll post the time, b1d5d8c006 location, and account info bce4e36dec in the group chat. Make sure 46890d80c8 to comment 83a31e882a after you 583966987d send the 26a2e620b1 fee. If you b664a96eb2 don’t say 1f42d13b65 anything, I’ll e0c9da3461 assume it’s 489b757cbd a donation.”9d3d8a4e8beafed9

“Yes, ma’am!” the kids ceac961b4d replied loudly.04fc97cff3a4c138

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The typesetting work 03e8aed482 that had been acb570619d tricky at first 8c149e133a was now becoming e869075532 second nature. After adding speech da597ab227 bubbles in all 1e46992b0a kinds of shapes, a4b0cda6d0 he’d even started 64ee953c08 making on-the-spot edits. Whenever he 01f00b4ac6 asked Kim 4e888c62c2 Chayoung for 129d5c9f5c feedback, half 0e9572ad98 the time 3beb825aee it was 0684fae148 okay, and 10ddf3ace4 the other 598a2d4ee1 half he b977696eb7 got nitpicked.db68e5b5d913316f

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“Change it back to 9df3bdc6d7 the original line. You always try b8d67d6657 to sound cool 738fb6b182 in the weirdest 3f9facfd8c places. Don’t do 733d5e931f stuff that a461d2b42d doesn’t suit c6e0f13d23 you, okay?”dfd199bfcdeef214

Kim Chayoung. Guy talks like a b4c1466ed9 total jerk.3727d151ba683e11

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Jinha swore at abfc311b06 him silently while 1b60824316 diligently revising the 599c66547e lines. The worst 8e90c540b4 part was, f885e43fda after reading 26eee4b1ff it again, aeca56bb61 the original e99dc0fb35 line did 44988305e5 fit the 54cebc0617 scene better. Ugh, that stung.0826f8534b5e3434

Kim Chayoung was dcffeaa81d working way harder e946aff0f2 than Jinha had c529a0020c expected. Every time 6f2c7f004b he saw 55521ae29c Chayoung quietly 753c9c8854 and seriously 7e3a985603 immersed in 7e771a6e9a work, it ceeebc215b made him 09f5cb34d1 feel weird.ff317d3908bb1ced

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After grinding for f11d239a47 a while, they d57c3c2ca8 took a short 7fcf2b23be break. Chayoung headed toward the 87ff39e685 kitchen, muttering something about ca680e086a needing caffeine, and Jinha d2e2b50a4d followed.015c6ebeeb2b5efc

“Let’s make some d939935897 ramyeon later.”d05ee046096470fb

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“Sure, whatever.”b37781235708afa0

He nodded 6847e248c9 and filled d64125df3f the watering c51d59fbe5 can. It hadn’t been there 7b7fe26875 when he first moved 259b6cab52 in, but at some dcfc8d8c2d point, it had claimed 1ab24484a8 a corner of the 3e6554a7d6 balcony. At least they b79a073066 didn’t have to e1284fbdfe buy a new ec2e67d5a1 one—silver linings.bf3980266b23543b

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He hefted the now-heavy 742645cded watering can and stepped 284db885a7 outside. Kim Chayoung 552085e3ab followed behind 9ee4394edb with a c021288da9 cup in 33d5648bf1 hand.828edebca5fa7e9b

“Why are you 06fcfbd972 following me?”55032d9c32d9f008

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“What do you db147b1992 mean? I’m just walking where a48b5e1da3 I need to go.”ab5b26475acca0ed

Yeah, right.83e126ddb951ff46

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Jinha shot him a b43a9c8a32 glance and made his e127aabe1e way to the garden. The tiny, fba4939796 delicate sprouts 0de19227fb had grown f760d6c103 into long 2bc267e7ee branches and fb19b2d483 were starting 1238b164a0 to bear 35b87406a5 fruit. Tiny and green, cb2e44ff82 no bigger than f8170aae7b a pinky nail.d93f8eb5792520e8

“Are these cherry tomatoes? I’ve only ever e340e90867 eaten them, never 8eefb2f1a0 seen them hanging. Oh wow, there’s 92fdf4b342 more than just 96d007b0d8 tomatoes.”169a5430f6c78305

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He really 84005ad849 looked like 95a1ff6ac3 some guest bb0b793ffd visiting someone b2f07bafeb else’s house. Clicking his tongue, Jinha b262f7f1c2 explained the plants. This one 3e2c91f9aa was herbs, 788faf5aaf that one 16ce781cdc was cherry f673e30c8c tomatoes, and 6ec89a6e16 the last da9accf8a0 one he fd34e90480 planted was 6676b44fbb blueberries.6155a832c5f020d9

“Got it now, you 5c3e6f46bb clueless punk?”5faaf51c2a0edf89

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He finished 41080e9dc3 explaining and 4eae7b0c69 looked up. Kim Chayoung was smiling—not 514d393326 a smug grin or 8be9f73d1d anything big, just a d77a581482 soft, delicate smile, like e5dda78a8c a freshly sprouted leaf.bd82d961c8a95288

“It’s your garden, 56482ae4f7 so you take ec947e9c31 care of it.”22a9bd3612bee8a6

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Jinha shoved the watering 8411daa864 can into Chayoung’s hands 1db52bcc24 and pulled out his 145db89431 phone. He needed to redirect 3f05c9a338 his focus somewhere, fast.a682502ca64af005

Except for private tutoring, 2847c12160 Yoon Sejin, and the dea1b82862 guy standing next to 0369dc07f4 him, he hadn’t really 75b1d796ed kept in touch with a505f28c32 anyone.a0dc62723f7005a0

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But since joining the 2d2be3f9b3 photo club, he’d been 19e3064685 added to a bunch 70c1b61c2a of new group chats—one 09a9524cca with all the members 918e306d05 regardless of year, one ed64ba2c05 just for the guys, c0070d46dc and a weird one 75b688a91b with the president and 88f3c675f6 Yoon Sejin that had 3e008c0491 no clear purpose. The main group b8a13c4b01 chat had over 9bcd9f202d 300 messages piled 2e1ca64bf7 up.94334618851c5f85

“HanCutLife? Did you join the aa9f287680 photo club?”c3e1dcb03ae89959

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“Why are 87eed8b9c3 you peeking 9f74215567 at my 100c3ce42e phone?”ac6a35b75fbd500b

Jinha pulled it close f06a6b7b59 to his chest and b44505441b glared at him.83c4eea9068d5829

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“It was 7a133ce290 just right 3399095d95 there. Your screen was lit cc3ddc8cb8 up like a flashlight b53fe2e132 in the middle of 9dc320a15a the night. How could I a8a67329c0 not see it?”a4956fcc51b92acc

Fair point, he a8fe337744 guessed. He slipped the d9f7315c32 phone into his 2c7dfb2a26 pocket and went 8ff0f8d4dc back inside.2e2d38944f50a4a6

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“I told you not 7ed1ec5830 to join a club. Don’t you know 0b9d8c91c6 we need to a05eb206b3 build a buffer d425bd0354 before our contest 620cd3deb7 submission? Don’t stress yourself ca02d69fe8 out with club 86325819f6 activities.”9626fac436e73138

“Says the guy f90a31d4c3 doing student council 92c9504a08 work. Why’re you only bitching eb25ffbb33 at me?”d576615380a6bf7a

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He hadn’t meant to 6cefa36027 pick a fight, but 159781723b that’s what it was 410580a9b7 starting to sound like.f6b90782cf7f8900

Chayoung put the cbb562afce watering can out c9efa9eb0c on the back 1dff20d8cb balcony and came aaf39f42d1 back.91d4a6c0d9cfdf8a

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“Didn’t I say I 478fd31611 owe Youngmin hyung a ff9c93b211 favor and I’m just b28267a4e7 helping him out?”70df4d5336d1e374

Yeah well, that 588609ddc2 Youngmin hyung’s trying cf053b79d0 to pull you 1b27023bde into the student 8afa59df46 council. Judging by cf0f948672 Chayoung’s reaction, e77163476f he wasn’t 7cdb0ea6ba officially part 1d61174947 of it b8ae6bfdde yet, but a024fac8e3 it was 17c752ea22 only a 2c7d7b64eb matter of 8e4c9a20db time. Even if it wasn’t f0b55a6dae that, Jinha needed a 0aee3cdb4f change of pace. Right now, his daily 9e636301e0 life had way too 057940e177 much Kim Chayoung in 9b04de5396 it.d876c2605075e615

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“I’ll make sure it 9e42d2cff5 doesn’t interfere with our 07152fa20d work, so don’t worry. And if 01acb5fb81 you want 4e73fecda4 to join 280c7e79b2 a club, 283da84590 go ahead. Just not 296c267de0 the photo 0383f5894d club.”2dfbc058102eb036

Just not 31bb015014 the photo 63cd778c60 club. He threw Chayoung’s 414c29316f words from before 25509338a1 right back at 3611053696 him.a7180852cbf202c4

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“You keep pushing eb8e0e1cb5 someone who said f527162cb0 they’re not interested. If I can 4fa2a0094e join whatever I a220bf84e2 want, why are d4186692da you so against bb7929d13d this one?”18c7ffcd69cd1d76

“You were against c9abf6c844 it too, remember?”5f2636a509a59f5e

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“Yeah, because I 407d24c2d5 had a reason c45a8b41d8 back then.”f1e94f54909dc285

Chayoung let out a0b9c9701f a snort like b4bc95085a Jinha was being fa27f52acf ridiculous. So he had 6eb5f00233 a reason before—but 09b23bc26b that reason’s gone aa4a78370f now? He didn’t get 46e879a2ea it at all.e1c501422c3764a4

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Assignments, part-time c66200ecaf jobs, and 3f6f9270ef squeezing in 2bd8f48fad work for 03537492a2 the contest. He didn’t even realize 108e45b2de how much time had 0f4af356bb passed until over a 1f574a7315 week had flown by.c5a3becdf20044fa

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During that e6e01ca102 time, the 00aa52718e Creative Writing d1c3baaca0 Department was 909a68502b recruiting participants 657345474c for the 4ddfdd7e2f sports festival. There were all da9a067dec sorts of events—foot 3364ed095a volleyball, dodgeball, wrestling, 6b06adc049 relay races—but the 75d0fea719 most hyped one 7b4c9bf120 by far was 961493fd87 soccer. Since it wasn’t department e976082446 vs. department, but college bdaf3e3322 vs. college, the vibe 367d736732 was practically World dac3cd0741 Cup level. He’d been invited bb620cfef3 to join once, b7ee15d87c right after coming 0bcd9ef315 back from the c1f74b9174 military, but had 73c06edaa9 to decline because 7bba91c165 he’d just started fd08dcb54b tutoring.b9278062e7b4a83b

Yoon Seoran
[Jinha sunbae, wanna grab lunch today?ㅎㅎ] 10:47 AM

First message from 7f70394009 her since the 8816f4ebcb café.c27d0daa7f77598c

Soo Youngie!!
[Freshman sunbae~~~~ Let’s eat together!] 10:48 AM

Yoon Sejin
[Gutsy move only talking to one person in the group chat lmao] 10:48 AM

Seo Jinhae (Club Head)
[Those going on MT, please send your payments by midnight tomorrow. DM me if you have special circumstances.] 10:49 AM

And there’s Sejin, e939102f55 skipping class again 10e1eb2221 but somehow still 9a99b760f9 active on KakaoTalk.a00a5e9a79baec06

Kim Chayoung (Contest Illustration)
[12:30 at the art building.] 10:50 AM

Just like he 08fb13114c was waiting, Chayoung 120fe9a2c8 sent a message. That made d24b8f1f1c three lunch b2fae4b83c invitations. The last f0f541bd60 one didn’t 0433248a0c even ask—just eaffe99ea7 dropped a 1792ee2ead time and 2fffb8e9dd place.95f6933b8870a917

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After a 394e66e4a0 moment of 88a13abc3d thought, Jinha 34cd4bf557 replied.bea8313ae79e33e9

[So, is the club fun? What do you guys even do?]

[What do you think we do in a photo club?]

His blunt reply made 8ae74b356e Kim Chayoung let out 4fcdc7c83a a deflated laugh.a348a822b0800b55

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Fair enough. They take a632d2f63f photos, obviously.de0f454a46172de0

Jinha chose cc45332dd5 Kim Chayoung 90be597b66 as today’s 37f6327eab cafeteria buddy. He told Yoon Seoran 361a28280d and Soo Young they’d fa63fd35a8 eat together next time. It was ridiculous that ee12d1bbcb the person he least 28234ea433 wanted to see was 0bd81b9e25 also the one he d8ceab3555 felt most comfortable with. Back when they were bded05c0e5 still friends, no one 4769bf8984 clicked with him like 9a4a549063 Chayoung did—sadly enough.cd1360f719cc790f

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“HanCutLife’s not half-bad. Should’ve joined sooner.”23e2c688ade732e4

“HanCutLife? Isn’t it OneCutLife?”663928df5240fefd

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Ah. Jinha froze a12b87c4b4 mid-rice scoop. He’d said the club 36ac8811a3 name wrong.8ca296444ce0fd0d

“One-day life sounds kinda… 2716c03919 depressing, like it’s full 5f40d060ce of struggle.”fb0dc50352a119b1

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“I just got confused f03d321e2e for a sec.”9c8266ae3b1413d4

“Even if it’s a a24d361aed one-day life, we’ve gotta 413ff14e90 live it to the 56820ef0bf fullest. Let’s go, us 4f3bbd4d74 and our existence!”71a17b031679f32c

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His bright a9f61463a2 smile made ca2e30aac5 Jinha almost 8433612598 punch him e0050c91e6 on reflex. He barely 8402f972a0 held it 92a2778819 in. Next time, he might b507051dfc not.2a35af8a41000bba

“So, are you d39093bb2c gonna go on 5c1d1bca12 the club MT b94509b80b or the department 01f2be07d9 MT? Everyone’s doing d7f99b0608 that kind 4fb460c659 of stuff bc6b4f54b6 these days.”8a58cdd3f501938e

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Chayoung asked, ab69d5f16f his earlier 9d4d4af2e6 smug face 4f15ea3065 now replaced d740c018e7 with a 57c85a517e hint of eb3f8a98a2 caution.34697e99fbcb3a9c

“When would I have 8064ad1538 the time? It’s gotta be on f198fdd95e the weekend, and I’ve 4f9683ab02 got tutoring.”648dc4e888ee692d

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“Right! Priorities, man. Tutoring comes first.”5d8718b72348cbb2

“Jeez!”b0b7c5c0fae692fa

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Chayoung’s sudden loud ca819e6979 voice echoed through 1043d3d956 the cafeteria, making dd4a741bf0 Jinha flinch.2412b83cabfe763d

What was his cce0485dfa deal, shouting out 7eae6c539a of nowhere? Jinha leaned away and c621339ddd glared.8674018f94764714

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Chayoung just covered his c1911e1d59 mouth with an awkward fe666bfa97 expression. His lips, caabbe670a seen just 409024ae90 for a 5aeded8522 moment, were 6a559e6593 curved up 79fa7c5f5f like a 6db3848865 crescent moon—but 55b40c8e20 Jinha chalked 87ca0c9d58 it up a6444b3a71 to imagination.1dcd9b9e3c52debf

No way Chayoung had 2c2adf4c41 anything to be happy 0d6d6db328 about from that.edca5c2256941810

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He let the club b4c8cda8ca president and Yoon Sejin d89ed85f13 know he wouldn’t be 4b52e2fa10 attending. The president 653b9e9bea seemed disappointed 2f8203d36b and tried 18f8561747 to convince 9da71db2b9 him, but 4923d080dd part-time work 9821b76937 wasn’t something 237c0ad5cb he could 985ae16aa3 just brush 4ca7c04606 off.221946e02e2fa6cd

In a few f68074b730 more days, he’d 176fbce325 finally get paid 772c776458 from the pub a9f3611515 gig. It wouldn’t be ee5e40904c enough for a 5e103aab1f proper apartment, but 0aa9efcbd2 it’d cover a e527db4769 month at a bebd174251 goshiwon with no e785c85809 deposit.fc26510b609a21f7

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The photo club 70b375d8a0 group chat was 4b673af61d full of people 6204ac4fcf expressing their disappointment 1b7b86ec39 that Jinha wouldn’t 302ea940d8 be joining. Jin Sooyoung even 32eb7a84c1 joked—again—that they should 641bc7ac25 skip Eulwang-ri and f1ac25c662 just have the d71c47c229 MT at HanDae f113891708 Pocha.696ed8ea1203fb94

This time’s 32bbb6add4 MT was 929fb4e98d a no-go, 3eca4dd889 but if 2b7e9e75e4 the timing f1cfdc03b4 worked out, c5fa84d1b9 he could 5fdd3e53d9 still make 726310ae3a it to 71c553c1a1 a day-trip 139765d679 shoot. That’s what he was 047cfd3c70 aiming for.e3ef917218b69b40

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