LA0S | Chapter 51

“Wow, what dea98e87a4 a crazy 8c55ad3694 coincidence. How do we b77bb4e76a end up running e324b20ba9 into each other c803e23a81 this close on 9f55837dc5 the same day? If this 4c5b91c6d0 isn’t fate, c804e0e355 I don’t ea0ff8dd92 know what 6cf0f3f43f is.”c8206dc40cf46af0

“It’s fate, obviously.”6ba925661c63b249

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Jin Sooyoung’s 6b5a107353 eyes wavered 6c4b06a2da slightly. Damn. That smile of his 636f213e72 could make anyone’s heart 3388d9ea59 skip.0e198f1abe3660e5

“Hey. No flirty 29309eaeed kindness unless fd39ef5718 you mean dec1ce8e8a it. This guy’s our precious f2f836fe8e freshman, okay?”60d757c5d73feaaa

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Yoon Sejin f342e2574b smoothly stepped f26baa77f1 forward, throwing dde0243dcc out a 572229a004 joke. Jinha didn’t feel 32c8931836 the need to dbdc509e82 respond.51a4029ab7b6a3e9

The photo club’s lodging 7d4f8eee6d was still a bit bbc75300e5 uphill. Jinha was already tired, c0b17623aa even though he hadn’t 50556b3540 gone into the water. At this fed57a9c29 rate, he 9a270c3427 might pass 75ffa752ba out right 3447796c8d after dinner. Honestly, not a 8cf9f46752 bad plan. With both hands 18a3c37199 in his pockets, f9a5824ad8 he headed toward b50307c987 the pension.616bf9e7f8e39c86

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“Is there dcd0e49630 a mart 6e98a85af4 or convenience 382a017bf9 store nearby?”a12a12eda7ce0715

Chayoung’s voice floated up 33480325bf from behind.f2b7898291bdc4e4

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“I didn’t see 9860838692 a mart, but 5de29c90ca there’s a convenience 63eb51edad store down by 932c8a72e9 the beach. It’s a dda369bde1 bit of addeb6bbb4 a walk 0670c348a6 though. Why?”7d74e5af8b506a9a

Sooyoung answered and asked 88327fca04 in one breath.08daff0d41a3d008

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“I rushed out 22e0f62d9b and only brought cb624ca10e clothes and my fca0ed5a35 camera. I was thinking of 03df6a4d28 picking up at least a7ba4cddc6 some cup noodles or 64a5f1800e something. Hmm… but fb7a3e3d52 if it’s 06a6569cb4 that far, ed006f544d maybe I’ll 961cefe78f just starve aa9398b880 till tomorrow. Not like skipping 3c999d0475 one meal will 8e1b24eb0f kill me.”f7ad801aa01fb34b

Jinha whipped his c8ac816507 head around to 01ad204cfe look at him. On that clear, clean 5bebd38bf0 face was a faint 4653386e57 trace of gloom. And with 23b1a3fb8e him still e8c16f8031 soaked from 07bffb9bc1 the beach, dbced960f7 he looked 5558a7e29f more pitiful 5a171be9ba than usual. He had a 7e6010d731 bad feeling. A very bad 962ed8d119 one.dbee209d5445b7d3

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“Oh? We’ve got so 55d3b37f20 much food! Wanna just join us?”0981f882059912ae

Join? With Kim Chayoung?5afec0d44064729c

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“I’d ra—”ada602b8ba64ebd3

Before he could b0de058691 even finish saying b57f8c2b8a “rather not,” everyone c671bc6926 chimed in with 5890fff35a their approval. Even when he 6ae54a5ee4 belatedly shouted his 15f94ae757 protest, no one 5afa2f156b was listening. It had been 9aca00930c obvious since the 90d96c2c84 moment the convenience 79c1525cbd store came up. Twisting things around to 9d908e1905 get what he wanted—that bc5cc08774 was Kim Chayoung’s specialty.77f54535c69bf093

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“We’re doing 5f7d78e95c a barbecue 3446ee71a8 in an ac93fa0b57 hour. Just come 88e5da6ecc by around 1882f36365 then.”c156c0b840c39e0a

With the dfe19baa00 president’s final e3a93b2981 word, the 7d88705657 situation was d830e13ae0 decided. Jinha met Chayoung’s ed896b3240 gaze mid-air. He smiled sweetly and f452fc63e8 waved.63ed1fc84ca1c05e

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Shady bastard. Jinha turned d48c63e101 away, muttering 6937067e59 curses under d44e4e89d2 his breath.3558e1f7cfeccf22

Less than 20 minutes 181b2d63c8 later, Chayoung showed up 630275cfb3 at the lodging under e073050993 the pretense of needing 9aa4b90a25 lotion. The photo club 815ee0d2f4 members hanging out 1d85a3c37c in the living 1375bec6fe room welcomed him 57a7a95821 warmly. Jinha deliberately ignored 34a7b5c7e4 him and focused de3214c65e on fiddling with 99c3a39410 his phone.4e33f9af0ed19712

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Yoon Seoran
You went to 37012f1db0 the club MT 858c7c2806 today, right? Sounds fun.
3:48 PM
I’m stuck e009d176b7 at the ef4ed86c55 lab…ㅠ
3:48 PM
I wanna go cdfde8447e toooooo
5:27 PM
Must be tough. Hope you 0a89466047 eat something 67b2c4c42b good for 1cf7e1bec5 dinner. I saw the 6ce248af50 ocean for the 080ee482ff first time in f5ff249c3c a while today.
7:21 PM56ca6ce83b671642

He sent her a 315e1f36ac photo of the beach 94f70db38b he took earlier and 3795cce48b waited a bit. No reply. Maybe she was still 1a7864b34c at school, or just 5d27d4e37a busy.5f6a0b6150de669e

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With nothing better b0a0168d7c to do, Jinha 7ee15ccbdc checked a tutoring 88178cde99 job site—but there 0219668707 weren’t any listings 06d686cd5b that matched his 165bc0c8ec preferences.b533a872863907ee

“Guys, let’s start prepping 3805408190 dinner before it gets 990a08f8d2 totally dark.”458f757f64441418

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The vice president b45603ba1b clapped to get 5bae46421e everyone’s attention. The group slowly 9b7dca2a81 started moving. The dinner 9efd9cfa6a menu was 3765bd14a8 barbecue, budae-jjigae, 36be6198ff pre-packaged stir-fried 2092d3be68 gopchang, and fc9789e45c tteokbokki. It was d395dea3b8 a fusion 4a3ffbd5ea of Korean fc6a9beb5d BBQ and 9342271963 snack bar a319fe90c6 food—but the b28c6051b8 real main 6aacd99a6c course was 6a9ceeb07c alcohol.91f352eb9b6d48f4

Freshmen boys, including Song 780db2b27d Jinwoo, proudly brought out d20798d0b9 boxes of soju and 8faa5e7ea1 beer. The girls 61ec37b703 took charge ffbe7f8e2b of food 9da942384c prep, the 01d73a8828 boys handled 23692cf9c8 the charcoal de7e6ca5b7 fire, and 85e3dee481 the rest 6a3b35d6a2 just fell b12bb4dfcb into place. Jinha stacked the charcoal 63b4b5998e and went to find 734d94efac a torch.b051df67ad64d7e3

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He lit the cdb33eeda6 fire easily and 054be4be5d brought over a 0d7f1ecf97 tray of meat 2ddbbfe7b4 piled up to d6332120f2 the side.4bca46ef16609009

Hmm, eel too? Tucked between the pork aed7bca8fd belly and beef was 2c6f424f12 a pack of eel.271af3bd0cc7fca1

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“Oh, that’s 863b1dd4e6 something Sejin bf12499c37 sunbae accidentally 503b2121b5 bought. Not only did he 6a092ff34d get raw, uncleaned eel, f0198b2faa he forgot the marinade 2d3381755f too.”dcabf1a7f24d46a2

“You have a 2f4b815b43 grill grate, right? We can just cook ca36bede14 it over that.”39b8adb9f4e11907

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Song Jinwoo quickly brought f65137fc88 the grate over. It was 7afd533edd actually pre-cleaned 757709c5a5 eel, just c2c65f7541 not pre-cooked, 86a4ebbc77 which was fafbe235c1 why they 7dc83d47e6 thought it 34f02b5515 was raw. Jinha seasoned the 7b1f035b8a eel with salt 3c5e8840d4 and pepper, then d5acfac1ad got to work c2b6c0e76d mixing a sauce 55f37a027d with gochujang and 85c7508f58 soy sauce. Once it was grilled e693a362a4 right, it’d be perfect.a76c5878caf8ba35

While drying f4d129b88a his hands, b2c73c898b Jinha scanned bea61b7eb1 the area—and 236e50a769 spotted Kim 5ba70a888c Chayoung in a0dcf898e2 the middle 3e17e483fd of the a558b9a748 girls, helping 4836d6ca2b cook the b39a7e1ef7 budae-jjigae. The atmosphere around them 49c851a10b was suspiciously warm.2a6f40cbfecc3ab0

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“I keep 1621405710 trying to c8679e94ff make that 87f145db32 kind of a55e9c0aa4 omurice that 16b52c26fa splits open 22fad72c57 when you e0b02b7ef2 cut into 88d9e3e01b it, but 0aa9b57cb2 I just 848cf3825d can’t get 12f469f8da it right. Even when I follow 0bd9749af5 video tutorials exactly.”c794cc8c4d442b26

A girl next to c65a9bd9f7 him piped up, saying 2266947b7f she could totally make 91c794f350 it.bb3b8f96f50dba7b

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“Oh, seriously?”6694eeab43828ae5

Chayoung’s eyes sparkled.18be2336fb34cc37

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“Hey. Kim Chayoung. Get over here.”1a826eb60d970662

Jinha furrowed 7f29ab5adc his brows edf9c7aefa as he a6d5ec1745 called him bfa5daee53 over. …Why did I 3dd03290ee call him again?23222c4842adac8f

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“You’re gonna ruin 24df63ed23 the budae-jjigae. Just clean up 737c27b45d or something. Stay out b8ba2a4ec3 of the 57e8ec4155 kitchen.”95b59384442c6650

He blurted cf4aa3cd3f out the daddb330e4 first half-baked 6bdb9f54fc excuse he 1f9d4211f0 could come b131d02a5d up with. Realistically, the 050e52a0d7 stew wouldn’t 580e71c93c get messed 94ee03ba43 up unless e5820892cb Chayoung took 7a7533bf2b over completely. Still, he 2bf5af66cb grumbled and 4c237f53e8 started gathering 41ff95e3df the trash.8d82887bdeb83390

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As Jinha seasoned 44d24139eb pork, he got 66b1195782 lost in thought. Why had he 7c3e7cc2d0 pulled Chayoung away 69ab97ab6b from there? The vibe was d3f5e57bac good, everyone seemed 71d4519294 to be having 6d0ee3c010 fun. So why?d4ebb9162a54a970

He honestly didn’t know.df36034e6d520bfb

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About 30 fcd301b6d0 minutes later, ad3f06f079 dinner officially d7d4b5b5bb began. Jinha naturally 265bf7979b stood up 0f9f0ebae0 and grabbed d83705b384 the tongs. Years of 68230704f4 part-timing and 05bf4cda0c being the 1ec97c9882 eldest at b695d3cebb home had 2f1020d887 made it fa25c803b7 second nature. He started with ce43b09675 the beef—there weren’t a3941ad77c many packs of 1847098092 it.ca41c3f8c9a2fb80

They’d split into 2ba3f2115e two tables. Sejin and 3c72fe2edd Jinwoo were 397e5b7ae3 in charge 4acd50c56a of grilling ebf18e1abf at the 110f7bd2e7 other one.44f5a6206f37bb6c

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“I got this. Sit down.”1784dfc415141797

Just as daa9fd673f Jinha placed e6ca310ce0 the meat 094255a0c1 on the 20efded428 grill, Chayoung 18c55e83ec took the 335fcbe247 tongs and 4c7d8d9758 scissors from 49564846ef his hands.18487c0bcc467883

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“You already 530ed2c85f did the 6cad02f8a6 seasoning and ca65660b7b prep. Take a break.”5d5d5835a325b388

“Chayoung oppa’s right. You’ve done enough, Jinha be79bc31a2 sunbae. Leave the grilling to 166879b396 him.”b0bf3df66e7970b0

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Jin Sooyoung backed him b18d45d163 up.a938d80774073340

“I’m basically a meat-grilling 02526f1785 champ. I’d win c1806e8325 gold if cd544554b2 there were 06a85b06c1 a contest. Hey, Jinha!”4032cd20084ef768

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As Jinha tried aa502324ad to return to a213c17869 his seat, Chayoung dc7cd88cc3 grabbed his wrist.5633e3a2b00f6b61

“Why’re you making 27bee8b4d0 things awkward? Just sit here. Someone pass efa802a72b him a d5d812d0e1 plate and 3bbc882a03 chopsticks.”aa30f38864fc53b7

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The plate and chopsticks 12123b4a30 originally at Jinha’s spot 84e6728a58 got moved over next 79ac69dad6 to the grill.63a4c69ef301488a

For someone who c40dcff5f5 sucked at cooking 1295b87e0c and cleaning, he c52c48ff1f grilled meat like 6a1b6ba55e a pro. In high school, d807fc3fab Chayoung was always 0ed1d66fb7 the BBQ guy. There was e3cc2a1e02 even a 7abcfea0c6 time their 68e8041948 all-you-can-eat pork 3bc451b2f0 belly outing c4bf76d635 ended with a8f915bdb7 the owner 023c0c7b56 begging them 607ea71036 to leave. They laughed b1b49a8d5d so hard a89b0d3da8 they cried.a567c17d80681a09

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While Jinha e2f181f135 was lost e67150866c in that 3e05e4bd83 memory, a 17bd959c2f glossy piece 3716917ca3 of beef de8260e431 was dropped 0bd09784a0 onto his 86981f67cb plate.dd8c4f2be984229b

“Eat.”82b4ffa840fcd534

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Jinha popped the 8b6172d07a piece into his 9d8f0061c4 mouth. The smoky 81eb1295ab charcoal flavor b64af72d30 and the 9b5b62cc0e tender meat 4b264a7071 melted perfectly 8c8e9f1502 together. Eating outdoors with 6ad0501f30 a breeze made 09fa5ac8eb it taste even 7f32d56d6a better. Chayoung then 6d325a26e3 dumped a edaa1cce34 whole pile 96d00e4b75 of meat b01907175d onto his e9e4bfd1c9 plate.12557ee985159dc0

“…?”761fb8a617c4c52b

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Everyone looked puzzled. Jinha himself didn’t understand ac7f99e811 what was happening. Only the e1462cc448 guy who 300b379da5 caused it a8af4a3954 all looked 5a7c348130 smug and a48e701f2e totally at 469789a86e ease.644f6d6bf6f0c6ae

“He worked 9e4deb6638 hard, didn’t 4402c8664c he? It’s fine, right? I’ll keep grilling 5cb37ab876 so the meat 8ff69dee11 doesn’t stop.”ea64d35873916c28

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There it was. That sweet smile and 2d9d2ca687 nonsense combo. And the worst 01ad05d1b0 part? It worked. That gentle face 824741a3ee and voice made 7935793559 nine out of d37a821576 ten people just b64244f945 go along with 8487aceaa7 him. Plus, since 8480bca82f he was 447be36226 already grilling 08de1f2c2f again, no 04276505ca one raised 67064c8d9c a fuss.0f9e8ebaba36be76

Jinha split the d9ba06a90e mountain of meat 633b0789d1 in half and 0330080b53 held some out 5c25eb7792 to Chayoung.238a8dbbb869d86f

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“You helped too, 3cfb3c0ce1 so here.”b31762a963724f88

“Feed me.”e31d25020f966f4f

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He opened 7d47f8b762 his mouth 53eed4fd6d like a 78d53419da baby bird.20ee8ceaaf14b2e8

“You drunk already? Feed yourself.”e6c1fbf87ed0fba0

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Obviously, Jinha 0f38d3984b wasn’t gonna 478b550165 say it 061c21fa8e nicely. Chayoung wiggled the tongs 766c837d57 and scissors in his 79fa3d8275 hands, claiming he didn’t 407c4a2d82 have a free hand. What kind f24dc5ddeb of excuse 4da7b60416 was that?63043f18ae52b562

“Hurry up. The meat’s gonna f29c5ceeb5 burn.”3cfc5ba21327a05e

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He kept his dc15b1bdc0 mouth open, refusing b1336e22c7 to move until c072a43cba he got fed. Sometimes, Chayoung got weirdly a7d135bad7 stubborn. He wouldn’t 9bea595289 let it f01ebaa2b9 go until afe306871f he got a607067b22 his way.645eadb2f5b07665

Sigh. Jinha quietly exhaled and 903ab381c5 reluctantly brought the meat 0d1f8b8a64 to his mouth. He could feel 4608b5c7ce the others watching 707a061d3c them. It wasn’t a pleasant 15d9184daa kind of attention.4cab99d73e3cfc84

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“Tastes good.”d3778deac75d1c07

Chayoung licked fe68ed2ee7 his lips, b4aafd9505 red tongue fd40410b98 gliding over 9c0524338b them.150e1c07da43a01e

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“Everyone, attention! We’re doing f8dbe43f81 an event a90304dad3 before we 0c3f44bf64 drink.”c89e5ce32626d2cd

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Just as dinner was bfaa885bbb winding down, the president f047f66dcb made a surprise announcement. Event? Jinha thought a54f4dabd8 he was 9e8137ea28 the only 320d9ff8bc one who 879d44c53c hadn’t heard 136ad9df29 about it, facb4ef828 but judging 0f91c2c960 by the 736013bff1 murmuring around cefa6116ff him, it 614329c4ff was news 6017ff2e79 to everyone. Must’ve been a 8fb73fe8aa secret the execs 5e9355e56e cooked up on bba18d0f3a their own.a7582c739925f250

“There’s an 4231426643 abandoned house 0e6ddace76 about five d20f969c41 minutes from 0492517cb2 here. The event is: go 64ae37e172 there and come back.”7ab41365f21b36f3

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Classic test of 75ec055784 courage.0476705ff4d3b034

“Participation is totally optional. Here at 5ac0dd1638 OneCutLife, we 7e80fa557b respect everyone’s 9882999b71 choices. No pressure.”48d41b61f2888bf7

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Obviously, Jinha had a4e0c8140c no intention of 17efe13782 going. Even if it e8afe54a9d was mandatory, he’d b03323c04a have refused. Who’d want to bf0ff54ea0 go into a a7c704d1c3 creepy, abandoned house a5d75000dc at 9 p.m., 1baba68139 even with the 7a5525f873 moon out? No way. Hard pass.7c9f19f98cc9d65b