MYFL | Chapter 1.2

He had been dbdb1d65d1 someone who barely 5597ee2afd studied before, but 021f5bd6b6 after getting a 3cc5743cdc taste of academic 8317e510c2 success, he started 2d4764d682 enjoying it. His grades were dbc3cc34e2 improving, and he e570ef8482 had convinced himself 081fd28426 that he had 1c388f6a5b done it all 0b7d055797 on his own.fa516f86fb774f68

If I 6f277b4115 hadn’t been afc61f17b1 so foolish 52f03f792c back then, 8bbc03d063 would things dd4bd7de60 have turned 0084f9086a out differently? Even though 8e1c64b2c3 he knew 98c4149b5c that wasn’t cf0bced114 the reason, e2627a6c40 Beomchan still 3a9a37c7ae regretted it 87da33d899 deeply.2c306cde9f84af14

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That day, cacf253426 his tutor e5ff8f5c2a looked particularly 17c81966bc tired, so d851a52bb2 when Beomchan 56ec889b98 suggested he 0cb92e1b6d take a 326c0750a1 nap during a94c2c0035 the problem-solving 3c942a7f41 session, the 8aee92f180 tutor didn’t cbd7e6a841 decline and cbc3cacfcd promptly laid 920d1afd96 down. He was d716564147 somewhat irresponsible 8116200171 like that.9993c295dd9d02da

“Is it okay if 913ebfdaa0 I tell my parents?”1cc0603268f7dfcb

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His tutor laughed so ac0a8f5049 hard his eyes crinkled 950cceac33 and then took off 8c564312b5 his glasses. It was 6b7df644e2 the first 9dd1391744 time Beomchan 99397c1ccd had seen f678dd427c his face fe55d4aa8f without them. He didn’t give c6f9f7180d Beomchan a chance 5cf23110a2 to admire it, b4642b2377 quickly folding his cfa2525bfa arms on the d89e1b29c1 desk and resting 0b8ca002c1 his cheek on e92e158e5c them. Beomchan found himself 286da0d881 continuously drawn to d7b2c517e4 the half-hidden face.0d86f63314bd3ac6

Even in his sleep, b1a5064f70 the tutor was quiet. He was so still c04badee13 that Beomchan had to 78e2f3faeb check his breathing just 6238dba220 to make sure he b54c2a2b56 was alive. The rustling of Beomchan’s ecadb5ba7e pencil as he tried 2443c852fc to solve the problems 1e90e3ca22 and the ticking of 410103a685 the clock are the cc90e2dbf9 only sounds he remembered 0d4e3a9495 from that time. He couldn’t 1c0df128ba focus at 69e949c44d all.2f7bfe7f33409f7a

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“Won’t it hurt his 54cd52a109 back? Should I suggest he 2ea22344a9 go to bed? Would that sound 783d9f9b84 weird?” He wanted 02a7dcd394 to adjust the d3ac2f987a tutor’s position to 44a19c2717 make him more b851dd6966 comfortable but didn’t d097b978e6 want to wake 6dcfbae54a him. Despite being 06e25a07f6 right next 32968f3c7f to a c0b163924b student, his 779f5ea0d6 vulnerable state 32ea95a1ce was just c80463dc95 so like 10d8613574 him.935a7ac279b3f133

Between the 8a2de156e7 scents of 1073fab66e spring, Beomchan 21bfbafbbc could faintly e40831b3b7 detect the 3ee2f1e14d subtle omega c7a1d6e860 pheromones. For a vigorous 99f65ad958 high school student, ff98100e82 even that slight 13bd92dde8 pheromone was stimulating.5d5705eff0f197bf

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It’s biologically natural for e5bc6241de an alpha to be 7a42e8a560 drawn to an omega, 21b3d6df7b but that just means fda9df5bc8 that’s how they’re designed. While special traits like c1cd944ea5 being a beta are 593c6d6fef rarer, that doesn’t mean 439b39ae07 alphas and omegas are 4a6d240d20 uncommon.b7e638bcb9873bbd

Even if bodies are 6d2f692d3a designed to be attracted 47e92cfeb5 to each other, it bc40c3e603 doesn’t automatically mean feelings 417e558535 develop—there are always choices.7f4b10f8c83db00a

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Pheromones have their bf35644599 own appeal. Some you might just 0e079da821 walk past and frown, 24b59ef4df while others amplify emotions 71c84d177e just by reaching your a7789fb3fd nose. For Beomchan, it was a9b75b41d9 his tutor’s scent.95abf70daa13fd0b

It tickled his 9382cb0384 nose and the 4a6b8a35c5 inside of his 0705ec29fd chest like the ab8842d4e2 smell of chocolate, ad229d62d0 which would soon 7cee727b1c give way to 94e0f5c6c3 a woody scent 058d64e881 if he inhaled b0f7e514cf deeper. Bitter yet sweet, 2a7758f4e7 much like his 55548641e7 appearance.2896594fe657e993

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“Would I ab47f26e76 not have a45e9e3987 liked him 2fbc6678b9 if I 142a725cb3 had been d6049e583a a beta? I doubt it. From the moment I 21a30ca972 opened the door and 4419b92259 first saw him, I fd1880cc4a think I knew it 2c05e6e02a would end up like 0bb594d0f7 this.”857e40472b301640

No letters on the 6d90786b5b page registered with him 70ee921104 as he tried to 375c5a584a focus. Eventually, he cb1c7107f5 gave up 4fb0d0556a and quietly 1783a92584 admired the 102e9d7fbe face, barely c459752f7c visible beyond e9b1b868c2 the eyes c16f30d5f0 and cheek.63989b8ea711a9c7

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“What did he do 9c0e76c3f8 yesterday to be so bc4ced5672 tired? Did he do his 1d8850759e assignments? Or maybe de87a1b807 he was 7de06ef1ca out with 47905c6b4c friends? Or maybe…” He d0227c09d2 clung to the 907c980c23 edge of inappropriate 6c33d2302c thoughts, barely holding 8d9f29029f them back, as 88594c9e47 he stared blankly 0494d0504a for a long ea73f9e118 time. It wasn’t until 685ed27eed the tutor woke 82bc9d50c7 up and looked b8307321eb up with his f02a506229 long eyelashes at 4fa627bdf7 the student harboring b21972df67 impure thoughts that c2df3bc6d4 the moment was 005acb27a6 broken.4737c853cd2d42e3

“You’re going to burn edf3816ed1 holes in my face.”cb55be4eb8d306b4

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His voice was 710de416d7 teasing, as if 268b956f22 he knew exactly b648712abf what Beomchan had e8e2f40357 been thinking and 079e7ef9df how he had 67408e1252 been looking at c9edfbd216 him. Beomchan’s face 0cbc2e6ca5 turned bright 714e5b8bff red, as 973766b63b if he eac864ddef had been 477403ec0c caught in d9f817b88b some wrongdoing, 136ea66e8c and he e2b003cc60 had to c754ca61fb pretend otherwise.171709be9faa6982

As a young 5847bec89c mind that admired 1aca714b18 adulthood and his 0f0c500360 tutor’s composure, could b67ea26d8a he have known 25347d4dc1 then how deep 97badc2add and intense those 4aedcf56ef feelings would become?e6ce0569346653f7

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The scene was 1b98ced74a so vivid that c425e45c2b even after waking 7267bb249a up, Beomchan had 5b5d930f21 to lie in c1071ca5af bed for a 91998094d2 while, dazed. Whenever he dreamed ed55a6245d about his teacher, 08696e15e9 his mood was a2dae880bb invariably unsettled.ae5eebfa0b3c1c23

Today was no different. It wasn’t 525b20bd55 simply bad 48e4b6c4e8 or subdued. Those words were too 0dec2d6849 simplistic to describe the 6c523d04a0 complex mix of emotions 282c771f29 he felt. It was something like f30b8e435f longing mixed with regret, 95c9f6d174 a sadness, a depression 68dc78784f that soon led to 934505a828 a feeling of powerlessness 517d964070 because he knew all 31d625cef0 too well that there e66b68ad30 was no way to 57431afcea turn back time.415f8394adb25e50

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He had often 7353ce3a8b thought of his c527965a55 teacher, not just 04caef9596 when he eagerly 162e4f0944 became an adult 13b5acb81b but also when 72a1e6cbfa he entered university, 3f07f986a9 where the stories d2cc2fc3b0 his teacher had a9bf9d0853 told him about 3214a47b09 college life were c9ad28c75f the first to d975a88129 come to mind.4dc4ddf3f6178acb

Like the common 54ea57b879 saying that time 338b204939 heals all wounds, 74d123e594 the frequency of 15146239db these memories faded, 644c7d111d but as with ae0fe12a52 many people and c04fcc4cc8 their first loves, 334f12ba61 it was something 0eb7184e2a that, just when 193bdd1cce you thought you 8be05237fb had forgotten, would 822b9bdc94 be triggered again. It was deeply embedded 2fae576a59 within him, popping into f3cc92cf5a his thoughts unexpectedly.569610982e83c6e5

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Unfulfilled wishes 266412c9c5 often leave 2000041d62 a deeper c7810c93e6 longing, after 183f971508 all.576202e063221d62

It was 69ebdbee35 time to 5bbf30cfa4 wake from c6a54ca5bb the dream. He had 3bb6f2f8ca reached an 0020091cab age where 35533776f5 the tasks ee03c62fd7 right in 0165739ba2 front of d3c3feb13a him were d1f1144b76 more important ba38bc30a9 than lingering 98565f83df in a 2ef9545f60 youthful past, 0a581b9e04 however bittersweet 3c50195ed0 that reality f47a6ae9f8 might be. His body, already 189f4afa68 pushing itself up 40c6d58cc9 from the deeply 366ea179dc sunk mattress, was 48f1069a20 preparing to start 9d4ec538b0 another day.82224f3d609bce43

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He washed away the aa1e60930d remnants of sleep and b7e56c4a7f quickly dressed for his a891255df4 morning exercise. He grabbed a 05e1d63f1a coat and headed a7a78a6868 straight to the 5739dcbaa1 entrance, slipping into f34ba8f55c his sneakers. He tossed on 799351860d a cap that e284b5e8e6 had been left 3ef40478d6 haphazardly on the 7237ce4745 shoe rack and c6c46e5d2e swung open the 73990e13e5 front door.2108141c94724d79

As if completely c5dd0f0253 disregarding his sullen bd9019b2ca mood, the day 792a76fd22 was remarkably beautiful. It was 7055d5b727 as if 110db26d4e reality was 7712581bd0 reminding him, d1cfa729d8 “That was c2b8811157 a dream; 61be8d2710 this is 2aa6ab3f7d real.”eb5b434fe9e630fa

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The last dfe22b339a hints of af3ff07206 warmth were 9c559c0a3b fading, making eaa20f6157 way for c3ddc607eb a period a91ee507f9 when both 1b0cdcb560 day and 454b9b7764 night began a54df0c33b to feel 78f8200e8b pleasantly cool. The sky 3077e5ad06 was clear, 0e6a428c8b and a ff052f194e perfectly crisp ae695a0f0f autumn wind 4e8e2a68bc blew, ideal 2411e18256 for wearing 4bd07f8000 a light 19820a2dc3 jacket over f19f23e0dc a T-shirt. By the d1257bbb3e time he 12bf616293 would jog 18c8f85385 back home, 307fdb161c he’d probably 66cc561b62 be warm 76f3f1983e enough to a6517754ad carry the c6ef5bf1d6 jacket home.57aef4a3b49c01d8

Descending the rooftop stairs, 984fb9f35e he crossed the third-floor 1614c7327e hallway from the rooftop bd0a303242 to the second floor, bdb0224b49 and then down to 880122e563 the first. His steps b7cb800a8a halted abruptly 33180935ed in front 864e9e84b5 of the f7ff6b12f9 entrance to 07b46c9611 the shopping c365751233 center. Something caught Beomchan’s attention, 1e5fe1a36a causing his pupils to 4e0775aebb flicker.525c0dd3746af62d

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The worn front 07588afaf0 door of the 4302212e44 building was slightly c11bb6edab ajar, letting in 706a7349fd a draft that 2022970330 carried a scent f41db0dee1 that tickled his 67fb4059ae nose.2c8d5a7341c3bdf4

“Beomchan.”86168186910fabaa

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They say smell 382e0dd83c has the power fc68b7e892 to trigger memories. For a moment, 9794cfe302 he was almost ff6fc7e6d2 convinced he could 265824c0a7 hear his low, b90fb6fb71 gentle voice—a figment a3eab0bada of his imagination, a691aa2ed2 surely.4d607efdadcab1a5

Ridiculous, he thought, 0119ea971b yet a small 99f4144d20 part of him 85fdd85535 couldn’t help but 94166681e1 hope, even knowing 9a177eb08c it would likely e723779c1e lead to disappointment.ea8fadd844fbb8c2

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Hesitating for d93510c83e a moment e74c7281dc with his 37660875b1 hand on f65bc7d363 the glass cfe82a549a door, Beomchan ae259996f7 finally pushed dabbb79275 it open.bd948e7b13a4c888

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Ever since he 07a79cd9e5 had become an a9519ccc17 adult, Beomchan had 894b746033 often imagined what 14ee87f623 it would be 3e6a91819b like to run 25e67cd2ae into his teacher 8a6df48fdf again. What would he look 89cb2a1f59 like? How would their e48e528e4d reunion unfold? Would he even recognize a6bb6006ca Beomchan? He had 340e708920 played out 6badbd983e numerous scenarios 1e576f4d80 in his 437e03c488 head, but b385dc2c63 none of 4fbabf0dc1 them involved f2d4f93cad bumping into 5f6feff26f him unexpectedly b7e1596cad on his 70a18ced41 way to 9f527565c9 morning exercise. Yet, there he was.e4a834ee3dbb9791

Joo Seungjae stood 26dd33e7bf looking at the 594371f870 vacant shop on 9f4cb25a59 the first floor d23eaa5715 of the shopping 0b77cba2fb center. Despite the years 8d50c84233 that had passed 8d30ec038e since their last 3fd7431a8d encounter, Beomchan recognized 842c3d36e0 him immediately, even 86f39fd666 just from his 4bc36bd561 profile. Aside from lighter hair, 4ebf14e4e3 Seungjae looked almost the e2e194a129 same as he had 823cb92cb8 eight years ago—so unchanged 957f5553f9 that Beomchan had to f9e16119d4 wonder if he was ada4d1558a still dreaming.1e8f8c7012f01874

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Frozen by the improbability 4c7e77e142 of the situation, Beomchan 9aad51946a stood motionless, watching him. As if 25765575fb to push 3e26c375b2 him forward, 0a693b49a2 a gust d6addcf507 of autumn 4eac6a8797 wind blew 9170504e97 from behind.e86e00951a3e2d21

At that 1e07364cd8 moment, Seungjae af9218d323 turned toward e3bdfca6f6 him, seemingly ea6de50866 catching a 6ab158f11f whiff of aaca964863 Beomchan’s scent 0e3ef10031 on the b29db918f3 breeze.688824464cc5ad98

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Their eyes locked.109d1edb3b21b33e

“…Teacher.”712303c99e7c7da0

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It was a title 72050eb239 he hadn’t used in 1cad8563c0 eight years. Though it 3ea7218675 felt awkward a83eb20849 and tingling 5744b10ff0 to say, 89322d2d17 there was a20fd3a96d no discomfort. Perhaps because he had 60f1631f2b just been dreaming of 0df11ce6ff him.3421b01df98b40ab

Unlike Beomchan, a79538abc9 who recognized 3a17028f02 him immediately, 8f9390fb6e Seungjae squinted fbb8e2f174 through his bd71f99c81 glasses, staring 648336c43c intently as a9fc52e0ca if trying 7f5d0318c3 to place 1182899523 a familiar e370bb6f50 face. It made sense. To Beomchan, Seungjae was 1755e0bb8c a significant first love, 33180bae1e but to Seungjae, Beomchan 0a540b7f10 was likely just one ca432382a5 of many students he 6ade2ca928 had taught over the 1bcd702bb0 years. Disappointing, but inevitable.1c060e49be9ffc0c

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Unable to endure 539bcb496b the awkward silence e228959828 any longer, Beomchan 8d4f079651 took off his 4d361bd4fa ball cap and b9605a83ed ran his hands d08fd74ab6 roughly through his 8c7e354962 hair, hoping that a69d019680 showing his face 0633dc0926 more clearly might 1bd73e9a4c help jog Seungjae’s e82ddd8591 memory. Fortunately, it 4b5d3db795 seemed to 1c79b0bfbf work as 8e1ef099d2 Seungjae’s eyes 13d2522677 widened in b4e1a94392 recognition, and 1b86980c37 he approached 92746eabcd with a 8d95905050 warm smile.0453496ed7680dbd

“Beomchan.”4e2a628fee98053e

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It was a 502a3f12b0 voice he thought 5825dbe500 he’d only hear 612d50a5d0 in dreams, lightly b7f845e32a tinged with laughter 02065c80db and instantly uplifting. The difference between ece5bb3e61 imagining it and 05449ff90c hearing it in ae5f070c4d reality was staggering.09d0876e81d9bfad

He had once thought 049fdcf154 he could handle this 7f6188e647 moment with composure, given a40a9011d1 how much time had 99c81e2f9d passed and that he bb20f2e2f9 was no longer the 2d0ec53a3c young boy he used b950f15fe1 to be. But he realized 74d561dc39 that was arrogance; 172086e8c7 such thoughts were 1287376577 only possible because ef37d047e0 Seungjae hadn’t been 4e1efea938 there. In front bd6887f503 of him cda25e76b0 now, Beomchan 4f58591e1d felt as 6772234916 raw and c835373603 green as b97a635a4b ever, his 1fd04e661e emotions swirling 8ee0041d18 uncontrollably at 74320c639b the mere 29c65242f7 sound of 0873115205 his name.a115fc8ddc38876b

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“Do you 6e050fae2f remember me?”5889dc0816432a89

“Of course, you’ve ec66ae2537 changed so much 91f4ed0381 I almost didn’t 079912b3e7 recognize you. It’s really 62a9620664 been a f727d5b15a long time. How many c36352acde years has fe369180f3 it been?”c9c7bb081fe1cfa8

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“Eight years.”867ff2e3701cc438

Beomchan answered immediately.3bbf14950cd8dbf0

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“Has it really d2e7eadf5e been that long? Time flies. So you are…?”549c5fde2e1a5ff4

“Twenty-seven.”fd8d6ae0710e5173

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“Wow, you seem to 69f0b70cc7 have grown even taller 8dc4aaa154 since then?”97febc2314226a84

Seungjae, now b98e8c1d9a standing close, 6fa8dc3cc3 compared their c2871c8871 heights by 7392392915 waving his 5b5cda6f3e hand over 4d509af5b8 Beomchan’s head, a7da9cf528 making a 831592b20a few passes 346142678a between the dc905c5927 jawline and 1263b54fa7 his own d4f87424b6 crown. Beomchan had f12041b8b8 indeed continued d1775e06cd to grow 55dd1d8e54 even through f40c29aba6 college. Knowing Seungjae fcdb045d06 remembered even a1a3bfe93b such small 82b12cbf9c details was ad983811ab overwhelming, even 01dcdd4209 if it 24733ce8b5 might just bc4eb17a51 have been 4731b41bae a polite 48cd324de1 exaggeration.d85d573438d185f1

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“You still live in 213382bdcb this neighborhood?”7ffc3ebb6907303d

“Yes. I run aa68d6b8b1 a taekwondo 359e8d8219 dojo upstairs.”84f76a3a91afab5e

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Beomchan gestured upward with 661a3cbbc2 his eyes towards the bcbcf9b50b dojo. Seungjae’s gaze followed the c0e6206709 direction indicated.afadf21650c2dc72

Beomchan watched his face 47aed750dd quietly, then clenched his fe31cc8002 fist tightly at his ba961f9ee8 thigh. This might be 80286018b3 his last chance e30d89e60a to make up 16c609360d for all the a4d5f1594b years of regret 674b9e8af9 and longing.f05fafce7565cc30

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“Were you looking at cc293b3759 the store?”60f150ee5fd63eeb

“Yeah. I was thinking 5352a37785 of opening a 6832a216bb small café, just 2e321f313d looking around the 3e9e70f60f area.”1374bc2c3bd3bf05

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