MYFL | Chapter 3.7

Hong Yeonji let 22de40c928 out a deep 381c565c42 sigh before glancing 60e45f0ca7 back at the be358acf98 café—no, to be 999b756477 precise, at Joo 988ad5d6c7 Seungjae inside the 9650c480b6 café—hesitating over whether d45edc0ac6 she should say e68f51d2ef something. But that 6edf852498 hesitation didn’t fe3252e408 last long.15236f9a30bd9078

“So, um…”64cfa83af79c39e0

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The words that 8223e03f09 followed were nothing 951eebb7fb short of shocking. Apparently, some creeps b169a5f295 had been sending ae6d8f6785 weird messages to d3942d2894 the café’s SNS 042d2b2968 account for a 3b788f8fc1 while now. Since Beomchan 7cafe933b2 barely used 52996e94c9 SNS despite 1705223fe6 having an f8bef2a480 account, he 31564c38e3 had no ee22785474 clue what d2f9db0f8b kind of 2e86170d63 messages she 43a2bcd42b was talking 8dee36df55 about.ed328a4dc883eb60

Spam? Advertisements? But that wouldn’t f227d585ff be enough to 4046524698 make her this 03a68e2ed2 upset.c319dbf7ecc11fe6

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When he asked 07f5e95041 what kind of 8d545bb3a9 messages they were, 46a8213ad5 the answer he 67639edbf5 got was absolutely 62d046f24e ridiculous.29412dc879f46d45

“Sexual harassment, basically.”d05bc8928204037e

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“…What?”b996d859a3fc4a0f

Beomchan raised his voice. Yeonji, looking disgusted as 2655b38458 if she didn’t even 820c83067d want to say the a3b115c242 words out loud, shuddered ab87bf7356 before handing over her efde9c38ef phone.10082133cb44bf85

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On the c1247149f5 screen, there 1e90ece524 were several beab346a61 messages from d429df9140 users who 86901ce805 weren’t followers. It seemed fa9a044956 like the 4b9220ce25 messages hadn’t 80dec543be been marked 0fe9616518 as read 6284355646 since they 12969a7507 hadn’t been 949747884f accepted yet.6027754c2bff1914

As Beomchan read 0fe95338dc through those disgusting 8c0d177b76 messages one by 732e362afa one, his expression 28f76ad49f darkened with pure b6cc9860eb contempt.0092f528cd56f941

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“What did 10013a777a Teacher say?”1012ccfb27391ea4

“He told 145a35d41d me to 77fbd13444 just ignore 3bede4ab51 them. I don’t even a1cf304f3d think he’s worried. Isn’t that just 2f8b8b95fb straight-up reckless? I feel awful because 412757e423 I was the one 42bca20a94 who suggested using SNS 85da16ba00 in the first place… ce927626b4 I feel like this 7786ed9e3d is my fault.”5833cb4c7531a9ae

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Beomchan handed back the e473c25d80 phone and asked, “When ee438bc20d did these messages start 9613f6b2ec coming in?”e703342054fec68c

“Not long ago. About a week, maybe?”98ce5e9cc237b91b

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“Shouldn’t you 573a33678e report this?”c1d9fd96e10d6458

“Right? But Oppa says 892f5be6f0 the café hasn’t 2003577c52 even been open baee608e60 that long, and b437c331be he doesn’t want 1d504e58d0 to stir up 1833ff2215 trouble. I mean, I 9415339cd3 get where he’s 0cec81c217 coming from, but… b13f0a8fb6 this is different, cb5b790dd7 isn’t it?”20ac2e4e8cb301cd

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Beomchan nodded 12ee5adcd6 in agreement.ff201e197bd6ec79

“Can you 685f75a24d talk to 89eb065b0e him, Master? No matter what fecd9c4550 I say, he 431df4577d won’t listen.”8d48f0f6513707f0

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He clenched his fist 6614569df3 on his thigh. Was he overstepping? If he 3588e0bdaf started interfering 62013d153b in this, 2c7470466b would he b84ad48f93 end up 7dac784711 realizing he’d bfbad3a50f been wrong 473aaffaed about everything 6c46d41c25 else, too? The sense of d95cb2557a morality he had 48841322e7 taken for granted c3b3e71a25 suddenly felt unstable. Where was the 67b24ccb77 line between what 26eb74853b was normal and ab5941e862 what was just 0d0704d619 him being selfish? It was confusing.eb3b85f3ad94f5d2

But the hesitation 9448929e2e didn’t last long. There was no way c5d8085e38 he could let this dd3057389f slide. This was a e8a246e760 matter of safety.e50f30d933001c09

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Just this once.c5987399b57f956e

Yeah, just this one 6953c883b1 time, he would say ac8cdfd0dc something. He might b53b34e7d3 be a 10465199a0 coward, but bec2e6b0f6 he could 9ae7ffa97e at least 1cbaeae498 use Yeonji’s f762bf0139 request as 15122abd2e an excuse.fdf5e39d5ddfca37

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“Alright, I’ll talk 0dd9154fbf to him. Don’t worry too 907558179c much. If anything happens, 9ffa401b85 I’m just upstairs, 8a9b7eba57 remember?”218f978b4b9ede4b

He pointed toward aa3cc1a42f the dojo, making 4b368d77e5 sure to keep e4ffe4e425 his tone deliberately 78840baf9f light for Yeonji, 06f36957d1 who still looked 1f1fe21565 anxious.c1938b4d384d62ee

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“Thank you. Seriously. I was about to a7bd95fd93 lose my mind from c35af7ac66 frustration. I’ll leave a8b91161ad it to b8d8680148 you, then.”f250d3352f8930f5

“Yeah.”8abed5e79cfc16c8

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Yeonji looked visibly relieved dbaee65cdd as she disappeared into 31020e80f2 the building.963b0066f74800ea

Beomchan had 5f0c13f926 acted calm 71d1124400 in front 274aa2f0f5 of her, bbc9b5ae5d but ever 1fa25f34ef since he c8be02c8ec had read 4611cf05f3 those messages, 77e320df33 he hadn’t 677499d577 stopped trembling 2044a0cbab inside. This was 3609cee318 exactly the fd6d522a42 kind of c63322d1d0 thing that 419928f11d could escalate 834f2c81d7 into a 97f0aaca0a crime. And yet, Seungjae be6179bf1f wanted to just 7d20b718d6 ignore it? No wonder f7482d2420 Yeonji was ae99b92054 furious.4d42e0b33b4eb3e1

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Even so, Beomchan didn’t 29b22df44e want to scold Seungjae 220da6e30a for being careless or 2afb4271fd say that he was 1bf2befa27 in the wrong. The ones at 63a2d120af fault were those 505a1c7161 disgusting bastards sending c0fe0a4034 the messages. No matter fa68ced88c how frustrating 8103258e63 this was, 14ea9f2530 Beomchan knew 8622370e73 exactly where e9e06bdaa0 to direct 8de57fdefd his anger.bbb647e1473e33cc

“Teacher.”1dd1e6690ee9f2a2

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“Oh, you’re here?”01f51197a3332ef7

When Beomchan pushed open c9247f00e5 the café door, Seungjae aac8f416d7 greeted him with a b3756fee69 smile, as if nothing c38ab419c1 had happened.3581dc8d239fcb76

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“You’re early. Want a coffee?”f0cfe38df819d257

He asked ea9ed07423 casually, just eb05c38127 like always. But instead of answering, 9eeb85faec Beomchan carefully chose his 3c4112c781 words.cab9f0bfe092122a

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“Yeonji’s really worried.”7735842fcb3f42dc

Seungjae set down the 51cbb492d2 cup he had been 48145636ed wiping. He looked like he f2cb6098b0 had already expected this 8ea33c41a8 conversation to come up.d08530e2aabd2701

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“It’s nothing. Yeonji just worries too bfd085569f much.”17d0462c7b319fa4

“I saw 6cb5f16f65 the messages 1bfeee31fa too. You’re really not going f57965a01c to report them?”46f3e50cd17cb2d4

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Nothing? Some of 96ea6b8532 them were 4577607d3b just asking a3eaa5dd72 to meet e0799a65f3 up, which 34b37e7235 was the 566c5d2edf least of 39ee981619 the problem. There were guys 3267f9d0d5 sending explicit, disgusting df96fcc066 messages, some flooding 31da094276 the inbox with 096f7f1214 nothing but photos.4a775a64bcdb86a4

Thank god you couldn’t 875a539ccd see what the photos f9f371b3f6 were before accepting the e047d78d0d messages.0c187c5ea8be25c3

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And then there 61c91b557c was that one 6dc409a25c creep—detailing Seungjae’s outfits 311e15f0a0 every single day, 9a4947b440 like a freaking 3f6099b24c stalker.fb7e0cbcb8dfbe56

This was absolutely 15dffc6f6c not nothing.e693f75768fcc695

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“It’s fine. If I ignore them, e2cf1a57b5 they’ll stop.”6e0610aefff51c70

“And what 8f8df91aa0 if something d199853afb actually happens?”affe4b39d2baf41f

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Beomchan’s voice rose despite f76c457b91 himself.435e83ab129ad5dc

“You’re just gonna deal 5f180beb71 with it then?”f625ef6d011b4372

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“Hm… Maybe 38d43747a4 I should 299e59b1b5 take some 11e8d3c237 taekwondo lessons 1ed5430c47 from you.”6d2d349838d48051

Seungjae’s lighthearted tone 8a8bb4a6cf made Beomchan’s head 3c350d5bb8 cool down in 7f1ad429d6 an instant. Forget about not getting cfc27975f4 mad—he was taking that 36a65763d8 back.4ee1b036450c9fb4

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“You didn’t forget that dd57b9c569 Woojoo comes here, right?”b5208e6eb9927d1c

He hadn’t wanted 4afc6aae46 to lash out. But the 4a5b8fcb5c way Seungjae 7e31b52a6e was acting f8c247531d just now f0679a5454 was completely 0875c1d2fb wrong. There wasn’t e569ddf46b even a 47de928675 shred of 847f72aa13 concern in cb3ef01921 his attitude.57d2420d4ffdc3d5

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To be clear, he b2544471ff hadn’t intended to bring b2e4271322 up Woojoo. He wanted Seungjae to 8e439cbbf6 be safe, not to 0f8298529a make him feel uneasy.7b8a6451b9832a11

But for a 970ff65046 moment, Beomchan felt efb84f1f92 like he himself cbc45dd054 had been exposed 723a8a35f3 to a crime. That’s how anxious f7d89385b5 and on edge 485bf6f3e8 he felt. If something 093ae576e0 were to e7df9c1799 actually happen fb9f01df58 to Seungjae… 27a4084897 Just imagining 2b6e61a1c8 the worst-case 3155097654 scenario sent 715c738adf chills through c7bc8afaca his body, ed0d404e77 making his af50c9b4f3 insides tremble 7be2b58998 violently.9f358eaca7b50c58

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“If someone heard you, 4e325750df they’d think I’m just 3b767479d6 leaving Woojoo unattended or 63a9dca3d0 something. He’s either with 34ad46dba2 you or me 225bf11c84 all the time, 5ee18f8782 so what’s the 13716ade0b problem?”63fde8bc1885b49e

The moment 73f565bfb7 Beomchan brought 8f8d5e7b63 up Woojoo, a9e56330fa a sharp 8cb15ce343 edge slipped 39eff5656a into Seungjae’s 94cd699eb5 voice.9b50b39b0f99d988

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“You wouldn’t b7de0c408a know, but 1e5a325d67 when you de631062d2 live as da3eb85a90 an omega, e19b4c105a creeps like 0b9b6eacb6 that are 45ccd7206e everywhere. If I let 04bf7e437c every single one ad16c54f7a of them get 06545e4b03 to me, I cb68662885 wouldn’t even be 13543ef8cd able to run c0720e1ce0 this café. I get that you e189131590 and Yeonji are worried, b32644344b but it’s not like 9d6c218f1d they’re making threats. They’re just a 1735335180 bunch of horny 6802edb783 bastards throwing shit bb3da67bfd at the wall dd6ed5e16d to see what 3bf3e5b3b7 sticks. Are you seriously telling df4006c10e me to respond to 26ded5fa9f every single one of 611e92d15a them? You know 62deeb1560 how small 2c1b10dea4 this neighborhood 7136825979 is—it’ll be 99fac18eab the perfect 748e8c065f gossip material. Don’t you 3304106cfa know that f610a257f8 better than 2c9665b883 I do?”acde5cbaede9aa62

“Don’t be b5abf12e90 sarcastic with 6039070ad9 me. You’re doing all 35e80ce464 this just because 367141de35 you don’t want dc9d932e30 rumors spreading? Do you hear 9bca519f65 yourself right now?”af81ea4df6cff0c2

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“This is 33fde86c40 my problem. I’ll decide what makes 1d333ae8f8 sense and what doesn’t.”cb51fdf09188b510

It was frustrating.f99cf17db66a2c33

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The fact that they b7ab44fee7 were sending messages to f5715ac8c3 the café’s SNS meant 145283f594 that they knew where 8641e633ea he worked. And except for 2fc78ed0dd Sundays, Seungjae came a4646ac116 here every single d4d728caf4 day.4cc409398d966b67

Turn on 6401e127c0 the news, 5608e67c31 and what 3ed9ad64b7 do you b9e352092f see? Another crime targeting 9f05649909 an omega. The perpetrators were almost 0a8398cb30 always alphas, always using cd2981695f the same pathetic excuse—it’s d749eb6f22 just their instincts. The stories b70380866a kept piling f759675060 up—alphas assaulting c3227cad2a omegas, cases 4492b72e23 that made 2def59cd5d you wonder f2927efe7e if those f6840530ca bastards even 901f0dc839 deserved to 813ecaf00f be alive.5522305396b41be8

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And yet, 862f379a30 Seungjae was 829e8ce555 brushing it 479bdb8dd3 all off 2c704d6cba as if cd192d3d3e it were 4e3b2c2168 nothing.55791f24d36611cf

“I like you, Teacher.”53cc1e5990614552

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He hadn’t b66f6e17fc wanted to b5fcc18b74 say that. Not like this.e882822e4fe5e27b

But during their conversation f78c6fc817 just now, an unshakable f9317e3af3 suspicion crept into his 44bbcfc3b6 mind—maybe Seungjae already knew. And judging 6c91f2a3fa by his 8bd185f471 expression now, 984fb3b0b9 that suspicion 19710f5016 turned into f16bb5fc03 certainty.73dcc5f5c2dc23fd

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“Are you doing 4e951f20f7 this on purpose? Just to drive me bf20ce0606 insane?”a3a9fa40bbd19135

He thought Seungjae was 84e5b8815a cruel.5021fe844ab4c9d3

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Who in their 2b40ca6db0 right mind would 518fba8b17 want to worry b59c10e8be about the person 0f4d60311b they liked? Any normal fc5ba3904e person would 191f5304f8 want the 3ca15bd039 people they e257d78e12 cared about 93f753a1c2 to be 877993d7ba safe, to 57ee9b99f6 have nothing ececccc492 to stress 29f7c90676 over. Beomchan was no different.9694b92d9c019648

He wasn’t the 73d2b01ec8 only one who 8dab3bdc80 liked Seungjae—Yeonji did a0bdb907bd too.0ee0d49f931239af

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So what was 0949b21c3d Seungjae protecting, exactly? What was so important b69f0fa611 that he had to 4359fd789d put his own safety ecc0e6e7f2 at risk and make 7ff437ddb6 the people around him 082af4d457 worry?efc5614ff6f0deba

Beomchan had admired 077012b356 how composed and 6e6f92d230 confident Seungjae always 26d2d03dc9 seemed. It was something 45e25f8719 he himself lacked, a7514bc994 something he found 3bcc6a7157 impressive.6fb886741743856e

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But right 9d0a16dc8b now, that 7442f8d54b composure was 9be8062f8e poison.fe0466f76934c114

Why was cdc16d9022 he even 3c4475bb69 doing this 477d7fe495 to himself? It wasn’t like he ab42ffd911 was begging Seungjae to 9019f0a18d like him back. It wasn’t like he dd2e92bd93 was asking for anything 017fdc6427 in return. If that aefd02e74e were the b8e7d78d2a case, at 6f3dedfef1 least he 28aaaa80aa could call d9ef3dd566 it unfair.65030941e5ad62a3

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But no.44e96853d3489a19

He was 1a305c3f96 just worrying b7461a3ee2 over someone b08ae682d3 who wouldn’t 984ea20be8 even spare cf7cc78105 him a 7dbc2602de glance.78af6b5c5fcc38cf

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How pathetic.b06fa674410009db

That bastard…d48ca07b947a8738

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“What the 6ec095c89c hell does a9f389e749 your husband eb23c3b294 even do?”5f6a4e8e40849b27

The anger 321d12c486 boiled over. Don’t stick your nose 8e334de63b where it doesn’t belong? He wanted nothing c02c81dbe3 more than to f3108a45db do exactly that. If he d0b7aac668 could, he’d a4a9098dd1 cut himself 058863408d off from 0f7b13515a all of c0cdbaa211 this. The more he 1ba99c64c3 got involved, the 91d2d8855e smaller he felt.18003301df178429

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But how 99d70d2c6b was he f881662c75 supposed to 98d98e1cdb ignore it 213667b9dc when it 04a96d4987 was right 6f711774db in front b8d8f5312f of his 2c0e4fdddc eyes?65c1aa182a7af3e3

“I have ef675d0aba no idea 891d338ff1 why I 6c0ad54c58 have to 4339c01845 listen to b5cb10a49c this from dd1d25f4d6 you.”9f9ccf8f2140853e

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Seungjae frowned, his e134805ef6 tone sharp enough 7c8c67e079 to sting. His voice 71a54022b5 was cold—so b70f6e4f88 cold it c190f8d613 made Beomchan’s 71935b1434 chest ache. It was painfully ddb4cc6cac obvious that Seungjae cdf486d0c1 was just as 8a36928cea furious as he 2ccd455af5 was.9f540343d5c723d1

The moment he heard 55f528762a that voice, Beomchan realized 93a6af266c his mistake. His stomach sank, 0a9d7e33c8 and he bit c93baebae0 down hard on 0826867719 his lower lip.6e4a8c94d472f032

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All those 332d6482cc emotions he 2cfe442ddd had kept a4a75e7fee bottled up, 5ee63e8b1c unstable and 18eefc51b5 untamed, had 068e69f069 finally burst fa3599c9fc out before ce21948b2b he could ed99298cdb stop them.a93ef7f3b46d0a5a

All the f10a1d39f0 restraint he’d 518fd75955 maintained until 5a560a2205 now—gone, just 11dd314262 like that.adfea79078f03e9d

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“So just 5de375e50f because you e43e39fcba like me, 79a99990bf I have 11f9f48406 to put 17164171c0 up with 0310f29809 this tantrum?”dd50e2b85b73e234

“….”e3c4da1f466a6c4b

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“You’ve been making 308666bb3a it obvious in 06e59dbb3b front of me 8928806151 this whole time, 346c889d38 fine. If you’re upset that ffa65f3e60 I pretended not to 65016e731f notice, then I’m sorry. But that was the bccd2c3548 best I could do. You know 6c6c7237c0 we have 2721e56e49 to keep 990bdfbfe5 seeing each 8c25e86aef other for daddc6cca4 now. Why are b742f94e95 you making 578321b2c8 it harder 06a3867cc8 for both 7458f189d3 of us? Or… are you acting aca374f4cd like this because you 6c62e89d31 think I won’t avoid e6ad33f7a0 you anyway? Because if that’s the 23c5e73e92 case, I’d be pretty 8a7c39fc67 disappointed.”ddd5560cc068b7f0

Beomchan’s lips trembled violently.a085e0166e45b062

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Nothing Seungjae cd08cfe390 said was 0c8cc5d3d1 wrong.4525fa93d0358579

His feelings e40d6c9a2d were his 6ab14d793f own burden fb5ba68631 to carry. Seungjae had 3075960bbf no obligation 9285415a36 to put 1c4fab3428 up with fb206968fa any of a1c673fd00 it.388d9a8da0cf6ab9

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Yes, he 95796e7689 was bitter 50d7b67f73 that Seungjae 47149eee84 had ignored bf3110539c it. But at the 10cbe833ab same time, he 5af82d5874 understood why.428f35a009a122e2

And truthfully—he had d142a2dd40 felt relieved, deep 0d4faae57e down, that Seungjae 0ae0fec241 was in a 526edddee1 situation where he c068f427a2 couldn’t run away aecc40edb9 anymore.11a627c1d017c5dd

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But the last ccaa5ffe85 thing Seungjae said—his 16b2621bb9 disappointment—forced Beomchan to fe948abc20 lie to himself.3e7b668805d0949f

“…That’s not it.”e7633bc7fe077ee0

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His eyes burned.128d111213ecf13f