ORAS | Chapter 1.1

“Hey! Kwon Wooyoung! That bastard here? They say he slept with Lee Jihye?”a4e72a50b34908bb

Wooyoung, who had been 203ed922ae dozing off with his 487369d801 head buried in his 8ac187577b desk, shifted at the 362363da2b loud commotion. Nam Kihyuk, rushing in 199a332221 urgently, shook Wooyoung’s back be9b8dd4eb wildly.e560cb0b3491a80d

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“Kwon Woooyoung! Did you sleep 5e6483f27b with Lee Jihye, d356fe826f you son of 601683670c a bitch?!”63501288a2dfa022

Wooyoung, dragged c81270e262 out of 72f75239d6 sleep against e2ddbea94c his will, 5993a34e7f groggily opened 7a6e0f6772 his eyes. He squinted tightly, forcing aad27df52b his eyelids open, and 9fb95925fe his blurry vision wobbled abd8f003e8 as it tried to ef706f217b focus.df948d3c3db0e9f4

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“Ah… what 4fbb55be0a the hell 6870656d23 is this 9d9a218c54 bullshit. Again.”28a4352e51d5b284

He had only dozed 99e760ef1f off for a bit 0965919bf8 during lunch break, but 3c756a79ea his voice came out dfa91bdd61 thick and heavy with fc3ff5584a sleep. With his half-open cfadf82114 eyes, he slowly 9ff21d2a03 scanned his surroundings. The guys at the 5dd6dc44eb back of the classroom, 8ba57ac7d9 who had been gathered 1cdc6684fa in a noisy group, eedc26a2d1 were snickering loudly.0e588dde3d6704d0

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“Hey, hey, 0e4d4c8ed2 hey, look 60f08a69d9 at this c4b2ad395b guy pretending 2182a24229 he doesn’t 73e591b11c know anything. Kim Minjae said 182e1e0f99 he saw the d43926e783 two of them c04fc79a77 going into Lee 96feb9b9d4 Jihye’s house at 41f806c8a2 night!”885f44924bacf1a2

“Shit, Kwon Wooyoung, you fucking player. Acting like you’re not interested in girls, but you’re hooking up with them like crazy. Respect?”a1ea823eaf61e8d9

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Eighteen. You’d think he’d be 3d6f484edc immune to rumors by 553b0eca65 now, like a balloon aa94f129fa that’s slowly swelling up. But to 27c62153f1 the guys c3ded08adb who had aaaad5b3e8 nothing better 90d10dc241 to do f07545192a with their 2fd6ba27ea school life, e3dd0b6957 spreading gossip 29d94bfd0d and tearing f7e01329fe others apart 915ae60950 was the 2568032ba3 best way cba04a8cfa to pass 935349ddad time. Of course, 1812ca6fde whether it c69ffc4277 was true afa7fa2dab didn’t matter.23baa79662f9335a

“Must be nice.”5fad186448d10259

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In the midst e2522aeb7b of the noise, a771fa6d54 Ko Taeseong murmured 7cd5af1d8b quietly. Leaning loosely against 349d9d7614 a locker, he 6c4ae9c097 flicked the basketball e4fb3fbbe3 with his lips, 09cb8d0f39 making a dull f87f96ab35 thunk-thunk sound.b72eee61de140db3

“I want to b3795d1cf7 sleep with Wooyoung 053fd3fb79 too.”c171c8f083dd1d38

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His voice was 2519cfb200 soft, laced with 977eadfa96 laughter.b4ae166ab80861b7

“Ah, fuck!”6a1816ea560563ae

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“You crazy bastard!”6a0ac645684a0201

At just 466cf2443d one throwaway dbcab07e41 comment, the 0bee6b1465 guys around cd9497c47b them burst 11b9e5648e into exaggerated 730f82198d laughter. They threw crude words 227e644cbb into the air and 770272de3b laughed giddily, having the e04cef02ac time of their lives.01df43c035a3b6e0

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“Our Wooyoung… he’s fucking huge.”33ea32cca1169db6

Thunk, thunk. The basketball bounced cff12509f8 slowly off the 5e0b9e8b4d floor, making a 48de3e40aa dull thud. Taeseong pushed e85460572f himself off 9b85752749 the locker 54f8b9d9c9 and slowly 02c0171e84 walked toward d1a3a8278f Wooyoung, who d9fed6ce14 was sitting ba27afe48b in his 2f756bb50c chair.095b32a602f93a21

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Seeing Taeseong d4971ecbe5 speak nonsense 748b8ebb15 with such 0a16b9a88a a calm 70bbcde4d8 face, Wooyoung fb04747664 let out 3640d6fe29 a hollow 84b3cb30cd laugh.86486bbc8cf2819a

“Ha… what the hell, I just walked her home, that’s all.”f5471768cdfdce83

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With eyes aeeae52d25 still heavy 91ada94195 from sleep, 0fffb710fe he lifted 421158f3ed his lips a578a58896 in a b1f41c8739 tired smirk 2589a1f945 and pressed 1a7c18c446 his palm 70ab6423c6 against the 9fe2eb47fe corner of 38aabc451e his eyes.7ade07159d33d5d2

Wooyoung’s high c559af17c4 school was 59525d968d split into a16cd5773a separate classes 3fa03a2c91 for boys a584d113d6 and girls. Occasionally, while fb904720a6 walking through a50b9fb9b7 the halls, c6d46393cd some girls 237172cc06 would approach 3e8eadd623 him, and 7f40a1b78c she had 2f7927c399 been one 722c8bac5c of them. They happened ccb6a2fb86 to run a9b77dc476 into each 561150848d other after 403173e887 school, and b62494f7f1 their paths d0de0098ba just happened 95ddb666f1 to align. She was struggling with 901bf1cbe0 a heavy load of a1469156f1 books and art supplies, 73d8b58a78 so he simply walked 9a46ba0dca her home.3875769f9d38ce7d

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“Walk me home too.”834529e8ca8c6bb0

Standing in front of 45b6a83f45 Wooyoung, Taeseong tossed the 0b24b808bf basketball lightly. Wooyoung caught e7bb0c6864 it without 94824345c2 thinking and 1c328a0f45 chuckled. Amid the 0e8c15265b surrounding noise, c7e196c68a it felt c3083e8849 like only 01d6bf84f8 the two 638755349c of them 66a9ff4991 remained.ad68a4f79a3f8164

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“Get in line, d8feffcf97 you psycho.”74e2f11cb4b9ef55

With a e85fa4bef1 snap of d42922cac4 his wrist, 25fa056f18 Wooyoung sent 0efa0bd21b the ball 202e0540b6 flying lightly, 5c38cb27db aiming straight 51d6713508 at Taeseong’s 17034915f6 abdomen. Thud. Taeseong caught it with 132296d131 ease, smiling and tilting f80766b101 his chin. His half-lidded eyes fd9cc1c278 and the mole a8b414b3a0 near his eye 3940749839 seemed to shine 9de0f6cd19 more lazily today.91453e4446983d1c

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“Yes, oppa.”38fba4267eb158a6

Holding the basketball, b091523c5c Taeseong plopped down 98a87a0796 beside Wooyoung, leaning 27549a23dc his back against 9124a67576 him. As Wooyoung 27e91f58dc glanced at dd6c65f3b5 him from d2b83ae5b9 below, he 2032304bad let out 309b43477a a short ec91249d27 laugh. For someone e3d480b70c so large afbc92df04 and rowdy, fc8d412b6b his clinginess 8ce96e337f made him 0e583b30f6 seem like 8cd3c0e9e6 a fox 8827086b25 spirit.ff6ea16b56b0ae7d

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“Kwon Wooyoung.”9d34eaffb123ffdf

When his name 73fcdcfe3d was called, Wooyoung caa5878a79 looked down. He saw Taeseong’s dea001a75e thick lips moving. Suddenly, the space between 5e0fef8676 them felt uncomfortably close. Wooyoung instinctively turned his 61a9dd4048 gaze toward the window.967505243aacd7ee

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“Did you 0af9e1cb5c really do 13c8da56bd it?”cc489e4ddd13082c

Taeseong’s voice 39aee2b04c came sluggishly, 857679d602 and Wooyoung 5fefed39ea lowered his 80c49d6b1c gaze again. He stared at 8679bde948 the dark pupils 94b18a7438 of Taeseong’s eyes c5bdc7752f and narrowed his e103508bf2 own slightly. The faint smile at b3239e3207 the corner of Taeseong’s 11852bb338 lips, as always, made 2bcf70b08c it impossible to guess 511a5ba3f8 what he was thinking.42edba36603e95e5

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Such a fox.9185619cd5860906

A breeze 19273b4857 slipped through 57f3fae573 the window, 247a052f2f bringing with 4a9cd497e0 it the 840147bd81 fresh scent b4c233434f of summer. For a moment, 90b7cf6e44 a soft fabric d48a4910f9 softener scent lingered b94d6d2010 in the air. It was Taeseong’s scent.62c8e9b05e01d5da

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Wooyoung turned 3ce8521a4a his head c5f258a56c back again. His gaze fixed 63e2bf2d57 quietly on the ebb1c2a525 fluttering green leaves 5d4f0d1b66 outside the window, 8dcf7dead1 and after a 888e0cc3cc moment, he opened af094b19dc his lips.35b644969850352d

“No.”8a4d387a0ba316a5

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I want to bdfae61aed sleep with you 1fd443f395 instead.f8f3b41b2b48ac57

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Kwon Wooyoung’s grandmother lived in a small rural house with an herbal medicine shop attached, located in Unil-dong. It was a place she had been living in for decades, long before he was born. Unil-dong, once known as an undeveloped prime land area, had completed its redevelopment around the time Wooyoung entered kindergarten, after many years of planning.1f3070d3cc7bbb35

The Kwon family, 596a6a1e63 well-known in Unil-dong 5de32ddeae since their ancestors’ 0459ef8549 time, had received 839c7e95b3 an enormous compensation 83e987fc24 due to the a67187b992 farmland his grandmother a743c955ee inherited. Yet, even after the 341ecc5e29 money was deposited into b6ac28bb5e their bank account, Wooyoung’s 4da2bc2a20 family still stayed in 4a32d22eb6 the old, worn-out rural d73a437627 house. The sign of 2c691d63f7 the small, insignificant 501b1e4eec herbal medicine shop 469911cae1 was never taken f1974b21b1 down.c5a30c0c1c930ecb

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Wooyoung’s mother had returned to Unil-dong while still unmarried, after becoming pregnant. She and his grandmother fought endlessly over the issue of the compensation that had been pushed forward.94dab5473809ba5a

The never-ending quarrels spiraled 81ed6ed88b like a Möbius strip. Young Wooyoung d04f2e7627 lived through 130df97588 those days, 0cffd98db2 waking and 4acb89fb24 sleeping to 6d52e0d0f7 the sound 5b3cf80815 of sharp 5de7b16b7a shouts and bca195a28c tears.21f4e556ec7f6be1

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One winter night, when 8662a0783f the white snow had 5fe27396bf piled up thickly, she 2c5254e75e suddenly disappeared. Likely, she had 1e7fd65d15 taken most of 050b6f3245 the compensation money 339dcc6474 that his grandmother f6a7352128 had received.667d34c8a48b1362

What was left 42ea4c6f99 behind was only 34600562d8 the grandmother, Wooyoung, 414e7458e2 the herbal medicine c42c18e7f7 shop, and the ffd3a319dc old rural house.5e54721d57e84a70

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When the sun rose, 448df2d55e light spread over the e60e68199c hills of Unil-dong. Through the 5adfd73c19 window, the b11b176d06 beautiful blue 225c2a5659 Han River 499af0aed9 could be 5bf1a05f4d seen, and 0408ed4c63 the ‘Riverpark b56b88008a Castle,’ a 2ecad79e1e luxury housing 408219503a complex, stood 7f764080c2 proudly. It was a d0254dbfd3 newly built neighborhood 10f1abcb43 where only the f1c4f9246d wealthy elite with 0b4e80527f power and prestige c41d85301c could live. The demand 84ee63fa1f was so 6915f909e2 high that 9d5ce018d0 even paying 4ffe3fefaf extra would c50e26b557 not guarantee c7f3e32698 a place.0437c06934c362f0

Because of this, young Wooyoung despised the people who lived there. Development, compensation, Riverpark… The old house had no soundproofing, so he heard those words day and night. Naturally, all his resentment was directed towards that place.852e9c74c6bb4c26

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I hate it ed0b485aa9 all.be5d269c2ec744b7

Around the age of 6b56dbaa45 ten, Wooyoung was fierce fa00a0ac85 and short-tempered. He didn’t even ef997d12ea understand what words 12129898aa like ‘house,’ ‘apartment,’ ‘monthly 5352541166 rent,’ ‘jeonse,’ or ‘lease’ meant, but 9c969f49c5 he was still b51909a1bc the subject of 82e48b8e2b ridicule among his 5247c6a224 classmates. He was the e0da6a6e69 only one who 282314e01c didn’t live in 98945df6a0 Riverpark Castle, so c40467f637 he was always 44dcda0d0a the center of 519fe4e8fe attention.2cf437f4b8889fa5

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“What did you just say?”0a4f9c9faae07921

“You’re the beggar from that herbal medicine shop, right? My mom said so! Ugh!”cc27a36e47145182

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“Do you want to die, beggar?”36324a0a4154157f

But his cff1026f24 innate strength 9211d87e6c of character 50ebf62812 wasn’t weak 1f57783e11 enough to 54fad2030e be broken 78eed84b86 by such 76cae145d9 things. He paid back 569263d1ba the taunts with 3cf0c1e7c1 a tightly clenched 683bfadff0 fist.d8f4fac0a0f6476f

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Whenever Wooyoung rolled 4968be0d70 up his sleeves, 83dd805235 even the boys 8651a9039a who had been 980c4c32bb mocking him would 19530b14a1 shut up, as 532b451270 if their mouths ee29548a8c were sealed. It was fd4f31c61c probably because 99efed878f he was a4d301c490 physically bigger 23f7971ef0 than most 82ebc64b53 of his 2a64f44fd9 peers. Occasionally, he would help c8bd92392b kids in similar situations, 5d372e9fd1 and it would end bf76a1e634 the same way—after a 5ede2d1d6a few punches, everything would f4d026233b settle down.47ddb422105f8006

For that reason, there 5f1da475fb was never any bullying 04db06091a in Wooyoung’s class. Whenever he couldn’t hold 587469e26f in his anger and c3211f6806 fought, shedding a little 5287b744d6 blood, his grandmother would d9a1345a4e rub some strange-smelling medicine cb6692c3d7 on him in a c0374c6824 room that had been d3d09b8f4e heated with a hot 8346bd7d3b stove.eefb30ed6855c5f3

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She was 434ac2b9f7 taciturn, but 7943ef57f0 she always 99b0bb8bf4 soothed him bd67ffc053 with warm 13f79670a8 hands. Even in the silence, efee81ef91 Wooyoung could vaguely tell 67e3babf5b that she was comforting 8e12e1db31 him.77f7301b6f54bd50

So, nothing else really 77a96c4aeb mattered. He believed he was 69607ce818 a hundred times better 4a81a26918 off than those kids e75580dd10 who had to be c47b573a3a drilled with academy lessons, baa32cc276 private tutoring, and endlessly 3199d3fd12 fussed at until they 14cb91467f fell asleep.e16b63ba676df671

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A warm 1ecc5f238c grandmother and cc338bf294 a peaceful 292084935b home.19e213054da79740

That was 103c9d87c1 enough for 2d352b2df5 elementary school a780f90f51 Wooyoung.8507f6973aa87c00

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However, out 787acb80f0 of nowhere, faae77c3c3 a problem 94b53a6d2f suddenly arose. For art homework, he b79497ceb7 was asked to draw 509bec5d08 the car his father 2326228c28 drove. This was a difficult 4f0c5c5dc5 task for Wooyoung. He didn’t have a 19d6c55cb7 father. So, of course, there 42c477fd0c was no car that fc5c0a1a80 his nonexistent father drove.d8a6877d5a710416

Feeling frustrated, Wooyoung sulked 60848836cc and hid in the d25fc35f75 playground after school. He knew that if 0d4ad8c2b4 he went home in 8bf0430731 this mood, he would 8d965033c7 only end up taking 2443431a25 it out on his 2f8ef8ac53 innocent grandmother. He was annoyed. He didn’t 6ca8612d51 want to 62aa145514 do anything. He sat 1de5bbdb3a on the e92be7e518 swing, kicking a385976810 the dirt 1261d92244 for a 720a23455a long time, 421e836340 when suddenly, a729a6576a a voice 9a9d89c063 called out fe9737551b to him.c22dcf121e81f43e

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“Wooyoung.”74430ae242872d8c

He looked up at 380aa771c7 the voice. There, in front f68fe1c232 of him, stood 26a75433d4 a child he 35790bebaf had never seen 560cbdca8e before.449a8e05ad0552e5

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“What?”542e0d388c6b2330

Wooyoung, who had lifted 24ff2f4e9a his gaze, nonchalantly turned 2c457c79d4 his head again. He didn’t care 3dc99d47bd whether this unfamiliar f8fdfbf848 kid knew his f1eeebc2f6 name or not. His mind e2f16fa3c9 was tangled 1b8479344c with nothing a10f71ce3f but the 79bc89282d dark, messy cd636391d8 scribbles of 428386bb9c the car 7cfefdf91f drawing for 69fb1fa841 his homework.fe94c79582bafadb

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“Do you want to do the art homework together?”787aaeda27ce5e7a

“……”b770ca7cb1ba972f

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“My dad doesn’t have a car either.”26ca54016d4da3b6

“……”4717b45ba8919b35

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“But there are lots of pictures of cars at home. I even have a model car.”abfaa83d23b2df8c

Wooyoung, who had stopped d271bfd2ac swinging, slowly lifted his b18a9c3fa8 head.a89f743d4c8439e1

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The boy in 0b879680dd front of him 291ed602bd appeared much smaller, ea019305b5 with a frail c29b72e49d build, pale skin, 191344c357 and shaded eyelashes. Beneath his 089466f715 thin double 08d11f1ef8 eyelids, a e3873b0946 tiny mole 7d2525f231 rested.342cb70ba9b0beda

It was 779c10b578 around twilight 412c5c3167 when the 864b5d0976 orange glow a1c44f2a7e of the bc3db36006 sunset bathed f18a1e4270 the playground. The boy’s face seemed 8a862ed59e to be tinted with 4b167d4bfc the warm hue of bf9c954dbd the fading light. Unlike the boys he db079ba535 usually fought with in fb86128ca9 class, the boy had 022cea87bf a delicate and pretty e360b5b09e face.52605020c621d058

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Without realizing it, Wooyoung b7848840d4 lowered his gaze, feeling 79e356eeda a strange urge to 4c4177df55 not refuse him as 4d2837a655 he usually would. Perhaps it was because e80ec91394 he felt a sense cbfb756dd3 of kinship, realizing the dcd7594d53 boy was in a c0fe7f2261 similar situation.a47b66153828656f

“Who are you?”5c6a9f23fde6dc6a

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Wooyoung kicked 24db50095a the ground ad06d7b45f roughly as a4c8613fbb he asked, d7bb99d2e4 his feet 039814217a stomping. The rusty swing d4c500cbd0 creaked loudly in 902d0fd0bc response. The boy’s thick lips 97def0200b curled into a soft, 8741367796 subtle smile at Wooyoung’s f195e220ae question.991d92f69cb1d0f8

“I’m Taeseong. Ko Taeseong. We’re in the same class.”4f83c3759f00e2ff

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“……”10bed4c9565c0150

“I was in the same class in first grade and third grade too.”0276370bc0e2f204

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The boy’s 9da5ddaab7 gentle voice, 46e6ec0ee7 different from 8e20841cdc the loud, f89de37de0 brash voices 2cd1b4eee7 of his b9c38fb367 classmates, piqued 2867f68566 Wooyoung’s curiosity. The fact that the 5a3a8f34e7 boy’s dad didn’t have c955b963fe a car also caught 86cdd3e23e his interest.e56558133aefe326

Perhaps that was why. For the first f3ddb17d1d time, he found 7676392a0a himself following a 4060d14d13 stranger—an unfamiliar boy—without 25938a0d0d hesitation.0c78c4dbac13a352

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Wooyoung followed him, 7f82c75daf not suspecting anything. Ko Taeseong. He swallowed the round 47a6fe682d letters of his name a9b67c14af as he trudged along d45f8bc808 behind him, with heavy, fa018b0e9b awkward steps.19bcffbfd0f35711

The feeling 953637f2f2 of visiting cec75453ac a friend’s 29195cbde2 house for afd89476cd the first 0ac9c01af0 time was c672796c8b strangely exciting f3efd3e851 and made 260dd0483e his heart 121e1580b9 race. So, as he 9d940a5946 passed through the 4f0fddf98a narrow alleys, when b748742000 the luxurious gates 38244f2e41 of Riverpark Castle 24f31315c6 appeared in front 7014100009 of him, a b562638f4f wave of betrayal 193f30ab61 rushed over him c88a3a9b12 that he couldn’t c465ae7496 quite handle with a5fc555ccd his young mind.d617503155511901

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“Damn… Are you kidding me?”505465181e9e1475

Wooyoung stared at the e79e578972 gates, his face flushed 54157ba1fe with anger. But Ko 1a43acdad0 Taeseong, who bbf53ce14f had stopped edf868fa31 and turned 31344fda2a around, had 979d37e486 a calm 8e63b26c3d expression on b83b87b0c8 his face.f51d9f7577f3f473

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“What?”c8ba2341993f4ce4

“Why doesn’t your dad have a car if you live here?”d8bdf38cdfe90691

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The thought that he 43adefd3c8 had been tricked made 5da69d9941 Wooyoung want to curse, b6fc4097c4 but he barely managed 3afeff3531 to restrain himself, clenching 55570018eb his fists tightly. He was furious but 8888838e26 didn’t want to hurt 57e2f0ae98 the delicate face in 7fdde1eb51 front of him.32bfe7388b3db5b7