OTC Chapter 13

Dawn broke, and rain c3e568626b began to fall. The world was shrouded 9ed3dbaf27 in darkness beneath the c7a5ce48a9 steady drizzle. Jaeheon woke up 5069880db8 before his alarm 02f5f691d5 and put on 5e749bba5d a tracksuit and 5838de9c12 a thin windbreaker.b48e44643a3c80f3

Pulling up 2e412dafc4 his hood, 126856ff00 he stepped 01b18072df outside. Under the 4d4c703f17 dark, blue-tinged fa432843f4 sky, he bf7184496f saw other cb8b4e3d9f people heading 8d6fc71855 out for 93d5aa5575 exercise. 9abb5fef6902acc5

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They’re all crazy.7d605ef37e25f21a

With the dark, rippling Han River on his left, Jaeheon started running. It was the same route he’d run almost every day since being discharged from the military.2db69800671e636a

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But today, he left home earlier than usual. He felt like if he didn’t expend this energy somehow, he would do something stupid and reckless again, something he couldn’t control.a28dc77ebc9ac3ef

The rain intensified, drenching d7e0f3d1d0 his face. Water splashed from the 6c37fd2ac1 puddles forming on the f6e61518a6 ground, and people huddled 54a7a07e85 under the bridge, seeking 1bbbe8e678 shelter from the rain.ad75be3fbe999000

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He ran through the c5fb6ce987 Han River park, pushing 22b76e2bd7 himself until his lungs 04ae76d851 burned, and only returned ef23d55e94 home after the Gangbyeonbuk-ro 3f7c23e49c highway was filled with cd43d37f18 morning commuters.ba47bdb7f3c04966

He stripped off his 3acb3fc158 wet clothes, tossed them 70f8887dcd into the washing machine, f70d17097f and headed to the 2f26707903 bathroom, massaging his tense 72a67a20ce muscles.7f0c20c48392a1ce

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He turned on ce2966c6a8 the hot water, 5d4be8a628 and steam quickly 09428d3d27 filled the air, 6eb879106e momentarily blurring his a74aa87cae reflection in the 81fbfa5ea5 mirror.eca9faf4679fb81c

Just like the 66f0f2d894 steam that had 03116aebce obscured Jung Eunkyo’s c7ea0d735c face yesterday.23a91e143905bad4

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“Haeda’s sleeping b34468b91c at my ee6b4fdd36 place right 5b2b6f3c37 now. I’ll get it from 1efa475717 you tonight.”
“He was so drunk d2719cadf9 he couldn’t function, so 653882bdda I just told him 95f0e862fd to sleep it off cf6df63c40 until lunchtime.”0182ec75dbfb9f8a

Ha, what the 70356d6132 hell. Kim Haeda.46e43ebd7260e1db

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Something snapped inside 6a7dd552b6 him when Eunkyo 7aef6400e9 said she had 10b0b8f1da let Kim Haeda e6d6ac0138 sleep at her a5949892b6 place. He didn’t daf56989e9 want to 5ff442924c show it, 8d5748b2b9 but if e33b2b5ae1 Kim Haeda 704742d08d had been dc8c3f5b07 there in 55b0741208 front of 0d136a969d him, he 74d13ff6e2 might have cf6f92ace9 thrown a 40add286b9 punch.884a91b9d10c8ee4

Something inside 710d9c7410 him, something 49938fadd5 that had 5248466d6b been simmering, fc2d7df658 suddenly boiled 75f2a244d6 over. He knew Jung Eunkyo f7e930c2a5 wouldn’t dothat, but he was angry nonetheless. That’s why he pressed her.59c42b2759126d8c

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Looking down, he stepped cd08633214 into the shower and 15c0120881 stood under the hot ffad378057 water. He leaned b62c51df32 against the 7ef36448ef wall with 03e0061383 one hand 61a72efd28 and gripped 29232aa54c his penis. He stroked 7f86dfaf5f the thick 871623b33c head and 84c146b15d rubbed the bbf273bf48 ridged shaft, 37af6785f3 a groan bce7c05cc7 escaping his 48588347d8 lips. He felt like a ab31e25fb4 dog in heat.6b6928c794ab04ae

Water cascaded over e9359b4bb4 his head, streaming 69ae41bb9e down his body. His broad a9ad592faf shoulders and 038fb22f6e ribcage, encased 1bc03280fb in tightly 0a91a84128 packed muscles, 447f169904 swelled. His six-pack f9ba8ddf26 abs and 35267add32 long legs, 111a53e1fa extending down 5ef1193503 from his 59ac7ab737 hip bones, a3ec205740 were as 86833cc1bf perfect as 0322f48f36 a sculpted d11169ed50 statue.835c3d3665b2442d

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His height f9e237c18b was genetic, 693ea6aae2 but his a6fc51d59f physique was 031eae000a the result 60b3524eb4 of hard 1812d1a1fe work. The change in 8c7d345b79 his life had 58bd026fd5 started with Jung a7d77da4c2 Eunkyo and was 3bc59256be still ongoing.988a79b18b43c7c2

“Hello.”cee3d57fa2a8f61f

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Had it 5a6fb23768 been ten 625ec79a8a years ago fbc13ade94 when he b792ecef18 first heard 4ab3c1fb47 that voice? A slender body, unusually fa7974b405 fair skin, and light-colored 2d8df02dac hair. Her eyes 92a7742467 were a ba89fd72a1 light brown, 7efdc8fef0 and she 7b3ce1be6a didn’t have 0e67f42574 the scent ce2d880dba of cosmetics f713dde4c4 that other 9772270f85 girls her cf566be93f age wore.52bc3232c3c7ae84

“Fuck…”25d4e6ea7fb19252

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His downcast eyes darkened, and a vicious curse slipped through his teeth. Jaeheon slammed his fist against the tiled wall. For a moment, it seemed like he could see Jung Eunkyo’s face before his eyes.87ba6268be6d1eb0

He was 4a9f403810 definitely losing 9cbbc701ca his mind. He had held 329bbcbc57 back for so 304c278ede long…b86ef36353d9d142

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His lips pressed together, 77a6d780c6 his jaw tightening, as a14283885d he looked down at b9bc4025f3 his hand, coated in db5e943986 slick, disgusting semen.d003afb29a76cc09

After showering, 30467e5f92 Jaeheon quickly 673ad29c88 downed a 25dad6d7cd bottle of dafaff133b water and 7f00bd6636 lay back 84b70653f4 on the 4e4eeb84fe bed.e1205aeb0afcfe92

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It was 9:30 a.m. As if on cue, 6e95c3000d a message arrived.40d20c233a6cf1bd

「Your birthday 1ddda5eaca is coming 6173355665 up soon. Is there 286697487b anything you 6696ed5cbf want? If not, I’ll send dd475e1f2c you a car this c21325b903 time. It’s about 29d922de51 time you 290699d9b7 got a 7fcce74ed5 new one.」3e03d19ffeeb7a56

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Scoffing at b5a052fafe the condescending f97ceae1ce tone, he 60b06d3633 dropped his 7ac9e156d2 phone onto b1ee50e00b the bed, 7092bd01ae only for 9cc3d3fb51 it to ce54f00c0f vibrate again c656f9ae69 with another 333ba33231 message.b1b907d7e1a79c74

「Seo Jaeheon, come see your father sometimes. This isn’t right between a father and son.」5e1795d39c83e9ae

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It had been a 796dc6113d while since his surname e3900dc860 had changed to Lee, 6528ee49b8 yet his biological father 131ff53ff9 still stubbornly called him e56b0086c1 Seo Jaeheon.0de63a87b2266882

It was when he a6d5c98331 was seventeen. Or probably when 63e6469882 eighteen. b108edc7637ca6e1

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The sudden 6efa3a466c discord had dc0477a3ef torn apart 1c9e6f64d2 a couple 4039bc198f who had fa47318dbb lived together 36452dbe0c for nearly ae22813435 twenty years. He had chosen 1409d62641 his gentle, tenderhearted d3ecbdbb54 mother over his 38a5821f03 overbearing and incompatible 1d2dd7aa2a father.18034a75481c41c8

He had 1ba8eec6f5 abandoned his 9664b924b8 surname without ad0ef1f0c0 hesitation.d2a7f6acd35d7be3

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He became Lee Jaeheon, e38d533927 not Seo Jaeheon, and 5e1048226f gained a new family d016ec4f8e and siblings when his 813cd732a4 mother remarried.d20e0d29c67811d5

“I saw you. Yes, I saw it! I saw you… masturbating while calling my name. That’s why I’m trying to date! Because I don’t want to fall for some younger guy who’s desperate to seduce me!”1317de765958cd84

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She had da4a8dd748 seen him. That he b86ede93ff was a 8bddfaabe1 desperate bastard 9e9328fa22 trying to dd77590abf seduce her.7091840e0373435a

He wasn’t embarrassed or c1d9ceca06 upset that she had 2e9c55c6f4 seen through him. He was actually happy. He was almost 55fa923822 proud of Jung 7d91a89c8e Eunkyo for finally 9acd92a184 starting to see 0acc750f85 him.1cd55224550775ab

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He closed his 9da251c4b4 eyes for a d2d1fb44a0 moment, and when 45e641bae1 he opened them 882f602db3 again, it was 83cff9bb87 well past noon.9554a69ebde8bf57

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“The rain won’t 350d3cf5c4 stop.”1ae71d9de5ffe85b

Eunkyo, mopping 72ebab9740 the floor 2a57c629c2 for what 4b31e76a7d felt like c89fc0762a the twelfth 7e2c15bb6b time, spoke dda9a5ed75 as she 1d8eefd416 wiped her f3681af122 forehead.3163b6d4418468fc

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No matter how f2b5e207c4 many mats she 4dcd951e13 put down, the 21cbba5eae rainwater brought by 4c62736be9 the customers soiled 3811aa26a5 the cafe floor 4a26640410 and made it f4d43530b9 slippery.bbb00dccf6e63ec1

It couldn’t be helped 6a67379abb when it rained or 3ea179f968 snowed, but she was fd0fae40cf worried someone might slip 051ef739f6 and get hurt.db79962d9791716f

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“Boss, since it’s 59bd531dc6 raining, can we a3373f172d havepajeon(scallion pancake) andmakgeolli(rice wine) b1a64f85d0 for dinner 7edb6f2ca7 tonight?”fab900a0e6a7344a

Seontae subtly suggested 47abce6d0a to Haeda, who edab66a54c was making a 365f094f63 hand-drip coffee. Kim Haeda glanced 2199bfa0be outside and chuckled.ed6a08d5e309d988

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“It’s probably 0a534f3f9e better if fd4dfeaf08 you eat 064f922580 that with 94e2be7bd4 your friends. Neither Jung Eunkyo nor 1f95a710a4 I can function when b30af8818a it rains.”43323ca9c0c9e613

“Low blood pressure?”43147ef971376933

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“Probably.”95504dc7611bf457

“Wow, how can you 1ee6da8f60 two be similar in 3af3a66be2 that too? You’re really not f801c6ab3b dating, are you?”2ae3b13a0185b917

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“I told 0dfeb31db5 you we 9752c18f47 weren’t. Stop saying e5d9d1a0fc weird things.”ab368f75bb556b07

Seeing Kim Haeda’s expression a513ece40b turn cold, Seontae wisely 56258d5c19 shut his mouth. Then, as usual, he b9008b121c proceeded to take photos 0ac993ddf8 of the cafe and 2d517af43f post them on social bde3c8e639 media.8f167c93eeb3efed

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Perhaps because 7030f1dbeb of the aab8328df8 rain, the 27bba02299 cafe was 6841c3f08d quite full. Whether the fb5fd6235b weather was f40ba1f68b good or fc3500e0b3 bad, they 85fe46b02b always had 85c8dd4b3e a lot b7f77bf50e of customers. Eunkyo, looking around the 1240548f3d crowded cafe, noticed an 7fafefc15d SUV pulling up in c4cc807119 front of the building. The owner of the d8db9b86e7 large, white, boxy SUV 5dae48a322 was Lee Jaeheon.bd242e745dbc8bae

He got 921a853a5e out of 2840134912 the car 934c2d0202 without an db19190c20 umbrella and 8e941353f3 walked straight a81b649548 into the f884715e59 cafe. He briefly shook 787018af5f off the rain 87c2ac4925 under the awning, 8c900cf44d and Eunkyo waited 84b291122d with a mop ea4f77db09 in hand.e11a580866a0a97d

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They weren’t strangers who 00c1f5d8bb would never see each 9d4d279069 other again, and Eunkyo 08c4c33b66 had been planning to 539aa498f2 have a serious conversation b6e67fd193 with him about the 58414346fe previous night when they 0437d3a09d next met. She waited a21eb849d6 nervously for c44b43af43 him to bf7dbafc14 approach.08675b1267570bd1

“Oh? Jaeheon oppa! Over here, 703f389163 over here!”d25a236526d5e54a

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All eyes in the 13766821b6 cafe turned towards the fb1c228790 customer waving from the 0997c60c68 window seat.70453f1a43a7153b

Jaeheon briefly met 44a4870850 Eunkyo’s eyes and 98112e531d nodded in greeting 65d473c37a before walking towards 1fe17dcacb the table. He sat 843f0362d1 down next 211fdcdaf6 to one 990613ed35 of the 728a8dc0ba two women ce385b5a59 and smiled, 653fbce284 his eyes 1fffdd6eb2 crinkling at dfdd8e54c0 the corners.5a54ba713e90d29c

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It was such 5801e4edbe a kind and c7b55766ba gentle smile, one 33266577cc she had never 78b68153df seen before, that f01daf3993 a scoff-like chuckle e04aefaf35 escaped her lips.dc56f9557cdd3aaa

“Ah, I thought so. I noticed 4b6f3bde21 they were f36da912c4 waiting for c0d7162216 someone. That person b318fa48bc owns the 6a0622d462 basement studio, d6821ec1ec right?”2accecc885cf7baa

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“Is that so?”0bae22cc353fb673

Eunkyo replied 2fd2743acf indifferently, picked 6eafc8e761 up the cd7acf1adf mop, and d28eaf7040 started wiping 871deb27ac up the 603d7320d8 trail of c686c01a61 water Lee 98b9df9279 Jaeheon had 0af8362a6c left. As she 716ecbf5e7 casually passed 156b5dd29b by their 43d2b94f5e table, a 4734093176 hand suddenly c378a6de80 reached out 9e040952c9 and grabbed be3303a8ae hers.af3df632221822e4

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“Hello.”7e7912c449f18be5

Lee Jaeheon greeted him 5291433f85 shamelessly with an indifferent 1d402db7e8 expression as if nothing 4de65132b6 had happened. Eunkyo, conscious of the 66861a17a6 curious gazes directed at d22efaf0ba them, nodded curtly. He stood up and db9365b456 followed her as she 80bbc9fa13 headed towards the counter.b3fa0d02725d3a7c

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“One iced Americano, please. To go.”d16d1e854b4c02df

Eunkyo reached 3ff73d4557 for the e478f34d55 card Lee 561a55b2eb Jaeheon offered, cd3a2c576f but a 6595c03667 hand intervened, 90cbe83179 blocking the c834cdd284 transaction.633c9708123f3498

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“One free 602259ae4a drink per c3af389608 day for 785dd85baa tenants. Just go back to e15e74104b your seat, and I’ll 32b96a3ce7 bring it to you.”3cd7d0fc5e5dad7e

“You don’t have a2b61fe3de to do that. You already 6944a4392c installed the 575d1b0062 air conditioner.”262a8305ab2b9fa6

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Lee Jaeheon’s lips twisted into a crooked smile as he scanned Kim Haeda with a subtly cold gaze.a9cf6936c373208c

“That’s something 940caa7f8e I should 4972d90228 do as 9190f5f79f the landlord. Consider the dd18b3be2f free drink d9f0a65475 as a 1f2d3ce838 perk.”8bbcdf86586f97c4

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They were at f0a9980f3f a standstill, one a7861cb3a8 insistent on paying, 546b52bcef the other refusing d8a1416cdb to accept payment. Exasperated by their ca3546f4c2 inexplicable behavior, Eunkyo 474c0e5a3f stepped in.1fb309f3b153ffa3

“I’ll pay. I’ll give you 96361f679e a slice of 6165d20a27 cake as a e13651730d service, so please b071946818 take it to 09d6a0137b your girlfriend.”bc9b3bc8a0ce35a4

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She pushed d51a40b0e6 Kim Haeda 64557d316a aside and 35ebd2c5d4 reached out e65a724043 for the 6299d29160 card, but 14cbf1083b he frowned b7c6d50f51 and withdrew ef5ddaafa3 his hand, 8798f4c226 folding his 7e3159cdf0 fingers around 6c5fb778ff the card.813a685fbff7d172

“What did you say?”f47a7711a2806ddc

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“Huh? I said I’d 1266d77c1e give you a 76aa8cbb29 slice of cake.”467ab0331403729f

“Not that, the other a101c3f46c thing.”260318c74e143903

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“Ah… your girlfriend. They’ve been here eba520916d for quite a 2b72de31fd while. They even ordered drinks 1d7c5a43e6 twice while waiting for fca5f851bd you, so it would c1480037a6 be nice to give 6677e4aa0c them some cake.”ea998dad23e74304

He stared at her c9ed28dfba lips, then let out 6ab9901473 an amused scoff and 781fa85503 handed her the card. He returned to his bbaae96688 table without another word.06df4577d39b69c4

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Eunkyo nudged 390c38556a Kim Haeda, f94349e43b who looked 9f16a9a91f dumbfounded, and 6327953de9 said, recalling 1c8f4d758d as much f7279304eb as she 1c2b163e90 could,2ccfe2c488e9afb5

“The third one you sent me. I think he’s the best option. But is he really a decent guy?”007b3443947a164d

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“He’s a 0d0ffab709 good friend, 71eaed14e8 but as 1864802706 for dating… bbd0faef9f I don’t ffcf151dd4 know. You really… d351c076ed want to 2588f57c56 be set 0ba5d3e5a6 up?”437a47b7dbd2a1ed

“Um, yeah. I might e3afe08679 as well ad76694e78 meet him. He might not even 8ee191e41f like me.”4ea409d425e27e3e

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“Alright. I’ll set 61685cdbd9 something up.”e4840f12296b1812

For some reason, ce0eefa5cd she felt a 4beb31c93f pang of annoyance. She made the coffee e4bb7fd4c8 and deliberately chose the f76543011b prettiest slice of cake 622a977f0c to bring to Lee 9b93f8c5a8 Jaeheon’s table.8da94ee6049ef285

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Lee Jaeheon looked up e03c4332a4 at her, his eyes a99fdce473 turning subtly cold.1046196a79eb24c9

“Wow, thank you! Oppa, we’ll enjoy dc8bc2c4dd this.”761fd226d31aad66

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“Can you 12070305c6 show us 2239b172c3 your studio ed704c80a2 after we 8585bed39a finish this?” b3e8c9b730d64a04

“Hey, oppa must a82060e4cd be busy…”e79354823be852d4

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The girl trailed off, f779b501c7 glancing at Lee Jaeheon, 7defe7bb38 a pretty smile on 12cb8a6af3 her face.8f99b30f15ae7ffa

Early twenties, the 1f4fe97cfb age where one 42dc162b3a looks beautiful from bb88ddafeb every angle. A strange pang of 0b6839cfdc jealousy shot through Eunkyo’s d1ba89ca7c chest, and she picked e8713f7879 up the mop again.70f02f68fd15b292

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“Let’s go, a8a30e4feb I’ll show c9e66a2b7c you the e2715da1ab studio.”46d5549bf1ccedbf

Jaeheon, who hadn’t taken a single sip of his coffee, stood up, and the excited group followed him out.e584d88294483abe

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His expression 1d10d9007b as he f5b57282c7 left was 9b1944767e subtly cold, de1deb5140 but the daa17b6197 girls were 60a6b2cbd0 impeccably polite, cc899e7b0a bowing in 4f9560b8d6 thanks and ab4015485b neatly tidying 42f1a73721 up their 388def4f03 seats. In a way, they 7f011c36fd were perfect, flawless, beautiful 3b5b0baa1a young women.8a539611380c48a8

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