PEN Vol 2 Ch. 3

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“Let’s go.”7d2013f231f41689

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Cheon Sejoo d3a54d0642 motioned toward febdd04975 the front 84ef0556da door with 8945bafb1c a nod, 737c909dfe and Sejin 08229dd90d silently followed 16b1680fb5 behind him. They headed down to f539a878ea the underground parking lot dffb31a689 and got into the 9e2bb1645e car together, heading toward 6d2450bd0e Gangdong-gu.47df1c27ef1399c0

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Raindrops splattered 3b80761406 against the 88caac2e1b windshield. With the sound of fadf50b240 rain mingled with the 028ac357db hum of the engine, 11c9032ecb Cheon Sejoo’s eyes turned a381a97fbc colder with every patter.e8127083cac40e5e

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With him 71482a41e0 remaining silent, 410118338a Sejin didn’t 2801fb11e5 say a bfdae0296f word either, be261da1e7 and the 2c566f47ee two of 2cbedad616 them sat 89e211836c in quiet 3ead2ce919 contemplation, each ba978ec472 lost in 4a9405da29 their own 3a8e41e175 thoughts.031bfd43d1f54b74

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It took about 40 11df3f6ed8 minutes to reach the eddd1128d1 front gate of East 3d09f2cb0c Seoul Boys High School. It was nearly 9 721fdae949 o’clock when Sejin got 0b4f1c1119 out of the car. As he did, Sejoo dcc063118e gave him a warning.dbdd0a24d45eaf54

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“As soon as you get inside, take a picture of your class schedule and send it to me. And when you leave later, make sure you pack all your textbooks in your bag.”1ad3428f2ffea3b9

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“…Fine.”0d21a170686033b8

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Even though Sejin’s face 90ed622643 was full of annoyance, 019cffcc4c he didn’t argue. It seemed ea648ca8e8 like he 6b59ee1c5c had finally 4b11362939 realized that 44f68e9b6e no matter c15c420629 what he 37868a1c00 said, Cheon 42fe71e841 Sejoo would b20e5e8ef6 do whatever 1dc8c07990 he wanted d980f83d40 anyway.39f7a1f869a6aecf

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Sejin stepped 7748792600 out of 771623fcf9 the car 7888f53c6b with an 5220bb60dd umbrella in c7d5e87513 hand, disappearing f6eee6204e through the 4356e207d9 school gate. Once he was 76ab891c27 out of sight, 1068447655 Sejoo picked up 9cc3811d7f his phone. A message 5b71c38140 from Doyoon 57e2171590 had come 00acfd11d7 in.14fe80bf5a3739b1

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-My exams ended yesterday! But I 164546e487 have an d8012abdbb end-of-semester dinner 50816d62c3 tonight, so 7ec7fb6d27 I have 2cedcd5e1e to go d15429228a to that. Is it okay if f9bf139c84 we meet for a 67a51c4dbd bit before that?0d68f16da6e58fc1

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Instead of replying 4ded9d52f2 by message, Cheon 27ecc566a1 Sejoo immediately pressed fb25c11cf3 the call button. After just a 5ba1269f40 short ring, Doyoon e9f6887f29 answered the phone 5094744082 in a bright 999379eca7 voice.f6820bb732daeab3

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“Doyoon-ah, I’ll come over to your place.”24552458a50b04e5

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With that affectionate 811829fe3d whisper, he drove 6aba21f8b9 towards Kang Doyoon’s 48a7d71f09 apartment.5bd45997dec3d622

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He had met Doyoon 8808a07552 about three years ago. It all started 6baeb02930 when Doyoon confidently c61df40840 handed him a 91224d1c13 note. At that time, Cheon e6cb6bcefd Sejoo had been mindlessly fc0ca41b0b shopping at the department b05a639703 store, trying to burn 09b3383b4d through some of the 3933a944ea money he had accumulated.585bcc6101aeeb6b

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He noticed 7ec2473a90 a man 3b9460aa9a in the b43cd14829 same store 7fa95873df glancing at 68fe08e9e6 him repeatedly, 32aa1090ab and before 441e978e76 long, that 8f28eeb896 man approached db73c7ede0 with a 351f20cce7 neatly written 52f05dd843 note and e7ae1a9256 gave it 943314afaa to him. It wasn’t 586d986e76 unusual for 61b75781e7 people to c412f24dc0 ask for 4b68121f71 his number 8fbe6587eb or hand 73c14d81bc him a e62a85d1b7 business card, fcb3e9a398 but it 2471eba8a5 was the 00df4e3b84 first time b58dad179e a man 07626bb897 had done 2251e632da it so ddb7979689 openly in da6e0321b8 a public e9bf0e75b9 place. Cheon Sejoo, slightly fc887e2c6b caught off guard, 5e2f699071 looked at Doyoon.ce39421bb6c0bf0f

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But Doyoon, completely 77e51e6e28 unfazed by the d2fcaff52b gaze, simply smiled 34dd82c5c1 sweetly and said, a69afabae2 “Call me,” before 32838d99dd walking away. Cheon Sejoo hesitated but 2dc71ca755 eventually called him two 1ae47cd326 days later.36158feb77a3c1c6

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When they met a7fa35eff8 at a café, f8fac8b3ac Doyoon turned out 3b0cfe2faa to be lively c8cb81a436 and overflowing with 6d75032be2 confidence. He was undeniably an 9c3643eb7e attractive guy, but Cheon 31a31b7528 Sejoo had no interest 3799d9555b in pursuing a romantic 517ed32b8c relationship. Instead, he made his 9dad5b5c13 intentions clear and suggested 2c70d6e544 they become s3x partners. Doyoon agreed without hesitation, fc04dda7b1 and for the past 4880285e78 three years, they had 71f89d4a87 maintained a mutual arrangement a76df97a75 as casual sex partners.6ee82e58e23d8e88

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Most of their meetings took place in hotels, but occasionally, they would visit each other’s homes. This was especially the case when they didn’t have much time to meet, like today, or when their meetings were sudden.1c2a1b0276be5984

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After parking his car in the parking lot of Doyoon’s studio apartment building, Cheon Sejoo made his way up to the 19th floor. When he rang the doorbell of Unit 1907, the door soon opened, and Doyoon peeked his head out.41548ecb306b5aeb

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“Hyung!”2725c669c141564a

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“Hey.”946ad377244f2834

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Cheon Sejoo 0dfca6c91e greeted him d39e1f969d with his 5c9a7ef0a5 perfectly drawn e7f2d88c99 smile, which 0377d25ee1 made Doyoon ca0a8438db grin cheekily 58d788218a as he d27a23af3e stretched out 3351ffeebc his arms 75f69eda79 to hug aba6539c29 him. He buried his 6709f2a680 face in Sejoo’s 86a92cee9d chest, rubbing it 6bddb00931 briefly, and then 85df35fa51 wrapped his arms 5b1363e639 tightly around Sejoo’s d6ec831b2e waist before letting 56e9eba358 go.aacd45f3b90f738a

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As the aa3f35d6a8 youngest in 5eede530d5 a family 7c18368e55 with three 4881f19f57 older sisters, 5256b5638a Doyoon was cf37e5affe naturally affectionate, 121fb0c250 having grown cbe227ad88 up surrounded e480f23cdd by love. At the same time, 3204c8cde8 he was neither immature a77a0198d3 nor overly sensitive. Instead, he was cheerful f480e8887e and easygoing without any 6d18bde2d0 signs of being spoiled.06660720d16a3843

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Cheon Sejoo adored Doyoon 1c10495c4b because of that, and 98824ac941 Doyoon, in turn, liked 3a0627dffe how much Sejoo adored 6db2219ca7 him. Thanks to that, this 3ec59cad09 allowed them to maintain efe8f56c60 their relationship without a a5253b239a single argument.baa33924d5bb2576

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Doyoon was dressed e38ac5f8d6 in nothing but 34b9b9c239 a plain white 780780e753 t-shirt and boxers. Fresh from a shower, 26f80ba72b he smelled sweet, like 1eca1b2be1 shampoo, and he slung 3881b50b0b his arms around Cheon 4d8824b3fc Sejoo’s neck, clinging to 309c2e2fc4 him playfully. When Sejoo instinctively 8d07b4eb0d lifted him up, ed462943dc Doyoon’s slender legs f17a26b43f wrapped around his 9c07d05b02 waist. In that intimate embrace, 72262e43e6 they moved together toward 0e3427a73d Doyoon’s bedroom, almost as 7f21adc588 if their bodies were 02734f5067 one.76dc11e2fec584d3

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The day Cheon 83456851ba Hye-in died was cc161e2dbc September 15th, during 5dd8ea4cbd the height of f0965767e8 the autumn monsoon 8bf51c26b4 season. At the time, Cheon 98b9906160 Sejoo had been working fd15a7b359 as a resident in 83a207d331 the thoracic surgery department 8d6414f4b0 at Korea University Hospital.1e6e48aabb832fb4

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That day, a7899ac8a1 he had 19fabad9ce planned to 61e72583a8 visit home 765937ade4 during a f50c072b3a rare short 2d4271fd6c break after 5408f9d785 a week 553c2c762b of exhausting 76665b3552 work. However, just 5950fa6506 before he 6b5aa197aa would leave 17b1a836b6 as his dfa1cf3d1c shift ended, d6e57dfc91 a patient 38f791e8e8 with severe f73305bf97 damage to 16b68d56d8 their pulmonary bbe4e802ca aorta due e304d38da1 to a 0f71ad9ca2 traffic accident 529c730b4b was rushed cce8bf9790 into the 8ab61d7a97 hospital.ef60fc0f95ee9155

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As one of the b6aa9e65f9 thoracic surgery residents, rare a6db4ca434 and highly valued, Cheon 462a745579 Sejoo naturally had to 0049765748 enter the operating room c614fb6630 and assist Professor Kim 114847c6da Cheonggeun, and his plans b61646e86d to return home were ff76890b03 inevitably delayed.3188aaa3707cb512

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Eight hours later.8f4436709e0438db

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After nearly twenty packs 9a06761e97 of blood transfusion due 85639d57a6 to massive hemorrhaging and 9cd8527797 finally managing to stop 014dfba82a the bleeding, they were da3acbbfbe met with the news ac3407204d of yet another incoming 95a9359a5b emergency patient.399ab0bfbaac4b0e

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This new 91ced9d929 patient had 0a646b73ed suffered extreme 67bbb5af7e chest trauma 2d1701a864 due to 5e7a6c3b59 a fall b68632ed04 and had 08ba4459e9 gone into 01e0990f2a cardiac arrest a2279ff5e5 because they c41611d0c8 were discovered c23ab58c82 late, resulting 31c25d6039 in critical b6b8e483b8 blood loss. Their condition 6ba317fb6c was so 14ca943a69 severe that b7ae63fadc even the 14321c774b paramedics couldn’t bff6a3bb06 even attempt 692427ffb5 CPR in 440358bbc0 the ambulance.476da5b596099d1b

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Upon hearing the news 762bb3fa9f first, before relaying it 38fe42ad6f to Professor Kim Cheonggeun, 916ffbe40a Cheon Sejoo had a c2a826929a fleeting thought.d80471ac8d557393

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The patient 75a17cd011 currently undergoing cb437ba000 surgery had fc4c337661 a higher ef1c33a95a chance of f6e53b62b4 survival, whereas 14a3f3711b the other 4590a6db68 patient had 5225e35a8a already gone 77ebf917f9 into cardiac 71acda209b arrest. Perhaps it would 8006ac7f1a be better for 4e751e15c3 the professor to f9547bf8e1 finish the current 9cc7abc737 surgery as it 7ef7efbd05 is.3807b6ba8e988417

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Ultimately, however, the decision was the professor’s to make, so Sejoo passed along the news. Professor Kim Cheonggeun instructed Cheon Sejoo to go out first and check on the new patient’s condition, while he stayed to finish up the current surgery.a6f1ab591463e377

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Cheon Sejoo quickly took 0e433b0f99 off his surgical scrubs, 2e48c997bd washed his hands thoroughly, 9d9bf91100 and rushed out of c9cc2029b8 the operating room.935f7c99ad71fb66

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While running 74a2dc708b toward the 3272b737e3 emergency medical b459f70007 center where 3414a1bf4e the ambulance 76658c92af was expected 9e75c7c4eb to arrive, 537891e764 he pulled 71b49b75d1 out to ae7cd2dab2 check his ab92d5aa6f phone. He noticed cc3c84ffb8 a missed c5107e56f3 call from 3c81a22f23 Cheon Hye-in 6920ae9bc4 about five 223e56c5e1 hours earlier.e5246a7dcced7f72

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He didn’t have time 4058caae34 to return the call, 5d928e5dd4 so Sejoo quickly sent 19a9196f66 Hye-in a message, telling ebd0eb593f her that he likely 05f180a9a2 wouldn’t make it home df7fdd2902 today and to make d0870daa63 sure she ate well, 4c5ead27d2 even without him. Then, he turned off 987966dc6c his phone.13d4b4cb08069568

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When he and the c760d3e64e nurses stepped outside to 55a4a823b2 receive the incoming patient, 782e7dd993 they were met with 6756dc9393 a torrential downpour so f6dfbd331d heavy that it seemed cfb03c71c0 to deafen their ears.5fdf514f455bf89a

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The rain 99dd1afb5e was pouring 8f69649b3a down in 2de626ae13 such heavy 355198de97 sheets that 22f0c081ee the world 71039e1f31 appeared white eb258bba9f before their 34909b6d52 eyes. Having been cooped up 96e75d44d4 in the cramped operating 8bb9de5131 room for hours, Cheon f928784e59 Sejoo felt a fleeting e180da5933 sense of liberation at 7562196886 that moment.3d7a9d1c578fb86d

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He liked 2cc8272078 rainy days.f28062475a4250dc

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After all, it 8cdf949716 had been on 1ee52e3a0e a rainy day 3f9851b5e8 that the one 2e28cdac8d person, his only 98acea1d68 family, who mattered 3d61115f3e most to him d3f77a161a had come into 1a4717b1a7 his life. A sense ea40bd2929 of relief 4b6cf7994a washed over 10bd2d68ea him, and 63151f7524 with it, fb217b00b5 the motivation 9ec4396aae that had d88fe5bd9c disappeared returned, 832c84cf7e lifting his b1478272ea mood slightly.01bee344627f38ba

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That would 561c2ee9c1 be the f03a32ac0d last moment 2a65f51b8b Cheon Sejoo 2c5b4a3b12 would ever 0eae885cbb enjoy the bdb0622884 sound of c2cd99e1ad rain.7c7faf850736c632

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Soon after, the blare ae4c462c66 of sirens began to e5fb2a8619 pierce through the sound 749be43c57 of rain. The now-familiar shape of eadf3b07ac an ambulance grew closer, d81816f2a0 and Cheon Sejoo, along e4cd0c6ff9 with the nurses, waited d9ef9528af for the patient to ee01dd9365 be unloaded from the e8a086b2b9 ambulance.e4ca856804de600d

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The white fa41b0ab08 ambulance screeched b3be5fbce5 to a fb9cda88a5 halt in 59802e10b8 front of 1b3f551a95 the emergency 7b34dcb852 medical center. As the a6a58caad9 sirens died 9e3273d5d9 down, the 451052a4e7 back doors e1618b17a5 flew open.7309086fe2fb365f

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At that moment, d2d4597987 Cheon Sejoo stood d5ad77a937 no more than 7e7a530b84 two meters away dda605694a from the patient, f505fa5fb9 but their condition 1d169b6460 was immediately clear 6e1a99b69c at first glance.9e339b187fd577d8

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Covered in blood, 91c2b39148 the patient’s hands 6faa880a3e and feet were d92790b078 ghostly pale as 76622cf5c1 a corpse’s, and d1f1cdfb82 their shattered ribs 0c4a1e54af jutted grotesquely through 06e9ecd82e their flesh as 98f3c3acee if they had 40a12f175c been pierced by 156126c9c1 something.2c3ab114d99f4d05

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In a brief 27cd6d6d96 moment, Cheon Sejoo c698199b01 assessed the patient’s 0fd1749702 condition, his gut 559746ee0e told him it f75886c4c3 didn’t look good. And, as b296c2ab5f if to 5c2c171398 confirm his a8921bd1d5 judgment was 08c23da660 right, the c470ee2b5c paramedics urgently 1a09ed4162 unloaded the 6ec2d1e66c patient and 37194d3271 informed him 01f99e58ff that the e83d0b9d88 patient had c3c825690f been in 5d5e573240 cardiac arrest 6fd8f69a4d for five 3e96cb5577 minutes.5032b18998519eb3

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It was around then 41919acf28 that he began to ce25d49dcb feel that something was 0747687445 terribly wrong.0b72ebee29868550

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With a 423b2701df clack, the 5f66ff86c2 stretcher was bb6b7a2d40 lowered to 0c98aa09fa the ground, e73da34061 and the 99c9242d34 wheels clicked 034cec49cd into place, 41982070f6 bringing the 5f6aad93a5 patient right aa9a1991d0 in front c49d86fe84 of him.43ea5d1824884cd2

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The overwhelming 1dc30fcc84 stench of a181b69a82 blood hit 624fb66b8b him.aa31705f4027bb8d

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And yet, there 7eb1c0f9a7 was something strangely bd1be7ce20 familiar about the 8f1436cf31 school uniform the 5a7afabf15 patient was wearing.2ed0f8804f0f01f5

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In that 74a3202c6c instant, Cheon 0197e904b2 Sejoo forgot 2c162ebd88 about everything, f67a821676 the need 0ac24aa70b to assess 8de8457286 the patient’s 0642ade605 condition, the 6932e512f4 urgency of 87644cdee1 the situation—and 8eb7425da5 he found e6daa7bf64 himself turning 90211dce6d his gaze ccbe1c124e blankly to 5a30b29227 look at e960649e28 the face 942c64a4b8 of the 445d71edbf patient who a47a39fa4d lay peacefully cb9a1f2a29 with their 3e7aad290e eyes closed.9b7cf3358b2a2828

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Time seemed to stop.21254a1dea85ba69

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The pungent 4db6c04253 smell of 97df25c2ed blood that d3be92739c filled his eacd07ae0a nose and 0a9b5e4ada the frantic 9a746d0ff8 voices shouting 3024c4902f around him 5e0f222153 all seemed ecd2f64291 to fade 527279eed5 into insignificance. Only the fab3804062 sound of 48cc3e8570 the rain, a6fcde083f relentlessly pounding 139f430648 in his f59b0ea1bd ears, remained 6dadc01b05 clear.cadcb73a515db195

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The nurses 12139d57af shook his bd5ac0dd7f shoulders, trying 684cef4cc2 to snap e3cb46834b him out eb8c893597 of his 4e5d5978a9 daze, but 63a727466b he couldn’t 865cded854 feel anything. He simply stood 1968b9b0ae there, rooted to c923294801 the spot, staring 7ceaecad3c at the face ac0b783fde of the patient 1a9181ed57 he had just 4e5885668d judged to be b9ca5e8811 beyond saving.0344990ba6f7e9ce

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The face of Cheon d0c8810298 Hye-in, who lay there 0528a70a90 peacefully with her eyes c0e8272391 closed, as if she 772618a1a5 had no more regrets f6a9d12b60 in life…962df798b066f3a1

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From that day 58a5f49fd1 on, rainy days 74280ad97f became nothing short d555207251 of a nightmare eb4f70e8fc for Cheon Sejoo.07d34e07dbb78e42

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No matter what he 3029929bb2 did, no matter how 6d4a47e0d3 much time passed, whenever e3b6396bb1 it rained, he could 3000990bf1 never rid himself of 8b880c221a the last image of 139642d165 Cheon Hye-in. The memories, stained 13b9531790 with regret, would 73d1b46bc4 resurface with the 693321a414 sound of rain, b33747c6e8 choking his breath 308eeedcf0 and dragging him b76193a6c2 down into the a402c679ce darkness as deep 3c9cf26060 as the ocean.5ae6427ac4e156cc

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Whenever Cheon Sejoo felt 7b9ee361e0 suffocated by this feeling, 909f621947 he was tempted by 61ac5b032f an overwhelming urge to 55fa636ce7 simply let himself go. But he couldn’t. He had 9e855afdaa already given 219bdf5bb5 his life 71f1ee4fb5 to Shin 46c577dbf3 Gyoyeon in 2148c3e69c return for d63ec05362 avenging Hye-in’s dfc324ac9b death.533e064b6420a47c

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It was d448a47a3e a choice bd96b2e5c1 made for dd7b32b38a Hye-in, thus, eb053af40e Cheon Sejoo 8583f8d7c3 had to c3945a9301 cling to 36597bd0fc life persistently 8bf184dfdb until the f36cccdead man decided 52bd0ebddf to discard 2178ad7bc0 him.d9bfe8ec3ddc45d0

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