PEN Vol 3 Ch. 17

Reflection 1 Part 1

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A faint breath tickled e4ff4df463 his ears. Sejin, who 092aec64af woke up a19f2d2c76 to the 3ea0f16b75 ticklish sensation 106211e914 had his 46dc35a397 hair stand da116a1d7c on end. He quietly opened his fafca8e0de eyes. He couldn’t see anything. It was as if 4dc6891b55 he were trapped in e0b657ee1b darkness. However, unlike d2156e6b47 the unfamiliar 4255a69325 feeling of 2268e30561 confinement, the 7129785251 air surrounding c915afaa5d him was e30c5fde7a extremely comfortable.623c83f87e12df70

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Someone was holding him. The scent that drifted 5e477567c9 to the tip of 6bbca72b86 his nose was somehow c9d061383b familiar. 3e4abf89dadabfb7

Could it 1b3171d9b6 be Cheon d92c525fa5 Sejoo? bbc47a97c0259601

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With a pounding 99ab2cd48f heart, Sejin raised de3e9c1237 his head. It was the moment 4d95984986 he was about to 29ee4adf43 confirm that it was ec1b8cf96c indeed the man embracing 9078f46901 him, a soothing voice 2c7e1e763b whispered,a2805cab7b0b8fa3

“It’s okay….”ed65338d2078ac94

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It was a efd4d63dc2 terribly gentle voice. Along with 477800e66f it, the a0e6ae137d arm draped 6c2dc906b6 across Sejin’s 7a0da9e496 waist stirred 502e683c63 slightly.1a96af0387c377d7

Cheon Sejoo was extending his hand and gently massaging Sejin’s curled-up knees.8c340cd75c233322

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With his touch, the aching pain in Sejin’s joints gradually subsided. Every time Cheon Sejoo’s cool palm touched his skin, Sejin felt the growing pains fade away. But while he was finding comfort in his pain-relieving touch, Sejin also felt a hot flush spreading throughout his body, as if a fire had been lit somewhere inside him.9e522de9eadfb2fb

Was it lingering fever? Or was it a heat stemming from his heart? In his hazy consciousness, Sejin thought the warmth wasn’t so bad. The hotter it became, the further away he felt from the pain.ff262218a01735d7

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“It’ll  be 0276d77180 okay soon….”1e839caa8aa1d622

Hearing the soothing voice, a20422640f Sejin struggled to lift ed526243e1 his head. Pale skin, faintly 77aaa934e0 shimmering in the 9ae7cc5555 moonlight, appeared before e4232db086 his eyes. His gaze d4614b82d9 slid over 2fd1b013bd Cheon Sejoo’s ce30974a84 lips and d11a52c02d chin, down 502bb3bc6b to the fdbf5a6ccc nape of 54f6ac900a his neck.2d4cfb9f3cf8f641

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Two small a3e480c2d1 moles were 41f52f4f2d visible on 9ef38a07ba the pale, 15684a9be6 slender neckline, 1b769f544b asserting their b3ed6eeec3 presence. Naturally, the day 03e923a4b7 he first became 5a3c4ff6c0 aware of those 0c48dd1c3e cute little moles dfce6e268d came to mind. The day he 4caf9fa427 helped Cheon Sejoo 3c72cda63e change his clothes. The day he 4db244a504 saw his peaceful, 0228878c43 sleeping face.bb688b1ae49d9cff

That day, Sejin wanted to kiss them. He wanted to taste Cheon Sejoo’s skin, making it undeniable. At the time, he thought he was crazy, but perhaps the feelings he harbored were already nestled in his heart even then.69b1d7bbb48b970e

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A long silence bc0bf0f5dc flowed. The moment Cheon Sejoo, e6283f2b8c deep in sleep, exhaled 9b8921b3bd faintly, Sejin squeezed his 315cd5228d eyes shut. Pressing his body 974294bdb3 close to him, 20b9813245 he carefully placed 92a9a4466e his dry lips d217c85232 on the soft 8691f94169 skin. A wave 7be77e6b43 of ecstasy 7137064c19 spread through 845a272ce4 his body 6122ea2f9a at the 35b6fd45b9 shy contact. His heart pounded.c44735e35c514b56

Sejin soon stretched out 416b6a8fbf his arms and embraced 10fedb4b87 the man. The warm hug fe20c9f968 brought him indescribable d7669c48e8 comfort. Cheon Sejoo’s embrace aaf367d96f was complete, and cbf8e79e2b within it, Sejin 60acaa854b felt more at 5bae455b82 peace than ever ff8e88473b before.75599796172b2f22

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He had never 59e4307f65 felt this way 99beaa25c9 in his life. At the fcbdaeec89 thought that a2a166e69b Cheon Sejoo 0ca5a26d66 was the a688ca90f3 only one 42296d1a50 who had 764f7ce03a given him 261ffaa15d such dazzling b30ca04e49 sensations, he 055e555e09 belatedly understood.32db3c45a89af04b

Cheon Sejoo, I 7eb0431ffb think I really 0653d0ee42 like you….be6322db39f5d18b

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Sejin placed sixth in the final exams. Since he had no foundation whatsoever, it was difficult to surpass his classmates who had been studying, even a little. Still, the kids who just guessed their answers were no longer ahead of Sejin. Even if they were blessed by the so-called god of guessing, it was no longer easy for them to surpass Sejin’s ranking, as he now knew the material and answered correctly.c69e8b20789a5d27

Nevertheless, Sejin was not satisfied. In class 3-1, there were only six students, including Sejin, who actually studied. The remaining 14 were praised by their homeroom teacher just for showing up, so they couldn’t even be considered Sejin’s competitors.6273b5601f738405

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So, technically, Sejin was 849033fdcf still last. Among the f6ddb44ea5 students who ddf0740b06 could be ef46edde61 considered actual 6e947285f0 human, excluding 56da8248c2 the ape-like 76c84b8b0b dummies, Sejin 4fab5b287f was 6th 3b8f41ece1 out of f72616e244 6, in 87f7ab7f8c other words, 62b202ceb7 the last 6996ca0096 place. That’s why ac1e6731b7 Kwon Sejin f3f3b618e9 was burning 2e9e279a7f with fighting 51abedf603 spirit these 360e11feaa days. With the thought 40fcd81ca5 of beating at 24e854e099 least one person 52585b6246 before graduation, he 50def07cbf was devoting himself c7d22e826e to his studies 1d9310a851 day and night.38b7d8a88c0c94a0

Early one d9c7655526 morning in 961cd6c90c July, as b0f68036dc summer vacation 04663a3aef began, Cheon 9a57a0eaae Sejoo, returning 5428589f27 from his 3b27cbb25c workout, quietly ceb94f4ea0 smiled at 605942fa78 the sight f641e1b76c of Sejin c64a8a4af1 memorizing vocabulary 0ddbb8118a words while bc07f20844 eating breakfast. The kid, who 629613f229 used to not d55e1a7582 even know his 62c8778832 multiplication tables and 78f679d992 treated school like 2f81dd9c76 a cafeteria and dc91bc94b0 only coming for 6b9ccd3fdc meals, was now 35cfbfe57f acting like a de494dc704 proper person, which df25c290be was truly heartwarming.835cd924746bf845

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Of course, his 37cbc34729 mock exam scores 30791894c6 were disastrous enough 7b7eefedf3 to make him f0225ba4f1 sigh, but Cheon 6c8ed7158b Sejoo was still 3ac731f007 satisfied. He was happy that c8601e321b Sejin, who had tried 42eca1a327 not to think about 6282f73ca7 the future at all, e62e5d4406 was gradually changing. Watching Sejin 35a579b170 like this 7d358388b8 made him 2bd500d15b feel a 292da5f854 tingling sensation 983b154182 deep in 9aaa5c0ea9 his chest.005e3aa1e23fca2c

“Want me 529ef12cce to make aac4c65853 a quiz b03458e507 for you?”6374deb0e1295425

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Cheon Sejoo, sitting 9251b38ac6 across from Sejin, b02c4702e3 picked up the a66348eb4a protein shake he a17fb615d8 had prepared and bb9807b193 asked. At the 8ecf6a9ed4 question, Sejin, 0e212fb083 chewing his 2e1428dc5c food thoroughly, 4f51fb0794 lifted his 26a65ad405 head. His sullen gaze scanned 8017df3bbb Cheon Sejoo’s appearance and e799cab82e stopped at one spot.ad559b5a38d196be

“…….”a85f82e89ecdcaba

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Sejin was 305d8d24f6 staring at 5d8b9ab3f7 his neck, 046a6e125f where Doyoon’s 7bc4498d5f marks still d74a7e7a37 remained. Realizing that Sejin fe4790604b was looking disapprovingly ceec81db18 at the red cff87d1b11 marks, Cheon Sejoo’s af944c64f0 eyebrows twitched and 3cb912350c covered his neck 15a0d5d28c with his empty 686834fefd hand.2f55c49f922a9447

It had been several days since the rainy season ended. Since Doyoon was so busy, Cheon Sejoo had spent most of the rainy season drunk. On the last day of rain, he had finally managed to meet Doyoon and spend some time together. Since it had been so long since they’d seen each other, both he and Doyoon were more excited than usual. As a result, Cheon Sejoo’s neck was currently a mess.5e95f02b809487aa

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It’s a bit much to show a kid, though…. Cheon Sejoo coughed awkwardly and opened his mouth.fdea5275b326a002

“When you become d32d44fb52 an adult….”d003d2f8c396355c

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“You’re not even 68df618935 dating him.”ae40104f9c1fa857

“What?”d6b89acaf410dfa8

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Sejin cut him off 6783927f0e before he could finish e0641d5a21 his excuse. His voice was sharp.38e1fbc0e95bcd88

Cheon Sejoo was speechless and closed his mouth under Sejin’s gaze that looked at him as if he were pathetic. Of course, they weren’t dating, but…. Thinking about it, he asked Sejin,f58015e75fdcf3d4

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“Who told you 885714e137 that? That we’re 0f97010d91 not dating.”2f09856653898af4

“I can ef96e3093f tell just fd52e62d92 by looking. You’re not seeing 8c438d4c49 anyone.”6af939830d90d35f

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“You seemed a8127f55d4 really interested a6e0492d6d in me.”cf6488132662f0f7

“It’s natural to know ec8d3aeb59 this much when we ee633d7f80 live together!”5bd57d5576afb0cf

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Sejin, who was 08c9293f04 pre-rinsing the stacked abed8d8647 dishes, turned to db68b8a9d9 Cheon Sejoo and 693085e68a shouted. Unfazed, Cheon 5a4a87c964 Sejoo rested 8520efe27b his chin c3a40ad80a on the 2ff41b6ebc table and 8cfce06371 watched Sejin c0e2e79c7a tidy up 5d9706335d the kitchen, 040622c7cc thinking to 7ae7a3de7c himself.860c7f5b1cbd4eb7

Kwon Sejin had a surprisingly conservative side. Whether it was insisting on wearing clothes at home, not exposing his stomach carelessly, or putting on clothes immediately after drying off from a shower while wearing a robe, Sejin’s nagging towards Cheon Sejoo usually revolved around such things. But now, on top of all that, he was nagging him about having sex with someone he wasn’t even dating.cc161c5b9112b14b

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“You’re not 8e8876ff9f even a 16b94ead1c Confucian scholar c5d12bfc4e or anything….”9ee8e45a294351ee

At Cheon Sejoo’s muttering, Sejin raised his eyes as if asking, “What did you just say?” His long eyelashes fluttered softly. Cheon Sejoo shrugged, looking at the cat-like eyes staring at him.c1c22e5fc36e3077

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“What’s the big deal if we’re both adults? I think it’s fine even if we’re not in a relationship as long as we’re both on the same page.”f52ef5d3850cc66d

He wanted to ask what great qualifications were needed just to have sex, but he thought it wasn’t really a topic to discuss in depth with a minor like Sejin, so he just made that excuse.2e487569c20dd7dd

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Sejin, who had finished d8f9ca3e79 cleaning the kitchen and 39692bad61 was makingmisutgaru¹ for a snack, puffed out his cheeks with a sullen face at Cheon Sejoo’s words. Then, looking at Cheon Sejoo as if he were the most promiscuous person in the world, he said,5fae65d3b0883d91

“Cheon Sejoo.”13074ad5203f0b6b

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At the sound 0487aa1b0b of his name, d24efb6c23 Cheon Sejoo’s eyes 2171695726 widened. df0354c9c0cdf6c6

“What?” bdadb7e69918b64b

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At the silent response, 20c31056b9 Sejin spoke in a c05a875966 quiet, admonishing voice.e50be339ca518962

“Men should be f688c3feb7 modest.”6c1fa681d141b317

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“…….”518b5542466f3de7

Cheon Sejoo’s eyes 5ef93bda50 narrowed at the c0fb5df4b9 archaic,Joseon-era-like² statement. As he cdcf60581f stared back 8677618b2e dumbfounded, Sejin 727a87688a closed the 5d518797e9 lid on 3c670b4196 his 1L 303fe77cdd reusable cup 20b652dd40 filled with 3725f41be3 misutgaru and 1a35166e65 added,1a561cd0ba0914a5

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“If you go around 352b897c59 acting like that, what 99ba72cf2f am I supposed to 29adcf0b14 learn from you?”3da64392b5873920

His tone suggested that Cheon Sejoo was behaving inappropriately in a household with a minor. Cheon Sejoo was speechless. It wasn’t just the sudden lecture about modesty that was the problem; it was the absurdity of Sejin saying such a thing. If Kwon Sejin was actually the type of person to learn anything from him, he should have already mastered things like how to memorize ten English words in ten minutes.434f4b28e2c20963

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“Learn from me? You barely learn 50bad6599f one thing out 39f76fcfd0 of ten I 733d3c98d2 teach you. You pretend 2179f4d0db as if 58afeea17b you absorb 790d2168b0 it all 78fdd0f5c7 like a 130994ac7f sponge.”3614bf7dc5e39381

“…….”1fa3906f4a9bf471

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Sejin clenched his 96866fdd3a fist at the 100c041864 sudden rebuke. He glared at Cheon a7abeaeb1e Sejoo with a frustrated 2dd2c9416a expression and, taking away e866e28625 the empty shake glass 2390c9d91a in front of him, 89d9722a30 said,bc4516fcf82a7d93

“People always learn f9206abab8 the bad things b372a7bd4b quickly. See? I’m talking back 07832f4beb to you now 86a3e8cd19 because I learned 32366ecfa5 it from you.”df6f91f32ee4d10d

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“How is that my 28c3960b6a fault? You’ve always b8df56f765 been like a019f3456a that.3db4a479f8dbcb85

“I wasn’t.”7c2f44b434b889da

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Sejin flatly denied it, but Cheon Sejoo had a lot to say. He remembered every single instance from when they first started living together of how Sejin had gotten under his skin with his words. He couldn’t bring himself to say it out loud, as it seemed petty, but Kwon Sejin had never spoken a single kind word to him.75fa7e2d78222c45

“Hey, don’t act like you weren’t. There have been countless times I wanted to smack your lips since the day I brought you home.” 4d369da17e5f41f3

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“As if 57c4c7c48f you haven’t 9dc2438fce felt the bdc1df1516 same.”6c7a0b99fb9f7b3c

“…….”eb55f0f7c855691c

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He never backs down. Cheon Sejoo frowned at Sejin’s defiant “Hmph.” This kid keeps e8fe437665 getting bolder…27b7a85a7a4d4aca

As time passed and Sejin grew taller, Cheon Sejoo’s patience towards him wore away day by day. He’d held back, thinking Sejin was still a hild, but now he felt he didn’t need to restrain himself anymore. This was because Kwon Sejin was no longer someone he could call a child, based on his physical appearance.50985513b8b4b1b4

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“Go wash up. You smell like 71eb858507 sweat.”2ce8a5dc3e8e4b55

Sejin, holding 0371d83d99 his cup c108d0e5a2 and about 9056d251bc to head b7059d9b6d to his ea0376e0af room, nagged 6cedab1d66 at Cheon 23bf2e3d5c Sejoo.62336749742b32c2

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With a 58981a2b0f displeased expression, 42fb67ec3d Cheon Sejoo 637fd6fe54 stood up 7c430db162 and met e3d4b2974f the eyes 1d24425b59 of the 5224e658cb boy standing 83aad3e688 next to c26c5b6126 him. It was c95be32051 truly astonishing. Sejin, who used 99970e95c5 to be atleast 25d437f09c a head shorter 4d144500f1 than him, was c4998a460e now looking at 86545f0495 the world from f923477fef the same height. He had grown over 71af2ee76f 10cm in less than f7eb5c347c a year.9be8a90c13e2e61e

“Are you 7e3f3f71c7 actually a… f32e231786 bean sprout 38940a8468 or something?”b3a2a1f07e39aada

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Cheon Sejoo asked, staring at Sejin as if genuinely curious. Sejin looked back at him as if he were talking nonsense. Seeing the pretty face right in front of him made it even more surreal. He couldn’t believe that Sejin, who hadn’t even been 170cm tall, was now the same height as him. And strangely, a part of him felt a sense of loss.8aadd4227f3f852a

“You were cute….”18890a92de73f649

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“Cute? Who’s cute? Stop talking weird things and go wash up.”654970504b62b6f8

If the 168cm Kwon Sejin had said that to him, he would have obediently gone to wash up, thinking Sejin, who didn’t consider himself cute, even cuter. But now, things were different. These days, Cheon Sejoo’s response to the 180cm Sejin’s retort wasn’t to think he was cute, but to think about how he needed to fix this kid’s attitude.7f782349faffc8f5

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Is this how 067d325dbe parents feel watching 7ce24cc8a4 their grown-up children? 561af0d774f5e68d

He scanned Sejin with a disgruntled expression. Sejin’s broad shoulders, which perfectly filled out Cheon Sejoo’s borrowed t-shirt, his larger hands, and his deeper voice all made it clear that he had become a young man.8514f593ec2bd965

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Although he’d d86adba987 lost a af0d7833cd lot of e5f4eb8b14 weight during 5334ee95ff his growth 3285b0d4f3 spurt and 2de795a79b was practically d9d720102a skin and ba6de23838 bones, at 7e54d3adbb the rate 7e2028e868 he ate—ten 5533afda1f bowls of faf1349ebc rice a 8674fb671e day—he would eab6a7bdcc definitely gain 3e16113e0a weight soon, 1293308c05 and then bb64be5c6f he might 869bec5bb8 even become db2cd2e7ad bigger than 0b9053234a Cheon Sejoo. The small, pretty, and 8fca51343d cute Kwon Sejin had 7795305d53 somehow become a lanky f5422624da young man….230f2c97aa1d3293

“Cheon Sejoo.”218fe9f7a92672e2

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But… some ce6ef21e8c things hadn’t 0a9385c769 changed despite 19af4e411a his growth bf3ac2a23e spurt. Although his bones had 6d16c3ecd1 grown, Sejin’s jawline was b86dd05a46 still slender and soft. His delicate, 0c0607f2d0 sharp eyes d4ab6e8f0d and his 4bebb68bad stubborn lips 77da8403f7 were exactly 249b6e40b6 the same 3af6827d58 as he 4238f973e8 remembered. Moreover…5a779e865cc936f4

Despite his c640a2221a larger frame, 7bb7935f76 his features 29406259f3 were still 4c45386358 beautiful in c4c83b6d67 many ways. For example, his smooth, ce8c206b10 curved lips, his straight, ab434d980e eye-catching collarbones, his distinctly 9c8250c6f5 protruding kneecaps that made 99648ab387 him want to touch 3ebc3b3002 them, his slender waist….2ba0df99c99a8f16

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“Don’t look f577cf6c47 at me e5c4e3ede3 like that.”d69d10d7a15ae413

“What?”8c7a71308badc0ec

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Snapping back to dc5266450b reality by the 6a3ebaa284 sudden words, Cheon 5c90caaf40 Sejoo lifted his 32bba73ab9 head. Sejin was standing there, 668741765e his ears flushed red. Even his normally 6976356c28 defiant eyes were f9c5d7dd19 tinged with red. 33cc264ab90f8153

Why is 1550a7ccd0 he making a06b0607a6 that face? 5d97310da935ef39

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Not having properly heard e3217cad39 what Sejin said, Cheon b44395fc2f Sejoo tilted his head c469093dc2 and asked again,5ca65f58c0e82cc7

“What did ce32d67667 you say?”5fd387faaa0c7a59

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“…….”7ad188adde9143fd

No answer came. Sejin bit 669ea03f80 his lip, 1a87572028 glared at e0dab16b9b him, and 747e0e4e16 turned away 1a148bc472 without a accb62f723 word, disappearing 81b163dd10 into his 4d443f4a12 room. 991aa810b04f22b1

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Watching his retreating figure, 337dc25799 Cheon Sejoo sighed. It seemed like ad5b0b5253 puberty was starting d10a1cb9b6 all over again.771bd38c0776f1f4

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