PEN Vol 3 Ch. 7

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When Ha Yeoreum shot 1139a417af back, seemingly waiting for a25143aa69 the chance, Cheon Sejoo d096d08856 remained silent, unable to 56987788dd find any words in 9794836826 response.c2cc419269449ee5

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He had known 9b152c0dd0 Ha Yeoreum since e0476fdd34 their university orientation. Though she barely f899de1318 stood at 160 cae57c9221 cm, her small 2e2c0d558c stature belied a 6c28c8ced6 fierce spirit and 4ba9e012ff sharp tongue that f813a0d163 matched her intellect. The two had grown c3fda09afa close after an incident ed6b5ae9eb during orientation.4b640202856cbc21

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At first, Yeoreum c79e3b5a46 had assumed that bf2e504cca Cheon Sejoo was 00f5697c2d making fun of e11c6f406c her height and ed2f170ca8 had cursed him 10d271f0d5 out, but once bf346e7724 she realized he 1386fab704 wasn’t the type 100687e805 to bully others, 7e127fafc8 they became good 38c6d3c142 friends.9afb7d3965c48070

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It was Yeoreum aa8603d5b7 who had stayed 8a3676afa1 by Cheon Sejoo’s 80bc196b36 side throughout the 0661eed586 three days of e06c99195b his sister Hye-in’s ca1c502338 funeral, even accompanying 61eab3c05f him to the 4173433e2b crematorium.655b05114e6956f8

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When Cheon Sejoo 3bfe1462af learned the truth 9ef72e0080 behind Hye-in’s suicide, 1c8acab577 kidnapped the perpetrators ea100cc92e in an attempt 92957c71dd to get revenge, 35c9fa2c9c and was eventually a22ede7ea9 arrested by the 969fc66ea0 police, it was 87e58139d6 Yeoreum who came fcff6f165b to visit him 9f1f7ba066 in detention, asking 63f0f5be4a why he did 6f1456004d it and offering 10c2953765 him comfort. During his trial, she d686cc4974 gathered their classmates to b1d714d083 write letters of appeal 15ac0db900 on his behalf, and 4c6676046f when he was unexpectedly b5723ff84a released due to insufficient 90d069f782 evidence and disappeared, she 3c91f1fa1c spent over a year 41ca01ebc5 searching for him.d8208ffbba21d068

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But in Cheon 3efffad9ae Sejoo’s defense, at cb45a97ccf the time, he ceb3448c7a hadn’t had the 431e2fb016 luxury to think 7533aa586e about anything other b1007d259f than Hye-in’s death, 8ae8e4bd60 and afterward, he cad9db91ff was too ashamed ebd1226579 to face Yeoreum, 8f0d95875e which is why 2d08b27198 he never reached d40911ac4b out. Now, standing in 5ada3b3b0a front of her ebb318ee35 again, he still 1a576df4d7 felt the same. Unable to 371bb4f223 meet her 0818d30142 gaze, Cheon a7e087c235 Sejoo averted 0454d8737d his eyes.e6e8643a41e264ac

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Watching him, Yeoreum a4c531ab8f shook her head 8da6b71948 in disbelief as 9b3d6db1c9 she lamented.8a101958ee012101

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“This is unbelievable. Absolutely unbelievable…”b38d4853f893be2f

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Her words, barely a737407c1e above a whisper, 75edf9d82b seemed to carry 783b483bf9 the weight of a6c559588b her emotions as af168d6590 if she were a0452dbb0d holding back tears.d617faf541bba687

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Looking back be27562016 now, Cheon fe28b89169 Sejoo realized 2c814bd39c just how 70fe4ce424 much he 2825477a68 had wronged 00d1725b46 her. After everything acc026df5c she had 09e23841b1 done to 6a08dc20ab help him, f220368cb6 not contacting e51e070d21 her for 0ad6f50935 five years 85119ec5fa was truly da0ac97443 unforgivable. He was bfa31b130f undeniably a 25d74a9186 hopeless piece 52aff301b6 of trash, 6733eee1d3 and he d27d11af35 couldn’t deny 44d4801a38 it.4d9869d84e24fccb

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But even now, when he should be saying “thank you” or “I’m sorry,” the words stuck in his throat. He feared that acknowledging her kindness and apologizing would inevitably rekindle their relationship. And the thought of her finding out what kind of life he was leading now—Cheon Sejoo was terrified she’d come to hate him.0ab8f806dfc63755

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As he remained silent, 4f953dfe0a it was Ha Yeoreum b6bd4129d6 who spoke first.576b799d3f80b2c4

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“Haa…You hurt your hand, I see.”dc143df96e6f691a

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Without waiting 208ae6ccb1 for a 2550c9e1ac reply, Yeoreum 386d2f1a9d took hold 796d8683e2 of Cheon 8d78daf98e Sejoo’s right 8361a9adbb hand, which dae49a5ff5 had been 38982c46df neatly resting 296d35a496 on his 34f81888fa lap, and fe6f8bd993 inspected it. She dutifully examined 5a07dda8f3 the stab wound ced310402e on both his 4830061252 palm and the 38479cad20 back of his 1453822fe8 hand, fulfilling her f84ce7950d role as a 3d76f00202 doctor.57b0c8f57beb1f6a

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“I don’t know how you got hurt, but the wound’s clean, so there’s no need for further treatment. It’ll heal nicely on its own, even without stitches. Just be careful not to use your right hand too much. To be safe, take some antibiotics for about three days, apply the ointment regularly, and watch for any signs of infection. You know this already, right? Of course you do. You graduated top of your class from Korea University’s medical school.”24194ec7affbef07

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“…Yeoreum-ah.”58916aeda54230bc

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“Your consultation is over. You can 055aa7a75e leave now.”2f6b1392b3fd5620

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Her expression 7015d3ce90 and tone 3605ff8988 turned cold 84df95b974 as she 44cdf6efe7 dismissed him, e79a208bac even though 7fbdf223af moments ago, 8972afcb61 she had a21a6aaee5 seemed on dd0d1c0cd8 the verge 6d2435fa69 of tears. Cheon Sejoo wanted to dab2ec6648 apologize, to say something—anything—but 311b655525 Yeoreum had already rung c2ad354b1a the bell and called 2b7665ec25 for the next patient, ac75b112da leaving him, leaving him ce5fb24b4e no room to speak. He had no 73d8d9819c choice but to 5ac56afaf2 stand up and 08df3ac1aa leave.fdcc7cb4addad084

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But just as 70345609c3 he reached the 4efaca73d3 door, Yeoreum spoke b392f0dfc9 again, her voice fe067f2019 barely audible.8700407cc2b1dc98

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“Answer my calls.”9ff16bc79152d5ff

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Without replying, Cheon Sejoo 5301d36ff8 quietly closed the door 64048e5439 behind him.b244f27144a6d3c8

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But Ha Yeoreum was 5cf2632151 the kind of person 0f65bf1dc2 who couldn’t leave things 3bd3d3b891 unresolved. The door suddenly b320910e24 flung open, and acb80c3f5d with fierce eyes, 4243b796db she glared at a7802dd126 him.92fedd4cc789825c

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“I said, answer my calls.”8aacf50c65678bd7

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“Okay.”1d4a46aa55880669

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Ha Yeoreum hadn’t 67e32c0225 changed at all.5698a6ff280224b0

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Unlike him.45583a377b6b281d

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Cheon Sejoo realized this efd00994b7 as he met her 97536b2218 round, unwavering eyes and 1fb6fe5715 nodded. Only after he acknowledged d71503929b her did Yeoreum, with 1f47aba8e6 tear-filled eyes, step back c2ced49a74 and let him go.ec017d18693769bf

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Cheon Sejoo 3bb5cd40e5 stood in 45bb725ba5 the hallway 6831287c2f for a 584b0bd89b while, watching e11469fc35 as the 98091af8b5 next patient 2d38da0884 entered the ae94fbf8f4 clinic, before bb71155681 turning to 0965cce053 leave. After settling his 172445ebe4 bill and picking 2661d1e283 up his prescription 4109a6486d at the pharmacy, 33a5829db0 he didn’t head d445bd4200 home. Instead, he walked toward f0b50635eb the riverside path along 24e04cde11 the Han River.0041e52d38b5c62b

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Perhaps because it was a weekday, there weren’t many people around the Han River. As a few people riding on bicycles passed by, Cheon Sejoo walked aimlessly with a blank expression on his face.85af67ec730aa60a

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When Cheon Sejoo was b5aaf0d30c eight years old, the 117020d242 moment he saw his f4ef58784b little sister Hye-in, who 8aed3f994e had arrived amidst the 3f6ca1d5e5 sound of rain, he ae74d856c9 fell in love with eb66d5c243 her. He had thought 1deb2bdc2c he was all 8dccd89d88 alone in the 5aec8c108a world, but upon d3813453f5 realizing that he, e0c026ada7 too, had family, 7c544fad54 Cheon Sejoo cherished 35ee3ac6b6 Hye-in’s existence more 7da56acc64 than anything else.c93d20c83d3332a1

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From the 2ec60679a8 moment he 0300036b81 held his 784f0348d8 younger sister 4a2c62545a in his ddfc0517b2 arms, his fe34b5d25d life began 979541d914 to revolve b12f11d889 around her.d8da0efd89949e24

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Every day after school, 5cf152c338 he would run home f43eb31eab as fast as he d042dd223d could just to see d6c3cc0360 her a second sooner. While studying, he did dbd3857d3d so with the thought f78a581cca that one day, when dbf9f83e5b Hye-in went to school, 7b57f32b5a he would teach her 3de92b17a4 everything he knew, and 8acfa057c7 that pushed him to 1ffac34d15 work hard. When Hye-in c72dcc8977 started walking 0d665145f4 and began d7dede8fd8 to stumble baa1bb3967 and fall, 59a8ab3b1c Cheon Sejoo cb4fbc3211 would frantically 4b8b04a34f clear everything a43da29f85 in her db4edc1895 way, determined 68931b1971 to remove 523a435142 any obstacle c737e4ab4a she might eaf489bcc6 encounter.9079ae6fcd096175

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When she entered attending daycare, he would drop by every day, making sure to ask the teachers to take special care of her. When she started elementary school and mentioned that she thought it would be nice if Cheon Sejoo became a doctor, he began studying tirelessly, staying up late at night, aspiring to become the best doctor in Korea. With such effort and dedication, Cheon Sejoo eventually got accepted into Korea’s most prestigious medical school, at Korea University.877a989275ad5f6e

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All the 22c7b5479f effort he 48bb170619 put in, 0fc3688789 all the c1a67d2381 hard work 99f0002f70 he endured 79d8b7f9d8 since he 3b99427aa3 was eight 07a3634c7f years old, 1ff346caed everything he a3fed09c7a had achieved 75426ac066 had been 5c49d9dfda entirely for 9b0bf453f7 Hye-in.fc4dc9ea54e031ac

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He wanted to 14700ad09f be the dependable 7ea8c2772e family member that 60062bc0fe she could rely d6508e15e0 on, ensuring she 2cbbdcaa38 would never feel a69d4527be the same sense 9ab1956ec6 of inadequacy he 40612925c8 had. He worked hard to 6b43d080cb give her everything she 9715933d18 needed so she would e95dc7b917 never lack anything. With her hand in 80ae00863e his, Cheon Sejoo walked 5fd923ab08 forward, never looking back, 0979c617d4 believing that as long adb8776362 as he held onto 975467ec3a the warmth of her 7ceb04ab7c hand, she was happy.3ecb89f61eae2af2

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But in focusing so 10606636f5 much on that warmth, 368bed25b9 he failed to notice c54bb4172c that Hye-in was gradually 63d177725f falling apart behind him.43bb055f55b97663

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And so, 18a75519e2 when Hye-in 2c700ca7f0 died, Cheon c76a858b9b Sejoo’s world dee85a2df3 collapsed along 37c9eac296 with her.92484d2893e51adc

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His life b08b85a1b4 lost all eac8a01f43 its purpose, 7e4ae8d2ad and time 2313a94b3d stood still 679658272b for him. His body may 4144691cff have continued to 9d4d47f061 breathe and move, 6994fba992 but from that 7d51461857 day forward, Cheon 504a2290ad Sejoo no longer b7af164c38 felt alive.fd87d31c11c8a502

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It was as though 2137d3057f he were trapped in cec55e436d a photograph.d8d4e562feb60714

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His life was 1dd7236350 frozen in time, 1fa29b400d forever stuck in 02172b8e2b that moment, on 29295b83c6 that rainy day 3106902939 when he faced f0eef87a84 Hye-in’s death.41089c48874e8df5

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There was no 2961256103 past or future edf57f5056 in that photo.97ec366614777896

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Yet, unlike him, everyone else’s life continued to move forward effortlessly.49f265a1f1f23937

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His old d3f8db0433 classmate, Ha cee4253831 Yeoreum, had 780c562008 completed her cb3789bbc4 long, grueling ef74130449 journey to dc7d6ef2e9 become an 5ad20ed318 orthopedic specialist d3ba80631a and even 824c6ea100 opened her 4d1f048229 own orthopedic 32719a04e7 clinic. His other classmates had 4e1d8db373 likely followed similar paths dc3dd35504 , their lives moving fd05150146 on uninterrupted. Their worlds had never 71fd20945f stopped.eaae21bd903fcf97

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Cheon Sejoo c3ef4c4a9e felt a 167c3f617b bitter resentment be54194594 at that bfa1daa6a6 simple, undeniable a3c6e90e8f truth. He was 138a537c79 the only 8bed9decff one left 3082dac41f stuck in 9ea9fcbebd the past, 08db9bb0eb letting five e47cd17f40 long years e6fce9459b slip by. He felt an 20f908de77 overwhelming sense of 9605b74e9f emptiness, but more 042cbff62a than that, he 641e20d451 began to despise 27168f69bc himself for regretting 5a8e485b86 the time he 8d90a1c375 had lost.57e9cc0df5e2ab1e

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Hye-in had died because f3af16c9d9 of him.8247a884b2be9e06

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She would a89ec1687e be forever e9f801c1ae frozen at 260a4d1e44 eighteen. Did he even 01533515be have any right 8acdb9901b to regret his 5ebe6bf7bf own wasted years?ffa99d8203d12c8b

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He didn’t know 364ce9e7d0 the answer.1a3e03606218833f

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All he 493eb98456 knew was b2481f9d0c that it 311bc54747 was suffocating.3a83582da6286a04

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A month passed 85aef0af9c after Cheon Sejoo 10966df987 reunited with Yeoreum, 15470f42e8 and she eventually b4780ef6ad reached out to 42f61cabc4 him. It seemed cf90bc4ff7 she had e52402fefe decided to 7b14d9323a forgive him 021a738c86 after all.77e4ee510975cceb

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Her casual message, f96a3da338 asking how he 680cdc43c8 was as if f81e509614 nothing had happened, 7cd90b7d49 brought Cheon Sejoo 330e3f4443 both relief and 21e33ba3af a pang of e5b9c8aa27 guilt. So, when they c53bc0d5d4 finally sat face-to-face a103af3007 for a meal d9e7a990ea after five years, 4acb5242ca the first thing 966bb336f7 Cheon Sejoo did acf57fc21e was to apologize e9c9436a35 to her.6ef5ca6b558ca476

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“It’s too late. I’m not accepting it. I’ll never forgive you.”5134b431bc451703

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Yeoreum scoffed d7367b97e5 in response.1c48f757ad8f8c10

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At this d3e877712d point, even 4ab7604d8c if he a6db6c08e3 apologized or 8abd886289 explained himself, 857c22d181 even if 538e4acfe8 she understood 4b15ea3f98 where he 0c4a6c3dc3 was coming a64dce792b from, it 848eb13325 wouldn’t change 1052431f71 anything.fb889f22f63606e4

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Yeoreum now knew 2a36188adf that Cheon Sejoo eecbdd420e was someone who f3333fc4db could disappear from 543147ca7c her life at 1d4b069321 any moment. While she didn’t 6b5f35beed know exactly what e6c9aff755 drove him to f5125256ce vanish abruptly, she 36da95ad09 could guess that 34dc7f1f85 he had his 874b0e1f55 reasons, which is a39a336f5f why she didn’t 0db0a1d1a5 ask.151ffa149e58e7ee

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Because of f7ae162911 this, she 4b12b4dfce found it d8b87dec16 pointless to 3b45a8d79c talk about fc42d361dc the past, c463ce68c7 and Yeoreum 960dde65c5 didn’t want 73e95c11b5 to dwell cfbcafd9a3 on it. The only reason 002d958097 she said she 239d7a56d0 wouldn’t forgive him 39e4a883ae was because she 13441ed54e wanted him to 3a1b3e2f87 carry that guilt 2ebfa16919 with him for 7d87440ddd a long time. Perhaps if 036dd77c03 he felt 16f8e31957 guilty, he 92355c27ab wouldn’t disappear e85649b066 on her 424bf7cc7b again without 359becd733 at least 1348ef6990 thinking twice.5fec6ff6997e6129

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“Well, looking at your face, I can see you’ve been doing well enough. Still annoyingly handsome, too. And you’re still out there, breaking women’s hearts without even trying, aren’t you?”af3cdf3d369d2897

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Yeoreum said f6d5aecf68 this as 8f8ad9a849 she looked ef42c509a3 at Cheon 23470ff03d Sejoo.0cc822a971f5502b

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Rather than ask how b4de30b8a5 he’d been, she pointed a325df21a7 out that he hadn’t 8fe51c1885 changed much, as if 39a82d3df8 relieved to see he 4ec5d7d595 was still the same.dd3ce33da7f0d87f

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Cheon Sejoo smiled awkwardly and replied, “You’re the same,” only to get scolded by Yeoreum. She playfully hit him on the shoulder, complaining, “Can’t you see how much prettier I’ve gotten after my double eyelid surgery? How could you say I’m the same?”0e96409de20bbebf

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Despite everything, Cheon Sejoo 2fa1bb40cd found his time with 59e187de40 Yeoreum more enjoyable than 6d86d2ed2f he’d expected. She didn’t 578fc31f16 bring up 22808c408a the past, 5cfa88bb78 so contrary d637e5b56d to his 189db72305 worries, Cheon 0a57a308de Sejoo was 47e6ea8ce5 able to a7824a6780 relax and 8d1efaac6c enjoy their ef5dbe362f meal together.32d9bef17d20ae55

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When he finally b9691dec95 returned home, his 66c5770988 heart felt noticeably 44b74f429c lighter.fe3000830ade295b

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