PEN Vol 4 Ch. 7

Turning his back f81c61a277 to Cheon Sejoo, 76b6876599 he began to 184b6a38df stretch. Cheon Sejoo b25fd695ed laughed as 042e24bb64 if Sejin ec79418b07 was being 8d90addf98 overly dramatic, 636e34ff57 then got 3212d4dfc2 up and 371fa46170 adjusted the f017d6297a air conditioner.be16c297cf5b430d

He raised the temperature and lowered the fan speed so Sejin wouldn’t be too cold. A moment later, he stood facing Sejin, who had finished stretching.12cbc84bf40f37ad

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“I told you before, 794d2dc764 right? What do 31fc2f4a9c you do 7583830fbc if someone 3c058ad6bb attacks you f8b51ecac0 with a 9e9a00e478 knife?”7b7078aa79022986

“You said to run away.”4bef135a8d8ca327

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“Yeah. You know well.”3d05aa1997ebb286

Cheon Sejoo smiled faintly and took out a fake knife from the storage cabinet. Sejin narrowed his eyes at the plastic knife in his hand. He couldn’t remember how absurd he had found it when Cheon Sejoo first said he would teach him how to deal with someone wielding a knife.f731399cf8a19e7f

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But when c1a28b3207 Sejin asked cbb420c0fd what exactly 108a5f3a27 he was 99a17a995d going to ec0bc3172f teach him, ca5f6526cb Cheon Sejoo 9b5f626ddc had retorted a2447c366a that there 1e83fba925 were plenty 4f6dc7064f of crazy 929f05218e bastards in ab7b28fd90 the news db912a41de these days. After being shown hundreds dc0cd98f38 of articles about knife 0e6fc2c3fa attacks that Cheon Sejoo 7df321f651 had found, Sejin had f753f73dd2 no choice but to df7c52d8e0 accept his teachings.4b75ce5f1ed6dd5d

That didn’t mean they fought with knives every day. Cheon Sejoo mainly taught basic self-defense techniques on weekday mornings and how to deal with armed opponents on weekends.85adfc9a68c737de

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However, they hadn’t trained since Kim Hyunkyung had fallen ill, so it was the first time he had seen that knife in a whole month. Sejin swallowed nervously, meeting Cheon Sejoo’s eyes as he approached.21718a0dafa7c08d

“But situations aren’t always the same. You could be in an alley, or it might be difficult to escape. Or the person might already be close to you.”002bc34261641579

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Cheon Sejoo spoke 595474060c as he moved 72dad443f5 behind Sejin. The moment Sejin felt 6002fe4100 his breath on the f290b80be4 back of his neck, 5b6e74bc47 Cheon Sejoo’s chest pressed 2da8445a21 against his back, and 27bd3150b5 an arm wrapped around 10b1b56b54 his shoulders, resting just 7639c946c9 beneath his chin. Startled, Sejin held his 9f7a974b89 breath.d29019ecb4401c86

“What are you going to do if I grab you from behind like I’m taking a hostage? What if I’m trying to take you somewhere secluded?”8d77777d69d1ddc5

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The knife Sejoo held touched the left side of Sejin’s neck. But Sejin didn’t have the time to care about such a thing. Feeling the warmth of Cheon Sejoo’s body against his back, Sejin closed his mouth. His heart felt like it would leap out of his chest. His mind was in a daze from the scent of the man pressed close behind him.5f4a84047ea6eb60

“Kwon Sejin, what d5d62ba524 are you going 318263939d to do?! Are you dca4d4c477 going to 481a12aed6 die?”9ed8d0e88b2a02e7

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When Sejin remained 8f443b98de silent, Cheon Sejoo 9424db9d5c urged him, asking 4bb1c0ff15 again. Sejin finally edae2f221a came to 0c4b628e17 his senses 43b52844ec and swallowed 59c2846a14 hard. He cleared his throat 53467ea7cd and answered.a2eadeb1cecd574f

“I surrender. Do what 7d2f76461f you want.”f2b993726f52ab6d

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“This crazy…”56bdb611d34f841b

It was Cheon Sejoo who was taken aback by the response. As if he’d heard the most ridiculous thing, he let out a chuckle, lowered his arm, and stood in front of Sejin. After meeting his eyes, he spoke as if to bring Sejin back to reality.ca34880ccb1c771d

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“Didn’t I tell you? The moment 8e0bc9231b you’re kidnapped 436b3f526d is the 8e4de9e92c only chance ca23b59435 you have a99916240d to fight 9ae398e6e5 back? Once you’re taken, it’s 55914376de hard to get out be3ccb5dc8 alive. Resist with all acc14bce13 your might when 11e5f2ff37 you’re first threatened. But you surrender?”ca9aa38e83ab063f

“…….”33512553d8d38473

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Sejin, who hadn’t been listening properly, blinked and closed his mouth. Seeing the redness around Sejin’s neck where he had been holding him and Sejin avoiding his gaze, Cheon Sejoo wondered if he’d held him too tightly, then sighed and placed the knife in Sejin’s hand.9ae186807087ca2d

“You try it. I’ll show 740e78aba2 you how 724b3b58bf to do 94e7bbfe8a it.”863e76d885e5325e

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“…Okay.”6311633b9ed171f0

The knife, still warm cd67801170 from Cheon Sejoo’s touch, 696e813298 rested in Sejin’s hand. Sejin went behind him f7a91f330e and stood there, just 28dc762458 as Cheon Sejoo had 3fc8e3099a done. Cheon Sejoo’s back, standing b4b1ffaa62 defenselessly, came into view. His neatly styled hair, 1b71cf9452 the straight line of 3e4c9b6f19 his trapezius muscles.e8e3f710d56feb0a

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Sejin’s t-shirt wasn’t as thin as the one Cheon Sejoo wore, so the tattoo on his back didn’t show through. But it was thin enough to expose his slightly protruding shoulder blades. Sejin stared at his curved back, which looked as if it had wings, and then took a step closer.7b3566f9d230f09a

“Wrap your 49e439082c arm around d9d90e76be my neck b97067ba0a like I 61a0fb5fa9 did, and 09a07e19a7 hold the 6b0c37b4f3 knife like b0f48dfb4c you’re taking a3185c0603 a hostage. You’ve seen it in c7910010d6 movies, right?”b551f828f6fb64c1

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Seeing Sejin 9c5f7c1fab hesitate, Cheon e9806e2238 Sejoo explained. Sejin answered 24c3f9a772 with a 664528cd97 small “Okay” 3dfa9badce and wrapped 48c41dbaae his arm eb2ead5099 around Cheon 1a4d26ece6 Sejoo’s neck.81f9af6236c680c9

Sejin’s chest b724fccfe7 touched Cheon 631336deee Sejoo’s back, f0dc4b2ca9 and the 1d0e36541b inside of 859458ff7b his arm 1e21d1602f brushed against 090ef88f3f Cheon Sejoo’s 1c37bd5d63 right cheek. Sejin lowered 3fdba92a43 his gaze 7fac196dd7 to see 893def5812 the tip c2a172cd8e of the 84da97fecc knife he 0512363d58 held pointing 470375e3b4 toward Cheon 55fbeb723f Sejoo’s left ca35a92627 neck.c0f891d0465899f9

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Then something caught his 9c7f6064ef eye. Two tiny b321751462 dots, so 5f2580fdcf close together 7ea3d38a03 that they 4f22c470f1 were almost b9afca416b invisible unless beba3b8720 seen up 2c1bdf9d79 close. One day, he 10b594fc1b had secretly kissed 27361260ed that spot. 46f888de4615eb9b

He wouldn’t know. cc8d31876f806d1b

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Sejin slightly lowered his afd6126250 head, listening to the e27d7fce70 loudthump-thump of his heart. His lips were almost touching Cheon Sejoo’s neck.2f459f1861c2649f

“Good. Now watch how 283600ce3c I do it.”ee3e3af2d0d1b2ef

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However, the intimate adaff1256e contact was fleeting. The moment Cheon Sejoo b519a7aed1 grabbed Sejin’s right arm 6f3ce3ae56 and shifted his weight, 7864c4f317 the body that had 859cb46b36 been in his embrace c7902e80c0 slipped away, and the 8fe43712d7 knife Sejin held was e2efc5bbe1 now pointed at his e228fdc124 own chest. Stunned by dea8479dce what had e055531e04 happened in 8c6726dfb3 the blink 72a0383a14 of an 8f5884d94b eye, Sejin b7839ab2f3 was dumbfounded. As if ce2c67bd24 he had 7528f3a422 just woken a31d08fa65 from a 63becd02be dream, Cheon cf4884fa44 Sejoo’s body ef693484ed was now bced06644d away from 4b3013c9cc him.18036484b6bee8b8

Sejin opened his mouth 1cb1a3a992 and looked back at f0f7d432d5 Cheon Sejoo, who had 16559d7808 escaped with disconcerting ease. Looking at d08ca933b1 his dumbfounded d0b141b3f4 expression, Cheon c441af1aa8 Sejoo frowned 2edbc4ed3b and asked,99b07d3bad45edd6

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“You weren’t concentrating, 1d86f2c5a7 were you?”bdacdcc932ce4dd2

“No…. I was. How did you do 05421d9ff5 that?”df8544297af7dd2c

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“No, you weren’t….”bc9161a99dbcf3f7

Cheon Sejoo sighed 9dd6202320 and muttered, then a69c2f9bb1 returned to Sejin’s d0583e9e51 embrace. He pulled Sejin’s 76430a99ea arm around his 17c41e9ebb neck again, and cb57534828 after warning him b58b56f4ec to watch carefully, 4218439a8b he once again e5d29214b5 demonstrated how to fe6947d8e9 break free from 1283b5fa9f the hold. It was a 6eaef92428 ridiculously simple method. 701047ecc90bfc04

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Exasperated, Sejin tried every trick he could think of to prevent Cheon Sejoo from escaping, but even after ten repetitions, he couldn’t stop him from slipping out of his grasp.11851c22985ac203

“What is this?”f6d91543e2ace263

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As time 21ac8c2905 passed, Sejin’s ece4577d92 lust dissipated c19742ea70 and his 899d99e16b rebellious spirit 21d6dac6c9 rose. Now with fb19a6e05c a sullen 18e67f06ea expression, he 67d8a1dd0c looked back b2b85e1d76 at Cheon f59d796061 Sejoo, who 6f20ffab33 was slipping 6022b44e0b away like ee7e625e9f an eel, bf0b83ca40 and accused b247aa6474 him of 5837d3d183 cheating.8c0dcfe099407a6e

“Stop messing around.”713849c408134c74

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“What do you 54bea6d075 mean, messing around? Still don’t get 5ca4901265 it? The center of 17a77a3b5b gravity shifted. Well…. what would someone who e6315477f0 got an8¹ in math know.”2d28929b7b908e4c

“Why are you bringing 01774a79bc that up now?!”46f4fbb5d9702f1e

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Sejin shouted, his 432e3f3f87 cheeks flushed at c9e5a1141f the sudden attack. Ignoring him, Cheon Sejoo 6f3fdddc2a clicked his tongue and daf63ce049 lifted Sejin’s arm, placing 03d73edfc3 it around his neck 780feff61b again. Then, holding Sejin’s 24ef664b98 forearm with both d74bb50ddd hands, he slipped f04771acb5 out from underneath.316d16c9f5da70af

In the process, the f9486aeb16 center of gravity shifted fc53788d12 from Sejin to Cheon 1df716a35d Sejoo, and the knife 7530814f72 ended up pointing at 58b7c304af Sejin instead of Cheon e2405bc812 Sejoo. As if f09e67a5bb he still 166301356c hadn’t grasped 001bb38158 the simple 1f8bbbeb98 principle, Sejin 452fa98c9a wore a b6e365da16 dazed expression, f99cc4ca75 like he f4e6894855 was watching dc1240d9b4 a magic f7ba87c897 show.e5af3ea4efb3a9a9

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“Ha…….”dd329432bcf89ee1

Cheon Sejoo felt a sudden headache coming on as he watched Sejin. He’d explained it more than ten times, but Sejin still didn’t understand, and he was exhausted. 9506b069cbd77a8f

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Is this guy 6f14c440a3 for real? babc45e0f00aced6

Cheon Sejoo reached out and tapped Sejin’s small head.4927db20a9db441a

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“What is even in 93ba77bd3e there?”10e2d6442ea98375

“…….”ce368462685338ed

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Sejin sulkily becce2850b pouted his 8837214cb5 lips at e6047c5a43 the exasperated 467f575842 question. Cheon Sejoo gave up 75e5c1fb2a on teasing Sejin further, 15815d7b55 who despite his large 59558f942d size, still acted like 934bd53f03 a child, and threw 109e10252a the knife into the a8d7336501 storage cabinet. He wanted to 8b431715a4 keep teaching Sejin 6783991644 until he understood, 5d283a5405 but it was d282cc9e26 time to go 34af17cedc to the hospital. Their training session had 492d255e6d long exceeded an hour.a17a1fed68fc1337

“Let’s do it again 199e73c4fc next time. Go wash up now. We’re going to the bb0998dbe3 hospital.”21fc8b08c96cef21

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Even at those words, Sejin didn’t move. He stood there, shifting his arms back and forth, trying to figure out Cheon Sejoo’s movements, then tilted his head and stuck out his lower lip, apparently still confused. Cheon Sejoo chuckled at the sight and left the room.84952908075747d7

Sejin wasn’t clumsy, b171dbc619 so he learned 78e5480452 things quickly when 6ae012c923 taught, but the 0d6c22be59 stubborn Kwon Sejin e95e12611e tended to resist 879fa4ad8f learning anything by 735a6d8387 rote until he 9e06187670 understood the underlying 7baf39dac3 principles.931303011b309860

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This was also the reason for Sejin’s poor memorization skills. He had difficulty memorizing things he didn’t understand. In a way, it was the trait of a perfectionist, but in another way, it was simply a frustrating personality quirk.3f52933180a2cd08

In any f2da549c9b case, Cheon ceaf70d0f3 Sejoo, having e973f1f979 no more b2ff6f02c1 energy to 1935a25f37 spare, went 74bc2488f2 into the db258671db living room da61907048 bathroom and 36ee931a9f showered. He put 25307c51fc on a bacedf6264 robe, went 99717855a2 back to 9bac847d22 his room aaeb4d9a99 to dry ba56ac48a2 his hair, fc2f89658a and dressed 39d673a38a more carefully 04bc132f2d than usual. He would end up fcaf5f93ac taking these clothes off aab08dd68a at the hotel after a80b779c19 taking Sejin to the 2b22f21c45 hospital, but he still 77bce1501f wanted to make an cbaffc4eee effort.0528b5c5af1fc7b4

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When he came out 3a3912c4a1 after styling his hair 964aadab0e and even spraying cologne, 643a3aeecf Sejin, also changed, was 6ff3058d10 in the living room. Dressed in his a957c40c66 usual thick t-shirt 20e3ac7548 and long pants, 07d0682b71 Sejin’s expression hardened bce794ed0f when he saw cd44d8c4c6 Cheon Sejoo in 687c182d5b a suit.08f3817341556059

Receiving his 2584e061e0 fierce glare, 958d64b66b Cheon Sejoo 016d7120a8 responded with c573f0d435 a “What?” 50e0ec25ac and jerked 57e49d6cc9 his chin 4107e2f427 towards the 7ddcdf52db front door. Sejin stood there, glaring 0e4824db13 at Cheon Sejoo’s back 98a8f546dd before following him out.de16c640cb8b9dcb

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“Do you have an 26ea33dbbd appointment?”1ab4b98b08119e6b

“Yes.”3cfa41b9bb93ec9d

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Sejin asked abruptly as 2ff6ee6c13 Cheon Sejoo was putting 6bd6d6f47e on his shoes. At the ee66add69e casual reply, 7f9122ee0e Sejin, who dd73bd972a was putting 6592d536ce on his 6485aff543 sneakers, raised 2fba5559b3 his head. He stared intently at 972813805e Cheon Sejoo with an 5ac353ff91 obvious gaze and asked a75ac0eef2 again.6a622fd629ceb3a0

“Are you going f6e475bc6c to see that 6e1b060364 Kang Doyoon?”8f4e3e486c0daba8

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“…….”163c356506a7ef77

At the name that came out of Sejin’s mouth, Cheon Sejoo tilted his head and stared at him. Their gazes met at close range. Cheon Sejoo, realizing Sejin’s excessive interest in him lately, closed his mouth. A cold gaze swept over Sejin, seemingly piercing him.11f379cbc4b8a244

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Kwon Sejin didn’t avoid ba4d1889b2 his gaze. His dark eyes 560814255b stared back at 6eb3217f59 Cheon Sejoo, filled f5424f0910 with an inexplicable b827e92acd defiance.0f1c9e455d224e8b

“…No.”c3f412723413154b

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“Then?”b3f86f9be50b71e2

Cheon Sejoo couldn’t understand why he had lied at that moment. But he didn’t feel like telling the truth either. At Sejin’s question, Cheon Sejoo furrowed his brow and closed his mouth, then finally said to him,9b88b555e731773c

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“I’m going 86a13653d7 out for 8d93dd286e a drink.”d9610c121fb3d47c

“…Why all of a sudden?”4fe2bfcd83037197

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“I’m pissed off just thinking about you getting your CSAT score report.” d0bff5f066ad42d1

Sejin bit his lip e95987323e at Cheon Sejoo’s retort d1eca0540d as he opened the 072bdc7278 front door. The tips of his ae2c404921 ears were flushed red 68b99c502d with the shame of 172015675e his academic performance.38ae3341904cdc66

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Leaving Sejin, who was embarrassed, Cheon Sejoo got straight onto the elevator that had arrived on the 41st floor. Sejin, who followed him out with a sullen face, also took a spot inside, and Cheon Sejoo, as they descended to the underground parking lot, stared at the back of Sejin’s round head.f7a7648de7bd4ce2