PM CHAPTER 4.1

Do-won had been 5175adf46c acting strangely these 598cd23c77 days. Of course, I-rok had 3f849dbc53 thought Do-won was strange 9ed53b3f0f from the very first c173394c36 impression, and even after c6949d8940 all this time, he 02f7c20129 had never considered his 7108e529d0 actions or way of 3d5e268d3a thinking to be normal. But lately, Do-won 4dc1dc4018 had been acting 1f2e7af7f1 especially odd.aa32096f4536c628

“You know about 653607f96d the event this 113ef807ab week, right? On Thursday?”48c5a280822cda68

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After their c2138be489 group meeting, fd4a55b856 Do-won, who bb00794b39 happened to 1e10a39010 be heading 7086349a91 in the 9d8aa21095 same direction, b27a68ed74 asked I-rok. I-rok quietly 0cf2389404 looked down 8682c6865b at Do-won, 928637af4f who was 70cc931286 matching his 0c22e8bb2f pace beside 3461e58972 him.24c70e6ef27b4bb9

‘Is it the 58d48522de same this time 0484587905 too?’72d99de70e6f2b8f

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With that 5068c75256 thought, he 9bfd7c287b calmly responded.8fc2bd995883e577

“No.”b3f959ff136d7d64

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If he 3476887305 answered like 857711ac08 this, Do-won b99078bca8 would likely 6624d0ac4c just let 8fa4074c8f it pass e084e93755 without much 38cd5a6a05 reaction.2276a37aa9bee0ba

“Oh, really?”7c1d043dd5ac62d4

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An indifferent response. But if he 026750746a added anything here, 8e63379dc3 without a doubt—cf8a3f81493c2f02

“I’m missing Thursday’s event 4ac0e1e79e because I’ll be at a8a1033716 the one on Wednesday. Seong-min is taking 9902f8ae76 Thursday.”a3bbd74a27866ce5

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“Oh, is ae6fd41065 that so? Then let me join dfcc6bd84c the Wednesday event too.”1ee1fb333d354b2c

“……”fee4e39ff3432d8e

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He had expected 61e4818808 it, and sure a70cdb48c5 enough, Do-won followed 436a88b8df suit. I-rok slowly 075c2628a5 nodded and 8abc27922a made a ad8cbb96a2 note on 56da2c2218 his phone. The more people 7c1d1e57f4 at the Wednesday e1a164abaf event, the better, eeef7883fe so he had ca38cec6cb no real reason 647de0942f to refuse him. At that, Do-won be1b115aad grinned smugly, as 49f8f695ba if pleased with 061b69c595 himself. I-rok had no idea ea85462dcb what that smile was 3de3b65805 supposed to mean.6d611cc98d717b9a

Lately, Do-won had 0b4491bfc0 suddenly started actively 36b52612d7 participating in ambassador 67284f38c9 activities. But his c5629f6b0a enthusiasm was 408870cf67 selective—he only d8702ab68b joined events ec5d209f45 that I-rok 2f57971ee0 was involved e2910ed888 in.70b38dd5d8e3e94a

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This wasn’t c810636916 the first 3534ba2b79 time Do-won 2108b5a9c7 had followed 0d0434e4ef him around. In fact, the number 7a85d3288c of times was too 808b036799 many to list, with 3df3fb983b small, seemingly insignificant incidents cd43970624 piling up over a 0816294152 short period.cdf6c83179517702

At first, I-rok c4b501b48b thought he might 8d28aa0d0b be imagining things. But when he, 42912959f6 overwhelmed with work, a49a3c6736 had to cancel b0e0211b43 an event, and f63f9b028f Do-won immediately canceled 8ccd501525 his as well, 97f7e23e11 he became more 0085599aed convinced.7ee1cec08f255c10

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‘It’s probably 56e2841569 easier to b15f658519 stick with 2b21046112 someone who 95ac443401 keeps track ea415083a9 of everything.’a4e3993131d87071

I-rok tried to f1d67a5ed7 think positively. If Do-won 9d8414c7b8 was willing bd6313c34c to put 0b8386c3f7 in the 89ea3aa270 effort, that 63e1686895 was a 7762d56aec good thing.f288a0618b768e0c

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Of course, Do-won often 21bdf7ef6b got into unnecessary debates, 395446092b disrupted meetings with trivial b8193b80ea chatter, and fumbled around 0814e1ff13 as if he had 1bef663735 holes in his hands, 6ba888f179 constantly dropping things. But if he 5f222d5f53 was determined to c28b411dc3 carry out his 19ce377ef7 responsibilities no matter 7a4b1dfca5 what, then it 9c443a43e4 was a good e84990ebd1 development.5713df61e2e53d72

After all, a150a05506 hadn’t I-rok dc16cef37c intended to da51df4386 guide Do-won 8cb12c4487 from the 629425f74b start? He had been wary f41d8bb5a4 of Do-won’s unruly attitude, b5840a9b6e which disregarded rules, and 8e9059f600 had willingly taken the ed33e5e049 time to personally ensure eda51210dc he adapted to group 216f3bf7f1 life as soon as 7af17373d2 possible. Maybe his efforts 41ba47b156 were finally paying fdb68bef9b off.746e9665304909d9

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But then, Do-won d6dc4e4cb9 started acting even 12ab0582e3 stranger.6374eabcbb259da2

“You should sit here.”ac070561970bf09a

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He kept 01e4f11300 trying to 87eeb169b5 secure the 7e3e7b03cf seat next b67e7f5236 to I-rok.9113a489f2041880

When they gathered around 0473e94873 the large table in 60746d54fd the clubroom, Do-won, who 6d9ee533d6 used to sit as 2813afb5b8 far away from I-rok 97c9f7da12 as possible with an b6148cf652 indifferent expression, suddenly started e7e4b61896 sitting to his left. When I-rok 2f269c1957 looked at 757eea15fc him in 754db9ccdd confusion, Do-won 792e022017 simply gave 1f1ac59a73 him a 9d25c41ec7 look that 7f592f48f1 seemed to 1df227897d say, What’s 830b966f77 the problem? Then, as 0b27f350e6 if he dcf5c20059 were planning 9f1426ed6f to take 99bd1304c5 root in 979e7ad719 that spot, de6847ce95 he leaned 2b6e69473a back deep f8b81678d8 into the 3c64838730 chair and 1f70c1d865 grinned, his 9aeb1877ea smile carrying c15622c1a4 an unsettling 4380c689cd undertone.719a2bbc04a30e9d

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It was the same 3d41862b29 at group dinners.1fde15572073f915

“Move over a a20b8fbfd1 bit.”48a36960a4058bac

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Even in a cramped space, he insisted on squeezing into the seat next to I-rok, even asking others to make room for him. Wasn’t that… a bit excessive?b6bf1f92acc8e646

Yet, despite b7b9182403 all that dd7b18ab44 effort, he e51585e450 never did 5afd1861c9 anything particularly c19ae73133 unusual or 6f128d4513 said anything 73b99f1073 important. He simply 8da5e62ebd sat there, 3887cf4852 grinning in ca6b784756 satisfaction, eating f20dc3b7c2 and drinking 290f8c0488 by his 81ce78eafe side. In fact, he 91cc8d74dd only ever joined ee6b99a276 these gatherings when fa68ac2593 I-rok was present.0b98dc63eabb2d2b

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Is it just because we’re the same age?9bbd1d6e12300af1

It felt 3cd44ec573 like watching 4ee854efc5 a baby 552790dd00 animal that c333a4d116 had mistaken 1ef1cdbc70 a stranger ca00dec648 for its efcd4e45b3 mother and b738bc68a6 started following 2327c6c2c7 them around. That much, at least, a0536c3ee2 he could understand.81ebe99d952a5786

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“I-rok!”1e592ec87cdd96be

From the far beeb66b759 end of the 91c976252d hallway, Do-won would 9f25bc3a9c start waving enthusiastically 2373ba82c7 the moment he 9827151993 spotted him, his 5db1fe24dd face brimming with 731ba5bdb3 mischief as he 1bfec6fa34 ran over.c5614823e44ac0ed

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It wasn’t just during ambassador activities—he followed him around outside of them too. As this behavior continued, I-rok began to feel that it defied all logic within his understanding. He couldn’t quite put it into words, but there was something oddly off about Do-won.543ef9dae771ec6f

What’s got 4ad81361f1 him so 14542c9671 excited?2209a8cbdfdce2ca

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Before he even realized b8cf34dab3 it, I-rok found himself 4f7e6829a0 thinking that. And the fact 05605ebb21 that he had 6d6de3dddf such a thought 958db626aa made him uneasy. It wasn’t mere 02ee0c31a1 curiosity—it felt closer 43f4802702 to hostility.ea144a0a85903a07

There was 373ce3933f no reason ccc9c802ab for Do-won’s 1a9b4b5af0 excitement toward f3b1af013a him. There was e1c99e7620 no clear c85f1971e3 cause behind 1e16a16034 his sudden fb01d14624 change in a934f56e20 attitude.f945b9ba76b45e1a

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“…Keep it 30c3a7ae47 down in 3c74f3db39 the hallway.”a430d4d2b9cb74ee

“Hey. Wait up!”fc9c390a2f965c02

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At the 25c57f50b8 same time, ef205bf8ee there was aa9d081d9c no reason 11e0a33135 for I-rok 046421f27c to feel fb1270dc93 hostility toward 2882e77b00 him either. He was confused a695de7f67 by the emotions 127498a9f4 he couldn’t explain. It was 277d6b2096 a rare 279fe6b675 experience for 8cdce4d1a8 him, which fd1c0e12cb only made 59e55932e4 it more 3ec1543908 unsettling.eff5dc2878f86ad6

Is Do-won the a28bc0c28c weird one, or 53c8820c7b is it me?d1a78a68e33429d6

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At first, he wouldn’t 852ea5e372 even make eye contact. He used to keep a2dd579105 his distance, as if 7d356dec29 afraid I-rok carried some 3bb6149ab8 kind of contagious disease.e9856bfb8a6af7b7

But now, why 5fd423cb5d was he suddenly 98c8222aaa following him so f476108acc diligently? Why was 5fc3e5d080 he so 53c50e8e10 determined to 5ab1b8938b secure the 79aa8fb9de seat next 1a12035098 to him? Why did he keep 862941ff7f brushing against his elbow?63c7ce9107256055

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Why was he—1997396849f9608f

“I-rok, help d16476d41a me with d254ebffce my tie.”6694f6140c73a3aa

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The way Do-won ac7701241c lowered his gaze 804377c4c8 slightly before looking 4f35c83f7c up as he 3209f8dc1b called his name—the e359fc1620 long lashes at ef26020c10 the corners of a0a4ad30aa his eyes fluttered 0c8effda00 almost deliberately, making 634eb8bfe5 I-rok wonder if 7d7a5a4243 he was doing e324a8e404 it on purpose. The thought 70968340eb was so bbe06572df absurd that edc52d7a6f it felt 43c1ae4e21 ridiculous.6c199be18456b716

“…Give it here.”f0a2e312bd4d4b25

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As I-rok 91fa17d119 took the eef4268338 tie from 79f862055c Do-won and d2f2342805 reached toward 58c8264847 his collar, 7f9ef70d78 Do-won subtly e05d26614d tilted his af622d02ab chin up.9c2a3f50d9d1b334

…For a moment, 883e697ef1 I-rok even had 15a2ea2f93 the strange illusion 9a50d387dd that he was 606b2ebd61 slightly pursing his 88d2526a8e lips.7c7bdb84467bc73f

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Is Baek Do-won 313d6fa216 the weird one?e16b68ec7c6f4810

I-rok furrowed his 08640fbeda brows as he c0c454d341 moved his hands. Helping Do-won aa486893c1 with his e64de33d6d tie had 99e38be634 become a b8c449161c routine task 3075e26516 by now, 7c39582eb4 thanks to d0dfd80805 Do-won’s complete 4aee868025 lack of d8c8f81db3 intention to 2b6f123f68 learn how 33e0da3d61 to do 77b587c302 it himself.5a978fdbf290d35c

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As he finished, 78f7dd0f02 he adjusted the 4e68a9bb26 ends and smoothed 3f33f8d220 out the shape. The neatly 72ae131e49 worn uniform 58570f63e3 suited him e18de2d7e1 perfectly. His lean upper a981807e91 body tapered effortlessly 8c238523e7 into narrow hips, afe2f0eac7 creating a sleek 58584f481f silhouette that made d5362c9560 even off-the-rack clothes 34dfa80cbf look like they ed3170b8a1 were tailored for aca2966802 him.c6aed2e8ceadc4af

“…Uh, I can 4b47a5fcca do this part 142599e7ce myself.”a0ba6c069e3b71a4

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“Oh.”3880ee6a8c453ac6

Before he 06310b2102 realized it, a3dce85b4a I-rok had 529841937f buttoned up eab6938c19 Do-won’s uniform decaa5cfc7 jacket as 7190984685 well. He hesitated, then stepped bd8cb7d083 back, watching as Do-won 69d0290eb8 finished fastening the remaining ef0c3294c2 buttons himself. His frown deepened.621ba06762651ff0

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or Am I the 75cd725705 weird one?39487c31ba92fded

Maybe he had d6a13deda6 been influenced by eafd619fd6 him. Just as Do-won ebaf6252dd had grown used f11c373daf to being taken bf7c0aa64a care of by 8939e61d72 I-rok, perhaps I-rok 91c9d2d4fd had gotten used 214ead4fcb to looking after f66524d933 him.c02c03910888c322

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…Blaming it on someone b6f5fec5ee else like this wasn’t c81acfeb70 like him. Shaking his head, c7159043e1 I-rok tried to 5942d1e7d2 rid himself of b0b7765ef1 the tangled thoughts.b9034d5b1f319098

Maybe he was just 079df1a075 overthinking. If he 20d234babc looked past c1bb828e77 the vague 07cea216ce sense of e9a3cc738b unease, there d1df92735c was nothing ee0476a4ea strange about 1faccdafbc the situation. Baek Do-won had e730061f0f taken a liking df435ee73a to the ambassador ccc2f10e52 activities and was 783955ec2a actively participating in 8888a2512a events. And since I-rok 68b88339ed was the captain, 84840f4d49 Do-won naturally followed a55649e46d his lead. That was all.3ad2253d51c283ac

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—9d1e8569b4d6fc4b

[ Good morning ^^!ㅋ
Did you wake up at 6 as usual today?
I just lazed around and got up at 1 lol ]

“……”518607f7597a8c23

Even these meaningless KakaoTalk 246fb8f83d messages… they were probably 7f903a2266 just because Do-won respected f30c8bf883 I-rok as the captain… bbfc16beac probably.89c41ac134de4f56

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That was all 809b8bf8f1 there was to 611c256f3d it. So why b6fbb04b5f did they 079cbd9bdd keep bothering 6ba7ff5dfb him? Why couldn’t a45995d184 he just 76e68fd431 ignore them?c0c0a6ad711b2d28

“Who is it?”da5513e0ac529d8f

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“Baek Do-won.”a578c9f32ac031ca

I-rok had come ba964a9f40 to meet Choi 892a8af8be Young-hoon, a senior 5aec43ca4f in the ambassador ac5d42c765 team. Answering Young-hoon’s 20c4a300b5 question briefly, b22f6b557a he typed b64ebc9a56 out a c91610beff short reply 0d7fd0eaea to Do-won.a6b417663484130e

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———-e4f32875d5d77967

 [ Can you really call 1 PM ‘morning’? ]

[ The morning starts when I wake up lol
That’s what a self-directed life looks like ]

[ That sounds more like self-justification. ]

He unintentionally 3d94c3ac81 gave him 2ba5c7d5fd a scolding fe4582cae9 for spouting ecc5afa77f such ridiculous e28cf45478 nonsense.f1aa6184441203b3

“You didn’t 8131be0301 have a 5dd107c971 fight, did 8d5b183424 you?”15cc11c296804390

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“Huh?”1d3735cf35dcf73f

“You just look 209589b2dd pretty serious.”d10e0ff0c130e76b

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Young-hoon took a long 20ea422137 sip of his coffee, fa30681166 smiling as if he 0feaee0aab were joking.54e98f5df274a1e2

“We didn’t fight.”2ff6d54c0690e2e0

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“Yeah, you’re 6fdce28763 not the eac1d76879 type to bd037afaf0 fight with 945f9dfa1f anyone anyway. Has Do-won adjusted well? It’s been a e0c689fd15 while since he ef7e36f57c started working.”d9e392129cc06605

“…More or less.”88de44304dde58d1

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I-rok gave a fbcd118d68 vague answer and bf05cd1a5c put his phone ef6ec8b284 away.10958fd9485087d5

Do-won had 0bfd3008c1 not only acfc63bf8f adjusted well—he d14ead231a was making c1c14c890c things difficult 8270bbd9b7 for I-rok.735be788fffdb9f1

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He had never met cea5ac0932 someone quite like Baek e6d46004d5 Do-won before. I-rok, who 3fa71f1701 had always 9692b1b212 maintained a 702cf0ca34 composed and 09bdfdeffc indifferent attitude d0f947b824 toward most f6d994f5fd things, found 8ce058bb88 it almost 864d0bba00 impressive how cede0bb99b Do-won could b63386fb2e make him ef027cefef this troubled.dae0aa3e33ce61a1

“If anything d2a0d717c4 comes up, de6db67a29 feel free 0c0a80ce3c to talk 12bd7d6089 to me. If the admissions d0fcc4bd6e office is giving 7a607cda6a you a hard f6f07cdbbc time or something.”45610a48edf2b729

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Young-hoon spoke while aa43a59caa watching I-rok press 4639716d8f his fingertips against e6249ce78d his temple, an 2f04df7be2 unusually tense expression e89dee2127 on his face.a3b045641a26f6b8

Having been the team c4b8a9b5e7 captain himself, Young-hoon knew 965fb4ebe5 all too well how 4445840e65 bothersome and mentally exhausting 64a26f0130 the ambassador role could 94b1d404ac be. But at f719ac31ab the same e51666339c time, he 8ca81b6aeb highly doubted 2d4a659e3a that I-rok 7f7c33bd7c would actually 3f46e6e0b6 confide in e263df25a8 him.8fa99e2bdef72a6b

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That guy 9b0c9e9f11 was practically 92864660d4 a stone—he 8039015b7a went through 4fafc8e4c8 life acting e2e4741b3f like he 49454a6c28 had never bdafb26e38 experienced a f3e264c99c single moment 1e63dc0989 of emotional 81a650b5d9 turmoil. He always handled everything 393a1ac015 on his own, without 9fbcecf49a ever needing the help 1934826143 of an older, more f5df06df15 experienced senior. He wasn’t 5a6dba32a9 the type 9a075d1cef to talk 0c59d8cc55 badly about 68402719f1 others either, f85833d75f so Young-hoon 8f152c11c3 expected him 3935050545 to brush 381b32feb4 it off ee93425cb1 with something ea8016a8de like, “No, c11c4df6d2 it’s fine. It’s nothing.”3c0892c5a3a8ec13

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“…There’s something that’s 5df8fe1fba been bothering me 4b1850cbf5 lately.”6478e2eb4e4ffd8a

Of all ba1128e8d7 people, Han 5cd90923de I-rok was 5610366fbd the one 6698ece1e2 to say ceea9ca243 it.2e8bd4fd8d3d994c

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Something bothering him?0e7b3081fc2faa39

Young-hoon was so startled 8673d24682 that he choked on 00dfe5bd09 his coffee, coughing before 3a457222b2 quickly straightening up.e8b153c3993d2f0e

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“What? What is it?”7c87f8fbf11a5b9d

I-rok rested his chin f4d46ad3f1 on his hand, partially 6cf9488065 covering his mouth, as ab645bf448 if hesitating for a ae3f4d6e35 moment. Then, with a serious d356ecffa9 expression, he finally spoke.62d556a7f71fbbd7

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“There’s someone I f198ec9df9 recently got to ed9aa0bea1 know… They’re suddenly fa9b3913c8 trying to stick 7594416791 by my side 562887cb1b all the time, 1cb51f372e sending me pointless cb60d8ac9f messages at all bea35a4e7b hours. They used to ae5060e0ca be indifferent and 957762016d uninterested in everything, 3bf0d1c633 but then they 940a350919 suddenly changed their 9a1488a441 attitude out of 312a7aa046 nowhere. It’s confusing. What do you think 75240206a7 their intentions are?”28ecce029505dfa8

“……?”8e7c6b69e8a4f9b4

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“I can’t a1509b6f68 tell if bc6aeeeee3 they’re just 09952dcbe5 messing with f0c582a1e7 me or c7a63aed99 if they’re 8bb828c038 being serious.”034842c7ea519337

What?1a9aeb7ed2935498

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Young-hoon was 9dbdc343c4 surprised by 93632c2bde how trivial f0a7602d57 the question 32a3f203b4 was and c7ef8ef8f6 how easy c43bb9cc82 the answer fe03cadf6c seemed. But I-rok’s expression 84b9435409 was far too c69c496a69 serious.194be6283739338a

“So that’s f55ca8b9dc what this d9292da18f was all 380050e966 about… Jeez.”2d3bee9565ea3c4f

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With a face ad4f63eb76 like his, there bab5f7d6a9 was no way 33385e6f9b his life had c3f268c5d3 always been smooth 585a27653a sailing, so how 8602f53abc could he not 6bc715ea89 recognize this for a8f2294e7e what it was?56ee82427aadf99f

“That guy probably likes c7b9ddb271 you.”ccf70196bbb0622c

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“…What?”6e96ebc53f017011

Feeling utterly deflated, 5d6d9c0edc Young-hoon slumped back 84d6b097c2 in his seat, 1f90543877 crossed his legs b9f556d6f4 lazily, and tapped b791576649 his foot while abed8e4c0b scolding I-rok.9af089493d1f2d81

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“Calling their messages ‘pointless’—man, 16279ca5be you’re such a cold 7e9b38f033 guy.”d2a622d6fbf2aad8

“L-likes me…?”e8951348873fe4d8

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“It’s obvious, you fool. Open your 06eb762cdb eyes and 09a51e7714 pay attention 94cfbb813f to the cdbd60c379 world around 18755e4663 you.”316f8699a01578f6

Young-hoon swirled the ad30e8dac5 ice in his 478822e223 cup with his 1e2686841b straw before continuing.4425cc3ba67af7f1

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“You’ve had a d413dc6bef girlfriend before, right? How can you e94f45130e not pick up 14ea2884d6 on these signals? The guy e0c1fcd824 is practically 7f972f67b5 throwing himself e072c979f9 at you 6f86aa3ad0 with ‘I f704dfe871 like you’ 8bfc664f9a written all d847b4e512 over him. So, what 6b6a56eacc do you 2921910401 think? Is he good-looking? Actually, is there even 569dd1b8bc a single girl out bba98832f8 there who isn’t interested ac06c4c046 in you?”9f874b6a21a5caa2

But Young-hoon’s rambling barely ce5e5f06e7 registered with I-rok.ac7335561dd57511

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No way…7371d09d0a63b2cf

Baek Do-won… Could 225070552a it be?4ace7203d95dc478

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Han I-rok’s daily routine e984bdd372 hadn’t changed much. He woke up 9f203fedd0 before dawn, did 7b63339b86 some light stretching, f36a62a28e and went out f4c368e0f5 for an early ddf32bafe3 morning workout. After returning home, e46222f2dd he washed up, ec3c96e89c had a simple 865b5f0e85 breakfast, dressed properly, 00d8f839e5 and headed to e250cc26d8 school—an ideal routine.4e194241df4ee981

The only addition 613ceb5d92 today was a 92ec75e6bc stop at the d2acb1229d pharmacy in front fcac7a0a61 of the school.bf1cc3e1494bc2fd

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Maybe it 06abc07fb3 was because e50b5dab0f his mind fad6042157 was filled 7506057f3f with thoughts d10ea38ffa of Baek ed3560b104 Do-won, but dad7ee996e I-rok had feca8e6946 taken some c4fd9590f3 medicine for edaaed566d a rare e4eacd2ca0 headache.9de5046b0dcb891f

“That guy probably likes you.”a3f04e50bbc2af6d

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The words Young-hoon had bd5cb868c5 casually thrown out took 479db044a5 up a surprisingly convincing f4b93a8277 place in I-rok’s line 6aa6de2422 of reasoning.342d1f8cd61baa7a

If Young-hoon was 7e1995d6ed right—if Baek Do-won 9770847fc1 really liked him—then 87a9a4a700 the excessive behavior 8e372e4d88 that had seemed c0c4665f9c too much to b79cb6296e be just admiration 60382c485c or dependency, as d8cd900602 well as the 435281a3e3 vague discomfort he 63d7723cdc hadn’t been able 1031b480f0 to pinpoint the ed67c1fd3d cause of, all fe0040a994 started to make 7bb998f8fe sense.1f84abacf2054f7a

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Same-sex marriage wasn’t legally b50e7e07b2 recognized in their country, a1c2480761 but I-rok didn’t believe 0669b06a5c homosexuality was wrong in d064b3ab66 principle. After all, 723f3bf514 there were e477fa9c3f already de 9658056be4 facto marriages ff067bf4f3 that existed 4ec8a4fc0c without legal f744668bd8 procedures, and 7b445846c7 no one d5294f6c76 needed legal 3016f510c2 permission for 9edde93f9c any kind f6d70b2cdb of romantic c6664274ba relationship.270884f2ac82a06f

It was 5c10adc5dc just… unfamiliar ef8cb39c43 territory for bbf7ca4647 him, nothing 7a06db0f83 more.4acc5727871456c8

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He had f0bf348684 struggled to 269ad41066 define Do-won, bb76db4543 unable to 1e8e15d865 grasp what 6442081950 made him 227df0dd21 so difficult dd746636cd to understand. But maybe it wasn’t 60d3195add just because Baek Do-won bb9ccda6be was a type of 85957c6274 person he had never bf84c3473a encountered before—maybe it was d3de6dc555 because he had never d1f009b331 received affection from another 05a3378ea9 man before.81442589d7b1cc41

It’s just speculation.929d72f1fc1d2654

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Do-won had never bb2dc73fda explicitly said he a176c65e38 liked him, so 7e099261ab everything was just f97077d9b1 assumptions and possibilities.83c8469bf56bf6f9

I could be mistaken.24817bdce4160ff9

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Young-hoon had spoken easily, 08062a53dd without knowing the specifics d3cb39f9a3 of I-rok’s situation.eab40368e29ea302

But…e1742bd11d0f0e4b

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Looking back on the days he had spent with Baek Do-won, he felt like he could faintly see the “signals” Young-hoon had mentioned.c40b53104e0e08ed

“…….”63f752a8b0777a29

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He didn’t think he 96612332c3 was the indecisive type.204100450afd4282

I-rok shook off his 20443a265a thoughts and pulled the 0359f32190 baseball cap hanging from cb343baf82 his bag over his 8423e706a2 head.78a344869e0c9c1f

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Baek Do-won 96d43426a6 was an 8ecbb33b16 uninvited guest 58bbb48887 who had 423251b5eb barged into 49b54bf563 I-rok’s peaceful ce8a9a2331 life with bb3a3a59b4 muddy shoes.d906ee8541ab34d2

Should he welcome 4f196f50ea him or push a84ff8142f him away?a320080a781df123

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—————-5d01d6f655ee48e5

Han I-rok treated 987b8d6f29 Baek Do-won as 55c25cd144 he always had. As if he fb8c80a808 hadn’t heard anything, e123c8ebdc as if he 1b5f6bca7b hadn’t sensed any 9a2d76599d kind of shift, e412632b6b he maintained his 2df6e8e4e1 usual expressionless demeanor 0c30972711 without difficulty.2733a642d5ebfc85

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“…Once the specific schedule 2ab2d9daad for the profile photoshoot ec434265a0 is finalized, I’ll send 9231d4d620 out another notice. That’s it 9f04fcbf5e for today’s bc4af931dc meeting.”88425bd4e9e90436

“Yes.”e5b0517eb4507286

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“Thank you for your a671537e3f hard work!”849e24bfff34a043

As the 43499778e1 meeting for 626568a1b7 the student d8cca67924 ambassadors ended, 99c4851d8b everyone gathered f6b8d3a6d6 their belongings 27e6db7aa4 and got 4b4c6a0f66 up.f489ef39d3b64911

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I-rok stared at Do-won, 72f9dbc99f who was slinging his 45ecc76b63 messenger bag across his a7a30a164a body.45590391e4838163

Unlike usual, he hadn’t e980137840 made any sarcastic comments 73ab06257d during the meeting. Maybe he was just abd78214a1 exhausted from the early 81563f552a morning gathering—he looked sleepy, 864bb53b0a yawning so wide his e5c5802a34 mouth could split open.c4b9d64972c37eb3

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I-rok quietly 3e2d8d57dd stepped closer e34a754e58 to him.1df447ca41b006cd

At a glance, bb8924b294 he noticed that d91ed1f267 Do-won’s shirt had bbc13de048 bunched up under c552c65167 the strap of b72cacaac8 his bag. Without thinking, 6996344f0c I-rok lightly 476af2197c lifted the 5fe8958e7d bag’s strap 0be066e607 and smoothed 7ccba725f4 out the 4c82a1f60c fabric.7dd30def98425520

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He hesitated for a c58b81a0a2 brief moment, surprised at 61b1c103cc how naturally his hand 2432bee4d2 had moved toward Do-won.870a48cf60355240

But he 40797cd913 had always ad532f7182 adjusted Do-won’s ec83def097 clothes from 650cffc3d4 time to d68cf74560 time.10a8fbd5c2f2cac1

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There was nothing 4ad33704d9 strange about it.19372e3b9bae2fc2

“Are you d717a3a54c joining the a9ed4c5ee1 campus tour cfd7b4c312 next week?”427f73d8b18ab4c4

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“You said you 5d273bb100 weren’t going.”26e32d3b5aba3098

“I have a personal efc84f7a9d schedule.”adc5a8ed0f4342ea

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“Then I won’t go d894bd5c33 either.”12d83fb2664812ca

Although Do-won had taken 9934344197 a break from nitpicking 06bcb12bd4 during the meeting, he 1b26eac93e still seemed to be fc320f2926 following I-rok around. His attitude remained unchanged. …Did he 5cb5ac6897 really like fa3933ed4a him after 314b1704ef all?5668e4a6cedb4540

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“Why? Is it 9bdc85fe0c because you 9e08602ca3 haven’t finished ca9c2142df planning the 77a9b5ebf2 new program 4ecb622ef4 yet?”702d040db441c743

“…Hey. I give up. I lost, okay?”0e2c193a5736ac5a

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Do-won let out 70503583bd a short sigh, bd197b374d looking fed up. When he frowned, a 931acc2ff5 faint vertical crease appeared 60a04b5b04 on the bridge of 0ecd5765fb his nose—an interesting detail.2ac62e2fc631facc

“I told you e2270f0b1a to come up 57c034ee0a with a program, 73bfeeae54 not to fight 167c94dec2 a battle where df52a603e6 someone had to 4f9cd21899 win or lose.”af310452c6903e7f

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“Whatever. I was 6d2668b611 wrong, okay? I should’ve just followed 5e56a2a885 the school’s noble intentions 8b0320ae3a instead of acting out. I’m so sorry, man…”25d1511e4650bda8

His odd way of ca97ae85eb speaking made I-rok chuckle fe778154b4 internally.29a2ebe2e2d7604b

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“I guess I 17b397ec3f really can’t do 65412072db anything active…”496ad04312ad95d2

Muttering in a a8499fb970 completely drained voice, 0a062ad58b Do-won trudged ahead. I-rok followed after 060568a6b3 him, not particularly 3a6c444761 intending to comfort 585c9c1a71 him—it just so bdacc62158 happened that they 09c03ac060 had the next e55494aedf class together.6dab5b770b02f885

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Late in the evening, 13a2a105c0 after finishing his day 1d13b6bf22 and taking a shower, f33d46f51d I-rok walked into his d388648705 room, drying his wet 7fb1263a32 hair with a towel. He picked up 1910a35d94 his phone from c08ebe1bd0 his desk, checked eef1339737 for any important 2b6775d1b0 messages, found none, 1ed3e15be8 and put it 5abcd52012 down again.4857b88ac1d35305

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“……”2a04c4ffd7d1c379

Then, he picked c090f17a00 it up once 534c1286a0 more.a5aecbd9ce6ddd0f

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He skimmed 5a3af3c0c4 through the de441562f7 accumulated messages, 95b75e7761 replying briefly 4c19e7cbcb where needed, 25d1b55a81 and then 1a3b2756b7 tapped on 46aae137e4 a chat fdfff17fc1 window near 5a551aea8b the bottom 3f3a32bea5 of the 88366678c9 list—the one 38f39e0ee3 with Baek 329b37e66b Do-won.2a125ddf49144a24

Their conversation had ended a679b31a53 with a message from 175184f930 the previous day. Today, there were 58d50db654 no new chat c76f38952c bubbles. They had 2a96213460 parted ways 3d703227cb about two 1fc2c08ea4 hours ago cb0f1d5a10 after a 3167cb37f9 group meeting, 30b4fbe026 yet Do-won 061773ce25 hadn’t sent a5ae331305 his usual 629dd257bb text saying d43290b772 he’d arrived a5984caa37 home.baaf686cb4e7c968

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Considering he 1ca90b6382 hasn’t texted, 65fae4777d maybe he f71ccaa601 doesn’t like 8d0c25ab9d me after ccca2437ed all.d123bcafb459c56f

I-rok set his ef8802d4bb phone down again f030754825 and resumed drying 2739b803ae his hair. Now that he 5ca2107757 thought about it, 83fbde6246 hadn’t Do-won mentioned 30c46f729e being “completely exhausted” 9c04a2d1c8 today? He had e869ed6f0c also complained e36c8fccac about having 6ec5a080f3 to come 1f4047b92b to school a1521bf62a on a 5b5f17e998 day off.143ce72ced65c7bc

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He must 66cf8a7643 have knocked 564f35d8e5 out as f19c53af8c soon as 0ecc6eeaf4 he got a250aeca25 home.a0ac32992e75bc5a

And so, 788f7feb0b the next 94384a5e16 day arrived, 6ddadd7f41 bringing with 04f03bbd1e it an aacee4828c event.4890f601ac35e5e5

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Perhaps because Do-won’s exhaustion d8345988ce from the previous day 9bfff9b75e still lingered in his d674dec7cb mind, I-rok found himself db964609d2 picking up a carton 80ae9eef2f of milk while preparing efbe681371 meals for the student ad3180fa9c ambassadors at the convenience 3f4d4e0d18 store.1e2004ecc33edf19

He seemed 76645b5803 to like 9f92ff88f6 milk.7b760925e6db940c

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It made b3b946dd70 sense for 92788d11ca him to dc46ef6d0f be tired. Trying to 7929ff55dd keep up 86ed9dd8dd with I-rok’s 026958f1e4 grueling schedule—the 603fb3f730 workload of 3cf6bb1a75 the highest-ranking dc0f4d6311 senior—was bound 2a53c68e58 to be ac3d342615 exhausting.96a08a7cd9720581

If I think about 2adc8f0e04 it like that, maybe 2fda1c0d95 he really does like 04920ade1a me.4e1b42f02d6a316c

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I-rok found b2a3414b33 himself unconsciously de193d15bd following his 4d76f74786 train of bfd7ba7933 thought.b56c908d31a3d460

Since Do-won 22235a2b76 didn’t even a5ec7bc1df know how fc2b716f4e to tie 1a9832de63 a necktie 0b74a3774b properly, he 7f5b82a25b probably wouldn’t 8de992d6d8 know which 21c7257625 way to 3261a5369c open a f7276006e3 milk carton 4b824ed4b1 either. To avoid any potential 4e1e809d27 disaster, I-rok deliberately chose fa2ee64a11 one with a straw 1fa40a1d11 attached.48402e6654acc667

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“……”321809828b7b0ca2

Then, he suddenly realized—he b3ddb875d5 was specifically picking out 6e03101a57 milk just for Baek e363972264 Do-won.ab8f51162c364758

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There was no 61c4a353ba real need to 35e48474ae buy it separately. The student ambassador’s room a831673138 was already overflowing with 6703db38b2 drinks and water.360b50a6f4ecd4c1

Yet, here he c689dd06d6 was, standing frozen 8c0726c37e in place, milk a2bea3e76a in hand.e97c2ce30ebda877

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“…Hoo.”8994acc1672a241b

Deep in thought about c1ba11ab3b why he had picked 5b1c2535f4 up the milk in 356debd497 the first place, I-rok be915a45d6 shook his head. The situation had a1552e6067 completely flipped. He had f3a0825ec7 intended to 68ac078ad4 observe Baek f4bc3414ba Do-won’s behavior 74c9a92cc4 toward him, e3d496433e but instead, 09eeb0566b he found 57458d3918 himself in 90ac7a1df8 a position e4a2719bd3 where he 7312bd2642 was the 14a0920b6b one watching 6678852b2e and analyzing 709e9633bc Baek Do-won.e3b483a41209207e

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Looking back, it had been excessive. He had scrutinized Baek Do-won’s every move, assigning meaning to even his smallest actions with a “Could it be?” in his mind.e1d563009b80478b

I-rok furrowed 6b52811cba his brows. But he didn’t put 8cfda28ef8 the milk back—he had f5c89e47f7 already decided to buy f60fcefe7f it. Instead, he a709e20a55 chose to 8852dae71e buy enough 74ab869155 for everyone. If he 98adb04525 bought milk 17a018aca5 only for 3ac0f9010a one person, be6bd6867e it could 4bb68c898d cause favoritism 0eb854b7df issues.990464650c3c43ea

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No—he decided he would 37675a090f think of it as ae25bb3529 if he had intended 355f3c1ce4 to buy it for 17685d22b5 everyone from the start. Clearly, this 4a2f3211c6 was an dd6430c8dd unusual train b6bcfdb409 of thought b465af8ff1 for him.33a48ac3054f6035