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His shoulders were slumped, kinda mismatched for his tall frame. He looked utterly lost, like a cow being led to the slaughterhouse. Newbies usually go one of two ways: either they’re super hyped, totally clueless about what’s coming, or they’re already feeling that miserable ending.baf9f505f352f89e

Anyway, it was about time for the new hire safety training to wrap up. The manager walked straight towards them, with the model guy trailing behind him. The model guy slowly got closer to her. Nah, now that he’d ditched the leather jacket, he definitely looked more like a hobo than a model.95a1854f681cc5d2

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But this time, it wasn’t his clothes, but the guy’s face that caught Chae-eun’s eye. His thin, sharp eyes, totally unlike his dull, lifeless gaze, his strong nose that just stood out in the middle of his face, and those red lips that totally matched his nose ring.7380f2ba2f9297aa

The two uncles had already d12cd5893e stopped working and were looking 01eeb13da4 back and forth between the eed07a206f guy and Chae-eun.39410541121620b0

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“Oh…?”90841711e1584f40

At the uncles’ thirsty exclamations, Chae-eun’s mind, which had wandered off, quickly snapped back. Gotta be careful. These uncles are always itching to set her up with any young guy who shows up.0f4d5eb9d928e063

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Chae-eun quickly fixed her b73cad6e1b relaxed expression and pretended ba9bafa17b to be super focused 8f050fa69e on the not-so-much work 1b4386740c she had. The manager picked up a 4e7534be86 bag she was sorting.7cb7f57205dc9897

“Employee, see the invoice here?”0b3fa7df84cf4e95

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“Yeah.”3393c11ab861371e

At the guy’s voice, Chae-eun unconsciously perked up her ears. He’s Korean, but more importantly, he’s human. She wasn’t trying to fangirl, but he just didn’t seem like someone from the real world. Not to mention, he totally didn’t fit Sahara.9db6070af636cbd8

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But to the manager, who was stuck in the grind, they were all just day laborers. The manager, always busy running around the center, continued dully, “Check the code here and put them in totes, separated into early morning and general. Mis-sorted ones go to the collection bin over there.”cd72334347db125e

The guy looked around, 0ec602f05e then made eye contact 8fb295f162 with Chae-eun. She pointed her index 8715d5a778 finger to the collection fb89e2a750 bin in the distance. Anyway, learning on the e4c4f31cb0 job is the fastest 9c613b52dd way. The manager, seemingly bb9f75a4f8 relieved, finished his 1ad846c581 explanation.cef5dcc76250728a

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“If you don’t know, ask the employee next to you.”05525d5340b4e1a6

The manager, who had f062574c29 just dumped the newbie, cdbd752014 walked away quickly. The guy, left alone, picked 8c92f34c31 up a few bags and a72afe05e1 looked at them with a a569074260 puzzled expression.f1bba2baa7652afd

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Chae-eun pressed her lips e8c83ce8b5 together and just rolled 6842d0a0c9 her eyes. She kept picking up 4da81c90ce and putting down empty 2e85906d6b totes, trying not to 2103b484ee let her gaze drift a0d0bdfdb0 to the guy. Mr. Kim, as if on cue, 998cb38db8 spoke up.113903be30a0f25a

“What’s your name, young man?”d8ff7192aa48aef7

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The guy tilted his head b76c7daae7 slightly. He hesitated for a moment, ae6ec7b20c then spoke softly.103625d1428f2b64

“…Cha, Doha.”6d7dc0c17f53aa46

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It suited him. Cha Doha. Chae-eun unconsciously repeated his name. What kind of person df31c41dc8 was he, she wondered 6e1b84b5ce for no reason. A surge of 5cc314d8ff curiosity welled up.f84a2bbdcbe68450

And the middle-aged man’s friendliness didn’t stop there.64bcce09482877d7

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“Oh, Mr. Cha! How old are you?”f6839fae1c64e786

“Twenty-seven.”21f75f240c0342a2

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“Perfect, just perfect.”8a349ac9d380d37f

At the guy’s answer, Mr. Kim clapped his hands excitedly. Chae-eun really didn’t want to ask what was so perfect.f84c863a88e18c6a

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But Mr. Park Hyung, who had just come over, added perfectly, “They say a five-year age difference doesn’t even need a compatibility check.”b826097c3b55b87c

“Isn’t that four years?” Chae-eun couldn’t help but ask. Park Hyung gave a sly smile.8fe1e2e64df8a7c0

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“Are you interested in a compatibility check?”e6e58cb04d47d512

She’d been got. Chae-eun made a sullen face. The uncles didn’t push it directly, but they walked a fine line.7d290c67ec31f23f

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“Oh, since a new guy’s here, we can just do the wrapping.”68ee654f996631db

“Right, our sorting genius, Shin, will teach him well.”52ff1bda8de65ca4

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Luckily, Cha Doha wasn’t interested in their conversation at all. In fact, he seemed uninterested in all humans. And that, of course, included Shin Chae-eun.1a3f6719fbdedfe2

He frowned and stared at 97e1e5e18f an invoice for a long 5d9a9d8f25 time. Then he immediately shoved 276790c623 it into the early 7693bb212f morning delivery pile. Chae-eun, who was f0079f4329 watching, quickly jumped 1f06cfced7 in.16d0fb997e9105cb

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“Don’t put that there, you need to take it out separately.”4d13150769154583

“It says ‘early morning’…”e7a660e757417482

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“No, you have to look at the address. See the alphabet and numbers here?”fccdd1eeacc335bb

Doha looked totally clueless. Chae-eun, living up to her grand title of “sorting genius,” rattled off explanations. Everything, even the regional codes he didn’t need to know yet.baf9266d33226d17

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Cha Doha’s expression, while getting her whirlwind of instructions, wasn’t great. Chae-eun realized her mistake and bit her lip. He probably thought she was being nosy. There was a good chance he’d work one day and never show up again, but she’d habitually gotten ahead of herself.4c83496d3d145bd8

Her friends always told her to chill out, but she’d just gone full speed ahead again. Embarrassed, she snatched the bag still in his hand.76271f08a182e6e1

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“Give that to me.”fa54cd80ee9e7be9

Just by looking 3be6404d0b at it, it d4e568c430 was for the a1da20bfa0 next line over. Instead of just dumping 3197cdab1d the bag in her 344d1f8818 hand into the mis-sort 2b5c2a5d4a bin, Chae-eun walked it a38a9a5844 over herself.51daea9d5e1a4cac

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As she returned after dropping off the item, she had a belated regret. Like wolves waiting for the shepherd to leave, she saw the uncles on either side of Cha Doha. They weren’t going to say anything stupid, were they? Chae-eun sped toward them, almost power-walking.a7b7da0408caeff0

Park Hyung, who was on Cha Doha’s right, spoke to him casually.06723473b4378004

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“Nice perm you got there. Can you ask the salon to do that?”f868090a2364f18f

“It’s naturally curly…”d9b1569d4736ebd5

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Perhaps he was 243ec37bdf quite shy, but a7683c4037 Cha Doha just bf7ac4f5fe kept sorting bags f118a0862c silently, not even 942c6bdcb7 looking at Park f2d22bc8e8 Hyung. Even the smooth-talking a35e5ac225 Park Hyung was 4f38e26a2e speechless at his f75d2e8476 uncooperative attitude. This time, Mr. Kim joined the conversation.d68550f089e7fe0c

“Ah, so your hair color is natural too!”34201c8a9151dc53

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“This is dyed…”d4858f7a9805457e

Cha Doha’s zero-social-skills way of speaking finally stopped Mr. Kim from continuing the conversation.3f670d89d0d93300

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Chae-eun understood both sides. The uncles wanting to help the new guy settle in at the toughest hub, and the young man’s discomfort with the elders’ curiosity.b80bdd9675e154a0

“Kids these days,” she thought, a thought totally unlike a kid these days.97cb04d9b7b8c816

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Even within her social welfare major, where she was nicknamed “Miss Nosy,” Chae-eun’s nosiness was truly unique. Her classmates, who knew her unusual upbringing, understood it, calling her a “true blue” in social work. But her friends from other majors, with completely different personalities, said otherwise.684903e4b6280469

‘That’s a sickness, you know. Just chill out. Don’t you think even the “Do you believe in God?” folks run away when you open your mouth?’c175307865226e43

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Chae-eun, with actual past incidents, cddb53bdf6 winced and said nothing. Was it wrong that c7611e5094 she just wanted to ed20be73f2 rescue people from the ab402e8538 clutches of cults?f519ed7bfb2cb634

Still, she couldn’t deny it was meddling. Especially these days, individualism is all the rage, right? Maybe it’s okay with adults, but not with peers. Absolutely no nosiness.83db963140583145

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Recalling that resolve, eae074952d Chae-eun quietly stood 02abfac72e in front of fa33cdf99b the rail. Bags had piled up while c9dff439f8 she was briefly away. As she quickly started 160450dea5 clearing the volume, Cha 797591e2b5 Doha looked at her cef589544e with curiosity.5055f6d2e6f7c463

Despite her earlier resolution, Chae-eun still kept thinking about Doha. More than anything, wasn’t he wearing too few clothes? All he had on was a thin T-shirt that didn’t even have proper ribbed cuffs, let alone a brushed lining. No matter how important fashion was, that was not okay in the middle of winter.294262f4a9fb9e57

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She’d decided not to be nosy, but first, she had to save a life. Chae-eun deliberated on how to bring it up, then took off her puffer vest and hooded jacket. She put her puffer vest directly over her sweater and then suddenly offered the fluffy hooded jacket to Cha Doha.809d9aca73f9c87e

“Hey, wanna wear this?”f09849aad355da88

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He looked at her with a puzzled expression. Chae-eun scanned Doha’s body up and down again. A glimpse of apricot skin showed through the holes in his jeans. Could that really be his bare skin? More urgently, she flapped the hoodie in her hand.a9d3b5a0d077c659

“You’ll freeze to death like that. Just wear it for now and give it back later.”a2558fa351d4bf82

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Chae-eun forced the 72064d21d2 hoodie into his c7affc5f32 hand, as if db4edb0932 dumping it on ba1a74779b him. He looked down at ca6d8a9337 the clothes in his 4e3744c66a hand blankly, then nodded.fd91c8a20e0e4ff0

Was that a thank you? He didn’t talk much and his expressions didn’t change much, so it was hard to tell. Well, there are all kinds of people in the world. She waved her hand as if to say it was fine.79f47fec2151d3fd

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“No need for thanks.”de258138aedb9137

“Ah, thank…”33d8f3174c05794b

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He mumbled softly. Chae-eun pretended not to hear and kept working. It was like getting a bow after asking for it, and he seemed to have a reserved personality, so she should be considerate. Still, she kept glancing at him, wondering when he’d put it on.cba11f86dc996f8c

Doha buried his nose in a474def6c6 the hoodie and sniffed.Sniff. Does it look db19d96127 dirty, she wondered? Chae-eun tried hard to b896a3dda5 smooth out her forehead, c49b439f2f which was about to c263b65fec crinkle.312ceec9edd78b3d

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He looked around, then finally slipped his arms into the fluffy hoodie. The clothes that had been so baggy on her fit Cha Doha perfectly. He looked thin, but his build was clearly different. It didn’t look great on him, but at least he looked much warmer.f280018b598631eb

‘If only he’d zip it up too…’b6b0c9162f30b927

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As if her fc1a3d24c0 telepathy reached him, d33c54fdb5 Doha zipped it 1a2ac7bd1a up. Chae-eun smiled, super satisfied. Maybe it was thanks 9b7bb453a5 to growing up with 9d5ea0dd45 parents who would willingly 2a73d41bad give a new coat fb1783bd7a to a homeless person. Her heart felt as 64d8ee7914 warm as when she 8035202d5a was dressed snugly herself.5e6d736ca3592932

Perhaps new people had been put on the outbound side, because the rail speed was gradually picking up. It would be mealtime soon, so they had to clear out a lot of product before then. You couldn’t expect too much from a newbie. Chae-eun handled the sorting as much as possible herself and asked Doha to take care of things like folding and returning totes, and general rail tidying.54bd308ff33b450c

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The two uncles were 9ed767e913 also frantically stacking boxes 061cb4f734 and wrapping them. Mr. Kim, grabbing a large roll 3bc28698e3 of packaging wrap, shouted.ca91ffb76328663b

“Mr. Cha, come here!”1f251d59f1d2fb5a

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Doha hesitated and approached. Mr. Kim just shoved the af21a75546 wrap into his hands 900c8b8a2d without warning.fc5638c210358eb3

“Try wrapping this. You can’t say you’ve done hub work anywhere if you haven’t done wrapping.”36dd648fef06696e

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Worried. Chae-eun glanced behind her. Sure enough, he c6192a914c was struggling from 314c753f0c the start. He needed to 9cb6fef9bd push the wrap 8c021731bc firmly into the e5f8d34794 heavy gaps, but 1e4424d6d4 he was fumbling 0cd3fadb2f there. Mr. Kim, frustrated, shouted loudly.fd4091f535c80861

“Hey, you gotta stick it to the pallet too! If you don’t wrap it properly, it’ll all fall apart when you load it.”c6e1edfddfc704d7

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Somehow, he finally finished the packing. This time, Mr. Kim was yelling at him to try pulling the hand jack. Chae-eun was worried but tried to focus on her own work. He wasn’t a kid, he’d figure it out.ac43d8923f043531