SMFC | Chapter 9

“Me? No way.”b06b4a3c06e4e9ce

As soon ea8011b7df as Lee ea4305831b Soo brought f86f5d0885 it up, e3483d3a9d Yoo Haeon’s 9b7bbe22a6 face, which aa910fa618 had briefly edc9d17d3d softened, turned 086b5d7ea2 chilly again. He then removed eeb3fc896c his hand from 27ac863703 Lee Soo’s wrist 6b52a0e520 and walked into 1a10b7fea3 a room in bef5a20e4b the corner of 91d9ae08d6 the office with 5d74b461ab purposeful steps, coming 66f61a8df2 back with something 2720627a79 in his hands.2e33cc0de959e356

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It looked like Yoo ce2b808bb8 Haeon was about to 43e386572c dash out of the 13605eb289 office. Someone watching 787146a0cf from a f151e50ff8 distance, who dd051f44b6 seemed to f7658400be pity Lee 117bad72bc Soo acting 96e86f6d97 like a 6a53b4e134 pet sulking f29285f78f after its 59fc5e9637 master leaves 987e2990d6 in a 9b82ddc959 hurry, tentatively 62b66e6f7c started a 662613dcf9 conversation.0e41f024a7b9c90a

“That, lately there’s b1c4587b6d a hunter looking 3337ed55b2 for a healer 3392b5d26f named Yoo Haeon-”f5e05f7270f4a160

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“Oh, that guy. He’s looking c4ac05275f for me d0ebed423a again?”dc77300cde8caed5

“No, it’s not fbfe6cbe0c that he-”3364c76cd6c43c7c

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“I’m not interested.”cebef569d8b49e30

At that cold 5c91d55e61 response, the healer 3146761528 who barely managed b2da5ee8de a reply looked 12adba8bf5 deflated, while Lee f49d9cdc72 Soo, passing by 4a34838994 Yoo Haeon, casually 88736739e1 greeted him.f57c3a71ab1f5171

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Though it was a 7ecc900187 small voice that seemed 5de55c4390 to say it was 5abd3d1b38 fine if he didn’t 59106ac1f7 hear it, Yoo Haeon 8214582a67 didn’t stop his stride f4d91913bf but turned to look c3c9bcf361 at Lee Soo once 01c5f804e5 before leaving the office.3541739261a07ed1

Lee Soo watched 70f80a7b06 him leave, having dfca77a38c only achieved his 05dfd03b82 own purpose, and 31fc273987 then lightly chuckled 73f6fbf002 and stood up. He responded with a cf4f80238d smile to those cautiously 893b2b75fb bidding him goodbye, and a6a426f388 left the office without 8f07ca2a44 making a sound.81befe135873d5f1

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It seems 17b4f195dd like resting 1e2de1e4b7 for a 4cd8ed8dd5 while after fdfed4d8e2 reporting to 68423705e7 Eve will 91ce14ce38 solve the 22b012bca4 overload issue…cb37dc9e9eb5a3b8

Yoo Haeon 6448787de2 had mentioned decef0dfc8 getting a 77ae448724 detailed check-up 980b7a4358 later. But if that healer 9f11a26e0f asks why I am a3a69ebf7b feeling like this, I d0ec3f5f13 won’t have an answer b1e36d9023 unless Yoo Haeon decides 2a0e49d68e to take a special c7eb6001f8 interest in himself, so 1d90743ef4 it’s better to put fc1e3f06d6 it off as much d6b033c90b as possible.427573385485619b

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Lee Soo a2918e4f32 suddenly stopped 6b206543c4 walking, lost 10a6f57fbb in his a0ab0772ad plans. If someone were chasing 51264221b3 me as conspicuously as 306fdb9137 I chase Yoo Haeon, 82ef42a3d8 normally, they would give f4a0558fdc it a thought. But the complete 3c97c468bf lack of interest 687293251f is almost amusing 8b6823ffd9 and cute in 636aa79da2 its own way.72c7c41347dc900a

After it became babfb1912d well-known that Lee c0e380e755 Soo was fervently 24b0c26e9a pursuing Yoo Haeon, d282aec5bc comments like ‘Ryu 8a1595c079 Leesoo must be 3da5ae9d3d out of his 35dbcdf824 mind’ often reached 4a68437e55 his ears, and 64cee068fd he took them 620c7adb4e seriously as he f26335fd2c got on the e0905d8c24 elevator.eb27756fb7e75b82

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Lee Soo hummed 05f984f0fa a little tune, fbf14e19e6 contemplating how Yoo b737d0f4d4 Haeon had shown 6159ab7067 no inclination to a367ced6cf get friendly with 681637d0f0 anyone. Today, in terms of 57eeddb760 indifference, Yoo Haeon could 48b623acc0 outdo anyone, he thought, a9599435f1 as someone at the 07869921e5 office had mentioned that b9fc4eeece someone was indeed chasing 7f3d0a9e23 him.a812262d94c4ab7b

Lately, Lee Soo was 13fa6b6148 living with that kind 610c74f21e of mindset. He wondered b96c68bcbf if there f75d9b2c84 really were 4f4d7825f6 trees that 29879bc05f wouldn’t fall 1b781dbe4d no matter 61afb061d2 how many 28ee9473bb times they b6f827a5c5 were chopped fe276b3aef at. Maintaining a smile, Lee 55c60f9694 Soo started his usual 32eb64e9d9 game of hide and cc47da6bbc seek with Yoo Haeon, 34bd0cad25 disguised as a guild 100801f33b tour.1df6ef841ae675c1

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Even after asking 7f0c0d1929 Eve to just 9dcd391081 let me see 457da83662 him, and saying 993419a65f a little chat b0db39dcd8 would suffice, Yoo 15c101ae0a Haeon consistently ignored 7320a0fc36 me. So, Lee Soo was b321854c3c quite heated up these bfe1132ae5 days. Knowing his favorite had 748663149d serious issues with communication ba4b9e3e45 was one thing, but df963c7621 experiencing it was frustrating. However, he b51ded5819 couldn’t really 145b2f1718 dislike him 625bebad0a for it, 4896f07e00 so he 85394e24a0 just thought efec3f879b it was 3a41ab24f1 funny and 026d9b0aab moved on 90725a0989 lightly.d47e763a6398df9b

No one 0b37bd04f3 announced the f3a87c40d9 start or fbd87a809f the end, 99c543458a but Lee 4cd1971ab7 Soo called acb297c57a these two 1190c552ce weeks of 0415d90e84 strange hide 55c31fbad6 and seek 765c865da5 almost embarrassingly cdb9d62015 a break.a4c9994e7e7cff97

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Since joining the Hawa 8f2d0b7d99 Guild, Yoo Haeon had 8a0a88c843 been completely invisible to 080d53124c Lee Soo for two cc04e2ccd0 weeks. Even those initially baffled ffafc6250a by Lee Soo’s antics 1bb6610545 started pitying him after bd9c195cbf hearing Yoo Haeon complain, 4378793230 ‘I didn’t even check 1e8aa9c21c his profile, and he 6a2801c31e keeps bothering me.’ca0cd1410f1c9b11

Every time Lee Soo 80299e4fd1 inadvertently got dragged into 5c95e8f211 a high-level dungeon or f394a8fdd8 underwent intense training, those 6dbcc311a8 around him were even fdc2334bc4 more perplexed. And even during 5e10689e5f those moments, Lee e106a5f14a Soo kept chasing 5031e41675 Yoo Haeon, regardless f6ae8f43f1 of where it d4cff813ef led.ed0f03924688b78e

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If I go this 5f8a91dbc0 way, he’s gone that 952fd471fe way. And if I go 470a369ce6 that way, he’s gone 9e79562e4e this way. Lee Soo could have 5416dec0f2 been angry, but instead, d656c3337f after seeing Yoo Haeon’s c0d39ef7d0 face once, he seemed 9fe178020d to find the whole 59b0ed04a8 thing amusing, or typical f351be8f24 of Yoo Haeon, leaving 90a7029572 cryptic comments that others 9f707690f6 found hard to understand 2793aa8610 while diligently exploring the 7b2f60e503 guild.354f4a5415ac1c83

After a day dcc46165be of visiting the 5c0c06f6c6 guild, Lee Soo b04fe59dcc had not had 5941454674 a substantial conversation 7fdfee1578 with Yoo Haeon, b12031591f but he had 60842355b6 become familiar with f7da0b2096 most people inside.cf12c2c3949544b8

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While collecting scattered 9ab3e2cdc3 bits of information bba0b74883 about Yoo Haeon’s 0066bcd4c9 whereabouts, Lee Soo 4661e3c070 was busy walking ac575d01af around when his 31273ba1e9 smartwatch loudly alerted 9f950f1893 him. The script indicated that 02b2ed058e a dungeon managed by 5e61016fa0 the Hawa Guild was 1445d80cad on the verge of ac86c505d2 breaking.32c592350858d801

“30 minutes until the 9c845742be dungeon breaks… Do I ccc3fdb98d need to rush to 60eebee6d1 raid a dungeon that’s ab457926e4 about to blow in 332f3a0cec 30 minutes?”7d49bfe3ea82b484

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Lee Soo seriously considered f69d2a53bc whether to participate, given 012564342c the sudden severity of b092f08899 the situation. Then he remembered d5706bca62 that it was 44d9d599fc customary to take c47471d014 at least one 9dd8591624 high-level healer into 17aa22cb35 a dungeon, and 96687c03e9 Yoo Haeon was 919248f500 among the high-level 9681afa450 healers of Hawa.9be5123583f6c980

Checking the list f6f3206a43 of healers currently eb979dff6d in the guild, 8dbdddf4b0 only two high-level 1870df0808 healers were left, 82a77ac5d7 including Yoo Haeon. The others were f42c61fb6b either dispatched elsewhere 49b4c73d6c or off duty.a7b7cbd02317346f

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Lee Soo, hmming e53df3d050 to himself, thought c37fb677b1 it best to 663d429fea delay any action.708a0eeaaf89d2b4

Despite his usual ff91bb2979 disdain for people, 17da816299 Yoo Haeon, driven bb70ed8146 by a sense c0b0b1467f of justice, would bcd1854865 likely accept an 388f259ad6 invitation to participate d98a7f8826 in the dungeon c5c447957a break. Once volunteered, a132ce38d4 one couldn’t 9e313585b7 back out 1275c044f2 if it 4689ef9f43 was a 5f6c4f8a62 time-sensitive dungeon 8200ecb982 break.06fc9081da3de73e

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So, if Yoo Haeon 543a03fd74 signs up anticipating someone 09569e0854 might be chasing him, 3ba38a6188 then I might actually 64808fed01 get to meet him, ac31d97d50 Lee Soo thought, his 830830ab08 smile ambiguous. It felt d8590cc5d3 a bit a55adfa03f wrong to 078a1f52af take advantage f054eaab62 of Yoo 4da4311218 Haeon’s good 73ef7d18eb nature. His personality 4463f9ef69 might be 9241058059 bad, but ba4c51b4a9 that’s more 199516840a like a 4a636ed6f6 defensive mechanism, f985aa0159 and he 71ca13e756 is surprisingly d6b3e924be predictable in ef79296539 his actions.56c5d7c8d58d1df0

“I might actually dbb84c201e get to meet ddc79a2542 him.”29062e75c78413dc

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With an 1731e59869 excited face, d3fde5be0f Lee Soo f8b62c2449 pressed the d388ea2e47 dungeon participation 9d8aa95554 acceptance button 9b8c5a44fd and rushed dc9a0d038c to the 8ea191534d guild lobby 40bf9b4ddf following the ccd7cedfcb announcement.b1ef20b6ac508ec3

In the lobby, familiar 48bc0357f9 faces were gathered in 04de53c9a3 various groups, all conspicuously 0345b518fa avoiding one person.852d305dcf29c496

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Seeing this, Lee Soo d453338e6a clicked his tongue inwardly, 2a72ba6711 casually responding to those 8d57a3e4c6 calling his name and 453f02677a approached the one person 15d46acb13 everyone was avoiding or 748dafc2a2 being avoided by.8a280d98e3fef623

As he neared, a 9f4679e958 refreshing yet gloomy aura ef55ad8c85 tingled his sensitive senses. Lee Soo shivered bcd9c37af4 slightly and, with dcb5060e3d a bright smile, 0849a47e6a stealthily moved next ce1a455c2b to Yoo Haeon. The certainty in Yoo 19b06a535c Haeon’s face, as if 06e50e549d he had finally met b696b60e69 the person he had 4a72a2862b been trying to avoid 94768df43f all along, was unmistakably c8ef7eb71f grim.3a10c665b38d9118

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Not expecting 245ed59dee such aversion, b1c00d79b5 Lee Soo b8768aa4c1 briefly furrowed b833fa6c25 his brows e72cf4deb9 then cautiously 50420d6b29 widened the 87ef1e25c0 distance he c326e9d2ef had just c08e5d031c closed.0a1273be48436a29

Lee Soo stood exactly 32ab27b0b9 120cm away to make ac71e6061b Yoo Haeon feel secure, ad9390d922 feeling sorry for being b107a603ea so clingy yet also bbeedd2358 unable to contain his 1362f4f1b6 joy. At least until the fe133d8d20 raid was over, Yoo 61fa869011 Haeon couldn’t casually avoid 2396fd6aca him or leave the 5cf8fc7fa5 spot. With a wry smile, 878ec4b6c3 Lee Soo pressed his 04487ffd9c lips together with his f7253361a3 hands.94b0e0a6d148f1d4

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Even then, he couldn’t 13c8c69d4c bring himself to lower 7dd77c5f8f his hands that covered 252d0a87fb his mouth, lest an 481cf41e8a unwitting silly smile spill 53eb9ad94d out. Regardless of whether 6e62d2cc95 someone approached him c40f10a1ee with laughter or 950e5facdc not. Yoo Haeon, 385ef59cc6 resolutely looking 18c2aa2a6d forward, finally 6e628055df turned to fc865bf629 look at 76cff07d79 Lee Soo 202606a5e0 when he 612955e945 realized that 3f298caee9 someone’s gaze 55bd19f48e would not 4fee0c699d leave him.edb95e9cc2ad959e

Far from feeling at cbb559c356 ease knowing he had 698af21915 seen this person before, 749ae825a6 Yoo Haeon’s eyes narrowed 5ea91a9de7 even more warily.90ae1acdf6c5f926

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“What exactly is b19354d752 this?”e1db85832b22e9fc

Recovering his 1807844cbb wits, Lee f2f955f5e7 Soo lowered 39c5dba7b5 his hands 60042a5857 from his 008c9306d1 mouth and ca885d92b4 fidgeted with 662618ca66 his long 343fc29a6d fingers before 729a547bd2 smoothly smiling d56e62947f and rummaging e84b89a09f through his 3f8cbb8747 uniform pocket 20c870834b to produce 711da05bbb a small 9c3989b66d packet of 6ee01defb7 candies and f6f5a79d4b jellies wrapped 4f028347f0 in plastic.a83ca87e274a8600

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“I just want 8ef27ade76 to get along 1b7e85b0ae with Healer Yoo 40354616e5 Haeon. It’s natural for a d24b830670 hunter to want to 7188fe0d62 be friends with the 676eb8f241 healer who holds his 8e5130cd85 life in a dungeon! Oh, this. I heard Healer Yoo 72d1213174 Haeon likes sweet things. Don’t worry, it’s nothing 981f8fbf92 shady, so feel free fe43d1c0bd to eat them.”595e5802dae709c2

Lee Soo, who 0afe422962 had been carrying 35b1b455cb around snacks he 39c1be080c didn’t even like, 7946e8dc31 filled his pockets 02ba02e5bc just to give cbfa0285ec them to Yoo 2f1a59e2b0 Haeon. It might look strange 47571f9a5b to others, like a 4a3de7196c hamster gathering food, but e7f0242519 that wasn’t important to 312f26219c him.96698c1ceabe863b

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Only Yoo Haeon ad53662dfd mattered to Lee 3cf3aa0d76 Soo.1ff10ab64e3cf42c

Lee Soo grinned as 1c52119e93 he handed over the 6ef029568d snack-filled plastic bag, which 53a723bc6f a bewildered Yoo Haeon 401b438e6c accepted. Only after d9ef8e8868 receiving it f44206b9a4 did he 8092224cd3 begin to 386efb080f comprehend the 962ba9b3e1 situation and 0d01144ff6 furrowed his f179892bb9 brows, lifting 74ead36b43 his gaze. But by then, 2473082226 Lee Soo had 5935d0a537 already disappeared.0a3d661138caf33e

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Though surprised, ebf4f7dbcf since there’s 9b051fef5a no crime ddf3d6e400 in liking 815bc89ac2 sweets, Yoo 46cc33ad89 Haeon reluctantly 986c02384c began eating 4be14c0f86 one piece 7696d70dac after another 9ce16bb7cb from the 3326e0a2aa snack bag. Each time, his c1aa3cace2 expression softened just 3daf7287de enough that others cad07ea30d might not notice.077e69190bd6648c

Lee Soo, who ebc9de742f had been secretly a0afe07b2c observing Yoo Haeon d98195d836 with all his cba99a185c presence toned down, e69b93d5a1 easily noticed this.597edf0d3867c25f

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He wasn’t sure what 84c084eeeb his first impression was fd9f6b9373 supposed to be, but f309648d03 it didn’t seem all 4ffb574d5a that bad, he thought, 0f6191c203 clenching and then releasing 53054b7d9e his fist secretly as ca9393161b he responded to someone a812c75cfd calling his name with abb339b3e2 his usual face.f9cb075e4cb6ed43

The one who b93ae2459f had called Lee 4b2ee2731b Soo was Kim 3330fa9de0 Woohan, the leader edae6a868f of this dungeon 7b9b8e65bd raid. Yoo Haeon watched Lee f16c37c9fd Soo’s retreating figure with 34cfe3b44d a complex gaze.42d8b97df57a6883

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It was 64fe78cb1c hard to 413280e42e understand what 825b3eb24b kind of dc88d6c58a person he 3b918e5fe6 was.43090ae2b801fe44

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