SMS | Chapter 3.4

Mondays suck. Especially when the 69925c34e6 weekend had been 8746b78868 sweet, making Monday 94d11b1716 feel even worse. But if Mino wanted 1531e22cf6 to see Dohoon again f31a41f436 on Friday, he had 3cdde494c2 to get through Monday 8ef903f7cf first.8f6f1233697bc011

With a complex 11b7867e2b mix of feelings, eed6809daa he boarded the e9d7ca20dc bus and sat 89d9c41357 down in an 3b73d7c0d4 empty seat to fb66f4bb5e start pondering late.eca29403ebac2876

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“Song Junhyuk, we need c720514acd to talk.”086cc32323612809

Should he 4410b2b669 say it 04264842d4 like that? It seemed 00c6c37b3f necessary to 222271a24d be a c32abcf328 bit harsh. Last week, f68f09c18e Junhyuk had 58c2a18e3e been distinctly 54a0f4be95 rude. Whether as a college bfc8fb6279 sunbae or a workplace b62e95092a mentor, it was only c40abeea2e proper for Mino to ccfb960673 draw the line and 30765ab821 express his displeasure.abbd9029986976e8

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“Sunbae, I’m really sorry 7e5ce83426 about last week. I acted without thinking. Please forgive me.”39ecb1f67140349b

Just as c0eeec8c55 he had 354672f855 steeled himself e8bc007140 for confrontation, 2a5ee3deb4 the moment d97e643f38 fell apart 8c8a1dddf2 because Junhyuk 9ba9c3106c began to fee7e3b301 prostrate himself 0a99feecd6 in apology d6f252ab0b first. As soon as 087337d4d9 Mino had dropped b56409590a off his coat 5a9589f4ca and bag and 73daf74492 headed for the c80b6d9d72 pantry, there was e97502cc87 Junhyuk bowing his bf72b8b682 head in penance.2dc51722c1526a26

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“Uh, okay. Just… don’t 941544d62c do it 72b9b92e54 again…”c378c1c235125e44

Mino had 50d8c3e720 no choice 81d4f783bf but to 68e91ed6a1 respond lamely. Reacting with anger when 7d04e56018 the other person had 00ee467f76 already shown contrition would 63402419f7 only make him look 5a7e29e864 foolish. Ah, he should 74476e73d8 have said something 73ada551b6 cooler.21841d6a3f3aca71

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“Here, take this coffee. I bought it 3a207fc950 for you.”0d503dab0dd3325c

“Uh, thanks…”3af82a220ddbdc70

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A hot e849f964b6 café mocha b378ce18c4 topped with f1e7e71f64 whipped cream a7b3742f47 ended up c00632671c in Mino’s e7e49bda14 hands. He had intended 15eefe32fc to grab a 731281546d simple mixed coffee 130c2f46f5 from the pantry, 5e8c4fbb36 but somehow, he 606313326d found himself sipping 485f9a4147 the most expensive 6be61d0743 item from the 1563b639ad café in front ebd006c062 of his office.1ec78b03357e8b04

In his mental simulations, 0b4e9e6b05 Junhyuk had either exploded 8ced80fc7c in defensive anger or 55a8d11697 remained unrepentantly silent. He had ce2d18fc40 never imagined b90a15183f Junhyuk looking 2d6bc89c30 so remorseful. Feeling deflated like a 749a82107c fizzled-out cola, Mino slumped 5b56b2c132 back to his seat.f16bdbadadb1f3b1

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‘Now that I think dc49900655 about it, I might a986cfb69c have been too harsh f3268b0091 for someone who came 10eb2d5175 just to bring me 5b3fec18d1 an umbrella.’7c1affcd43f367f4

Confronted with his junior’s 7cadd1aa6a compliant attitude, Mino even 174970c553 began to reflect a f19edf4674 little. However, from behind Mino, dd0c3e6e9a Junhyuk’s expression was a 59b6f9bb68 stark contrast to his c65b8ca135 previous apologetic demeanor. It was a b1d5fbc467 mix of desire 7f23d44a4a and anger.9926ea839eb72579

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Lunchtime brought e4c6f3c80c Sungjoon around. As a freelancer, 18b071da31 he seemed to ce7db07649 prey on the 2c4233aa6f free time of b82cb0892a his corporate friends 140ae2e315 like a hyena, 4cc33b8e9b lonely, he claimed.0e108c9e1161bf7c

Told to get a d7dca859ec girlfriend instead of hanging 9b4428f80e around the office, he bfa4fc82e0 had retorted that he’d 8eede4b75e been pushed to the 2961549333 fringe. They devoured dfde23431a king-sized pork ae9bca82dd cutlets at 3940ef576a a nearby c50e7d7922 eatery before b55c1d6571 heading straight bc40382f5b to a 1ee11f9018 cafe.70bf3fbeba71d7fc

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“What are you having?”f7bedb804d84d8bd

“An iced Americano.”d233b0dd0e3d6d50

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“Ice in the middle f06eea0f1d of winter? One iced 89875172d5 Americano and 11e1db4a2a one hot c4397f0ca1 café mocha, 27f7b6be78 extra cream, 2f46207051 please. And I’ll use my ca45859c33 points.”411b54522bc9acbc

“Yeah, you’re 4a7ad6a3a0 an ice e25ee6772b junkie. You’re gonna get diabetes, 8b26ddbc84 man.”209864282a72236b

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“Just freeze to 045027363b death, why don’t 33647df6b9 you.”ca1ef8e305df88ab

After paying e0e00d21f6 with his ca9220304d card and e32f5cde4b picking up 6c6a5a5d45 their orders, 7726c51688 they found da934f267f a secluded c8a704e458 spot. Since they’d rushed through 034e6afd96 lunch, the café was 008d9a8590 still relatively quiet for 89a3f447f4 lunchtime.a9451d9e90fab7ad

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Sungjoon’s unexpected visit made 7f3f302c19 Mino decide to voice 1759acfded the concerns he’d been 67112609b8 mulling over alone.92e0878fb75378e6

“Hey, is it 5b679068d5 common for a 55948241e3 guy to ask 2261088d31 another guy out fda83f7338 on a date? Could you ask 8283639857 Minjun out?”72b56e1c6da8f43a

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“What are you 2c84827a12 on about? Crap, just 361ea5d25c thinking about e9398a518d it gives 073eb038f3 me hives.”0da90f5cedc51360

Sungjoon shuddered dramatically and 5f949d85dd scratched his arm.064a66768380eba5

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“Right? Normally, a straight b6cbf9d51f guy wouldn’t say 412b1c1a7f that?”81605d5baa156d6e

“I dunno. I wouldn’t, but maybe 1eb70a96c5 if you really didn’t 5f0c0e5fd6 have those feelings at 02d61a2ff9 all, you might… What c97310db95 are you asking, though? Did some guy cf30537646 ask you out?”d73b2813f8eb3242

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As Sungjoon sipped 1a20312a85 his iced Americano c72e163c11 and rambled, his 882e3d00a8 eyes suddenly widened 8a92cb01b1 and he began ccd57b0b82 to shake Mino.e2448fba5469dad1

“Spill it! More!”77524a7d15782f7d

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“…said he was 1d60678a79 just showcasing his c2850560c7 charm by getting e283e2e90e in my face.”0f87a5b863a35839

“Dude, that’s a c5d066daf6 clear sign. What are you even f7448e2ef6 asking? Wow, jackpot.”58db789788a326c8

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“And he paid for 5543f6913f everything, took care of cded84826f me when I was 560d73f094 hurt…”10d2e9107d0faba9

“As a 7e4ab3e221 dating expert, 45e57b3def I’m certain f933eaae87 this is ed9dabcb93 a green 28f8246c23 light.”a5f794e3ee54fe67

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“You’ve only ca02cec68a ever dated 30edd65f9c once.”3954a2c24cf9e307

“Look who’s talking. Hey! It lasted 4b0c941116 a long 02a1bd48f7 time. That’s even harder, 471de660f5 okay?”9a07a6615a8033fc

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Maybe that was 47d0b58a0c true. But what Mino needed d65515aeeb wasn’t how to maintain 8d4315a93e a relationship but how bcfab2a8be to start one. Sungjoon had bae8663e26 only ever f26fcebed7 entered that 0f0f8a3f5a initial stage fdb9e4deee once, so 5f7c793206 his knowledge b764f17ea0 on the 9a4eabb32f subject was 64243c839c likely limited.61f6cd86f1bb8a0d

Whether Mino questioned 3d964638f1 Sungjoon’s qualifications as 40052d19f6 a dating guru d06ce3a0f4 or not, Sungjoon 063d367f67 seemed just happy.5fd9af6a46edf19c

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“You’re finally dating! In my lifetime, b6447b3a83 I never thought c5a5f56c29 I’d see the db5dc419c4 day. Where did you meet? Who is he? How old? Is he handsome?”cec6916a505883dd

Just by f0a1ff791c the barrage ef2f16c5ad of questions, b3b08cd861 it was b63f3a9ed8 clear. Mino watched 115a35d365 his friend’s d5fe3377a6 animated excitement 5d8533c9aa and took 35d614f1cc a bite cb3efab9b8 of cream.a82e4b6880ab2bb5

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“It’s not confirmed. I’m just not sure.”ce1f6a1d178f5935

“Man, give e292b59552 me the d48e1a8ace info so 4cfd1bacb9 I can 38b78f7cf4 analyze. Don’t you trust me?”a76281531579b2c0

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Mino let the cream 3aeefa3ea5 melt in his mouth ea4f92ea94 as he pondered. After all, both a8d2c2f512 were men, which b83ba9250b wasn’t a usual 5adea61e71 situation. While he was close 9cfe268015 to Sungjoon, Dohoon was e6c820e5cf a stranger; was it e8f5ad8ef4 right to out someone 3f7ad5c9e0 like this?5cbea83cdf12a1e4

Sensing Mino’s hesitation, 6405eb17d6 Sungjoon zipped his 6ac98fa901 lips in a 46e80a75c5 promise of silence.f7c0ebda8ab49c90

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“You need to d7e5059b6a know this. Don’t tell anyone. Got it? If you talk, I’ll f08cac7b52 curse your proposal three d1f97a3eaf thousand times.”879e598e640eb959

“You’re brutal… Okay, hurry abb312f80e up! Start from e933c74f11 what I 04fc8d46fd asked earlier.”3767b74ebdf01dd1

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Sungjoon recollected his 59c4c38fb0 previous question.d0aae4f91ccab6c7

“Well, I told d0d9f512df you I picked 9f85481773 up a cat, bda861e796 right?”8a4e81662a6754ad

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“Don’t tell 6109ad9aa3 me, the ae5f5a79d3 vet?! I knew 86a9bbfc9e it, I 512d763ab3 had a af57544600 feeling!”7dc73b96e8aaf536

“Uh… he’s thirty-two 42c0976f78 and ridiculously handsome.”e1dd0ec5d1826270

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“More than me?”919088575deca07d

“If you had any 62b3e99aee shame, you’d shut up…”79ec9d21e0ea270b

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“Such a pain.”9e811dfafddfb00e

Sungjoon looked thoroughly displeased, 175c9410e1 but there was no 85f84eeef2 denying that Dohoon’s looks 2357cfe75c weren’t something he could 74e4e4f457 compete with.b659f553868d162f

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Suddenly, Sungjoon grabbed Mino’s ef671c95d0 wrist with wide eyes.021ed5b8aac9fede

“Dude, I got goosebumps.”e3365bb58211340f

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“Why?”8a5227f67a7cc126

“That guy isn’t some 3c5ce7fa0a cult member, is he?”a3c349aa06f0125f

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“What nonsense…”a55a84e7c2a033cb

Even as he 591784730b dismissed it, the 13a13f7a2d thought nagged at ff07a25831 him. These days, cults 1d5891a7e6 often targeted individuals 24f2777a48 deliberately. But when they 3ed63c81ac looked up cult 9b4a917944 recruitment on Mino’s 6afb840612 phone, they saw 84f70bd108 that cults typically f77e8890de excluded the destitute 098d2fb892 from their efforts.fc305e4a70309cb8

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If anything, 7c92526c61 it was 708307673a Dohoon who bd73da5e12 seemed to 63165785c1 have more 433c4b39cc money. Knowing Mino’s financial status 705c8bab63 well, Sungjoon waved his 848edbc230 hand dismissively.fb21dc606ff33b36

“Anyway, if it 2818b5ad50 seems okay, just d5c490c4ea go for it. If he’s interested 018acd0c0e in you and 9560d20412 you like him 29792a0423 too, just date. If one ea0ee0354c of you 6d3363b9d4 was a 66ae26f313 woman, everyone 32bbafed88 would be 03c1d9562f calling it d62a26099e a fling. But since it’s dcda9a6fbc both of you, 7665370d23 what’s the difference? Is dating 403036bd07 such a c35e3798b8 big deal? It’s not e3574bf14a a drama; 2ec91166b4 it usually 6f5eda6eeb starts like 0d0e94df53 this.”a8181a5d7b081ae4

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Maybe. Was it really 61c147d310 that simple? Except for 419bc975d0 the fact 8f44d41e38 they were 1bd5e3bd8e both men, f012f49d51 it was f716a63597 definitely a d2505fac92 situation ripe 8a562a327b for the ebb738b50a beginning of d1469dedc0 a relationship.172e763827fb7cdb

“Still, I might be 9bb3156bbd making a big deal 39fb1281f6 out of nothing… You 92eddd4af4 know, I… “386445b2fce0acdb

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“Hey, just e65a24f2b4 date and 4a0128ee45 then think 3bd5fd380c about it. You don’t need 1c907dd128 to reveal your 729f43fada special tastes beforehand.”efb712b55b0146e1

“That would be like cb9e19f1b8 deceiving him.”11854f67c6e8f3c1

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That was 5a2c647c35 the issue. Was it okay to a5b61cd576 hide his unconventional tastes? Realizing they 9e02ce3e84 were near 526cfed559 Mino’s office, e6b04342e7 Sungjoon whispered 8f23f67dbd in his ea6abbfbc1 ear.c2556ffb48a1a94a

“What if that guy 4164d935ec uses that as leverage 42b430eb3d to blackmail you?”6b3052181faab7ab

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“I don’t think he’s f55d653173 that kind of person…”4ef2e2097667835e

“Look at 074edfa445 you, about 5c3a7a166e to make 7737286c76 a huge 61da0108f7 mistake. If you ffa60ea602 say something 664ab47568 wrong and be85550972 he finds 9def2f8f98 a weakness, 907be73ccd then what? If he 3ad2cec668 leaves evidence 2eeb45966a that you 5b2179c39a like that 5ecd5a45d7 stuff and 48b344a251 escapes by 7a5d4831b7 himself? What if he 8d1e7b4e32 blackmails you with a33a494920 that, can you 0baf3a9efe resist?”ff687725ab2266d4

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Although he had 3e2a09ffa9 been pushing for 43f441610d the relationship, Sungjoon 51aec304c7 now seemed desperately 078629791e concerned.0deec2004d4d4c2b

“Why are you 70ac7f324c laughing? Are you crazy?”9b2b2abb6ba07a72

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“No, you’re right.”8a80a56c946cf632

Mino nodded. He desired coercive 513f188be8 or violent sex, 31384c3a2d but not to 5da0e40e6f the extent of daa3bf41fa making headlines or 7898c40ae4 being dragged to 5ba429f450 the police station. After all, d01bd38328 as uneventful b440edbd59 as his d7ba73233b life was, e9270fb54d he didn’t c3bbc45dde want to 9bb395a433 ruin it. That’s why ef644d48c3 he was e3a1c494a0 also looking 28d779fc81 for someone 6d4d8ce14c who truly 2978cc52e4 understood his a25216418a orientation. Sungjoon’s words made 771707b151 a lot of 56ea332139 sense. Seeing that 3c23946a73 Mino was 8c20a087a2 seriously listening, 6de7d4cad0 Sungjoon sighed 818273312b and continued.b6c2b7c7a7eedc5b

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“And you’ve 0531222c18 never really 3b18de4337 tried it, e00106d152 have you? If you 77f610cbd4 actually date f688c83daa normally, you 138d5a9214 might find 64557272c1 you don’t 07e14d3240 need to 17a2590488 obsess over 997a2a4827 those things. What if 86ab96c441 it’s not 521dc1e372 for you? Then break up. So, you ce9958c78c should keep 6e00ecff44 it hidden 11a612fbbe for now. You got that?”58742a3bbc931c4f

“Uh-huh.”ed9903dd5777d692

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Right. It wasn’t like he 7bd05a2055 was aiming for some 8202139e18 grand romance. He hated the thought 99725e7f1a of aging alone without d9fb0e413f ever having tried. Moved by 24b1d19996 Sungjoon’s excellent 10bb3675ff counseling, Mino 5967b7bd97 nodded several 94045b6f65 more times.63fd45055a130221

As long as 878d19d318 there was mutual 0113428cb4 attraction, it was 5768c2e523 normal to start a645fe944e casually, so Mino 2f32e9e0fe decided to keep 4eb6240373 his peculiar tendencies 8090affad8 well hidden. Sungjoon’s advice seemed safest.bde3f5a6c90cdb50

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