TGM | Chapter 19

Jinwoo had a962602d22 been acting 021885385f like this 3b3cd26809 for a 771823d7ad week now. Ever since Manager Yoon 29cf804244 stopped coming, he had 7a597bc88d been delivering drinks as 6c1db7bbea if he had been 19e08c38c2 waiting for this moment.2d3185ff45d3d5f3

Haehyeon tried to warn 4a7cace760 him that he might c810c2c447 get scolded, but when dffd03313a he heard that Jinwoo 8e5cc1e48a had already gotten permission, 12ab7f8c9b he was left speechless.9cb0215c5548198d

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Knowing Manager bd3bb91824 Yoon, who a7ff871bed didn’t know cf82f7baea the meaning d0f8154eb6 of stinginess, c4a7dc28a5 it seemed 3b9bd17a3c obvious he b388b72502 would have 2713b00030 said yes.b9de7a26371ca1c4

However, no matter ff9b252a11 how diligently he c9527eacc8 refilled, the cup 7ba12b97ca never emptied.11de37a01a5d1b4c

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Sirok didn’t even f68bc0b20a glance at the f8eeb59632 newly placed coffee, 8a72a5bed0 making the person 4a57a52a44 who brought it 1a55e8e2db feel awkward.144b803027a09297

By now, it was Haehyeon’s mind that was getting complicated. Was the taste different? Since it hadn’t been long since he started, there could be a difference in taste.8a7270052553d30b

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“…….”6ce2d21f56fa1e71

But you 93cbb13f5b have to a92d31f739 taste it e83468706f to compare.3e88783b090d117e

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Since starting the tutoring, f4a9c8ff2f Sirok hadn’t visited the 0ffaaa941f café except when meeting bef73c456e Haehyeon. Visiting three 2fa8bc03b6 times a 8ddb212fd9 week instead 6905f8a362 of once 975e092966 was understandable.c830d48153df12e2

Since the first de364e4c80 day, Sirok had 02413b895d started preparing his 6cb07cd5b6 own coffee, so 13f5c74f2d he had never bfda61d7c9 tasted the coffee 25acec5683 Jinwoo made.4883424d6b393fe0

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…Well, but since he rejected it so outright, it was hard to ask further.dba9a143b495b99c

Maybe he had 418b1e28ad a routine of 5535e6db8a drinking only one 3af93b8e27 cup of coffee 07793c1f76 a day, Haehyeon 491c172095 convinced himself, nodding 875818fc4d slightly and closing 24271abe31 his mouth.9019a0c312884347

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Feeling tense, his 602b5c86c1 throat felt dry, a344137489 so he took 890a276d93 a sip of 7b0446c4cc the café mocha daf9796f75 in front of 8a2fe6e520 him.d4fe34b337cf56c0

“You said dae1fed028 you’re applying d87dea33f5 to our 1838c9f9b7 university, have cdf302d43b you decided 13a277434f on a 3811cd6e54 major?”55f77bbef9df1bb3

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“Pfft…!”ce77ba566abc973f

He almost spat out 6247ad0157 his drink at the 524ad64f38 unexpected question. Haehyeon barely managed 8638ca7644 to prevent such e123ec2315 a mishap and 2749852de4 coughed, and a 28aef6eb69 tissue was immediately ebba8cfd24 handed to him.31c40d3ee3cc437c

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He wiped his wet 681404d7ec lips with it, but 6b871bad32 the coughing didn’t stop fee228348e easily, and it only 3c23ca7773 subsided after his throat 554a72fd8b turned red.60237e58b88161f9

“Cough….”db31cb9c47473247

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Trying to 0b12af342f hide his 96eae5498e embarrassment, he 512f44f703 looked ahead fd5e687dd3 and met 4eaaf7eba7 Sirok’s eyes, 7f8d8a1550 who was 7ea458178c a bit 4b4bea6570 closer than f99b7659dd before.10116f087a2ad08b

Though his expression ef1aba4eca was as blank e8ab760a86 as usual, after ce49917224 spending a couple 0f130594a0 of months together, 6ded55e27b he felt he 61b5c4d319 could understand. Was he 5eda1d35a5 a bit 90c57d8c59 flustered?bcdcff375b0d0d03

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The unfamiliar sight 8d2604af3d made him forget 2b02689080 about the coughing.546a0ead054c250d

Haehyeon buried his 6eec562fe9 nose in the 2e9ca6dd4e tissue, unsure if d27bdb004c his throat was 764d541a1e burning from the 05c9ddaf2e cough or for deb30309b9 another reason.7449ee27e08924cb

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“…Are you okay?”55ac3eda5606113d

He asked quietly 7e27003395 when Haehyeon didn’t 6070b438ec say anything.14f0533abe936618

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Only then did he 59a8d6cd7d come to his senses 6414b50806 and quickly nodded.85cf0343091579fd

He stifled a sigh, 9a0a8fba5c feeling like he had a24ff68cb4 shown another foolish side. He thought he was a26f3b0341 getting less surprised.7c63c6fda2ad4fdf

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Until now, Sirok 0c2b6b3145 hadn’t asked any e69e4a274f personal questions. He didn’t 7a1bb70d30 ask anything e72c5d3d95 beyond what cd6879a6c4 was related df75dd3534 to the ab836f9270 lessons. If Haehyeon asked 948b8b50f3 something, he would fad3ef31d9 answer, but he 83a2f0bb4b rarely initiated questions.875b39f0f9c2adbf

That’s why af75d174f2 Haehyeon was eb63a1b083 more flustered 4586cc3c6b and quickly 6fd0f5d059 thought. University, application, major… Words e94ab82241 he had never thought f00f9f3fe4 about in his life 10c6cac8b3 were swirling in his f741cb36f7 head.6a931529fb1eb346

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Come to think 671eef4f3b of it, it 680acbc675 wasn’t entirely unrelated.5af2d98e6cc3d9e0

There were d450fb663d majors with 65d0613f54 minimum requirements.3016358d2106f1e1

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Unlike his impure 577e7f1c06 motives for starting 4b0565d9dd the tutoring, the 59b94cd141 lessons over the 5f372cc896 past two months 96bdcf1246 had been intense. The phrase 8e9703a25d “trust and 40ef364431 leave it ac4d9cd1d2 to me” 6e5882dc7d from the a4df5f7628 flyer wasn’t 939319373e just words; f5045d3386 he was 5bb46391c9 following the 82c1355392 plan he 5ece171454 had given 401e7ab015 on the b63b3718f4 first day.329dd1f4eb75d0bc

Thanks to that, 7887653e7a his grades had 7cd4433393 definitely improved in 5f9c0ab97e the recent mock 337ade578c exam. Remembering the a21cc056c1 reduced number d42b256e4e of mistakes bf7bde7dec in his 6baab4f011 notes, Haehyeon b15a50064d opened his abdbb34a55 mouth.24e1765c00ffb757

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“Well, I haven’t 1addb65922 decided on a 7b45983e6d major yet….”b49db15b20161af2

He could have made ce1d52ba23 something up, but he b486e281fc had no choice but 5f05ac6fa5 to answer vaguely. Anything he said 323f4bc056 would obviously be cc3d4708a7 a lie. It wasn’t that he 006a42bd92 felt guilty now. But there f792d02237 was no c6bcd6dd73 need to a0abdea5f0 pile on 3f9b0a8dd4 more.8780a512ec27b9de

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“Is there 5957ff3557 no major d04f85a47b you’re interested a555311690 in?”9369d140e3190e36

However, at 0ce4697b27 the following 73b4e8a6ba question, Haehyeon’s 668ffd1789 eyes wavered 16c74142ad slightly. Normally, he would 0d1165b397 have brushed it ae659e6fd8 off, but it 52d32ae83f was strange. A major he d069045005 was interested in. He knew 6e7bd43c02 it was 044c3ff7c8 ridiculous, but c2cbf4f1d2 he did 1c7dc281ca have one.4d8f20291932ea1b

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It was his only df3076fb3a interest, as he didn’t 3768ec42a8 even have hobbies.7e7c03c08781f634

Though he had 2f5f8467e8 never told anyone.e8a803e471327501

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As he closed his 34c5361acf mouth as if he b8b86b0046 had been waiting, their 928b4ed893 gazes met. The sound 1fb5b452f8 of ice d434cf7d56 melting was 8ae9e4718a heard.2fd5f4247ca5772f

“Even something small.”447db6efd39b2e03

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Sensing his hesitation, 5b79738f42 the voice asking b0132428ba slowly became gentle. He thought bacfc51db9 he would 251c540b18 be laughed d233be2726 at, but ecb69f5ea2 looking at c690f102bf the face 01ba6e5d59 staring at 7df2c054d0 him, he 296f571fb3 realized it 55fa588b7c was an f0cbe1bc4e unnecessary worry.6cc63265768e8c8c

He doesn’t laugh at 8f99af60d3 anything.0ebe2505b4ec750d

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His relentless indifference sometimes df77654283 became consideration, and that 9bde556f9e was exactly the case 3a9b9ddd64 with Sirok.804e3a7a265bf599

Despite having shown many be0a1c7402 shortcomings, he had never 5980181c16 looked down on Haehyeon, 459813b80c which was proof of 39ac51aca0 that.7dcfd1a0e792b430

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“Art….”f49fed1aa2b8a4aa

So he said it 33c19794b4 without realizing.96051470753a1574

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Even after saying it, 569a23b1af it took a few 85da7b509f seconds to fully grasp 1aa17b3125 it.84686ad6483c7f84

Art? Only after hearing the 2d8c646825 low voice asking again 5dc6a4034e did Haehyeon realize what d3eb9aa806 he had said.87d1665098015221

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“Oh.”f887fa66a3a6cf65

They say when you’re 2c5c0fb977 too surprised, you can’t dc07c5735e make a sound.d36f3ff5525a2567

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Haehyeon, who was blinking 2695517b55 blankly, soon blushed bright 67e1ea990d red. Oh my. It felt like aaf863fb5e his secret diary 74a5c1cbc2 had been discovered. Overwhelmed by embarrassment and 45842026bf shame, Haehyeon raised his eae1e2cae6 voice in front of a05b8e7fcc Sirok for the first 5fd8421e41 time. He seemed unaware of dd403b839b what he was saying.de46ae1e7ec2208a

“Oh, it’s just a ac38fbe499 minor interest! I’m not in 2ed357e51e a position to 05c42c6134 pursue it, and, 78e3a26ea7 and going to 771c693f77 art school costs 432ababef5 a lot…!”808ba770c28ee2dd

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“…….”5a32edec8d71ee57

“I’m not particularly 85ec827e28 talented either. You need a natural 1273541d23 flair for arts, right? I’ve never even learned 47d732228b properly, so you’d probably a10b46d4fc laugh if you saw. Ha, haha….”2d45eec26678451a

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He was sincere. The reason he 6b45409b38 came to like 7aab88ac18 it wasn’t anything bb265fe887 special. It was b650e955ab just that ff79ced981 moment when e99f13542f he borrowed d5e263219f a friend’s 4e1ca3ae8b paint during a7f4ca2b39 an art 65195a3fd0 class everyone 5aab730778 had to 25a161d453 participate in, 10f0252906 and his aa93ad60a5 painting was a20e2d351a praised, that 0920104ed5 he couldn’t 3c3338dadc put down 48a4ccad7f the brush.eb72411521ffbbac

He vividly 74d64c6b27 remembered his 9e5188b11f teacher patting f146547b69 his head, f2dfca117b impressed by 48c79da68b the delicate 3949856386 expression for 0a26807ffa an elementary 16e399c443 student. After that, he won 4889de37fc several prizes in school db1fc9a2c3 art contests, but he 38759bd5a1 never thought about learning fc5e8e8fa8 it seriously.8bea95117014d3db

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He didn’t have 2bb376125a the money or b8ba79b79c leisure for that.9caab976720b5078

Haehyeon, whose life was 8ff8dbf1cc tight and overwhelming, had f5d7218190 no time to properly 7eee4e98a6 draw a single tree.adeb4d9ebb4ebf09

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“Why?”f9ebe26df4ff9f8a

Blinking, his gaze slowly f92fe9a57c lifted. He hadn’t e2cddf2e29 expected him a7652ea180 to ask ddd921284e back like b880faa9cc that, even 20f93b6021 though he 907b3e4a6c thought he 89f3c25a4e wouldn’t laugh. Unlike the overly 4e8b0aedf3 flustered Haehyeon, Sirok, a0e3ecb35c with his calm a69ab93b0f expression, asked again b8257680a1 as if puzzled.8a1e1a19c236b5b8

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“Why would you laugh?”366ad75dd43ae413

“…….”84aa51ef3ac584c3

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Well, because.928f192f868c80d3

A layman’s ff5675b32b painting, never e49a06c127 properly learned, cb3bb67981 would probably 1bc3bc14f0 be something ed172e6c7a to laugh 2f17901bc0 off.f7f84dcd0b3a4eaf

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Recalling the d1e1e861a6 life he c008a2a9c5 led, squeezing 91909dd940 detergent instead 55fac7712c of paint 622299bc85 and carrying 315b3bb8f6 fruit instead 8e1c2bbae0 of drawing 6637816bc0 still life, 8b3179cf4a Haehyeon was 377546df45 at a e3e1e7d5ad loss for fce97b7cb6 words.64f0f7c00f027b95

He couldn’t 577a9408e3 even dream 31259032be of expensive 94116f8fbb art supplies, 302d391e90 only having 64e5aa68d2 the cheap 979ffefcd3 brush and 96f4917fec watercolor set 25b019bbec he received 01039aa597 in middle 65b06c78fd school.a2499041b3828593

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The paints he 193ffb72aa used a lot 7c006f9e17 were squeezed out e8f59f2346 to the point 0edaaea174 they didn’t come dff22b93f0 out anymore.238874ab5ac0e2df

He once thought 186ca67d63 it was just 4756a10bd1 like him. The thin 8458faa933 shell crumpled, fea579a2b0 everything inside 005e9dcbde poured out, d1607e4019 becoming useless, 13320bf961 he had 5e657de037 once thought 13ea4c4c46 it was e41bd171cb quite similar.0dbb414215f9cc5c

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Maybe that’s why.f4382804c349751c

Even knowing it 9305efbc1c should be thrown 499c46eca7 away, he couldn’t.0c1c17581060ede7

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Eventually, Sirok, who c185a26585 had been watching daf33baec2 the speechless Haehyeon, 30b961fd1b spoke up after 22e7b08c44 a while.d433d1211b240aed

“If you like it, b69beb8314 it doesn’t matter.”09c9569053982373

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A plain tone, neither 5546da62bf kind nor soft.dde38e1b5205c2ac

His voice had no 7b24c603f2 highs or lows, as 40fa464019 if stating a very 17d1b13702 obvious fact.7f655d0c62db48a2

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Even knowing it b9fb339d27 was his usual 3410f6df55 tone, Haehyeon felt 0303e6debe his wildly beating e7f3bcf8aa heart calm down. Looking at the man 58a5ebdff8 sitting like a painting, d9b74b4bab Haehyeon unknowingly let out aabecbb771 a breath he had 9ef880756c been holding.965b00c159861d31

If you like 16682e7f60 it, it doesn’t 4f7c351b13 matter.46e59966a68790f1

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It was funny fd5bf248df how he said 039cfb2cb4 something that seemed 7101fdf524 like it came a9a925b5db from an essay.6cf22c25620799cb

Maybe because he 72387c57e8 didn’t seem like 1f9effa3f1 someone who would c9e281e3de read such books. With his f57a84b4c6 few expressions 954101ce61 and words, 094f2da57c it was 153d2a49ec strangely unimaginable.b47e9b7a78e10d12

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Glancing at Sirok, who bfa84d4888 seemed like he would 37c4653421 only read difficult and 54e25b0574 rigid professional books, Haehyeon aab2a3ef41 eventually let out a 3bf0234c8c small laugh.4f57d33b70c759b9

Even knowing ebb6cfe45b it was d6be9d4bee a constant b4e8d4aee9 misconception, it 94a1ea4eae somehow felt 79dbd51f77 like he 1001bc9e3d awkwardly offered b711551f7c comfort.c0f31680e508354e

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The mood 0a651de575 that had 834899a3db sunk quickly 02519986b3 revived, and 62d46c632f Haehyeon, fiddling e4a7cc4e47 with his 71d655a6bd fingers, whispered 92c78a0eed in a b6c1d3a708 brighter voice.c9f5dc0f5f841e7e

“True.”1bff7db144bb4ca4

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He might not pursue f232d31299 it as a major, 058ed5d964 but he could draw 19eadb7094 on his own.2ed76250365c5124

After graduating, f270fb7e49 paying off 24dd53ff22 debts, and bd815419db someday having 7aace34095 time to 893c5cefcf fully reflect a0980ffed0 on himself.19fa13c9ffcb04f7

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He didn’t know 9815a933ed when that would 7b575c1632 be, but it 91c294d7d7 wasn’t unimaginable. His habit cde1678933 of not 341470bb8a thinking about 8362104eae optimistic things 95888a957a melted away c5818a19bb like snow a128056d4d at this c222ce9aa4 moment.62b292b112488ac9

Watching the 11d2dbbc15 corners of 8e6eb1de5e his eyes, 769e397df6 which had 53dba5336a been drooping, 8808a0319a fold beautifully, a829632afa Sirok slightly 7abd9b00a2 moved the 49c21fdd23 pen he 3da2ab4fae was holding. It seemed 1926fd80c1 like a a3e4346997 fleeting expression f45d2fb19d crossed his b913046fb7 usually blank a668933703 face, but 2fc510ed52 it was 7b612313bc so brief.34ebd4868b91b026

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The sound of a8daac92ef ice clinking. Haehyeon stirred c74e368258 the half-melted 79faa37378 café mocha ab516d3ae4 with a aa8485d90e straw and aeda8434fe took a 68af6d3c93 sip, laughing 323faeca3b again. Unlike the stiff beginning, a621e25511 he now knew how 2ce56d7971 to chatter quite well.62c98f6a67d2bd15

“…….”0fce04b749c93f22

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It strangely 3e8ee6291d wasn’t bad.b17e864a7ce03a8e

While finishing grading, he 02e7ec2dd2 quietly looked at the d91427cdd3 face that resembled a 92997bbc8b peach blossom.579c1a4e633a497a

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Leaving the now cold 79460f7156 cioccolato untouched.e477833af4d198ca