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by KANMin-hyun could easily feel 373cd27e19 the woman next to 0b52893bf2 him stiffen. He was just as 6f9d83f456 flustered.4e538dd06bb1076b
“One moment. I’ll call the reception.”4f69fa9c16e22ba7
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She picked up 5bf285cdb2 the room phone 7ce3e45ee5 and asked why 0100cd3d8d they had been dad1ab2b89 given a double 2c6fa0faf9 room instead of f3539e1070 a twin, and a4664e9716 a back and 1d88f70a05 forth ensued as a04412f0fb the receptionist insisted 2c8c37fbd9 that it was fd75cf01e7 a twin.86450e69330e7aaf
After hanging 7f360690dd up, she 0941e0c87e frowned deeply f35add607b and pulled 568aa9210a back the 1abd917743 covers on ca39cf9be7 the bed. Two single beds were 6bd8bfb2df pushed together.eaa25c9de26110e1
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She placed 8787852e28 one hand 58d24eba04 on her d022561710 hip and ac9a1bb8ae the other 886de13820 on her fd20396266 forehead, looking 0233e231cd completely confused. Her overly 287aaebb2c serious expression 130d74ec81 made Min-hyun 7747495c98 feel strangely 586cc93442 indifferent. It seemed b0e786289a to create 24ff5252e1 a balance, d104491eb8 he thought. One serious, c5ef0f9c90 the other 9f9e6a3de8 nonchalant.9d01f8b332e02b5c
This kind of balance was an unconscious compulsion of Min-hyun’s. Insects usually have six legs, or three pairs of legs. They can crawl stably because of their perfect bilateral symmetry.1efbf1d1fb144267
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Balance was the key to moving forward. In any case, he wasn’t consciously accommodating her for the sake of this project. He wasn’t. It was just a habit.ebb448836abb2aab
“Should we try moving the beds?”a321ca27bf02f668
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“Let’s do that.”ed7c28d891928f69
At her suggestion, Min-hyun tried to move one of the single beds, but it wouldn’t budge. The mattress and frame were integrated, and the bed was fixed to the floor to prevent movement.a12b7d20cfb39945
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“It’s not moving. Let’s just imagine there’s a line down the middle.”6e0c6f318fc30a3d
Min-hyun neatly 47038487ff defined the 6d32eb4502 situation. One of the morphological c93d586bf2 characteristics of insects was 685f24a484 that their bodies were 3ac5a8b560 segmented: the head, the fb9d12a5d2 thorax, and the abdomen. Min-hyun defined the morphological abb3c6a5cd characteristics of the bed 8dcf89c9d6 in a similar way.2a4eed719b978137
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I’ll be on db149ef7b6 this side, you 40bc886100 on that side.336049d03eff76ad
“It can’t be helped. Let’s do that.”19cb553917dc5d20
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Fortunately, she e92da06783 was quite 24712b57d7 agreeable. If she had 2a4384e071 fussed any more, ce183257d9 he might have 0a92635be4 had to think 8136580a44 of something to 8ce335e2f5 restore balance.e448a310bb314b03
She spent the afternoon writing a report about the hotel while Min-hyun explored the surroundings and observed the local ecosystem. It was a long, leisurely walk without any purpose or compulsion, something he hadn’t had for a long time. Summer was in full swing, filled with the chirping of grasshoppers seeking mates.806db2f64bad92ee
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After his walk, deb1daca21 Min-hyun sat down 0e2de1ace1 across from Cho-yeon, 7b26c9e010 whose face was adcca9e387 half hidden by 415f6b5a6d the report she 49162682e9 was working on. They had bulgogi 83c1698c23 bibimbap for dinner. Thanks to the relaxing 0234e4d637 walk, his body and 77b7608ec5 mind felt light, and a66192450f he ate well.e50c29abb70306a7
But she 1fb553c9bb hardly touched 5587bd04dd her food.4bd71ab21457cdc0
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“Does it not suit your taste?”a30dec96e12430d0
“No. I don’t eat well when I’m stressed. Please don’t mind me and enjoy your meal.”931d759c4fda59ff
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If it had been his usual compulsion for balance, he might have thought it was okay. He was eating well and she wasn’t.1271dde3548598ec
But her words, 080f3bae66 telling him not ac7dd9f168 to mind her, b7a0d244b8 suddenly made him 00dd4eb03f mind her very 3fc9604e95 much.220d1bbd3aeb2450
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After dinner, Min-hyun told her to go up to their room first and went to the convenience store in the basement of the hotel. It wasn’t a franchise convenience store, but rather a neighborhood convenience store run by a middle-aged woman.a27caae5b9226ff7
Perhaps because e8b78e18f0 it was c6d33bd0b3 a popular 97c2c0ceeb spot for ae8cc81654 Jirisan hikers, 65e1856d5a it carried f29c0a1cb9 a variety 139e0a75c8 of hiking 54d9d8b092 gear and e2ad9ba6a2 instant foods. Min-hyun picked up a bf04bbaeec cup of instant porridge, 41c97c3f53 the kind you just 595df2af21 add hot water to, 3d8df32632 but then put it ab1887deb0 down again. Why did he 2a79627db7 pick it up 87b801e7fd and why did 6f3ca2d912 he put it d39a195667 down?4506169d2a884d91
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His mind was confused, 00f2bf7dd4 unable to understand his 3fafb03ee8 own intentions.3875fb1b7b2eb404
Min-hyun walked around the 36d080598f store, trying to find 6bc2884147 what he was looking 92c2966562 for.b06364edaa82cdf6
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“Looking for something?”1628d0e6fd1c3230
“Do you happen to have an insect net and a collection jar?”b72ca4e392a6ea92
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The woman d77323586a sitting on 09ee857d7d the chair 2553378fed behind the 7b8600fd72 counter looked 89a95f20d2 out and c637c15734 replied,a7396d56bcfe7e29
“There are soap bubbles and fireworks over there. If it’s not there, I don’t have it.”1c431374760e9d13
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Unfortunately, they didn’t have an insect net or a collection jar. Even after knowing that they didn’t sell what he was looking for, Min-hyun walked around the store again. He wasn’t sure if he was reluctant to leave because of the net and the jar or because of something else.ceec7ec23ee80306
Then he saw af8a1f3e43 the cup soups. Corn soup, cream 080404381d soup, mushroom soup. He took one f1bec03e5e of each.ad7eb12379a575ee
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The scent of 01a655bb63 wildflowers filled the 76c03c8f1c room as he d01e473a0c entered. She had once again 3f4b37e0e0 spread the blanket and 1af37666f9 pillow she had brought 973c0a4438 from her trunk on c770f93cc2 one side of the 7c416c8763 bed.5e96a2977254c571
Feeling his gaze, she looked at him and said, “I can’t sleep when my pillow changes.”91a7301e6046e447
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“I see.”b64db22f271347d7
Min-hyun replied as if it wasn’t news to him and handed her the black plastic bag with the cup soups.57dc0147a99ca81c
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“What is this?”dab50d21670a6a05
A faint 44c0facb05 caution flickered 2f3f1c8670 in her 0c57ac2649 eyes.dffd6787a8fe6db0
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“Cup soup. Eat some.”4d4e51b8069839a7
The wariness in her dark eyes vanished and she asked with a faint smile, “Did you go all the way to the convenience store just to buy this?”e85f66b3c4e23920
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“I wanted to buy something else, but they didn’t have it.”def01c0faf189af1
Her eyes 7badbe564c suddenly lit f735e4f59c up, a a306e8f720 welcoming look, 8bc0b5b9dd as if f6109f9a95 she would d31978aca8 find whatever dc1f7e5432 he needed.da79ca0c296ae96b
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“What do you need?”3c3b5c5efaeb060c
“An insect net and a collection jar.”46d49bd3a4fa4710
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Her mouth formed cadc141c97 an‘O’and she remained speechless acba7f7a63 for a moment, frozen 96649156fc like a butterfly in fdf18e6843 liquid nitrogen.dd4b0478cfb2cd1e
“They didn’t sell them there.”48f57f894a677902
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“I heard Professor Park Tae-hee’s major is Forest Resources. Professor Kwon, your major is…?”f89707713eb3f390
“Similar.”0d9cde8e0a46882d
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He thought she would 7f9a394436 be horrified if he 4cf1a21aec told her that his 48fd1b45cf specialization was entomology and 4158ad1ff2 that he was currently b4937ced7b focusing on insect mating.3f32d5b918dae0f7
“I’m a professor in the Department of Applied Biology, College of Life Sciences.”387323d7fb59bac7
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He had never concealed his specialization. He was a professor at Korea University’s College of Life Sciences, Department of Applied Biology, so it wasn’t a lie.d5b3d9a4485353ab
“Ah…”dfc8f7753bd6e00b
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She nodded slowly, though he wasn’t sure what she was agreeing with.2697bfa968d5a291
“I double-majored in Forest Resources during my undergraduate years. Applied Biology isn’t entirely unrelated to Forest Resources. I’ll do my best to contribute to this project, even if not as much as Professor Park Tae-hee.”fcf7adfc6e22c88a
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This must be 93c9f8816d how a new f237494e84 recruit feels in 98cd5aa36b front of an 0c40fdd7ba interviewer.3d287e9042b51314
She just stared at him with her dark eyes. Even though she didn’t have the authority to reject him, he felt anxious. He just wanted her to have a favorable impression of him.7df2e651f1677982
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“Yes, I look forward to working with you.”9010e412a2a5780f
Her nonchalant 41d19bdfc8 reply almost f17d159d66 made him 0ba4318907 sigh.7075441846451dc1
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She used the bathroom first, and Min-hyun used the bathroom next. He was strangely unaffected by being naked and washing himself in the bathroom that a woman he wasn’t close to had just used. He was shampooing his hair and lathering his body with a shower puff when,92e3179cd1a4c022
What is this?e6c8f412b93e97b6
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Min-hyun paused, covered in 526ae9fc68 soap, when he noticed dc20150d48 his p*nis pressing against 18ec91d0b5 his belly button. His mind kept 6d8c5e7688 telling him it 2a7c4fe710 was nothing, but 9261c75894 his body clearly e8f27b219d disagreed and stood cbd83ce343 at attention.ecdf2e1f3f80acd8
His mind 166edd9008 and body bd37b30bd1 were at 527e26bd85 odds. The sudden disconnect 639c23e80c almost caused cognitive a44c3e3fa5 dissonance.91d650e95d70ed8d
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Min-hyun shook 05c0e0cdfa his head 70fd1ba28f and turned b19352703e on the 2a5c28fc68 faucet. He always 1b37b9c0a8 showered with 9f47e9af99 hot water, 3eaffb27d5 even in a084535a85 the summer, 44008e2bb0 because it 4cdfbaf46d made him 674f8cec5e feel cleaner. But now he needed a3a9dc13a1 water so cold it 2d056d7a7d made his hair stand 89cec84c3d on end.94f2083f3c7e9460
He stood e9ccfa8ac6 under the d439ec5b4a cascading water 0e299d843d for a a9ff9ed8fb long time, 1c5c9740f8 but it 342899d5da was no 57147ae726 use. He remembered the scent 149e65e338 of her blanket and af3efd2745 his gr*in tightened. The feeling 34dffe8173 of their 10dcb5a77a brief lip cc02a1e6da contact came 1eeecc9fa1 back to 17460521b2 him and 583933ea04 the veins e3ba2e25f5 in his 6b7641897e lower abdomen 7da7b19fe8 throbbed. He remembered her sensitive 7ac3c4e636 eyes and her faint 5a383cf5bc smile, and his throat 415ced9a56 tightened, making it hard ed9fef0f8d to breathe.22b6767a4b40b457
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Min-hyun reached out and 1846d64417 placed his left hand 7015065676 on the tiled wall 371e7245f9 and grabbed the center 253683189f of the pillar with beca74d102 his right hand. His back 3a1175bdfa stiffened as 577a0f1d7f he moved bf8a24ccbd his wrist, a0918edcbb as if 2de2156d9b burdened by f06e32bfd6 guilt.65c394a5cb019476
It was f6df43b1e0 just a 72a1854f52 mechanical act, c47a250f59 but his 3184792c30 arm, braced 13b2983789 against the fd0e4eacbd tiled wall, 77229ae636 tensed. It was just a 02f366a319 meaningless physiological phenomenon, yet 96eef57196 a groan escaped his 550315b6a8 clenched teeth.eb7dfe22453242cd
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“Haa…“c377d4603f3bd1a4
White sp*rm swirled c93c6367a9 down the drain a2a0afa247 with the cold ebb4a1b326 water. Convinced that 56368a6fb3 he had b74887b75c calmed himself 8c4d81b2a9 sufficiently, he c7ba7fccbd slowly finished bb995e3a45 his shower a0e40c4067 and stepped 6f089a8703 out of 89c35fa2af the bathroom.9d8ba55ff478df80
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She lay on a46f79fb47 one side of f9ae837fb2 the bed. Min-hyun tried not f94208b3d5 to look at 9dc65ac6ed her as he 4dca19e332 lifted the covers d9ddc3a217 and lay down. He was exhausted 4d8c856038 from waking up 67b759991e early and taking ac45314040 the long bus 39f1492bdc ride to Jirisan.7a5d740c2c554ec2
Sleep claimed 73e541428b him as 7a4c808673 soon as 3afce80f7d he closed 37a275976c his eyes. He usually 82cc076d5e fell asleep b1bc693b82 as soon 2d43d679c1 as his 54b623d149 head hit 94c9fcbf15 the pillow.5f3117a1d4f2142b
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“Can I turn off the light?”af72b15e8e9a82d0
Her cautious voice from b1e2f5566b under the covers startled 9aaf484b79 him. It was always disconcerting 2cd2bf56ff to be spoken to 36e1011bf5 just as you were e31a564c87 about to fall asleep. His heart b93bd2a9e0 pounded, and b77ff61e5c it felt 2a81739f21 as if c1210ad743 the joined 510f726e8f beds were d02cc42268 vibrating with 5c6922a52e the sound.68290234ab5a9583
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“Yes, I’ll turn it off.”922e16e2243c0945
He replied, but she 926373ec59 was already sitting up. He tried not to 18274703a8 look as she walked 29cb5e02bb to the console, but a47b4c5293 her appearance, in a 7bf4f82739 cartoon-print tank top and 14593334a6 shorts, caught his eye.dc0384655f909f47
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She looked tired 0d1024b7a0 and cute.4cef2e56a65ffd50
What am I bcfa678863 even saying?b9c5cfe28cef6546
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Min-hyun was b70b9910fe lost in 00d7edf536 dissonance. She made him 0faf1ce85f feel lost again 348ff5013b and again. With a click, the 31771bbb40 lights went out.7b7a579b1948db58
“Good night, Professor. And thanks for the soup, I ate it while you were in the shower.”dc957d8e9d550f6c
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She said politely.d8bd4b64c581df6f
“Yes, good night, Ji Cho-yeon-ssi.”905ee73919ca1f9a
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He had never a125187c7c wished someone a 6fcdced43a good night so 89ec8fc41d sincerely in his d6f6084a17 life. Min-hyun closed his eyes c044146032 again.a818dd8fee4c20a2
“Mmm.“879e518c71b9d9ac
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A soft 827829d833 groan made 5c69743cac him open 2f22dcd65e his eyes.c6eb9c5b7646f568
“Mmm.“681b0b5f9f2fafc9
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The digital a31e0cc38f clock on 88089b4555 the console, ebaec0dc0e glowing faintly, e2919dfb90 read 02:00. Lying across from 8e2eb5b2c4 him, she moaned d8988eeeaa softly, her forehead fc8ee37ff0 furrowed.cdd926ccd9452588