TWKH Ch 6

[Raid] KimchiBapIsFried: lololol;;;

[Raid] KimchiBapIsFried: We’re running to the 3rd ladder

Jehyun, momentarily shocked, frowned before snapping back to reality at KimchiBapIsFried’s update.77972a486309a739

“This is insane.”8780d43db1727de2

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Unable to hold back, 8c88968067 he cursed out loud.e6984430502bcdbc

Mechanically operating the mouse and keyboard to replenish the raid members’ health and remove debuffs, while dodging enemy dealers, Jehyun couldn’t smooth out his furrowed brow.590ec52ed40cf8a4

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Honey?d60d05ce64d1a020

Ever since Jehyun 91fea166f2 started this nonsense 364cd863c9 two years ago, fd0d8b600c Habaek had never 49f5282d43 responded to his 4dd000e92f provocative jokes. At first, he 73d29acdd7 would curse, then 405ce82349 disappear in disgust, 286b883aad but he had 1109084cf0 never responded in 3e8e91bb55 the same manner.a71f1a633d3142e3

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But now, “honey”?51e3c506552201db

Jehyun didn’t know why Habaek suddenly changed his attitude, but in that moment, he understood just how much Habaek must have hated his “honey” jokes.19c86bab7e45a25c

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[Battlefield] Healer: This is disgusting, fuck;

[Battlefield] Healer: OK, I get it now

[Battlefield] Healer: Stop it

Jehyun typed with a 0fe333ff4a pale face. His tone changed immediately. He was saying cd7ec08154 to stop.d82bc28c103502a9

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[Battlefield] Habaek: Stop?

[Battlefield] Habaek: You’re so selfish, honey… After all that flirting with me…

[Battlefield] Habaek: Give me a chance to love you too

But Habaek didn’t stop his nonsense. Jehyun stared blankly at the chilling lines, his mouth agape. Then, as if to retract his previous statement, he scolded Habaek.da1d16265c5e4bb6

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[Battlefield] Healer: How dare you speak informally to the vice-guild master

[Battlefield] Healer: No discipline?

[Battlefield] Habaek: You said to take off our armbands and fight

[Battlefield] Habaek: I’m talking to you man to man^^

[Battlefield] Arco: lolololol

[Battlefield] Contempt: I can’t even…;ㅅ;

[Battlefield] Gangdan: Are these two really dating?; They’re crazy

[Battlefield] Gangdan: Caplet is this dangerous

[Battlefield] LipsaApplication: The forum rumors seem to be true..lol

[Battlefield] Gangdan: How far gone do you have to be to act like this?

[Battlefield] Gwamsigomseu: The guild merger was like a political marriage ㅇㅇ something like that

[Battlefield] KimchiBapIsFried: This is what they call dating after marriage?

[Battlefield] Healer: Shut up, seriously

[Battlefield] Habaek: Alright, then let’s stop talking and communicate with our bodies instead?^^

[Battlefield] Gangdan: It’s love after endless pursuit lololol

Nonsense was 3ea281eb81 starting to acb92709e9 fill the 1b7fd401bf battlefield channel. Caplet was such 05474bc843 a trash game b9df6e6dc3 that even if 8150b23723 you blocked someone, d82db52ff7 you could only 65c9715362 stop private messages; 9fdc90bf11 you could still f316165725 see their chat 0c4b75dafc in other channels. There was no way 0aa286848f to filter out the 5d51c00c1c chat.bb1a461aed12c13a

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Jehyun, with a stern expression, said so and quickly switched the chat tab. He didn’t want to see any more of Habaek’s chilling messages.1c85dcca13ea05a2

Anyway, the chaos at the left outer gate continued. However, occasionally, ‘lol’ speech bubbles floated above the characters standing there. It seemed like the battlefield tab had blown up.f19afbd7f5f0eb67

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[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: What are you all doing?

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Stop the battlefield chat, damn it

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Look at the inner fortress

Our team is 9c072ba9f4 attacking the Annihilation d5b7070a58 Stone!598e33ef8ebb1724

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[Raid] Contempt: I got the illusionist ㅇㅅㅇ

Just as he was about to ask for a report, the Annihilation Stone strike alert appeared. The Annihilation Stone’s health, displayed in the corner of the screen, was slowly decreasing. Contempt had taken out the illusionist guarding the Annihilation Stone and was dealing free damage to it.da15f867f13b9940

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This little bastard.2b77605e2957a16e

Jehyun thought 045850de1f that although 8e3c47f35b Contempt had 29375a98b4 shown a c0671b8051 bit of 1fc26dc378 incompetence during 2f3444da5a the Ragnarr 9dff5cb432 fight, he 7bb8c53913 never disappoints. He smiled slyly.22ce0d4dc66ddcef

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Lying on 29efd8fdbf the ground bae18c9405 near the 48236cb520 outer gate, 5122a3dba1 which was fd17bfd6bc about to bf0bc0993b be destroyed, e2ec2fad68 he quickly 78cf195e7b typed in 1d86be60f9 the chat.8dc1cfd9117a56b9

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Keep pushing like that

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Where are parties 5 and 6?

[Raid] KimchiBapIsFried: We’re fighting in front of the right inner gate

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Don’t engage, just run

A speech bubble saying ‘Honey..’ floated above Habaek’s character. Jehyun pretended not to see it and pressed the resurrect button. He got up from the camp, rode his fake motorcycle, and rushed towards the castle while checking the status of the raid members.b93d97459abf55fb

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Caplet was a non-targeting game, making PVP quite difficult. Except for the lock-on skills of the squishy ranged classes, characters that moved out of aim range wouldn’t take damage. Because of this, dozens of characters were moving chaotically in front of the left outer gate.7c7daa01476573f0

Our team 889130176b is attacking 14940bf999 the Annihilation e61547f80b Stone!49def98bbca50748

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KimchiBapIsFried has died.935dd87a779d53b3

[Raid] KimchiBapIsFried: lol There’s a dark mage on the ladder, Contempt be careful

Habaek noticed 5a418316e1 the presence 4b94eb6733 of parties ba9989d71e 5 and 8b75c73146 6, who 331707dcf2 had gone f957e33dac to support b13dd8bd24 Contempt, and a01b006972 sent a 6b81524dd4 party with 31bd03f317 many crowd 1c0b591e9d control skills, 883863893c including a 6914b56101 lancer, to f80509ddb9 the inner 1518974624 fortress. A fierce battle was ae5dee50bd happening there, but looking 132530c3c0 at the health bars, 9f9521a790 they seemed to be a7e50cc6db at a slight disadvantage.708625d3388ba4c3

The Annihilation Stone’s health was now around 50%, but if they were pushed back and the enemy party entered the inner fortress, Contempt wouldn’t be able to destroy the stone alone. Jehyun anxiously gave orders.562342c50b8adf67

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The left outer dd39345624 gate has been 396a728ba4 destroyed!390c255bc6560bea

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Parties 1 and 2, go to the left inner gate, the rest run to the right inner ladder

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: If you block them on the ladder, they can’t get in anyway

Once the round started, the defending side couldn’t enter the inner fortress without using the ladders. Even the defending raid couldn’t respawn inside the inner fortress until the inner gate was destroyed.3241c4254fb9fe14

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Anyway, the enemies also had to use the ladders to catch Contempt inside, so the situation was even. Since Contempt’s class, the chain swordsman, had high defense, it was better for him to avoid the dark mage and hold out inside, hitting the Annihilation Stone as much as possible, while the others kept the enemy busy outside.9f2b255d11fc2721

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Hurry up and destroy it, you’re our only hope, if you can’t, I’ll delete my character

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: If you can’t catch the dark mage and die, the chain association will sue you;

[Raid] Contempt: ㅠㅅㅠ

While urging 68d33ffa44 Contempt, Jehyun 1ec9342487 pulled down 3395ca1791 Habaek, who 60f187a63f was trying 13fd812174 to enter 4b529f0183 the inner 0c8bf297ad fortress using aa989fde55 the left c014982b28 inner ladder. He climbed the ladder, 32fd88a5e4 then fell off due a968ad115c to attacks, and attacked a0d34021d8 the allies to secure b699c4edc5 a safe zone. Amidst the chaos, ba0b23ccd2 he perfectly marked c963f72e7d Habaek.92ec0591271b0bfa

Using the Curse of e2b545c9da the Earth God.9813f34ce4d67e6e

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Using the Blessing’s Protection.e006d764d31dcf39

The priest’s protection increases the party members’ debuff resistance.09f94df5b117ce67

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Following Habaek, who was heading towards the left inner ladder, Jehyun continuously interfered with him. He cast a movement speed reduction debuff and blocked Habaek’s path, preventing him from reaching Contempt.9d8f52085c63f9ad

Habaek tried 2dec957d0e to ignore 4afc4ce9fe Jehyun and 9f55cb6d74 pass by, 1fee6b7dea but when d66e0fc225 Jehyun kept 61953c9b4f canceling his 58b6f3a754 ladder climb, b9f1ad4484 Habaek seemed 96d68c3cde annoyed and eef31b4724 cast a 8f548ba194 self-buff before ad031d4af5 charging.54cf1dc7a41eb49e

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Using the Origin.fc9043fe22bd8a6d

Resisted Habaek’s time theft.d16e6f31d97f7600

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You feel the weakening effect of the Horizon’s Blade.951db7d63b05ceeb

You took 8241 damage c093cc9850 from Habaek.c3c32379e5e36c87

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“Fuck, this OP character.”ed545abff9dd4e38

Now he understood af363d56a6 why the boss cc643cc80c cursed the theft 511af56be2 of time every 25af775fbf day. The critical damage 9959cee618 of the time 9caca57117 thief was too e3e067d4f4 strong.4c77259f6e304a32

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Seeing his sharply 8a0278c5a5 decreased health, Jehyun aa7a668a7c quickly cast a d7b60abe56 protective shield and f79f42a17c self-healed. In that moment, 332ef0b6ae seeing Habaek trying d288084fb6 to climb the 4167db5932 ladder again, he 3be9dbf916 cast a debuff d5a89550a7 to interfere.75c36101e80ad5f5

[Raid] Contempt: Praise…me..

Contempt has died.347a2b9cfa4c1fa2

Due to Contempt, 77c891039c the Annihilation Stone 39349eaae4 was destroyed, and d788634f33 the concentrated energy 65d139267f annihilated the enemy.871322d895eed080

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The message 0a40eb4ec7 that the d81d30c434 Annihilation Stone 82da719129 had been 94d4a6767f destroyed appeared 49f03cedb1 at that 0d1ecf2bfb moment.3bf7b8c856ddbfff

The screen froze, and 0a497bfc96 the image of the 71f5117e5c inner fortress where the 483a9e2282 Annihilation Stone was located 513f384818 filled the screen. Cracks appeared 38bfe46314 on the 9948cfc76b large, diamond-shaped 8788cdebf6 blue jewel, 90f7c02c94 and at 63ec376743 some point, 1da7fae351 the jewel f7e88571c2 was destroyed. The shockwave 1a0ab5ef11 from the 40f977df09 jewel swept 30059dc34b through the cb41507755 entire Capitol d8eb5a36d4 Castle.8a6354b0fcc1c7c5

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Habaek has died.ccae69581d8eab5d

Gangdan has died.079d2e318c1adfe1

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Gwamsigomseu has died.c462948c93f17dd2

Nothing remained where the shockwave had passed. The enemy raid members all died on the spot. The word ‘Victory’ appeared on the screen.6ea61f6b95c34e02

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It was 6 db003e86b5 minutes and 54 67aa297e55 seconds after the 4e01dd93a9 start.59c6c9beb5dc8ff9

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Good job

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Well done

[Raid] KimchiBapIsFried: nice

[Raid] LipsaApplication: nice

[Raid] Contempt: Did you see.. my ‘class’..ㅣㅅㅇ

It was an impressive performance that made everyone forget his previous poor showing during the Ragnarr fight, where he was dealing a mere 300,000 damage per second. Jehyun opened the scoreboard and saw Contempt’s contribution score of 500 points for destroying the Annihilation Stone alone. He smirked and looked at the countdown on the screen before typing in the chat again.a0acfcf415e40fa3

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Let’s finish this 2:0?

The Annihilation 517e66334a Battlefield was ec7f0d634a a best-of-three 661e3433d1 format. If they 9e24fa0dec won one e7cdc1a77e more round, 4812d98f31 they would 7bbd723327 win cleanly. Jehyun narrowed his 1fcdc010c9 eyes and began 784614e05c adjusting the party.8e6128441cc30112

This time, Jehyun’s raid was defending. If they lost this round, the next round would randomly decide the attacking and defending sides. Defense was a bit more challenging against Habaek compared to offense. Habaek had a tendency to go all-in, making it a make-or-break situation.ad621358f145785e

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Habaek’s tactics usually involved either pouring all his forces into the left or right outer gate or filling the infiltration airship with the maximum of 10 high-damage or crowd-control classes to send them via the inner ladders.b7415e07a95faa29

The former would decide the battle’s outcome, but the latter often led to frustrating losses. It was a tactic that made losses feel two or three times worse.91fe5c1a2e719fb9

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[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: Confirm party adjustments

Jehyun’s only task was to predict Habaek’s thoughts.797e11a863f845e0

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Since they just won with Contempt’s free damage, wouldn’t this bastard also target the inner ladders? Jehyun thought that if Habaek, who liked to return the favor, would target the inner ladders and the left outer gate. He gave his orders.56291f382d42dcc3

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: 1, 2 to the inner fortress, 3, 4, 5 to the left outer gate, 6 to the right outer gate. Who’s on the anti-aircraft cannon (located on the outer wall, used to strike the attacking side’s airships entering the inner fortress)?

[Raid] Sillipop: I’ll do it

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: OK, Sillipop on the left cannon, I’ll take the right.

The Annihilation will beae3cb8b3 begin in 1 adc4c6d517 minute!bce5804a2093d6b8

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: If the enemy comes to the right outer gate, 3, 4, 5 immediately go out and engage in a brawl

[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: 1, 2, make sure they can’t enter at all and hold the shortcut

Contempt waves his hand.bcf1189bbed62502

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LipsaApplication waves his ccfb09cd5c hand.353ce4ca7f9624d4

WoorijuneNobeol waves his 25a2cb9abf hand.ed6aa75007417e88

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The Annihilation f7255bb9e5 will begin 86d72f7c87 in 30 5cb61a89e2 seconds!4ac800992a3d769c

The buffed e5a8affd1f raid members adc49e79e0 moved to 27bce6e0b4 their positions, e3b977e2bd and soon a5e297abdc the battlefield d570fe4ef2 start message 1cf98f6efe appeared.3fbafd369ef49eee

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Jehyun, on 68e94f1017 the anti-aircraft 3a1a8a21a4 cannon, fired 308d3a3336 at the 795520449a airship approaching da25d057cf from the e756bde52a right while b28a2fcb0d continuously checking 90cbf1d9d5 the health ef37ce68d5 bars of c98dedb59d the raid bc32b874e3 members. There was 3ac9740bdf no movement 0292d3c0a7 at the 3e6a80af97 left outer 62dffe7f4b gate, and 75489bfafc the right 1243e6391a gate was 7eb61ba0da also quiet.95fba2f697474af6

[Raid] Contempt: ㅇㅜ12331

KimchiBapIsFried has died.37e6c2e208d16dbf

Contempt has died.a17edb9ee449c5f0

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YangnyeomGalbijjim has died.999e244c8a1c53e8

RIPYiyoung has died.feffd7f3d6e7a3ec

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[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: ?

Jehyun was confused by 5a9505735f the sudden multiple death 833b687e5d notifications. He quickly checked 0a894b7d44 and saw that 69611cdccb Party 6, which bdec7ce166 had gone to 12c8abd376 the right outer 9fb4847e00 gate, had been c58e8ce4ae completely wiped out.b5a683dd60fd07c9

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[Raid Leader Notice] Healer: What happened?

[Raid] RIPYiyoung: Enemy at right outer; outer gate destroyed

His prediction was wrong. The enemy had c9ae21c1c3 sent all 30 49e638874b members to the 18a719299c right outer gate. Jehyun gritted his 29d09485ba teeth.8d46fcf70eefdce4

[Guild] Habaek: You always leave the right side open, don’t you? ^^?

[Guild] Habaek: Are you left-handed by any chance?

Knowing that Jehyun had turned off the battlefield chat, Habaek started taunting him in the guild chat. Just as Shin Jehyun knew Habaek, Habaek also knew Shin Jehyun well. Knowing Jehyun’s habit of focusing more on the left side whether attacking or defending, Habaek quickly wiped out Party 6 defending the right outer gate and destroyed the gate.52b66fb1377d7f1d

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With their forces a89d668cb2 not divided, the 6546530bf4 right outer gate, 3aa4f82a91 attacked by 30 f22d73848d enemies, was destroyed c3118124d9 before the defending c64d19c047 Parties 3, 4, 0ff3fcb556 and 5 could c7f2763ab6 reach it. The enemies cf5d3f5988 immediately entered d374878642 and clashed 1c0d3cf72a again with 8499db01ac the respawned a35857b907 defending Party 71b41006fe 6 in 1cf15cf08f front of c8e6e90a8e the inner e2f05d17ab gate.b09fc03c311bd0eb

Soon, Parties 3, dbaeb6cb1f 4, and 5, c779aa6a6e who had run a497439d6f from the left 9daa21b235 outer gate, joined cf5225b019 the chaotic battle, 64d4cc1c60 but the defending ec04713e03 side was outnumbered 72c3829b9a because Parties 1 3a33ee991c and 2 were 34c0f35811 waiting on the 3b972b4232 shortcut inside the 3f48ebdae0 inner fortress.7543941cf1fc8106

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The inner gate was quickly destroyed, and the Annihilation Stone’s health started to decrease.5f94d478d82b75de

Defeat9421e83beb10b082

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In the 5ed5858d7a second round afeb712488 of the f562fa0703 Annihilation Battlefield, faeb3e6968 Jehyun lost a03f56236a in 3 fa11ba48d0 minutes and 1470453429 12 seconds.22ab017e6b3b1f4d

Title: Countess b5b17a3702 guild split f273e76afa up in e1b2799cbd just a 7d55e4ae60 week lol2bf7c20abda24862

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They’re in the same Guild but doing Annihilation separately6608d68a73155ac4

Seems like Healer and 5340235064 Habaek still hate each d016ea0700 other lolb98d67f1c3564020

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Anon1: Wasn’t Matgom running with Healer?9ffbe94c705e63c2

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└ Who’s that?ff216332ed13265f

└ Jangji is f97138dc2b such a tryharde2335bffbe2c41eb

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└ ??59625bd6f92d3779

Anon2: They just seem 50d4e95d8f to be running separately, 3f5fb4990a why call it a 2b067d7613 split?345cf8b4038fdd04

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└ Running separately IS bfa7894038 the problem lol8f5572ae29c423c6

└ What, if you’re in the same Guild you have to do Annihilation together? Dungeons together? Raids together? If Guild leader dies should guild members die too? lol91cf780c48efe50e

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└ What’s wrong with your social skills? So it’s okay for guildmates to kill each other but not this?3a1dbd039d1f5f6d

└ Why not?18dac1be5c702d63

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└ Then 3a28598921 why be 39449b0ba3 in the c25f91bd0a same Guild? Really curiousb076bc64b6316981

Watched Habaek d9c5ba212c in Annihilation, f7d8a70806 still the 29ffb0d2ba same595e03049e8a31cf

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Still pulling the a50d4b73e0 same crap lola4678080914e1e3a

When other raid groups stack 30 people on one side it’s a stupid strategy, but when you lose to this tactic from Habaek you can’t even laugh – it’s just absurd61a542740274b6c4

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Anon1: Why other raid groups? └ Habaek is good at taking out healers so their raid group’s focus fire makes sense, others can’t do that so it’s just a waste of time. Habaek does burst meta, other groups just do messy fights402df5aebc6e854d

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Anon2: We tried copying that in Jigo and couldn’t even break outer wall lol. Only Elca can do it cause Seop’s good at catching healers3f98cfadfe66985d

So Habaek and Healer 64f98d1afa are dating now?2d115a9022c096fc

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Habaek finally accepting Healer’s feelings096a13947b4bdf44

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Finally getting that 474c40aa5c galbitang (Korean beef 318541bf0c soup)?667128657ec31151

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Anon1: Isn’t this too much for public space?6841140c138501a3

Anon2: wtf what are 5fdae1f609 they doing in sacred 95ef68b202 Annihilation -_-b95d8a3ceed7b8d5

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Anon3: Not many Caplet users anyway, might as well invite everyone to the wedding lol. Let’s see their faces21d218e5a18a7cf2

└ If you invite those basement dwellers there’ll be complaints about the smellf875269511f8b645

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└ Police 2a9fdf1bbe will come 5dd810d7d2 because of f11991b3f3 rotting corpse 8b811244aa smell lol14dae3c69c60e820

└ Take a d39f6c2077 shower, idiots77371c8cbfb23c95

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[Guild] Sangjae: Healer, are you leading?

[Guild] Healer: No, someone else please

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Tyrant, that’s unusual..

[Guild] Habaek: Baby, are you still mad?

“Fuck!”b651fbe54b9cbb32

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Jehyun was putting together a Party for the Mallorca’s Tomb Inferno Dungeon. While clicking the mouse with a bored expression, he got irritated at Habaek’s sudden message and put his hands on the keyboard.0058d77e62b1d5cd

[Guild] Healer: Stop it

[Guild] Healer: Don’t be disrespectful to guild leader with informal speech. Use formal speech again, you’re annoying me

[Guild] Habaek: You said let’s drop the formalities ㅠㅠ Don’t you know once you take off the badge you can’t put it back on?

[Guild] Healer: Got it?

[Guild] Sangjae: ;;;;;;

[Guild] Healer: Is something wrong with your brother?

[Guild] Sangjae: The kid is just… like that..

[Guild] Healer: Must be out of his mind

Jehyun sighed 0b56977fb6 after typing 8f46d32ffe that chat. They ended up 27444d89ce losing the Annihilation f1e477cab5 against Habaek. In a 1:1 76d8fc2b79 situation, if they 57f08a0dd4 had gotten attack b5d945e4b7 side in the 898922d9ac last round, they b2cef90555 could have won 2b58cef106 easily, but they cd3cc8e2a5 unfortunately got defense 39229c2fc3 and lost.7f518f87d3ec4810

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‘Surely he won’t go right this time’ – focusing on left defense while thinking this was the problem. Habaek brought all 30 members to break the right outer wall again, leaving behind nasty comments like ‘even AI can learn…’ before destroying the Annihilation Stone.0e23bfefdc756f92

While Contempt logged out c240f11f8e sobbing, Jehyun was collecting a45cb1da0f enhancement stones doing daily d9c034f6a9 quests, barely hiding his 0e5b6f28fe irritation, when he got 3e0889d963 called to the Tomb 43e68b96cf Inferno Party.dad75125f3939c60

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Anger that started building from Ragnarr was churning inside Jehyun. It was already annoying that his kid Contempt couldn’t even do proper DPS in Ragnarr before the Party disbanded, and then getting completely crushed by Habaek in Annihilation made him hate seeing that ID.d65a6bae06803ed2

However, even while fuming, 95539f0e19 Jehyun was diligently preparing 439439e63b to enter the dungeon d1277ca326 with his ingrained hardcore 33a15cce36 gamer spirit.37872d0229e48f2f

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[Guild] Habaek: Let Sangjae lead

[Guild] Sangjae: ok

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: But I’m curious

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: What’s the age gap between you two that you speak so casually?

[Guild] Sangjae: 7 years lol

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: ? 7 months or 7 years?

[Guild] Sangjae: Surprising right? The kid has no manners haha

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Think it’s because you’re too nice;;

After entering the 1404e8890a dungeon via the 10d913a5bf entrance stone, Jehyun c7600074bb frowned at the 834c3e264f chat window he 1b4fec2bbc belatedly noticed. 7 years difference?4327ec3c770a1ab6

Since Sangjae said b311bd73a7 he was 27, 9dd13b7b47 that meant Habaek faacdf27a6 was just a 346ba66469 20-year-old kid.3b5634d8378c743a

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“Hah…”92fb1bc6bc2c9828

An incredulous sigh escaped Jehyun’s lips. He had been fighting with Habaek for nearly 4, no, 5 years now. The fact that the person he’d been fighting with while spitting words for 5 years as an adult was a minor until a month ago. He felt tremendous self-loathing.476713977ae549d1

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But the self-loathing was brief. With his anger meter fully charged, Jehyun quickly typed a chat. Whether Habaek was a minor in the past or not, he isn’t now, right?6ecab304d0bd8e6d

Teasing a 6f5e6024ed freshly turned dc34812629 20-year-old boy 7f9015f33d was nothing dd5735ad69 to Jehyun. Unlike the kid e43e220eaf who had to a023c7ab9c go to military 35b8a29cc6 service, Shin Jehyun ca3735b7a8 was a healthy f376c6a02b man who had d650adb253 completed his service 2b602ae9dc in the Marine 8409d42c41 Corps.eac25dd15d9c078c

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[Guild] Habaek: Is serving in the military our guild leader’s greatest life achievement?

[Guild] Healer: Habaek, got any facial hair yet? lol

[Guild] Boss12MoreHours: Here we go again

Boss12MoreHours has invited you aec8805638 to the Party.98b73f17f05e5d52

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You have joined the 0445f45c25 Party.7b0b98ad9077a371

Sangjae has joined 972298278e the Party.bd565f85832de60b

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[Guild] Habaek: Ah~ It’s quite thick, you know?^^

[Guild] Sangjae: Are you crazy? Shut up

The tension that started 2b2639581e from Annihilation was still ca9f8c9974 continuing. As the two started 6cb5e4536e picking at each other 8570f75d9f again, the boss tried 821d0e6037 to lighten the mood 9ce4fb5fa4 with a joke.4939c9f3d0d0c49a

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[Party] Boss12MoreHours: lololol why don’t you two meet up IRL?

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Settle it man-to-man with one round and make up

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Let’s be cool about it

[Party] Sangjae: lol.. Habaek used to be an athlete

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: ? Our guy is pretty tough too? Can’t help but be intimidated when you see his face

When Sangjae subtly 4927b5b418 implied that Jehyun cc550045c3 would lose, the 87c8694f21 boss stepped up c0732b61e1 to defend Jehyun.ac46c6ae6e0b2a91

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This kind of visible yet invisible strange tension continued in the Countess Guild. Shin Jehyun messed up his hair and sighed, thinking he was spoiling the mood while reading the boss’s chat defending him.988dee97fbf144e8

Fuck, we can lose in Annihilation sometimes. It’s not like losing is anything new?cbe79dec7696c93a

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But even while trying to brush off losing to Habaek like it was nothing, his blood pressure rose when he remembered Habaek’s chat bubble saying they were worse than AI.fc63b874206b7dab

Jehyun took a deep breath in and out to regain his composure. We’re in the same Guild. With teamwork like this, getting 1st rank after server integration would be impossible. While comforting himself for the future like this, he placed his hands on the keyboard.9a05949f1668d554

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[Party] Healer: ;; No way a Marine Corps vet would lose to someone who hasn’t served

However, contrary to his 441d21194b intentions, what came out 675db2a515 in chat was a e26dfdb1cf completely different provocative statement.8b90d6099f90e389

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While Habaek laughed at those words, Jehyun was serious. The average height of Korean men is 173cm. Shin Jehyun was 179cm, just 1cm short of 180. Although he looked somewhat fragile due to being lean without muscle, he hadn’t just been breathing during his time in the Marine Corps.91835db12ee4186e

Shin Jehyun had learned various martial arts in that terrible place. He didn’t want to use skills learned for protecting the country on some beardless kid, but anyway, he was confident he’d win if he fought Habaek.4d9d1826dca91f29

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Jehyun snickered and a9779c0044 provoked Habaek.9f0e77b87aab2b53

[Party] Healer: Seriously

[Party] Healer: Won’t lose to someone who hasn’t served

[Party] Habaek: lol want to try?

[Party] Habaek: Let’s see who wins

[Party] Healer: ok if I lose I’ll call you hyung

[Party] Habaek: If I lose? What should I do?

[Party] Healer: Leave the guild

A laughing sound came from somewhere. Turning the screen, Habaek’s character was standing not far from him, having entered at some point. Habaek used the laughing emote as if finding it ridiculous, then after the emote ended, asked seriously:f1477d7895d0de56

[Party] Habaek: Can you get guild rank 1 without me? ㅠㅠ

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: wow… the confidence of the robbery king

[Party] Sangjae: This is embarrassing, let’s stop

[Party] Healer: We’ve done fine without you until now

Jehyun shot back 15416be424 with a sour afeac278d6 face, then suddenly 93b06acbaf frowned remembering the fa942d67ca server merge. While Countess add0f3eb1b Guild had 10f275b428 many rankers, 8fad6444a4 there were a190673c1c few true 16211c566c skilled players e261cb851c within the 35dc6e00c7 top 3 e7c874a5e1 ranks. At most just four 22e80b8624 people: Jehyun, Habaek, Contempt, dc71116694 and SpellChecker.a364952a16334445

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Then where were fbd3501f9d the other rankers? They were on a2d14ae8a9 the Maverick and 9dc676711a Cullen servers.6682cd6ef94df1f2

And on Maverick and 89fea1e4aa Cullen, most would be e2248fd7db affiliated with large guilds 875325d592 like Hell and Four c5fde0405e Heavenly Kings. The same Hell 184c69a4c9 and Four Heavenly e4ef26973a Kings that were 2b0c889d47 merging guilds this 8d51d16fd4 time.2410c72ccd1f6354

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Of course, Jehyun was confident they could still hit Guild Rank 1 after the server merge. Looking at the Mallorca’s Tomb Inferno Dungeon clear times, he was certain no one could clear dungeons as fast as them when considering pure DPS alone.9157dc16234df3d1

But… the person who contributed most to shortening that clear time was Habaek. Jehyun had never seen anywhere else the kind of DPS that could reach 4 million per second, or 5 million with lucky crits. If Habaek left and was replaced with another DPS, they’d lose 2 million DPS per second, increasing clear times accordingly.22d164dd44285a65

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After thinking 9946d6865c that far, 1aa2c43abd Jehyun sighed 9ebfb037ba in irritation 84a2576b22 and typed 0f216e9e3d again.e515d9c677adb25d

[Party] Healer: Come to think of it, leaving the guild might be too much

[Party] Healer: Can’t break up brothers

[Party] Sangjae: We’re already broken up as much as possible

[Party] Healer: Please be quiet

[Party] Healer: If I win you take a vow of silence

[Party] Habaek: Vow of silence?

[Party] Healer: yeah life would be bearable if you just stopped chatting

[Party] Habaek: lol shall we do that then?

Right. Let’s fight next time we meet.daa01a0dc365f2e2

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Just as 13813faa63 Jehyun was e6dab8cad0 about to 76893933ba type that:b55cb65f0ca94d92

[Party] Habaek: Since it came up, how about meeting now? I live near Korea University back gate, I’ll come to you

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: ;;;no wtf guys it was just a joke

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: Let’s just do the dungeon why are you like this

[Party] Boss12MoreHours: You two are just joking right now and I’m being oversensitive?? You’re not really going to fight??

[Party] Sangjae: ;;;

Though Jehyun had made a510466f90 hundreds of IRL fight 3bba0eb1ec jokes to Habaek while 844a52df66 living, he had never 0eef865fb9 actually thought about carrying 7f8bc1f42d it out. He was also surprised 43d92b1712 by the suggestion to b335d46430 meet right now.be2625062bcd268a

Is this kid serious? Does he want to get beaten up? As Jehyun laughed incredulously and tried to use the laugh emote, suddenly his left mouse button wouldn’t respond.28e94cbd69dd3bd3

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“Ah, what’s this.”a149bac632a539ea

It seemed broken 31a97351b0 from being thrown f865d4bced after losing in 9a20933467 Annihilation earlier. Fuck, because of that bf2a20e895 bastard! While Jehyun fa34e83d15 hesitated, frantically 4c6cc46780 clicking the 46ed2a7e1e unresponsive button, e4fdad073a Habaek continued:832bd45bbc289402

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[Party] Habaek: Why no answer

[Party] Habaek: You scared ㅠㅠ?

It was perfect aggro.cc078f89fa9748c1

“Hey, are you really going out?”bf0c3e02ecd1d916

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“They told me to come.”45cd29131f50206c

“This is driving me crazy. I was just joking around, how did things end up like this? I called Sangjae and asked him to do something about it, but he says he doesn’t know because his brother’s crazy. Though he said not to worry since he’s never actually hit anyone…”11b18c3e987bf1ed

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“Noona, you’re close enough with Sangjae to call him? That’s ridiculous.”9c3006a3a27c0a58

“Is that what’s important right now?”1c5dd80978f4ef6b

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“Then what is important? Are you worried we’ll actually fight? What could I possibly do meeting a kid who just turned twenty at this hour, noona? Do you really trust me that little? We’ll probably just talk and come back. I’ll persuade him well. Don’t worry.”6a2c797f73331a6a

Hearing Jehyun’s confident voice, the manager seemed at a loss for words and just sighed. Shin Jehyun tied his sneakers, smiled, and said “I’ll call you later” before pressing the end call button.fce5739c16f68076

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Standing up and 25c1db1f7b looking in the 87cc56fb21 mirror, there was 326a134ce7 a fierce-looking man 0fa5309699 inside. His small face 0e6adec8d1 visible under the 99a491ae81 deeply worn cap 1a6e38d6fd was smooth enough 03e0bde33c to be considered f4e96116c9 objectively handsome, but f6c3caf41c perhaps due to fca1e82206 his sharp, upturned 6fadf878f9 eyes giving him b4c506608e a fierce impression, 3ad05a4cb4 most people only 2edff28867 realized his good de02a575a5 looks later.a2169e806ed3a10f

Moreover, his small ears had so many piercings, making Shin Jehyun’s impression even more delinquent-like. It wasn’t the kind of appearance that would make people want to approach easily. Jehyun objectively assessed his state, zipped up his long padded coat, and walked out the door.90016c0bb2094873

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[Party] Habaek: Then at Korea University back gate in 30 minutes?

He agreed to meet 923aed525e Habaek at the back 10e657ea16 gate. Jehyun was slightly a91e540b3a surprised to hear cb35d17c2f that Habaek, who 29490b163e had just turned 0495cacfaf twenty, also lived 1125c902bf in this area. It seemed 30ab0c8aad unlikely that e07dbc615a someone who 8c9ef42dba just became e5fafd5a0c an adult bface24ba5 would live 5a40d2842e independently without 7ea386e9f5 reason, and 2787a32a5e the fact a679ebf83b that he 25245032bf got a 6fe0c98fed room near 39547cde4d Korea University 1c713ddec6 of all 94ad2f6cfb places made 29a86ecc58 Jehyun think 2223352079 he might cb8171b307 be a 21f66252c2 student there.6d4299cdacbf31bd

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Habaek had been fighting d603b0b79b with Jehyun in Caplet b6d0bbd87e almost every day since ecf60cd70b he was 16 and b282eea599 lived like a gaming 996dc1b304 addict focused on ranked f92c73a7b4 matches, but he still 7d001dbdd6 studied enough to get bb0a000601 into Korea University? If that was b01561bb03 true, Jehyun needed 151d402d6e to run away 036d20ee5d immediately. It was f5f62566ca better not 62360a83d4 to associate 1788e37c61 with such 8ba8533f5f a crazy dc3eab3cc3 person.bee6bb97350c235d

However, even if Habaek 5cb3e54de1 was truly insane, he 03db2df096 needed to settle things a2c0487900 with him. For the sake of 7f69faa2ca a smooth gaming life db618e9bdc after the server merge, 6c52acd2d6 it was necessary to 701d42ea36 discipline this annoying guy dba608188c once.5424c0ba2cff2be7

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“Oh.”667e4827d1a76022

While going down to 105bb33e00 the first floor in 80166c36eb the elevator, Jehyun spotted 1b96c70092 a familiar face just cb423ace3c as he was imagining 4c44160fe4 grabbing Habaek by the a3ea676e0b collar. The elevator 285b0fbe44 stopped at 5b64cf5994 the 14th f7b0d15445 floor, three 4778646da7 floors below b97090e3d9 the 17th 5ccb1bb305 floor where d035636382 Jehyun lived, 09c24bff33 and Ha 59f4adda3c Baekyung was 4edb4f1349 standing there.dbeea321586ce0a1

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Like Jehyun, Baekyung 623c79b27b was wearing a 3461851d0f cap and padded 42a75f2f58 coat with his 3b2b3edb6c hands in his 3c873ea57c pockets. When their eyes met, c06cab3a2e he raised his eyebrows d36d76df68 in surprise. Seeing that 76acbb5978 expression, Jehyun 6b71b61a32 smiled briefly d8a86af8c1 and asked.0e97f15245d3383f

“Hi. Do you live here?”1c465c0b5bffdf1c

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Ha Baekyung seemed a abf2582390 bit flustered meeting Jehyun 0328d375bd in an unexpected place. He stepped inside and 6c68655a5f stood next to Jehyun 6126fcf825 before answering.d8f9a1391cab1757

“Sunbae, hello. Yes, I moved here.”14037889a4ca5059

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“Really? Guess there must be something between you and me.”8908bbfd343d3361

It was 61695f6954 quite a 9a2596acd6 coincidence. It was already fascinating 7842cf089f that they had become a649962cbc mentor and mentee, but 4fcb02b486 to be in the 26d20c25f2 same officetel? Jehyun smiled 9dec44f97b at how b4c76b877f strange it 17394c0178 was and e88f9439fc continued.1d528087957be8c9

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“But where are you going so late? It’s dangerous.”caa251d984cb2c69

After saying this, Jehyun 66d7209c05 looked up at Baekyung ec04b60f8e and their eyes met c2fde3023d as the other stared 9b57f0b151 down at him with 35344105b3 an expressionless face.0ba7289760072b5d

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Had he ever made such an expression before? Having only seen Baekyung’s smiling face until now, Jehyun tilted his head slightly and asked again.838509dd1b6fd3c6

“Going to meet a friend?”80d2f1f2754b2e74

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“…Yeah, something like that.”9fdd5fb17edebc84

However, Ha 324645fcce Baekyung quickly a84e81d4c7 regained his 517287cb8a usual demeanor. Nodding as he answered, eab6c3bb89 Baekyung smiled smoothly like e6d0eb63b9 before and threw a 0d1bf05daa question at Jehyun.bda565349fad5b0e

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“Where are you going, sunbae? Going to get a refund or something?”6e60ea69675d88b5

“What?”2a6c522bb84d967e

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Jehyun burst out laughing at the mention of a refund. After laughing out loud, he saw the door open and gently pushed Baekyung’s back to let him exit the elevator first before following.9c4f551912b6dc56

“Not a refund, but something similar.”ef35c55542b7acb2

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“Who is it? Doesn’t seem like someone you’re on good terms with.”25132cd60f0c9fe0

“Can’t say we’re on good terms…”68721e16a73f1af0

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Jehyun answered and 4578afd847 walked toward the 4f4c4ba090 back gate. Then, noticing 212ae90824 that Ha 076db7d59a Baekyung was eb151df580 walking in 9809d71790 the same 0d6de51160 direction, he d4728fc9a3 nudged him 1a9051f9b5 with his 51db9a8c75 elbow.0076b2651f838f2d

“Hey Baekyung, look.”8934043dbd14aaf6

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“Yes?”75d2f9718ad668ca

When Ha 7883b913ab Baekyung looked 01bfd8ef4d at him, d0ead2e771 Jehyun took 255b52e97d off his f14ed12862 cap, put 8854452224 it back f310ec979d on, and d4d5b5dc8e made eye 156dc08287 contact with 75173b12d3 him. Then he scrunched df9d51526a his eyes and fff8e19ea8 made a fierce 559f3b31d4 expression.c49d9b81b7bca8cc

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“Do I look scary?”3e8c4d930cdf42a6

“…”8d62e4996edb10c6

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Ha Baekyung closed his ae3e411fcd mouth at the question, 3df37944e2 seemingly at a loss 7d040b1905 for words. Was it 2b34eb3ea2 too scary? Jehyun relaxed his dfd1bc950d expression for a ab3ab296b8 moment, then twisted 4d06cea403 his lips askew cf2ef32b75 and asked Baekyung 10c8543a5c again. Since Habaek was also 3a2303041a twenty, he thought their aba42186ae perspectives might be similar.fa9af5e4b77135a7

“Like, do I look fierce? Like someone you shouldn’t mess with?”065aa55c64d903b5

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“Haha!”5875855037892643

Ha Baekyung burst 2dd9b6aecd out laughing at f7f92f5bd6 the follow-up question. Turning his head and 2ad3a9994d laughing loudly, he soon 6a08a89370 covered his mouth with eadb5e444a his palm and made 1a3c72ff7d deflating sounds while laughing. Feeling awkward at this 3c2347deaa reaction, Jehyun jutted out b09f4c130c his lips and fidgeted cd276c3ae6 with his cheek.4e3cbbaa5a90c6f0

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“Do I look weak? Why are you laughing?”19b5fa13f4eb39a7

“No… it’s just.”29e4c629e504c8f7

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Ha Baekyung couldn’t easily stop laughing. His shoulders shook with laughter for a while, and only after wiping tears from his eyes did he collect himself.9bab48d0c78fe784

“It’s not that, just…”a2a011c8ade57941

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“Be honest. I’m not the kind of senior who pulls rank. Did I look too approachable?”2459d37bbbc3a6f5

At Jehyun’s grumpy question, Ha Baekyung smiled with downturned eyes as if in a difficult situation. Then he honestly shared his impression of Jehyun’s stern face from moments ago.ea0ba0d91db3def7

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“Honestly? Yes.”4b01868d542f934f

“…Really? You’re very honest. Thanks.”631164fa2fdd3e16

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Jehyun clicked e17746f64f his tongue 0aed52534b at that. Then suddenly 707810b9c5 realizing how f3424b2414 much taller e6109049a4 Ha Baekyung 232cc4ccff was than 662eec621b him, he 91ce68173c shook his eb0cd5ef92 head.5b036b312e5e0947

Shin Jehyun was 179cm tall. It was just that Baekyung was exceptionally tall; Jehyun wasn’t short at all. The chances of Habaek being as tall as Ha Baekyung were low, so his impression might be different. Jehyun walked while trying to maintain as fierce an expression as possible to resolve the situation peacefully.e9ef8a964a043d44

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“But where are you going? At this late hour. Meeting with other freshmen again?”e0468b9f8e9e7e5b

The semester was about to start. Students living alone would have mostly moved into their rooms by now, so it wouldn’t be strange for freshman living alone to have gatherings before classes began. In fact, Shin Jehyun remembered drinking with Seo Eunjae and other classmates who started living alone nearby for a whole week when he was a freshman.bfeb7b012c07f653

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“No, just… meeting someone.”afd29a5387a55a3b

At Ha Baekyung’s answer, Jehyun narrowed his eyes and glanced up at him. Then, noticing the faint smile on Baekyung’s lips, he grinned and said,7194f689cd7252aa

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“Looks like things are going well with that person from before.”b80add898b3da1ab

“Who?”47606b120b4db65a

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“What was their name… Jihyun?”66ab6c88035ed218

He was referring to Baekyung’s classmate who was with them when they had drinks with Seo Eunjae last time. They kept calling them Jihyun, Jihyun, so he wasn’t sure about the surname, but anyway, Jihyun… That person was small and cute. Their way of speaking and behavior were straightforward, making them quite charming.8003840397906781

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However, Ha Baekyung frowned in confusion at Jehyun’s words.b03287661ad94737

“Who’s Jihyun?”548742ae5a766460

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“Your classmate…. You don’t mean I was the only one who saw them?”9bf44c6c100c46db

“…”ffa658d0b2d448d8

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At that trembling voice, 3d5e248aa8 Baekyung smiled awkwardly. He tilted db867a3496 his head d864c3477e thoughtfully, then 1915919415 asked Jehyun:2604d25009313cc8

“Are you perhaps talking about Jiwon? Hyun Jiwon?”e408f9f855e5bc11

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“…Wasn’t it Jihyun?”907d9ae64da6b390

“It’s Jiwon.”87c9fdf36befa09e

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Ah, it was Jiwon. He got confused just hearing it. Jehyun nodded, saying “Oh, Jiwon, Hyun Jiwon.” Just as he was about to ask if he was going to meet Jiwon, Ha Baekyung asked with a subtly amused voice:b114bfdcbca16543

“Sunbae, do you remember the name of the other male student who was there that time?”4c43a531d9838658

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“Oh yeah, Kim Woohyun. The one who looks like a rabbit?”7fd04fe97886d6e9

“…You remember the guys’ names well.”259035b0b5220498

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“Ah, I heard Woohyun’s name before too. And he was memorable because he looked cute.”d96dde6fd0879ca1

“Jiwon looks cute too.”58e1c18a9f9f3e10

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“Yeah, all the new students seem cute this year.”da9c4dd99f053835

“…Ah~.”8fa03415d110eee3

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At that sound, Jehyun blinked and looked up at Baekyung. Didn’t he just say “ah~”? Not “ah.” or “ah!” or “ah…” but “ah~”. It seemed to have a somewhat unpleasant nuance…08ccd1fc88304e0e

However, when he looked up, Baekyung was wearing his usual polite smile. Did I hear wrong? Jehyun smiled, thinking Ha Baekyung wouldn’t make such a sound.cfb188dde7bf7b4f

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While having this pointless conversation, they had reached the back gate. Standing in front of the large golden nameplate that read “Korea University,” Jehyun asked Baekyung who stood beside him:22103c7840b02193

“Did you agree to meet here?”ae62403c02166f07

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“Yes.”0b38aa96e517a45a

“Let’s wait together. I’m supposed to meet someone here too.”c1250ba8fa71a898

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“Okay.”3a629c1414eb7190

Baekyung smiled brightly as he said this. Looking at that smile, Jehyun thought he really was a kind and polite kid. It would be nice to have someone like this in the Guild. Someone who listens well, calls him Sunbae-nim, and does good DPS… Suddenly, Jehyun felt a strange sense of déjà vu.7337b46d27c185c8

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Somehow, he felt like he’d had this thought before about wanting a junior like Ha Baekyung in the Guild. But he couldn’t remember ever talking about games with Baekyung. Shin Jehyun was confused. It was because he couldn’t remember his blackout drunk memories.4bd0fa55549b1a7d

Finally, unable to find 891bb0a817 the source of this 0d66e42057 strange déjà vu, Jehyun 5f05ddc74f picked up his phone. With some time left bafaad8308 before meeting Habaek, he 3cb7a8cd62 decided to look for 9dab805e36 someone selling something he 6f82b09661 could use temporarily in 067427186e place of his broken 13160187a4 mouse.59fe4933d6945cdc

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Searching for “mouse,” he found someone selling a gaming mouse they’d recently bought, complaining about the LED lights being light pollution. Seeing “Korea University back gate” mentioned, Jehyun messaged asking if he could buy the mouse right now.5a99d59eacc5d584

“Hah…”e68572fdd849fb09

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And during b9b64ff68f the 30 c03908f452 minutes Jehyun b46958ada1 waited after 88bb3da3ef setting up ef2bb4813a the appointment bcb6e25070 with the a232a2b49c seller, Habaek 3d8cb33452 never showed 2fb1dad755 up.0d90981996021c3d

“…Sunbae, who are you here to meet?”f3b04bc6272346b3

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Baekyung asked Jehyun, who was taking deep breaths to control his anger while tightly gripping his phone. Ha Baekyung had been standing near him, also waiting for someone who hadn’t shown up.c68f6812577fe37c

When he looked up at the sudden question, he could see a subtle smile on Ha Baekyung’s lips. Whether it was playing hard to get or not, it seemed Ha Baekyung had also been stood up by Jiwon like him, but seeing how they weren’t even angry, they must have a really good personality. Jehyun forced a smile and answered Ha Baekyung.4c3b5c357cc50086

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“Oh, Daangn (Carrot Market). My mouse broke.”b804f5514b456c03

“…Daangn?”b4c605fa8884aaa3

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“Yeah. It suddenly stopped working. So I came out to buy one.”f0ee1da192b9b6d8

“Ah…”cd27b7f74eb25c91

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He couldn’t bring himself to say that he had come out to have a real-life confrontation with a 20-year-old who didn’t show up, so he was just going to do the Daangn transaction and leave. As Jehyun made up his excuse, Baekyung tilted their head slightly and asked.4e9371772289dac9

“Why did you ask me earlier if I looked scary?”ec3275fb333d6e6c

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“Uh…?”cd6578282e83ed5b

“Were you planning to negotiate the price in person?”1116617619db2db3

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Jehyun’s face flushed at Baekyung’s bright-smiled question. He was embarrassed to be mistaken for someone trying to haggle in person. But… being seen as an in-person negotiator was far better than being seen as someone looking for a real-life fight over a game.d8f12399e2fea87e

Jehyun smiled 104df53cec awkwardly and bf273f1b40 waved his 612dcc544e phone as 75f8affeca he spoke.3f7d7a594d4280a8

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“Well, something like that. The other person’s manner temperature was 18 degrees. So I was just checking, just in case.”9aadb3bc7de71760

“I see…”a6fd46638d7bced0

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“What about you? Did Jiwon say they couldn’t make it?”0962452206e7d2d1

“I’m not meeting Jiwon. I just had plans with someone I know, but they’re not showing up.”fe0c591b2e431b70

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“Really? That’s tough, at this hour.”9406b8f996d85187

Jehyun comforted Baekyung, thinking they were making excuses because they were embarrassed about being stood up by Hyun Jiwon. As he was patting their broad shoulders saying “it’s okay,” Ha Baekyung narrowed their eyes and glanced down at Jehyun.fd067d01410872de

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It was at that moment when Shin Jehyun’s trading partner appeared. Just as Ha Baekyung’s eyes were becoming increasingly narrow.165743f247a1598f

“Are you… from Daangn…?”2a1aa0b2e26f9e28

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A man as big ccdeda8413 as Baekyung approached and 6e3d9bff9e asked shyly in a dfb326c617 low voice.7ddfb9843a80691f

The man 9d904cac93 who appeared 3c4963a8aa with a 998163d21f mouse wrapped b55a0defbe in its c7337076eb cord inside 5195ad3246 a convenience 4042d825dd store plastic 9f5d1209bd bag truly 3996aa9d68 had an a1b6e5855d intimidating appearance. He looked even 6d9f9d275e more like a 6c8ccba114 back-alley thug than ab866d4982 Shin Jehyun, whom 00ad0a0038 anyone would mistake 1d94b7f1cf for a delinquent 7711d57554 at first sight.49e55f4f48afa33b

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A physical education 8e4c0a541a major? Jehyun thought as c808e616cb he nodded toward a1c88bf2b0 the man.e9e525b23b844ae9

“Yes, the mouse…?”656a36855636a1e7

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“Ah, yes. Here it is.”3a8d0aa6fbf74de5

“Thank you. You confirmed the money transfer earlier, right?”ffbf6d147cf479a4

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“Yes, yes. I saw it. Thank you.”b7176038a90fb384

“Ah, could I check it for a moment?”f12e8f99f2bd93ba

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“I’m in a hurry right now… If there’s any problem, send me a message.”28a5de468bb69f7a

“Ah, okay. Take care.”288f8514b64424b6

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Though Jehyun wanted to f81579fbdf check its condition, the 202f2a4643 other person thrust the caf028f980 bag into his hands c03cb77e35 and left without looking d7f136c146 back. What could 7e2828861e he be f65d112ed4 busy with c57cce4c84 at this cd1935638a hour? Jehyun looked inside df15b745fd the bag with 8a5261266a suspicious eyes.b27fe2d019978fc7

But the mouse’s shape seemed odd. As Jehyun stared at the mouse’s connection port, he turned on his phone’s flashlight and shined it into the bag while pulling his lips into a tight line.00aa278aa56eba3e

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“This is…”2f03c69fdd7550dc

A voice that 2469b8de23 sounded like he 84839ab265 was gritting his 6c09fb9dc7 teeth escaped from b907b89943 Jehyun. The long connection cord 6ce21e7abe was covered in grime. The USB edd0fadba1 connector looked 9fac023e50 like someone f3f6584e10 had chewed ffcf7e0def on it 4d9ca90dec with their 20088c36e9 mouth, with 28254a17ce the outer 579885a309 covering nearly bdb58d6082 peeled off 70132f2221 to expose 7f3c1febe6 the internal 57c9e2a163 wires.043b12032388190a

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To sell such garbage for 30,000 won! Furious, Jehyun immediately sent a message to the seller, but the other person read Jehyun’s message and didn’t respond. He was being ignored.9bc93ab121454f6b

“Wow…!”15f985582e1f3e02

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After being played by Habaek in this dead of winter and then getting scammed with the mouse, he couldn’t take it anymore. Jehyun unzipped his padding jacket and let the cold air hit his heated chest as he flapped the edges of his clothes. As he was cooling down his anger like that, Baekyung, who had been watching him with pity, asked:99fcd53e9e2a6b9f

“Is it in bad condition?”3714487543c84983

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“No, Baekyung. Look at this. In all my life, this is the first time I’ve bought something like this.”13a68de157c49d62

“…This is just garbage, isn’t it?”834cad96a2ba4bd6

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“Right? Ah, so annoying. Now I know why their manner temperature was 18 degrees.”2fc3f34f3c84927c

Jehyun took off his hat and ran his fingers through his hair in frustration while taking deep breaths. He wanted to curse them out over the phone, but since they hadn’t exchanged phone numbers, all he could do was send filtered messages through the app.f27c97eef4e8a23e

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“I have a spare mouse at home.”a7fddc36839cf2aa

“Huh?”485aba59e8ee9668

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What was going to calm down the frustrated Jehyun, who had been wondering how he’d play in battle with a broken left-click, was this single statement from Baekyung.fc8dad62e55ba8cd

“I have a spare gaming mouse at home. My older brother bought several through parallel import and gave them to me… Would you like to use one of those if you don’t mind?”9bb1f4a6c29a3547

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That kind face asking so gently couldn’t have looked more handsome. Jehyun, who had been staring blankly up at Baekyung, suddenly couldn’t help but reach out to pat Baekyung’s head through their hat. He smiled broadly and answered:a7cba398f1d0d40f

“Yeah, I’ll buy one. Sell me one.”d821dfb82b139cb4

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“Then let’s stop by my place.”82424bbceda9aebf

“Is that okay? When are you heading home? If you’re going to wait longer, I’ll wait with you. It’s not urgent, you could give it to me tomorrow morning.”80ac0d3160db93e1

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“Let’s just go now. Looks like they’re not coming.”b057545ec954dbd9

Baekyung said this with a faint smile. Somehow, the smile seemed unlike Ha Baekyung, which made Jehyun feel a bit strange, but he soon smiled pleasantly and put his hand on Baekyung’s back.50dddf96f4972624

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Ha Baekyung quietly followed fe5c46589f as Jehyun pushed them 0056dc30a2 along. Since they 77f28ca24f were just 8db2d9a824 big but 2c449159e9 gentle and 38651796c5 kind, reminding 8e1ee19473 him somehow efa1e9c393 of his 88cdbd8713 younger sibling 831a7a236f Shin Jehee, 6ab6396ddb Jehyun smirked e19e5ffc6b and asked 67a4dba229 Baekyung:389834f4bfddf20b

“Have you had dinner? Want to get something to eat before heading home? My treat.”ab063d88513d4a49

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“Really? You’ll treat me?”5ca522bcb0e7eb5f

“Yeah. There are lots of good places around here. You probably don’t know much about this area, right? I lived here for 4 years. Tell me if there’s anything you want to eat. I’ll tell you which places are the best.”542d8de20f8b3a84

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“What I want to eat…”b7cb4c363652612a

Baekyung tilted 334e72d21f their head 956ab9fffc as if 57dc668e6b thinking. Watching them, dac29c3b37 Jehyun was 5b83c75084 thinking about a0a4d7e7e0 places that b46d344d7f might be 13b35e48a0 open at 01934b83cd this hour 5cb9e6fc6f when he e1437599c8 stopped at d5bbf029ed the crosswalk 487423e66c signal.011f1ae2e34359b0

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“Do you like market-style chicken? You know, the kind fried without batter. There’s an amazing place that does that. Want to do chicken and beer? You drink well, right? I think you stayed until almost the end last time. My memory’s a bit fuzzy since I blacked out that day.”aaf21425253f862d

“I probably drink pretty well. You blacked out? You didn’t seem that drunk that day.”a79741d6030e64a4

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“Yeah, let’s go.”34b321cb5a0bb53e

Jehyun, who was about to answer, suddenly noticed the green light and patted Baekyung’s back. Walking side by side with Ha Baekyung on the crosswalk, Jehyun continued:43d203def0da0073

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“I usually look pretty normal even when I’m drunk…”724716073c0bc4d7

Just as he was about to say “look,” it happened. Late at night, a delivery motorcycle that apparently hadn’t properly seen the two people in black padding jackets quickly brushed past them from the right.b68a25680cb3df38

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“Whoa, shit! That scared me!”b28d0f46692c902d

Jehyun, startled, pulled on Baekyung’s arm and stopped in place. Still gripping Ha Baekyung’s sleeve tightly, Jehyun turned his head toward where the motorcycle had gone.faf8974d5a04897a

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“Is that guy crazy? Hey, are you okay?”857f1ebaadfd5494

With that, afb314b09b Jehyun quickly b5e57cbf00 moved, conscious fcaa855c64 of Ha b8a16bdc12 Baekyung who 6dfa57ec01 had been 77d12532cd standing on 5c743a3d68 the side 87cd24bad3 where the b97ac892b5 motorcycle came 3c80d2e15f from. After safely getting Baekyung 03d5b330ac onto the sidewalk, he 8b59b744ae looked around checking if d5f7c5c963 they were injured anywhere.200d5c6c20aca809

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“Were you scared? Are you hurt anywhere? Did it run over your foot?”5da1da1df78ad431

“…I’m fine.”a84ac3d2208c67d0

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Baekyung seemed a bit shocked. Their brown eyes, looking down at Jehyun with a strangely expressionless face, sparkled in the streetlight. Shin Jehyun confirmed that there was nothing wrong with his handsome junior’s face in the darkness and let out a sigh of relief.fec80a1ffeb4b25a

“It’s a bit dangerous here at night. If you’re okay, that’s good. Let’s go.”2565ca7daf285a2e

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Jehyun said this with a slight smile and started walking toward the chicken place. Ha Baekyung stood still for a moment, staring intently at Jehyun’s back, before finally taking a step to follow him.2629a0020f433930

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“Hyung.”307bef4d5ea507cb

“What.”8a4c941593aacac7

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“If you’re walking with me and a motorcycle quickly passes by my side, what would you do?”2a42fd0da642c133

“What do you mean what would I do?”5579fcc118a3073f

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“Would you ask if I’m okay and check if I’m hurt?”8abafe819cee95a9

At Baekyung’s sudden question, Ha Jaekyung looked at his sibling with a creeped-out expression. Then, with a disgusted look, he flicked a snack at Baekyung and said:c9af5b20deb78697

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“What nonsense. Be grateful I don’t just push you away.”198ade6fb2c97c30

“……”5561ac626a996e57

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Right, that c004c37341 was the 015b57a537 normal reaction. Ha Baekyung shot b2bff95b92 a knowing look 98bc365717 at Ha Jaekyung df1003b815 before turning their 69a05ab3aa head away. Sitting cross-legged on the 7f444feafa sofa with their chin 7f639c141e propped up, they recalled ec5619ae1d what happened the other fc1af560b7 day.4f7979c704620115

189cm and 95kg. Thanks to swimming f86a8ad6c2 until age 16, 93afd8b9d3 Baekyung had shoulders 2c1d67b8d0 so broad that 7b3377b9fd even the Pacific e6f1a2aefd Ocean might feel 5ddef1a2e7 narrow, and they 31a3338df8 had rarely experienced c1b89f76c8 being protected by cba1ce14c3 anyone in their c1d2897344 life. Maybe when they were dcf6865f04 very young, but Ha b23fd38dab Baekyung, who was already 2cf8531120 over 170cm tall in bbf2798f00 fourth grade, was always f7416980bb treated as a premature fd43777e11 adult due to being 3757ac619a bigger than their peers.3e770b7a9432c2fe

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Even Ha Jaekyung, Baekyung’s older brother, would sooner push Baekyung forward when fights broke out due to their large size rather than try to protect them.3db52b878e9fca14

So, Shin Jehyun’s actions of tightly gripping their sleeve and pulling them close as if to embrace them protectively were very unfamiliar to Baekyung.edf35657ba3400db

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It was truly a strange feeling. Extremely unfamiliar, and also ticklish… As Baekyung was thinking about that day, Ha Jaekyung suddenly asked:22c2551ff550b007

“Hey, so did you meet the healer or not? Noona said you didn’t show up at the meeting place?”6dab905648f2f577

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“Stop talking nonsense.”41a857445b22b39a

“Are you both insisting you went while actually being too scared to show up?”edc51e709ce2405d

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“I really did go. The healer didn’t come, I’m telling you.”25da31dddb4a5af5

The ridiculous accusation was irritating. Baekyung ignored Ha Jaekyung’s comments about their attitude and got up to open the refrigerator. They grabbed a zero cola and went straight to their room.e028b95271f6e519

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While waiting for the b3b1e360bd computer to boot up, 3d891658d8 Baekyung frowned, remembering the 2ba88ae1d0 person who was with d6b201729e them that night. Shin Jehyun, a sunbae 554eb9d76e who strangely kept occupying fd2bbd4946 their thoughts.929b7af0017ca49c

They had been e2af6766be conscious of Shin 48df6a729c Jehyun since the 78ba43b9a0 orientation. At first, they 6ca51656ba were drawn to 95b02fdcfe his intimidating first 06fe223d21 impression. But as they efc6596ee5 listened carefully, his f96e0331c2 voice felt oddly ad1c2a5ec6 familiar. They definitely 4349008a63 seemed to 908da19752 have heard b2ca4fa20e it somewhere d4fc8ceb59 before.42d14f248728d6c8

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After orientation, while practicing party coordination for server integration, Baekyung received guidance from the healer through voice chat. That’s when they realized why Shin Jehyun’s voice felt familiar despite never having met him before. Though their speaking styles were completely different, their voices were very similar.6db68cd99f7ac1f4

There were some differences from the healer’s voice heard through speakers, but Baekyung knew that voices filtered through microphones, internet connections, and speakers couldn’t be exactly the same.919167b7f64f0619

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Then, when cd2cef5eda they happened 8dbe9be797 to meet 563b8d1d89 him at cba262a169 a bar 5effce6fa2 with their dd43bf21d1 classmates, Baekyung 376ca35d16 tested him, c48ee3eca7 suspecting that 8d0e9e6637 Shin Jehyun 5b7799a905 might really 42c8f91585 be Healer. Shin Jehyun showed suspicious 2a029093ff reactions. When told 68aba014ca he looked ec636a73cd good at 0b897b0996 gaming, he 27bd288ae1 countered by 2f2130a673 saying Baekyung cfe22b37e1 looked like f78aabd989 a gaming f28d6b80ac addict, and f4a6223925 then when 4ae8cc901f Baekyung continued, edcc326259 he pretended e8de66b066 to defend b7d8f7e38b Caplet, fueling e6a73e2c86 their suspicions.a87fa6f80fb1b906

When the topic of meeting in person came up, Baekyung deliberately chose Korea University’s back gate as the meeting place, conscious of Shin Jehyun who had said he lived nearby. So when they met him in the elevator, Baekyung was a bit flustered. If Shin Jehyun was really the healer, the timing to reveal that they were Habaek had become awkwardly off.f8ad96e648414640

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