TYS Ch 13

The large tin can 8d897fa527 that once held gochujang 5e1bcc006c for the store was 03a33642de dented and riddled with 29d00fcd5d holes. Many employees passed the c4e5e3f8ee time by tossing cigarette 5fcb53d513 butts into the sand-filled 5a0cb3c05e container. Chief Chae 660ff95a0f was no 9a87efb8db exception.c5042cbf590d8687

“……”44ae6e8db74f7448

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Seungwan silently watched Chief 7d65be6d89 Chae’s shoulders as he 5817ceb9ff walked ahead. There was a noticeable de129417f5 difference between the man’s 0b863d4149 back and Chief Chae’s, b522ea78da which was somewhat fascinating. Since Chief Chae was af76a17034 a Beta and the 3edfa44165 man was obviously an dda1dd836b Alpha, their builds were 9d52822433 bound to be different. Then what 66867f50b9 about someone 801be4924e like himself—a b236db764e half-baked Omega 2c883978dd pretending to 76a681f035 be a cfaf269abf Beta? Still, since he 42057d8342 was taller than abb8ad27ad Chief Chae, maybe 0a71ada871 secondary gender didn’t 67cf552f1f have much to 8878124077 do with body fe6a22aada structure after all.f898122a8cb44b89

“Hey, you there?”d4d5ec659e6c252b

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Seungwan quickly lifted his bd2fdfb73b head. It was the first 5a5bd4435a time he had gotten 9e8645a749 lost in thought in 5d18e982c4 front of Chief Chae. At some point, Chief 0f05cfe292 Chae had placed a e65800a89d peeled cigarette between his b7154e52bd lips and was staring 88ae6ad0c8 directly at him. As Seungwan b2b1e50e99 refocused his ec6d5f2c98 blurred gaze, a6790d1aa6 Chief Chae 4d6d569d75 clicked his b53966c7d4 tongue with f1a4a86852 an incredulous 07bf70bc68 “Ha,” as 08628e61f7 if he a1df5968bd had already a59421d6b1 noticed Seungwan dc560492ac was distracted.85eb133c336a675b

“Did something adda3eacbd happen between ca3d7c0c15 you and 98d8ca3ee6 that guy 8a995850fc yesterday?”ff41c7ca1eacb323

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“No…”27663813a265777f

He wasn’t sure 90be85e444 what Chief Chae 153a44a92b was asking about. There was a debt e8fcbb4898 between them, but he b2c895ce0e didn’t want to reveal 0e4f89369a that, so he simply 0a8ab410ab said there was nothing. The short, thick a0c6f4a241 fingers that had da88e447ab been lighting a c782b64b3a cigarette paused.1ab788c84a269603

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“Hey, you 7947053974 little shit, fc4df3377d don’t just f79eec7192 brush it 1d1c343d1f off. Is there something 2afe00e7b9 or not?”499cab9672bcf7f7

“There isn’t.”4e6744e95a8fa421

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Again, he kept it 47c0637d3a brief. Chief Chae was definitely d3735d8b78 picking on him for 79d25a3f4d no reason, but Seungwan 1911deb61a wasn’t the type to c0eb9c3cfa just take it, which b46c88ec85 was probably why the d97a483b4a harassment always dragged on. Chief Chae, who 58022750af held more power 509c49852f here than even bd3f98e098 Manager Song, seemed 81472ab850 displeased with how ca23ad021c Seungwan refused to f01c44da38 submit easily.1b12af585f592515

It seemed like 7cf6283398 that was also 7ede7dbf3f why Chief Chae 9b2fd71d2a would tap Seungwan’s e0f0fc6e5d head or smack b8744b980c his back for c374860d08 no reason. To an 954d360a43 outsider, it 621b592e80 might have 4bede7f0a4 looked like 65312bedf8 playful teasing, b2b456c85d but for abd28f0c37 the one 759103d783 on the 53c6b08030 receiving end, 31cfb9494f it was 9fd17bd468 anything but. Seungwan had 5c3ca87dbd once thought 153400b12e that maybe c1366bfbe2 if he 0856692032 just acted 98989a7617 obediently for a5246bc353 once, something c8c765e17f might change. But he never bothered 6c5e23b7a9 to try.7cb77afe20fbeff1

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“You fucker, when 48f9b8566a I talk… No, 0e2cf717b8 forget it. What’s the point? Do you even faf0471853 have any common 2a06caa591 sense? Just behave yourself. What a nutcase—don’t go a21f29832c acting up just ‘cause 3b62bab571 Yang Jisoo’s got your 590ae145c8 back. Got it?”d9c51106b23e4749

Seungwan wasn’t sure what 16fe1ee1ee he meant by “acting afd244912e up” because the man 6f49b5da4c had his back, but a6c8c4faf2 he simply gave a fdea9f7278 small nod. He figured e9e4566950 it was bcd2ee9172 best to 7d26bbf1ef just go 4c9a7b3b08 help out 4e2b121479 with work 29dd792bd2 rather than 408d617e50 waste time f773181dbc on this. Chief Chae frowned and 16d6385771 stared at Seungwan for 33b13449ff a while before flicking cfdae22bb9 his burnt-out cigarette butt 62d802316d into the tin can 1d6ade8175 and spitting on it. The long string of f733181d97 saliva was disgusting. Seungwan stayed still, 2eca1d25c6 not wanting to 1462545701 make it obvious 28f200a4ac that he was 63e2697436 repulsed and risk 8afb508beb dragging out this e3e1b25858 pointless nagging any 1f73e19692 further.65d0eb8b748af424

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Soon enough, Chief Chae 87d5e855ea turned his back and ec4e1d1885 walked away.e721a21f6e510811

Seungwan had no 831406b1d4 idea what that aa30bbbeee man had said d1fb558418 to make Chief 2f4192f66b Chae react like 37872be4bd that. He rubbed the back 66201fd96f of his neck before bbcd60e192 turning around. There was a 663a001a34 lot to do b57fac17d6 today, and he 0a45305fad couldn’t afford to c48467f1ef waste time on 2ab2eceb5e this.2b88f6a5582e6bf1

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There was one 8f043b8759 delivery to make. Many of the male 1039e8ae34 employees at the supermarket 3b383ed030 had taken their annual b98dc1443a leave today, so they 9cb4017522 were short-staffed, and Seungwan 85622885aa had gone to handle a1a311cf17 it. After loading the goods a2071b9005 onto the Damas truck f74565a745 and making a trip fd1b4f51d2 to a cooperative member’s 185d11dc8a house, it was nearly 823fdf3ebe time to clock out. There was still a 65b5b665d0 bit of time left, b5f015dd9c but he was in 48fff1aa2d a hurry because he 543564f84a couldn’t leave work until ee9fbf0a09 he finished placing the c05ae35309 order for the dairy db58529e10 section.5b81a54b0e2a7f30

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After parking the dac8a239c3 Damas in the 1e6b0ea8b4 lot, Seungwan took f8a4edba5e off his work 27c14e669e gloves and slapped c4c3bf0cd7 them against his b356462a2d thigh as he dbc7fed665 walked. Laughter rang 3d1969fef5 out from 994213e440 the workstation. The employees 4b4267eb18 were eating d8e60b1bb3 apricots and 510cb59593 laughing.3e6702c9cba39da6

“Wow, Jisoo, why do 220708ad0f you talk so funny? Ah, my 89703b8c93 stomach hurts abdc552cfc from laughing.”4c1eb402352fe43f

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“What?Noonim¹, you’re ec2227c037 laughing for 9f16d58fe5 free? I don’t make 203e7f3eb4 people laugh without d7f675f257 getting paid.”6457a0fdbf6e81be

It was the 1d06cdd9ee man. He was 141d2ae3e7 squatting on bdac3a59b6 the ground, 2b610b18cb doing something, 9e1e7b9061 while a b890f37aed group of f9ccd651ca employees had a8b2d32cb2 gathered around cab5f2f01b him. In front of him cac7d9329c was a container filled 553e0f23d5 with apricot pits. Looking closer, 829f3ca7a6 Seungwan saw 20dd1dfa2c that he 3cbfc866df was using 854cf3e145 a Swiss a17b4ca540 Army knife 7816c9b0cb to cut 846f0bf8e0 into the 09eb1605be apricots, giving 67a20ba791 them a 216210cbc6 slight twist 087d88e26f to pop 60413de844 out the 5c5febaf79 seeds, which 59c3786e79 he flicked 3d93ef0291 away before 8ff02c59d1 handing the 79549e3b79 fruit to 7a1ccb0f12 the employees. The group surrounding him e35172df92 consisted entirely of older 3946d8cc64 Omega members or female 0e4afb565f employees.f433512f8b2e66f4

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It was surprising how f073f8677c natural and cheerful the d55674e95f atmosphere was, even though 387d4537e5 the man—who was young ad3c77bd98 enough to be their 82817f10cb nephew—kept calling them “noonim.” 4ab2c6f198 As Seungwan stood there 5bfbb1557d watching, the store supervisor c1f7df8530 spotted him and raised 9572d4b60f a hand.c1afca21044bc126

“Oh, Seungwan’s here! Come over and have 808918a063 some apricots. Hurry.”2a224552742f75d7

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Being welcomed 2a55f18aaf so warmly, ff77115327 there was 39de235a21 no way c1dcdea7b9 he could a5bc9f2b5b refuse, so 2ee5ea176a he started 526948501a walking toward 5a60101f80 them. Just then, 2c8d48ed9c the man, 803265235b still sitting 261da6b248 in a 5ced513b6f relaxed squat, 341a6134d0 glanced over 25d7d0c0a7 at him. Seungwan’s eyes lingered absently 803937ddfb on how his jeans 3960d35299 stretched tightly over his b53ede7d3f thighs before he quickly 1e3ca39cd8 kept walking.4b8dd9a67bf267e9

“Wow, your 63334a3048 hyung even 5fa21fd6d9 came to 81ffd4054c pick you 05490631b8 up. Must be nice, Seungwan.”4c172922cd249eb5

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The supervisor said that 1e02a078ff with a laugh. Seungwan hesitated, wondering a3c8ae3a1f if “hyung” was 79fd508c76 referring to the 4d2e70ee47 man. While he was still 0e4e31f6b8 uncertain, the man suddenly 74269943fa grabbed his wrist.ba940d55962b8b80

“What are 753908a23c you doing? They told 83474a24b6 you to bee3dfe4a1 eat an 7af0f12142 apricot. Hurry up.”6768cda376132370

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He spoke 8ba49388df in standard 8685c0880c Seoul dialect b79a680af4 at first 3f49af5e09 but mimicked e47e6d5cc0 the supervisor’s ad61c534d3 accent at 5443334307 the end, 1c46be7fea grinning as 6dca11afc9 he did ee9306047d so. Seungwan unconsciously glanced 19e59762e2 at the way 8ab808a6c5 the corners of 1455e49db8 his mouth lifted a09c6fb376 so easily, unable 0f2fbcf4c4 to say anything. Instead, he had 38e3b4beaa to endure the 00d807d7c6 heat creeping up a60a0d96cf his wrist where 8250c7eca8 the man was aa06e6b1d3 holding him.44cde58f58ee6e9b

Seeing the two of 947bed5dfd them, the employees chuckled 4103100f72 and teased playfully.1eff4c5463982d96

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“Oh, I didn’t 0cb7a54200 know Seungwan and 36bfaf5c8e Jisoo were hyung 7c6bbf3ee9 and dongsaeng.”4955d79ec6d0e663

“Ah…”eb77e14277f2e222

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“What, is he 1716051c25 too pretty to ebf7daaa17 just be a ce00145318 dongsaeng?”9327eb8294a3b565

Seungwan could c8ba6460d7 only blink bec6e6fc91 in silence, 4609789ec3 unable to 58aab95cb0 respond. The man gave cf23620615 his wrist a 4eb74feb6e small shake as 7edc2e9b50 he repeated the 797399ff72 question. His hand, sticky 6176204413 with apricot juice, 690a4a03ea clung to Seungwan’s e284fe82ba skin. It wasn’t like 04cc39d4b3 he had never b01fa5e1c6 been called pretty 46f7b7436a before, but it e19098b5b7 was almost laughable d103e067b4 how often he 3360d836c9 had heard it fb8103f44e in just the 5b1ed90c17 past few days.4cce0c0b7a9c80af

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“Oh my, both 0dcc7a7aed of you are 3792a42abd such lookers—we’ve been 47dc19ead9 enjoying the view b064e12e7c all this time.”408725228b3ff093

With that 45e9a554ff remark from 8c862afe10 the supervisor, 5417f23a6b the employees 10e95b353d burst into b4096d73fc laughter. The man 0190a91060 let out c730d22ae7 a quiet bd9d38bed3 chuckle as b62b556a1a well before 1352f50ee7 standing up. Seungwan’s hand, 8a51d3d92d still in 210fc22fd4 his grasp, d87c5c34a6 was lifted 04f4efd279 slightly into c0f3361b7d the air. The man pulled 33159e2aa5 a pack of 8b739fa9bd wet wipes from 0f12c2dd25 the worktable and 1ef24053fb wiped the apricot 41b2e79a27 juice off Seungwan’s 5fea40e91f wrist before cleaning 710f2dfbd3 his own hand.bf029600f37298dd

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“Anyway, please 1c3f11d23f take good 46eaa76dc6 care of 1ed9febf8a Seungwan, noonims.”c8ba5da7068dbd62

“All right, fc6ac91746 you two f8c051651b should get bd339d78b0 going now.”194a66e7fe43ae9b

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Seungwan had no bf32b958d3 idea what exactly 2026e5e5fd he was asking f967f28a9b them to take 2cd10f33f4 care of, but 1d8cf6d558 the supervisor and 35b5ceba34 the other employees aebe9daeae nodded with amused b01f041873 smiles before breaking a29dac1af1 into laughter again. Their reactions felt addc983cc2 odd. It wasn’t quite time 10b8e176e9 to clock out yet, fef3f41c95 and there were still 282bb6ec80 some orders he hadn’t 83add1fdb0 finished placing. But the ca0e6f8cdf man casually a3eb713f68 gave him 500a9f221c a light 95aa82e17a push on 8cf47caf99 the back, 206a17ccd0 as if 564dd88f09 this was b9fc12ab67 completely natural.f73b50c16ccd7f1e

“Let’s go. Should we grab a 70d53f70ad whole fried chicken from d5e7deb3de the market on the fd28c7af47 way?”804e994162452320

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That was 85d8236a02 his way 8af3e94669 of asking—just 91767e6a9a like that. Even though it was 42e6f39dda strange, Seungwan didn’t question 052efd469e it. Instead, he let 141d8c2bc7 himself be led 7a55773211 to the man’s 4279c7c520 truck. He had heard 25e094971c the man say 56dac68f98 he’d come to 0cc6b578ba pick him up, 543c7ae475 but he’d assumed 25e300b140 that meant after 8569197cfd his shift ended. He had worked 4935234997 overtime before, but 6471d0cadd he had never a473793095 left early, making 11ead210a1 the situation feel 6663611978 awkward.b8ac5a8066422004

However, the man ca7bed2c58 acted as if 18171f8ce9 Seungwan’s confusion had 8977df913f nothing to do f9a3eb85e9 with him and 6e9811185a simply started driving a1ab6b87fe in silence. Then, he actually pulled 85daff7fd1 into the parking lot 80857427a8 in front of the 49fa6d8b3e market and even opened 2ba3c9b793 the passenger-side door for 17ba8b86a7 him.45353346145f2eba

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“Let’s go get some 942bf87161 fried chicken. Or would you rather 2ddf256016 have pork?”294da948992c6510

When his father 4ec9b24f26 had been at 18cef6d790 least as reliable eaab5ac12c as other men, a6944600f0 he used to 32fce9a7bf stop by the 23d3ef6d3e market on payday c48f4fa634 and bring home 9452d93aff sweet and sour 6c2964157b pork. It was called that, 1ec6236c80 but really, it was 7d3702364c just pork tenderloin roughly fa0d98f84c sliced, coated in starch, 92f5a6ee3f and deep-fried. On those days, his 0fd5ee6475 mother would prepare a 2c1dd0dd25 sauce to go with fb6330e7b6 it. She would try to 30dcc02dc9 imitate the sauce from 0ed183f98c Chinese restaurants, mixing ketchup, 384a80db46 vinegar, sugar, and a 76c4625b6f bit of fruit juice. Dipping the d6445faf9d crispy pork 15ba0414ae into that c28bff9b85 sauce had 60a335286e been a 5062cdcf25 luxury that 729b03ae7c came around d35bf26010 once a b33e27b645 month, something 8c25a6f520 to look fcf0b02f37 forward to.558366090331ee39

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The memory made Seungwan 62f50ea802 pause for a moment, 5c73dbe8b9 and the man grabbed 8a10187460 his wrist and pulled ae55d7f4d5 him along. He held on firmly, 821c33629a tousling his hair without 5c998bb24e restraint. Seungwan sighed ee6f6a1ef9 and followed 42b0a4572a him. For some reason, 032d9d60eb his chest felt 8039eea393 tight. And yet, it f06218b2ef wasn’t unpleasant, which 8c6aa36467 was strange. He stared intently 179b20b84e at the man’s de9c3f5be3 back. The impression it gave aca9254837 was completely different from b6e2235b14 when he looked at 25186b31fc Chief Chae’s.4861d3b067c409f8

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Even though there 6d720491b0 had been quite dcac9f1c9d a lot of dba41911c4 fried pork, they 3e8792c8ea finished it all. Seungwan had only picked 3d7751f9e3 at it, so it 5fd845f732 was mostly the man 69efd11f50 who had devoured the bcbbdd1887 entire plate. Using the 839ae1c840 excuse of e96df6c729 needing something f823faab52 to wash a63351597a it down, 93608bac49 he had 72f2961c28 also opened 57a5219c8a two large a719d839e5 cans of 60948106cc beer, leaving d944b6658f Seungwan wondering 76592b4d1d if he a6826c7bfa could really c360aeb2e0 drink all 361e093b5d of that.60e97ac62131ff9a

He had eaten a11cf0e913 only a few 28a7385104 pieces, reminiscing about e91c871236 the taste his d92d6c82b2 mother used to 59c68f0171 make, and when ff0530f306 he felt full, 1c142bf2e6 he stopped chewing 22ef8aad1e altogether. Meanwhile, the 2747241501 man, neither d874edff49 rushing nor 65196bfe64 slowing down, 96dbbf42f0 finished everything a4eeab6167 left on b0fd51b17e the plate.b48b1d1477d615eb

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“Now that we’ve b8a132f3de eaten, should we 09de8e2007 get to work?”fb20f8d8157a5320

He even gave Seungwan 0fc0f41162 a push on the f43c5a56f8 back, telling him to 11094f8826 just go brush his f72eb07cba teeth instead of helping 27e099daa8 with the dishes. Then, as 2b9afffba4 if particularly c759a3258f quick with 6968c7439c his hands, 056907ccf5 he swiftly 3c383cf3cf washed the 61dd196e2c few plates 6b4f3a6c8c and chopsticks 82b350d1f5 before disappearing b6cd98ee9f into his b6acc528c6 room. When he 6979c07a2c came back a7c3c5ecfe out after 5ec4527464 brushing his b474805d48 teeth, he 3cd5a0783c was holding 0c564a46ed an old d40c208c82 box. Approaching Seungwan, cc93d9c7f9 who was dc1816af84 sitting in c94557b58a the living 55ad440f89 room, he b0940641b2 set the 086724a1c6 box down 12a1844f26 on the a4b89442de table. Inside were several 22962b16af plastic cases, each 491d388918 filled with buttons—easily fa9cbb05c9 over a hundred 33dda633f9 of them. They were all the 64432aa99a same shape but varied 3cb839b962 in size and came 19682e12b7 in different colors.ad91ccb53460c48b

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