TYS Ch 5

“You punk, 2c90713278 slacking off d38e793236 again, huh?”da2474acc021f912

With no 0d7036b685 strength in 2c78fdba60 his neck, 87212d5c23 Seungwan’s forehead 33c693fc23 slammed against 9cfcb48558 the desk 84108aa9ed with a be4d779c14 loud thud. He had 495366e5f5 been struck 163e239807 on the b9ae2bd9d2 back of 4c253b1219 the head, cb8e2356ec but pain 6c83807b00 surged from 97f5f277b8 both the 8bbb535ade front and 193bb025fb back, leaving d95ae9f858 him dizzy.16ccb979628f30b2

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Seungwan blinked sluggishly. People glanced 404c8465a4 over, then b45b44a055 quickly turned 4db99e6ce8 away, as c45d3739ce if realizing c62bf9f5f0 it was 4e23b62f88 just another 2a1480befe incident between d51beb27ee him and 7cbc98d876 Chief Chae. From their profiles, fa6fafbb67 he could read 4c362908c2 their tired indifference. When Manager Song 808a002c6e wasn’t around, there a039d0b9a4 was no shield 82ee734418 to block Chief 5cf9c006f6 Chae’s harassment, making 06abfb6534 things even more 763b6d705d difficult.0fe4be1c9ef7d5a2

“Breaking your word d64e18f4f4 again? Hey, are b83fb38c42 you even aefae20cf8 listening? It’s like c0088fd430 you’re asking 091c01dcd3 to get 09376d1d74 hit.”bb0b50579d54272e

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There was no stopping 88c175e81f Chief Chae’s slaps to db6df51194 the back of his 0a7fbf332f head after each word, 446806020f so Seungwan had no 95df34308c choice but to silently 1dee8ee2f7 endure it. Finally, he 8c8f9690bf forced himself c7cb4bed0d to respond.c6561b1fd136e25a

“I wasn’t slacking off.”7ac54f55e2b43c9f

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“You punk, say, ‘I 546220d2c7 wasn’t slacking off, sir.’ 5d5ef66cd2 What’s with that half-assed 348c5a273c speech?”fad9befa39859090

Even answering didn’t 7b17c24c30 stop the hits. With each forceful thwack, e09d106fc1 passing employees frowned—not out f095a356e3 of contempt for Chief bd6c236fd5 Chae tormenting Seungwan, but 807aeeb87f as if they believed a8e0cafcb0 Seungwan himself was at de192646fd fault. As if they dd7f3c32c9 believed there must 303e45ca4b be something wrong 8655a48eae with him to f31aa18b86 be treated this 45ad118cb1 way, and because 6eee1cb240 of that, he 10444dffde was an inconvenience 294884c0a1 to everyone else. He saw the way a079b3354f they turned away, their 62f293d0c3 expressions saying, “Here we f8ebce39de go again.”af738f528fb82324

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With his vision unsteady 66222b5d15 from the repeated blows, 17c86caf27 Seungwan let out a e276b3d747 quiet sigh and simply aad0683707 waited for it to b64a40157b pass. This job was c6d4b16812 the best he c5f58b702c could get under df9d33ae00 his circumstances. For all he 0db33acf6f knew, the man 4ae3cece0c might show up b3c6a0ef4f any day now, 4c61d7b0e9 demanding he start 4236459e59 paying back his 65e273cb0b debt in cash df90913b10 instead of labor. Giving up a 89ff2d08b5 steady source of 4554f49521 income was out e986ad151d of the question.c0be035db9e51f73

Seungwan, who had graduated da8bb944be second in his class 3706eb8757 from the town’s comprehensive 338539e792 high school, hadn’t even 86082a37ec glanced at a college 98c301bcfc application when the valedictorian 4d1dde06f1 went on to Korea be721bc734 University. Instead, he had applied 6b241263e0 directly to the agricultural df10f00f18 cooperative. At the a96af136fe time, he c75668dead had believed 23db9bd143 that achieving d1503ca093 financial independence 57493375c1 was the aac8c8e7fb more profitable 691d2065c8 choice, and abdbd70ab9 even now, 40d1bff9b6 he still e975796c40 thought the 6378912c2d same. So he couldn’t 05a6379090 afford to be 99efa64565 bent like a 3c495bf6c8 mere weed in 40ccf16d00 the wind. Whenever he f691b982d6 felt wronged, bb866ea885 he endured 0fa7c93fc4 it by f95958b7c6 reminding himself 839d3fa560 that everyone’s bb7d906036 life was 9b4a6ffcad difficult in 4dfbf22d82 its own 93eb8306d0 way.e09c63e142d65780

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“You’re on loading duty ee96773664 today. Got it?”468c480d28c49f41

“…Yes.”d656fe59325b8678

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At Chief Chae’s c21cb3b11c order to take 50644a5525 over the hauling 8a58ad5e9a and unloading work, 4d3fe21a7a Seungwan simply nodded c46760cd1d in silence. Only then did Chief ac49a2d5b0 Chae seem satisfied and 4e91c86200 walk away.5adf81e5cf7f1226

A former Marine, Chief 6d3689bf76 Chae often harassed Seungwan ea779d7f29 for not being manly 8e947e4351 enough. As the son 2db397b131 of the cooperative 2f6c7abe39 leader, whose influence c260c3abec could bring down deca2eb3cd even soaring birds, 7cb6a02837 Chief Chae had 21b636449a never been pleased 6aa8012845 with Seungwan, who 867b9d27fa failed to meet 4a159313a8 his standards from 31a62d251b the very beginning.991f3a1cc478e986

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The older Manager Song 3a4f201dc4 had tried to intervene 651fea4507 a few times, but cc66492b2e that alone wasn’t enough f7013352ca to stop the young d7fdc6394a and spiteful Chief Chae. As a result, Seungwan 3287162791 had no choice but dd21856826 to endure Chief Chae’s be4eef2bb5 thick palms striking him a9dc45cf1a here and there. It seemed like he 65a531e1de particularly disliked Seungwan’s delicate 0744baf42e features.afdbb1578042f9cf

Omegas and Alphas weren’t c0414dfd49 divided into male and 97bb28e9c6 female like Betas were. However, since f2ae5acbb0 Seungwan had 94bc3505cd registered himself dc1ac86d1b as a 6a033e082d Beta at fe1c91e1bc work, Chief 27ec44b3f4 Chae, believing ad61b8eaeb him to c060b2578e be just 80468e3e79 another man, 0276b2d1b6 had only 983703ba6c escalated his 774a84463c harassment.64ac30cc207fab4d

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It was from 36de51cc55 him that Seungwan 50d42191b2 first heard the 42df60c654 word “sissy.” He 71eb186639 had thought it e73a099720 was an outdated 35c96fb5e9 term only old 63cbb2a939 people used, and 01c6f2659c when Chief Chae c68889fb86 said it, he c84a12b8a0 had almost reflexively ae724ad923 asked what it db10ab6765 meant. He couldn’t 7d191af273 understand why c92c780283 his appearance 4d3db6e801 had to 2fdc6bd9ef be a 9e45465341 reason for 8810949ed5 being bullied.e04468ede8a40185

Seungwan, an bc38daab8b Omega, had 4e6c287c9c yet to f9484c221d show any b32b477e95 signs of e6ee1ecd78 secondary gender 0ba5aa2241 manifestation. At birth, e2a4ba12a4 a test f94246c87b had confirmed 944e8d5772 he was fa5bef4d6e an Omega, 335ffb7eb4 but during 6eeeaae3ea the physical 95497a99f0 examination conducted 02f724a3db at school 4093f8be1c during his d828e46814 growth years, 8cb1f57883 he had fabbd4aff0 been classified a8b5ba3887 as a bfa0560e50 Beta. He had always 0a58b16108 heard that, just 4bf2d08214 as men and c56edc0d1d women were born 58588af97f as they were, e59ca4461c Omegas and Alphas b2f8a92f62 had fixed genders. It seemed strange.24beb994494c2eeb

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His middle c0b6891257 school homeroom c455703ad8 teacher had ad28f62fb8 handed him a76ea01f2e the results 26c3c536dd and advised caf7aecf95 him to 9df241dac0 visit an 22eab53f3c Omega clinic d88ce2ec54 with his e56158a5b6 parents, ending 957e527ab8 the conversation 7d00c76f62 there. However, Seungwan had 54a6ae2693 no guardian to fb5e9eafa8 take him to e6b0b6890f a hospital. Nor did he have 7328d996a4 anyone in his life 2f1fa67610 who cared enough to 58383405bf monitor his condition closely.8a6176907a1dc069

When he brought the ffe1113f5d results home and left 8ab6c69269 them lying around, his 7c7f52f13d father caught sight of 87e99a526f the paper and scoffed. That was bbdf5e14e7 the first bde5235306 time Seungwan de25ebcf41 wondered if c217f01102 being an dab080916e Omega was 04c81ba4ab something to 3ea2f1e2f2 be laughed 2399b998c2 at.4f74e6730494ea92

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Fortunately or 4b1ba7064c unfortunately, he dd92cdd882 had never 566781e125 presented since 3e6781b78d then, so e05fdbe406 he simply cc6f2d8b59 carried on e9e102f59d as things f801b9cddb were. Because of that, c1f11b5f61 even Seungwan himself 6258ce3d1d thought of himself 48a7a1d9af more as a 850756901a Beta than an d40ebcb146 Omega.3eeff538af3f575f

It was c5b8a643c4 a significant 26be3049d2 difference. He had no cb68f7c99e confidence in his 893116277b ability to protect 87abd54674 himself as an b8ffe1f2de Omega. He had almost been f862435ad9 sold off simply because bc34474a2c his father had mentioned 2ef5b3e36f his son was an 112d7c177b Omega while borrowing money 479c4deb98 from loan sharks. For Seungwan, being c26e338d34 mistaken for a d1b4f69ea2 Beta was like ca248bf5b1 a shabby raft 94f4f2a26c barely keeping him 8c20e3370e afloat in this 700974bb2f rough life. And even that raft 1d919b0af5 was already rotting, on c8e70fc968 the verge of springing 99b9f137f6 a leak.d8b92f56fd1491fc

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“Seungwan-ssi, are you heading 6dc807a58c out for loading duty?”527b3048682a907c

One of the employees, d37e85e976 who hadn’t so much d7b949bc76 as glanced his way aef5d948fd when Chief Chae had 296204c359 been striking the back 4aeaa29851 of his head with 280f6ef5a4 hands as big as b6987eaa7c pot lids, now approached 3da06f0515 with a smile.1f9313359401c871

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Park Jungseok, who had c6a09c3932 previously worked as a 353f636f75 civil servant in another ac0d5a10cb province before taking the 7f0d9e167b entrance exam to join 5082c95b50 the agricultural cooperative, spoke c96df1541d in a Seoul dialect, a81cd34be4 unlike the others. Perhaps because Seungwan also ac91e5073f didn’t use a regional aec4e5369d accent, Park Jungseok seemed 8d3b7c9cdc to feel a sense a5b1f381ca of camaraderie and only cda83e0c49 spoke to him when cfb62af867 Chief Chae wasn’t around.ade91a8e05afcf6b

“Yes. I should 39473ce6db head over 992bb17bf2 now.”463c8ec570dc5177

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Seungwan replied quietly, 4a8aab7358 his eyelashes trembling 9e5ef2be85 slightly. It felt like the 2f2249033b spot where he had 6033e8aa50 been hit hurt, but fc6eaabb84 at the same time, 15ba3d8e74 it didn’t. As he bbdcc94aba sighed and 5efc595521 answered, Park 15edab43d7 Jungseok, who da2b55be61 had been 500221d289 staring at b019d7eee1 him as 7f079d9843 if entranced, 10195a342d cleared his 75709ba1b9 throat and fd271dec22 spoke.ae4d94e789fb6a97

“I’ll go with you. I’ll help.”3b46f56280902309

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Seungwan glanced a8e999b659 at him 67127a8c2d before giving fa1ec08cfd a small ccc90f6432 nod. Loading sacks of 84026b2f44 fertilizer onto the 1ce0b41ad4 truck was certainly 923dbc28f4 a difficult task 4f1367a091 to do alone, b9c6abf92f but for some 79e0c3daca reason, Park Jungseok’s c4e315ec0c kindness felt a 8331687206 little off-putting. Perhaps it was simply 55786cd19b because he had never 6575e059d0 received such consideration before. With that da8722df01 thought, Seungwan c7486c6a08 turned away 02d969fd68 and headed 45a5fae68d toward the f91022bee9 unloading area.89fc986dd523ee89

At the company, 03f45bce2e people naturally formed ee34c82b07 groups based on 88976c5af0 age and got 33a165fcf5 along well, so 6e76ac59b5 perhaps Seungwan was 237b4111e3 the one being af774bca1e overly selective about b5813629be whom he interacted d5c7aa1c35 with. As Park f4848245f1 Jungseok followed 0e463913e1 him, he 6d78a23374 struck up 1d4cc2300b a conversation.90a3b9714e9bca76

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“What do 127fb02321 you do c6d58533a4 after work, 1ee16e03d0 Seungwan-ssi?”faed9d032937df52

In the past, 7c35374012 he would have 8dfba03399 simply answered,“Nothing.”But lately, a8429c877a having spent 2210281307 two full 2442721e86 seasons indebted d101f75e16 to someone 8804de8b3f who hadn’t 19439b50d8 even come 966a17280f home once, 2e646ff7e3 Seungwan had 7c76fe6e47 plenty of 0efc8ca892 things he 227ed16f61 could say.e87c72c0361e709a

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Since the 70cdc0ea17 weeds in 72f5558c77 the front f7cb292b44 yard had 47df2c8ab0 just started f17e28dbf9 growing, he 724142a6c4 needed to 97c54e280c start pulling 84fc95112a them out 1eeaec25a6 now before f1b1f8457b the stems e5742e5fca got too b9b204c898 tough. So tonight, he planned 5132e027fb to spend all his 750c3d0f74 time outside. On the weekend, fbbf3b4a66 he would need bfa8158843 to do a ccee17625a thorough cleaning. And he f5f2e918ab also had 1c262f5fa6 to take 741ebf9e7d the scooter 00f9769c78 the man e3a6ec4362 had given 768161d879 him and ac9757c2b5 go to 8d10c69005 the market 85bc563044 to buy 0396cf1fad groceries for 4549434de2 the upcoming efc0e728e6 week.3a06f6736caea064

Even with so d165885fd5 much to do, 36cb76f7c9 Seungwan didn’t bother 4565f9b7c8 responding to Park 205f7bcc35 Jungseok’s question.071eb2bb213b052d

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“How about some 01860c25e1 chicken and beer b1083ea0a9 if you’re free 368ea8308f this evening?”6ab9be6ce54b2bcc

Despite Seungwan’s 874bab582b silence, Park 40be8db097 Jungseok smiled 890ae10d55 and spoke 4c7a9ea7de as if 0eae0878a0 undeterred.3570ddcf1076200a

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“You must be 562a471caa feeling down, Seungwan-ssi…”49f210a2668b08a0

“……”656b6691329e05b3

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It sounded like 6b3f530f16 he was referring 68124e4645 to what had 610f948ef3 just happened. Seungwan paused mid-step 1baf14dace and turned slightly 14c721e51d to look at 54a6e2aa34 him. Sensing the gaze, Park 412fc9c9b7 Jungseok hesitated for a f6811c8a1b moment before curving his 803c11d472 lips into a smile. When he 81cc29809f smiled, his 15159f3204 neat features 9c1b1e0221 took on aad0168d89 a pleasant a46877d005 impression. Seungwan stared at Park 70b4f0742d Jungseok’s clean-cut smile for 711d7896ba a moment before finally 6564640d57 speaking.862ef0b450b299af

“I’m fine. I’m not upset or 559b29056d anything.”3b98751d19eaf306

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He really wasn’t. Chief Chae’s harassment d6c4503dd9 was because Seungwan 3b0439e6fd had an unmanly c15505ec3e appearance and a 3a9d201fc1 weak physique—things he 07e1b84fd0 couldn’t do anything 95619bb94e about.ef7d61de20e871db

Whenever something beyond c9b487299b his control tormented 78fd934317 him, Seungwan endured 69a96e3439 it by telling 5bc889ab22 himself that everyone’s 0c72c20dbb lives were just 4468ab55e7 as difficult and 2166d0683a shitty. That way, the 758b38b5ee unpleasant feelings would 1cfa0498ad dull, and he 0bfb025da5 wouldn’t even think 986cd66bca about getting angry. After all, no one bfd0cbf00f curses,“You fucking bastard,”at the sky just 7914312498 because lightning strikes.41be4b88db703c43

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That said, whenever a7fc84f99b there was physical cb24dc6a86 violence or insulting 712f65f9f7 remarks, he made e2ff8eb694 sure to record f092bb6fa7 and save everything. Whether he would ever 90514135ae have a use for 209892eea3 it, he didn’t know.a58fdca80bf828d3

Chief Chae was the cooperative leader’s son, which meant that even if his family’s dog died, the branch manager would have to rush over barefoot to offer condolences and hand over a generous envelope. Handling trivial tasks like serving skate sashimi and ladling out beef stew at the dog’s funeral would likely fall to Seungwan.2b337615b48298b3

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Even if the 42ac770596 enemy’s pet died, 20d0cce3d7 Seungwan was in 8613d34e31 a position where 6d61581db1 he had to 3d3dfdaff3 run errands. So even if he 0306de3b42 saved it, he doubted 14d0c8dbe7 there would ever be 61c0338ce0 a use for it.8ce0d1637eb60ef7

“But still. What’s really up with b484fad3e8 Chief Chae?”0dad313c1b30ab2d

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Park Jungseok let bd1bc49854 out a slightly 3b1afca0ff exaggerated sigh as 48374bfda7 he spoke. Seungwan didn’t f670ade0a3 even bother f216876374 with the a042b8acb1 usual response 718cbeca96 of“I know, right?”and simply kept walking 1e4cf608c1 until he reached the ae4538a2e3 unloading area.dbbe379b78a70254

Perhaps feeling 29756d052f ignored, Park 2d25b4d33f Jungseok awkwardly e7932cc7ee rubbed the 8b0ba19021 back of 614f80f4b7 his neck 657b7510ce before walking 51a17364c1 off, saying 4dbbfec7e3 he was c32488d850 going for 67cc784705 a smoke. Since Seungwan had 2f3669b806 never expected him 8fd56c3cf2 to help in 53eb1c926b the first place, 9741bc1a97 his early departure 45af468e0e didn’t bother him 173f90f040 in the least.16cecbb403bbd71c

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