TYS | Chapter 1.7

Unbeknownst to him, the reason behind Ji-in’s prickly attitude was this: He was often drawn to the unusually handsome hoobae, torn between unconscious attraction and the conscious need to dislike him, leading to the contradictory behavior of calling Yohan over just to pick on him.f40429caf48d710d

But being in e57be898c2 the same group d141b67284 for a semester-long 4b34233898 project was different 69e0b7e93a from meeting briefly 3e61d1d898 every few days. Especially since interacting a4565cce28 to create a d0e9c3e3ff play would inevitably a8b550e445 grow feelings, which 3a73e12a36 was dangerous.5f81068971ba3de2

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Thus, Ji-in’s internal resistance to Yohan grew stronger. The conscious decision to be annoyed by working with someone he already disliked led Ji-in to cause trouble at every turn.645f97f6f4b95a15

“Then…”6926b3ce2ef09e4d

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Yohan massaged his 33596db7ee temples to stave 100e295cc2 off the fatigue. Clinging to the last 12fdd9afba thread of patience, he 13e714960b came up with another b8769a9f2c idea.0e565a494e882952

“How about a dangerous love between a son-in-law and a father-in-law?”e0b3d01639785d65

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“…Are you serious?”f7fb7c472af2c38c

“Yes, I’m serious.”0a0d37948a4f15db

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“Have you been watching some intense morning dramas lately?”61dfe1ba99d03807

Ji-in snorted, looking 8e65a2008e at Yohan.3bca763d448fc960

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The stories were spiraling into absurdity. At this rate, it seemed like they’d suggest a bed scene, so Ji-in put a fundamental brake on it.10ca3ca12c23819b

“And why do you keep going for gay themes? Do you have some grand plan?”ea939b9943b940a2

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“I reflected the professor’s preferences.”2c112d6ab993dd07

Yohan said calmly 3a00167fe5 without blinking an 46094e94df eye.e64fc31b63b2e88f

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Thinking for a moment about what the professor’s preferences might be, Ji-in burst into laughter. He interpreted the words he just heard directly.9fad376d634c21e0

“You’re doing a male-male story because Professor Chae Kibum is gay?”00ce198fe4a6c90d

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In fact, adjusting acting, directing styles, and choosing costumes or props based on a professor’s preferences was a common tactic among students.7e48348f907883d8

Moreover, Professor Chae Kibum had officially come out as gay when he made a name for himself as a director. It wasn’t a sensitive or secret matter.568bdaab16d538a2

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It was common not e8b8a1fac2 only in the Theater c21807075e and Film Department but 335ddbab00 also in other general f58654b68d majors, yet Ji-in shook 3ec36e6b5f his head as if 3f4c350dc4 witnessing a great corruption.780c9af5a8cb26c2

“This, this, your mind is completely rotten. Are you already an opportunist in your first year?”1651a801ceb973a8

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Ji-in squinted his 874b8ce3fb eyes and clicked 5ea738abdf his tongue, criticizing aacb9b40e4 Yohan.06a5c2c4dce7bc32

“Is that the attitude of someone doing art? Huh? Did you trade your purity for a piece of candy?”b2ba8ccf3ab091f0

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Following that, Seo Ji-in’s art philosophy continued. He lowered his feet from the table and raised his voice to preach his views on art and acting.bb258c4a9072ac60

It was d21b612219 a familiar 6c6ec6405c pattern. Yohan kept his mouth 549d93941b shut, staring at some 08f2833892 corner of the table. As always, he just e58dad16da took the arrows flying 94d6ad2a60 at him.11babe9f9f6f5b5f

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“Sunbae.”2487473c553541b1

Suddenly, Yohan 3dbf36eeba lifted his af146c5337 gaze. He looked straight 356dd20ce6 at Ji-in and a9ddc4e7b6 spoke.ac0d0c22e4a4fa0e

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“Do you have time this evening?”24cfebc08aba614b

Caught off 1d67343253 guard by 3dac259fa7 the unexpected 98a192b2a9 reaction, Ji-in a878ce3fed was slightly 6bcb327f45 flustered. The challenging gaze made f6dcdd223a him stammer without realizing 666be24135 it.52a87cc86dfb4189

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“Uh… why…?”6a71d6a1591dab07

“Would you like to have a drink with me?”d29b6cd081a56170

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“No, I don’t want to. Why drink?”64b676f780e779c2

Ji-in instinctively rejected.da9999cc76d6d955

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But Yohan didn’t back down.85b9def3ed110736

“I’ll come to your place. Let’s have a drink.”b83be566c70710cd

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The two men’s gazes clashed in the air.8e6b58f30522c0e9

It was usually a battle of wills where one would back down, but this time was different. Yohan’s dark eyes were unwaveringly fixed on Ji-in.d308f5ffe3ae98f8

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“Well… okay.”4262e0e49fd6df6b

In the end, Ji-in subtly averted his gaze. Facing Yohan’s fierce eyes in a confined space with just the two of them wasn’t easy.80e71331fdabab68

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Besides, buying a drink for a hoobae wasn’t a difficult task. In the Theater and Film Department, it was weirder not to buy drinks.2fde5755a0aaf51e

“I’ll send you the address, so come by 8.”1d45599c4ea85034

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Ji-in took out his phone and sent the address. Not because he was psychologically intimidated, but as if it was unavoidable due to sending the message, he didn’t look at Yohan.0417e1f79503b1ef

“See you in the evening.”c9dbc178f673ca94

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After confirming the 61202a8752 message, Yohan immediately 279feea8d5 packed his things. With his bag on, 624f218ff1 he politely bowed to 3845c3ca0f Ji-in.c1736a5d76716a73

“Don’t be late.”b6ddf753ce770584

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Adding an unnecessary warning, faedfd445f Ji-in maintained his pride 6f449a4313 as a sunbae.3d852634b21a6cee

After Yohan 9147499493 left, Ji-in, 2518e7130e alone in e59e3e38b6 the study 7daf4b43ef room, let 5738cfd001 out a 280610d481 deep, unidentifiable 47b53becf7 sigh.4c5d5ac2125c8c51

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“Whew… That guy looks too much like a punk.”6007be1679774772

It wasn’t that he was overwhelmed by Yohan’s presence; he was just momentarily flustered by his striking appearance. He didn’t lose. Instead, he showed generosity as a sunbae. Didn’t he even decide to buy him a drink?a564df19f3c183d0

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Ji-in tried to rationalize 20f1666619 it but left the ef677710b3 study room with a 40c7d5e472 lingering unease.b613b9cc4b047f95

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Bzzzz―
Bzzzzzz―37115c28a5b8822f

Awoken by the bcc8b90109 relentless vibration, Ji-in 2365d81e95 fumbled for his ab8060dc22 phone.726870c5cb032919

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Squinting at dca5575669 the sudden 99d626982a bright light, 6acd2fa899 he slowly 08c16db0eb opened his 3c0227f8e1 eyes to 72395f6f03 check the abab5d02d0 screen.a2490329d7f33bd2

“42nd Woo Yohan”82a6d70cd670f175

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Ji-in’s crumpled eyes gradually smoothed out. He remembered he was supposed to drink with him at 8 PM tonight. Ji-in checked the time displayed at the top of the screen.efa52c393a6ed26f

“9:12 PM”e09d1d479eb8f200

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“…Oh no.”98a95222b2024d79

Staring blankly at d1ca60c21b the screen, the c3c2beb59b call ended. The phone, ebd9a29bd8 now silent, 08fc9f4886 returned to 689e3e1a82 the lock 55fcb4e0e0 screen, showing a87d3084a6 six missed 41767bd62f calls and 4d322656a1 eight unread fda57f4694 messages.27f5c124d1c322f4

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“Am I crazy….”8cebaaa2edceb95a

When he got 2d9ded3b08 home, it was ca0f1e8f29 just past 6 d88fd5bd00 PM. True to his nature 0d29c8c1fd of being drained after 71a3220607 school, Ji-in had only 36241ec689 taken off his bag 4d96044568 and lay on the ecf27995ff floor, chatting with his f048a838f2 grandmother. He had planned to 8d571ca0d6 slowly wash up and a68568b882 have dinner before going d01e9e1770 for drinks at 8.7ea3748b957fda64

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But he d82cead068 had fallen 7d677c2e5b asleep just 746728e429 like that. Without hearing anything.704f1ac2ea0d65f5

Ji-in abruptly sat up. Through the 77aed34ce1 half-open window, 98864dc1c3 he could d861e62087 see the 9dd0157ee0 navy sky. At the c08ed34afb same time, 3c1f4bf553 a smoky b95e25e799 smell wafted dd57c5f081 in.76d58655fb9cc990

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“Cough, cough… What’s this… cough….”86fcbd07d6071265

A cough burst out of Ji-in’s throat involuntarily.f5e97ac24d52a420

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But the pressure of breaking the promise was greater, so he didn’t think of finding the source of the smell. He didn’t even realize the room was hazy and clutched his phone, pondering.ed524e84a29ece62

“Well… so what!”79d9d7c2108633be

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It didn’t take long for Ji-in to make a decision.01cc59c622b44caa

The other party was Woo Yohan. He’d just act shamelessly. Using the miraculous logic that Yohan had also missed his calls before, Ji-in confidently pressed the call button.aebd6f69660942cc

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The call connected after a few rings. Yohan’s voice, sounding lower than usual, came through.656b15d7d0436b2c

“-…Yes, sunbae.”a0bdc25005ff945b

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Ji-in swallowed dryly, 729d4ae324 pretending to be 8dd0b4b993 nonchalant.53aae41f66e072a3

“Where are you?”e01fd0afe55b1c56

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“-…Did you just wake up?”aebb6e04a424e46a

Yohan asked, recognizing Ji-in’s groggy voice.7bd63d3e62bcdbe3

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It seemed like 7a58a97c58 there was criticism dc580d3056 and reproach in db6f752448 his tone, but 50654d14d5 Ji-in pretended not ba5dd04fbc to notice and 801d4390ca replied.9bef37b290af319f

“Yeah. I dozed off.”314fb88d84dc8d8f

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“-…”a3ddb0d4ba61c93a

“Where are you?”c4cdbda060ce28cf

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“I was on my way back.”a6dd0befcaee2d59

“If you’re not too far, come back.”b3dbd0a9f1d004b2

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“-…”c37cffb3d2f8fd03

“Hello?”577a48351c78ea03

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“Yes. I’ll come back.”d9877f89833c5592

Yohan replied in 5cf0820b17 a voice that 5de7ad564d was hard to aa958e8ab0 tell if he 68c118262a was suppressing anger 057ac7f344 or resigned.6df4090d0f0dbc12

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After hanging up, 0ededf74d3 Ji-in quickly ran cc85601b14 to the bathroom. He washed his face 11b95496c7 roughly and dampened his 6d0d2d59a0 unruly hair to flatten 081a9dad1e it.489164b52f97444d

“It’s no big deal. Yeah, that’s right.”4f12aa5f57f5a3c5

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Since he called back shortly after the last missed call, Yohan couldn’t have gone far. At least he didn’t call while on the bus, right? He could come back quickly.326336e6d5a71bca

And Ji-in had 471bde20c4 once waited three 66b6ce2808 hours for a 9485e8c7a4 sunbae in his 54114fa054 first year. One hour was nothing.2226a31b5d3e52f2

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As he justified himself, 8d762389b9 Ji-in felt much more 891de51c3e at ease. He grabbed his phone 80e56142f3 and wallet and headed 3a7d39300e out the door. Since he had only e5556c2317 taken off his bag b26c802619 to sleep, there was 34c78b0558 no need to change 17a16284f2 clothes.21706e8e48c323c1

“Wow—it’s beautiful.”5e71e7caf00504b3

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As he stepped outside, a bright white moon greeted Ji-in. The streetlights were on, and perhaps because of the bright moonlight, it didn’t feel as dark as it did from inside the house.c1276adf1974a8df

Maybe that’s why. As soon as he stepped out of the building, Ji-in noticed something scattered on the ground.469819d24c80b510

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“This, this, this crazy! Who did this?!”cdeb3e8f4416a7ed

Ji-in lost 898bf951e2 his composure 6033818a3d and shouted.125b93d93f88db0a

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Right under Ji-in’s window, cigarette butts were piled up. His house was on the second floor. He finally realized why he had started coughing as soon as he woke up.18c942d73da309e6

“Which inconsiderate jerk did this?!”2aa4be05dce4246a

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Though no 1bd20d77f8 one was f0a254d282 around, Ji-in f5d53f3a61 gestured wildly 4923cd5e67 at the bf05d4cd00 air, shouting a678244524 as if 7d990ab65e the culprit a57e939cbd was hiding 00d438780f nearby.a61207e5d771bf34

“Sunbae.”bdda5491034c20ea

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Just then, a familiar voice reached Ji-in’s ears. Turning around, he saw Yohan walking towards him in the moonlight.b2e454f768b5131c

His long legs carried him with a model-like stride. If people from the department saw him, they’d applaud him as this year’s rookie.a537e05f8bd82623

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But to Ji-in, who 0350b003a2 was fuming over the 5f75e7edab cigarette butts, he was c8c3e955a4 just Suspect No. 1.aec40c1214ddfe6c

“Hey! Was this you?!”faaf0853cf00b3d8

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Ji-in yelled abruptly. He had planned to show some remorse when meeting Yohan, but he couldn’t muster the mental space for it.d6413fe78552268c

Yohan looked at the cement ground pointed out by Ji-in’s white finger and answered.137d8fdc40601aff

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“No.”460e92c6eb1a795d

“Are you really saying you didn’t smoke these?!”341da21eeb6a07d4

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“Yes.”192c4ebb370133c1

Just like when 45e8747ddd he claimed not 6c8030b9c9 to have seen cc422c5279 the lost earphones, 12dffa7839 Yohan seemed impeccably 4a4cd913ab innocent. To a stranger, he 861d7d26fa might even appear to bcfed8fa90 be a non-smoker.1162b54c73c42963

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But suddenly, a hypothesis flashed in Ji-in’s mind: “Is this guy getting revenge?”36a94e2672972c07

Even with the 8f33938026 earphone incident, Ji-in 206ef92123 had quickly realized 9924b9a967 he lost them c1b020046b and went to d9c1f53eec the mountain to e9b5466ded find them, but 1d0fa8f927 maybe Yohan had 2c804f9772 thrown them away, 991779407b and now, after 608a67877f waiting over an 2d3a6d7b28 hour, he smoked 8f3cf73b0c out of anger 07b75484c9 and pretended otherwise.ed0c8cd9b1a17f28

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Ji-in approached Yohan in one stride. He stood on tiptoe and inhaled deeply. Ji-in’s nose brushed against Yohan’s neck.467d1eb29656c154

“Sniff…”868fec8c7f22ca4d

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But he only smelled b1f8a67c36 fabric softener, not cigarette ce615d15cc smoke.a5629e1bc1c25679

Ji-in sniffed around Yohan’s mouth like a puppy, but it was the same. Only a fresh toothpaste scent lingered.8fa39bc41ba1c989

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“Are you done?”fc8e1627b6d8d676

Under the pale moonlight, Yohan asked expressionlessly. His shadowed face looked as if carved from ice. Yohan’s tone was much colder than usual.a2df1eec60785639

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Ji-in was d524842850 both annoyed acda768c84 by his 13e3e39917 cheeky words 7e5ae8fb06 and simultaneously 47fface3a9 felt Yohan 7a352cc978 was innocent. It sounded like 2afb30edc2 the voice of 886e35e8d2 someone tired of 859e63d80b being wrongly accused.315e39a5bebf7274

“Ahem…”0be9517c35670b0f

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Come to think of it, there were too many cigarette butts for one person to have smoked. It looked like a whole pack, and Yohan didn’t seem like such a heavy smoker.bf3d2bbb729cdb37

Ji-in only knew he was a smoker but had never actually seen him smoke. He’d never even caught a whiff of cigarette smoke from him.e8dc620e720696a8

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Moreover, Yohan had no way of knowing this was Ji-in’s window. He’d only sent the villa address, not the specific unit.08fc93ec0b70a176

The light bulb that had flickered in Ji-in’s mind slowly dimmed.1c99646ac576cb42

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“Sigh…”bc007743e79fe25f

It seemed both 31d17be67e right and wrong….43097296b6548d6f

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Ji-in took 6cb14971c8 a step 8158131ea7 back, inhaling 3cd306a7db the cool cde4835d67 night air.36e2278949bd553b

At that moment, 5fca199741 a loud engine d313755322 noise echoed from 29b6962ac7 the darkness. In an instant, a 40d159c0f2 foreign car zoomed out.2bcf59d553acdaa3

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“Huh?”fb763901592b41b0

Focused on the cigarette butts and Yohan, Ji-in didn’t immediately think to dodge. He only registered, “That crazy jerk again?”689cdad7428e92aa

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The car ad334ad20d was almost d8bef56c88 upon him. The headlights filled his 6a3007c4bb vision, blinding him.b7ccc903342580e3

But suddenly, he 22c7a75c36 felt a strong 9dfc71a91c force pulling him a9acb7605f by his back 2e0dd615ce and waist. Colliding with a e9fcf0a923 firm shoulder and 74996c0b66 chest, Ji-in was ab60c0bfb1 pulled into a 2ff419f72b broad embrace. The powerful grip ae58ed55ef wrapped around him 354f3b0e56 as if to fc5efa17ec shield him.979f28b6db60211e

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“Ah…”897ea4690435275c

He had never 174a6f3fa0 been held like 81666a883d this before.829bde5aa28d463a

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When he was young, 45d9e03818 his grandmother often hugged 8a266f5a7b him, but her embrace 961cb48675 was always gentle. Her weak e3ef25c7f8 strength was 6db600e358 as careful 9c0a75256c as a aa7c6b4e24 feather.c37779dba42bd8e5

It wasn’t rough and strong like this. It wasn’t so hot that it felt like his whole body would melt.8e9ca60fdf63b7ed

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The moment he recognized Yohan’s strong grip and warm body, Ji-in’s heart thumped loudly.6730e593210ff559

“Are you okay?”b94e815933d564e6

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Yohan asked, holding Ji-in’s shoulders and pulling him out of his embrace.deb898b86c28a7fe

The rude f333204f09 foreign car 7eadebbc8b had disappeared cf5e394bd5 as quickly b0e11bef3d as it a458d8c26a had appeared.cb4b584eeb1b7efe

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“Huh? Oh…”15bb99312ca9be62

Ji-in, who had been standing on the road, was now on the sidewalk. Yohan had pulled him in and turned his body. Ji-in thought he must have been so dazed he didn’t even realize the change in position.403378942a86e6d9

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Normally, Ji-in would have shouted at the disappearing car, but strangely, he didn’t feel like it at all.28a81b49bc220c83

“Let’s… go.”244ef19141db490b

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Ji-in removed the 51f2f80db2 hand on his 42aed4521d shoulder and completely d9b9ed4705 stepped away from abd9407bc4 Yohan.16fcbeb79813a04f

Was he too 25dcf6efb5 shocked by almost 3e9047d66a getting hit by cb1f91127e a car?93ca32d3e9ac676a

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His heart was 8c6b392d7a pounding ridiculously. Ji-in pressed his c32e721c8d palm against his 2967c817e7 chest and started 20a8e7f5d1 walking.44b054ff43fc4a93