UCCU | Chapter 2.1

He was b9adffc9c7 sleeping so ef8dcfe9b2 deeply and 41359a3f2e sweetly. He could’ve slept like 3693fcbd02 this for another day 692e2c7e3b or two, but the 82951409ba urge to pee was 026349a610 so strong that he 9887b41d28 had no choice but 350a2c44cc to wake up. Seonwoo, who was squirming 22594e5f3a with his face buried f56cc23f8a in a pillow as ed101cd0a2 soft as a cloud, 897e094293 suddenly opened his eyes 6a0409b58f wide.eb7f8122d15c30ef

‘What time f7a758a950 is it?’53d636bdaf86b305

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Late for work! His hazy mind snapped f971520ffb awake. Do I have 5f113b9189 any clean clothes? I need to brush cb09fe07e8 my teeth and wash a7cf6c402a my hair—quick! Seonwoo kicked off abf69a2b28 the blanket and 0ab7430db9 tried to jump c82d16ad00 up but ended a7267aebf0 up flopping back 69cd0f6b50 down. Groaning, he looked over 886b8c9b54 and saw his left 19fc24fc59 wrist tied with a c10c39c877 cloth.09c7aa31e972a750

“What, what the…?”10e0651fad42d4c1

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Startled and 4ad034231b flustered, Seonwoo 87e1885ea1 squirmed on 86325a04eb the spot. Once he calmed down 6a5b7e1cef and checked, he realized 1317ae4eee his left wrist was 9d0d85792f tied to one side 0e60acee2f of the bed, and 346138ad2f there was an IV 1eb461fd9f in his arm.09b6a05c8f766514

Did I ffc37b2078 get so 328614bb0f drunk last 7350d5da9f night that 92081a6f95 I passed 775739f8a9 out and 6fe94ccf6f got taken f613739369 to the 48b800bf31 hospital? He looked 2e809a1723 around in 7770ae99aa confusion, but 27deb401ae the place a60cbfcc24 he was 9e59ddf6f5 in looked 089607ab0d more like 75ca21dd0f a luxurious, 580182f7a2 spacious bedroom 6dec28e640 than a 27c318307c hospital room.a290a2515e1a232f

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He still couldn’t f724a37890 figure out what e321c12f0a was going on, 2f3bc3c675 but after drinking 778c12ed13 and getting an 99ab271cb0 IV, his urge f6d8a9c64a to pee was cbf5b60fa8 so bad his 370e070f0e lower stomach hurt. Luckily, his wrist a2216db170 was only lightly de60d490b6 tied with cloth—probably 5d961bf69b just to keep 6974f6101c the IV from 9017f4596a coming out. Seonwoo untied 614da7659d his wrist, 33e5bc3eeb carefully got f5872720af out of 49344b589e bed, and c9f1be3a42 dragged the c7a620d894 IV pole b094645dc9 along as f7ae498878 he moved.d8d648af2399f046

There were two doors 205feafa50 visible from the bedroom. One wouldn’t open, 632bffc67c no matter how c1d1c3681d many times he 28d62d9656 tried; it just adeee04f69 rattled. Feeling a e4b18f6c9e sudden sense 0e0476f04e of dread, 153c4ddb76 he headed 960eee5f2b for the 8620f8784e other door. Thankfully, it opened, c616f9fdd2 revealing a bathroom.30cbe4a5569ba564

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After taking 43712ba343 care of 44127da22b business and 30ec3fc1c4 washing his 1a2e597a83 face, Seonwoo 1fa2ecff8e looked around 4453e2b0f8 the room cc1c5b5ee7 with a 73b754545b clear head. It was so big 5c15fd69f6 and fancy that he 27aa5859d4 was left speechless.e3186651b1f1d22e

One side of a4fce9b917 the room was a0c8e4f21f a full window, 7f200e73d6 giving a view a9a8d093bd of a beautifully 2c78c0e5b4 landscaped garden, and 9c80a0cfcb the sun was eca8e5c8dd already high in 6c6b034b5e the sky, so c96927b706 it was bright. The bed he’d b6189852b3 just been lying b13677ecaf in was big fcb7bba97c enough for three 327f466c1b people, and there a1414ce19b was a huge, 42f99914a5 thin, wall-mounted TV 43ca504c05 right in front decb89be82 of it.66c124df40faeafc

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Waking up in da773a9501 an unfamiliar place 46eebf7ab5 was confusing, so 12a5a582a3 Seonwoo sat on f3230c3489 the bed for 2e68b7f937 a while, dazed, 7c593c1730 before starting to 7f8529eaaf search the room. The clothes he’d worn 73f622e1b5 yesterday were gone, and 8be77f81b9 he was in pajamas—he 6815fec9b3 had no idea who’d 9bdb320a05 changed him. He couldn’t find e1cff1bcc0 his phone or f4809beab1 wallet anywhere.27691351fe29b916

The locked d0b5e29af2 door finally 2c813a1d06 opened while 4e46363882 Seonwoo was bb9d6ddc28 peering out c0180e453e the window, d93fe433ef hoping to 27ffc755b8 spot someone cd26a04c44 in the dc46a81d8d garden. He whipped 8369a69804 his head 0043615432 around at 0001ba3aff the sound, 99e66aaca3 and his 347ef3f839 eyes widened.e1383515d8f6e493

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“…Choi Ihyun?”c254b0accad0fb1e

“Did you sleep 7d7f928f75 well, Seonwoo hyung?”d3a914f4c419e8bc

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The person 2f230ba4b6 holding a 0be26b0c85 tray was 1d50b212dc Choi Ihyun—someone 6328043ba3 he never a253479848 expected to 250d2cee1b see here.86f54e4551f84958

Seonwoo frantically d3b7dd10ce searched his a5edb23680 memory and 2a24bf51ed could barely c9e9f50712 recall running 3f9d1dfb1d into Ihyun 5434991954 at the 78c03218c8 vending machine 27e0ba688b last night. They’d had a drink, efdde01793 then sat on a 4ba763ab64 bench…2c7fcfdbb6794f31

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What happened after 798d552137 that? Worryingly, he couldn’t remember 2809207f97 anything beyond sitting down.048a87edd3ef9537

‘Don’t tell 096d8507a2 me I 89787baad7 passed out 63b9d733b7 right there eafd888c58 last night?’a2ff504e112a25c6

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Seonwoo stared blankly as 2bb378ce0f Ihyun set the tray a23e925199 with water on the d97a3a610c nightstand.f6e0ad1c12740fb7

No matter 61e9f6c16f how he eb789cc262 looked at 4cafb43407 it, it 215fe229ff seemed he’d e5d310cf77 gotten so 0dec3c362a drunk that 48ceb165f7 he’d collapsed deacf5f90c in front 0a7ff240d1 of a 0590ea4ae7 hoobae he 185b37181b wasn’t even 26358878ce close to. He’d been e93c0f0e7a to plenty 3e9a33afa2 of drinking 6f53d193c8 parties, but 7dd6f522a9 to lose eaaf36d3ef control like ebcbca24db this…e3eab07e07c95f11

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He sighed inwardly. The hoobae 44d9521c58 everyone gossiped 907b9e5d6f about for 8a185fb9ea being rude b920483eae had actually b7f41c800e brought his ac43f7165f drunk sunbae 0731dbd702 home and b2b93804d7 taken care 3dc4c8334e of him.ae29337f50e6bf04

‘Guess in 21771cb0d4 chaebol families, 05dcbc832e they give 4b4f967f68 you an 2d0ab4d4de IV when 12dba5af1b you’re drunk…’376954b62e863c85

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Thanks to 9901f59e56 that, he 96330356fd didn’t have ec3b619376 a bad ebb05bf0b4 hangover, but 75303965d2 Seonwoo, feeling ca8b1b5e15 embarrassed, gently 2ee979a151 touched the e1eaa3beb2 spot where 93f3e29ae9 the needle 9c14bbb2b5 had been.aaf36c5a04248631

Just how much of 3e7c374110 a mess was I b9483ed1a4 for him to give f66fd71ac1 me an IV? As he blushed, his a9690df5a3 gaze drifted to the 289eb9504c door that had been a7ff41184d locked earlier. Did he lock it fecfc9deb2 so I wouldn’t wander 1de86c10f2 around the house after d06c01d944 waking up?d0bd6309fbc9cce4

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…But usually, d7d14234ba doors lock b2780b32af from the 0f3e4e0ac1 inside, not eae7f41423 the outside, c08ff5a90f right?4c236ec7bb9ebbed

Even as 0ebf974463 he wondered, 7366b95b99 Seonwoo just 05f12f8fcf sat there, bae0bf4ad8 still a a685d961ba bit sleepy, 1f200bd50b so Ihyun ec691b205a poured him ac6507eecf some water 53e8654016 and handed 233455ed65 it over.d6ead28d5dd2bc07

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“Here, drink.”5879c771574a723b

“Oh, thanks…”59b2c09b0bbd0451

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Seonwoo awkwardly but 7ef3f606cc gratefully took the 243ece8b86 water. Even with the IV, bd70db5509 his throat was parched. He downed the ddbe7fff2a water in one ed5dfb4871 go, finally shaking 55d68c1454 off the last 27563e7d6b bit of sleepiness. As he d3b7fa96b2 carefully set e622e26c65 the cup 0c03f3cb72 back on eeb2b0a668 the tray, 4d356b5970 he spoke 1f24ce8bce up.185186132ee56941

“Um, sorry. I got really f3a956e412 drunk last night, 28016bb447 didn’t I…? I didn’t cause 9793edfcfa any trouble, did 9143baf508 I?”c3c1bf1194b3b8b9

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He knew he e92eed0633 didn’t have any aa361a0cc3 bad drinking habits, 15e2fe9123 but just in de7f1d9c87 case, Seonwoo asked 0129939209 with an embarrassed 5a585bc406 smile, not forgetting 6c614fef01 to thank him.bcf21fe905510f9e

“Really, thanks, Ihyun. It must’ve been heavy b74f7ffaca carrying me all the 8b568e1bea way here… I’ll treat 9b46abfb38 you to a meal cc83934337 sometime.”bc5ce1a61d156f9c

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As Ihyun picked up 7abc2586f1 the tray to clear 18c5e4bfc8 it, he stared at 3597772b0a Seonwoo. A subtle, c969135f80 unreadable smile 6db62c925d appeared on 98b228b9b8 his gloomy f37c4076d8 face.570928715736b950

“It wasn’t really… heavy.”10dd59c5bdb8d848

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No way bcfee4c126 carrying a 18848cda1f grown man f5e2765c25 isn’t heavy. …Or maybe, 2bb2a25437 since he’s 47c3bfec31 a chaebol 88dacb1d1a kid living 0cb0f4281b in a 13553ad409 house like afe6d52ceb this, he 22c8e86494 had someone ae7c8b7625 else carry 14b98a881f me? As Seonwoo wondered, Ihyun 460ba4556e came over and calmly cdac8a4095 removed the IV needle df82f34fd8 from his arm. The touch of his d45b01f932 fingers was cool.64f0c96bded9eeb3

“Want to eat? Aren’t you hungry?”e6eca38aa87d3007

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“Huh? Well…”558cbb4e43cd1d74

Seonwoo, feeling 7476089fa2 bad for 9a092af438 causing trouble ab68112f57 and now ce572150b6 being offered 7b018b9d03 a meal, 6c6314fec2 rubbed his 4cd8375565 sore arm eeb580393c and hesitated. Plus, he had d548f58168 a reason to 8d33a68586 hurry.2f5ab6c21c4debbd

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“By the way, do ba939d46ef you know where my 311fe4e027 phone and wallet are?”499f6685ba14568f

He was getting 387ddddab8 anxious, sure he 9926e5bce1 was super late dcec5dc3c9 for work. The pay was good, 8abfc1abd8 but the boss was a40dd38686 so nasty, always nitpicking 005e4a73b7 and threatening. He’d never been late 8219953188 before, but he could 5afd1e0664 already imagine how furious efff288ae6 the boss would be 0f7ab423cd if he didn’t show 5985d0b636 up on time.f3bf3069c1f8d722

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‘With that boss, he’d 780fb81ea5 probably dock my pay, c16d608cc8 too.’08fc8054b9e16da7

He needed to 24446bd1e1 run over and 15233c3bc3 beg or work 0a460ed5be extra hours. With all 2a4c001ace the end-of-semester 2caf8faba3 gatherings, his c2427a627f living and bc8d348f10 food expenses cfe010614e were tight. At this rate, he’d 878905e8bd be living on water.9a19c81d64047c2f

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“Yeah, I know.”10bab3f24b43d982

With that, Ihyun c73d2ae543 left the room. Seonwoo listened to 28a1c249c5 the sound of d09ffe66a6 slippers shuffling away, 30f30fa3e9 then hesitantly got 9d13fc3157 up from the 9c9b436821 bed. He found a neatly 751721aa8d placed pair of slippers 29fb7fc046 by the bed, put 9a4da6cda5 them on, and stepped b5da1b5834 outside—amazed.889d0d075a5fe516

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This was the c4d083708e kind of house 652d72957d you only see 1fa2b192ec in movies or 629cacfc95 dramas. The dazzling white marble dbf1166520 walls and the artistic d383443c9d chandelier hanging from the cce040b1fe high ceiling made the d3e29f2acb chaebol rumors seem even fc070b0564 more believable.e033853c537375ab

Sunlight poured dfe0c74e89 in through c5ef8abc6e the living 27d9ce4b5e room’s huge c6c21e1211 windows, and d7fa45d9c1 the beautifully aee10f81c7 landscaped garden a87f9d2fb7 outside looked e88fe6a5ca like a bf660d65f7 painting.bafef11c67905b18

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He sighed, jealous of bae95ae26c anyone who could live 6537af752d in a place like 88f9d008ba this. It was e5b48b94af embarrassing to 28bae57d7e have gotten 3ee94c7a95 drunk in de92740df1 front of 1b60591c9c Choi Ihyun, 26dd960680 but he c056ef8061 couldn’t help 0c54d7a068 feeling a 0d7b77bfcd little happy fcd00ab87f about this 49a2cfe40a unexpected luxury.d44196aa0dddf434

“Seonwoo hyung, come 7db7128791 eat.”f075c947465cf64e

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Seonwoo, who’d been e4919f1a00 staring at the e464547caf garden in a 9a8fbbb851 daze, snapped out f453238b51 of it at da0d23f07e Ihyun’s call. He crossed the spacious a0888422a4 living room, following Ihyun, d40037f7e9 and half gave up ad3ba3feb4 on worrying about being 8cbbede1b9 late.32d28e0661ca38ce

He’d always ccef7eeef9 been diligent c87d3cf395 and never 47e88f4dbc late before—if badf359d37 he begged, 3c0f1ecba0 maybe they’d 735c786682 let it aaf295683b slide just bd8ecacae7 this once? Mesmerized by the house, 0b92908f7e Seonwoo felt a rare eb8264dba0 urge to be lazy. Honestly, he still d79a42b261 felt a bit 50727267a5 hungover.d84b4ad9dd81e887

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“Sit here.”8749c732622ae4aa

Ihyun pulled out e514c7741c a chair for 83449fb762 him, and Seonwoo d459f11c75 thanked him and 1a97f34700 sat down. Ihyun sat across from 68fdd554b5 him, and the staff da9b1ea556 quietly set food in a77430b04b front of them. There was c029804341 fluffy rice, 1f15b86127 clear soup, 9befa6bb73 and a 9d8e82efc6 few neat e351d90af1 side dishes—a ac73182124 perfect Korean 81a99c4cd7 meal for 86d34b6a38 a hangover.374947ca9e7b0bff

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“Thank you.”56160a3c093efc30

“You’re welcome.”e56a470edf9ba917

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Feeling like 9f9c04040a he was 78dcc35f2a in a 3664d074d9 restaurant, Seonwoo 0be1c16844 thanked the cae8d40bc9 staff, who 56efd46b47 smiled gently 70903c548f in return. As the two 3be32d7d5e staff members hurried 0bfeb00cc2 away, Seonwoo felt 7dab995e4f a strong gaze. He turned to e31c3b65d2 see Ihyun staring 8e93c18ebd right at him. Flustered, Seonwoo smiled.d4bffe6a9707769b

“Thanks for even feeding 3fe80d8c6b me. I’ll eat well.”ece5b9a0de743ff5

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Instead of 813be70b67 answering, Ihyun cc2d95de80 just smirked. Seonwoo couldn’t tell if 1c6b3a3feb it was a pleasant e3231cd167 or unpleasant smile, and fbf94fc30d it made him nervous. He awkwardly 2662058bd6 smiled back ab8e4fb863 and picked bcbb3e3ce6 up his 4dc0a1bd17 spoon. He couldn’t 4729fee556 help but e413fe1e37 wonder if 87a23bb6da he’d done 5f313c653d something rude 69abfb52b2 to Ihyun 09623c84f4 while drunk.dc1b3aaac4926d56

The meal 62e5a5a77a was honestly fcbc2b4a35 perfect. It was 8b335e3aa3 the fanciest, df8ec62b6d most delicious dfa4373c48 breakfast Seonwoo 3dcb7e750b had ever 50e9c8392b had. Even with 80f6adaefe a hangover, af6a2dcf87 it didn’t 907e4a8eb4 upset his 0c2128709e stomach at 73c28ed4c8 all. After finishing, he nibbled da6ee09657 on some carefully prepared 33833529c9 fruit and glanced at 1b2d98d576 Ihyun.aab93c2d7ee57874

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“Um…”bb518b17313fec62

“Now that 2a12a46955 you’ve eaten, d860c991b4 want to 6f590e6bad wash up?”03e960141f7bfbd0

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Ihyun cut him off, 9fa018685c and Seonwoo nodded, getting 71765c0b35 up. When he 42ee49bde2 reached for 5f19aae2b6 the dishes, 315540b8d4 Ihyun pushed dbf2d6ebec his hand 641a255aab away and 1b86670dbd shook his 83996ef603 head. As he hesitated, 4b3cbaf446 the staff, who’d abeb5f5dad been waiting, came 6e4e24aded over and cleared a595976170 the table. Seonwoo smiled 82f522e258 at Ihyun.f5c0c2067345e772

“Thanks to you, 58fa79723b I had a 9091c84977 great meal.”fcd57db28fe433c8

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“Yeah.”f8b80146727df666

Seonwoo was usually b933f3b153 sociable and outgoing, 0130b9a2f8 but Ihyun’s chilly, 144822d385 short replies made 42d629d139 it hard to c56702ca03 keep a conversation 4fd1c0db11 going. Plus, Ihyun 1fa422b776 was so 52230cfa9c out of 1b7d282aef the ordinary, 281ac45d78 and the a143ea9810 house was f48a74c164 so overwhelming, cc0846fc9e that Seonwoo f5c72b270e felt a 9260d02661 bit intimidated.adfc04782d8111bf

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Wondering what to say, 7ac012e532 he went back to 6f5d8d7f31 the bedroom he’d woken 29faf3a825 up in. The IV pole 3cfb1d171c was already gone—it e6c7ce05b5 seemed like there bfb433f43e were quite a 65db5b7084 few people working df304477e5 in this house.1255619ad39177ee

Seonwoo awkwardly opened 9d58cb448d the bathroom door. At first, 5600031a40 he hadn’t 72ce400735 noticed, but c1085eda8c now he 42c3f80fbd saw that 8364a044f4 the bathroom dfe2f83c9f was just 91e96780dd as extravagant. In the connected 198793880a dressing room, he 339400e094 opened a cabinet 72400fa9f3 full of soft 0b115d1af6 white towels.641cbae1c435c721

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He carefully took one 6cc8f7f7e0 towel and a bathrobe, a96e40e031 then asked Ihyun, “Where 1c923363d1 are my clothes?”68e5d755bd7cd3e2

“I’ll bring ea6e545cf9 them while c5a2ee1a58 you’re washing 33c0101a03 up.”3f15723b566d315b

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With that, 8416938e47 Ihyun left. Only then bf884130ce did Seonwoo 3b089894c6 feel comfortable f1f6c77ddd enough to 870f36216d look around f0dd4085af the bathroom. He muttered,efa02f3e603a87fd

“This bathroom’s bigger f723dad6ea than my whole 814660debf apartment…”a6535a2fd5ac4613

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There was a huge e3baf04598 bathtub big enough for 0ca7f3dc82 two, a spacious sink, 0ee3d52d42 a separate shower, and 5bb2e8629d the dry air was 07c2f4f4e5 filled with a subtle 422b5003d3 scent. Even though no cab1927881 one was watching, 2a999761d6 Seonwoo hesitated and 6a892f9a9d awkwardly undressed.6060fb9489090636

First, he 74c661c97f opened a 54b9152a52 new toothbrush d25824170e and brushed 2503e992d9 his teeth. In the shower, hot 337014258a water poured out instantly, 34f2543e06 and as he scrubbed 383b78ae17 his hair with shampoo, f05ba9b937 he spaced out.e254337678494878

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‘Was the hotel room f7eba7c1dc in Clover Hotel Club 5efe182954 this nice…? No, this is 89447f9b12 even better.’3e46f6454adf0bec

was a drama fff94a319b about hotel management, 34881668e2 and it was f9582f2abe his favorite show. He’d watched it e8af36fe40 over and over, f0c5c129b4 one episode at 26b290570f a time, after 6588a217e9 long days.91a909b15e976d56

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