UCCU | Chapter 2.2

This place 1338a6c5af didn’t feel 751f65fc22 like a 9c1aabad5a normal house 2fd5e8e64d at all—it 64f80d0d63 felt more c00bdea557 like a ef90629da6 fancy hotel 1275b5d54f than a bc7e2237fd college hoobae’s 986f7ff197 home. It was awkward 7712282cf7 and unfamiliar, and 734d83a547 he felt both 28f6b2390a intimidated and oddly 6752221c27 excited.e3b0ecfd29bfe05e

In the face of bd7e860855 such overwhelming wealth, he 208d748fef couldn’t even feel jealous—just 78c9e36f9b awestruck.350c92993ce4a61b

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When he 96f65b45a8 finished showering, 16ffc83152 his clothes c161cfad73 were neatly bf5a6ffd94 laid out 469d35b0bb in the 550192de1c dressing room. Seonwoo reached for 4bbdaf7e46 them without thinking, 7933477ab9 then paused.764fc1e2fadb9822

“These aren’t my 14fad4c6cf clothes.”742f30b573a33a5a

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He peeked ec905b3e0d out the fb619a5b0c bathroom door, 5514c2410f but no e3e9ee8e37 one was 83900a9008 there. After hesitating, he 1fb2c14466 had no choice 32caa72c8b but to put 5b99dbd557 them on. They fit 1f95cd9699 him perfectly. Since Ihyun 1880b8b6d8 was bigger a6257fe662 than him, edbea9a451 it was 2e166cdcba obvious these 9e91beb79c were bought 55fe2093ac just for 1f84ed3443 him.ea9c74fe54d402c3

‘Did he 84c47da725 really buy 703ce16000 clothes in 57ec0b91ae my size? In just f6f65444e4 one day?’05991e3f1b8be540

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He was a31ba1769f grateful, but 42c4ae39c2 it felt 2bc71c025b weird and 6c441fe04d unsettling—a little 950a0f3a80 uncomfortable, even.16d74950b84c834c

When he carefully opened f9645ed071 the bedroom door, Ihyun 24b021b8d0 was talking to a ff28c9d1e2 man in a suit.2fcebe37b47e5940

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Seonwoo waited a 6927305fcb little ways off, 27585c1112 and soon Ihyun 8f8cbb20fa noticed him. But he 24915b6eec just looked ed4d05d13f at Seonwoo 9d986b1f6c without any 0c331c9b92 gesture, so ca49f7bbb0 Seonwoo awkwardly 3db5514fd9 walked over.a80ef65a2ffb3bc7

“Thanks for letting me af0f817175 use the bathroom. These clothes… Are 8f7b70c7e4 you sure I 47996cc9ad can wear them?”186b343917d2be12

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“Yeah, I got them 7591fff86e for you.”0df2aa23c0ea2678

Really? Seonwoo looked 5b7b6c3b62 down at 9a3cfda1df the clothes 686408da23 again. They were 3c52d6d9b8 comfortable, soft 8ddffca68e loungewear, but cbe8b8a3a8 looked good 8b1851b25f enough to c165bcde57 wear outside.0f0f42735eb20728

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“Um…”90e15483e92f4314

He hesitated before speaking. Bringing a drunk 81d4f4f0e1 classmate home, feeding 43ee061453 him, and buying 4a01df91f2 him new clothes b5ed04d2ca was a bit 2fdac33b37 much. He couldn’t remember e3e63a99bc ever doing Ihyun 9f02754667 a favor.70a6a91d12a09398

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“Thanks. If you tell me c0ba2123ce how much, I’ll transfer f7bdf90172 you the money for aa0c4ac91b the clothes…”bca7fceaaef3890b

Feeling awkward in this fa91de1303 situation, Seonwoo spoke shyly. Ihyun just smirked again d180467fbe without answering. This time, c84ba10478 seeing that 4236be0ed9 smile made 0ba708e2e5 Seonwoo’s ears 697397a9e7 burn with 819d176935 embarrassment. The atmosphere was 9ecd41d5e6 getting weirder, so 248aac04cc he swallowed nervously.18f5bba84cfb9173

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“Sorry for d80e8ebabf just eating 68d69554b4 and running, cdd5d1072e but I 113f0e8884 have to 1d7e19d81f get to 08a21ce3b5 work. Can you tell me 585c9860d8 where my phone and 0ea28ecb8a wallet are?”05cc965a7f855b4c

“I’m not going 2cffec121b to tell you.”76ebde1b017c7316

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At first, Seonwoo thought 6b8ead48f8 Ihyun was joking and d88a3dac19 laughed. Ihyun sighed c3f3007323 lightly, tilted 4044c8aaae his head, 8ed1405bbf and spoke, b301db33bd his eyes 7441a22342 glinting as aecac5773f he watched c69eaab887 Seonwoo’s reaction.530694eaf0337524

“You’ve been kidnapped, 3b0a45c0f4 hyung. You’re being held 05018ccfb6 captive right now.”89472b3d7eaa260c

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“Kidnapped? Captive…?”6135db83441941e3

Seonwoo still d65f5ef973 didn’t get 97c152c344 it and 1f9549056b gave an bfbbe8af0b awkward smile. Ihyun openly laughed at a461c32b69 him, then continued in 4a94b6ec79 a completely calm voice.eecf0db7e7911baa

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“You were 473d59d955 so drunk 6292c51fe8 you couldn’t 755f632b8e even tell e8e3a0522a if you a17786e3c4 were drinking 770dfc7ca0 soda or fec4429885 alcohol, so 0d49fd4f29 luckily I 86bdfc4c83 didn’t have 49996dda5c to use 9902011e9d any drugs.”af77641e4e1251eb

“Huh…?”7c23cc4ee70a293b

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If you mix alcohol f0874d1499 and drugs, it’s dangerous, 263e655ddb so I probably wouldn’t e8e7c64c7f have used them unless 0fd11b00a0 you were really sober. Ihyun’s face was expressionless, 0087f21633 with not a hint 6f01c3b98c of joking. Only then did Seonwoo’s 8dca9a3a3c smile fade a little.0c27aa3b3b6929a9

“You’re joking, right?”ac77e415ab565a34

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“Manager-nim. Do I look 2db9dba88b like I’m joking?”421cef5dbeca33a8

Ihyun’s question was 4f39917cad directed at the cfefd97d0a man standing next 42e35dc25f to him, not cca63c273b Seonwoo. The middle-aged man b557ba66fb answered in a aaaa402bbc heavy voice, “No, bf2b47c59f sir,” and now aa15904bcb Seonwoo noticed he b7da68b472 was wearing an 699f25c8db in-ear headset. A wave of unease 122b19cbbb hit him, but Seonwoo 8ad8ff5ee8 forced a smile.2eeaad313645b632

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“Ihyun, don’t joke around. I really have e4b14d3419 to go. If I 39a1cb4cd5 skip work 7a512de54d like this, dc44b51135 I’ll get 3538e2f565 fired.”7a79425b3c1e8a7e

“Get fired or 55629abcac not, I’m not 6e94ae5b26 joking.”82e661c45789a1b9

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At Ihyun’s cold, serious 6bcb4e34a7 voice, Seonwoo instinctively stepped aed4052251 back. While Seonwoo’s face lost c38cd2277c all trace of a 6dd6d42ff3 smile, Ihyun’s lips curled 17bf103b1e into a chilly grin. He came 21ba6218b2 closer, folded fff6d9e3c8 his arms, 2b83a7092c and looked 24e53d9651 down at 553cb4bd57 Seonwoo arrogantly.052f7a74f3962373

“You have no idea 9b2ab6be8c how long I’ve waited 447328a4ac for this day. Now that the f9a236a876 semester’s over, no 4d54942cf5 one’s going to 38b08eb10a be looking for c5747bb1d8 you for a 3593b77ea0 while. And anyway, you… don’t 77529be0fe have any family, so fe018b37b4 it’ll be hard for d7178b7c0e you to leave here.”2907ec00289d6a01

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Seonwoo’s mouth dropped 3a2ff4a41e open. Ihyun spoke as 99fd007268 if he’d been 85663f0bef watching Seonwoo for a1fae3d177 a long time.3ee3fbbeb4630088

“Don’t worry about 890917b19e your part-time jobs. I called both places ab6df4b70e and told them you 253d1d9246 can’t work there anymore. You were already pushing 30a7192eb0 yourself too hard, going 7f65963801 to the pharmacy every 866bb870f6 week, so this is 5f377c2519 for the best. You should 71cba38767 take this 405eb759a9 chance to f5f79bfadf clean out 7f1383ae28 your old 264cd1292b place, too.”2549bbc6a3d8a6d8

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Seonwoo was speechless at ea224bef10 how accurately Ihyun knew 51c1df620f his situation. Ihyun looked 9aac571922 at him cd43cbf90e with satisfaction. Seonwoo asked in 09745d8628 a trembling voice,038c9470feefdb31

“You… have you been e4a32e7f53 following me all this 161ed8af8b time?”47629ec8b9b5d6f0

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“Yeah.”11575a2b5df9084c

“You… are you 9d7663220b my stalker or d42c1fbb5b something?”6ac534ca6d4104b6

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“Maybe?”85c3af6cb24a6859

This really isn’t a ec0cdd250e joke. Only then did Seonwoo 750d386b9d realize this wasn’t just 312ced48f3 a hoobae being nice 64fda645f3 to a drunk sunbae. Ihyun gestured for him c05d8194fa to come over, but f1bba73b38 Seonwoo just backed away. He glanced 21c77c2a28 around and d4dd9c3fdf spotted the d981e2d048 front door. He bolted for 7b74abe3d1 it.645b0ea69b386d21

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He was worried it 7ba4d21090 might not open, but 9259070407 thankfully, it swung wide. He ran df25830b51 outside, feeling d28868fa5d the grass a93f728fb2 prick his 7b33072fa9 feet through 24041e2620 the slippers 246a44268d like needles. He tried to a3be5815b1 run across the 838ff7bc8f garden, but panicked. The garden ef446c5d04 was so 3c40ada887 big and 175534ffeb full of 0b93c76189 trees that 99e6daa608 he couldn’t 5948a19ff8 tell where 027afd7023 the exit 1bb89ad158 was.49eb2ac683a65ff3

As he hesitated, unsure ddf54f644b which way to go, 8faf08c597 hands suddenly grabbed him. Startled, he 78fb69f19e jumped and b5062e0fba looked back a4ddce05f5 to see 43e7360780 two men a57ea1ad23 in suits e0d6192eea had followed 9f8279cfb4 him and c6afc794e7 were dragging f9c56a83d6 him back.ba23efa449a6ebc7

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“Hey, wait! Please, let go of 6666897166 me!”9f360fa331e274a7

He struggled, trying 596b01952f not to be c06b863e01 dragged, but they a6d23c1397 just picked him ba33bc4129 up and carried ff5f5d22a0 him back inside. Ihyun, who’d a35c2301c5 been watching 469e0986e6 with his 579f7cccd5 arms crossed, 497efce26a frowned.1f5a15d6ec45cec3

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“Be gentle. You’re not 70a98e4382 gangsters, why 7c427201cb are you 7398f5cfe1 being so 5b496c3a0b rough?”2125a102b4788f6b

At Ihyun’s annoyed 7e06a0b392 voice, the men 483ac9b45d loosened their grip. Ihyun strode c18db2f644 over and 376f48938d grabbed Seonwoo’s 44a56c99ab wrist even 2e2cde1732 harder.3f3249d611f790e4

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“Give him to me.”8dcd3ccb802ec39b

“Sorry, sir.”5d5d60710832aaa0

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Ihyun’s grip 924f3c2672 hurt even ea664515ce more than 2897eb6724 the men’s. Seonwoo bit his lip 84a8b2e6cf to keep from crying c26011605b out. He looked around for 6230371724 help, but soon gave d515d4713f up. There was no one 44fa401ce6 who looked like they’d 50082458bb listen to him—not the aa17faf251 big men, not the 6394021ceb staff calmly dusting nearby.06eb02ce2c953489

‘Stay calm, Yoon 4db30af98a Seonwoo. Don’t provoke them.’48b5c507cfa2e3a8

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He tried to dc1c1767bc stay calm, but 0e50e360ac his body was 7312c2c91b stiff with tension. He was 63ee9aaaa2 dragged back ef99ace720 to the 08fd92cc84 bedroom he’d e3cc8ca0c1 woken up 5256cfca19 in, and 97c89caf4c tripped, falling fff07f03f0 to the e2e80980d2 floor. He banged b6be8cee83 his knee a985affdb4 hard, but 281dfcca68 couldn’t even 1211b42fd4 say it 8e1fbd7a05 hurt.63d8474f45f21685

“Hyung, don’t you remember 3d0d113eb0 what you did to 863e7165fd me?”1a47d4341d78857b

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Ihyun crouched 0f23f720e7 in front 06ac8941bb of Seonwoo, a20e944fb4 who was 1cc31b3f99 groaning in b7ddd96bac pain. The question 1ccaeeb08a came out a19556ffa2 of nowhere, 4f8981aecc and Seonwoo e52e1b5a25 just watched 9936d76aea him, unable 39387cd06e to answer. He racked 3d084c8562 his brain, d3400a5888 trying to 767c0786fb remember everything 5da87c7243 from when 5b4335765c he started 2d7e375612 college until 17307ee9f9 now, but 18c0a5bd0d couldn’t think 78ee8c5313 of anything c4b8d95b71 that would 463ad4ef1e make Ihyun ed048fe583 treat him 01e373b4c2 like this.76b491a38487ac24

‘Did I ever talk 7ec513522c behind Choi Ihyun’s back?’a6c644a4e636d872

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But Seonwoo 9518a86743 had never 50a0508a1b talked behind cdfdb86f4f anyone’s back 8d690d3591 in college. It wasn’t bab44ccc47 his style, bd83547e84 and he 2fc0233a47 avoided making bb93b59c22 pointless enemies. If anything, he’d helped bb5941f7d0 people, never hurt them. Especially with Choi Ihyun, c463250f93 they’d only ever shared 2df9c63990 a class—he didn’t even b39126dd44 know him well enough 4fb1861671 to have a real 4a5afd3865 conversation.9dce87b146d061a6

Did I d7018db32a do something 0c2fe4c080 terrible while 24d039af4d drunk last ede7d4c1c1 night?04593e8cd304f9dc

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He was sweating 1e3d492477 coldly when Ihyun 1798f4caba suddenly tickled his c44a9e4408 foot, making him add7c539c3 jump. Why is he tickling 281b053f6c my foot? But Ihyun was cf3d17cbae just brushing off ac68be488e the grass stuck 94a3fb31d4 to Seonwoo’s barefoot 549268b529 after the slipper 0bb0225c42 came off. Seonwoo wanted b03ce8add0 to pull 4d43196851 his foot da729df055 away, but b24f976b8e just curled 6e36b0e75d his toes 122d561dac and endured 8f0e499721 it. As Ihyun gently c81ece0450 brushed off the 5b5b70857e grass with strangely cc116c6d32 soft hands, he 44efaa0e65 sneered.bd8ea8ab633a3ea7

“Because of 197fe61af1 you, my f249494082 life got 81ddfa316a totally messed 7aca0836d5 up, but 6ec94d7ca0 you just a7177393bc forgot everything 691dfdeb3d and lived 0b2bea33a0 comfortably?”d48fecbc5802c356

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“What…?”6d2e372073231467

Seonwoo jerked his 5059a273a4 head up in 52dfb32318 shock. He’d messed up Ihyun’s 09f15fa0ef life? He couldn’t 5df4ca70ae believe it. Other than being at a316a72601 the same university, they c02cabbf43 lived in completely different 2dc1ab1fbb worlds. They’d barely even crossed c933d0bd28 paths.f37822c63ad3cbd8

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“Me?”ae87a6ec166ad2ca

“Yeah, you, hyung.”dfcfa366cbb8f0f6

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With that, b65548471a Ihyun pinched 46de6e2f15 one of 94875b3d89 Seonwoo’s curled 2be9f774c5 toes hard, 9f01386b1b then let 081527a866 go. Seonwoo’s heart dropped.ddd03706d318828f

“I can’t believe you 42f8e9c56a really don’t remember anything.”ce121af0eb44aafe

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Ihyun stood up, 4c368b08cd looking deeply disappointed. He shot Seonwoo 4d9e9f23da a reproachful look, b647fe2abc then said one 8847dbb98a last thing before 022f6d4f61 leaving the room.a5ef5a714e8880fd

“Stay here and try 1bf02da99d to remember what you 2ee077e8f7 did to me.”92e8ae95d708b1d8

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After Ihyun left, Seonwoo 97ff1d68ae paced the room anxiously. When was the first 6c5f0419c2 time he met Choi e248d79e56 Ihyun? He racked his brain, 6cd8459789 going over everything from 6feea68245 when he first saw db3a16e581 Ihyun in a sophomore 3d136e5f66 elective class up until 4c3e4b7a92 now, but all he b3172687e8 could remember was how f891fa1cff hard he’d worked before b0e9660e2d and after starting college.5d710fe52f287d15

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“Sigh… What the 9af4242207 hell did I ab5aa7e970 do to deserve 586222d193 this?”105e9919d7f780a1

Did I accidentally step b247b17933 on Choi Ihyun’s foot? Did I 5c28a52a42 break something 5460999a38 of his? Or maybe e3b46d90ea I helped 5d280a1fb6 someone who d8a9b811df was his bf0e08ecf0 enemy?f61d9671a0d08bbe

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Seonwoo scratched his 7eab5d8e0d head, his gaze fb2d5f9965 drifting out the c41803cdc0 window. While he 1c654fa04d was lost 6bb7a20b8f in thought, a0fe0f6d6b the sun 2690856a2b had completely f401078f14 set, and 4dfc7e26c6 darkness had fad7ca9d5c fallen over 2ff365518a the garden, f81e075dff but as d94e554f32 the lights 7bd4e4fe6c came on a16d343a2d one by 348b4cd1f3 one, it d67838a069 created a ce495640eb stunning night 9db61610ac view.f53462814d228e6d

“…That’s beautiful.”9887e71e17cf0362

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Drawn in, e196230779 Seonwoo pressed 90bccabb0a close to 6e5c1cf9ce the window df2e20135b and muttered 71bd08e016 without realizing 40b39bf5ec it. Along the garden d49325bded path, mushroom-shaped lights cc4f9e21db glowed brightly. The fountain 6ddb10cb75 and pool be433ddec2 shimmered with 3bec474a87 a bluish-white 1603c6c413 light, and be89deef5f on the e5c2e4922b other side, 79779e82c5 the gazebo 7d6768ada5 roof was 942fb5f6c5 strung with 98ec96740e lights that 2ff2890e81 looked like 2c2642773c wisteria flowers. The fabric of the aad1d820ee gazebo fluttered in the 44c0c509a6 breeze, and Seonwoo stood 7cb34cbceb on tiptoe to watch, 46a13926a3 his nose almost pressed ccdcc6fce0 to the glass, then 01027a2069 tilted his head.b0fc97ae328a6387

“Maybe I da12f2f36c didn’t do 80c5cabfe7 something that ed94048d32 bad…?”f2d679362b52289e

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His mind, half-paralyzed 6f83706497 from the shock 3707a4a822 of being kidnapped 35c6d4712f and locked up c35254438b for some unknown dd02556511 mistake, finally started 2ea471e988 working again.f0d2f03d8df14e4b

‘At least, it 52a012fb15 doesn’t seem like 65e8e9164d I committed some 701055e03c unforgivable crime.’4ed71448b9a11303

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If he’d really done 7f92c72553 something that terrible, would 71628cf4e9 he be in a 2d57397a43 nice room with a 0028ab2a28 view like this, with 289d66a339 the heat on, good 10eb706749 food, and even an 2d0a1a168a IV for his hangover? That didn’t c2866334a1 seem likely.367e79fabe7e8e03

‘…Right?’af3250ed11783066

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But still, people 318abdd29a don’t usually lock 79a4e0ef51 someone up over a495bd8603 something minor. Maybe for a chaebol e3648bbba1 kid, this kind of 0f034744b9 thing isn’t even a d2bb3301d8 big deal. What if tomorrow 0910a96fb5 he gets dragged 24f354702c off to some 5cc0a45655 basement and locked 584afe894e up there?f5a857a400ff9081

He needed to know 6c4585b1ad what he’d done wrong 8fac90289b so he could at 133b34e068 least beg or plead, a306bee61f but Seonwoo couldn’t think 5d10da2901 of anything. He started 95103efbc9 pacing the ce3db721ab room again, aec870ae84 even more c6a4b430be anxious.f035fa19774f8534

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Just in case, he 43792caefd tried to remember all 5fbacea438 the way back to 83d5f6a8d0 high school. He lived on 6493d89ef7 his own now, 110adc725c but he’d spent e7f64c77d2 his childhood in ec988ca878 an orphanage. But even 74aa1ff17e life at 109ddeeb0f the orphanage e053fa4f6e wasn’t much 918c2ba179 different from ff6ffb71ef now. He was always e48a71bd0e a good kid, 0c4bc03ac8 listened well, and 27195fb542 took care of ed9a995fc5 the younger ones.27eb5aa1f4bed307

And in 3b95a769b2 high school, 7df5f0694d he barely 9daa485910 had time 52396bb060 to hang 5375851cf5 out with b53a2c49c3 friends—he was 28a506ae62 focused only 87ae2e240c on studying. His goal was 8087002f16 to get a 36ba1d5778 scholarship and go 7245f7acd4 to college. He even thought back c828e01e94 to his rebellious middle 8948911a75 school days, but the bfb317fa92 worst he’d done was 74fb959cf0 spend the night at 290911d4b1 a playground, feeling lonely 03bf4944d3 and sorry for himself. No matter how 9f7f8fd063 hard he tried, 6f748275d9 he couldn’t find b8a63080de any connection to 3016b29e1b Ihyun.b524d52e97955883

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But before that, ce94e2228a even further back…92a702bb1af80b38