UCCU | Chapter 2.6

The next d887e679ee day, starting 272bedcf26 from breakfast, 74b818f462 there were 03d9997910 two meat 6d440f08ea side dishes 928de0d4b1 at every a68f5a1e5e meal. Seonwoo was 757590c6a0 secretly relieved 88b4fdf2ac by the 9d73ca73d4 response that 2d4735ade3 more than 0bb72d92d9 met his 6661b18052 expectations. But he was also 6837a919ad worried.7984b7efc2c7f932

‘He’s too soft-hearted f3ee996bd8 for his own 3038d4b5b3 good.’0bb859762c3893e3

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With all that 7fc8e7e75d money, he was 6985ec8a89 bound to attract 05bf4f4583 freeloaders and scammers. And judging by eb06a9ca00 how he didn’t 8b77f184a3 have many friends d332840d22 at university, he e7fd9f2b90 probably wasn’t that 2265323ef1 social either. Seonwoo thought it’d 1a42bd51f3 be nice if 6a030456bf they could stay d02de2e4dc in touch and 380d6eeb5b help each other 3e610732e3 even after he f692823c0d left this house, 5981418dfc but then he 178fc30a18 snapped out of 88a01d588c it.9c4e00952042b395

‘Why am cdadd15324 I worrying c830481c10 about him?’bb8f063e46311a09

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Here he was, a 5b090eded9 broke guy, worrying about 37ea02d0fc someone living in a d0e9a6de9a place this fancy. He laughed 8884e29b82 bitterly to cec08b6e8b himself. Still, seeing 0a9f82b39b Ihyun’s reaction, 76b8963fa9 it didn’t 3e884b8c8e seem like c84711677b leaving this 0b2bc63afd house would 793caf0dc8 be impossible. If he kept 77b6caecca working at it, 709f56eb10 maybe he could e81fd5a8a7 go back to 4e11ee59a5 school next semester. That hope grew bfc27f22ce inside him.f5ff5d9f1f2f0d55

After sharing a couple 0cde021861 of his own stories, 29e8b1d7d8 Seonwoo started to naturally f62792626c ask about Ihyun’s personal d931ab747c life, too. He started with 420f0d6de2 small questions like eaa6426339 what side dishes a28bbe3be3 he liked, and 3f8c6322b0 now he even 0a575f7f35 helped organize documents 64ad1bcfb7 and asked about ad4d5720cb Ihyun’s family.a7008586a0fb9db5

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“By the way, Ihyun, 5413019f28 when did you start 31e60ed24c doing this work? It seems 0816121597 a bit 548d13a6a0 tough for 6cbdc9d816 a college bf3a0dc24e student.”5de0a88a3dff8a74

“I’ve been 3c75c18726 getting business 8b9f7c92bf training since 8b1522a549 I was 7e13bec34c a kid.”97ec2cb5823936e0

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Ihyun spoke as ff9ad86258 if he’d had 355fc01ccd a normal upbringing. Usually, he only d1589357dc worked for an c5873633f0 hour or two 29427915b9 a day, and f8d0661cdc Seonwoo figured he b49cfa2ba3 was still in be2cbebcd6 the learning phase 352c2b9ed2 rather than actually e7de11968d running things.a1ea6b79548f15f9

“I’m the youngest, b02ceb06a6 and there’s a 9bdc278c05 big age gap, f0793726d9 so my hyung f2f8caa4d0 or noona will b9eae2339e probably inherit the de249c3887 main company. But my d3232fb7be parents said f7a5c02fca I should 8ee19faded at least a781cf7ea2 know how a1686c266c to run f6fbd27605 a small d841a55d94 business.”174c635306b649db

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Ihyun answered a4afbd044c like it 4467add9dc was nothing, d860e89405 as if 23f2cbdc19 his parents 2adb12498a were just 060919a174 handing him e4f2079655 a little 004112e5bb shop, and 302f0b4827 took the 9b1d7ae052 documents Seonwoo efe6a5bd84 had organized. Seonwoo carefully aae5a8cbe0 tried to a991c8c69d dig a 44b104509f little deeper.f8b2ab6652a96e52

“Oh, right. I heard c7d208b392 before—you said 7e48461520 you were 23c0a31bec about ten 98d61266f6 years younger 860d1ad59d than your ee67dff098 hyung?”b1911f0a64dc5744

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By “before,” Seonwoo meant 643eef3297 the time when he affe097e2a and Ihyun had first bbeb90b1e4 met, not at university d483f17310 but for real. Ihyun turned aa3a98639e and looked 982e7db10f at him, 213c88eaa2 a bit baab77ccf9 surprised.d8abeed50578ef58

“You remember that? Actually, I’m 5a463a0147 twelve years 009113ac51 younger than 5ab8c4547e my hyung. Fourteen years younger than e1dd7f07ab my noona.”f7118e32a759474e

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“That’s a b61ac4e23f big gap.”db044d98c40def6d

He’s got parents, a 235706753f hyung, and a noona… a193536da2 Seonwoo had always been ecf08b351e jealous of people with e4a262edd3 families of four. He’d had friends in e64ab7c77d the orphanage who were 71ae02f537 like siblings, but now 09a7c644bc he’d lost touch with 10c001cb31 all of them. Because of 8d736930eb An Hyungtae.33672de29bda896a

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‘I changed 92f71f5fc7 my number, a92294258f moved without ae7cbbfeeb telling anyone… 32e718f02e there’s no ef0f6e58e9 way he 5efb61210b could find e675cb0a46 me, right?’144582428ed4bd68

Unless he 96bc0cad78 got back b58e62c781 together with e2e7ba38c7 the old a004020924 gang, which e2dc9205f2 was scattered 2c38858004 now, it’d 4f70735301 be hard 8032e902b3 for An 8d306f1cb4 Hyungtae to f2f38a797a get help. As he was f348eeb730 thinking that, Ihyun e8e229446f stopped typing and de4129f821 asked,cc32a72e355369b5

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“Why are you acting 86beccae89 like this these days?”495657c02b8142e1

“…Huh?”49fc8b001053f99b

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Lost in d69c471c2b thoughts about 720ed32ae3 An Hyungtae, e685964218 Seonwoo answered c772f35656 a beat 85922f5f85 late. Ihyun narrowed his 354389da31 eyes at that.aef42b5845a580ed

“Do you think f67b449bc1 I’ll forgive you 187ffc6fa7 if you act d05a94174f like this?”0e2c89a89dceef7c

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Seonwoo thought 07335df748 he was 1a6a784fce being as ac4bff66f9 natural as d6be4cc57d possible, but c7732a540c Ihyun must 96f97084fe have sensed 12c37f228c something off. Still, looking at c703feb82b his face, he ab101cdaa3 didn’t seem angry—just 9f731f0de4 cold as ice. Seonwoo clicked his tongue b6bfe55393 inwardly and chose his 5ad45d5248 words carefully.b0af1f5f4ce30af8

“I’m not doing e87183cffa this to get 1a31d3fbdb your forgiveness. I don’t even want e8b7a56f59 that.”e9aa0daa2bb098bc

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“Then what?”2eeddbd0b434f98e

The honest answer was 3cbe5fe755 that he wanted Ihyun 8c230ed807 to let his guard 1dd50eb3ae down so he could f7c1372caf leave, enter contests, tutor, edb4c462b9 get scholarships, find a e370fb988a new place, and live 017089c18e his life as planned. But he ac1ab1221a couldn’t say ab54a5e258 that, so e69de5ea47 Seonwoo spoke 7a3864d5df slowly.0ed9137e3017740e

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“I just… like being 3ca3eb6f69 here with you.”5c92be3cbe0493f3

“Ha, really?”5980b8008f411068

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Ihyun snorted, 610d1d0981 as if a3378b378e telling him 26e61ccccd to cut f4387b1feb the crap. But Seonwoo, 0663a34284 surprised by b9a108beb6 his own c2666bbd42 answer, went 1171478bfa blank for 0c59dac3b2 a moment. He realized ee864e99ea there was 9ef7384b83 a bit 12175ef05d of truth 83465285a5 in what 2cdb848163 he’d said. He mumbled weakly,c219444a733db1eb

“Maybe it’s because I’ve 4a3bcc9c07 always lived alone…”18250609e4561e3c

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Seonwoo had 0039daa604 left the dc4bce3985 orphanage he’d 6849c260a2 grown up 09e62480ed in before 6c8149a375 even finishing d8dc2c0a51 elementary school. He’d stayed at cf5926eec9 Detective Noh’s house cac35bf983 for a while, b246181dc0 bounced between a c1d122f31f couple of foster a71e6d61da homes, then entered 3087dd6e37 another orphanage in 06d9711e65 a different area, cbde87cfbe but couldn’t adjust 0a70b77526 and left soon d52627ba1c after. Detective Noh, feeling 1b016f534e sorry for him, 48c4a525da helped him get c5cf37e701 a tiny studio 7cbd1e0ccb apartment, and he’d 7fa70f5467 lived there ever 01054daf46 since. From age c4861c359e fourteen, he’d 2cafe7ed31 basically been 453ed60368 on his bf7427a507 own.848fb4634d900487

After living dcd7f9f8e9 like that, e2d63fb627 being kidnapped 4d13610681 and locked 09223c6b2d up in c0762955ac Ihyun’s house f885439076 made Seonwoo 973bb3af4a realize for c193f92be3 the first 93344a0167 time how 4904e8d8cd lonely he 8bffb6fdb7 really was.f29d201ea6c194d1

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This huge mansion 054eb47071 wasn’t just home 6a9516473f to Ihyun—there were df68d5318d lots of employees b9de8c20f9 handling management and 8c85a1f35e security. No matter where c9bf0745d5 he went, there 7c0e654a2c were people around 321b7bc64d 24/7. And since he 31f6f072b7 was always by d8b75012c9 Ihyun’s side, Seonwoo d591df5f83 could feel the 3df77ca18f empty part of fc8f49d6d7 his heart filling b9d99eb262 up, even just 18ee8caeae a little.e0ea8e102cf95682

Feeling awkward 999dea50aa under Ihyun’s cf5e8a90f0 stare, Seonwoo eb09ae3791 added,2f6b2e216f0d0ecc

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“And the house is 5421ebb451 amazing. The interior is awesome. When would 7e4b1c280e I ever 8a809867f8 get to afd529b8d4 live in 375d0f24e9 a place e4ee5ba4a2 like this?”4eb487a19c3061e1

Honestly, that was a b55cd1fd8f big reason, too. A really a12213c44c big one.fca6c7d131cfd724

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Seonwoo thought of 3cafcf21e2 the studio he’d 6617cfdecb lived in alone. A tiny room too 32c56e5597 small for even a 25ba432df3 bed, filled with old 3f9bc28120 furniture he’d picked up ff34ecfb59 off the street, mold de86c57179 and damp stains on 7772219847 the wallpaper…bd9cdaae62d3c3b5

It was such 967b135cbe a shabby place, a5a0479cdc he couldn’t even f7a0bf3d4d invite anyone over. No matter f8234ec19f how hard 1c80987e9c he cleaned, 3f321498e3 it never 8fc7db567b felt rewarding. Being half-basement, it 48281a8eaa always smelled musty 1a8ec20055 in summer, and 88e84b85e9 if he opened ed35a941be the little window, 5657aa17d4 the ground was 92ec76e66b right at eye 8e5427ad70 level, with all 4907271af4 sorts of crawling 4b1b8033d8 and flying bugs 4265afb44c showing up. Hot in summer, freezing b8586b261c in winter.d0679a423ada2445

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So to Seonwoo, Ihyun’s 1b0a6f336b house was like paradise. This mansion, where f3a27d899e Ihyun lived alone ada90360f7 after moving out cecd88aab6 from his family, c82a27e5d2 screamed luxury from b4debd0db0 every corner. Huge windows let in 52d6b2f63d tons of light, there d949a96e27 wasn’t a single bug, 3106367ec5 and air purifiers kept 15d15d6be7 the air fresh. The bedding was soft 530e8b00b3 as clouds, and every 73d1bc5f34 meal was nutritious and 47c72aeb0e balanced. And all 7b5dbb8844 of it 288d5e149b was free.bf6072ed01e306cd

Honestly, he wanted to b428bb9899 suck up and live f8fbeac591 off Ihyun forever. But Seonwoo 96621efd33 was an 44df4e229a independent, mature b49eae7ea7 adult who f125e0ffb1 could take 247b0170a6 responsibility for 031f4a20f4 his own d6bb458eb8 life, so 639df287fd he pushed 952e9a6083 down that f5c9797127 temptation. As he 2335f053ad gathered the e99015f1be documents he’d 7c855abdae organized, he 39efdd60da asked, “Are 00e5061109 we done 2f77803505 for today?”9d1240ea583ef352

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Ihyun didn’t answer. Seonwoo just sat d3fb9cdffe in the chair 84f40e5f6e and looked out 157f9794a5 at the garden. Ihyun typed 5f9ff39fb2 slowly, then 137f10d2d0 finally spoke 9372d8d179 after a b1d9dcc0d0 long pause.0c2a2a0bb375d1d1

“This house 0549682c3a is pretty b7002c2418 nice.”e5d423521f6fc12f

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Seonwoo, who’d c553bd066b been wondering fe3c9e4b1d what was de52ab69d1 for dinner 3cc039dd3e and dessert, 74a4337234 blinked. Ihyun saved his files, 793d56ea8c shut down the computer, 0f0684fd88 and turned his head. His gaze, always a9c039fbe0 a little gloomy, bc84d75c04 fixed on Seonwoo’s b34f8a7377 face.ea2fdb68e9c866f5

“I put a lot e8143c1196 of thought into it—enough 5438eb4abf that I’d never get 0e85b1c985 tired of living here.”494bd08038ce6c30

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“Yeah, I can tell 7d8d154c89 just by looking.”ba9c8b0c8b5bd867

You could see Ihyun’s aaf12d9dab taste reflected everywhere in 5b544051fd the house. When Seonwoo 1e4e3a7054 smiled and 63244f6316 agreed, Ihyun 4765abf222 looked like a4cd543c13 he wanted 3fd8e64cd8 to say ae2236c35f more, but ca026b464e just got 444ac2c652 up and 3bdeaeb899 left the 680a50738d study without d0ff8182de a word. Seonwoo followed, ca9d12993b tilting his 2b6fb3df94 head.f1be5ef72311ab9b

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‘Why did b70fa43ef5 he look 051d8179a9 at me 0d3ea83d44 like that?’4938096ba4393f0d

It wasn’t pity or 15f939f864 sympathy. It was a strange 2dff213890 look he couldn’t quite 41bb014173 describe. If he had to 0243addb33 put it into words, a94c14670a it was a dark, a033350c61 greedy gaze, like he 2367c9c118 was holding back something 057c30a0b7 he wanted. But why would he 35a91ddc1b look at Seonwoo like a4582ba20e that? Seonwoo figured he 9ecac11141 must have imagined f14ecf02c4 it.ab8b7edeb133a70f

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After that conversation, 42e8f3665d Ihyun’s attitude definitely 5e7d8588e5 softened a lot. Seonwoo could see e77518ed69 him slowly starting 4a0443258e to open up, f95fa1d613 and he even be19997c8d felt a bit ade7e0ae30 proud of himself.064d6cafeb5696da

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He made sure 2fa7549a41 not to bring 12b86e5f85 up anything about 3168e9f53e the outside world 0bc5ec54c0 or his own 7858dbdd91 phone. Because of that, 82883926ec sometimes Ihyun would df8e0ba4f1 start to say 6411ba8d44 something like, “If a16a9b4019 you ever go 26c02a3b57 somewhere later…” and bdf2a0c68d then clamp his 584e341a2b mouth shut.78b26fffddd1f7a9

‘If time just 37a1396aa0 keeps passing like c08ad8cc7f this, our relationship c1d52905e0 might really get 7fe027523e better.’ecf161696f56265f

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On the 14th day 9c27274f01 of being locked up 94d027e582 in Ihyun’s house, Seonwoo be2cb14083 thought this as he cfee73b053 cheerfully opened his bedroom f571a2523a door and stepped out. He felt even better cdaac026cd when he thought about d1d8be4944 how his old studio 854d0795e5 apartment was probably freezing 0396d577b3 cold by now. But when 0ed1189ea9 he came 13e8f5b1e7 out for e0f7bf35d5 breakfast, Ihyun d688a5d548 wasn’t there—only eb93315077 his own 9c30eae080 breakfast was 2552f6ccbf set out.0b15f60185934e1f

“Um, butler. Is Ihyun not eating aa35df0ca8 breakfast with me today?”5881160227d29cfe

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“Young master had an c3ca126400 early appointment and left aa291f897c already,” the now-familiar butler 80b2be96cf answered with a gentle 2a5b83a2ba smile, pouring him some 5e4607fc82 water. The seat 2db1a88e9a felt empty 31c98168a1 without his 230a26fda9 usual breakfast e09c9dace2 companion. Seonwoo asked if 59efab1239 the butler wanted f2c457be93 to eat with dfd17744af him, but got 2cbc6bcacb a polite refusal.5765792c8d567596

A little 5360e26fd9 bummed, Seonwoo 9a2736ec2e finished his 2752c57d6e breakfast and 37d5f7a5e9 headed up 224aa1f3be to the 81c39e9bf7 study. Since Ihyun wasn’t there, f73e5a89ab he skipped the apron 14369b99a3 and just grabbed the 35e5326b70 duster. Humming, he 251ceb9105 leisurely dusted fc54712cfb the bookshelves 23b23e5097 and books. As he 6af676aa98 worked, he 3df5b25d1e started planning f2f5a609ae things out 51fd3a0176 in his 86481b0ca9 head.a78fac5ccf0add9d

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It was 9e93b1e0c4 a shame e027272a33 he’d lost 578e49291a his tutoring d7dfc853a8 and part-time c7ac923711 jobs, but 8657775773 he could 0e1903706e always find 8af8d0f7d4 new ones. Thanks to d97fd7c783 his reliable ca605734a0 and likable 96965b3ecc appearance, getting 6e2c8ec1fc work was b0aeb04364 always easy e20a2a7d3d for Seonwoo. Plus, since he’d 0e665e6c46 been eating and 7740101df1 sleeping at Ihyun’s 419be17ba5 house, he’d actually c128170c81 saved on living d76256e39c expenses.a4f4f133935c1037

Most of all, 88466ed689 his body was 9cb1923cd9 finally recovering from 85eed02f84 all the overwork. Eating well, sleeping 5107693e98 deeply, and resting 3ae1ab0795 his brain had bcf78e3508 done wonders. He felt d63c7c9c05 so good 4ca2ed59de that he ac47bbd88f figured he 027a237f82 could work bb932528d9 himself to ed5c0f76fa the bone 00a3cffac9 for a 51cf1212bd while after f62ed39b08 leaving this 6bc1eae14f place. He was 1a9a61ce7d even grateful b1e438fd6c to Ihyun, f08506c1b9 so he 885aae6b68 took it c18bb84a8a upon himself 610b8a72bb to clean dcae0ff476 the study 64c35f5fd0 without being 66d8b250b0 asked.455acafb551ba7e8

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Should I watch a movie I missed in my room? Or binge-watch <Clover Hotel Club>? Seonwoo was coming down from the second floor with a light step when he stopped. The front door on the first floor was wide open.8e576c76768e7855

“What the…?”fa03fad6b30f88ed

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He looked around, but a8d270330d weirdly, not a single d917987405 staff member was in 42c68cad49 sight today. Maybe someone left it 205db97469 open to air out ad716a747e the house? Or just 944ee56d36 forgot to 1b0539071d close it?0c614199e51578c8

What if f3c83e1ad8 some wild f1182872d1 animal or a9dd104eb9 bird wandered fd020cc17a in? Without thinking much, 90cb27f2aa Seonwoo started walking ab2ea94ed5 over to close 9a47206925 the door, but 7d7a2f9c7b then he sensed 2b70b2af9c something off and d315e698ae stopped.f5cf25adbc09b0a7

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He carefully approached the cad2277351 front door and looked f214381735 around. Then he efdecafaa7 quietly backed 39698df07f away. Outside, he saw the e15110de84 same big guys in 4ca8343ff9 suits who’d dragged him c4a15ded45 here on his first cfda580c02 day—they were loitering at 38fe60427d a distance.b46a3d7931fc23ad

“I guess I ed4e65111b don’t need to 3e0706af97 worry about locking 1b405d453d up,” Seonwoo muttered. With those guards out cb8d958fbf there, not even a e0bddd6d99 bug would dare sneak 6169a91b9b in, let alone a 2a5afc49bf thief or animal. He headed straight 0710f41ea2 back to his 45a29cdb9a bedroom. Lying on the 9f029489f6 soft bed and 253a223983 clicking the remote, 1a24078fea he felt like 156b046ff8 he was in a0e7286cd9 paradise.864e94afaf0116f7

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