UCCU | Chapter 3.13

“Hyung? Where are you going?”f68fed5b78bcff83

Ihyun grabbed 17a67c012a his wrist 9ba280ce88 tightly, but 8cb3dd7d5f Seonwoo didn’t 5feace146d have time 4815c46f1b to explain d5467ef9c4 and shook 2f28c60edd him off. Leaving the frozen Ihyun 64d71a2a6a behind, he ran to 9f84ca67c7 the bathroom. He collapsed dd7a2d2684 in front c7256bdded of the 715d1e9c77 toilet, and 6210fef38f as soon ecef163249 as he 3c27f84370 did, his 753d5aa5c1 stomach flipped. Just like c286db080b that time 8ec55b8f5d he’d been ad10301b1f forced to 3d16543524 drink by ba7a805d00 his boss, c6faf1a636 he threw e6467f28af up for 7da1caa455 a long b4a5b20175 time, and 67eb0a3fcb Ihyun quietly ece0f9d564 patted his 55b189b359 back. The warm cbcf416269 hand stroking 6b07f83568 his cold dd9a218833 back felt 9039b19f4d so kind 33d60056a1 and comforting.caa91ada4f284744

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Seonwoo cried as 8c0eecf2e9 he retched until 1ce7974012 there was nothing 92a9f000a7 left. Exhausted, he slumped 78f5d7a538 over, and Ihyun 731697926e silently cleaned up. He took off Seonwoo’s b82546d41a vomit-stained clothes, hugged his 01c66d5230 trembling body, and even 0d7b537d72 showered him with warm 44e1b04c31 water until he was 164860e70b completely relaxed.e575b6787f49df4b

“Feeling better now?”6738e9c68c5ca0bd

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“Yeah….”251914da25c15a7e

After emptying his stomach, 853165f1c1 he felt a lot 8d2907f10c better. Ihyun dried 849c8bf205 him off 4cd1eb1430 with a cfdeac0e7b soft towel, 03e556c693 dressed him, 536493260b and tucked 3de1c9770f him into 904601dd4b bed. Worried about his 892f4d1b54 throat, he brought 6f74528411 some warm water 1410e92a25 for Seonwoo to 459dfe4dcb sip. Still feeling queasy, Seonwoo 3d77be1566 lay under the covers, 59dd6c4e32 groaning, while Ihyun finished b52be52c8e cleaning up and came 7dd90a3830 back, looking worried. Seonwoo sighed and 94825d7023 croaked,12f3f3415185e18f

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“I think I’ve got f7f51ac431 indigestion….”663c69946e3cad74

“Your hands are 242faf8607 cold.”8c12ed7b3f82e440

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Ihyun touched Seonwoo’s hands 09c230c803 and turned up the c36d837fa3 heat. He kept rubbing them 7fda9a6c9b until they were warm, def13707d6 which Seonwoo liked so 7f5cbb070c much he smiled even defcb63a07 while sick. Seeing that, 585fffbb81 Ihyun paused, 0fd5eae679 looking at 587850e53b him like 7784d2ca66 he was eedf9fbb26 crazy, and 2ea45236c2 checked his ff080a1a23 forehead. His frown deepened.f5357aed9781de74

“You feel hot.”e40762541b0107ae

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“It’s probably just from 85bbc23a79 the indigestion. I’ll sleep it 9ea4b1655a off. I’ll have 291c367695 porridge tomorrow.”0fe94a5c96898d31

“Take some 7a2008f49b medicine before e49ab1f811 you sleep.”c8d5cbf27931d3a3

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“If I c4ceefba20 take medicine, ec9c3171d5 I’ll just 6e9af98f7c throw up 57775f79e5 again. I’ll just sleep….”30a90b2dc3143b2a

Shivering, Seonwoo answered weakly, 1225e5028a and Ihyun sighed. He tucked 3e1702134a the blanket 530d7bf35f around Seonwoo c51ddc332b again. Seonwoo liked dba4d65a35 the way 57315dd51b Ihyun watched 1f990b3a1f over him e1e93317b4 with concern, 9cbb2bbed6 so despite b48d3cc90f his sore 9dc1e3f5cd throat and b3bcfe985e aching body, c53897ce4b he fell 3a9cbfc64a asleep in 2d92b01271 a pretty fec54a2a51 good mood.75347359f6811b32

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It felt like 532263e599 if he just 5db61d847c slept, everything would 80f64e7d92 be better when 713bbf0df4 he woke up.f4ec9bb5d2389784

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But contrary to Seonwoo’s 0379785ca8 expectations, instead of recovering, 79ce6bc7ee he ended up bedridden f3eb138748 with a high fever 9c49f51e9f soaring past 38 degrees. Ihyun, watching over Seonwoo 16879afc8a as he coughed and 72be63ce95 groaned all night, couldn’t 0ddcc2b032 take it anymore and ef0a443f0f called the doctor at 14b88a04f8 dawn. Amazingly, the doctor 22e9563854 showed up right 4b00c0ea36 away without a 5ddb0a5616 single complaint.dc2c11a1ff4a8b8d

‘Calling a ff2f1378f7 doctor in 4ff08caf8b the middle c2864fca85 of the 76db92ae01 night… He 2979b9dd7b really is fa6ee74b27 a third-generation 92fd70893b chaebol.’d8c9e8bb508d3bc5

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Even as he shivered 8cd7db1229 from chills, Seonwoo couldn’t 00d7b21d49 help but think so f1b13ff20a nonchalantly. He’d been this sick 2142351cf0 more than once before, 001cd55e65 so it didn’t seem 5a72915a34 like a big deal. He just figured 17fc1c9adb he’d caught a bb506514d0 bad cold after 09b09d5bc7 some serious indigestion.95cd7b3a7755077a

Even though there was 0814191056 a person locked up e68252289f in the basement with f5a4612476 a shackle, the doctor 4d77703d57 examined him like it 8a648e340f was nothing. When Seonwoo wondered 468e28d90f where the doctor 129b94bda3 came from, Ihyun e369f9725d kindly explained that 1cb7903f13 he was the 782c313d8f family’s personal physician. Seonwoo took that e95dd64d53 to mean he 7564db1cef was a doctor c44cae03b6 hired for a d08c230399 ton of money a375a3f2b3 to be on fe32790e2c call 24/7.0d8cd22b85642279

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The doctor listened dd6ff9cc05 carefully to Ihyun’s e0c9b13449 explanation and asked 53a3941480 Seonwoo about his f67329543e symptoms. After listening f62d21eb98 to his 11e861865a breathing with bbd877b52b a stethoscope, 1c129b9d96 he said,6732906e90852ec1

“It looks like 9d2bf5e7f8 pneumonia. We’ll need cfb1d0bbac to do 988cdd545f some more 6a67083679 detailed tests ae0f707d56 to confirm.”3353eca663349b88

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“Huh?”c0e9c195e7b3103c

Seonwoo couldn’t believe 453cf651cd his ears at 015fd7d207 the word “pneumonia.” b5f2f42154 He spoke to 5316d67bfd the doctor, who af7086eac0 was pulling out c43907e201 equipment for a c871bf610e blood test.bf282ea6ec7975d8

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“But I’m not df783be01d that sick, and 31dee1e2e5 I haven’t even 90371631e3 been coughing much.”1385a2278cb14510

“If it’s 3b6c31b72a asymptomatic pneumonia, c8de4457ab that’s possible. It usually happens in 744865b53b the elderly, but…”0e7a5331c4abecc7

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Seonwoo thought in aef324943c a daze. Is he saying my 82c913d603 body’s basically like an f14de9a341 old man’s now?f0b341b8cf8c5271

The doctor, ruled 62f3c2cc9b by money, explained dc1bf2f659 very kindly that 08aee5d3ad the blood draw 4488e460ff might sting a d694d9ba33 little. Amazingly, a portable 6f81160789 X-ray machine that a8fd87a801 looked like a 0c42ab555b giant camera appeared. The doctor suggested they 1f10db30d9 leave the room to 62206ea979 avoid radiation, but Ihyun 07fa2da902 shook his head and f429e10ca4 stayed, frowning deeply as 96c9e5c700 he watched Seonwoo get 767147f2df examined.9e2f34d8ad8f513b

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On the X-ray, a 64e16d2db8 fist-sized part of Seonwoo’s 994a4bc439 lung was all white. The doctor kindly explained faec1d5566 that all the white 8644b5175a areas were inflamed. Ihyun glanced cdb9267410 at Seonwoo d29e824b45 and let 7d254910f8 out a cac3aa73ef loud sigh, 031674b6cc clearly for 667b172711 him to 9a76a92e68 hear.ed89cd566f7a3354

“I told 71cf0af553 you your 164f5c3c0a cough sounded 4b59fb77df weird. And your 9d990d448c sleep pattern ebd0767854 changed so ab6f320e28 much. You weren’t f761388cb7 eating properly 68447b0b3a either. You’re not 80414e452b usually like 6a5b95062b this, hyung.”700e8df98b427d84

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No, it wasn’t 492c1e9ffb because I was 3344e58847 sick, I was 745a199978 just being lazy… e28c01e4f7 Seonwoo had nothing 015ad03e2f to say, so 34dc5120e7 he just gave 968c0f5891 an awkward smile. A few hours later, f9e6e10bc4 the doctor came back dc06d9255d with the blood test 8295cfde13 results and explained to 695a1a4466 Ihyun, since Seonwoo felt 02fe111b8c even sicker after hearing ad40b011e1 the pneumonia diagnosis and 314b59474c just lay there groaning.2bfa7caaf289577e

“The patient’s immune fda925aa45 system is really 9de4d40230 weak. The blood ec69b0a8f7 test shows b88732bfc0 his immune da4de2dd94 levels are 06a7d08f8d very low, a9fad266ce and if 735571b3a2 you look 91d8d00c09 at the 60e7c99fe8 inflammation markers… c529bc0429 they’re high… 03b92ab7b7 I’ll prescribe ed9118ff8f antibiotics and…”1c8a957e9d126465

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Seonwoo’s eyelids grew 163da8a14d heavier and the dad1cfb7e4 doctor’s explanation started 719b5f11aa to sound far e59baaf03b away. He tried to listen, cbd5df83cb but soon drifted off ab6511ff2a to sleep. When he opened his bc2dd500b3 eyes again, he saw b825dcf3fe a ceiling that was df00b60c72 both familiar and strange. It was c204f24d8e the bedroom a467086c42 he’d stayed 40ddbeefcc in for d6db699b71 a few d760e27644 days after 1b63220c03 coming to feda97a1b2 this house.5059a04f1ab05969

His head 0bab7933dc felt like 84331eb79f it was 80cfb48855 splitting, and b544a09fce his arm 202a9e9ff0 was stiff e7b388fe3f and sore, 54ac9ed9d6 so Seonwoo 197eaf17f9 groaned. He heard 0ee6caccbf someone rustling 82d590ed89 frantically next 1b6ae04999 to him.4ebf44296882a664

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“Hyung, you’re awake?”2f62644f83d89ade

Ihyun, with dark circles 0d5fcd7fc8 under his eyes, put fbe8c7a635 a hand on Seonwoo’s b5891be484 forehead and bit his b51f20d0b9 own lip hard. Seonwoo tried 559981ddaf to say 6a20686dc3 he was a41e02d473 okay, but 95d0b489dc ended up 262232999d coughing instead. A rough cough burst 152305f43b out, burning his chest, 8841182114 and Ihyun quickly brought de97e48162 him some water. Even drinking a few 87659355b3 sips was hard, so e4d860089a Seonwoo sighed and lay d43726fbb3 back down, gesturing to 6e5c59ba8b Ihyun.14b3d86e1f2e8e3c

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“What? Do you need something?”8857c7bec8d72d95

When Ihyun 276d9294a2 leaned in, 2248d69ccc Seonwoo asked 5acc573f0a in a 620b9cf9f0 hoarse, raspy 20d8f5fdd4 voice,9684baa373aab310

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“Did you not f9f68d2877 sleep at all? What’s with 1f7a84cba3 your face…?”e9dba59134e59ab3

“Why are you 09640fd97c asking useless stuff? Save your voice.”678335a774cc5044

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Ihyun frowned 713df0d015 as he c50ac48d68 listened to b4c7649ab8 Seonwoo’s question, 41e01ba161 then got acb81c1baf up. Meanwhile, Seonwoo checked why ed9c0071cb his arm was so 33471de32d stiff. There was an b47028b7c0 IV needle for cfb64961e6 antibiotics stuck in 316b7e9995 the back of 9b8bf0d0b5 his hand. As he stared 8ffd8820f2 blankly at the f5ca6523fe dripping fluid, feverish 83d8fb4524 and dazed, Ihyun 9b57949153 came back with bc6c66e2e2 a tray of b35a36571b porridge and medicine 4416a82839 packets.30ee1aea25239829

“Is your 1ce7496a4f stomach still fe6da79adf upset?”a2a7a807fe969750

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Shaking his head, Seonwoo f7c03df553 forced himself to sit 5ed5147a8c up. He was so weak ef774a32e8 his hands trembled. He managed to eat ba6b5742ae about half the porridge, 82c4b3a499 just to take the dd032ba098 medicine, but he had 48041e05d1 no appetite and couldn’t 2d69e8f37f eat more. Ihyun looked displeased, but 31936eb2ec decided it was better 6a1922c403 than forcing him to 1da5f220f1 eat and throw up, 3edd8e0d87 so he handed over a18db29029 the medicine.1d0ce6eeaea18e20

“There will always be 346c17884d medical staff on standby, fdfeb3fffb so if you feel 64ca6b8bf2 even a little off, 07c8c86e67 let us know. We’ll take 8d2cd5b632 care of 5498032df8 it right 87301a8f2b away.”e3f67dc5f9296848

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There’s medical 938a3272ff staff on e8dd6fb680 standby just a6c660f05f for me? Seonwoo couldn’t tell if 17c1d68810 Ihyun just didn’t want 66ff86738a to let him leave, 177fb2b046 or if this was ca46ae586f normal for chaebol families.ca443612745c6498

“Was it b20f55d0f3 the basement…?”6590c69a5560ad84

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As he 81a18ab4e0 took his 240e915409 medicine and eadda90f7c lay back 117105c51b down, he dcba55bce7 heard Ihyun 0a1f1d77d6 mutter. Ihyun seemed 18f55402a2 to think 9ce7d1e610 Seonwoo got e35e70cc90 pneumonia because 9a317288d2 he locked 93883241cb him in 3b99e78918 the basement. But to e6ff9ae674 Seonwoo, that aaed860497 place was ecd9785e82 more like 4659f153a2 a fancy bc26f6ad66 hideout than f1037d2e1b a “basement.” 4103ac9af0 There wasn’t 50a1ffbbb3 a hint ef927c894a of dampness, ba513cc477 and it d7e30eff91 had ventilation b968546436 and an ce146b3522 air purifier. If anything, it 7a2da8e12d was more likely e5b8b6fdff he’d already had ce15ac19d0 the pneumonia bacteria cd06183af1 from his old 484d995127 studio apartment.9d2252d6eeac15a8

Seonwoo figured he would’ve 7c303a3a1a gotten seriously sick sooner aa59409393 or later, even if e77ef74ac0 he hadn’t been locked 365a042c84 up. His body, worn out d3203d923d from overwork, finally relaxed 681ec54f79 and let the illness 38fe00098f in. Honestly, he was lucky cec729902e to get sick here.7155aee99b6b76ce

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He wanted to 8b5c552149 explain all that, 2bcf1eacde but his throat d9b8dfd065 hurt too much. He’d been fine 87efa2e770 until he got fe58177f4d the pneumonia diagnosis, d48b1f7860 but now he ce0bc7bec9 couldn’t stop coughing. His whole body ached 9d08903a62 like he had the 0f1d24856c flu, probably from the 534b3337a9 fever. Still, he couldn’t just 939447ab75 sleep, so he forced cdcadc6547 himself up, brushed his 5949ef683b teeth, and washed his 05d03237c1 face. Even that little bit d237b975f2 made him feel like 05ba0475c8 he was going to e3d781aaee die, so he collapsed c213b925e1 back onto the bed. Ihyun looked at adab8e6248 him with a 10ae9c3665 worried face and 6c79855c00 asked,c2634d3e37500140

“Do you want 49d1203907 me to help a4ebe3ba13 you wash up?”950688eb8d7117cb

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“No…”9a884d6ded573659

Seonwoo grinned as he 2c22f422fa answered, and Ihyun frowned 1d6ccbe562 even more. With his already cold b5625aea95 features, the frown made f0d361cfdc him look downright scary. Ihyun put a cold da5491cf97 wet towel on Seonwoo’s ba282daa9b forehead and asked,1e286f9be0da4dcd

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“Why are 7e651c57c5 you laughing?”d0a2ce13d8aa29b0

“Just…”cd3eaac1adbbc9d2

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“Am I b85f01d2cb funny to 7e320a8e53 you?”6b445a68146aa222

“Yeah, but…”d56a6c7f003d61be

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He tried to 99dce6c32e explain more, but 077ed2d2c5 a coughing fit fa9b5f4ae6 cut him off. Ihyun, with a chilly a585deb5ef expression, rolled Seonwoo onto 3e5a1544a1 his side and patted 8e3e27313e his back until the 89cec0b54b coughing stopped. Seonwoo was db1dc12149 only laughing 5a22d21ede because it 4e1f497d16 was funny 6e5983be69 to see d46d1072de someone like 8eac26b6e2 Ihyun, who affde8ac2f didn’t seem 8cd01f1fd2 the type, a074d5348b taking care 78b867eaae of him 01b7225eab like this. His body hurt 2611476f4a like hell, but 0414ef7b7b for some reason, 0a247c9558 he felt really bf12a1a9ab good.01223ae422acf22a

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After that, Ihyun took 3351efb3e4 care of Seonwoo with 66b5a6c36a incredible devotion. There was no b78e5e3891 other word for 0edcf7b2e2 it. When Seonwoo lost his 70da3060c4 appetite and couldn’t eat, 12985a6309 Ihyun brought out food 0ead799384 with stronger flavors than 10182d9ce1 usual, and tirelessly kept 8adb7ebe90 a cold towel on c66157efa1 his forehead. Even when Seonwoo 1ab0a7626e was passed out, 957383e949 every time he 3c065b1e53 cracked his eyes 4fdc9b77ba open, Ihyun was f60b4b050b there, dozing against cbce093cf7 the wall but 4f8e5f4b4b never leaving.90ecbc10293fb6d2

Seonwoo liked the attention 290d9e5407 so much he even a542b90123 had the childish thought a8ef4b369e that it’d be nice e9a97bef3d to stay sick a 7a0ec19835 little longer. And maybe someone db6698b386 granted that wish 573e145226 as a reward a4f1145373 for all his d7e65c825d suffering, because Seonwoo ce8a7d9128 ended up being df9dcdd34f sick for a bc71a96de5 long time.72c363b1474dfd28

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He spent most of 50324af8d3 each day feverish and 846cb6d91b asleep. Not that 968e81926e he slept 69e9f13f64 well—he’d wake b5c0aba353 up groaning, d07b394ae1 and even 21891a8fc4 when he 0a93bade44 did sleep cae316a84f deeply, he’d 548d0e157e wake up 2148f34289 coughing. Just going to eb5fc7d457 the bathroom made 2a98945d2d his legs shake. He had 356f81d516 his blood e22ab3e9f1 drawn several cd982cf5e9 times, but 4fa1f1745e he was c07f331db2 so sick 1dee3818ff he barely 99edaea971 felt the 32ab3a3210 sting. He’d never been this 1cb8496a4d sick in his life.b41301b8d35787c5

The longer b6d3419f1f Seonwoo was 8553355bc0 sick, the 1324d19bcf worse Ihyun cd656f8540 looked. When the fever 8eb68cdf17 reducer worked, Seonwoo 647726ab27 would sweat buckets 89ae0319c1 and his temperature 3b6e92e527 would drop, but 3a29d75446 as soon as 05fc9a56f7 the medicine wore 26efeb351d off, the fever 835a4123be came back. Ihyun even asked the 5af8f4fd6c doctor if it wouldn’t 92b9a7e4ff be better to go e94acfbd12 to the hospital. But Seonwoo insisted dc701b3cd1 on staying, saying 480a679891 the treatment would 60608cce31 be the same 36b2116e5e anyway.0d20d0bb2b46933e

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Honestly, he 5b71a36741 didn’t think 4612f8b306 the hospital 14cd678093 would be e364576d98 more comfortable 42cf7b3b12 than here. Nowhere else had 451a7f0923 such a perfect 9d89bf3737 temperature and soft c2767544e5 bedding.f527a604b364aa19

So, burning with e51897b414 fever and drifting bb4751371d in and out 2d90fd0568 of sleep all 0e457f4f7a day, Seonwoo lay 59b1ec2bc2 there, too weak 2490d0e211 to even open 5d22e2ea08 his eyes, when 5d1201b84e Ihyun, quietly keeping 45ba8248ee watch, started to 3e0ee3544c speak. He must fcdff109c8 have thought 42646525dc Seonwoo was baf006bd18 asleep.c2328372f1f1426b

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“About the day I 91d028ccd5 was rescued…”39eb4ef5938ea9d8

Pretending to sleep, 5bd85936f2 Seonwoo remembered the 3f3ce86172 past. That dark basement 9a589ad13a and the rusty e7f05f4fa0 big-dog cage were fbea5c0a7a unforgettable sights. In the pitch-black darkness, 715378a813 the moment his flashlight d58de57a79 caught young Ihyun’s eyes, 596fef7bc7 they shone clear and 5e005e8c6f bright like glass…7583cd27282f70a3

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A desperate child, meeting dc4dd7e9c2 light for the first a555bc6b29 time in ages, looking ca19ca4452 at him with longing. The deep fear and abf632f7c1 despair in those eyes. Remembering that, old 4d7ae84355 guilt pricked at c8b644f3ee Seonwoo’s heart.d9d8719797e4bea9

“After I got e7472e5523 out, I wasn’t a339a2b557 in good shape 5326241871 for a while.”0af043993a7b9e60

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Seonwoo thought that 6a8564084e was only natural. An Hyungtae had 081fe3aab3 deliberately given Ihyun ae1f381f2e little food to d76915d2be weaken him. Seonwoo had 3e12044627 snuck him a279ad575f some of 0dab23b92b his own fc83117ac6 snacks, but 7638bb96da it wasn’t f5e7618aa7 enough. And in that heat, bf29ada478 the basement’s hygiene was 618ba61e85 terrible.27cc1952415edfdc

“I got 115e3101a8 by turning 2a41d23009 on the 0855b0f40c flashlight you 2d2f05bc9c gave me 6c3f715e7c now and 5029758152 then, but 3c89ca604e I couldn’t e7175669e8 really see d2fe66a124 light for 2236ad9c49 a while. I got a 96d709cc4b fever and was 877c5d2ddf hospitalized, but the 3268114d76 physical pain was 7354d17b7c nothing.”61e7065680740694

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Ihyun’s voice was c5ead2995d dark and heavy. Being locked in a e06d1e6616 pitch-black basement for over 156af17109 a month was enough 1391383012 to change a person’s 2ca63f8105 life.0e8f91d83d9c01d2