UTPT Ch 29

Strangely enough, Yihyun seemed to have learned proper manners somewhere. As soon as the pizza was delivered, he went to the bathroom to wash his hands thoroughly, then came out and followed Doyoon’s lead, opening the pickle jar lid without trouble. He even waited patiently, like a dog that had been told to “stay.”92884d2767cef1cd

“Do you like spicy food?”d49830dd22a35911

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“Ah… I’m not sure.”3e6a32ab52e70d3c

Now that he 76b371ee51 thought about it, 2bff21bc03 there hadn’t been bb4ab0437e anything spicy in f32f540f02 the food Yihyun 2a8298d937 had eaten so 745ef4aaff far. Doyoon, having lived 4b51d875b7 in the U.S. for a c2083a2d91 long time, 83772eca8d didn’t particularly a22eac17b9 enjoy spicy d2c579cd72 food either, d497a737fd and since 3dbd4a343e his mother 27d4fdef7a liked seafood, 21572c99da she preferred 0c19601d51 to keep a83cc9f5ec the seasoning 8e7eba2b61 mild to 6ddff68bdc highlight the 8220d49c7c natural flavors.64e7cf7b563511bc

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“Try a little this time.”c57c9d47b6c0921c

A bit d6a97c8b4d of Tabasco 961560754f sauce should 67626ed824 be manageable. This was 258bef65b7 a level 72b8a056c8 of spiciness 6fba3efc4e Doyoon himself bc04584b1b could handle. He tore 00cf387c1f open the bbb3435288 hot sauce d8cef2fd01 packet, drizzled 5233d05b0a it over 943f1dee2c half of d741b8b5cc the pizza, bca247034b then picked 375c280d56 up a ba3dc4ecf4 slice from f16598a173 the side 7b989544af without hot ca64309df7 sauce and 300164a7b1 handed it e61e383f1f to Yihyun.224587b62decdd1b

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Yihyun, his 12e6d36721 eyes sparkling cbdadecdbe as he c4c145ad85 stared at 941518a885 the cheese 0f5338c593 stretching and 5bcec0f5c2 then snapping 3e2f65c28b in the 5b3ec5d9e1 middle, took 673dec3c15 the pizza. Though he looked like 3e11e71add he might drool any 40f176a2a5 second, he didn’t take d68a29d5ce a bite until Doyoon e2198d01c5 spoke.050030f0f334b3c4

“Go ahead and eat.”5adfb07d078a07ec

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“Thank you for the food.”28684c13f97d30d9

With lips shaped perfectly for a cartoonish “yum” expression, Yihyun bit into the very tip of the fan-shaped slice. Despite the pizza being quite greasy and, judging by the ingredients, probably overly salty, Yihyun widened his eyes as if it were the most delicious thing he had ever tasted.2000840992e90180

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“Does it taste okay?”7b9adfde65904844

It was a fc880e61b6 question that didn’t 37de0ccc64 need to be b997359742 asked, but Doyoon e5589a7865 couldn’t help himself. Yihyun nodded eagerly, staring 70d316b1cf in fascination at the 8418e427e9 stretchy cheese before finally 41a993052a breaking it off and 98303f4824 chewing thoroughly. All the f6f00152a3 while, he e774f7e981 didn’t forget cbaefdcf1a to turn b118566cf3 the slice e56a5b5def this way a0ebbf91a6 and that, 6d252e2434 inspecting what 7ce562f46e was on 175d108af4 it.b33eebefaa9ca792

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“This white stuff is cheese, right? It’s really salty and nutty.”a355a048c87a3ffe

“Doesn’t it feel a bit greasy?”d7fc272268eaca6c

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“Greasy…?”68a06f734ded7d42

“Because it’s kind of oily.”b9a3e9aa616e8f42

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Yihyun tilted 94cf266027 his head 2b7fb50ad1 as if a08d3032d4 he didn’t 36b6ed8a34 quite understand, 2c84fdd34e then took 094c49dd76 another bite 080f4d1281 of the 07cd4d7602 pizza. Judging by his 447a90686e bright expression, it 0718f6124a seemed he found 4146a01ff8 it delicious.726f8f6eb4d5d3a9

Doyoon poured the cola that came with the pizza into a cup, slid it over to Yihyun, and finally picked up a slice of the still-hot pizza for himself. He had eaten it often when he was in the U.S., but this was the first time he’d had it since returning to Korea.a6dcb13abdf6f30c

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“This is my first time having Korean pizza too.”6a86e3d681b0f4a6

“Korean pizza?”1ff3379ad6c1bb97

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“I ate it a lot when I was in the U.S. To the point I got sick of it.”6704fc8330e14be6

“The U.S….”8c464c6b4a98f201

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After taking a80e65ae89 a bite, 245254f35d Doyoon gave 329021863f it a c96bb2cbb9 favorable review, e5626ebeb7 noting that 9687d03ab0 it was 0d3cf42993 much less 868879005b salty and 7228ad95a2 greasy than 2506cca402 American pizza. It also had 35201363aa more toppings than b4763f05a3 he’d expected, making e920fcb914 it quite enjoyable.a2f080c05524a488

“It’s good.”6c28b07897534c02

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“Where is the U.S.?”fa0723ff4c7a6b8c

“Have you heard of it?”e5b7f4bab42f7638

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“Yes, on the TV news. They said the man with yellow hair was the American president. I’m not really sure… but he seemed like someone really important.”7457b67dd9f25817

Yihyun might actually 8b7f24a3f9 be smarter than 34278b9ca7 expected. He seemed 5453f5dd22 to have 7eb8fb84b3 a strong 3506bdfe40 ability to 0750be46ae make accurate 2446b6ce92 guesses based b01cb543bc on very b695d038e1 limited information. Even when Doyoon had 0a92c3a234 explained the marriage and 4993ba0770 the contract using complicated 85d4441c4f terms, Yihyun had understood 8fc6cc6fc5 most of it.bf8c4e1ca40ca8eb

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“The U.S. is a country eedc923d73 across a huge ef1cf7f6ff ocean called the 1d449fd2cc Pacific.”f9fc1318f9a434a6

“How do you 8d445f8452 get there?”e37a36f0b76dc9ca

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Nibbling on his 1c3ad7c16e pizza, Yihyun asked 44bf196396 quite a few 77192b0434 questions. Once he dc5d152a41 got talking, 032e1e76b5 he no 37b5a6f0cf longer seemed ba2c597e44 to feel 57b27a2008 much pressure 985e40225d about speaking d3df006388 to Doyoon. This positive change in 45aedc6348 just three days was aa66ddc60f pretty encouraging.60742470df24c7df

“You take an 41e778e73f airplane.”3d7e3611d2507d5e

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“An airplane….”2896337a05632e06

“Yeah, an airplane.”b6bee337caa12452

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“…I know f406e9f58f paper airplanes.”befda851152c9eaa

Yihyun’s knowledge was truly 6bc49b8b61 limited. The fact that d5d8012979 the word “airplane” cd7c1be976 made him think 211dd1a2ed of a paper 6842cfdca7 plane was kind 58c97564a9 of cute, but 58f7fedf11 more than that, 125f809636 it was sad. For Doyoon, 7949dd7d32 airplanes had 516eaddec1 been a 670bc0cdb3 regular part f2e9ecf8e2 of life 54dc5ca7a9 for as 7bad502bb7 long as 3c59231173 he could 5e59012d5a remember, but ef2a3f7c26 Yihyun didn’t fc4981ebba even recognize d74e0ff272 them as 31c58c98d1 a means bae4734082 of transportation.27ae4c20d9723cdc

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“Yes, it flies in 4aed4d64f4 the sky, like a 27988ecf6a paper airplane.”ec63c7467d807d5a

“Flies… in c604fac5a9 the sky? Then people fly ffa3080355 there?”0e391ceb975d3a09

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“Yes.”e46a913afea759db

“People can edfd6f5abf fly in ea97837ddd the sky?”4caf62c96194304b

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“Not by 2f1397f9a8 themselves—they use 04ce1ab498 a machine.”fe8feb1d7291fe5e

For once, fba8340c0f Yihyun gave b1fec4b0e4 Doyoon a 218000fde0 skeptical look, 93512ef371 as if 7a82155f41 he couldn’t b24fb1eaf8 believe what 8f5a99ac63 he was fb7cb639f7 hearing.ee6bd98c1c69fdd7

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“You don’t seem to 15fce7113e believe me.”7613b02692720f01

“Oh, no. I believe 8efbab5afa everything you 40e0bb3280 say, Doyoon-ssi, a33127811d but… still, 961d94d810 the idea 56a8504267 of flying ef71ce2dbe in the 6c6b176b83 sky is….”cca38c5148f95c59

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Maybe they 32bb6963c6 should’ve gone d5bbcf5a7e on a abc952e016 honeymoon. As Doyoon popped 78c6e0b5a6 the last bite 2bc2855348 of his pizza c25ed6e1fd into his mouth, 12e260ec86 he regretted not 9632d64299 even considering it. Even a simple bfff80047c trip to Jeju 89af566336 Island would have ed5e91f07b been enough to 648c2228c0 show Yihyun the 79c13ed108 capabilities of an 85fcdd6172 airplane—something he couldn’t 63aa776656 even imagine.3945acaad9520330

“I’ll take f4d56a7d3e you on fac4770dcd one soon.”041df920c3bea83a

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“…I can aee9c66662 ride it 9547499ef4 too?”4288ccb984bf02bb

“Of course.”39307723959d3fc0

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Thud. Yihyun was so 2250224098 shocked that he fa4eccef67 dropped his pizza. Flustered, he c3e3a9d898 quickly bent 02c2acf20d down to 44d11e775d pick up b014513d58 the ruined 97af2cfa2b slice, while 6593e04d68 Doyoon silently 2921985dc3 grabbed a a2bf20846a tissue and d7aa6c417f wiped under 017542c1fd the table.c03547627cae6bad

“Sorry, I…”265b523ab430733c

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“Don’t eat that 9b237cf29a one. Have another slice.”7090bd58c0bb1ba4

“…But it feels 1932d24c60 like a waste.”4455a8981dc787d2

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“There’s plenty more.”a3f1c3b76fcc5356

Seeing that 436382c85c Yihyun wasn’t 62b0bbd732 going to 46909c7b00 give up e6967343a7 easily, Doyoon 06c22636ea took the f72a76c414 fallen slice 9ec9027649 and moved f21cc5504d it far 2a31ac6574 away, then fcf57939a0 grabbed a 2bd185fd3d new piece ee80dce722 and placed 9858563539 it directly 9a3232ef16 in Yihyun’s b2a6ff3847 hand.e21dce8fc75411ba

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“Then, Doyoon-ssi, caa854218f you’ve been 7c1ebee9c0 on an 98b881b87f airplane before?”7164ce7d8327b0e4

“I have.”52a9cbfeaa8d8f86

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“Weren’t you scared?”8433a94326473f04

“I was fine. Though I’ve heard some 6da0d96b3c people do get scared.”61fa74df65c7ac11

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“I get 297620e764 a little f595e90762 scared just 21edb67020 looking out f9f13f69a4 the window 149a3b9f5c from this ba169a6722 house.”166c6f0a19ebe29f

As he 700f0ec1df continued eating f8676ebb3c his pizza, c46da0a6f1 Yihyun casually 2d9e8f5268 started talking abb0581c3b about himself. It was the first 953dc72a3c time he had spoken ca990edfcf about himself like this, d17664f41f so Doyoon leaned in e78e377e99 a little closer, making 7ac44a475e it clear he was 4e23f0eb34 paying attention.bbd516a459e689b6

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After taking a a6d1117715 bite of the 3b3137e269 part stained bright ae895b8e6a red by the 68f94126f3 hot sauce and 83329439da chewing for a 2c3d9c21da while, Yihyun revealed 7fb733072b a bit more 53ccc9dfe4 in response to 4268f96026 Doyoon’s question.229e00b44b581c80

“You’ve never ce08d13347 been somewhere 9e70eec31d high up 4c1330e12c before, have 28068b5713 you?”0aca8ae4685b5748

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“No. The main a105ad1618 house is 7e2885b630 only three 07cbc2428d stories, so 99bcabb108 it wasn’t 3fc44c7f2a that scary. But this e5b7e2965f place is bb4a985a34 on the 0e705e06b8 eighth floor. All the 0fcd9e36f1 trees are 5451ca4383 way below, de766270c4 so at f40221ede7 first… But 499051bf40 I’m fine c3b8c979e5 now. Though I’m 28f4601881 still scared 47f1aea9e6 of the c3102f0524 elevator.”bba680dfbe9bca49

“You’re still scared of 3267deceaf the elevator?”57aa39b8b3818d28

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“Yes. It’s small, and 15a3331ff7 it goes up 276e24fb05 too fast….”cadc67a6c19f2012

Now that he f2974173cb thought about it, ac0c8d452f Yihyun did flinch 2979b2fb22 every time he 8c8e2fb48b got in the 4a7f43ad84 elevator. Plenty of 9971d10312 people were 970de7813e afraid of f9b812b1f0 elevators as 0c406c1c8b it was, 9fe6fc03a4 so it a7b5889631 made sense 5ec5b195f9 that someone 2a8ea340d8 like Yihyun, 8da8b61e42 who barely 0e738926ca had any 2e04e085b0 experience with 31ef71ab8c them, would 6cfeeae060 be scared.8503309ab2ed1a59

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“Uh… my lips 1b22e79e6c feel weird….”48a1b068dbabeac3

“Your lips?”2724b0ee095af60d

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“Yeah, something’s off…”173aacb5371d620c

“Let me 2107f2006d take a 3e5ffcbe3c look.”2ca2a7a645a3efaa

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Did he accidentally 0ede7fd358 bite them while 5500ed1196 eating? Without much thought, Doyoon 4127d8b356 wiped his hands with 395c96c482 a wet tissue and 1b7331a2af gently pulled Yihyun’s chin 3c7da551d2 toward him. At the sudden touch, 091728efe1 Yihyun’s eyes darted around, 1d2a06736e unsure where to look.1251ee6f68f72cd3

His lips seemed 775cb9297c fine. There were no cuts 0821f1a130 or blisters. Doyoon brushed over d04e1b042e the soft lips, d276a8b47e then gently slid 0cab8421df his fingertip inside.78605f22513ccaa5

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It was simply 2fec6af6d0 to check for 0885ada005 any damage—nothing more. But the act itself 21db81b7f2 could easily be mistaken 2fcaf8c37d for something done right 0dc79b0b14 before a kiss. The moment Doyoon realized b82951b480 this, his eyes met 9d9834f3f6 Yihyun’s, and seeing those 34ec240ab8 clear eyes, completely empty 3dc8d2dcd9 of any thought, filled 41ca5539ad him with an unnecessary 3efae9fef8 sense of guilt.9984292c63a7655f

On top 660b25770a of that, 060bfdb0a4 they were 0992ba5b07 close enough 2193b56427 that their ff54b1204f breaths could d966fab3c6 mingle.749985347e689d63

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“…I don’t see 41df2cbbb2 anything wrong.”6a28968bced2bad7

Doyoon quickly pulled cd51bab136 his hand back c0125c4d4a and leaned away. Yihyun, following 3a1827bc25 where Doyoon f70b0972f6 had touched, 3fc93054d3 brought his a8fd768df1 own fingers 82b092f718 to his 8f32f7375f lips, then b254144562 looked at 668f1c5657 Doyoon as 527a52fdbc if asking ae66978a62 for help.7a148565289fc789

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“My tongue hurts 34a16e8517 now…”528a2e259ecc0dfe

“…Your tongue hurts?”a218ca3767048954

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“Yeah, it feels f3199093ae like bugs are 183dfdda96 biting it.”7d9221bed7ccb69a

“Bugs?”7c3c790a4d95e11f

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Was it an allergy? Should they go 18de2daab6 to the hospital? Panic started to 7e40581521 rise in Doyoon, 6d7ac31c0c but then, out d20cf3a94a of the corner 6be6a3b109 of his eye, 8d210306c5 he noticed the 3ae74e6e75 slice of pizza 4d65478819 Yihyun had been f848566e71 eating. The pizza had thick a98af52eb7 pools of bright red b5ba727a7a oil scattered all over.55a3b95f739e3841

“It’s because you ate cf85812fae something spicy.”065cbe3e0d55d550

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“Spicy?”552b72aea16b577c

“Yes. This red 222c0531d4 stuff is 173a92fd49 spicy sauce.”b9fe69c293dc2105

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“Ah… so this 0c626e3fcb is spicy….”db41bba89e17a293

Haa…Overwhelmed with 2ccc6ac3ae relief, Doyoon e4784c4323 slumped back 15faa031ef into his 14b7fa4038 chair and ff0c9853f7 let out 41c815fb49 a long a4c1eea1a6 sigh. Was this even married 19c1652be7 life? It felt more like c1f7f6055b raising a kid.d0ff7cfeed67564b

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Still feeling ed0a1a41e7 something strange 6b4db1f077 in his d2f8c92f76 mouth, Yihyun 19e10db740 kept biting e71679309f at his d814eb85ad lips for d6d2afa73d no reason. The skin, tormented between 2c47c710b9 his fingers, had turned adc0d79da8 bright red from the f39df080c6 blood rushing to it.e7d71274c49f7fef

“Looks like 422fe80d48 you can’t 71d951844e handle spicy 79f8569674 food.”b4b2cc224f667e00

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“My whole 27f329a2cb mouth hurts.”f74119032a9cc27c

“Yeah, that’s pretty b356de520b much what spicy f42cd7ce61 food is supposed 02c83d3bf2 to do. Don’t eat 3b986f4bdf that one—have 1e84efd88e this instead.”4e877c2742344805

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Good thing he’d 3f5598ad44 only put hot cd1dfe513c sauce on half 4f8e027485 the pizza. Doyoon picked up 58445f2c99 a slice without 30f2491c93 any red sauce 5f37f7dbc2 and handed it 3f1b9cec48 to Yihyun, then d3cf027714 passed him the ba1ceb0048 cup of cola f7ee8f64ed he’d poured earlier.64065b2ba06eb2d0

“…What’s this? Coffee?”977f9ef079f6388d

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“It’s cola.”057ef1473c253468

“Does it f128836fef taste like f998df91fa coffee?”674817c9e698f007

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Yihyun must’ve really 1997404888 hated the taste 0cd7b10dea of that coffee. Until now, f908aaf0c8 he’d never 83a4f7e919 once made 0006c920a2 a reluctant 2b928c3372 face about 3fceaba33d anything he fc1ecd8c65 ate, but d15130f68d just seeing eff0cc16ab the cola’s bf6b079f6f coffee-like color cc0cd3fc2d made him 6de1268789 look like 2a428691ed he was 8bb482af4b thinking,Why would anyone drink 871799dd4e this?622386f095829a5a

“It’s not bitter f235ac321c like coffee. It’s sweet.”375df685ec9de3b8

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Yihyun, who would believe 708daf99a7 Doyoon even if he 77b9855003 told him the moon ea279b3cf1 was made of cheese, 1d1cd9d0c8 erased all his doubts f6c544e42a in an instant and 2ee6aa16d3 took a sip of 6eeb8eaf01 the cola. It was probably his dfdb38ae8c first time having soda. Doyoon couldn’t 2692931361 help but f3a14a4c77 wait with 348d4f1488 an inexplicable 5629a46ca8 sense of d709975e46 anticipation, curious 3a960f4601 to see ab31ffa8ae how Yihyun 14fbb19309 would react.97a8ac1dd546be3b

As the small cup cd41c6fdd2 moved away, Yihyun’s face d5cef3f7af came into view. Once again, he 3c009ba5a8 was staring at 61218ea1a0 the cola with 7b8d4da9f4 a look that ef87fe6501 clearly said,What on earth 4c40be551e is this stuff?His expression twisted 4d01d2c41e in disgust as 9a9ac81d48 he let out be57a8662f a, “Ugh.”cf0ad16ee2004771

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“You don’t like 277aa516b7 it?”f0d991c549f03edc

“…It’s weird.”6c728f150c25ec75

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“It’s carbonated, so fee58e5998 it kind of 5615b88c15 pops and fizzes e329e13926 in your mouth.”976c0a73d5ac26f8

“My throat hurts too.”d164250d3c4cfd4a

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The way he 58122bb989 was so honest 7ae6d96180 about everything—whether it e03a0db5e1 hurt, whether he 6a052cbac1 liked or disliked 20912915cd something… Why did 73dc03d14b it seem so c35ea6088c cute?7316b474e9a4c3ea

Is this what it 5269f30220 feels like to raise 93628d5703 a kid?The thought a9af14fc53 itself was 3b407ae08c so ridiculous d438a1c544 that Doyoon 4b502c9aa3 couldn’t help e8901daa13 but burst 6b95353b70 out laughing.7a4686916b61cb98

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Yihyun, completely clueless as cb85869360 to why Doyoon was c2cbc105e9 laughing, set the cola c3778cb165 cup down, smiled along 65f6561fe5 with him for a b9e50c8006 moment, and then took a08050a8b5 another bite of pizza be9cefbaa9 with a soft“nom”sound.6721339e0560a47d