PASSION - 19. Reunion

His head has been heavy since morning.

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It may be because he didn't sleep well, or because his anguish weighed on his head while he couldn't sleep well. From the moment he opened his eyes slowly in the morning, his head was heavy and distracted.

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He thought he had a dream, but he couldn't remember it well. He vaguely missed it and felt sorry. Maybe it was a childhood dream.

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It was usually like that after dreaming as a child. Sometimes he dreams of staying in a good mood all day, but in general, he missed it and felt sorry for it. Perhaps he loved his childhood more than he thought, Jeong Tae-ui thought.

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I regret the time when I can't go back now, and I see it again and again in my dream.

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He didn't have a headache, but he was heavy as if he had a stone on his head, so he guessed he just woke up and thought he would get better after a while, so he would go out to the garden and roll around and turn over the bookshelf from his room. However, after lunch, his mind did not feel refreshed until the afternoon.

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He thought he should get some help from drugs, so he went down to the kitchen from the room on the second floor to get some beer to drink something and wake up. He was doing that. When he was almost down the stairs, he missed a step.

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"......!"

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He couldn't feel the ground under his feet. At that moment, the edge of his heart cooled down. Reflectively grabbed and hugged the railing next to it, but it was a little late.

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Boom. There was a quite loud sound and he bumped his butt on the stairs. He's glad he didn't fall backwards, but his hips were throbbing and hurting because he was all overweight.

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"Ouch, ouch....."

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Jeong Tae-ui murmured, frowning all over the place. At that time, the hostess came out of the kitchen, perhaps because she heard the sound. He approaches with a worried face as if he guessed the situation by seeing Jeong Tae-ui sitting with his arms hanging in the middle on the railing and his legs twisted on the stairs.

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"Oh, are you okay? Can you stand up?"

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"Oh, it's okay. I hit my butt and it hurts a little, but I don't really......."

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"Is your leg okay?"

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The hostess anxiously pointed to Jeong Tae-ui's cast ankle. Jeong Tae-ui said, "Oh, this." and shook his hand calmly.

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"It doesn't hurt at all. I slipped and hurt myself on the stairs before, but it would be unfair if I broke it again...…It really doesn't hurt."

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Jeong Tae-ui beat the floor with his plump heel. He felt a dull vibration in his ankle. But it didn't hurt. It's empty, it's a little hard. As expected, it could hurt, but it didn't.

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"Oh my, I guess I'm almost all better now."

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"Oh, I guess so......"

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Jeong Tae-ui, who muttered repeatedly following the hostess' tone without realizing it, stared at the hostess. And he thought about the date.

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After wearing a cast, he often overworked his legs and worsened them again, but after leaving Hong Kong, he stayed calm. Originally, the recovery was fast, and time somehow passed.

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"Oh my, I guess it's time to get better....."

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Jeong Tae-ui muttered once again, and thought to himself that he should quickly catch the spirit of being surprised before the tone was catchy.

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Jeong Tae-ui, who grabbed the railing and stood up and made a threshing sound several times, looked down at his ankle with a serious face and asked the hostess.

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"By the way, is there a hospital here?"

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***

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Jeong Tae-ui couldn't perform surgery carelessly. The rejection is particularly strong. Depending on the drug, there was a shock response to the drug that was intact to others, so the hospital itself was not a rescue line for Jeong Tae-ui.

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This leg is also doomed to the extent that it only waits for it to heal itself over time with several cracks in the bone, fixed firmly and casted, and would have suffered if it had to be operated on, such as inserting a steel core into the bone. When he was in the military, he was seriously injured and underwent surgery, and to exaggerate a little bit, he almost died because of the surgery, not the wound itself.

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However, Jeong Tae-ui should not have created a situation for surgery if possible. Nevertheless, it could be said that it was the same because he dug his own grave because he had a harder situation than a normal person with a cast.....

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"It's done. Don't overdo it for a while and get physical therapy every day."

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The doctor in a yellowish gown said, doubting whether it was originally white. Jeong Tae-ui nodded as he moved his firmly taped ankle. He said that the thickness of the two ankles was different for some time when he took off the cast, but it was true. In addition, the fur grew lush.

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Soon after, it was said that it would soon return to its original state, but looking at the bridge with a rather curious mind, Jeong Tae-ui listened to what the doctor said half-heartedly. From the experience of getting hurt a few times, what they said in this case was usually similar. Jeong Tae-ui looked up and smiled once only when he felt that he had managed to finish speaking. And he said just one thing. "Thank you."

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It didn't hurt anymore and he taped hard just in case, but maybe because of his habits, he limped a little bit while stepping on the floor with his feet. While walking a few steps, he went back to a step that was no different from ordinary people.

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The hospital that the hostess told him about was quite neat and large. It was a rather large local hospital, but the internal facilities were okay, falling short of what was expected to be the only proper orthopedic surgery on the island. In addition, it was located in a convenient place to find. The only bad thing was that it was a little far from the accommodation.

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Ilay had been away because it was a market day. While dealing with the rush, the accommodation facilities alone became insufficient, so he went out to Dar es Salaam early in the morning in search of the advantage of civilization. He said he would come back in the evening and leave, so he still has a day to come back.

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Gable has not been seen well since yesterday, as there seems to be room for further examination of Jeong Jae-ui's whereabouts. He also heard at first glance that he might have to go to Yemen or Oman for a while.

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"I don't know if he can find it..."

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Jeong Tae-ui murmured as he opened the hospital door and slowly started going down the stairs.

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It's been quite a while since he came to Seringue. It was enough time to untie the cast of the ankle. The remaining time didn't last very long. Nevertheless, there was no sign of finding Jeong Jae-ui.

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He didn't just sit still and let go. Whenever he had time, he went to the southeast and wandered around, or when he heard any small news, he followed the news and wandered among the people. However, there was nothing more certain than that.

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"In fact, I don't even know if I need Panzer Faust at times like this. It would have been nice if you didn't set fire to the innocent forest or shoot an anti-tank gun at the Arab's house and shoot it hard......."

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Jeong Tae-ui muttered without realizing it, suddenly came to his senses and sighed. He couldn't help but think that he has gone too far to miss that crazy and reckless means.

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It was when he just got out of an old three-story building with a hospital and stepped on the street.

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"Are you done, Tae-ui?"

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As if he had come to the hospital from the beginning and waited until the treatment was over, he sat leaning against the flowerbed in front of the building, and Shinru smiled and talked to him. Jeong Tae-ui stopped walking, stared at him, and blinked.

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"Yeah. Since when have you been there?"

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"Since my hyung entered the hospital. Oh, you took off your cast. Is it all better?"

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"Yeah. But I'll have to be careful for a while, but now it's okay to just go around."

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Jeong Tae-ui said, kicking the floor with his toes. This is it, if the story of going out of the house at will and running into Shinru gets into Ilay's ears, it will be devastated again. He already sighed just thinking about it.

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Obviously, the four-wheel drive car in the accommodation that took Jeong Tae-ui to the hospital should be waiting in front of the hospital, but the car was nowhere to be found. In all likelihood, he thought this guy must have used his hand. When he glanced at the empty spot where the car was, he glanced at the Shinru and the Shinru tilted his head and laughed as if what was wrong with him.

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"You've been at Seringue for a long time?"

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Jeong Tae-ui asked, slowly moving his steps. "Yes." and Shinru follows.

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He knew the way back to the accommodation. The road is not so complicated and it is a single road, so he can go if he wants. However, he will have to walk ten hours without a break to walk back to the place that took almost half an hour by car. Ten hours is too much as soon as the cast is released.

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But the problem was, if he had to walk back, he could go, but it was a big deal to go back by bus or other transportation. There was no way to know the transportation there, and even if he tried to ask someone, he couldn't communicate there, where there were few outsiders and most locals. What's more important is that Jeong Tae-ui had no money. There are only a few coins that are extremely scarce in the pocket.

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The last means is a taxi. He's going to take a taxi and tell them to wait in front of the accommodation and bring the money....In the past, he had heard requests from the hostess and others. Public security is not so bad, but it can't be said to be very good, so it's better not to use taxis recklessly.

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Jeong Tae-ui looked at the sky for a moment.

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He wouldn't have paid for all of that if Shinru didn't send the car back, but he was in trouble anyway.

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He saw Shinru following him from the side. Shinru, who was looking up at the sky following Jeong Tae-ui, laughed again when he made eye contact with him. The shy face was the one he used to be familiar with.

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"It's different from the face I saw the other day before yesterday......."

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"Me?"

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When Jeong Tae-ui muttered, Shinru pointed at himself with his index finger and laughed aloud.

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It's definitely different. It is different from the face he saw yesterday, and in this way, it is different from Shinru he experienced at UNHRDO. It was like a different person wearing the same glue printed in the same frame. He thought he had an eye for people, but he guessed not.....

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"Shinru. I told you to wait. I won't force you to take me, but wait until my will follows."

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Jeong Tae-ui said, walking toward the accommodation. Next to him, Shinru nodded.

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"Yes."

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"But if you show up in front of me, he'll go crazy again."

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"I said I'd wait, but I can't help but meet you at all, Tae-ui."

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Shinru spoke without hesitation. And after a while, add a slightly changed voice.

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"Actually, I'm still thinking about it sometimes. I hear a voice in my heart that keeps shouting that I want to take you somehow. I want you to be by my side somehow or in some way."

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"......After killing me and taking off my skin and putting it on the bamboo wife?"

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Shinru laughed out loud, perhaps thinking that Jeong Tae-ui's murmur was a joke. However, he did not say it as a joke. Just as Shinru, who said it in the first place, may not have been joking.

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Suddenly, his appetite became bitter and he knocked on his chest pocket. After quickly noticing, Shinru took a cigarette out of his pocket and stuck it out. When he bite a piece of it, he lights it up quickly. "Thank you." Jeong Tae-ui replied bluntly and exhaled a sip of smoke toward the sky.

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In fact, Jeong Tae-ui was embarrassed. It's not just this moment. For some time, he was embarrassed to stir. About Shinru , about the man, about himself.

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Since the day Shinru appeared, Ilay has come to Jeong Tae-ui's room every night. That doesn't mean he always mixes his body. If he thought he passed by the previous day or if he was tired, he would stop, or otherwise he would only touch his body there and fall asleep.

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And at that time, Jeong Tae-ui generally stared at him even when he stretched out, as if he had fainted due to fatigue. He couldn't tell if Ilay, who opens his eyes even at the slightest sound, really fell asleep or just closed his eyes. It's to look at lying down for a long time. With a complicated feeling that cannot be said.

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When asked if he didn't like it, it wasn't. That's why he felt more complicated.

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"Shinru. I think it's better not to wait."

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Jeong Tae-ui quietly said, spewing cigarette smoke. Although the streets were crowded, Shinru did not say anything even though the quiet voice must have been heard. As if he hadn't heard it, he walked next to him and smiled calmly, and suddenly looked sideways at Jeong Tae-ui and asked.

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"Tae-ui. What you're smoking is not a cigarette, actually."

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"Huh?"

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Jeong Tae-ui murmured blankly, still biting the cigarette, which had already burned more than half. It's his first time tasting it and he thinks it's a little strong, but he doesn't know if it's very unique.....

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"You've never smoked......That's opium. Although it blends well with tobacco leaves and makes it easier to smoke by adjusting the purity."

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"Gasp! Cough, cough....."

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Jeong Tae-ui coughed like crazy, spitting out the cigarette he was holding in his mouth. His throat was very sore because the smoke was turned on in vain.

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Shinru was so surprised by Jeong Tae-ui, who was coughing while tapping his chest. "I should have told you after smoking it all." he murmured anxiously and held out a plastic bottle containing water. However, Jeong Tae-ui, who coughed frequently, looked at the bottle with doubtful eyes and refused to accept it. Shinru laughed.

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"It's just water. And what you smoked is also a cigarette. I'm afraid I'll give you opium."

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"......."

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This guy's personality is kind of….

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Thinking that, Jeong Tae-ui touches the dry mouth with the back of his hand.

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"But there's also opium that sells like cigarettes after blending. It's always one of the top five items sold through the back door in my house. Of course, it's not proudly marketed."

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Jeong Tae-ui picked up the plastic bottle that Shinru gave him, "It's just water." and drank it, and looked at him with strange eyes. Shinru looked up at the sky with a joyful face and spoke casually as if talking about a movie.

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"Well, if you smoke for a few days, you can't take your hands off quickly. They say it's simple to move at least one person freely."

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Jeong Tae-ui clicked his tongue bitterly. He doesn't intend to take the body, but now it's time to turn it into an opium addict and drag it.

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"So what...Actually, I've thought about that. Besides, if it's ruined like that, no one will pick you up, so I can take it all to myself."

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"......Shinru."

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Jeong Tae-ui briefly said. Only then did Shinru turn its eyes from heaven and look at Jeong Tae-ui. From that point of view, Jeong Tae-ui realized that the joke-like words of Shinru mixed up a little bit of sincerity.

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Jeong Tae-ui looked at Shinru with his mouth closed unfavorably, and at one point he sighed and muttered helplessly.

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"I wish you could stop being a crazy person."

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Then Shinru laughed out loud. As lovely as ever, as pretty beads roll around.

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"I don't, I don't. I was thinking all sorts of things on the plane flying here, but when I saw you...…I couldn't do that."

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Shinru shook his hands with excitement. After walking a couple of steps ahead of Jeong Tae-ui, the sky rose above the head of Shinru who turned around and faced it. He shook his head back to the fullest and murmured, "Oh, pretty."

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As he said, the sky was very beautiful. The sun was setting. The sky on the other side of the sun was still blue, but the place where the sun set was pale and mixed with the blue.

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Jeong Tae-ui silently looked at Shinru, which is as pretty as the sky.

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It's still beautiful and lovely. He was a lovely kid, knowing that there might be a monster in his head that might be beyond his imagination. The affection that had been carefully tilted did not fade so easily.

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Come to think of it, there were times when I felt desire for this kid. We went into the hotel together. I found out that our wishes were different or too much the same, so we ended up failing.

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"........."

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If he was going to be laid down anyway, he might as well have done it with Shinru rather than that inhumane guy. Shinru is still in his head, but his body is inhuman.

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That thought struck him for a moment. Then, Jeong Tae-ui became depressed and sighed.

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But nevertheless.

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"Shinru……Don't wait."

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Jeong Tae-ui once again said. Shinru was still looking up at the sky. Then he murmured quietly.

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"Can you wait no matter how long it is?"

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".....Hmmm."

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"I can't do that...…."

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Shinru murmured. He drops his head looking up at the sky, looks at Jeong Tae-ui, and smiles.

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"I haven't waited long yet, but if you've already said that, I'm starting to feel like you don't want me to choose any means or methods."

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"That's, uh...no."

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"Right? So don't say that, just play with me lightly. Oh, right. Tae-ui, let's go to the market."

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Shinru grabbed Tae-ui's sleeve and said what he was suddenly thinking. Jeong Tae-ui raised his eyebrows.

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"Market?"

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"There's a place called Bahep near here, where there's a night market once a week. I heard that's pretty fun. It's perfect. They say it's only a ten-minute drive from here, so it's close and the date is right."

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Jeong Tae-ui nodded. It is also a place that he has been to a couple of times. He thought he could hear some good news because it was a place where many people gathered, and he went there once a week when the market opened. Of course, there was no harvest to save. Gable just bought a water snake-shaped umbrella handle. He couldn't figure out what he was trying to use the piece of wood without an umbrella.

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Jeong Tae-ui glanced at his wristwatch next to Shinru, who grabbed his sleeve and shook it, saying, "Hurry up and go."

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Ilay, who said he would come in the evening, was approaching his return time. If this guy goes back first, he'll be like a rat for going out on his own again.

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"No, I'm a little...…."

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"Hey, let's go together. I heard there are a lot of people there. Then there might be someone, but I'm a little scared to go alone."

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"Yeah, well, I can't do it."

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Shinru looked disappointed, but he stepped back unexpectedly. Sighing quietly, he soon smiled and saw Jeong Tae-ui.

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"But Tae-ui hyung. It's quite a distance from here to the backpacker you're staying at, how are you going to go back?"

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"……."

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I forgot.

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Come to think of it, Jeong Tae-ui was standing in the middle of the road without money or knowing the proper means of transportation. He knows it's a walk, but if he walks, he will only arrive in the middle of the night, well after midnight tomorrow.

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As soon as he takes off his cast, he's going to have another outbreak.

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Jeong Tae-ui looked at Shinru with a somber face. Shinru was just smiling brightly with a face that said he knew nothing.

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***

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Bahep, a street located on the east side of the southern coast of the island, was a quiet place. From August to October, when the seasonal wind blew and the cool and sunny dry season came, it was crowded with people who came to enjoy surfing, but other than that, it was always quiet.

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It was full of people on Friday nights, just one day a week. It was so crowded that he thought maybe all the people of Seringue gathered. It was because a night market was held in the central square of Bahep on Friday night.

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However, not many people visited a simple "market" where they came to buy a specific item because they actually needed it. If it was just a market, there were many other places that stood all week.

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Bahep's spacious central square, a small fountain in the middle, and around it, professional merchants laid their seats and sold goods. There were many common things to see in the ordinary market, but there were quite a few rare things to see in a bundle in the wholesale market.

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And on the other side of the fountain, there was a flea market near the fortress site, which had already collapsed and left only traces. Anyone could bring out anything, such as things that were not used at home or handmade, and sell them while sitting there appropriately. Because it was not a pre-planned venue, it was sometimes very crowded and sometimes quiet.

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Jeong Tae-ui arrived at Bahep Street with Shinru at the time when the sun was just passing over the mountain.

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Perhaps because of the lack of time, the square was quiet. Sometimes, there were some businessmen who had reserved some good seats in advance, but few people came to see it yet and so did those who came to sell things.

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It would take another hour or two to start the market, and a white man, who seemed to be a tourist, looked at the travel brochure in his hand and tipped him off.

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Surprised by the fact that there was a maniac travel booklet that contained such a remote place, Jeong Tae-ui paid attention to the booklet held by the white man. Kyle's theory was that publishers who publish books that would not sell well must remember their names and cherish them. His past, which he said ended up quitting his business while publishing such a book, came to mind, but Jeong Tae-ui did not say anything.

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"There's something like a stone wall in that empty lot over there. Hmm…something like a territorial mark."

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When Shinru came to Bahep Street, he looked around the square, which was still crowded, curiously, and suddenly gave his eyes to a place a little far away.

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There were sparsely collapsed stone walls on the side where the flat soil floor was exposed, and grass grew thick after that.

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"Oh, they say it's a castle site."

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"The site of the castle? Have people lived on this island that long? To the point where they left their last name?

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Shinru opened his eyes wide and gave Jeong Tae-ui an eye and walked right away. A few hours later, the flea market was the place to stand.

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"That's what the natives say for generations. There's been an amazingly advanced civilization here for hundreds of years."

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"Well, that's a common argument. But if that claim is true, it seems to be too lax in managing the precious remains."

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Shinru, who ran to the stone wall at once, looked at the stone wall as if it were an overlapping circle, but it too collapsed and now only the traces can be seen.

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Since there is a flea market crowded with people here, he didn't intend to leave it in the first place, not to manage it poorly. Mumbling that, Jeong Tae-ui followed Shinru a few steps later.

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Jeong Tae-ui, who had already looked closely at the pile of stones called the castle site when he first came here, smiled as he looked at the scene of Shinru running hard from a little distance, saying, "You disappeared through the stone wall and revealed it." And he took out the cigarette that he received from Shinru earlier, which was not completely cleared of suspicion, and bit it into one's mouth.

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Ilay will be back in a little while. If I go back today, I'll die again.…Eh, I don't know. There's no way to be sharp anyway.

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Jeong Tae-ui tried to sit on the stone wall piled up next to him and stopped. Although no one manages it, it's still a relic in its own way, so he shouldn't sit on it. He sat quietly on a large rock lying beside him.

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The sky had already turned dark blue. The stars began to rise one by one. Now, after the traces of the sun left in the sky in beautiful purple disappear, countless stars will be located there.

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It is a lonely and vast starry night in the southern hemisphere, which can never be seen in large cities in faraway countries where Jeong Tae-ui has lived. He had been speechless for a while when he came to the island and saw the Milky Way passing overhead as clear as a river flowing through the night sky.

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In that beautiful place, he was confident now. There's his brother somewhere. There was Shinru, and there was Ilay. There was someone who could share that inexpressible feeling.

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That made him happy.

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Jeong Tae-ui breathed a pleasant sigh as he breathed out thick smoke into the dark blue sky.

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"But on the other hand, I don't know if I can share this human feeling of being touched by something beautiful...…."

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"You can share it, hyung."

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He stopped breathing. He almost swallowed the cigarette smoke again. With a cough, Jeong Tae-ui dropped his head. Just a little while ago, Shinru, who was looking hard at something under the stone wall far away, stood right next to him.

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Jeong Tae-ui inhaled cigarettes, staring at Shinru with amazing eyes. Shinru tried to sit on the stone wall next to Jeong Tae-ui, but he seemed to pause and sat slightly on the rock where Jeong Tae-ui sat. He bent his eyes. That was also included in Jeong Tae-ui's love for Shinru.

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"Ah…that's nice. I'm so happy to see you again thanks to you."

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Shinru said with a smile. Jeong Tae-ui raised his eyebrows and dropped the ash without saying a word. Shinru soon continued the word, which was not clear at first glance.

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"I came to Africa a few years ago. UNHRDO opens its branch office for applicants once every three years to give them a tour. I can't choose which branch to visit, but in my case, I visited the African branch. So I stayed in Johannesburg for a few days. At that time, since I came all the way to Africa, I went around a few places."

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Jeong Tae-ui nodded and waited for the back words without saying a word.

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Maybe it's because he has a simple sense of guilt. The reason why Shinru seems to be looking nostalgic as he brings up UNHRDO. Jeong Tae-ui blew out the cigarette smoke with a bitter heart.

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After a long time, there were times when he thought it might have been better if he hadn't made that choice. It was different from regret because there was no regret over the past choices, but he couldn't help but think like that sometimes.

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Shinru gave up UNHRDO because of Jeong Tae-ui. It was his choice. There was no room for Jeong Tae-ui to intervene in the choice itself. Therefore, it was not Jeong Tae's fault. Reason certainly said so.

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However, it was inevitable that he felt bitter and sorry, too. Maybe one day after a long time or not too long, Shinru might think. It might have been better if he hadn't made that choice.

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"That's how people live." Jeong Tae-ui murmured into his mouth and shook off cigarette ash. Maybe he was thinking of UNHRDO, but he continued on a topic that had nothing to do with it.

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“How beautiful the sky here is. …No matter what I say to those who have never seen it, they will never know. They will never be able to imagine. The sky that stretches so blue that it hurts your eyes over the endless, endless, endless land. Oh, and that cloud with a dazzling white shadow."

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Looking up at the sky, Shinru whispered as if in a dream.

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In the black sky where the stars began to rise one by one, Jeong Tae-ui seemed to have seen the sky he was talking about. That beautiful scene where there is no choice but to be silent.

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"I wanted to have it. It was the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. Maybe in the future, no matter what other scenery I see, it will never be more beautiful than that. Even if I look at the same sky from the same place, I may never see that beautiful scene again. I don't know. At that moment, I really, really, so desperately wanted to have that sky."

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"……okay……."

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"I couldn't leave it as a photo, because no matter how good a camera is, it can't capture as much as the human eye can capture."

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Shinru bit his mouth. He had been silent for a while as he thought about it, and then he sighed. Then, Jeong Tae-ui took out a cigarette pack he was holding in one hand and pulled out a cigarette from it. A stream of smoke rose with an audible, quiet sound.

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After taking a sip, two sips, and spitting out the smoke, Shinru opened his mouth again. For a moment, there was a faint smile in Jeong Tae-ui's eyes.

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"Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever been as desperate as I was back then. I wanted to have it, but I couldn't. That's really..."

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Next to Shinru, who shut his mouth again and was drenched in thought, Jeong Tae-ui muttered while tapping a cigarette that was almost burnt on the rock.

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"Yes. You can't take the sky off and hang it in your room, you can't stain it with opium."

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Shinru laughed softly. He speaks like a mumble with a cigarette in his mouth. He was the type of person who could only get his hands on everything he wanted, so since he was little, he said.

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Tae-ui didn't say anything.

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Neither man nor heaven can be possessions. The sky is divided amongst the plates that say that each country has its own airspace, not to mention people. While the human rights defenders are arguing in the sky, on the ground, people are sold as livestock and other things, either by their own will or by the will of others.

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Even on his own right now, Jeong Tae-ui was not very confident. If Shinru really poisoned Jeong Tae-ui by pouring opium for a few days, he couldn't be sure that he would be freed from there if he wanted to. Even if it's not a drug.

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Who said that there is no value if we do not acquire the heart and spirit of a person? There were plenty of people who didn't.

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However.

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Jeong Tae-ui liked Shinru. He was still a lovely kid. He hoped Shinru wouldn't do that. Although Shinru himself was satisfied with that kind of happiness, Jeong Tae-ui wanted him to live with a different kind of happiness.

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"Someday, when time passes, will you...want me to stay by your side, in the form you want me to be?"

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Jeong Tae-ui muttered abruptly. Actually, it's not a question. It was a joke. Shinru didn't answer. Jeong Tae-ui took out a second cigarette and asked.

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The answer is, he doesn't know. He really didn't know. The only thing Jeong Tae-ui can know is what he is thinking right now at this moment.

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But in that unknown corner of his heart, an uncertain but clear sense was speaking. Say no.

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"Tell me one more time, Tae-ui."

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Suddenly, a voice whispered in his ear came to mind.

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"......"

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Jeong Tae-ui stopped breathing for a moment without realizing it. Being fortunate to see the gloomy darkness that had already gotten dark and it was difficult to even look at his face, Jeong Tae-ui quietly bowed his head. Staring at the nose of his shoe as if a grass bug was passing by at his feet, he brushed off the cigarette ash, which had not yet accumulated much.

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His neck became hot. That voice at that time, the heat from his voice, the wet breath that touched his ear, and the hand that touched his skin and caressed his skin, those things came to mind as if it were the present day.

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Weird. It was also seen as embarrassing.

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Looking back, he never really thought about him, but it seems that he was popular in his own way. There were several people who liked him. He's been told that he likes it a few times. He had even heard such words from people in the area he met face to face every day.

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He had nothing to dislike. He had no trouble. Thank you, but that's all. If Jeong Tae-ui did not have feelings for the other person, he would stop there. He had nothing to care about and nothing to agitate.

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By the way.

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….Maybe it's because I'm afraid? Or is it because I am anxious? He's not an opponent who can react normally, so maybe it's because of his anxiety.

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Jeong Tae-ui shook his head slowly and thought about it. If a man named Ilay Riegrow likes him (No, he didn't even have to add 'what if'. Tae-ui didn't think he was that dull and he wasn't too self-conscious.)

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The nape of his neck warmed up at the thought of that. He doesn't know what to do or how to respond. He was just perplexed.

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Maybe I like him.

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That was the next thought that came to Tae-ui, who had been deep in thought. The back of his neck warmed up again. This time, the heat moves from the earlobe to the face.

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“Tae-ui hyung…?”

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He heard a careful call from Shinru next to him.

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Jeong Tae-ui, who was silently looking down at his feet, shook off the burnt cigarette in his hand once again and bit it into his mouth. He thought he was in trouble. It's dark, but he can see the face of the person right next to him. In addition, Jeong Tae-ui did not know what expression to make now, and Shinru was very cautious.

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"Tae-ui."

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He called again. Jeong Tae-ui replied humbly, well.

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As expected, no.

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Even after some time, Jeong Tae-ui was unlikely to go next to Shinru in the form that Shinru wanted. He couldn't ask him to wait.

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"Shinru. I'm sorry."

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Jeong Tae-ui whispered. Shinru was silent. He just stared at him.

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It was dark before he knew it. The market was getting closer and closer, and people were gathering little by little.

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In front of the castle site where they were sitting, people carrying miscellaneous items sat down, and merchants lined up beautifully on the fountain side of the central square. There were already people walking around among the merchants who had just begun preparing for tonight's business.

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It was Shinru that came here to see the market, but even when the market began to stand and people began to crowd, they didn't even pay attention to it. He only looked at him for a long time.

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"You liked me first."

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Soon Shinru whispered in a dying voice. The quiet, calm voice seemed, perhaps, to hang sadly.

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Jeong Tae-ui said nothing. "Should I say I'm sorry?" No, he didn't think he should. He just closed his mouth and silently faced Shinru.

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At one point, Shinru sighed silently. Looking down at his feet thoughtfully with a long sigh, he soon raised his head. The face was as usual. The pathetic or pitiful expression of a while ago had already disappeared, and there was a plain expression that could contain laughter at any time as usual.

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"You're in a hurry. If you say that already, you don't want to distinguish between means."

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"……."

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"I have a lot of time. There's plenty of time to rot and overflow. So, you don't have to worry about me."

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Shinru laughed. Then he stood up from the rock and pretended to tap his bottom without asking anything.

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"Let's take a look around. It looks like the market is open. I wish I could find something unique and cool. Flea markets in remote parts of Africa have a good sense of humor, don't you think?"

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"……Yeah, I wish I could find something good. Maybe I'll find something cool that I didn't expect."

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Jeong Tae-ui smiled. He has no energy in his laughter, perhaps because his mind has calmed down. Therefore, it seems that Shinru has decided to ignore it. Jeong Tae-ui also decided not to know.

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"Go first. I'll smoke one more and go."

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Jeong Tae-ui slightly lifted a new cigarette from the cigarette pack. Hold it in his mouth and light it up.

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"Hey, it's not good for your health if you smoke like that…….Okay, then I'll be looking around the fountain, so hurry up and come, Tae-ui."

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Perhaps Shinru wanted to wait until Jeong Tae-ui finished smoking and say he would go with her. However, he smiled as if he had changed his mind, and then turned away.

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Thanks. He thought to himself. As Shinru guessed, Jeong Tae-ui wanted to be alone now. His head was clear in the night breeze, but his mind was scattered.

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"........."

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Whoo. Puffed cigarette smoke into the sky. Shinru has already gone to the fountain. It was getting crowded, but he didn't worry much. He was not a person who could be harmed by someone, and even if he was mixed in with two or three times more people, he was confident of finding them quickly. In addition, even if he can't find him, Shinru will find him first.

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"Ilay…….Ilay Riegrow. You're the bad guy."

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Jeong Tae-ui talked to himself.

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Jeong Tae-ui, who looked up at the pouring star sky and recalled the name for a while, sighed.

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"What if I really like him?...."

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He was worried. So he tried to recall the bad memories. If he has a memory that was unpleasant because of a human being named Ilay Riegrow, there are so many that he can't even count with ten fingers. And those were angry, unpleasant, or creepy memories that made him feel emotional even if he recalled them now.

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He recalled the face alongside the memories.

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"……Ah, yes. I'm angry, I'm angry, I'm scared. I won't live long if I'm next to him. I'm gonna get struck by a thunderbolt, or I'm gonna die at the hands of a thunderbolt."

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Jeong Tae-ui murmured to himself. Then he suddenly shut up for a moment. He's worried if he goes home right now and thinks that he's going to turn it over, muttering, and sighing, thinking that it's no use thinking about why he's in this situation.

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Jeong Tae-ui shook off the cigarette ash and thought there was nothing he could do. As always, he has to wait for the resolution of time. If he can't help it, that's the only way. All he has to do is hold his breath quietly and wait for the situation to pass by.

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There were times like that in life. There were times when the situation and timing did not work on your own will. It was hard to die, but there were times when he couldn't even struggle to death. When that happens, he has no choice but to hold his breath. Just hold his breath so that he won't be eaten by that "time" weighing overhead.

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Time goes by. Only memory remains after that. in a gradual blurring

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Jeong Tae-ui dropped the ashes. At that gesture, Ilay's white hand suddenly came to mind. When he's lost in thought, it's the white hand that taps on the table, tapping slowly. Jeong Tae-ui smiled looking down at his hand, which was neither white nor smooth.

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"Then for a while….Let's just stay with him."

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On his own volition, he swallowed the word quietly in his mouth.

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There is only one sip left of the cigarette that burned to the filter. After he finished smoking this, he thought he could find Shinru and go to the fountain.

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Jeong Tae-ui put a short cigarette in his mouth and stretched out his head. The square was already crowded with people. Even near the fountain, there is as much noise as the number of people.

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Somewhere in the middle, there would be Shinru. It's not noticeable because it's mixed with people right now, but if he smokes this sip and stands up and walks a few steps, he will find it soon.

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Jeong Tae-ui took the last sip long and long. As the filter was scorched, the red light at the end of the pipe gradually faded. Whoo……very slowly puffed out smoke.

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Then he slipped off the rock and stood up.

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Let's hang out with Shinru and go back to the dorm.

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Don't tell me that Shinru won't take it by any means today. The blade-like gaze that will fly like a moon when he returns to his accommodation is already creepy, but it can't be helped.

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If he decided to stay with him for a while, there would be a lot of eyes to look at in the future anyway.

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Jeong Tae-ui laughed. And slowly trying to find Shinru, he took a step.

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"I wonder where he is...…."

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He wondered if he had found something good. Maybe he's happy to find something nice that he didn't expect.

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Jeong Tae-ui slowly looked around as he stepped through the crowd.

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There were a lot of people. As he got closer to the fountain, it was so crowded that it was difficult to pass by people and their collars.

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Some elderly people were older and some children were still eager to go to school. There was a man with a shaggy beard and wide eyes, and a woman who looked around curiously with her hair pulled up. Even in Muslim cultures, they were not all the same, so the costumes were subtly slightly different.

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Some women wear modest-colored hijabs and look at things, while others cover their entire bodies with burqas.

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People who live here, people who sometimes stop by there, and people who will never stop by there again are mixed up in one place. And Jeong Tae-ui walked slowly through them.

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It was then.

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It was then that he saw a woman who was at a distance from him, thinking, "Where is Shinru, anyway, would it be possible to see the front if he wore a veil around the chador in this dark place, or would Muslim women be uncomfortable?"

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"……Ah."

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Jeong Tae-ui tilted his head. He slowed down his steps little by little by little.

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However, while stopping after a slow step, Jeong Tae-ui did not know why he stopped. He just tilted his head curiously and frowned faintly.

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What could it be? I'm having a bit…

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Jeong Tae-ui looked back. And he looks at the path he has walked as he watches again. But it wasn't that strange. People everywhere were just passing by, haggling or looking around.

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"……?"

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He doesn't even know what's on it. It was just, it was like pulling his shoulder.

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Jeong Tae-ui looked around curiously and scratched his head, poking his face.

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"It's not like my illness is developing in a strange way. That's not good."

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Grumbling, muttering to himself, he turned back. And he turns his head again to find a new castle. Because there were so many people, it didn't seem as soon as he thought. Maybe he's crouching in front of the stall.

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Jeong Tae-ui took a few steps and looked back again for no reason. Behind him was as crowded as before. Jeong Tae-ui once again looked over his head and shrugged his shoulders.

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"Oh, I need to find Shinru. So I'm going to hang out and go back."

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Jeong Tae-ui, who was muttering, "I can't walk to the accommodation even if I die." bumped into a person who was passing by. He mumbled something in an incomprehensible language, it seemed like he was sorry or rude or something like that. The person passing by politely stepped on his shoelaces, and his laces were untied.

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Jeong Tae-ui sighed and squatted away from the crowd, squatting and tying his shoelaces. He tucked the ends of his laces inside the braid to keep them from unraveling

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After fixing both sides, Jeong Tae-ui, who raised his head by brushing off the dirt on his shoe nose with his fingernails, gave attention to the seat placed a little further away. The stand, where people only pass by and few people stop walking, was selling toys for children' toys and so on. Toy guns, surprise boxes, and so on.

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However, Jeong Tae-ui raised his eyebrows. And then smirks.

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"I miss you."

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There was a can robot that was in Jeong Tae-ui's house a long time ago. There was nothing more than a simple structure. The robot toy had been crushed and painted in places. He didn't expect to see such a thing on such a remote island in Africa.

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Jeong Tae-ui stood up and went there. Just as he was about to pick up the tin robot among the old toys that he wouldn't take for free, a man next to it beckoned to his owner as if he were about to buy it.

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Jeong Tae-ui glanced at the box without meaning. He didn't know what it was, but it seemed like a surprise box. As the owner showed it to him, he touched somewhere in the box, and suddenly the lid of the box opened. That was all. Nothing came out of it, nothing was in it.

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Strange, he thought for a moment. There was a sound similar to a ball iron when opening the box to see if there was a trigger device inside.

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That's what his brother likes. If he give him something like that, he will tear it apart and play with it.

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It was like that when he was young. When Jeong Tae-ui was playing normally with the robot, next to him, Jeong Jae-ui would unpack any toys that he wanted to be a little unusual. After that, he put it together neatly, so there was no scolding him for breaking the new toy.

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Jeong Tae-ui glanced at the person fiddling with the toy half a step ahead of him. Unexpectedly, the person who could only see an oblique back was a woman. She wore a gray chador from head to toe, and she wore her veil over it.

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She was asking how much the toy was with a gesture to see if she could not speak, and the merchant knew how to speak, but when the person in front of her said it with a gesture, she closed her mouth and spread out three fingers. Then she took the money out of her arms and handed it over to the merchant. The merchant smiled and said "Thank you, thank you!" in dim English. Jeong Tae-ui thought to himself as he looked at the merchant with a wide smile. It's a rip-off.

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It wasn't that the woman couldn't speak. It seems that she simply didn't understand what she said. As she left her seat, she whispered "You're welcome" in English and mixed herself back into the crowd.

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After that, Jeong Tae-ui, who was crouching down and touching the can robot with his head down, muttering, "This is so rusty, is it possible that his limbs move properly?" said, "Oh, something is strange. But what's weird?'' He thought blankly in a corner of his head and stopped moving at some point.

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"…Uh...Uh…?"

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Jeong Tae-ui looked up. Before he knew it, people were filling up the road. He put down the can robot and jumped to his feet. And he tiptoed around and looked around.

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The gray back of the chador was already seen dozens of steps away.

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Jeong Tae-ui was running ahead of him, rather than coming up with an idea.

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It was a low voice. The voice sounded so quiet and whispering that the merchant might not have heard it. Maybe he didn't hear anyone else who was closer than Jeong Tae-ui. It was that small and faint voice.

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But the voice penetrated Jeong Tae-ui's ear. He knew the consistently quiet and calm voice, which was not raised or agitated in any case.

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Jeong Tae-ui knew that his unrelenting steps were as quiet and light as his voice. He knew that the straight back, which only faces forward without looking back if no one called him.

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Jeong Tae-ui ran after the gray chador as he filled the road and ran through the people in front of him. At first glance, hr felt anxious that if his vision was blocked, he might miss his trail.

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"Wait, wait..."

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He scuttled past the crowd. Sometimes he heard abusive language and some grumbling. But there was no time to apologize, not to care.

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The person wearing a gray chador was leaving the square as if he had done his business, entering a deserted road, and Jeong Tae-ui was still blocked by people.

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While passing by, he felt like he heard the voice of Shinru calling out, "Tae-ui?" But even he didn't catch it.

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"Wait, let's get out of the way….Get out of my way!"

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Jeong Tae-ui curled up in front of the seat and shouted at the person who was blocking him as soon as the gray chador broke into the alley and disappeared from view. Then, biting his tongue, he turned back and ran around the square in the opposite direction. It was still crowded as if people were blocking the way, but it was rather quiet there.

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I didn't see it wrong. I didn't even hear it wrong. His voice, his back, his steps.

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Jeong Tae-ui ran in the direction of the disappearance of the gray chador. He felt for a while a sign of Shinru following Jeong Tae-ui, but he also seemed to be blocked by the crowd, and the sign disappeared soon.

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As he moved away from the square, he was soon deserted. Only Jeong Tae-ui's urgent footsteps rang in the quiet alley where it was pouring.

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He turned to the alley where the gray chador had broken, but he was already invisible. Jeong Tae-ui hesitated for a while, but it was a waste of time to hesitate like that, so he started running recklessly.

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He had a throbbing pain, a throbbing pain in his ankle. That's understandable. He thought it was finally getting better, but he thought he should go back to the hospital.

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It's a time of constant suffering for his ankle, Jeong Tae-ui sighed and refused to stop walking.

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There were several other alleys like side branches attached to the straight alley. Running wild, Jeong Tae-ui turns his head and passes by looking at the alleys.

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Where is it? I can't be mistaken. Which way did you go?

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"Damn it…it's not like I'm playing tag, where…."

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Jeong Tae-ui, who was gritting his teeth, suddenly stopped walking. He felt like he saw a swaying hem at the end of the alley. But when he stopped walking again and turned his head, he could see nothing.

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"…."

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Jeong Tae-ui ran there without long thought. The alley is narrow enough to barely pass by one or two people, chasing faintly uncertain traces.

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Please. I hope you stay there. Or at least you didn't go far. No, I just want to see your back.

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"Damn, you're not usually that fast. Why are you so quick?…. Do you know someone else?"

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Jeong Tae-ui grumbled like that, but chased after the back that might be someone else. He heard a whisper in his heart that it couldn't be someone else.

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Jeong Tae-ui turned around the alley. The sound of footsteps is unusually loud. And he found out.

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A short distance away, a gray chador stood. It seemed like he knew he was coming from the beginning, and he stood there waiting. Maybe he was just asking why he was chasing him.

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But one step later, Jeong Tae-ui realized the shadow that was standing hiding right next to the corner of the alley. And when he realized the shadow, he was already a step behind, and a strong fist as big as a child's head was digging into the pit of his stomach.

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"!!!!!!!!!"

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There was no scream. He was suffocated.

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He heard a harsh murmur of something, a shadow with a fist in Jeong Tae-ui's stomach, an Arab with a shaggy beard. He didn't even know who he was asking.

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But the order is wrong. He should've asked who it was first and then hit him...…Without time to say so, Jeong Tae-ui lost consciousness.

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In a cloudy ceremony, he looked at the gray chador standing a few steps back. The eyes that had been blurred within the veil met. The eyes that saw Jeong Tae-ui seemed to grow bigger.

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Jeong Tae-ui seemed to have heard his name called. That was the last sound he heard before he lost consciousness.

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***

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It was a long-cherished dream. Or it was a sad dream.

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He was living alone in Odokani. There was nothing around. He could see nothing as if it were foggy. He couldn't even see his feet. All he sees is himself.

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He doesn't know how long he has been alone like that. Maybe it was a moment, maybe it was an eternity.

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Standing alone like a doll, he remembered at some point. He wasn't alone all the time. There was someone next to him. Unremembered and unconscious enough, long ago, there was someone there.

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He looked around. There was no one. He lost it before he knew it.

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Who was that? Where did it go? Since when have I been alone?

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He thought it over.

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When he remembered that he was not originally alone, he suddenly felt terribly lonely.

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The sense of loss does not come at the moment of loss. It was only at the moment when he realized the loss. Only then did he realize that there was a difference between when he lost it and when he realized it.

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He thought he should find it.

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He doesn't remember who it was, but he wanted to find the person next to him again.

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So after thinking about it, he managed to remember another fact. He had a clue to find the person.

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He glanced down at his hand. The hand was tied with a red thread that had never been seen before. The end of the thread stretched far away somewhere, and the end was not visible.

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If he goes there. If he goes to the end of the thread.

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He walked out.

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It was easy to follow the thread. It was winding and complicated, but it was leading him to the place where he had to go.

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It was not long before he could see a human shadow beyond.

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His heart was pounding. He hurried his steps. And finally, he went in front of him.

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But he stopped walking there.

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The thread was cut off. At the expense of that person. Obviously, it was originally a single thread, but it was cut off.

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"I should tie that up." thinking so, he took a step again. But before he got there, someone pulled up the end of the thread. And he wrapped the thread around his finger.

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He stopped. "Uh, uh." while he was muttering at a loss, the man who was standing there took a step back. He seemed to laugh. It was a sweet, warm smile. But it looked a little bit bitter. It was heartbreaking.

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The person, who was stepping back and moving away little by little, turned around at some point. And he walked out slowly but without hesitation.

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The man's thread will be tied to another man's And now he won't be able to connect with him like that. They've been together for a long time even though he couldn't even remember.

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It didn't occur to him to untie the thread and tie it back to him. The new person to walk side by side is the person next to him. But that sense of loss remained there. Sad and nostalgic.

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***

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He opened his eyes. He blinked, closed his eyes once and opened them.

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He had a strange dream, he thought so.

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His mind was still in a dream. Still, he stood in that empty space with nothing. And beyond that hazy fog it seemed there was still someone. It's someone who doesn't get caught even if he reaches out.

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But in the blink of an eye once more, and then again, the dream was clouded quickly. He remembered that he had a dream, but he couldn't remember what it was like. What remains after that is regret and longing, but a sense of resolution that will not be reversed by regret.

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Those emotions combined and continued to hover behind the eyelids even after waking up.

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All of a sudden, really all of a sudden, maybe it has something to do with dreams. But the dream gradually faded, and now even the affectionate feelings faded beyond the memory, so it was impossible to know. Jeong Tae-ui recalled what he had heard once.

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"Then I'll be fine."

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It was a quiet little voice. He was smiling when he said that. It wasn't a bright smile. It was just a calm, telling the truth and laughing like a habit.

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"That's what I'm saying...…Ah, when was it?….I don't remember."

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Jeong Tae-ui frowned. It's a memory of when he was sick, so it's really when he's young. It was almost the only memory of Jeong Tae-ui, who remembers that he was ill when he was young.

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Perhaps one day, Jeong Tae-ui was not as tall as Jeong Tae-ui's height now, and he once lied down with a fever. It wouldn't have been the first time. His mother was very sad and worried, but he didn't think she was that worried. It was often the case that he lay ill.

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When Jeong Tae-ui lay feverish, Jeong Jae-ui, who was still as young as Jeong Tae-ui, came next to him and dug into the side and lay down.

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His mother told him, "Your younger brother is sick, so you shouldn't be next to him now," and separated Jeong Jae-ui. Maybe she was worried that Jae-ui might be sick and lying down with him. From what he heard, Jeong Tae-ui was always sick with Jeong Jae-ui.

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''It would hurt anyway if we were apart...I want to be with Tae-ui. Because I'm lonely.''

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He heard from his mother a long time later that Jeong Jae-ui said so. He heard that they were like that when they were young, but it came out while laughing and talking about the old days.

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At that time, his father had to go because he had a clan meeting on his paternal side. He rarely went to and from his parents' side for any reason, but he thought there was a story at that time. When his father went, his mother, who remained at home to take care of Jeong Tae-ui, told his father to take him. He said he'd rather keep them apart because they're so contagious.

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Jeong Jae-ui shook his head with an unhappy face. But his father took him with him. And only Jeong Tae-ui and his mother were left in the house. Jae-ui was always sick with Jeong Tae-ui, but he was a "healthy" child who rarely got sick first.

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But that night, his father, who was supposed to return the day after tomorrow, returned home in the middle of the night. with a feverish, unconscious Jeong Jae-ui.

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Eventually, the two laid blankets side by side in the same room. His mother used to whisper like that, as if she was worried and amazed, that her children might be sick like this. In fact, however, few memories of that time remained for Jeong Tae-ui.

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What Jeong Tae-ui remembers is that his whole body is hot and unable to move, but only that it is strangely clear, and Jeong Jae-ui was lying next to him.

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After suffering for a long time without consciousness, when he woke up with a fever, Jeong Jae-ui was lying next to him and looking at him. Blinking hazy eyes excited by the heat, Jeong Jae-ui saw him. Then, when their eyes met, he asked, exhaling weakly and vigorously.

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"Are you okay? Doesn't it hurt?"

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Jeong Tae-ui slowly sat up. It was sweaty and cold. Shaking, he crawled back into the quilt and said,

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''It doesn't hurt, but it's cold. Are you sick?"

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When he whispered in the blanket with only his face sticking out, Jeong Jae-ui remained silent for a while. A little chest went up and down like a sick little bird. The breath that rose above the red-cooked and difficult-looking face was very hot. Jeong Jae-ui, who seemed to be unable to speak, said occasionally while whispering.

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"As long as you're not sick. Then I'll be fine too."

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After saying that, Jeong Jae-ui closed his eyes. Looking at him with his eyes closed as if he had lost his mind, he remembered reaching out of the cold blanket and sweeping his forehead.

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"…Come to think of it…you must have been very upset."

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Jeong Tae-ui muttered suddenly.

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He remembered the memory blankly. As a child, his mother said that whenever he was sick, Jae-ui was sick. In rare cases, when Jeong Jae-ui was sick first, Jeong Tae-ui did not suffer much, but when Jeong Tae-ui was sick and lay down, Jeong Jae-ui was always sick with him. They always did that even if they kept it far away, their mother said with a smile, "Isn't it amazing because it's twins?"

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When he heard that, it's amazing, and he passed it like that. However, when he thinks about it now, It may have been very unfair for Jae-ui. When he's sick, he suffers alone, but when his younger brother is sick, he must get it and suffer together. It wouldn't be strange if it was unfair.

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Jeong Tae-ui exhaled lazily and rubbed his sleepy eyelids. Crispy, the eye booger fell.

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Let's stay still, but the sun isn't shining. Usually, when I open my eyes, the sun shines through the window next to me, so my face is burning. Is it cloudy?

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Jeong Tae-ui finally...…he opened his eyes. He felt a little strange a while ago, and then he was lost in sleep and thought about something else, so he just let it go...….

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"Where I am?...…."

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Jeong Tae-ui muttered blankly.

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The ceiling was as high as that. It's as if the whole ceiling is pierced and the ceiling of the upper floor is visible.

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Jeong Tae-ui, who was mumbling blankly again, jumped up and sat down the next moment. And he looked around with half-asleep bewildered eyes.

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It was a strange room. Perhaps because of the high ceiling, Jeong Tae-ui sat on the bed, which looked more spacious, with only half a rich cloth hanging.

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"……."

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Jeong Tae-ui scratched his head. And after looking around the room for a while, he slowly stepped out of bed. The smooth wooden floor touched the soles of my feet pleasantly. In a few steps, a soft, soft rug wraps around its feet.

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The room wasn't really that big. A big bed and a little potted plant next to it. And it was enough space to walk around comfortably.

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Jeong Tae-ui slowly looked around the room, saw a perforated door covered with his feet that came down to his waist, and went there.

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Beyond the door was outside.

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No, he doesn't know if he can go outside.

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It was in the middle of a square structure with a middle spread out. Trapped in a square corridor in four rows, there was a flat and finely ground stone floor outside, which was directly connected from the bedroom.

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As Jeong Tae-ui stepped on, sunlight poured dazzlingly over his head. And under his feet, the stone floor, which was warmed up by the sun, reached a pleasant temperature.

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Each wall has a magnificent gate in the center of the corridor.

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There was a square pond in the middle of the enclosed courtyard, which was a fairly large collection of three nuts in the lecture room, which was enough for the rest to enter. Transparent water is contained in the square-shaped puddle where the stone is cut neatly.

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"……what temple did I enter?"

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Jeong Tae-ui sighed and muttered.

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He walked one foot, another, and toward the pond on the stone floor, which seemed to have come to any quiet Buddhist temple.

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There was a person sitting on the edge and gently looking at a small box in his hand. He was lost in thought, fiddling with a surprise box that seemed to be common everywhere.

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Jeong Tae-ui immediately walked toward him. Perhaps he knew he was approaching, but he didn't raise his head. He quietly fiddles with the box in thought.

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Soon after, Jeong Tae-ui stopped less than a few steps away from him. And looked down at him still.

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"Anyway, if there's a trigger device that can be installed in a surprise box, it's probably from there, but that's a little unusual."

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When Jeong Tae-ui suddenly asked, he still fixed his eyes on the box and murmured, "Um, rather than unusual."

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"There are 12 springs in it. The wooden board at the end acts as a machine tool, and it's supposed to be stored again after lifting the workpiece, and then hitting it again with a time difference. The second time you lift it up, the spring acts as a coax. It's fun to think."

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He said calmly and covered the box. And he handed the box to Jeong Tae-ui, saying, "Do you miss me?"

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Jeong Tae-ui laughed. After laughing silently for a while, he took the box. And he sat down next to him.

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He knew. Even if he open this box, Jeong Tae-ui will not know the internal structure. No, he will still know if it's a simple toy box like this, but in most cases, Jeong Tae-ui has never properly understood what he handed over.

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Jeong Tae-ui looked at him while fiddling with the box.

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"But where are we?"

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"Well, I don't know."

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"……Do you know that this is the territory of Tanzania?"

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Jeong Tae-ui said, "I lamented for a moment why I should be in a position to teach these things, but it could be so." Then he said after a short pause, half as he had expected.

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"It was Africa...…I didn't know."

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Jeong Tae-ui scratched his head, smacking his lips.

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Well, he didn't expect much, but it was so extraordinary. That's true. This is also what he expected.

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He looked up at the sky for a moment, answering seriously as if he had broken up this morning and met again. After a couple of blinks of thought, he muttered a little.

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"I was wondering where the Muslim culture in the southern hemisphere would be...….Tanzibar...no, Seringue."

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"Um. Seringue."

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In response, Jeong Tae-ui was not even aware that there was a place like this until he heard it, but he was not surprised to hear his words, which immediately brought up the name of this corner island. It just felt real. He realized that this person is the one next to him.

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To the man who was indifferently locked up without knowing where he was, Jeong Tae-ui said with a smirk.

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"I can't reach you because you're stuck in a place like this. I thought we'd still be in touch on your birthday."

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"Oh……I tried to find a medium that I could reach out to, but they put it all away. While I was thinking about what to do, I had another idea, so I forgot."

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The man said with an unusual look. However, Jeong Tae-ui smiled when he vaguely felt sorry for the face that had not changed much.

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"I had a dream about you the other day, and I was thinking I'd better get in touch with you somehow, but that's good."

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"…yes…that's why we met."

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Jeong Tae-ui laughed bitterly.

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Still, he won't change in months, but this guy hasn't really changed. It was just the way he missed it.

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Suddenly he felt very good.

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Under the blue sky, in this low and quiet place, he met the person he wanted to meet.

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Jeong Tae-ui let out a pleasant sigh and lay down. When he stretched out his arm, the cold water filled with nails splashed at the end of his hand. Jeong Tae-ui said, sitting on his bedside and looking up backwards at the face looking down at him.

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"It's a bit late, but happy birthday, hyung."

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Then he laughed bitterly. The smile that gently rises above the calm face was certainly the smile of Jeong Jae-ui. Jeong Tae-ui's brother, who was barely seen in a few months, nodded.

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"You too. Happy birthday, Tae-ui."

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