Finding the real me hidden behind pretense
22. Boy in question



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Chick-)


김여주
....(cough-)....

Percussion-)


김여주
....This is...not...no matter how hard it is....smoking...is....ugh...(duty

Now... I don't even know myself.


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김여주
....(ping-)...ugh....huh...


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이서연
....(shivering)...Hey lady....whoosh....


이서희
Whoosh-) Are you okay over there?


이서연
....who....?


이서희
Ah....hehe hello Lee Seo-hee! My friend from Yeoju..hehe


이서연
Heroine...?...ugh.....


이서희
Ahh...sorry...haha


이서희
Don't worry. The female protagonist isn't a bad person...


이서연
Really?...Right...?


이서희
You're still in the process of finding yourself. For now, just stay still...


이서희
Hey! Park... What is that, Jihoon? Okay, you take good care of Seoyeon.


박지훈
....because that's what I always do.


이서희
Phew... Okay. Tell them I'm sick and need to go somewhere, so tell them I left work early.


박지훈
....what is it?


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Knock-knock-knock)



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이시연
....Why did you call me...?


이서희
....You know the state of the female lead these days


이시연
....I don't know for sure, but is it very dark in the organization...?


이시연
Hwaak)...!! And... come to think of it... I think I made you train too hard last time...


이서희
Mumble-)....Well...well, the female protagonist isn't the type of person to go and talk about her worries...


이서희
Yeoju is having a very hard time right now.


이시연
...!!!What!? The female protagonist?


이서희
.. Well, that's right. The female protagonist always acts like a bright person at school. I think the boss spread the word that she's a member of the organization.


이서희
Especially, I feel like there's someone I've been developing feelings for lately. The female lead knows to some extent, but she's in the process of denying it...?


이시연
......so...


이서희
I sent one. This won't be the last time, but I hope it works this time.


이시연
Nod) What is that...?


이서희
(Nodding) You don't want to talk?


이시연
Haha.....;(_Pfft


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Dreuk-



김여주
Phew.....(cough-)

Yeoju City Point-


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Again... I swore I would never come back to this room again, but I ended up coming here.

This place, which was really only used as a warehouse, is like a box of my memories.

How many years had passed already? It felt familiar yet unfamiliar.

Chorak-


김여주
(Balgre).....This is....a picture I took with Taehyun....ㅎ

Come to think of it, I think more than half of the albums had pictures taken with Taehyun.


김여주
......?uh


김여주
Shivering-) This....thing?

It was a boy... He was always hidden in the shadows and not visible... He was hidden in the photo too...?

Ji...jijijik-

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Ji-jijik


김여주
Gulp)....Whoa!!....

???
.......(sigh) Okay....is it cold?


김여주
who is this...?


김여주
Who is it... in front of me...? It's Taehyun.... ugh......

???
.....don't cry....

Even when he was young, he took care of me first.


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김여주
Besisi-) I'm out!! Are you here today?

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Sigh-)....ㅎ You're here...?


김여주
Wow! Really... It's been a while! Hehe...


김여주
I want to be friends with you... What's your name?

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Oh, what's my name? (snickers)......

jiggle-jiggle

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김여주
(Ugh)....Ahh....

I don't know what it was, but I felt like I'd forgotten something. It was mysterious and cute, and I felt like I'd seen it somewhere before...

He always greeted me wearing torn clothes and pants.

It wasn't that I didn't have any money when I slept. It felt like it was deliberately torn...or something.


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김여주
widely-).......

I shouldn't come. I can't hang on to this forever...

I always feel energized just by spending a few minutes here.


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