Leviathan
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495
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878.9 K
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Two hectic weeks passed after the critique class ended. His eyes ached from the nights he spent in the practice room and studio as if it were his daily routine. He was filling the nail holes where the paintings had hung when a sunbae with short hair spoke. “Jaeha, your painting and presentation were really impressive.” “Thank you, sunbae. I liked your painting too.” In truth, he didn’t even remember what she had painted, but he replied out of courtesy. He gave compliments like how the…- 160.1 K • Completed
- The meeting with that sunbae was strange from the start. “…Han Jaeha-ssi?” An address that did not fit someone his age. A face worn down with fatigue. A precise tone that made even a question mark sound like a period. There were countless peculiar points to choose from, but the decisive reason I came to define him as a strange person lay elsewhere. “It really is Han Jaeha-ssi.” A piercing gaze I had never once received in my life. It looked like the gaze of someone who had…
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- Places with a lot of people make him tired. Even so, Jaeha drew a practiced smile and he drank his glass. The seat beside him had always belonged to Woojin, but today it was not. When he pretended not to see Woojin glancing at him from a distant table and he laughed, the people beside him started laughing too. “Jaeha, you are really funny. I think I know why Bora praised you so much.” “Isn’t it that sunbae has good reactions?” “Hey, what do you mean sunbae? Call me noona, noona. It…
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- Seo Hamin won. At the same time, everyone in this place thought the same thing. It had to be that way. After seeing that scene, there was no way anyone could think differently. “Therefore, the original ruling that judged the defendant guilty is unjust. I argue that the defendant is innocent.” What is Seo Hamin thinking right now? He suddenly felt his stomach tighten. For the first time since he was born, he was curious about someone other than himself. After that, Hamin, who had…
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- An image of Seo Hamin flirting beside a pretty woman suddenly came to his mind. He didn’t know the reason, but just imagining it made him angry and annoyed. “Let’s just drink this and go home.” He was too full, he could not drink anymore. He filled Hamin’s glass with the last of the bottle, clinked it, and Hamin emptied it without hesitation. Looking at his pace, anyone could believe he had just finished his first glass. He wanted to get something out of him after drinking, but he was…
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- People usually say if you choose the only thing that is fair for human beings, it would be time. When he looked at such people, Hamin often answered inside his mind. It may not necessarily be so. ••• The year Hamin was born was a time when many things changed in society, like the creation of the baby box1 and the adoption process changing from a reporting system to a permission system. His parents, whose names and faces he did not know, actively used the new system and abandoned him…
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- “Do I look like I live that easily?” Since everyone kept saying so, it must have looked that way, but honestly it was hard to agree. Unlike their expectations, his life was not easy. He did not think of himself as great, and he was not very happy. On the contrary, every moment felt dull and empty. At times like that, Hamin thought he was like an inflatable doll full of holes. No matter how much air was blown in, it never filled up completely. Before he could squeeze out a forced answer, Kim…
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- “Minjae liked you a lot. I wanted to tell you even now.” Hamin’s gaze turned to Kim Hyunwoo. Even though he had aged, he still kept the same look from childhood, so it did not feel completely unfamiliar. Except for the added piercings, Kim Hyunwoo still had the same hairstyle and the same habit of letting one side of his mouth droop. He raised his hand and pressed between his eyebrows. It was Hamin’s habit when things did not go well, when he was under extreme stress in a short time, or when he…
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- When he went down to the parking lot and got into the car, he felt a shiver running down his spine. He thought how could such a rich company not turn on a heater in the parking lot? As he was getting into the car and was about to leave the parking lot entrance, he saw a familiar silhouette. “…Mr. Han Jaeha?” Even though he blinked several times to check if he saw correctly, it was really Han Jaeha. Hamin was surprised, wondering why he was standing in front of another company’s parking lot at…
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- Hamin checked and saw that it was exactly the fifteenth call ringing. In the end he sighed and moved his steps toward the company dinner place. They had rented out an entire big room. It was not only noisy but painful to the ears. The crackling sound of meat grilling, the loud voices of people sharing joy, the thumping sound of someone putting his feet up on the table and drinking beer like water. In the middle of that racket Hamin slipped into the farthest corner and quietly flipped the meat. It was…
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