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Join the ServerSure enough, when he glanced over, Seon Woo-min’s eyes were trembling violently.
Frozen like a stone statue, Woo-min finally picked up the broken CD case with a touch that was almost reverent.
“I’m sorry.”
“……”
Eyes as cold as frost glared at Lee Do-kyung.
There it is.
That fierce gaze that looks like it could slice a person in two.
He’d only seen it during serious fights.
He hadn’t expected to witness it at a moment like this, before they were even in a flirty phase.
Do-kyung swallowed dryly.
“I’m truly sorry.
I’ll definitely compensate you.”
“That won’t be necessary.
Could you please just take your hands off it?”
Seon Woo-min barely managed to swallow the lump rising in his throat.
Compensation wasn’t the issue.
It contained the voice actor for Mung Bean’s handwritten signature; it couldn’t be bought with money.
He probably wasn’t doing it on purpose, but what was it with this pierced man?
Even if they were sworn enemies in a past life… and he wasn’t some kind of special case.
Why was he doing this to him?
“I’m sorry, Manager-nim.”
“……”
“Really.”
“Yes.”
Whatever the pierced man said, no sound reached Woo-min’s ears.
He just stared blankly, stroking and stroking the cracked part of the CD case.
He couldn’t even give it as a gift now, with such a large, ugly crack on the cover.
He had been too careless.
He should have put it in his bag right away when he received it.
As Seon Woo-min turned and headed for the locker room, the murderous aura emanating from him made Do-kyung’s vision go dark.
f*ck… I’m screwed.
That’s a total cut-off.
***
Thanks to the Invincible Power Kitty Corps OST CD, Seon Woo-min had felt like he was flying, but the pierced man sent him crashing down to earth in an instant.
No, he crashed so hard he dug straight into the mantle.
He managed to finish his shifts at the café and the mart by dint of professionalism, but while driving a designated driver shift, he nearly got into a huge fight with a drunk customer who picked a quarrel.
“……”
Slumped shoulders, limp fingers clutching his crossbody bag strap.
As Woo-min trudged toward his rented room, his face held no vitality, no smile.
Only rage blazed in his brown eyes.
***
Level 5.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [MungBeanPancake-nim, are you there?]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Nok-ha~~]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [I’m seeing our Nokddoongie-nim a lot these days! (hehe)]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Ah, I never gave you my address, did I]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [MungBeanPancake-nim, before that]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [I think I need to apologize first.]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Huh? (surprised)]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Why are you scaring me like that…]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [About that CD I said I’d send you.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [I don’t think I can give it to you after all.]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Huh?
Ugh… TT TTT]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Ah, I see…]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [I mean, it’s fine if you don’t give it, but]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Fine]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [But why not?]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): […Well, you see]
After a moment’s hesitation, Nokddoongie Bokddoongie explained in detail: how he had received the signed CD for free, how he was so excited he left it on the counter, hoping it would promote the series to many people, and how a customer had dropped it, cracking the case, making it irreparable.
He added that it was a gift he had really wanted to give to MungBeanPancake, the hero of the ‘5 Cats’ board.
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Oh dear, what a shame…]
Lee Do-kyung felt a strong twinge of guilt for several reasons, but he continued the conversation calmly.
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Well,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [You must have been so upset TT]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Getting it for free, being all excited since morning,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Happy about it all day,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Then going to work…]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Tsk…]
How does this person read my feelings so delicately?
Sitting inside his blanket, Woo-min wiped his nose and gulped down his coffee beer.
The rims of his eyes were flushed red with sorrow.
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [But for me,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [I don’t care if the case is cracked,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [As long as it has Mung Bean’s signature?]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Hmm.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [It would have been even better if it was Mung Bean’s signature, but]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [It’s the voice actor’s signature for Mung Bean. (smile)]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Lol lol lol lol Yeah, for me,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Whether it’s Nokddoongie-nim or the voice actor,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [It’s unconditionally okay!!!]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [If Nokddoongie-nim is okay with it,]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [I honestly don’t care at all.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Really?]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Of course]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Yes yes yes yes yes, for real]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [I don’t care about stuff like that at all]
Seeing MungBeanPancake’s character in his words, Seon Woo-min smiled.
He really seemed like someone who would consider such trivial things as cracks insignificant and not care at all.
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [But how did that customer do it?]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [What a f*cking bastard]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [You don’t think he did it on purpose, do you??]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [I don’t think so.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [I shouldn’t have left it on the counter, but]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [It seemed like the thought that it could be dropped]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Never even crossed his mind.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Because for him, it’s something that can’t be dropped.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Something that shouldn’t be dropped.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Something like that shouldn’t happen… (boiling water)]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [R, right]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [You should have told him to pay for it TT TT]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Like three hundred billion]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [As I said,]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [I got it for free from a good fellow fan,]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [And I didn’t want to talk to that customer]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Any further, so]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [I just said it was fine. (lightning)]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Whoa]
Hmph, Lee Do-kyung swallowed his tears and gulped down his cola.
On the monitor screen where he was working, annoying requests from Ping-Pong5 were endlessly appearing, whining about how adjusting the balance was trickier than expected because he needed to lower weapon attack power and adjust enemy health.
“Yeah, I get it, so just be quiet for a while, will you?”
Putting a peeled chocolate in his mouth, Do-kyung pressed ‘X’ and closed the group chat window.
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [But why didn’t you want to talk to him?]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [That customer?]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [You must have really hated him, huh]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Yes.]
The clearly typed period conveyed the depth of Seon Woo-min’s anger.
Lee Do-kyung swallowed dryly.
At some point, he was shaking his leg and chewing on his fingernails.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [All the other staff like him, but]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [I absolutely, utterly, completely dislike him.]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Why? lol lol lol]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Wow, this is fun TT TT TT]
There was no way it was fun.
The endless tears typed with his thumb were Lee Do-kyung’s true feelings.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Even if he can feel comfortable in the café,]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [For me, it’s clearly my workplace, so]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [For starters, him showing interest was uncomfortable.]
“Ah, that’s a bit unfair.”
Putting his hands behind his head and leaning back, Do-kyung grumbled that he couldn’t agree.
He wanted to make the excuse that the direct confession had been in the outdoor smoking area outside the café.
Well, thinking about it, he had been flirting all the time.
He’d thought Woo-min didn’t even recognize his flirting as flirting, but it seemed he’d actually been quite distressed by it.
No, more than that, if what Woo-min said was true, did it mean that even if you had feelings, you shouldn’t confess to a café employee?
What nonsense was that?
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [And honestly, we don’t know each other well enough]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [For him to show that much interest.]
“Hey, that’s not true.
Not knowing can actually make you more interested.
So what, are all people who fall in love at first sight just broken or something?”
Fully offended, Do-kyung retorted sarcastically.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [It made me think that maybe he wasn’t coming to the café because he liked it,]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [But because of me.]
“Of course I came because of you.”
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [It was burdensome.]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Ah ah, that could be, that could be (lightning)(lightning)]
Lee Do-kyung was slightly relieved, thinking that wasn’t reason enough for him to dislike him that much.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Actually, I’m gay, you know?]
Pffft-.
Apparently quite enraged, Seon Woo-min suddenly came out.
Lee Do-kyung, who had been swallowing cola with ice, spat it out.
Muttering curses at the cola splattered on his monitor and desk, he had to go get some wet wipes.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [But I ran into that customer at a gay bar.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [And he tried to use that to blackmail me.]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [So despicably…]
Cough, cough—the coughing wouldn’t stop.
It felt like his windpipe was whistling.
Face bright red, Lee Do-kyung hobbled to the kitchen like an old man, coughing, and came back after drinking some water.
“No, that’s not it.”
Wiping his mouth with the back of his hand, Do-kyung plopped down on his chair and sighed.
Blackmail?
Woo-min.
I was just trying to mess with you a little in passing.
I never had any intention of holding that over your head.
And what? ‘Despicable’?
What do you take me for?
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [And above all,]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [He’s not my type.]
“What?”
This is getting worse and worse.
What is he saying now?
Grabbing the cola-splattered monitor screen with both hands as if to break it, Lee Do-kyung read Nokddoongie Bokddoongie’s comment again, like deciphering an indecipherable code.
His mouth, frozen in shock, trembled.
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [Why?
What’s he like?]
Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake (find_B12345): [He must be pretty shitty, huh?]
Then came Seon Woo-min’s furious typing.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [So much so that I can’t even begin to describe it,]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [From head to toe,]
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [He’s so totally not my type TT]
“Wow… This is not okay.”
A handsome guy, rich, capable, with a good-sized d*ck.
Plus, he’s stylish and has a sense of humor—an alpha male lacking nothing, straight out of heaven.
You only see guys like that in dramas.
No, even in dramas, they get criticized.
For being unrealistic.
“Holy shit.
That stings….”
Having inadvertently learned Seon Woo-min’s raw, honest feelings, Lee Do-kyung’s heart was scratched.
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