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Join the Server“And why are you talking down to me?
Who do you think you are?”
“What I do is none of your business.
Get the hint and f*ck off.”
“…Stop it.”
Unable to watch any longer, Seon Woo-min finally stepped in.
Arguing on the street was exhausting, but more importantly, the pierced man had nothing to do with him.
Whether Woo-min picked someone up or had a one-night stand, the man had no right to interfere.
“Sir, I don’t know why you’ve suddenly appeared and why you’re acting like this, but this is my private life, which is none of your business.
Please stop.”
“……”
Lee Do-kyung, who had been snapping at the other man as if ready to bite his head off, fell silent, unable to answer Seon Woo-min.
Woo-min couldn’t tear his eyes away from his broad shoulders, which were trembling faintly with pent-up frustration.
What is it, why is he so worked up…?
It’s like he’s caught his lover cheating or something.
“Let’s just go, ignore him.
Okay?”
The man in glasses tried to put a supportive hand on Woo-min’s back, but Woo-min, not wanting it, brushed his arm away.
After a brief pause, he was about to move on his own.
“That guy is married.”
The bombshell from behind brought a momentary silence, as if cold water had been poured over them.
Caught off guard, the man in glasses immediately checked Woo-min’s expression.
Woo-min’s cold, chilling gaze seemed to ask what the hell he was talking about.
“Whether you have a one-night stand or a two-night stand is none of my business.
But let’s not become bastards who cause trouble in someone else’s family.”
In the pub’s restroom, after following Woo-min in, Do-kyung had overheard the man in glasses on the phone.
He was a complete bastard, apologizing profusely to his pregnant wife, giving her some excuse about working late—optimized for playing the victim.
Whether the guy cheated or not was Do-kyung’s concern, but he couldn’t let Woo-min get involved in that kind of mess.
“…Ha.”
Seon Woo-min, hands thrust into his coat pockets, tilted his head back.
A hollow laugh escaped him.
It was truly a day where nothing went right.
He should have just stayed home and watched the Invincible Power Kitty Corps, whether it caught his interest or not.
“It’s a misunderstanding.
No, that’s not it.”
The man in glasses’ face colored with embarrassment.
“Look.
Just hear me out.”
As he waved his hands in strong denial, Woo-min took ten thousand won in cash from his wallet and pressed it into his hand.
“I don’t think I need to hear anything else.
Take this and go.”
It was exactly seven thousand won, his share of the drinks.
“Keep the change.”
Not wanting to talk to the man in glasses any further, nor be swept up in this situation any longer, Seon Woo-min gave Lee Do-kyung a brief nod and immediately turned away, walking off unsteadily.
He walked for a long time.
Woo-min, in his white sneakers, gradually slowed his pace until he stopped.
The footsteps following behind stopped as well.
When he started walking again, the footsteps inevitably began moving in similar timing.
Sighing, Woo-min frowned and turned around.
“Why do you keep following me?”
“I’m going the same way.”
Over there, the pierced man’s index finger pointed toward the end of the street.
The antique bold silver ring on his finger had an engraved Orthodox cross.
Falling silent, Woo-min stepped aside with a tired expression.
“You go first, sir.”
“I don’t want to.”
“……”
A husky that never listens.
“Then don’t walk behind me.
Walk beside me.”
“Why?
Why should I?”
At the pierced man’s incomprehensible retort, Woo-min inwardly conceded.
He had no reason to do as Woo-min said.
“Do whatever you want, then.”
Walking ahead, Woo-min thought for a moment, then suddenly looked back.
“Why did you come to that pub earlier?”
“Why would you go to a pub?
To drink.”
It was a men-only bar.
The pierced man had followed Woo-min out right after he left, and he didn’t seem to have any separate business of his own.
“Sir, are you gay?”
“…Wow.
Do I have to answer that?”
Do-kyung was agitated, as if asking what kind of person Woo-min was.
Seon Woo-min, staring at him with a calm, expressionless face, said,
“No, never mind.
I don’t think you need to answer.”
And turned away.
Whether the pierced man was gay or not had nothing to do with him.
He wasn’t interested in that.
It was just that the coincidences were too frequent.
At the club, and now at the pub.
He’s not a stalker, is he?
Walking, Woo-min suddenly flinched, then shook his head.
No way.
Not just anyone could be a stalker.
Not because stalking was so impressive, but because someone who got bored so easily and lacked persistence couldn’t do it.
Then was it resentment over being rejected?
Whether he was holding a grudge or just arrogant enough to think he shouldn’t be rejected, he was clearly a troublesome type.
He’d repay the debt of gratitude through other means, and it would be best to avoid entanglement with him as much as possible.
Seon Woo-min walked faster.
“Hmm.”
Watching Woo-min’s back, whose walking speed hadn’t increased much despite his impatience, Lee Do-kyung felt he’d made a serious misstep.
Before, when he’d shown interest, Woo-min hadn’t been this guarded or evasive.
He’d been a bit cold, but he hadn’t closed himself off.
Hadn’t Woo-min even confessed first?
Why was this happening?
How could he fix it?
Chewing gum he’d taken from his pocket, Do-kyung’s pupils turned upward.
***
[Title: Fire sale! <Invincible Power Kitty Corps> OST CDs – 2, free! (First come, first served, in-person trade)
These are signed by the voice actors of Young Radish & Mung Bean.
Obviously, since you’re taking them, I hope you’re a Kitty Corps fan!!!]
Seon Woo-min, checking a secondhand market post with sleepy eyes, suddenly sat bolt upright in bed.
The post, uploaded three minutes ago, didn’t even have a like yet.
There was a high chance he was the first to see it.
Woo-min hurriedly messaged the seller.
[Hello.
I’m a Kitty Corps fan and a Mung Bean enthusiast.
I’d love to receive the CD.
Please, please.]
Seon Woo-min, excited beyond measure, was uncharacteristically spamming typos.
[Okay okay~ Can you do an in-person trade?]
[Yes, I can.
When is good for you?
I can go anywhere, no matter the place.]
The meeting spot was in front of a franchise fried chicken place, a ten-minute walk from his rented room.
The time the seller wanted was similar to when he usually left for work, so Woo-min felt like he’d hit the jackpot.
“Thank you so much.
You’ll be blessed.”
Receiving the CD from the seller he met in front of the chicken place, Seon Woo-min bowed at a ninety-degree angle.
“I should thank you.
Enjoy!”
The seller, who had planned to give both CDs to the first person who applied for the giveaway, was touched by the Mung Bean enthusiast’s deep refusal—saying one was enough, give the other to someone else who needed the Kitty Corps OST—and left with a warm heart.
Stopping by a telephone pole, Seon Woo-min carefully opened the CD case cover.
It was about two centimeters longer and wider than a standard CD case.
It was a special, pearlescent purple case made only for the Invincible Power Kitty Corps OST.
On the back of the case was Mung Bean’s voice actor’s handwritten signature.
Because the last track of the OST included a special thanks from the voice actors, CDs with their signatures often traded at a premium.
Of course, Mung Bean’s signature only added a very small premium.
Even without a CD player to play it, he’d listened to the Invincible Power Kitty Corps OST so many times he had it memorized, so just owning the CD felt like his quality of life would go up a notch.
His heart pounding with overwhelming emotion, Seon Woo-min wanted to share this good news with someone right away.
Then, as if it had been waiting, Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake came to mind.
Someone whose knowledge of Mung Bean was almost encyclopedic, and who, like himself, had Mung Bean as their favorite.
Fiddling with the corner of the CD case with fingertips that somehow felt regretful, Woo-min fell into thought.
Nokddoongie Bokddoongie (nokkdoo1107): [Hello, MungBeanPancake-nim.]
On his way to the subway station, Seon Woo-min opened the chat window.
He’d intended just to leave a message for Crispy!!!MungBeanPancake, who wasn’t online, but the other’s online alert appeared immediately.
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