[ she puffs a sigh, briefly pressing a hand to her chest.
it really was just a dream, huh? ]
Don't worry about it. I just needed to check.
[ ... her gaze cuts to the side.
If she just comes out and asks, Junghyeok will know she got the information from somewhere and that somewhere wouldn't be Dokja. Not in this case. Which means throwing Suyeong under the bus. The only other way ... is to get him to admit it.
Hm... ]
Ahjussi, why don't you stay with us? [ curiously. ] I know the apartment's kinda small, but...
[Whatever he was expecting it wasn't that. He's always done his own thing and sometimes that aligned with what the others were doing so being limited to a smaller area hasn't changed his thinking.]
I don't want to.
[It's more to do with him valuing his own space and privacy than his situation with Dokja who doesn't even cross his mind when answering her question.]
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1/lemme cook
Captain!!
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I wanted to see you in person!
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Ok done
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You have 5 minutes.
[He really is going to leave if she's not there in exactly 5 minutes.]
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anyway sorry background Suyeong definitely don't catch her bolting out of the apartment like her lIFE DEPENDS ON IT!!!!!!! ]
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and her choice is: die trying!!!!
at very nearly exactly the five minute mark she bolts onto the scene.
MAN she misses her skills. and her stats. ]
Ahjussi...?
[ HUFF
PUFF...
hands on her knees trying to catch her breath... ]
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You need to train more.
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[ ...
stands up straight, looking at him. ]
Would you help me?
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I go running twice a day at dawn and dusk. You can tag along if you want.
[It goes without saying he is not going to slow down for her.]
Now if that's everything...
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[ she actually seems rather cheered by the thought. ]
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Wait! That wasn't what I wanted to talk to you about.
[ ... ]
... if you run away, I'll chase you.
[ JUST TO PREFACE THIS PROPERLY.... ]
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I'm not running away.
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.... okay well now she has his attention. does she really—
—a pause. she looks up at him, searching. ]
... you remember now, right? Are you ... in your third round, or your forty first?
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This is my third round.
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it really was just a dream, huh? ]
Don't worry about it. I just needed to check.
[ ... her gaze cuts to the side.
If she just comes out and asks, Junghyeok will know she got the information from somewhere and that somewhere wouldn't be Dokja. Not in this case. Which means throwing Suyeong under the bus. The only other way ... is to get him to admit it.
Hm... ]
Ahjussi, why don't you stay with us? [ curiously. ] I know the apartment's kinda small, but...
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I don't want to.
[It's more to do with him valuing his own space and privacy than his situation with Dokja who doesn't even cross his mind when answering her question.]
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Why?
[ ... her curiosity is, at least, genuine. ]
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Don't be tiresome.
[This is already a tiny preview of what it would be like to live with them.]