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「ㅤ게임제로。 story begins !!page three
gyeo junhoo unlocks the door with much difficulty; the doorlock was equipped with a high-tech fingerprint scanner, which ensures security but was also a pain to unlock.
his eyes lock with the male trainee at the door. junhoo knows it's rude to stare, but the trainee isn't letting up either. a smirk is evident on the trainee's face, one that junhoo has grown accustomed to since he had joined the company.
jang jiwoong finally speaks. “you, of all people.”
eight years of knowing jang jiwoong has taught junhoo that nothing coming out from the trainee's mouth is good, but the newly-appointed manager can't help but boil on the inside when he hears those words.
ten years of turmoil, versus jiwoong's eight years of training. they'd met along the corridor several times, and their schedules overlapped occasionally, but junhoo didn't quite consider jiwoong to be the type that he could confide in. the made things even more awkward.
junhoo stands at the doorstep, staring rather dumbly now, and it takes a moment and a gentle reminder from jiwoong before he steps aside and allows the first member of night to enter the dormitory.
jiwoong's practically seen everything about junhoo. he was there when junhoo landed himself in hot soup over his relationship with a female trainee. he was there when junhoo decided to quit training and start a fresh life. and he knows every nook and cranny about junhoo's less-than-glamorous life.
trailing behind jiwoong is another trainee, one who junhoo had overlooked when he stared at jiwoong; the latter was too tall for god's sake. junhoo doesn't even recall seeing him before, but he figures he must be a new trainee.
junhoo allocates the rooms in an authoritative tone, but his voice trails at the end of the sentences because he doesn't quite know if the two trainees were actually listening. and a quick flip through his file tells him the supposed new trainee was named lee seonha.
the manager figures he'd be more comfortable with seonha, considering how the latter probably knows nothing about his past, but it seemed as if a wall had been built around the silent trainee; he never made eye contact, and his steps towards the bedroom were careful. it was as if seonha had been trying to keep his composure, and the slow, controlled footsteps of his made it seem like he feared being over-exposed in front of a stranger.
there are no words; jiwoong merely shuts the room to his door after a quick check around the dormitory, so junhoo makes his way into seonha's room for an introduction.
the obligatory sentences are exchanged, but junhoo figures the younger boy wants to be left alone. the manager's words seem like long paragraphs of essay compared to seonha's short replies, so junhoo leaves, politely shutting the door behind him.
LAYOUT BY HEEBUMDAE
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