[Guild] Yu Chae: hyung[Guild] Yu Chae: you’ve been way less into me lately[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: ?[Guild] Drink Some Water: ??[Guild] Hwa So-un: huh?The moment we stepped out after a raid dungeon run, a cola hissed open in my hand and my brow knotted at the chat Yu Chae fired off.[Guild] Yu Chae: you’re being so mean[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: what’s the problem now[Guild] Hwa So-un: what is this..[Guild] Hwa So-un: are we watching a couple 5 years into marriage[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: I asked this last time too[Guild] Marinated Crab, Slurp: why don’t you two use partner chat?[Guild] Mocha Bread: hehe you’re married tho[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: think of us poor never-dated folks, you two -_-[Guild] Park Seungjin99: phew....[Guild] Haereun: lmaoHowever he keeps finding me, Yu Chae came huffing all the way to the raid entrance and started airing grievances.[Guild] Yu Chae: you went raiding without me![Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: you said something came up and you’d afk a bit;[Guild] Yu Chae: it was 30 minutes..[Guild] Yu Chae: if hyung afk’d 30 minutes I’d wait..[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: ;[Guild] Yu Chae: and when I DM you you always leave me on read..[Guild] Drink Some Water: oh so you two DM?[Guild] Haereun: makes sense[Guild] Haereun: no wonder you’ve been quiet in the group chat[Guild] Haereun: there was a reason lol[Guild] Hunting Madman: legit lmao[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: no[Guild] Mocha Bread: initiating, right?[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: you dump your daily schedule on me[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: what am I supposed to do with that?[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: I’ve got nothing to say so I leave it on read -_-;[Guild] Yu Chae: hyung should tell me too[Guild] Yu Chae: what you ate and what you did today, that kind of stuff ;_;![Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: ha...[Guild] Drink Some Water: f**k lmao[Guild] Monster Born of Capitalism: holy shit[Guild] Hwa So-un: whoa whoa whoa[Guild] Haereun: this is killing me lmao[Guild] ManaOing-nam: toughest job[Guild] ManaOing-nam: marriage edition[Guild] TheHunter: every time I see this I’m just appalled..[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: if I could turn back time[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: I’d grab his pants when he bet on enhancement[Guild] Park Seungjin99: guildmaster, if you keep obsessing like that[Guild] Park Seungjin99: what if Jeo gets cold and leaves T_T[Guild] Yu Chae: lol[Guild] Yu Chae: no worries this is hyung’s type[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: why are you rewriting my taste however you want, you lunatic[Guild] Mocha Bread: lmao[Guild] Hwa So-un: amazing in so many waysThere’s no getting serious with these people. Feeling the need to change the subject, I worked fast.[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: let’s finish what we started last time[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: what was it[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: finding those five weird rings[Guild] TheHunter: Elf’s Ring?[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: yeah that sounds right[Guild] Yu Chae: so you ditch me for a raid[Guild] Yu Chae: leave me on read[Guild] Yu Chae: and then ask me to find rings..[Guild] Yu Chae: your rabbitlike wife is crying here T_T[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: so you don’t want to do it together?[Guild] Yu Chae: if you promise not to leave me on read anymore I might.. o_o[Guild] TheHunter: I know all the spots for that[Guild] TheHunter: want me to help? lol[Guild] ★ 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 ★ Haereun: lol[Guild] Haereun: I know them too lol[Guild] Drink Some Water: me too k[Guild] Mocha Bread: same lol[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: hehe thx[Guild] Yu Chae: f**k[Guild] Yu Chae: piss off you sons of bitches[Guild] Jeo Jolryeoyo: lmao[Guild] TheHunter: lmaoGetting left on read must’ve stung more than I thought—his plan to hold the quest hostage for a reply got cleanly blocked by the guild.In a fluster, he popped open a party finder and grabbed my avatar, whining.[All] Yu Chae: hurry and join party, hyung[All] Yu Chae: come do it with me[All] Jeo Jolryeoyo: didn’t you say you wouldn’t[All] Yu Chae: I was kidding[All] Yu Chae: ah hurry up -_-Worried I might actually go do the quest with someone else, he fidgeted and rushed me.It was cute enough to tease more, but if he really sulked it’d only be my headache, so I hopped in the party.[Guild] TheHunter: whew in the end the two of you are going alone[Guild] Haereun: abandoned again, I guess..[Guild] Hunting Madman: this is why you never take sides for couples[Guild] Mocha Bread: agreed[Guild] I’m Lagginggg: Hunter, didn’t you already have someone?[Guild] TheHunter: ?[Guild] ManaOing-nam: right, you’re flirting with Staeric[Guild] TheHunter: ?[Guild] TheHunter: I’m suing[Guild] Hwa So-un: lmao[Guild] Let’s Play Pattycake: lmao[Guild] Drink Some Water: straight to suing lmaoHe must’ve used a Teleport Scroll—the scenery whipped past and changed. Watching it, I asked him:[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: want to hop on Discord?[Party] Yu Chae: whoa[Party] Yu Chae: y-e-s I do[Party] Yu Chae: I do[Party] Jeo Jolryeoyo: go goThe voice call came through immediately. I put on my headset and hit accept. The voice I’d gotten used to poured in.“Hyuuung, hello.”“Yeah.”Because I was the one who asked to Discord, he couldn’t hide the happiness crowding his voice.But I had another agenda for starting this, and that made it grate.“We’re starting the quest right away, right? Did you pick it up?”“I grabbed it last time. We just need to collect.”“Okay.”Keeping it short, I compared Chae Yu-jeong’s voice to Yu Chae’s. Similar for sure… but not perfectly identical.Depending on the mic you use in-game and the input quality, a real voice can come out different. Or they could actually be two different people.‘I’d love to just call Chae Yu-jeong right now…’That still wouldn’t be proof. If they’re the same person, he just wouldn’t pick up. After the game he’d wait a bit and say he was busy and only saw it now.Thinking that far, I swallowed the sigh climbing up my throat. What the hell am I doing to a guy who ran over all excited to help me.If Yu Chae and Chae Yu-jeong are different people and I’m just mistaken… even having these thoughts is rude as hell. If someone confused me with a stranger and suspected me like this, I’d be pissed.“Then let’s start north. We can go clockwise around the map.”“Fine by me.”“Oh, right. Hyung! Look at this.”With a pop, he summoned a pet I hadn’t seen before.It was a big, round, big-eyed bird called Popoco, one of the few pets two people could ride at once.“Cute, right? I bought it new to use when we run quests together.”He hopped next to the pet, little bounces. My conscience stabbed harder.“Nice job…”“Let’s ride this!”“Yeah…”Answering in a withered tone, I climbed onto Popoco with him and we started our lap of the continent.True to a popular pet, Popoco let out a tinkly chirp and shot up fast.“...ahem, Kim Yu Chae.”“Yes?”After staring at the monitor and chewing on it for a long while, I finally forced my mouth open.“Do you play any other games?”“Other games?”“Like, Hiore. What did you play before Xenorise?”“Just this and that.”No real change in his voice. Not the reaction I wanted, so I pressed again.“Got any plans to play Hiore?”“Dunno. Not right now. Playing Xenorise with you is more fun.”“Have you ever played it?”“I did for a bit way back, but I’m more into progression games so I dropped it quick. You’re good at it, right? I think you said you were Grandmaster.”Still nothing. Not a flicker.The way it came out—smooth, unhesitating—felt like it was laughing at me: what kind of dumb shit are you doing?“No, I… quit a while ago too.”“Really? You like doing Xenorise with me better, right? Ah, we’re here. Go talk to that lone NPC over there and he’ll give you the ring.”“Uh-huh.”I moved the mouse mechanically and rubbed my forehead with my other hand. My head dipped and a groan leaked out.‘Fuck, this is embarrassing.’At this point I wasn’t sure if I’d drowned myself in nonsense. Even Kim Daeseok, who knows the situation, said there’s no way they’re the same person, which means I’m the problem.Guilt I couldn’t confess to him sat heavy, and a faint heat climbed my face.‘I have to meet Chae Yu-jeong again tomorrow.’What do I do. I’m screwed.

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