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[Anonymous] I saw Lee Seoul and SS today, they looked super close

I just run a small private cafe, and those two came in as customers today;

I was working my ass off handling delivery orders when this guy built like a door frame walked in with his arm wrapped around another guy’s neck. I wondered what was up, and it was them…

Neither of them was wearing masks, so there wasn’t even room for doubt.

But they seemed… way closer than I expected, so it was fascinating. No, it was a bit beyond just being “close”? The vibe was strange…

+ Additional Review

Seeing SS up close, he was bigger and scarier than I thought. You know what I mean? His features are totally “Jesus-Amen-Acknowledged,” but the vibe, holy shit. He was just ordering normally, but his voice is the type to make a person break out in a cold sweat;;

To be honest, I didn’t recognize Lee Seoul at first… His fans are always screaming that their actor doesn’t look good on camera, and they’re right. At first, I just thought he was SS’s companion and was like, “Wow, fuck, why isn’t he a celebrity;;” but then SS kept saying, “Seoul-ah, Seoul-ah,” so I realized; His real-life visuals are seriously… like his face is about to disappear, but his eyes, nose, and lips are all packed in there, so it’s a marvel… He looks like a face sculpted by a master character-creator who quit their job and had too much time on their hands… When he smiles, it’s like a light turns on, but personally, his annoyed face was really… something.

Total Comments: 243

• Why isn’t this a dinner recommendation? Fuck, stop talking nonsense and just eat sushi.
  • Haha, the clickbait is approved. Go for salmon.
  • Chicken feet.
  • Cold noodles.
  • What the heck, I’m feeling good. Spicy pig trotter~~
  • OP: It’s not clickbait, and I already ate dinner;
  • Ah, two dinners. To be young.
• Yesterday someone said they saw them at a mart, and today it’s a cafe? It’s hilarious how there are only rumors and they’re all lies lololol.
  • OP: I admit it sounds like a lie, but it’s real. They came around 2 PM and stayed for a few hours.
  • No bullshit. Verification please.
  • Seconded. A photo or an autograph, anything is fine.
  • OP: I don’t have any. I couldn’t act like I recognized them T_T The atmosphere wasn’t right for that.
  • Lololololol.
  • Oh dear, sure, let’s say they came~ But if those two were at a cafe until evening, shouldn’t there be eyewitness accounts popping up and a huge fuss… T_T Why only you?
  • OP: Because of the location, this place is mostly delivery, so there are almost no walk-in customers… Today, the only people who came to the shop were delivery riders;
  • You’re trying so hard.
  • Bring the review of their faces then.
  • OP: Added.
• What did they do at the cafe? And for hours???
  • OP: They just filmed each other with a cam or something, joked around, and bickered.
  • ?
  • What, are they boyfriends? lol. I’ll give you one minute, go back and rewrite it.
  • OP: I’m serious; that’s why it was so strange… SS was totally acting like Lee Seoul’s boyfriend. He was naturally fiddling with him and…
  • If a fanfic like that exists, please report it. We must burn those subversive books.
  • Do you usually wear a bulletproof vest? You’re seriously going to get stabbed by Lee Seoul’s fans.
• Again and again, people claim to see Lee Seoul. Our actor isn’t even on this planet T_T
  • Hiss… but that review is the real deal;
  • Yeah, I didn’t recognize him at the premiere at first either.
• What did they eat, those two?
  • OP: Lee Seoul had an iced americano, SS had Rooibos.
  • OP: And they ordered dessert.
  • What kind of dessert??
  • OP: Choco tiramisu brownie macaron set.
  • Lolololololol.
  • Lolololololol oh man lol.
  • OP: ??
  • S doesn’t eat sweets and doesn’t eat flour. His palate is incredibly picky.
  • OP: What are you talking about…? He shoveled it all in with a fork before leaving?
  • Even lies should have some effort. Do your research again.
• “Seoul-ah, Seoul-ah,” my ass. With SS’s personality, his name without the surname? Wasn’t it “Sshibara-shibara” (fuck you)?
  • The forced hate is real. I know you want to hit S, but “Sshibara” is a total stretch.
  • Lol, did he win the lottery? It’s like he wants to pay settlement money every month.
  • OP: No, SS’s tone was dripping with honey; I was surprised because he was much sweeter than I thought… When a quiet playlist came on, I could hear their conversation a bit, and they were joking around every time. Lee Seoul just looked used to it.
  • I told you to report that fanfic, damn it.
  • He is who he is, and you are who you are.
  • Lololololol.
  • Ah, the fact that no one is buying this is so funny lolol.
• OP: Seriously, I’m so pissed. Have you all lived your lives being deceived?
  • Yes.
  • Yep.
  • A lot.
  • Yeah, I even got scammed on my lease.
  • I stood as a guarantor for my best friend and got fucked over^^
  • I’m deceived 364 days out of 365.
  • What’s the one day?
  • It’s April Fool’s, so I excluded it; it’s legal that day.
  • Lolololol.
  • OP: –… Fine, I give up… Let’s just say it’s a lie…

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The next day, the sky was overcast as if rain would pour down from the morning.

Seoul, who invariably woke up earlier than anyone else in the house, paused while removing his eye mask. The spaces between his fingers were sticky. Wondering what this was, he belatedly remembered Saheon fiddling with his hands just before he fell asleep.

Having no choice, Seoul wiggled the eye mask off with his wrist and looked down.

Seeing his palms, which were not just moist but greasy, it seemed he had applied Vaseline.

Thanks to that, Seoul, who avoided having his skin chap, got out of bed. Moving quietly to the next bed, he saw Saheon, who was—as expected—fast asleep. When he carefully turned over the large hand resting haphazardly on top of the thin blanket and scanned it with his fingertips, he felt a slightly rough texture. It was clear he had only applied it to Seoul and neglected his own hands, causing Seoul to let out a sigh.

Should I apply it for him now?

With that thought, he scanned the surroundings, but he couldn’t even see a blue cap, let alone where he had placed it.

Inevitably, Seoul returned to his spot, took Saheon’s hand, and began to knead it here and there. Only after spreading his palm and pressing down firmly to transfer all the remaining cream to Saheon’s hand did he head to the bathroom with a much more relieved face.

After a quick wash, he ate two slices of apple and drank coffee as usual. He didn’t mind the time when there was no sign of anyone else, and as he sat quietly lost in thought, it wasn’t long before Ye Juyeol and Yun Hyeok came down to the first floor. Seeing them come down squawking from the morning, it was clear they were bickering again.

Sure enough, they were talking about gachas this and dungeons that, which was content Seoul couldn’t understand at all. He didn’t play mobile games, let alone RPGs. At most, the things he knew were along the lines of Tetris or Mahjong Solitaire, so you could say he had no base knowledge in that area.

The two, who said they had visited an internet cafe while Seoul and Saheon were at the cafe, had been in that state of frenzy since yesterday over whatever happened there.

“Oh, you’re up?”

It was around the time he was watching them with fascinated eyes.

Saheon, who had come down from the second floor, leaned heavily against his side. Seoul, feeding him a slice of the pre-cut apple, asked.

“Are you going for a run?”

“…Yeah.”

“The weather is gloomy… It looks like it’s going to rain.”

“It’s fine. Ah.”

It was cute how he just opened his mouth like a baby bird without even opening his eyes, so Seoul fed him one more. He knew that Saheon would go running anyway unless it was a torrential downpour, but he felt concerned for no reason. Saheon had such a healthy constitution that he rarely even caught a cold, but in exchange, Seoul knew that once he did catch one, he suffered greatly.

“I’ll be back soon.”

Whether he noticed the concern or not, Saheon whispered in a raspy voice, then stood up and headed straight out the front door. Seoul thought about grabbing an umbrella for him, but since he wouldn’t take it anyway, he just waved his hand.

“Whoa, shit, that startled me. What was that thunder…”

And exactly 20 minutes later.

Boom! Along with the sound, the outside of the window flashed for an instant.

As a startled Ye Juyeol turned his head toward the window with wide eyes, a chilly sound of rain began to echo as if it had been waiting. It had been looking unstable, and finally, it was falling. As Seoul stood up from the table, Yun Hyeok, who was sitting opposite him, muttered worriedly.

“Uh, didn’t he go out for a run earlier…?”

“I’ll be out for a bit.”

“To go meet him?”

“Yeah. I think it’s going to rain harder than I thought.”

If it were a thin shower, he would have let it be, but the sound was clearly unusual. Thinking it was a good thing he had brought an umbrella just in case, Seoul hurriedly grabbed an extra umbrella and stepped out of the front door.

At the sudden rainfall, the staff waiting on one side of the yard were also buzzing. As Seoul stepped out of the gate, the designated VJ followed closely behind him.

He had come out, but since he didn’t know Saheon’s running course, Seoul took out his phone and hurriedly fumbled through an app. If he asked for the location via a call, Saheon would tell him not to come anyway… After finding a familiar icon stored in a folder and clicking it, the app launched.

Beep.

The screen brightened with a brief loading sequence.

Soon after, on the map that unfolded, a real-time updated location icon was blinking.