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Han Jiho stared at it blankly.

The moment he saw the nickname ‘Chaehyun’ and the profile picture, he couldn’t think of anything, as if he had become a fool. His eyes certainly recognized it, but his brain refused to accept it.

And just then, 1Jiho’s chat, having confirmed the same thing, popped up.

[WrigglingDdorak]

What’s with everyone f*ck, tell me too

[JunkCollectionMaster]

He took a photo with Han Jiho lololol

[WrigglingDdorak]

Wow, Han Jiho is f*cking handsome lololol

[1Jiho]

Jiho-hyuuuuung ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ I know how to take photos with Jiho-hyung too ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Jiho-hyuuuuung ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

1Jiho was wailing for ‘Jiho-hyung’ in a sea of tears. Thanks to that, Han Jiho didn’t even need to click the photo to check. It was as good as a confirmed kill.

cogus and Chaehyun. And Chaehyun.

The events that took place at the salad shop flashed before his eyes like a kaleidoscope.

Chaehyun, who had revealed himself as a fan and requested an autograph, had a face so elegant that it momentarily stole one’s gaze despite him being a man. Moreover, he was tall, had a good voice, and was even well-built. In many ways, he was the type of person who wasn’t easily forgotten.

But even so, he was just a fan he happened to meet by chance, and he thought he would never see him again…

Yet they met like this.

And in the most embarrassing, humiliating, and nonsensical way possible.

Han Jiho’s mind, his face burning red, became a tangled mess.

The person he met by chance in Echo of Eternity and played games with was the same person he met by chance at the salad shop, gave an autograph to, and even took a photo with.

How could this be? He knew the world was small, but he didn’t know it was this small.

No matter how much he thought about it, Han Jiho simply couldn’t believe this situation.

“…”

Then Hansum must be Han Sumin.

Han Jiho covered his face as he recalled the two names still lingering in his memory. It was because the cringey history he had committed came rushing back to him.

[1Jiho]

Only those two got to see Jiho-hyung ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Jiho-hyuuung ㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[WrigglingDdorak]

Where did you meet? lol How is he in real life?

[Hansum]

Chaehyun and I went to a salad shop after working out lololol

[Hansum]

I’ve only seen him during live matches, it’s the first time I’ve seen him up close.

[WrigglingDdorak]

No, even in that photo he’s f*cking handsome lol

[1Jiho]

No, tell me where that salad shop is ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[WrigglingDdorak]

Mom, how about a pro gamer for a son-in-law ^^?

“Ah, seriously, I’m going crazy…”

At the feast of embarrassing conversations unfolding before his eyes, Han Jiho squeezed his eyes shut, his face flushed. He didn’t even dare to intervene. If he could have it his way, to hell with the game, he wanted to bury his face in his blankets.

[WrigglingDdorak]

I wonder what kind of sh*t he’s up to this time.

“…”

Ah, so that’s why he didn’t log in…

The reason he broke the promise to play together turned out to be because of Han Jiho himself. He had broken his promise with ‘Han Jiho’ because he was busy fangirling over ‘Han Jiho.’

No, just what kind of situation was this?

[1Jiho]

I know how to fangirl over our Jiho-hyung too………..

“Ah, please…”

Just don’t talk about that. Please.

However, that desperate wish did not reach Hansum.

[Hansum]

Jiho-hyung misheard Chaehyun’s name lololol

“Sigh…”

The cringey history he wanted to hide was finally revealed to the whole world. Han Jiho wanted to cry.

[WrigglingDdorak]

This is bad, I’m liking this guy more and more.

[Hansum]

So Jiho-hyung said he’d buy him new clothes.

[Hansum]

But he refused, saying it was fine, and took a photo with him instead lololol

[1Jiho]

Ahhhh ㅠㅠ I’m seriously dying of envy ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[WrigglingDdorak]

Ah, so that’s why he changed his nickname instead of his real name?

[JunkCollectionMaster]

lololol But what’s this about clothes? Why would that person buy him clothes?

[WrigglingDdorak]

Didn’t he ask him to sign his back or something;

[1Jiho]

ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ Jiho-hyung, please sign my back too ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[JunkCollectionMaster]

Didn’t he get hit by his mom for making a fuss about getting a tattoo of Han Jiho’s signature on his forearm?

“Wow…”

Han Jiho couldn’t help but let out a groan at the newly discovered fact.

To be beaten by his mother for trying to get a tattoo of his signature. That was something he had never even imagined.

[WrigglingDdorak]

Hey, at that point it’s a disease, seriously lololol

[Hansum]

His house is even more of a spectacle. There are tons of Jiho-hyung’s photos and jerseys of every kind lolol

His house is at the level of a gallery of my life?

In an instant, goosebumps erupted all over his body. He felt like he had learned one more secret he shouldn’t have known.

“No way…”

It must be an exaggeration.

Han Jiho tried to deny it, swallowing the words he couldn’t bring himself to say aloud. As more facts about Chaehyun were revealed, his feelings and thoughts toward him were becoming increasingly complicated.

[JunkCollectionMaster]

Look at him pretending he’s not one of them lol

[WrigglingDdorak]

Sum, no matter how much you pretend to be normal,

[WrigglingDdorak]

In a muggle’s eyes, you’re all just the same hardcore otakus lololol

[1Jiho]

I have the confidence to become a hardcore otaku too ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[WrigglingDdorak]

Ah, someone shut him up, he’s so loud he’s killing me.

[1Jiho]

Sum-hyung, can’t we have our next meet-up at that salad shop? ㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠㅠ

[JunkCollectionMaster]

Who the hell has a meet-up at a salad shop?

Oh my god. A meet-up.

Eventually, the word he feared most popped up. From a certain point, the conversation was flowing in a completely unexpected direction.