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Spoilers for chapter 75: https://www.mangago.zone/home/mangatopic/14806842/
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[Calm the fuck down. It was just a dream.]
Dream YO rouses and Dream JH kisses him on the cheek, making YO blush. JH says YO must have been tired as he'd been watching him sleep for quite a while now and YO still didn't seem to want to wake any time soon. As YO addresses JH, he's told that it's time to get up. Else he'll miss his flight. His name being called out wakes YO up for real this time.
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On the way to the airport, YO recalls a snippet of his conversation with JH during their second meeting. JH says they only have one more meeting left, and YO inquires as to why he decided on the (three) meetings. JH says it was just an excuse he made on a whim, thinking he'll never see YO again the moment the latter steps out of his office. He says he just felt the need to stall (or hold on to). YO, hopeful?, prompted for an explanation, and JH says he was hoping YO would just demand something from him, anything. He clarifies that in reality, he doesn't know for certain, though, he wishes there was more he could do.
YO doesn't know what to make of JH's words as they were answers he wasn't expecting.
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As YO waits to board, a television nearby shows photos of JH with Prosecutor Min, and it's not the first time that YO has seen them together (chapter 39). Along with the controversies surrounding Haekang, rumors abound that the two have been seeing each other even way before the investigation began.
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Onboard the plane, it's nighttime, but YO doesn't sleep. JH with Prosecutor Min occupy his mind and mock his dream that morning. He chastises himself with the reminder that JH never mentioned anything about having a specific relationship with YO, and he despairs that whatever they have going, once ended, will solely affect him. He warns himself not to read into things again.
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JH is at Prosecutor Min's office and she catches wind of the rumor, claiming it's the kind of news that only her father would feel pleased about. Min turns her screen to JH and notices a change in his demeanor. She asks if it's to do with his lover. Min asks if it bothers JH, but he says no. His thoughts prove otherwise.
[Access to JH's thoughts again, yay!] The article has him worried, thinking that, somehow, it might make an impression on YO. Two flashbacks cut in: YO asking JH why he wanted to stall him from leaving (his office) to which he couldn't even come up with a decent answer; and YO asserting that he doesn't want to have anything to do with JH anymore (chapter 70). JH doesn't doubt the veracity of those words, but the expression YO had on his face when he uttered them bothers him that JH...*and JH makes an expression like something hit him*
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What is it, Kwon? What did you realize??