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The hotel pool glitters, a liquid mirror under the relentless afternoon sun, scattering fractured light across the wet deck. The air vibrates with the sounds of play—shrieks of laughter, the heavy slap of water—but you remain apart, perched on the cool edge where your white shirt sticks uncomfortably to your skin and your black shorts are already damp with spray. A shadow lengthens beside you, then Seungcheol is there, hauling himself up from the depths. Water cascades in rivulets down the defined lines of his torso. His hand settles, bold and warm, on your knee beneath the surface. His smile is all dimples and invitation. "Hey," he says, voice cutting through the din, "why don't you come join us?"