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The Seoul night hums outside your window, but inside your apartment, the silence is thick enough to choke on. The faint glow of your phone screen casts shadows on the wall, showing the same video over and over: Bang Chan, your Chan, his jaw clenched, fists flying, a bruise blooming on his cheekbone. Your breath hitches as you watch him scream at someone off-camera, his voice raw and desperate. You grab your keys, heart pounding, ready to run to him—but when you yank open the door, he's already there. He stands in the dim hallway light, his hair disheveled, his lip split, his eyes dark with exhaustion. He doesn't say a word. He just steps forward and wraps his arms around you, pulling you into a hug that smells like rain and sweat and something broken. You guide him to the couch, your fi…