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You can check all the photos for the chapter here:

https://kumiho-m.blogspot.com/2021/05/2359-eng.html

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About what the time 23:59 means for MewGulf:

https://twitter.com/mewguIfie/status/1263231060554506249

Most important to this chapter is Mew's Instagram post, in which he congratulated Gulf at 11:59 pm with birthday wishes.

For the mood: Gulf looks at Mew as if he were the whole world to him

https://twitter.com/K4N4WUT/status/1271150924975620096

The text contains an indirect reference to the song that Mew posted on Twitter that night when Gulf came to congratulate him - this happened much later than the events discussed in this chapter.

https://twitter.com/tharntype05/status/1230917755991248896

"Before I go to sleep, the last person I want to see is you.

When I wake up the first person I want to see is you"

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They never got a chance to talk that day. Immediately after the scene with Art, Gulf did not even manage to exhale, because friends flew into them and dragged them to a festive dinner to celebrate such an enchanting victory. He saw that Mew was very shocked by what had happened and was eager for at least some comments, but restrained himself, because a drunken and humming crowd of friends is not the environment that contributes to this. But the younger understood that this conversation was inevitable, so he quietly wrote to LINE.

'Phi, let's discuss what happened today a little later? In a quieter environment'

Mew's phone signaled a new message, he picked it up, read it and, carefully hiding his surprise, also covertly nodded to Gulf that he understood.

And the guy was even happy with such a short delay, because... now nothing would be the same as before - and the realization of this fact greatly knocked him off his feet. Now, sitting in his apartment, he was trying to put the events of the last days in his head in order to gather strength and courage, because he did not know how to tell Mew about his feelings now. After he actually lied to him after that night at the hotel.

Will Phi forgive him for such a lie?

This was the main question that worried Gulf now. And he was mortally afraid that it was too late, that he had missed his chance, like that person. Yes, he heard their conversation almost completely, and along with wild anger, almost rage that Art could hurt his Phi again, he was inwardly jubilant when Mew refused him so harshly and decisively. But it was then that this wild fear that he would lose the dearest person in the world finally opened his eyes that he loved him. And as a colleague, and as a brother, and as a best friend, and as... a lover.

Yes, he may not be gay - now Gulf understood this well, but he loved one particular person - without gender and without convention. And how did he not guess about it before? It seemed that everyone around had known for a long time - except for himself... And his own blindness, his fears could now cause everything to collapse before it even started, because he greatly offended and injured his beloved.

who could reach him

which gave him a sense of security and pulled out of his familiar, but dull shell

who gave all of himself completely and totally

who always protected him

who always cared about him

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