“Ah! Just a moment.”
“Hm?”
Hye Yoon, who had turned off the café lights and walked out the door, quickly came back in. Ji Ho silently watched her movements. The sound of small steps soon brought out its owner with a small bag.
“…You came all this way, so I wanted to give you this at least.”
An awkwardly extended white hand. It was a mintcolored paper bag containing a few cookies. The bag was small, the desire to give was big. Looking at the densely packed cookies, one could feel sweet before even eating.
Appreciating the hand and heart that always wants to give, Ji Ho received the bag with a smile.
“No jelly today?”
“Huh? I have some. Do you want it?”
At Ji Ho’s playful words, Hye Yoon turned around again.
Thud
But that was quickly thwarted as he grabbed her wrist.
“Stop being awkward.”
“Ah…”
“I’ll give you a ride, come on.”
He knew better than anyone that her actions came from a heart that didn’t know what to do. However, as he turned towards the car parked on the roadside, Hye Yoon did not move her feet. Stubbornly.
“No, I can walk from here. It’s just a 15minute walk.”
“Do you want to walk?”
“Yes. A little… I want to feel the wind.”
Wanting to feel the wind at midnight means wanting to be alone. Sometimes even if you know what they want, you can’t oblige. Ji Ho nodded as if understanding her feelings.
As if he would only understand her feelings.
“Okay, then. Let’s walk together.”
Ji Ho, having given Hye Yoon a ride before, knew that this café was not far from her home.
And which way to go to get to her house. As he took a step in the direction of the house, he let go of Hye Yoon’s wrist and tilted his head. Along with a look that asked why she wasn’t following.
“You don’t have to give me a ride… Ah!”
Thud
And contrary to her confident tone, Hye Yoon staggered with just one step as soon as he let go. It was fortunate that Ji Ho quickly caught her.
He kept her from letting go of his hand, and from letting go of her heart.
“Ah… this is because I stumbled, not because I’m drunk. I’m really sober.”
“Right. You drink responsibly, don’t use a straw, and know when to stop if you think you’re getting drunk.”
“See… I’m serious.”
“I know.”
Ji Ho, quietly smiling, led Hye Yoon’s steps. Hye Yoon, realizing she couldn’t persuade him further, slowly took her step. Her wrist, freed once more, felt slightly cold.
The two walked in silence for several minutes. And then she was finally certain. Before, and now, it wasn’t alcohol, she was really drunk on this man.
She realized it not when the sporadically placed streetlights illuminated him, but the opposite. The moment a person who shone not from receiving light but from a spot without lighting, in the darkness, came into view. She was sure anyone would have felt the same as her at the moment.
It would have been dizzying.
She was relieved that there were no people on the road due to the late hour. She realized that this person stood out anywhere, but his presence was stronger the darker it got.
“I thought you didn’t like it.”
“…Huh? What?”
As she glanced at Ji Ho walking beside her with each step, his voice cut through the night. He was still looking ahead.
“Making contact. You hesitated when giving me your number.”
“Ah… it wasn’t because I didn’t like it…”
It was because of Bong Ki. If she explained the situation, it seemed that it would unnecessarily put Bong Ki in a difficult position. She just hoped he wouldn’t dig any deeper. And sure enough, Ji Ho didn’t ask any further.
“…Call me anytime. But don’t misunderstand if I don’t answer right away. It’s really because I didn’t see it.”
The profile of his faint smile was cool. Hye Yoon felt that him not looking at her while talking was considerate.
Because he doesn’t look, she can stare freely.
“And… I couldn’t help with the movie trailer because it was work.”
“Uh, that was just a comment. You don’t have to explain everything like this. I’m not a child. Embarrassing.”
He seemed to have disregarded her petulance, as if she was behaving like a child. When she whined embarrassingly, Ji Ho laughed more playfully than before.
“Is that so? Then, should we just pass by Cha Jae Hee, Jeon Ji Na?”
However, with their names mixed with jealousy and curiosity, she could have been embarrassed once more.
“That… I can’t!”
“Heh, scary.”
Hye Yoon’s brown eyes sparkled unusually in the streetlight. The steps were as energetic as her eyes. He, who had been lovingly scanning her side profile, slowly turned his head to face her.
“I’m not sure if I’m understanding correctly… does that mean you dated those people?”
It was Ji Ho who was asking back, towards her who was waiting for an answer.
“… So you didn’t?”
“No.”
He answered more clearly than the clear question. At his firm response, Hye Yoon, not knowing what more to ask, bit her lip.
Turns Out He’s Been Secretly in Love with Me
One-line summary: He acts like he doesn’t like her but is actually playing hard to get.
Synopsis:
Xu Muzhou like her. He has liked her for a very long time, and through repeated schemes, he finally closed the distance with her.
But this is still far from enough.
He wants to be the one who stands out among her many suitors, to fight for her attention, and to make her take the initiative to pursue him.
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