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Jeong Taeui waited for a response from Christoph, but the silence stretched on. Christoph simply stared at him, and that intense gaze made Jeong Taeui feel a wave of unease wash over him. Regret started to creep in—he really shouldn’t have asked that question in the first place.
As Jeong Taeui fretted about how to navigate this awkward moment, Christoph slowly lowered his head, his eyes drifting down to Jeong Taeui's chest. Another heavy silence filled the air.
In moments like this, a warm smile could really help break the tension. That thought flickered through his mind.
He should just say it was all a joke and lighten the mood.
...Otherwise, things could spiral out of control...
He could sense that instinctively. And that instinct had kept Jeong Taeui safe all this time.
"Ah, actually, I was just joking—"
"It seems like it."
But just as Jeong Taeui opened his mouth to explain, Christoph abruptly interrupted him as if waiting for this moment. Christoph slowly raised his head, and their eyes met.
Jeong Taeui felt like a frog standing in front of a snake's mouth.
Not that Christoph intended to swallow or kill him, but Jeong Taeui felt that way in this situation.
"I,...It seems I like you."
Christoph finally spoke, his voice firm and decisive, as if he had come to a definite conclusion after a long time of thinking. His face was rigid, appearing even stiffer and colder.
Jeong Taeui, for a moment, didn't know how to respond, his mind blank, only able to stare at Christoph.
The first thought when hearing those words was - ‘It's over’
The second thought, a somewhat silly one amid dozens of troubling scenarios, was,
‘Such a beautiful person likes me?’
And then the third thought pulled Jeong Taeui back to reality. - ‘What to do now?’
Of course, reject him.
Nothing more needed to be said.
But would rejecting him solve everything smoothly?
Sometimes just uttering a word could cause trouble. And this seemed to be one of those cases.
No, just reject first….but what if he accepts me.
Well, worth a short.
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