81 A Late Realization (1/2)

What did he just say?

When those words entered her ears, something in her mind switched. Instead of feeling warm and grateful like she should've, a deep gut feeling began to sprout as realization dawned her.

Yoona crossed her arms; her cheeks tinted red. ”Stop staying those types of statements. Again your words have been dangerous. If it were anyone else they would've misunderstood you for being flirty. Multiple times.”

This wasn't the first time she gave him a warning. That time he fooled around saying that he was going to marry her by confessing with ramen was the first. She thought that would be the end of it, however, clearly he was going to continue in this banter.

She wasn't dumb enough not to notice Minhyun's flirtatious statements. He was getting bolder as days pa.s.sed by.

She knew he was joking, they were friends after all.

It was just that sometimes - she had a hard time differentiating between his jokes and his seriousness. There was something different about his words; the sincerity touched her heart because they sounded so real.

When he said statements like this too, it was hard to tell if there was romantic intent behind it or if it was purely platonic. Softening one's heart... To anyone else it sounded like a confession.

Deep inside, she always had these questions but for the first time today, she was confronting them in her head.

Could he possibly be interested?

Oh G.o.d. Even thinking that made her red. She wanted to hide in the corner.

Since Minhyun was so up there with his CEO status, looks, and brains, Yoona felt weird even a.s.suming that he had any remote interest in her. After all, they had a childhood attachment to one another. This could purely be him being a very nice dude who likes to joke around.

But then again... Minhyun came right from work when he heard that she met with the Moon siblings out of worry. He also embraced her tightly, his touch soft, and made sure she was okay. His words were also thoughtful and he called her his date for the gala. What friend committed these types of actions?

When it came to other people, it was easy to decipher if the other person liked the recipient. However, when it came to Yoona herself, it was hard for her to figure it out.

She saw all the signs but considering their relations.h.i.+p, she couldn't help but deny everything. The boy in front of her was Chae freaking Minhyun, he couldn't...

Gah this was so hard. What should she do?

But the more important questions was: How did she feel?

Minhyun stayed silent for a moment, his eyes not leaving hers. The intensity in his gaze made her realize that he was engaging in a inner conflict with himself. She just didn't know what he was thinking.

”I can't stop. Remember when we promised each other to stay true to each other? That is what i'm doing. I am speaking the truth from my heart. If I comply with what you are saying, then there would've been no point in our past conversation.”

Yoona froze in her spot. The words in her throat could not pa.s.s through her mouth.

Oh. My. G.o.d. Was that a confession or not? She couldn't tell!

After all, what he was saying wasn't wrong. In fact, they did say to be honest with each other and he was complying with those rules. Yet, his statement made the situation more confusing because she couldn't tell what the truth of his heart was.

”That's true...” She muttered. Her gaze was full of confusion.

Should she pry in again to get her answer? The curiosity in her was growing by the second, plus with the mix of adrenaline from earlier, she was all the more tempted.