He looked down at her, his gaze landing on her retainer. A flicker of something—amusement? disgust?—crossed his face. “The lost puppy found its way to the master’s house,” he murmured. “Don’t touch anything. You might break it with your aura of chaos.”
Oh Ha-ni finally had her answer. And it was perfect.
But it was also a strange, silent education. One night, during a brutal thunderstorm, Ha-ni discovered she had left her chemistry textbook at school. The final exam was the next morning. She was hyperventilating on the Baek family’s back porch when a shadow fell over her.
Before she could process that, he leaned in. It wasn’t a gentle kiss. It was a decisive, almost exasperated press of his lips against hers. It lasted three seconds. When he pulled back, his ears were pink.
“We are neighbors who share a history of unfortunate proximity,” he’d say when someone asked.
He looked down at her, his gaze landing on her retainer. A flicker of something—amusement? disgust?—crossed his face. “The lost puppy found its way to the master’s house,” he murmured. “Don’t touch anything. You might break it with your aura of chaos.”
Oh Ha-ni finally had her answer. And it was perfect.
But it was also a strange, silent education. One night, during a brutal thunderstorm, Ha-ni discovered she had left her chemistry textbook at school. The final exam was the next morning. She was hyperventilating on the Baek family’s back porch when a shadow fell over her.
Before she could process that, he leaned in. It wasn’t a gentle kiss. It was a decisive, almost exasperated press of his lips against hers. It lasted three seconds. When he pulled back, his ears were pink.
“We are neighbors who share a history of unfortunate proximity,” he’d say when someone asked.