The female lead, who arrived a little earlier than their date time, was completely smitten with a dog she had happened to meet in front of the café.
“Aww, you’re so cute!”
Crouching down and stroking the puppy’s head, the female lead’s face was full of smiles. When the puppy came over wagging its tail, the female lead gently cradled its face with both hands.
“Ah, seriously, you’re adorable…… can’t I take you home?”
It was then.
“Noona.”
A voice came from behind.
When the female lead lifted her head, Ming Jaehyun was standing there.
“Oh! Jaehyun!”
Unlike the smiling female lead, Jaehyun’s gaze was fixed on the puppy beside her.
“When did you get here?”
“Just now.”
“Sorry! It’s just too cute.”
“……I see.”
Jaehyun smiled and nodded.
“It’s really cute.”
“Right? Look at this little one!”
The female lead pointed at the puppy. Jaehyun looked down at it for a moment, then lightly took the female lead’s wrist.
“Noona, let’s go.”
“Where?”
“To the café. We came here on a date, remember?”
“Ah, right hahaha wait a sec! Let me just say hi!”
The female lead waved at the puppy again.
“Bye, baby! See you next time!”
Jaehyun quietly watched the scene, then muttered under his breath.
“……She doesn’t do that for me.”
“Huh? What was that?”
“I didn’t say anything.”
Still holding the female lead’s wrist, Jaehyun led her into the café.
Even after they ordered drinks and sat down, Jaehyun still had a slightly sulky look on his face.
While putting in her straw, the female lead looked at him.
“Ming Jaehyun.”
“Yes.”
“What’s wrong with you?”
“What did I do?”
“You’ve been weird.”
“No, I haven’t.”
The female lead narrowed her eyes, then suddenly laughed.
“Don’t tell me you’re jealous?”
Jaehyun set down the drink he had been holding.
“……Noona.”
“Hahahahaha, really?”
“No, I’m not.”
“Jealous of what? The puppy?”
“When did I ever say I was jealous?”
Jaehyun frowned as if wronged.
The female lead laughed for a long time, finding him funny like that.
“Ah, sorry hahaha, you’re just cute.”
At those words, Jaehyun’s expression changed subtly.
“……Cute?”
“Huh?”
“I’m cute?”
“Yeah. You look just like a sulky puppy right now.”
“No, that’s not it.”
Jaehyun stared at the female lead for a moment, then suddenly leaned his upper body forward.
Then he stuck his head out in front of her.
“……What are you doing?”
“Pat me.”
The female lead froze in place.
“What?”
“You were pampering the puppy so nicely just now.”
“Hahahahahaha hey!”
“Pat me too.”
Jaehyun waited quietly with his head slightly bowed.
The female lead laughed in disbelief.
“You really were jealous of the puppy!”
“I told you I wasn’t.”
“Then what is this?”
“I’m just asking you to pat me too.”
“That’s jealousy!”
“Ah, noona. Are you going to or not?”
Jaehyun lifted his head and looked at the female lead.
His face was as playful as ever, but his eyes held a subtle expectation.
In the end, the female lead burst out laughing and reached out her hand.
Swish, swish.
She lightly patted Jaehyun’s head.
“Our Jaehyun is cute too~”
“…….”
Jaehyun went quiet.
Then the corners of his mouth slowly lifted.
“One more time.”
“I already did that hahaha”
“That was only once.”
“What kind of logic is that!”
“Because noona kept patting the puppy.”
The female lead laughed in exasperation and patted Jaehyun’s head again.
This time, Jaehyun couldn’t hold back either and grinned widely.
“Hehe.”
“……Hey, you really are like a puppy.”
“Then keep me too.”
“What?”
“Take me home too.”
The female lead burst out laughing.
“You must be crazy, seriously hahaha”
Jaehyun looked at her and smiled in satisfaction.
He still refused to admit that he’d been jealous of the puppy, but it was clear his mood had lifted.
But when the female lead drew her hand back, Jaehyun stuck his head out again.
“Noona.”
“What now!”
“Just one last time.”
“You said that last time too!”
“This time I mean it.”
Though she grumbled, the female lead eventually patted Jaehyun’s head again.
Receiving that touch, Jaehyun smiled quietly.
Then he muttered very softly.
“……Now I don’t have to be jealous of the puppy.”
“What did you say?”
“Nothing!”
Jaehyun quickly picked up his drink.
The female lead watched him and shook her head.
He really was an incomprehensible junior.
Of course, the female lead didn’t know.
That the reason Jaehyun had been jealous of the puppy wasn’t simply because it got more affection than he did.
It was because he just wanted the female lead to be a little more affectionate toward him.
