Are you really in love or what?
Yebin glared at Jaehyun, who was sitting across from her, while chewing the ice left in her coffee.
For months, their dates had become rare,
Even when they did go on dates, Jaehyun spent the whole day staring at his phone and grinning like something was just so funny.
'He wouldn’t be cheating on me behind my back, would he?'
Yebin couldn’t hide the unease she’d been feeling for months.
'I still really like him..'
'No, more than that, he was the one who flirted with me first and said he loved me..'
"Oh, you’re done eating? Want to go?"
Jaehyun said, getting to his feet while looking at his phone.
All the way as they walked, Jaehyun only kept looking at his phone and smiling,
who knows what was so amusing about it.
"Ah, and I don’t think I’ll be able to go on a date next month."
Jaehyun said, taking his eyes off his phone.
"Why? We’ve barely seen each other for months, so we said we’d spend a long time together today."
Yebin looked up at Jaehyun with a sulky expression.
"Ah, well... I already had plans."
Jaehyun said cautiously, watching Yebin’s reaction.
"Let’s meet the month after next, okay? Let’s go on a long date then."
Then Jaehyun turned his attention back to his phone.
Yebin figured the month after next was her birthday, so she thought he’d keep his promise and let it go.
—
'...Why is he so late?'
Yebin’s birthday drew near,
Yebin was unusually excited that day and had dressed up more than usual.
'...He’s already 20 minutes late.'
Then she saw Jaehyun running up from far away,
"Yebin! I’m so sorry.. I missed the bus.."
Jaehyun looked like he might cry.
Yebin was a little hurt, but after seeing Jaehyun’s face, she quickly let it go.
"Where do you want to go?"
"How about that pasta place you said you wanted to go to?"
"Then let’s go there,"
and they headed smoothly to the pasta place.
—
"Don’t you have anything to say today? (´^ω^)"
Yebin said with a smile,
"Say what?"
Jaehyun tilted his head.
"What do you mean, say what? You’re joking, right? haha"
Yebin thought Jaehyun was teasing her and said happily.
"What are you talking about? I really don’t know.."
Jaehyun said in panic,
Yebin’s expression darkened in an instant.
"..Hey, it’s my birthday today, ..weren’t we meeting because of that?"
Jaehyun started to speak.
"No, I—"
Yebin cut Jaehyun off and stood up from her seat,
"..I’ll be right back,"
and stormed out of the restaurant.
'Dingling..'
As soon as Yebin left the restaurant, she burst into tears.
"You’re seriously awful.. Myeong Jaehyun, you’re really mean.. hic,.."
—
Ten minutes later, Yebin returned to the restaurant. Her eyes were still moist, but it was obvious she’d composed herself.
'Why are the lights off? There was no one here earlier either.. Did everyone go out for lunch?'
'...Come to think of it, where did Jaehyun go too?'
Then, just as she was startled by the feeling of someone tapping her, and turned around,
the restaurant lights came on softly.
Behind me, Myeong Jaehyun was standing there awkwardly.
"..Are you really mad?"
Behind Jaehyun, on the table, were a strawberry cake and desserts I liked.
"..How long have you been preparing this..?"
"..Since three months ago,"
"..Hey, I thought you and I were hitting a rough patch or something..."
Yebin’s eyes grew moist again.
"..Han Yebin, ..are you crying?"
Carefully, Jaehyun poked Yebin’s cheek.
"Sniff.. I’m not crying.."
To say she wasn’t crying, her eyes were already wet.
'Pfft.. Han Yebin, you idiot. Even crying, you’re cute.'
Jaehyun pulled Yebin tightly into his arms and smirked.
"But.. why didn’t you come out on our dates? And.. you were always just smiling at your phone.."
Yebin looked up from Jaehyun’s arms.
"I was working part-time.. I wanted to buy you a nice present.."
Jaehyun smiled sheepishly.
"And.. while I was picking out your gift on my phone, I kept imagining your smiling face, and it was so cute.."
"..What., I didn’t even know that.."
Yebin muttered in Jaehyun’s arms.
"Han Yebin, you dummy,"
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Myeong Jaehyun in a coat.. he’s just too cute..
Ah, if I show you Jaehyun’s search history,
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Naver search history
-girlfriend gift recommendations 🔎
-long-term relationship gift 🔎
-date outfit 🔎
-birthday gift for girlfriend 🔎
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Ah, so cute