The moment I let those words out
I immediately regretted it.
'No...'
It was the first time he had seen me
Hunji was so startled he went wide-eyed like a rabbit.
But then he burst out laughing.
Really loudly...
I was so embarrassed,
my face burned.
"No... no... don't worry about it.
You don't need to answer.
And it's not like I need to know.
I wasn't asking because I was curious,
no... I just asked because someone was there."
Faced with Hunji, who was laughing so loudly and for so long,
I wanted to flee the scene out of embarrassment.
Leaving him behind, I headed for the door.
He grabbed my arm with a straight face and asked,
"Where are you going?"
"To my room... no...
I was going to go get dinner earlier."
Come to think of it,
today I'd only eaten a crepe and coffee.
"Come get dinner with me."
"Are you crazy?
Even if we're in another country, there are still staff here,
and lots of Korean people.
Did you think Paris would make a difference?"
"Really?
We've already kissed.
Want to have dinner with me? Want to have a one-night stand?"
I couldn't lose to him.
"I'd rather have a one-night stand.
Than eat dinner together outside,
that's probably safer."
I waited for Hunji's reaction.
'He'll probably make those rabbit eyes again, right?'
He looked startled for a moment,
then said with a truly troubled expression,
"All right. I'll get ready too."
His serious attitude and answer made me burst out laughing.
"What? Why have you gotten so much bigger in just half a year?"
As he said that,
he opened both arms like he used to.
I hesitated for a moment, but
I didn't want to disappoint him
'I don't know....'
I hugged him and went on,
"I'm uneasy about eating dinner outside,
so I'll pick up takeout from a nearby Chinese restaurant."
"Let's go together... we can just walk without holding hands.
It's nighttime, so if you wear a hat, you won't be easy to spot.
Please..."
"Then...
if you answer my question from earlier."
"Your question from earlier?
The girl who had her arm linked with you and called you oppa?"
I swallowed nothing,
listening closely,
and waited for his answer.
"She's a friend I shot a commercial with... she's a high school student.
Just a kid. A kid..."
"There's no such thing as a kid that big..."
I said in a very small voice.
"You're the jealous type yourself,
so who are you calling the embodiment of jealousy?"
A high school student can't exactly call me an old man."
We, no—
Hnji dressed up in a hat and mask,
and headed out together.
"If you watch Sex and the City,
the main characters get takeout from a Chinese restaurant
and eat it at home, right?
I've always really wanted to try that haha"
"Do you know there's a place in front of the hotel that makes really good crepes?"
"What flavor of ice cream did you get earlier?
I couldn't get any earlier, so I definitely have to go tomorrow."
I wouldn't stop talking.
He was wearing a mask, but
his eyes kept looking at me, smiling.
"By the way... when are you leaving, Hunji?"
"We'll finish the remaining shoot tomorrow and leave at night."
"Ah... so tonight is the last night..."
"Can you tell me where you are?"
