The morning was quieter than usual.
Min-gyu was sitting at the table,
I sat opposite him in a half-dazed state as usual.
"Eat it. Before it gets cold."
"huh."
Take a spoonful of soup,
I glanced at him.
The hair is still messy,
The tone of voice is still indifferent, but something has changed.
I didn't do anything,
It just seemed like I started seeing him differently.
And the kid knew it too.
On the way to school.
For the first time,
It bothered me that we were walking side by side.
Someone looked at me,
Someone glanced and whispered.
But Min-gyu
He said it as if nothing had happened.
"Don't mind the gaze."
"Is it too obvious?"
"huh.
But, it's okay.
Because we are doing well."
I said that
I held my breath for no reason.
Strangely, my throat became hot.
Break time.
I'm sitting by the window
Min-gyu came next to me and touched my arm.
"Hey. What are you doing after work today?"
"Go home. Why?"
"Let's watch a movie."
“…with you?”
"Then with whom?"
"Why all of a sudden?"
"I don't know.
Now, there are many things I want to do with you."
That statement is more direct than I thought.
I couldn't even make eye contact and just nodded.
On the way home, Min-gyu suddenly stopped.
"Are you still anxious about me?"
"…no.
But you,
"I think you're still being cautious with me."
He exhaled quietly,
He looked at me with his hands in his pockets.
"That's right. I feel like I'm not worthy of being by your side yet."
"why?"
“You are… so quiet and kind.
I'm a little scared of getting close to someone like that."
"But, I was comfortable because it was you."
Let me say so
He stopped.
"…really?"
"huh.
You made me feel like I wasn't alone."
After a while, he quietly extended his hand.
“Then, can I do this?”
Carefully.
I held his hand very carefully.
I wasn't surprised or excited.
I just felt at peace.
He said.
"I will never let you feel alone while I am by your side."
“…Now, is it okay to like me?”
He laughed.
Seriously, take it slow.
"Me too. I feel like it's okay to like you now."
That night,
We sit on the same sofa
I was watching the subtitles of the same movie,
I didn't know how far I saw,
They were just holding each other's hands.
There was no word
This was a definitive answer.