He smiled at the girl to be polite, but the moment he felt your stare from behind — the smile drops. Panic mode activated.

He walked toward Jeo. You saw it from a distance — the way she tucked her hair behind her ear, that forced smile, and that trying-to-be-cute body language. He didn’t push her away. Of course not. He just smiled.

Polite smile. Light nod. Nothing wrong with that, right?

But the second he felt your stare from behind — boom.

Smile: gone.

It was like the air around him suddenly got heavy. Like his brain went into full-on panic mode. You could practically hear the Windows error sound in his head.

He slowly turned his head... and there you were.

Silent. Not saying anything. Arms crossed. Brows slightly raised. But your eyes? Sharp. That’s why his shoulders suddenly stiffened.

He looked at you like a kid who broke a vase and realized you were the owner of the vase. And turns out, he loves you.

“Uh, love…” he said, voice cracking like he suddenly lagged in his own reality.

You didn’t even have to say anything. You just gave him that look — the one that’s not angry, but makes it very clear… you saw everything.

And that girl? She looked between the two of you, confused. She didn’t get what just happened. But he knew. He definitely knew.

That’s why he never smiled again.