It has been really awkward for the both of you, unlike from the past. As time passed by, Haerin got popularity and newly-founded friends.

One day, you bumped into Haerin with her friends. To avoid you from falling, Haerin held you by the waist, catching you. Your eyes locked and met, lips were merely inches away.

— "Are you okay..?"

She asked in a soft and low tone, somehow concerned a bit. But then her friends started on teasing her by whispering with each others, knowing that she used to have a crush on me before.