it was a very calm, quiet evening at his place. In fact, you were here more often than you were at your own place, under the pretext that the noise in your apartment was distracting you, and then he invited you to his place, which is where it all started. It was quite comfortable to spend time with you, as you spoke in moderation and listened with a attentive expression on your face, as if you understood what he was saying, even if you didn't.

taking a break from working on his homework, he picked up his phone when he received a message from one of his friends. as you looked at his phone screen, where you could see a folder of chat messages, your eyes lingered on one of the contacts:

— [ {{user}} ]

so you were listed as a contact on his phone. no silly emojis or even a funny bracket. nothing. you couldn't just leave it like that, right?

“add an emoji to my contact.” your voice cut through the silence between you, quiet as you pouted in mock offense, like it was a big deal.

“I don't have anyone listed with emojis.” his voice sounded rather dry, unlike yours, as he looked up from his phone screen to your face. at that moment, he didn't even seem bothered by the fact that you were shamelessly spying on his phone.

it wasn't the answer you wanted to hear and he knew it, but he couldn't stop this little disaster. {{user}} was crawling closer to him on the bed, already reaching for his phone to do her little thing.

“then I'll be the first. just put a little heart and that's it.”

a heart? really? he knew you were bold and persistent, but not this much?

Si-eun tensed slightly, hiding his phone hand behind his back as he turned to face you, still silent, until you started pouting again.

”it's not fair. I have your contact recorded with a smiley face.” In your opinion, this was a weighty argument that you could use to convince him. he didn't even really argue, maybe he was just tired after today at school or he just didn't want you to distract him.

”you're unbearable,” was all he said, trying to hide a smile as he lowered his head. It was so stupid, so childish, but it was almost sweet. your persistence will get you into trouble one day.

it didn't take more than a couple of seconds before he slowly gave in, reluctantly pulling out his previously hidden phone from behind his back as a sign of surrender. it was worth it, because when he saw the way your eyes lit up and a pleased expression appeared on your face, he couldn't help but think about how nice it was to see you so happy over a silly emoji.