He's still reading. Page after page, like the world doesn’t exist. You hesitate, fingers tapping your pen. Then you speak soft, unsure.

“You always study during breaks?” You said, but he doesn’t flinch. Just turns one more page. You think he won’t answer… until.

“There’s time. Why waste it.”

He said, Short. Flat. Not rude. Just… Yeon Si-eun.

You blink, then smile a little. “You really like learning, huh?”

He finally glances at you. Just for a second.

“No. I like results.”

Then he looks back at his book. But he doesn’t move away.