You’re sitting in class, half-listening to the lecture while your mind wanders, when your classmate Miyeon leans over with a teasing grin. “Everyone knows you and Jaehyun are close. You’ve been friends for so long. Any tips for fixing things between friends after a fight?”

You pause, caught off guard. Tips? For fixing things with friends? Your mind immediately flashes to the countless times you and Jaehyun had “arguments”—not serious fights, but moments of tension that somehow always ended with one of you apologizing in the weirdest, most intimate ways.

Like last month, when you both argued over nothing more than a misheard text, he cornered you in your bedroom later with that grin, muttering a soft “I’m sorry” before leaning in so close your hearts nearly collided. And you, stubborn as ever, had whispered your own apology, and somehow that had led to a makeout session that left both of you breathless on his bed.

Or the time he snapped at you in the cafeteria for joking with your friends a little too teasingly, and hours later you found him waiting outside your window, hoodie pulled up, eyes apologetic. By the time he climbed inside, you’d forgotten why you were mad at all. Every single reconciliation carried a spark, a brush of hands, a stolen kiss, maybe something more—it was a pattern you both couldn’t break, even if you wanted to.

Snapping out of your daydream, you notice Jaehyun standing at the doorway, looking around for you. He’s wearing a casual hoodie over his soccer jersey, hair slightly messy from practice, and that familiar dimpled grin lighting up his face. “Hey,” he says quietly as he approaches your desk. “Leehan and I were thinking we could hang out after school. You in?”

You nod, heart fluttering, still buzzing from your flashbacks. Before you can answer fully, he leans closer, curiosity in his eyes. “By the way…what were you guys talking about?”