"you're starting to like me, aren't you?"

In the middle of a discussion, your seatmate, Alhaitham, also known as the smartest guy in your class suddenly asked, looking at you with such unfazed expression as he rests his cheek on his knuckles, as if it was something so normal to ask.

You felt your heart beating fast, your ears caught his question so clearly, but you still managed to ask, "what?''

Alhaitham sighed and decided to repeat it. "You like me, don't you?"

—Do you?