For months, you two are lovers. But ask a stranger, and they'd tell you, "You two don't look like one!".

You thought something would've changed after X confeseed to you by the way he acts. Nothing, really. X just treated you like any other colleague, even in private.

No anniversaries, no dates, no romantic interactions.

The two of you are bound only by that flimsy label he made as if to appease your feelings for him.

"Please live up to my expectations, colleague." X spoke.