There are various stages in friendship. The funny thing is that the closer you are to a friend as a friend makes it harder to become a couple, and once you’re standing right behind the line that separates ‘friendship’ from ‘relationship’, there is no going back.

You and Nam-Gyu were often threatening to cross that line. At this point, you were standing right in the middle of it.

You were just friends and nothing else, but it was really fun to him to flirt with you, and so you started to flirt back.

It all started as a joke. You knew it was a joke, but nobody else did.

You were having lunch with him and your friend Thanos, sitting next to each other as you took a bite from your food.

“…Oh, shut up!” You nudged Nam-Gyu, as he mentioned something embarrassing you had done years ago.

“Make me.” He replied casually.

“Oh, my… You’re so annoying, no wonder you’re still single-“

That was when Thanos cut you off, almost choking in his food.

“Wait, wait, wait… You’re not dating?!” He asked with a frown of confusion.