“Is it true? Are you and Hyunsik really a couple now?” Minhee put down her tray.

“What?” Aeri choked on her rice.

“Everyone knows.” Soonmi joined. 

“Knows what?” Aeri took a sip of her water.

“That night after karaoke, he walked you home and that’s when the magic happened.” Soonmi made kissy faces and giggled.

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Aeri took a bite of the meat.

“He asked you to be his girlfriend, didn’t he?” Minhee whispered.

“Girlfriend?” Aeri gasped drawing attention from the others around her.

~

“Bye!” Aeri’s friends bid their goodbyes.

“I’ll walk you home.” Hyunsik offered.

“It’s okay, I don’t live far. I live right there!” Aeri pointed at an apartment building in the distance.

“Don’t you know it’s dangerous for a girl to walk home alone, especially a pretty one?”

“Uhh…okay.” Aeri blushed.

“So…” Hyunsik broke the silence.

“So…” Aeri copied and the two of them broke into a small chuckle.

“Let’s play a game.” Hyunsik spoke

“A game?”

“We both get the chance to ask each other a question and we have to answer it no matter what, if not you have to…hmm…buy the other person a meal.”

“You’re on!” Aeri accepted the challenge.

“Me first…what was your first impression of me?” Aeri started.

“One word. Different.” Hyunsik laughed thinking back to that time.

“Okay, fair enough. Your turn