I sighed as he was looking into my fridge, trying to cook something for the both of us.

“How do you even manage to survive? There isn’t much food in here…”

I didn’t say anything. He noticed my silence and walked to me to press a kiss on my forehead.

“Oh Miina, don’t be like this… You don’t need to punish yourself some more…”

I looked away, not saying anything, and he hugged me softly. “I really like you, Miina…”

How can you even like someone horrible like me…? I shook my head softly, still staying silent, and he kissed my forehead again before getting up.

“I’ll go buy groceries so I can cook something. I’ll be right back, Miina. Saranghae.”

He left and I bit my lip. Don’t lock the door. Just wait. See if he really will come back. See if he’ll really try his very best to help you out. See if this guy is as nice as you think he is…

He did come back. He had bought fruits, meat, vegetables, and he walked to me to kiss me ‘hello, I’m back’ on my forehead before finding room to put the food. After he was done, he chose a few things and started cooking. I couldn’t help but notice how good he was at this. Way better than me, but that wasn’t a good comparison. I was horrible at cooking.

I suddenly growled softly when my stomach decided to hurt. Oh gosh. Why now? I got up, ran to my room to get - in case it would’ve already started, I was still unable to know when it would start - and then to the bathroom. I sighed in relief - though it still hurt a lot - when I noticed that it had started, but not enough so that it would stain my underwear. I put the sanitary towel to place and went back to the main room. Oppa looked at me with worried eyes and I just sighed.

“Girl problem. Something I’ll have to experience until I’m… at least 45.”

He tilted his head to the side.

“Why won’t you become a man again, then?”

I didn’t say anything and simply sat back on the couch. Ryeowook was obviously getting used to my silence since he didn’t say anything else after either. He finished cooking and brought me a plate full of food. I blinked a few times.

“This tiny body of mine won’t be able to finish this. I would’ve eaten all of it, being a man, but…”

“Then, eat as much as you can. I’ll eat the rest.”

I nodded and started eating. It was delicious. I raised a brow.

“How come are you so much better at cooking than me?”

He laughed softly. “I guess some people are just good at it.”

“And some people aren’t?”

“But Miina has a lot of other qualities.”

I stayed silent for a moment. He had not said that I was bad at cooking, but he had not denied it either though I had never cooked for him. Maybe because he didn’t know and he didn’t want to say something he didn’t know about. Maybe because I had told him not to play the guy who could understand everything?

I jumped when his fingers softly touched my jaw. I winced in pain. He was examining the place where I got punched.

“Does it hurt a lot?” he asked gently.

“Only when you touch it…”

He moved back his hand. “I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay…”

We stayed silent for a while again, until he broke it, sighing softly.

“About last time, six months ago. I’m sorry. I shouldn’t have done this.”

I frowned. What was he talking ab… oh. The kiss. I blushed softly.

“It’s okay. I enjoyed it. It’s just that… back then, I still wasn’t used to this state. And I thought you were straight, so I got scared to get hurt if I ever got back my man body. But… I’ll never become a man again, will I? So it’s okay.”

“Are you saying… that…”

I chuckled. “I guess… I can let myself fall for you now.”

I smiled gently, ignoring the pain in my jaw. “I missed you, oppa. I missed you a lot.”

His eyes got so full of happiness that I couldn’t help but feel happy too. “I missed you so much, Miina. Saranghae…”

He got closer to me. The tip of his fingers brushed gently against my intact jaw before he cupped it with his hand and slowly approached his face from mine. This time, when our lips touched softly, my heart was ready. I kissed him back, tears flowing from my eyes.

He was the one who had saved me. He was the one who wanted to protect me the most. He was the one I had fallen for so quickly.

He was the man I loved.