“Are you, angry? But why?” I asked again.

“Oh Se Hun, do you like that guy?” He asked an entirely unrelated question.

“How do you know?” Was it that obvious?

He continued staring at me for a long time, that I started to feel uneasy and was looking for an excuse to sneak away, “Uh…. The… I have a class starting soon so I’ll-“

He grabbed my head before I could finish my sentence, “Ya Oh Sun Hee, I see you’ve grown up now? You don’t even tell me when you’ve found someone you like?” If I didn’t find out about the name tag coincidentally, I wouldn’t have been able to know?

“I didn’t want to risk-” I was mumbling while stealing glances at Jong In when I realized the mild anger in his eyes has faded into mere disappointment and... hurt?

“Ya Kim Jong In! Why are you like that? I’m sorry; I swear I’ll tell you everything in the future, ok? I just, didn’t want to trouble you….” I said in a panic.

He finally broke into a smile and for the first time ever, lightly patted on my head instead of grabbing it, “You’re worried that I’d scare him away, aren’t you?”

I raised my head in shock – is this guy a genius?

His smile expanded upon my reaction, “Calm down, you little one. I know why you’re worried… But I guess you’re old enough now. If he’s good, I would definitely give my blessings. I won’t do anything to hurt you…. You know that.”

If this is guilt tripping, it’s definitely working, because in my mind I was cursing myself for being such a bad childhood friend. There he is trying to protect me and here I was thinking he had been pranking my love life and keeping secrets from him.

He continued, “Don’t think too much about it. The cookies, I’ll teach you how to bake them tonight. I’ll make sure they look presentable enough to be gifted to him tomorrow.” He smiled and walked away before I could express how touched I am.