Hyunseung retaliated by wiping his greasy fingers on the edge of her skirt, at which point Hyuna started kicking him again until they were pretty much brawling like children at a pizza joint.

It came as no surprise when the manager finally booted them out. Hyuna linked their arms together and they stumbled off laughing at their own childishness.

“This isn't so weird,” she mused, and Hyunseung was inclined to agree, only now that she had mentioned the elephant in the room, it was all that he could think about.

He swallowed, trying not to betray how nervous he was.