“I’m confused.”

I hummed, casually flipping the pages on my History of Rock Music textbook, yawning slightly due to the lack of proper ventilation in the stuffy library. “Confused about what? The Romantic period is definitely not situated in here,” I gestured towards the text, smacking my lips sleepily.

“No, I mean, confused confused.”

Scratching my head I struggled to sit up straight. “Are you looking for Romanticism in Rock or something?”

“No.” Donghae bit his lips and looked at his shoes, fidgeting lightly. “Hyuk, how would you feel if… if someone liked you?”

“Depends on who the person is,” I answered, closing up the textbook. “If she’s hot then I might consider it.” I turned towards him with a grin. “Hae, are you alright? You’ve been asking me a lot of… questions like these. Are you in love?” I added with a teasing wink, secretly liking it that Donghae was blushing all over.

“I’m not… I’m… I actually don’t know,” he sighed. “Someone has been openly flirting with me and I think it’s pretty obvious that he wants me but… I don’t know. He’s pretty decent-looking and is smart as well. I don’t know why he chose to go after me though; I’m not handsome or smart. I’m just average.” Donghae shrugged and leaned back in his chair with another audible sigh.

“Hmm… is it someone I know?” I asked, lightly slapping his thigh. I remembered seeing Siwon dropping a few pickup lines on Donghae and the latter playfully shoving him each time. “Is it… Siwon?”

Donghae didn’t answer and I didn’t push him, although I was pretty sure that I got it right. “So… what exactly is your problem?” I probed, wondering if he’d open up to me. I gave up on studying and pu