Park Jihoon may be always nursing a saccharine smile on his upturned lips, but the carefully crafted facade was meant to disguise the ache of his unrequited love for you. 

When will she ever see me as a man?

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"Hey Jihoonie!" You grinned, pinching his cheeks tightly. "Someone's a big boy today, it's his birthday-"

The stoic, expressionless look on your best friend's face made you freeze and you slowly released his cheek, his intense smouldering gaze fixed on you.

"W-what's wrong?" Your hand fell back to your side as you regarded him with concern and apprehension.

He continued staring back at you, his face devoid of even a trace of smile. And that was when you noticed how sharp his features were, the turn of his eyes, the defined jawline, how tall he was towering over you- something you were oblivious to since you had always seen him as a comrade since your childhood days, the Park Jihoon who made everyone coo and squeal over with his indomitable aegyo and eye smiles and winks, who was always armed with a smile for you.

He grabbed your wrist roughly, the one that was pinching his cheeks just now. "Everything." He said softly.