Seohyun was still thinking about what her Suju oppas talked to her about. It occurred to her that she really did not think of inviting them. She just immediately assumed that they would be busy, they always were. And besides, him being here could result in a scandal. Still, she invited Jinwoon and that could be a timebomb in itself but less likely maybe. Her internal musings were disrupted when Jinwoon came up to her.

“Thank you for inviting me to your party, Seohyun. I had fun.”

She looked up to him. “Thank you for coming. And thank you for the gift, you didn’t have to.” Up close, he really was tall. Too tall, she realized. It was not the comfortable looking up, gazing up that she has gotten used to for a year. She didn't know why, but that somehow mattered to her. That familiar, comfortable feeling. Without her realizing that she has been blankly staring at him for a while, she unknowingly frowned slightly which Jinwoon was quick to notice.

“Is there something wrong?”

“Oh, nothing. I just thought of something.”

“Or someone?” Jinwoon asked, a bit bitterly.

“Eh?”

“Almost everyone here is wondering why I’m here and he isn’t. Believe me, I wondered a little too but I was too happy that you invited me and I’m the one here. Tha