By the time I was jolted back into reality after countlessly replaying Baekhyun’s sudden confession, I was already sitting at the table with Ga In and Chung Ae staring at Baekhyun, sitting next to me, like we were made of gold. It felt too wrong to use us or we to describe me and Baekhyun, because we were still only strangers who had never interacted before. I mean, I obviously knew Baekhyun and even admired him from time to time with the other girls but he was probably too busy smiling and maintaining his pristine image to notice me. And now? We were acknowledged as a couple, the lovely boyfriend and far-from-lovely girlfriend (yes, that was a title that I, myself, gave, but I’m sure the jealous girls would slander me much worse than that). Even without glancing around, I could already feel the numerous murderous glares I was receiving.

“Here,” I heard Baekhyun’s voice and switched my attention from my untouched lunch to him, just to jump with fear after discovering pair of chopsticks with egg roll near my face. I leaned back, scared that this delicious egg roll would end up on my cheeks if I didn’t move. Bewildered, I looked at Baekhyun, who was forcing me to eat it.

“Say ahh!” He opened his mouth slightly and waved his chopsticks encouragingly. I didn’t even want to know how stupid I looked, being the recipient of his affection and attention—which suddenly appeared from nowhere (Seriously, are you kidding me? What was I, a five-year-old?!). My two friends, whom I saw in my peripherals, were equally as surprised and shocked as I. I tried so hard to convey a message through a pointed glare, begging for him to quit this, but he just smiled and shoved it in my mouth without warning. “Good girl!” He beamed at me while I choked, not prepared to eat so much food at once.

I was definitely going to kill him for that later.

“You guys are adorable together,” Ga In was the first one to come out of her stupor. I swallowed the piece of egg roll from Baekhyun and forced a flitting smile to thank her for the compliment. “But it’s quite surprising…” She leaned closer to us, obviously trying to get closer to Baekhyun. “Why did you hide it from everyone?”

Here it goes again: Ga In stubbornly held onto her doubts. She was suspicious about my boyfriend from the beginning and after finding that it’s the perfect Baekhyun, who is too busy to even talk to girls for more than five minutes, she wasn’t willing to give up so easily. I cleared my throat to prepare myself for another lie but Baekhyun was faster than me.

“It was my request,” he grinned while resting his chopsticks on table (I sighed with relief after seeing it placed down; at least I wasn't going to be forced to eat something from him again and that thought made me really happy). “As you know, I’m quite popular in our school and I didn’t want her to be bothered because of that.” he shrugged and leaned back into his chair with a quiet chuckle that I unfortunately found really cute. “But after seeing all the couples eating together, holding hands, and spending time together at school, I didn’t want to hide it anymore,” he ran his hand through his hair. “Looks like I’m too selfish.”

Girls (who leaned in towards our table) nodded in understanding, and I mirrored that action as well without realizing it. That was a reasonable excuse, and with Baekhyun’s natural acting to deliver those lines, even I believed that we’re really dating. I couldn’t help but stare at him with awe. Had I not known that it was all fabricated, I would have been touched by his words. No, scratch that. I was moved by his words, albeit carrying the knowledge that he wasn’t honest. Baekhyun definitely knew what to say to make girls swoon and take his every word as a printed truth. All this made me wonder if I really had that strange conversation with Baekhyun yesterday. How could a person change so drastically within a day?

“What’s wrong?” He asked softly, making me jump on my chair. Crap, did he notice that I was staring at him the whole time? He looked at me with concern and I couldn’t help but blush a little. Dammit, I should stop being so embarrassed in front of him. I couldn't forget that it was all just a front.

“Nothing…” I muttered so he would leave me alone. I turned my head in other direction to cover my face, which probably looked now like big, red tomato. I heard his quiet laugh and sound of chair scratching on the floor second later, but I couldn’t force myself to look at Baekhyun again. His eyes were too distracting for me.

“I’ll be going then.” I realized that he stood up when I couldn’t hear his voice as clearly as before. “See you guys later.” Ga In and Chung Ae smiled at him and waved energetically while I watched my hands with newfound fascination. When I didn’t hear the sound of his footsteps anym