Maru took his lips off and looked at her as if nothing had happened. Her eyebrows shot up to the sky, fell back down, and then shot up again.

"Y-you!"

"What?"

"Are you crazy?"

"Very normal."

She didn't say anything for a moment. Her lips twisted for a second before opening back up again. She looked very, very surprised.

"Who told you to do that?!"

"I couldn't?"

"That's..."

"I really took my time with it on purpose. I tried to give you as much time as I could."

"Are you really saying that right now?"

She shook her head sideways.

"T-they didn't see, did they?"

"Who? Your club members?"

She nodded lightly. Maru looked behind him, he couldn't see Yoojin anymore. She probably left after seeing what was going on. In any case, they were alone.

"There's no one."

"Hah."

"What? You don't like being seen with me?"

"Of course I do!"

"Really?"

"......"

"Really really?"

Her frown was deepening the more he asked her. He wanted to tease her a bit more but decided to stop there though. He didn't want her to cry further, so he took out the gift in his pocket.

"Here."

She looked at his gift once and at him once.

"It's heavy, take it."

"What is it?"

"Merry Christmas....