“Let’s grab something to eat,” Gyunglim spoke as she hooked her arm around Maru’s.

Maru looked at her face before pulling out his arm.

“I’m planning to eat at home.”

“I’m not going to tell you to treat me, so let’s go.”

Maru stared at Gyunglim who pulled on his arm.

“I like to make things clear. Especially when it comes to relationships.”

Gyunglim let go of his arm and tilted her head.

“So?”

“We can eat together, that’s fine. After all, in a broader sense, we are colleagues that are working together. But after hearing what you said to me before, I think your intention is clearly not the ‘colleague’ sense of eating together. Am I wrong?”

Gyunglim brushed side hair behind her ears and smiled.

“So, you’re really not interested in me?”

“Yes. Really.”

“Then why did you act like that to me before? Why were you kind to me?”

“Anyone can act like that out of kindness. Isn’t it courtesy to worry about someone even in words if they look uneasy next to you?”

“So it was an act out of kindness?”

Maru nodded. What was this called again, princess syndrome? It was good that she was confident about herself, but the way she conveyed that to the others around her was a big problem.

“R-really?”

Gyunglim’s expression became uneasy as she bit her lips slightly. She was really easy to read. She was...