The sensation that brushed his lips still remained. When he looked at her face that approached his like it was in slow motion, he ended up closing his eyes. He ‘received’ the kiss nervously as though he was a little kid being teased by a girl older than him. When their lips parted, Maru almost let out a breath of nervousness. He barely held himself back from doing so.

Until the very moment he arrived back home and laid on his bed, Maru was dazed. And then, when he covered himself with a blanket and looked at the moon-shaped glow-in-the-dark stickers on the ceiling, he burst out laughing from the bottom of his heart.

“Looks like she got me this time.”

She one-upped him so pleasantly that he would welcome it at any time. Strictly speaking, this was the first kiss. The first kiss that she did for him.

‘How aggressive.’

He chuckled and grabbed his phone. He was about to call her but saw that it was late and texted her instead. Since she was someone who would sleep like a log, she would probably check the text tomorrow morning.

-Wasn’t that too hot?

After sending the text, Maru closed his eyes. He felt as though he was going to smile throughout his sleep.

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“I’m going to have a look at your individual acting in an audition-like format...