“I wanted to tell you earlier than anyone else.”

“That’s why I’m first?”

Gaeul nodded. Chaerim squinted before smiling. She didn’t think that Chaerim’s anger died down. The fact that she smiled probably meant that she understood; she understood that there was no point in pressuring the foolish junior who had appeared with the man who had dumped her once.

“I get it. I want to know why you broke up and why you got together, and nitpick about a lot of things, but I’ll just stop here. To say one thing though, if I ever hear that you two are breaking up or whatnot again, don’t ever think about seeing me again. I’m serious.”

“That won’t happen.”

“Does that mean that you’re going to go all the way? To marriage even?”

“If possible.”

She wasn’t lying. If they were going to date again, they would have to think about their relationship beyond just lovers. Marriage, which Maru jokingly spoke about when they were young, had gotten close to reality.

“Maru, what about you?” Chaerim asked.

Maru replied that he was going to do whatever the bride wanted to do. It was quite embarrassing to hear the word ‘bride’ from him, but she didn’t hate it.

“Looks like both of you are serious about it. Right,...