Because I Like You

At my quiet words, the world falls silent in an instant.

Hyunwoo stares at me, eyes wide, as though time has stopped.

...Um. I blurted it out after getting swept up in the moment, but saying only that without any context does sound pretty weird, doesn't it?

His face is bewildered, as if the thought had never even crossed his mind.

At some point, he'd even forgotten to hold me properly. Now he was sitting there with his mouth hanging open like an idiot—and it was starting to look a little cute, too.

Common sense said a huge, muscular man much bigger than me couldn't possibly be cute. I couldn't make sense of it, but...

...Huh? What did you say?

I'd never seen him freeze like that with such a dazed expression.

No wonder it struck me as strange.

I said I like you. And that I'm grateful...