TRACK 01 : HAPPINESS, in yeop.

15

"LEE JI-EUN. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun", I annoyingly repeated to In yeop until he answers.

As we entered the house, he carried me bridal style which only made it harder for him to snob me.

"This kid", he mumbled to himself and adjusted my position on his arms in hopes that I will stop.

"Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun. Lee Ji-eun."

"How'd you even know that name? Did someone tell you?"

"No, you pain in the butt. You said it!", I yelled before chanting Lee Ji-eun again.

His brows furrowed. "Huh? When?"

"When I was about to wake you up this morning."

In yeop nodded slowly until he realized what it meant. "So that's why you pushed me."

"Pushed you..?", I organized my thoughts.

"Yeah, you were jealous, weren't you? What? You like me too?"

"What are you saying? Of course not—."

My eyes widened when I realized. "Too? Oh so you do like me!"

He stopped walking when we reached the door of my bedroom. "When did I say that?"

"Just confess that you're hopelessly in love with me, In yeop", I rolled my eyes, playing his stupid game. "Right, Cashew?"

"So you're this confident when drunk huh? You think I'm jealous? Me?", he cackled. "Of course not."

"I'm jealous? Me? Nyenyenye", I mocked him. "Is it really hard to admit it?"

In yeop raised a brow. "Well, there's nothing I should admit about. Let's start with that."

"I like you", I blurted out.

The tone in my voice changed. It was as if I was telling the truth.

Sure enough, he was convinced.

"Huh?"

"See... It's that easy to confess, right?", I pretended to laugh.

"Ha-ha. Funny", he smiled sarcastically and opened my door. "Here we are."

I planned to remove myself from In yeop's grasp and lay on the bed myself but he insisted.

He wants me to stop acting like a child yet he treats me like I never learned how to walk.

When In yeop eventually placed me on the bed, I yawned and stretched my arms, accidentally hitting something from my night stand. Naturally, I stood up to get it but again, he beat me into it.

It was a picture of Killian and I when he first came home.

I had my arms wrapped around his shoulder, smiling, while he only stood there, almost dumbfounded.

"Who's that?", In yeop pointed at the boy beside me in the frame.

"My younger brother."