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65

Hyunjin's P.O.V:

"Oh God. Oh Gracious God. I... I'm lost of words. I...s-shit." Yongbok looked so totally lost and constantly mumbling dumb nothings that resulted in me laughing my ass out. Now it made me think if what I told him was the right decision because damn, this kid looks so funny in my eyes acting stupidly stun.

"Calm down–"

"HOW?! I can't! You just told me you're allowing me to court you! I'm not going to calm down! Oh my GOD!" Yongbok stood up and began screaming his lungs out and cheering for the whole neighborhood to hear. "YOU HEAR THAT?! HWANG HYUNJIN, MY LANDLORD, MY HYUNG! IS! LETTING! ME! COURT! HIIIMMM!!!" When embarrassment got the best of me, I immediately got on my feet to cover Yongbok's mouth from spilling more shameful words.

"Yongbok shush! Don't embarrass us like that!"

"I DON'T CARE! PEOPLE NEED TO HEAR THAT!" Spilling no more words, Yongbok jumped on me and tightly wrapped me for a rib-breaking hug. "YOU'RE THE BESTEST PERSON LIFE HAS GIVEN TO ME!"

I scoffed and rolled my eyes. "Bleh. I am? Not your parents or even your friends?" I teased him.

"I...of course they are the first. But you're just as first as they are. You're at the highest rank."

He says it so ridiculously dreamily. Yes, it was sweet and all and I appreciated it a bit. But with all honesty...

"Yongbok, Jesus, will you please stop doing that?"

"The what?" He pulls away, looking at me and acting confused.

"Treating me like I'm your world."

His pout stretched longer. "But you are–"

"You can't. I can't just be your world. You have your family, friends, your passion in life, and you. You shouldn't pour your all one hundred percent out to somebody and leave yourself empty handed. That's not how it should work." I gave him a sad smile while I brushed away the stray hair strand sticking on his forehead. "Don't... don't be like me. Like me who gave his all thinking nothing bad could happen. And now look at me. I had nothing left for me. He took my everything away. That's why I'm telling you to leave some for yourself. It's for your own good, kid. Trust me."

I may not be able to have it anymore, but at least I can help someone that matters to me to learn from my mistake.

And that made my tenant emit a sweet grin. "I understand, hyung. Thank you for telling me that. But it's just how I love. I give my all, platonically or romantically."

"Still, I'm telling you that you have to stop making me your world."

"Sorry. I just can't help it." He smirked and I couldn't stop myself from being jokingly annoyed.

"You're already like this and we're not even a couple. What more if I said yes to you?" I pinched his adorable, button nose.

"Then I'll be crazier in love with you, hyung. And you gotta prepare yourself for it." His finger pats my nose as well then he rests his head on the crook of my neck and shoulder. "I promise, you will never regret me, hyung."

That's a pretty big promise to say pretty early, Yongbok. But there's a reason why I allowed you to court me, right? "Prove it first, then I'll believe you."

Maybe this is more right. We should start small, like baby steps. I know that I don't like Yongbok yet, just as much as the feelings he has for me. But... let's just see where this goes. If it works, then I'll go for it. If it doesn't, then I'll tell him right away.

Because if there's one thing that I was deeply regretting about my ex...is that...

I went into a relationship with him without even knowing him thoroughly. Who he is, what kind of a person he is, and just how good he was at pretending and making me his clown.