Chapter 15

POV: Harin

I return home and sit on the couch next to him. It’s strange to sit here with him, especially after surrendering myself so easily—and irresponsibility.

He clears his throat, tapping his fingers.

“You, um… what time do you usually have lunch?”

“Usually, I don’t have lunch; I just eat something at the snack bar around five in the evening.”

“Every day?” he widens his eyes.

“Uh-huh.”

“You can’t, Harin. It’s…” Ryu looks for his phone and checks the time. “almost eleven. Can we have lunch at twelve?”

“You want to have lunch with me?”

“Of course. What do you want to eat?” he opens the delivery app on his phone and looks at me. I shrink in embarrassment. “You can tell me; I’ll buy whatever you want.”

In that case…

“Japanese.”

“Okay.” he doesn’t mind and looks for restaurants in the area. I pay attention as he scrolls through the dishes, getting closer to choose as well. “How about we order three servin