Chapter 37

POV: Jaewon

But now, looking at him like this, I feel that none of that was really a genuine desire. I got involved with Harin because I was hurt, because I wanted and felt that I needed to have another person in my life just for one night.

But he was more than that; that night ended, and Harin continued in my life. And I think now he will be in it forever.

“Do you want to date me?” I ask, seeing him lift his eyes, widening them before sniffing.

“What?”

“My boyfriend. Will you be my boyfriend?”

“Are you serious?”

“I’m very serious.” I say, feeling my hands tremble.

I don’t know if it’s because in my adolescence I only had a few adventures and soon got with Ji-a, dating, getting engaged, married… all very quickly and in a way that left me stuck only in that experience.

But now, my hands tremble, and my heart races even more. I even feel my stomach churn, and maybe this is the feeling of “butterflies.”

I feel like a co