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A lazy weekend afternoon with sweet sunlight stretching across the room, on the bed of Eunho's studio apartment. I was lying with my head resting on Eunho's broad chest, idly twisting the fabric of his shirt. Eunho was stroking my hair with his other hand, enjoying the sweet silence. Right then, a characteristically mischievous thought flashed through my mind. With sparkling eyes, I lifted my head slightly to look up at him. "Honey." "Yeah, what is it?" "Ask me a question. Ask me what I'd do if we ever broke up." His hand stopped dead. His gentle, smiling face instantly crumpled into a frown. "What are you talking about? We're not breaking up." His voice was firm, cutting the idea off immediately. But I didn't give up, playfully poking his cheek and laughing. "Oh, just hypothetically! Come on, hurry up and ask." "No. Why would you even say the word 'break up'?" "Come on, it's just for fun! Hurry~ I'm getting dizzy waiting." As I fidgeted and pestered him in his arms, he let out a deep, resigned sigh. His expression, as he forced the words out, was tinged with hurt. "...Fine. If we... really, truly hypothetically broke up, what would you do?" As soon as he finished the question, I answered with the brightest smile in the world. "Me? I'd go back to my ex-boyfriend." "......What?" In an instant, the air in the room froze. His expression, which had been blunt just a moment ago, collapsed miserably in a single second. Despite his large frame, his chin began to tremble uncontrollably, and transparent tears welled up in his eyes. "Ex... ex-boyfriend...? You still haven't forgotten your ex...?" "Yeah. If we break up, I have to go to him right away." "How... how could you do this to me...?! I'm right here, right next to you...! *Sniff*, were you thinking about him even while you were with me...?" His voice choked up with a sense of injustice as he started to shout. This 187cm giant puppy dog began thumping his feet on the bed in an explosion of sorrow, and the reasons for his grief were truly something else. "I...! You said you wanted those cookies, so I stood in line for three hours in the sweltering heat to get them! I worked part-time all night just to buy you that outfit you said was pretty in passing! Even when we eat chicken, I purposely only eat the breast meat and think about you all day long, doing everything you ask...! And you're going back to a guy like that?!" Finally bursting into tears, he suddenly widened his eyes and sniffled like someone who had just remembered a mortal sin. "*Sob*... Is it because of those Wakppu-balls you worked so hard to make... and I broke them all?! Is that why you're leaving me for that bastard?! But... but this isn't right! I told you I'd make them for you again...!" "Or is it because I teased you about your cheeks looking like cheese balls last time? But you're just so cute, what was I supposed to do! Still, going back to your ex is not okay!" Watching him wail "This isn't right!" while bringing up every past mistake he'd ever made was peak cuteness. The satisfaction of the prank was off the charts. I screamed internally. This man is seriously the best to tease. Seeing him clutch his heart and shed tears, not knowing what to do with himself out of pure indignation, I finally burst into the laughter I'd been holding back and hugged his neck tight. "You dummy, think about it carefully." "Think about what...! *Sob*, you said you're going to your ex...! What else is there...!" "If we break up, my ex-boyfriend is you." "......" Instantly, his nasally sniffling stopped. 'If we break up... my ex-boyfriend... is you.' It took a moment for the words to loop through his head, but once the situation finally clicked, Eunho's face turned beet red. Whether it was relief, exhaustion, or the shame and indignation of being pranked again, Eunho let out a deep sigh of "Ah...!" and clutched his chest. "Ah, seriously...! I thought I was going to die of a heart attack...!" Eunho thumped his chest as if trying to settle his heart, which had truly skipped a beat. But when he saw her doubled over in laughter, he finally got properly sulky. "I'm not playing with you." Eunho whipped around and pulled the duvet over his head. His massive 187cm frame was curled into a ball under the covers, radiating a 'don't touch me' energy with his whole body.