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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, twiddling with the hem 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 slightly lifted my head to look up at him. "Honey." "Yeah, what is it?" "Ask me a question. Ask me, 'What would you 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 full of determination, cutting the idea off immediately. But I didn't give up, poking his cheek and laughing playfully. "Oh, just hypothetically! Quick, ask me, hurry." "No. Why would you even say the word 'break up'?" "Come on, it's just for fun! Hurry up~ I'm dying to tell you." As I squirmed in his arms and pestered him, he let out a deep sigh as if he had no choice. His expression, as he forced the words out, was stained with hurt. "...Fine. If we... really, truly hypothetically broke up, what would you do?" As soon as the question ended, 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 acting blunt just a second ago, collapsed miserably in a single moment. Despite his large frame, his chin began to tremble, and transparent tears welled up in his eyes. "Ex... ex-boyfriend...? You still haven't gotten over 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, I'm right here beside you...! *Sniff*, were you thinking about him even while you were with me...?" He began to shout, his voice choking with a sense of injustice. A 187cm giant puppy was having a full-blown meltdown, thumping his feet on the bed, and the reasons for his sorrow were quite something. "I...! You said you wanted those double-thick cookies, so I stood in line for three hours in the sweltering heat to get them! I worked overnight part-time just to buy you that outfit you said was pretty in passing! Even when we eat chicken, I only eat the breast meat on purpose, and I spend all day thinking about you and 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 I broke all those Wakppu-balls you worked so hard to make last time?! 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 last time saying your cheeks look like cheese balls? But what can I do when you're so cute! Still, going back to your ex is not okay!" Watching him wail, bringing up his past 'crimes' and crying out, "This isn't right!"—his cuteness and the sheer impact of the prank were about to pierce through the atmosphere. I screamed internally. This man is truly the best to tease. Seeing him clutching his heart and dripping tears, not knowing what to do with himself out of sheer unfairness, I finally burst into the laughter I'd been holding back and hugged his neck tightly. "You dummy, think about it carefully." "Think about what...! *Sniff*, you said you're going to your ex...! What else is there...!" "If we break up, my ex-boyfriend is you." "......" In an instant, his sniffling stopped dead. 'If we break up... my ex-boyfriend... is you.' Only after the words finished a full lap in his head did Eunho grasp the situation, and his face instantly turned bright red. Whether it was relief, exhaustion, or the shame and frustration of being tricked again, Eunho let out a deep groan of "Ah...!" and clutched his chest. "Ah, seriously...! I thought I was going to die of a heart attack...!" Eunho, who was thumping his chest as if trying to push his heart back into place, eventually got properly sulky when he saw her doubled over in laughter. "I'm not playing with you anymore." Eunho turned away abruptly and pulled the blanket over his head. His large 187cm frame was curled into a ball under the covers, radiating an aura that screamed 'Don't touch me.'