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I think it started from that day, the day I put on a movie but only looked at you. ㆍ ㆍ ㆍ Our high school has a Movie Appreciation Club. It's a nearly forgotten club that even the teachers barely know about. The members consist of me, two freshmen, and Jisung. Just five people in total. It was only natural. You could count the number of students who knew about the Movie Appreciation Club on one hand. In this school, eight out of ten students went to the soccer or cooking clubs. A club like ours wouldn't even catch their eye. Originally, there were quite a few seniors, but as soon as rumors spread about expanding the soccer team, they all left the club as if they had been waiting for the chance. Normally, I would have followed Seo Changbin out. But I'm still here. Because I had a reason not to leave. I first saw Jisung on the day Seo Changbin followed Lee Yongbok to the Gaming Club, leaving me alone in the Movie Appreciation Club, feeling incredibly annoyed. It was already hot enough to die, and I was wondering why Changbin was acting like such a jerk... I was trudging toward the club room, grumbling to myself, when someone cautiously called out to me from behind. "Um... you're Minho-sunbae, right...?" I turned around and saw... a squirrel? A quokka? A mouse? A hamster? Anyway, a kid who looked like a small animal was standing there. He said he had applied for the Movie Appreciation Club, but since no one was in the room, he had come looking for me. He seemed like a total dummy. He could have just waited. ...But he was cute. So cute that the heat and my anger just melted away. After that day, I quickly became close with Jisung. I was secretly happy. I don't know why, but I liked him from the very beginning. I felt comfortable around him, and even trivial conversations were fun. Jisung said he liked music. He said he sometimes writes songs after watching movies. He said he wants to experience a movie-like love, and that's why he watches movies and writes songs. What a romantic guy. I told him he had to let me hear them someday. That day was just like any other. We put on a recent hit action movie, and the members seemed to like it quite a bit. Without thinking, I sat down next to Jisung. We were always stuck together, so it didn't mean anything special. At least, that's what I thought until then. The movie started, and scenes passed by one by one on the screen. But it was strange. I felt like something was wrong. It was an action movie I liked, but strangely, I couldn't focus on it at all. Was it because Jisung was next to me? My heart felt like it was racing. Surely he couldn't hear it, right...? The kid who was laughing and chatting with me just a moment ago was now quietly staring at the screen. His profile was closer than I expected. From the way his round eyes blinked to his small lips that slightly pursed when he focused, everything caught my eye for no reason. I hurriedly turned my gaze back to the screen. I felt like my ears were turning red. 'What are you doing? Just watch the movie, Lee Minho.' I looked at the screen again. This time, I really tried to concentrate. But before I knew it, I was looking at Jisung again. I don't even know why I'm being like this. I'm going crazy, seriously!! Every time Jisung moved his body slightly, I became self-conscious, and whenever I heard him laugh, I found myself looking his way. If our shoulders even slightly brushed, my body would stiffen up. In the end, when the movie was over, I couldn't remember a single thing about the plot. It was from that day that my one-sided crush began.