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"Y/n-sii... Why do you like me?"

Y/n only stared at her, he was not surprised by her question but instead looked like he was expecting it. He'd blink slowly as he clasped both of his hands.

"I don't think you remember this... but when we had just started school here..."

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Y/n strolled through the school hallway with stacks of paper in his arms. He had volunteered to help a teacher with a chore and was on his way to the faculty's office.

As he continued on minding his business, a student was sprinting in the hallways and accidentally bumped into Y/n causing him to fall in his butt with a thud. The papers he was carrying would scatter in the hallway.

"My Bad!"

The student who bumped into him gave a half-hearted apology before quickly running off, seemingly in a rush. Y/n immediately got back into his feet as he diligently picked up the scattered papers on the floor.

A hand would suddenly appear and pick up a paper in-front of Y/n, which prompted him to look up.

He was greeted by the sight of an angel, It was none other than Kim Minju.

Y/n remained dazed as he watched Minju help him pick up the scattered papers. While continuing to help Y/n, Minju would tuck her hair before looking at Y/n which caused the boy to snap back from his dazed state as he quickly apologized before going back to picking up the papers.

"Oh... I'm sorry."

Y/n muttered another apology for making the girl help him with the mess. Minju raised her eyebrows, confused.

"Why are you sorry?"

The confusion from Minju caught Y/n off guard.

"What?"

"The guy bumped into you, You didn't do anything wrong."

Minju said firmly.

“Also if you were to tell me 'Thank you' instead of 'Sorry'. I'd be a lot happier.”

Y/n was quite surprised by what Minju said. Looking at the smiling girl in-front of her, Y/n studied her facial appearance. He quickly realized what he was doing though as he hastily averted Minju's eyes and looked away.

"Thank you so much."

Finally picking up the final paper, Y/n expressed his gratitude to the girl who helped him. For Minju, showing acts of kindness to people had been very common for her to do. Due to her innocent visual and angel-like personality, she was dubbed as "Minju Angel" by the students.

Minju's aura glimmered as she continued to flash her iconic smile that lighted up those who've seen it. The fact that Minju went on her way to help Y/n was a thoughtful action from her and her smile, her damn smile caused Y/n's heart to flutter instantly. That small interaction Minju had sparked something inside of him.

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"Since then, my eyes.. have always been following you."

Y/n was looking at the wall in-front of him while he re-tells the small interaction between them. Minju might've forgotten the interaction and it was understandable, but Y/n certainly did not. How could he forget the moment that he fell down the rabbit hole of Minju.

"And it was then that I thought I was attracted to you."

Y/n clasped his hands tighter as he slowly shifted his head to look at the flustered Minju. Minju, albeit flustered by Y/n's actions, did not break eye contact between them. For what felt like eternity, they simply looked at each other.

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"I like you."

Without hesitation, Y/n blurted out his feelings again. By the amount of times Y/n have said that he liked Minju, Minju would've probably not been affected by now. Though that's not the case as Minju's face became more red than it already was.

"Well, I'll be heading back now."

Y/n stood up from his seat and began walking down his way to the door of the nurse's office. Y/n would hold the doorknob before seemingly halting. He'd turn back to Minju's direction, a small smile forming in his face.

"Rest well."

Y/n turned the knob as he opened the door and exited the nurse's office leaving a flustered and really red Minju. Minju buried her face with her hand for a second before hugging her knees.

"What was that... that's not fair."

"Here. This is a thank-you gift for the other day."

Minju handed Y/n a plastic bag full of cookies. While handing it to him, Minju was avoiding Y/n's stares as she opted to stare at the ground for a whole moment.

"Oh, these are for me?"

Y/n said as he took the gift from Minju. He looked at it and admired the gift, it was Minju's first gift for him after all. Y/n expresses his excitement and looks like a child getting a present for christmas.

"Those are cookies... I'm sorry if you don't like them."

Minju fidgets as she still avoids eye contact with Y/n, almost boring a hole into the ground. Never had she thought that she'd be standing here being all fidgety in front of Y/n, yet here she was.

"Oh no, I'm really Happy! Thank you so much."

Y/n said as he smiled widely with his eyes closed, a facial expression that Minju nor her classmate have ever seen from Y/n.

'I didn't know he could smile like that.'

Minju didn't know why, but her heart thumped for a second.

"Y/n, Do you have a second?"

Y/n's classmate would suddenly call for him, shifting his attention and prompting him to turn his head behind.

"Oh, sure."

Y/n turned around and began to walk away from Minju.

"See you around."

Minju looked at Y/n's back as it slowly walked away from her. With hesitation evident on her face, she seems to be contemplating about doing something.