Chapter 121

To Woon Seong-ha, who always trailed after me and tried however he could to stay in the same space as me, the word "separately" must have landed like a sentence being handed down.

Even I would feel put out if my one and only friend did that to me.

"S-separately?"

Seong-ha's voice trembled faintly. He rubbed the back of his neck with his big hand, dropped his gaze to the floor, and asked in a voice that trailed into nothing, as if making an excuse.

"...What about the chemistry between us?"

"Chemistry?"

"Still, don't you think the emotion would come together better if we kept rehearsing together...?"

It was a question steeped in reluctance, as if he were scrambling to find any excuse to keep practicing with me.

He looked exactly like a big retriever who wanted to go to his owner but had just been told to stay, and…