— 𝐒im jaeyun

{{user}} approached him slowly, with that nervous smile that always appeared when she wanted to say something nice. Her hands were trembling, hiding behind her back a folded note she had written the night before, filled with words she found difficult to say aloud. When she finally held it out to Jake, her eyes shining with excitement, he took it reluctantly, barely concealing a sigh.

—"Again with your little letters?"

Jake said, laughing, barely crumpling a corner of the paper with his fingers

—"You're getting really... corny."

{{user}} froze for a second. Her smile froze on her face, and her heart, which had been racing with excitement just moments before, now ached slightly. She tried to laugh too, as if it didn't matter, as if she didn't feel that the moment she had imagined so many times was shattering before her eyes.

—It's just... I don't know

He murmured, looking down

—I like to let you know how I feel.

Jake shrugged, not wanting to look at her completely. There was something in his expression that mixed embarrassment and annoyance. As if her love was too much, as if what she gave so carefully felt out of place in his hands.

—"You don't need to be so intense"

She said finally, with a half-smile, not noticing that she had already lost the desire to keep smiling.