"I guess I have to be straightforward about this," he said, eyes narrowing and lips firming into a straight line. Silence engulfed the two and for some reason Zelo couldn't word his sentences the way he wanted to. He stuttered for a bit before taking Chanhee by his hand. "Chanhee... I like you, you know? I thought it was obvious... I really like you."
Zelo liked him? Really? How did he not know? Chanhee was so sure the younger hung around him because of their short term bonding last year during Christmas and the little egocentric part of him assumed it was because Zelo admired him in a way since he was older. He never imagined it was because he liked him. And then it all clicked, the gifts he would receive from the younger and the constant texts and calls during intervals of breaks… Chanhee felt so terrible for not seeing Zelo’s affections but was there anything he could do to ease the other’s discomfort? The blond had no feelings of endearment towards the younger so he couldn’t force himself to like the other - it would just be plain cruel. And besides, he had someone else now, someone else he liked quite a bit. Chanhee wasn’t just going to give his feelings up.