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I diverted my eyes back onto Jooin. Still, he didn't say anything with downcast eyes. I gave him a gentle squeeze on his hand.
'If he was about to react like this, I should have told him about it earlier,' with that thought in mind, I opened my lips.
"Jooin."
"Huh?"
"I think you are truly a nice guy, no matter how good and bad you may think you are."
My words moved the corners of his lips slightly. He then lifted his eyes to look at me with a subtle smile.
I raised his hand and waved it in the air as I usually did when playing tricks with him. Jooin then grinned a little more. I smiled and continued.
"Um, and... oh, you know people often say that even if we eat the same menu at the same restaurant, it's totally different depending on who you eat with. Eating with an uncomfortable boss and a friend we like tastes completely different."
"Yeah."