As long as you remain you

"Hyung, there's something I've wanted to know for a long time now." Baek-Hyun said and Hae-won stared silently, wondering what he was going to ask.

"Go... Go ahead."

"Back then, when you left... Was it because you hated me?" Baek-Hyun asked. "Was it because I wronged you? Was it because I kissed you back then? Were you disgusted by the kiss or... Was it after I did that to you? Was that why you left?"

Hae-won was silent. How to answer that.

He was indeed mad that he forcefully gave him a handjob but he was not mad about the kiss. He actually liked it until...

"I didn't hate the kiss." He said. "I didn't hate you either and it was hard for me, thinking that I'd have to stay away from you and then you did that." He recalled the past... how bad he felt. How broken he felt. "It was hard for me."

"I'm sorry." Baek-Hyun apologised. "I didn't get the chance to apologise back then because I was such a jerk. But I felt bad for doing that to you."