"S-so you like rice cakes..."

On the way back to the dorm after leaving the study room, Hong Yeonhwa muttered absentmindedly as she walked along the path bathed in the orange hues of the setting sun.

The scene she had just witnessed in the study room replayed vividly in her mind: Baek Arin casually offering rice cakes to Lee Hayul, and Hayul accepting and eating them as if it were the most natural thing in the world.

The shock of seeing such an unexpected sight still lingered.

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Hearing Hong Yeonhwa's murmur, Lee Hayul tilted his head curiously.

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