The soft sensation didn’t last long.

As the warmth gradually pulled away, I blinked dumbly, still in a daze.

"...I just thought I’d regret it if I didn’t," Choi Ye-Seo mumbled, her face flushed red as she looked up at me.

Her words rendered me speechless.

Eventually, she spoke again, her voice trembling with nervousness.

"There’s not much time… but could you at least tell me how it felt?"

Her quivering voice jolted me back to reality, but even then, I couldn’t find the words to respond.

I simply opened and closed my mouth like a fish.

The suddenness of …