Love's Perfect Match

"I don't like the idea."

"Then you like me." A weight was lifted off Hank's shoulder. As long as she likes me, then I can settle everything else.

"P-Perhaps." Yelena was able to express her feelings easily when she was with Max. She was the one who courted him. However, she couldn't even form a coherent sentence now. She had no idea why she became so shy.

"Do you want to be my girlfriend, then?"

The confession caught her by surprise. She looked at him. Her nose was still red from the cold because she had just gotten in the car and the heater wasn't hot enough yet. Her eyes were glimmering like a bunny's. Hank felt like teasing her.

A long, long while later, she blurted, "Do you like me, then?" It was a stupid question, but she had no better ones. She was at a loss.

"Why do you think I confessed?" She's usually smart, but she's slow now.

"I-I see."

"So, do you want to be my girlfriend?" She's still hesitating. I should up the ante. "If you date me, I can settle any problem for you. No questions asked."

came across any

my word back. The ball is in your

so soon is… not that good, I reckon." She had let everything go, but still, she thought it was unfair to both Max and

three months since you guys broke up, not three days. It's enough time to move on for both

over his words.

talked it out, and he has let things

guess so." Yelena thought he had a

as well. Date me."

she was reminded of herself. He's just like me back then. "O-Okay, then." She couldn't believe she had gotten herself into another relationship all of a sudden. "Why did you confess all of a sudden?"

eyebrow. "I didn't confess. You did."

trick me into saying I liked him, but he never confessed.

mean to say I confessed?" I'm the one coerced into this relationship. How come I was the one who confessed? Weird.

like that she was hesitant when it came to him, but she didn't even hesitate when it came to Max. So, he came up with a trick to make her confess

together anyway. I should just let this slide." In the end, Yelena chose to forget about this little episode.

just mentioning that. Elspeth and Max knew, but only

explain. "Um, the management wants me to shoot a film. It's in Wohler, so I'll have to go abroad for about six months."

setting off?"

"Three-thirty tomorrow."