The answer he hadn’t been expecting hung in the air between them for a moment. His cheeks heated and his heart fluttered. That was definitely flirtation. The last one could have been explained away by the context of their assignment, but “always”? That was in a world of its own. The tease that followed was unconvincing - he knew his vampire, and he could see through his attempt to hide his true intentions away.

Before he knew what he was doing, his foot moved beneath the table of its own accord, brushing whatever part of Seojin-a it could reach in what was far beyond just friendly affection. This time, he didn’t attempt to hide the longing in his gaze from his friend. (It helped that none of their classmates were facing them or paying attention.) “Jinjja?” he smirked arrogantly, his belly doing flips at whatever this interaction might mean for them. “Nor I,” he quipped knowingly, “Exactly as it should be.”