Chapter 761: Side Story 4. Endless Journey - 44
Did he have a relationship with someone? Kar shook his head immediately, but the verbal reply came a bit late. "...no."
"I see," Zein nodded. It was clear from the boy’s troubled expression. "You want to reject them?"
Kar flinched, looking up while pursing his lips. It was unfair how both of his fathers always knew exactly what was in his mind. "I’m not sure...I don’t know," he groaned, laying his head on the countertop. "It’s not like there’s a confession or anything..."
At times like that, Zein could feel that his son was also still an inexperienced teenager, not yet an adult despite being a three-star esper already. The boy looked frustrated, clueless and helpless; a cute side he shared with Bassena, and Zein couldn’t help but pat the black hair.
"And you don’t want to hurt their feelings?"
"Yeah..."
Kar sighed, closing his eyes tightly. He had been thinking a lot about this, about what he wanted to do with Byul’s feelings. The more he thought about it, he could only see Byul as a cute little brother. Well...at least for now. But he had no idea how he should act if they met after this.
Could he act like usual, knowing the flusters and the blushes contained a deeper meaning?
Haa...of course he couldn’t.
It wasn’t like he could tell the boy to stop crushing on him too because, once again, there was no official confession. He definitely didn’t want to embarrass Byul or put the boy in an uncomfortable situation. Hearing his father’s words about hurting people’s hearts when he couldn’t reciprocate that feeling made it even heavier.
He definitely, definitely didn’t want to see Byul getting hurt. Imagining the sweet, adorable boy crying in heartbreak brought a lump in Kar’s throat.