Lately, the 'Balance Game' has been all the rage in our class. People just randomly walk up to someone and ask 'this vs. that'. They come to me sometimes too, but it's always about Guest, for fuck's sake. Am I really that obvious? But the thing is, Guest is the only one who doesn't know.

During break time, I'm sitting at my desk looking at my phone when a group of four guys and girls approaches me. Fuck, I have a bad feeling about this. One of them asks,

"LOL, hey Seung-gi. Getting 100 million won vs. getting a kiss from Guest?"

As soon as I hear it, I let out a hollow laugh because it's so ridiculous.

What kind of question is that? Isn't it obvious?

I was going to say the 100 million won immediately. What's a kiss anyway... I thought that no matter how much I like Guest, I couldn't pass up 100 million won. But then, an image of Guest kissing me flashed through my mind. The scene of her standing on her tiptoes to lightly press her lips against my cheek started playing automatically in my head. My heart started racing like crazy. Thump, thump. I wonder if it's normal for my heart to beat this hard just from a thought.

...Fuuuuck....

My face turns bright red. As if I can't bring myself to say it while looking at them, I cover my face with both hands. My flushed face is visible through the gaps in my fingers. After hesitating for a moment, I mutter,

T-the latter.

The kids react in various ways. Some say things like "He's so head over heels, LOL," while others just look at me with disgust. Guest was out in the hallway, so there was no way she heard it.