"Hyung, you're finally here." Min-Cheol echoed, looking excited but then he paused. Just as I suspected, he noticed my eyes were a bit odd right away.
The little swell underneath my eyelids and how pink they looked. Not red, but pink.
His smile fell and he stood up, looking at me intently while I rolled my eyes away, knowing I had been caught.
"Wait, before you say anything, I'll be frank with you," I said, raising my hands in defense. "I... I got some soup on my eyes."
Okay, so I wasn't frank and lied instead but it was better than explaining why I cried.
Min-Cheol looked at me, wondering whether to believe that. There was a difference in how one's eyes looked after being doused with spice and after crying.
And he could tell the difference just fine.
But given I didn't want it known that I had cried, maybe because I was too embarrassed to admit it, he chose to believe me.
He got closer and looked into my eyes.
