Sitting up on her bed while she hugged one of her small throw pillows up against her chest; Noeul couldn't help but have the tips of her fingers slowly trace her lips as she was thinking of last night. She would smile and feel her cheeks heat up and feel her heart doing jumps inside her chest as her stomach would do the same.

Little butterflies would come and go as she was trying to distract herself from reading a book but her mind would go back to the soft and tender kiss. She bit her bottom lip and gave it a from her tongue. It was as if the touch of Hyungsik's lips were still imprinted on her.

She sighed as she shut her eyes trying to ignore it but the unexpected jumps from her heart and stomach weren't really helping.

DING DONG.

Her ears heard the doorbell ring and made a frown on wondering who it was. It was late morning and her father was still around but he must have been in the back with Mimi.

DING DONG.

Noeul got up from her bed and went downstairs to get the door. To her surprise, when she opened it her eyes suddenly widen and felt her heart drop to the pit of her stomach.

"Jo-Jooyeon..what a s-surprise." she mentally hissed at herself for the stutter.

Jooyeon smiled at her as she walked in her home. "I know, I wanted to see you before I went to Hyungsiks'."

Noeul closed the door and offered Jooyeon some water which she gladly took. She took a few sips and placed it on the table.

"I'm not staying long." Jooyeon flipped her hair to the back. "I only came because I wanted to ask you something."

Noeul wasn't sure what she wanted to asked but she only nodded her head and waited.

"While I was away," Jooyeon looked at her nice manicure that had dark purple with a cute design of stars on them. "Nothing happened between you and Hyungsik right?"

Blinking her eyes and holding her breath Noeul knew that she would have to fake a smile and lie. She cleared and smiled. "What do you mean? Nothing ever happens when I'm with Hyungsik. I mean sure we hung out a few times but nothing intimate, if that's where your trying to get at."

Noeul let out a small laugh hoping to lighten up the mood but her smile faded when she noticed Jooyeon didn't react the same way.

So much for trying..

Jooyeon moved her lips to the side as she bit the inside of her cheeks until she gave a smirk. "Are you sure nothing happened?"

Noeul felt her hands getting sweating as she played with her oversized T-shirt that happened to belong to Hyungsik's that he gave her a few months ago. Clearing again she nodded. "I'm su -"

SLAP!

Before Noeul could even finish talking, Jooyeon gave her a good slap across the face.

Noeul had her head turned to the right and felt the burning sensation running all over her cheek. She clenched her teeth dealing with the pain, she was afraid to look back at Jooyeon in case another slap was coming her way. But there was only one way to find out.

Bravely, Noeul turned her head slowly and then next thing she felt was something cool and refreshing hitting her face. She gasped as the water was dripping from her face down to her clothes. She finally opened her eyes and saw Jooyeon giving her look that was full of anger and betrayal.

"I figured the water would be helpful from something painful." Jooyeon spoke first. "I actually arrived last night. I was excited so I wanted to come by and see Hyungsik, but when I get here. I see the two of you in each other's arms... kissing!"

She... she saw...

"I can't believe I actually thought that you would do something like that!" her voice started to rise. "HE IS MY BOYFRIEND KANG NOEUL! MINE! YOU HAD NO RIGHT TO KISS HIM!"

 Noeul couldn't find the words to reply back.

"Although," she sighed trying to calm herself. "It was bound to happen, you were just waiting for the right opportunity to make your move.

She scoffed and opened her bag digging for something. A small white plastic bag was suddenly thrown in front of Noeul's chest and fell to the floor.

"At least I was nice enough to bring you something from Canada." she turned to leave the house.

"It's not going to happen again." Noeul finally found the power to talk. She saw Jooyeon turn around and cross her arms on her chest.

"You're damn right it's not! Stay away from him, I can't even bare to look at you." she opened the door and slammed it as it closed.

Tears that Noeul had been holding finally ran down her face. She bent down to pick up the small bag to see what was inside. It was a chained bracelet that had a pendant of a cute small branch with leaves with a quote on top.

"Friendship is like a tree. It's not tall it could be, but how deep the roots have grown."

It's pretty...

Before putting it back inside she saw a small card left inside.

Noeul,

I know we haven't known each other for too long, but I hope our friendship lasts a long time and I hope our roots go way deep until it reaches the core of the earth. Well not to the point where we burn of course haha! I hope you like the bracelet!

More tears filled her eyes as the guilt from everything that happened last night to now was eating her up inside slowly. The stinging from her cheek was starting to wear off but it was still hurting. Noeul went upstairs when she heard her phone ringing and hoped it was Siwan.

When she grabbed her phone her eyes widen and felt her heart jumping quickly.

I must be dreaming right?

She answered the phone quickly as she sniffled. "Please tell me I'm not dreaming."

The voice at the other end laughed. "No, you're not dreaming little one."

Thinking she could hold her tears for a moment, they came back running down her cheeks. She covered to try and stop from letting out a cry. The person on the other end was quiet for a moment until they knew something was wrong.

"Hey, what's wrong?" their voice was gentle, it made Noeul fall to her knees and her voice cracked. "Why are you crying? What's wrong?"

"Ca-can I go and see you?" Noeul asked as she cleared .

"Of course, you know where right?" the person asked. "Will you tell me why you're crying when you get here?"

"Yes! Can I stay over for a while? Please, I need it!" she begged as she got up from her knees and went to get a duffle bag and started packing.

"Yeah sure, we'd love to have you here." the person let out a sigh and ended the call saying they will see her soon.

Packing as quickly as she could, Noeul grabbed enough for a few days and if she needed more she could buy something later. She raced downstairs and saw her dad coming inside from the back.

"Where's the fire sweet - what happened to your face?" Mr. Kang went to his daughter and studied her. "Why are you crying?"

Noeul thought of something quickly. "I was leaning on my hand while reading and I was crying because Oppa called! Can you take me to see him please!"

Mr. Kang blinked his eyes for a moment. "Mrs. Han's grandson?"

She nodded quickly. "Please dad! I really need to see him!"

He gave her a smile and saw the duffle bag around her. "I'm guessing you're staying for a few days too?"

She nodded again. "I should have asked you first, I'm sorry, but it's been twenty-two months since I've seen him."

Mr. Kang grabbed his keys and opened the door. "Let's get going then."

- - -

Patiently waiting for Siwan's arrival Hyungsik was biting his bottom lip hoping nothing wrong will be the outcome of his situation. His water in front of him was still full even if he had taken a few sips. When the door chimed from the front, Hyungsik looked up and saw his friend walking towards him.

"Sorry, I'm late, my mom had me drop off some mail and then I had to see my dad for some business papers." Siwan took his seat across from Hyungsik and smiled. "So what's up?"

Hyungsik sighed as his facial expression was filled with confusion and worry. He slowly spoke to Siwan, telling him how he was getting second thoughts towards Noeul and possibly having feelings for her. It had happened the moment Siwan and Noeul pulled the prank of them being a couple and little things started to irritate him.

Siwan was amused at every emotion Hyungsik was feeling and couldn't help but smile. "So you're telling me this because...?"

Hyungsik scoffed as he rolled his eyes. "Because I want some advice in order to fix this!"

Siwan wanted to a bit more but he already thought of another way. He smirked as he leaned forward. "Do you plan on hanging out with Jooyeon?"

Hyungsik shook his head. "She left to Canada for two weeks."

Wow... I didn't expect that one.

"That should be enough time for you." Siwan smiled as he raised his eyebrows and brought them back down.

"What do you mean?" Hyungsik gave him a slight glare on wondering where Siwan was going with this.

"In order to find out your true feelings, spend time with the person who is making you second guess them. Then you'll understand who you love more." he leaned back with a smirk and crossed his arms on his chest. "It might not be obvious right now, but before you know it, everything will fall into place. You just need to accept it."

Hyungsik stayed quiet and gave a nod. "I just don't want to hurt anyone in the process either."

"You're going to hurt something no matter what. Again, you need to accept the consequences." Siwan sighed and leaned forward again. "Jooyeon is a sweet nice girl and you like her a lot right?"

Hyungsik looked at his friend and nodded.

"And Noeul is someone who you're close with, who happens to be a girl and without even doing anything, she has you second guessing yourself?" he sighed and kept looking at Hyungsik. "She is different from Jooyeon and someone who can get you to agitated with the smallest things."

He knew his friend was right.

His confusion was already starting with his feelings and he had no choice but to sort them