A few days after the fansign event, Sana took it upon herself to fix her relationship with Dahyun. If anything, she wanted to do more than that. She knew just mending their friendship wasn't enough; she wanted Dahyun to fall in love with her. She wanted her to fall in deep. She wanted Dahyun to say "I love you" instead of "I don't know." She wanted Dahyun to be sure that she loved Sana. So Sana made it her mission to achieve her desire; because she was tired of heartbreak.

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It was a quiet and peaceful afternoon for TWICE. For once, they had nothing on their agenda that day. And Sana attempted to take advantage of it.

Sana came out of her room and inhaled deeply before walking confidently towards the couch. There Dahyun sat, her eyes glued to her phone. Sana took another breath before walking towards the front of Dahyun. She cleared .

"Dahyun," she called, her name sounding rusty on her tongue, "I want ice-cream."

Dahyun looked up from her phone, and at Sana, who was standing before her with her arms crossed. Sana stared back, trying to hold in a blush. It was the first time in a while that they had met eyes for more than a second.

"You want ice-cream?" Dahyun asked.

"Yes," she replied.

Dahyun scratched her head, "And you wanna go with me?"

Sana nodded, "I only ever get ice-cream with you, why should this time be any different?"

"So you're not gonna avoid me anymore?" Dahyun asked.

"I'm trying not to so just accept," Sana said, her lips curving into a frown.

But Dahyun smiled, causing Sana to die a bit on the inside. It had been a while since she made Dahyun smiled like this. But how could Dahyun not smile like that? Sana had asked her on a "date" after they had not interacted with each other for so long. Finally, they could mend this friendship.

Dahyun stood and said excitedly, "Let's get ice-cream!"

Sana smiled back. Perfect. Because now begins Step 1 of Operation "Get Kim Dahyun to fall in love with me".

So, off they went, to their favorite ice-cream shop not too far from the dorm.

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Sana and Dahyun sat on a bench, shoulders slightly touching. Both of them were happily eating ice-cream like best friends who weren't just avoiding each other.

"Ahh, this was such a good idea, Sana-unnie! I'm glad~!" Dahyun exclaimed before taking in a spoonful of ice-cream.

Sana giggled, "So you're glad you accepted?"

"More than anything," Dahyun said, full of food. She swallowed the ice-cream and continued, "I'm also glad that you're not avoiding me anymore."

"It was stupid of me to avoid you. I know I confessed that I love someone to you but still that's no reason to avoid you."

Dahyun didn't say anything, she only forced a smile before bringing her focus back to her ice-cream. All of a sudden, the atmosphere between the two had changed. Was that a little bit of hurt that Sana saw in her eyes? She noticed that Dahyun's eyes didn't smile along with her lips, as they usually do.

"So you're glad that I'm not avoiding you anymore?" Sana asked.

Dahyun turned to face her, planting that smile yet again, "Of course, you have no idea how depressed I was being apart from you for so long."

Sana realized the forced smile yet again. She hated seeing it. So she decided to fix the awkward atmosphere between them.

Sana smirked, then leaned against Dahyun's body. She carefully placed her lips against Dahyun's right ear and whispered, "Then let's promise to be with each other always."

Dahyun jumped at Sana's playfulness. As Sana pulled away, she made sure her upper lip grazed the tip of Dahyun's ear. Chills ran down Dahyun's spine, and it wasn't the ice-cream that caused that. Yep, the old Sana was back. And Dahyun wasn't so sure she was relieved at that.

"L-looks like the old Sana is back," she stuttered.

"Didn't you miss her?" Sana moved so she could get a better look at Dahyun's face. Dahyun had a playful smile on her face; much better than that forced smile from earlier. The fun atmosphere from before had returned.

"Not as much as you think," Dahyun joked, causing Sana to lightly punch her shoulder.

"Oh c'mon, you missed her so much you cried yourself to sleep every night."

Dahyun let a lot long "mmm" as if she were actually thinking about it, before replying, "Actually, I slept peacefully every night knowing you wouldn't try to flirt with me the next day."

Sana scoffed, "You didn't!"

"Mhm," Dahyun said, bobbing her head from side to side.

"Just for that, you're gonna get it!" Sana said as she stood.

Then Sana slowly approached her with puckered lips. "Nooo!!" she exclaimed, putting out her free hand to hold Sana back. But Sana quickly maneuvered out of the way of her hand and placed a good peck on Dahyun's jawline. Dahyun almost forgot the feeling of Sana's lips; usually so warm and moist. But this time, her kiss was cold, definitely from the ice-cream, and Dahyun couldn't help but visibly shiver at the feeling. Sana laughed when she noticed, causing Dahyun's face to flush a deep dark red.

"Now, your face is almost as red as that lipstick mark," Sana joked.

Dahyun quickly covered the kiss mark, "You can't be serious!"

Sana continued to laugh, and Dahyun couldn't help but begin laughing too. Just laughing like this was a pleasant feeling for the both of them. That must've been because they had been deprived of laughing so genuinely with each other for a few weeks. As soon as Sana's laugh receded, she took back her seat beside Dahyun. She rested her head against Dahyun's shoulder and Dahyun responded by putting her hand over Sana's opposite shoulder. She pulled her close against her body, because she didn't want to be so apart from Sana for so long ever again. And under Dahyun's embrace, Sana could feel that that's what she felt.

"Sana, how much do you love the person that you like?" Dahyun suddenly asked.

Sana stayed quiet for a moment. She certainly didn't expect Dahyun to ask that.

"A lot," she replied.

Dahyun couldn't help feel guilty about the moment they were sharing. "This is okay?" she asked.

Sana giggled, "This is okay. This is more than okay."

She nuzzled her nose into Dahyun's neck. Meanwhile, Dahyun was confused about Sana's answer. This shouldn't be okay if she loved this guy so much. But she didn't question it any longer; she just accepted it and stayed the way they were. If they could still be close like this while Sana loved another, then that would be okay. Maybe Dahyun was okay with Sana loving someone else. It was hard, but she could learn to deal with it, if that made things easier for Sana.

What made all of this so hard for Dahyun? She couldn't explain why, but somehow it felt like her heart was being stabbed out of her chest when Sana had told her that she was in love with someone. And that feeling never faded since then. Dahyun would think about it every night before she went to sleep. Someone else had Sana's heart, and so, someone else had her attention. And Dahyun, being quite fond of the spotlight, was afraid that this person would steal Sana's spotlight on her from her. So, to put it bluntly, she was jealous.

She, actually, hated that she felt jealous. Moreover, she couldn't understand why she felt jealous. Yes, she loved attention and Sana was always the one to give her that attention; but it felt like Dahyun's jealousy stemmed from more than her desire for attention. She was jealous that someone else would occupy Sana's mind most of the time. She was jealous that one day, someone else would receive Sana's hugs and kisses. She was jealous that someone else would matter more to Sana than Dahyun. As of recently, Dahyun was, inarguably, the closest person to Sana and therefore the person she cared about the most. Sana loving someone else would demote Dahyun down to second. It felt like Dahyun was jealous that someone else would steal Sana from her. But Sana was never hers to begin with; so she won't assume any kind of possession over her.

Although Dahyun was jealous, she was also selfless. So she would put aside her jealousy in order to make sure Sana was happy. Dahyun would give Sana up to someone else if that's what Sana wanted. Because she favored Sana's happiness over her own. And she could only be happy if Sana was.

"You say he doesn't love you back?" Dahyun asked.

She felt Sana slightly shake her head, "No, and I'm sure of it."

"What makes you so sure?"

There was a long pause. Sana couldn't respond honestly to that question without revealing that the person she loved was in fact the person who was with her now. The person who lent her a shoulder to lay her head on. The person who had her arm over her shoulders to protect her. The person who was eager to listen to her problems. Kim Dahyun, the person she wanted.

So, in the end, she only said, "I just know."

But you shouldn't ever be certain about anything that isn't an obvious fact. Yes, a desk is just a desk, and yes, green tea is green, but love isn't like that. Love is anomaly of emotions that come together to create a larger entity. Love isn't one thing. Love isn't black and white.

And so, Sana didn't want to be so certain that Dahyun absolutely did not and would not love her back. Since love isn't so cut and dry a feeling, she had hoped that she was wrong and that maybe somewhere in Dahyun's heart was the answer. And the right answer. Despite desperately not wanting to believe that she was right, she couldn't help but feel that the chance that Dahyun did love her back was very slim. It would be a miracle come true.

They were both girls, and Dahyun's a church girl. Dahyun always seemed irritated by Sana's advances. Dahyun wouldn't reciprocate Sana's hugs and kisses.

All the evidence was there, all in front of Sana's face. And so, it was so hard for her to fall into a sense of a false reality in which the possibility that Dahyun loved her back existed.

"Dahyunnie," Sana called, her voice timid.

"Hm?"

"I love you."

Neither of them questioned why Sana had said that. What mattered was just that she said it. Somehow, those were the words that Sana had to say to ease Dahyun's troubled heart.

"I love you too," Dahyun subconsciously replied.

[AUTHOR'S NOTE]

Ey, QOTD is: does Dahyun love her back?

Oh, and did you catch that little reference to Sana's oh-so-smart moments? How can you not love Sana when she's just so cute?

Btw, these chapters are fairly short, huh? Idk if you guys prefer longer chapters or if this is fine.

One last note: The One More Time music video is out!!!