Sorry for delayed chapter! 

[Tiffany’s POV]

As they left the shop I sighed deeply to myself. I almost felt like a third wheel around them. The way they stare at each other… how they interact, how they speak to each other...it was completely different from how Jess and I did. At this rate, I’d have lost already. My heart pained in a way I couldn’t possibly explain. I wanted to cry, but willed myself not to.

I trudged back to the stairs when my grandma called me.

“Miyoung, where are you going?” she asked gently.

“I’m just going to rest… I’m a little tired.” I replied in a rather bland voice, opposed to my usually bright response.

“Are you feeling okay? Do you need anything?” she asked worriedly.

I didn’t want to worry her, so I put on my best smile and shook my head. “I think I just need a little nap if that’s okay.”

She seemed a little more at ease. “Okay, well just let me know if you need anything dear.”

I nodded and walked to my room, locking the door behind me.

I stuffed my face into my pillow. I know I shouldn’t just give up, but I just felt miserable and wallowed in self-pity.

How I fell in love with my best friend still remains a mystery to me. It just magically happened one day. It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, but as I got to know the cold girl, I started to fall for her strange, yet effective charms. 

I couldn’t blame Sooyoung for liking her too. Jessica has this strange way of attracting people.

And yes, I wasn’t stupid. It’s completely obvious that Sooyoung is in love with MY best friend. I mean, the signs are all there. The way she looked at her, the way she spoke, the locket, and not to mention the little scene in the flower shop today.

It was also obvious that Jessi was falling for her too… she’s just too dense to notice it. I had to stop this before she DOES notice.

That reminds me… I pulled out the locket from under my pillow, flipping open the picture of them.

I stared at it blankly for many minutes. My body shook with anger. There was no way that this ‘Sooyoung’ was going to take away what I worked so hard to get.

I forcefully threw the locket across the room. With a “CLANG” it broke in half.

I walked over and stared at it.

‘You better watch out Choi Sooyoung…’ I smirked.

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[Sooyoung’s POV]

I yawned while sitting in class. I couldn’t help but glance over at Sica who was sitting by the window. Of course, dozing off now and then.

While the teacher lectured, I snuck my phone out and texted Jessica.

[To: My Ice Princess]

Wake up sleepyhead~!

Jessica stirred from the low hum of her phone. Before checking it, she glanced up at the teacher, and then when the coast was clear, she pulled it out.

She turned her head to me and gave me a cold glare. I noticed her punch in some letters.

[From: My Ice Princess]

I’m fine; I’d worry more about you pabo!

I looked back at her and she stuck her tongue out at me.

I bit my lips to suppress my laughter.

[To: My Ice Princess]

Cutie~ ;)

Jessica looked at her phone and turned a light shade of pink before facing away from me.

‘She’s so adorable’ I thought before returning back to the lecture, throwing Sica a glance now and then.

----RING---

Class was over and I stretched my arms. I could barely keep up with his teaching.

I rushed over behind Jessica and wrapped my arms around her neck.

“SICA!” I yelled in her ear.

She jolted upwards and pushed me away forcefully.

“YAH!”

I giggled at her expected reaction. “Someone’s grumpy~” I teased.

She just glared at me and continued down the hall.

“Whatever Choi Sooyoung.”

“What is it Sica?” I asked now a little more serious.

“What do you mean?” she still refused to look at me.

“THAT! You won’t look at me.” I pouted.

She continued walking, when I grabbed her arm and made her face me.

Her eyes trailed to the floor.

“Did I do something wrong?” I asked a little worriedly.

She shook her head vigorously.

“N-no. It’s just… last n-night…” she trailed off before shutting .

“Last night what?” I tried to urge her on.

“I-i-t’s n-nothing!” She stuttered out, her face turning red.

I gave her a confused expression.

“Just forget it, let’s go eat lunch yes?” She grabbed my hand and we rushed to the cafeteria. Her clutch around my hand was enough to make me forget what we were talking about.

-----cafeteria----

“Jessica! Sooyoung!” Hyoyeon called over to us.

We went over to their table that consisted of Hyoyeon, Seohyun, Yuri, Yoona and Sunny.

When we arrived and took a seat, they already had a bunch of food set out. Yoona of course was already digging in.

I drooled a little.

Hyoyeon noticed and invited me to have some. I didn’t give it a second thought and began devouring it all.

“What’s the occasion?” Jessica asked, observing all the food.

“Well… a couple things.” Hyoyeon began and I took a bite out of my kimbap, still listening. “First of all Yuri’s rather swift recovery.”

Yuri still seemed a bit pale, but a lot better than when I saw her in the hall.

“You feeling okay now Yuri?” Jessica asked in a soft tone. I felt a pang of jealousy, but brushed it off and continued eating.

Yuri nodded. “It’s just a come-and-go type of thing, I’m fine… all thanks to my hot nurse here.” Yuri motioned to Yoona who blushed before hugging the latter.

“Anything for my Yul-bear” she whispered.

We all cringed at their cheesiness but couldn’t help to find it cute.

Hyoyeon cleared before continuing. “And I also have something to announce…” we waited intently.

Hyoyeon grabbed Seohyun’s hand and raised it.

“Seo and I are official!” she shouted rather excitedly and stood up.

We all cheered and congratulated them. Seohyun’s face was beet red and tried to pull Hyoyeon back down but instead Hyoyeon picked her up and twirled her around, giving her a quick peck on the lips.

I could almost see the heat from the blood rushing to Seohyun’s face, as she seemed extremely flustered. The calm, and serious Seohyun was no longer in existence at this moment. 

Hyoyeon on the other hand loved every second of it. I couldn’t help but picture Sica and I in that position. My heart paced faster just thinking of it.

I looked over to see Sica’s reaction, and she seemed to be in a little bit of a daze as well.

When things finally calmed down, everyone was staring at Jessica and me with devious grins.

“W-what?” we asked in unison.

“Don’t you girls have something to announce?” they asked slyly.

I understood what they were getting at. “No!” I waved my hands.

They didn’t seem convinced. “Oh yeah? Then where were you ALL DAY yesterday?” Yoona asked raising her brow.

“We just hung out!” I sounded more defensive than I meant to.

“Oh~really?” Yuri chimed in.

“AISH! Really!” I was getting a little agitated. I glanced at Jessica who didn’t seem to be listening.

“What did you do when you were “hanging out”? Hmm..?” Hyoyeon teased.

"Perhaps something... naughty?" Yuri deviously grinned.  

I was about to retort when I heard a loud bang and shake of the table. We all looked at Jessica who had her knife stabbed into the table.

“What? We can’t just hang out as friends?!” Jessica burst out, clearly frustrated by this interrogation. There was dead silence. 

All three of them gulped, while Seohyun seemed completely oblivious of the change in atmosphere.

I couldn’t help but be disappointed by Sica’s statement, but that’s just what we are right and probably all we’ll be…

“We were just kidding Jessica…”

“Yeah total jokes hehe…”

They all let the subject go, and we ate in silence for the rest of the lunch break.

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We were heading to our next class, phys. Ed, which I dreaded, but I was happy since I got to spend it with Sica.

“Okay! Just 3 laps today! We got some special guest coming to show us some yoga. So get a move on!” Our teacher blew her whistle and we all trudged on.

I jogged beside Sica who seemed a bit distracted by something.

I coughed to get her attention.

“Uhm Sica…”

“Hmm…” she hummed in response.

“I was wondering…what do you think of me…?” I asked out of nowhere. 

She threw me a funny look. “What do I think of you?” she repeated. “hmm… why do you ask?”

“Just curious is all…” I anticipated her answer.

“Well… you can be a little crazy not to mention your pranks and teasing…” she was panting a little as we rounded our second lap. “Despite that, you always do things with your best intentions.” She paused. “Overall, you’re a really good friend.”

That last sentence struck through me like a knife. So this is what it means to be in the friend zone.

“Ah…” I nodded in response.

“Your turn.” She said turning her head to me.

“Huh?” I asked.

“What do you think of me?” she seemed curious as well.

This could be my chance. “You can be cold, mean and scary sometimes…” she glared at me. “BUT… you can also be warm-hearted and caring person.” I slowed my pace. “Overall, you are a very precious and important person to me.” She slowed her pace to meet mine. Soon we stopped running altogether.

We stared at each other for a long moment, her cheeks slightly red, perhaps from running. I parted my lips to speak.

“Sica… I think I—“

“HEY WHO TOLD YOU TO STOP RUNNING!!” the teacher shouted at us and we immediately bolted down the track.

---OoO---

We finally finished running when we gathered to the middle of the track. Various mats were layed out and our teacher was talking to someone who looked all too familiar.

“Okay everyone, I’m sure many of you remember Miss Tiffany Hwang. She had studied a bit of yoga in America, and wanted to share it with everyone… so please give your full attention and work hard… I’ll be watching.” She warned before giving the ‘stage’ to Tiffany.

“Hello everyone! Its nice to see some familiar faces…” she scanned around and waved at Jessica who seemed shocked by her presence.

“Yoga is not only good for your body, but it’s also great for rejuvenating your mind and soul.” She smiled that cute little eye-smile.

She demonstrated a few different stretches and poses, while we attempted to replicate them. I struggled a little bit but for the most part got it right.

Jessica on the other hand was having a hard time just stretching. I giggled at her stiff posture.

“Okay, just keep doing those poses.” Tiffany instructed and got up, fixing a few classmates’s poses.

When she got to Sica, she giggled.

“You were always so stiff Jessi.” She teased.

“Hey! I’m sorry I’m not made of rubber!” Jessica retorted.

“Here, I’ll help you…” Tiffany put her hand on Jessica’s back, and the other on her stomach. “You need to find your center of gravity and focus on balancing.” She explained.

Jessica seemed to loosen up a bit at Tiffany’s touch.

I wanted to turn my head away, but the position I was in forced me to watch the agonizing scene in front of me.

“Yeah just like that.” Tiffany seemed awful close to Jessica, I hated how agitated I was.

She finished up with Jessica and turned to me.

“Good job Soo, you’re really good at this!” Tiffany complimented loudly, but something seemed odd with her tone of voice, it almost sounded forced. I was probably just over-thinking.

“T-thanks.”

She brushed beside me and whispered. “I won’t lose.”

“Okay everyone~ good job today!” The bell rang and we were free to go.

“JESSI!” Tiffany squealed hugging her friend closely.

I trailed behind awkwardly.  

“Want to hang out after school? There is a new sale …” Tiffany went on and I tuned out their conversation and watched their actions, every little move made my eye twitch. I know I shouldn’t be acting this way, but something seemed weird… and I didn’t like it. 

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Okay, so this will be my last update before I go on a little hiatus because I'm going on a trip tomorrow... TO EUROPE!! WOOOooo (Venice, Fluorence and Paris!) I'm sooooo excited kekek  ^^ I wish I coulda gone when SMtown was there! (sigh)  

So anyways, this fic will go on hiatus until April 17th (or later) I hope you like this update haha sooo much drama ... it really never intended to be this dramatic, but I guess we'll see where it goes :P 

Also on a random note, This story has reached 105 pages, 40,000 words on my word document! xD *achievment* 

Until next time, Bye bye~ wish me safe trip, I've never been overseas before >.< 

PS: SOOSICAAAAAA <3333333 

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