In all brutal honesty, Sooyoung doesn’t really think it was Seulgi that initiated the inevitable.

Until then, Sooyoung had existed with Seungwan in their own private bubble. And Seungwan had cared so effortlessly and so much that she, in Sooyoung's mind, turned into a concept rather than a separate entity. Too good to be true, that sort of thing.

The world was like that for a while, Seungwan and Sooyoung, and vice versa.

🥀

Wannie 💞: seulgi kissed me??!

Sooyoung coughs and watches as two petals glide out of , tragic and graceful, and she thinks about her luck and her life as a gong rings out from the distance.

The petals are light blue and meek and sad and Sooyoung has never been into botany but she keeps them for storage anyway.

🥀

She sees Seungwan with Seulgi for the first time when she bumps into them on a date. She knew they were seeing each other. However, actually seeing them together on that date made her chest clench and tighten.

An itch makes its way to and she excuses herself in a coughing fit.

Sooyoung covers as she makes her way to the nearest restroom. When she enters one of the empty stalls, she sees a singular blue petal in her palm.

Hydrangea.