Chapter 11- White Periwinkles: Pleasures of Memory 

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(All POV)

After a few minutes calming down Tiffany, all three angels were sitting together in the table, eating their dinner. Sooyoung and Yoona were taking in more food in their mouth while Tiffany could only stared at them in amazement, calmly eating her small portion of rice.

"Have you been starved for days?" the water angel asked them, frowning. "It's not good to not eat a lot."

To her surprise, Yoona and Sooyoung stopped to laugh, looking at each other and chuckled loudly. Tiffany raised her eyebrow in confusion while Yoona lifted her hand up to explain.

"Me and Sooyoung...We are shikshins," the nature angel explained, trying not to choke herself while laughing.

"What? What is that?"

Yoona could not help herself but to laugh, making Tiffany feeling more embarrassed and unsure of her question.

Sooyoung rolled her eyes and gave Yoona a light punch on her head. "Shut up Yoona. You were as clueless as her too remember?"  she teased.

"Anyways, a shikshin literally means food goddess, meaning you like to eat a lot," the fire angel turned over to the water angel and explained. "As you can see, Yoona and I like to eat a lot of food and love anything really."

Tiffany slowly took in the information, nodding as she picked up the glass of water to drink. "Oh... I see. You two just like to eat." she giggled; her voice sounded very sweet and innocent like the tingling of fairy's bells.

"So Tiffany unnie," Yoona said after rubbing her head from Sooyoung's punch. "What are you doing on earth? What was your punishment?" she asked.

Sooyoung slowly stopped her eating; watching Tiffany carefully as she was curious of what might be her reason.

Tiffany took a breath and set down her cup. As the other two angels were leaning in, she brought a cheery smile to her face. "I wanted to come here as a Watcher so the guardians gave me permission to live down here!"

After her statement, Yoona and Sooyoung stayed silent. Tiffany was still looking at them with a bright smile, believing that they were really happy for her.

"You what!?"

Sooyoung scared Tiffany as she yelled at her, almost reaching her shirt to shake the water angel back and forth. Fortunately, Yoona brought her back down to her seat.

"How could you?" Yoona softly spoke but she was glaring at the water angel. It was possible to be "physically mad" at others but you can tell by her strained voice that she is just as furious as the fire angel next to her.

Tiffany was startled from the two's reaction, but she started to sniffle, bowing her head down to hide her tears. "I-I thought you would be really h-happy if I came here to live with you-"

While Tiffany was continuing ranting her story; Yoona immediately ran over to her and held her clenched fists while Sooyoung was trying to calm her down.

No! No! I mean, we're happy that you're here! It just that why would you want to live here if our Father told us that this is a punishment?
Yes Unnie! The toxins from the volcanic-black stone-
It's called a road you babo!
Road? Whatever-

"Stop it!" Tiffany covered her ears. "I get it! I get it! But you guys..." the sensitive angel looked up to her friends, smiling at them with her tear-stained eyes. "I want to be able to find love and kindness down here from the humans."

Yoona and Sooyoung were confused by her words. The nature angel took off her hands and leaned against the nearest wall while the other was leaning back on her chair.

"So, you wanted to find a boyfriend here?" Sooyoung asked.

"What's a boyfriend?"

The fire angel gave her the what-the-hell face while the water angel could not stop her little fits of giggles. "Yoona, a boyfriend means like your close friend before you two decided to become real lovers." Tiffany explained. "Boyfriend means your pre-destined lover is a male while girlfriend means the same thing except your pre-destined lover is a female,"

Yoona nodded, taking in the information as she let out an "ah." What the two other angels didn't notice that she was holding onto her pink hoodie during this whole time. When Tiffany was done speaking, Yoona's heart was beating a little faster than before. A Girlfriend.
 

"What the...?" Sooyoung blinked her eyes and stared at the new angel in fascination as she ate her hot, steaming rice. "How the heck did you know that?"

Tiffany smiled brightly, feeling proud that she had studied this complex world "I read it all about Earth and its culture with one of the nature angels before and I think it was with Yoona's lover,"

Yoona stopped moving her chopsticks as she was about to pick off more kimchi from the stew. The look of panic was spread out on her face.

"Yoona has a lover?" Sooyoung lifted one of her eyebrows, giving the nature angel a glance.

"Yep! She was the sweetest angel in heaven! She and Yoona were so romantic. She was like the husband to-“

"No! Don't mention her name! We’re over!"

The dinner between the three different angels was silent, as still like how the crickets beat their wings in the summer night. Sooyoung awkwardly coughed while Tiffany seemed a little puzzled.

"I-I'm going to go," Yoona, who seemed dazed with herself, stuttered and leaned forward away from the wall, walking away to the door. "I n-need to go to the park for just a bit,"

"Yoona," Sooyoung tried to call her back but the nature angel was already gone, closing the door behind her with a loud, definite, slam.

With only two angels at the dinner table, Tiffany pushed back her chair and stood up, holding up her plate. “Oh no, I almost forgot about their relationship,” she sniffled as she walked to put away her dish in the sink. “It must have really affected her feelings because nature angels can never show their anger physically,”

“Whoa, whoa,” Sooyoung said as she was picking up the rest of the dishes on the small dining table and brought it to the sink also, turning on the water. “What happened with Yoona and-?”

“Seohyun?”

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The rain stopped pouring a little earlier but the grass still felt like dewy marsh; each step soaked her white socks inside of her dirty white American converses. The night was dark during summer; only the silver Lune of the hidden diamonds sky illuminated dimly upon the fallen angel. As she strolled between the tall, elderly oaks in her small haven, she held her hands over her beating heart, breathing out shallowly in and out.

"Angel? Angel?" The trees called out to their speaker as the gentle breeze bristled through their leaves, shaking their branches softly as if they were rocking to soothe their companion. "Why so sad? Sad?"

Yoona stopped her pace at the sound of the ancient’s echoes. She did not answer right away. Instead, she took in a deep breath where she stood. The aroma of fresh raindrops that had been soaked inside the blades of grass under her feet and the cool summer night’s zephyr with trails of the shades of evergreen leaves around her ear complimented the light pink hoodie that a girl named Yuri gave her. The warm soft fabric and its distinctive rosewater scent on her skin evoked the memories of her and Yuri in the flower boutique, when she was sure that she felt a connection between them when they had stared at each other and touched each other’s arms. The connection that she had not been able to feel ever since she committed one of the restricted sins up above with another angel, kind of her own. A Girlfriend.

I fell in love with a human

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Meanwhile, as city was in deep slumber under the crescent moon, Yuri was not able to go to sleep. Her blankets covered some parts of her body as she was sprawled out. She stared outside at her small iron-wrought balcony, watching the black sky with no stars above. She had tried to blink rapidly, hoping that she would be able to get some rest that way, but it never worked. Instead, her mind conjured up images of her and the new worker, Yoona, laughing, smiling, and staring at each other.

“You are really nice and patient with me you know?”

“I love your touch,”

Yuri could not let go of the part where Yoona had quickly pulled her up before she could fall on her bottom again. How quick it was. It seemed so unnatural, but then again, she always thought of Yoona differently. The younger never acted like someone who’s the same age as her; she never seemed to be like human. But who was she kidding? Yoona was very caring, sweet, and even hilarious to be around. It has been awhile for someone to make Yuri laugh so comfortably, except for Taeyeon, but the younger seemed to make quite an effect on the owner, always making her heart fluttering with excitement whenever she saw her. The older smiled at the precious memories with the new worker, thinking to herself that she probably looked like a grinning fool in their drunken state.

But her daydreams and happiness diminished slowly when Yuri remembered a new visitor holding hands with Yoona. The younger certainly does look happier around her close friend. Maybe she shouldn't try to disrupt the younger with her curiousness from her heart. She never felt like this around women with the passion of want, love and comfort. Could she be going gay for the young worker?

No… She’s too pretty like an angel. There’s no way she would like me. And there’s no way that I’m falling in love with another woman. Yuri thought to herself. Maybe this is how she treats her friends! Showing a little bit of skinship doesn't indicate you are flirting right? It’s just an act of affection as friends.   

Feeling a bit drowsy, Yuri shifted on her mattress bed, wrapping the covers around her body tightly, attempting to go back to sleep again as she closed her eyelids. But it was impossible. More and more flashbacks came back to her like a silent film in her head, replaying the scenes between her and Yoona that would create a strange beating from her chest.  

Yoona… What are you doing to me exactly? 

TBC

First introduction of the conflict! Yay... Drama... But don't worry! This fic will still be fluffly and comedic! I promise! 

Next Update: YoonYul's "tug of war" in the store; Jessica's reaction to the immense popularity Yuri's store has been receiving; Tiffany's searching for her job. 

I am so sorry for not updating very recently. I'm going to take awhile for the next one because I have finals to study for -.- It's so hard to concentrate with GG's comeback going on! 

Nevertheless, have a nice day everyone! :) To people who are studying out there, do not procastinate!!