Tiffany POV

"Hey."

"How was he?"

"Still the same. How--- are you?"

"I'm fine."

"Don't stress yourself too much, okay? I'm trying my best to explain to him."

"Thank you, Yuri-ah."

"I'm really sorry for this. I dragged-"

"Stop. Don't blame yourself again. I accepted this too."

"Still it's entirely my fault. Just don't worry. I'll make it up to you. I'm gonna settle this problem soon."

"Thanks. Tell him I love him."

"Okay. Goodbye."

"Goodbye." I hung up the phone and noticed Sooyoung looking so irritated. I know what got him infuriated. He hated the fact that I've been communicating with my ex-boyfriend for these weeks passed. I cannot stop myself from thinking about Sunkyu ever since the incident at the mall happened. So then, I kept on bugging Yuri around.

I am with Sooyoung in his car. He decided to pick me up from home every now and then on going to school. "You're too attached with that kid." He said, still focusing on the road.

"Soo, he's not just a kid. He's my son."

"Son?! What the . He wasn't really yours!"

"Even if he's not my real son, I love him with all my heart. And you can't stop me from worrying. He's still young, okay. I don't want to be the one to ruin his life."

"This is all that ing guy's fault."

"Seriously? You're going to start again?"

"If he didn't force you to be his brother's mom, this wouldn't happen at all!"

"He did not force me, okay. I agreed to this. And it's not his fault. He never thought he'll get to meet someone that looks like the one he sketched! Oh why the hell I'm explaining this to you."

"There you go again, defending your ex-boyfriend."

"Well, you are being so inconsiderate of him."

"He's the one inconsiderate of you! He's so ing stupid for not realizing this consequence."

"Stop it, okay! What's done is done. And this wasn't even your business at all so stop butting in."

"Fine. Not my business." He ended. We arrived at the school and he recklessly parked his car. He went out and just left me alone here. *Sigh* I don't know what to do with him anymore.

I went out and hurried my way to catch up with him. "What the hell is your problem?"

He turned back and said, "My problem? You are my problem. I told you so many times to ing stop talking to that guy!"

"How many times you want me to tell you there's nothing between me and him anymore? Isn't it enough I'm your girlfriend now?!"

"Yeah right. You are my girlfriend but you never acted like one. It's always him, him, him!"

"I'm talking to him only because of Sunkyu. Now, if you're just going to pull out that stupid jealousy of yours and not trust me at all then fine, let's leave each other alone." I walked out from him but he pulled me back.

"Fany-yah. I'm so sorry. It doesn't mean I don't have trust on you. It's just... I'm just worried you're going to leave me."

I cupped his face with both of my hands. "I won't. I won't ever leave you from now on. What's with Yuri and I are all just in the past. You are now my present and my future so don't worry okay. You're the reason why I'm here, remember?"

The worry from his eyes quickly vanished. Then, he blurted out the words I could never tell him back, "I love you, Tiffany."

"I love... you too."

But I got no choice. I have to lie to him. I never wanted to do this but I could never hurt his feelings. Besides, I know I will learn to love him someday.

"Really?!" He asked. Happiness was extremely obvious from his face. I smiled at him and nodded, "Y-yes. Of course..."

He hugged me tightly, showered me kisses all over my face then to my lips. He excitedly grabbed my hand and escorted me to my college building. From that point I knew that I just got myself into a bigger mess and I can never go back.

*a-week-later*

Final examination week has finally concluded. I guess I'm really gonna fail this time. The thought of Sunkyu being mad at me and of the lie I told Sooyoung have been clouding my mind for the whole freaking week. Ugggghhhh- this is driving me crazy. I think my head's totally gonna explode now.

Set aside, I've been hanging around my friends lately, with an exception of Hyoyeon and Yuri. I haven't seen the former since the death-drinking aftermath. Yes, until now I'm still left hanging for why she said sorry to me that time. As usual, Jessica insisted that Hyo's really pregnant. Seriously, throwing hideous assumptions like that is so damn crazy. I don't know how her mind works anymore.

Yuri, on the other hand, seemed to be so distracted lately that he decided to alienate himself from us. It must be because of Sunkyu and probably the news about my 'I love you' to Sooyoung had reached him. Oh that wouldn't be impossible, you know. Sooyoung literally announced