I'm not sure for how long we remain like that.

Staying silent and staring at stars.

I took off my eyes from sky and looked at her. Her black hairs were dancing with wind. I wanted to know but I couldn't ask.

She sighed.

Finally a sound from her. her eyes were closed.

I took all of my courage and opened my mouth to ask. "How do you know? Since when?"

She opened her eyes still looking at sky. "You seemed so familiar to me. When I saw you first,I kept asking myself 'where did I see this girl?' but I couldn't find the answer. Till that day, When you took me to cementery.You seemed upset after seeing Jiyeon and it made me curious about the reason. Thinking about you and Jiyeon at same time helped me to remember a memory. Memory of a day that Jiyeon showed me a photo. ‘Here, it’s my sister that I told you about. Isn’t she pretty?’.”

“Jiyeon..she…she showed you my photo? She talked about me?”

“Shouldn’t she?” she turned to me.

I lowered my head. Doesn’t she know how much Jiyeon hate me?

“she always said she hate you.”

Damn it. what did I expect? She showed my pic and said ‘here, my sister that I hate.’ How embarrassing.

Eunjung was the last one I wish knew about our relationship.

“Does it make you uneasy that I know about your relationship?”

I couldn’t answer.

“Sorry, I have not to talk about this. I’m so sorry.” She apologized in a sad tone and it was harder than the fact she knew about my bad relationship with Jiyeon.

“Why you didn’t ask earlier?” finally I asked trying to break the hevy silence that was settled.

“I was waiting for you.”

“For me?”

“I thought you may open u to me. I was waiting for you to come to me and talk about your sadness and problems just as I did.”

My heart became warmer. She was waiting to comfort me?

“So why you didn’t wait longer?”

She turned and I could see her serious eyes. “I couldn’t take your gloomy face anymore. I was afraid you never come. I wanted to be the shoulder you can lay on. But seems like I just make another problem for you.”

It was like she was caressing me with every word. Why every single thing about her affect me easily? i am not alone. I have family, friends and a girlfriend. So why It feels so good when she cares for me? Why I feel joy like I’ve never been cared by anyone?

I reached for her hand and hold it gently. “Eunjung, to be honest you are the last person in this world that I wanted to know about me and Jiyeon. Not because I don’t trust you or I feel uncomfortable..but…I waned to look so perfect in your eyes. “

“Qri, you are beyond perfection. Why do you think so?” she hold back my hand and squeezing it.

A wave of warmness ran through my body.

She was staring at me like she was waiting me to say something.

So I did.

“What do you think about some drink?”

Her fingers where playing on the edge of the paper cup. She didn’t drink much. I don’t know if she can’t bear alcohol much or she just want to stay sober and hear me. But for me… I drank a lot.

It wasn’t easy for me to open up about my problems and feelings. She may know it that’s why she kept silent.

Enough. I don’t want to pass out. I cleared my throat to ask her attention and a sign that I’m ready to talk.

She let go of the