I explain everything to Dahyun.

“I’m sorry Tzuyu. I’m so sorry.”

“Wait what? What are you sorry for, you didn’t do anything wrong.” I say confused.

“No I did. I rushed you into asking her out. I was just so excited that you liked someone, and I am just so sure that she likes you back. The problem was I didn’t consider if you were really ready to ask her out, I kind of just forced you to do something you weren’t ready for, and when it was time to do it, you couldn’t and it’s all my fault. As your best friend, I should’ve known better. I’m sorry Tzuyu.”

“No Dahyun stop that’s not true. I wanted to do it. You didn’t force me to do anything. When those kids came…I don’t know. I guess, the moment just kind of disappeared and I wanted it to be just me and Chaeyoung when I told her how I felt, and when those kids came with their parents, and having to deal with a bunch of people around, I panicked and gave up too quickly. It’s my own fault.”

“Ok well, what are you going to do now?”

“I’m not sure, I definitely want to tell Chaeyoung how I feel, but maybe not right now. I’m scared I’ll freeze up again.”

“Are you sure? Freshman year is almost over. What if you don’t get another chance?”

“Oh that’s right, finals are soon too.” I say frustrated.

“Maybe tell her after finals. It should give you enough time to sort your feelings out and maybe we’ll be able to come up with a better plan this time. Sound good?”

“I don’t think I have any other choice.”

It was my first time going through finals. I thought the midterms were hard, oh man I was mistaken. Having to remember all the things I learned over the course of an entire year? Sometimes I can’t even remember what I had for breakfast. It also didn’t help that all I could think about was Chaeyoung, and how I was dying to tell her how I felt. She tried talking and texting me, but I just couldn’t face her yet. The thought of my failure kept haunting me, so I just kept trying to convince myself to just study.

“I’ll just talk to her after finals week, it’ll be better then.” I kept telling myself that. I saw Chaeyoung around school, but all I could manage to do was say hi and walk away. It pained me to do that, but I just felt so awkward. The day before my last final, I’m studying and