Later on that afternoon, Myungsoo walked me home. “Listen Jisoo, stay calm and listen to what she has to say, okay?”

            “Okay, I will.” Nervous, I went inside my house and looked for Hana. Was I really the cause of their breakup? If I was, did they hate me already?

            I went towards Hana’s room. I knocked and heard sobbing coming from the inside of her room. I couldn’t help it, so I barged in.

            “Hana! Are you okay?” I gave her a worried look.

            Hana gave me a guilty look and started sobbing more once she saw me.

            I hugged her and tried to calm her down.

            “What happened Hana, please tell me…” I tried to give her more comfort. “I heard what happened. I hope you didn’t break up with Sehun because of me. I’m so sorry I’ve been ignoring you. I didn’t mean it! Please… just go back with Sehun. He doesn’t deserve this heartbreak because of a selfish girl like me.” I confessed and bowed my head. It was time for me to grow up and move on. I never wanted to get in the way of their happiness, but the anger and hurt got the best of me.

            After my confession, Hana started crying even more. “I’m sorry, I don’t deserve you or Sehun!” Hana cried out.

            “Hana, it’s not your fault!” I tried reasoning with her.

            “You’re too nice, Jisoo!” She shook her head. “You’ve always protected me and helped me out. I’m such a coward Jisoo! I should have told mom and dad about you saving me from the bullies. You’ve done too much for me, Jisoo. Now you’re apologizing when I should be the one. Because of me, your relationship with your dad isn’t that great anymore.” Hana sulked.

            “Hana, just tell me what happened.” I said gently.

            “You’re going to hate me.” She said in a scared voice.

            “I promise, I won’t.”

            She gave a hesitant look and continued to speak. “I cheated on Sehun.”

            Shocked, I let her go and fell to the floor as my knees became weak.

            “I cheated on Sehun. I broke up with him and said I couldn’t handle it anymore and he probably thought it was because of you. He always worried about you, so he probably thought that I couldn’t handle not talking to you anymore.” Hana continued to confess. “Jisoo… I-I may or may not be pregnant…”

            That last confession made my head hurt. There was a silent pause between us.

            “Who did you cheat on Sehun with?” I asked in a stern voice.

            Hana couldn’t look at me in the eyes.

            “Myungsoo.”

            “W-what?” I gave her an incredulous look.

            Hana started crying again. “Jisoo, I can’t tell Sehun. Or Myungsoo. I’m scared. I don’t even know if im pregnant or not. I’m so scared.” She continued to bawl.

            I sat in her room and didn’t reply. The shock was just too overwhelming.

            “So Sehun thinks that I’m the reason for you breaking up with him, right?” I asked.

            “I think so.” Hana looked at me guiltily and replied in a soft voice. “Are you going to tell him the truth?” Hana looked worried.

            I thought about telling Sehun. Maybe he would move on to me. But I didn’t feel happy at that thought. Sehun would be hurt, and so would Hana. She needed to tell him when she was ready.

            “No. You need to tell him… when you’re ready to.” I sighed. I guess I’ll give up Sehun one more time.

            “B-but Jisoo, I’m not sure that I’m ready to tell him yet. He’ll think it’s your fault if you don’t tell him” Hana gave me a worried look. “I’m sorry, Jisoo. But I’m so scared. I have to be selfish for now. I can’t face him yet.” Hana put her head down.

            I sighed. Sehun would really think it was my fault. I decided that I was going to deal with that because I’d rather see Sehun angry at me instead of Hana being hurt.

            “Hana, you’re going to have to tell him the truth one day.” Hana looked up at me. “But for now, I won’t say anything. He can hate me if he wants.”

            Hana looked shocked and she ran to me and gave me a hug. “Thank you, Jisoo. I’m sorry for being so selfish!” she cried on my shoulder.

            I sighed.

            I guess I would have to play the role as the “evil step-sister” for now.

            At school, people stopped calling me “queen bee” and started calling me an “evil step-sister” instead. For Hana’s sake, I paid no attention to them. I later on confronted Myungsoo regarding Hana.

            “You slept with Hana?” I pulled Myungsoo to a corner and whispered.

            He rubbed the back of his neck. “Damn it, Jisoo. It was more than that. I’m in love with her.” He replied.

            “She was Sehun’s!” I pushed him in anger for Sehun.

            “I know!” He gave me a guilty look. “But I couldn’t stop my feelings!”

            I sighed. Why did everyone love Hana? It just made things worse.

            Myungsoo quietly asked, “Does Sehun know?”

            “No. Let’s keep it that way.” I said in an angry voice.

            “But Jisoo, he’s going to think it’s because of you.” Myungsoo sounded worried.

            “Yeah, I’m going to let him believe I’m the evil step-sister that ruined his first love.” I said in a sad voice.

            “That’s not right, Jisoo.”

            “Hana’s not ready to talk to him yet. I’m doing this for her.” Myungsoo didn’t know that Hana could be pregnant. I didn’t want to tell him either. “You really love Hana, right?”

            “Yes.” Myungsoo replied in a firm voice.

            Sighing, I said, “Then let her be the one to talk to Sehun about everything first.” I started to walk away from Myungsoo. I was too tired from all of this drama.

            “Jisoo.” Myungsoo called for me and so I stopped walking and looked back at him.

            “You’re too nice, you know? You’re nothing like the evil step-sisters in the story. You’re Cinderella.”

            I turned around, sighed, and waved goodbye.

            I couldn’t face him. I was on the verge of crying.

            No one ever told me what I wanted to hear for so long. I wanted to be Cinderella. But I knew I would never get the chance to be Cinderella in Sehun’s world.

            That was the cruel reality.

            As I walked away from Myungsoo, I kept walking with my head down. Everything just felt so ty.

            I kept walking and didn’t realize someone was in front of me until I bumped into someone.

            “Ow.” I rubbed my head since it bumped into someone’s chest. “Sorry about that.” I looked up to apologize to the person, but I stopped talking when I realized who it was.

            I had bumped into Sehun. I wasn’t ready to talk to him either, so I tried walking away from him, but he quickly grabbed my wrist and pulled me back in front of him.

            I finally had the chance to look at his face.

            He looked tired and worn out. He had dark circles under his eyes, which revealed that he didn’t get enough sleep. He looked thinner as well.

            “Sehun, are you okay?” I put my hand over his cheek. “You need to get some rest.” I said in a worried voice.

            He moved his face away and my hand fell back to my side. “No, I’m not okay. Jisoo, I need you to talk to Hana.” Sehun said in a desperate voice.

            I stayed quiet.

            “Please tell her that you’ll allow her to date me. Please.” Sehun pleaded.

            “S-sehun.” I couldn’t look at him.

            “Jisoo, please. I know you have feelings for me, but I’m so sorry that I can’t reciprocate those feelings. I really don’t want to hurt you, but my heart belongs to Hana right now.” He spoke in an unsure voice. Sehun grabbed onto my shoulders. “Jisoo, I’m sorry.”

            I looked up at him. I needed to know some answers.

            “Sehun, you were my first kiss.” I don’t know why I chose to say that, but those words just fell out of my mouth. We were finally discussing the kiss after 2 years.

            “Jisoo, you were mine too.” Sehun confessed. I looked at him in the eyes.

            We stared at each other for a while.

            “You hurt me when you acted as if nothing happened, Sehun.” I confessed.

            Sehun sighed and replied, “I know. I’m sorry. I just didn’t know what to do at that point. I felt bad because I was the one who initiated the kiss.” I stood there confused. He didn’t initiate it, I did! But why is he saying that he did? “I wanted to kiss you, Jisoo. I felt the need to kiss you but I honestly felt guilty after. I knew I liked Hana at the time, but I was so confused. I was a jerk, but I needed to settle my feelings.” Sehun admitted.

            I turned away from him, trying to take in everything he was saying.

            “But you still liked Hana more. Is that why you pursued her after?” I asked.

            “Jisoo, I liked Hana for so long, I automatically knew I had to continue liking her.”

            I was confused. He basically co