Later that night, when SinB was in bed ready to sleep, all she was thinking about was this nice day and how fun it was at the aquarium, she was glad that Yejun had fun, that Umji could enjoy herself without having to worry about anything, that Sowon and Eunha could be together again, and that Yerin spend all the time with her.

SinB smiled at the thought, it was so nice to be with Yerin and hold her hand. She sighed heavily as she was feeling so well. SinB felt happy, this feeling disappeared after Jackson molested her but it started to get back, SinB’s heart was full of joy, she wondered if she ever felt that happy since she started university.

At first it was hard, changing school, being in a public place, having to make new friends, adapting to everything, going against her parents to go out at night and not have Umji around at school.

But now SinB finally felt like it was worth it, she went through so much but if it was to finally feel this happy then she regretted nothing.

“Buddy why you’re sighing?” whispered Umji moving around and turning to face SinB.

“I feel good.” smiled SinB. “You know today with that guy...”

Umji frowned. “The guy in the bus?” she asked but SinB shook her head.

“At the aquarium when I was alone for a minute a guy came to me thinking I was his friend…” explained SinB as Umji arrived after and didn’t know about that.

Umji sat up worried. “What happened? why you didn’t tell me?”

SinB put her hand on Umji’s arm. “Nothing happened, I was alone, facing him, I didn’t have anyone to hide to... I was scared at first but then I saw in his eyes that he was so embarrassed and sorry... I could see he didn’t wanted anything from me…”

Umji bent to SinB and hugged her. “I’m proud of you, you didn’t let this ruin your happy mood, you faced it alone and controlled everything perfectly.” said Umji encouraging SinB and hoping it would open the path to better days. SinB nodded against Umji.

“I guess I’m starting to learn how to read people intentions.” said SinB proudly.

“Yes you are, and you’re doing great buddy.” smiled Umji as she messed with SinB’s hair.

“Yah!” yelled SinB as Umji giggled. “I will have hard time brushing them tomorrow!” complained SinB and Umji laughed even more.

“Don’t worry, I will help you!” she said before getting comfortable again in the bed. “Let’s sleep now, we start class early tomorrow.” said Umji and SinB nodded. She turned to Umji and took her in her arms before closing her eyes.

“Good night buddy.” whispered SinB.

“Good night.” answered Umji.

When SinB opened her eyes again, it was to turn off her alarm. She rolled around and hide under the blanket but Umji pulled it away.

“No way you sleep more or you will be rushing! Get up!” said Umji shaking SinB. “Come on!”

SinB hide under her pillow since she didn’t have any blanket anymore and Umji took away the pillow too.

“Umji-yaaa!!” yelled SinB getting up on the bed and trying to get her pillow back.

“I said get up!” repeated Umji fighting with her best friend to stop her from getting her pillow back.

“I hate you!” said SinB and Umji laughed.

“I love you too buddy now go get dressed!” said Umji getting out of bed.

SinB sat up and glared at Umji. “I better have something that is not an omelet this morning for breakfast.” said SinB pouting and still not fully woke up.

Umji smirked. “With this terrible temper of yours this morning it’s not even sure that I will cook you something!” teased Umji and SinB let herself fall back in the bed.

“Yah!! I need my breakfast!!” yelled SinB like a kid.

“Get ready first!” yelled back Umji as she went downstairs.

SinB giggle and went to the washroom to wash up and get change. As she reach the first floor, the bell rang. She smiled and went to open it and see Sowon and Eunha.

“Wow, you girls are early.” stated SinB.

Then Umji came out of the kitchen “Wa, Eunha is here too?? What time did you girls wake up?”

Sowon giggle “As usual” then SinB smirk “Ahhh, you slept over at each other place!” then Eunha blushed.

Then the door bell rang again, Sowon opened the door and see Yerin.

“Good morning girls!” says Yerin with her eye smile “Oh Eunha, you are here early in the morning too!” then she went beside SinB “Good morning princess!”

SinB smile happily “Good morning Yerin ar!”

“Can someone lend me a hand please?” screamed Umji from the kitchen.

Both Sowon and Yerin answered “Coming!” and went in leaving Eunha and SinB there.

“Want to help set the table?” asked SinB in which Eunha nodded and they went in.

They ate the breakfast happily and chit chat with each other.

“So you girls always come here for breakfast?” asked Eunha as she eat.

Sowon nodded “Yeah, since the incident...we’ve been here with SinB every morning to support her and keep her company on her way to school instead of just eat at the cafeteria. Plus, like that we also eat breakfast with Umji.” explained Sowon then Eunha nodded.

“What are you girls planning to do after school today?” asked the short girl.

“Oh, speaking of that...” said Yerin before looking at SinB. “Jiyoon unnie asked me to ask you if you could pass by the dance school today.”

SinB looked at Yerin then at Umji then nodded “Yeah I could.” she said nodding.

Yerin hesitated, she looked at Umji then at SinB. “Well if you are okay, I can walk with you, we finish at same time and I have to go there to help, we are starting all the preparations for the showcase, we almost have everyone ready to start training.” she said and SinB nodded, knowing Jiyoon wanted to know if SinB would dance or not and to be honest SinB was tempted to do it, she was feeling so much better and she really missed dancing.

Plus it was a very interesting performance; a dance and song made by her favorite and talented teachers, it wasn’t just a simple dance. It could open her doors to more performance. SinB loved this too much to decline. And seeing how she was better at handling her fears now she was confident about doing it.

They all ate together in a very good atmosphere then they all went to school. They arrived early, only a few people were already there. Sowon walked Eunha to her class while Yerin stayed with SinB for hers. As the teacher arrived Yerin hugged SinB and gave her a kiss on the cheek.

“I don’t think I will have time to join you on lunch break, we have a lot of work in lab today so I will see you after school.” she smiled and SinB nodded with a shy blush.

Yerin left and SinB entered the class, the teacher got ready as the other students arrived. Yuju entered too and sat beside SinB without a word or a look.

SinB ignored her too and focused on her work. She couldn’t force Yuju to believe them and it was useless to talk to her, SinB would get hurt even more and Yuju wouldn’t change her mind.

During the class SinB took notes and followed everything well, luckily for her Umji was helping her every nights or she would be lost by now. She looked quickly at Yuju’s note book and saw that the girl was totally lost, not writing much and clearly one step behind. It wasn’t new for Yuju but SinB knew she would usually help her after school.

SinB focused back on her lesson and when the teacher was done, she put her stuff in her bag and left, she could feel Yuju’s eyes on her as she walked away but she didn’t care anymore. SinB was happy now, she was done with all the negativity Yuju brought to her.

SinB took place in her second class of the morning and was surprised as Yuju once again followed her and sat beside her. It was their usual seats so Yuju was probably here because of that.

Once again SinB only focused on her studies, she took notes and listened well to the teacher. By curiosity she looked again at Yuju’s note and was that Yuju was just doodling and not paying attention.

Then SinB felt a phone vibrating, she thought it was hers but Yuju took out her phone discreetly and checked it. SinB could read Jackson’s name on the message and she frowned before turning her eyes away and looking back at the teacher.

SinB couldn’t wait for the lunch break, she was getting hungry and they would eat at their table again with Eunha  and Sowon. As the class was over SinB quickly joined the girls, on her way she bumped into someone and apologize immediately. The boy turned to her and smiled.

“No problem, you okay?” he asked putting his hand on SinB’s shoulder. SinB tensed a little then shook her head.

“I’m okay, sorry again.” she told him shyly before continuing her way and joining the girls.

She sat in front of Sowon and smiled as Eunha was already stealing some of Sowon’s food. “I missed this.” she told them and the girls looked up at her.

“What?” asked Sowon.

“Seeing you two all lovey dovey.” answered SinB. “It gives me hope to find love and happiness too…” she added sincerely and Eunha took her hand across the table.

“You will find it SinB, out there, there’s someone perfect for you, someone that will love you as much as you love them, someone that will bring out the best in you, someone that will understand you like no one else do.” explained Eunha as she looked at Sowon and smiled.

“It won’t be easy, sometimes you have to fight for your love. But it’s worth all the wait.” added Sowon putting her arm around Eunha to pull her closer to her.

Eunha smiled even more and let herself rest against Sowon’s side confortably. SinB looked at them and sighed.

“I don’t think I’m as lucky as you guys…” said SinB more sadly now.

“Don’t lose hope SinB, I’m sure you will find your soulmate.” smiled Eunha and SinB nodded without much conviction.

Sowon smirked. “Maybe you already meet that person, maybe you’re already friend with that person, a nice, smart and pretty girl that sincerely deeply care about you and that you also appreciate a lot.” said Sowon but SinB shook her head.

“I won’t ever mix friendship and love again, with Yuju it was a total fail, I suffered so much. I could never go through something like that again…” said SinB sighing.

“You can’t choose who you fall for SinB it’s normal, you just start developing feelings…” said Sowon while Eunha looked at SinB confused.

“Talking about Yuju, didn’t you see her in class?” asked the short girl.

SinB nodded. “Yeah I saw her, we didn’t talk, but I could see she was so lost with her study and she looked kinda sad and lonely…” said SinB thinking about it. “Maybe I think that because I know she lost all her friends but… I don’t know... even after everything she did to me, I still care for her.”

“I know.” said Eunha looking down. “But to be honest I’m still very mad at her…”

They stopped talking about Yuju and finished their lunch then they went back to class. this time Yuju wasn’t here. SinB sighed, ditching classes would certainly not help her. SinB didn’t see the time pass and it was finally over, she left the class and find Yerin waiting for her in the corridor. SinB immediately walked to her and took her hand.

“Ready?” asked Yerin and SinB smiled before nodding.

“Super ready and excited too.” said SinB happily.

As they were walking in the dancing school direction Yerin stopped. “SinB are you sure you are ready?” she asked and SinB looked at her in the eyes. “Jiyoon will ask you again about her dance and song, she really want you to be part of it.”

SinB nodded. “I know and I really want to do it, I feel so much better.” said SinB and yerin nodded.

“Of course you’re getting better, you changed and clearly seem back to normal, but I don’t know much about the project, I don’t know what type of dance it is, I don’t know who they choose to be your partner, and I wonder if you’re ready to be with a stranger…” said Yerin worried.

SinB faced Yerin and smiled at her. “You’re so cute when you’re worried but I’m okay now. And I feel like after this I will be completely over with what happened.”

Yerin stared at her in the eyes and hesitated. “Like if doing the performance would prove to yourself that you are over this trauma?” asked Yerin unsure and SinB nodded.

“Yeah, exactly…” said SinB as if Yerin put the perfect words on what she wanted to say. “And you will be around all the time right? You won’t leave me?” asked SinB and Yerin took her in her arms for a hug.

“I will always be around, never too far away, I will be there every minutes and I will come to you anytime if you need me.” said Yerin her arms still around SinB.

SinB felt so secure in Yerin’s arms, like nothing could ever hurt her like that.

“I knew it.” whispered SinB. “I know I can do it because you will be by my side.” said SinB and Yerin nodded against her.

They finally broke the hug and continued to walk to the dance school. Yerin walked SinB to Jiyoon’s office.

SinB knocked and heard Jiyoon’s voice calling her in. SinB looked one last time at Yerin who nodded at her with an encouraging smile. SinB nodded back and entered the office more  determined than ever.

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Hello!! Xmas is coming !! Hope everyone is enjoying the holiday and is resting well! Keep yourself warm!!

Sooo how was this chapter? Some bonding time and we can see SinB getting over Yuju since she was sitting next to her, SinB was still able to focus in class! Some bonding moment with maknae in the morning. ahaha (Because of SinB temper she might not have breakfast haha) And some SinRin moment.

SinB is meeting Jiyoon in the next chapter! What do you think will happen? As usual, let us know what you think!