"If you need a shoulder to lean on, I'm here."

That was what Yoona told me one day, some years ago.

I've never paid attention to those words because since i was older than her, I was the one who needed to be more mature and say that to her.

I was the one who needed to lead the group and the other girls.

I always needed to seem strong, even if I was dying inside.

Nobody could know what I was going through, and I made sure it would always be like that.

So I tried to forget those words.

They made me feel weak. They made me feel like I had somebody to talk to, and I couldn't, because if I opened up and talked about my thoughts and problems, I will never be able to stand with my head held high.

Since I was the leader, I couldn't allow that.

If I was weak, haters will just try to bring us down and I couldn't allow them.

But I didn't forget those words. I never did.

So when Yoona once found me crying on the rooftop of the hotel where we were staying, she didn't say a word.

She just hugged me and put my head on my shoulder.

She hugged me until I finally felt better and stopped crying.

She stayed with me all night long and never left me.

She just hugged me. She didn't force me to talk. She was just there, waiting for the moment I would finally be able to open up and talk to her.

She didn't make pressure, she was just there, trying to make me