“How long do you plan on staying at my house?” Sowon said as she take a bite of her chocolate bar

I simply shrugged and gave her a faint smile “Until I know that you’re really okay”

“I am fine, Hwang” The way she speaks says she is but the way her eyes looks at me says otherwise. Her eyes is telling me that nothing’s fine

“The way you look at me says different, Sojung” I said as I leaned away from the wall and tucked both of my hands on my pockets

She didn’t reply anything, guessing that my hunch was right. I walked around her condo and stopped at the glass window and admired the view “Nice view you got here”

“Yeah. But I feel lonely every time I watch the view from up here” She said and turned my head to her who has her eyes on the view

“If you don’t mind me asking... how did your parents die?” I asked with my voice filled with hesitation, afraid that I might cause the moment to get awkward.

She looked at me and inhaled deeply before answering “Car accident. I was with them when that happened and the doctor said that it was a miracle that I survived despite the impact of the crash on my head”

I nodded and felt my heart ache just imagining how hard her life became when she lost her parents because in my case, my parents were working abroad when I was young and that was already hard enough for me. What more for her who completely lost both of her parents

“If you’re pitying me, I’ll just say that yes it was hard the beginning but I had my grandma that took care of me like her own child” I turned my head to her and saw her genuinely smile which would always makes my heart flutter without any reason

She clapped her hand in front of her and exclaimed brightening up the situation  “Well this is getting sad. Do you  want to watch a movie? Movie marathon perhaps?”

Before I could say anything, she grabbed my wrist and dragged me towards the couch that was across the television. She made me sit and went to the cabinet in front and went to install the disk on the tv. She went back and sat beside me with a little distance between us

“What genre did you put?” I asked, blinking at her

“Horror. I hope you like horror movies” She said and I immediately felt my soul leaving my body. I became nervous because I hate horror stuffs—I’ve always hated them

“You look pale. Do you want me to change it up?” She suggested with her head tilted

“N-no i-it’s fine...” I said trying to hide my fear but it obviously was clearly heard by her

The movie played and every jumpscare and every time the ghost appear, I would either flinch, jump, or scream making Sowon laugh which I would only glare at her

When the movie was already in the middle, I could clearly feel my eyes getting wet due to my fear of these kinds of stuffs

I felt arms wrapped me from the back and placed a blanket around me. I saw Sojung wrapping a blanket around me and let retracted her arms from me when she successfully wrapped the blanket

“I didn’t know you hate horror this much” she teased as she sat down beside me and reached out for my left hand and interlocked it with hers

“Now you know” I said sarcastically but she moved closer to my side that both of our arms were touching and placed her free hand on my head and pulled it towards her shoulder making me lean on her

“Don’t even try removing your head from my shoulders. It’ll just make you scared again” She said with a soft voice with her grip from my hand tightening

As time goes by, I could feel my eyes getting heavier and heavier until it completely shuts off and I don’t really know the reason why I suddenly felt safe and protected when Sojung held my hand and made me lean my head onto hers

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I woke up lying on a bed and slowly opened my eyes and looked around the room “I’m still in her condo huh?” I mumbled

I stood up and walked out the room while rubbing my right eye and I saw a Sojung having a chat with someone. The girl she was talking to was sitting at the couch where we sat last night and Sojung wasn’t there, guessing that she’s inside the kitchen based on the cooking sound and smell

The girl on the couch turned her direction to me and smiled at me before turning her head back to the direction of the kitchen and yelled “Unnie! Your wife is awake!”

“Not gonna fall for that again, Yewon” Sojung said with a chuckle at the end and Yewon? Who’s she?

“I’m not kidding though. She’s even wearing a grey loose sweatshirt and rubbing her eyes right now” The mysterious girl in the couch said and tapped her side telling me to sit beside her

I yawned while walking towards the couch and say lazily beside her which she just chuckled me leaving me confused

“I’m Yewon. Kim Yewon, the cousin of your silly wife who’s currently cooking you a breakfast” She said with a mix of a teasing and reached our her hand for me to shake

“Eunbi. Hwang Eunbi” I replied with a sore voice and shook her hand

“You’re just the same age as I am if I’m not mistaken?”

“Not sure....”

“We are the same age. I’ve seen your profile in the internet”

I looked at the direction of the kitchen because I’ve heard footsteps coming towards this direction and saw Sojung walking towards us with an apron wrapped around her slim body

“Good morning, Hwang” she smiled at me and stopped behind me and kissed my head making me blush this early morning

“Hey! Why didn’t you greet me a good morning?” Yewon sulking and pouted which Sojung just laughed at her

“I greeted you that when you suddenly barged in my place without even informing me” Sojung said in a sarcastic way that made Yewon sulk even more

“And the kiss?” Yewon said while looking at me and back at Sojung

I felt Sojung’s hand caress my hair making me look at her and she said “Well, I should at least be sweet to my wife before we spilt up right? It might change her mind if I do that” I saw her face turned into a sad one as she was saying that one. I’ve been so confused on why she’s doing this and it even makes me more believe that she’s just using me as a rebound or a pawn to get over Yuju...

“What are you saying? I didn’t bring that topic—splitting up—anymore so why are you saying that again?” I said without even realizing what I just said and I don’t know why I felt mad when she said that we’ll spilt up soon

We just met each other not long ago and I wanted to immediately split up with her when I still don’t know her yet why does a part of me want to stay with her and I hate hearing that we’ll split up

We stared at each other for a few seconds before Yewon cut out staring contest that was going by saying “Well, should I leave now since I think you two would be having a lover’s quarrel anytime?”

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Author’s Note: Thank you for the upvotes m, comments and subscribing to this fic! They’re highly appreciated ^-^ // and I’m sorry if this wasn’t the best chapter I could give >.<