Irene POV

"Hey, Irene-Unnie" That sweet voice I've been wanting to hear all day

Guess who it belongs to? My bestfriend, Kang Seulgi

Call me crazy and stuff, but I've been crushing on this b¡tch for 7 years and I have no idea how to confess. Heck I don't even know if Bear likes me or not

"Helloooo! Earth to Irene Bae!" 

"Huh-? What?"

"We gotta go on our interview"

"Oh, yeah, right, is Yeri coming?"

"I don't know, I think not"

"O-Okay, let's go"

I link her arm with hers, because I keep it that way, and she doesn't seem to mind

It's driving me insane. I'm giving hella obvious signs and she's not just oblivious, but she doesn't respond to it

One sign is me always staring at her lips. I mean, who wouldn't want to kiss her lips?

I mentally slapped myself for thinking that. Anyway, she seems to notice it all the time

But it's always the same reaction. Either a cute laugh or a big smile, no words at all

Another sign is of course me staring at, well, the whole of her, because she's that y

Another mental slap

"Hey, Unnie" 

Her voice snapped me out of my thoughts

"Y-Yeah?"

She stared at me for a while and I felt the red on my face 

"We're here, look, there's Wendy and Joy"

I looked to where she's pointing and I see Wendy and Joy

We went inside and sat down on our chairs

I sat next to Seulgi, as usual

So, as usual, the interviewer asks questions that we are obviously gonna answer

I was starting to get bored so I looked at Seulgi and I saw that she's clearly getting bored too

Then, he interviewer said something that snapped me back to life 

"Irene-ssi, Would you like to ask any question to any memeber? Anything at all"

I froze. Should I ask Seulgi? Should I ask what she feels for me? Should I ask what am I to her?

Should I ask if she's in love with me? The way I am wih her?

. I wanted to ask these questions for years, this is my chance. But so many questions and thoughts are ringing inside my head, what do I do?

"Irene-ssi?"

"Seulgi, tell me one thing you aren't able to confess to me"

Sudden words that blurred out my mouth so unexpectedly, that I almost covered my mouth out of shock if I didn't stop myself

"Something that I haven't confessed?"

I turned tk that voice, she spoke

I waited, for 30 seconds in silence. Until Wendy whispered something to Seulgi.

A whisper in a low voice but I can't be mistaken to what she said

"There should be a love confession by now"

I felt like my heart was about to burst because 

Seulgi smiled 

Everyone laughed, Everyone except me.

I smiled, because this could mean one thing, she...likes me?

But she said something that shattered my heart into tiny little peices that can't be put back together

"Actually, I tell her everything. I am quite an honest person, so I don't think there is anything that I haven't confessed to you, unnie"

My heart hurts...so bad, it hurts even more because she said it so firmly, without hesitation or stuttering, as if she means it all

Because apparantly, she does.

After that, the interview lasted for a few more minutes and we went home

Once we got back home, I went straight to my room and cried the out of me

She meant it, I was only her friend, best friend, that she tells everything to

To be honest, she does tell me everything, but for some reason, there was a tiny part that hoped in all these 7 years, she still hasn't confessed that she likes me

I guess I was wrong, I should not have assumed too much. That was it. No anything, no anything that she hasn't told me, No anything that she keeps a secret from me

No anything that would confess she's in love with me, the way I am for her

I guess I'm the only one who's had to suffer, I'm the only one who fell without anyone catching me

What makes it worse is that she doesn't even notice me here, crying my tears out because of her, when she's out there, enjoyinv the day, and sure, I'll always be on her mind

But always as a best.friend. Nothing more

"Irene-Unnie! Where are you?"

It's her

I'm lost, far away from your heart, and I can't do anything about it

"In my room, Seulgi"

She entered my room, saw me, her mess of a bestfriend

"Unnie! What happened?!"

What happened is that you broke my heart, shattered it into tiny little peices, and left it there

"Nothing, I'm fine"

"No, you're not! Why are you crying?"

I'm crying because I fell for your trap. I'm crying because I'm only your dumb, stupid best friend, and nothing more, I'm crying because you're so damn oblivious, I'm crying because I assumed too much that I was something much more special to you than a bestfriend, but I was wrong! I'm crying because of you

"I'm just tired. Go enjoy your day without me, and tell me everything that happened, okay?"

"What are you talking about? I'm not going anywhere"

Sure you're not. And when I get out of this room, you're no where to be found, And I see you back at that bar with the Mijoo girl, that's who you want, right?

"Just, leave me alone"

"No! I'm never leaving you like this, tell me what's wrong"

What's wrong is that I'm your mess of a bestfriend of the iest girl I know, of course everyone would fall for you. And me? No one. I'm only your bestfriend, that's it, right?

"I'm fine"

She didn't reply immidiately, until

"Unnie, I lied"

I looked at her, what is she talking about?

"Wh-What are you talking about?"

"Sure, I tell you everything, everything, but this"

She suddenly pulled me closer and...

Kissed me, on.the.lips

I panicked at first, but kissed back anyway

After around 20 seconds, she pulled back

"All bestfriends keep things from eachother no matter how close they are. Though, I know exactly what you're keeping from me"

"What-?"

"I'm not a pabo, unnie, hehe you're so obvious"

"You, You know?"

"Yeah, from the very first day we met, and from the moment you looked at me"

I didn't reply, so she continued

"Irene-unnie, I like you, not just as a bestfriend, but, I'm in love with you, Irene Bae"

"R-Really? You mean it?"

In response, she pulled me in for another kiss, except this time, I kissed back immidiately and it was a bit more, intense

We pulled back after around 30 seconds

"I love you, unnie, you don't know how much I do"

I was speechless. All this time, she's in love with me, exactly the way I am

"I love you too, Bear, I can't explain how much I do"

"You don't need to" She smirked "I already know"

I blushed so hard because of that

"ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ you're so cute, unnie!"

In revenge, I playfully smacked her arm

Which only made her laugh more

"So" She asked "Can we be official now?"

"Only if you want to"

She kissed me again, for around 15 seconds

"I'd love to"

"Then we're together now!"

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"I got to ask something" Joy suddenly said

"Yeah?"

"Will you ever let go of eachother for even a second?"

"No" We both say at the same time

I stared at her as she stared back

Her eyes, so full of love for me, just like the way I am

And she showed it in the most unexpected way

I don't ever want to let her go

And she seems to never fail at making my heart flutter

"I'll never let you go" She smiled 

"Hey bear"

"Yeah?"

"I love you" 

I say it all the time, but it always feels like the first

I guess that's how much in love she is with me, the same way I am for her

And I'll never stop loving her, and I know for for sure she won't either

"I love you too"