She could already imagine Solar shaking her head and Yeri actually smacking her back if they knew how she spent her Saturday.

‘You’re being a fool.’ Solar’s voice echoes in her mind. To which Yeri’s voice would add, ‘again.’

She’s on her way home now in the passenger seat of Wendy’s car.

But she’s not regretting it.

Irene is feeling bold now. And numb, too.

Wendy talks about her work at the hospital, and they delve back to medical school. She mentions her classmates, her friends, and her groupmates. Her groupmate.

“Oh, I remember her.”

Irene is feeling numb. And bold.

“Isn’t she the one we bumped into at the mall that one time? The one who had a crush on you?”

Wendy, unbothered, answers “yeah” while keeping her eyes on the wavy road ahead.

“Why didn't it work out between you two?”

Wendy actually chuckles this time.

“When I attempted to pursue her, she had a crush on somebody else. When she liked me, I had my eyes on somebody else.”

Irene chuckles too, but it comes out more forced than Wendy’s natural one.

“That sounds familiar.”

Wendy does not react even as they stop at a turn. She just looks like her normal, calm self.

‘Fool.’ Irene’s own voice says in unison with Solar and Yeri’s in her