Chapter 17

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The moment the door was closed, Seola’s world collapsed. On the other side of the door, out of her will, Eunseo was crying too.
 

However, she dared not to make any sound hearing the movement outside the door, only crouching silently on the floor, holding her knees and sobbed silently.
 

After some time, the door was knocked. A chocking voiced was heard from outside, “Eunseo, promise me to stay happy… I… I won’t disturb you anymore… You must live happily… You must… Goodbye…”
 

Eunseo stood up and peeked through the peephole, watching the sorrow figure slowly disappeared, then totally vanished in front of her. After making sure that person has left, only then Eunseo stopped holding back and cried out her heart.
 

“Why? Why are you doing this? Kim Seola, I’m really sick of loving you anymore! Why are you being so selfish? Why can’t I just stop loving you? Why?” Eunseo blamed herself for being so fragile, as long as it is related to Seola, even if the finest minor thing, can easily set off a turbulent inside her heart.
 

Eunseo wiped her tears stiffly and sat down. The dishes on the table have turned cold, Eunseo her nose, used her chopsticks to take a bite of the food.
 

It was the first time she tasted Seola’s cooking. To be honest, it did not taste bad, but why were she feeling like crying again?
 

42
 

The coolest days have passed. Although it still snowed occasionally in Seoul during March, the spring vibe has finally approaching.
 

After that day, Eunseo has never met Seola again, nor she heard any news about her anymore. She thought that Seola has completely retreated from her world until the sudden visit of Exy during one rest day.
 

Eunseo stayed in bed until noon time, not long after she woke up, someone rang the doorbell.
 

“Eonnie, what blows you here?” Eunseo looked at Exy in confuse after opening the door, wondering why Exy did not inform her visit in advance when she came all the way from Busan?
 

Exy scratched her hair. “Your beloved sister asked me to come and see you once in a while. I just happened to have meeting with other producers in Seoul, so here I am.”
 

“You should’ve told me first, how if I’m not at home and you come for nothing?” Eunseo grumbled.
 

“Don’t forget, I have your house keys.” Exy giggled.
 

“You really…” Eunseo then pointed at the thermos container in Exy’s hand. “What about that? You brought this stuff with you all the way from Busan too?”
 

Exy froze for a second before replied with a smile, “Yeah, I scare you lack of soup as supplement.”
 

Eunseo frowned, sensing that things were not that simple. She took over the container, twisted the cover and looked into the thermo. “Black-boned chicken soup? You cooked it yourself?”
 

“Of...Of… Of course, otherwise who would be so kind to cook for you? Haha…”
 

Eunseo put the soup aside, squinted her eyes and fixed her sights at Exy. The person in front of her was stuttering and even smiling in guilt, who was she trying to fool?
 

“It’s not Bona eonnie who asked you to come, it’s Kim Seola. Isn’t it?”
 

“What are you talking? Don’t you know how much Bona cares for you and keeps nagging me about you.” Exy unnaturally dodged Eunseo’s blazing glance.
 

“You in telling lies…” Eunseo pointed at the thermos. “This soup, I’ve tasted it three times before.”
 

“Ermmm…I told her we can’t fool you, you’re so smart…” Exy scratched her scalp in annoyance.
 

“Fine, my bad. I accidentally told her I’m coming to Seoul. She persuaded and begged me for days… earnestly and patiently… to bring this soup to you. I never knew she could be so stubborn… So, I surrendered.”
 

“So it’s really her…” Eunseo was right, she has not heard anything about her for such a long time, wondering how she was doing. Eunseo sighed, “How’s she now?”
 

“Who cares? She deserves everything. Don’t show your pathetic to her.” Exy shook her hand in frustration.
 

“She’s just a little blockhead...” Eunseo could not help but naturally defend Seola. Again, when anything relates to Seola, Eunseo will fail to live up her own rules. For times, Eunseo really hates this kind of self.
 

“Just rest assured, she won’t die. People like her won’t be narrow-minded. She may be depressed and melancholic, but she’ll be fine…Or maybe just continuously stays very moody and down…” Exy touched her nose, secretly looked at Eunseo. “But I don’t know what happened. She’s still having colds, don’t know why. Tell me, someone who is so poor in taking care of herself, is trying to take care of you… How funny…”
 

“She’s still sick?” It’s been months, and yet she has not recovered? Eunseo laughed bitterly, why was she minding Seola’s sickness again…
 

“Honestly, I think she really deserves everything for what she did. But looking at her now, it’s true she’s trying to be better. I’ve known her since long time ago, she’s always been a self-oriented person. She always has high esteem and doesn’t listen to others. Like right now, she still can’t completely set you free, you can feel it too, right? But when I see her lowered down herself and begged me for help, only then I realize she can actually put her pride down because of you. That’s why I can’t reject her, seeing this side of her…” Exy furrowed, frizzling her hair grudgingly. “Why can’t things be nice to me? Everything is so complicated! My mind told me not to help her, but my heart disallowed this thought. Helping her, it makes me feel sorry for you… Oh dear…”
 

Eunseo reached her hand and stopped Exy from fidgeting her hair. She gently smoothed her hair, tidied up her messy hair. “Don’t worry about me, Exy eonnie. Thank you.”
 

“Well, you’re a good girl. Your sister and I share the same thought, we just want you to be happy. No matter what’s your decision, you have our supports. About Seola eonnie…” Exy lifted her hand, wanting to scratch her head again, but was stopped in time by the tactful Eunseo once she saw it. “I don’t know… She’s just being too blockheaded, but isn’t this the main reason you can’t bear with her anymore? Serve her right! Whenever I mention about Seola eonnie, Bona gets enraged. I can feel that flame burning over my head across the ocean from the States. How scary.”
 

Eunseo smiled, imagining the scene Bona gets angry. “Eonnie really looks scary when she gets mad.”
 

“That’s right. Some more, I’m not like you. Aegyo isn’t my way to calm her down for my survival. That girl really creeps when she’s furious.”
 

Eunseo laughed at the way Exy imitating Bona getting angry.
 

“She doesn’t get angry all the time, for me she's easy to handle.”
 

“In your opinion... When she stares at me, I feel that she’s going to jump out of the screen in the next second and grab my neck.”
 

“Not that horrible… If you really make her angry, I’ll calm her down on behalf of you. Haha!”
 

Exy pouted. “My life is such a misery… The people I encounter… One with ultimate stubbornness, another with extreme charism…And you, who always care for others but always need my attendance.”
 

Eunseo leaned closer and embraced Exy, whispering softly in Exy’s ear, “I told you not to worry about me. I’m now an adult. I can handle my problem myself.”
 

“If you can’t forget her too, maybe you can consider giving each other a second chance. If you choose to give up on her, cut off everything explicitly.” Exy patted Eunseo’s back, feeling Eunseo has grown taller again, her chin could merely reach Eunseo’s shoulder.
 

Eunseo caressed Exy’s hair as a reply. She smiled and said, “I think…You can go for an election… Hahaha! How can your hair be so thick when you have so many problems to worry?”
 

“Hey, I’m serious… You really…” Exy lightly pushed Eunseo away and continued, “Well, I should go now. I’m really having some serious matters to deal with my partners. And you deal with the soup. Actually, I tried some earlier, it really tastes pretty good, hehe. By the way, I guess you play well with… Who’s that? Sin… Sinb? Count her in your consideration?”
 

Eunseo rolled her eyes. “Come on, only brotherhood between Sinb and I… Don’t mess around, okay? Mind your own business, dear Exy eonnie, a soloist since birth day.”
 

“What the… Is this how you repay me for being nice to you? Wishing for a beat ya?” Exy acting she was going to hit Eunseo.
 

Eunseo pushed Exy to the entrance, “Hurry up, don’t be late. Goodbye.”
 

Poor Exy, coming all the way to Seoul from Busan, being a deliverer and yet cruelly chased away by sister once her mission was accomplished, pity girl.
 

After sending off Exy, Eunseo took a look at the soup placed aside dejectedly.
 

It has been awhile since she updated her Facebook status. She should not have, but her fingers disobeyed, she started to scroll her profile.
 

She stopped when the page reached the bottom. It was a couple photo during the first countdown Seola and her celebrated together, taken when they started to date.
 

That day, Seola took her to a high-rise building located beside the sea. They successfully avoided the security patrol and entered a spacy balcony on the fortieth floor. They were not fully prepared and startled by the blast of firecrackers. They looked at each other and laughed. The next moment, Eunseo lifted her phone and took a picture of the fireworks as background.
 

Eunseo remembered that Seola told her with a smile, “Here’s the best place to watch fireworks here. Not crowded, with perfect vision. When I was an intern, some seniors were idling, so my team leader and I came up here and caught them off guard. That’s when I know this place. So, when you told me you want to watch fireworks, the first place I think of, is here.” Seola’s sincere eyes looks like a kid excitedly waiting for praises.
 

Maybe, in the past, Seola also cared about Eunseo. It was just both of them were too dumb to realize.
 

Eunseo heaved a sigh, she really wants to tell herself, that person has nothing to do with her anymore. But she still cares about Seola very much, what can she do?
 

To be continued...
 

Thanks for all of you have voted your stars for Eunseo. We did it. It's just a neck to neck result. And to express my appreciation in a quite unique method, next week would be the finale chapter of Shadow... XD