“Hyewon?” The three exclaimed except for Hitomi, who hadn’t been introduced to the girl yet. Hyewon gave them a nod before pointing to her notepad again.

“I didn’t know you worked at a cafe” Eunbi asked after Hyewon wrote down their orders

“No, I’m just helping the owner had an emergency, and they were one man short” She explained the three’s mouth shaped into an ‘o’ while Hitomi cleared . They forgot to introduce her still.

“Oh right this is Hitomi she’s my girlfriend” Chaewon introduced, Hyewon bowed to the girl politely

She had figured out Hitomi was Japanese from her name and introduced herself in Japanese. And going into a small conversation in the language. They left the other three in awe at Hyewon’s ability to speak the language.

“Hyewon unnie I didn’t know you could speak Japanese,” Yuri exclaimed

“I have a friend who’s Japanese and my grandma made us practice it when we were little,” Hyewon explained her eyes wandering at the mention of her friend before excusing herself so she could bring back their orders

Hitomi waits until Hyewon is out of sight and quickly turns to her friend

“Unnie!” She slaps her arm, pouting “Why didn’t you tell us?”

“Tell you what?”

“Hyewon can speaks Japanese!” Hitomi added on, now pouting as well

“Don’t forget she’s absolutely gorgeous” Yuri adds 

The overwhelmed Eunbi was just as confused as the other, turning to Chaewon who was only laughing rejecting any single for her help “I didn’t even know she spoke Japanese until now! And please Yuri don’t you have your own soulmate” She rolled her eyes at her over dramatic friends 

“Ah yes! I forgot to tell you guys I found my soulmate!” Yuri said sheepishly

The other three exclaiming all at once, getting a few stares from other customers. Apologizing before Yuri continued on with her explanation. How she had met her soulmate in the cafe the other day and that it was Hyewon’s cousin.

“Wait, unnie that means Yuri is going to be your sister-in-law!” Chaewon cackled across the table of a blushing Yuri and Eunbi thinking about getting married, only making the latter burst into laughter 

“I feel sorry for Hyewon and Yena they are going to be stuck with you two, may god have mercy on them,” Hitomi added, her girlfriend laughing at her joke

“Yah Hitomi you want me to put you in a headlock?” Eunbi threatened

The teasing continued, only stopping when the food arrived. Eunbi noticed an extra plate of food left by Hyewon that they hadn’t ordered. It was an assortment of different macarons, catching Hyewon’s attention pointing at the plate.

“I added it” She said pushing the plate closer to Eunbi “It’s on the house” she gave the group a nod before excusing herself going into the back

Chaewon and Hitomi sending cheeky grins across the table. Eunbi threatening to punch them across the table. Looking down at the plate she smiled, it was full of her favourite macarons - but how did she know? It was probably just by coincidence. It wasn’t.

Finishing their plates and now chatting, catching up with the others. Eunbi failed to check the time until she picked up her phone seeing that Chaewon and her had 30 minutes until they had to get to their academy. And luck wasn’t on their side as it would be a 45 minute bus ride from the cafe. They both cursed as they fumbled to get their things, trying to figure out a quicker route to the academy. It being their first dress rehearsal.

“I’ll take you there” The groups arguing calm down, turning to Hyewon.

Now removing her apron and hanging it on a hook, she went up to the group fishing out her keys from the back of her pocket “I can drive you there”

They were confused and surprised from the offer. But before Eunbi could decline, she was already getting pushed out of the cafe by Chaewon as they followed Hyewon to her car. Eunbi taking the passenger seat courtesy of Chaewon as she sat in the back.

Just as Hyewon turns the key, the engine starting and Eunbi panics “Aren’t you underage?”

Hyewon pulls down the sun visor, unclipping her driver’s license and other documents before tossing it onto Eunbi’s lap. “I have an international license I got it in the states”

She switches between her front and side mirror as she backs out of the parking spot before continuing Eunbi’s questions before she could ask she had been asked these questions a thousand times she was on autopilot mode. 

“I have duel citizenship, yes it’s legal, I’ve been driving for 9 months now” Hyewon says with ease as they got out of the parking lot and onto the main road “Don’t worry I’ll get you guys there safely” she gives an awkward smile before she focuses back on the road 

The drive was quiet, except for the soft music coming from the radio. And the occasional conversations Chaewon and Eunbi had. Hyewon only joining in when asked a question, keeping it to short sentences. Chaewon looked around the car, it had a nice interior, clean and organized, it could easily be mistaken as brand new. 

Chaewon’s eyes wonder around the car, ignoring Eunbi’s and Hyewon’s small conversation. She sees tucked under Hyewon’s seat there is a bag poking out. She pushes the bag under the seat so it doesn’t poke out and accidentally stepped on. When a key chain falls onto the side, she stares at it for a few moments wondering where she had seen it before. It looked really familiar, but she came up inconclusive. 

Just then the car came to a stop. They had arrived in front of the academy. Eunbi bidding her goodbyes before running out of the car and into the academy. Chaewon thanked Hyewon for the ride as she too ran into the academy after Eunbi, but something about that key chain seemed so familiar. 

In the student council room after school, Hyewon paced across the room, finalizing all the papers needed for their school fair. Checking the layouts of the booths, budgets of each class, and sorting the pamphlets for the fair. 

Minju leaned back in her chair, her feet propped up on one of the desks, watching Hyewon pace around while she ate her gummies. She wasn’t part of the student council, but she decided to keep the latter company. 

“Why did you even become president? You hate these things” She questioned blankly staring at a pile of papers on the desk next to her 

Hyewon shrugged her shoulders, putting a folder on top of another pile “It keeps me busy” 

“Right..” Minju trailed off, scrunching her nose “it keeps you busy” 

Minju threw away the wrapper and picked up a pile of unsorted papers handing it to Hyewon “Are you really sure about going to Chaeyeons dance performance?” she asked uneasily, she was stepping on thin ice 

She knew the other two were really close to