Chapter 16

Yongsun's first impression of Byulyi's apartment told her two things. One, she still lived like a college student. She could swear she had some of these furniture items in her dorm. Two, she really needed to clean her apartment. 

"Why is your apartment so messy? I swear college kids would salivate at this", said Yongsun, as she stumbled over a beanbag. 

There were medical journals sprawled over the sofa and there was an actual whiteboard in the living room with a bunch of medical gibberish scribbled on it. The wall had various knick-knacks and memorabilia. She had her medical certificates on one side and a baseball bat on the other side. She hadn't pegged Byulyi to be interested in sports. She tucked this piece of information into the back of her mind. What did pique her interest was the rainbow enamel pin on one of the certificate frame. She wasn't naive. She knew what it meant. But she didn't want to make any assumptions. 

"I don't spend a lot of time at home so I prefer to not clean up. Makes it easier to find stuff," muttered Byulyi with a touch of mortification on her face.

"That's enough, let's get you to sleep. You can explore my apartment when you're sober". She dragged a reluctant Yongsun along to her guest bedroom. 

"I don't want to sleep yet. I wanna talk". Yong had a pout on her face, which she found she was weak for. 

"Okay then Ms Kim Yongsun, what is it that you want to talk about?"

Before she could get anymore words out, she was engulfed in a hug. Yong's face was next to Byulyi's ear and she could hear her mumble. 

"You have no idea how much I want to talk about it, b