“She looks beautiful today,” Eunha whispered from beside her while they are in the middle of their school morning assembly. Sowon wonders why their school principal keeps insisting to do the assembly where barely any people pay attention to it. Those people who paid attention to it are probably either a) their teachers, b) think that this assembly offered new information (no, it is not) or c) have a crush on the student council president who is standing on the stage, a few feet away from the rambling principal.

Sowon eyes darted to the student council president. She admits that Jung Yerin is indeed beautiful with that pale white skin that resembles snow in the winter morning, dark eyes that turn into crescent when she smiles, and long raven hair that reach her waist. Not to mention she is also kind and responsible.

No wonder her best friend, Eunha fell for Yerin just like half of their school students.

“She looked the same to me,” Sowon whispered back.

Eunha's eyes twinkling in amusement, “You mean she is always beautiful?”

Sowon shrugged as she replied, “She is beautiful but still not my type.”

Eunha let out a small chuckled, shoving Sowon slightly, “You always says that, it makes me wonder if you really have a type. I mean, I am your best friend for years and even I don’t know what your type is.”

Sowon shrugged once again, “Maybe you are not trying hard enough,”

Eunha gave Sowon a side glare which makes the taller girl almost let out a laughed because really Eunha can try to look mad or anything, but it will never stop the fact that she looks cute.

Eunha refocusing her eyes on Yerin

“You are weird,” Eunha concluded, shaking her head as if she doesn’t understand why Sowon didn’t find Yerin as her type.

And maybe she doesn’t.

Sowon hummed before looked at Yerin who now has that blinding smile on her face.

Yerin is beautiful, that is a fact and maybe Sowon – just like Eunha and half of their school students – will also fall for her if only her heart wasn’t already beating for someone else.

 

XXX

 

Here are the other facts

Sowon’s in love with her best friend.

Eunha doesn’t know.

 

XXX

 

“Stop staring,” Sowon scolded as she looked at Eunha who’s been ignoring the book on her hands and instead blatantly looking at Yerin who sit a few tables away from them, “You’re being creepy,”

Eunha pouted, “I am not.”

“You are,” Sowon said as she poked at Eunha’s nose making the smaller girl made a motion to bite Sowon’s finger.

“Stop poking my nose,” Eunha grumbled which made Sowon smiled, “Why she has to be that beautiful?” Eunha asked, her eyes refocusing on Yerin and Sowon could feel the pang of jealousy.

‘Why can’t you look at me?’ the small voice inside Sowon’s heart whispered.

Sowon ignored it (she always did) and instead she shook her head, “If you really like her, how about you go there and talk to her?”

Eunha sighed, “I don’t want to weird her out.”

“And staring at her like this won’t?”

“There are so many people who staring at her,” Eunha said as she gestured around the room and sure enough there are at least five students who stared at Yerin. How the girl handles the stare and keeps talking to her friend as if nothing wrong is beyond Sowon can comprehend, “I think another person doing that won’t bring any harm,” Eunha concluded before buried her face in her book.

Sowon patted Eunha’s head.

“At least try? It is better than moping around like this.” Sowon said and she hates how her heart’s beat in pain as if protesting Sowon’s suggestion.

Eunha hummed, “Maybe,”

 

XXX

 

A few days later, Eunha told her that she volunteers to help the student council.

“I did what you told me to,” Eunha said, beaming and Sowon couldn’t find in her heart to tell the smaller girl that she never told her to do that, “I am so lucky to win that spot! You should see how many people sign up for it!”

“That bad, huh?” Sowon asked.

Eunha nodded her head, “I am not surprised though, Yerin is that popular after all and they all are looking for an excuse to go talk and be near her.”

“Like you?”

“Yeah, like me.”

That bright smiled on Eunha’s face is enough for Sowon to ignore the pain that spread inside her heart.

 

XXX

 

One week later and Sowon found herself on the call with Eunha, the smaller girl sounds so happy as she talked about her day with Yerin and while Sowon feels happy for Eunha, she couldn’t stop the pain that spreading inside her heart.

As Eunha talked, Sowon finds herself staring silently at stars stickers on her bedroom ceiling that Eunha insists to put on while her mind drifted to that simple time where there is only her and Eunha.

“This way, you will never forget me!” Eunha proudly said as she put the last sticker on.

“You are ridiculous,” Sowon stated, rolling her eyes.

“You like me,” Eunha replies, and Sowon opted to shake her head in an answer as she did not trust in herself to not spilling anything about her feelings if she opens .

“Sowon?” Eunha asked, pulling Sowon away from her thoughts, “Are you listening?” Eunha’s voice sounds a bit statistic – probably from the bad connection – and yet Sowon still finds it beautiful.

“Yes, I’m sorry,” Sowon said, silently scolding herself for letting herself drown in the memories where she is on the call with Eunha.

“Are you sleepy?” Eunha asked again, “We can continue our talk again later.”

“No,” Sowon quickly answered because as much as it hurts her to listen to Eunha talking about her blossoming relationship with Yerin, she doesn’t want to stop the call, “Please spill all the tea to me.”

Eunha laughed, “There is nothing tea to spill!”

“You know what I mean,” Sowon answered a smile unconsciously appeared on her face the moment she heard the laugh.

“Okay you weirdo, so Yerin told me that-“

Sowon spends another 30 minutes hearing Eunha before the smaller girl lets out a yawn and they finally decide to call it a night.

As Sowon looked at her phone, she briefly wonders if she is a masochist.

 

XXX

 

“Did you find me unattractive?”

Sowon almost choked on her drink. She is covering with her hand before turn to looked at Eunha who’s been laying on her bed since she came.

“Excuse me?” Sowon asked because Eunha did not just ask her that. She did not just ask her who have been secretly in love with the smaller girl for six years now if she finds her unattractive or not.

Eunha looked at Sowon, “Do you find me unattractive?” she repeated.

“No,” Sowon breathlessly said before she quickly coughed in her hand and try again, this time with more power in her voice so she won’t sound like a lovesick idiot she is a few seconds ago (she still is, but no one will ever know that), “No.”

Eunha sighed, turning around and look at the stars stickers, “Never mind. You are my best friend, so it is your job to say that.”

Sowon let out a small chuckled.

If only Eunha knows that Sowon didn’t say it because it is her job to.

She means it – really mean it.

She put her glass on the desk and walked towards Eunha, nudging the girl a bit to move. Eunha let out a small whine but move to give some space for Sowon to sit and as soon as Sowon sit, Eunha quickly put her head on Sowon’s lap.

Sowon found her heart melting at the sight of the smaller girl while her hand runs through Eunha’s hair in a gentle move.

“What makes you asked that?”

Eunha groaned, “It’s been like a month since I help at the student council, and not even once Yerin looked at me,” she pouted, “At least not on the way I want her to.”

Sowon hated how her heart humming happily at the information.

“I couldn’t help but to think there is something wrong with me,” Eunha sighed.

Sowon frowned.

“There is nothing wrong with you,” she said, not even bothering to hide the displeased on her voice because of what Eunha just said.

Eunha gave Sowon a grateful smile, “Thank you, but really … look at me, I am seventeen years old now, and yet not even once someone came to me and asked me to go out with them.”

Sowon ignored the voice that shouted, ‘please go out with me please go out with me please go out with me please go out with me’

“You are attractive Eunha, many people found you attractive,”

For example, me.

Eunha shook her head, “I still think I am not,”

Sowon sighed, “Stop selling yourself short. If you are not attractive, then I look like a Beast.”

Eunha laughed and Sowon couldn’t help but feel a little tingling in her heart from that sounds alone, “You? A beast? Please, I can’t even count how many girls and boys come to me and ask me to introduce them to you.”

Sowon smiled.

If only Eunha know that it happens to Sowon as well however they all back off when they realize Sowon’s feeling towards the smaller girl. All she had to do is for her to look at Eunha during their class recital in the ninth grade and everyone looking at her with that apologetic eyes on their faces, even patting her shoulders.

It is not like her being in love is something that they need to be sorry for.

She never regrets falling in love with Eunha after all.

Even if it pained her sometimes.

“Besides, some people did ask you out before,” Eunha pointed out – pulling Sowon’s away from her thoughts – and sighed, “Unlike me, no one looks at me.”

“Then maybe you are looking at the wrong side.”

Eunha laughed, “Doubt it but thank you.” she said as she buried her face on Sowon’s stomach.

Sowon wonder if Eunha could hear her heart but then again, it’s been six years already the smaller girl never did.

 

XXX

 

Sowon woke up with a groaned.

“What did I do to deserve this?” she asked as she looked at Eunha who just body-slammed her. The smaller girl just decided to come inside her room so early in the morning and jumped on her, ignoring the fact that is weekend and still so early in the morning.

Eunha gave her a small innocent smile and really Sowon couldn’t find in herself to be mad at her, before jumped off and grab Sowon’s hand, pulling her slightly.

“It’s weekend!” Eunha said as if that explains everything.

“I’ve noticed,” Sowon said with a grumble before decides to sit up, there is no way she can fall asleep again, not when Eunha looked so eager to separate her with her comfy bed.

Eunha smiled, “And there is an event at Blossom’s-“

Sowon tilted her head slightly, “Your favorite Burger place?”

Eunha nodded her head with so much eagerness that almost makes the butterflies inside Sowon’s stomach flutter happily, “It’s a buy one get one event, and I was wondering-“

Sowon sighed, “Say no more,” she said before she stood up making Eunha let out a happy squeal.

It takes fifteen minutes for Sowon to prepare herself (with Eunha constantly hurrying her up) and another ten-minute drive (Sowon couldn’t stress enough how grateful she is towards her driver who drives as fast as the law allow him to) for them to arrive at the Blossom.

Sowon let out a small sighed as she looked at the never-ending line in front of her, she’s been standing here for thirty minutes now and yet the line doesn’t seem like it will be shortening any minute soon. She knew that Blossom is quite popular, but she doesn’t know that it is this popular.

Beside her, Eunha hopping eagerly while her eyes twinkling in excitement as she looks at the Blossom’s sign.

“Why are you so excited?” Sowon asked, shaking her head.

“Because of free food, Sowon!”

“It is not free-“

“I pay one for three burgers, it is as close as free for me.”

“Three?” Sowon frowned, “Are you planning on taking my burger?”

Eunha gave Sowon her infamous innocent smile which made Sowon quickly shook her head.

“Oh no you don’t, they are mine and you won’t take it. Not after I have sacrificed my time for standing in this freaking line.”

“Please, Sowon?”

Sowon shook her head, “No. I will never give you my burger so you can stop looking at me with those bunny eyes of yours. It doesn’t have any effect on me.”

She lied, those eyes will always affect her ever since Eunha uses it when they are little, and judging from how Eunha smile at her, Sowon thinks that she knows it as well.

They spend another 30 minutes before it finally their turn to order and although Sowon doesn’t exactly enjoy the fact that she just spends an hour queuing for burgers, she won’t mind do it again for another hour just because Eunha was there with her.

“Where should we sit?” Eunha asked as soon as they finished placing their order. Her eyes darted around the crowded room, searching for the perfect place for them.

“Anywhere is fine,” Sowon answered as she holds the tray with their orders on it.

“Okay,” Eunha replied happily before she walked – almost run towards an empty table in the middle of the room while Sowon smiled fondly at the sight.

Carefully so she won’t spill anything, Sowon walked to the table that Eunha just secured for them.

“Here,” Sowon said as she put the tray on the table and take a seat across from Eunha.

Eunha's eyes shine brightly at the sight of the burgers in front of her and Sowon couldn’t help but let out a small chuckled at that.

“Sowon-“ Eunha started, Sowon however just shook her head and wordlessly grab one burger from the tray.

“You can have the rest. I’m not that hungry,” Sowon said making Eunha beamed happily at her.

“Thank you!!” Eunha shouted happily before pulled the tray in front of her.

Sowon smiled.

If only Eunha knows that if it makes her smiled, Sowon will gladly buy all the burgers in the shop for her.

 

XXX

 

Sowon was eating her lunch alone in the cafeteria when Eunha suddenly run to her and said – almost shouting, “Sowon, there you are!”

Sowon put her chopsticks down.

“I thought you are helping the student council?” Sowon asked, she remember Eunha told her that she can’t eat lunch and went home together with her for at least a week since she needs to finish her task in the student council before their school festival which is only a few weeks away from now on.

Eunha gave her a sheepish smiled, “Yeah, I was actually but then we found some minor difficulty and now we need every help that we can find.”

“You want me to help?”

Eunha looked at Sowon pleadingly, “Please?”

Sowon closed her eyes, she wants to help Eunha – really. But helping the student council means that she will be stuck in the room where Yerin is as well, in other words, she will have to see Eunha and Yerin's interaction which she is not sure her heart ready for.

“Sowon?”

Sowon opened her eyes.

Maybe I really am a masochist

 

XXX

 

When Eunha introduced Sowon to Yerin with a happy smile on her face, Sowon wondered if that smile is because of her or Yerin.

Sowon let herself believe that is because of her when Eunha circling her hands around Sowon’s arm and pulled her around the room, still with the same smile on her face.

 

XXX

 

“I know that looked,” a voice from her right made Sowon looked away from Eunha and turned to look at the girl that Eunha just introduced to her a few minutes ago.

“Uh… what looked?” Sowon asked, confused.

“You like her, right?” Yuju asked as she pointed at Eunha’s direction with her chin.

“I don’t know what you are talking about,” Sowon mumbled looking down at her task once more which is coloring a banner.

How everyone seems to know Sowon feelings and yet Eunha still remains oblivious about it remains a mystery to her.

“It’s okay, it is not that obvious.” Yuju said, patting Sowon’s shoulder before turn and pointed towards a girl who had her nose buried on a book in her hands at the corner of the room, “It just, you have the same looked that I have when I watch her.”

 

XXX

 

“It looks really good,” Yerin said as she looked at the banner that Sowon just finished together with Yuju.

They’ve been working on it for a week now and although Sowon likes to work with Yuju (it’s nice to have that friend who in the same situation as her), she couldn’t help but feel a bit worried that they are not going to make it, thank goodness they did.

“Thank you,” Sowon said while beside her Yuju just hummed.

“I especially like the gradient you made in there,” Yerin said.

“That’s Sowon idea,” Yuju answered, “She said it will make the banner more eye-catching.”

“Indeed, just like you said it is more eye-catching this way. Thank you, Sowon!” Yerin said, turning to Sowon and flashed her infamous eye-smile which reminds Sowon that indeed the girl in front of her has such a beautiful smile.

However, when she diverted her eyes towards Eunha who was standing beside Yerin – beaming with so much pride as if Yerin praises her and not Sowon – she concludes that even though Yerin smile is beautiful, she still can’t defeat Eunha.

“Sowon is amazing,” Eunha said boastfully.

“Don’t be stupid,” Sowon replies and although the tone of the voice that she used is flat, her whole body feels warm.

 

XXX

 

Later that day as they sit beside each other at the passenger seat while the driver drives them home, Sowon asked the question that she’s been meaning to ask for quite a long time now, “What will you do during the school festival?”

Eunha hummed before she turns to look at Sowon and smiled, “Well… I am free from helping the student council and my class will be participating in the dance competition which thankfully I am not selected to be in the team. So, I am free from that long hour of practice! What about you?”

“Nothing.” Sowon replies.

Eunha's eyes twinkling, “Nice, that means we can watch the festival together!”

Sowon smiled.

“Yeah.”

 

XXX

 

“This year's festival is really amazing!” Eunha said happily from beside her as soon as the final performance of the festival was done.

Sowon smiled, “Yeah.”

“I especially like the magic show where that one guy just suddenly went missing from the cage! How can he suddenly go missing like that? That just so amazing!! And also when he-“

Sowon watched as Eunha keep going on about the magic show that they just saw with a fond smiled on her face.

Sowon knows all about the tricks that the man uses, they all are just simple tricks. There is no magic involved there, however as she watched how the smaller girl beaming as she grabs Sowon’s hand and said, “Magic does exist!”

The taller girl decides that magic really does exist.

 

XXX

 

“Guess who scored a date with Yerin?” Eunha asked eagerly - so eager that she slammed her hands on the library table where Sowon put her homework on and ignoring the nasty glared that the other students and school librarian gave to her.

It’s been four months since Eunha volunteer (a week since the school festival) and Sowon did expect this is going to happen – Eunha is that beautiful after all, inside and out – it doesn’t mean it hurt less though.

“Not me,” Sowon said while her mind keeps screaming to her to run away.

“Haha, funny,” Eunha said sarcastically before she pulls the chair and sits beside Sowon.

Sowon shrugged, keeping her eyes glued on her homework.

“Come on, please humor me?” Eunha nudged Sowon.

Sowon let out a soundless sighed as she closed her eyes and count to three.

An attempt to hide her pain from Eunha.

Opening her eyes, she turns to look at Eunha who has this happy smile on her face but before she can say anything, Eunha smiled turn into a frowned.

“What’s wrong?” Eunha asked as she holds Sowon’s cheeks. Worried latched on her voice and eyes which made Sowon curse inside because apparently her act is not good enough and Eunha can still see her pain.

“Nothing,” Sowon mumbled as she holds Eunha’s hands and squeezes it slightly, “I just hate maths,” she said before looking at her still unfinished homework.

“Don’t lie to me, Kim Sowon.” Eunha sternly said and Sowon couldn’t help but feel the warmness that spread inside her heart because Eunha cares.

“I-“ Sowon bite her lips, “My dad just called me this morning and he told me that we need to reschedule our dinner plan tonight.”

That’s technically not a lie, her dad did call her this morning and canceled their dinner plan. It just he did it too many times before that Sowon already lost count on it and she now barely feel any pain from that.

Eunha frowned, “I hate your dad,” she said pouting and Sowon couldn’t help but let out a breathless chuckled.

“Yeah?”

Eunha nodded, “One day I will make sure to give him a piece of my mind.”

This time Sowon laughed. Eunha never hides how annoyed she feels towards Sowon’s dad as the man barely spends his time with Sowon, even on Sowon’s birthday all he did just send a card along with an envelope full of money so Sowon can buy herself a gift.

It takes everything in Sowon to stop Eunha from storming to her dad's office when the smaller girl learns about it.

“Enough about me,” Sowon said, this is Eunha's happy moment after all – she couldn’t ruin it with her own messy feelings, “So what about you and Yerin? Do you really score a date with her?”

Eunha shook her head, “Well she didn’t actually say ‘date’, so I think it is more like a friendly meet up,” she said.

Sowon feels a bit relieved, “Oh. When?”

Eunha frowned, “Tonight?”

Sowon nodded, “I am happy for you,”

Eunha however just let out a small hummed before she let go of Sowon’s cheeks and grab her phone, typing something in it.

“So what are you going to wear? Do you need my help to make you look at least decent?” Sowon teased.

“Shut up, I always look decent!” Eunha said as she shoved Sowon, a small smile played on her face before she shook her head, “And no, I don’t need any help tonight. I just reschedule our meet up for next week.”

Sowon looked at Eunha, “Why?”

Eunha smiled, “Because my best friend needs me more today!” she said, clapping her hands.

Sowon’s eyes widened in shock, “What?!” she shouted before quickly lowered her voice when people shushing her, she looked around the library giving them an apologetic smile before quickly turned to look at Eunha once again, “Are you crazy?” she hissed, “You’ve been dreaming about this date-“

“It is not a date.”

Sowon waved her hand, “Doesn’t matter, all that matter is that you’ve been dreaming about being with Yerin and tonight is the day where your dream finally come true! Don’t waste it-“

“Who said I waste it,” Eunha said, cutting Sowon’s speech, “I reschedule it to next week and Yerin said she is okay with it,” she showed Sowon her chat with Yerin. Sowon looked at the chat and indeed Yerin said she is okay with Eunha reschedule it for next week.

“But-“

“Stop your yapping and just finished your homework,” Eunha said with a pouted as she pointed towards Sowon’s abandoned homework, “I am hungry.”

Sowon gaze linger at Eunha.

“What?” Eunha said with a small frowned.

Sowon shook her head, “Nothing… just-“ Sowon smiled, the warm feeling inside her heart now spreading through her whole body as she looked at Eunha, “Thank you.”

Eunha smiled back.

They spend the rest of their day eating at Blossom.

“How can someone as small as you, eat that much is still a mystery for me,” Sowon said as she looked at five burger wraps on Eunha’s tray.

Eunha shrugged, “I love burgers,” she replies.

“I love them too, but you don’t see me eating that much.”

“Then clearly you didn’t love them as much as I do because if you are then you will know that no matter how much it is, it will never be enough.”

Sowon turned away.

Eunha’s words hit right on her heart.

And playing arcade games.

“I told you, just ask them to put the doll in an easier position!” Eunha scolded when she saw the catcher failed to catch the bunny doll Sowon been eyeing for the whole time they play there.

“No, I can do this.” Sowon said, a frown formed on her face from the concentration, “I refuse to lose from that bunny doll.”

“Stubborn,” Eunha mumbled, folding her hands as she leaned her body on the machine. Her eyes never leave Sowon, “I swear I will leave you alone if you didn’t stop after this.”

Sowon didn’t, it takes her another three tries before she finally got the doll and when Sowon turn around, Eunha still there standing and looking at her.

“You are so childish,” Eunha said.

Sowon stuck her tongue out before offering the doll to Eunha.

“Here, take it. The bunny needs to be together with another bunny after all so it won’t feel lonely.”

Eunha glared at her but a second later it was replaced with a smile as she reached out and take the doll away.

Sowon pretends that she sees love in that smile.

And when Sowon finally gets home, as she lay on her bed, she once again remembers the reason why she loves Eunha so much.

She always there for her.

 

XXX

 

“What do you think about this?” Eunha asked as she showed Sowon a cute light blue dress with a dark blue ribbon on it, “Too much?”

They are currently inside Eunha’s room, looking for a dress for the younger girl to wear on her not ‘date’ but ‘friendly meet up’ with Yerin.

Or more like, Eunha searching for the clothes while Sowon only there to be the judge.

Sowon looked up from the book on her hand and smiled, “I think you will look really cute with that dress.”

Sowon couldn’t deny the pain in her heart as she watched Eunha searching for the right clothes to use tonight, but she is not lying when she said that she is happy for Eunha. She truly does because Eunha looked happy and if anyone here deserves to be happy then, without doubt, it’s Eunha.

Eunha groaned, “You’ve been saying that this whole time! I have shown you like five clothes before this one and every time I asked your opinion you said the same thing repeatedly. I am looking for an opinion you know, not a parrot.”

“But that is the truth,” Sowon said with a shrug, “I think you will look cute on all of them.”

Eunha folded her hands on her chest with a huffed, “I called you here so you can help me, but you truly are useless.”

Sowon let out a laughed.

“Stop teasing me,” Eunha warned.

“I am not.” Sowon reassured, “You really are cute no matter what you wear.”

“Useless,” Eunha repeated as she throws the dress towards Sowon making the taller girl laughed.

 

XXX

 

“How’s your date?” Sowon asked as soon as she walked inside Eunha’s room.

“Can’t this interrogation wait?” Eunha grumbled, she obviously just woke up - laying onto her stomach with her face buried on the pillow, “It’s still too early in the morning.”

“It’s eleven.”

“Still morning.”

“What happened to the girl who woke me up at 7 am before because of a burger?” Sowon asked

“Is there burger involved, now?”

“No?”

“Then that girl is not here.”

Sowon let out a small chuckled as she walked towards Eunha and pulled the girl blanket off – earning herself a small hey, pouted and glared.

“Come on, tell me?” Sowon said.

“Why are you so eager?” Eunha groaned and Sowon shrugged.

The truth is she is not, her heart pounding in fear ever since she watched Eunha walked out from the door last night to meet Yerin and it is not helping that Eunha didn’t call her last night (Sowon been waiting in front of her phone the whole night, expecting Eunha to call her) which is weird because usually Eunha will call her and tell her every juicy detail.

That is why the moment she’s done with her work this morning, she went to Eunha’s house.

She was afraid that everything will turn out to be perfect which means she will have to try to let Eunha go (it will be hard – she’s been trying for six years after all, but if that means that Eunha is happy then she will do anything) but more than that she was afraid that it turns out to be a disaster which means it will break Eunha’s heart.

She rather has her heart break than Eunha’s.

Her heart after all already used with the pain.

“So?” Sowon asked again, dropping herself on the edge of Eunha’s bed and this time Eunha finally unburied her face from the pillow and looked at Sowon.

“It’s fine,”

Sowon tilted her head, feeling confused at the smaller girl's lack of response, “Fine? Just that? What happened to all details?”

Eunha closed her eyes, chuckling a bit before continuing, “We had a great time, the dinner was amazing and we talk for a long time and at the end of the night, she told me that I am a great friend and she is glad to have me as her friend.” Eunha opened her eyes, “I got friend-zoned faster than I can say I love hamburger and Kim Sowon is a dummy.”

“HEY!” Sowon protested, pinching the smaller girl’s cheek which made Eunha let out a laugh.

“I’m kidding!” Eunha said between her laughed and Sowon waits until Eunha stops laughing before softly poked the girl's cheeks, making Eunha looked at Sowon.

“I am sorry, it must be ,” Sowon said, she after all know how much it hurt to be friend-zoned. Been there and still there.

Eunha shrugged, “It is not as as you thought.”

Sowon gave Eunha a confused looked, “What are you talking about?”

“I think I didn’t like Yerin as much as I thought I am,” Eunha sighed, “Maybe I just admired her? I don’t know. It’s complicated.”

Sowon scrunched her eyebrows together, “What do you mean?”

Eunha reached out her hand towards Sowon face, smoothing the crinkle on it before smiling, “I mean when Yerin told me she saw me as a great friend I didn’t feel as hurt as I thought I will be. It’s like I already know and expect that.”

“So… no broken heart?” Sowon asked cautiously.

“I am disappointed and sad – probably a little bit hurt but no, no broken heart.”

Sowon couldn’t help but smiled, “Good, I was afraid that I need to buy you a bucket of ice cream to eat while we are watching some cringy movies.”

Eunha's eyes twinkling, “You’ll do that for me?”

Sowon flicked Eunha’s forehead making the smaller girl let out a yelp, “Of course you dummy.”

 

XXX

 

They didn’t end up watching cringe movies but Sowon grimaced when she bought Eunha a bucket of chocolate mint ice cream.

“It tastes like toothpaste; I can’t believe you eat that!” Sowon said as her nose crinkled in disgust when she saw Eunha shove a spoon full of ice cream inside .

“Shut up and just eat,” Eunha said, shoving the ice cream inside Sowon’s mouth, laughing hard when she saw Sowon wrinkled in disgust.

It is worth it though, Sowon will eat more than one bucket of chocolate mint ice cream if that means she can hear Eunha’s laugh again.

 

XXX

 

A week later when the news of Jung Yerin dating a younger girl name SinB broke out, Sowon looked at Eunha with eyes filled with worry as she doesn’t want the younger girl to be sad.

Eunha however just shrugged and smiled at Sowon, hands circling the taller girl arm – pulling her closer as they walked in the hallway.

“I told you I am okay, no broken heart,” Eunha said reassuring Sowon.

“I know, but still…” Sowon frowned, “Are you sure?”

“I am positive,” Eunha answered with a smile before added in a soft voice – so soft that Sowon almost misses it, “Besides I think you are right, all this time I looked in the wrong direction.” Eunha turned to look at Sowon, “But now I finally realize where the right direction is, and I intend to look at that way.”

 

XXX

 

“Do we have to watch this?” Sowon asked as she looked at the movie ticket in her hand. Sowon knows that the movie was popular and has good reviews, however, she never likes watching romantic movies, she always thought them too cringy for her taste.

“Yes, stop whining you, big baby.” Eunha answered as she grabs the taller girl's hand and pulled her towards the movie theater, “You promise me that you will accompany me to watch this movie!”

“I never-“ Sowon started but quickly close when she saw Eunha pouted at her, “Fine…” Sowon mumbled before finally giving up and let Eunha pulled her and guided her to their seat.

Sowon let out a small sighed as she let herself sink on the comfy chair, “Just a reminder though, you have no right to blame me if I fall asleep in the middle of the movie.”

Eunha rolled her eyes, “Stop being so overdramatic, you won’t fall asleep!”

Sowon let out a huffed, not trusting the smaller girl words.

Turns out, Eunha was right.

Sowon didn’t fall asleep at all.

“Told you that you won’t fall asleep,” Eunha said as she looked at Sowon the moment the movie’s credits roll out.

Sowon hummed.

“Well it’s quite nice,” Sowon said.

“The movie?”

“Yes.”

Eunha smirked, “Really now? Glad to hear that, however,” Eunha stood up, her eyes twinkling in amusement

as she looked at Sowon, “Next time, I think you should actually watch the movie instead of staring at my face the entire time.” She said teasingly before leaving the dumbstruck Sowon alone.

“Oh my God…” Sowon mumbled as she buried her red face in her hands.

 

XXX

 

It’s Friday.

The day where Sowon and Eunha waste their time doing nothing productive.

They always spend it with laying around Sowon’s or Eunha’s bed and just talking or sleeping the day away.

It was so unproductive and boring.

And yet Sowon loves it.

Sowon hummed, her hands playing with Eunha’s fingers as they lay right beside each other – shoulders touching and Eunha’s sprawled hair was so close with Sowon’s cheek that it is tickling the taller girl. Sowon doesn’t mind though. She never did, she loves to be this close with Eunha even if it was just because they are best friend and best friend does this every time.

Faintly, Sowon could smell Eunha’s scent – vanilla – that she loves so much while her heart’s beat in a happy tune.

“Yuju told me that she finally going out with Umji.” Eunha started and Sowon nodded her head.

“That’s nice, she’s been pining for Umji for a while now.” Sowon said, “Did she finally grow courage and told Umji her feelings?”

I wish I can do the same.

“Better,” Eunha laughed, “She kisses her.”

Sowon eyes went wide as she quickly turned towards Eunha, “Wow, Yuju sure is brave.”

“She is,” Eunha agreed, “She told me it was hers and Umji’s first kiss and she actually caught Umji in surprise because of that she thought that Umji will slap her,” Eunha chuckled, “She didn’t expect it to lead her to have Umji as her girlfriend.”

Sowon laughed, shaking her head before her eyes refocus on Eunha’s fingers, “She is quite lucky that girl.”

“Sowon?”

Sowon hummed.

“Have you ever wondered what a first kiss feels like?”

Sowon stops playing with Eunha’s finger, “First kiss?” Sowon asked, looking at the other girl.

“Yes, Yuju told me that it tastes like mint,” Eunha said which makes Sowon laughed.

“Really? Mint?”

Eunha grinned, “Umji had a peppermint candy.”

Sowon laughed harder.

“So what? You want your first kiss like that?” Sowon asked after her laughter died.

“That will be nice, I mean I rather have mint flavor than kimchi.”

Sowon snickered.

“But then again, more than that I want my first kiss feels like kissing my best friend.”

Sowon stops breathing.

She could feel her heart now hammering loudly, so loud that it feels like her heart just jumped out from her chest and move to her ears.

Sowon swallowed, “Wh-What do you mean?”

Eunha looked at Sowon, there is a hint of red on her cheeks while her eyes filled with emotions that looked so foreign to Sowon because she never saw Eunha looked at her like that before.

“I want it to feel like it’s okay to be clumsy or awkward or maybe even worse because if it feels like kissing my best friend then that means they know everything about me and accept me no matter what. So I won’t have to worry about the kiss and ruining the moment.”

Sowon blushed and looked away, she could feel Eunha stares at her, but she decides to ignore it. Instead, she resumes playing with Eunha’s fingers and croaked, “That will be nice.”

“Yeah.”

Sayitsayitsayitsayitsayitsayitsayitsayit

Her mind shouted.

Stop being a coward

Her heart shouted.

Sowon closed her eyes.

And for the first time, her mind and heart shouted the same words to her.

Doitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoitdoit

Sowon took a deep breath before turn towards Eunha.

Eunha still looked at her with that unreadable eyes of her but this time Sowon can see that there is a hint of worry and nervousness inside there.

“Do you think mine will feel like that?” Eunha whispered.

And maybe, just maybe there is a hint of love as well.

“It will,” Sowon said, leaned towards Eunha and kiss her.

 

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A/N: Thank you for giving my story a chance and spend your precious time reading it! I hope you guys like this story and not finding the story too confusing, oof... Please do tell me what you guys had in mind from this fic uwu)/

Please do forgive my lack of grammar and typo, oof... I have no time to re-read it again

Hope you like it dolt!

PS: I also add a lil bit YumJi and SinRin for someone who I hope also know who they are lol