It was vocal evaluation day for IZ*One wherein each girl would prepare a song to sing in front of the other members. And as usual, Yuri was the last to perform because she’s usually the one who helps point out what the others should work on.

The song she chose today was in English, and it was also very personal for her as the lyrics are a message she wants to say to someone special.

“It’s finally the master's turn!” Screamed the annoying duck, causing the other members to start hyping her up too.

“JO YURI! JO YURI! JO YURI!” echoed her members, causing a blush to appear on her face.

“Yah, stop it!” she said, but they all knew Yuri secretly liked the cheers.

“What song are you singing, Joyyul?” asked Hyewon.

“Fall by Justin Beiber-sunbaenim.” she replied, a little nervous by their reactions.

“Sunbaenim?!” of course, her same-aged friends had to make fun of her.

“Shhhhh! Let Yuri sing now.” Eunbi silenced her members and gestured for Yuri to start.

The main vocalist took a deep breath to calm her nerves and made eye contact with the one person she’s dedicating this song to. Hopefully, the girl wouldn’t be oblivious to the fact that she’s singing this for her.

“But did you know that I loved you?

Or were you not aware?

You're the smile on my face

And I ain't goin' nowhere

I'm here to make you happy

I'm here to see you smile

I've been wanting to tell you this for a long while”

Yuri kept her eyes on the angel in front of her. The said angel was also staring at Yuri in admiration as if she had hearts in her eyes. 

Despite not being fluent in English, the other members quickly realized the meaning behind the song Yuri was singing. And Wonyoung couldn’t help but squeal at every lyric as she understood what each one meant. The song fit the two of them perfectly and the girls felt like they were witnessing such an important moment.

“Well, did you know you're an angel

Who forgot how to fly?

Did you know that it breaks my heart

Every time I see you cry?

'Cause I know that a piece of you's gone

Every time you done wrong

I'm the shoulder you're crying on

And I hope, by the time that I'm done

With this song, I'll have figured out”

Pouring out all of her emotions into the song, Yuri hoped with all her heart that her crush feels the same way as her. 

She didn’t mean to fall in love with her best friend. It just happened, and before she knew it, it was already too late because she was in too deep.

No one can blame Yuri anyway, the other girl was just so easy to fall in love with. Her perfect visuals were just one aspect that made her fall. It was the taller girl’s personality and caring nature that made her heart beat faster and that blinding smile that could make the rainy days go away. 

It wasn’t fair. Kim Minjoo was an angel, and she was the lowly human who fell in with her.

“I will catch you if you fall

I will catch you if you fall

I will catch you if you fall

But if you spread your wings

You can fly away with me

But you can't fly unless you let your...

Let yourself fall”

She let the last note fade away while still staring into Minjoo’s eyes. The deep hazel was her in and refused to let her go.

Yuri was startled out of her thoughts by the cheers of her other members. For a second there she forgot they weren’t alone. Can you blame her though? Who would look at anyone else if Kim Minjoo has all your attention?

“Wooooh! Yuri that was amazing! You really are the best at singing with emotions. I think you’ll be perfect for a musical! You almost made me believe you were actually in love!” 

Silence followed Minjoo’s comment. Was she serious? All the girls wore bewildered expressions on their faces at the dumb frog’s obliviousness. Some of the girls couldn't help but facepalm at the hopelessness of it all.

“Minjoo, let’s go. We’ll be late for Music Core filming.” Their manager came in and disturbed the silence.

“Coming, unnie!” said Minjoo, still wearing the oblivious smile on her face. “I’ll see you guys back at the dorm, byeeee, love you all!” 

Minjoo gave everyone a hug and pecked Yuri’s cheek before leaving to her individual schedule.

The main vocal’s cheeks burned at the brief contact of Minjoo’s soft lips with her skin, but the sound of a growl sobered her up.

“GRRRRRR Kim Minjoo is a ing idiot!” raged Chaewon.

“Language! But I agree, I love that girl, but how can she be so clueless?!” Eunbi reprimanded Chaewon but ultimately agreed with her.

“Minjoo-unnie is hopeless!” Yujin was usually on her favorite unnie’s side, but this was ridiculous!

“It’s okay guys, maybe she just didn’t understand the lyrics.” Yuri attempted to find an excuse.

Her members rewarded her with an incredulous look. That was the lamest excuse they've ever heard!

“Seriously? That girl is the second-best English speaker in this group.” Chaeyeon uttered.

“Right? If our small knowledge of the English language was sufficient enough to understand that you were confessing, then I’m pretty sure Minjoo can too.” Hitomi agreed.

“Besides, she literally said you almost made her believe that you were in love.” added Nako.

“In love with your best friend! Everyone knows Minjoo is your bestest friend here!” Sakura exclaimed.

“Everyone except Minjoo apparently.” the dejected main vocal replied.

“It’s okay unnie! There’s always a next time!” The maknae tried to cheer her up, but Yuri felt hopeless.

That was as good as a direct confession! Did she have to go up to the dumb frog and kiss her to make her understand that she likes her?! This is driving her insane!

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It’s been a week since Yuri’s confession and throughout the week the main vocal tried to drop several hints, but the dumb frog was still oblivious.

All of a sudden Yuri felt someone wrap their arms around her waist. And by the warm feeling she suddenly felt, she knew exactly who it was,

“Yah, Yuri-ah, what are you doing?” Minjoo whispered straight into her ear, causing Yuri to shiver at the feel of the visual’s warm breath.

“I-i’m baking cookies…” Yuri tried hard not to stutter to no avail.

“Mmmmm… smells good.” replied Minjoo, before burying her nose into the crook of Yuri’s neck and inhaling the sweet scent of… jasmines and vanilla? 

“Yah, are you wearing my shirt?” the visual asked her.

Yuri’s face was on fire because of the taller girl’s actions and she only proceeded to get even redder when she asked if it was her shirt.

“...maybe.” the shorter girl mumbled out.

“You should wear my clothes more often, you look good.” Minjoo tightened her arms around Yuri in reply. 

“Hey, love birds! Don’t flirt in my kitchen.” Chaeyeon appeared, causing the visual to let go of Yuri, to both her disappointment and gratitude. If Minjoo didn’t let go, she was about to turn around and kiss the useless frog.

“Sorry, unnie.” Minjoo said sheepishly while rubbing the back of her neck.

“What are you even doing here unnie?” asked Wonyoung, who seemingly just woke up.

“The girls are playing some game and making a lot of noise, so I decided to chill down here. Besides, I missed Yuri.” that stupid eye smile and those stupid indian dimples almost gave Yuri a heart attack.

“You just saw Yuri a few hours ago.” deadpanned Sakura, who was about