Hyeri arrived at their apartment with heavy shoulders and a remorseful heart. Myungsoo’s gone. He left. He left her alone here with nothing. Okay, maybe she still had something, the 6 boys, her parents, her few friends and Hayeon, her best friend.

God, she was making him sound like he had passed away. Hyeri gave herself a mental slap on the forehead. But he didn’t, so I shouldn’t act as if he did. Myungsoo wouldn’t like seeing her living in sadness anyway.

Her lips formed into a thin line, indicating her unhappiness and grumpiness. “I should stop thinking,” she muttered. Yes, she should. Thinking so much wouldn’t help her current situation nonetheless. It wouldn’t make Myungsoo appear in front of her.

It was 4 in the morning so she decided to sleep away her thoughts. What’s more, she had to make a trip back to the campus later that day to get her books and maybe have a long girl talk/confession with Hayeon. She needed someone to spill her feelings too and she somehow knew Sung Yeol or the boys would never understand.

She took a long relaxing bath and then slipped under the covers. She unknowingly turned to her right. It had become a habit for her, usually Myungsoo would there lying there and watching her before he drifted to sleep.

She stared at his blue pillow, it has his smell and she realized he had brought his smell along with him too. She sighed, unable to accept that fact that Myungsoo had gone abroad for his studies. She was having a terrible headache and she needed sleep badly. She hoped her brain would just stop functioning for that few hours. She just wanted a good night sleep.

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“Good morning, Myungie.” She mumbled, still unconscious. Her hand searched for him on her right but it was just emptiness.  

“Myungsoo?” She opened her sleepy eyes forcefully and then it hit her. He wasn’t here anymore, he was at New York. She laughed bitterly, how could she have forgotten? She looked at his side of the bed in sorrow. Waking up with Myungsoo would always be fun and joyful. It was something she looked forward to each day. They would spent some time staring into each other, cuddling each other and just doing whatever they could do. But not anymore. Hyeri thought waking up without Myungsoo would be hell. She couldn’t see his beautiful face the moment she opened her eyes. She wouldn’t be able to hug him whenever she wanted to. That was just the saddening and depressing reality. However, she had to adapt to that change.

Hyeri hesitantly got out of bed; she knew she couldn’t lie in bed all day till the return of her lover. She just couldn’t. Was she really that dependent on Myungsoo? He would come back for goodness sake. It was not as though he wasn’t coming back. He is coming back so she should still continue her life normally.

She gave herself encouragement and left the apartment after getting ready. She sent a text message to Hayeon telling her to meet her at the campus café. She needed to talk to her best friend really badly. Hayeon would understand, after all they were best friends.

She headed for her locker and grabbed the books she needed. She almost dropped her books when she saw the photo frame hanging by the locker. It was yet another picture of them smiling widely at the camera. If she remembered correctly, it was taken by Myungsoo’s camera. The photo was just so beautiful because he captured their eternity happiness. He really deserved that scholarship, really. Hyeri really felt proud and happy for him.

“Noona!”

She slammed her locker shut abruptly, obviously shocked by that interruption. She saw Sung Jong and Hoya heading towards her. Sung Jong waved widely with both hands and Hoya just simply walked casually with a smile on his face. Hyeri knew they were trying to cheer her up. Wasn’t that obvious enough?

“Hey,” she meekly waved back. Should she act as though nothing happened – like, what was that word? Happy? “I was just collecting some books, you?”

“Ah, Hyung and I were just, you know, looking around…”

Hyeri raised a doubtful eyebrow because Sung Jong was acting suspicious. “Oh, I see.”

“No, we’re here to see if you’re okay. We’re your ‘guardians’, if you know what I mean,” Hoya spoke.

Hyeri raised her eyebrow.

“Myungsoo left you to our care so by right, we are.”

She sighed upon the mention of his familiar yet distant name. She opened her locker again and took out the books she needed quickly. The two boys knew they had hit a nerve inside her. A wave of gui