“So… did anything happen while I was gone on business?”

Hyoyeon grinned as Eunhyuk pressed a light kiss on her shoulder.

They liked spending their (very few) free days indoors, just talking and being with one another – it gave them peace and maintained their relationship at its best. Lee Eunhyuk has been her boyfriend for four years and had been away a week recently to go on business. His job as an assistant financial associate for a multi-million company pulled him all over the world but she never complained, because he was wonderful and always came back. But that didn’t mean she didn’t miss him so much.

Because she did, a lot actually… and today, now that he was home—“I missed you, you anchovy.” – “Hey, I resent that.” –well, today was just perfect.

She rolled over to her back and shrugged, drawing the sheets over shoulders. “There have been some interesting developments… but mostly because your best friend’s a bastard.”

“… so something’s happened to Yoona, huh?”

“You are correct, Mr. Lee.”

Eunhyuk sighed, laying back and rubbed his index and thumb over his nose bridge, thinking. He knew about Donghae’s decision to break up with Yoona, of course. He told him a week before he broke her heart, on a Thursday night over piles of paperwork and statistics to review. Donghae told him that he loved Yoona (“—really I do. It’s just that—”) but that there was someone else… someone from way before he came back to Seoul, before working at their company… before falling for Yoona.

Everyone had a past – and Donghae had a right to go back to his. Eunhyuk sat up and sighed loudly, causing Hyoyeon to blink at him curiously. “Donghae never meant to hurt her, Hyo.”

“He cheated on her! He was seeing someone else while dating my best friend! How is that not ‘meaning’ to hurt her?” Hyoyeon exclaimed, sitting up as well and glared at her boyfriend steadily. Eunhyuk held up his hands in defeat, leaning away just in case she decides to hit him with a pillow or something. She relaxed immediately and pouted, “Sorry, hon. What he did just really pissed me off… and Yoona doesn’t even know how he could have done that.”

“I know what you mean… but we have no say on the matter. Donghae’s made his choice – it’s his call if he wants to fix it.”

Hyoyeon nodded, setting her head on her boyfriend’s shoulder and touched the fabric of their blanket. She hated knowing that Eunhyuk was right – that even if they did want to help, they couldn’t go over and fix it for their friends. She’d seen how hard Yoona tried to hide her sadness (she would eat that fish-shaped red bean bread during their morning break everyday because Donghae had brought her one when they first started going out) and she was sure Eunhyuk had seen some reaction from Donghae too.

Donghae was a good person, even Hyoyeon had liked him for her best friend… and he probably did have a good reason…

She sighed, shaking her head. “Have you met her though?”

“Who?”

“The girl he left Yoona for.”

Eunhyuk was silent for a moment, thinking before slowly tilting his head into a slow nod. Hyoyeon figured as much and nodded as well. “What’s she like?”

“Well, she’s definitely not Yoona.”

“But…?”

He shrugged, wrapping an around his girlfriend and pressed a kiss on her forehead. His mind briefly wondered towards the way Donghae’s eyes lit up and the way he held her in the airport days ago and took a deep breath.

“But… Donghae loves her a lot more than I originally thought.”

Yoona felt her heart drop from underneath her and she willed herself not to turn around, slam the door on his face and cry… “Donghae.”

His name came out choked in , and Yoona inwardly scolded herself for sounding so meek. The image of him stared down at her, the smile still on his face. Oh… no. She blinked, trying to pry herself from this hallucination – because Lee Donghae could not possibly be standing outside her door, with his devastatingly handsome smile and easygoing air. He just couldn’t be.

“Yoona… I’m real.” Donghae said smoothly, waving a hand at her face.

Her brow furrowed, feeling a stab of anger hit her heart and she glared at him. His bright expression changed almost immediately and he quickly mouthed a ‘Sorry’ and gestured towards several envelopes tucked under the crook of his arm. Yoona eyed them curiously for a moment before bringing her eyes back to his. She crossed her arms across her chest and met his gaze coolly – ignoring the all-too-familiar thump her heart gave at his presence.