You hurried out of the store and nearly fell over. All your bags dropped and you closed your eyes in frustration. Why now? You muttered a quick apology to the poor soul who just had his toe crushed by your bundle of tomatoes. You reached out to grab the few onions that had rolled from the bag.

            His hand beat you to it and you slowly rose to take it from him. Your eyes met and you dropped everything again. The last time the two of you had parted, you had believed it would be the last time you would see him. But here he was, back in the flesh. You almost thought you were dreaming.

            “Youngjae?” you asked, just to make sure.

            He looked a little different. He had dyed his hair a platinum blonde; it didn’t look bad on him at all. He was thinner and taller. Way taller. A year really made a huge difference. He still held out the onion and you took it from him.

            “Hi,” he replied simply. Your cheeks flamed. Maybe he was still mad at you. The last time you spoke, he was getting on the plane to study abroad and you had just told him that you had moved on. He had been hurt and maybe a little angry. He never contacted you once.

            “Thanks,” you took the vegetable from him. “Wow, I can’t believe you’re back.”

            He nodded again. “It was just a year abroad. Maybe I forgot to tell you that when I was leaving.” You stopped breathing, waiting to see what else he would say. He had brought it up. But instead Youngjae stuck his hands in his pockets. “Do you need help holding all those?”

            “Er, you don’t really have to.  I mean I live fairly close by and I can just carry it all. It’s just, a little clumsy, silly old me, fell and yeah, things knocked,” you were rambling now.

            “Unless you moved, you live quite a way from here. Don’t you live like ten blocks down?”

            So he still remembered. “Yeah, but I mean, it’s all good right? I got this.”

            He took the bags from you, easily holding them in his two hands. “Just lead the way I guess.”

            So he wasn’t super mad. You had some hope. You took two bags from him just so it didn’t’ seem like he was doing all the work. You started walking and he fell into step with you. You were confused. Why was he like this? He clearly wasn’t warm and friendly and yet he wasn’t as cold as you had expected him to be.

            You walked next to him silently, looking at him every once in a while. His face was scarily neutral and you knew that everything wasn’t exactly alright between the two of you. You made a mistake a year ago, you weren’t about to do it again.

            “Hey Youngjae?”

            He looked at you. “What’s up?”

            “Why are you so nice to me?” Just go for the plunge. You decided the best way to do this was to be straightforward. “Last time I saw you, I sort of messed up and we had a fight.”

            You could tell it took a lot of his willpower to not stop walking. He continued to walk and he didn’t reply. You looked at him. “Youngjae?”

            “I don’t really know. I was really upset for a while. I had only told you that I was leaving a month ago, and then suddenly, in a span of four weeks, you threw away our relationship and told me that you had gotten over me and that you had moved on. I didn’t want to talk to you, I didn’t want to have anything to do with you.”

            “So why are you so nice now?”

            “It’s not being nice.” His voice was curt. “It’s me being an idiot actually.”

            You winced. His words hurt. Even though you knew you deserved it, you couldn’t help it. He was sending out mixed signals. He offered to walk with you only to insult you right after. You kept quiet.

            “I didn’t mean it like that. Basically, look, I don’t know how I feel about you. I just got back and for some reason, bumped into you. When I was preparing to come back, I knew I would probably run into you somehow but I didn’t know how to confront you. I didn’t want to make a scene. I didn’t expect to see you so soon. But there you were. And here I am, I guess.”

            “I’m really sorry. I only said it because I didn’t want to be hurt. I knew you had applied but it never occurred to me you would actually get the scholarship. When you did, I knew that if I cared for you too much, it would hurt. So I tried to cut you off.” A single tear dripped down your cheek.

            “We’ve been together for nearly a year, and we practically grew up together. Do you really think just by saying that you were over it, you really would be? Were you okay?”

            “N-no,” you admitted. Your face was scrunched as you sniffed. “It was a dumb plan and I kicked myself for it ever since you left. You didn’t leave a number and you never called. I didn’t expect you to, though.”

            He looked at you and bit his lip. “Hey, don’t cry, please. I don’t want to see you cry. You shouldn’t cry. It was a misunderstanding.” He placed your shopping bags on the floor and folded you into him. You cried and hid your face into his jacket. You were an unattractive crier and you didn’t really want his first memory of you to be of your crying.

            Youngjae patted your back soothingly. “No, don’t cry, please. I’m sorry too. I acted like an idiot. I was only hurt but I should have tried to talk things out with you. I’m back now and we’re going to the same school. I checked.”

            You sniffled loudly and wiped your hand across your face. “You did?” Your voice was thick with tears. Youngjae smiled gently and rubbed the tears off your face. He dabbed yoru cheeks with his sleeves.

            “Of course I did, silly. I would have found a way to make up with you either way.”

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I need advice. AGAIN.

So we're all girls here so it's easy to talk. My prom dress is super low in the back so I can't even wear a strapless bra. What do I do? I need to wear one. I'm a larger size so I'm super uncomfortable with not wearing any. LOL Stupid Asian genes, what happened? Why can't I be flat-chested T__T So I'm stuck. Victoria's Secret has a bra with a transparent strap but it only goes up to D and I'm a DD... ADJKGHADH