"Soojung,"

"Hmm?"

"What will you do after this?"

"Why are you asking?" I questioned, not looking at her.

"Well if you are not busy, will you accompany me to go shopping later?" I averted my attention at her, and merely rolled my eyes as she showed me her puppy eyes.

"Sulli, please don't do that. It'll not work for me." She pouted, and I let out a chuckle, shaking my head left and right.

I closed the book I'm reading, while leaning back on my seat."And besides, I have to go 'somewhere' else later. Sorry, Ssul, I just can't today." 

Looking away from me, she pressed her back against the chair, as she crossed her arms over her chest, like a kid. I giggled on that.

'Somewhere', is actually in Amber's place. I just don't want them to find out, that I usually go to her place just to spend my time with her alone, or they'll might find out that, I'm secretly in love with my sister's girlfriend.

"Soojungie~ I found out something .." I cocked my eyebrows, while shoving a piece of cake inside my mouth.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked, still chewing the cake.

"Now, I know why, hyung is so gloomy these past few days .." She said, nodding.

I looked up at her, as I knit my eyebrows in confusion."Victoria-unnie, told me that Sica-unnie and hyung fought that's why hyung is not in herself all the time."

I stopped, blinking my eyes twice. "W-what?"

"They didn't talk for about a month. I wonder, how did they cope up with it? 1 month, that they're not communicating with each other is really hard .. Right, Soojungie?" Staring at her - mouth halfway agape, I tried to register in my mind what she just said.

1 month? How come unnie didn't tell me about this, or even Amber? 

For some odd reasons, I kind of bothered of something else, but I'm not pretty sure of it.

1 month ago, that was when she got in our dorm drunk; that was when I told her the three words; and that was when an intimate happened to us. I can't help to ask myself .. She just .. Did she just .. 
 

No. I don't want to jump into conclusion; maybe I am just overreacting.

"Are they okay now?" I asked, out of the blue.

"I actually don't know, because Victoria-unnie told me --" She stared at me - wide eyed; like she saw a ghost."Soojung, don't tell me that you didn't know about their current situation?" I sighed, and I take it as a signal that she understands it.

"Omo! Soojung, mianhe .. I swear, unnie just told me yesterday .. I just though that---" 

"Its okay," I cut her off."You also didn't know .." I just cracked a faint smile.

Honestly, I'm secretly hoping that .. They're still not okay.

= BEEP BEEP! =  = BEEP BEEP! =

I grabbed my phone, that is continuously vibrating on the table. Unlocking the phone, I read the message from our manager.


 

Manager-oppa: 

Kids, where are you? As long as you recieve this message, go to SMent building immediately. Mr. Lee calls for a meeting for the upcoming SMTOWN concert.


 

After I read the message, I told Sulli about the content of the message, then we soon left the coffee shop.




 

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As soon as we reached the building, there we saw Vic and Luna-unnie, but without Amber. Where is she?

"Vic-unnie, where is hyung?" Sulli asked, once we approached them. As if she read my mind.

"Amber is on her way already. She'll catch up just a little bit late." Vic-unnie, answered. Sulli and I just nodded.

While talking some random stuffs; most likely they are, because I was just quiet, suddenly our manager approached us.

"Kids, let's go to the conference room. Mr. Lee is already there." He said.

"You guys go first, I'll just go to the bathroom, oppa." Catching their attention, they all stopped in their tracks, and looked at me. I don't know, but I feel like I need time for myself alone, because I'm still bothered of something.

"Well then, hurry up. Just go to conference room 3-A, okay?" I nodded, and with that we split ways.

As I was walking through the hallways, suddenly I heard someone called my name - there I saw Donghae-oppa, approaching me.

"Krystal, where are you going? The meeting will start soon." He said, once he's in front of me.

"Bathroom. Need to pee." I lied.

"Aahh, okay. I think I have to go first." He beamed a bright smile, before he walked pass by me. I supposed to walk away also, when I remembered something.

"Oppa!" I called. He turned his head to look at me, and I jogged towards him.

"Wae, Soojung? Something wrong?" I shook my head. I want to ask him about something.

"Oppa, uhm .. I just wanted to ask a question." He lift his eyebrows, an a little bit of confusion was written all over his face.

"Sure! Hit it!" He smiled. How can I start this?

"Uhm, you are the closest friend of Amber, right?"

"Uh .. Yeah .." Nodding his head, I see him getting more confused.

"Its just that, 1 month ago .. Well, uhm .." I paused, haunting for the right words to say."1 month ago, she was so drunk when she got into our dorm. I actually don't know why,but after that day, I noticed her being so gloomy. Did you know what happened to her? Does she have a problem?"

I saw him, taken aback at my question. I knew that, unnie and Amber fought, but deep inside; there is something I want to know.

"Well .." He trailed, scratching the back of his head. I can see that he's hesitating."Well, I think there's nothing to hide, since you are Jessica's sister. Maybe you have the right to know." I gulped; I don't know, I'm kind of nervous about this.
 

"Jessica and Amber fought, that's why she's acting so gloomy these past month. They didn't talk or even saw each other for a month, so Amber is devastated."

I'm not surprised with that, because Sulli already told me about that 'thing'. I just want to confirm - I'm hoping, that it will contradict to all of my speculations.

"When you saw her drunk in your dorm, I think if I'm not mistaken, that was the day also they fought, because the boys and I were with her that night; comforting her. She was so depressed that time, so she ended up being drunk." 

I felt like my world stopped turning for a moment from every word that slipped through his lips; there's no hope left, because of the information, that I found out from him. 

So I was right; all the time, I was right.

"I actually didn't know what is the cause of their fight, because she didn't even tell us. All I know is just, they fought. But that night, when she's already drunk; she kept on mentioning your sister's name and saying 'she don't want to see her hurting', or something about 'pain' and 'hurt'."




 

'I'm sorry if I hurt you ..'
 

'I don't want to see you hurting ..'

'It pains me to see you like that ..' 
 

These are the things, she said to me 'that' night, and it keeps on echoing in my head.

; I was just a fool that time to believe that I was in her mind afterall, while we were having our intimate moment - a fool to believe, that she was thinking of me that moment, but .. I was wrong.

With that, all of my energy drained, in just a snap of a finger - I suddenly lost balance."S-Soojung! Are you okay?" Luckily, oppa caught me into his arms immediately, that I didn't end up lying on the floor.

Biting my lower lip, I tried to suppress my tears, so that he won't notice it. Once I regained my composure, I pulled away from him."O-oppa .. Thank you for answering my question .. I have to go .." 

"B-but Soojung .." I didn't answer him, but instead, I started walking away. 

Hanging my head low, while lifelessly walking through the hallways, I heard some giggling sounds and, for me it is sort of familiar. I slowly lift my head up, and my heart were torn into pieces when I saw Amber with unnie in front of the elevator, while their hands intertwined. 

I assume that they're already okay now since, I saw the brightest smile on their faces. It felt like, I was dying when I saw them being sweet and happy with each other, and I felt like someone just shot me through the heart, as I witnessed the next thing happened.

I just watched them kissing .. Passionately.

I just lost it. I want to run away, but it seems my feet were stuck on the ground. Slowly, I feel like someone is torturing me as I watch them. My head is starting to hurt, as tears were kept on flowing through my cheeks. I didn't know what happen next, until my surroundings turned into black.