I was the first one awake. I saw Taeyeon sleeping on the round cushion while Yuri was on the other side of the couch. Taeyeon was sleep talking as usual while Yuri still had her tongue out when she sleeps. I went nearer to Yuri and grabbed her tongue making her awake instantly. I just grinned at the frowning girl and went up to Taeyeon. I took out my handphone and played the ringing sound. Taeyeon suddenly stood up and walked down from the attic. Yuri and I followed her as we continued watching Taeyeon's actions who still had her eyes close and we burst into laughter when she knocked into the wall. The top floor of the house consist of the soundproof music room and the study room that has a small balcony that we sometimes use to have a mini BBQ party. Walking down from the attic stairs, the music room will be on the right side while the study room on the left.

As we walked across the study room to get to the staircase that will lead us to the 2nd floor, I remembered the times when we were suppose to study and do our revision in the study room but the 3 of us always ended up wasting our revision time in the music room.

The 2nd floor is a place where my family usually gathers in the evening to relax and have small talks. From the staircase near the piano, turning left will lead to my parents room (above 2nd pic) and my room which is beside it. My late mum was very good at playing the piano and she's the one who taught me how to play. As the 3 of us walked towards my bedroom, I took a peep into my parents room. Seeing that room kind of relieve my hidden feelings of missing both my parents at the moment. As I was just staring into my parents room, the two girls overtook me as they argued about who will use the bathroom first.

I went into my bedroom and sat on the side of my bed while the two girls continued arguing. They slide open the white wall in front of my bed and walked into my closet. As Yuri stopped to look at my clothes, Taeyeon quickly open the door at the side that leads to my bathroom.

"Yah, midget!!" Yuri also rushed into the bathroom. I shake my head and walked towards them. Leaning against the bathroom door, I laughed at them who were trying to grab each others collars.

"Why don't you both just use it at the same time. Yul can use the shower and Taengoo can use the bathtub." I giggled looking at their disgusted face.

"Eeewwww!!" Both of them replied at the same time.

"I rather be in here with a beautiful girl with beautiful eye-smile, looking at me than this tanned girl."

"I rather not bathe than be in here with a Byuntae." Yuri quickly pushed me out as Taeyeon locked the door. "Hey Jae, don't you have any feminine clothes with you. Like a dress or skirt. Most of your clothings are quite masculine."

"Yul, you of all people should know how I dress up. I'm more comfortable with pants or jeans. By the way, what are we planning to do later? Care to drive me around?" I walked out from the closet and sat at on my bed as Yuri followed behind. "But I think your black audi TT can only fit 2 person."

(Yuri's car)

"Why don't you ask Uncle Kim to drive you and Taeng to the mall. I'll go home and borrow my Appa's car, fetch Yoona and you guys, then we can drive around."

"That's a good idea. I can get some stuff for school and also meet my future sister-in-law too. Need to ask her what she sees in you. Hahahaha." I laughed out loud as Yuri tried to grab my collars before joining me in laughter.

"I'll make a move then. I'll call Yoona up and ask her to get ready. I'll bathe at home since that midget will take some time to finish up. See you both at the mall later."

I lifted up my hand to bid farewell to Yuri. Yuri also comes from a well-to-do family as her dad owns a family business. She also have an older brother who is 5 yrs older than her and is already helping out her dad with the business. Seeing that Taeyeon won't be finishing soon, I walked to my closet, took some of my clothes and went to use the bathroom in my parents room. By the time I finished and return to my room, I saw Taeyeon just walking out from my closet wearing my jeans and my t-shirt, drying her hair.

"Mwo? Did you fall asleep inside or did you help to wash my bathroom? I bathe later than you but both of us finished at the same time. By the way, you need to fold up the jeans a bit." I'm the same height as Yuri so when Taeyeon wears my clothes, the pants or jeans will be a bit long for her.

"Aish.. You need to relax and enjoy your time when using the bathtub. Anyway, where's Yul?" Taeyeon bend down to fold up the jeans.

"She went home to bathe and fetch Yoona. She'll meet us later at the mall. Let's eat breakfatst and then ask Uncle Kim to drop us at the mall."

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I was at the ice cream shop with Taeyeon, waiting for Yuri and Yoona. Both of us had already got our school stuff. Taeyeon is taking a degree in broadcasting, me in interior design and Yuri in physical education. While we were waiting, both of us talk about school life.

"So Taeng, you were saying that you're going to have an 1hr of radio broadcasting slots on your school schedule starting this year. DJ Taeng? That's so cool."

"Every student in my class will paired up to hold the radio programme on our allocated days. I'll be doing it with Sooyoung every wednesday night at 8pm. I'll introduce you to her one day. She's my classmate and also our dorm mate. She's really funny and witty. Last year, we only get to watch some seniors do it. But having to do it this year, both me and Soo are still trying to find ideas about our programme."

"Don't worry. Discuss it with your partner, do some brainstorming and if you need help, you can always find me."

"What help? I can help too." Me and Taeyeon turned to look at Yuri who had just arrived. Behind her was Yoona who smiled to us sheepishly.

"Taeng was talking about her broadcasting programme. Anyway, annyeonghaseyo. Park Hyun Jae imnida." I bowed down slightly at Yoona and smiled.

"Annyeonghaseyo, Yoona imnida. I remembered you. You were the futsal team captain in middle school and you were really good at it." Yoona looked at me and smiled.

As we sat down and continued talking, I found out that our school also have a women futsal team. Taeyeon, Yuri and Sooyoung is also part of it. I promised them that I'll go for the tryouts once school starts. Yoona said that she and her bestfriend will be taking degree in physiotherapy which means that she'll be in the same School of Sports Science as Yuri. Taeyeon and I will be in the same School of Media Arts & Design. I asked Yoona what she likes about Yuri and she blushed, saying that she liked Yuri because she's always humble, caring and fun to be with. Yoona admitted that she actually didn't know that Yuri actually comes from a well-to-do family because Yuri doesn't show off her wealth. I smiled looking at both girls being smitten with each other. We finished up the food as Yuri said that she'll be driving us around the city.

As I sat in Yuri's Appa car, I looked out the window and reminisce about the past. Within 3yrs that I've been away, a lot of things have change. Yuri was driving with Yoona seated beside her. Me and Taeyeon were at the back. I noticed that Taeyeon had been quiet ever since Yoona mentioned about Yuri coming from a well-to-do family. Knowing Taeyeon, she must have felt inferior since her family is from an average background.

"Hey Taeng, stop brooding over it, will you?"

"Huh? What do you mean? I'm not thinking about anything, Jae."

"Stop pretending. I've known you since young. We practically grew up together. You've been quiet since Yoona talked about it." Hearing her name being mentioned, Yoona turned around with a confused look.

"She won't have mentioned it if she knew Taeng. I've noticed it too since just now. I apologise on her behalf." Yuri tapped Yoona on her thigh making the younger girl looked at her. "Taeyeon always feels inferior when people talked about family status." Yuri explained to Yoona.

"Omo, I'm sorry Taeyeon-unnie. I didn't mean to make you feel that way. I thought that you'll be okay with it, since it's only Yuri who is rich while the rest of us are the same."

"Mwo?" Yuri and Taeyeon answered at the same time while I just smiled at the confused looking Yoona.

"Yoona-ah, what makes you think that Jae comes from the same average family like us? Don't be fooled by her simple appearance though."

"Yoongie baby, Jae's family is 10 times richer than mine."

"Jinjja? But she doesn't look that rich. I mean even in middle school last time, I always see her walking home with you and Taeyeon-unnie. Her clothes are just the common type of brands and she doesn't seem to have any luxurious things on her. To be honest, I think Yuri looks richer than her."

"It's not that Yul looks richer than her. It's just that Yul have better fashion sense than Jae." Taeyeon replied before I flicked her on her forehead.

"Yoona-ah, let's just stop talking about all these family status. It doesn't matter to me how rich or poor you are. As long as you prove your worth as a friend, I'll gladly welcome you in my life. Anyway, I apologise if my appearance looks kind of shabby but I'm really comfortable with only jeans and t-shirts." I smiled at Yoona. "And you, Taeng. Stop feeling inferior around us. Both me and Yuri don't measure friendship by monetary value." Taeyeon smiled at me and nodded her head while Yuri showed a thumbs up to me.

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I was packing my stuff to bring over to the dormitory when someone knocked on my bedroom door. After giving permission, Taeyeon walked in to my room with a dorky grin.

"All ready to go, Jae? Need any help?"

I told Taeyeon that everything is ready and she helped me to bring some of my stuff down. I said farewell to Aunt Kim and promised her that I'll come back home to visit whenever I have the free time to do so. Uncle Kim will be driving me and Taeyeon to school. As we chatted on the way, suddenly the car stop by the roadside a few blocks away from the school entrance. Taeyeon exited the car but before she could close the door, I held it open.

"Where are you going, Taeng?" Before she could reply me, Uncle Kim already replied for her.

"She always asked me to drop her here, away from the school entrance. She didn't want students to see her coming to school in a Bentley. Especially when the car is not hers. Even Yuri will drop here and walked to school with her."

(My Dad's car)            

I smiled and shook my head. "In that case, I'm dropping here too, Uncle Kim. Taeng, help me with my stuff please." I exited the car and went to the car boot to take out my belongings.

"Jae, it's okay. You can ask my dad to send you straight to school. Yuri will be here soon." The moment she finished talking, a familiar looking BMW car stopped behind the Bentley. Yuri exited from the car along with her dad.

(Uncle Kwon's car)

"Uncle Kwon, annyeonghaseyo." I greeted the old man and hugged him.

"Hyun Jae, how have you been? How's your Dad?" Uncle Kwon asked as we broke away from the hug.

"He's fine, Uncle Kwon. And I'm doing great." I smiled. Uncle Kwon asked why were we gathered there and I explained that I'll be joining Yuri and Taeyeon walking to school from there. Uncle Kwon just laughed and said that it reminded him about the time when we were all in middle school. Walking home on foot when our parents actually provided chauffeurs to drive us around, just so that students will not know about our family status and also because Taeyeon was not comfortable taking the rides as she felt that she's not suppose to do so. One thing about Taeyeon is that she always feels like she don't deserve to be friends with me and Yuri just because she's not from a wealthy family. That's why me and Yuri always try to be as simple and average-looking so that Taeyeon won't feel inferior when around us. Taeyeon never took advantage of our friendship which is why me and Yuri really treasure her a lot.