Jessica was sitting on the edge of her bed. She had just finished her fresh shower. Her hands were working on drying her long brunette wet hair with the towel. As she doing so, the flower bucket given by her friends earlier caught in her sight. Unconsciously her lips curved upwards.

 

The moment earlier with all her bestfriends was being replayed on Jessica’s head. Her night was perfect, not just because her awesome performance, but thanks to them too. Without them, maybe Jessica would be pondering about her parents’ absence on the night occasion.

 

Her bestfriends were all caring, supportive and sweet. And talking about sweet, Yuri was always the sweetest. In Jessica’s opinion.

 

She put the towel aside and threw her body to lie on the comfy bed.

 

Although Yuri was naïve, helpless and sometimes getting on her nerves but the tanned girl know how to be sweet, gentle and caring.

 

Jessica remembered how the younger girl was willing to accompany her to practice her drama, although with some incoherent complaint mumble about the romance scene. The girl was full of surprise too. Aside from her surprisingly careless actions, Yuri could also do some heartwarming surprises. She sometimes brought some food for Jessica out of nowhere, just because she wanted to do so. She also liked to pop out from nowhere in times of boreness or sadness, trying to cheer her up. And of course, the surprise that Yuri just did in front of her house.

 

Yuri’s sudden confession back then was cute and sweet for Jessica. She truthfully didn’t expect Yuri would surprise her like that. She was already thankful enough for her congratulations on the school. But then Yuri bothered herself to run for her only to say that she liked her.

 

How can you be so sweet, Yuri-ah?

 

Jessica’s sound of chuckle was heard inside the room.

 

Just then, Jessica realized something strange on Yuri’s expression. Her expression was different from what she looked like back then at school.

 

Hemm, is something wrong?

 

Jessica tried to remember again more clearly this time.

 

“First, she was liking me and then I hugged her for thanking her.” Jessica spoke to herself. “After that...” Jessica stopped. “That’s right, she looked different after that!” Jessica shouted and got up from her laying position.

 

Why did she become like that? She wondered.

 

Jessica tapped her chin several times, trying to analyze the situation. “But then she laughed and confirming herself that she liked my performance. Hemm…” Jessica lied back again on her bed.

 

“Yet she looked awkward after that, didn’t she?” the question was spoken into the empty room.

 

Jessica racked her mind, frowning, eye looking left and right, thinking about the reason of Yuri’s weird action.

 

“I was only thanking her for saying she liked me. How can it---“

 

Jessica suddenly got a light bulb on her mind.

 

It can’t be.

 

Jessica shook her own head.

 

It’s impossible. We’re both girls.

 

Jessica turned her body to the right.

 

No. No. No. It must be my mind tricking me.

 

Jessica nodded, agreeing with her new conclusion.

 

Yeah, yeah. It was nothing. I’m just thinking too much.

 

Didn’t want to think about it anymore, she pulled her blanket to cover herself and closed her eyes, trying to sleep.

 

Go to sleep, Jessica Jung. You deserved a long good sleep after a tiring day.

 

But even though her body needed the rest badly, but her mind couldn’t shut down easily. It kept alive all night. Therefore, the sleeplover was having trouble to sleep.

 

All because of Kwon Yuri.

 

***

 

Buzz.

Buzz.

Buzz.

Yuri lazily seeked for her phone on the side table with eyes closed. She opened her eyes halfly to find out who was the trouble maker on that peaceful morning.

It was already holiday and it meant a longer sleeping hour. But the messages didn’t stop to come and made her phone vibrated again and again, disturbing her beautiful sleeping.

The phone showed that it was only half past seven.

It better be important thing.

Yuri opened her messenger app and looked at the incoming chat. It was from the group chat.

 

07.15 Stephanie Young: Good morning girls!!

07.15 Stephanie Young: 

07.17 Stephanie Young: Wake up girls

07.17 Stephanie Young: It’s a bright day!

07.17 Stephanie Young: Let’s start this day with a cheerful heart

07.20 Stephanie Young: Hey hey hey

07.20 Stephanie Young: Are you all still asleep???

07.20 Stephanie Young: 

07.21 Stephanie Young: oh really??

07.21 Stephanie Young: no one??

07.21 Stephanie Young: yuri?

07.21 Stephanie Young: yoona?

07.21 Stephanie Young: sooyoung?

07.21 Stephanie Young: sica?

07.23 Stephanie Young: come on girls, wake up

07.23 Stephanie Young: are you gonna make me waiting for you all to wake up forever??

07.23 Stephanie Young: 

07.23 Jessica Jung: SHUT UP

07.23 Stephanie Young: OMO! I can’t believe this

07.23 Stephanie Young: sica is waking up first!!!

07.23 Stephanie Young: is it a miracle??

07.23 Jessica Jung: YOU’LL BE DEAD HWANG MI YOUNG

07.24 Stephanie Young: just kidding, Sica. Don’t be so grumpy

07.24 Stephanie Young: 

07.27 Stephanie Young: sica? where are you?

07.27 Stephanie Young: yah, why are you leaving me??

07.27 Stephanie Young: 

07.28 Choi shikshin: of course she is going back to sleep

07.28 Stephanie Young: hi Sooyoung-ah!

07.28 Stephanie Young: 

07.28 Choi shikshin: what is this, Fany-ah?

07.28 Choi shikshin: we’re sleeping.

07.29 Stephanie Young: it’s already morning

07.29 Stephanie Young: we should be getting up

07.29 Stephanie Young: and start our day

07.29 Stephanie Young: with a cheerful heart

07.29 Choi shikshin: what the hell are you talking about

07.29 Choi shikshin: it’s holiday

07.29 Choi shikshin: holiday = wake up late

07.29 Stephanie Young: but today is a bright day

07.29 Choi shikshin: who cares

07.29 Stephanie Young: 

07.30 Choi shikshin: i’ll sleep again

07.30 Choi shikshin: bye

07.30 Stephanie Young: 

07.30 Masta Yuri: …

07.30 Stephanie Young: YURI-AH!!!!

07.30 Stephanie Young: You’re really my hero!!

07.30 Masta Yuri: …

07.30 Stephanie Young: Yuri-ah…

07.30 Stephanie Young: 

07.31 Masta Yuri: what is this, Fany-ah?

07.31 Masta Yuri: you can just tell us now

07.31 Masta Yuri: I want to go back to sleep

07.31 Stephanie Young: what do you mean?

07.31 Masta Yuri: you wanna tell us something, right?

07.32 Stephanie Young: 

07.32 Stephanie Young: you know me so well

07.32 yoonglovesfood: what is this??

07.32 Stephanie Young: hi yoona!

07.32 Masta Yuri: down to business

07.32 Masta Yuri: quickly

07.32 Stephanie Young: so impatient

07.32 Stephanie Young: 

07.33 Masta Yuri: MI YOUNG!!

07.33 Stephanie Young: okay okay

07.33 Stephanie Young: you’re all so grumpy

07.34 yoonglovesfood: you disturb our sleeping for godsake

07.34 yoonglovesfood: how can we not be grumpy?

07.34 Stephanie Young: hehe sorry

07.34 Masta Yuri: HWANG MI YOUNG!!

07.34 Stephanie Young: Alright alright

07.34 Stephanie Young: Let’s have a lunch together today

07.35 Masta Yuri: is that all?

07.34 yoonglovesfood: for all this nonsense chat?

07.35 Jessica Jung: YOU’RE REALLY DEAD HWANG MI YOUNG

07.35 Choi shikshin: are you joking!!

07.35 Stephanie Young: 

07.35 Stephanie Young: why are you so mean

07.35 Masta Yuri: so?

07.35 Masta Yuri: anything else?

07.35 Stephanie Young: I want to tell you something

07.36 yoonglovesfood: what?

07.36 Stephanie Young: something

07.36 Stephanie Young: 

07.36 Masta Yuri: okay then

07.36 Masta Yuri: a lunch to hear about something

07.36 Masta Yuri: I’ll sleep again

07.36 Masta Yuri: bye

 

And with that, Yuri closed the chat window and went back to her dreamland.

 

***

 

Tiffany had been waiting for almost an hour inside the usual café, waiting for her friends. There was fifteen minutes left until their promised time, but Tiffany was really eager to tell them the good news, that she couldn’t wait longer to go to the café.

 

Yet the feeling of anxiety still lingered inside her, inspite all of her impatience. She was sweating, heart beating fast and fidgeting all the time on her chair.

 

A sound of incoming message helped her to stop fidgeting. She picked it out and read the message. She simultaneously smiled.

 

Thank you :) She typed the reply.

 

“Fany-ah!”

 

Tiffany looked up and saw the duo shikshins was heading towards the table. She greeted them with her famous eye-smile.

 

“Sooyoung-ah! Yoona-ah!”

 

“You’re really excited today, huh?” Yoona asked after getting on her seat.

 

“Humph,” Tiffany nodde. “Yes, I am. It’s a good day.”

 

“It’s a cold day,” Sooyoung corrected.

 

“A cold day can be a good day,” Tiffany meronged.

 

“Aish aish, alright,” Sooyoung gave up. “So what do you want to talk about?” added her.

 

“Yeah, what is it, Fany-ah? We couldn’t have a sound sleep because of your noisy messages.”

 

“Yah, yah. I’m just trying to wake you up,” Tiffany pouted.

 

“Exactly!!” The duo shouted in unison.

 

Tiffany pouted even more.

 

“So??” Yoona asked again.

 

“I’ll tell after we’re complete. You can order food first,” said Tiffany.

 

“Okay then.” Sooyoung and Yoona was heading to the counter to place their order while Yuri arrived. Tiffany told the same to Yuri.

 

“Nah, only Sica left,” commented Sooyoung.

 

“She is probably on her way here,” said Yuri.

 

“There she is!” Tiffany noticed a brunette girl opened the café door. She waved her hands and shouted, “Sica! Here!”

 

Jessica saw the other girls had gathered around the table on the corner, next to the large window.

 

“Hi Sica,” Tiffany flashed her eye-smile.

 

“Don’t hi me,” answered Jessica coldly.

 

“Hiih, so cold,” Tiffany mumbled.

 

“That’s for interrupting my sleep,” Jessica answered in unchanged cold tone.

 

“You’re always like that to me, but so diferrent in front of Yuri,” Tiffany complained without realizing the brunette girl’s expression.

 

Tiffany’s word was like a trigger inside Jessica’s mind, remembering about her thought a couple of day before.

 

Yuri? Am I like that?

 

Jessica’s face stiffened.

 

No, no. She only teased me.

 

“Why are you bringing Yuri now?” Jessica finally replied, in a slightly raised voice.

 

“Oah, Sica, chill. Wh