(A/n: The title of this chapter isn't an IZ*ONE song, if you know which group sang this then be ready for a cameo in this chapter ;> )

Your P.O.V.

As soon as the movie ended, neither of us has spoken. We haven't even looked eye to eye. We just walked out of the theater together. It's like as soon as sparks flew, they died quickly after.

I was still flustered by what she did so I didn't really know how to open a conversation with her. So many questions were still bugging my head. Why did she do that? Did she mean it? Or was she just carried away by the scenes from the movie? It doesn't mean anything right? I didn't want to assume things on my own so I tried to speak.

"Wonyo--"

"Y/n--"

We both spoke at the same time so neither could continue speaking. I felt a blush spread through my face so I looked away.

"You go first." I offered.

Just as she was about to utter a word, my phone rang.

"One sec." I excused myself and went not too far.

A smile was painted on my face as soon as I saw the caller. Then I answered it quickly.

"Heey! Why did you call?"

"Baby Y/n!!! I miss you sooo much!" I distanced my phone away from my ear to prevent being deaf due to her loud screams.

"Ughh stop calling me baby, and I miss you too. But why did you really call?"

"Jeez, straight to the point aren't ya? Are you busy?"

"I'm out right now. Why?"

"Go home." I looked at my phone confusingly before putting it back to my ear.

"You're not my mom."

"Ha.ha. I'M SERIOUS!"

"Why?! I'm at the mall right now with friends!"

"But I'm your friend too.." I can definitely feel her making puppy eyes right now through the phone.

"Ugh.. Yeah please remind me that. But could you at least give me a proper reason?"

It was quiet on the other line for a while before she eventually spoke up.

"I hate you. This was supposed to be a surprise but I'M HERE DUMMY!"

I was processing what she just said for a while, then looked at Wonyoung who suddenly looked away when I faced her.

"Here? As in here in Seoul??"

"I don't want to repeat it again so come here quickly or I'll tell your darkest secrets to everyone."

As soon as she said that she ended the call and I went back to Wonyoung.

"Hey, uhm. My friend just called." I told her

"And she made a surprise visit here for me." I continued, nervous for what she was going to say.

"Oh." was the only word she uttered and we were quiet once again.

"Do you wanna go home with me? Or you can wait for the others, you know Yujin, and Nako, and Yuri and--"

"Go home with you?" she cut me off

I stared at her, not knowing what she meant.

"Well, yeah. I'm supposed to go home now and I was asking if you wanna go home too." I replied, scratching my nape.

She nodded in a state of realization. Then she agreed with me so we texted the others first before going home.

The ride home was quiet, but not awkward. Once we got in front of our apartment, she turned to me.

" Y/n-ie, thanks for today." she said with a smile.

"Me too. I had fun thanks to you and your friends." I replied.

"Well, they're your friends now too. Since we can see how you became closer to them, especially Nako." she said and we both giggled.

"You have beautiful friends. And I mean that on the outside, but especially on the inside. And I bet other people would have been friends with them easily as well." I added.

"Yeah. And now I can't wait for you to meet the others." she said enthusiastically.

"The others?" I asked.

She nodded. She was about to say something but someone interrupted.

"BABY Y/N!!!" Once I heard that, I looked at the direction where I heard the scream and looked at my friend.

She ran to me and hugged me so suddenly that it didn't take me a minute to process her.

"Hey! You're squishing me already!" I told her patting her back to let go.

When she finally did, I looked at her and saw she was smiling, showing her cute eye smile and the dimples below her eyes.

"It's been a long time." I told her with a huge smile.

"Yeah, I didn't know what I would do if I didn't come see you right now." she replied.

I was about to usher her inside the apartment when I noticed Wonyoung behind her, looking lost. Oh shoot. I totally forgot about her.

"Oh! Right, Wonyoung, this is my--"

"No need baby, I can introduce myself."she interrupted me. Ugh I swear she calls me baby all the time for years and I still get annoyed.

"Nice to meet you. I'm Ryujin. And you're?" she held her hand out to Wonyoung.

"Nice to meet you too. I'm Wonyoung, Y/n's best friend." she answered.

They both smiled at each other. But was it just me, or was there tension rising between them.

"Okay... So, do you wanna go inside or?" I asked

"Sure. You can make me one of your favorite coffees." she replied turning to me with a smile.

I looked at Wonyoung who didn't seem to move after letting their hands go so I cleared my throat, grabbing her attention.

"Wonyoung-ie, do you wanna come with us?" I asked.

"Yeah, it'll be fun. You can taste the coffee she makes, there's a reason why it's my favorite." Ryujin added.

Wonyoung seemed to hesitate for a while before giving us a small smile.

"Thanks, but no thanks. I think you two need to catch up on some things." she said.

After she went away me and Ryujin went inside the apartment while catching up.

"So? What's the tea?" she asked as soon as she settled into a stool in the kitchen.

"What do you mean? I'm making coffee, not tea." I replied

"Ugh. I almost forgot how dumb you are. I MEANT, what's going on between you and that girl a while ago?" she asked annoyingly.

"Well first of all, she told you her name. And second, nothing is going on, or whatever you're talking about." I replied.

She smirked as I gave her a cup of coffee while sitting on another stool beside her.

"Don't lie to me, I saw it with my own eyes." she said widening her eyes and taking a sip.

"And what exactly did you see?" I asked raising an eyebrow and taking a sip from my cup as well.

"Hm. I saw the way she looked at you. And I definitely heard you call her with a nickname. That's something." she concluded, pretending to think.

"Tsk. We're only friends. Best friends. Or at least that's what I assume." as soon as I ended my sentence she gasped.

"What was that? I think you said something that meant something." she interrogated like an fbi agent so I giggled.

"I don't know. You know what, you're an expert here why don't you help me out?" I asked her.

"Waitwaitwaitwait. So you mean, there's definitely something going on?" she questioned.

"There is, with me. I really don't know why or how but, I feel so happy when she's around and, she's always sweet to me, or maybe she's just too friendly? But there's this feeling in my stomach every time she calls me using my nickname and she--" I ranted but she cut me off again.

"Woah baby, calm down. The world's not going to end." she said laughing.

"Ugh, you and your 'baby' again." I complained.

"You don't need to explain anymore. There's only one answer." she said. I waited for her to continue while she drank coffee.

"You're head over heels in love with her." she added.

"WHAT?!" I exclaimed.

"It's definitely OBVIOUS! Are you seriously that numb?" she asked.

"I don't know?! I just, don't want to assume. And we're best friends, so this is like, illegal?" I said, then she laughed.

"Illegal?! No Y/n, falling in love with a person is not illegal." she answered.

"But... What am I going to do? I think I'm starting to believe that I really am falling for her, but I think she likes someone else." I said sadly.

"How do you say so? Did she tell you that?" she asked.

"No. But she said she liked someone among us and there's this charming girl that she's really close with." I replied.

"And?" she said.

"And, if I were Wonyoung I would like her too." I claimed.

"But you're not Wonyoung. You're Y/n. And I think you have your own charms." she said, giving me a smile.

"And let me add, I think she looks at you more than what someone would look at their friend." she continued.

"Oh yeah? Maybe you're just assuming." I said teasing her.

"Okay, that's a maybe. BUT, if you really want to make progress, there's one thing you can do." she suggested.

I nodded for her to continue, but she sipped from the cup again. This time after drinking she didn't turn back to me.

"You were saying?" I asked.

"Oh sorry, I thought you already knew." she said laughing.

"I obviously don't. Now what?" I asked again.

"Confess to her."