Y/n's POV

It's currently morning and as I was drinking my coffee on the balcony, that same girl was across me again. The houses are a bit far away from each other so I don't know if she can hear me when I talk.

"I want friends" I frowned to myself. I think I will die lonely if I don't have one. The girl looked up at me and waved her hand cutely once again. She looks way more younger than me, maybe 5 years? I don't know... she looks like a baby.

I waved my hand back and this time, she didn't go back inside her room but stayed there, reading the book in her hand. I was observing her and she looks like a fast reader? I mean... every 15 seconds, she flips pages. When I read, It takes me minutes... or is she reading a Child's book? You know, pictures and stuff... but I don't think so, I noticed her book was Jojo Moyes' Me Before You novel. I read about it before that's why I know.

I shook my head while smiling to myself.

She's probably not reading it. I thought.

There's one more person who did this strategy before to get my attention. When I was in my 3rd year of high school, Xiaoting was ignoring me big time at school. She asked me before if I got a crush on someone else and I said yes. I had a crush on this guy celebrity but she thought it was one of our male classmates. The next day, she never came to my house and ignored me at school. She never went to me at lunch so I got no choice but to eat alone in the library.

While eating there, she eventually came and sat across me. She was holding a book. Romeo and Juliet.

"Missed me?" I chuckled as I asked her. I saw her roll her eyes before flipping a page. I remember, she just opened the book 15 seconds ago. "No, I got an assignment about this" I scrunched my face. We don't have any assignments yesterday. She's definitely lying.

Another 10 seconds passed and she flipped the page again. For another 16 seconds, she didn't even look at the right page then flipped for another again.

"Are you sure you're reading that?" I asked her, resting my head on my palm. I already finished eating lunch so I cleaned it up for a minute already. "Hmm"

"Why?"

"I told you, I got assignments"

"I'm your classmate, Shen Reading" she slammed the book loud that was heard by the librarian. She gave us a long shush so Xiaoting gave up already. "Fine, I missed you. Happy?" She was glaring at me the whole time. "Are you angry? Did I do anything wrong?" I made sure that I will sound sad so she will stop glaring at me. I know she can't handle me being sad or angry. "Nothing, you did nothing... just... nothing"

"Come on, tell me" I begged. "Nothing, really"

I never knew the reason why she was angry at me at that time but as we got together, she shared that she was jealous of my crush. After telling her my crush was a celebrity, she let out a deep sigh that made the both of us laugh at ourselves.

"Y/n-nim, Ms. Yang is calling" a maid knocked on my door. I went to get my phone and answered the call.

"Oh, hello hun. Have you eaten breakfast already?"

"Not yet mom, oh and, I'm going to skate later afternoon, is that okay?"

"You're going to exercise again? I told you you're fit already"

"It's not that mom, I want to explore Seoul while I still got time"

"Hmm, okay then. Be sure you got a guard with you. Have you seen her?" I looked up once again to the neighbor's balcony and never saw the girl there. "Who?"

"Your girlfriend?"

"Not yet"

"Why?"

"Seoul is big, mom. I don't know where she lives and she's probably busy right now"

"You don't have to look around, she's-" a knock on my door caught my attention. "Wait mom" I muted my microphone before going outside of the room. I was greeted by the maid again. "Miss, someone is looking for you outside," she told me.

What she said confused me, I don't have any friends or something in South Korea. I don't know who my relatives here are as well. I went to get the door and as I opened it,

"Hello, I'm the girl next door" a girl who's shorter than I introduced themselves. "I'm Kim Doah" she held out a hand and of course, I shook it. "Hello, I'm Yang Y/n"

Xiaoting's POV

Me, Yurina, and Bora just did paragliding on top of that mountain. I don't know what's the name of it but it's close to the city. It's already afternoon and the sun started to set.

"Let's go to the park" I suggested and they all agreed with my idea. I missed going out normally like before. Now, I have to wear a disguise so I can go out.

"Why do you want to go there?" I heard Bora ask. To be honest, I don't know why as well. I just feel like going there for no reason. "I don't know... but if you two don't want to stay for long, I can walk around all by myself. I'll be fine"

As we got there, I was the only person to exit the car. There are a lot of people walking around so I'm sure they will not notice me.

I went to the path beside the river and watched the couples walking and chatting around. I always do that with Yurina but it feels different with Y/n. Every time I'm with Yurina, I thought of Y/n. I don't really love Yurina, well... it's just, I want someone to stick around me all the time as Y/n does before.

I miss her.

As I continued to observe the couples along the way, there were these two girls that caught my attention. They look like a couple but it's bad to assume they're dating, right?

One girl was riding a bicycle while the other one was skateboarding alongside the other girl. They look cute, I suddenly remembered Y/n. She likes to skate around their house and backyard. She can't go to the park because we're not allowed to except when the both of us sneak out. I remember that time when she thought me how to skate but I always fail.

"Come on, balance yourself!" Y/n held on to my waist as I gripped her shoulders tightly. "I can't, it's moving"

"Of course, it will move because you're not balancing yourself!" She let go of me all of a sudden that made me hug her. The skateboard on my feet slipped away but thankfully Y/n caught my waist once again. "How will you learn if you keep on clinging to me" she went to get the skateboard and placed it between our feet. "One more time, don't hold into me" she instructed but each time I step on it, I will still grab her arms or shoulders. "I give up" we tried hundreds of times already but my body won't cooperate. I sensed disappointment in her tone so the next day, I searched for how to ride a skateboard and trained myself.

A few days passes, and I learned how to skate. Maybe she's just a bad instructor so I didn't get it.

I was busy diving into my thoughts until a girl in a yellow hoodie came to me. "Xiaoting unnie?" I squinted my eyes before looking at the girl.

"Oh, Doah. What are you doing here?" I also noticed the same bike I saw earlier. "Is that yours?"

"I rented it... are you alone unnie?"

"I am, how about you?" I saw her cheeks redden. Wait... was that the neighbor girl? Or was that Chiayi?

"Is that Chiayi?" I asked, Doah shook her head before riding her bike once again. "That's an unnie... unnie I like" I heard her mumble the last part.

So it was the neighbor.