27 : quarantine

"Yang, let me in"






"No! Go to your room! You need to rest"






"But I'm asymptomatic! And you have a fever, I need to take care of you" Xiaoting continuously knocked on the closed door. Both of them were quarantined in the same house. The number of covid positive was rising again in Seoul so the doctor suggested some patients to quarantine at home but isolated from others.







"It's just fever, Shen. I'm not going to die"







"Then open the door, we're not going to die if we spend time together, right?" Y/n finally gave up then opened the doors for Xiaoting. "First, shower with alcohol" then the next thing Xiaoting smelt was the strong essence of Y/n's pocket alcohol (spray). "Inhale the alcohol, it will kill the virus"







"Are you trying to kill me again, Yang?"







"Never tried it before"






"Excuse me? You pointed a shotgun on my stomach before?"







"Empty shotgun" Y/n stopped spraying all over Xiaoting then dragged her inside the room. She made the girl sit on the couch across the bed. "I let you in so fans won't hear you shouting on my life. Be quiet, I'll go live"







"I'm jealous"







"On what again?"






"Your group can go live freely while ours-"






"Don't worry, Shen. I'll save you from your company in the future"







"How is that going to happen?"






"When your group disbands, I'll get you to our company" Xiaoting raised an eyebrow. Y/n do know Xiaoting id still in TopClass. And she can't just resign from there. Her uncle is the co-founder of that agency, they will never let her go.






"But TopClass-"






"Leave it to me, and it's not going to happen yet... but maybe... don't worry about it, I'll make a good plan. Trust me"






"You know I trust you in everything"






"Yeah, and I don't trust you"

















"Oh, someone wants to join? Are they allowed?"






"Who?" Ruiqi asked. "Close friend, but I'm not sure if they're allowed to show up... I don't want to cause them trouble"















Kim Doah
It's fine, unnie
I will handle it



Yang Y/n
Are you sure?



Kim Doah
Please accept me 🙏



Yang Y/n
Fine



Kim Doah
😳



Yang Y/n
What's with that emoji
Lol





"Kim Doah is here..." Xiaoting glanced in Y/n's direction. Y/n was all smiley at the camera, not noticing the glaring Xiaoting.





"I'll leave then... bye Jie-Jie! Come home once you recover!" Lin Chenhan waved before logging off, didn't even wait for Y/n to say goodbye. "Ooh... I'll leave the both of you then... bye"





"Sury-"






"Hey"




























Y/n's POV






Then, a light slam of the door was heard. It was Xiaoting. I looked in the direction and excused myself for a bit.






"Baobei" I called but she didn't respond. I followed the sound downstairs and saw Xiaoting making some milk. "Xiaoting"





"What are you doing here? You're on live" she sounded cold.





"Why did you leave?"






"I thought you don't want me to be there earlier? Why are you looking for me now?" She rolled her eyes. "And I'm boiling some milk for you" doctor's note, you must drink warm milk when you're sick.






"Once you're done, go back inside, okay?" She nodded so I went back to my room. I checked the time, and it was noon already.






"Have you eaten already, Doah?"






"Hmm? Not yet, later. I'm still talking to you"






"You can go now, I'm about to (paint the town) end my live"






"Oh, is that so? Alright then. Talk to you later, unnie"






"Hmm, eat well"





Right on time, Xiaoting arrived with the glass of milk in her hands.






"Bye, love you"






Xiaoting stopped in her tracks, staring at me like a madwoman.






"Bye, love you too!"





Doah left then I thanked my viewers before closing my live. Xiaoting was still standing there, she's in her thoughts. "Baobao"






"H-Huh?"






"Come here" I tapped the space beside me. She sat down forthwith then set down the milk on the table beside my phone. "What are you thinking about?"






"Me? Nothing"






"Stop lying. I know it when you lie" she knitted her brows then shook her head repeatedly. "But I'm not lying"





"Is it because I told Doah I love her?"






"..."





"You know I treat her like a daughter, right? And... I'm not stopping you from saying 'I love you to your girlfriend?" I playfully rolled my eyes then pat her head. We can't do that many kinships right now.






"Don't worry, you're the only woman I will love fully" I received a punch in my shoulders.






"Stop with the cheesy sayings, I know that, and... you do know Doah has a crush on you, right?"





"I didn't know... I wonder what they see in me. I'm not that attractive?" Kendrick Lamar once said, 'be humble'. I know I'm pretty-





"Yes, you are! What happened to your self-obsessed self? Did you hit your head or something? This isn't you" she shoved my head. "Before, you always compliment yourself. You even praise yourself in the mirror"






"What? I do that?"





"You do! Do you think I never saw that? 'Hey, pretty girl' 'Are you free this evening?' 'You look dashing' and stuffs like that!" She thought I was complimenting myself that time? Well...



















--





A 17-year-old Y/n was standing alone at the library, in front of the restricted bookshelves. She was waiting for Xiaoting who's still practicing in the gymnasium.





"These braces must go on" she checked her teeth in the mirror doors of the shelf. She's been wearing braces on her upper teeth since she was 12. Then as she turned 15, it was her lower teeth' turn.






"See you tomorrow, Ting!" She heard the doors open and one of Xiaoting's friend's voices echo around the empty library. The librarian already went out since it's already 5:30 in the afternoon. The school lets them both use the library anytime they want, especially Y/n because she's one of the most hardworking students they have. Xiaoting on the other hand focuses on dancing more than studying but she's always acing the English subject.






Their situation is kind of awkward when they were in their pre-18 age. Xiaoting was 13 when she started liking the other girl but for Y/n, she started liking Xiaoting at 17. Y/n was so confused why she's liking the same gender 'til she asked Kiki about this feeling.





"It's okay to fall in love with the same gender, love is love"





That's when the realization hit her. Love is love.





At that time, she's planning to ask Xiaoting if she likes her back but it's awkward especially since Xiaoting is her only friend.





Falling in love with your best friend is probably one of the worst situations a person might get into.





Earlier, again, she asked Kiki if it's okay to confess and her cousin said, "go on". She can't ask Roada about her situation because Roada might tell this to her parents. Her mom trusts Ziyin a lot and Ziyin doesn't want to break anyone's trust.





"What should I do?" She fixed herself on the mirror. She caught a glimpse of Xiaoting moving across that one shelf behind her that made her feel more nervous.






"Ahem... hey, pretty girl... are you free this evening... you look good today..." she sighed mentally. 'That's not going to work, Y/n... it'll make it more obvious'






"Hey, Yang..." she jumped on the light tap on her shoulders.






"You scared me" she held her chest. Her heart beating faster and faster. 'Do you feel your heartbeat fast whenever you face her? If yes, you like her. You like her a lot' Kiki's words echoed in her head.






"Why? Are you doing something illegal there? Just kidding, let's go" Xiaoting grabbed her hands then dragged her out of the room. They made it to Mr. Win and decided to stop at Xiaoting's family apartment first.






Xiaoting's family lives in a suite while Y/n's lives in a huge house.






"Are you free tonight?" Xiaoting asked as she was about to get off the car. "May~be? Why?"






"Mom's not at home. We can stay in the night and watch Teletubbies"






"Teletubbies? Why Teletubbies? You-"






"I know you like them; I saw your online shopping cart; you're planning to order a Laalaa costume. Let's go" no permission needed; Y/n got dragged again.





--






























"Why are you laughing?" I continued to laugh out, thinking how oblivious she was before we dated officially. Months before I asked her to be my girlfriend, I gave her a lot of hints already, but I guess she was so dense.






I secretly slid lavender-colored confession letters, since she knows lavender is my favorite color, on her locker but she thought it was from a guy then threw them away right in front of me. I can't just say "Hey! Those are my letters!" Because what if I get rejected on spot? Friendship over.






Then one time, I bought her a purple teddy and set it on her doorsteps. She then, again, thought it was from her admirers again and gave it to the kid living next door to them. All I did was stand there; jaw dropped. I haven't told her about this yet and I will never. Embarrassing.






"Nothing... it's just... you thought I was talking about myself?"






"Yes, because you were talking to yourself in the mirror?"






"I was actually planning on taking someone out for a date that day... 'are you free this evening?' who the hell will ask themselves that question, Shen Xiaoting?"






"You- what, you're planning on what?" Her eyes are already big, but you know it when she's sending you death glares or not. "You can't even ask a person what's their name before, how come you can ask them out?"






"It's a secret and I'm not telling you about it"






"Oh, come on, I'm you're fia-"






"You're Yurina's girlfriend"





"Who's that?" Nice try but not funny, Shen Xiaoting. I flicked her forehead then ran out of my room. I went to her room and then locked the doors. Finally, no more distractions.






"You left your phone here"






Wait, I left my baby there.






"I changed phone; you don't have your face ID there"






"I know your password anyway" wait, my password is my birthday- dumbass. I went back to the room just to see her taking selfies of herself. She was like this even before. My phone storage blew up because of her photos.






"Wow...You still got these old photos of us and me? And it's in different folders... mind telling me why you segregate my photos?"






"You know... so when we break up, it's a one-time delete-"






"NO, NO, NO, do you know how expensive my photos are, Ms. Song?"






"Then I will sell them, 1 dollar each"






"1 DOLLAR?! That's crazy, make it 20"






"Girl, you got 10 thousand photos there and more in cloud? You don't even delete the ugly once and take burst shots most of the time? I'm going to delete them all when the time comes" I snatched the phone away from her and ran back to the room. "I'm sleeping here!"






"My phone is inside! Hand it over!"






"Tomorrow morning"






"It's still lunch, you idiot!"






Oh wait, I haven't eaten lunch yet. So that's why I feel like levitating any second now.






"Fine, fine... cook something to eat first"
































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