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"Jeonghwa!" Baekseol ran up to his girlfriend with a smile on his face. "Are you still mad about last time?"

"Hi Baek, no I'm not mad anymore. I don't think it was right of you to tell me that but you had a right to be jealous." The said girl hugged her boyfriend back, inhaling the calming woodsy scent of the cologne he put on hours before.

"Do you wanna come over? I wanted to show you something."

"Oh my God, Baek! I'm so proud of you," Jeonghwa cheered, almost jumping up from her seat.

"Thank you, love. I was inspired by you," He kissed the top of her head and hugged her side ways, looking back on his laptop where he showed his new Youtube channel with 837 subscribers.

"We can finally make collaborations and film together! Imagine all that content we can make,"

He squished her cheeks, "You're so adorable, Yoo Jeonghwa."

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"Yeah, okay. See you soon, Hwa!" Ending the call, she put down her phone and quickly smiled at the contact name before her own got called.

"Iced Vanilla Latte for Ms. Yoo!" Called the café barista from Wonderland Café.

"Thank you so much!" Turning around to head back to her seat was the biggest regret she had at that moment. She wished she didn't have to get her drink at that moment.

She gripped on the tray to prevent the drink from spilling as her hands got shaky. She gulped as her eyes clouded with tears along with continuous pangs on her heart.

Jeonghwa anxiously yet hastily headed back to her seat and took out her phone to take a photo of the scene that unfolded right before her.

Her adored boyfriend, Oh Baekseol, hugging another girl she wasn't familiar with. They looked at each other with extreme ecstasy. Finally managing to take a photo or two to show to her friends later on, the tears she's been trying to blink away for a few moments now finally fell as they kissed.

The poor girl put down her phone and wiped her tears with her sweater paws, attempting to continue her pile of school work despite the saddening situation she is about to go through.

"Cry it out for now then we can discuss later on what you what to do with your relationship, okay? We'll be here for you," Siyeon rubbed the weeping girl's back as she hugged her, showering her with encouraging words.

Taehee scoffed, "What an arse! Had you wrapped around his not-even-nice finger then doing this to you."

"I do have to agree though, he does not have nice hands. Go to Seonghwa, he has nice hands, Jeongie." Siyeon responded to which she earned a playful yet burning slap on the arm from the girl.

As if on cue, the door suddenly busted open and revealed the boy the girls were just talking about, carrying a medium-sized brown paper bag.

"Talk about making an entrance,"

"Jeonghwa! What's wrong?" Seonghwa's face wore sympathy and concern, his usual bright, sparkling eyes replaced with ones full of worry.

"He cheated on me," Jeonghwa wiggled out of Siyeon's grip before moving over to Seonghwa to engulf him into a hug which he immediately accepted.

Seonghwa could only sigh, the weird feeling he got from Baekseol was just confirmed. He didn't like the aura he gave off especially when he manifested the most perfect image he can put on when Jeonghwa was around. He knew that when she wasn't looking, Baekseol wouldn't even try to hide the fact that he would stare at him with deadly eyes. But even if Seonghwa wanted to tell Jeonghwa about all those times he has stared him down and cussed him silently, he just simply couldn't. He wanted her to be happy and he thought the best he could do was to be there for her whenever that day would happen. He just didn't expect it to be so soon.

He rubbed her back, ignoring his shirt that was now half drenched by Jeonghwa's river-like tears.

The house was finally quiet after around 2 hours of hearing nothing but wails of suffering. She was finally asleep while her three best friends talked about random topics that came to their minds.

"Hey Seonghwa, I know we already told you this before but on behalf of her, thank you for always being there for her. Give yourself more credit because she really does appreciate you."

"Yeah, don't tell her we told you but she talks about you more than her own boyfriend." They two girls chuckle as they watch Seonghwa mindlessly stroke the girl's hair while smiling. They knew he wasn't listening but nonetheless didn't mind.

The lad looked up when it got quiet, only then realizing what he has been doing for a few moments now. "Oh um-"

"We have a question, it's quite serious so would it be okay?"

"Sure, do you want to step out for this?"

"It's alright, she's sleeping anyway." Siyeon glanced at the sleeping girl. "We'll just get straight to the point."

"Do you like Jeonghwa?" Asked Taehee carefully.

It was silent for a while. Is it time? What if Jeonghwa hears? What if I ruin our friendship? Was I being that obvious? Seonghwa hesitated.

"Yes, I do like her very much." He started. "I was supposed to tell her that one Saturday we met up but she told me she had something to say too. I told her to go first and that's when she mentioned Baekseol."

"Oh... we're so sorry, Seonghwa. You'll get your time, maybe not with her but we promise you will." The two comforted despite being visibly uneasy about his story.

"It's fine really. As long as she's happy, I'm happy-"

"Seonghwa, you like me?"

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