Chaewon’s POV

I couldn't take it anymore! One more day without flirty comment from Hyejoo and I was literally going to explode. I wasn't going to go up to her and directly tell her that I missed hearing compliments, arguing, and having someone to roll my eyes at. I didn't need her arrogance to grow higher, although I highly doubted that it was possible.

“Hyejoo, I need to talk to you.” I sat in the desk in front of hers waiting for her to acknowledge me but she didn't. She just drew a butterfly on her notebook. “Hyejoo, please.”

She let out a huff and leaned back in her seat to give me an annoyed look. “What do you want?”

“I wanted to say that...I forgive you.”

“You forgive me? You forgive me?” Hyejoo let out a noise of disbelief, looking at me as if I were unreal. “You're the one who went on some rant calling me annoying and saying how we were never going to happen. I'm the one who should be forgiving you!”

“In my defense, you had it coming. Not everyone wants to be greeted with ‘Hey baby. How about we ditch this place and go somewhere a little more private. Unless a public place is your thing.’ ” I imitated her infamous wink. “But it's okay now because I forgive you.”

“Will you stop saying that when you're the one who's the wrong one? And what are you smiling about?”

I didn't realize it but I did in fact have a smile on my face. Sitting there going back and forth with Hyejoo exactly what I craved the most. It was a relief to hear her voice again even if she wasn't shamelessly trying to pick me up. I just wanted to hear her. I wasn't going to tell her that though.

“Nothing. Absolutely nothing. If it'll make you feel better, then Hyejoo, I'm s-” The word became lodge in my throat. “I'm so-”

Hyejoo cocked an eyebrow and smile at my misery. “You're what?”

“I'm trying to say I'm sor... I'm sor...” Curse my ability to not be able to apologize. It's just I'm rarely-I'm taking super duper extra rare- that I'm wrong. “I'm sorry.”

“I accept your awful attempt an apology,” Hyejoo smiled at me.

“Cherish it because I promise it'll be the only time this happens.”

I went back to my seat trying not to show that I was doing back flips on happiness. on the inside of an the fact that things would finally go back to the way they are. My life could gain it's balance back. I looked over at Hyejoo who smirked at me and then turned her attention back to her drawing.

Thank goodness.

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I happily ran over to Yerim and Yeojin at lunch with the biggest smile on my face. “Guess what? Hyejoo and I are officially talking again!” I jumped up and down, squealing in delight.

“For someone who hates Hyejoo, you sure do like her,” Yeojin said.

“That's only because she's the key to what makes my life normal. I mean I won't be completely thrilled about he lame attempts to sleep with me but whatever.”

“I don't think that's going to he happening anymore.” Yerim had a grin on her face that didn't seem slightly genuine to me.

“Whoa,” Yeojin exclaimed.

“What's with the sudden hostility?”

“I'm not being hostile!” Yerim took a deep breath when she realized her tone was in fact hostile. “I'm just saying that I don't think Hyejoo is going to go back to liking her.”

“I do.” I said.

“I don't.”

“Well I think she will,” I snapped, growing frustrated with her.

“Well I don't think she will. I know she won't,” she fired back.

“You're right about one of those things,” I muttered loud enough for her to hear me.

“Will you two please stop arguing,” Yeojin asked.

“We aren't arguing,” I insisted.

“We're just having a discussion.”

“A pretty intense one.”

“I'm just curious, Yerim.” I said her name as if it were some infectious disease. “Why do you seem so certain that she won't want to be with me?”

“She won't want to be with you because she's with me.”

All of sudden it felt like the entire world had stopped. I waited for her to smile and tell me the reason why, the way that Yerim normally would, but she didn't.

“Hyejoo?” My stunned state was quickly replaced by anger and betrayal. “You're dating my Hyejoo?”

“Your Hyejoo?” Yerim suddenly shot up from her chair looking at me with murderous eyes. If it weren't for Yeojin, who held a tight grip on her wrist, I'm certain Yerim would've attacked me. “The same Hyejoo that you spent years rejecting because she'll be like all of your creepy exes? That Hyejoo?”

I leaned in closer to look her dead in the eye. “She like me first! You're nothing but a second choice!”

“Yeah but look who gets to date her first,”

she sneered. I could feel my cave turning redder and redder!

“You didn't even like her!”

“Neither did you,” She shot back. “You only like her because she doesn't even like you anymore, Chaewon! Even if she decided that she wanted to date you, you'd be with her after me. Now who's the second choice?”

“Guys.” We both looked at Yeojin who alerted us of the audience were had gathered from going louder than intended.

“Fuck you,” I hissed.

“Why? Cause Hyejoo doesn't want you anymore?”

Not only did Yerim stab me at the back but she actually had the decency to rip the knife out and shove it in my heart instead. I stormed out of the cafeteria feeling as if the world was closing in all around me.

It literally didn't make any sense. I might have felt slightly attracted to Hyejoo every now and then however it was never anything that made me feel that way I currently did. It did explained the crushed feeling as had and why it bothered me way too much that I didn't have her attention anymore. Oh my god.

I love Son Hyejoo.

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lol anyway,

the prettiest smile ever