Parallel Lines

Chapter 3

"Hey Yeji... can I ask you something?"

The red head turns to her club mate who spoke in an unsure manner, fidgeting her hands on her desk; whenever Ryujin shows this kind of behaviour it's about that topic. They've only known each other for a short while, but somehow they felt comfortable sharing secrets.

"I don't know...I just want to get something out." Ryujin looks around, making sure they were alone in the club room.

Yeji locks her iMac, lowers her phone to her lap, "Yeah?"

"You see, Lia..." Ryujin begins, putting a hand over her heart, like she was about to sing the national anthem.

Yeji just smirks.

Ryujin pouts a little, before looking into her monitor. Yeji wouldn't be surprised If Ryujin had a hidden folder full of Lia's pictures, heck maybe she had a whole drive dedicated just for Lia. But then Yeji felt bad, thinking how Ryujin must've wanted to use Lia's photo as a desktop wallpaper; like how she uses Chaeryeong's.

Yeji focuses her attention back to Ryujin who has been giving a monologue about Lia's smile for almost 10 minutes.

"And...you know? When Lia smiles... I just...I don't know. It's like I'm under a spell..and I can't help but fall harder in love with her, you know?"

"Ah, yeah. Just tell her you love her already." Yeji leans back with suspicious smile on her face.

"WHA- You know I can't do that"

"Why not?"

"Because I know she doesn't see me that way. Which is annoying because I know I can easily make other people fall for me even with just one look. I mean I'm not blind, I see myself in the mirror."

Yeji rolled her eyes.

Ryujin glared at her and continued. "But Lia..she does nothing but look ahead. I want her to look at me, I want to win her over. I want her eyes to see only me.."

"Wow...what kind of mirror do you look at?" Yeji teasingly asked.

"That's your takeaway?" Ryujin face palmed.

"How about I just send that speech of yours to Lia?" Yeji chuckles and turns her phone around to see the recording at 14:37 minutes.

Ryujin's face lost all color. "You can't! No, no, no, no! Yeji! as your club president I'm ordering you to delete that!!!"

Ryujin tried to snatch the phone, but Yeji just held her phone up. Knowing Ryujin couldn't reach it.

"Fine! I'll give you my signed poster of the Avengers End Game!"

"Deal!" Yeji gave in and deleted the video.

"It's a shame though, that would've been a good speech for a confession, better than what I told Chaeryeong."

"I'm just not ready for this... Lia is not ready for this!"

"What am I not ready for?"

Silence engulfed the room, as soon as they realized Lia just entered.

Yeji was tongue-tied. She looked at Ryujin.exe not responding.

"Hey... Madam Lia" Yeji finally had the courage to stand up. "Is my baby Chaeryeong still working?"

"She's at the council room, I'm not sure if she's working though." Lia just answered, eyes not leaving Ryujin who was still not responding.

"I better gay..I mean go, Imma go visit her, see ya." Yeji sprinted out the door. Leaving Ryujin alone with Lia.

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