Mystique Of Aurora

2

time skip: lunch

Yeji's POV:

dad and uncle shin decided not to join us for lunch so here I am with ryujin, silence filled the room, it was a comfortable one...but it was interrupted when ryujin's phone rang and she looked happy when she saw the caller id...

"Hey babe..." that word was enough for my heart to shatter into pieces... 'babe?'

"yeah sure, I'll see you in the evening" with that ryujin ended her call, I was zoning out for how long?

"boyfriend huh?" I managed to ask her, and she smiled widely, yep she's genuinely happy

"yeah, you remember yeonjun? the boy who got a crush on me back in the university days" she chuckled "that's my boyfriend" I can see how happy she looked... so it's him, do I still have a chance, will fate be kind to me this time?

"really? wow... my ryuddaeng already got herself a boyfriend, and not to mention- he's an aspiring idol" I said trying my best to show her my gummy smile... 'damn it hurts'

"so tell me, ryuddaeng.." I said "...how's life?, update me with what's going on in your life," I told her

she chuckled "well to answer your question, yeddeong- I am doing great and I became more... confident," yes back then she was really insecure about her body, her face, in short, she was insecure about her whole existence.. "and you know my passion for baking, right? so I decided to open bakery as my part-time job..." she was cut off because our food arrived... she nodded to thank the waiter- still the kind and the humble girl she always has been
"and then yeonjun and I met again, he was still a trainee when, you know, we started hanging out then he confessed, it was a sweet confession I must say, he told me that he was head over heels for me, ofc I agreed to be his girlfriend...and yeah we've been dating for 3 years now, but due to his career, we decided to keep things lowkey..." she paused as she takes a bite of her food
"But you know, even though I am really happy with him, it's sometimes suffocating and I hate that we can't reveal our relationship in the public, my sister was fine with revealing our relationship to the public but he declined and say that he wants to focus on his career for now" she faintly smiled

"Maybe that's for the best because if you reveal it, not only him, but you, yourself can be in trouble...you know how possessive some fans are," I told her and she just sigh.. must be tough for her... my poor ryuddaeng, if you were mine, I won't hesitate to tell the world that you're mine- even when the world's against us.

"aish enough about me, yeddeong, what about you? how have you been? got yourself a girlfriend?" she smirked, yes she knows that I'm gay and that I'm not like other women- she knows about my condition too but she accepted me and I am forever grateful to her for that. She never treats me differently after learning about my condition, I can see her love for me- of course as a friend, best friend

"well I'm sorry to disappoint you ryuddaeng but sadly no, the girl I like is already taken and I can't do anything about it..." I said "...and I am not doing well, yeah the company's doing great but not me, it's suffocating" I smiled weakly, this is the first in five years I have opened up to someone- and it felt good. Yeah, I always act like I'm alright because I don't want to worry others but today I want to be real...

"aww someone snatched away my yeddeong's girl?" she patted my head. pabo-yah it's you! why are you so dense?

"do I know her yeddeong?" she asked me...

"I guess? but I'm not telling you so don't ask me about it" I firmly said, and she pouted- she's so cute

"but what do you mean by you're not doing well? are you sick? what happened to you while I was gone? why are you not well? are you stressing because of work?..." there she is, always bombarding me with lots of questions,

"I'm doing good now that I opened up to you"
I smirked "glad to know that you're still worried about me"

and she hits my shoulder hard, "ow what was that for?" I asked and mind you she hits hard, it stings

"I am always worried about you dumbass, you never take care of yourself. How the hell did you survive the last five years without me?" she raised her left eyebrow

"I know right, how did I? you never visit me during those five years, do you know how hard it was for me to take care of myself?" I pouted

"We still texted and face time each other though"

"I know but was it so hard to come for a week or so?" I replied back

"I'm sorry yeddeong, I was wrong, but now I am back and I'll be staying here for good so I'll make it up to you, yeah? she said- talking to me like I am a six-year-old

I smiled, "pinky promise?" I held out my pinky finger

she showed me her whisker, "promise" and she locked her pinky finger with mine... "we always do this when we were young, bringing back the good old memories"

"and we always kept our promises so I hope our promise won't be broken," I said and she nodded with her whisker dimple still showing.

now that she's staying here for good, will I be able to make her mine, are my prayers finally answered? is this a sign? now that we are merging our companies, I'll see her more often. I think this is a sign, but she's taken. no problem it's not like she's married- so I'll have my chance
thank you, God, for bringing her back and for answering my prayers

"yeddeong...yeddeong?"

"uh yes?"

"are you okay? you were spacing out"

"I am... I am, I'm just happy now that you're back" I told her "now that you're taking over the company, how do you feel?" I asked her

"I am nervous and scared, what if I messed up? then I'll be nothing but a walking disappointment" she sigh

"hey, look at me. You should never think of something like that, you are going to do so well. You have your dad and you have me, one phone call and I'll be on my way. You are going to top in the women's clothing, mark my words, so don't ever belittle yourself again, got it?" I scolded-advised her

"yeddeong, thank you! at the end of the day, you're the only one who calms me down" she softly said

"anything for you ryuddaeng," I told her, anything for you

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a/n: hi surprise!! today i had my language exam and i did pretty bad so im updating this because im sad... see you in the next chapter 😀