Closer with you (ongoing)

CHAPTER 21

To: Ahnyonce

You're the fucking worst. 11:17 am

From: Ahnyonce

You have the wrong number.

This is Hyejin. The fucking best. 11:19 am

That whole thing yesterday.

Not funny. Seriously. 11:19 am

Pls. It was hilarious.

Unnie didn't even notice anything.

You're being dramatic. 11:22 am

Um? I'm not?! 11:22 am

Well. You shouldn't have told me if you didn't

want me to make fun of you. 11:24 am

Told you months ago to leave her ALONE.

That was your punishment for not listening. 11:26 am

I didn't even do anything! 11:27 am

You did: You started liking her.

Get a job and stay away from my unnie. 11:28 am

Uh, she's my friend, too? Wtf. 11:28 am

No. She's your crush. 11:30 am

She's also still my friend. 11:31 am

Couldn't tell by how possessive you were

being when that Jihye girl showed up.

Just piss on Yongsun-unnie next time. 11:35 am

You're exaggerating. 11:35 am

I'm not. Ask Wheein. 11:36 am

WHEEIN knows?! 11:37 am

She asked me why you were being weird

about Jihye so I told her 🤷‍

If you weren't being a weirdo, no one would've realized.

She would've just thought you were acting that way

to annoy Yongsun-unnie. Blame yourself. 11:42 am

So now you're gonna shame me into

not liking her anymore? 11:43 am

Basically. Yeah.

Embarrass you into admitting that you like her

more than you're letting on

AND THEN shame you into not liking her anymore. 11:50 am

How is this friendship? 11:54 am

It's saving a friendship.

Actually, it's saving several friendships.

The entire group is gonna get awkward if you make a move on her.

It's better to leave it alone. 11:57 am

What Byul left alone was that text message. Sent no response. What was there to say to that anyway?

Hyejin thought her feelings for Yongsun were shallow and fleeting and the junior could only blame herself for that. The two met up for dinner the Wednesday before Wheein's birthday when the topic happened to come about.

Their conversation thus far followed no logical progression. Byulyi and Hyejin jumped from topic to topic, following wherever their scattered brains led them. Now that her university basketball season was over, an inordinate amount of free time made its way back onto her schedule, allowing her to connect with her best friends without having to work around hours' worth of training and lifting and recovery and games. She had time. And today, Byul was ecstatic to spend some of that precious time with Hyejin, her mischievous baby.