GIRLS ON TRACK || Ryeji

Chapter 58: Sister In Law?

Yeji's P.O.V

"Are you feeling, okay?" Yeonjun queried worriedly, caressing the back of my palm with his thumb while holding hands with me on the bus. I sat at the window seat, staring blankly at the scenery outside as a certain girl dominates all of my thoughts. Gradually, I turned my head and gave him a frail smile before nodding. "Something really is troubling your mind, isn't it?" He appraised my expression in scrutiny.

"I'm just tired," I admitted the partial truth. Yes, I'm tired of thinking about her.

"You can lean on my shoulder then," he voiced out, waggling his shoulder with a reassuring smile.

"No, it's oka-" My yawn cut off my sentence, so he raised an eyebrow and chuckled. Next, he gently cradled my cheek with one hand and rested it on his shoulder.

"Sleep soundly. I'll wake you up when we arrive at your condo," he murmured, patting my cheek. Thus, I shut my eyes and drifted off to dreamland.

Yeonjun's P.O.V

A wide smile tugged at my lips as I watched her sleep on my shoulder. She looks even more pure and innocent when she's sleeping. So, it makes me want to protect her at all cost and only give her the most beautiful things in the whole wide world. I want to shower her with all my love and keep her happy no matter the consequences because she's worthy of all the good things in life. I won't hesitate to hunt down anything or anyone who hurts her. How could someone as beautiful inside and outside as her be my girlfriend? What did I even do in my past life to deserve an angel like her?

A little while later, I leaned my head on hers, feeling ecstatic and smiling widely like a fool. Of course, I'm a fool— a fool who's unconditionally in love with Hwang Yeji.

"Ryu..." I heard her mumbling in her sleep, thus making me strain my ears to make out what she's saying. "Ryu...jin-ah. Shin Ryujin..." I blinked. Next, she shifted in her sleep, seemingly agitated, with her eyebrows meeting in the middle.

She's dreaming about Ryujin? I chortled with amusement and brushed a wisp of hair from her eye, falling deeper for her more than I ever could. Somehow, I'm glad that I don't have to persuade my girlfriend to befriend my non-biological sisters. To top it all, they are all close to each other, and it kind of reduces the burden on me. If my girlfriend doesn't like these girls and gets jealous of them, I might get into a great trouble. That's always been a concern to me since forever.

"What are you doing?!" I almost jumped out of my skin when she suddenly snapped. After noticing that it she was just sleep talking, I heaved a sigh of relief. "Hurry up and get the baby from the cradle! Don't you hear her crying?" I bit my lips not to break into fits of laughter.

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Yeji's P.O.V

"By the way, what did you dream of?" Yeonjun oppa asked me teasingly, and I knitted my eyebrows out of bafflement.

"Huh?" I uttered.

"You were sleep talking on the bus," he tittered, lightly squeezing my hand that is intertwined with his. My face heated up in embarrassment for sleep talking in front of him.

"I don't exactly remember my dreams. They're kind of jumbled, y'know?" I responded, scratching my nape with my free hand. My eyes narrowed after harking back to a vivid part of my recent dream. "I think... I saw a faceless blonde woman cradling a whisker-dimpled baby in her arms. The woman has... shoulder length hair."