Five words better than 'I love you'

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Winging everything on her own in hopes to start a shallow conversation with her without the help of the other two,

She feels like she have already given them too much to think about right now,

Yujin carried the tray with Wonyoung's order in one hand and the other gripping her apron as it just stuck right to her side due to the fear of failing this one time chance she is given to talk to her again,

She has hopes that it would go better than the truth she's not willing to accept yet after all of that,

The only thing Chaeyeon said was the do what she wants and Sakura left her an advice to act like herself rather than acting like she's not excited and giddy to see her right now,

She's been looking forward to this moment and even if it does flop unlike how she wants it to be,

Yujin might take that as a totem to not pursue her anymore due to how time may have changed the both of them already,

And how they have drifted apart from each other during that said time line.

"A chocolate smoothie and a lemon cheesecake?"

A smile in her face as she carefully reached out to her in hopes of her reciprocating her actions,

She could at least do more as she is the one that wants things to flow,

Yujin looked right at Wonyoung for the second she announced her order before placing things down on the table in front of them.

"Ah nae, thank you....... unnie"

A simple act like calling her 'unnie' was enough for Yujin to know that this person right in front of her is indeed the exact same person she's been with for the past decade,

Even as they challenged themselves knowing that if something did happen their other half was just a few calls or streets away from giving you the safety and comfort your looking for,

Such a used word in their society meant everything for Yujin as she finally heard her call out for her with her soft and delicate voice,

Yujin looked at Wonyoung with a very suppressed and happy grin as she could see her rose-tinted cheeks getting warmer and brighter too.

"So you can order by yourself now?"

A compliment that can be taken both ways came from Yujin's simple observation earlier as soon as she saw her standing in front of the cashier,

Until they were grade 11 students which were like 17 in age,

Yujin was always the one who would order when the two of them go out so to actually be the one who took her order on the first time seeing her order alone,

Was a huge sign for Yujin that Wonyoung did change already, hopefully not that much.

"Oh that? It's because I was the only one in line, I specifically entered at this time since there were too much people here earlier"

"Oh trust me, they were a headache"

An embarrassing confession and a fact given by Wonyoung herself still shows how much of a baby she is,

And how little she might've really changed since she went missing in Yujin's life,

Such a sweet smile missed by her could now be easily seen again as Wonyoung already gave her two for her own by now,

Yujin hopes she could never lose sight of her again.

"Do you mind if we talk?"

Speaking before thinking would never be the way to go if you know that you aren't controlling what's happening,