Impact

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THREE WEEKS AGO

Three deep breaths. The last one, she expelled slowly and steadily through the mouth. She then squeezed her eyes tightly for a few more seconds, before she finally decided to open them, and the bright morning light nearly blinded her.

She then sat right up and went for another round of breathing exercise. She could still feel her nerves going haywire for no reason, and her emotions rushing to her like a flood.

It was just another morning of dealing with the involuntary evocation of her obliterated memories from the day before, which her subconscious had never failed to insist on doing daily.

So she hugged her knees and started looking around to find something to focus on to keep herself grounded.

Where is it? Youngie thought when she turned her gaze to the side table and couldn't find the unfinished mosaic perfume bottle she had been working on.

But before she had gone hysterical, right on cue, the door flung open and spat out a panic-stricken Shin Do Hyun, hair still disheveled from an obviously disrupted sleep. This was Do Hyun's daily routine, after all -she didn't need to hear Youngie scream hysterically before rushing to her room to check on her every morning.

"Gwenchana?" Do Hyun asked, her voice cracking with worry. "Mhiane, I used this for the refraction effect on a sample photo. I forgot to put it back," she explained in one breath while holding up the mosaic perfume bottle.

"Gwenchana," Youngie mumbled with a slight nod then lazed back in bed.

Unconvinced, Do Hyun marched to the side table and put the bottle back in its place. She then sat on the bed to take a closer look at her best friend.

"Ya, Youngie

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"Ya, Youngie."

"I'm fine. I'm just a little dizzy."

"Dizzy? Wae? Did you have a bad dream?" Do Hyun panicked then touched Youngie's foreheadwith the palm of her hand. "Are you sick?"

"Ani," Youngie shook her head then sat right back again. "Did you forget what day it is?"

Do Hyun turned her gaze to the digital calendar on the side table and gasped when she realized the date.

"Oh."

"Aren't you going to Seoul today? I thought you said you had a shoot?" Youngie asked while stretching like a cat, desperate to change the topic.

"I just wanted to return this bottle before heading to the bathroom. Aissh, that Soo Hyuk will be there in Seoul, today. I wish I could refuse to go but that shoot is a huge gig," Do Hyun scratched her head aggressively with both hands. "Ya, can you lend me that bottle so I can hit him with it?"

Youngie started laughing heartily at her best friend's violent idea.

"That's so not you. How despicable is this guy for you to have such violent thoughts?"

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