Her Distraction || Kang Sae-Byeok

chapter 15

Y/n' POV

Later that day, Sae and me were talking while Ji-yeong was taking a nap.

— So, Y/n.. you never told me why you're here, Sae-Byeok says.

— I need mo-

— Yeah, yeah, I know that. We all do. But why do you need money? she asks.

Oh, that's what I was afraid of. Now I'll have to tell her why my parents sent me away. What if things become weird between us? What if she won't feel comfortable being friends with a girl that likes girls, and won't want to be friends with me anymore?

— I.. I, uhm, my parents threw me out, I say.

— What? Why? she asks.

— They found out that I.. well, I don't know how to say this..

— What? Just tell me, I won't judge you, she says.

Here it goes, I'm just going to tell her.

— Sae-Byeok, I like girls, I say.

Sae-Byeok's POV

A chance.

She likes girls? She likes girls.

— Oh, I say.

— It's okay if you don't want to be friends with me anymore, she says. I understand.

— Woah, what are you saying? You're my best friend, why would the fact that you like girls change anything? I ask.

It's actually a good thing.

— Really? she asks, a smile appearing on her face.

— Yes, I say. In fact, I.. think I like girls too. But I don't label myself, or something. Im not a lesbian, or bisexual or pansexual. I'm just me. For me, gender doesn't come first, it's the person that does. But it's not like I have ever been in love. I had crushes, in kindergarten or elementary school, of course, but you know, they were only childhood silly crushes that I'll never see again, I say laughing.

Y/n still seems to process what I just said, and it amuses me. Why was she so worried about coming out?

— Are you okay? I ask.

— Yeah it's just.. I'm shocked. I didn't think you'd accept me, but you do, and on top of that you like girls too. What does your mom say about it? Did you tell her?

— She doesn't really care, she just said that I should love whoever I want to. I assume it's a different story with your parents, huh?

— Yeah, it is.. That's the reason they threw me out. They said I'm a disappointment. They said I should be ashamed of myself.

I really want to punch her parents in the face.

— God, I hate parents like that. I don't understand why it bothers them so much that you're lesbian? It's your life, not theirs. Im really sorry to hear that, I say.

— Yeah, it's okay. If they hadn't thrown me out I wouldn't have been here. Wouldn't have met you, she says putting her hand on mine.

I feel the heat spreading through my body.

Maybe I really am in love with this girl.

Y/n's POV

We spend more time talking. Sae-Byeok told me more about her, and her family. I found out about what happened to her father.

— So, why did you want to talk to me about my family and everything so suddenly? I ask.

— Well, we're best friends so I thought that I should know these things, she says.

— That's all? I ask.

— Yes! I mean, why would it be something else? Do you think it's something else? Because it's not, really, I'm not lyin-

— Okay! I swear you're so weird sometimes Sae.