after dark, 𝐒𝐐𝐔𝐈𝐃 𝐆𝐀𝐌𝐄 [✓]

𝟎𝟎𝟕. true friendship

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ACT ONE  ━━━  CHAPTER SEVEN,
❝ i think so too, kang sae-byeok ❞

          𝓦hen Ji-Yoo saw her cousin enter through the door, a wave of relief hit her. Sure, she might be mad at him, but she was happy to know that he wasn't dead.

"Sang-woo!" She called, gaining his attention. Sang-woo looked around briefly before he reluctantly walked towards her. Ji-Yoo laughed at the look on his face, "Oh, come on. Cheer up, will you? I know you're relieved - happy, even - that I'm alive."

His face stayed neutral, "Who said I was happy to see you alive?"

"Oh, please. You can't fool me, Sang-woo. I saw the look you had in your eyes for a split second, you couldn't find me when you left so you either assumed that I was one of the dead bodies or that I passed."

He stared at her, narrowing his eyes down at her in suspicion.

"I never understood how you were able to read me so well when everyone else couldn't," He said, an amused smile beginning to show.

Ji-Yoo shrugged carelessly with a smug smirk on her lips, "I guess I'm just better than everyone else."

"I missed you, Ji," He admitted which got a huge smile from Ji-Yoo. "More than I'd like to admit."

Their heartwarming conversation was cut short when the rest of his team, which included Gi-hun, entered the room, alive and well. It seems that everyone in their team passed the second game, even the old man.

Sang-woo glanced at his childhood friend, surprised that Gi-hun passed when he had the umbrella as his shape.

"I'll see you later, Sang-woo," Ji-Yoo told him before walking away.

Sang-woo watched as his cousin advanced away from him and to Sae-byeok. He noticed how the two of them became fast friends, bestfriends even at this point. The two of them seemed to always be together, they were always huddled up, talking about God knows what, and they would always give eachother glanced whenever one of them talked to another player.

It was like they were soulmates that could read each other's minds. They immediately clicked, just like that.

Sang-woo was always envious of how likeable his cousin was, she could be friends with anyone in a second. Even if he hated to admit it as a grown adult, he was still jealous of her ability to make fast friends.

"Hey. Sang-woo?" Gi-hun's voice snapped him back to reality.

He blinked, "Huh?"

Gi-hun chuckled, "Did you hear what I said?"