Citrus

Chapter 9

"NAYEON-AH!!" The said girl was startled when someone shouted her name when she went inside their classroom. She suddenly felt four arms wrapped around her and recognized them immediately.

"We missed you, Nayeon-ah! Welcome back!" Sana said, arms still wrapped around Nayeon.

"H-hey, girls! S-stop it! I c-cant breathe!" Nayeon said while pushing the two excited girls who hugged her.

"Why did you push us!? We just missed you, you know! We thought we'll never see you again!" Momo said while attempting to hug Nayeon again. Nayeon noticed some of their classmates looking at them weirdly, maybe wondering why would they miss Nayeon.

"Hey, tone down your voice, Momo-yah! No one else knows about that, okay?!"

The day went good for Nayeon. But the most exciting part for her was Jeongyeon going back to their home. After their class, she picked Jeongyeon up from their grandfather's mansion to help her pack and carry her things. After that, they bid goodbye to Mr. Yoo and headed home.

As they got home, Nayeon happily opened the door and let Jeongyeon go inside first. Their mother greeted them with a smile and tears on her face since she was very happy to see Jeongyeon again.

"Sorry for the trouble I've caused." Jeongyeon said while bowing politely to their mother. Instead, Mrs. Im ran to her and hugged her tightly, more tears were streaming down her face.

"Oh, Jeongyeon-ah. Welcome home." After what Mrs. Im said, Jeongyeon hugged her back and closed her eyes, trying to hold back her tears. Nayeon was just standing there, watching the mother-and-daughter have their moment while smiling.

Maybe my pushy invitations helped bring it about, but I'm glad Jeongyeon came home.

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They were now inside their shared room again. After Nayeon finished taking a bath, Jeongyeon immediately went inside the bathroom. Nayeon hanged her uniform for tomorrow and was happy to see Jeongyeon's things back to the shelves. She saw the little teddy bear Jeongyeon has on her duffle bag and noticed that the stuffed toy could almost lose its head.

Jeongyeon went out of the bathroom and noticed Nayeon holding her teddy bear.

"What are you doing?"

"Hm? Oh! He was hurt so I'm treating him." Nayeon replied as she continue sewing Jeongyeon's teddy bear.

"Next time, don't do it without my permission, unnie." Jeongyeon said as she closed the door of their room.

"Did you sew this up?

"What about it?"

"Oh well, you're surprisingly... um..." Nayeon can't think of something to say about Jeongyeon's "sewing talent."

"I'm what?"

"Well... um... O-oh! What's his name?" Nayeon tried to change the topic.

"Name?" Jeongyeon asked confusedly. She never really gave things real names, so that's why she was surprised when Nayeon asked about her teddy bear's name.

"Yeah! What do you call him?" Jeongyeon was just silent. By then, Nayeon stood up after she finished sewing the head and held the teddy bear close to her mouth and mimicked its voice.

"Jeongyeonie! Jeongyeonie! Thank you for taking care of me this long! I hope you continue to... l-love me..., um... Yeonie!" Nayeon was nervous when she said that, but kept herself composed and handed the newly sewed teddy bear to Jeongyeon.

"Yeonie? Who's that?" Jeongyeon confusedly asked.

"That's his name from now on. Yeonie. Isn't that cute?" Nayeon smiled but noticed Jeongyeon's face. Mixed emotions are plastered on her face and Nayeon can't tell of she liked it or not. They decided to call it a day after that awkward silence and went to their respective mattresses to visit the dreamland.