The Way It Is

forty two

aaaa we're near the end

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Chapter 42

Once that she noticed she was nowhere near the coffee shop, she covered her mouth as she went to the nearest bench.

Oh my gosh, Hwang Yiyeon, did you just say all of those words to Yunseo?! That was rude!

She mentally hit herself as she sat down.

To be fair, she started first.

Yiyeon sighed as she continued walking. Her feet took her to the mall, of all places. She sat on a bench near the entrance and contemplated everything that had happened in the last thirty minutes. 

I found out that Yunseo ordered those girls to hurt me. I also found out that she had always despised me. Never did she really treat me as a comrade, which is a shame, though. I always thought of her as a dear friend. Now, who cares? Seriously, I hope her plane crashes—

She stops the mental debate with herself as her phone rang, and to her curiosity, it was Jeno.

"Is everything alright?" She said as soon as she answered.

"Yiyeon," Jeno started, his voice stained with worry. "You're not... hurt, right? We have been calling you for the last hour, but you weren't picking up!"

She raised a brow, "Really?" She quickly browsed her phone history, but then sees that there weren't any missed calls at all. "There aren't any missed calls, though. Oh well, must be the service," she sighed.

"Why do you sound so calm?!" Jeno said, and if she could guess correctly, he's probably running along the sidewalks, basing on the cars honking. "Where are you anyway?!"

Yiyeon pressed some icons on her screen and placed her phone in her ear again, "I have sent you my location. If you can, could you... go here? Please?" She sighed, not wanting to recall today's events.

"Of course, my love."

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Jeno arrived in less than ten minutes, and Yiyeon couldn't be more relieved. 

"Do you not like the ice cream flavor?" Jeno asked her while walking. "As far as I remember, you liked chocolate, right?"

She nodded, "Don't worry, it's not the ice cream flavor..." Yiyeon smiled weakly.

They headed towards a restaurant once they finished eating their snacks. To add some more to Jeno's worry, Yiyeon didn't even let him fix the chair for her.

"Everything alright?" Jeno asked and placed his hands on top of hers, "You have been quiet. Is something troubling you?"