ReiI watched her walk out of the café, holding in her sobs. My own tears fell as I saw her disappear from my site.
It was my fault, I'm very aware of that. What I don't understand is why she kept coming back to me. She asked five times, by the third I thought she wouldn't gave up to avoid being in pain. But no, she was so persistent that I ended up hating myself for a long period of time.
"After, what? Three, four months? You and Jiwon finally sat down and talked"
A waitress I know quite well sat in front of me. "Oh, Hyewon-unnie"
"I witnessed you reject her five times, at this very café. After the fifth, I saw both of you sit at this table, all alone. You would always arrive minutes after she left. Neither of you smiled while you were here. All I saw was pain and emptiness" My head lowered as I bit my lips slightly. I didn't realise how observant Hyewon-unnie was.
"Rei don't be upset but in my opinion, you drain each other out. The longer you spend your time trying to mend a broken friendship where only one is doing all the work, the more tired and helpless you feel. You can keep fixing it but if she's fully move on, then I think you should try living your life without her"
I was hesitant but my heart wouldn't settle down. "What if... What if I can't live without her?"
"Then.."
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Hyewon-unnie's words replayed in my head.
"You drain each other out"
"The longer you spend your time trying to mend a broken friendship where only one is doing all the work, the more tired and helpless you feel"
"Then-"
My words were cut off when my phone began ringing. I took out my phone and stared at the familiar phone number.
This is.. Gaeul-unnie's number.
After Liz.. After Jiwon and I stopped talking, I deleted Gaeul-unnie's number. I guess she didn't delete mine.
"Hello"
"Wow, look who finally picked up. It's been a while Rei"
"Do you need something?"
"Can you meet me at the mall? To be more specific, Yujin and I"
"Why?"
"Yesterday was Christmas, the only ones not at the Christmas party were you and Liz. Even my friends in college were there"
"How does that have to do with you wanting to meet up with me? And did you just call Jiwon 'Liz'?"
"Yujin and I just want to talk to you. And yes I just called Jiwon 'Liz', most people call her by 'Liz' now. So are you coming or not?"
"Fine"
I hung up before she could say anything else. The fact that she wanted to meet up didn't bother me, it was the fact that everyone was call Jiwon by the name I use to call her. Me, the one who started it.
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Best friend | Lizrei
Fanfic"When will you let me move on?" -Liz "Come back to me" -Rei After mending a broken friendship, what if one falls in love with the other? Can she return those feelings? Date started: 26/12/2021 Date ended: 28/01/2022