we meet again. youngsoo

𝘴𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯.

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ALL CHARACTERS, PLACES AND EVENTS SHOWN IN THE STORY ARE FICTIOUS

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The next day at Hosu Woman's University, during recess time, the girls sat on the same table as Youngro.

"Ah, hello unnies." Youngro bowed and distanced herself a bit from the girls, knowing there was no other place she could sit to get away from them.

"So, Youngro, where have you been living?" Hyeryeong asked casually while eating her food.

Youngro was kind if surprised to see the girls talk to her. "Oh... me? My brother's old apartment..." she answered with a small smile. She was happy to have them talk to her, even if it was for a short while.

"Not with that annoying wife of your father?" Seolhui asked hoping for a no.

"No, she ran away the day my father got arrested." The girls sighed in relief. That was the answer the couldn't sleep without last night.

"Why not comeback to the dorm?" Hyeryeong aksed. "Oh... that's..." Youngro didn't want to directly blame the girls nor Sooho.

"Youngro-ya, let's cut to the chase. Why did you lie to us?" Jeongmin asked.

"As I told you, I actually only saw my father for the first time in 10 years during the hostage situation. I really had no connection with him. I didn't want to lie to you, it was just because you could say I was selfish I guess. The ANSP tortured so many people and I didn't want to be the blame for that. I really have had been living with my grandma and she really did own a rice cake shop. Everything except my father's identity I told to you was real. I'm sorry." Youngro said while looking down to her plate, she didn't want to make eye contact with them.

"Youngro-ya" Seolhui cried and went to hug her. "I'm sorry, we're the worst friends ever" she cried.

Youngro was flustered by this action of hers.

Hyeryeong quickly said sorry to Youngro too. "I'm sorry we betrayed you, I'm sorry we never gave you chance to explain. We're sorry for everything Youngro." and joined the hug.

Now all 3 glanced at Jeongmin.

"Being the ANSP Director's daughter doesn't make you as bad as them. I didn't realise this and betrayed you. I'm sorry, I was just too sad about your lie to think about it." Jeongmin said and continued eating her food.

"Thank you for understanding, unnie." Youngro smiled that brightly for the first time in a while.

"But Youngro-ya, can you come back to the dorm now? We really miss you..." Seolhui pleaded.

"Yes, we'll defend you if those little ants ever try to throw shade on you." Hyeryeong said while thinking of all possible things she could do to them.

Youngro stuttered. "That's- unnie..."

"Sooho-ssi. I have a lot of memories with him in the dorm. I honestly don't think I would be able to endure it." She said being ashamed of her small reason.

"Don't worry, the attic was shut afterwards and is forbidden to use." Jeongmin said.

Youngro's heart skipped a beat. She didn't know whether to feel happy or sad. "I see..." she tried to give a smile but couldn't.

The girls lost hope of her ever returning back, Jeongmin even remembers Youngro saying she and Sooho were "destiny".

"Would next week be okay?" Youngro smiled.

Everyone looked at her surprised by her question.

"Yes! I knew you would agree in the end!" Hyeryeong jumped and gave a sweet smile.

"Great! We have everything ready for you, you even get the same bed!" Seolhui said with excitement.

The girls were back to their normal selves but there was one thing that had changed, Youngro's bright personality. The girls never felt bad though, they instead always found ways to cheer her up.

Youngro never trusted the girls a 100% , they too knew that and thought it was reasonable. They didn't try to push her into doing anything.

Youngro always found the cure to her loneliness in them, and they always made time for her knowing she lost basically everything she ever had in 2 weeks.

Whenever she was having a hard time, Ms Pi would always comfort her.

Kangmoo and Hanna were always like elder siblings to Youngro. They would always check on her once a month and have lunch with her. Youngro always enjoyed their company, and they would joke around to make her laugh.

To cheer Youngro up, Bunok would always tell her gossip about the dorm because she knew Youngro would be thinking about either Sooho or her family while doing nothing. This would keep her distracted from all the sad thoughts.

Everyone was doing so much for her and she was starting to be happy, of course, she would think of Sooho from time-to-time but she finally thought about living. Everyone was making so many efforts for her, if she died, it would all go down the vain. But, was she being selfish? She was enjoying the fact that everyone used their personal time for her, was that selfish?

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In the past 3 months, Sooho and Chungya had manage to escape the hospital and get into a ship that went to Japan.

Chungya didn't do anything to take advantage of Sooho, she treated him like a junior comrade and that was it.

"We can't stay in Japan for long. Let's leave for Germany and I'll return to North Korea to give the money and save our families." Chungya said and Sooho nodded.

"Thank you so much for all your help." Sooho looked in Chungya's eyes with pure respect and thankfulness.

"I'm just repaying you back." she replied and went to book the tickets.

Sooho hadn't heard any news about Youngro in 3 months. He desperately wanted to tell her he was alive but they couldn't let a hint drop about it incase an NK spy was tailing them. Even though Chungya made sure of it,  they'd kill Soohui the very moment the get the sign about Sooho being alive.

"I talked to Jang Hanna and Eun Youngro is doing better now. She returned to the dorm but never goes to the 4th floor. She even reconciled with all her friends, Kangmoo and Hanna even do monthly checks on her over lunch, and Ms Pi is there if anything ever goes wrong, so don't worry, about her, she'll be fine." Chungya told Sooho seeing the worried and sad expression on his face.

"That's a relief." Sooho smiled and she nodded.
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