𝗟𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗲 || 𝗥𝘆𝗲𝗷𝗶 ✔️

I Want

RYUJIN

"So what are we thinking? Blue or teal?" I squinted my eyes at her wondering if she's serious. I rolled my eyes and threw my arms in the air.

"Neither." She groaned, hating that I am disagreeing with everything she is suggesting. To be fair, everything she is suggesting just doesn't fit me as a person. And hopefully no one. I am going house shopping later today and Lia is helping. Or in her case, deciding for me. We have narrowed down three houses and one of them you get to choose what color you want the outside of the house to be painted.

My favorite colors are red and black but I think red is a little too much and black, I mean, I want to seem like a friendly neighbor, not the gothy one. I know what you're thinking, I got one check and am now buying a house. Well you see, the check was big enough to buy a damn house. But if I do, not only am I spending the entire check, I am also spending some of the money I already have, so you know, I will be completely broke.

And that's why I was not ready to do this. I have never bought a house and never in my life did I ever imagine becoming a homeowner. So this is all very overwhelming. "Maybe I shouldn't do this," I said as I hopped off of the counter. We were at the front desk with Lia looking on her computer switching up the house color and I was just in too much thought.

If you're wondering, it has been about three days since Yeji last talked to me. You see, unlike last time she stopped talking to me, this time she is literally not just coming to work, at all. And I am not one to call out someone for how they do their job, especially if they're the boss, but she is being completely unprofessional about this.

I, on the other hand, have put aside my personal life and came to work. Even though she's not here I still have been working on her book. We share the same google doc, so when she's done working on it, I go back and correct it. And I make sure that I wait until she's done. It's weird when we're both on it because we both can tell that the other is on there and it just seems like we are looking at each other. "Are you listening to me?" Lia asked as she smacked my leg.

I looked at her and shook my head 'no'. She sighed as she turned her chair to face me. "What can I do for you to focus?" She asked me. I looked down at my hands and bit my bottom lip. Although I am frustrated with Yeji, I still care about her. And plus my curiosity gets the best of me.

"What has Yeji been doing these last few days?" I watched as her face dropped a little. She then leaned back in her chair.

"You want the truth?" I nodded my head. She sighed and shook her head looking a little disappointed. "Fucking Yeonjun. Non-stop." I'm not going to lie, I was a little shocked and surprised which I shouldn't be considering that is her husband. But it did hurt to hear her say that. But I needed to hear it. She has her own life and she can do whatever she wants. She has been on this planet longer than I have and she knows her way around it.

"Thank you for telling me that," I said as I cleared my throat. Lia sighed and put her hand on my knee.

"Look, Yeji does this when she is nervous or confused about her life-"

"There is no need for an explanation. That is her husband and for the most part, sex is apart of marriage. I get it." I told her not believing in anything I just said. Lia sighed and chuckled.

"Look, I can tell you like her. And I have been friends with that woman long enough to know she likes you too." I rolled my eyes.

"Even if that was true, it doesn't seem like she likes me now. So there is no need to ever bring this up again."

"But-"

"Ahh, no. There is no future with us and there never will be. Honestly, I didn't suspect for us to be anything and I accept that now. We are two people born in two different worlds." I watched as Lia smiled. She stood up and put her arms on my shoulders and brought me into a hug. I hugged her back feeling the warmth take over me. I know Lia is my friend but she is old enough to be my mother and in some way, I see her like that. I never had a mother to begin with so meeting Lia has affected me in more ways than one. She pulled back from me and smirked.