SOUR

'Aint it funny?'

milli.

I feel a soft tap on my chest. Sunwoo has fallen asleep and his head rests on me. I reach up and gently touch his dark hair. It's soft, and bouncy just like I thought it would be. I stare at the movie screen as I feel his chest rising and falling peacefully.

I hear a vibrate next to me and I pick up my phone. There's a notification.

New friend request from: _sola

My hand combing through his hair freezes. I turn my phone off and throw it to the end of the bed. I check to make sure Sunwoo is for sure asleep and when he's is, I sigh of relief.

Sola? As in, Sunwoo's Sola?

I attempt to stand up so I can go somewhere else to check, but Sunwoo groans and holds onto my arm.

"Don't leave me," He says tiredly.

"I won't," I say.

Sunwoo readjusts and rests his head on my lap. I smile and tug gently at his soft waves. "Can you hand me my phone?" I ask.

He reaches his arm to the edge of the bed and grabs it. As Sunwoo falls asleep again I tap on my phone nervously and I scroll through her profile page. There's an old picture of her and Sunwoo at the very bottom. I don't feel jealousy, I just feel hurt. For him.

Just as I'm about to accept the request I get an incoming call. I spring up and out of the bed and miraculously Sunwoo doesn't wake up. I go into his bathroom and I click answer.

"H-hello?" I say.

"Hey, this is so random but I'm Sunwoo's old friend from high school, Sola. We met once." She says. Her voice is quieter than I imagined. It's a little bit scratchy in a Scarlett Johansson kind of way and she sounds kind of nervous.

"Oh, yes, yes I remember. Is there something I can do for you?" I ask.

"I'm.... I just wanted to ask how he's doing." She says.

I stumble for words. Do I tell her he's doing great without her? Do I ask if she wants to make amends? He really doesn't talk about her much except for the occasional memory, so how do I know what stage of enemies they are now??

"He's- I don't know, no-I-I mean I do know, I'm just.... He's- We're actually.... no he's good. Sunwoo's good." I say and there's a long pause. I don't blame her. If someone had spoken like that to me on the phone I would have hung right up.

Luckily Sola doesn't seem to care. "Okay, I'm glad to hear that. Is there... is he lonely at all?"

"Lonely?" I ask. "Well, no, no I wouldn't say he's lonely."

Sola hums, and it seems as if she's thinking about something. "Hey thanks for picking up Milli, I know we hardly know each other, but I really appreciate it."

"Of course!" I say to her. She sounds really worried, and it's a bit heartwarming to hear how much she still cares about him. Sola hangs up and I stay sitting there on the edge of his bathtub deep in thought.

Should I have told her that we're dating? Would that have made her feel better, or more importantly, would Sunwoo have wanted me to? or would he not would have wanted me to? And then what? Would he still have feelings for--

"Mills?" there's a soft knock on the door. "You okay in there?"

I leap towards the door and I open it. "I-I'm fine!"

"Okay." Sunwoo says. His hair is all messy and he rubs his eye sleepily. "I thought I heard you casting spells in here or something."

"OH! No, just...just talking. To myself, haha." I say.