Only Chaeryeong

Part 19: Trial of Heart

Chaeryeong's perspective:
Recently, Lillian had taken surgery, having her be stuck in a hospital all week. Of course, I visited her for hours at a time, brought her treats, gave her gifts and such, I still missed her with all my heart. She wasn't able to act like the woman I fell in love with due to her being in a hospital bed. However, today is the day she got to be released from the hospital. I'm so happy to be able to be with her again, with her acting like her normal self!

I entered into the hospital room in which Lillian had rested in, with a bouquet of Lillies behind me. I don't know if she likes Lillie's or not, I just thought it would be a funny thing to get her since her name is Lillian. Lillian turned around and saw me, and a gigantic smile appeared on her face. She had rushed towards me and gave me a nice warm hug. Another thing we both missed.

"Chaeryeong! I missed you so much!" Lillian exclaimed happily.

"It's only been a day, silly!" I said lovingly.

"I know, but still, I miss you whenever you're not by my side." Lillian was acting flirty when she said that. I had missed it when she flirted with me. I pulled the bouquet of flower from behind my back and showed them to Lillian. "For me? You shouldn't have!"

I kissed her in the lips softly.

"I wanted you to be happy though, and I didn't bring you flowers, before, so I thought it'd be nice to bring some this time! Do you like them?" I explained.

"Are you kidding me? I LOVE them!" Lillian remarked. It was nice seeing my girlfriend being her normal self again.

I took Lillian out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant in the town where Lillian and I had first met. We had both ordered different things, Lillian with huevos rancheros, and me with fajitas. They were good, but not as good as what Lillian makes. After dinner, we went to her besties house, which is where I was staying for the past week.

"Bestie!!!" Lillian yelled as we entered the door. I watched as Lillian and her friends had a group hug.

"It's been forever since we last saw eachother!" Lillian's bestie said.

"Yeah, last time we met was when I was dropped off at the airport. I can't believe it's been a year already!" Lillian announced.

It was nice seeing Lillian happy and being normal again.

"Oh! I haven't introduced you guys to Chaeryeong! I completely forgot!" Lillian brought her friends to me. "Everyone, this is my girlfriend, Lee Chaeryeong!"

After we had introduced ourselves, we had a movie night. We didn't watch anything in Korean, so it was a bit weird for Lillian, but she was having a good time, and that's all that mattered. After the movie, we played a round of Monopoly, which took a few hours and were all tired by the time we were finished. Trouble occurred the next morning.

"You're not leaving here yet, Lillian." Threatened Lillian's bestie. I wanted to smack some sense into them, but Lillian had held me back.

"Bestie, we're going to be late for our flight, we have to go!" Lillian explained.

"Lillian, ever since you moved to South Korea, you've talked to us less. You only called each of us once per week. Do you have any idea that you were talking to us a lot less then before?!" Lillian's other friend said.

"Look, I have a busy schedule, being an artist isn't easy, it's hard work! On top of that, I have to take care of Chaeryeong. Besides, you know how hard long-distant friendships are for me!" Lillian explained.

"Lillian. We're giving you a choice. Either you leave with your girlfriend, and we're no longer friends with you, or you depart from Chaeryeong, and don't return to South Korea." Lillian's friends said.