Only Chaeryeong

Part 30: Back from tour (short chapter)

Chaeryeong's perspective:

I'm back. I'm finally back. I had returned to South Korea after the rest of our tour was over, and I was exhausted. I had checked up on Lillian through a call past few week, but I couldn't talk for more than five minutes, nor call more than once per week, so I was really worried about her, especially since she didn't sound too well when I called a few days ago. She sounded ill.

"So, who's up for lunch?!" Yuna asked excitedly.

"Sorry, I had already planned a date with Seong Jae." Ryujin said, looking at her phone as she still had her purse around her shoulder.

      "Yeji? What about you?" Yuna asked.

      "Hm? Oh of course I'm down for some lunch!" Yeji replied. I had started zoning out, as my mind had drifted off to Lillian. I had wanted to see her again so badly, and even bought souvenirs and gifts, but I wasn't sure if she would want food or not. Was she even hungry? More importantly, is she okay?

       "Chae, CHAE!" Yuna shouted, forcing me back into reality.

      "Hm?" I asked, clearly not knowing what's going on.

       "Are you down for some lunch?" Yuna asked.

       "Oh, um. No thanks." I answered.

      "Let me guess, you want to be with Lillian?" Lia asked, clearly upset I was tagging out as well.

      "Hey, I haven't seen Lillian in a month, ok?!" I responded. 

      "Lillian, oh Lillian!" Lia teased. I had gotten upset and started to take off my shoe, which had caused Lia to flinch back and stop making fun of me. It was a trick I learned from Lillian.

      "Fine you want to know the truth? I called Lillian for a few minutes the other day, checking up on her, and she didn't sound too well. It sounded like she was in pain and ill." I explained. "So when I say 'no thanks' for lunch, I mean it, ok?!"

       My eyes grew teary. I was gone for a month, and Lillian seemed distressed and like something very bad had happened. I had logged onto my phone as Tashi was dropping me off at my parents house, where Lillian was staying.

Coming to the house now.-Chaeryeong

Does Lillian know I'm coming?-Chaeryeong

No, I'll go tell her now-Chaemin

No, I want it to be a surprise please-Chaeryeong

Alright, I won't tell her then-Chaemin

Is she okay? She seemed to be going through a few things when I called her the other day-Chaeryeong

Yeah, she's fine. She had kept breaking down in tears every once in a while because she had missed you so much-Chaemin

Why did it sound like she was in pain then?-Chaeryeong

Oh, you're talking about that time-Chaemin

Yeah no, she had pulled a muscle while doing choreography practice-Chaemin

I had helped her tho, don't worry, she's fine now, just resting in bed to stay safe-Chaemin

Alright, thanks for letting me know, you're a great sister, Chaemin!-Chaeryeong

Thanks Chaeryeong unnie!-Chaemin

     "Thank you so much, Tashi. I really appreciate!" I thanked after Tashi had dropped me off in front of my parents house.

"No problem, you're my sister's girlfriend, so it's my job to make sure you two have the best relationship as possible." Tashi announced, and with that, we said our farewells and he drove off. What a nice guy.

I had entered my parents house. It seems like only Chaemin and Lillian were home. Chaemin was sitting on the couch on her phone. She saw me, smiled, hugged me, then silently pointed to my old room, telling me that Lillian was in that room. I bowed in thanks since I had wanted to surprise my girlfriend.

As soon as I had reached the door frame, I had saw Lillian facing the opposite direction, towards a wall. I couldn't tell what she was doing, if she was even awake. I could smell her cherry blossom perfume that she normally wears in her free days. It smelled very nice and sweet as always. I knocked on the door gently.

"Sorry Chaemin, not right now. I'm not feeling like playing any games right now." Lillian said, assuming that it was Chaemin who knocked on the door.

"I um... I brought gifts?" I responded. Lillian turned around, saw me, shot up out of bed, and sprinted towards me. That was the fastest I've ever seen her run, even faster than on the game show we were a part of. Lillian launched her arms around, picked me up, twirled me several times, let me back on my feet gently, than laid her head on my shoulder. She started crying.

"I missed you so much!" Lillian sobbed. "My life felt very uneventful without you!"

"I know baby, I know." I said, patting her on the back. "Chaemin told me what you did. How you went to her school several times and had stood up for her. I'm very, very, very proud of you. I've never loved you more in my entire life than this very moment."

"T-Thank you." Lillian said, still crying from joy that I'm back in her arms. I gave her a kiss on the lips before we had started kissing. We would have started making out, but Chaemin was here, and we didn't want her thinking we were doing something else, so we had just cuddled. Lillian finally stopped crying. I missed her adorable and beautiful face. "I tried watching La La Land while you were gone, but stopped two minutes in because it didn't feel the same without you."

We had both laughed. We spent the next few hours relaxing and cuddling, and even stayed there for the night before returning to our dorm the next day. As Lillian was cooking, she had told me about everything that happened, including how her and Chaemin had started seeing eachother as family and counted eachother as sisters, which had warmed my heart. Lillian had always told me that she wished she grew up with a sister. Come to thank of it, there's many things Lillian should've grown up with, but didn't due to her messed up childhood. After Lillian finished telling her stories, we ate while I told my stories. I missed Lillian's cooking, it was the best there is.