Meet me where the sky touches the sea

Chapter 5

Sakura was tired of the days old tension in the house. Yunjin and Chaewon were completely ignoring each other. And it felt as if Sakura hadn't seen her sister for days. After that fateful day, Chaewon would leave early in the morning and come back almost at midnight. Chaewon wouldn't let Sakura know either. If it weren't for Sooyoung or Yeji's texts, Sakura would have no idea where she was even going everyday.

Yunjin was acting normal, as if nothing had happened. She was chipper, always smiling and playing around with Kazuha. She was too happy. It was unnerving.

Sakura could tell Kazuha was being affected by this whole ordeal more than she was. She was the one who encouraged Yunjin to go through with the plan after all. And Sakura knew her wife was being consumed by guilt. To add to that, it was like they were choosing sides. Chaewon was her sister, so obviously Sakura was going to gravitate towards her first. Kazuha was torn in the beginning, but Sakura assured her that Yunjin needed her the most.

But they weren't getting anywhere. Chaewon wasn't talking. Yunjin wasn't talking. She already gave her sister the space and time she needed. Chaewon was clearly avoiding the problem. Sakura had to take matters into her own hands. At nearly one in the morning, Sakura was patiently sitting on Chaewon's bed waiting for her to come home. If Kazuha couldn't get Yunjin to talk, Sakura would surely get something out of Chaewon. Enough is enough.

Sakura was on the verge of dozing off but the faint footsteps coming from down the hall made any signs of drowsiness disappear. The door slowly creaked open. Chaewon hadn't noticed her yet, Sakura was sitting in the dark after all, and she could see the faint outline of Chaewon's hand struggling to find the light switch near the door.

"Look who finally came home," Sakura said right when Chaewon flipped the light switch. Her sister let out a shriek and stumbled back against the wall.

"What the fuck, Sakura?! You scared me!"

"You haven't talked to me in four days, I thought your first words to me would've been I'm sorry, Sakura but I'll take what I can get I guess. Even if it's you cursing me out." Sakura shrugged while she crossed her arms.

Sakura could tell Chaewon was feeling guilty. Her annoyed, pouty expression twisted into one of shame. Sakura patted the empty spot next to her on the bed, and Chaewon let out a deep breath. Seeing as she had no choice, she trudged her way to the bed and sat down with slumped shoulders. Sakura shifted so she was facing her older sister, and she allowed silence to envelope them, giving Chaewon time to organize her thoughts. Sakura was curious ever since she saw Chaewon walk through the front door that evening. Kazuha was eagerly waiting for her too, all ready for her with a cupcake in hand in order to celebrate Chaewon's graduation from "Bitchless University" or so she called it. But Chaewon didn't even acknowledge them. She just went straight up to her room. Kazuha couldn't get a hold of Yunjin either. They were left in the dark.

"I'm sorry," Chaewon finally spoke, "for ignoring you guys, especially you."

"It's fine, I'm not even upset about that. But you have to stop shutting me out, Chaewon. We're sisters, we tell each other everything. I already gave you time and space, but talk to me." Sakura was pleading at this point. She just wanted to fix this. There wasn't much time left until Chaewon had to go back home, and Sakura didn't want to spend their final weeks together like this. Chaewon opened her mouth, but hesitated a bit. Sakura reached over and took her sister's hand in her own.

"Yunjin took me out on a date." Chaewon muttered and Sakura only nodded in encouragement. "I didn't even know it was a date until I saw her take out a bouquet of flowers from your garden. You never let anyone touch your flowers! You love those things more than Kazuha."