The Last to Leave || Ryeji ff

- Chapter 12 -

"First stop, the best school in the nation," Yeji said once they were in her car, ready to head home for Labor Day weekend.

Ryujin laughed. Yeji made this way too easy on her. "That's funny because last time I checked, I believe UPenn was ranked about eighth in the country, at least two spots behind Stanford."

"Whatever. What do those websites know anyway?"

The rest of the drive to pick up Yuna was spent comparing stats about their respective schools, and when that got old, fighting over what music to listen to. When they pulled up in front of Yuna's dorm, she was waiting outside with a backpack and an overnight bag thrown over her shoulder. Ryujin didn't realize how much she had missed her sister until she was standing right in front of her. Yuna had requested she didn't help move her in, mostly because she knew if Ryujin was there her parents would stay longer. Because of that, Ryujin hadn't seen her since the beginning of the summer.

"Hey, guys," Yuna said excitedly as she crawled into the back seat of the car.

"I'm Yeji. It's so nice to meet you. I hear you're smarter than your sister. Makes sense with your excellent taste in schools."

Yuna grabbed onto Ryujin's shoulder from behind her and shook it. "I like her already, Ryu."

Ryujin rolled her eyes. Her sister hadn't even been in the car for a full minute yet and they were already ganging up on her. She was sure her sister would also agree with Yeji's awful taste in music. "Don't say that. Her head can't afford to get any bigger."

"Or maybe you just can't stand that someone might be cooler than you." Yuna giggled, clearly very proud of herself for making fun of her big sister. As if that wasn't enough, Yeji reached back to knuckle bump her in response.

Ryujin slapped Yeji's arm, but she just laughed as she started the car back up and put it into drive. Yeji and Yuna continued to pick on her the whole way home, and even though Ryujin acted like she hated it, she secretly loved it. She loved that her sister, and well, whatever Yeji was to her, got along so well.

"So, this is where Shin Ryujin grew up? Nice," Yeji said once she pulled into their driveway.

"No other comments? I'm shocked."

Yeji pointed at the basketball hoop that was sitting in front of the garage. "I mean, I could've made a comment about how you might have benefited from a little more time on that thing so I didn't always beat you on the court, but I decided to keep that one to myself."

Ryujin put a hand over her chest to feign admiration. "How very sweet of you."

"I know. That's me. Sweet as pie." Yeji gave Ryujin a big smile, then smiled back at Yuna as well. "It was very nice to meet you. Are you coming tomorrow?"

"I don't think so. I have some plans with friends. But I'll see you for the ride back on Sunday. In the meantime, I'll think of more ways we can drive my sister nuts."

"Can't wait."

Ryujin simply shook her head at the two of them, then opened her door to get out, but turned around once more to say goodbye to Yeji. It was absolutely crazy, but she already missed her even though she knew she would be seeing her the next day. "I'll see you tomorrow. I can ask my mom if I can borrow her car and come over early to help out if you'd like."

The way Yeji's face lit up you would have thought Ryujin just offered to take her on a free vacation, not set up a party. "I would love that."

"Cool. See you then."

Ryujin had to force her body to move or else she would have spent the whole night just staring at Yeji. She waved one more time once she was out of the car, then turned to walk up the sidewalk into their house.