Trust Me

2

Winter's

I feel Giselle unnie was eyeing me from time to time while eating our ice creams here inside our room silently.

I heard her sigh, so I finally looked at her.

"I know you're bothered by it, Winter, but why don't you ask her yourself about it?" Aeri unnie said, so I quickly looked away. Thinking about that news again made my heart hurt, like someone was squeezing it inside of me.

Aeri unnie has known my feelings for Karina unnie for a long time, so I don't need to hide anything from her. It's just one day, she told me she knows my feelings for my longtime best friend Karina unnie because I'm so obvious about it. Am I? I'm trying so hard to be normal about Karina unnie whenever she's around me, but I guess Aeri-chan is really good at observing people like me.

I'm trying so hard to be distracted just to not think about the dating news Karina unnie had yesterday, so I asked Ningning to accompany me to the convenience store today.

"I don't need to unnie, I mean what's the point anyway? She already confirmed it to the general public so what other things should I ask?" I said and finished my ice cream, Giselle unnie is still listening to me.

"Should I ask if she really loves Jaewook-nim? for what? to hurt myself even more? confirming it was already enough for me to stop liking her unnie. This is the part where I should draw the line between us" I said trying myself not to tear up.

I think Giselle unnie knows about it, so she held my shoulders and consoled my broken heart silently here inside our shared room together.

"It's better that I didn't confess my feelings when you told me to confess that day, right, Aeri unnie? If I did that, I knew for sure that I would be rejected," I said, randomly reminiscing about the time when Aeri unnie said I should confess to Karina unnie before.

"Really? But I think you got a chance that time, Winter," Aeri unnie replied, so I looked at her annoyingly.

She laughed when she saw my expression while still rubbing my shoulder.

"What? I'm just telling you what I observed from both of you, okay? And my point still stands: you had a chance that time, Winter. I know for sure, because if you ever saw Jimin unnie look at you adoringly, the way she always talks about you whenever you're not around, the way that her body is always drawn at you? I don't know why you don't even see that or even feel that you're special to her; she's so obvious, and you are too, so I don't know what's stopping you both before" I heaved a sigh when I heard Giselle unnie's thoughts about us.

"And now it's too late, unnie; she already has a boyfriend, so don't get my hopes up for both of us right now. I don't want to feel like I regret something in the past, okay? Let's just stop this. I just want to move on from Karina unnie; I want to forget about my feelings for her," I said, so Giselle unnie nodded in response.

"Alright, do you want to watch a movie together? You know? Just to get the dating news out of your head a little," Giselle unnie offered, so I smiled and nodded at her. I'm really thankful she's here with me, and I know she's concerned about me.

"Okay, I'll ask our other members to join us in the living room; is that okay with you?" she asked while leaving our bed.

I simply nodded and smiled at her, and she smiled back, obviously relieved that I was okay with it.

"Thank you, Aeri unnie," I suddenly said to her, so she stopped for awhile, then ruffled my hair a bit, so I quickly chuckled.

"I'll go get the movie and the others"

"Alright, unnie"