My best friends IZ*ONE

20

" It was you at the cat cafe, unnie? "

" Yeah, I pretended that day just in case you would be too shocked or something "

" That's a relief to know it was you "

" Wait, you knew? "

" I had hunch because I remembered your perfume. Don't get me wrong, I didn't stalk you or what. I just remembered that time you hugged me on the rooftop. You smelled like flowers and apples, how could I forget that? "

Sakura gave a soft smile at her. After the show, they decided to talk at a cafe in a private room so they wouldn't be disturbed by the fans.

" So how's school? "

" It's going well. I got into Hanlim which was my first choice, I reconciled with Yooin and now I'm in a dance team with my best friends "

" What about Youngmin? "

" He's not over me. He broke up with Yooin because of it "

" That's seems very unmanly of guy. Glad you change your target " 

Yubi choked on her strawberry soda, looking at Sakura with wide eyes. 

" Unnie! How do you know that? "

" Gyuvin always talks about Yujin to which the boy would always talk about you so I think the feelings are clear. I approve "

" W-why would you say that? I don't even know you personally "

" I think it's fine to say that you and us are best friends "

" IZ*ONE is WIZ*ONE's secret best friend, of course "

" No, I mean. You are the only fan to not realise us at first glance during our meet. You mistook us for some crazy people and we even made you uncomfortable. But instead of blowing it up on social media, you just kept it to yourself and treated us like humans "

" You are humans, that's why. The title 'idol', the name 'Sakura' doesn't define you because at the end of the day, you are just a human who makes mistakes and tries their best to fix it "

Sakura thought in her head, that's Yubi alright. She never changed. Sakura patted her head and smiled at her. They decided to take a picture at a photo booth. 

Yubi was a lot more camera shy than expected so Sakura helped her with the posing. On the last picture, Yubi hugged Sakura and leaned her head on the girl's shoulder. 

After the picture was taken, Yubi didn't move. Sakura looked down to see that Yubi was crying, she cupped the younger's face and wiped her tears away. 

" Why are you crying? "

" To think that I'm spending time with my bias feels so surreal "

Sakura just hugged her as the girl weeped softly. It was true, they shouldn't be seeing each other anymore, they should be fan and idol but they can't. 

Yubi thought of the IZ*ONE members as family after what happened. Sakura felt as if she had to protect Yubi from all the harm that came her way but it was impossible. 

A call came in and signalled that Sakura had to leave. This was there last meet personally before Yubi just watches them through her laptop screen. 

" Thank you for being my bias, unnie. I've always gotten back up thanks to you "

" I should be thankful to have a fan that treats me normally "

Sakura left minutes later, leaving Yubi lost in thought. She stepped out of the cafe and realised it was raining. She took out her umbrella and opened it.