Tiffany watched as Yoona wiped Jessica’s arms and legs diligently. It didn’t matter to Yoona if Jessica wasn’t responding to her. She wanted to take care of Jessica. Tiffany then turned her attention to her wrist watch. Yuri was nowhere in sight. It had been weeks since she last saw Yuri visiting Jessica. She frowned.
“Unnie?”
Tiffany turned to find Yoona staring at her.
“Hm?”
“Why are you frowning away? Are you bored?”
“No, I was just thinking of something.”
“Are you thinking of Yuri?”
“Yeah, kinda.”
“She’s always like this. She prefers to run and hide than to face reality.”
Yoona was rolling her eyes as she turned her attention to the comatose Jessica. She proceeded to massage the girl’s limbs.
“Are you still mad at her, Yoona?”
“I’m more disappointed than to be mad at her.”
“Are you angry with me too?”
“Why should I do that?”
“You love Jessica but Jessica loves Yuri. And Yuri loves me instead.”
“You didn’t have any idea about all this in the first place. It’s almost unfair if I blame this on you.”
Tiffany nodded. She went over to Jessica’s side and sat on her bed. She sighed as she caressed Jessica’s arms gently.
“I regret not keeping in touch with Jessica.”
Yoona looked up.
“After I got married, I just lost in touch with her. I wondered what went through her mind despite knowing Yuri wasn’t true to her.”
Yoona shrugged her shoulders. She took the jug and poured out the water. She returned with the jug filled with warm water. Tiffany was wiping Jessica’s face.
“Unnie, do you have any idea that Yuri likes you?”
Tiffany stared at Jessica’s face intently.
“There were times where she looked at me weirdly. But I thought it was just her style.”
“She loves you since the first time you two met.”
“You mean, since back in high school?”
“Yeah, but you’re straight. So she didn’t tell you.”
“Why didn’t you tell me?”
“You were getting married to Andrew oppa. How could I possibly tell you?”
Yoona was right. It never occurred to her mind that Yuri likes her. Back in high school, all four of them were good friends. They were always together; usually Jessica was with Yoona and Yuri was with her. They often watched movies together and those harmless moments when Yuri wrapped her arms around Tiffany; or when she helped Tiffany to carry her books or bags – it didn’t occur to Tiffany that all that were signs of affections. She thought Yuri was just too nice like that.
She slowly recalled their memories and she gasped when there was one particular memory that proved Yuri was in love with her. It just didn’t hit her then. Tiffany was perplexed.
“Where do you think you’re going?”
Tiffany was stopped by a group of boys just outside her school. Those were the juveniles who often got into trouble in school. And they had to disturb Tiffany.
