Tender Love {Chanyeol/Jongin} [English Ver.]

~34~

Naeun closed the door as soon as the boys left and looked at her best friend, who began sobbing instantly.

"I told you to leave me alone!" Eunji yelled at her.

"I won't. You need me and I am here for you," she replied as she walked to her.

She sat beside her and hugged her, letting her cry on her shoulder. Tears were also falling from Naeun's eyes; she hated when Eunji felt insecure. . . . She thought Eunji had stopped feeling like that after finishing high school, but it seemed like she hadn't. . . , she had just been hiding it.

"Why are you crying?" Eunji asked her, calming her sobs after noticing her best friend was also crying.

"It's just. . . , I don't know why you feel so insecure." She wiped a few tears. "It hurts me, Eunji. You are such an amazing girl and you are not fat at all. And if you were what? You should be happy with the body you have no matter what. And if you don't like something that you can change, then change it. But in a good and healthy way. You know what I think about stopping eating, you know the consequences, that it won't help you. You are going to be a psycologist, Eunji-ah, you must be a strong and with confidence person. You will help people with problems like this and more, but you must be healthy mentally and psysically first. Be happy with the way you are. Seriously, I feel like I am the worst best friend because I couldn't stop worrying about myself and focus on the people around me. I didn't notice you were feeling so bad. I didn't notice you stopped eating. I thought you ate when you were alone or when you felt hungry, and I believed in you when you told me that you had eaten, that's why I never worried for it. Now finding out this. . . ." She began sobbing for how horrible she was feeling. Eunji didn't stop crying while she spoke, now she felt more awful, guilty and stupid.

"I'm sorry," she apologized.

"I want you to know that I will help you with anything but you have to listen to me. I may be younger than you and play around, but you know I take things very seriously."

"I know it, Naeun. I was just. . . , desperate. I didn't know what else to do." Eunji looked down.

"What if we start a new routine? Including exercises?" Naeun asked showing a smile. "And I'll try on learning to cook healthier meals." Eunji laughed.

"I will take care of the food. But yeah, it sounds good." She smiled.

"I love you, Eunji. You're the sister I never had and I don't want anything bad happen to you. Take care of you like you take care of me. I will take care of you as well. Always."

Eunji had stopped crying but her eyes were still filled with tears. Naeun's words went right to her heart. She knew how much Naeun cared for her even though she wasn't the best at showing it. She knew that Naeun looked up to her, and she couldn't let her down like this. Moreover, she liked it that Naeun had always been there for her. They were family and family was always there for each other no matter what.

"I love you too," Eunji said and hugged her. "My yeodongsaeng." Naeun laughed as she hugged her back.

***

Naeun went to the hospital's cafeteria to have breakfast after Eunji told her that she was going to take a nap. She arrived and bought a juice and a sandwish and after doing so, she spotted Chanyeol in a table eating the same as her. She walked to him and sat down infront of him, making him look away from his phone.

"Where's Jongin?" She asked while opening her sandwich's wrap.

"Somewhere," he answered. "How is she?"

"She's better now," she said and stopped unwrapping her sandwich, still feeling sad. "It's incredible how I didn't notice something was wrong with her. . . ."