Save My Love (SinRin)

Chapter 19: The Shoe

Two days after the successful proposal, everyone was called to the agency for a CF theme song recording. While waiting for her turn to proceed to the booth, Yerin cornered me for a quick but eager chat.

"My agency found out about me taking you to the gym. I was ordered to take you home immediately and I had to report the next hour." I omitted the important but disturbing details that she did not have to know.

"Was it that serious?" Yerin answered irritably. Being idols, the group has been restricted from being free to do what they wished even before debut; and although she was obedient, she particularly did not appreciate being held captive nor controlled by her company or any security personnel.

"I almost got suspended, Yerin-ah. It was a serious negligence on my part."

"Omo... I'm sorry eonnie." Irritation turned to guilt.

"It's not your fault. But just to give you heads up, the agency asked for all of the details of what happened that day. I'm sorry, lying about it will cause more trouble. They took the CCTV footages." ... the entire van and that irksome note they found on your window.

"You did not have to make an alibi; I don't care if my company discovered, it's not like Sinb and I have not been this close before, but I'm more worried of you. What if they saw that I knew about you... I mean..." Yerin could not complete her sentence.

"Being different? None of those moments were recorded. But it will help if we became more careful."

"You can count on it." She gave out a thin but reassuring smile. "But why was the van changed because of that?" Her question caught me slightly off guard.

"Ahhh... Just protocol. Because I did not divulge our location properly. Something related to that." I tried to dismiss her inquiry as casually as I could. "But how did you know the van was not the same?"

"I was certain that I left the red box on the dashboard after I wore the rings. It wasn't there when we came back. And aside from that, your face told it so, it was screaming of worry." She switched to a teasing tone.

I half-smiled and shook my head. "But thank you for covering up for me." Relieved that she did not pursue the previous topic.

"No. If there's someone who needs more thanking, that's you." Yerin stooped forward over the small table that separated us and stretched her arms to give me a hug. "A lot of things changed because you came."

"Aish! You have a giraffe literally throwing herself at you but you choose to hug my Yerin?" Sinb remarked as she skillfully separated us after laying the egg crate coffee holder she picked up from the lobby.

"But I did not hug her!" I contradicted after listening to her half-English scolding. Realizing that I did not actually respond physically to the hug that trapped me, Sinb turned her reprimanding stare at the other girl in our midst.

"I can do more than hugging my Sinb if she wants." Yerin winked before she snaked her way to hold the hand of the other girl who grimaced to her daring innuendo.

"Yah! Here, just drink your coffee!" I exclaimed to the two who suddenly got magnetized by each other's gaze.

"By the way eonnie, why did you not tell me about her confronting you?" Yerin was mischievously looking at Sinb who sat beside her.

"How could she if she was too distracted about the bathroom scene with Sowon-eonnie?" She quick-wittedly replied.

"Bathroom scene??"

"Yeah, what else would it be?!" Sinb savagely uttered before taking a sip of her iced coffee.

"Do you want me to tell Yerin-ah about a crying scene I know??" I raised an eyebrow and smirked. "I can tell her everything now since the two of you are already together. Openness in a relationship is imperative. So Yerin-ssi, that night at the par--"